I have exchanged hundreds of maximum cards, over the years, with my dear friend Terry Watson, now President of MACSU (Maximaphily Card Study Unit of America). Here's a superb maxicard from him: the most beautiful BEACH in the world, according to the National Geographic Society - TRUNK BAY, ST. JOHN, in the UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS

"Virgin Islands National Park is a United States National Park covering approximately 60% of the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands, plus a few isolated sites on the neighboring island of St. Thomas. The park is famous for scuba diving and snorkeling and has miles of hiking trails through tropical forests.

Ferries from Red Hook and Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas make regular stops at Cruz Bay, Saint John, near the park, which averages 725,000 visitors per year.

One of the Virgin Islands National Park's most famous attractions is Trunk Bay, which sports a white sand beach and underwater snorkeling trail, although the trail's chronic overuse has led to extensive coral bleaching along its path."

[MY NOTE: no, it's NOT because of too many bleached-blonde snorkelers]

Virgin Islands National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Location	United States Virgin Islands
Nearest city	Charlotte Amalie
Area	14,689 acres (59 km²)
Established	August 2, 1956
Visitors	677,289 (in 2006)
Governing body	National Park Service

Trunk Bay

Trunk Bay

Trunk Bay is a body of water and a beach on St. John in the United States Virgin Islands. It has consistently been voted one of the Ten Best Beaches in The World by Condé Nast Traveler magazine and has received similar recognition from other publications.^[1] Also the National Geographic Society has labeled Trunk Bay as the most beautiful beach in the world.^{[citation needed]} It is one of the most popular beaches on the island whose amenities include a snack bar, showers and restrooms, lifeguards, and, most famously, an underwater trail for snorkeling its coral reef.^[1] Trunk Bay is the only National Park beach on St. John which requires a fee to visit, though this can be avoided by arriving early in the day, late into the evening.

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  Sunset at Trunk Bay
 

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

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Happy Blue Monday! (meme)

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Queen Rania of Jordan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. "Rania Al Abdullah (Arabic: رانيا العبد الله‎ Rānyā al-‘abdu l-Lāh) (born Rania al Yassin on 31 August 1970) is the current Queen consort of Jordan as the wife of King Abdullah II of Jordan. In a 2011 list of the 100 most powerfully influential women in the world, Queen Rania ranked 53rd.[citation needed] She has focused her energy, at home and abroad, on a variety of causes. In Jordan, her work concentrates on the calibre and quality of education for Jordanian children, while abroad she advocates for global education and for world leaders to fulfill their commitments towards the second Millennium Development Goal, Universal Primary Education."

The use of online media can, and should go far beyond simple chit-chat, on trivial issues, with some people.

Here's a good example:
Queen Rania of Jordan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rania Al Abdullah
Queen Rania in 2005
Queen consort of Jordan
Proclamation	22 March 1999
Spouse	Abdullah II of Jordan
Issue
Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan Princess Iman Princess Salma Prince Hashem
House	Hashemite
Father	Faisal Sedki Al Yassin
Mother	Ilham Yassin
Born	31 August 1970 (age 41) Kuwait City, Kuwait
Religion	Islam

"Rania Al Abdullah (Arabic: رانيا العبد الله‎ Rānyā al-‘abdu l-Lāh) (born Rania al Yassin on 31 August 1970) is the current Queen consort of Jordan as the wife of King Abdullah II of Jordan. In a 2011 list of the 100 most powerfully influential women in the world, Queen Rania ranked 53rd.^{[citation needed]}

She has focused her energy, at home and abroad, on a variety of causes. In Jordan, her work concentrates on the calibre and quality of education for Jordanian children, while abroad she advocates for global education and for world leaders to fulfill their commitments towards the second Millennium Development Goal, Universal Primary Education."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michelle_Obama_%26_Queen_Rania_of_Jordan_in_the_Yellow_Oval_Room_4-23-09.JPG

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Queen Rania uses online social-networking tools such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

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On 30 March 2008, Queen Rania launched her own YouTube channel, initially to invite viewers to give their opinions of the Middle East and talk about stereotypes they may have of Arabs and Muslims.^[61] Between March 30 and August 12 (International Youth Day), Queen Rania posted videos on YouTube in which she asked people to send her their questions about Islam and the Arab world.^[62] She provided responses to those questions and explained her view of the truth about various Arab and Muslim stereotypes. Over five months she posted videos on subjects that included honor killings, terrorism and the rights of Arab women.^[63] International personalities such as Dean Obeidallah,^[64] Maz Jobrani,^[65] and YouTube star Mia Rose^[66] also contributed videos to the campaign.

Queen Rania also links some of her recent interviews to her YouTube channel, such as her interview with Wolf Blitzer in CNN’s “Situation Room”, in April 2009. During this two part interview, Queen Rania discussed the importance of education.^[67] Queen Rania also uploads other videos on topics close to her heart, such as her appeal to support UNRWA’s work in Gaza following the Israeli assault in late December 2008/early January 2009.^[68]

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Queen Rania is also a member of Facebook, with her own fan page aimed at engaging people to discuss cross-cultural dialogue, education, and more recently, the use of social media to create social change. Along with her YouTube videos that have been uploaded, photos of her personal and public life can be found. As of August 25, 2011, over 753.580 people have "Liked" her page.^[69]

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To coincide with the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Jordan on Friday, 8 May 2009, Queen Rania started using the micro-blogging websiteTwitter with the username @QueenRania.^[70] On the occasion of the World Economic Forum held at the Dead Sea in Jordan, June 2009, Queen Rania conducted her first Twitter interview, answering five questions from the general public via her Twitter account.^[71]

When she joined Twitter, she also gave an interview with TechCrunch on “how Twitter can help change the world”, where she said It’s about using social media for social change: creating a community of advocates who can use their voices on behalf of the voiceless, or leverage their talents, skills, knowledge, and resources to put more children into classrooms, or pressure their elected representatives to get global education top of the agenda.^[72]

Her tweets have ranged from the personal, including photos of herself and her family, to more serious topics like the typhoon Ketsana in the Philippines, the 2009–2010 Iranian election protests, peace in the Middle East, and promoting Jordan, global education, and initiatives like 1GOAL.^[73] She has been taunted on Twitter for some of her tweets, such as those involving the 2010–2011 Tunisian protests.^[74] As of August 25, 2011, Queen Rania has over 1.629.767 followers."

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

Did the Jordan Postal Administration issue stamps with Queen Rania?

She can always try personalized stamps, from some countries...:)

9/11/2001 variants of my MAXIMUM CARD, and WHY I ended up with a zazzle stamp without the image - the public domain image was deemed "too violent" for a stamp. But not for a postcard!

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Happy Sunday Stamps meme!

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