AUSTRALIA — 1948 February 16: An 2 shillings chocolate postage stamp depicting a Сrocodile as an example of Aboriginal art. The freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni), also known as the Australian freshwater crocodile, Johnstone's crocodile or the freshie, is a species of crocodile endemic to the northern regions of Australia. Unlike their much larger Australian relative, the saltwater crocodile, freshwater crocodiles are not known as man-eaters, although they bite in self defence, and brief, nonfatal attacks have occurred, apparently the result of mistaken identity

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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

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Size: 2400px × 2850px
Location: Australia
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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