Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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Post by Linda on Jun 7, 2024 18:48:04 GMT
Maxicards realised on the theme of the Japanese manga/anime Cardcaptor Sakura, using the set of matching ‘frame’ stamps that celebrate the 25th anniversary of the anime adaptation. The choice of cancellation may be unintuitive at first: As this work was created by the manga artist group CLAMP whose members were all born on different days and at different locations (3 in Kyoto and 1 in Osaka), it’s impossible to get the cancel on the creator’s birthday. So I opted for this work’s first run date instead. However, there wasn’t much information that could be found about which date it is – I only knew that it was first serialised in the June 1996 issue of the magazine Nakayoshi. So I set the cancellation date on the first of June this year. As to the location of the cancel – since it’s a tough choice to pick only one location in Kyoto / Osaka for the creation of these maxicards, I opted instead for the location where the story was set. It’s supposed to be somewhere in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and if memory serves, I dimly remember that Tokyo Tower – the old symbol of Tokyo – appeared in the story. Hence, I chose this classic fukei-in that has started being in use since 1959, the next year Tokyo Tower had been inaugurated. [Date of cancellation: 1 June 2024.] ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/06/07/999141f614904a0d4a132690934674a7.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/06/07/599f267d275f8a65d7872bd5424531ef.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/06/07/bc494c2d264b22ed7b0956b6f5d54702.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/06/07/b1fa9032297d03ffc9472b203a9079df.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/06/07/b7b63b76e6dbda6b6d4bd599b4755d89.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/06/07/68458adbab1ccc9ba3a50978fb68f302.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/06/07/7f2ba4a2cdfc77db687138c10368b722.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/06/07/5b9aa2fc9a51b40a0702932b69e38a0a.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/06/07/68b691978fb0bdaee8c1f92b550c940d.jpg)
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dorincard
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Posts: 1,577
What I collect: My focus is on Wild Mammals on maximum cards. Occasionally, I get or create maximum cards with other animals, or any other topic.
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Post by dorincard on Jun 16, 2024 0:47:33 GMT
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,372
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Jun 20, 2024 19:11:21 GMT
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,372
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Jun 20, 2024 19:12:52 GMT
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,372
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Jun 20, 2024 19:13:37 GMT
Maxicard of the Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, realised on his birthday 14 June, at the post office that is the closest to his birhplace in Osaka: [Date of cancellation: 14 June 2024.] ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/06/20/4a3758105703e6946cf1217ca6152e49.jpg) His stamps are easy to find, but his postcard is quite a rarity.
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,372
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Jun 20, 2024 19:16:42 GMT
Maxicard of the Japanese writer Osamu Dazai, realised on the anniversary of his death 13 June, at the district of Tokyo where he succeeded in taking up his life, using a Mitaka fukei-in that features him in traditional kimono: [Date of cancellation: 13 June 2024.] ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/06/20/41e2c6d491372dd6391570bb61932839.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/06/20/8e729cf55f8501da723cb70ba23b8cc1.jpg) These postcards feature the same photo by Shigeru Tamura of Dazai walking down the Mitaka Pedestrian Overhead Bridge. The bridge is so closely associated with Dazai that one of the commemorative stamps issued in 2009 for his 100th anniversary (which is used in the second maxicard) features an image of this bridge.
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stanley64
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What I collect: Canada, USA, Netherlands, Portugal & Colonies, Antarctic Territories and anything that catches my eye...
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Post by stanley64 on Jun 24, 2024 15:53:59 GMT
Here is the latest addition to the virtual gallery, a maxicard featuring the artwork, 'Les Spirales' by the Portuguese artist Sr. Nadir Afonso,
Concordance is achieved with the image on the front of the card, the postage stamp (Portugal, 1989. Michel nº 1798) and the 'CHAVES', Portugal postmark which is where the painting currently hangs.
Happy fun and happy collecting!
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dorincard
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Posts: 1,577
What I collect: My focus is on Wild Mammals on maximum cards. Occasionally, I get or create maximum cards with other animals, or any other topic.
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Post by dorincard on Jun 26, 2024 20:11:39 GMT
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,372
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Jun 28, 2024 19:00:28 GMT
Today (28 June) is the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. I realised these two maxicards for my friends using Canada's 2017 marriage equality stamp, two Pride postcards sponsored by the Postcrossing community, and the pictorial cancel available at Montreal's Gay Village. No one seems to know why the triangle in the cancel is not upside down. ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/06/28/10c514b0448544c879271b69ae3365aa.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/06/28/01ff484343ea2f844ec5b6dbc0cd8e3d.jpg)
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armenin2000
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I am 73 years old. I have been collecting stamps since 1963. My interests are Greater Russia. Stamps
Posts: 300
What I collect: Greater Russia. Stamps, covers , maxcards
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Post by armenin2000 on Jul 6, 2024 9:46:10 GMT
The postmark .The city of Nizhny Novgorod .City day. ![](https://i.ibb.co/fCfgpNr/image.jpg)
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armenin2000
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I am 73 years old. I have been collecting stamps since 1963. My interests are Greater Russia. Stamps
Posts: 300
What I collect: Greater Russia. Stamps, covers , maxcards
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Post by armenin2000 on Jul 6, 2024 9:56:22 GMT
The postmark .World Space Week .the city of Yuzhno-Uralsk , Chelyabinsk region ![](https://i.ibb.co/TLRb0V9/image.jpg)
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armenin2000
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I am 73 years old. I have been collecting stamps since 1963. My interests are Greater Russia. Stamps
Posts: 300
What I collect: Greater Russia. Stamps, covers , maxcards
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Post by armenin2000 on Jul 7, 2024 18:03:32 GMT
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armenin2000
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I am 73 years old. I have been collecting stamps since 1963. My interests are Greater Russia. Stamps
Posts: 300
What I collect: Greater Russia. Stamps, covers , maxcards
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Post by armenin2000 on Jul 10, 2024 18:17:27 GMT
Armenia.The year of the tiger according to the lunar calendar.The postmark .The first day.Yerevan ![](https://i.ibb.co/vXWbYRY/image.jpg)
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armenin2000
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I am 73 years old. I have been collecting stamps since 1963. My interests are Greater Russia. Stamps
Posts: 300
What I collect: Greater Russia. Stamps, covers , maxcards
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Post by armenin2000 on Jul 14, 2024 19:38:17 GMT
Traditional Balkar felt carpet bichgen kiyiz.the postmark of the first day .Decorative and applied art of Russia.The city of Nalchik .Kabardino - Balkaria. ![](https://i.ibb.co/VQ11qMv/image.jpg)
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armenin2000
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I am 73 years old. I have been collecting stamps since 1963. My interests are Greater Russia. Stamps
Posts: 300
What I collect: Greater Russia. Stamps, covers , maxcards
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Post by armenin2000 on Jul 14, 2024 19:45:35 GMT
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,372
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Jul 26, 2024 12:34:42 GMT
Maxicard of puffins realised in Witless Bay (Newfoundland), Canada with a puffin pictorial cancel. ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/07/26/1680dfdcadcf5eeae718c2460cf01c05.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/07/26/3deb88ec66a738a93a68136c659b278d.jpg) Canadian postmasters are not as skilled at applying pictorial cancels at the optimal locations. I must be spoiled by the impeccable Japanese postal clerks!
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,372
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Aug 2, 2024 21:03:39 GMT
Maxicards of rural Japan realised in Hokkaido using my own photo postcard and a fukei-in showing hay bales, a flower (Rhododendron dauricum native to Hokkaido, Japan), and a farming machinery (whatever it’s called): [Date of cancellation: 10 June 2024.] ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/02/2177b7715cea4ef4dfdda8264d74a2c5.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/02/e757da64195781773f616a42e2cd99a3.jpg)
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armenin2000
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I am 73 years old. I have been collecting stamps since 1963. My interests are Greater Russia. Stamps
Posts: 300
What I collect: Greater Russia. Stamps, covers , maxcards
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Post by armenin2000 on Aug 4, 2024 18:13:45 GMT
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkouski a self-taught Russian and Soviet scientist who developed theoretical issues of cosmonautics, an esoteric thinker who dealt with philosophical problems of space exploration.The postmark is the city of Kaluga .- the cradle of cosmonautics.12.04 - Cosmonautics Day . ![](https://i.ibb.co/sJ7T3fm/1200000.jpg)
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armenin2000
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I am 73 years old. I have been collecting stamps since 1963. My interests are Greater Russia. Stamps
Posts: 300
What I collect: Greater Russia. Stamps, covers , maxcards
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Post by armenin2000 on Aug 4, 2024 19:04:58 GMT
Yuri Gagarin reports to the heads of state on the completion of the flight ![](https://i.ibb.co/KhRZg0L/1200000.jpg) Valentina Tereshkova - the first female cosmonaut ![](https://i.ibb.co/dbtL9Gy/1200000.jpg)
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dorincard
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Posts: 1,577
What I collect: My focus is on Wild Mammals on maximum cards. Occasionally, I get or create maximum cards with other animals, or any other topic.
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Post by dorincard on Aug 5, 2024 0:36:43 GMT
Tsiolkovski, not Tsiolkouski. Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkouski a self-taught Russian and Soviet scientist who developed theoretical issues of cosmonautics, an esoteric thinker who dealt with philosophical problems of space exploration.The postmark is the city of Kaluga .- the cradle of cosmonautics.12.04 - Cosmonautics Day . ![](https://i.ibb.co/sJ7T3fm/1200000.jpg)
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armenin2000
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I am 73 years old. I have been collecting stamps since 1963. My interests are Greater Russia. Stamps
Posts: 300
What I collect: Greater Russia. Stamps, covers , maxcards
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Post by armenin2000 on Aug 5, 2024 11:48:41 GMT
Thanks for the tip.But I would rather like to hear a comment on how the cartmaximum is made.Or is it not customary to write about it here?
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,372
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Aug 6, 2024 16:22:53 GMT
Another eclipse maxicards realised using Canada’s 2024 eclipse stamp and the first-day-of-issue cancel. It seems that the FDoI cancel is rather difficult to handle, the staff didn’t put the cancel where I hope it should be, so the date of issue was not visible: ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/06/9a154c161cdc430fe220898539269d14.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/06/06a519fa710ac45d434b56a29d1baf80.jpg)
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dorincard
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Posts: 1,577
What I collect: My focus is on Wild Mammals on maximum cards. Occasionally, I get or create maximum cards with other animals, or any other topic.
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Post by dorincard on Aug 7, 2024 1:22:00 GMT
![](https://i.ibb.co/y6XXHv4/Screenshot-20240806-091232.jpg) ![](https://i.ibb.co/VDPhvzR/Screenshot-20240806-082659.jpg) Thank you, 1,540 philatelist voters from around the world, who voted in the FILABRAS contest from Brasil!
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armenin2000
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I am 73 years old. I have been collecting stamps since 1963. My interests are Greater Russia. Stamps
Posts: 300
What I collect: Greater Russia. Stamps, covers , maxcards
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Post by armenin2000 on Aug 9, 2024 18:14:01 GMT
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armenin2000
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I am 73 years old. I have been collecting stamps since 1963. My interests are Greater Russia. Stamps
Posts: 300
What I collect: Greater Russia. Stamps, covers , maxcards
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Post by armenin2000 on Aug 11, 2024 19:31:10 GMT
Motorcycles Ij.The postmark .The history of domestic transport .Moscow. ![](https://i.ibb.co/hdxs6sM/image.jpg)
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dorincard
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Posts: 1,577
What I collect: My focus is on Wild Mammals on maximum cards. Occasionally, I get or create maximum cards with other animals, or any other topic.
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Post by dorincard on Aug 12, 2024 19:12:07 GMT
Nice fauna and bikes maxicards!
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,372
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Aug 12, 2024 19:26:15 GMT
Maxicards realised on 4 August 2024 on the animated adaptation by Kyoto Animation of the light novel series Sound! Euphonium. All 5 ‘frame’ stamps were taken from the 2023 set that commemorates the release of the film Special Edition Sound! Euphonium ~Ensemble Contest~ (特別編 響け!ユーフォニアム〜アンサンブルコンテスト〜) last year, which was premiered in Japan exactly on 4 August. For the cancel, originally I was aiming for the fukei-in offered at Nishiogura Post Office (left) that emphases on the famed Uji Bridge, which appears several times in the franchise. However, as this year’s 4 August is a Sunday, all post offices in Uji were closed except one that offers a fukei-in showing the Buddhist temple Byodo-in together with the bridge (right): ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/12/a73a5d052dc99d4fa8540828c7fd7a18.jpg) So this is what I got. 3 of the postcards were taken from a set of exclusive ‘NOT FOR SALE’ postcards that came with the release of the feature film. The date 4 August is marked on the cards. 2 others were taken from a set of 5 ‘mega-postcards’ produced by Kyoto Animation. [Date of cancellation: 4 August 2024.] ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/12/08781580e8c65beaedc0ea533a1283b6.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/12/e0b4970ad1c030107e85be22ec582951.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/12/2929735b70d52cf5251f7cb2885ea3ce.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/12/8315220f4a622b2657ca9a481b6a1671.jpg) [The bridge in the background (behind Mizore and Nozomi) is Uji Bridge – the very bridge that’s depicted in the cancel.] ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/12/7d28ea308f5d09c4303809a8197858b4.jpg) The challenge in realisng this set is that the ‘frame’ stamps are really HUGE compared with a regular-sized postcard, leaving very little space for planning the stamp and the cancel. Because of this, for the 3 smaller maxicards, I chose to request the regular black Japanese cancel, which stood out better than a dark-red fukei-in. I specifically requested the fukei-in for the larger maxicards, because the very bridge is shown on the image of one of them! I hope you like my newest creations ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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dorincard
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Posts: 1,577
What I collect: My focus is on Wild Mammals on maximum cards. Occasionally, I get or create maximum cards with other animals, or any other topic.
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Post by dorincard on Aug 12, 2024 19:36:05 GMT
Nice!
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,372
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Aug 12, 2024 19:48:58 GMT
I seem to be the only person making anime-themed maxicards?
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dorincard
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Posts: 1,577
What I collect: My focus is on Wild Mammals on maximum cards. Occasionally, I get or create maximum cards with other animals, or any other topic.
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Post by dorincard on Aug 12, 2024 20:28:38 GMT
I bet there are a few Japanese postcrossers, too.
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