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Date of issue
: 15 April 2025
Designer: Jo Mure, Australia Post Design Studio
Printer: EGO & RA

This is the only Australian native plant in a series of two 'ANZAC' stamps.

Plant: Acacia, wattle

Family: FABACEAE

Common-name: Wattle

The 1914-18 war, the 'First World War', coincided with the rise in popularity
of postcards, and also saw the production of millions of embroidered silk postcards.
France was the largest source, and hundreds of designs catered for the members of the Australian, New Zealand, British, French,
Canadian and South African armed forces.


 


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