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Animal Stamp of Australia

It is 1770 that British Cook went ashore in Australia where the aborigine who is indigenous people lives in. It became a British colony afterward, and the settlement was pushed forward led by a criminal. Firstly woolgrowing was held in the 19th century, and gold ore was discovered in 1850's, and a British emigrant flowed in afterward. It established a federation in 1901 and became a British self-government country and achieved virtual independence in 1931. In the eastern part, in the mountainous district, the center, low land, the western part are sorted on a plateau.
Eight kinds of bird stamps were issued in 1980.
The Australian stamp on which it usually drew fishes of the special product was issued from 1984 to 1986.
The stamp on which it usually drew animals such as the marsupialia of the special product, monotreme or birds as a stamp was issued from 1992 to 1994. It is the one of the favorite stamps.
Five kinds of ancient animal stamps were issued in 1997.
In 1999 year, four kinds of things on which it drew the tree frog which had habitation on a boggy place and a tree near the flow were issued with one kind of dragonfly, kingfisher one kind.

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Australia
1980.3.31(22c,28c,60c)/1980.7.1(10c,35c,45c,80c,$1) Bird Stamp

Golden-shouldered Parrot Psephotus chrysopterygius (Psittacidae)	Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia (Alcedinidae)	Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus (Meropidae)	Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis (Psittacidae)

Regent Bowerbird Sericulus chrysocephalus (Ptilonorhynchidae)	Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus (Artamidae)	Rainbow Pitta Pitta iris (Pittidae)	Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen (Artamidae)

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1984.6.18(30c,50c,85c)/1985.1.20(33c)/1985.6.12(5c,20c,40c,80c,90c)/1986.6.11(10c,60c,65c) Fish Stamp

Tasseled Anglerfish Rhycherus filamentosus (Antennariidae)	Reef Stonefish Synanceia verrucosa (Synanceiidae)	Red Handfish Brachionichthys politus (Brachionichthyidae)	Choat's Red Leopard Wrasse Macropharyngodon choati (Labridae)

Leafly Sea-dragon Phycodurus eques (Syngnathidae)	Red Velvet Fish Gnathanacanthus goetzeei (Gnathanacanthidae)	Blue-lined Surgeonfish Acanthurus lineatus (Acanthuridae)	Zebra Lionfish Dendrochirus zebra (Scorpaenidae)

Crossback Stingaree Urolophus cruciatus (Urolophidae)	Pineapple Fish Cleidopus gloriamaris (Monocentridae)	Regal Angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus (Pomacanthidae)	Crab-eyed Goby Signigobius biocellatus (Gobiidae)

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1992(35c,50c,60c)/1993(70c,90c,$1.20)/1994(30c,40c,85c,95c,$1.35) Normal Stamp

Saltwater Crocodile Crocodylus porosus (Crocodylidae)	Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus (Tachyglossidae)	Duckbilled Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Ornithorhynchidae)	Koala Phascolarctos cinereus (Phascolarctidae)

Common Brushtailed Possum Trichosurus vulpecula (Phalangeridae)	Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii (Alcedinidae)	Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus (Pelecanidae)

Eastern Gray Kangaroo Macropus giganteus (Macropodidae)	Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus (Vombatidae)	Cockatiel Parakeet Nymphicus hollandicus (Cacatuidae)	Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae (Dromaiidae)

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1997.9.4 Ancient Animal Stamp

Rhoetosaurus Rhoetosaurus brownei (Rhoetosauridae) (SAUROPODOMORPHA)	Mcnamaraspis Mcnamaraspis kaprios (Mcnamaraspidae) (ARTHRODIRA)	Ninjemys Ninjemys oweni (Maiolanidae) (TESTUDINES)	Paracyclotosaurus Paracyclotosaurus davidi (Mastodonsauridae) (TEMNOSPONDYLI)	Woolungasaurus Woolungasaurus glendowerensis (Elasmosauridae) (SAUROPTERYGIA)

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1999.10.1 Normal Stamp

Magnificent Tree Frog Litoria splendida (Hylidae)	Northern Sedge Frog Litoria bicolor (Hylidae)	Roth's Tree Frog Litoria rothii (Hylidae)	Javelin Frog Litoria microbelos (Hylidae)	Sacred Kingfisher Halcyon sancta (Alcedinidae)

Australian Antarctic Territory is a domain of the Antarctic Continent of 5,896,500 total area square km that Australia insisting on the territory of the own country.
Four kinds of fish stamps were issued in 2006 from this Australian Antarctic Territory.

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