Sweden Australia
joint issue 2001
On 16th August 2001 Sweden and Australia released a joint issue, engraved by Czeslaw Slania, featuring the Swedish botanist Daniel Solander (1733-1782). The Swedish stamps were engraved by Lars Sjööblom, and the Australian stamps by Czeslaw Slania. There is a distinct difference between the two engravings.
Daniel Solander is better known abroad than in Sweden, and several different public squares have been named after him, particularly in Australia and New Zealand, where he is considered the Father of Pacific Botany.
In 1914 a stately monument featuring him was inaugurated in Botany Bay in Australia.
Solander also travelled to Iceland for professional researches, and at his death in 1782, he worked with British Museum in London.
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