This attractive multi-period Christmas Island set celebrates Sir Rowland Hill (1795–1879), the father of the modern postal system and creator of the world’s first postage stamp, the Penny Black.
Each stamp pairs Hill’s portrait with a different thematic element—ranging from maps and fish to ANZAC imagery and classic Christmas art—reflecting the island’s developing postal identity under Australian administration.
The set includes denominations from 2c to 20c, all showing clean, modernist layouts distinctive to Christmas Island issues from the 1960s–70s.
Highly desirable for collectors of Commonwealth postal history, Rowland Hill topicals, and Indian Ocean territories, this mixed-theme group makes an excellent display item.