Issue No. 348 / September 2017

Heard Island

50th Anniversary of WRESAT

AAT: Cultural Heritage

Norfolk Island Convict Heritage

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Heard Island

50th Anniversary of WRESAT

AAT: Cultural Heritage

Norfolk Island Convict Heritage

Issue No. 348 / September 2017

Dear Collectors Welcome to this edition of the Stamp Bulletin and a range of collectables for everyone. We have presented all of the products released this September in a separate edition with October releases to be sent to you next month.

Michael Zsolt Manager, Philatelic Australia Post

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This edition begins with a stamp issue that takes a closer look at Heard Island, part of the Australian external territory of Heard Island and McDonald Island (HIMI) located in the middle of the vast Southern Ocean. This large island offers a breeding sanctuary for a number of seal and penguin species. We also identify Australias rich cultural legacy associated with the Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) with a stamp issue in September, AAT Cultural Heritage. The three stamps in the issue present artefacts from three main historical periods that link to themes such as exploration and science.

This year we mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of Australias first satellite, the WRESAT (Weapons Research Establishment Satellite), from the Woomera Rocket Range in South Australia. The launch was made possible through assistance by an American-led research program and the offer of a launch vehicle.

The single stamp by designer Nigel Buchanan will be released 12 September and is printed in a sheetlet of 10.

A further stamp issue for Norfolk Island provides a glimpse into the past and the convict heritage associated with the territory. The Australian Convict Sites World Heritage Property encompasses 11 sites around Australia and its territories, including the Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area located on Norfolk Island. The New Gaol, completed in 1847, replaced the previously built and flood-prone gaol located closer to the foreshore.

This edition of the Bulletin also presents new individual stamp packs for everyone to collect and enjoy!

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4 Heard Island 6 50th Anniversary 8 AAT: Cultural An unspoilt wilderness of WRESAT Heritage

Australias first satellite Our rich Antarctic legacy

10 Norfolk Island 16 Coins 18 Events Convict Heritage

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Subantarctic Heard Island is located in the middle of the vast Southern Ocean, about 4,000 kilometres south-west of mainland Australia. It is the largest island in the external Australian Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI). HIMI is a dynamic natural environment and is largely devoid of species introduced by humans. In recognition of its unique natural values HIMI was

inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1997 and the National Heritage List in 2007.

The island is heavily glaciated although in recent decades these glaciers have been slowly retreating due to climate change. Big Ben on Heard Island is an active volcano that at 2,750 metres is the highest mountain in Australia outside the AAT.

Technical details

Issue date 5 September 2017

FDI withdrawal

4 October 2017

Denomination 4 $1

Stamp and product design

Melinda Coombes, Whitechurch Coombes Design

Printer EGO

Paper Tullis Russell

Printing process

Offset lithography

Stamp size 35mm 35mm

Minisheet size 170mm x 80mm

Perforations 14.28 14.28

Sheet layout

Module of 50

National postmark

Kingston, Tas 7050

HEARD ISLANDISSUE DATE 5 SEPTEMBER 2017 POSTMARK FINAL ARTWORK

DESIGN MANAGER (after FA sign off) Date

1918142 Minisheet $4

A mecca for wildlife, Heard Island is home to breeding colonies of three species of seal and four species of penguin.

Heard Island

1918013 First day cover (minisheet) $4.30

1918002 First day cover (gummed) $4.30

1918126 Stamp pack $8.45

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1918220 Maxicards (4) $7

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50th Anniversary of WRESAT

WRESATISSUE DATE 12 September 2017 POSTMARK FINAL ARTWORK

DESIGN MANAGER (after FA sign off) Date

Technical details

Issue date 12 September 2017

FDI 11 October 2017 withdrawal

Denomination 1 x $1

Stamp design Nigel Buchanan

Product design Jo Mur, Australia Post Design Studio

Printer EGO

Paper (s/a) Tullis Russell (Securpost MC90)

Printing Offset lithography process

Stamp size 26mm 37.5mm

Sheet size 156mm x 101mm

Perforations 14.6 13.86

Sheet Sheetlet of 10 layout

National Woomera, postmark SA 5720

Before Australia joined the Space Club with WRESAT, only the USSR, America and France had launched satellites independently.

Fifty years ago, on 29 November 1967, Australia launched its first satellite, WRESAT (Weapons Research Establishment Satellite), from the Woomera Rocket Range in South Australia. The WRESAT project was made possible by the generous donation of a spare launch vehicle from an American-led military research program, Project SPARTA, being conducted at Woomera in 1966. Instead of shipping the spare rocket back to America, it was offered to Australia as a satellite launcher.

1946002 First day cover (gummed) $1.30

At the time, scientists at the Weapons Research Establishment Salisbury (now the Defence Science and Technology Group Edinburgh) and the University of Adelaide were already collaborating on a program of upper-atmosphere research using sounding rockets that were too small to put a satellite into orbit. The offer by the Americans enabled them to extend their research into orbit by developing a satellite that would carry the same kinds of scientific instruments.

7 September 2017

1946130 Sheetlet pack $10.45

1946250

Maxicard $2.20

Booklet of 20 x $1 (s/a) $20

Sheetlet of 10 $10

1946201

1946220

AAT Cultural Heritage

Technical details

Issue date 19 September 2017

FDI 18 October 2017 withdrawal

Denomination 2 $1, 1 x $2

Stamp and Lynda Warner product design

Printer RA Printing

Paper Tullis Russell

Printing Offset lithography process

Stamp size 26mm 37.5mm

Minisheet size 135mm x 80mm

Perforations 14.6 13.86

Sheet Module of 50 layout

National Kingston, postmark Tas 7050

This stamp issue focuses on Australian heritage associated with Antarctica. Our Antarctic history is relatively short, yet it has given rise to a rich cultural legacy. This heritage ranges over objects, documents, photographs, recordings, monuments, built heritage and much more. The stamps present artefacts from three historical periods the exploration, interwar and postwar eras and link to themes of exploration and science, politics and geography, and transport.

One stamp shows an aneroid barometer, made by London-based maker Cary, which was given to physicist Alistair Keith Jack by Ernest Shackleton, leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (191417). Another shows the proclamation over King George V Land signed by distinguished Antarctic scientist and explorer Douglas Mawson on behalf of Britain on 5 January 1931; this forms the basis of Britains transferral of territory to Australia. The $2 stamp shows a restored Weasel M29 over-snow vehicle used on the Australian WilkesVostok traverse in 196263.

Cultural heritage is a touchstone for the stories that shape our lives, identities and sense of belonging.

1945142 Minisheet $4

9 September 2017

1945126 Stamp pack $8.45

1945220

1945013

1945002 First day cover (gummed) $4.30

First day cover (minisheet) $4.30

Maxicards (3) $6.25

The Australian Convict Sites World Heritage Property encompasses 11 sites around Australia and its territories, including the Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area (KAVHA), located on Norfolk Island. KAVHA is a large collection of highly significant penal settlement buildings, ruins and archaeological remains from the islands First Penal Settlement (17881814) and Second Penal Settlement (1825185