Feb 3, 2011

My First Maxicards for 2011

Maximaphily has definitely been the latest craze of philately. To be frank, I was rather skeptical at first but after much persuasion from friends, I finally decided to give it a try. You know what; its really very interesting and challenging. Getting the right postcard to match the stamp is definitely no easy matter.

Below are my first maxicards for 2011:
I have to agree its not the best but I thought the the rabbit's colour and patches are rather similar. However, the image of human in the card would be more appropriate.

I prefer this maxicard even though I had to sacrifice the ms to make this maxicard. Sadly, a mistake if you notice. OMG, I'm definitely still very amateur. I should have use the stamp to close the word ''HARE". That would definitely been better.

Anyway, I'm really hoping to make more maxicards in the near future and hopefully maxicards of much better quality. Definitely will need help from the experts hence all advice is truly appreciated.

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Oct 20, 2010

Results: World Best MC Competition 2009

The World Best MC Competition 2009 has finally been concluded at Portugal 2010 and below are the results:

1st Prize : Portugal
2nd Prize : Cyprus
3rd Prize : Russia
4th Prize : Spain

Simply a showcase of ART if you ask me. Maximaphily is truly getting to me but it aint going to be an easy journey. So much to learn and definitely a lot of effort is needed to create Maxicards but the fruit of the labor is definitely satisfying. You have my word for it...

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Sep 30, 2010

Maxicards - Orang Asli Lifestyle

Hereby, I would like to showcase some of the maxicards for Orang Asli Lifestyle issue. I'm definitely very new to maximaphily but this new area in philately has surely caught my attention. Though it seems easy, trust me its really hard to create a good maxicard where the postcard, stamp and cancellation is directly related.

However, the journey to find the perfect postcard and patiently wait till the day you can use card is definitely a worthwhile journey. The satisfaction you get from the privately made maxicard is just mind blowing. I'm really happy to be part of the fun and I have to thank Mr Ye for the encouragement and advice along the way. Just can't thank you enough and I truly hope I will be as good as you one day.


Maximaphily

Maximaphily is a branch of philately involving the study and creation of maximum cards. It is one of eleven classifications of philately recognised by the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) and therefore has its own FIP Commission.The FIP Maximaphily Commission holds an annual conference on the subject, most recently at Bucharest in 2008.

A maximum card is made up of three elements, the postcard, the stamp and the postmark. The object of maximaphily is to obtain a card where the stamp and picture are in close concordance, ideally with an appropriate cancellation too. The image should not be of the stamp on the card.
Maximaphily displays have become popular at competitive philatelic exhibitions and special rules have been developed by the FIP to assist in judging the entries.

Maximaphily did not become organised until after the Second World War. Before then maximum cards were created as novelties, often by tourists. Maximaphily is closely associated with thematic or topical stamp collecting and many thematic collections are enhanced with appropriate maximum cards.


PS: I have to admit they are not the best of maxicards but hopefully these are small steps for me to reach greater heights in Maximaphily

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Aug 9, 2009

More Christian Philatelic Materials

Here, I would like to showcase some of the Christian Philatelic materials I received from Uncle Veeraghavan. They are simply lovely. Yet again, I hope you like the materials Ive send you.

Dear readers, though Christianity is one of my main themes beside birds and Olympics, Im only focus on Christian Philatelic materials that depict Churches and People who have contributed to the Christian World (eg. Pope, Bishop, Mother Theresa). Please let me know if any of my readers have duplicates and would like to have a friendly trades.

Maxicard

A very beautiful Maxicard from Grenada 1973.

Sacred Heart Church FDCLOL... My second Sacred Heart FDC. One of my personal favourite as the stamp depicts the church itself. Dont think I need to add anything. Please refer to this post:
http://ronlovestamps.blogspot.com/2009/08/sacred-heart-church-fdc.html

Christian Covers




Three Lovely covers that depict Christian Stamps from Lithuania and Australia. Hope to get more covers depicting churches. LOL, showing my GREDDY side yet again.

PS: Dear Uncle, from the bottom of my heart, thanks for helping me with Collection. Hopefully, I can help you grow your lovely collection too.

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May 16, 2009

First Maximum Card From Portugal


This is certainly a pleasant suprise from Luisa. I expected a postcard but got a very beautiful Maximum Card from Portugal. Love it alot and its my first Maximum Card. Guess wat? Motorsports is my passion too. lol...Thanks alot and hope to hear more from u...

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