Date of Issue : 9 Aug 2001
Postmark : Newman WA 6753
Denomination : 4 x 45c
Stamp Size : 30 mm x 25 mm
Paper : De La Rue
Printing Process : Lithography
This stamp issue is part of the Nature of Australia series that began back in 1996. Each issue in the series features a different habitat and shows creature or plants found in the habitat. The four stamps in this issue introduce the desert habitat with desert birds of the Little Sandy Desert in Western Australia being featured – Variegated Fairy-wen, Painted Firetail, Crimson Chat and Budgerigar.