Art on Stamps, by Victor Manta (Switzerland)

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I thought that Romanian is one of them because Victor Manta, the webmaster/author, was born in Romania, but it turns out that I was wrong. Sorry! :)

There is no rush, but it's still a Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus). The flowers are bisexual, and the seeds have a straight embryo. Also, a stiffed-tail: The White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala). Maxicard from Romania

"Butomus is the sole genus in the monogeneric plant family Butomaceae, containing the single species Butomus umbellatus, also known as flowering rush or grass rush."

"The flowers are regular and bisexual, 2 to 3 cm across. There are three petal-like sepals which are pink with darker veins."

"The seeds have no endosperm and a straight embryo."

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

"The White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) is a small stiff-tailed duck.

Adult males have a grey and reddish body, a blue bill and a largely white head with a black cap and neck. Adult females have a grey-brown body with a white face and a darker bill, cap and a cheek stripe."

"These birds dive and swim underwater. 

They are omnivorous, with vegetable matter predominating. 

They are reluctant to fly, preferring to swim for cover."

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

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In English, from Les Maximaphiles Français: It looks like a maximum card ...

I am a traditional maximaphilist, unless it's not possible (to obey all those rules of FIP CfM) or I want to experiment. :)

In the website of Les Maximaphiles Français, I hit Google Translate for English, but when I used my Shareaholic app, the message was that the URL contains illegal characters.
So, because I want to share somehow this interesting article, I will copy and paste whatever is possible.
Merçi, Les Maximaphiles Français!

http://translate.google.com/translate?client=tmpg&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maximaphiles-francais.org%2F%3FCa-ressemble-a-une-carte-maximum&langpair=fr|en

http://www.maximaphiles-francais.org/?Ca-ressemble-a-une-carte-maximum

"Home " Deepening " Knowledge of the maximum card "It looks like a maximum card ...

Wednesday, March 23, 2011, by Webmaster

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Initiation

It looks like a maximum card ... 

Maximaphily the beginner can be tried in any beginning collector, and if not careful, buying philatelic souvenirs improperly termed maximum cards by the seller or by trickery, is most often due to lack of knowledge of our specialty.

Indeed, we see regularly, especially on auction sites, objects that resemble CM ... But which are developed. They generally have three components of the maximum card, ie, a stamp, a card and a postmark, but are inconsistent with the rules MX .

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As you can see, the positive feedback, 30,140 still does not allow the awakening of distrust!

To help you sort the wheat from the chaff, here are some examples from the image.

Rule: SREV Article 3.1 The stamp
It must be valid for mailing (postage power) and be placed solely on the view side of the postcard. The postage fee, Precancel stamps, revenue stamps [...] are not allowed ...

Stamp tax Soldanelle Alps - Tax Yvert 102

Postage fee may result in maximum card. Despite the cancellation of Fleurville (71),

THIS IS NOT A HIGH CARD.

Rule: SREV Article 3.2 The postcard
The postcards reproducing the stamps in their entirety, that is to say, with perforation, denomination, name of issuing country ... are prohibited.

JJ Audubon Snowy Egret - Yvert 2929

Memory made with a "map stamp program" distributed by post and returning to the visual stamp issued.

THIS IS NOT A HIGH CARD.

Map showing the picture of the stamp "Greenwich"

THIS IS NOT A HIGH CARD.

So beware, some postal administrations also sell under the term "maximum card" or "maxi-card" or "Maxicard" (for English) philatelic souvenirs home that are not CM .

Rule: Guidance 3.2 The postcard
Collages, cutouts, the private photographs on paper, color copies or black and white, montages, drawings, documents designed specifically for the issuance of postage stamps printed and privately with the computer on special paper for photography, can not be used to achieve maximum cards.

JJ Audubon Snowy Egret - Yvert 2929

Stamp collage card with "silk".

THIS CARD IS NOT A MAXIMUM.

Parisian flower show - Yvert # 1189

Illustrated card specially made for philatelic souvenirs (original design).

THIS IS NOT A HIGH CARD.

International Flower - Yvert 1597

Memory card bonding.

THIS IS NOT A HIGH CARD.

Rule: Section 3.3 The cancellation SREV
... The postmarks affixed by the philatelic services are permitted, provided that consistency is respected place ...

The Parthenon in Athens - Service Stamp Yvert 98

This stamp can give rise to a maximum card. Indeed, an obliteration in Athens by the French post office was impossible, the UNESCO office located in Paris.

THIS IS NOT A HIGH CARD.

It is therefore not possible to obtain a maximum card type monument with obliteration same ^"1st Day of Issue" stamped in another place, let alone in another country.

Here is another example below with the stamp issued in 1571 Yvert to mark the ^50th anniversary of the armistice on the Eastern Front September 25, 1918. The monument depicted on the stamp is the "White Tower" to Salonika in Greece. There is therefore no possibility to obtain a CM with this monument, the catalog does not mention CM French.

50 ^th anniversary of the armistice on the Eastern front - Thessaloniki

THIS IS NOT A HIGH CARD.

You are now a little better equipped to not make the mistake to include this kind of document in your future presentation Maximaphily competitive!

We have, wherever possible, added to that section of the real CM made ​​from the stamps that were used for examples.

postscript: 
In this paper, we suggest you reject the documents do not conform to the status of the maximum card notwithstanding, each collects what he wants, as he sees fit.

Complement in pictures - click!

JJ Audubon Snowy Egret - Ed Castelet OPJ 25.02.1995 Paris (75) 

Parisian flower show - Ed Yvon Obl. dude. Fig. 17.01.1959 Paris (75) 

International Flower - Ed Yvon OPJ 12.04.1969 Paris (75) 

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