United States of America

  Pheonix :Aizona USA.
  What a nice card ! I think everyone loves owls.. This card shows The great Horned Owl of the desert.  Thank you for this nice card a great card for my Bird collection Thank you Simon.

Posted  Pheonix Arizona:07 July : Arrived Sydney 28 July : Traveled 12,547 kilomteres in 25 days.

 The Great Horned Owl: Are very large birds of prey standing as high as 24 inches.tall. They do not migrate and spend their entire lives in a limited area. They are born in late winter -early spring  the young are capable of flight at eight weeksold . They are copletely dependent on their parents for food and do not leave the nest Rabbitts and mice are their stale diet.

Austria

 Vienna : AUSTRIA,: 
 A lovely old card fom Austria showing this horse and carriage   cannot understand the text  .This is a Postcrossing card  Thank you Frederik for this nice card 
Posted vienna 10 July : Arrived Sydney 02 August :Traveled 15,975 kilometers in 23Days.

United States of America.

 Las Vegas Nevada USA.

 This postcrossing card has just arrived and is a detailed map with some info o the State of Nevada in the USA.. Thank you Demien for this card.
Postd Las Vegas 12 July : Arrived Sydney 02 August :Traveled 12,439 kilomters in 21 days.

Australia

  Here we have more swap card and they are all first day relaese cards bout a mixed bag release by Australia Post.
(top 2 cards ) RAF  Centenary cards released  Point Cook Victoria  3030  February  9 2021
Tokyo Olympics released in Success Western Australia 6164 on July 6  2021.
Bathurst Copper Butterfly :Released in Sydney  2000 August  4 2020.

Top Left card F 35A Lightning. II.                   Top Right card : a 2-16 SE 5A Bi Plane.

Bottom Left card :  Tokyo Olympics card :    Bottom Right card :  Bathurst Copper Butterfly

Australia

                       AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY  ARTS FELLOWSHIP.

This is another recent first day realease set of card from The Australian Antarctic Territory,depicting art in the Territory..Released Kingston Tasmania.7050 March 16 2021.

Top Lft card :Art fello David Neilson. Davis Research Station.

Top Right card :Art Fellow Alice Gilles  AM. Mawson Research Station.

Bottom Left card :Art Fellow  John Kelly ; Mawson Research Station.

Bpttom Right card .Art Fellow Dr. Philip Samartzis :Casey Reseach Station.

                                       

                               

 

Australia.

                                              AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY ART.
 

  This is another recent first day release of lovely colourful cards depicting Australian Contemporary Art.  This fine set of  4 Cards was realeased in Canberra  ACT on July 6 2021.

Top left card : Leeton Parr (Australia 1924- 2003 ) "Painted Steel" Art Gallery of Queensland.

Top Right:: Yvonne Koolmatrie (Ngarrinderie Nation b 1944)" EelTrap" 2007  Coil woven sedge grass . Queensland Gallery of Modern Art.

 Bottom left  Ian King (Germany / Australia ) 1915-2016. " Planet"  Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Bottom Right : Lex Nampoonan  (Wik Nation b 1971.)"Smiley Blue Eye" National Gallery of Victoria.

Australia

                                                    AUSTRALIAS VOLCANIC PAST .

This is a ltest  first day of realease cards depicting Australias Volcanoes of the past .This set of nice cards was released in Lord Howe Island  2898 on the July 21 . 2021

Top left card : Mount Elephant  :Victoria       Top right,:Lord Howe Island  : New South Wales.

Bottom left card : Table Cape Tasmania.    Bottom right: Wollumbin:Mount Warbing. NSW.