Date of Issue : 16 Sep 2008
Postmark : Kingston TAS 7050
Denomination : 2 x 55c and 2 x AU$1.10
Stamp Size : 37.5 mm x 26 mm
Paper : Tullis Russell
Printing Process : Lithography
Postal administrations from around the world have released stamp issues to commemorate International Polar Year 2007 to 2008. Australia Post joined this philatelic endeavour with an issue of four stamps, featuring four Australian-led research projects, which function as touchstones for the science disciplines they represent – astronomy (55c), glaciology (55c), oceanography (AU$1.10) and marine biology (AU$1.10).