Australia Stamps

Welcome to Our Australia stamp Page

Stamps were first issued in Australia in c1913 and run through to the present day. There are some nice rare items from this country. Before 1913 Australia's six states issued their own stamps, the states being New South Wales,  Queensland,  South Australia,  Tasmania,  Victoria and  Western Australia.

* Collecting window  c1913-1949 ( best period to collect)

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Queen Victoria

All six states issued numerous stamps during the reign of Queen Victoria, we hope to cover these later!

King Edward Vll

Most of the states issued stamps during the reign of Edward Vll again we hope to cover these later on when we expand the site.

King George V

The first stamps issued by the Commonwealth of Australia were on January 2nd 1913, and were in a set of 15. The design was a Kangaroo on the map of Australia, values ranged from 1/2d to £2. The £2 stamp is now valued at nearly £4,000 in mint condition. On the 9th of December 1913 Australia issued it's first stamps with a portrait of George V, during this reign over 150 different stamps were issued, many of these are now avidly collected including the very popular 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge stamp which was issued in 1932.

King George Vl

The best stamps from the reign of George Vl are from the 1937 to 1949 set which was made up of 14 stamps with the 10/- and £1 stamps being the rarist. Later the 1948 to 1956 high value set has again become quite popular with the set of 7, catalogued at £120 in mint condition.

Queen Elizabeth ll

Not a lot of rare material from this period, the only set that stands out is the 1963 to 1965 pre-decimal set with all six stamps showing fine designs.  This set is catalogued at £120 in mint condition and £100 in used.