Sheepdog Trials 150 Years Postal Numismatic Cover

Sheepdog Trials 150 Years Postal Numismatic Cover

• Contains $1 RAM uncirculated coin
• Limited to just 7,500
• Beautiful illustrated coin features a Kelpie

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

PNC Issue: 2022 Issue 9, limited to 7,500

Coin details

PNC issue date: 2022

Mint: Royal Australian Mint

Metal: AlBr

Denomination: $1

Weight: 9g

Diameter: 25mm

Finish: Uncirculated

Designer: A Baggio

Cover details

Stamp/label design: Gary Domoney, Visua

Cover design: Simone Sakinofsky, Australia Post Design Studio

Stamp photography: annaia/iStock by Getty Images (main dog), Shadow’s Farm Photography

Cover and card photography: everydoghasastory (cover right and card front), Enna8982 (cover left), KA Willis (card back). All Shutterstock.com

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.