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Advance Australia Post
Crack a few tinnies, stuff yourself with Tim Tams and snog a possum. Or, you could celebrate Australia Day by licking a writer's back side.
This year, Australia Post's Legends stamps honour Aussie writers. Peter Carey, Colleen McCullough and Thomas Keneally are among the celebrated scribes.
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Philately will get you everywhere
Back in the days when I used to collect stamps, I tried to design a suitably thematic page for them.
For stamps from the Czech Republic, for example, I drew a map of Prague.
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To Infinity and...Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina's contribution to the Europa astronomy theme has a touch of the Space 1999 about it.
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Ad Astra
Each year, Europe's postal administrations issue stamps on a common theme. This being the 400th anniversary of the year Galileo first stuck his eye into a telescope, the stamps have a starry look.
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Communication as Culture
Some photographs from Berlin's Communication Museum. It would have been easy to shunt things like old telephones, stamps and writing instruments into a dark, out-of-the way space. Instead, they''re on show in a glorious building that was once the Imperial Post Office.
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