Domestic Letter rates were increased heavily on January 4 in Australia – by about 40% for the cheapest speed domestic letter. The new price was One Dollar so you need an extra 30c to mail legally. This created a stamp shortage and one State printed their own 30c values. The price of these Emergency issues is totally going through the roof in Australia as only about 200 mint sets 6 are estimated to exist in collector hands globally. A single stamp along with a normal 70 stamp (the same values and used on the same date to this) both on piece torn sold for over AS2025 on ebay
Australia Adelaide 2016 30c emergency issue commercially used on piece
Sale!Original price was: £325.00.£299.00Current price is: £299.00.
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