Another oddity in my maximaphily blog: potentially, 2 different maximum cards/dorincards with the same postcard, 1 on each side!

Above: the regular picture side of the postcard, which I had made into a maximum card/dorincard with a First Day of Issue postmark, about Edgar Allan Poe.

Above: the regular backside/address side of the SAME postcard, featuring a faded image of a raven (read Poe's poetry for details). Poe-try. Try Poe. :)

Above: raven stamp (with additional detail from the pane/from the surrounding design), postmarked with a matching RAVEN pictorial postmark from the state of Rhode Island.

The four fragments are Avery 8665 (almost) transparent mailing address labels, which I cut out from a page-size sheet.

I could affix anytime one of those four labels onto the "raven side" of the postcard, by peeling it carefully.

It would become a very unusual, non-FIP (because I used the label) maximum card/dorincard.

Why would I do it?

1 - Because I have complete control over the final aspect/quality of the postmark, and ultimately of the maxicard/maximum card/maxi card/dorincard. 

I can reject subprime postmarks, without having the postcard ruined by the post office!

2 - Because I can afford to wait to get the missing element: maybe I get the stamp postmarked on the label, and I will find only later a suitable postcard. But this way I don't miss the chance to get the temporary pictorial postmark!

3 - Because it's probably extremely rare (should I say unheard of?) to see or have a 2-in-1 maximum card.

This would be a UNIQUE maximaphily/philately item - no other item in the world in this exact configuration.

No, you don't believe it? Then show me an identical one! Even my 4 labels are not identical, and I can further individualize by placing them in different places over the raven image of the backside.

Two different maximum cards (they are somewhat different even if the backside has the same image- like the bisons postcard- and the only difference is that the backside is more faded).

In our case here, the two MCs would be VERY different in form, although they are conceptually related, about Poe's symbolism and images.

4 - http://www.zazzle.com/because_i_could_postage-172838879617909857?rf=238693463283865848

Tibetan Blue Bear (Ursus arctos pruinosus) Postage from Zazzle.com

Tibetan Blue Bear (Ursus arctos pruinosus) Postage from Zazzle.com

Maximaphily blog oddity: reverse side dorincard/MC/maximum card, potentially

Some of the most beautiful American postcards are printed in Italy. Grazie! :)
Some of them have the same image (or a different one) on the reverse of the postcard (the address side), only much more faded. The above one is printed in USA, though. :)
Wild idea: what if I create a dorincard/maximum card, focusing on the reverse side? In the above images, I could have put the bison stamp on the address side, then have it postmarked there with the bison pictorial postmark.
"Heresy!"..."Outrageous!"...I hear voices of some of the ultra-purist maximaphilists.
What if I do a real mailing like this: I affix a white label on the picture side, with the address on it. Also, enough postage for the appropriate rate, also on the picture side (the clock stamp, in this case).
I transform then the initial address side into the new picture side: I put the matching stamp on the faded image, then obtain the matching postmark on it.
Think about it. Turning the sides.
Why?
Because the faded image allows much better visibility for the postmark.
I'll do it, for experimental purposes.
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Incidentally, but not accidentally, I have this bison pictorial postmark on Avery 8665 [almost] transparent mailing address labels rectangular cut-outs. I cut them from full-page sheets.
Yes, it's not FIP-compliant, 'cause I'm using a label; so the stamp is not "tied" to the postcard by the postmark.
So what?
I am not eager to exhibit offline, so I am not bound by any FIP rules for judging maximaphily exhibits.
:)

I still have most of the above pictorially-postmarked stamps on postcard-size labels, transparent or white.

I could even create a cachet/image on a label that has only 1 postmarked stamp, and create an original maximum card. 

Non-FIP, of course.

Experimenting is fun. :)

Maximum card from Australia Post: Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)

Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus).

Wait till you see the uncommon wombats.

The other two species are hairy-nosed. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat

There was a recent attack on a man, in Australia. Combat with Wombat.

:)