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Topic: Australia Post: Blast Off! 50 Years in Space
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Ross
Member Posts: 472
From: Australia
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 09-27-2007 12:22 PM
   
On 2 October Australia Post will introduce a series of products to celebrate 50 Years of Space Exploration.  They include the following: - 5 x 50c (se-tenant) plus a $1 gummed stamps which show Sputnik, the first spacewalk, the first moonwalk, Voyager and the ISS on the 50c stamps and the Hubble Space Telescope on the $1 stamp.
- A minisheet which includes the six stamps but with a difference. The $1 stamp will be a different size to the normal $1 stamp.
- 5 x 50c peel & stick stamps
- a booklet of 10 x 50c stamps
- a prestige booklet
- a set of 6 maxicards
- a stamp & medallion cover
The gutter strip of 2 x 5 stamps will have a space related decoration.In addition a pictorial FDI postmark from Woomera will be used on official FDCs. |
collocation
Member Posts: 383
From: McLean, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted 09-28-2007 09:16 AM
Is there anyway someone in the states can purchased these stamps, thanks for any help or guidance |
Ross
Member Posts: 472
From: Australia
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 09-29-2007 11:26 AM
If you go to the Australian Post Stamp Shop, links on that page should give you all the information you need. I'm unable to verify online ordering as it is unavailable for Australian residents! But it is supposed to be available to overseas buyers. Unbelievable!!To order by mail go to the Australia Post's website where you can download the Stamp Bulletin which includes a list of all available products and a mail order form. Unfortunately they appear to be a little slow in putting up the bulletin you require which is No. 289 October-December 2007, so you'll need to wait or just use the mail address given on the previously mentioned Web page. The FDCs are on sale until the 30 October 2007 while the rest of the products are on sale until 30 April 2008. Hope this helps
Ross. |
collocation
Member Posts: 383
From: McLean, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted 09-29-2007 06:35 PM
Tried the web site earlier, unless I am completely out of the loop, you can not find the Sputnik stamps. Do you know which bulletin outlines the Sputnik stamps, the web site is an ergonomic nightmare. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42985
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-29-2007 06:36 PM
quote:
Originally posted by collocation:
Tried the web site earlier, unless I am completely out of the loop, you can not find the Sputnik stamps.
If you read above, you'll note that the stamps are not available until October 2. |
Ross
Member Posts: 472
From: Australia
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 10-02-2007 08:55 AM
The Blast off products are now listed on the stamps section of the Web site. Unfortunately the latest bulletin (289) still hasn't been placed on the site. Still, there should be enough info to order the products without the bulletin.Ross.
PS Just put in my order for most of the products - adds up to quite a tidy sum |
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