Australia Post 100th Anniversary, Ginger Meggs

Australia · 2009 · 55c

This stamp features the iconic Australian comic strip character Ginger Meggs, created by Jimmy Bancks in 1921. The design shows Ginger Meggs mailing a letter, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Australia Post as a Commonwealth-owned entity. It is part of a larger sheetlet commemorating the centenary.

Issued in 2009, this stamp marks the centenary of the Postmaster-General's Department (1909), which unified the separate colonial postal services into a national Australian postal service.