Friday, August 26, 2011

Not a CIVET CAT, not even a CAT: The RINGTAIL (Bassariscus astutus), also known as the Ringtail cat, Ring-tailed cat or Miner's cat. My non-traditional maximum card, created with a USPS stamp, a customized "postcard" made from a cut-out from a book, and a postmark from my own canceller (Mailer's Postmark Permit #67)

My non-traditional maximum card, created with a USPS stamp, a customized "postcard" made from a cut-out from a book, and a postmark from my own canceller (Mailer's Postmark Permit #67).


"The Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) is mammal of the raccoon family (thus not actually a cat), native to arid regions of North America. It is also known as the Ringtail catRing-tailed cat or Miner's cat, and is also sometimes mistakenly called a "civet cat" (after similar, though unrelated, cat-like omnivores of Asia and Africa). The Ringtail is sometimes called acacomistle, though this term seems to be more often used to refer to Bassariscus sumichrasti."

"The ankle joint is flexible and able to rotate over 180 degrees, a trait helping make it an agile climber. 
Their considerable tail provides balance for negotiating narrow ledges and limbs, even allowing them to reverse directions by performing a cartwheel. 
Ringtails also can ascend narrow passages by stemming (pressing all feet on one wall and their back against the other or pressing both right feet on one wall and both left feet on the other), and wider cracks or openings by ricocheting between the walls"

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Personalized stamps are not so collectible? You think so? Hmmm...http://www.stampbears.com/t300-looking-for-bears#2927

http://www.stampbears.com/t300-looking-for-bears#2927

Somebody said: "hmmm i need to make a personal statement and i apologize in advance....

while i think zazzle stamps have there place i dont find them particularly collectible for me.. they look great mind you ... but with it being an open resource any one can make the same image... with the exception of say personal photography...

i am sorry its just my opinion..."


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No problem...you can use your own photos, drawing, text.
In reality, it's highly improbable that somebody will duplicate exactly another stamp design.
If it makes you feel better, there are MILLIONS of identical copies of many regular stamps issued by national postal administrations - and that's fine, too. Smile
Take ANY bear stamp from USPS, for example.
They mass-printed it - could be millions.
Many have sold, so there are hundreds of thousands of collectors just like you, who own a bear stamp just like yours.
IDENTICAL.
Don't worry now about petty differences like centering and such.
Take ANY bear stamp that YOU can design, buy and sell.
You can use a photograph, etc., yours or not, and you can customize it as much as you want.
PERSONALIZED.
You can buy a sheet of 20, at minimum. Or at maximum, if you so choose.
Think about it. Smile

Also: how many regular stamps do you have in your collection about the TIBETAN BLUE BEAR (Ursus arctos pruinosus), for example?
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.Was that crickets that I heard? Smile

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