Aust Post Envelopes - First Day of Issue

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Overview

Seven cream coloured envelopes. Black rubber stamped.
Colourful images at the front, and a story of the special event at the back of envelope

Historical information

A First Day Cover in Australia is an envelope bearing a newly issued postage stamp, postmarked and sent through the post on the first day of its official use.
The postmark (or cancellation) verifies the date of issue.
These covers are popular among philatelists and collectors, and are a way to commemorate the release of new stamps.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2025.185

Item type

Envelopes

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Paper

Width

190.5000 mm

Height or length

101 mm

Inscriptions and markings

(a) First Day of Issue BUSSELTON 20 Aug 1980 "Centenary of the Young Womens Christian Association"
(b) First Day of Issue BUSSELTON 1 Jul 1980 "Australian Birds"
(c) First Day of Issue BUSSELTON 25 Jun 1980 "The Siege of Glenrowan - Centenary 1980"
(d) First Day of Issue BUSSELTON 19 May 1980 "Opening of the High Court Building by Her Majesty the Queen - Canberra 1980"
(e) First Day of Issue BUSSELTON 19 Dec 1979 "4th Asia-Pacific (12th Australian) Jamboree Perth 1979-1980
(f) First Day of Issue BUSSELTON 13 Nov 1979 "Fiftieth Anniversary - Voluntary Blood Donor Service in Australia"
(g) First Day of Issue BUSSELTON 3 Dec 1979 "125th Anniversary of Eureka Stockade"

Keywords

Australia Post

Place made

Australia

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Busselton Historical Society

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