Number by catalogue:  Michel: 293   Yvert: 260   Scott: 332  

Perforation type: 14 ½x14

Subject:

4 pences. Postmaster Isaac Nichols boarding vessel to receive mail. Windmill on a background

Additional:

The first postal service in Australia was that of New South Wales in 1809. In that year Isaac Nichols was appointed postmaster. His main job was to take charge of letters and parcels arriving by ship, to avoid the chaos of people rushing onto the ships as soon as they arrived at Sydney's wharves.

Topics: Mills within the landscapes Windmills