European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Friday August 28,1967 stamp Corner today s crossword Australia Marks its Bicentennial with strip of five new Stamps by n1ckshestople had it not been for the american revolution austra Lia s history might have been significantly Many settlers on the North american shores came More or less willingly convict transports from England also deposited their human cargo at America s ports. Following the War of Independence such ship to ends were no longer Welcome and England had to look elsewhere. In 1876, it was finally decided to establish a penal Colony a botany Bay in new South Wales Australia Boutas far away from the Mother country As possible finally on May 13, 1787, this first Fleet with 750 convicts departed Portsmouth some eight months after the originally planned Date. On june 3rd, it anchored off Tenneriff in the Canary is lands its first port of weeks later the Fleet arrived on aug. 6 at Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Alter a month Anchor was weighed and the Cape of Goodhope was reached on oct. 13, with the Landing at botany Bay eventually made in january 1788. The australian Post is noting each of these Date with a sete Nant strip of five Stamps. An example is the Rio do Janeiro strip released on aug. 6, which presents a mural like record of the events there. The australians seem to have a thing for sete Nant strips. Another quintet released june 24, depicts scene from the Ballad of the Man from snowy writ ten by . Banjo Paterson and first published in 1890, the Ballad tells the Story of a Young Man who succeeds in out Riding even the most daring Mountain horseman during a round up of wild horses in austra Lia s rugged High country the Ballad remains a popu Lar favorite Down under even today. For More information on australian Stamps write he Australia stamp Agency in North America 1 uncover Center Cheyenne Wye. �2008-0010. More new issues eight Stamps have been released by Antigua an Barbuda a former British Colony in the Caribbean honouring famous entertainers such As John Lennon Elvis Presley John Wayne and Marilyn Monroe also included in the set arc Grace Kelly Orson Welles Judy Garland and Rock Hudson. Additional Stamps not ing the birth Centenary of Mare Chagall have been re leased by it Dada an Sierra Leone. An interesting recent release from Hungary is a set of six and is highlight ing Antarctic research and featuring various explorer from James Cook to Ron Ald Amundsen the first to reach the South Poland Richard Byrd the first to a British Quarte victorian Britain due sell 8,notes the 150th anniversary of Queen Victoria s accession to the throne. Portraits of Victoria at various stages of her64-year reign dominate the Stamps against a backdrop of images reflecting the Energy inventiveness sentimentality and achievements of the Era. Further information on British Stamps is available from Interpol Box 378, Mai . 11565. Krumri Kin Ortu 10 or. Stella m Deh. A Boca no urn Ato osc3s-0599. It Kite 0 in inst n Muad i across 37 last of 2 old i Nile the French reptile Mohi cans Coin 4 inter 40 window 3 became 8 War k actually severed by Elf Yellon and. In an act of Dell once. " loan unpopular pharaoh
