Wednesday, December 2, 2009

WOA LONGEST REEF NON-AUTOGRAPHED MAXIMUM CARD (I CREATED ONLY A HANDFUL)









WONDERS OF AMERICA "OFF THE FLORIDA KEYS" MAXIMUM CARD (19X13cm, 7.5x5.25 inches) WITH FIRST DAY OF ISSUE PICTORIAL POSTMARK.


I also show here (bottom image) another version of the LONGEST REEF maximum card, with a Gray Angelfish non-USPS postcard - I received only 1 like this.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

December the 1st - National Day of Romania! :)

http://www.zazzle.com/romania_flag_2_customized_romanian_spelling_postage-172533934811247818?rf=238693463283865848ROMANIA flag 2 Customized + Romanian spelling stamp




http://www.zazzle.com/romania_flag_1_customized_postage-172464502838062408?rf=238693463283865848
ROMANIA flag 1 Customized stamp


http://www.zazzle.com/romania_flag_2_customized_coat_of_arms_postage-172830508747888699?rf=238693463283865848

ROMANIA flag 2 Customized - Coat of Arms stamp






http://www.zazzle.com/usa_romania_flag_customized_postage-172307917364418153?rf=238693463283865848

USA & ROMANIA flag Customized stamp
File:NadiaComaneci autograf2.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania
"Romania (pronounced /roʊˈmeɪniə/ ( listen)archaicRumaniaRoumaniaRomanian:România [romɨˈni.a]  ( listen)) is a country located in Southeastern and Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea[3]. Almost all of the Danube Delta is located within its territory. Romania shares a border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to the northeast, and Bulgaria to the south.




The territory's recorded history includes periods of rule by Dacians, the Roman Empire, theBulgarian empire, the Kingdom of Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. As a nation-state, the country was formed by the merging of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859 and it gained recognition of its independence in 1878. Later, in 1918, they were joined by Transylvania,Bukovina and Bessarabia. At the end of World War II, parts of its territories (roughly the present day Republic of Moldova) were occupied by the USSR and Romania became a member of the Warsaw Pact.
With the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, Romania started a series of political and economic reforms. After a decade of post-revolution economic problems, Romania made economic reforms such as low flat tax rates in 2005 and joined the European Union on January 1, 2007. While Romania's income level remains one of the lowest in the European Union, reforms have increased the growth speed. Romania is now an upper-middle income country economy.
Romania has the 9th largest territory and the 7th largest population (with 21.5 million people)[4] among the European Union member states. Its capital and largest city isBucharest (RomanianBucureşti [bukuˈreʃtʲ]  ( listen)), the 6th largest city in the EU with 1.9 million people. In 2007, Sibiu, a city in Transylvania, was chosen as a European Capital of Culture.[5] Romania also joined NATO on March 29, 2004, and is also a member of the Latin Union, of the Francophonie, of the OSCE and of the United Nations, as well as an associate member of the CPLP. Romania is a semi-presidential unitary state."
File:EU-Romania.svg




Let's not forget about Moldova :)  
- the Eastern half of Moldova = currently the independent (still Russia-dependent) Republic of Moldova.
http://www.zazzle.com/republic_of_moldova_flag_1_customized_postage-172093497503303300?rf=238693463283865848
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA flag 1 Customized stamp

Best wishes to all the (rather) good people of the world!
As for those (rather) bad, there are other wishes available!
:)







AMERICAN ALLIGATOR MAXIMUM CARD #13, FIRST DAY OF ISSUE PICTORIAL POSTMARK, NAPLES, FL






- Condition: uncirculated freestyle/ non-traditional/ non-FIP Maximum Card; the postcard is comprised of 2 large pages from a book, still separated.

- Year:  the beautiful First Day of Issue pictorial postmark is dated October 4, 2006.
- Catalog value: I created only ONE!  Most probably, it is the ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD!

The reptile is the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). The stamp is part of the Southern Florida Wetland series. Most of that area is in the Everglades National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS).
This close-up portrait image shows stunning details,  impossible to see on a regular postcard.

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