It's Year of the Rabbit, not Year of the Kumquats [the fruits depicted as the main (!!!) graphic element on the 2011 USPS stamp for YOTR, courtesy of the "vision" of the stamp illustrator Kam Mak]

This older Year of the Rabbit maxicard/ maximum card/ dorincard properly depicts a goddamn [ :) ] rabbit as the main graphic element of the stamp - as it should!

Now it's Year of the Rabbit, not Year of the Kumquats [the fruits depicted as the main (!!!) graphic element on the 2011 USPS stamp for YOTR, courtesy of the "vision" of the stamp illustrator Kam Mak]

http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2011/pr11_006.htm

I strongly believe that you could put any secondary symbol (narcissus, kumquats, General Tso chicken with rice - whatever) of the Chinese Lunar Year celebration in the BACKGROUND.

But put the image of the zodiac animal in the FOREGROUND - that's the main symbol!

:)

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Fragment from http://www.squidoo.com/dorincard, translated from English into Belarusian

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English to Belarusian translationShow romanization

Фрагмент з http://www.squidoo.com/dorincard, пераклад з ангельскай на беларускую мову
maximaphily = збор максімальнага карт (паштоўка + Stamp + паштовым штэмпелі)Maximaphily
Maximaphily з'яўляецца філіялам філатэлія, або калекцыяніраваннем марак, гэта азначае, што збор максімальнага карт.Як правіла, максімальны карты паштоўка з маркай і штэмпеляў на карцінку баку. У ідэале, усе гэтыя 3 элемента павінна быць ўзгодненай, але не ідэнтычныя.Традыцыйны спосаб заключаецца ў адпаведнасці з правіламі ФИП (Міжнароднай філатэлістычнай федэрацыі).http://www.maximaphily.infoНетрадыцыйным спосабам, як я гэта называю, гэта прытрымлівацца правілах, ничей! Калі Вы не хочаце, конечно.Я заклікаю DORINCARD любой паштоўцы, якая была персанальнай, дадаўшы пячаткай і штэмпеляў, на малюнку баку паштоўкі. Традыцыйным спосабам, або няма. :)

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Fragment from http://www.squidoo.com/dorincard, translated from English into Belarusian

maximaphily = collecting maximum cards (postcard + stamp + postmark)

Maximaphily

Maximaphily is a branch of philately, or stamp collecting, that means collecting maximum cards.

Generally, a maximum card is a postcard, with a stamp and a postmark on the picture side. Ideally, all these 3 elements should be concordant, but not identical.

The traditional way is to comply with the rules of FIP (International Philatelic Federation).

http://www.maximaphily.info

The non-traditional way, as I call it, is to follow nobody's rules! Unless YOU want it, of course.

I call DORINCARD any postcard that was personalized by adding a stamp and a postmark, on the picture side of the postcard. Traditional way, or not. :)

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Philately (stamp collecting), as a confluence of domains: learning, writing, web design, business administration, etc.
http://dorincard.blogspot.com
http://dorinco.webs.com
http://www.squidoo.com/dorincard
http://www.delcampe.com/stores/dorinco
http://www.zazzle.com/dorinco*/
http://s289.photobucket.com/albums/ll201/dorincard/

Maximum card: Year of the Rabbit, or Year of the (Damn it - recession)?

:)