Postage Stamps and Postal History of Australia

Postage Stamps And Postal History Of Australia

This is an overview of the postage stamps and postal history of Australia.

Read more about Postage Stamps And Postal History Of Australia:  Postal History, The "Roo" Stamp, Later Definitive Stamps, First Commemorative Stamp, Airmails, Stamp Booklets, Self-adhesive Stamps, Postal Rates, Official Stamps, Joint Issues, Postal Stationery, External Territories, Military Occupations and Mandates

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    Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste.
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    Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

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