Australia-Forty-spotted Pardalote

The rare and endangered Forty-spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus) only occurs in South east  Tasmania. This cover was postmarked at Blackman's Bay which is very close to where you can see these attractive little birds.
Have you guessed yet why the bird has this unusual name ?  It's because there are forty spots on the wings .Unlike its 3 cousins on the mainland of Australia who have more spots.
 The stamps have been produced in two formats, top pair is the gummed version with  even perforations and the lower are self-adhesive. Thanks to my new friend in Tasmania for creating this nice piece of postal history.  It's not very historic yet, but I intend it to become an heirloom.:)

Australia- Forty-spotted Pardalote

Pardalotes are small compact little birds which eat  mostly insects . Of the four species found in Australia, this Forty-spotted Pardalote is endemic to the Island of Tasmania. This stamps was cancelled on the first day of issue in Melbourne during the recent World Stamp Exhibition held at the historic Exhibition Building .

Australia- Kakadu Birds

Stamp collectors never finish their sorting and arranging and writing up their collections. Rewards  can come  from  sorting out packets and here is todays' surprise. Great clear postmark from Tasmania, in fact the first Tasmanian postmark to get on the map http://g.co/maps/tpjra . Australia is a very large continent, Kakadu is in the very far north compared to Tassie which is as far south as you can go

 Stamps are  from the 1997 series  Kakadu  Birds . Little Kingfisher ( Ceyx pusillus)  Brolga ( Grus rubicunda)   Comb-crested Jacana  ( Irediparra gallinacea )