Date of Issue : 8 Mar 2005
Postmark : East Melbourne VIC 3002
Denomination : 2 x 50c and 2 x AU$1.00
Stamp Size : 26 mm x 37.5 mm
Paper : Tullis Russell
Printing Process : Lithography
The collecting of sporting memorabilia is a very popular pastime in Australia, a sports loving nation. As with all collecting, it is not what the object is that is important, but what it stands for and the promise it contains. The stamps in this issue evoke the magic of four great Australian sporting champions and their respective valued objects – Sir Donald Bradman's "baggy green" (50c), Lionel Rose's boxing gloves (50c), Marjorie Jackson's running spikes (AU$1.00) and Phar Lap's racing silks (AU$1.00).