According to the rules of (traditional) maximaphily http://www.maximaphily.info, this maximum card is NOT place-concordant.
Some [few] hardcore, purist, ultra-orthodox maximaphilists might even say that this is no good.
"It's not a proper maximum card, so...throw it away!"
I say collect want YOU want, and don't ever throw something just because somebody diktates you so.
Most maximaphilists would tolerate it, though. Even enjoy it, for what it is.
Not for what it's not [concordant of place]
The postcard shows an image from the Yellowstone National Park, USA, but the postmark says Geneva (office of UNO).
"What's the postmarking device of the mayor's office got to do with Marioara's [thing]?"
After careful consideration, I have decided that in my personal, subjective opinion,
the concordance of place should be recommended, but not obligatory!!!
The non-traditional maximaphily (and in the near future the traditional maximaphily, too) should allow, as second-best option, a postmark and stamp that are NOT "the most morally-entitled and related" to that place on the postcard.
For example (and we can choose ANY other example):
Traditionally, only a postmark from a Post Office in (or the nearest to) the Yellowstone National Park would have been concordant.
Of course, that would be the best situation.
But I recognize (and may I suggest that you do, too) the right of any other Post Office in USA to CELEBRATE, PAY TRIBUTE, BRING A HOMAGE to the Yellowstone NP with a pictorial postmark that is about Yellowstone NP!!!
Also, I recognize (and may I suggest that you do, too) the right of any other National Postal Administration to CELEBRATE, PAY TRIBUTE, BRING A HOMAGE, [make a profit, too] to the Yellowstone NP (YNP) with stamp(s) of their own.
If Germany, let's say, wants to issue stamp(s) with YNP, so be it!
["CBS cares." You shouldn't.] :)
It's not the best concordance of place for stamps and postmarks with YNP...but hey!
In our case here, it's The United Nations Organization (UNO) who issued such a stamp series.
Is there a herd roaming the UNO building hallways of Geneva?
Of bisons, that is?
No.
So what?
I say let UNO increase the awareness of more people about worthy causes, people, places, subjects, ideas...
This superb photo is in the Public Domain.
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Let the public learn and enjoy! :)
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| Description | Aerial view of Grand Prismatic Spring; Hot Springs, Midway & Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park. The spring is approximately 250 by 300 feet (75 by 91 m) in size. This photo shows steam rising from hot and sterile deep azure blue water (owing to the light absorbing overtone of an OH stretch which is shifted to 698 nm by hydrogen bonding [1]) in the center surrounded by huge mats of brilliant orange algae and bacteria. The color of which is due to the ratio of chlorophyll to carotenoid molecules produced by the organisms. During summertime the chlorophyll content of the organisms is low and thus the mats appear orange, red, or yellow. However during the winter, the mats are usually dark green, because sunlight is more scarce and the microbes produce more chlorophyll to compensate, thereby masking the carotenoid colors. Español: Imagen aérea del Grand Prismatic Spring; aguas termales y geiser Midway (medio) y Lower (bajo), en el Parque Nacional Yellowstone, Wyoming. Français : Image aérienne du Grand Prismatic Spring situé dans le Parc national de Yellowstone aux États-unis. |
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Shows you what I know: I would have thought the bison card was concordant due to the stamp issue and pictorial cancel from Geneva complementing each other and both depicting what is on the card: American bison. In this case, it seems like official maximaphily is undermining the point of the stamp's issuance, producing an unintentional kind of "discordance". It's certainly a more aesthetically pleasing card than one that merely depicted a local, non-pictorial cancel would have been.
ReplyDelete(The Grand Prismatic photo is a stunner.)