Australia - The 2009 Stargazing The Southern Skies Stamps & Coin Cover

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The Stargazing The Southern Skies, a 2009 Postal Numismatic Cover from Australia containing three Australia Post stamps and one Perth Mint commemorative dollar coin.

The Perth Mint has created an Australian $1 coin for inclusion in Australia Post’s latest stamp and coin cover. This 2009 Stargazing the southern skies PNC marks huge public interest in the stars during UNESCO’s International Year of Astronomy. The envelope depicts a stunning image of the dome of the Anglo-Australian Telescope at Siding Spring, NSW.

Struck from aluminium bronze in uncirculated quality, the coin portrays stylized representations of an adult and child on Earth gazing upwards at the Southern Cross constellation. The design includes The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark and the inscription ‘INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY 2009’.

This release also features three Australia Post stamps revealing the beauty of astronomical objects through the art of astrophotography: 55c stamp -Sombrero Galaxy M104, in the Virgo constellation, which is named after its extraordinary resemblance to a Mexican hat. $1.45 stamp – Reflection Nebula M78, in the constellation of Orion, one of the brightest diffuse reflection nebulae in the sky. $2.10 stamp – Spiral Galaxy M83, in the Hydra constellation, also known as the ‘Southern Pinwheel’, which is thought to be like our own Milky Way. Each stamp is cancelled with a commemorative post mark in the form of stars representing the Southern Cross constellation.