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Personalised
Stamps Listing |
| P stamps or Personalised
stamps were unveiled by Australia Post as a world first at the Australia 99
World Stamp Exhibition. Since Australia Post has had very successful issues with
the Olympics and Para-Olympics. They have also issued P stamps for China.
Several other countries including Indonesia, Great Britain, South Africa and PNG
have produced their own P Stamps. |
Premiership Players Club
The Premiership Players Club has
issued four sets of P Stamps with pictures of Premiership Players in the
selvedge, as a means of Fund Raising. FDCs of the individual stamps and of the
A4 sheets have been produced by First Class Collectables. |
| Date of Issue |
Description |
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7th March 2000 |
20x2000 Celebration stamps with
background of old Victoria Park Grandstands and number of sheet in surrounds of
A4 sheet with envelope printed with old Grandstands. The
players inducted were
Stephen Kernahan,
John Nicholls,
Robert Walls,
Thorold Merrett,
Bill Serong,
Dick Reynolds,
Barry Davis,
Ken Fraser,
Simon Madden,
Glenn Denning,
Doug Wade,
Milton Lamb,
Michael Tuck,
Stuart Spencer,
Percy Beams,
Keith Greig,
David Cloke,
Bob Pratt,
Allan Morrow
and
Jack Collins. |
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28th March 2001 |
20xAustralia and Globe stamps
with background of old MCG Grandstands and number of sheet in surrounds of A4
sheet with envelope printed with old Grandstands. The players
inducted were
David McKay,
Jack Hale,
Tony Shaw,
Bob Rose,
John Birt,
Norm McDonald,
Allan Ruthven,
Alistair Lord,
John Hyde,
Graham Arthur,
Peter Knights,
Ron Barassi,
Brian Dixon,
Michael Martyn,
Sam Kekovich,
Kevin Sheedy,
Dale Weightman,
Allan Jeans,
Charlie Sutton
and
John Worsfold. |
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27th
March 2002 |
20x sun, sand and sky p stamps with
the Southern Cross against the background of an old stand.
The players inducted were
Allan Greenshields,
Alex Jesaulenko,
Brett Ratten,
Barry Harrison,
Michael Gayfer,
Alan Dale,
Terry Danhier,
Maurie Hearn,
John Sharrock,
Russell Renfrey,
Alle de Wolde,
Leigh Matthews,
John Beckwith,
Ron Baggott,
Frank Gumbleton,
John Blakey,
Bill Perkins,
Michael Green,
Barry Breen
and
Doug Reynolds. |
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26th March 2003 |
20x Globe and Southern Cross p
stamps against the background of an old Grandstand.
Individual sets were also issued for each player including
Shaun Rehn,
Ken Hunter,
Brian Gray,
Neil Mann,
Jack Jones,
Jim Wills,
Ray Wartman,
Darren Crocker,
David Dench,
Len Dockett,
Darrel Baldock
and Ron
Stockman.
The players inducted were
Shaun Rehn,
Dennis Munari,
Ken Hunter,
Brian Gray,
Neil Mann,
Dean Wallis,
Jack Jones,
Laurie Bickerton,
Fred Wooller,
Jim Wills,
Morton Browne,
Russell Greene,
Len Dockett,
Ray Wartman,
Darren Crocker,
David Dench,
Daryl Cumming,
Max Oppy,
Darrel Baldock
and Ron
Stockman.
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24th March
2004 |
20x Globe and Southern Cross p
stamps against the background of an old Grandstand.
Individual sets were also issued for each player eg
Jack Dyer.
The players inducted were
Alistair Lynch,
Ken Hands,
Don McIntyre,
Lou Richards,
Ron Richards,
Mark Harvey,
Ted Leehane,
Bob Davis,
Joe Sellwood,
Peter Hudson,
Colin Youren,
Bluey Adams,
George Bickford,
Stan Alves,
David King,
Bill Barrot,
Jack Dyer,
John Bingley,
Wally Donald,
and
Glen Jakovich. |
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1st September
2005 |
20x Globe and Southern Cross p
stamps against the background of an old Grandstand.
Individual sets were also issued for each player and a combined sheet
alternating James & Allan Hird. The players inducted, with number of
sheets produced in brackets, were
Donald Cordner (20),
Garry Farrant (12),
Allan Hird (16),
James Hird (66),
Allan & James
Hird (88),
David O'Halloran (14),
Fred Stafford (11),
Peter Welsh (12),
Bill Deans (10),
Michael Christain (24),
Loy Stewart (17),
Mick Twomey (16),
Glenn Archer
(32),
Harvey Stevens (15),
Mike Delaney (25),
Ian Law (12),
Bill Goggin (19),
Greg Brown (37),
Ross Smith (19),
Tom Hafey (20) and
Phil Pinnell (15). No individual covers were released.
Reference Craig Chappell Stamp News April 2006. |
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August
2006 |
20x Globe and Southern Cross p
stamps against the background of an old Grandstand |
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2000 AFL Issue
Like the 1996 AFL Centenary Issue,
the 2000 AFL P stamps issue was the biggest issue undertaken by Australia Post.
They were not available from Post Offices and were only sold by the AFL Clubs.
They were all issued on the 25th March 2000. They consisted of an A4 sheet with
20x 2000 Celebration stamps. The surrounds of the team sheet included the
Captain and another player. The individual player sheets featured the club
mascot. |
| Club P stamps Page |
Image of Club and players P
stamps sheets |
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Adelaide |
Adelaide AFC,
Andrew Mcleod,
Mark Riciutto,
Ben Hart,
Darren Jarman and
Mark Bickley. |
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Brisbane |
Brisbane AFC,
Alastair Lynch,
Michael Voss,
Chris Scott,
Justin Leppitsch and
Jason Akermanis. |
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Carlton |
Carlton FC,
Craig Bradley,
Stephen Silvagni,
Anthony Koutoufides,
Scott Camporeale and
Aaron Hamill. |
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Collingwood |
Collingwood FC,
Scott Burns,
Nathan Buckley,
Anthony Rocca,
Saverio Rocca and
Josh Fraser. |
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Essendon |
Essendon FC,
James Hird,
Michael Long,
Steve Alessio,
Matthew LLoyd and
Mark Mercuri. |
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Fremantle |
Fremantle FC,
Adrian Fletcher,
Daniel Bandy,
Dale Kickett,
Tony Modra and
Sean McManus. |
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Geelong |
Geelong FC,
Ben Graham,
Gary Hocking,
Peter Riccardi,
Tim McGrath and
Ronnie Burns. |
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Hawthorn |
Hawthorn FC,
Shane Crawford,
Nick Holland,
Paul Salmon,
Trent Croad and
Jonathon Hay. (Sheet also included
coach) |
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Kangaroos |
Kangaroos FC,
Wayne Carey,
Glen Archer,
Corey McKernam,
Michael Martyn and
Anthony Stevens. |
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Melbourne |
Melbourne FC,
David Schwartz,
David Neitz,
Shane Woewodin. (only three players
commemorated) |
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Port Adelaide |
Port Adelaide FC,
Josh Francou,
Gavin Wanganeen,
Matthew Primus,
Warren Tredrea and
Darren Mead. |
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Richmond |
Richmond FC,
Matthew Knights,
Matthew Richardson,
Brendon Gale,
Nick Daffy and
Wayne Campbell. |
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Saint Kilda |
Saint Kilda FC,
Nathan Burke,
Peter Everitt,
Stewart Loewe,
Robert Harvey and
Andrew Thompson. |
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Sydney |
Sydney FC,
Paul Kelly,
Darren Cresswell,
Greg Stafford,
Michael O'Loughlin and
Wayne Schwass. |
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West Coast |
West Coast Eagles FC,
Ben Cousins,
Guy McKenna,
Scott Cummings,
Glen Jakovich and
Peter Matera. |
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Western Bulldogs |
Western Bulldogs FC,
Chris Grant,
Brad Johnson,
Nathan Brown,
Scott West and
Scott Wynd. |
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| FDCs of the Team sheet, a
Captains series and a Superstar series were produced by First Class
Collectables. They can be seen at the relevant clubs P stamp page Link. |
Technical Details
The 2000 issue and both Premiership Players Club Issued were printed by
Excel Digital using a Xerox Laser Printer. The A4 of stamps was printed
separately to the players photos in the tabs and the surrounds. These were then
added with the laser printer. The issues come with a
seperate sheet with the tabs only on
inferior paper.
Adstamps
On the 23rd June 2000 Australia Post issued "Adstamps",
the name for Personalised stamps to be used for company advertising. The launch
featured an
Essay Sheet,
(one of two) showing the logos of Sydney, Collingwood, Richmond, Melbourne and
Carlton in the
Selvedge.
Source: Stamp News Australasia Nov 2004 Vol 51 No 11.
2001 AFL Issue
The 2001 AFL issue was printed by SNP using the
offset photolithographic process with all images printed on the same A4 sheet at
one printing.
They were announced in the Philatelic Bulletin as being available from Post
Offices on the 19th April 2001 although they were available from the Philatelic
Bureau on the 30th March 2001. They consisted of an
A4 sheet with 20x Australia and Globe stamps. The surrounds of the sheet
featured the club mascot. |
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| Five sets of FDCs
for all 20 players of each team were produced by First Class Collectables.
2002 AFL Issue
The 2002 AFL issue was printed using the offset
photolithographic process with all images printed on the same A4 sheet at one
printing as was the 2001 issue.
They consisted of a landscape A4 sheet with 20 sun,
sand and sky p stamps with the Southern Cross with the clubs top 20 players
displayed in the selvedge. The sheet surrounds featured the Clubs and AFL logos
and the names of the players. |
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| Sets of FDCs for
all 20 players of each team were produced by First Class Collectables.
Kokoda Memorial
Issue
Australia Post released a special
set of stamps to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Kokoda. The stamps were
released on Saturday, August 31 2002 during the
Kokoda Memorial AFL Match
between the Sydney Swans and the Richmond Tigers. Australian Post released a
special stamp sheet to guests at the game showing Ovuru Indiki, a Fuzzy Wuzzy
Angel. He is one of the angels left alive. The stamp sheet also shows Australian
Digger Stan Bissett, Swans players, and a Koiari dancer from Sogeri. Papua New
Guinea |
The Melbourne 2002 Stamp Show
The Melbourne Stamp Show organising
committee released a 10 stamp
P stamp Souvenir Sheet
at the Show on the 4-6th October 2002
at the National Tennis Centre. It contained the 45c Globe, map & Southern Cross
Stamp with a stylised footballer in the selvedge. |
2003 AFL Issue
The AFL Footy stamps for 2003 were released the
week commencing 22nd April 2003. There are 16
sheets – one sheet for all of the 16 AFL teams. The new designed sheets contain
the AFL logo, club logos and mascots. There are 20 players photos shown on each
sheet. The names of the players are shown in the selvedge area. The base stamp
in all stamp sheets is the new Australia & Globe Stamp. New for 2003 is a
display stand included in with each sheets packaging.
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2004 AFL Issue
The 2004 Issue were a departure from the
previous years as the P stamps were issued as "Souvenir Booklets" rather than A4
sheets. The booklets were issued in a staggered fashion over four weeks, with 4
clubs a week starting from the 14th April 2004. Each Booklet has 20 stamps for
the 10 players. The 10
team players are nominated by the club in the
following categories: Captain,
Vice-captain(s), Best and fairest 1, 2, 3 (2003),
Leading goal kicker (2003), Club-nominated star
players and Most promising young player.
The Contents consist of Information about featured
players (one page per player featured in tabs), Club
history page – when founded, premiership wins, Brownlows, etc. Club song,
List of players names for 2004 and a Page on the coach.
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2004
Brownlow Medal
On
20th September 2004
Chris Judd, of the West Coast
Eagles, won his first Brownlow Medal.
Australia Post issued a Souvenir Stamp Sheet on the
27th September
2004. This sheet was in the new size of
244mmx190mm rather than A4 as previous issues.
2004
Premiers
On
25th September 2004
Port Adelaide
won their first AFL Premiership by defeating three time winners the
Brisbane Lions, 17.11.113 to 10.13.73. Australia Post issued a Souvenir Stamp
Sheet on the
27th September 2004.
This sheet was in the new size of 244mmx190mm rather
than A4 as previous issues. |
2005 AFL Issue |
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2005 AFL Premiers
On
24th September 2005 the AFL's ugly
duckling, the
Sydney Swans won their first AFL Premiership in 72 years by defeating
the West Coast Eagles by 4 points in a dour tight struggle. The final
score was Sydney 8.10.58 to the Eagles 7.12.54. Australia Post issued
a
Souvenir Stamp Sheet on the
26th September 2005.
This follows a precedent
that was started in 2004 with a souvenir sheet to celebrate Port
Adelaide's Victory. |
2006 AFL Issue |
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