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Australia has a number of floral festivals, and Australia Post will celebrate five of them with this special issue. The festivals featured are (from left to right):
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A gerbera symbolising the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. Held in early April each year, as of its 10th anniversary show in 2005, it is presented as the largest and most successful horticultural event in the Southern Hemisphere. It is rated among the top five flower and garden shows in the world. For more information visit www.melbflowershow.com.au.
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A jacaranda flower symbolising the Grafton Jacaranda Festival. Grafton, in northern New South Wales, is well known for its tree-lined streets, and is immortalised in Cold Chisel's song Flame Trees. The festival is held from the last weekend in October to the first weekend in November. For more information visit www.jacarandafestival.org.au.
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The only Australian flower shown, is the everlasting daisy symbolising the Kings Park Festival. Beginning in 1965, the festival is a month long celebration of Western Australia's native wildflowers, and attracts over 500 000 people. For more information visit www.bgpa.wa.gov.au.
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The Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers is symbolised by a violet. Held each September, the annual flower festival includes a prominent home garden competition and a parade of flower-themed floats. For more information visit www.tcof.com.au.
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Lastly, Canberra's Floriade started in 1988 as a one-off celebration for Australia's bicentenary and Canberra's 75th birthday. Due to the success of the event, it has run every year since from mid-September to mid-October. Tulips have long been associated with Floriade, with each year having a theme and a gnome decorating competition. For more information visit www.floriadeaustralia.com/.
All images on this page come from the electronic version of the Stamp Explorer. More details and actual images of the products will be posted when available.
Issue Information
This issue features five flowers, each symbolising a floral festival.
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Issue Date:
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8 March 2011 (more information)
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Stamp Design:
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Adam Crapp
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Printing Process:
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Lithography (more information)
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Stamp Size:
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26 mm x 37.5 mm (TBC)
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Designs:
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60c Gerbera (Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show)
60c Jacaranda (Grafton Jacaranda Festival)
60c Australian Everlasting (Perth's Kings Park Festival)
60c Violet (Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers)
60c Tulip (Canberra's Floriade)
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Usage:
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60c Small letter rate within Australia (details)
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Gummed Sheet Stamps
Actual images of the stamps and formats will be posted when available.
Sheet stamps
Gummed Gutter Strips
The gutter strip lists the Floral Festivals represented by the flowers.
Gutter strip
Gummed Prestige Booklet Panes
The five stamps will also be issued in blocks of four within a prestige booklet.
Prestige booklet
Gummed Booklets
Accompanying this issue is a prestige booklet containing five panes of four stamps giving more information on the floral festivals and flowers shown.
Prestige booklet
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Booklet Size:
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TBC
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Contents:
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5 panes of 4 panes (2 x 2)
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Selling Price:
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$12.95
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Self-adhesive Coil Stamps
Self-adhesive stamps will be issued in rolls of 200 and booklets of 20.
Self-adhesive Booklet Stamps
Self-adhesive stamps will be issued in rolls of 200 and booklets of 20.
Booklet stamps
Self-adhesive Booklets
Booklets were distributed to post offices in chequebooks of 20 booklets. These are not listed on this website.
Booklet layout
Postal Stationery
A set of maximum cards, prepaid envelopes and an aerogramme accompany this issue.
Maximum Cards
Aerogramme
International prepaid envelopes
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Printer:
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GEON Tasmania (aerogramme and envelopes) (more information)
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Printing Process:
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Lithography (more information)
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Designs:
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(-) Jacaranda (aerogramme)
(-) Tulip (DL envelope)
(-) Gerbera (C5 envelope)
(-) Violet (C4 envelope)
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Usage:
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(Aerogramme) Aerogramme rate to worldwide destinations
(DL envelope) Letter rate to worldwide destinations (to 50 grams)
(C5 envelope) Letter rate to worldwide destinations (over 50 to 125 grams)
(C4 envelope) Letter rate to worldwide destinations (over 125 to 250 grams)
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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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$6.75 (set of 4)
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Stamp Imprint:
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Three bars (picture)
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Aerogramme
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Size:
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? mm x ? mm
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Selling Price:
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$1.30 each
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Pre-paid Envelopes
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Size:
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(DL size) 220 mm x 110 mm
(C5 size) 229 mm x 162 mm
(C4 size) 324 mm x 229 mm
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Selling Price:
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(DL size) $2.50
(C5 size) $4.75
(C4 size) $7.30
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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
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Horizontal se-tenant strip (5 x 60c)
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$3.00 
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Self-adhesive stamps
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5 values from roll (5 x 60c)
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$3.00
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Total
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$6.00 
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For the Specialised Collector
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Gutter Strips
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Gutter strip of 10 (Floral Festivals)
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$6.00
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Blocks, pairs and strips
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Blocks of 4 from prestige booklet panes
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$12.95
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Booklet panes
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5 panes from prestige booklet
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$12.95
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Booklets
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Booklets with philatelic barcode
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$12.00
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Booklets with general barcode
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$12.00
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Prestige booklet
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$12.95
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Postal stationery
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Maximum cards
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$6.75
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Aerogramme
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$1.30
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Prepaid envelopes
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$14.50
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Total
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$91.40
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Grand Total
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$97.40
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References
Australia Post, Australian Stamp Explorer, January-March 2011
Australia Post, Stamp Bulletin, March-April 2011
Wikipedia, Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, Grafton, Kings Park, Western Australia, Toowoomba, Floriade (Canberra) accessed 28 December 2010
If you have more information, or spot an error, please e-mail me.
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