Above shows the AFL Centenary
Cover with the Geelong Peel and Stick Stamps with the Geelong Permanent
Pictorial Postmark (PMP 633) which was introduced on the 23rd April 1996.
The Cats chose
Graham Farmer on the cover of their stamp Booklet and
Gary Ablett
on their Postcard and maximum card.
On the 20th March 1999 Geelong held the "Inaugral Captains Dinner". A cover
was released showing 1955-1958 Captain
Bob Davis.
On the 7th March 2000 the inaugural meeting of the "Premiership Players Club"
was held at the MCG to help raise funds for charity. Two Geelong players were
included in the 20 players pictured on the A4 sheet of 20 P stamps of the
millennium issue. They were
Doug Wade and
Milton Lamb. The stamps were also
displayed on a set of 20 first day covers by Havilah Enterprises.
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 Geelong
players were included in the 20 players pictured on the A4 sheet of 20 P stamps
of the globe and map issue. They were
Alistair Lord and
John Hyde. The stamps were also
displayed on a set of 20 first day covers by Havilah Enterprises.
The 2001 season started with the Cats in the middle of
the table and fighting for a place in the eight. On the 30th March the
2001
Personalised Stamps
were issued. They missed out on the finals finishing 12th.
On the 22nd June 2001 the Geelong Football Club
announced their
Team of the Century.
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. Two Geelong
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
John Sharrock
and
Russell Renfrey. The stamps
were also displayed on a set of 20 first day covers by First Class Collectables.
The
2002 Personalised Stamps
were released on the 15th May. 2002 saw improvement
by the Cats. A young list narrowly missed the finals on percentage by loosing
their last game to Hawthorn.
2003 started slowly. The Annual Premiership Players Club P
stamp Sheet of 20 players was released on the 26th March 2003. The Geelong
players featured were
Fred Wooller
and
Jim Wills.
The
2003 Personalised Stamps were
released in April. The Cats again failed to make the final eight.
Matthew Scarlett
made the All Australian Team.
2004 started with the Cats
a chance to make the eight. 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.
Bob Davis
and
Joe Sellwood
were included in the 20 players of the
"Premiership Players Club".
Matthew Scarlett
made the All Australian Team.
On the 1st April 2005 the Essendon Bombers
booklet of the
2005
Personalised Stamps was released.
The 2005 Hall of Fame inductees were named on the 7th June 2005.
The most controversial was Geelong's Star
Gary Ablett.
along with
Ian Nankervis,
First Class Collectables issued covers to commemorate the Best and Fairest
winners including
Joel Corey.
On 18th
March 2006
the Geelong Cats won the Preseason Competition beating Adelaide by 8 points. The
scores were Adelaide 1 10 15 84 to Geelong 3 10 5 92.
First Class Collectables issued released two covers portraying
Garry Ablett Jnr
and
Cameron Mooney.
On the 20th March 2006 the
Geelong Cats booklet of the
2006 Personalised Stamps was
released. On the 10th June 2006 the Club held their Gala event. "The
Cats' Tales" at the Melbourne Exhibition centre. Onlycovers released a series of covers recognising players from various
eras. They included
Tom Wills,
Reg Hickey,
Graham Farmer,
Gary Ablett Snr
and
Gary Ablett Snr. Round 16 was the Heritage Round with clubs wearing
jumpers from a previous era.
Onlycovers released a
Cover for each club.
They also released a Captains series with covers including
Steven King.
2007 saw Geelong win the
2007 Premiership, their first
since 1963. Australia Post issued a prestige Booklet for
2007 Personalised Stamps They changed from the Prestige Booklet to the
Folder format issuing the
2008 Personalised Stamps
and
2009 Personalised Stamps.
Success returned in 2009 with them winning another
2009 Premiership.