Date of issue: 21 July 2025
Designer: Jo Muré and Jason Watts, Australia Post Design Studio
Printer: gummed RA and EGO

This is the only Australian native plant in a series of six
'Cherished Celebrations' stamps (not sold individually).

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.

Background includes Banksia coccinea, a Callistemon species
and an Acacia species.