Australia - WWF - The Dolphins of the Australian Coastline 2009 Souvenir Sheet of 4 Stamps

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WWF - The Dolphins of the Australian Coastline, a 2009 souvenir sheet of 4 stamps from Australia.

Australia Post is focusing on four of the 14 species of dolphin that have been sighted in Australian waters. This beautiful miniature sheet is part of the WWF–World Wide Fund for Nature Conservation Stamp Collection.

The four dolphins featured on the stamps are: $0.55 - Spotted Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncus), $1.35 - Hourglass Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus cruciger), $1.40 - Southern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii), and $2.05 - Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus).

The WWF Conservation Stamp Collection is the world’s largest thematic stamp collection. Over 165 countries have participated and up to 16 stamp sets are issued each year. Most species depicted are at risk of extinction in the country of issue and in other cases it is the animal’s habitat that is endangered.