Maximum card from UK: Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

Maximum card from UK: Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris).

Notice the superb, world-class quality of the postmark! :)

In fact, so is the quality of the stamp and the postcard.

Overall, it's a wonderful maximum card/ maxicard/ maxi card/ dorincard/ carte maximum/ ilustrata maxima.

:)

From my photobucket albums of 1,000+ images:

http://s289.photobucket.com/albums/ll201/dorincard/World%20collections/United%20Kingdom/?action=view&current=UK6.jpg&newest=1

I don't think so! stamps from Zazzle.com

I don't think so! stamps from Zazzle.com

What could be a concordant postcard, if the stamp is about some word(s), an idea, a message?
:)

Oh, really? stamp from Zazzle.com

Oh, really? stamp from Zazzle.com

What could be a concordant postcard, if the stamp is about some word(s), an idea, a message?

:)

Another oddity in my maximaphily blog: potentially, 2 different maximum cards/dorincards with the same postcard, 1 on each side!

Above: the regular picture side of the postcard, which I had made into a maximum card/dorincard with a First Day of Issue postmark, about Edgar Allan Poe.

Above: the regular backside/address side of the SAME postcard, featuring a faded image of a raven (read Poe's poetry for details). Poe-try. Try Poe. :)

Above: raven stamp (with additional detail from the pane/from the surrounding design), postmarked with a matching RAVEN pictorial postmark from the state of Rhode Island.

The four fragments are Avery 8665 (almost) transparent mailing address labels, which I cut out from a page-size sheet.

I could affix anytime one of those four labels onto the "raven side" of the postcard, by peeling it carefully.

It would become a very unusual, non-FIP (because I used the label) maximum card/dorincard.

Why would I do it?

1 - Because I have complete control over the final aspect/quality of the postmark, and ultimately of the maxicard/maximum card/maxi card/dorincard. 

I can reject subprime postmarks, without having the postcard ruined by the post office!

2 - Because I can afford to wait to get the missing element: maybe I get the stamp postmarked on the label, and I will find only later a suitable postcard. But this way I don't miss the chance to get the temporary pictorial postmark!

3 - Because it's probably extremely rare (should I say unheard of?) to see or have a 2-in-1 maximum card.

This would be a UNIQUE maximaphily/philately item - no other item in the world in this exact configuration.

No, you don't believe it? Then show me an identical one! Even my 4 labels are not identical, and I can further individualize by placing them in different places over the raven image of the backside.

Two different maximum cards (they are somewhat different even if the backside has the same image- like the bisons postcard- and the only difference is that the backside is more faded).

In our case here, the two MCs would be VERY different in form, although they are conceptually related, about Poe's symbolism and images.

4 - http://www.zazzle.com/because_i_could_postage-172838879617909857?rf=238693463283865848

Tibetan Blue Bear (Ursus arctos pruinosus) Postage from Zazzle.com

Tibetan Blue Bear (Ursus arctos pruinosus) Postage from Zazzle.com

Maximaphily blog oddity: reverse side dorincard/MC/maximum card, potentially

Some of the most beautiful American postcards are printed in Italy. Grazie! :)
Some of them have the same image (or a different one) on the reverse of the postcard (the address side), only much more faded. The above one is printed in USA, though. :)
Wild idea: what if I create a dorincard/maximum card, focusing on the reverse side? In the above images, I could have put the bison stamp on the address side, then have it postmarked there with the bison pictorial postmark.
"Heresy!"..."Outrageous!"...I hear voices of some of the ultra-purist maximaphilists.
What if I do a real mailing like this: I affix a white label on the picture side, with the address on it. Also, enough postage for the appropriate rate, also on the picture side (the clock stamp, in this case).
I transform then the initial address side into the new picture side: I put the matching stamp on the faded image, then obtain the matching postmark on it.
Think about it. Turning the sides.
Why?
Because the faded image allows much better visibility for the postmark.
I'll do it, for experimental purposes.
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Incidentally, but not accidentally, I have this bison pictorial postmark on Avery 8665 [almost] transparent mailing address labels rectangular cut-outs. I cut them from full-page sheets.
Yes, it's not FIP-compliant, 'cause I'm using a label; so the stamp is not "tied" to the postcard by the postmark.
So what?
I am not eager to exhibit offline, so I am not bound by any FIP rules for judging maximaphily exhibits.
:)

I still have most of the above pictorially-postmarked stamps on postcard-size labels, transparent or white.

I could even create a cachet/image on a label that has only 1 postmarked stamp, and create an original maximum card. 

Non-FIP, of course.

Experimenting is fun. :)

Maximum card from Australia Post: Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)

Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus).

Wait till you see the uncommon wombats.

The other two species are hairy-nosed. :)

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

There was a recent attack on a man, in Australia. Combat with Wombat.

:)

Great maximum cards can be made especially with vintage postcards: read!

This is mine, not Richaard's. Let's say somebody likes it, but rejects it SIMPLY because it's a folded card, not a classic postcard. I could stiffen it with an adhesive backing paper. I could leave it as an irregular shaped postcard, mailable for and additional surcharge.

Or I could postcardize it into a rectangular item.

Veteran (age 80+) postcards dealer and collector Richaard is liquidating his collection. At this age, he is no longer interested in swaps, I guess, so he just wants to sell some and supplement his retirement income.
Email Richaard with "Hi! from Dorin" if you want to buy from his postcards collection.

"I have been dealing in post cards since 1969, and have approximately 300,000 postcards currently in stock. My cards are mostly pre-1920 going back to 1897. I do have later cards into the early 1940's.
If you are a serious collector, and interested in quality cards, please contact me at rgnpcs@optonline.net and send a wantlist of your interests.

My stock is especially strong in ships, Santas, & blacks.
I have a list of scans that are available with prices. Just send an email to me and ask for scan list.

Do you know what would make a wonderful gift for yourself, or anyone? A gift for a family member, relative, friend, in fact, most anyone. A gift that they would never forget, and most likely every time they looked at it would think of you, for being so thoughtful to pick the perfect gift.
That gift would be a post card picturing the hospital where they were born.
You can easily find out the information from the person involved, and surprise them for a special occasion, or just anytime.
I have about 6000 post cards picturing hospitals, and dating back to 1906 I also have deaf schools, sanatoriums, and old soldier's homes. Cards are $5.00 each postpaid. USA only.
Just drop an email to me at rgnpcs@optonline.net with the name of the hospital, and city where located. and I will give you the details. I will check and see if I have the card, or cards, and let you know, yes or no.
Oh yes, I also have about 4000 churches so I may have the church where you were baptized, married, or just attended."

Maximum card/ maxi card/ maxicard/ dorincard from Liechtenstein

Rural scene. Is there any needle in that haystack? :)

Postmarked in 1955, in Vaduz.

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

I will create someday gorgeous maximum cards with wonderful panoramic postcards like these:

And now some lovely dogs.

Suomi/Finland...one of my most favorite countries!

About 5.4 million people, 2 million firearms, very few shooting sprees, top-of-the-world education system, many passionate collectors of postcards, stamps, etc.

"Finland has been ranked the second most stable country in the world, in a survey based on social, economic, political and military indicators.^[6]

Finland was a relative latecomer to industrialization, remaining a largely agrarian country until the 1950s. Thereafter, economic development was rapid, and the country reached the world's top income levels in the 1970s. Between 1970 and 1990, Finland built an extensive welfare state. In the aftermath of the country's severe depression in the early 1990s, successive governments have changed the Finnish economic system through some privatisation, deregulation and tax cuts.

Finland is well placed in international comparisons of national performance such as the share of high-technology manufacturing and health care.^[7] The country is ranked 1st in the 2009 Legatum Prosperity rating, which is based on economical performance and quality of life.^[8]"

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

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English to Finnish translation

Fragmentti siitä http://www.squidoo.com/dorincard, käännetty Englanti suomeksi.
maximaphily = kerätä mahdollisimman kortteja (postikortin + leima + postileima)Maximaphily
Maximaphily on osa filatelian tai leima kerätä, että keinot kerätä mahdollisimman kortteja.Yleensä suurin kortti on postikortti, jossa leima ja postileima kuvan puolella. Ihannetapauksessa nämä kaikki 3 elementtiä olisi sopusoinnussa, mutta ei samanlaisia.Perinteinen tapa on noudattaa sääntöjä FIP (International Postimerkkikeskus Federation).
http://www.maximaphily.info
Kuin perinteisellä tavalla, koska olen sitä kutsuvat, on noudatettava kenenkään sääntöjä! Ellet halua sitä, tietenkin.Pyydän DORINCARD kaikki postikortti, joka oli henkilökohtainen lisäämällä leima ja postileima, kuvaa puolella postikortti. Perinteinen tapa, tai ei. :)

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

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. :)

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/