Souvenirs
Collectors who wish to support the exhibition can purchase a supporter’s pack, or by buying individual souvenirs.
The supporter’s pack contains:
- one imperforate miniature sheet overprinted in gold for the Newcastle 2021 exhibition
- one unissued stamp design card depicting a rural mail van
- one overprinted stamp replica card depicting the 1/6 Hermes 1934 air mail stamp
- three covers depicting the theme days, cancelled with the special post office cancels
- one postcard with limited edition MyStamp affixed and cancelled at the exhibition
The supporter’s pack costs $50, and is limited to 100. Some items in the packs are numbered.
Other souvenirs which will be available are:
- unissued stamp design card $10
- imperforate miniature sheet overprinted in gold $30
- imperforate miniature sheet overprinted in silver $25
- above two miniature sheets purchased together $45 (saving of $10)
- three different covers cancelled with exhibition cancels $15
- the individual covers as above, $6 each
- postcard with limited edition MyStamp affixed and cancelled at the exhibition $6
- set of 12 covers cancelled at the exhibition featuring 12 different RAAF aircraft from the Australia Post My Stamps pack $50
Australia Post will be in attendance for the three days. There will be a different commemorative postmark used each day, with the following themes:
Day 1 – Friday 27th – Roadside Delivery Day
Day 2 – Saturday 28th – Aviation Day
Day 3 – Sunday 29th – Postcard Day
These themes are featured on some of the souvenir products.
Details of the Australia Post souvenirs, overprints and commemorative cancels will appear in future issues of the Stamp Bulletin, and will be shown on the Australia Post website.