Creatures of the Palaeozoic First Day Cover (Minisheet)
Product overview
- First day of issue envelope (cover) with postmarked minisheet
- Available for limited time
- 190 x 110mm in size
- Part of Creatures of the Palaeozoic stamp issue
This issue features prehistoric creatures that lived on our continent around 500 million years ago, in the early Cambrian Period of the Palaeozoic Era. At this time, organisms had not yet emerged from the water to live on land. They had, however, developed skeletons, shells and other external and internal hard structures through the process of biomineralization. This evolution started an “arms race”, where some animals developed hard body parts to prey on other organisms. These prey animals in turn evolved features such as spines, hard coverings, digging and fast-swimming mechanisms to avoid being eaten. The fossils of the extraordinary early Cambrian creatures on the stamps were found in Emu Bay Shale deposits on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. This stamp issue represents the latest in palaeontological research. The artist, Peter Trusler, has collaborated with palaeontologist Associate Professor Diego Garcia-Bellido of the University of Adelaide in the illustration of this issue.
Background information, technical details and gallery images on all our latest stamp issues are available on the Australia Post Collectables website.
- Issue date: 10 February 2026
- Issue withdrawal date: 01 September 2026
- First day cover/s withdrawal date: 11 March 2026
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Creatures of the Palaeozoic First Day Cover (Minisheet)
This issue features prehistoric creatures that lived on our continent around 500 million years ago, in the early Cambrian Period of the Palaeozoic Era. At this time, organisms had not yet emerged from the water to live on land. They had, however, developed skeletons, shells and other external and internal hard structures through the process of biomineralization. This evolution started an “arms race”, where some animals developed hard body parts to prey on other organisms. These prey animals in turn evolved features such as spines, hard coverings, digging and fast-swimming mechanisms to avoid being eaten. The fossils of the extraordinary early Cambrian creatures on the stamps were found in Emu Bay Shale deposits on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. This stamp issue represents the latest in palaeontological research. The artist, Peter Trusler, has collaborated with palaeontologist Associate Professor Diego Garcia-Bellido of the University of Adelaide in the illustration of this issue.
Background information, technical details and gallery images on all our latest stamp issues are available on the Australia Post Collectables website.
- Issue date: 10 February 2026
- Issue withdrawal date: 01 September 2026
- First day cover/s withdrawal date: 11 March 2026
Visit the articles section of the Australia Post Collectables website for additional content relating to stamp issues, including interviews with experts and designers.
To ensure you have the correct postage for sending your letter or card, please check our up-to-date postage rates.
The Australia Post Collectables website is a one-stop shop for stamp and coin collectors: a wealth of collectables information in one place.
Access information about special offers, latest stamp and coin releases, licensed products and limited-edition collectables, as well as articles on current and historical philatelic topics. Explore our stamp issues archive, and browse the Stamp Bulletin too.
Join the Collecting Community
The Australia Post philatelic Collecting Community connects like-minded people with a tailored collecting experience. Receive community-only offers, be the first to preview our releases, and much more. Join today
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