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260 x 360 x 20mm – Up to 125g – $3.00 [17] 260 x 360 x 20mm – Up to 250g – $4.50 [18] 260 x 360 x 20mm – Up to 500g – $7.50 [19] A large letter, including packaging, cannot be more than 20mm thick or larger than 260x360mm, otherwise it will be considered a parcel, which as of 2024 costs a minimum of $10.60 (up to 500 grams). [20]
A beer duty stamp from 1892. The first beer duty stamps were issued for beer in kegs in 1880, and like issues for the other Australian states, most were damaged or destroyed in use so most existing examples are in mint condition. The second issue was in 1881, and stamps in similar designs for use on kegs or bottles were issued until 1906.
Australia's first airmail-designated stamp appeared on 20 May 1929. A special 3d (three pence) airmail stamp was available for mail sent on the Perth-Adelaide air service. The cost of this service was 3d per ½ oz plus normal postage. On 19 March 1931 and 4 November 1931, a further two airmail-designated stamps, both 6d (sixpence), appeared.
The stamp duty inscription was dropped in 1896. Victoria issued semi-postal stamps in 1897 and 1901, in the first instance the extra income went to a hospital fund, and in the second, to a Boer War Patriotic Fund. Like the other colonies, after federation Victoria continued to issue its own stamps.
[3] Until 1899, most l postage stamps portrayed Queen Victoria.However, Revenue stamps showing St George and the Dragon and also the Platypus were also issued and could be used at certain periods for postage. In 1899, a pictorial set showing views of Tasmanians scenic attractions was issued and was reprinted several times until 1912.
1853 2d blue design, re-engraving of 1855 (plate 3) with crossed lines in background. In 1842 regular mail service was carried by steamer between Melbourne and Sydney, and the first mail packet from Britain arrived in 1844. An act of 1848 reformed the postal system and authorised the use of stamps; the first stamps appeared on 1 January 1850.
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Stamp duty was formerly a graduated progressive tax with the more expensive the house bought the greater the stamp duty rate. The top rate slowly increased from 0.5% in 1882 to 3% in 1947, 5% in 1973, 6% in 1975, reaching its peak at 9% in 1997. [ 7 ]