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From: alan mansfield <>
Subject: Re: Happy Birthday Australia
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 07:34:07 +1100


Arthur
You must realise that the Colonists were frugal ( they had to be) and wanted to
use up all the stock in hand first
Lorraine
Dandenong

arthur harris wrote:

> G'day John,
> That may be so but it took them until 1913 to issue the first Australian
> Stamp, so they can't have been any better organised than they are today.
> Happy Hunting ;-)
> Arthur Harris.
> Hampton Park.
> Victoria.
> Australia.
>
> johnf wrote:
> >
> > On the 1st of Jan., all states became part of the Federation and the Post
> > office was also immediately organised on a Federal basis.
> ><snip>

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