AUSTRALIA — 1942: An 4 pence green postage stamp depicting Koala, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth series. The koala or, inaccurately, koala bear (Phascolarctos cinereus), is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the wombats. The koala is found in coastal areas of the mainland's eastern and southern regions, inhabiting Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia

---

Australia is located in Oceania, south of Indonesia, washed by the Indian Ocean to the west, and the Pacific Ocean to the east. Now it is a self-governing dominion of the British Commonwealth, the capital of which is Canberra. Australia includes the former British colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania. This postage stamp, as a physical objects, is part of a private collection owned by the author of the image

---

Size: 2800px × 3300px
Location: Australia
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1942, animal, animals, arboreal, australia, australian, bear, bird, cinereus, commonwealth, communication, correspondence, ears, elizabeth, endemic, environment, fluffy, fur, george, herbivorous, heritage, king, koala, letter, mail, male, marsupial, national, native, natural, nature, petal, phascolarctidae, phascolarctos, philatelic, post, postage, postal, postcard, postmark, queen, queensland, south, stamp, vi, victoria, vintage, wales, wild, wildlife, wombats