Russell Crowe non-FIP maximum card, by Australia Post

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28601488@N05/3833819305/in/set-72157618016223702/

Two stamps instead of one...OMG! blasphemy!...:)
See Australia Post for details.
Something to Crowe about...

I like Russell Crowe. "Ruggedly handsome", as someone said.
:)
I watched him evolve, as an actor, from a "supporting actor" in a movie with great studs/stallions/brumbies, to movies where HE was, maybe, the great stud/leading man/Macho Camacho, or he was The Irish-American Stallion (so-to-speak à la Rocky) in "Cinderella Man".
I like that he does his best, ranging from intellectual roles and very physical roles, to assimilate that character and play it very truthfully.
He doesn't walk away from hard work/hard training/grueling experiences/unflattering scenes for his civilian ego. If he goes thru smoking fire, he'll show you his mucus activated, as in real life.

To his role, he gives all his resources, and I generally like very much the results.

As a "civilian", he's also true to his emotions, smashing sometimes a thing or two.
Russell Crowe doesn't go gaga over cocky "papa-papa-paparazzi", so he may jump to prove that A Beautiful Mind can coexist with a Gladiator body.

Best wishes to you and yours, Russell! :)

Whether a maximum card is FIP-compliant or not, I still call it a Dorincard. This one is NOT.

I invite you to tell me WHY this is not FIP-compliant.
In a related story, I could tell you WHY I don't care, in this case.
Should you jump on me for calling this "a maximum card", I could instantly tell you "it's a Dorincard", a term that includes all the FIP-compliant maximum cards, and then some.
:)
BTW, this is just a temporary juxtaposition of those elements; I didn't affix/apply them yet.
Just a demo/comp/project/study/idea.
2010, the Year of the Tiger.

WOA TALLEST CACTUS NON-AUTOGRAPHED MAXIMUM CARD (I CREATED ONLY A HANDFUL)

- Condition:  UNCIRCULATED WONDERS OF AMERICA SAGUARO MAXIMUM CARD (19X13cm, 7.5x5.25inches) WITH FIRST DAY OF ISSUE PICTORIAL POSTMARK.
- Year: 2006

- Catalog value: (I CREATED ONLY A HANDFUL)

I sold this for $ 12.00+5. 
09-05-08 05:26:29 (GMT-5.0)


"The saguaro, pronounced /səˈwɑroʊ/ (Carnegiea gigantea), is a large, tree-sized cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea. It is native to the Sonoran Desert in the U.S. stateof Arizona, the Mexican state of Sonora, and an extremely small area of California, U.S. The saguaro blossom is the state flower of Arizona.
The common name saguaro came into the English language through the Spanish language, originating in the language of the Tohono O'odham native American nation."
"The major pollinators are bats, primarily the lesser long-nosed bat, feeding on the nectar from the night-blooming flowers, which often remain open in the morning.".

"Harming a saguaro in any manner, including cactus plugging, is illegal by state law in Arizona, and when houses or highways are built, special permits must be obtained to move or destroy any saguaro affected.".

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