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Stargazing The Southern Skies. Postage Stamps FDC and a one dollar legal tender coin with P mint mark.

These are coins and postage stamps (FDC) joint venture issues released by respective issuing authorities. I can’t say that I am a keen collector in this area but I bought them just for fun. However despite saying this, I buy them in pairs and hopefully one day I will resell them for a small profit. That will most likely happen when I am retiring. So if you are interested in this area of collection, please watch this space.

All coins display are legal tender but majority of them are not minted for general circulation.

Stargazing The Southern Skies $1

Stargazing: The Southern Skies, $1 coin

In 2009 Australia celebrates the International Year of Astronomy, which recognizes the achievements of astronomy and astrophysics, and encourages us all to connect with the night skies and ponder our place in the universe. 2009 also marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s birth, the great Italian telescope maker whose invention brought into focus Copernicus’ revolutionary theory that the sun, rather than the earth’ lies at the centre of the universe.

Australia Post 200 Years $1 Part ll

Australia Post 200 Years $1 coin, Part ll

Like red sentinels, posting boxes have stood guard on the streets of cities and towns in Australia for more than 150 years. In the nineteenth century, cast-iron posting boxes were generally manufactured at local foundries, although some models were imported from England. They were designed in a wide range of shapes and sizes. Typically, they were cylindrical, featured a decorative frieze and were topped by a device such as a crown.