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2022 - Issue 9 Sheepdog Trials: 150 Years with RAM $1 K for Kelpie coin - PNC
Postal & Numismatic cover is limited to 7,500
The Sheepdog Trials 150 Years Postal Numismatic Cover pays homage to the much-loved Kelpie, a distinctive Australian dog breed renowned for its intelligence, tenacity and superior livestock herding ability . The stamp featured is the $1.10 Kelpie design from the Sheepdog Trials: 150 Years stamp issue and is postmarked - 9 May 2022 | Hall ACT 2618
The much-loved Kelpie is a distinctive Australian dog breed renowned for its intelligence, tenacity and superior livestock herding ability. The first Kelpie was a black-and-tan female named Kelpie, bought by Jack Gleeson from a litter born on Warrock Station near Casterton, Victoria, around 1872. Kelpies are medium-sized dogs that come in a variety of coat colours, including black, red, blue and fawn, and coat types can be short, smooth and rough. There was a belief that because of the similar pricked-up ears and body shape, the Kelpie breed was partly descended from the Dingo; however, recent DNA evidence has shown that this is not the case. The Australian Kelpie shown on the stamp is a red or brown Kelpie, a type familiar to film lovers through the movie Red Dog.
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