Australia -

" BIRDS ~ PARDALOTES."

First Day Cover.

Reverse of Cover gives details, a few words:

" Pardalotes are a family of foliage-gleaning, mainly insectivorous birds. There are only four members of the family, all of which are native to Australia. 

The name comes from the Greek word meaning "spotted", as small whitish spots are common to them, although most particularly to the Spotted Pardalote and Forty-spotted Pardalote, the latter of which is one of Australia's rarest birds ... "

FDI: 11 May 2013 Melbourne Vic 3000.

(AWM13)