The first and possibly the greatest!For most school children in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, it was the great ambition to own a Penny Black. It was iconic in every sense the word. It was a symbol of philatelic greatness and a symbol of British world dominance, a symbol of Victorian enterprise and a symbol of the British empire. It...
The Australian Kangaroos - 'Roos'Until 1900 Australia was administered as a series of states - New South Wales, Western Australia, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania.Although the states came together to form the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, it took a further 12 years before the postal services of the six states were unified. So it wasn't until 1913 that...
