Valuable Australian Stamps

A good collection of stamps can cost a pretty penny. Australian stamps have been valued extremely highly before. In 1986, Australia Post bought the collection of Ray Chapman stamps for AU $750 000.

According to the Sydney Philatelics website, the most valuable Australian stamps would fit into one of these following categories:

• Kangaroos
• King George V – Heads - Definitive
• Australian Pre-Decimal
• Australian Special Issues - Overprints etc
• Australian Gutter Strips - Special Design, Text or Overprints
• Australian Decimal Issues 1966 - Date
• Australian Miniature Sheets/Sheetlets
• Australian Booklets
• Seven Seas Optional Pages Issues for The Specialist
• Perforation Variations
• Australian Reprints Incl. Koala & Kangaroo Reprints
• Australian Official Decimal First Day Covers
• Counter Printed Stamps/Labels/Self-Adhesives (CPS Labels)
• Australian Decimal Year Units
• Australia Post Annual Year Books
• Australia Post Stamp Packs
• Australia Maximum Cards
• Australian Frama Issues
• Australian Specimens
• Australian Replica Cards
• Australia Pre-Stamped Envelopes
• Australia Post Heritage Booklets
• Australia Post Collector Cards
• Errors & Varieties

If you’re interested in collecting stamps, you can purchase them from the Sydney Philatelics website (they have more than 35 000 stamps at last count), or you can try stamp collecting conventions, or of course, online auction sites such as eBay.