Today's Sunday Stamps theme is southern hemisphere. While there are many countries in the southern half of the world, the land down under often springs to mind.
I received a postcrossing card from Australia with 3 nice stamps and a nice postmark, asking people to keep letter carriers safe by securing their dogs.
Terra Australis, southern land, is a term European explorers used to describe what is now the country of Australia. Depicted on this shaped stamp issued for disaster relief earlier this year. The stamp is part of a set of 5, issued as a sheet with AUS$2 of the AUS$5.50 going to a relief fund.
This Sydney to Perth train stamp celebrates the 50th anniversary of Australia's transcontinental railway.
And finally a stamp issued by Norfolk Island that celebrates early botanical art. It was issued as a mini-sheet earlier this year.
How cool is that shaped stamp!!
ReplyDelete(and this country is certainly in need of disaster relief funds )
The dog barking at the train is perfect placement :)
It is a great stamp - I recognized the shape of Australia right away. I wonder if they'll use that shape again?
DeleteI love these. The shaped stamps are striking (at first, I didn't understand the shape!). The botanical one is just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI've seen similar postmarks about dogs from the UK.
Thanks for the links, too.
DeleteHappy to have time to blog more details on the stamps this week, even if it was a day late.
DeleteDespite a lot of their stamps I had never seen these before.
ReplyDeleteThey are all from this year, so maybe that's why.
DeleteA nice set of stamps and a neat postmark. Australia has had a bad time of it but the optimistic green tree shoots on the stamp set gives hope. I wonder how long the train journey took before the rails were standardized.
ReplyDeleteI like the dragonfly which makes me think Australia must be the perfect destination for dragonfly lovers.