NATURE’S own magnificent flying machine, the dragonfly, is being honoured on the next release of Australia Post stamps.
There are five new stamps priced at $1 each featuring the arrowhead rockmaster, the Australian tiger, the beautiful petaltail, the jewel flutterer — like the one being shown by Sharla, 5 — and the scarlet percher.
Australia Post philatelic manager Michael Zsolt said the dragonfly stamps were the most important of the year, having been chosen to feature during Stamp Collecting Month.
“We’ve chosen to showcase dragonflies because they are incredibly eye-catching and important creatures to our ecosystem — but they’re not something a lot of people know about,” Mr Zsolt said....
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/melbourne/dragonflies-honoured-on-new-set-of-stamps/news-story/f3ef4a08ec7d158447a4b2867160a97b
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