2017 150th Anniversary of Henry Lawson Limited Edition Medallion PNC

2017 150th Anniversary of Henry Lawson Limited Edition Medallion & Stamp Cover PNC

In classic Henry Lawson style, "The Loaded Dog" is a story about bushman ingenuity and the capacity for things to go gloriously wrong.

It exemplifies Lawson's knack for imagining the absurd and bringing it to life in short fiction.

The fish have stopped biting at stony Creek, where prospectors Dave, Andy and Jim are sinking a shaft, but the men still need to eat. Andy comes up with a hair-brained scheme to lay explosives in the creek and stun the luine0shy fish into submission.

He fastidiously fashions a stick of explosives and leans it beside the tent, near the campfire.

The prospectors' ever-playful black retriever - an overgrown pup really - knows what a "stick" for. A stick is for retrieving. A stick is for returning to your friends.

Affixed to the envelope is an official Australia Post $1.00 and $2.95 International Postage Stamp postmarked First Day of Issue along with Australia Post's Seal of Authenticity.

Postmarked First Day of Issue 13th June 2017, Grenfell NSW 2810.