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'Stamp Of Australia' Foxtel Doco series March 23 and 30

http://www.thestampofaustralia.com.au/index.html

2 one-hour documentaries will premiere on The History Channel in March 2009 to coincide with the Bicentenary of the Australian Post Office.

Fly with us across the outback on the world's longest mail run for a 200-year salute to the horse riders and stagecoach drivers, the fearless aviators and outback posties, the legends and characters whose intrepid deeds pioneered Australia's postal service and tamed the tyranny of distance across a vast continent.

In 1809, Governor Lachlan Macquarie appointed a thief as Australia's first Postmaster. Isaac Nichols had been convicted - according to legend - of stealing a donkey.

Nichols started a business that today is worth billions of dollars and touches every Australian.

The Stamp of Australia is a snapshot of 200 years of Australia's history viewed through the prism of the Post Office and the remarkable letters it delivered.

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It cost AP over a million to underwrite this I think. A VERY large project.

Brendan Ward, the husband of Jana Wendt was the producer.

They had a film crew out at my place for a half day shooting lots of footage with the Sperati forgery £2 Roos etc.

He sent me a CD Rom of the finished show, but I have now lost it in the rubble of my house, un-looked at, so not sure if any of it made the final cut!

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Thanks for the extra info Glen!

Wow, that would be cool if your footage on the Sperati got in, the more info the better i say!

Surely they could have run a whole series on this, but as the cost was enourmous just for the 2 - one hour episodes, i guess that wasnt possible.

Im looking forward to seeing this, i think it will be very informative!

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They had a film crew out at my place for a half day shooting lots of footage with the Sperati forgery £2 Roos etc.

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I hope you tidied up before you let them in........

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....or at least cleared a path. :D


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So out of the million dollar budget, 99% of that was spent on workcover premiums in order to let the crew enter Glens place ;)


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They had a film crew out at my place for a half day shooting lots of footage with the Sperati forgery £2 Roos etc.

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I hope you tidied up before you let them in........


I just found the CD now (have had it for 3 months!) and playing it as I type.

They did all the filming outside on the table on my deck shown below, as there are no stamps there, as I discovered the odd rain downpour affected them adversely!

It was a dumb choice as 3 times they needed to stop and re-shoot it all again, as a plane went overhead, some idiot with a speedboat went up the water, and a neighbor started using an electric saw outside!

All the other footage with Ray Chapman and Geoff Kellow etc is all done INSIDE their offices.

I am not quite sure why the deck of my place was chosen over my neat office areas?:

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=3636


Here is crosscrescent hand feeing a local Kookaburra from there, on his visit last year - I get a few pop around each evening for a snack! :


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Glen is the pool heated? How do you keep all the potential leaves out of it?

As for the neighbor .... I would've gone over there with my own chainsaw, and wearing a goalie mask. :lol: :lol: :lol:


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Glen is the pool heated? How do you keep all the potential leaves out of it?

As for the neighbor .... I would've gone over there with my own chainsaw, and wearing a goalie mask. :lol: :lol: :lol:


1. Yes but it faces North East so it is never needed, as it get to 30c without heating.

2. The leaves sink eventually. The Kreepy Krauly does the rest. :)

3. That was the producer's thought. :D

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The CD rom is all very glam. I'm not really into CD's, except for a Who in concert one Margo got me recently, which is on as I type this. :mrgreen:

I am not supposed to SELL the stamp one, but if anyone likes this kind of thing for their libraries I can always donate it to our Bushfire Meomorial fund and any sensible offer gets it! Let me know or make a post here. Comes with Brendan Ward letter as shown!

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More info and a trailer here:

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Dates and time for the Doco below... (Austar TV Guide)

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More info and a trailer here:

http://www.thestampofaustralia.com.au/



I love the old rusted fridge serving as a postbox out in the desert (from the trailer footage) :mrgreen:

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More info and a trailer here:

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I love the old rusted fridge serving as a postbox out in the desert (from the trailer footage) :mrgreen:

They are VERY common out here as mail boxes - Most of them are Kerosene fridges and were retired when electricity became available.

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Allen & Unwin has the book listed for sale on its web site.
http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94&book=9781741756142

The Stamp of Australia
The story of our post--from Second Fleet to twenty-first century
Kelly Burke
Availability: Available
Format: Paperback - B format
Pages: 280

Price: AUD $26.95 inc. GST


A book to celebrate 200 years of one of Australia's greatest and most enduring institutions: Australia Post.

Description

The story of Australia's postal services - now two hundred years old - is the story of Australia itself. At first, a small huddle of colonists awaited letters from England, which most of them regarded as 'home'. Later, as settlers dispersed, letters kept people in touch with each other over vast distances and difficult terrain. Over the years soldiers wrote back reassuringly from battlefields abroad; lovers shared intimacies; and new waves of immigrants urged those they had left behind to follow them in making a home in a strange land.

Australia Post's history mirrors the story of evolving transportation - of the earliest sailing ships carrying their precious packages of letters, of steamers, of Cobb & Co coaches, of the expansion of the railways and the great aviation pioneers. It is a story of evolving technology too - from the creation of the great Overland Telegraph to modern mail sorting, from posties on horseback to present-day motor-cycled deliverers and Express Post whisked across the country by jet.

Australia's first postmaster, the ex-convict Isaac Nichols, operated out of a private house on the corner of Sydney's George Street and Circular Quay. His first batch of mail comprised thirty-six letters. Today Australia Post is one of the largest employers in Australia handling 19 million pieces of mail every working day and runs the longest mail run in the world: over 3000 km long for only 88 addresses.

The Stamp of Australia is a vivid account of the adventurers, explorers, aviationers and pioneers that found ways to traverse this vast continent, and the history of Australia told through the letters they carried with them.

here is a link to more info on the book:

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I am not supposed to SELL the stamp one, but if anyone likes this kind of thing for their libraries I can always donate it to our Bushfire Meomorial fund and any sensible offer gets it! Let me know or make a post here. Comes with Brendan Ward letter as shown!


On the basis of it being a donation by you to the Fund, I'll bid fifty bucks for the DVD.

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I am not supposed to SELL the stamp one, but if anyone likes this kind of thing for their libraries I can always donate it to our Bushfire Meomorial fund and any sensible offer gets it! Let me know or make a post here. Comes with Brendan Ward letter as shown!


On the basis of it being a donation by you to the Fund, I'll bid fifty bucks for the DVD.

Clive

Thats OK by me Glen if it has not left there yet :wink: Tony

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Tony as you will see by the postmark .. all went yesterday along with your stockbooks, as I step onto a plane today for Chicago. For once being efficient did not pay off. :mrgreen:

OK - Happy Holidays :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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I found in this mornings Sunday paper a 12 page spread about Australia Post celebrating its 200th year.
Looks to be some great events and prizes to given away for this event.

https://200years.auspost.com.au/

It also gives some very interesting and colourful background into how our postal services started.
Well worth a look.
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Is a great piece.
some good history items.
Which one will you vote for in the competition..???
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Tough choice. :roll:

I guess you have to think like a historian or designer.

Here`s the promo from the paper.

I don`t know if I`m allowed to post it here (I guess the administrators will let me know) though I can`t see why not as Aust`Post has its logo on the home page.

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Here`s the promo from the paper.

I don`t know if I`m allowed to post it here (I guess the administrators will let me know) though I can`t see why not as Aust`Post has its logo on the home page.

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No problems .. scan the other pages if you wish, for benefit of all the members who do not get that Perth newspaper .. which would be most members I'd guess!

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Here in Melbourne we had a liftout in the Herald Sun on March 3. The internet site is very good and accessible to kids. Well done AP.

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This show screens next week it seems folks.

I ended up with quite a chunk of interviews on it. :mrgreen:

I'm probably spread over both shows I'd guess, if they are an hour each, as they were spaced a fair way apart.

Quite an interesting show, it really is. :D

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Foxtel is marketing the hell out of this show, with lots of promos on many channels, plus a full page ad, and a couple of quarter page ads. in the March magazine.

It might lead to a new boom in Australian stamp collecting. Oh, joy! :twisted:

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Sounds like a great show.

Glen,

Did you find that sperati? Its been missing in the pile for awhile now. Nice if its resurfaced.

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What I'd like to know is .... who picks up that blue bag the flyer dropped off into the broken refrigerator? I mean geeeez it's in the middle of a desert in nowhereville.

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Sounds like a great show.

Glen,

Did you find that Sperati? Its been missing in the pile for awhile now. Nice if its resurfaced.

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Tim .. that used £2 Sperati Roo forgery ex Arthur Gray is buried in the rubble here somewhere! :mrgreen:

They filmed if for this story actually so it must exist in the debris. :idea:

What the idiots ended up on tape with, is Ray Chapman talking about the Sperati Roo, and then they zoom in on his monocolour die proof of it in the AP collection, and then they have me talking about it and Sperati, and after that zooming in on a black and white photo of it!

So for all any viewer realises, it is a black and white stamp being discussed!

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Sounds a bit wierd. Nice to know its about though.

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Just bumping this. Tomorrow night at 7:30 on the History Channel (Australia only, New Zealand?)

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Just bumping this. Tomorrow night at 7:30 on the History Channel (Australia only, New Zealand?)

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I have seen it already :twisted: :twisted: and it is good - well worth the effort.

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I knew i forgot something tonight ! :x

Oh well, got the mystar to record it over night and tomorrow morning again so i can watch it sometime in the arvo. The only way i will remember this time! :oops:

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Excellent doco. The bloke with the beard wasn't much chop though........ :D

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Excellent doco. The bloke with the beard wasn't much chop though........ :D


Yes Geoff Kellow was a fizzer I thought too ................ :mrgreen:

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Issued by Australia Post, this commemorative Stamp and Coin Cover celebrates the beginning of postal services in Australia with the historic appointment of Isaac Nichols as first Postmaster of New South Wales in 1809.

Perth Mint Coloured Coin

The Stamp and Coin Cover incorporates a Perth Mint base metal coin featuring a coloured representation of Isaac Nichols, a former convict whose diligence and sobriety recommended him for the position of Australia's first Postmaster.

Prior to his appointment, news hungry residents of Sydney Town had rushed to greet incoming ships, where, in the chaotic scramble for letters and parcels, items were either lost or damaged, while unscrupulous people took advantage of the mayhem to obtain mail fraudulently.

Nichols collected correspondence and packages from vessels in Sydney Cove, advertising the names of recipients who could collect their mail from his home - Australia's first Post Office - situated near the waterfront in Lower George Street.

Also featured on the coin's reverse is the border inscription 200 YEARS OF POSTAL SERVICES IN AUSTRALIA and The Perth Mint's 'P' mintmark.

Australian Legal Tender

Issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965, the coin portrays the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the 2009 year-date on the obverse.

Illustrated Envelope and Stamp

The coin is housed in a superbly illustrated envelope featuring an Australia Post 55c stamp.

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Yes Geoff Kellow was a fizzer I thought too ................ :mrgreen:


:lol: :lol: At least now I know what the bloke who ignores emails looks like! :wink:

That's a nice PNC from the mint. Another one to put away.

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Yes Geoff Kellow was a fizzer I thought too ................ :mrgreen:


:lol: :lol: At least now I know what the bloke who ignores emails looks like! :wink:


He's far too busy to be answering emails :wink:

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I hope that some time in the future this will be screened on free to air for us paupers to view ! :cry:

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I'm glad I'm not that busy...............

Do what I did Sherro, Go to Sydney - Walk down past the Power House - Walk in the front door and ask the lovely young lady :shock: on the desk for him and he will gladly have a chat with you :D :wink: .

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Just a reminder that Part 2 screens on the History Channel in a bit under four hours time.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 01:38:08 am 
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My local PO still has a few PNC's for sale. Email me if you want one and I'll pick them up. You pay me cost plus postage. I only suggest this because I now know the purchasing policy of our little PO. You may never miss a PNC again :wink:

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 17:14:47 pm 
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I hope that some time in the future this will be screened on free to air for us paupers to view ! :cry:


I feel sure it will one day. ;)

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I found this book at the Op-Shop today.

A great read, and I have to ask, Glen, would you recommend this book, seeing as you are mentioned in it? :wink:

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If I am breaking any copyright laws, then please Admin, delete these pics. :)

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Arls .. good pick-up .. what did it cost --- the notes above seem to say it cost $26.95 from the PO. :)


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A couple of years ago, on the Secret Santa giveaway, I purchased the DVD for my Australian member, and the book for my overseas member. From memory, they were both AUD 19.95.

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Poor Glen has been remaindered 8)


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 09:53:04 am 
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Arls .. good pick-up .. what did it cost --- the notes above seem to say it cost $26.95 from the PO. :)


$3 from the Op-Shop... :oops: 8)


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 14:11:56 pm 
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What a buy Arls!

Maybe pop back for a closer look, as someone proably donated a range of PO books at the same time. :)

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 20:01:18 pm 
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What a buy Arls!

Maybe pop back for a closer look, as someone proably donated a range of PO books at the same time. :)


Unfortunately not Glen. I work there (volunteer) for 7 hours every Saturday, and have plenty of time to go through everything. As of yet, no stamp goodies.. :(


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