Postcard AU-925866

A maxicard is a prepaid postcard with a stamp affixed and postmarked on the view side. The subject matter of a maxicard is common to the card, stamp and postmark. Prepaid postcards can be posted from any red post box located in Australia or at your local Post Office.

Born Charles Philip Arthur George on 14 November 1948, His Majesty King Charles III is the eldest son of the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. He became heir apparent at the age of three, when Elizabeth acceded to the throne in 1952. As heir apparent, Charles adopted, as tradition dictated by the Charter of King Edward III, the titles of Duke of Cornwall and, in Scottish peerage, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland. As a nine-year-old, he was given two further titles: Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester.

This black-and-white stamp shows a smiling young prince on his arrival in Sydney in 1966.