Simple Guy With The LOVE For Philately

This time, I would like to showcase a beautiful cover I got from Australia in April 2010. I simply love the clear postmark. Though the cover is over-paid, its hard to resist covers like this. Its just a beauty.

A little info on the cover:

The stamp and cover depicts the Sydney Royal Easter Show. The 2010 Sydney Royal Easter Show took place at Sydney Showground from April 1 to 14. Held by the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales each year at Easter time, the Sydney Royal Easter Show is more than a farm fair.

Certainly it has massive displays of Australian farm produce and the biggest and best of them, and they are very much a sight to behold. But, more than this, the Sydney Royal Easter Show is an annual extravaganza including some of the latest and most heart-stopping carnival rides, rodeo events, motorcycle and skateboarding stunts, livestock races, woodchopping competitions, diving (if not flying) pigs, a variety of parades, fashion shows, food stalls of various kinds, and a showcase of new and popular products.

Thanks Vera for this very beautiful stylized cover using only the stylized owl stamps and the Earth Hour Cover. This will b a great addition to my Bird Cover Collection. Simply superb and creative especially the idea of having the owl stamps to match the owl cover.

After discussion with Vera, I've cleared my doubt on whether this particular stamp is considered a Bird Stamp. In our humble opinion, its a NO. The reasons is we cannot b sure on the species of the bird. The animated owl might look like a barn owl but the barn owl doesn't have ear tufts. So what is it?

Take a look at all the barn owl pictures on this site.
http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Tyto&species=alba

Tat is why we wouldn't include the stamp as a Bird Stamp but rather categorized it as a Stylized Bird Stamp. However, this is strictly our opinion and every philatelist has the rights to categorized stamps to their liking. The objective here is always to have fun while collecting. LOL

PS: Thanks Vera for the advice and lesson o birds. Truly appreciate it alot.

Thanks Dan Brown for this beautiful cover. Got this cover after joining a cover round robin on famous people. Love the cover alot and hope to hear more from u soon.

PS: Dan is the founder of Myphilately which is a haven for philatelist all around the world. Dear readers, its trully a place worth checking out...

http://www.myphilately.com