Date of issue: 3 January 2023
Designer: Sonia Young,
Australia Post Design Studio
Printer: EGO
This is the only Australian native plant in a series of ten 'Special Occasions' stamps.
Plant: Telopea speciosissima
Family: PROTEACEAE
Common-name: New South Wales Waratah
Erect shrub to 3m high by 1.5m across.
Brilliant red flowers in spring.
Occurs in eastern NSW.
State floral emblem of NSW.