Fwd: [D*] Seller in the spotlight: Clems112 / New Big Delcampe Contest

This is a test, to see how I can forward to my blog a whole email message.
As such, I see that it appears truncated, so I'll try decreasing the font size.

No, the seller in the spotlight is not me - I didn't allocate yet too many resources to posting items for sale.
The following, up to the actual forwarded email, is just my email signature.
I guess that some email recipients' settings freak out when they encounter so many website links as in my signature.
Oh, well.

"Dorin Cojocariu

Philately (stamp collecting) in general, and maximaphily in particular, 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/

Maximaphily (especially the non-traditional one) could become one of the coolest hobbies, because it is at the confluence of:

- philately (stamps collecting)

- deltiology (postcards collecting)

- marcophily (postmarks collecting)

- scrapbooking (collages collecting)

- mail art ("artistically-personalized mailpieces" collecting)

When I say "collecting", I mean "creating and collecting". :)"

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Subject: [D*] Seller in the spotlight: Clems112 / New Big Delcampe Contest
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More than 39 million collectibles are waiting for you on Delcampe ! Dear members, The Delcampe team is proud to give you the possibility to discover its best sellers thanks to: Seller in the spotlight! You can discover with us how the seller lives and works thanks to an article. Feel free to print it out for your ease of reading. The interview is filled with useful information from which you may benefit yourself! This time, you have an appointment with Clément Maréchal, our seller Clems112! Enjoy your reading! Best regards, your Delcampe Team Clems112 Name: Clément Maréchal Seller since: 2004 Active in: Postcards "For me, postcards are collectibles that are highly underestimated. Because of this and the fact that certain postcards are very rare, collectors are able to obtain fantastic collections at a reasonable price. This means that postcard collecting is a branch of collecting with a future!" Presentation and activities of Clems112... Could you present yourself to our members? Who are you? I'm Clément Maréchal. I started selling ancient postcards four years ago and I have been a part of the world of collectors since I was very little. What is your working method? Do you work alone or with a team? I work alone. I try to divide my work into several stages: filing my latest purchases and placing them on Delcampe. I always take the time to examine every detail of the postcards that are offered to me by colleagues or collectors who decide to sell their collection or who have found postcards in their attic. Why did you choose the nickname "Clems112"? "Clems" is short for Clément and the fact that I've chosen "112" is pure coincidence: I was the 112th member of the website that provided me with my email address (Nothing special about it!) The passion for collecting... How did you enter the world of collecting? I have been a part of the world of collectors since I was born; I started out by collecting stamps thanks to my father (who has been a stamp and stamp document dealer for over 30 years). Afterwards, I discovered postcards when I finished high school. I was immediately seduced by ancient postcards, especially postcards made by "Art nouveau" or "Art deco" artists like Raphaël Kirchner or Alfons Mucha. Clems112 on Delcampe... When did you start selling on Delcampe and why did you choose Delcampe? I've been a member of the Delcampe community for 6 years; I prefer this website over its competitors because the website is easy to use and provides a personal approach from the team, who are at your service in case of problems. In short, the website has a human touch, which is hard to find in similar websites! What type of items do you sell on the website? I only sell postcards which can be collected (especially cards produced before 1950). I try to list high quality cards. Which strategy do you have to sell as efficiently as possible? I don't really have a "strategy". I'm only listing postcards that I buy while keeping an eye on the sales of my colleagues to detect postcards from which places are wanted. How do you think your Delcampe store wil evolve during the next years? I hope that the website will keep improving, as it has done since the beginning. In that case, I will be there to benefit from the opportunities that are created thanks to Delcampe. Which is the favourite item in your collection? What's the best experience on Delcampe? My favourite item is a set of 12 postcards from Gisbert Combaz that depict "Les Eléments" (The Elements), produced in 1898. The best experience is noticing with surprise that a postcard with starting price 12 euro is sold for 100 euro! Could you give members who want to start selling on Delcampe three guidelines? If you want to sell on Delcampe: Carefully monitor what other members are selling. Make sure that the postcards you are placing on Delcampe aren't already present on the website. Be honest about the description and condition of the postcard. A message for our members? For me, postcards are collectibles that are highly underestimated. Because of this and the fact that certain postcards are very rare, collectors are able to obtain fantastic collections at a reasonable price. Postcard collecting is a branch of collecting with a future! The 3 keys to success from Clems112 Carefully monitor what other members are selling. Make sure that the postcards you are placing on Delcampe aren't already present on the website. Be honest about the description and condition of the postcard. See the store of Clems112 See all postcards from Clems112 ... and his team D* News 1. New Big Delcampe Contest 2011-03-23 16:38:33 Dear members, We invite you to participate in our new contest, which allows you to win a Ministerial Album of the Brussels World's Fair in 1958! Click here to participate! Ended contest(s) The winner of the contest "Postcard - Romanichels sur la route d'Octeville" is member "Ceccone". View the answers Another contest is ongoing, which allows you to win a coin of  "Silver 50 Euro coin Semeuse France 2010" Get started... and we wish you the best of luck!  ... and his team Events for collectors! Brno BRNO 2011 FAIR Meeting of Collectors Fri, 8 Apr 2011 00:00:00 - Sat, 9 Apr 2011 00:00:00 Venezia Venezia 2011 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 - Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 LONDON THE PICTURE POSTCARD SHOW 2011 Thu, 1 Sep 2011 00:00:00 - Sat, 3 Sep 2011 00:00:00 Prague 1 COLLECTOR / SBERATEL FAIR Thu, 8 Sep 2011 00:00:00 - Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:00:00 Murray Bridge, South Australia Murray Bridge Auction and Trading Day Sat, 9 Apr 2011 00:00:00 ADELAIDE SOUTH AUSTRALIA The Inaugural Postcard Exhibition Sat, 14 May 2011 00:00:00 - Sun, 15 May 2011 00:00:00 Woking WOKING Postcard fair 2011 Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 - Sat, 21 May 2011 00:00:00 We are sponsoring your show ! (Click here) 1. Public Auction #396 Receiving offers from Sun, 20 Mar 2011 until Mon, 11 Apr 2011 Browse the catalogue... 2. Public Auction #397 Receiving offers from Sun, 20 Mar 2011 until Mon, 11 Apr 2011 Browse the catalogue... 3. 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What's the difference between turtle, tortoise and terrapin? WWF maximum cards/ maxicards/ dorincards about Venezuela: The Red-footed tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria), and The Arrau turtle, also known as the Arrau River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa)

UL [upper-left] and LL: "The Red-footed tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria) is a tortoise native to South America. 

It has also been introduced to many islands in the Caribbean. 

It draws its name from the red or orange scales visible on its limbs, as well as its head and tail. 

It is popular as a pet, though it is protected under Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which means that this species may not be exported from its home country without a permit.[1] 

The Red-foot has a larger cousin, the Yellow-footed Tortoise (Geochelone denticulata), also known as the Brazilian Giant Tortoise. 

Note: Many newer references will use the Genus name Chelonoidis in place of the older term Geochelone for all four South American tortoises. [2]

It is locally known as the Savanna Tortoise, in Brazil as Jabuti, and in Venezuela as Morrocoy[2], among other names.[2]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-footed_tortoise

  UR and LR: "The Arrau turtle, also known as the Arrau River Turtle, is Podocnemis expansa, the largest of the side-neck turtles (Pleurodira). 

It is found in the Amazon rainforest."

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

What's the difference between turtle, tortoise and terrapin?

"Turtle, tortoise, or terrapin

Although the word turtle is widely used to describe all members of the order Testudines, it is also common to see certain members described as terrapins, tortoises or sea turtles, as well. Precisely how these alternative names are used, if at all, depends on the type of English being used.

• British English normally describes these reptiles as turtles if they live in the sea; terrapins if they live in fresh or brackish water; or tortoises if they live on land. However, there are exceptions to this where American or Australian common names are in wide use, as with the Fly River turtle.
• American English tends to use the word turtle as a general term for all species. "Tortoise" is used for most land-dwelling species, including the family Testudinidae and box tortoises. Oceanic species are usually referred to as sea turtles. The name "terrapin" is typically reserved only for the brackish water diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin; the word terrapin being derived from theAlgonquian word for this animal.^[17]
• Australian English uses turtle for both the marine and freshwater species, but tortoise for the terrestrial species.

To avoid confusion, the word "chelonian" [pronounced KELONIAN] is popular among veterinarians, scientists, and conservationists working with these animals as a catch-all name for any member of the superorder Chelonia, which includes all turtles, tortoises and terrapins living and extinct, as well as their immediate ancestors. It is based on the Ancient Greek word χελώνη, chelōnē; Modern Greek χελώνα, chelōna; meaning turtle/tortoise."

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

"Venezuela (pronounced /ˌvɛnɨˈzweɪlə/ ( listen); Spanish: [beneˈswela]), officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America."

Legitimate question for "whoever invented the Spanish language" [ :D :D] :

since you already have the letter B to describe the sound B, then...

http://www.zazzle.com/why_stamp_postage-172279254387759379?gl=dorinco&rf=238693463283865848

...would you also need the letter V, for the sound B?

Also, since you have S, why would you use Z instead?

If you want everybody [who has a modicum of foreign language skills, I might specify] to pronounce 

beneˈswela, 

then write: Benesuela, not Venezuela.

How hard is that?

:)

Don't worry, no language is perfect, not even Esperanto, Interlingua or Lingua Franca.

However, a phonetic language, "what you see is what you pronounce" would make more sense, now wouldn't it?

:)

" [Christopher Columbus's] certainty of having attained Paradise made him name this region Land of Grace, a phrase which has become the country's nickname.

Nevertheless, the following year of 1499, an expedition led by Alonso de Ojeda visited the Venezuelan coast. The stilt houses in the area ofLake Maracaibo reminded the navigator Amerigo Vespucci of the city of Venice, (Italian: Venezia), so he named the region "Venezuela,"^[10]meaning "little Venice" in Italian. The word has the same meaning in Spanish, where the suffix -uela is used as a diminutive term (e.g., plaza / plazuela, cazo / cazuela); thus, the term's original sense would have been that of a "little Venice".^[11]

Nonetheless, although the Vespucci story remains the most popular and accepted version of the origin of the country's name, a different reason for the name comes up in the account of Martín Fernández de Enciso, a member of the Vespucci and Ojeda crew. In his work Summa de Geografía, he states that they found an indigenous population who called themselves the "Veneciuela," which suggests that the name "Venezuela" may have evolved from the native word.^[12]"

So, Columbus was certain that this was Paradise.

Venezuela, a land of beauty. Something that oil money can't buy.

"Venezuela is well-known for its successes in beauty pageants. 

Miss Venezuela is a big event in the country, and Venezuela has received 5 Miss World, 6 Miss Universe, 6 Miss International and 1 Miss Earth titles."

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

I suspect that Miss Earth was the most "down-to-earth" of them all.

When you want to see...stellar images, you can look at the...Milky Way.

How about the...Milka Way?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MILKA24.jpg

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

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Happy PFF (Postcard Friendship Friday)!

Please visit: http://thebestheartsarecrunchy.blogspot.com/ (wait until Beth posts the today's Linky tool for the meme, then make your entry, if you want to join).

WWF maximum cards/ maxicards/ dorincards about São Tomé e Príncipe. Not a fish, but they call it Blackfish; a true killer, but not a true whale: The Killer Whale (Orcinus orca). Another species on these MCs: not even a true "killer whale" (not closely related): The False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens)

UL (upper-left) and LL: "The False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is a cetacean, and the third largest member of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae). 

It lives in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world. 

As its name implies, the False Killer Whale shares characteristics such as appearance with the more widely known Orca (killer whale). 

Like the orca, the False Killer Whale attacks and kills other cetaceans. 

However, the two dolphin species are not closely related. 

The False Killer Whale is black with a grey throat and neck. 

It has a slender body with an elongated tapered head and 44 teeth. 

The dorsal fin is sickle-shaped and its flippers are narrow, short and pointed. 

It can grow up to 20 feet." 

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

 UR and LR: "The killer whale (Orcinus orca), commonly referred to as the orca, and less commonly as the blackfish, is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family." 

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

"The term whale sometimes refers to all cetaceans, but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises^[2], which belong to suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales)." 

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

"Killer whales are found in all oceans, from the frigid Arctic and Antarctic regions to tropical seas. 

Killer whales as a species have a diverse diet, although individual populations often specialize in particular types of prey. 

Some feed exclusively on fish, while others hunt marine mammals such as sea lions, seals, walruses and even large whales. 

Killer whales are regarded as apex predators, lacking natural predators and preying even [on] large sharks."

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

Trainer-killing orca Tilikum back in SeaWorld show

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12920267

I think that's a BAD idea, both for the safety of future trainers of Tilikum and others, and for the whole idea of confining big dolphins in small swimming pools.

They deserve large spaces to live properly.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Location_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_AU_Africa.svg

"São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. 

It consists of two islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about 140 kilometres (87 mi) apart and about 250 and 225 kilometres (155 and 140 mi), respectively, off the northwestern coast of Gabon. 

Both islands are part of an extinct volcanic mountain range. São Tomé, the sizable southern island, is situated just north of the equator. 

It was named in honour of Saint Thomas by Portuguese explorers who happened to arrive at the island on his feast day.

São Tomé and Príncipe is the second-smallest African country in terms of population (the Seychelles being the smallest). 

It is the smallest country in the world that is not a former British overseas territory, a former United States trusteeship, or one of the European microstates. 

It is also the smallest Portuguese-speaking country."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe

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Time for a stretch.

Today, let's make a stretch and pretend that we see a heart shape in the UL maximum card, behind the False Killer Whale.

Let's say that we see a heart formed by the water, with a little tsunami overwhelming half of that heart, if you see what I mean.

Metaphorically-speaking, today the heart of Japan is overwhelmed; half by the tsunami, half by the earthquake.

On top of that, radiation is spreading.

They'll have to build a deep-concrete sarcophagus, like in Chernobyl.

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

"Screwed" by the slipping of a screwdriver.

A fatal, supercritical mistake with The Demon Core:

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

Enjoy while you can, whatever you enjoy! Vita brevis...

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