2013 20c Centenary of Canberra PNC Green & Gold Common over most of mainland

Common over most of mainland Australia

who had passed away in February that year

but it seems that for hundreds of years children have left shoes and stockings by the fireplace on Christmas Eve to be filled with gifts by Father Christmas

the design features a caterpillar friend and delicately frosted representations of Australian bush flowers

while coins from her palm tumble into a bowl

2013 20c Centenary of Canberra PNC Green & Gold Common over most of mainlandThe official foundation of Australias national capital took place at midday on 12 March 1913. Lady Denman, wife of the then Governor General Lord Denman announced that the name of the new Australian capital would be Canberra. The site of Canberra had been selected in 1908 as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne. Following an international competition for the citys design, plans by Chicago architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony