I had a 36-year-old Kate Bush song* stuck in my head for half of the night so my topic was chosen long before I actually woke up. Far from being the “random stamp” I usually select when confronted with days for which I cannot make a date match with a stamp, I simply had to take a look at all of the kangaroo-themed stamps in … Continue reading The Kangaroo
When selecting a stamp for today’s entry, I knew I wanted to feature something from Australia and initially thought that I would choose an issue picturing either a koala or a kangaroo. The country has a plethora of stamps with each of these animals and I simply couldn’t choose just one. I kept coming back to this design featuring a lyrebird, something I’d never heard … Continue reading The Lyrebird
