Aussies' World Cup winning moment to be stamped

Sydney, May 2 (UNI) In its bid to honour Ricky Ponting and Co for their record-breaking third successive World Cup win, the Australia Post has announced that it will produce a souvenir stamp sheet to celebrate the occasion.

According to the Cricket Australia (CA) website, this special edition stamp sheet will feature two images of the World champions celebrating with the World Cup trophy on the selvedge around the ten 50-cent stamps. Each stamp tab will also feature an image of the ICC Cricket World Cup trophy along with the match score of the final.

''The Australian cricket team has once again done the nation proud and reinforced its position as the greatest cricket team in the world,'' exclaimed Mr Noel Leahy, Group Manager Philatelic, Australia Post.

''Australia Post is delighted to be able to celebrate this latest achievement with a special edition stamp sheet, which will be available around the country from May 8, a week after the tournament was secured,'' he added.

The stamp sheet, designed as a unique and affordable memento of Australia's historic win, will be available in a green presentation envelope at a price of 15.95 dollars.

Australia Post had earlier this year, released a stamp issue celebrating the Aussies' historic 3 mobile Ashes Test whitewash over England.

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