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 Bulgarian

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English to Bulgarian translationShow romanization

Фрагмент от http://www.squidoo.com/dorincard, в превод от английски на български език
maximaphily = събиране на максимално карти (пощенска картичка + + печат пощенското клеймо)Maximaphily
Maximaphily е клон на филателия, или събирането на печат, това означава, че събирането на максимално карти.Като цяло, най-много карта е пощенска картичка, с печат и пощенското клеймо върху картинката страна. В идеалния случай, всички тези 3 елемента трябва да бъде съгласен, но не са идентични.Традиционният начин е да се съобразят с правилата на FIP (Международна филателна федерация).http://www.maximaphily.infoНе-традиционния начин, както аз го наричам, е да се следват правилата никой! Освен ако не го искаш, разбира се.Аз ви призовавам DORINCARD всяка пощенска картичка, че е персонални чрез добавяне на печат и пощенското клеймо, върху картинката страна на пощенска картичка.Традиционен начин, или не. :)

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

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)?

:)