Port Lincoln Parrot by Ferdinand Bauer & Kangaroo by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Australian Stamps issued on 4 April 2002 - Joint issue with France
Flinders-Baudin Bicentenary
On the 8th April 1802, the French Explorer Baudin and the English Explorer Flinders crossed paths at Encounter Bay, off the coast of South Australia. The two nations were great rivals as they both tried to map and document scientific discoveries throughout the region during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars of 1792-1815.
The artistic sketches of the animals discovered on the Australian continent are depicted on the stamps - the original sketches are held at the Natural History Museums in London and Paris respectively.
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