New South Wales is a state on the east coast of Australia. Sydney is the capital and also the most populous city in Australia today. In 1788, the Colony of New South Wales was founded as a penal colony. It was a British colony and during the 19th century, large areas were separated to form other colonies, e.g. South Australia, Victoria and Queensland. It was granted responsible government in 1855, and eventually became part of Australia in 1901. One condition on joining Australia was that New South Wales would have a say in where the capital of Australia would be located. An agreement was reached whereby the capital would be within New South Wales, but further than 161km from Sydney. So the Australian Capital Territory which lies within New South Wales came into being with the capital Canberra situated in this state.
In 1844, the first mail packet arrived from Britain carried by steamer. The first stamps were locally produced and appeared in 1850. They depicted scenes of Sydney. From 1851, the stamps followed the trend of other British colonies and carried the portrait or profile of Queen Victoria. It was only in 1913 that the stamps of New South Wales were superseded by those of Australia.
Some of our older stamps, especially from the 19th century, are not in good condition, but we have placed them on this page as they are from our inherited collections and have sentimental value.
For this page we used the Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth & British Empire Stamps Catalogue 1840-1970.
1862
Queen Victoria Series
SG # 207
Used (Hinged)
SG # 210
Used (Hinged)
SG # 234
Used (Hinged)(Damaged)
1888
Centenary of New South Wales Series
SG # 253
Used (Hinged)
SG # 254
Used (Hinged)
SG # 256
Used (Hinged)
SG # 258c
Used (Hinged)
1890
Allegorical Figure of Australia Series
SG # 265
Used (Hinged)
1892
Various Frames Series
SG # 271
Used (Hinged)
SG # 273
Used (Hinged)
SG # 288
Used (Hinged)
SG # 292
Used (Hinged)
SG # 303
Used (Hinged)
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