AUSTRALIAN Stamp Sets x 5 + Bonus MUH Stamps (All MINT)

Condition - Mint

All unopened original mint sets as pictured above.

You are bidding on 5 of these;

1. Commonwealth Day - 14th March 1983
2. Explorers of Australia
3. Regional Wildlife - Australian Antarctic Territory
4. Australian Folklore
5. Australian Animals Series III - Butterflies

I have also include 6 mint M.U.H stamps as seen above.

1. Australian Communications Year 1983
2. Birthday of her Majesty The Queen, 1983 - HMY Britannia
3. Chlorinda Hairstreak Butterfly
4. Australia Day 1984 - Cook's Cottage
5. 12th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting Canberra 1983 x 2

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR OTHER AUCTIONS FOR SOME MORE BARGAIN PRICED STAMPS - We also combine postage on all of our listings to offer you a discounted price
 

Australia was the first stamp issuing country in the world as far as I know to issue large size annual year books. They started back in 1981.

These large A4 (quarto) sized books contain all the Australian stamps issued in that year, and are placed on sale at year end. Clear Mylar Hawid mounts are already affixed to each page, so the stamps can be quickly and safely inserted, leaving a beautiful and fascinating stamp product. The Australian ones all have been issued in a matching protective heavy slipcase, and a further protecting outer vinyl sleeve.

For collecting modern issue stamps in the Australia climate these are THE best thing you can buy. Dust, humidity, moisture and insects just do NOT get into the stamps I have found in my 25 years of buying and selling these books. If I buy an Estate lot where the early year books are stored along with stockbooks and albums, the stamps in the year books are in perfect condition after 20-25 years, and many of the same issues stored right around them have toning/foxing/rust.

That is by far the most important point.

Secondly the presentation of the stamps and the artwork and detail on the pages is an absolute credit to Australia Post. High gloss varnished paper, and double facing pages of info on EVERY stamp issue. Laden with photos and factual background information. For collectors with younger children or Grandchildren this is a goldmine for their education and general knowledge.

The average Australian 12 year old sadly does NOT learn this stuff in school anymore it seems. Most would not have a clue who George Bass, Murray Rose, Alec Campbell, Edmund Barton, Jessie Vasey, Frederick McCubbin, Roden Cutler or Lawrence Hargraves were, or even who the British monarch was when Australia was founded. Sad but true.

The same youngsters have no idea whatever what a Flannel Flower looks like, what year Western Australia was founded, what the 'Cutty Sark' was, where the 1988 Olympics were held, and when the Snowy Mountains Scheme commenced. This is our HISTORY here, and the schools simply do not teach it anymore it seems to me.

The answers to ALL these questions and facts are contained in Year Books.

Youngsters LIKE looking at these books as they are bright and colourful with lots of photographs. They absorb this knowledge like a sponge. Anything that can drag them away from Sega Play Stations, Nintendo games, mobile phone text messaging and internet music downloads is a PLUS.

Folks often buy a set of these books from the birth year or a child or grandchild. They are an easy present to keep up to date with each year.

As far as 'value for money' - you can't beat these. Remember you are buying MINT STAMPS here - which is like buying cash in a way. All the Mint stamps inside are postally valid - so you can use them on letters and parcels if you wish. How can you lose?

And children aside, adults like buying the books, as not only are ALL the stamps in one place so you miss nothing, they are all in near new condition, and stay that way. Unlike FDC or packs etc, you do not need to buy expensive albums to house them in. These are fully self-contained and ready to go the moment you buy them.

The year books are compact and easy to store. As they are in slipcases and plastic outers they are THE easiest stamp product to store where you have space. And if and when you sell them you have a saleable and readily traded entity.