Date of Issue : 3 Feb 2004
Postmark : Hobart TAS 7000
Denomination : 2 x 50c and 2 x AU$1.00
Stamp Size : 37.5 mm x 26 mm
Paper : Tullis Russell
Printing Process : Lithography
Hobart was founded in 1804 as a British penal colony, and this marked the beginning of European Settlement of Tasmania. This stamp issue by Australia Post commemorates the Feb 1804 Settlement of Hobart Town, with a set of four stamps featuring the Cheshunt House (50c), a shell necklace (50c), a photograph on mountains upon mountains in Southwest Tasmania (AU$1.00) as well as Mount Wellington and Hobart Town from Kangaroo Point (AU$1.00). The necklace Thalotia conica is used as a linking element between the four stamps.