Home > 2010 Issue Summary > For Special Occasions
The ACCC approved Australia Post's proposal to increase domestic postal rates on 28 May, with new rates taking effect on 28 June 2010. An overview of the increases is given below.
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Rate
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Current
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New
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Small letter rate within Australia (details)
Large letter rate (up to 125 grams) (details)
Large letter rate (over 125 up to 250 grams) (details)
Large letter rate (over 250 up to 500 grams) (details)
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55c
$1.10
$1.65
$2.75
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60c
$1.20
$1.80
$3.00
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New greetings stamps were be issued on 19 July, and will also be offered for the personalised stamp service. The stamps offer a full range of designs suitable for all events from new babies to weddings, along with a corporate designs.
Issue Information
General description of issue - anything new, interesting or unusual.
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Stamp Design:
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Jo Mur´e; - wedding bands, gown & roses, floral graphic
Jonathan Chong - Southern Cross (blue and red), wattle
Dong Uong - tulips
Passmore Design - balloons
Cathleen Cram - champagne glasses
Tracie Grimwood - teddy bear
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Designs:
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60c Gown and roses
60c Floral graphics
60c Southern Cross (blue)
60c Southern Cross (red)
60c Wattle
60c Tulips
60c Balloons
60c Champagne glasses
60c Teddy bear
$1.20 Wedding bands
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Usage:
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60c Small letter rate within Australia (details)
$1.20 Large letter rate within Australia (up to 125 grams) (details)
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Gummed Sheet Stamps
The Wattle, Balloon and Teddy bear stamps were printed in strips of 3, the Southern Cross stamps in pairs and the Floral graphic, Tulips, Roses and Champange glasses in blocks of 4. Only the $1.20 stamp was printed in individual sheets.
 
 
Sheet stamps
Strip of five from Balloon/Teddy/Wattle pane showing arrangement of stamps
Gummed Sheets
The Bulletin gives incorrect information about the sheet size for the Southern Cross stamp. Unusually this stamp was issued in small sheets of 20 stamps (4 x 5). Given the size of this sheet it is quite collectable, and collectors of sheets might like to include it in their collection.
Sheet of 20 Southern Cross stamps
Self-adhesive Booklet Stamps
The Balloons, Roses, Tulips, Teddy bear, Wattle and Wedding Bands designs were also issued in self-adhesive booklets of 10.
  
  
Self-adhesive booklet stamps
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Issue Date:
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19 July 2010 (more information)
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Printer:
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McKellar Renown (more information)
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Gum:
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Self-adhesive
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Paper:
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B100 (with phosphor tagging*) (more information)
* Phosphor frame on Teddy Bear, 'L' shape along right and bottom on Balloon, all others have an 'L' shape along top and right.
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Issued In:
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Individual booklets of 10 (5 x 2) (more information)
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Stamp Size:
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26 mm x 37.5 mm
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Perforations:
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Die-cut 11½ (interrupted) x 11¼ (more information)
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Self-adhesive Booklets
Each booklet Booklets will be distributed to post offices in chequebooks of 20 booklets. These are not listed on this website.
Booklet layout
Booklet covers
Personalised Stamps
All the 26 mm x 37.5 mm stamps will be available through the Personalised Stamp (TM) service. Below are sample images of my personalised stamps.
  
  
 
Special Occasions personalised stamps
For more information on my personalised stamp standing order list e-mail stamps@chrisdehaer.com.au
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Issue Date:
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19 July 2010 (more information)
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Printer:
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McKellar Renown (stamp design) and Fuji Xerox (personalisation) (more information)
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Printing Process:
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Lithography (stamp design) and Laser Printer (personalisation) (more information)
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Gum:
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Self-adhesive
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Paper:
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B100 (with phosphor band between stamp and photograph) (more information)
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Issued In:
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Sheets of 20 (3 x 7) (more information)
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Stamp Size:
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52 mm x 37.5 mm
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Perforations:
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Die-cut 11½ (interrupted) x imperf x 11½ (interrupted) x 11¼ (more information)
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Selling Price:
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$25.00 (60c x 20 sheets)
$37.00 ($1.20 x 20 sheets)
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Postal Stationery
Nine maximum cards were released with this issue, with each stamp given its own. The only exception was the Southern Cross pair which was placed together on a maximum card.
Maximum cards
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Maximum Cards
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Size:
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104 mm x 146 mm
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Selling Price:
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$14.10 (set of 9)
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Stamp Imprint:
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Three bars (picture)
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Issue Summary
The table below summarises the above information. The cost of each item is given, along with a total for each section. In some cases the stamps are only available from self-adhesive booklets (sold at face value), or from prestige booklets, souvenir sheets or folders (sold above face value).
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Item and Description
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Cost 
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For the General Collector
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Gummed sheet stamps
Set of ten stamps (9 x 60c, $1.20)
Self-adhesive stamps
6 values from booklets (5 x 60c, $1.20)
Personalised stamps
8 values from sheets (7 x 60c, $1.20)
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$6.60 
$42.00
$212.00
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Total
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$260.60 
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For the Specialised Collector
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Small sheets
Small sheet of 20 Southern Cross stamps
Booklets
6 booklets with philatelic barcode
6 booklets with general barcode
Postal stationery
Maximum cards
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$12.00
$42.00
$42.00
$14.10
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Total
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$110.10
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Grand Total
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$370.70
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References
Australia Post, Draft Notification Change in Domestic Reserved Letter Pricing and other documents, July 2009-January 2010
Australia Post, New Postal Rates, accessed 9 June 2010
Australia Post, Australian Stamp Bulletin, No. 305, July-August 2010
If you have more information, or spot an error, please e-mail me.
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