2008 90th Anniversary of the End of World War 1 Remembrance PNC

2008 90th Anniversary of the End of World War 1 Remembrance PNC

90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR I
REMEMBRANCE

At 11am on 11 November 1918 fighting ceased on the Western Front after more than four years of bloody warfare. The Great War left between nine and 13 million people dead, with perhaps as many as a third with no known grave. Remembrance Day, originally known as Armistice Day, is commemorated every year on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, to remember the sacrifice of those who have died in war.

Stamp design: Sally Piskuric, Australia Post Design Studio
Stamp illustrations: Brian Clinton
Cover design: Jo Muré, Australia Post Design Studio
Cover photographs: Newspix (29th Battalion, France, 8 August 1918); Image © bonsai.
Used under licence from Shutterstock.com (poppies); Frank Hurley, 1917, Australian War Memorial neg. no. E00833 (soldier silhouette).