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New South Wales was the first part of Australia to be settled by Europeans, and the first to operate a postal service, which in 1803 was carrying letters between Sydney and Parramatta for a 2d charge.

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NSW 1854 6d Greyish Brown SG96AB Wmk Sideways Ave Used Scarce

£65
65 £
NSW 1854 8d Dull Yellow-Orange SG98 Fine Used 3 Margins

£245
245 £
NSW 1865 2d Pale Blue SG202 Thin Paper No Wmk Imperf V.F.U SYDNEY DE 22 1865 CDS

£245
245 £
N.S.W 1862 2d Pale Blue SG188 Fine Mtd Mint

£100
100 £
N.S.W 1862 3d Blue-Green SG156 Fine Used

£6
6 £
N.S.W 1864 1d Brownish-Red SG197Var WMK Inverted Good Mtd Mint Strip of 3

£125
125 £
N.S.W 1860 8d Bright Yellow SG167c Fine Used

£20
20 £
N.S.W 1860 6d Aniline Mauve SG167 Good Used

£50
50 £
N.S.W 1860 3d Yellow-Green SG139 Fine Used

£30
30 £
N.S.W 1860 1s Rose-Carmine SG153 Fine Used

£25
25 £
N.S.W 1860 1d Orange-Red SG131 Fine Used

£12
12 £
N.S.W 1856 1d Orange-Vermillion SG107 Fine Used

£10
10 £
N.S.W 1880 4d Red-Brown SG214BA P.13 x 10 Fine Used

£4
4 £
N.S.W 1880 5s Deep Purple SG177 Fine Used

£17
17 £
N.S.W 1897 5s Reddish Purple SG297c Good Used

£5
5 £
N.S.W 1893 4d Green SGD5B P.10 & 11 Fine Lightly Mtd Mint

£25
25 £
N.S.W 1891 12 1/2d on 1s Red SG057 Good Used

£35
35 £
N.S.W 1891 8d Green SGD7 Fine Lightly Mtd Mint

£60
60 £
N.S.W 1891 7 1/2d on 6d Brown SG056 Fine Lightly Mtd Mint

£25
25 £
N.S.W 1889 1s Violet-Brown SG258cb P.12 x 11 1/2 Fine Very Lightly Mtd Mint

£40
40 £
N.S.W 1887 5s Reddish Purple SG180a P. 12 x 10 Fine Used

£25
25 £
N.S.W 1885 6d Mauve SG031d Fine Mtd Mint

£10
10 £
N.S.W 1885 5d Bright Green SG232ca P.12 x10 Fine Used

£28
28 £
N.S.W 1884 1s Black SG033B Fine Mtd Mint

£14
14 £

New South Wales Stamps

New South Wales was the first part of Australia to be settled by Europeans, and the first to operate a postal service, which in 1803 was carrying letters between Sydney and Parramatta for a 2d charge.

In 1809 a collecting office in Sydney was established to receive mail from passing ships.The postmaster of the time, James Raymond, was in communication with Rowland Hill in England and worked to encourage the prepayment of letters in NSW.

In 1838, Raymond introduced envelopes embossed with the seal of the colony, and available for local mail for 1¼ pence each instead of the 2d charged letters paid for in cash. They are thus regarded as precursors of the Penny Black.

In 1842 regular mail service was carried by steamer between Melbourne and Sydney, and the first mail packet from Britain arrived in 1844. An act of 1848 reformed the postal system and authorized the use of stamps; the first stamps appeared on 1 January 1850. They were locally produced, and depicted a scene of Sydney and its harbour, thus becoming known as the "Sydney Views".

The 1d, 2d, and 3d stamps were separately engraved, and then re-engraved and retouched over the next year, yielding dozens of varieties.