Australia Post Terms & Conditions

36 Philatelic postmarking
36.1 Subject to clauses 36.2 and 36.7, where stamps are sold by Australia Post from
philatelic sections, they shall be sold at face value.
36.2 Where stamps sold by Australia Post from philatelic sections are:
36.2.1 specially packed; or
36.2.2 affixed to envelopes or other wrappings,
a charge may be made by Australia Post for the pack or wrapping in addition to the
face value of the stamp.
36.3 Where a person who purchases a stamp from a philatelic section for a value
equivalent to or greater than the postage payable on a standard article, requests at
the time of purchase that the stamp be lightly postmarked, that postmarking shall, if
made, be made without charge.
36.4 A stamp postmarked pursuant to clause 36.3 may be unaffixed, affixed to an envelope
or wrapping pursuant to clause 36.2.2 or affixed to an envelope or wrapping provided
by the purchaser.
36.5 Where a stamp has been postmarked pursuant to clause 36.3 and delivered by
Australia Post to a purchaser, or at the purchaser's direction, that stamp is not valid
for the payment of postage.
36.6 A person who requests Australia Post to affix a stamp that has been purchased from
a philatelic section to an article provided by him shall pay to Australia Post the charge
determined by Australia Post for that purpose.
36.7 Australia Post may from time to time decide that particular stamps issued by
Australia Post may be:-
36.7.1 overprinted by indelibly marking the surface of each stamp with the word
"specimen" which may be displayed in one or more than one form of type
face;
36.7.2 specially packed or affixed to envelopes or other wrappings;
36.7.3 made available for sale, either individually or in sets, at philatelic sections; and
36.7.4 sold at such composite charge as Australia Post may determine for the
stamps and the packs or envelopes with them.
36.8 Where a stamp has been obliterated pursuant to clause 36.7.1, that stamp or any
stamp in a set made up for sale in a pack or affixed to an envelope, shall not be valid
for the payment of postage.
EXPRESS POST
37 Express Post – General
37.1 An article may be lodged in an express post envelope, express post container, or an
express post platinum container supplied by Australia Post or as an express post
parcel or express post platinum parcel for carriage by the express post service.
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