Thursday, December 21, 2023

UNCLE SAM RECEIVED UNIQUE FESTIVE SEASON CARD FROM DOWN UNDER

This circa l903  postcard  expressing  best wishes for Christmas and the New Year,  featuring  a gumleaf   stitched onto an outline  of  Australia , without  Tasmania and no mention of Darwin ,  described as   a  land under  the  Southern Skies,where the Mopoke cries in the bush , was sent to  America.

It was mailed , with love, from Madge  Magarey  of   Park Terrace, Wayville, Adelaide, South  Australia, to  Mrs Julian Barclay , 2116 University Road Avenue , University  Park , near  Denver , Colorado , U.S. A.