150th anniversary of first post office in Sidney. Overprint

    Norfolk Island  1959.12.07

    In issue: Stamp(s): 1   

    Printing: metallography

  • Number by catalogue:  Michel: 25   Yvert: 25   Scott: 25   Gibbons: 23  

    Perforation type: 14x14

    Subject:

    5 pence, overprint on a stamp issued eight months earlier by Australian post.

    Postmaster Isaac Nichols, boarding the ship, to receive mail. In the background is Sydney's seafront with a windmill.

    Additional:

    The first postal service in Australia was created in New South Wales in 1809. Isaac Nichols was appointed head of the post office. His main job was to take responsibility for the letters and packages arriving by ship in order to avoid chaos from people rushing for mail, as soon as it reached Sydney's quays.