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Australia Post handled: 5.51 billion items of mail in 2006/07
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Number of articles estimated to be handled in December 2007: 450 million
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Volume of mail sent by Australian children to Santa last year: Approx. 117,000 letters
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Standard size card to qualify for the 45c Christmas stamp: No larger than 130mm x 240mm
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| Approx. no. of Christmas cards to be posted within Australia this year: Over 100 million
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| Approximate no. of Christmas cards recycled last year: 8.6 million |
| 97 tonnes: Of Christmas cards were processed as a part of the Cards 4 Planet Ark program which results in a saving of 1,650 trees, 242 barrels of oil, 398,000 kilowatts of energy and reduces landfill by 388 cubic metres. |
| 61,066 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions were saved through our participation in the Greenhouse Challenge program. |
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First printed Christmas card: Produced in England by Sir Henry Cole in 1843
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| First Australian Christmas card: Produced in 1881 by John Sands. The designs were the result of a national competition and appeared on the 1982 Australian Christmas stamps. |
| First Christmas stamp issued by Australia Post: 1957– Australia was the first Commonwealth country to begin regularly issuing Christmas stamps and has since issued more than 100 designs. |
| Number of delivery points in Australia: 10,266,600. |
| Total posting points: 23,607 |
| Christmas stamp denominations: Australia Post offers a discounted seasonal postal rate for cards - 45c for standard size Christmas cards. Other Christmas themed stamps are 50c stamp and a $1.10 for International. |
| Daily Parcel Volume (DPV) in December: 516,000 (compared to DPV other days) 386,000 |
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