Red, red lips...and a red Hollywood postmark. I show you my non-traditional maxicard (or I can call it a dorincard, in a broad sense) with NORMA JEAN BAKER, later known as MARILYN MONROE

Marilyn Monroe
Monroe in a costume-test for the film noir Niagara (1953)
Born	Norma Jeane Mortenson June 1, 1926 Los Angeles
Died	August 5, 1962 (aged 36) Brentwood, Los Angeles
Cause of death	Barbiturate overdose
Resting place	Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Westwood, Los Angeles
Other names	Norma Jeane Baker Norma Jeane Dougherty Norma Jeane DiMaggio
Occupation	Actress, model, film producer, singer
Years active	1947–1962
Religion	Christian (1926-1956), Jewish (1956-1962)
Spouse	James Dougherty (m. 1942–1946) (divorced) Joe DiMaggio (m. 1954–1954)(divorced) Arthur Miller (m. 1956–1961)(divorced)
Signature

"Marilyn Monroe (pronounced /mɒnˈroʊ/ or /mənˈroʊ/, born Norma Jeane Mortenson but baptized and raised as Norma Jeane Baker; June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962^[1]) was an American actress, singer and model.^[2] 

After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946. 

Her early film appearances were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950) were well received. 

By 1953, Monroe had progressed to leading roles. 

Her "dumb blonde" persona was used to comedic effect in such films as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). Limited by typecasting, Monroe studied at the Actors Studio to broaden her range, and her dramatic performance in Bus Stop(1956) was hailed by critics, and she received a Golden Globe nomination. 

Her production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, released The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination and won a David di Donatello award. 

She received a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Some Like It Hot (1959).

The final years of Monroe's life were marked by illness, personal problems, and a reputation for being unreliable and difficult to work with. 

The circumstances of her death, from an overdose of barbiturates, have been the subject of conjecture. 

Though officially classified as a "probable suicide", the possibility of an accidental overdose, as well as the possibility of homicide, have not been ruled out. 

In 1999, Monroe was ranked as the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. In the years and decades following her death, Monroe has often been cited as a pop and cultural icon as well as an eminent American sex symbol."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MarilynMonroe_-_YankArmyWeekly.jpg

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

They don't make things like that anymore (no, I'm not talking about the microphone):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marilyn1962.PNG

A screenshot from the television feed of John F. Kennedy's birthday gala where Marilyn Monroe sang Happy Birthday, Mr. President

In Monroe's last interview she pleaded with a reporter to end the article with the folllowing quote: "What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers. Please don’t make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe."

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

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Not an endangered species for the fur-seal-able future: The SUBANTARCTIC FUR SEAL (Arctocephalus tropicalis); did you notice the misnomer TROPICALIS, when in fact it's SUBANTARCTIC? WWF maximum cards / maxicards / dorincards from the exotic TRISTAN DA CUNHA. the remotest (most remote) archipelago on Earth!

"The subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) is a fur seal found in the southern parts of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. It was first described by Gray in 1872 from a specimen recovered in northern Australia—hence the inappropriate tropicalis specific name."

"The subantarctic fur seal is medium-sized compared with other fur seals. Males grow to 2 m and 160 kg, whereas females are substantially smaller—1.4 m and 50 kg. 

Both sexes have a distinctive creamy-orange chest and face."

[No, we're not talking here about the New Jersey shore-style of orange sun-tanning.]

"The belly is more brownish. Males have a dark grey to black back. The female's is a lighter grey. Pups are black at birth, but molt at about three months old. The snout is short and flat. The flippers are short and broad. Subantarctic fur seals live for about 20-25 years."

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

Let's refresh our memory:

Tristan da Cunha
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Our faith is our strength
Anthem: God Save the Queen
Capital (and largest city)		Edinburgh of the Seven Seas 37°4′S 12°19′W
Official language(s)		English
Demonym		Tristanian
Government		British overseas territory
-	Monarch	Elizabeth II
-	Governor	Andrew Gurr
-	Administrator	Sean Burns
Part of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
-	First inhabited	1810
-	Dependency of Cape Colony (to UK)	14 August 1816
-	Dependency of St Helena	12 January 1938
-	Current constitution	1 September 2009
Area
-	Total	207 km2 80 sq mi
-	Main island:	98 km2
Population
-	census	264 (2010 figures)
-	Density	1.3/km2 3.4/sq mi
Currency		Pound sterling (£) (GBP)
Time zone		GMT (UTC+0)
Drives on the		left
Internet TLD		none (.sh or .uk can be used)

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

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Happy Blue Monday! (meme)

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The Meter Stamp Society -www.meterstampsociety.com - World Personal Postage. What is missing from this webpage above is the name of the BEST source [in my personal, but practical expert opinion :) ] of CUSTOMIZED POSTAGE / PERSONALIZED STAMPS / PERSONALISED STAMPS: ZAZZLE

The Meter Stamp Society -www.meterstampsociety.com - World Personal Postage

"Countries all over the world now have postage products that have some form of personal images on the stamps. Some allow a user's supplied image on the stamp. Some allow the user image on a label next to the stamp. There are variations of this. Canada started in 1994 with a stamp that had a round hole. The mailers were encouraged to paste the stamp over their own photo. Australia at the Australia 99 show provided stamps with the user's picture on a label next to the stamp.

This table attempts to provide a fairly complete list of countries that provide some form of Personal Postage stamp product. The list, by its nature will have to change."

What is missing from this webpage above is the name of the BEST source [in my personal, but practical expert opinion :) ] of CUSTOMIZED POSTAGE / PERSONALIZED STAMPS / PERSONALISED STAMPS:

ZAZZLE

The USA vendor list shows Pitney Bowes, which is a partner of Zazzle, but Zazzle is the single best (in a class by itself, above the rest) source for designing, buying and selling them.

Trust me!

And if you don't trust me yet on that, why don't you go ahead and research the issue, including my philatelic blog here, and then come back to talk with me.

You do that.

:)