CPS Resource CentreOn March 4, 2009, Australia Post issued a set of two stamps and a mini-sheet for the Australian Antarctic Territory. The stamp set, part of a world wide initiative involving more than thirty postal administrations was formed to show the importance of preserving the worlds polar regions and glaciers. The two single stamps in the series are joined on the mini-sheet. The 55c stamp features the snow petrel of Antarctica.
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The $2.05 stamp features an image of a jagged glacier. A silhouette map of the Antarctic continent is shown in the upper left corner of the mini sheet. The ice crystal logo is being using on stamps issued in this series by the various postal authorities. Fellow philatelists Garry Toth and Don Hillger are working to compile a detailed list of Preserve the Poal Regions and Glaciers (PPRG) stamps.
