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Australia Post Annual Stamp Year Books and Annual Stamp Collections – Executive and Deluxe Editions - EVERY year in stock -
no-one else Globally has them all.
Large Bulk-Buy price discounts!
Year Book Discounts - buy 5 or more books from any mix of years from Australia (except last 5 years of books) and take 10% OFF the individual prices on this page. Buy 10 or more books of any type, and deduct 15% off total price. Volume and turnover is my aim! (Subject to stock as always, but I doubt there will be any problems.) |
Black leather covered "Executive"
book with brass corners
The standard "Deluxe" Book - every
year different cover
Annual PO Year Books - the PERFECT way to collect!
Buy
at up to 50% discount
off my normal low prices!
Australia
was the FIRST country in the world as far as I know, to issue large size
annual year books. They started way back in 1981. Everyone copied them
later! They are globally popular now.
With me you are buying assured QUALITY. I cannot overemphasise the importance of that. For starters, 95% of the 1983, 1984, 1986 and 1987 Books on the market are STUFFED. MOST with inner and outer inside Covers foxed and rusty, and/or “sticky” outers, and not suitable for ANY collection. I scrap 100s a year of those years alone for postage. Buy off ebay or gumtree or “friends” who have just ONE of each, and you get their junk. Kids that have taken them to “show and tell” school sessions, where the pages of books get grubby and stained and gooky etc.
You pay the same $20 Registered post for a second or third grade copy, as
for a good one, and then another $20 to mail the junk back for refund. And
waste an hour, and get raised blood pressure. A mug’s game. The average
amateur seller cannot see or identify or recognise foxing or rusting - they
are quite oblivious to it. “MY books are
SUPERB”. Yeah, sure.
These folks see these books just ONCE in their lifetime. I have seen them
each day for 40 years! An experienced dealer is NOT clueless. I
ONLY sell nice books.
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![]() Australia 2004 Year Book and matching slipcase. |
![]() A typical page from year 2000 year book |
![]() A typical page from year 2000 year book |
Typical exterior of each Australia Post year book. Each Australia Post book from 1981 book also has a matching coloured, hard slipcase to prevent dust and moisture entering the book. |
Year Book Discounts - buy 5 or more books from any mix of years from Australia (except last 5 years of books) and take 10% OFF the individual prices on this page. Buy 10 or more books of any type, and deduct 15% off total price. Volume and turnover is my aim! (Subject to stock as always, but I doubt there will be any problems.) |
All books on this page come in the matching hard storage slipcases, as sold by the issuing Post Offices.
Australia Post Year Books/Annual Stamp Albums COMPLETE list -
Issue Price | Issue | Front | "Deluxe" Book | "Executive" Leather | |||
ex A. Post | Year | Cover | (i.e. "normal" ) | (Gold Blocked Covers) | |||
$A23.00 | 1981 |
Brown |
$A50 | - | |||
$A25.00 | 1982 |
Blue |
$A80 |
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- |
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$A26.00 |
1983 |
Red |
$A70 |
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- |
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$A35.95 |
1984 |
Black |
$A55 |
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- |
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$A33.95 |
1985 |
Green |
$A45 |
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- |
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$A37.95 | 1986 |
Blue |
$A60 | $A95 (First year sold of Black "Leather") | |||
$A42.95 | 1987 |
Maroon |
$A100 | $A130 | |||
$A42.95 | 1988*** |
EXPO'88 Logo - Black Cover |
$A400 |
Totally different
EXPO88 |
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$A42.95 |
1988 |
Bicentennial |
$A65 |
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5 large stamp books, all in Gold blocked hard brown slipcase |
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$A43.95 |
1988 |
Grey |
$A95 |
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$A150 |
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$A46.95 |
1989 |
Orange/Pink |
$A70 |
|
$A125 |
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$A53.95 |
1990 |
Red |
$A75 |
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$A130 |
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$A42.95 |
1990/1 |
Collectors' Yearbook |
**$A120 |
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Issued by Australia Post for the Specialist Collector (See ** note below, for discount on all 3!) |
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$A54.95 |
1991 |
Ash Blue |
$A75 |
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$A130 |
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$A42.95 |
1991/2 |
Collectors' Yearbook |
**$A120 |
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Issued by Australia Post for the Specialist Collector (See ** note below, for discount on all 3!) |
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$A54.95 |
1992 |
Olive |
$A75 |
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$A130 |
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$A42.95 |
1992/3 |
Collectors' Yearbook |
**$A135 |
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Issued by Australia Post for the Specialist Collector (See ** note below, for discount on all 3!) |
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$A54.95 |
1993 |
Orange |
$A80 |
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$A140 |
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$A54.95 |
1994 |
Green |
$A85 |
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$A150 |
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$A54.95 |
1995 |
Maroon |
$A85 |
|
$A150 |
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$A57.95 |
1996 |
Teal |
$A85 |
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$A150 |
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$A57.95 |
1997 |
Blue |
$A95 |
|
$A170 |
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$A57.95 |
1998 |
Purple |
$A95 |
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$A170 |
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$A57.95 |
1999 |
Green |
$A110 |
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$A170 |
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$A87.50 |
2000 |
Silver |
$A120 |
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$A185 |
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$A69.95 |
2001 |
Red |
$A115 |
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$A160 |
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$A57.95 |
2002 |
Blue/Grey |
$A110 |
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$A180 |
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$A59.95 |
2003 |
Gold/Orange |
$A110 |
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$A180 |
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$A79.95 |
2004 |
Dark Blue - Bridge |
$A115 |
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$A185 |
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$A79.95 |
2005 |
Blue - Kookaburra |
$A115 |
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$A220 (“Leather” all now hand numbered annually) |
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$A94.95 |
2006 |
Pink Red - Flower |
$A130 |
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$A250 |
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$A79.50 |
2007 |
Charcoal Grey - Tree |
$A135 |
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$A255 |
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$A99.95 |
2008 |
Hot Air Ballooning |
$A160 |
|
$A255 |
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$A99.95 |
2009 |
Sepia old style Posman |
$A145 |
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$A250 |
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$A99.95 |
2010 * |
Blue Kingfisher Bird |
$A175 |
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$A275 |
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$A99.95 |
2011 * |
Pelican Bird In Flight |
$A175 |
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$A250 |
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$A109.95 |
2012 * |
Large Tiger's Face |
$A175 |
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$A250 |
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$A109.95 |
2013 * |
$10 Kangaroo stamp re-issue |
$A185 |
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$A250 |
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$A109.95 |
2014 * |
Green Kangaroo Paw |
$A185 |
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$A275 |
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$A109.95 |
2015 * |
Sepia Anzac Cove |
$A185 |
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$A275 | |
$A114.95 |
2016 * |
Orange Queen Elizabeth |
$A190 |
$A285 |
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$A109.95 | 2017 * | White Cover Aboriginal Face | $A185 | $A275 | |||
$A109.95 | 2018 * | Green Star Finch Birds | $A275 | $A295 | |||
$A109.95 | 2019 * | Southern Cassowary Bird | $A195 | $A275 | |||
$A129.95 | 2020 * | Gold & Black native blossom | $A295 **** | $A350 **** | |||
**Spectacular ERROR** stamp Block: MUH or FU - $A175:
The 2020 Australia Year Books I bought all had a very spectacular
printing error in there - the entire word
AUSTRALIA was clearly *MISSING*
on one $1.10 stamp, as well as the issue year - see photo
above. A huge error in this modern era of computer checks.
NORMALLY the PO would simply swap them over for the corrected version,
before placing them on sale. However this year, for the first time
ever, all the 2020 annual books did not have stamps loose as usual
in a cello bag or Hagner, that you then placed in yourself. They are
now for each set, all printed on a page of gummed paper, with extra
design all around them, and perforated within that A4/Quarto sized
sheet. Each page is like a huge A4 size Souvenir Sheet essentially!
So to swap these over by PO, would mean all the completed Year Books had
to be destroyed, new pages for that error set printed, and then the
entire book totally re-printed again, and that page newly bound in.
WEEKS of extra work. As the error was not noticed until almost the on
sale date, it was WAY too late for all that, as books are bought heavily
each year as annual gifts, and in recent years, sell out very fast. The
CORRECT stamp wording was on course on stamps in all the PO
packs, on FDC, and in usual mint form etc. Tons more detail on these
here -
www.tinyurl.com/Glen1-21
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* 2010-2020 Albums. The production run of these recent years was cut back VERY sharply over the previous annual numbers. Certainly all PO’s sold out VERY fast, and could not get more. I have had a ton of orders for these as so many missed out, and NO other dealers globally seem to have stock of them all - that is a FACT! Licensed PO’s do not like them now, as retail was controversially set up about $10 more than face in recent years, so scrapping old unsold ones for counter stock then made zero fiscal sense to LPO owners, so they often do not bother stocking them anymore. Hence the stamp market scarcity! “Catch 22”. . |
**These Deep Green 'Specialist' books trio contain Frama labels, the expensive “Across Town” labels, Box Link stamps, strips of peel'n'stick coils with info separator labels on them, booklets, and other highly sought specialist items etc. Most were broken down and ‘scrapped’ for postage. They are the exact same size and look, as the other Year Albums, and are in hard slipcases, and are all VERY SCARCE as not many bought them. SPECIAL - all 3 Books for $A325 - save $50! (Stock 572HA) |
NOTE - "Leather" Annual albums cost a large PO premium - from 2005 onward they cost generally $35 more ex PO.
Both versions of the 2005 albums contained a special Gold inscribed in margin sheetlet of 5 of Australian Parrots. The PO did NOT release that parrot sheetlet in ANY form via PO's or philatelic sales section - it was only available in the 2005 Year Books. Retail of that quickly rose to $65 due to worldwide interest from bird collectors and specialists. A large number of year books were busted down by dealers to remove this very desirable sheet, and those books will forever be off the market, increasing prices even more of already the far the lowest print books in history. The 2006 and 2007 Leather Books (and all future ones) were also hand numbered to just 8,000 copies. Indeed in 2020 this tightened to just 6,000 hand-numbered books, and price was now $A159.95 to buy. Each 2006 book also included an exclusive Queen's Birthday MUH sheetlet of 4 - not obtainable ANY other way. Dealers broke down many 2006 books to obtain this sheetlet. Same with the 2007, which included a Botanic Gardens mini sheet not otherwise buyable. The 2008 contained a Beijing Gold Medallists sheetlet not obtainable any other way - retail $50 alone. And so on for each future year. These black leather books are HOT. Numbered Limited Editions, with special sheets included |
*** Contents exactly same as the usual 1987 Annual PO Year Album, but with totally new 4 colour outer cover and matched slipcase, each with the bold colour splash Expo’88 logo on jet black gloss background - see photo below. Very cool. PO had a booth there, but these things cost a fortune decades back at $45, so they sold almost none, and visitors instead bought the very many far cheaper 37¢ Expo 88 FDC for 50¢ etc! Postage then was 37¢, so the $43 cost of this slipcased book was $A130 in today’s buying power relativity in our era of $1 stamps now, so clearly almost none were sold, as casual Expo’88 visitor souvenirs! The Philatelic Department Melbourne never advertised them, or even advised collectors they existed, hence the huge scarcity today. One of Australia’s rarest official PO emissions for sure. Right up there with the 1970 Definitive Pack issued for EXPO 70 in Japan with Japanese translation inside - value today $2,500 of that, as again few sold due to high cost. I see one only each few years, and can add you to waitlist - $A400 - order as Stock 682HC |
IMPORTANT CONDITION NOTES:
The
debut brown 1981, being issue #1, had thin, flimsy, super glossy, cheap
varnished board covers, and never were issued with a vinyl outer, so
always are somewhat worse for wear after 40 years. It scruffs and
scratches and damages easily, and they did
NOT
have an outer vinyl cover when sold by PO. The “Deluxe” 1984 and 1986
books had very strange outer covers, that had an oily content in the
board, that generally “sweats” after 35 years. I’ve handled many 100s
of each. They near ALWAYS are sticky/tacky, and shows fingerprints etc
and often stick to other books. And when left in outer plastic sleeves
even more so, those often ‘sticking’ solid to them. The years either
side are all fine. Near all are like that after 35 years, and my books
are hand-selected, and are FAR better than most offered. The clear
trend these days is to store the books free of the outer plastics, that
certainly were NOT meant for long term storage. And they differed
greatly in size, material, and appearance over the decades. And in the
case of the 1984 and 1986, clearly create the “oily” cover issues. They
look far better, and will last better, stored in the hard slipcases,
without plastic outers. Trust me!
Glen |
The super scarce 1988 EXPO version and slipcase, which was sold only at the AP Pavilion $A400 (Stock 682HC) |
Buy TEN year runs - and
save a
Buy 1981-1990 together - 10 books for $A495 -
That's
near 30% off my already low prices, and not much more than the same $$
price as they cost to buy from Australia Post - 40 years back!
(Stock code 451WC) |
2017 Australia Post “Deluxe” (= Standard ) Annual Stamp Collection, slipcased Album.
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2017 Australia Post “Executive” ( = Leather ) Annual Stamp Collection, slipcased Album. |
Year Book Discounts - buy 5 or more books from any mix of years from Australia (except last 5 years of books) and take 10% OFF the individual prices on this page. Buy 10 or more books of any type, and deduct 15% off total price. Volume and turnover is my aim! (Subject to stock as always, but I doubt there will be any problems.) |
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The Engraved Stamps Of The Commonwealth Of
Australia - price *Reduced* $A200 this month!
The quite magnificent official Australia Post
produced coffee table book.
Compiled by Richard Breckon, the respected PO Archivist, and the PO Art
Team. Brass cornered, beautifully gold deeply embossed leatherette
cover, gilt edged outer leaf edges, with matching marbled heavy
slipcase. Issued in a VERY limited Edition for “Australia 99”. I am
advised
only a few 100 copies
were ever made, and were a near instant sell-out,
even at the very high issue price. Three similar later books were
issued -
“Royalty”,
32 Die Proofs (Stock 428YR) Blue book
“Federation”,
30 Die Proofs (Stock 428YU) and Green Book
”Transportation”,
32 Die Proofs (Stock 428YX) were also sold in even lower numbers -
$A495 EACH book. Being quite recent, they almost NEVER come on the
market - no-one wants to let them go! HEAPS more pix here - tinyurl.com/StampEngr |
Australia Post, 2000 Olympics, Gold Medal Winners
Deluxe Album Set reduced $A40! HALF retail!
45c - Ian Thorpe-
winning the Men's Swimming 400m
Freestyle
Australian athletes won 16 Gold Medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Australia issued a special decorative sheetlet of 10 stamps for EVERY medal winner. In a world first, these stamps were on sale nationally the day AFTER each medal win! See my three different front page 'Linn's Stamp News' stories on this remarkable world first – www.tinyurl.com/OlyStamp
Australia Post rushed out this special album, with all 16 Gold Medal
Winner sheets inside, perfectly housed on #1 size Hagner sheets. A
LOT of dealers and collectors overlooked this official issue, as it
did not receive much publicity at all. As "Olympics" is a major
thematic/topical worldwide, this will always be a key item. And it
is of course an 100% OFFICIAL Australia Post Album.
The 16 Hagners and Deluxe Album retail $50, so you get $125 retail of MUH Sheets 10 inside - making it $175 retail. UNDER HALF Retail to clear - $A85 (Stock 563LX) (Or the 16 x MUH Mini Sheets, with no album etc - Under FACE at $A70! (Stock 563LY) Cost for the whole deal illustrated above is just $A85 - reduced down from $A125! Same offer for 2004 Athens Olympics - very similar set of 17 x $5 Gold Medal Winner Sheetlets of 10, on Hagners, Face $A85 in special album for $A100 (Stock 563LW) or the 17 MUH $5 sheetlets of 10, for $A90 (Stock 563LX) Full Classy Red Album of MUH Sheets 10, 2008 Beijing Olympics (Cost $99 ex PO!) for $A95 (Stock Code 563LZ) |
Australia Post Annual "Year Books" Black LEATHER "Executive" Editions complete – Book #1, to 2000 - 22% off - *$A425 UNDER retail*!
ONE set only at this price
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these
Leather (Executive) books are VERY classy. All have been black
genuine Leather covered, with brass corners, since the first issue
in 1986, so they are a fully matched classy Black leather
set, in matching slipcases.
Covers are thickly padded and deeply
gold inscribed on front and spine. Each book has a matching gold
embossed heavy slipcase ….. see the main photo above - the 3
slipcases are standing at back. These keep dust and moisture OUT of
your stamp albums and are ESSENTIAL in this climate. |
Year Book Discounts - buy 5 or more books from any mix of years from Australia (except last 5 years of books) and take 10% OFF the individual prices on this page. Buy 10 or more books of any type, and deduct 15% off total price. Volume and turnover is my aim! (Subject to stock as always, but I doubt there will be any problems.) |
Australia
2004 Year Book and matching slipcase.
Year Book Discounts - buy 5 or more books from any mix of years from Australia (except last 5 years of books) and take 10% OFF the individual prices on this page. Buy 10 or more books of any type, and deduct 15% off total price. Volume and turnover is my aim! (Subject to stock as always, but I doubt there will be any problems.) |
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