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Zeehan stationer, E.M.Welling, produced a number of quality postcards of the Zeehan area.

Colour series with red captions. A set of 6? Can you add to this set?

1 Montana Mine, Zeehan.
2 Main & Wilson Sts., Zeehan.
3 Tasmanian Smelting Works, Zeehan. Postally used 30/3/12
4 Trial Harbour. (view of a rough sea and a rugged rocky coastline.)
5 Murchison River. (distant view of a suspension bridge)
6 Suspension Bridge, Murchison River.

Sadly, no additions. I do have mint and used copies of Murchison River listed and that is all.

Interesting to note on the Zeehan Smelters card above that the
mansion in the foreground (manager's residence?) had an upstairs
flushing loo ..... not many houses would have had one of those anywhere
in Australia and at remotest Zeehan ... they had all the 'mod cons' (literally)!!! Note sewage pipes on back of house with ventilators above gutter level.
(my Dad was a plumber so I can spot these things!! )

Here are images of the cards that Mike listed as '5' and '6' above.

Here's an image of the Trial Harbour card
All we need now is an image of "Main & Wilson Sts., Zeehan" and we may have the lot.
Can anyone assist?

The final card for the set? Main & Wilson Sts., Zeehan.

thanks Mike!

now for information about E.M. Welling ...any volunteers?

Much (if not all) of the "Zeehan & Dundas Herald" has been digitised - Trove anyone?

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q&l-title=270

As a footnote, I have just acquired on EBay a copy of the Trial Harbour card postally used from Zeehan to Valetta, Malta in 1912 - by pure chance, cancelled on (a precursor date of) my birthday!