Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Hawker ACT, Australia

Hawker is a suburb of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory named after Australian member of parliament Charles Hawker. Not to be confused with the town of Hawker in South Australia named after Australian settler and politician George Hawker: Charles Hawker's grandfather.


The two stamps on the left are from a sport stadium series in 2022: the Anna Meares Velodrome on the top and an upside down Adelaide Oval on the bottom. In the middle are a pair of Rottnest Island definitives from 2007. And the 2022 stamp on the right commemorates 50 years since Australia became the first country to mandate compulsory seatbelt use in the front and back seats of a vehicle.

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