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4 October 2011<br />
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60c Fairy 60c Troll 60c Mermaid 60c Griffin 60c Unicorn $1.20 Dragon<br />
ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS<br />
The range of products with this issue<br />
includes a 3D minisheet stamp pack,<br />
complete with viewing glasses, and a<br />
set of two stamp and medallion covers.<br />
There is also a prestige booklet of the<br />
early sketches, along with full-colour<br />
illustrations of the creatures by<br />
illustrator, Aaron Pocock.<br />
Keep an eye open for other products<br />
to be released.<br />
<strong>Stamp</strong> Collecting Month<br />
The world of ancient myth and legend is brought to life for the<br />
child in all of us with these six mythical creatures. The set of<br />
stamps is released to celebrate <strong>Stamp</strong> Collecting Month 2011.<br />
Fairy<br />
Excitable and contrary, fairies can be both malicious and<br />
good-hearted. Common in mythology, they can take on a<br />
number of guises. The winged, diminutive fi gure we know<br />
today fi rst appeared in 19th-century art.<br />
Troll<br />
This creature is often referred to as the ugliest of legendary<br />
beings. Grumpy, strong and not very clever, trolls originated<br />
in Scandinavia. In the famous Norwegian fairy tale “The Three<br />
Billy Goats Gruff” the troll who lives under the bridge is easily<br />
outsmarted by the wily goats.<br />
Mermaid<br />
In Greek mythology the beautiful woman with the tail of a fi sh<br />
lures sailors to their deaths with her eerie song. More recently<br />
the virtuous Little Mermaid in Hans Christian Andersen’s 1837<br />
story bravely rescues the drowning prince when his ship is<br />
wrecked in a storm.<br />
1702002 First day cover 1702013 First day cover (minisheet)
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