here is a novel idea !!

Nice postmark!

O,K. Brett so now you've opened the can of worms, here are some Aussie ones.


Cockatoo, Victoria. Devestated by the Ash Wednesday fires in the mid-1980's. Picture of a cockatoo in flight.

Murchison, Victoria. Depicting a meteor. The area was subject to a meteor shower and many meteorites can be dound in the area.

Murrumbeena is a swampy area, south eat of Melbourne ( a suburb now) The P.M. says it all.

bring them on!!!

Two different Darwin ppm's, different lettering. Showing water-buffalo which were imported from S_E Asia to work in the boggy conditions in Darwin's wet season. Some escaped/were let go and they became a pest, digging up the water-holes to wallow and they also spread T.B. ( tuberculousis) to the herds of cattle. A long and difficult program was undertaken to remove them from the Territory.

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern territory which has a low population but is mineral rich. with uranium, gold, etc. It was formerly run by South Australia.

Avoca Tasmania. There is also an Avoca in Victoria. Picture of the Town hall or Courthouse, might even be the P.O.

Little Burke St. is the Chinese section of Melbourne. Showing the Chinese Dragon. The area has a rich history of Chinese restaurants and Chines traders bringing in goods from all over Asia. used to be frequently raided by police for illegal gambling and opium smoking but has cleaned up its act in the last 100+ years. Scene of colorful Chinese New Year celebrations with a street parade and lots of fire-crackers.

Has been in existence since the early days of Melbourne, begun by Chinese coming to the goldfields in the 1850's. They quickly found that trading was better than gold-prospecting which could be a hit or miss occupation and many became very rich. In the early days they were treated very poorly and their being in Australia led to the White Australia policy. The policy lasted until the Viet-Nam war, when Vietnamese,Cambodian,Loa and Burmese immigrants(refugees) were allowed.

The name and the Scottish piper says it all.

Burwood is an eastern suburb of Melbourne and is the home of the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Protection of Animals.) with its main office and a large animal shelter/ vet. complex. Picture is a paw print.

oh man these are great i will have to look through and scan the rest of the ones i have now and post them up LOL

some flag ones a nice train and a few others i showed you the other night..

Well if you take in those on FDC's then I have hundreds but the ones I showed are general use ( but you generally have to ask for them). These are just off mail I have collected or been given.

sure the FDC's count....

I have lot of Austrian Christmas cancels which would be appropriate for this time of the year. "Christkindl" translates to Christchild.
Here are a few: