Ready for 2022 Australian stamps? Boats, buckling up & beautiful landscape, you have to love a year that starts with alliteration.
The best of last year was November’s First Regular Airmail stamp. Australia Post tapped AGDA Hall of Famer (2019) Lynda Warner for this look at one of Australia’s pioneer aviation events and it’s perfect. I think it was the best of Australia’s 2021 stamps and one of the best of all the world’s stamps last year. It combines an fascinating historical theme with a sharp, clean design to produce a killer biplane stamp. Warner is rightfully recognised as a great in the design world.
If you are interested in spelunking through Australia’s postal history, poke around their federal and state archives. I have more fun than a person should have wandering around the various government sites. I often rely on government archives for historical details and can spend hours chasing down information. If you’re interested in reading a little more on Australia’s postal history, check out Looking at an early mail scam, 1937 Australia airmail cover to Austria – C3 & C4 and Amazing Australian airmail souvenir. I have a few more articles in the wings, but it takes quite a bit of research and time before I’m happy to release them into the wild. If you’d like to help fund articles like these, you can make a donation or sign up for Patreon (see the sign up at the bottom of page). Your help means I have the resources to pay for non-digitized material as well as free up time to do the necessary research. And let me tell you, Australia’s postal history is exciting to explore.
This year I’m hoping to bring more information to you, about the designers who work with Australia Post. They have an incredible group working for them, including one of my favourite Australian stamp designers, the incomparable Jo Muré. I have an article about Jo, that was put on the back burner last year because of time constraints. I’ve been chasing down her stamps to highlight her long career with AP. Fingers crossed I’ll have it ready sometime in the summer. In the meantime, you can read up on her here Meet a Philatelic designer: Jo Mure – Australia Post (australiapostcollectables.com.au). But I think Muré deserves her own listing on the Stamp designers from around the world page.
Cheers
Catpaw
January
Under Sail
fdc & numismatic cover
Maxi cards
Presentation pack
gutter strips
3 stamps, FDC, cancel, stamp pack, medallion card, 3 maxi covers, 3 gutter strips
Offset lithography
Designer: Mary Callahan Design
Previous stamps 2016 Australian Animals: Monotremes and 2013 Centenary of Canberra. Callahan has won numerous Australian Publishers’ Association Book Design Awards. She was inducted into the ABDA Hall of Fame in 2021 Q&A with Mary Callahan, the 2021 Hall of Fame Recipient – Australian Book Designers Association (abda.com.au).
Release Date: January 11, 2022
Buckle Up
fdc
maxi card, box of stamps,
sheets, sheetlet pack (with cover)
1 stamp, sheets of 10, FDC, cancel, maxi card, pack
Offset lithography
Designer: Nigel Buchanan
AI-AP | Profiles » Illustrator Profile – Nigel Buchanan: “Aim for a timeless appeal to your work”
Release date: January 25, 2022
February
Special Occasions – Time to Cherish
Happy Birthday
5 stamps, 2 cancels, 2 FDCs, coin, souvenir sheet, 5 maxi cards
Offset lithography
better images coming
Designers: Simone Sakinofsky, Sharon Rodziewicz, Sonia Young, Jo Muré, Australia Post Design Studio
Meet a Philatelic designer: Simone Sakinofsky – Australia Post (australiapostcollectables.com.au)
Release date: February 8, 2022
Beijing 2022 Olympic Games – medal winners
Gold Medal – Jakara Anthony: Freestyle Skiing: Women’s Moguls
1 stamp, sheets of 10
Release date: February 10, 2022
Our Beautiful Continent
maxi cards
4 stamps, 4 maxi cards, FDCs, cancel, souvenir sheet, stamp pack
- $1.10 Blue Mountains
- $1.10 Flinders Ranges
- $1.10 Ningaloo Coast
- $1.10 Gondwana Rainforests
Designer: Simone Sakinofsky, Australia Post Design Studio
Release date: February 22, 2022
March
Perth Stamp and Coin Show
4 stamps on souvenir sheet
Image from the 2020 Black Swans from the Bird Emblems set.
Perth Stamp & Coin Show runs March 4 – 6. Perth Stamp & Coin Show (perthstampandcoinshow.com.au)
Release date: March 4, 2022
Sheepdog Trials: 150 Years
3 stamp, souvenir sheet, 2 FDCs, cancel, booklets of 10, 3 gutters, 3 maxicards,
rolls of 100 and stamp packs also available
offset lithography
- brown and white border collie
- Kelpie
- black and white borer collie
Sheepdog trials have been conducted in Australia for approximately 150 years. By the 1880s, sheepdog trials were becoming a popular sport at many agricultural shows across the nation. In the events of this competitive sport, one or two dogs move three to six sheep around a paddock, fences, gates, yards or enclosures according to a handler’s instructions. The dogs are judged on obedience and speed and the competitor is penalised if the sheep deviate from the prescribed course. Separating sheep is particularly difficult for the dogs, as herd animals naturally resist being split into groups. Sheepdog Trials: 150 Years – Australia Post (australiapostcollectables.com.au)
Designer: Gary Domoney, VISUA
Previous design by Domoney – 2007 Modernist Australian Architecture,
Release date: March 8, 2022
Australian Legends – Iconic Australian filmmakers
5 stamp, FDC, cancel, presentation pack, gutter strips of 10, 5 stamp packs of 10, 5 maxicards
offset lithography
- Baz Luhrmann Strictly Ballroom (1992); Romeo + Juliet (1996); and Moulin Rouge! (2001)
- George Miller AO Mad Max and Happy Feet
- Gillian Armstrong AM My Brilliant Career (1979)
- Peter Weir AM Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Gallipoli (1981), Dead Poet’s Society (1989), The Truman Show (1998) and Master and Commander (2003)
- Warwick Thornton Samson & Delilah (2009) and Sweet Country (2017)
Designer: Sonia Young, Australia Post Design Studio
Release date: March 15, 2022
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
2 stamps, souvenir sheet, 2 FDCs, cancel, medallion cover, 2 booklets of 10, stamp pack, 2 maxicards, stamp pack, 2 gutter strips
offset lithography
Designer: Sonia Young
Release date: April 5, 2022
Postcards from the Front – ANZAC Day
3 stamps, souvenir sheet, 2 FDCs, cancel, medalion cover, 3 maxicards, stamp pack,
offset lithography
better images coming in April
Designer: Jo Muré
Release date: April 12, 2022
Country Women’s Association (CWA)
1 stamp, sheetlet of 10, FDC, cancel, sheetlet pack, 1 maxicards (note: I erroneously listed 4 maxicards. There is only one in this release)
offset lithography
The CWA was formed April 1922, with the first meeting taking place in New South Wales. Grace Munro MBE was first president of the CWA.
The Country Women’s Association of Victoria Inc. – Women Supporting Women (cwaofvic.org.au)
Grace Emily Munro 1879-1964 M.B.E. ⋆ Bingara Magazine
Designer: Stacey Zass
Zass has also designed stamps for Australian Antarctic Territory and Norfolk Island as well as Australia.
Release date: April 26, 2022
May
Aboriginal Fibre Art
3 stamps, 3 booklets of 6 stamps, 1 FDC, 3 maxicards, 1 stamp pack (maxi and pack images coming in May)
Artwork was created by Yolŋu women.
- Bathi for a baby by Lucy Malirrimurruwuy
- Wanapuyngu (b. 1955); a twined conical bathi by Mary Djupuduwuy Guyula (1945–2005)
- Coiled, flat-bottomed bathi by Nancy Walinyinawuy Guyula (1940–2017)
You can see (and purchase) Yolgu artwork through the Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts centre. You can also learn more about the artists as well. If you have a good webpage on any of the three artists, I’d appreciate it if you could leave a link in the comments.
Release date: May 3, 2022
Bush Seasonings
3 stamps, souvenir sheet, 2 FDCs, cancel, stamp pack, recipe cards & stamps, 3 maxicards, 3 sheets of 10
Three plants exploring Aboriginal foods.
- Mountain Pepper (Tasmannia lanceolata), also called pepperberry Pepperberry – Tasmannia lanceolata – Tucker Bush
- River Mint (Mentha australis) Native River Mint – Mentha australis – Tucker Bush
- Lemon Myrtle (Backhousia citriodora) Lemon Myrtle – Backhousia citriodora – Tucker Bush
What Are Some of the Most Popular Australian Spices? – SPICEography
Illustrator: Gavin Ryan
Designer: Jo Muré
Release date: May 24, 2022
Newcastle Stamp and Coin Expo 2022
Souvenir sheet using the Oct. 2021 First Regular Airmail stamp, 3 cancels
This is a special release for the show. 3 postmarks will be issued – one for each day and in different a colour for each day.
Release date: May 27-29, 2022
June
Megapodes of Australia
3 stamps, souvenir sheet, 2 FDCs, cancel, 3 maxicards, stamp pack, medallion cover, 3 booklets
- Malleefowl (Leipoa occellata)
- Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami)
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt)
Designer: Janet Boschen
Release date: June 7, 2022
In Memoriam HRH Prince Philip The Duke of Edinburgh
1 stamp on a souvenir sheet, sheet of 10, presentation pack, 2 FDCs, cancel, medallion cover, maxicard
Release date: June 14, 2022
Paralympians of the Year 2022 & 2020
Paralympian of the Year 2020 – Madison de Rozario
1 stamp in sheets of 10
de Rozario is a middle & long-distance wheelchair racer. She is a world record holder in the Women’s 800m T53.
Tokyo Olympics – summer:
Gold – Women’s Marathon T54
Bronze – 1500m T54
Release date: June 10, 2022
Paralympian of the Year 2022 – Ben Tudhope
1 stamp in sheets of 10
Beijing 2022 Winter
Co-captain of the Australian Paralympic team at Beijin.
Bronze – Men’s Para-Snowboard Cross SB LL2
Designer: Australia Post
Release date: June 10, 2022
CONTINUE ON TO AUSTRALIA’S JULY TO DECEMBER ISSUES.
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