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Australia Post honours four pioneers in Sporting Greats stamp set🇦🇺 Australia

Australia Post released a four-stamp Sporting Greats issue on 29 September celebrating Edward “Ned” Trickett, Annette Kellerman, Decima Norman and Francis “Frank” Ponta. Each subject represents a d...

Why it matters

The four-stamp issue presents 150 years of Australian sporting history through pioneers of rowing, swimming, women’s athletics and the Paralympic movement.

Updated1 Oct'26News date29 Sep'26Event29 Sep'26Country🇦🇺 Australia
Australia Post releases postal stationery envelope for ANARE Club's 75th anniversary🇦🇺 Australia

Australia Post has released a prepaid envelope celebrating the 75th anniversary of the ANARE Club, an organisation established in 1951 by returning Antarctic expeditioners. Issued on 22 September 2...

Why it matters

The release adds a dated Australian Antarctic postal-stationery item commemorating 75 years of the organisation that connects generations of ANARE expeditioners.

Updated23 Sep'26News date22 Sep'26Event22 Sep'26Country🇦🇺 Australia
Australia Post releases postal stationery for the 125th anniversary of the Australian flag🇦🇺 Australia

Australia Post released postal stationery on 3 September 2026 marking the 125th anniversary of the first raising of the Australian national flag. The prepaid envelope was issued on the anniversary ...

Why it matters

This is a newly issued piece of Australian postal stationery tied exactly to the 125th anniversary date of the flag’s first raising, with an official issue and withdrawal period.

Updated5 Sep'26News date3 Sep'26Event3 Sep'26–30 Sep'27Country🇦🇺 Australia
Australia Post issues Mammal Emblems Part Two featuring four state and territory animals🇦🇺 Australia

Australia Post released Mammal Emblems Part Two on 1 September 2026, completing its two-part presentation of official mammal emblems from Australia’s states and territories. The new issue features ...

Why it matters

The issue completes Australia Post’s two-part mammal-emblem series and adds new gummed, self-adhesive, roll and minisheet material for thematic and format collectors.

Updated5 Sep'26News date1 Sep'26Event1 Sep'26Country🇦🇺 Australia
Philately News🇦🇺 Australia

Australia Post’s participation at the Queensland Stamp & Coin Show reaches its final day on 16 August 2026 with a show-only Lest We Forget postal-numismatic cover. The postal administration says on...

Why it matters

The final-day products have small declared quantities and restricted distribution, while the official pages clarify which items are venue-only and which can be ordered more widely.

Updated16 Aug'26News date22 Jun'26Event13 Aug'26–16 Aug'26Country🇦🇺 Australia
Philately News🇦🇺 Australia

Australia Post opened its 2026 stamp programme on 6 January with a Lunar New Year issue celebrating the Year of the Horse. Designed by Chrissy Lau, the stamps use red and gold, colours strongly ass...

Why it matters

The first Australian issue of 2026 adds a coordinated three-denomination set to the internationally popular Lunar New Year collecting field.

Updated15 Aug'26News date6 Jan'26Event6 Jan'26Country🇦🇺 Australia
Philately News🇦🇺 Australia

Australia Post issued Regional Heritage Australia on 13 January, using significant nineteenth-century buildings to explore the architectural and civic history of regional towns. The subjects are Ba...

Why it matters

The set documents regional architectural heritage across New South Wales, Western Australia and South Australia.

Updated15 Aug'26News date13 Jan'26Event13 Jan'26Country🇦🇺 Australia
Philately News🇦🇺 Australia

Australia Post's Endangered Birds issue, released on 27 January according to the official 2026 bulletin and product listing, draws attention to Australian species classified as endangered or critic...

Why it matters

A conservation-focused issue featuring three nationally endangered or critically endangered Australian birds.

Updated15 Aug'26News date27 Jan'26Event27 Jan'26Country🇦🇺 Australia
Philately News🇦🇺 Australia

The 2026 Queensland Stamp and Coin Show is running from 13 to 16 August at the Sleeman Sports Complex in Chandler, Brisbane. The national competitive exhibition advertises more than 475 frames, a d...

Why it matters

It is a current national-level competitive exhibition with a substantial frame display, dealers and postal-administration participation.

Updated15 Aug'26Event13 Aug'26–16 Aug'26Country🇦🇺 Australia
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