1988 Australia Stamp Pack – Terra Australis II – Coastal Shipwrecks – Bicentennial CollectionMUH set.
Fantastic condition. Highlighting some of the relics discoverved around shipwreck sites.
Superb stamps and still in there Australia Post Office Pack.
Design
Post packs as disributed by Australia Post are one of the most favoured means of collecting mint stamps. Â They come in a protective folder with information pertaining to their history and source.
Pirates, adventure hunters, military expeditions, people in search of new lands and discoveries they all added to the reef bound history of our nation. all encompassed here in this postpack.
History
The Shipwreck Coast of Victoria Australia stretches from Moonlight Head to Cape Otway, a distance of approximately 130km. This coastline is accessible via the Great Ocean Road and is home to the limestone formations called The Twelve Apostles. Explorer Matthew Flinders said of the Shipwreck Coast, “I have seldom seen a more fearful section of coastline. The Australian National Shipwreck Database is an online, searchable database of over 7,000 known shipwrecks around the coast of Australia.
*All historical information taken from Wikipedia for educational purposes only