#533 Australia 11/03/16

Juris sent me this nice aerogram from Australia, thank you! It was posted at Millers Point on March 16 and arrived on March 21, 2011.

#499 Australia 11/02/17

Juris sent me this nice cover from Australia, thank you! It was posted in Sydney on February 17 and arrived on February 22, 2011. The special cancellation depicts Cadmans Cottage in Sydney.

The right stamp commemorates the Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii)

 

#425 Cocos Islands 09/12/21

Jean Pierre sent me this beautiful cover from the Cocos Islands on December 21, 2009, thank you very much!

The left stamp was issued on February 28, 2008, and depicts the Saunders’s Tern (Sternula saundersi). The three other stamps are part of a set commemorating the 400th anniversary of the visit by Charles Darwin. They were issued on April 21, 2009.

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#344 Cocos Islands 09/12/21
#254 Cocos Islands 09/11/23

#344 Cocos Islands 09/12/21

Another beautiful cover from Jean Pierre, thank you! It was posted on the Cocos Islands on December 21, 2009.

The left Australian stamp is part of the set “Australian Songbirds” (issued September 9, 2009). It depicts the Mangrove Golden Whistler (Pachycephala melanura). The five se-tenant stamps are part of the “Coral Reef” set, which was issued on June 13, 2006.

#296 Australia 09/12/07

On December 7, 2009, Jean Pierre sent me this nice cover from Darlinghurst, Australia. Thank you very much!

The cover is a postal stationery, which has attached the Christmas stamp, which was issued on November 2, 2009. The three middle stamps are part of the set “Australia’s Favourite Stamps” (issued on June 26, 2009) and commemorate the stamps “£2 Kangaroo & Map” (1913-1938), “5/- Opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge” (1932), and “2½d Peace & Victory” (1946). More info on the original stamps can be found at www.philatelism.com.

#254 Cocos Islands 09/11/23

Thank you very much, Jean Pierre, for this beautiful cover from the Cocos Islands! It was posted on November 23, 2009.

The cover and the right stamp commemorate the 400th anniversary of the islands’ discovery by William Keeling. The stamp is part of a set, which was issued on April 21, 2009. The middle stamp depicts the endangered green turtle (Chelonia mydas); it was issued on August 4, 2009. Finally, the left stamp (issued on February 28, 2008) depicts the Saunders’s Tern (Sternula saundersi).

#232 Australia 09/12/23

Thank you my Australian friend for this beautiful Christmas cover!

The Christmas miniature sheet was issued on November 2, 2009. The two greetings stamps on the left were issued on February 3, 2009. I already wrote about the Christmas island stamp in this post.

#224 Australia 09/11/02

Charles sent me this first day cover from the Christmas Island. It was issued on November 2, 2009.

Thank you for the nice FDC!