Australia 1963 Navigators set 6 attractive *MUH* $A180 (*Or* Fine Used $A140!) : If there is just ONE stamp absent from any QE2 collection of Australia it is the £2 Admiral King stamp. Every time. THE priciest Australian stamp post-war. Super high value issued late 1964, and replaced a year or later by the new Decimal $4 of same design, so a VERY short life. £2 Admiral King stamp and the ship “Mermaid” is the KEY post-war stamp from Australia and sells for far more USED than mint out of interest! £2 was 480 pence. The set 6 cost 1,038 pence at the PO. A standard letter cost 5 pence (5d) then, until decimal currency in 1966, when it became 4c.
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