First Day Cover - Nursing Services 1985

FDC - Australia - Centenary of District Nursing Services 1985

Centenary of District Nursing Services 1985-First Day of Issue-13 Mar 1985-Coburg VIC 3058

First Day Cover - Famous Women 1975

FDC - Australia - Famous Women 1975

Famous Women-First Day of Issue-6th Aug 1975-Brisbane QLD 4000

First Day Cover - OBGYN 1967

FDC - Australia - World Congress of Gynaecology & Obstetrics 1967

World Congress of Obgyn-First Day of Issue-20 Sep 1967-Melbourne VIC

International Women's Day

Celebration of Women on First Day Covers

FDC - Australia - Centenary of Florence Nightingale 1955

Florence Nightingale Centenary 1955-First Day of Issue-21 Sep 1955-Crimea VIC

Florence Nightingale (12th May 1820-13 Aug 1910) was a celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician. A Christian universalist, Nightingale believed that god had called her to be a nurse. She came to prominence for her pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed "The Lady With The Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night.

Nightingale laid the foundation of professional nursing with the establishment, in 1860, of her nursing school at St Thomas' Hospital in London, the first secular nursing school in the the world. The Nightingale Pledge taken by new nurses was named in her honour, and the annual International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world on her birthday.

Sunday Stamps #5

A couple of First Day Covers from my collection.

Aussat 1986

First Day of Issue 24 Jan 1986, Melbourne VIC 3000

Back of Cover

During 1986, the whole of Australia will be covered for the first time by a comprehensive telecommunications system. Designed to complement Telecom's terrestrial network, Australia's National Satellite System (AUSSAT) will provide nationwide TV, radio and telecommunications services via three satellites launched successively by the NASA Space Shuttle and the European Space Agency's rocket system, ARIANE.

Halley's Comet

First Day of Issue 9 April 1986, Melbourne VIC 3000

Back of Cover

Clearly visible in Australia's skies in the early weeks of April 1986, Halley's Comet passed within 63,000,000km of Earth on it's way back to the outer reaches of the solar system after rounding the sun. The CSIRO radio telescope at Parkes, New South Wales, in it's 25th year of operation, was the sole receiver of information transmitted by Giotto, the probe sent to Halley's Comet by the European Space Agency.

First Day Cover - Australia Day 1978

Australia Day 1978 - First Day of Issue - 26th Jan 1978 - Adelaide SA 5000
Stamp - 18c Flag

First Day Cover - Australia Day 1979

Australia Day 1979 - First Day of Issue - 26th Jan 1979 - Adelaide SA 5000
Stamp 20c



Australia Day 1979 - First Day of Issue - 26th Jan 1979 - Coburg VIC 3058 - Special Citizenship Ceremony Stamp
Stamp - 20c

First Day Cover - Australia Day 1980

Australia Day 1980 - First Day of Issue - 23rd Jan 1980 - Pascoe Vale South VIC 3044
Stamp - 22c Matthew Flinders

First Day Cover - Australia Day 1981

Australia Day 1981 - First Day of Issue - 21st Jan 1981 - Coburg VIC 3058
22c Stamp

Back

Governor Arthur Phillip raised the British flag over the first European settlement in Australia on 26 January 1788. Since that time 26 January has variously been known as Landing Day, Foundation Day, Anniversary Day and ANA Day. The date is now nationally celebrated as Australia Day. The Australia Day 1981 stamp features the Australian flag portrayed as the island-continent's surface.

First Day Cover - Australia Day 1982

Australia Day 1982 - First Day of Issue - 20th Jan 1982 - Eaglehawk VIC 3556
24c Stamp - The Immigrants

The stamp, commemorating Australia Day 1982, honours the three great waves of migration to Australia. The Aboriginals were the first people to come to Australia, at least 30,000 years ago. The arrival of Governor Arthur Phillip to found a penal colony in 1788 heralded the second wave of migration. The third, and most recent wave occurred following World War II when migrants from more than 100 countries sought new lives in Australia.

First Day Cover - Australia Day 1983

Australia Day 1983 - First Day of Issue - 26th Jan 1983 - Queenscliff VIC 3225

Back

In January 1788, eleven ships of the "First Fleet" anchored off Sydney Cove. Aboard were some 1500 people who were destined to establish the first permanent European settlement in Australia. Flagship of the fleet was HMS Sirus, named after on of the brightest stars in the southern sky. The swiftest ship in the fleet was the escort vessel HM Brig Supply, and it was to this ship that the Commander of the fleet, Captain Arthur Phillip, had transferred for the last long leg of the voyage. Hms Sirus and HM Brig Supply appear on stamps commemorating Australia Day 1983.

First Day Cover - Australia Day 1984

Australia Day 1984 - First Day of Issue - 26th Jan 1984 - Lorne VIC 3232
Stamp-30c Cook's Cottage

Back

Cook's Cottage stands in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, as a tribute to Captain James Cook, whose exploration of Australia's east coast was directly responsible for the colonisation of the continent. The original cottage was built in 1755 by Cook's father, at Great Ayton, Yorkshire. Tradition says that the great navigator visited his parents there, between voyages. The cottage was purchased and shipped to Melbourne in 1934, as part of Victoria's centenary celebrations.

First Day Cover - Australia Day 1986

Australia Day 1986 - First Day of Issue - 24th Jan 1986 - Melbourne Vic 3000
Stamp - 33c - An Aboriginal Perspective

Back

Drawing upon the art styles of the designer's Aboriginal heritage, the Australia Day 1986 stamp depicts our ancient land being cradled and protected by a creation Ancestor called a Wandjina. In the Wandjina's hand, an egg symbolises perfection and rebirth, an ideal to which all Australians can aspire. A Rainbow Serpent, also a Creation Ancestor, runs through the Wandjina's body, it's tongue forming the Wandjina's eyes. The cover photograph shows the Walls of China in southwestern New South Wales, a region settled by the Aboriginal people more than 30,000 years ago.

Dick Bruna FDC 1969

Dick Bruna - Child Welfare First Day Cover 1969 - The Netherlands