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AUSTRALIAN
stamp bu l le t in
No.256 August - September 2000
• Olympic Sports • Gold Medallists Stamps
• Sydney/Athens • Christmas Island Christmas
256 bul letin
In this Bulletin...
Olympic Sports
Special Olympic Products
Gold Medallists Stamps
Sydney/Athens
Olympic coins
Olympic postmarks
Queen Mother’s Centenary
Christmas Island Christmas
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Copyright 2000 Australian Postal Corporation.
All rights reserved. All applications for the
reproduction of Australian stamps should be
made in writing to:
The Manager – Philatelic Group
Australia Post
GPO Box 1777Q
MELBOURNE VIC 3001
Fax: 03 9204 7744
The Australian Stamp Bulletin is produced by the
Australia Post Philatelic Group and printed by
Canberra Press Moorabbin.
All information contained in this Bulletin has been
included in good faith, on the basis that the
products will be available for sale, until stock sold
out, at the prices stated, and in the manner
described
To the best of Australia Post’s knowledge, all
information contained in this Bulletin was correct
at the time of printing. Australia Post will not,
however, be held responsible for any inadvertent
errors or oversights, or any change to information
which may occur after publication.
Dear Collectors,
Welcome to one of the most exciting issues of the Australian
Stamp Bulletin.
We looked at the upcoming Olympic Games in Australia as an
opportunity to apply the Olympic ideals of – ‘faster, higher,
stronger’ – to Australia’s Olympic stamp programme. Our goal
was to reach new heights in philatelic excellence and national
symbolism. I think you will agree that we have succeeded when
you read about the instant Gold Medallists stamps.
Yes, a stamp will be issued each time an Australian individual
or team wins a gold medal!
The stamps will be on sale at 67 post offices around the country from 12 noon the day after the medal is won. The stamps will
be available in the vast majority of Australian outlets within three
days of the medal being won. (Subject to normal opening hours.)
The Gold Medallists stamp issue is a world philatelic first. It
puts Australia at the forefront of stamp design as well as printing
technology and innovation.
You can read more about the design, development and innovation being used to deliver each new stamp in this issue. We are
taking advantage of digital technology to produce both the
digital (immediate supply in selected locations) and the offset
versions of the stamps (ongoing supply throughout the country).
The stamps’ significance extends beyond philately and
printing. Each Gold Medallists stamp will capture the immediacy
and enthusiasm of the competition and help spread the gold
medal winners’ pride and excitement throughout Australia.
We expect world wide interest in this stamp issue. Collectors
who want to ensure their collections include a complete set of
Gold Medallists stamps will be interested in our special offer.
Read more about this historic and innovative stamp issue on
page 8. Registering for the Gold Medallists special offer is the
easiest and most cost effective way to collect Gold Medallists
stamps and secure your own piece of Australian sporting history.
Until next time,
Australia Post is not a sponsor of the Sydney 2000
Olympic Games. Nothing in this publication should
be read to imply or infer a sponsorship relationship.
Cover: Olympic Sports (FHA Image Design)
Find out more about stamps at our Web site:
www.auspost.com.au/stamps

David Maiden, Manager, Philatelic Group
Olympic Sports
17 august 2000
Sheetlet at 80 % actual size
This special stamp issue celebrates the Games
of the XXVII Olympiad. The sheetlet of ten
stamps captures the variety and vitality of the
games themselves.
The ten stamps in the issue depict male and
female athletes engaged in individual and team
sports. The range of sports covers those that
are popular in Australia, sports introduced at
the 2000 Olympic Games and sports in which
Australians traditionally excel.
The design by FHA Image Design,
Melbourne, incorporates the Olympic Rings
and uses fluid imagery to represent the athletes
and communicate the emotion, energy and
grace of Olympic competition. The bold
multi-coloured background calls to mind the
atmosphere of exuberant celebration the
Olympics create throughout the world.
The illustrations extend beyond the body
of the stamp into the selvedge. The logo commemorating the Centenary of Women in the
Olympic Games is also printed in the selvedge.
Associated products include a self-adhesive
book of ten stamps, a set of first day covers,
two stamp and coin covers (Aquatics and
Athletics), a sheetlet pack, an international
pre-paid envelope, an aerogramme, and a set
of ten maximum cards. A blank first day cover
is also available.
Depicted on the stamps, clockwise from top
left are: water polo, hockey, swimming,
basketball, triathlon, rowing, athletics,
gymnastics, tennis and equestrian.
This will be the first Olympic Games for
women’s water polo and the men’s and
women’s triathlon.

Blank first day cover
Set of first day covers
Sheetlet pack
International PPE
Aerogramme
Stamp and coin cover, Aquatics
Stamp and coin cover, Athletics
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Booklet of 10
Maximum cards
Maximum cards
Technical details
Issue date ..........................17 August 2000
Denominations ..................Ten x 45c
Designer ............................FHA Image Design, Melbourne
Printing process ..................Lithography
Printer ................................SNP Ausprint
Paper ................................Tullis Russell
Printer (self-adhesive)..........SNP Ausprint
Paper (self-adhesive) ..........JAC B100
Stamp size..........................26 x 37.5 mm
Special features ..................Selvedge design
Perforations ........................14.6 x 13.86
Sheet layout........................Sheetlet of ten
National postmark ..............Sydney NSW 2000
Mail order codes
1143201 Stamps (sheetlet of ten x 45c) ................$4.50
1143001 Set of first day covers ............................$4.75
1143252 Set of stamp and coin covers
(Aquatics and Athletics) ...................... $19.70
1143250 Aquatics stamp and coin cover................$9.85
1143251 Athletics stamp and coin cover................$9.85
1143182 Booklet of ten ........................................$4.50
1143130 Sheetlet pack ......................................$4.90
1143220 Maximum cards (10) ............................$11.50
1143226 International PPE ..................................$1.58
1143155 Aerogramme ........................................$0.78
1143005 Blank cover, Olympic Sports......................0.25
The blank Olympic Sports FDC is suitable for any of the
Olympic themed postmarks listed on page 16 and 17.
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PRESTIGE
ALBUM
Flag to flag, this specially designed collection,
brings together Australia’s Olympic Stamp
programme from the Atlanta/Sydney issue to
the Sydney/Athens issue*.
These stamp issues – which commemorate
the hand over of the Olympic flag to and from
Sydney – bracket the collection. The album
presents a complete set of stamps, maximum
cards and first day covers, with the background
to each of the issues (listed below).
Issues:**
• Atlanta/Sydney, July 1996
• Olympic Torch, March 1999
• Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Emblem, September 1999
• International Range: Sydney views, June 2000
(one each 50c and $1.50)
• Olympic Sports August 2000
• Sydney/Athens Australia Greece Joint Issue, September 2000
(Athens 1 x 45c, Sydney 1 x $1.50)
OLYMPIC GAMES
STAMPS SOUVENIR
The souvenir pack is a unique and beautiful
celebration of the host city for the 2000
Olympic Games.
The design – of the pack and the stamp issues
– illustrates the eye catching and instantly
recognisable style that says ‘Sydney’ to the world.
The pack includes
• Olympic Emblem sheetlet, ten x 45c, September 1999
• International Range:
Sydney Opera House, 50c stamp. June 2000
Sydney Harbour Bridge $1.50 stamp, June 2000
• Olympic Sports sheetlet, ten x 45c August 2000
Mail order code
0130251 Olympic Games Stamps souvenir pack ..$11.90
Mail order codes
0130250 Prestige album ....................................$59.95
Prestige album
Olympic Games Stamps Souvenir pack
Note
• *A redemption coupon is included for the Sydney/Athens stamps,
maximum cards and first day cover, which will be released following the
release of the Prestige album.
• **This album does not include Gold Medallists stamps (introduced page 8)
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IOC SYDNEY 2000
COLLECTION
The first volume in the IOC’s four volume
Official Sydney 2000 Collection uses Australian
Olympic stamps and first day covers, images
and text to tell the history of Australian
participation in the Olympic Games.
The collection begins with an introduction
by IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch
which highlights the strong association between
the Olympic Games and stamp collecting.
The 27 page collection includes
• Monaco 4,4F Grand Prix International de la Philatélie
April 1999
• Games of the XVI Olympiad
(Melbourne 1/- Collins street) stamp December 1956
• *Official Candidature Cover September 1993
• *Atlanta Sydney cover, July 1996
• * Australian Olympic Legends,
maximum cards and first day covers, January 1999
• * Olympic Torch first day cover, March 1999
• * Sydney Emblem Official cover
and Maximum card September 1999
* These items have the IOC Official Collection Sydney 2000 cachet
and FDI postmark.
Mail order code
0130253 Vol I, IOC Official
Sydney 2000 Collection......................$250.00
This collection can be purchased at Olymphilex
and at the Post Office in the Queen Victoria
Building Sydney, or by mail order from the
Australian Philatelic Bureau.
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16 september to 2 october
Digital prints
Each time an Australian team or individual
wins a gold medal a sheetlet of Gold Medallists
stamps will be released by Australia Post.
In 1998 Australia Post’s Philatelic group set
itself a significant goal ,
to celebrate each gold medal won by an
Australian individual or team during the
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games with a
stamp available for sale from 12 noon the
day after the medal is won.
Developing the Gold Medallists stamps
presented many challenges. The design had to
be flexible enough to suit individuals as well as
teams, the Australian Olympic Team logo, both
male and female winners, differing backgrounds
and event names, and incorporate an image
taken during the event or in victory. A square
stamp, produced in sheetlets of ten, provides the
required flexibility and style.
Next we had to develop the complex, integrated
production and delivery processes that would
enable us to meet our goal of next day availability.
When a gold medal is won, Allsport (the
official Olympic photographer) will send
electronic images to Australia Post’s Sydney
design studio. Our design team will select an
image, create the stamp and sheetlet design,
then transmit the electronic file to print sites in
six capital cities, for digital printing. The file
will also be sent for offset printing and to
Australia Post’s Designers.
An imprint (lower right-hand corner) will
identify the source of each sheetlet. All sheetlets
will be printed on pre-perforated paper stock.
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The instant nature of these stamps relies on
recent advances in technology.
Once printed, sheetlets from the six digital
printers will be sent to 67 outlets (page 10) where
– subject to normal hours of operation and while
stocks last – Gold Medallists stamps will be
available from 12 noon the day after a gold medal
is won. Distinctive imprints for each print site
will identify the source of each sheetlet. Except
for Tasmania and the Northern Territory (which
will receive stock from Victoria and South
Australia respectively) each digital print location
will distribute stock within its own state/territory.
Digital imprints
NSW
ACT
QLD
WA
SA
VIC
Offset imprint
Offset stamps
This is traditional stamp printing with a
high-tech twist.
Using the latest printing technology will
enable the printer to skip one step in the
traditional printing process. Instead of making
film from the electronic file, then using the film
to make the printing plate, the printer will
produce the plate directly from the electronic
file.
It is the combination of state of the art
technology, pre-designed templates and preperforated paper that will enable us to deliver
offset stock to post offices throughout Australia
from 12 noon three days after the medal is won.
Offset stock will replace initial digital stock
as the digital stock is sold. All offset printing
will be done in Victoria, so a single imprint will
identify offset stock.
GOLD MEDALLISTS SPECIAL OFFER
STAMPS, ALBUM & STOCK SHEETS
The offer
• A complete set of Gold Medallists stamp
sheetlets (printed offset), for each
Australian gold medal won.
• A special album and stock sheets that
make up your complete Australian Gold
Medallists Stamps album.
You pay only for the stamps!
In October (when the number of gold
medallists is known):
• We will advise you of the balance due.
• You can confirm your order by paying the
balance due. (see sample calculation)
• You will receive your stamp sheetlets, plus
the album and stock sheets.
• If you cancel your order your deposit will be
refunded.
You receive Gold Medallists stamps, album
and stock sheets .
How the balance due will be calculated:
How it works
By 15 September 2000:
register your interest by filling out the
inserted Gold Medallists registration form
and paying your deposit of $25.00 per set.
For registered customers, the price for a set of
Gold Medallists sheetlets will be
$4.50 x number of Australian gold medals won:
10 Gold Medals
10 x $4.50 =$45.00
minus deposit $25.00
Balance due$20.00
20 Gold Medals
20 x $4.50 =$90.00
minus deposit $25.00
Balance due$65.00
Complete the enclosed Gold Medallists stamps registration form and
forward it with your deposit today! Offer closes 5 pm, 15 September 2000.
Standing orders
This issue is not part of Australia Philatelic
Bureau standing orders. Standing order
customers are invited to take advantage of the
special Gold Medallists Stamp offer, by
registering their interest as described above. If
you wish to purchase your normal
configuration, you will be able to do so from
the listing in the Special issue of the Bulletin
(October 2000)
SYDNE
SYD
NEY
2000
OLYMPI
MPIC
GAMES
GA
MES
Album + stock sheets
If you do not wish to take advantage of the
special offer, the album + starter pack of ten
stock sheets can be purchased from retail
outlets, mail order or see our online stamp shop.
STA M P A L B U M

during the Games
Associated products
There are no prepared first day covers,
maximum cards or stamp packs for this issue
because of licensing conditions. We suggest
collectors who make their own first day
covers use the blank Olympic Sport FDC
(page 4) for Olympic themed postmarks
(pages 16, 17).
We have produced a special Gold
Medallists album which is part of the special
offer. Customers who do not take advantage
of the special offer can, if they wish, purchase
the album + a set of ten stock sheets, for
$17.95, before, during or after the Games.
During the Olympic Games
You can buy Gold Medallists stamps and
sheetlets, as medals are won. Digital stock will
be on sale until sold out in the 67 retail outlets
(below) from 12 noon the day after the medal is
won (subject to normal hours of operation).
Offset stock will follow and be available in
outlets throughout Australia from 12 noon
three days after a medal is won.
Customers can also purchase Gold
Medallists stamps by mail order, from the
Australian Philatelic Bureau or see our online
stamp shop during the Olympic Games.
However we suggest consolidating your
purchases in a single order.
If you want digitally printed stamps for your
collection, you can purchase them from the
initial stock at one of the designated retail
outlets. Or you can wait and order digitally
printed stamps using the order form that will be
sent with the special Bulletin in October.
NSW
North
CBD
West
South/East
GPO ●■
Chatswood
Olympic Village ●■
Hurstville Westfield ●
Olymphilex ▲
Dee Why
Parramatta CBD
Bankstown Square ●
Queen Victoria Bld
Hornsby Nthgate
Burwood
Liverpool Westfield ●
Sydney City
St Ives
Strathfield
Campbelltown
Australia Square
North Sydney
Castle Hill
Miranda ●
Sydney South
Macquarie Cntr ●
Westpoint ●
East Gardens ●
Warringah Mall ●
Penrith Plaza ●
VIC
NT
SA
Bondi Junction
WA
GPO ●
GPO ●
GPO ●
GPO ●■
Casuarina ●
NPC
Rundle Mall ●
St Georges Terrace
Bentleigh
Kilkenny ●
Cannington ●
GPO
Ringwood ●
Modbury ●
Hillarys ●
Myer Centre ●■
Doncaster ●
Morphett Vale ●
Fremantle
Mt Gravatt
Frankston ●
Glenelg
Ipswich
Rosanna
Salisbury ●
Indooroopilly ●
Camberwell ●
Oaklands Pk ●
GPO
Toombul ●
The Glen ●
Norwood
Parliament House
High Pt City ●
Prospect East ●
Belconnen ●
QLD
Midland ●
ACT
TAS
Tuggeranong ●
GPO
Queanbeyan ●
OUTLETS SELLING GOLD MEDALLISTS STAMPS
THE DAY AFTER THE MEDAL IS WON
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after the Games
Bulletin subscribers
Bulletin subscribers will receive a special issue
of the Bulletin in October. The special issue will
include an order form and a complete list of
Gold Medallists sheetlets available for sale.
When you receive this special Bulletin you
will be able to purchase Gold Medallists
sheetlets for specific Gold Medals (offset) and
sets of digitally printed sheetlets.
Subject to availability, single digitally printed
sheetlets for a specific gold medal may also be
purchased by mail order.
Digital Gold Medal sets = six sheetlets (one each
digital imprint) for a specific Gold Medal $27.00 per set
Digital issue sets = one sheetlet for each gold medal,
from a specific digital printer (customer chooses print
site from NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, NT, ACT, WA).
$4.50 X number of Australian Gold Medals per set
If you did not register for the special offer
You can request an order form from the
Australian Philatelic Bureau or download one
from our web site. Bulletin subscribers will
receive this order form with their special issue
of the Bulletin.
Customers can also purchase digitally
printed stamps and the Gold Medallist Albums
+ starter set of ten stock sheets after the
Olympic Games (subject to availability).
If you registered for the special offer
In October, you will be advised by letter of the
balance owing (see How the balance owing will
be calculated, page 9).
When you receive this letter you can elect to
purchase the stamps. If you do not proceed with
the offer, your deposit will be refunded in full.
● Open Saturday
■ Open Sunday
▲ Olymphilex
Friday 15 September 12n to 6 pm
16 to 20 and 22 to 23 September 10 am to 6 pm
Thursday 21 Sepbember 10 am to 8 pm
Thursday 28 September 10 am to 4 pm

Australia/Greece joint Issue
15 september 2000
SydneyAthens
This issue commemorates the hand over of the
Olympic flag from Sydney to Athens. The flag
ceremony symbolises the transfer of responsibility
for the Olympic Games to Athens, the host city for
the 2004 Olympic Games.
The issue will be launched at Olymphilex 2000,
the official stamp and coin exhibition for the
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
There are two stamps in the issue, the
Parthenon (45c) and the Sydney Opera House
($1.50). Both will be available with title tabs
(illustrated) and as P Stamps.
The design uses graphic and photographic
images incorporating the Olympic flame, the
Olympic flag and views of the two host cities
Sydney (2000) and Athens (2004). Shared
elements unify the design. The $1.50 stamp is
intended for overseas mail and incorporates
the International Post signifier.
Special associated products for this joint issue
include the joint first day cover and the joint stamp
pack. These products feature both Australian and
Greek stamps in the Sydney/Athens issue.
Maximum cards

Sydney/Athens stamps will be available in
sets of two sheets, with decorative selvedge and
title tabs for $39.00 (two sheets, 1 x 20 x 45c
with title tabs, plus 1 x 20 x $1.50 with title
tabs).
Single sheets of stamps with title tabs will be
available with normal (plain 13 mm) selvedge
($9.00 for sheet of 20 x 45c, $30.00 for sheet of
20 x $1.50).
You can personalise either stamp. You can use
the ‘Special Limited Offer’ P Stamps order form,
in conjunction with the standard Personalised
Stamp order form (described in the insert).
During Olymphilex you can have a photo
taken on site and use this photo to order
personalised Olymphilex special event
souvenir (SES ) sheets (Athens $26.00, Sydney
$47.00).
Collectors unable to attend may purchased
Sydney/Athens special event souvenir sheets
(SES sheets) with a standard photo in the tab
after the event by mail order.
Set of first day covers (final art for Greek stamps unavailable at time of printing)
Specialist Notes
Specialist Notes
5 to 6 August Congress 2000 (Unley SA)
26 to 27 August Queensland Stampshow 2000
This event will be held at Enterprise House,
136 Greenhill Road Unley SA. Hours are 10 am
to 5 pm Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm Sunday.
Admission is free. Congress 2000 coincides with
the 80th Anniversary of the 1920 flight of
Vickers Vimy from Adelaide to Melbourne
The following products are available from
the Australian Airmail Society, GPO Box 954
Adelaide SA 5001. The Australian Airmail
society does not accept credit card payment.
The Queensland Philatelic Council (QPC)
expects outstanding exhibits and displays at
their annual state level philatelic exhibition. The
show will be held at QPC House, 18 Coolcrest
Street, Wynnum (Brisbane). Hours are 9 am to
5 pm Saturday and 9 am to 3 pm Sunday.
Admission is free. All children who attend will
receive a special free gift.
Colourful souvenir sheet ........................................$3.00
Cinderella Vignette
Block of 4 ............................................$3.00
Sheet of 36 ........................................$25.00
Adelaide to Melbourne 80th Anniversary Flight Cover ..$5.00
Australia Post at Congress 2000
Post will have a counter printed stamp machine on
site, and will offer a different postmark for each day.
Set of 6 CPS (Kangaroo and Koala) 45c mint labels ..$2.70
Set of 2 souvenir envelopes with 6 CPS labels
on each and postmarked each day..........................$5.90
Order Australia Post products from Postal
Manager Adelaide GPO SA 5000. Minimum
order for credit card purchases is $10.00
Overprints
To commemorate this year’s show QPC is
selling overprinted Towards Federation
miniature sheets ($9.00) and Olympic Sports
sheetlets of ten x 45c ($10.00). Both will be
available mint, CTO and on special Queensland
Stampshow 2000 souvenir covers (including
overprinted Registered Post labels).
For more information about this show or the
commemorative items:
Phone the coordinator on 07 3262 8810 or
write to Queensland Stampshow 2000, QPC, 18
Coolcrest Street, WYNNUM. 4178.
Please include $2.00 ($4.00 Registered Post) per
order for postage and packing. For details of the
commemorative postmarks, see page IV
11 to 13 August Brighton Philatelic Society
50th Anniversary Celebrations
The society will celebrate its 50th anniversary at Bri
Phil House (80 Gardenvale Road, Gardenvale).
Entry to the display and activities is free. There will
be an auction on Friday and dealers’ stalls on
Saturday and Sunday. Hours are 7 pm to 10 pm
Friday, 9:30 to 4 pm Saturday and Sunday.
The society has produced a Celebrate 2000
P Stamp (image of Bri Phil House in tab). Send
orders, ($2.00 each stamp) to Brighton Philatelic
Society, P O Box 6004 East Brighton 3187. Please
add $1.00 for return postage and handling.
Commemorative postmarker see page IV
I
Specialist Notes
Specialist Notes
10 September SOUTHPEX 2000
This event will be held at Gosnells Civic Centre,
Albany Hwy, Gosnells WA. Hours are 10 am to
4 pm. Admission is free. As in previous years,
Southpex has produced a special booklet. The
theme for this year’s booklet is the Year of the
Dragon. Orders to Southpex ($3.00 each
booklet, includes postage). Send a money order
or cheque payable to Southpex, along with your
your name and address to:
Southpex 2000
PO Box 228
Gosnells WA 6990
Olymphilex Overprinted Olympic Sports sheetlet
Inquiries to Neta Vlasveld Honorary Secretary
on 041 995 4862.
15 to 28 September 2000 Olymphilex2000
(Sydney and Canberra)
Olymphilex2000 is the official stamp and
coin exhibition for the Sydney 2000 Olympic
Games. Demand for stamp exhibition space
had been so great that Olymphilex has
expanded to include the Royal Australian
Mint in Canberra.
Main exhibitions will be held on three
levels of the Centrepoint Exhibition halls in
the heart of Sydney’s CBD. Admission is free.
Olymphilex 2000 has the patronage of the
International Olympic Committee (I.O.C).
It is being held under the auspices of the
Federation Internationale de Philatelie
(F.I.P.), and the support of the Federation of
Inter-Asian Philately (F.I.A.P.). It also has
the full support of Australia Post, the Royal
Australian Mint and Goldcorp Australia.
For further information write to:
Olymphilex2000
PO Box Q2000,
Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, NSW, 1230,
Inquires phone (02) 9337 5241,
email to: dansstamps@hotmail.com
Sydney/Athens, Overprinted Olymphilex SES sheet
Australia Post at Olymphilex
Australia Post will produce a special
overprinted Olympic Sports sheetlet of ten
stamps and an Olymphilex Special Event
Souvenir sheet featuring the Sydney/Athens
stamps. The Sydney/Athens stamps can be
ordered as P Stamps and personalised with
an image taken on site during the event. See
page V for after orders). Special Olymphilex
postmarks have also been designed (see pages
16 and 17).
1144261 Overprinted Olympic Sports sheetlet........$4.50
30 May to 4 June 2000
WIPA 2000 Vienna
Australia Post produced a cachet to mark its
participation in this event. A number of covers
were produced and are available for purchase
from the Australia Philatelic Bureau
0129265 WIPA 2000............................................$0.70
II
Postmarks
Postmarks
Ordering postmark impressions by mail
Please forward fully stamped and addressed covers,
under prepaid outer envelopes, to post office addresses listed on these pages.
• Endorse cover in the top left corner with the name of the postmark required.
• Orders must be lodged before the last day of use of the postmarker.
National FDI Postmarks and Commemorative Postmarks
• These may be ordered from the Australian Philatelic Bureau.
Associated Postmarks and Permanent Pictorial Postmarks
• These should be ordered directly from the post office concerned.
• A minimum base-rate 45c stamp is required to obtain a postmark impression.
• Serviced covers are 70c each, unless otherwise specified.
National FDI Postmarks
Associated Postmarks
First day covers, serviced with national first
day of issue postmarks, are available from all
First Day of Issue Post Offices and by mail
order from the Australian Philatelic Bureau
for four weeks.
The following associated postmarks may
appeal to thematic collectors. Orders should
be sent to the relevant post office.
Private covers can only be serviced:
• at the designated post office on the day of issue
OR
• by the Bureau if covers are received prior to the
first day of issue.
17 August 2000 Olympic Sports
• GPO Sydney NSW 2000
Gold Medallists Stamps
• No prepared FDI covers by Australia Post.
For collectors who make their own covers, we
suggest the blank Olympic Sports cover.
National FDI postmark
• Sydney NSW 2000 Available from Sydney
GPO, QVB, Olymphilex and the Australia
Philatelic Bureau
5 September Christmas Island Christmas
• Christmas Island Australia 6798
17 August Olympic Sports
•East Melbourne, 3002
MCG
See pages 16 and 17 for images, mail order
codes and availability of special Olympic
postmarks, including
• Olympic Sports and Sydney/Athens,
Australia Greece Joint Issue (FDI)
• Olympic Torch Relay postmarks sets
• Olymphilex
• Olympics Opening Day
• Olympics Closing Day
• Centenary of Women in Games
• Olympic Village
• Gold Medallists postmark and
• Olympic Sport Pictogram postmarks.
Ordering of postmarks
All items which are accompanied by a mail
order code are available from the Australian
Philatelic Bureau. Where an item does not have
a mail order code, it can only be ordered directly
from the post office indicated.
III
Postmarks
Postmarks
Permanent Pictorial Postmarks
Temporary Pictorial Postmarks
Impressions of permanent pictorial
postmarkers are available from the following
post offices from the dates listed below.
Stamps to a minimum value of 45c should
be affixed to private covers.
Impressions of temporary pictorial postmarkers
are available from the post offices in the following
listing. Affix stamps to a minimum value of 45c to
private covers.
11 May 2000
Yulara NT 0872 replaces existing postmarker. Design
features Uluru. Impressions from 11 May 2000.
Commemorative Postmarks
Australian residents should send their orders to
the addresses noted in these listings.
All orders should be accompanied by payment
of 70c per cover, unless specified otherwise.
5 August 2000
Congress 2000, design features Vickers Vimy, Adelaide
GPO SA 5000
6 August 2000
Congress 2000, design features block of four stamps with
‘2000’, Adelaide GPO SA 5000
13 September 2000
Preliminary soccer games for Sydney Olympics, design
features a soccer player, Hindmarsh SA 5007
50 th Anniversary Brighton Philatelic Society,
Brighton Philatelic House 11 to 13 August
Impressions available on site at Brighton
Philatelic House during the event. Design
features Brighton Philatelic House.
1144262 Bri Phil House 50th ..............................$0.70
26 to 27 August Queensland Stampshow 2000
PS Lucinda
Impressions from Wynnum Plaza LPO on site
during the event Design features PS Lucinda.
1144263 PS Lucinda..............................................0.70
Female athlete
Impressions from Wynnum Plaza LPO on site
during the event. Design features Female Athlete.
1144264 Female athlete ........................................0.70
IV
For philatelic queries,
contact your nearest philatelic office.
Sydney
(02) 9299 1215
Melbourne
(03) 9204 7736
Brisbane
(07) 3405 1438
Adelaide
(08) 8216 2367
Perth
(08) 9237 5902
Hobart
(03) 6234 1284
Souvenir Sheets
Special Event Souvenir sheets
New process for ordering Special Event Souvenir (SES) sheets after the event
Due to demand for these sheets we have modified the process for purchasing these sheets.
• Collectors can purchase SES sheets for a limited time after the event by mail order from the Australian Philatelic bureau.
• These sheets are only available with a standard photo printed in the tab, they can not be personalised. Only SES sheets
purchased during an event can be be personalised. No stamps will be sold with blank tabs. .
• Note: normal P Stamps are available for purchase using the P Stamp order form. These do not feature event specific
selvedge designs or overprinting.
Olymphilex
USA 2000 SES sheets
Two special souvenir sheets – one featuring the
Celebrate 2000 P Stamp the other featuring the
Kangaroo and Flag stamp – were available for
personalisation during this event in Anaheim
CA, USA (7 to 16 July 2000).
USA 2000 sheets will be available by mail
order from the Australian Philatelic Bureau
until 31 October 2000.
SES sheets (Athens, 20 x 45c, or Sydney, 20 x
$1.50) with Olymphilex logo and selvedge will
be available after the event with a standard
photo in the tabs.
1139250 Olymphilex SES sheet (Athens) ............$26.00
1129251 Olymphilex SES sheet (Sydney) ............$47.00
Special insert for new P Stamp designs
0116250 USA 2000 Celebrate 2000 ..................$26.00
0116251 USA 2000 Kangaroo & Flag ..................$26.00
Paralympic Team Announcement Dinners
The teams for the Sydney 2000 Paralympic
Games were announced at fundraising dinners
held around Australia on 27 July 2000.
SES sheets were produced for each state’s
dinner, with the design featuring images of local
para-athletes competing in their chosen sports.
These will be available until 31 October
2000, for $16.00. A percentage of this amount
will be donated to the Australian Paralympic
Committee.
This insert covers the two Sydney/Athens
stamps and the two Paralympic Torch stamps
(to be released 18 October 2000). These stamps
will be available as P Stamps from their issue
dates until 31 December 2000.
To order Sydney/Athens or Paralympic Torch
stamps as P Stamps, you must use the ‘Special
Limited Offer P Stamps’ order insert in
conjunction with the standard P Stamp order form.
You can place a single order for both
Sydney/Athens P Stamps and Paralympic
P Stamps. Please note that combined orders will
not be dispatched until after 18 October 2000,
when the Paralympic Torch stamps are released.
Sydney/Athens P Stamps
Mail order codes
0131250 New South Wales Paralympics SES sheet $16.00
0131252 Victoria Paralympics SES sheet ...............$16.00
0131253 South Australia Paralympics SES sheet ....$16.00
0131255 Queensland Paralympics SES sheet ........$16.00
ACT and WA events, to be advised.
Set of Sydney/Athens after event SES sheets, standard photo in tab
Athens
Sydney
V
In Retrospect
In Retrospect
Agency Countries
Bulletin 255, June-July 2000
Australia Post sells stamps and other philatelic products
issued by Fiji, Nauru, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea,
Pitcairn Islands and Western Samoa. Australia Post deals
only in agency countries’ mint stock. Orders for first day
covers and postmarked material should be directed to the
bureau concerned.
Stamps from these countries are available by mail order
only. All new issues available from Australia Post carry a
25% service charge. Agency countries’ issues listed in this
Bulletin include the 25% service charge. Conversion rates
as at 25 October1999 apply.
To inquire about a standing order for agency countries’
stamps, please contact the Australian Philatelic Bureau on
Freecall 1800 331 794. Alternatively, you may order direct
from the bureau of the country concerned. Addresses are
shown below.
•Page 7 The WWF logo was inadvertently
omitted from the iillustration of the left stamp
in the 45c pair.
•Page IV. The pictorial postmark featuring the
Sydney Opera House was cancelled prior to
release. There are no plans to release this
postmark in the near future.
FIJI
Mail order address:
The Philatelic Bureau
PO Box 100
SUVA, FIJI
Stamps and first day covers are on sale from the
Fiji Philatelic Bureau for twelve months provided
stocks last. Fiji does not charge return postage or
handling fees.
Sesame Street™
Koala Count
Koala Count
Residents of the famous street play in the
greenery of this miniature sheet.
Issue date (Aust) ..................................1 August 2000
Miniature sheet ..................................$2.00 ($A2.25)
Withdrawal date ............................30 November 2000
Koala Count Update
There are no reprints to report in this issue of
the Bulletin.
Note: Technical details not available at the time of printing.
The Koala Count identifies specific reprints. A
koala symbol printed in the selvedge adjacent
to stamps, down either side of a sheet, indicates
a reprint, two koalas a second reprint, and so
on. A kangaroo indicates the fifth reprint.
Sesame Street Miniature Sheet, Fiji
VI
Agency Countries
Festivals booklet of ten
NORFOLK ISLAND
Mail order address:
Bureau Manager
NORFOLK ISLAND 2899
SOUTH PACIFIC
http://www.stamps.gov.nf
Festivals
Released 31 January 2000, this local postage
booklet of 40 x 5c stamps celebrates
Thanksgiving and Country Music festivals of
Norfolk Island in a booklet of four sheetlets (ten
stamps each sheetlet, five stamps each design).
Anzac Day 2000
Stamp values ......................booklet of 40 x 5c ($A2.70)
Artist ........................................................Roger Pennycuick
Released 25 April 2000, this issue honours the
Norfolk Island servicemen who did not return
from the fields of battle of WWI, WWII and the
Korean War. A roll of honour is printed on the
stamps (WWI on the 45c stamp, WWII and
Korea on the 75c stamp).
Year of the Dragon
Released 7 February 2000, the miniature sheet
is illustrated with Year of the Dragon images.
Miniature sheet ....................................$2.00 ($A2.70)
Stamp values ..................................45c, 75c ($A1.62)
Stamp size ..........................................35.48 x 40.64 mm
Paper ..........................102 gsm PVA gummed stamp paper
Printing process ........................................Lithography
Printer ..........................................House of Questa, UK
Perforations ......................14 pinholes per 2 mm approx
Sheet layout
Half sheets of 40, 20 each value on either side of gutter
(RSL logo printed in gutter)
Anzac Day
Year of the Dragon, miniature sheet
VII
Agency Countries
Agency Countries
Miniature sheet
Whaler Project
Released on 1 May 2000, the souvenir sheet
illustrates the heritage craft that the Whaler
Project passes on to future generations. The
imperforate souvenir sheet is overprinted with
the London 2000 logo, and that of NI's UK
representatives, Crown Agents Stamp Bureau.
Miniature sheet ..................................$4.00 ($A5.40)
Souvenir sheet, imperforate, overprinted $4.00($A5.40)
Designer..................................................Glen Douran
Paper ..........................BDT International Security Printing
Size ........................................................96 x 76 mm
PNG Year of the Rabbit
Whaler Project
(Imperforate, overprinted )
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Mail order address:
Chief Post Office
APIA
WESTERN SAMOA
Year of the Rabbit
Bounty Day
Released 8 June 2000 to commemorate the
arrival of the Morayshire (1856) which carried
the Pitcairn Island descendants of the Bounty
mutineers. Images are of (then) Lieutenant
William Bligh (45c) and the leader of the
mutineers, Fletcher Christian (75c).
Stamp values ................................45c, 75c , ($A3.53)
Stamp size ....................................................35 x 35 mm
Printer .............................. ............House of Questa, UK
Paper ..........................102 gsm, PVA gummed paper
Perforations ..................14 pinholes per 2 mm approx
Bounty Day
VIII
This miniature sheet is illustrated with images
of rabbits frolicking in a Chinese landscape.
Miniature sheet, ............................four x 65t ($A2.66)
Mail Order Codes
Fiji
Sesame Street™
1163142
Miniature sheet ............$2.25
Norfolk Island
Festivals
1160182
Stamps, booklet of ten ....$2.70
Year of the Dragon
1141142
Miniature sheet ..............$2.70
Anzac Day 2000
1154067
Stamps..........................$1.62
Whaler Project miniature sheet
1161142
Sheet ............................$5.40
1161250
Imperforate, overprrinted $5.40
Bounty Day
1158067
Stamps..........................$3.53
Papua New Guinea
Year of the Rabbit
1159142
Miniature sheet ..............$2.66
SydneyAthens
Stamp pack, Joint Issue
Stamp pack, Australia
Sydney/Athens, normal selvedge
Sydney, with title tabs
Athens with title tabs
Sydney/Athens: Set of sheets, title tabs & decorative selvedge
i
Olymphilex 15 to 28 September 2000
at Sydney’s Centrepoint Tower
Sydney/Athens, overprinted Olymphilex SES sheet
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Issue date ..........................15 September 2000
Denominations: ..................45c; $1.50
Illustrator: ..........................Lynda Warner, Hobart
Printer: ..............................SNP Ausprint
Paper ................................Tullis Russell, non phosphor
Stamp size: ........................30.55 x 30 mm
Tab size: ............................20 x 30 mm
Printing process: ................Lithography
Perforations ........................13.86 x 14.28
Sheet layout........................Sheets of 20 with printed tabs
on right hand side, and sheets of 20 with printed tabs on
right hand side with decorative selvedge.
National Postmark: ..............Sydney NSW 2000
Mail order codes
1144067 Stamps (title tabs)
one each 45c and $1.50 ............................$1.95
1144253 Set of two first day covers
(Joint + Australian) ....................................$8.40
1144252 First day cover, Joint ..................................$6.20
1144002 First day cover, Australian ..........................$2.20
1144251 Stamp pack, Joint ......................................$6.35
1144127 Stamp pack Australian ..............................$2.35
1144220 Maximum cards ........................................$3.35
1144250 Set of Joint issue sheets,
with title tabs and decorative selvedge
(20 x $1.50 + 20 x 45c) ..........................$39.00
1144254 Sydney sheet (20 x $1.50, title tabs,
normal selvedge)......................................$30.00
1144255 Athens sheet (20 x 45c, title tabs,
normal selvedge) ........................................$9.00

Olympic Coins 2000
Olympic Coins
Sets are the latest addition to the range of
Sydney 2000 Olympic coin products.
Contact your local Post Office or the
Australian Philatelic Bureau with questions
about the availability of specific sets.
Pictogram Set
This set is made up of the four gold coins
which feature the official sporting
pictograms of the Sydney 2000 Olympic
Games.
Fauna & Flora Series Set
A set of eight silver coins that feature
Australian animal and plant life. It provides
a record of Australia’s rich and fascinating
natural heritage.
Cultural Series Set
This set of eight silver coins adopts the
themes of the four 2000 Olympic Art
Festivals and celebrates Australia’s cultural
and social development.
Dreamtime Set
This two coin set combines the silver coins
created by the artistic collaboration between
master coin designer Stuart Devlin and
Aboriginal athlete Nova Peris-Kneebone
Millennium Coin Set
This 24 coin set combines all the silver
(sixteen) and gold (eight) coins in the
Sydney 2000 Olympic coin programme.
16 Coin Silver Set
This set combines all sixteen silver coins in
the Sydney 2000 Olympic coin programme.

Olympic Coins 2000
Silver Kilo Olympic Masterpiece
The silver kilo coin features a fascinating
montage which illustrates the 28 Olympic
sports. It is 100 mm in diameter and
contains a full kilogram of fine silver. It
makes a spectacular impact and is a fitting
tribute to the greatest event in Australia’s
sporting history.
Seven Seas
Seven Seas Supplement
The following will be included in Seven Seas’ 2000
Supplements and optional pages. Seven Seas’ pages are
only available from stamp dealers and from Seven Seas.
Olympic Sports 17 August 2000
Supplement • 10 individual gummed stamps from
sheetlet (sheetlet supplied)• 10 individual s/a
stamps from booklet (booklet supplied)
Optional Pages • sheetlet of 10 • s/a booklet of 10
Gold Medallist Stamps September 2000
See details to be printed in the Special Gold Medallist
issue of the Bulletin (October 2000)
Torch Relay Medallion & Booklet
The official Torch Relay Medallion is struck
in bronze. The medallion features a stylised
map of Australia and the dates of this history
making relay. The medallion is housed in an
attractive, six-page A4 booklet. The booklet
contains a detailed record of the Torch Relay
and other points of interest. This significant
memento of the Torch Relay is only available
through Australia Post.
Sydney Athens Joint Issue 15 September
Supplement • 2 individual gummed stamps with
title tabs, one each design
Optional Pages • generic page with spaces for 2 x
P Stamps (stamps not supplied by Seven Seas)
Note: Spaces for these P Stamps may be
combined on one or more Optional pages for
other P Stamps issued during 2000.
Christmas Island
Christmas Island Christmas 5 September
Supplement • pair 2 x 40c, single 45c
Mail order codes
1113281 Fauna & Flora Set ..............................$434.70
1113282 Cultural Set ......................................$434.70
1113280 16 Coin Set ......................................$868.65
1113284 Pictogram Set ................................$1,521.35
1113283 Dreamtime Set ..................................$108.65
1113287 Millennium Set ..............................$6,027.00
1113285 Silver Kilo Masterpiece ......................$860.95
1113286 Torch Relay Medallion Booklet ..............$19.35
Mail order codes
1144235 Bulletin 256
Australian Supplement ........................$10.95
Australian Optional Pages ......................$9.00
Christmas Island ..................................$1.25

Special Postmarks
Special Postmarks
Issue or Event
Date(s)
Location(s)
FDI
Olympic Sports
Sydney/Athens
Gold Medallists
17 August
15 September
FDI Variable Date
GPO Sydney
GPO Sydney
GPO Sydney, QVB, Olymphilex
Fixed date
Olympic Torch Relay
(single design, date and location
vary)
8 June, Yulara, NT; 13 June,.Brisbane; 29 June, Darwin; 7 July, Perth;
14 July, Adelaide; 31 July, Melbourne; 2 August, Hobart; 5 September,Canberra
12 September, Sydney;
Olympics opening day
Olympics closing day
15 September
1 October
Changeable date
Olymphilex
Gold Medallists (Non FDI)
(applied to Gold Medallists
stamps only, NSW shown)
Centenary Women in Games
Olympic Village
Olympic Sport Pictograms
(illustrated below & page 17)
Olymphilex
GPO Sydney
15 to 28 September
Olymphilex
16 September to 2 October GPOs in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart,
Darwin, Canberra, Brisbane, also Olymphilex,
and Post Offices in in Queen Victorial Building, Strathfield
& Burwood NSW
15 to 28 September
Olymphilex
29 September to 1 October GPO Sydney,
2 September to 4 October Homebush and Queen Victoria Building Post Office, NSW
15 to 28 September
Olymphilex
29 September to 1 October GPO Sydney
Canoe/Kayak
Cycling
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Modern Penthalon
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathalon
Volleyball
Weight lifting
Wrestling

Postmarks
Special Postmarks
Notes:
OlympicSports, FDI
Olympic,
Torch Relay
Gold Medallists
(FDI)
Sydney/Athens, FDI
Closing day,
Opening day,
Olympic Games Olympic Games
Olymphilex
Sample
Olympic Village
Centenary of Women
in Olympic Games
Boxing
Aquatics
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Gold Medallists and Olympic Village
• Gold Medallist postmarks are only available
from the post offices listed, on Gold Medallists
stamps. The 67 outlets selling digital stock will
keep a small amount of this stock aside for mail
order postmarking requests.
• Olympic Village postmarks are available at
the Olympic Village Post Office, and by postal
request, from Postal Manager, Queen Victoria
Building PO, NSW, 1230
General
• A minimum base-rate 45c stamp is required
for postmark impression by mail. Serviced
covers are 70c each unless otherwise
specified.
• There are 28 sport pictogram postmarks,
each of these is available on any day during the
listed period at Olymphilex or GPO Sydney,
* Sets of 28 (one each sport) for any given date
are available by mail order.
Olympic Postmarks
1146250 Olympic Torch Relay (set of 9 covers,
despatched from 12 September 2000) ....$6.30
0133252 Opening Day (Olympic Games, 15 Sep)....$0.70
0133253 Olymphilex Exhibition postmark
Set of 14 covers 15-28 Sep 2000 ..........$9.80
0133254 Closing Day (Olympic Games, 1 Oct 2000)$0.70
0133255 Centenary of Women in Olympic Games
(set of 17 covers) ................................$11.90
Sport Pictograms, set of 28 covers, available each day
from 15 Sep to 1 Oct
0132250 Sports (set of 28 covers-15 Sep) ..........$19.60
0132266 Sports (set of 28 covers-1 Oct)..............$19.60

Born 4 August 1900
4 august 2000
Souvenir cover
100th Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
the QUEEN
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
will celebrate her 100th birthday on 4 August
2000. Born the Honourable Elizabeth Angela
Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother is
one of the most popular and admired members
of the British royal family. She is the widow of
King George VI and mother of Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret.
To mark her 100th birthday Australia Post
will issue a special souvenir cover.
The cover will feature Australia Post’s 1999
Queen’s Birthday stamp which also celebrated
the life of the Queen Mother. The stamp
features images of both the Queen and the
Queen Mother and was the first time mother
and daughter had appeared together on an
Australian stamp.

MOTHER
The cover itself shows Her Majesty on her 96th
birthday; at six years of age; and in 1937 as
Queen, beside King George VI at the time of his
coronation, and with her daughters.
The postmark (Strathmore VIC) was
selected because the Queen Mother’s father was
the 14 Earl of Strathmore. A thistle is used in
the design because the Queen Mother also
became the First Lady of the Thistle.
Mail order codes
1093250 Queen Mother’s Centenary souvenir cover$1.15
Footy Stamps
News
National Philatelic Centre
Post Master Gallery
25 may 2000
On 25 May 2000, Australia Post launched
‘Footy Stamps’ on the Nine Network’s
Melbourne based AFL Footy Show.
This product was created to further develop
the Personalised Stamps’ concept and capture
the Australian love of sport, particularly AFL
football.
All sheets are made up of 20 stamps and there
are two types of sheets available.
‘Club Sheets’ and ‘Star Player Sheets’.
The recommended retail price for either Club
Sheets or Star Player Sheets $24.95.
Club Sheets feature club colours and action
shots in the selvage. Twenty different team
member portraits are printed in the tab area
(one portrait per stamp tab).
Star Player Sheets feature club colours and
mascots in the selvage and 20 identical portraits
of the selected team member.
Footy Stamps are sold exclusively through AFL
clubs. Contact your AFL club for ordering
information.
Adelaide, Player Sheet
Hawthorn, Player Sheet
Brisbane, Club Sheet
Sydney, Club Sheet
Coming soon to a location near you
Good news for collectors who cannot visit the
National Philatelic Centre. We have received
special tour funding for Kangaroo and Map: ‘an
advertisement for Australia’.
The exhibition told the story behind the first
Australian stamp and the controversy the stamp
generated when it was issued in 1913.
The Commonwealth government's Visions
of Australia program has funded a tour of the
exhibition which will take it to fourteen
venues around Australia. The tour will start in
early 2001 and will take the exhibition to every
state and territory, to capital cities and
regional locations. We will include the tour
schedule as it becomes available.
New catalogue
In 1999 philatelist Richard Breckon curated an
exhibition called ‘The rare and the beautiful’ in
Australia Post’s Post Master Gallery. The
exhibit’s 56-page full colour catalogue featuring
many philatelic gems from Australia Post’s
collection is now available by mail order.
1017260 The rare and the beautiful:
exhibition catalogue ............................$25.00
The Rare and the Beautiful

Christmas Island Christmas
This year the Christmas Island Christmas
stamps transport the nativity story to
Christmas Island. Tropical flora and fauna
stand in for the traditional players in the
traditional Christmas carol, We Three Kings.
Melbourne illustrator, Bill Wood gives us a
delightful, whimsical interpretation of the
nativity in this commemorative issue of three
stamps.
Each of the stamps illustrates lyrics from the
song. From left to right, the first 40c stamp
depicts the three kings passing their gifts of
gold, frankincense and myrrh to Christmas
Island birds. The birds will follow the star that
guided the kings and transport the precious
offerings to Christmas Island. The second 40c
stamp shows the birds near the end of their
journey as they approach the islands. The 45c
stamp shows local red crabs ready to take the
gifts and deliver them to the baby Jesus.
Christmas Island Christmas stamps are
issued in September for people who want to
post Christmas items early.
Bill Wood is a talented Melbourne-based
illustrator. His artwork was also used for the
1995 Christmas Island Christmas stamp issue.
5 september 2000
First day cover
Technical details
Issue date ..........................5 September 2000
Denominations....................Two x 40c, one x 45c
Designer ............................Bill Wood, Melbourne
Printe ................................SNP Ausprint
Paper ................................Tullis Russell, red phosphor
Printing process ..................Lithography
Stamp size..........................30 x 30.55 mm
Perforations ........................14.4 x 14.0
Sheet layout........................Modules of 50, no gutter
National postmark ..............Christmas Island Australia 6798
Mail order codes
1147067 Stamps, (two x 40c, one x 45c) ..............$1.25
1147001 First day cover ...................................... $1.50
Stamp Collecting
Stamp Collecting Starter Kit
This is your opportunity to purchase a Stamp Collecting Starter Kit at a special reduced price of $9.95.
The kit – designed for children aged 6-13 years of age – is a wonderful way to introduce stamp collecting.
Special reduced price from 1 July 2000 to 30 September 2000.
The kit includes: A binder • Five stock sheets • A booklet about stamp collecting
• Fifty used Australian stamps • Magnifier glass • Tweezers • Themed labels

New Issues
Mail Order
Code
1143201
1143001
1143252
1143250
1143251
1143182
1143130
1143220
1143226
1143155
1143005
1144067
1144253
1144252
1144002
1144251
1144127
1144220
1144250
1144254
1144255
1093250
1147067
1147001
0130252
0130251
0130250
0130253
1113281
1113282
1113280
1113284
1113283
1113287
1113285
1113286
Product Description
New Issues
Price
17 August Olympic Sports
Stamps (sheetlet of ten x 45c)
$4.50
Set of first day covers
$4.75
Set of stamp and coin covers (Aquatics and Athletics)
$19.70
Aquatics stamp and coin cover
$9.85
Athletics stamp and coin cover
$9.85
Booklet of ten
$4.50
Sheetlet pack
$4.90
Maximum cards (10)
$11.50
International PPE
$1.58
Aerogramme
$0.78
Blank cover, Olympic Sports
$0.25
15 September Joint Issue with Greece
Stamps (title tabs) one each 45c and $1.50
$1.95
Set of two first day cover s (Joint + Australia) [MO/CC]
$8.40
First day cover, Joint issue
$6.20
First day cover, Australia only
$2.20
Stamp pack, Joint issue
$6.35
Stamp pack, Australia
$2.35
Maximum cards
$3.35
Set of Joint issue sheets (20 x $1.50 plus 20 x 45c)
with title tabs and decorative selvedge
$39.00
Single sheet, Sydney (20 x $1.50)
with title tabs, normal selvedge
$30.00
Single sheet, Athens (20 x 45c)
with title tabs, normal selvedge
$9.00
For Joint issue P Stamps, see insert or request form from Post retail outlets,
Freecall 1 800 778 267 or www.auspost.com.au/pstamps
4 August Queen Mother’s Centenary
Souvenir cover
$1.15
5 September Christmas Island Christmas
Stamps, (two x 40c, one x 45c)
$1.25
First day cover
$1.50
Special Products
Gold Medallist album + set of 10 stock sheets, no stamps
$17.95
Olympic Souvenir pack
$11.90
Prestige album
$59.95
Vol I, IOC Official Sydney 2000 Album
$250.00
Sydney 2000 Olympic Coin Sets ◆
Fauna & Flora Set
$434.70
Cultural Set
$434.70
16 Coin Set
$868.65
Pictogram Set
$1,521.35
Dreamtime Set
$108.65
Millennium Set
$6,027.00
Silver Kilo Masterpiece
$860.95
Torch Relay Medallion Booklet
$19.35
Withdrawal Date
30 Sept 2001
1 Oct 2000
30 Sept 2001
30 Sept 2001
30 Sept 2001
30 Sept 2001
30 Sept 2001
30 Sept 2001
30 Sept 2001
30 Sept 2001
30 Sept 2001
30 Sept 2001
13 Oct 2000
13 Oct 2000
13 Oct 2000
30 Sept 2001
30 Sept 2001
30 Sept 2001
30 Sept 2001
30 Sept 2001
30 Sept 2001
30 Sept 2000
30 Sept 2001
3 Oct 2000
29 December 2000
29 December 2000
29 December 2000
29 December 2000
New
New
New
New
New
New
New
New

Recent Issues
Recent Issues
Mail Order Product Description
Price
Code
20 June International Stamps
1118067
Stamps (one each 50c, $1.00, $1.50,$2.00,
$3.00, $4.50, $5.00, $10.00)
$27.50
1118126
Stamp pack
$27.90
1118220
Maximum cards*
$33.10
20 June WWF Cocos Crabs
1119067
Stamps (two x 45c, two x 5c)
$1.00
1119242
Gutter strip, ten x 45c (no special text or design in gutter)
$4.50
1119241
Gutter strip, ten x 5c (no special text or design in gutter)
$0.50
1119240
Set of gutter strips (ten x 45, ten x 5c) [MO/CC]
$5.00
3 July Paralympics
1117067
Stamps, gummed (two x 45c, three x 49c)
$2.37
1117200
Stamps, self-adhesive (two x 45c)
$0.90
1117209
Stamps, self-adhesive 45c (roll of 100)
$45.00
1117182
Stamps, self-adhesive, 49c (booklet of 10)
$4.90
1117241
Gutter strips, ten x 45c (no special text or design in gutter)
$4.50
1117242
Gutter strips, ten x 49c (no special text or design in gutter)
$4.90
1117240
Set of gutter strips (ten x 45c, ten x 49c)
(no special text or design in gutter)[MO]
$9.40
1117126
Stamp pack, gummed
$2.77
1117223
Collector pack [MO/CC]
$4.50
1117220
Maximum cards
$5.87
24 July Centenary of First VC
1120067
Stamps (five x 45c)
$2.25
1120250
Stamp and coin cover
$9.85
1120240
Gutter strip (ten x 45c)
(names of VC recipients printed in gutter)
$4.50
1120126
Stamp pack
$2.65
1120220
Maximum cards
$5.75
1120219
Book, For Valour, Australians and the Victoria Cross
$16.95
24 July AAT Antarctic Penguins
1146067
Stamps (two x 45c)
$0.90
1146126
Stamp pack
$1.30
1146240
Gutter strip (ten x 45c, no special text or design in gutter)
$4.50
1146220
Maximum cards
$2.30
Withdrawal Date
TBA
31 Jul 2001
31 Jul 2001
30 Jun 2001
30 Jun 2001
30 Jun 2001
30 Jun 2001
31 July 2001
31 July 2001
31 July 2001
31 July 2001
31 July 2001
31 July 2001
31 July 2001
31 July 2001
31 July 2001
31 July 2001
31 July 2001
31 July 2001
31 July 2001
31 July 2001
31 July 2001
TBA
31 Juyl 2001
31 July 2001
31 July 2001
31 July 2001
◆ POSTAGE AND HANDLING CHARGES
A postage and handling charge of $3.00 applies to each of the Australian Stamp Catalogue, Sydney 2000 Olympic Coin Collection or
Numismatic ranges.. This charge applies only once for each category. Therefore, if you purchase an item from each category, you pay
$9.00 for postage and handling. Whether you order one or several items from a category, you only pay the $3.00 postage and handling
charge once. When you order items which are from two categories, then you pay $6.00 postage and handling.
A complete list of issues on sale is not included here. Details of current issues
may be obtained from the Australian Philatelic Bureau (Freecall 1800 331 794).
[MO] – Available by mail order only
[MO/CC] – Available by mail order and from Collector’s Corner outlets

Also Available
Also Available
Sydney 2000 Olympic Coin Collection ◆
Books and Accessories
0983260
Stamp Collecting Starter Kit
1100171
1100214
1100194
1088261
1089219
1120219
Collection of 1999 Australian Stamps (Deluxe ed)
Collection of 1999 Australian Stamps (exec ed)
Australian Territories Collection 1999
The Face of Australia Book
Legends, Anzacs,the pain and the glory of Gallipoli
For Valour, Australians and the Victoria Cross
$9.95
$57.95
$87.95
$19.95
$24.95
$16.95
$16.95
Australian Stamp Catalogue Range ◆
1017255
0870261
0100255
1100250
1017260
1999 Compact Australian Stamp Catalogue
Comprehensive Colour Catalogue
of Australian Stamps – 2nd Ed
The Australasian Stamp
Catalogue (28th ed) [MO]
1999 Stamp Printing Technical Details [MO]
The rare and the beautiful:exhibition catalogue
$9.95
$29.95
$38.95
$11.00
$25.00
Album Sheets
0903270
0960251
0903271
0903272
0903273
0903274
0903275
0903276
First day cover album binder
New binder (to hold album stock sheets)
Album stock sheets – two strip (set of ten) FDC
Album stock sheets – five strip (set of ten)
Album stock sheets – six strip (set of ten)
Album stock sheets – seven strip (set of ten)
Album stock sheets – mixed strip (set of ten)
Album stock sheets – single (set of ten)
$10.00
$17.95
$10.25
$10.25
$10.25
$10.25
$10.25
$10.25
Numismatic Range ◆
1113255
1113256
1113257
1113258
1113259
1113260
2000 Uncirculated Coin Set
2000 Proof Coin Set
2000 Baby Coin Set, Proof
2000 Baby Coin Set, Uncirculated
2000 $1.00 Silver Kangaroo
Olympic Mascots Medallion
$21.65
$70.25
$81.35
$26.55
$29.80
$9.75
Olympic Postmarks
1146250
0133252
0133253
0133254
0133255
0132250
0132251
0132252
0132253
0132254
0132255
0132256
0132257
0132258
0132259
0132260
0132261
0132262
0132263
0132264
0132265
0132266
Olympic Torch Relay (set of 9 covers,
despatched from 12 September 2000)
Opening Day (Olympic Games, 15 Sep)
Olymphilex (set of 14, 15-28 Sep
Closing Day (Olympic Games, 1 Oct 2000)
Centenary of Women in Olympic Games (set of 17)
Sport Pictograms, set of 28 covers,
available each day 15 Sep to 1 Oct
Sports (set of 28 covers-15 Sep)
Sports (set of 28 covers-1 Oct)
$6.30
$0.70
$9.80
$0.70
$11.90
$19.60
$19.60
$19.60
$19.60
$19.60
$19.60
$19.60
$19.60
$19.60
$19.60
$19.60
$19.60
$19.60
$19.60
$19.60
$19.60
$19.60
Silver
1019138
1098251
1019143
1019142
1019283
1019140
1019141
1019282
1098250
1113262
1113263
1113264
1113265
1113266
1113267
The Festival of the Dreaming Silver Coin
Koala and Flora Silver Coin
Lizard and Flora Silver Coin
Great White Shark and Coral Silver Coin
Emu and Flora Silver Coin
A Sea Change I Silver Coin
A Sea Change II Silver Coin
Reaching the World I Silver Coin
Reaching the World II Silver Coin
Harbour of Life (Water)
Harbour of Life (Land)
Harbour of Life (Air)
Platypus and water lily
Echidna and tea tree
Kookaburra and waratah
Gold
1019256
1019257
1098252
1113268
1113269
1113270
Dedication I Gold Coin
Dedication II Gold Coin
Preparation II Gold Coin
Achievement (Stadium)
Achievement (Athlete)
Achievement (Torch)
Bronze
0980270
0980276
0980280
0980285
0899270
0899276
0899280
0899285
0899290
0899295
0926270
0926276
0926280
1019270
1019276
1019280
1098270
1098276
1098280
1098285
0119270
0119276
0119280
0119285
0120270
0120276
0120280
0120285
$5 Canoeing/Kayaking Coin
$5 Handball Coin
$5 Softball Coi
$5 Wrestling Coin
$5 Archery Coin
$5 Athletics Coin
$5 Gymnastics Coin
$5 Hockey Coin
$5 Sailing Coin
$5 Weightlifting Coin
$5 Cycling Coin
$5 Football Coin
$5 Triathlon Coin
$5 Tennis Coin
$5 Taekwondo Coin
$5 Basketball Coin
$5 Badminton Coin
$5 Fencing Coin
$5 Shooting CoiN
$5 Table Tennis Coin
$5 Baseball
$5 Judo
$5 Rowing
$5 Volleyball
$5 Aquatics
$5 Boxing
$5 Equestrian
$5 Modern pentathlon
Album
0899260
Commemorative Olympic Games Coin Album
$54.30
$54.30
$54.30
$54.30
$54.30
$54.30
$54.30
$54.30
$54.30
$54.30
$54.30
$54.30
$54.30
$54.30
$54.30
$380.35
$380.35
$380.35
$380.35
$380.35
$380.35
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$9.70
$21.60
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