Thursday 18 November 2021

AUSTRALIA

This UNESCO cover from Australia depicts a single stamp celebrating Lord Howe Island Group. Lord Howe Island is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. UNESCO records the Lord Howe Island Group as a World Heritage Site of global natural significance since 1982. Most of the island is virtually untouched forest, with many of the plants and animals found nowhere else in the world. Other natural attractions include the diversity of the landscapes, the variety of upper mantle and oceanic basalts, the world's southernmost barrier coral reef, nesting seabirds, and the rich historical and cultural heritage.