On This Day
Tuesday, 22 April 2014 (9/2014)
Commemorative Issue: Centenary of WWI: 1914
Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914, and so the designs in this first commemorative stamp issue relate to Australia's part in the first months of the war – from war's declaration to the troops' arrival in Egypt. The design treatment mimics newspaper reportage, one of the primary means through which news of the war was circulated.
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copyright notice: This material has been reproduced with permission of the Australian Postal Corporation. The original work is held in the National Philatelic Collection.
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