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No.371 2021 National Heritage Australia Migratory Shorebirds Cocos (Keeling) Islands Manta Ray Doves & Pigeons Norfolk Island Land Snails Hello Collectors Welcome to a new edition of the Stamp Bulletin, presenting upcoming Australian stamp issues and themed collectables. There’s been some excitement around the launch of the exclusive Australia Post version of the Monopoly board game. If the game is not available through a particular Post Office, orders can be placed at our online shop and via mail order. In May, Australia’s rich national heritage is on show, through commemorative stamp designs that present three historic sites from the National Heritage List. The Sydney Harbour Bridge, a significant feat of engineering, is recognised around the world. The Queen Victoria Market, the largest open-air market in Australia, Create stamps welcomes visitors through its grand Victorian-era that are as individual entrance. Canberra’s Old Parliament House, where federal parliament sat between 1927 and 1988, is now as you are. home to the Museum of Australian Democracy. Now up to Stamp issues showcasing the natural world are also * included in this edition, the first two in May. We present $10 off per sheet three of Australia’s 37 migratory shorebird species, from 10 May which travel from the northern hemisphere to rich feeding grounds in the south. We showcase Norfolk to 4 July 2021 Island’s magnificent Reef Manta Ray, which can reach up to five metres in width. And in June, we release Order online an illustrative set of stamps that present four of the auspost.com.au/mystamps more than 20 species of pigeons and doves native to *Terms and conditions apply Australia, with artwork by William T Cooper AO. Also featured is an issue on two of Norfolk Island’s endemic land snail species. From 10 May, The Great Aussie Coin Hunt is back. Applications for the reproduction of Australian stamps should be made in There’s a new set of 26 coins, featuring Australian icons writing to: beginning with each letter of the alphabet. As well as hunting for coins in your change at participating Post Manager, Philatelic Offices, individual coins and various collectables can Australia Post be purchased by mail order, online and via participating GPO Box 1777 MELBOURNE VIC 3001 Post Offices. For the really keen coin hunter, there’s a very [email protected] special limited-edition coin design, which will be randomly placed within tubes of coins available for purchase. Cover: Illustration of Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus regina by William T Cooper AO. Reproduced with permission from Pigeons and Doves in Australia by Joseph M Forshaw AM, published by CSIRO Publishing (2015), page 3: Adnan Moussalli, Museums Victoria, page 3 and page 8: © Can Stock Photo Inc. / Dirkr. Images unless otherwise advised, supplied by shutterstock.com © Copyright 2021 Australian Postal Michael Zsolt Corporation. All rights reserved. Australia Manager, Philatelic Post stamp designs and philatelic products Australia Post are subject to copyright and may not be reproduced without permission. Stamp Bulletin Australia is produced by Australia Post’s Philatelic Group. australiapostcollectables.com.au See page 25 for terms and conditions. 4 Contents 4 National Heritage Australia 8 Migratory Shorebirds 8 11 Cocos (Keeling) Islands Manta Ray 14 Doves & Pigeons 19 Norfolk Island Land Snails 22 Coins 14 24 Events 19 National Heritage Australia Released 10 May 2021 $3.60 2119002 First day cover (gummed) No. 371 / 2021 5 $2.40 each Postcards 0964870 Sydney Harbour Bridge 0964869 0964868 Queen Victoria Market Old Parliament House $3.75 2119126 Stamp pack $5.55 2119220 Maxicards set of 3 The Australian National Heritage List was in the world, in 2007 the Sydney Harbour established in 2003 to recognise natural and Bridge was inscribed on the National Heritage historic places of outstanding heritage significance List as an important economic and industrial to the nation and currently comprises 120 places, of feat in Australia's history, a pivotal step in the which three historic places are represented in this development of modern Sydney, and a symbol of stamp issue. the aspirations of the nation. The Sydney Harbour Bridge is recognised around Queen Victoria Market occupies seven hectares the world as one of Australia’s iconic landmarks. in the heart of the city of Melbourne. Constructed Construction of the bridge commenced in 1924 and in stages from the 1860s and officially opened on the official opening took place on 19 March 1932. 20 March 1878, the market is the largest open- One of the largest single-arch steel bridges air market in Australia and the most intact of 6 Stamp Bulletin $17.95 2119401 Sydney Opera House PNC (features a gummed stamp from the 2020 World Heritage stamp issue) $17.95 2119402 Queen Victoria Market PNC $17.95 2119403 Sydney Harbour Bridge PNC Melbourne’s Victorian-era markets. The site is also many of the events that shaped our modern nation, significant as Melbourne’s first cemetery from 1837 from declarations of war to constitutional and social to 1854. In 2018 the Queen Victoria Market was reform, including progress that enabled Aboriginal added to the National Heritage List because of its voting and recognition of land rights. Old Parliament links to the early colonial population of Melbourne House, which now houses the Museum of Australian and its ability to demonstrate the principal Democracy, was inscribed on the National Heritage characteristics of a 19th-century metropolitan List in 2006 and stands as the symbol of the produce market. nation's political heritage, where the foundations of Old Parliament House in Canberra was the seat of Australia’s journey to becoming one of the world’s the Parliament of Australia from 1927 to 1988. During most vibrant and multicultural democratic nations this time, its chambers and corridors witnessed were laid. No. 371 / 2021 7 $25.50 1515540 Pokémon stamp pack $15.50 1515532 Spirit Untamed stamp pack Migratory Shorebirds Released 18 May 2021 Migratory S 1 h 8 o M re A b Y i 2 r 0 d 2 s 1 • T H E F IR S 1 T 5 D 8 A 3 Y IC O V $3.30 2099142 F IS AY SUE • SEASPR Minisheet No. 371 / 2021 9 $3.60 each 2099002 First day cover (gummed) 2099013 First day cover (minisheet) $7.05 2099126 Stamp pack Australia has 37 species of migratory shorebirds, vulnerable, the Bar-tailed Godwit breeds in Alaska, seven of which are at risk. A great part of the problem Scandinavia and north Asia, and in Australia is most is human impact on the intertidal zone, particularly numerous on the northern coast, though evident along sections of the migratory route between the elsewhere. The critically endangered Great Knot Arctic Circle and Australasia; in China and South breeds in eastern Siberia, and in Australia is most Korea, the construction of seawalls, land reclamation, common across the north but can be found around infrastructure development and pollution are the continent. Australia’s largest shorebird, the Eastern devastating food sources and roosting sites. Curlew is listed as critically endangered. Breeding in Australia’s migrating shorebirds breed in the northern Russia and north-eastern China, it is widely distributed hemisphere and then travel to rich feeding grounds along coastal areas in Australia but most numerous in in the south for the non-breeding season. Listed as the north-east and south, including Tasmania. 10 Stamp Bulletin $5.55 2099220 Maxicards set of 3 $11 2099250 S/A booklet of 10 x $1.10 Godwit $11 2099252 $11 2099254 S/A booklet of 10 x $1.10 S/A booklet of 10 x $1.10 Great Knot Curlew No. 371 / 2021 Cocos (Keeling) Islands Manta Ray Released 18 May 2021 $6.90 each 2122002 First day cover (gummed) 2122013 First day cover (minisheet) CKI REEF MANTA RAY POSTMARK ISSUE DATE 18 MAY 2021 • POSTMARK FINAL ARTWORK 32mm $6.60 2122142 Minisheet The waters around the Cocos (Keeling)Islands are frequented by a range of marine life, including the Reef Manta Ray Mobula alfredi. Found in tropical and sub-tropical parts of the Indo-Pacific, this spectacular ray reaches up to five metres in width, has triangular pectoral fins, horn-shaped cephalic fins and a large, forward-facing mouth. The colour of the dorsal side is dark grey or black with white areas near the top of the head, and the ventral surface is generally white, with dark spots and blotches. Unique belly markings identify individual rays. The ray is generally seen in reefs close to shore but may venture out to depth to feed on zooplankton, the tiny, microscopic animals found in the water column. The Reef Manta Ray is classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 12 Stamp Bulletin The Great Aussie Coin Hunt is back! Find a special coloured coin by chance in $ one of the 47 tubes Folder & tube set 2050248 The Great Aussie Coin Hunt 26 Coin Tube and Collector’s Folder (539mm when open) No. 371 / 2021 13 Individual A–Z coins Individual coins are a great way to complete a collection or to give as a gift. $ ea 3 $ Collector’s Coins are AlBr 7 folder and are not shown (coins sold A is for Akubra to scale. 2050247 2050221 separately) B is for BBQ C is for Cherry Ripe D is for Dingo E is for Emu F is for Flies 2050222 2050223 2050224 2050225 2050226 G is for Great H is for Home I is for Ironbark J is for Jolly K is for Koala Barrier Reef and Away 2050229 Swagman 2050231 2050227 2050228 2050230 L is for Lyrebird M is for MILO N is for Nobby’s O is for Opera P is for Pavlova 2050232 2050233 Nuts House 2050236 2050234 2050235 Q is for Queen R is for Redback S is for Sydney T is for Tim Tam U is for Ulysses Victoria Market Spider Harbour Bridge 2050240 Butterfly 2050237 2050238 2050239 2050241 V is for Victa W is for X is for Y is for Yabby Z is for Zinc Lawnmower Witchetty Grub Xanthorrhoea 2050245 Sunscreen 2050242 2050243 2050244 2050246 Doves & Pigeons Released 1 June 2021 Doves & Pigeons ISSUE DATE 1 JUNE 2021 • POSTMARK FINAL ARTWORK $4.40 2121142 Minisheet DESIGN MANAGER (after FA sign off) Date No.