Post by Perfs14 on Aug 10, 2013 18:21:57 GMT -5
Prior to Federation on 1 January 1901, Australia was made up of six of independent States and Colonies (under British rule): Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia. They all issued their own stamps, starting with New South Wales on January 1st 1850.
After Federation Australia issued stamps as a Commonwealth for all the States and Territories, although it did take a while to get organized: the first Australian stamp was issued in 1913 and marked the beginning of the "pre-decimal" era of stamp collecting. The values on these stamps were in the British monetary style of Pounds (£); shillings (20 s = 1£) and pence (12d = 1s or 1/-).
In 1966 Australia went through decimalization of its currency and weights and measures, the values on stamps changed to dollars and cents. This marks the start of the "decimal" era of stamp collecting.
The first issue of stamps of the pre-decimal era:
Kangaroo & Map Perf 12 on watermarked paper (Crown over A)
After Federation Australia issued stamps as a Commonwealth for all the States and Territories, although it did take a while to get organized: the first Australian stamp was issued in 1913 and marked the beginning of the "pre-decimal" era of stamp collecting. The values on these stamps were in the British monetary style of Pounds (£); shillings (20 s = 1£) and pence (12d = 1s or 1/-).
In 1966 Australia went through decimalization of its currency and weights and measures, the values on stamps changed to dollars and cents. This marks the start of the "decimal" era of stamp collecting.
The first issue of stamps of the pre-decimal era:
Kangaroo & Map Perf 12 on watermarked paper (Crown over A)
