  
The Collection 2000 – Australian Stamps
This hardcover book of 56 pages features full color pages of photographs and illustrations which will please any collector. It is beautifully bound with a matching slip case.
Its contents feature background stories of the stamps, 45 mint stamps, 5 stamp sheetlets (a total of 92 stamp designs) plus Australian 2000 Olympic Gold Medallists stamp sheetlet. The stamps can be inserted to mounts affixed on the pages.
The book measures 8½ inches (about 22 cm) by 12 inches (about 31 cm) and is published by Australia Post.
Contents in Detail:
Face of Australia
Australian legends
Arts festivals
Gardens
Queen’s birthday
50th anniversary Korean War
Nature and nation
Towards federation
Great southern land
Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games
Centenary first Australian Victoria Cross
Olympic Sports
Australia-Greece joint issue
Australian gold medallists
Space
Paralympic torch
Christmas
Designers of 2000
Acknowledgements
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