Australia, Scott #733 (Stanley Gibbons #675), used (o), 1980, Birds of Australia Series, 1st Issue, White Tail Kingfisher; the bird is a brilliant blue and black above with orange red bill and two long white tail plumes; its habitat is the coastal area of Queensland in northeast Australia, in spite of its colors and long tail, this species is difficult to spot in the rainforests and gullies where it lives, and seldom ventures into human areas; strangely, it nests in active termite mounds – flying beak-first into the mound until it has dug a hole, and then deposits its eggs; once the young are flight capable, they fly with their parents to New Guinea for the winter; 22 cents, photogravure, perforated: 14x15, multicolored, Scott 2019 catalog value: 25¢. Nicely centered, light, broken-up, black-inked, duplex cancel, from left to right, a horizontal, two line message cancel on the left, leading to a series of horizontal straight line cancel marks on the right, the lightness of the cancel and the left/right nature of the duplex cancel leaves the main image largely clear, sound back, good perforations; centering and image clear cancel warrants a selling price premium. This is not a 'bait-and-switch' offer; the stamp you see will be the one you receive.
Please review my terms of sale. If you are not ordering from the United States, there is a $US1.55 additional postage expense that needs to be added to the price of the stamp. If you are ordering from the United States, there is only a $US0.68 added postage expense. Also, if you make additional purchases from my offerings, they can all go in one mailing at no extra shipping expense for the added purchases. I will send the purchase by US first class mail, since the relatively low value of the stamp does not warrant signature or tracking mail. Hence the buyer assumes risk of loss or non-delivery. I will keep a scan of my mailing to verify that the correct mailing address was used. If not satisfied, return the stamp to me at your own expense, and I will refund the cost, but not my postage to you. If the stamp is not as described, I will refund the cost and reimburse you for postage both ways.
By way of reference, I am an American Philatelic Society member (195176) and an American Stamp Dealers Association (ASDA) member. Thank you for looking, and I hope this is the perfect stamp to fill that gap in your collection.
