Neighbor Stamp

This is the stamp collection I inherited upon the passing of my friend and neighbor. The scans are also my own, and the information is a combination of the best digging i could do with google and the database on stampworld.com. My primary blog is @munkamouse -- enjoy the ephemera!

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1985 series on Marine Life

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Stained Glass Windows from Australian Churches, 1984

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Children’s Drawings, 1983

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1983

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1980s series of birds

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fishing series, 1979

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National Parks series, 1979

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Boats on Murray River, 1979

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1978 Tachybaptus novaehollandiae

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1977

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National Stamp Week 1976 Design: Ray Honisett

Depicting Blamire Young, an English/Australian watercolorist, who is credited for the design of the first Australian postage stamp, pictured below as a stamp within the stamp over his shoulder and (not the exact same one) below:

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1976 Olympic Games- Montreal

Design: Arthur Leydin, Rodney Birchett, Des O'Brien

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Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization - 1926-1976

Design: Robert Ingpen

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75th Anniversary of Nationhood, 1976 Design by John Spatchurst

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Papua New Guinea Independence 1975

Design by Douglas Ann and George Hamori

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1974 Mammals Series, R. Bates                                                                  Engraving

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1973 Marine Life & Minerals: Stenopus hispidus (banded coral shrimp)