Posted on October 15, 2024October 15, 2024 by WillemTuesday/ mail from Down Under 🇦🇺 There was mail from an Ebay seller in Tasmania, Australia, in my mailbox today— with a single pair of South African stamps inside. 2023 Australia’s Native Animals – International StampsIssued Jun. 26, 2023Perf. 13¾ x 14½ |Design: Jason Watts Engraving/RA Printing | No watermarkNo. 4205 AUS$ 3.90 |Multi-colored |Bilby (Macrotis lagotis)Notes:The bilby (Macrotis lagotis) is a desert-dwelling marsupial about the size of a rabbit. It was once widely distributed through arid and semi-arid Australia, but wild populations are now restricted to spinifex grassland in Western Australia and the Northern Territory, and to a small region of southwestern Queensland.[Sources:stampworld.com, Australia Post Stamp Bulletin No 384]1930-1945 South Africa Definitive Issue (designs redrawn) Issued Sep. 1, 1938Perf. 15×14 |Photogravure |Wmk. Multiple Springbok headsSe-tenant pair of Afrikaans & English inscribed stampsSACC 43c 2d |Blue and violet |Union Buildings, Pretoria[Source: The South Africa Stamp Colour Catalogue, 1988]