Framed AFL Premiership Players' Club commemorative Australia Post stamps, 2007
Object Type
Philatelics and currency/Philatelic material/Stamp/Stamp sheet
Date Used
2007
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Brief Description
Sheet of 20 stamps encased in a plastic sleeve, mounted onto a black backboard, surrounded by a cream mount, and framed with a wood varnished frame. Each stamp on the sheet features the image of a kangaroo on a background of the Australian flag. Along the bottom edge is the text, "AUSTALIA / 50c". To the right of this image on each stamp is the head of an Australian footballer with their team colours below. Above each head is the dates they were part of a Premiership team, and below is their name. Players featured on this release are (from left to right, and top to bottom); Doug Williams, Harold Lambert, Ray Garby, Gordon Bowman, Peter Pianto, Murray Weideman, Dave Bryden, Ian Ridley, Brian Beers, John Winneke, Graeme Johnston, Colin Rice, Ian Synman, Pat Guinane, Laurie Flower, John Burns, Terry Wallace, Guy McKenna, Mark Bickley, and Wayne Schwass. To the left and right of the stamp sheet is the imprinted signature of each featured player, and above the sheet is the text, "THE PREMIERSHIP PLAYERS' CLUB INC. / Eight Annual Issue 2007". In the bottom left hand cover is the logo of the Premiership Players' Club (a flag motif) in gold. In the bottom right hand corner is printed "039/500" indicating this is the 39th printed sheet in the limited issue. Attached to the mount board beneath the stamp sheet is a metal plaque reading, "THE PREMIERSHIP PLAYERS' CLUB INC. / EIGHT PERSONALISED STAMP ISSUE / 15TH AUGUST 2007". On the reverse is a hanging string.
Measurements
H: 470 W: 530 D: 15mm (H: 18 1/2 W: 20 7/8 D: 9/16")
Associated Event
Associated Person
Date Used
2007
Location
On display
Registration No
M16672.8
Credit Line
Kindly donated by the AFL Premiership Players' Club Inc.
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