Australia -

" QUEEN VICTORIA ~ COLONIAL HERITAGE."

Miniature Sheet ~ First Day Cover !

Reverse of Cover gives details, a few words:

Prior to Australia's first national stamp issue in 1913, the colonies produced their own stamps. This stamp issue is the first in a series titled Colonial Heritage, commemorating Australian philatelic history. 

It expresses the strong historical links that existed between Britain and Australia following European settlement, and reflects the colonial desire to cement Australian identity through its cultural proximity to the empire ...

FDI: 7 MAY 2010, EMPIRE BAY NSW 2257.

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