| 01-October-2019 Australia Marriage Equality stamped Wesley First Day Cover
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| 01-October-2019 Marriage Equality Wesley First Day Cover with Rainbow, Clouds, Marriage, Equality, Love cachet and affixed with $1 Marriage/Equality stamp and $1 Love is Love stamp tied pictorial postmark Oxford Street Flag, Darlinghurst, NSW (Darling!). Marriage in Australia was legally defined as a between a man and a woman in 2004. Same-sex were treated as de facto under federal law. These provided couples with most, though not all, of the legal rights of marriage, although those rights may be difficult to assert and were not always recognised in practice. A voluntary postal survey, designed to gauge support for same-sex marriage and the removal of legal discrimination was held between 12 September and 7 November 2017. The survey returned 7,817,247 (61.6%) "Yes" responses and 4,873,987 (38.4%) "No" responses. An additional 36,686 (0.3%) responses were unclear and the total turnout was 12,727,920 (79.5%). This important survey closed on 7 November 2017 and the results were released on 15 November 2017. Liberal senator Dean Smith introduced a historic marriage equality bill to the Australian parliament and senators from across the spectrum rose to endorse it just a day after the release of the survey results. Legislation to allow samesex marriage, the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017, passed the Australian Parliament on 7 December 2017 and received royal assent from the Governor-General the following day. The law came into effect on 9 December, immediately recognising overseas same-sex marriages. The first same-sex wedding under Australian law was held on 15 December 2017. The stamp designs are celebratory, showing the highly recognisable rainbow colours and slogans synonymous with the Marriage Equality campaign
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Item #: INV-134400
Condition FDC
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Pricing in AU$
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Within Australia
A$
5.00
(inc GST 0.45 )
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Outside Australia
A$ 4.55
(approx. US$3.05)
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