Names

Philately collection

IDs

VC000032

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Descriptions

This is a small collection of stamps and First Day Covers that primarily relate to maritime subjects. It is neither comprehensive nor complete.

The philately collection comprises some sixty First Day Covers relating to Antarctic discovery and research and a number of maritime events relating to Australia's maritime heritage. These include the 1987 America's Cup, the 75th anniversary of the HMAS SYDNEY / SMS EMDEN battle of 1914, HMB ENDEAVOUR's botanist Daniel Solander, the 1994 Sydney-Hobart yacht race, and the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea. There is also a selection of stamps from 1960-2000 relating to the Olympic sports. The collection includes postcards, certificates and envelopes which, while they have stamps afixed, were not collected for their philatelic value but for their image or content.

Some material included in this collection may be subject to copyright

By appointment only, please contact ANMM

Parts of this collection are digitised and available on the ANMM web site www.anmm.gov.au

Subjects

1900-2001; First day covers

Postage stamps

Coverage Spatial

Montreal; Antactica; Coco-Keel; Munich; Atlanta; Coral Sea; Australia; Sydney, Australia

Coverage Temporal

1900

2001

Related Collections

Dates

2012-05-30 23:40