Sunday, December 19, 2010

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

WWF Joint Territories Issue for 2011

2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the WWF. To celebrate many countries will be issuing WWF stamps, including Australia. Australia's contribution will be a first for the WWF - the stamps of four territories (Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos and AAT) issued in a se-tenant arrangement.

Collectors might remember a similar format was used for the 2009 Species at Risk issue. It will be interesting to see if Norfolk Island is part of this joint issue.

No word on issue date or designs.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

2011 Issue Information

Australia Post's recently updated Stamps website now has some information on 2011 issues.

http://shop.auspost.com.au/collections/collectors/future-issues gives the following issues:
11/1/2011 Christmas Island Lunar New Year
18/1/2011 Cocos (Keeling) Islands Boats
18/1/2011 Special Occasions - Love Stamps
20/1/2011 Australia Legends

http://shop.auspost.com.au/collections/collectors/postmarks/fdi shows postmarks for the two territorial issues and two February and March issues:
15/2/2011 Centenary of International Women's Day
8/3/2011 Floral Festivals

We can expect personalised stamps for the Love Stamps.