How long is the Amazon? This is a "40 cm"- long Amazon. The St. Vincent Amazon (Amazona guildingii), also known as St. Vincent Parrot. WWF maximum cards / maxicards / dorincards from St.Vincent.

"The St. Vincent Amazon (Amazona guildingii), also known as St. Vincent Parrot is a large, approximately 40 cm long, multi-colored amazon parrot with a yellowish white, blue and green head, greenish-bronze upperparts plumage, and violet blue-green wings."

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LocationSaintVincentAndTheGrenadines.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines-CIA_WFB_Map.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kingstown.jpg

"Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (pronounced /seɪnt ˈvɪnsənt æn ðə ɡrɛnəˈdiːnz/ ( listen)) is a country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean. 

It is also known as "Yurumein" amongst the Garifuna people^{[citation needed]}. 

Its 389-square-kilometre (150 sq mi) territory consists of the main island of Saint Vincent and the northern two-thirds of the Grenadines, which are a chain of smaller islands stretching south from Saint Vincent Island to Grenada. 

To the north of St. Vincent lies St. Lucia, to the east Barbados. 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is densely populated (over 300 inhabitants/km²) with its 120,000 people. 

Its capital is Kingstown, also its main port. 

The country has a French and British colonial history and is now part of the Commonwealth of Nations and CARICOM."

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

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Forgeries: how to spot fake stamps from St. Vincent about Michael Jackson, apart from the real ones

I suppose that the above maximum card, from my collection, is genuine. :)

From myphilately.com, a very nice and useful forum for stamp collectors, and not only - here's how to spot the fake stamps:

http://www.myphilately.com/blg_view.php?blog_id=1356

Michael Jackson official maximum card #2 from St. Vincent

Apparently, this series of 8 official maximum cards is very rare, if you disregard the possible fakes out there.

Think about it: from the many stamps of a certain design, relatively very few find their way into a maximum card.

Rarity. Not mass-production.

Michael Jackson stamps minisheet mini-sheet #4 St. Vincent

Michael Jackson stamps minisheet M/S #3 St. Vincent

Michael Jackson stamps minisheet #2 St. Vincent

Michael Jackson mini-sheet of stamps #1 Saint Vincent

From http://mbstamps.blogspot.com/:

"Ever since the tragic death of the Pop legend Michael Jackson, there has been a steady rise in sale of his albums, so has the Philatelic items connected to him, but there is a news that there are a lot of fakes which has been circulated even in popular auction sites, specially stamps and other items of St.Vincent. So Philatelists beware."

Michael Jackson - Official maximum card from Saint Vincent

I like very much this Michael Jackson official maximum card from Saint Vincent (postal autonomy of the state Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; the Grenadines of Saint Vincent have also postal autonomy).
This specific photo is one of Michael's best, in my opinion; it shows him in his prime, and it catches his likeness and spirit in a very representative way. This is the quintessential Michael.
A great, influential, controversial and tragic life story...

Although this is an Official maximum card, on an oversized postcard, by Saint Vincent Post, it is NOT a traditional FIP maximum card!!! (www.maximaphily.info) It's non-traditional.
FIP says that the stamp should NOT replicate identically the image of the postcard. I know...
But guess what? I STILL LIKE IT!!! :)
Do you?