LOVELY GIANT PANDA CUSTOM MAXIMUM CARD MAXICARD #7 HONG KONG CHINA. BEAUTIFUL FDOI PICTORIAL POSTMARK

LOVELY GIANT PANDA CUSTOM MAXIMUM CARD MAXICARD #8 HONG KONG CHINA. BEAUTIFUL FDOI PICTORIAL POSTMARK

I am reproducing here my listing from delcampe.com, because it's instructive about what can you still do, when FIP and everybody else tell you that there's nothing you can do, in the given context.

http://www.delcampe.com/page/item/id,0046447336,language,E.html

" CONDITION: uncirculated, collector-created, dorincard (= custom maximum card / maxicard) created with a cut-out postmarked stamp from a First Day Cover with the series of 4 different stamps featuring  Ying Ying and Le Le giant pandas.

- YEAR: I have obtained the FDOI First Day of Issue PICTORIAL POSTMARK on each (!) of the 4 stamps, from Hong Kong, China, July 1, 2008.
- CATALOG VALUE: Only 4 such SPECIAL FDCs (First Day Covers) were created for me by my friend in Hong Kong. I have already cut 1 FDC to create 4 custom maximum cards (see my other listings). Depending on the popular demand, I may choose to use the remaining 2 FDCs (because I already sold 1 of these 4 FDCs) to create custom maximum cards, with one postmarked stamp (cut-out from 3 FDCs) per postcard.
I prefer to create and collect maximum cards.
I have seen other, official FDCs having cachet, but a NON-PICTORIAL FDOI postmark.

For your information, I am showing images of all 4 stamps, and of other postcards that I could use ON DEMAND, WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, to create a custom maximum card according to your preferences.
Contact me for details.

My friend from Hong Kong told me, if I understood correctly, that when Hong Kong Post  applies a First Day of Issue date or pictorial postmark on a glossy maximum card presented by a collector, the ink WILL SMEAR / SMUDGE. Unless the collector rips with tape the UV protective layer of the glossy postcard.
Also, Hong Kong Post (HKP) usually applies only one (1) pictorial postmark (or a non-pictorial postmark) onto several stamps (a series of 4 here) affixed to an official FDC.
In other words, it´s impossible (again - if I understood correctly) to obtain from HKP a FIP-traditional maximum card, with a CLEAN PICTORIAL POSTMARK on your glossy, untreated  postcard.
That´s why I had to find a solution."

First Day Cover (FDC): Dracula, founder of Bucharest, capital of Romania

This superb FDC was sent to me by my good friend Teodor Ghiatza-Melnic, from Romania. Thank you! :)
Read more in the text from 2 posts ago, and by clicking tag/label Dracula.

Also, from wikipedia (one of my most favorite websites, despite its imperfections):

"Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (c. 1431 – December, 1476), more commonly known as the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Ţepeş pronounced [ˈvlad ˈt͡sepeʃ]) or Dracula, was a three-time voivode of Wallachia, ruling mainly from 1456 to 1462.

Historically, Vlad is best known for his independent policy towards the Ottoman Empire, the expansionism of which he resisted^[4] and for the exceedingly cruel punishment he imposed.^[5]

In the English-speaking world, Vlad III is perhaps most commonly known for inspiring the name of the vampire in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.^[6]"

^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_III_the_Impaler}

Maximaphily: 550 years since the first document mentioning Bucharest (București), capital of Romania

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I received today a letter with these VERY nice maximum cards, created by my philatelic partner and friend, Colonel (r) Dr. Ioan N. Daniliuc, First Vice-President of the Romanian Society for Thematic Philately and Maximaphily.

Thank you very much for these world-class maximum cards/ cartes maximum/ maximumkarten/ ilustrate maxime/ tarjetas maximas. :)

He took those pictures himself, had them printed as postcards, then processed them as maximum cards with the First day of Issue pictorial postmark. Beautiful!

As it happens frequently in Romania, the ink is of superior quality and it doesn't get smeared on the glossy surface of the postcard!

I wish I could say the same thing about the ink used at the post offices in USA, but...it's tough! :)

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"Bucharest (Romanian: București pronounced [bukuˈreʃtʲ] ( listen)) is the capital city, industrial and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at 44°25′57″N 26°06′14″E



, and lies on the banks of the Dâmboviţa River.

Bucharest was first mentioned in documents as early as 1459. Since then it has gone through a variety of changes, becoming the state capital of Romania in 1862 and steadily consolidating its position as the centre of the Romanian mass media, culture and arts. Its eclectic architecture is a mix of historical (neo-classical), interbellum (Bauhaus and Art Deco), Communist-era and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of the "Little Paris of the East" (Micul Paris).^[4] Although many buildings and districts in the historic centre were damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes and Nicolae Ceaușescu's program of systematization, many survived. In recent years, the city has been experiencing an economic and cultural boom.^[5]

According to January 1, 2009 official estimates, Bucharest proper has a population of 1,944,367.^[1] The urban area extends beyond the limits of Bucharest proper and has a population of 2 million people.^[2][6] Adding the satellite towns around the urban area, the metropolitan area of Bucharest has a population of 2.15 million people.^[3] Bucharest is the 6th largest city in the European Union by population within city limits.^[7]"

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

He is probably the greatest collector in the world of all things Dracula, both Stoker's vampire and historical Prince Vlad III Dracula. :)

I am photographed here next to Mr. Teodor' exhibit "Dracula", in 2006.

My friend, Teodor Ghiata-Melnic (84), founding member of the Romanian Philatelists Association, next to his award-winnning exhibit "Dracula". He is probably the greatest collector in the world of all things Dracula, both Stoker's vampire and historical Prince Vlad III Dracula. :)

We have exchanged many cool items, mainly Dracula stamps and maximum cards from me, and WWF and other very nice maximum cards from him.

The Romanian Philatelists Association honored him with this cover, created specially for him and published by Romfilatelia.

He kindly sent me one such cover, addressed to me "with esteem and love".

Thank you very much, Mr.Teodor! Likewise! :)