| 17-August-2020 Australia Opalised Fossils Booklet 20 Stamps Wesley FDC
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| 17-August-2020 Australia Opalised Fossils Booklet Pane Wesley First Day Cover with cachet Opalised Fossil and with Booklet Pane of 20 x $1.10 stamps:- 5 x Moon Snail 5 x Theropod Tooth 5 x Pine Cone 5 x Wood affixed pictorial cancel Opalised Fossil, Lightning Ridge NSW. During the early Cretaceous Period, around 125 to 100 million years ago, what is now Australia lay near the South Pole, joined to Antarctica as part of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana. Over millions of years, some of the plant and animal remains buried in its ancient waterways were transformed into opalised fossils. The opalised wood fossil featured on the stamp was found in the Koroit opal fields, in Queensland. While the identity of the tree species is unknown, it was likely a relative of today’s Bunya Pine, a tree in the Araucarian conifer group prevalent during the Cretaceous Period. The pine cone (also most likely from an Araucarian conifer), theropod dinosaur tooth and wood fossils are part of the world’s most diverse public collection of opalised fossils. The moon snail fossil found at Coober Pedy is from the South Australian Museum.
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Item #: INV-134669
Condition FDC
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Pricing in AU$
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Within Australia
A$
55.00
(inc GST 5.00 )
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Outside Australia
A$ 50.00
(approx. US$33.50)
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