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Day 16 Frist day of issue stamp challenge.
The Man from Snowy River.
AB(Banjo) Paterson’s exciting tale has been popular since 1880. The skills of the crack mountain rider - who successfully rounded up wild horses has been retold frequently. A film version exists, for example.
Stamp design and Cover Illustrations Connell Lee
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I had written him a letter which I had, for want of better

Knowledge, sent to where I met him down the Lachlan, years ago,

He was shearing when I knew him, so I sent the letter to him,

Just "on spec", addressed as follows: "Clancy, of The Overflow"

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