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Monday, November 30, 2009

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR MAXIMUM CARD #2, FIRST DAY OF ISSUE PICTORIAL POSTMARK, NAPLES, FL








"- Condition: uncirculated freestyle/ non-traditional/ non-FIP Maximum Card; the postcard is made from 2 large pages from a book, still separate.  This rare image of an alligator underwater is much more visible this way, than if it were on a tiny, regular 4x6 inches postcard.
Besides, I have never seen such an image on a commercial, mass-produced postcard. Or any other postcard.
- Year:  the beautiful First Day of Issue pictorial postmark is dated October 4, 2006.
- Catalog value: I created only ONE!  Most probably, it is the ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD!

The reptile is the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). The stamp is part of the Southern Florida Wetland series. Most of that area is in the Everglades National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS)."

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