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Telopea speciosissima stamp
Date of issue: 15 July 1959
Designer: Margaret Stones

Plant: Telopea speciosissima

Family: PROTEACEAE

New South Wales Waratah

Erect shrub to 3m high by 1.5m across.
Brilliant red flowers in spring.
Occurs in eastern NSW.
State floral emblem of NSW.


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