Australia Post commemorative pre-paid envelopes

Australia: Airmail 1931 | Australia in Space 2024 | Commemorative PPE | Rare Covers | Souvenir Covers 1970-1997 + Varieties | Souvenirs Covers 1997+ | WWF 50 Years |

Papua New Guinea: 1934 3½d Pink | 1952 6½d | 1952 7½d | 2/6 Lakatois | FDCs | Forgeries | Hutt PNCs | Japan | Leaflets | OS Lakatois | Overprints | Peter & Horse | Philatelic Bureau | PSEs/PSPs/Aerogrammes | Rare | Revenue & Postage Due | Souvenir Covers | 

50 Years of Probus in Australia, pre-paid envelope, released: 24 February 2026, price: $2.

1. Commemorative PPE 

Australia Post pre-paid envelopes (PPE) have primarily exist as generic items issued for relatively long periods of time and never commemorating or celebrating specific events, organisations or individuals. The latter were usually accommodated by first day covers - when issued with a specific stamp or set of stamps - un-stamped souvenir covers, pre-stamped envelopes, or in more recent times as postal numismatic covers (PNC), and Prestige Covers. However, in February 2026 the present writer noted in the Australia Post Stamp Bulletin #400 the cover illustrated at the head of this article. 

This was a commemorative, souvenir PPE, and not simply a generic item or other type of cover. As such, it was noted as not common. Whilst it is described as a PPE, it could also be listed as a souvenir cover, though the general definition of such covers by Noel G. Almeida does not include PPE which, though not stamped as such, nevertheless bear a pre-paid label or statement which is non-denominational. Following some research, those souvenir / commemorative PPEs known to the present author are listed below:

* World Youth Congress

* 50 Years of Probus in Australia, pre-paid envelope, released: 24 February 2026, price: $2.

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2. References

Stamp Bulletin, Australia Post, issue #400, 13 February 2026.

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Australia: Airmail 1931 | Australia in Space 2024 | Commemorative PPE | Rare Covers | Souvenir Covers 1970-1997 + Varieties | Souvenirs Covers 1997+ | WWF 50 Years |

Papua New Guinea: 1934 3½d Pink | 1952 6½d | 1952 7½d | 2/6 Lakatois | FDCs | Forgeries | Hutt PNCs | Japan | Leaflets | OS Lakatois | Overprints | Peter & Horse | Philatelic Bureau | PSEs/PSPs/Aerogrammes | Rare | Revenue & Postage Due | Souvenir Covers |

Last updated: 27 February 2026

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