The July to December issues or Australia 2022 stamps continues. 

July

Pastor Sir Doug Nicholls

1 stamp, FDC, cancel, maxi card, sheetlet pack, sheet of 10
offset lithography

Yorta Yorta man Douglas (Doug) Ralph Nicholls (1906–88) was a footballer, pastor, Aboriginal rights campaigner, leader and state governor. In 1972, he became the first Aboriginal Australian to be knighted – an anniversary that this stamp issue commemorates. Pastor Sir Doug Nicholls – Australia Post (australiapostcollectables.com.au)

Designer: Jo Muré

Release date: July 5 2022

Budgerigars

3 stamps, 1 FDC, cancel, numismatic cover, 3 gutter sheets, 3 booklet sheets, 3 maxi cards, presentation pack (includes mini sheetlet)

Photographer: Leila Jeffreys
Designer: Sharon Rodziewicz, Australia Post Design Studio

Release date: July 11, 2022

Set of Centenary of the Men’s National Football Team

2 stamps, 2 gutter strips, 2 FDCs, cancel, presentation pack, maxi cards

Designer: Jason Watts, Australia Post Design Studio

Release date: July 19, 2022

August

Cicadas

3 stamps, souvenir sheet, 2 FDCs, cancel, 3 maxi cards, presenation pack, 3 gutter strips of 10
offset lithography

These 3 cicadas are found in eastern New South Wales, northern Queensland and southern Western Australia: 

• Masked Devil (Cyclochila australsiae) Green Grocer (Cyclochila australasiae) · iNaturalist Australia
• Golden Emperor (Anapsaltoda pulchra)  Anapsaltoda pulchra (Ashton 1912) – Encyclopedia of Life (eol.org) 
• Sandgrinder (Arenopsaltria fullo) Arenopsaltria fullo | Friends of Queens Park Bushland

Artist: Owen Bell
Previous stamps include Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Visiting Birds (2015), Jewel Beetles (2016), Endangered Wildlife (2016), Dragonflies (2017) and Frogs (2018).
Australia Post interviewed Bell in 2018 and talked about his nature art. You can read it here An interview with Owen Bell, digital painter – Australia Post (australiapostcollectables.com.au)
Designer: Jo Muré

Release date: August 2, 2022

150 Years: Overland Telegraph

1 stamp, maxi card, FDC, cancel, 2 numismatic covers, presentation pack, sheet of 10

 Details coming soon

Release date: August 23, 2022

Ariel Views of Australia

Details coming soon

• Cradle Mountain – Cradle Mountain (Cradle Mountain – Lake St Clair National Park) | Parks & Wildlife Service Tasmania
• Kakadu – Kakadu National Park (parksaustralia.gov.au)
• Bungle Bungle Range – Bungle Bungle Range Australia – Bungle Bungle Range Australia
• Great Barrier Reef – Great Barrier Reef | Australia’s Great Natural Wonder

Release date: August 23, 2022

Australian-bred Roses

4 stamps, minisheet, 2 FDCs, cancel, 4 maxi cards, gutter strips (not shown), booklet, stamp pack, scented stamp pack
offset lithography

Released to celebrate World Rose Convention 2022, in Adelaide, October 27 and  November 3, 2022.

• Lorraine Lee
• Lady of Australia
• Governor Marie Bashir
• Dusky Moon

Designer: Sonia Young

Release date: September 13, 2022

Rock Art of the Kimberley

2 stamps, minisheet, 2 FDCs, cancel, stamp pack, gutter strips (not shown)
offset lithography

• crocodiles
• Gwion Gwion figures

Kimberley Rock Art | Australia’s North West (australiasnorthwest.com) 

Designer: Sonia Young

Release date: September 20, 2022

October

150 Years of Free Education  

1 stamp, FDC, cancel, numismatic cover, maxi card, sheet pack, sheet of 10
offset lithography

This issue celebrates the passage of The Education Act in Victoria on 17 December 1872.

This legislation made the colony of Victoria one of the first jurisdictions in the world to offer free, compulsory and secular education to its children. Public education was now administered by the centralised Victorian Department of Education. 150 Years of Free, Secular and Compulsory Education – Australia Post (australiapostcollectables.com.au)

The government of Victoria has a great page on this anniversary 150 years of public education in Victoria | Victorian Government (www.vic.gov.au). 
Lots of great material on the origins of the legislation and how it has evolved. Good page. 

Designer: Simone Sakinofsky
Sakinofsky is a senior graphic designer with Australia Post. Meet a Philatelic designer: Simone Sakinofsky – Australia Post (australiapostcollectables.com.au)
Simone has designed stamps for Australia, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Island and AAT, starting with the 2004 Rainforest Butterflies set.

Release date: October 11, 2022

Australian Rivers

4 stamps, 1 FDC, cancel, 4 maxi cards, presentation pack 
offset lithography

• Diamantina River – this page has a great map of the river basin Queensland Diamantina Basin map (bom.gov.au) and this site Diamantina River | ETA Unknown has lots of info on the river and area
• Murrumbidgee River – 3rd largest river in Australia
• River Murray – Department for Environment and Water – About the River Murray
• Gordon River- Gordon River – Must See Attractions & Things To Do (tasmania.com) is a good site to read more on this 172 km river that cuts through Tasmania

Designer: Sonia Young

Release date: October 25, 2022

November

Christmas

5 stamps, souvenir sheet, booklets, gutter strips, 5 maxi cards, 2 FDCs, numismatic cover, cancel, presentation pack

Designer: Simone Sakinofsky, secular design
Designer: Gavin Ryan, religious design

Release date: November 1, 2022

December

Native Animals

4 stamps, booklet of 20, presentation pack, 2 FDCs, cancel, 4 maxi cards
offset lithography

• Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
• Eastern Quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)
• Quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
• Mountain Pygmy Possum (Burramys parvus)

Designer: Jason Watts

Release date: December 19, 2022

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