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Before Australia became a Federation in 1901, all of the six states issued there own stamps The first state to issue postage stamps was New South Wales on the 1st January 1850 |
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| N.S.W. | Victoria | Tasmania |
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| Western Australia | South Australia | Queensland |
| The stamp did not have any perforations, so when one was purchased they had to use scissors to cut a stamp from the sheet. Stamps that do not have perforations are called imperforate | ||
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