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Hawthorn win Premiership
On 27th September 2008,
Hawthorn won the Premiership with a 26pt win
over the favorite Geelong.
Coversplease
released a cover for all the Players. Australia Post
following tradition released a
Souvenir Stamp Sheet.
Australia Post will issue a limited edition
Commemorative Medallion
on the
17th November 2008. |
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New Postmarks
On the 17th September 2008
new postmarks were issued for
Essendon,
Geelong,
Melbourne
and
Richmond,
They replace the postmarks that were released for
the 1996 AFL Centenary. Coversplease release a cover for the teams
Essendon,
Geelong,
Melbourne
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Richmond, |
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Post Master Gallery
The Gallery in Melbourne commenced a display of
Australian Football Memorabilia which was to end in October. This however was
extended to January 2009. Advertising material featured the same etching
as the stamp issue and a famous photo of Ron Barrassi (front
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150 years of Australian Football
Celebrating 150 years of Australian Football Australia Post issued a single 50
cent stamp featuring the earliest known engraving of a game of Australian
football. The engraving, entitled "Winter in Australia: Football in the
Richmond Paddock" by Robert Bruce, depicts a game at Richmond Paddock, the
parklands that today sit adjacent to the MCG. This image was first reproduced in
the Illustrated Melbourne Post on 27 July 1866. The issue was released on the
29th July 2008. It consisted of one stamp in a
sheetlet of ten, also issued in a post office pack (front
and
inside), a
FDC
and
Maximum Card.
A Postal and numismatic cover (PNC)
was also released with a commemorative
coin
from the Perth Mint. The Wesley Cover Service released a FDC for a single
stamp
and for the
sheetlet.
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FDI Postmark
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Premiership Players Club
The 2008 Premiership Player's Club P-stamps were
again released in May 2008 continuing an annual tradition from the year 2000.
2008 AFL Stamps
The 2008 AFL Sheetlet P stamps were issued in a
new format of 2 sheetlets of ten players on a foldout three card sheet
with the clubs logo on the front. This was changed from the previous
prestige booklet format from 2004, with an enclosed medallion in 2007. The
previous issues since 2000 had been an A4 format. Another significant change
was the positioning of the player in the tab on both the right and left
of the globe and Southern Cross stamp. This was similar to the initial P
stamp issue in 1999 at the Australia 99 World Stamp Expo in Melbourne when
the tab was on the left. Subsequently the tab was on the right. |
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National Sports Museum
The National Sports Museum was opened at the
MCG on the 13th March 2008. A
Souvenir Stamp Sheet
was issued on the same day. The selvedge of the last
two stamps commemorated
Australian Football.
The back of the SES showed a explanation of the
photos in the
tab
and includes a photo of the
MCG. |
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