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Australian Unadopted Essays
Simplified List
2005
Revised: 13 March 2026

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In 2005, the philatelic magazine Stamp News produced a series of souvenir sheets featuring Australian Unadopted Stamp Essays.
These sheets are of historical stamp designs from the Australian National Philatelic Collection.
The designs were proposed but never officially issued as postage stamps.


Australian Unadopted Essays
1956 Melbourne Olympics
Souvenir Sheet No. 1
sheet
Australian Unadopted Essays
Designs for Postage Stamps for Decimal Currency
Souvenir Sheet No. 2
sheet
Australian Unadopted Essays
150th Anniversary of the First Crossing of Blue Mountains
Souvenir Sheet No. 3
sheet
Australian Unadopted Essays
1946 Stamp Design Competition for Postage Stamps (I)
Souvenir Sheet No. 4
sheet
Australian Unadopted Essays
1946 Stamp Design Competition for Postage Stamps (II)
Souvenir Sheet No. 5
sheet
Australian Unadopted Essays
50th Anniversary of Lions International
Souvenir Sheet No. 6
sheet
Australian Unadopted Essays
75th Anniversary of the Founding of Broken Hill
Souvenir Sheet No. 7
sheet
Australian Unadopted Essays
7th British Empire & Commonwealth Games 1962 Perth (I)
Souvenir Sheet No. 8
sheet
7Australian Unadopted Essays
th British Empire & Commonwealth Games 1962 Perth (II)
Souvenir Sheet  No. 9
sheet
Australian Unadopted Essays
7th British Empire & Commonwealth Games 1962 Perth (III)
Souvenir Sheet  No. 10
sheet
Australian Unadopted Essays
The Opening of Parliament at Canberra (I)
Souvenir Sheet  No. 11
sheet
Australian Unadopted Essays
The Opening of Parliament at Canberra (II)
Souvenir Sheet  No. 12
sheet
Notation on the Reverse of Souvenir Sheets
All Souvenir Sheets
sheet



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