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International Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women's Day is marked on 8 March every year. It is a major day of global celebration of women. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements.

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Issue Information
The single stamp shows the faces of women, and symbols related to women.

Gummed Sheet Stamp
All images on this page come from the electronic version of the Stamp Bulletin. Actual images of the products will be posted when available.

Sheet stamp

Sheet of 10 stamps

Self-adhesive Stamps
Unfortunately, production problems lead to the inclusion of B100 paper in the technical details in Stamp Bulletin No. 308. No self-adhesive stamps will accompany this issue.

Postal Stationery
Apologies for the quality of the image below. When a better image is available it will be posted.

Maximum card

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).

Item and Description	Cost
For the General Collector
Gummed sheet stamps
Single stamp (60c)	60c
Total	60c
For the Specialised Collector
Small sheets
Small sheet of 10 gummed stamps	$6.00
Postal stationery
Maximum card	$1.35
Total	$7.35
Grand Total	$7.95

References
Australia Post, Australian Stamp Bulletin, No. 308, January-February 2011
Wikipedia, International Women's Day, accessed 15 January 2011

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