#19 Cover and Stamps - Australia - (2010-11-15)

Thank you Martinho for the nice stamps from Australia. The letter was sent November 4, 2010 in Canberra MC and arrived in November 15, 2010 at Paranaque City PO.

The cover has stamps about Christmas and featuring Maria Island in Tasmania.

Platypus stamps:

Fishes of the reef (self-adhesive stamps)

#6 Cover and Postcard - Australia (2010-09-17)

A postcrosser has sent me a beautiful postcard inside an envelope. I am lucky because stamps were also included inside! Thanks so much!

On the cover, the first stamp on the front side depicts David Malouf, an acclaimed Australian writer. He was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2000, his 1993 novel Remembering Babylon won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, he won the inaugural Australia-Asia Literary Award in 2008, and he was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. This stamp was issued last January 21, 2010 as part of the Australian Legend series.
The second stamp at the back was issued last 1981 and it depicts the work of Frederick McCubbin titled "On the Wallaby Track" - 1896.

The postcard is one of my favorites (because I am a commercial aviation, and very interested in A380). This Airbus A380 performed a certification test for wet landing. It was performed in Istres Air Force Base.

Lucky to have these stamps inside! :) An addition to my Australian stamps collection :)

Sources:

1. David Malouf -  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Malouf

2. Frederick McCubbin - On the Wallaby Track - http://thematicstampcollection.blogspot.com/2010/02/frank-mccubbin-on-wallaby-track.html

#2 Cover and Postcards - Australia (2010-09-16)

It has been a busy week for me at work, doing training and taking exams,  so I did not have time to update my blog. I just hope I pass all the exams so that I'll be deployed in a project.

I received a letter from a good friend in Australia. It contains postcard and prepaid aerogrammes.

The cover contains 3 types of International Post stamps. The first type depicts a Platypus and was issued last March 6, 2006 with the theme of Australian Native Wildlife. The second type depicts the Three Kings or Three Wise Men. The third type was issued last March 5, 2007 as part of the Island Jewels series showing Maria Island in Tasmania.

This Maximum Card below is one of the two Maximum cards issued last 2001 with a theme : "Dragon Boat Races."

#1 Cover and Postcards - Australia (2010-09-08)

Thanks Martinho for the beautiful maxicards from Australia. Very nice!

The cover has 2 stamps, the 1st stamp is an Internal post stamp issued last 2006 depicting an Echidna, and the 2nd stamp depicts the Three Kings or Three Wise Men.

Dog maxicards:

#1 Postcard - Australia (2002/09/23)

This is a beautiful postcard showing Byron Bay in Australia. This postcard was sent by my Cousin when she went there for further studies last 2002.

The stamp used is one of the two stamps issued by Australia last 2002 for their Joint Issue with Thailand - Waterlilies. There are 2 stamps from Australia and 2 stamps from Thailand as shown in this FDC below: