Australia Post will offer footy fans around the country a Souvenir Stamp Sheet celebrating the 2008 AFL Premiership team within days of the AFL Grand Final.

Australia Post’s designers and national support team will ensure that the AFL Premiership stamp sheets are available in all Australia Post metropolitan outlets from midday on Monday, 29 September 2008.

“The Souvenir Stamp Sheet will be a unique way for fans of this year’s winning AFL team to celebrate their team’s premiership win” said Noel Leahy, Australia Post Philatelic Group Manager. “Fans will not miss a second of the celebrations as the souvenir sheets will be available within days of the game.”

“Australia Post is proud to support the AFL Grand Final and footy fans in this way”.

As soon as the final siren sounds on the 2008 Toyota AFL Grand Final on Saturday, the Australia Post team will kick into action. Design staff will select the best available images from the match and insert them into the Souvenir Stamp Sheet along with the team colours, team name, team logo, final score, AFL logo and the title “AFL Premiers 2008”.

The production team will then take over, printing thousands of stamp sheets throughout Sunday morning and delivering them to a distribution house. There they will be sorted, loaded onto the back of Australia Post delivery vans, and taken to Melbourne airport for distribution to selected Australia Post outlets around the country.

This will be a fabulous opportunity for footy fans and collectors to grab their own piece of grand final footy fever in a prestigious souvenir stamp sheet.

The 2008 AFL Premiership Souvenir Stamp Sheet will be available for $15.95 at selected participating Australia Post outlets or via mail order on 1800 331 794. Overseas customers can purchase online at www.auspost.com.au/stamps.

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