Australia -

" BIRDS ~ AUSTRALIAN KINGFISHERS."

First Day Cover.

Reverse of Cover (Pix 3) gives details, a few words:

" Kingfishers comprise a distinctive and spectacular group of birds. Of the 95 species that occur worldwide, 10 are found in Australia. Two of these are endemic and eight are shared with other countries.

Kingfishers, which include kookaburras, belong to the bird order Coraciiformes, and are divided into three families, only two of which occur in Australia ... "

FDI: 26 October 2010 Kingswood NSW 2747.

(AWM13)