The term 'Postal Stationery' covers a range of items:-
Postal Cards, Letter Cards, Envelopes, Pictorial Pre-stamped Envelopes, Registered Envelopes, Letter Sheets, Newspaper Wrappers and Aerogrammes.Post Cards.
Queensland State issue pictorial postcard.
Letter Cards.
Letter Cards were introduced in 1911 and the last was released in 1985.
33c Sooty Owl, issued March 20th 1985.
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Stamped Envelopes.
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Pictorial Pre-stamped envelopes.
Pictorial pre-stamped envelopes were introduced on September 11th 1978
with the release of a set of 7 envelopes featuring birds on the stamp area.
As with stamps, there are definitive and commemorative issues.
Australia Post still issues PSE's as they are known
and they now form a large and varied collection.
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Pre-stamped postcards.
Australia Post issued four sets of these postcards,
two sets in boxes as illustrated and two in padded sachets.
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Aerogrammes.
Issued April 1st 1981, this aerogramme featured a jet in the stamp area.
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Wrappers.
King George V 1d red newspaper wrapper.
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