Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Impressions™ 2015: More Special Collections

Apart from the number of coin and stamp products, another thing notable about the 2015 Impressions™ range is number of 'Special Collections'.


Tourist Transport Collection (sold for $49.95)
Contains two numbered miniature sheets, each containing either a block of four of the horse drawn tram or Puffing Billy. These sheets are the only source of these stamps in blocks of four.

Limited to: 200 collections
Sheet size: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Printing Process: Likely to be digital due to the small print run and numbering
Paper: Ordinary gummed paper
Special features: Unlikely
Availability date: 2 November 2015

Lighthouses Special Collection (sold for $69.96)
This collection contains another limited edition and numbered new miniature sheet.
Limited to: 200
Sheet size: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Printing Process: Likely to be digital due to the small print run and numbering
Paper: Ordinary gummed paper
Special features: Unlikely
Availability date: Likely to be 2 November 2015

Lighthouses Miniature Sheet Collection (sold for $49.95)
But wait there's another Lighthouses collection... this time a five miniature sheets collection, and unsurprisingly the sheet in the above collection is not included in this one.

Limited to: 500
Sheet size: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Printing Process: Likely to be lithography
Paper: Ordinary gummed paper
Special features: Unlikely
Availability date: 26 October 2015

Signs of Our Times Collection (sold for $49.95)
This collection is the same as the Signs of Our Times pack released earlier this year, but with the sheetlets embellished with holographic foil. It remains to be seen if the stamps are different to the original sheet stamps.

Limited to: 200
Sheet size: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Printing Process: Likely to be lithography with embellishments applied afterwards
Paper: Ordinary gummed paper
Special features: Embellishments
Availability date: 26 October 2015

Collections Australia Special Edition Stamp Pack (sold for $54.95)
Contains five new miniature sheet (embellishments to be advised):

  • an imperforate version of the regular miniature sheet
  • a miniature containing a block of four of the Endeavour Anchor stamp with ? embellishment
  • a miniature containing a block of four of the Welcome Stranger Replica stamp with ? embellishment
  • a miniature containing a block of four of the Automatic Totaliser stamp with ? embellishment
  • a miniature containing a block of four of the Turtle stamp with ? embellishment




Limited to: 300
Sheet size: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Printing Process: Unknown
Paper: Ordinary gummed paper
Special features: Unlikely
Availability date: 26 October 2015

Update 2 (28 October 2015): Issue date of the Lighthouse Miniature sheet, Signs of Our Times and Collections of Australia pack changed to 26 October to reflect the first day of availability.

Update 2 (31 October 2015): The Lighthouses Special Collection has been removed from the webshop. It is possible this item has been removed as it will not be available until after 2 November 2015, however the Tourist Transport Collection has not been removed. It is not yet known if this item will return or if it now only available via phoning up the Philatelic Bureau.

Update 3 (2 November 2015): The Tourist Transport pack has gone on sale from 2 November.

Update 4 (9 November 2015): The Lighthouses Special Collection is available to order from Australia Post. According to mail order the item was removed from the online shop by mistake.

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