BUMBUNGA Australia micronation Queen Mother 3v 1980 FDC

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The
Province of Bumbunga
(
33.915°S 138.229°E
Coordinates
:
33.915°S 138.229°E
) was an Australian secessionist
micronation
locat
ed on a farm at
Bumbunga
near
Snowtown
and
Lochiel
,
South Australia
, from 1976 until approximately 2000. Its founder and only ruler was a British
monkey
trainer,
uraniu
m
prospector, and postmaster named Alex Brackstone.
In November 1975 the
Australian Labor Party
government of
Prime Minister
Gough Whitlam
was
dismissed under controversial circumstances
by
Governor-
General
John Kerr
, the official governmental representative of
Queen Elizabeth II
. Brackstone, an ardent British monarchist, became alarmed by what he saw as a drift away from the Australian system of
constitutional monarchy
toward outright
republicanism
. To ensure that at least a portion of the Australian continent would always remain loyal to the
British Crown
, he declared his four-
hectare
property northeast of
Adelaide
to be the independent Province of Bumbunga on 29 March, 1976, and appointed himself its "governor-general".
[1]
[2]
In 1980 Bumbunga began issuing
Cinderella stamps
portraying members of the British royal family (except Sarah Ferguson, whom Brackstone disliked).
[4]
Later issues addressed anti-nuclear sentiments and other social causes while retaining the royal theme.
[5]
Though worthless as postage, they became popular with
philatelists
and oddity collectors.
[6]
Fifteen series of 5000 copies each were eventually produced.
[7]
[8]
In 1987 changes to Australian investment laws that reduced the attraction of philatelic investments led Brackstone to abandon his commercial operations, and Bumbunga slid into relative oblivion.
[9]
In 1999 Brackstone was arrested and charged with possession of illegal firearms. His assertion of diplomatic immunity due to his status as Bumbunga's sovereign was unsuccessful, and he was eventually deported and repatriated to the UK.
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