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TALKING STAMPS WITH RICHARD BRECKON The Melbourne Cup Cu up uup on stamps The 1960 fi five ve pence pencee e( (5d) stamp particularly particul cularly poor weather by three issued to mark the 100th 00 h running i lengths. l h The jockey in 1934 was of the Melbourne Cup involved Darby Munro, who was depicted considerable controversy. The on the 22c stamp in the 1981 suggestion to honour the event Sports Personalities issue. Munro came from the Victoria Racing also rode Cup winners Sirius Club. After some resistance (1944) and Russia (1946). associated with concerns about gambling, the Post Offi ce agreed The 1978 Horse Racing stamps to a stamp. proved popular with the racing fraternity and supplies of 35c, 50c and 55c stamps were inadequate necessitating a reprint of all three. (It is unusual for non-defi nitive stamps to be reprinted.) When the Melbourne Cup stamp was issued, there were the expected objections and some religious leaders even called for the stamp to be withdrawn from sale or for public boycotting. The stamp was designed by Frank Manley, who had recently retired as chief artist/engraver at the Note Printing Branch and had joined the Post Offi ce’s Stamp Advisory Committee. Manley’s design depicted Archer and jockey John Cutts (the winning combination of the fi rst two Cups), and a representation of the race trophy. The 1978 Horse Racing stamp issue featured four famous racehorses, including Pharlap and Peter Pan, chosen in consultation with racecaller Bill Collins OAM (1928–1997). The stamps were the fi rst to be designed by Brian Clinton, one of Australia’s most prolifi c stamp designers. Perhaps the most legendary and charismatic horse in Australian racing, Phar Lap won the 1930 Melbourne Cup. Starting the race as an 11/8 favourite, he became the shortest priced winner in the Cup’s history. Peter Pan won in 1932 after almost falling and would also win the 1934 Cup in 24 | stamp bulletin australia | no. 307 | November– December 2010 Following the launch of Australia’s Racing Hall of Fame in 2001, Australia Post issued Champions of the Turf in 2002, comprising fi ve 45c stamps featuring horses that were inducted into the Hall of Fame that year: Wakeful, Rising Fast, Manikato, Might and Power, and Sunline. The stamp illustrations, the work of Otto Schmidinger, depicted different moments in a race, and convey the speed, colour, energy and atmosphere of a race meeting. Two of these horses were Melbourne Cup winners, these being Rising Fast and Might and Power. In 1954 Rising Fast won the Caulfi eld Cup, the WS Cox Plate and the Melbourne Cup, making it the only horse in race history to win the treble in the same year. The 2007 Australia Post Australian Legends celebrated six greats of horse racing – Scobie Breasley AM, Bart Cummings AM, Roy Higgins MBE, Bob Ingham AO, George Moore OBE and John Tapp OAM. Bart Cummings (the (h (the “Cups “C “Cu King”) trained an astounding 12 Melbourne Cup winners - Light Fingers (1965), Galilee (1966), Red Handed (1967), Think Big (1974 and 1975), Gold and Black (1977), Hyperno (1979), Kingston Rule (1990), Let’s Elope (1991), Saintly (1996), Rogan Josh (1999) and Viewed (2008). Jockey Roy Higgins rode two Melbourne Cup winners – Light Fingers (1965) and Red Handed (1967). Light Fingers is depicted on one of the two 2007 Legends stamps issued for Higgins. With the 2010 150th Melbourne Cup stamp issue three Cup winners have been honoured, two of them never having appeared on a stamp before – Carbine (1890), Phar Lap (1930) and Saintly (1996). Phar Lap’s bloodline can be traced back to Carbine through both his sire (father) and dam (mother). Although Saintly was one of 12 Cup wins for Bart Cummings, the horse is the trainer’s most beloved. Featured stamps (left to right) 1960 5d 100th Melbourne Cup 2002 45c Rising Fast 1981 22c Darby Munro 1978 50c Phar Lap 2007 50c Bart Cummings (holding Cup) 2007 55c Roy Higgins (riding Light Fingers)
SEVEN SEAS 1 November 2010 – 150th Melbourne Cup Supplement design set (gummed) design set (s/a) minisheet Optional self-adhesive booklet (20) 1 November 2010 – Dear Santa Supplement design set (gummed) self-adhesive booklet (20 x 55c) Optional self-adhesive sheetlet (1&2) gutter strip with design 1 November 2010 – Christmas Island Christmas Supplement design set Optional nil AFL AND NRL GRAND FINALS Celebrate your team’s win! OFFICIAL LICENSED PRODUCT A souvenir stamp sheet and premiers medallion cover will be produced to honour each of the 2010 Grand Final winning teams for the AFL and NRL. Product available 1 October 2010. The following will be included in Seven Seas 2010 supplements and optional pages. Seven Seas pages are only available from stamp dealers and Seven Seas. Products for Seven Seas pages • No CTO • Partial returns for refunds not accepted. VIEW AND ORDER ONLINE NRL and AFL 2010 season products 1 November 2010 – Christmas 2010 Supplement design set (gummed), design set (s/a) self-adhesive sheetlet (5 x $1.30) Optional self-adhesive sheetlet (5 x $1.30) self-adhesive booklet (20 x 55c) In the case of self-adhesive stamps, Australia Post will supply collector packs, full booklets or sheetlets only. Mail order codes 1667235 Australian Supplement 307 $48.25 1667236 Australian Optional 307 $61.50 1667238 Christmas Island Supplement 307 $14.40 1667237 Flowers of Cocos (Keeling) Is. $3.60 (checkerboard gutter pairs) AFL 2010 SOUVENIR STAMP SHEET 1514654 $15.95 EACH AFL 2010 PREMIERS MEDALLION COVER 1514655 $19.95 EACH – LIMITED EDITION OF 7,500 NRL 2010 SOUVENIR STAMP SHEET 1514656 $15.95 EACH NRL 2010 PREMIERS MEDALLION COVER 1514657 $19.95 EACH – LIMITED EDITION OF 7,500 auspost.com.au/stamps Planned withdrawal dates may be changed without notice to meet emergent postal requirements. Advice of such changes will be published retrospectively in the fi rst available Stamp Bulletin Australia. All prices are GST inclusive and are recommended. Contact the Australian Philatelic Bureau (FREECALL 1800 331 794 within Australia, +61 3 9887 0033 overseas) or visit auspost.com.au/stamps for the current price at the time you place your order. November– December 2010 | no. 307 | stamp bulletin australia | 25
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