Above is the AFL Centenary Cover
postmarked with the Carlton Permanent Pictorial Postmark (APM29078) introduced
on the 23rd April 1996 to celebrate the Centenary of the AFL. It was also used
on a AFL Centenary cover of
Sergio Silvani.
The Blues chose
Stephen Kernahan, their 1996 Captain and
Captain for 10 consecutive seasons as their player on the Maximum Card, Post
Card and Stamp Booklet.
The 2000 season was opened with a New Years Eve
Millennium Challenge
between Carlton and Collingwood as part of the New Millennium celebrations. The
game was easily won by the blues with Brendan Fevola kicking a record 12 goals.
On the 7th March 2000 the inaugural meeting of
the "Premiership Players Club" was held at the MCG to help raise funds for
charity. Three Carlton players were included in the 20 players pictured on the
A4 sheet of 20 P stamps of the millennium issue. They were
Stephen
Kernahan,
John Nicholls
and
Robert Walls. The stamps were also
displayed on a set of 20 first day covers by Havilah Enterprises.
The Carlton
Team of the Century was announced at a Grand Function at the
Crown Palladium on the 20th May 2000.
The 25th May 2000 marked the release of club and individual
2000
Personalised Stamps.
On the 28th March 2001 the second annual meeting of the "Premiership
Players Club" was held at the MCG to help raise funds for charity. Two Carlton
players were included in the 20 players pictured on the A4 sheet of 20 P stamps
of the globe and map issue. They were
David McKay and
Jack Hale. The stamps were also
displayed on a set of 20 first day covers by first Class Collectables.
The 30th March 2001 marked the release of the teams
2001
Personalised Stamps.
The 2001 season started well for the Blues with them sitting near the top of
the ladder. The Blues finished the season fifth on the ladder but were unable to
progress in the finals. Stephen Silvagni retired after 312 games.
On the 27th March 2002 the third annual meeting of the "Premiership
Players Club" was held at the MCG to help raise funds for charity. Three Carlton
players were included in the 20 players pictured on the A4 sheet of 20 P stamps
of the sand, sea and sky overlaid by the Southern Cross issue. They were
Allan Greenshields,
Alex Jesaulenko
and
Brett Ratten. The stamps were
also displayed on a set of 20 first day covers by First Class Collectables.
On the 15th May 2002 the Club
2002 Personalised Stamps
were released.
The 2002 season was the worst season ever for the Blues with them slipping to
their first Wooden Spoon. On top of that they were fined $930,000 for salary cap
breaches and lost early draft picks.
The 2003 season saw some improvement. In April the
2003
Personalised Stamps were released. The Annual
Premiership Players Club P stamp Sheet of 20 players was released on the 26th
March 2003. The Carlton players featured were
Dennis Munari
and
Ken Hunter.
The season ended with the Blues winning four games and finishing second
last.
2004 was still going to be tough with
rebuilding being the aim.
In mid April the
2004
Personalised Stamps were released. This year they were a booklet
of 20 stamps showing 10 players, rather than the A4 sheet.
Ken Hands
and
Don McIntyre
were included in the 20 players of the
"Premiership Players Club".
Matthew Lappin
was picked in the All Australian Team.
On 12th March 2005
the underrated Carlton defeated the West Coast Eagles in the Pre season
Competition, the Wizard Cup. The Blues won 1.14.18.111 to 1.11.9.84. First
Class Collectables issued a
Cover
to commemorate the win. On the 1st April 2005 the Carlton Blues
booklet of the
2005
Personalised Stamps was released. The 2005 Hall of Fame
inductees were named on the 7th June 2005.
One of the inductees was
Stephen Silvagni.
First Class Collectables issued covers to commemorate the Best and Fairest
winner
Anthony Koutoufides. On the 20th
March 2006 the Carlton Blues
booklet of the
2006 Personalised Stamps was
released.
On the 22nd June 2006 the AFL Hall of Fame inducted
Craig Bradley and
Robert Walls.
Round 16 was the Heritage Round with clubs wearing
jumpers from a previous era. Onlycovers released a cover for each club including
the
Carlton FC.
2007 and 2008 were years of rebuilding with the
Blues putting together an impressive list of young and experienced players. 2009
was the year they made it back into the eight finishing seventh. The
2008 Personalised Stamps
and the
2009 Personalised Stamps
were released in a folder of two sheets of ten
stamps. |