Date of Issue : 4 Jun 2002
Postmark : Fitzroy Crossing WA 6765
Denomination : 50c, AU$1.00, AU$1.50 and AU$2.00
Stamp Size : 30 mm x 25 mm (50c, AU$1.00 and AU$1.50); 50 mm x 30 mm (AU$2.00)
Paper : Tullis Russell
Printing Process : Lithography
This is the fourth issue in the Nature of Australia definitive series, and is a continuation of the desert habitat introduced in the third issue of this series on Desert Birds. Australia's major deserts are distributed throughout the western plateau and interior lowlands. This stamp issue features the Desert Star Flower (50c), Greater Bilby (AU$1.00), Thorny Devil (AU$1.50) and the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia and the Northern Territory (AU$2.00).