The Postage Stamps Envelopes and Post Cards of Australia and the British Colonies of Oceania (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Postage Stamps Envelopes and Post Cards of Australia and the British Colonies of Oceania<br><br>By section 10 of an Act of Council 13 Vict. N o. 38 passed 12th October 1849 postage stamps were directed to be prepared and issued for the colony and to be sold to the public. The period when this was to come into effect was lst January 1850. By section 11 any person forging the stamps to be liable to imprisonment for such time as the court may direct not exceeding seven years.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.