flyinfysh

1) Always send on time in time 2) Always treat others with respect & never send cards that my partners would not be happy with 3) Rate fairly and wisely and avoid negative ratings if at all possible. 4) Be open to communication

I ALWAYS look at my partners profile even in 'senders choice'..not only to see what they love and can I help their collection but its like 'meeting' someone for the first time :-)

Its better to have some one than cranky at you! :-/

I hope I am treated the same but even so, one always does the right thing irregardless of the 'reward;'.

Dear Swap Partners, if you do not receive my swap by the deadline date, and because I scan all items going out (address and postage attached) please contact me and we can either wait a while longer OR I'll resend.

The scans I do for my own records and so I can send the scan to you should an item be missing and thereby give a comfort level to my swap partner that this is a time that something has gone genuinely missing

Mail from Australia to the rest of the world is mostly EXCELLENT. Our postage is extremely expensive but the service is good. Over the many years - yipes decades!!! I have been swapping (since I was 10!!!!) I have lost only 2 letters. I think the Gremlins are appeased :-)

I LOVE CARDS THAT SHOW THOUGHTFUL IMAGINATION.

I've provided links to examples of the postcards I collect - just copy and paste will take you there!

Basically I collect postcards which show:

• Street/Urban Art : http://tinyurl.com/URBANWAREFARE

• Ancient, Fammous or Historical Jewelry: Crown jewels, artifacts, museum pieces, famous gemstones

• Beach/ocean postcards WITH NO PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE (Ta! :-)

• Minerals and Gemstones

• 1960's Post Art: http://tinyurl.com/8njl6z6

• Volcanoes (Not USA - I have them all)

• Lighthouses (SINGLE VIEW ONLY) http://tinyurl.com/LITEZ

• Sharks,Whales, seals, dolphins ALL MARINE (SEA) LIFE

• Anything from the movie 'Jaws'

• Antarctica

• SCUBA, SNORKELLING

• Pacific Islands

• QSL radio cards: http://tinyurl.com/QSLRADIOCARDS

• Underwater scenes: CORAL, FISH CORAL LIFE, CRABS, URCHINS etc

• Anything of the Knight Templars ie: tombs,places, pictures etc.

• Old rusty objects: old car wrecks - any rusty old object

• Mailboxes

• Weird: http://tinyurl.com/WIDEWORLDOFWEIRD

• Typography: http://tinyurl.com/LETTERSAREVERYTHING

• Pencils, pens: can be multiples

• Standing Stones (Henges)

• Stone circles

• Science

• Capped Tombs & Ancient Barrows

• Pre-historic objects

• Ancient Humankind: Stone tools, artefacts, houses etc

• Stonehenge& Avebury (UK)

• Ancient Cave Paintings

• Atomic Art: http://tinyurl.com/1950SBOOM

• Markets: fresh food, bric a brac etc

• Fossils

• Museum artifacts: ancient pottery, statues etc

• Sean Connery

• Al Pacino

• Clint Eastwood

• Sir David Attenborough

• The Beatles

• George Harrison

• Famous Graves/Tombs of dead ancient Or historical kings and queens (those ones inside cathedrals etc - not politicians or US please)- Not living royalty!

• Old Doors and Windows

• Anything on www.seashepherd.org

• Anything that shows the 1960's: fashion & items (ie Mary Quant,Twiggy, appliances, cars, Portabello Road, Haight-Ashbury (San Franciso) the general 60's pop-psychedelic scene)

I dislike many 'popular' themes of cards. especially 'cute'.

So if I had a choice, and its was polite to say it, I really don't want to receive cards that show:

Cute

Girlie stuff

Religious cards or tracts

Vintage cards with boring town scenes

Moomin

Clowns

snow scenes

Ugly city/aerial views

Offensive (Making fun of disabilities)

Cats

Dead Animals

Dogs

Hunting

Guns

Anime

Royal Family or Presidents

Trains, Buses, Planes

Disney

Cartoon

Pets

Spiders (huge phobia)

Monkeys (another phobia)

Horses

Maps

Babies

Flags & other Nationalistic stuff

Military

Inside hotels

Schools

Religious

Churches

Mosques

Christmas and Easter

Thank you for your consideration.