A postage stamp catalogue is a reference that has all the stamps of a country, region, or even the whole world listed in a consistent fashion. Stamp catalogues provide a foundation of general information that you can use to organise your...

FREE STAMPS I know from personal experience as a beginning collector, that receiving small packets of free stamps from other collectors is a very satisfying moment. I've always found the entire stamp collecting community to be very generous and always...

Stamp Bulletin Australia Post has a very good free magazine called the "Stamp Bulletin", issued six times a year. Persons over the age of 13 with an interest in Australian stamp collecting can subscribe to it. It keeps readers up to date with loads of...

To celebrate 200 years of postal services, Australia Post invited the public to vote for its favourite stamp, starting from when the first stamps were issued by NSW in 1850.  150 stamps were adopted to choose from, representing Australian culture,...

Five years after the Universal Postal Union (UPU) lifted its ban in 1922 on commemorative stamps being used on international Mail, the first Australian comemmorative stamp was issued on the 9th of May 1927, celebrating the opening of the Federal...