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On July 8th, four designs continue the rainforest theme introduced
in February 2003 with the Nature of Australia: Rainforests, $1.45 blue
orchid stamp design. The Nature of Australia series started in 1996. The
series presents different Australian habitats and the characteristic creatures
and/or plants found within that habitat. The subjects in this issue,
including the previously released $1.45 blue orchid, are all found in the
Daintree region of the Wet Tropics. All the stamps are available in gummed
and self-adhesive formats (booklets of ten and 20, rolls of 100 and 200).
The new designs in the issue are:
Orange-thighed tree frog (Litoria xanthomera) This beautiful, bright green tree frog is characterised by the brilliant orange on its flanks, throat and the hind side of its thighs. Green-spotted Triangle Butterfly (Graphium agamemnon ligatum) A butterfly of the lowland rainforest, this is one of four Australian swallowtails known as `triangles' because of their distinctive wing shape. These brilliantly coloured butterflies are in constant movement, fluttering from bloom to bloom. Yellow-bellied sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis) These active, tiny birds have long curved bills and protrusile brush-tipped tongues to dip into flowers. Nectar and spiders are their staple diet and the birds are constantly on the move to find them. The female's underparts are entirely yellow whereas the adult male has a brilliant metallic blue throat. Striped possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata) This nocturnal, small, agile
possum stabs and gouges away bark and rotten wood on trunks, limbs and
fallen logs in search of the woodboring grubs and other insects that form
its principal diet.
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Original information and image from Auspost
and Stamp Cafe
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