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DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
My native town: Braşov, Romania
"The "Black Church" (Biserica Neagră), which some claim to be the largest Gothic style church in South-Eastern...
4 days ago Dorincard | Topics: cool, postcards, dorincard, stamp...
 
ofb123
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Stamps of Benin (formerly Dahomey) – Philatelic Country Profile
Benin is a country in West Africa bordered Togo to the West, Nigeria to the East, Burkino Faso to the North East, Niger to the...
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
WOA TALLEST TREES NON-AUTOGRAPHED MAXIMUM CARD (I CREATED ONLY A HANDFUL)
- Condition:  UNCIRCULATED WONDERS OF AMERICA COAST REDWOODS MAXIMUM CARD (19X13cm, 7.5x5.25inches) WITH FIRST DAY OF...
21 days ago Dorincard | Topics: postcards, dorincard, stamp..., philately
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
WOA LARGEST PLANT NON-AUTOGRAPHED MAXIMUM CARD (I CREATED ONLY A HANDFUL)
- Condition:  UNCIRCULATED WONDERS OF AMERICA QUAKING ASPEN MAXIMUM CARD (19X13cm, 7.5x5.25inches) WITH FIRST DAY OF...
21 days ago Dorincard | Topics: postcards, dorincard, stamp..., philately
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
WOA OLDEST TREES BRISTLECONE PINE NON-AUTOGRAPHED MAXIMUM CARD (I CREATED ONLY A HANDFUL)
- Condition:  UNCIRCULATED WONDERS OF AMERICA BRISTLECONE PINES MAXIMUM CARD (19X13cm, 7.5x5.25inches) WITH FIRST DAY...
21 days ago Dorincard | Topics: postcards, dorincard, stamp..., philately
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
WOA LONGEST REEF NON-AUTOGRAPHED MAXIMUM CARD (I CREATED ONLY A HANDFUL)
WONDERS OF AMERICA OFF THE FLORIDA KEYS MAXIMUM CARD (19X13cm, 7.5x5.25 inches) WITH FIRST DAY OF ISSUE PICTORIAL POSTMARK.I...
22 days ago Dorincard | Topics: postcards, dorincard, fauna, fish
 
ISRAELITY
ISRAELITY posted a blog entry
Nostalgia Sunday – JNF-KKL stamp club
About a week and a half ago, an event took place at the Jewish National Fund House in Tel Aviv that might be termed historic:...
 
ofb123
ofb123 posted a blog entry
Stamps of Belize (formerly British Honduras) – Philatelic Country Profile
Belize is a small country in Central America bounded by Mexico, Guatemala, and the Caribbean Sea. Belize was known as British...
 
Zul Z
Zul Z posted a blog entry
The Encyclopedia of US Stamps
The art and craft of stamp collecting is widely shared by millions of stamp collectors all over the world. This fact is very...
 
ofb123
ofb123 posted a blog entry
Stamps of Belgium - Philatelic Country Profile
Belgium is a country in Western Europe bordered by the North Sea to the West, Netherlands to the North, France to the South,...
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
Maximum card: Red Panda / Lesser Panda (Ailurus fulgens)
The top MC (maximum card) is official issue of Taiwan Post - very nice.The other maximum card was created specially for me, at...
36 days ago Dorincard | Topics: cool, cute, wild, postcards
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
First Day Cover (FDC): Dracula, founder of Bucharest, capital of Romania
This superb FDC was sent to me by my good friend Teodor Ghiatza-Melnic, from Romania. Thank you! :)Read more in the text from 2...
39 days ago Dorincard | Topics: stamps, Dracula, Romania, stamp...
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
WONDERS OF AMERICA: AUTOGRAPHED SET OF 40 MAXIMUM CARDS WITH FIRST DAY OF ISSUE PICTORIAL POSTMARK
This is an example of active stamp collecting, as opposed to passive.I did NOT just buy these maximum cards; I created them, in...
46 days ago Dorincard | Topics: cool, wild, postcards, dorincard
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
Maximum card/ carte maximum/ maximumkarte: Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Stoop - there it is...The fastest animal on the planet in its hunting dive, the stoop, which involves soaring to a great height...
48 days ago Dorincard | Topics: cool, wild, postcards, dorincard
 
ofb123
ofb123 posted a blog entry
Stamps of Belarus – Philatelic Country Profile
Belarus is a small land-locked country in Eastern Europe bounded by Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia. The country...
 
Sumthinblue
Sumthinblue posted a blog entry
Postmark Paris
When I was young, it drove my parents crazy that all their letter envelopes had ragged rectangular tears around the top right...
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
Maximum cards: white sturgeon, the largest freshwater fish in America
Not from the bowels of Hell, but from... Hells Canyon, Idaho (I-da-ho?), says this postcard:From the 40-stamp series "Wonders...
57 days ago Dorincard | Topics: cool, wild, postcards, dorincard
 
ofb123
ofb123 posted a blog entry
Stamps of Barbuda – Philatelic Country Profile
Barbuda is a small Island and is a part of the country of Antigua & Barbuda consisting of the two islands. The Island of...
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
Halloween costume idea? WTH is this, a scary pig - the swine flu source, host of H1N1 virus? No. It's just a babirusa!
USA declares swine flu 'emergency'.Just don't blame the babirusa, an innocent wild animal....
61 days ago Dorincard | Topics: cool, wild, dorincard, fauna
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
Forgeries: how to spot fake stamps from St. Vincent about Michael Jackson, apart from the real ones
I suppose that the above maximum card, from my collection, is genuine. :)From myphilately.com, a very nice and useful forum for...
64 days ago Dorincard | Topics: cool, postcards, dorincard, stamp...
 
ofb123
ofb123 posted a blog entry
Stamps of Barbados – Philatelic Country Profile
Barbados is an island country in the Caribbean located north-east of Venezuela and is considered part of the Lesser Antilles....
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
Maximaphily item: collector-created USA maximum card - bullfrog
The eyes may be the window of the soul, but when you are about to "kiss a frog", you better get a good look at the whole...
75 days ago Dorincard | Topics: wild, postcards, dorincard, fauna
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
That's bull****! The asteriscs are F-R-O-G...Maximum card USA, from "Wonders of America" 2006 series of 40 stamps
There are small snakes who eat smaller frogs, and there are bullfrogs who eat those small snakes. Moral: be careful what frogs...
75 days ago Dorincard | Topics: wild, postcards, dorincard, fauna
 
ofb123
ofb123 posted a blog entry
Stamps of Bangladesh – Philatelic Country Profile
Bangladesh is a country in South East Asia bordered by the Bay of Bengal to the South, Burma to the South East, and bounded...
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
Splendid Arabian Purebred Horses: Ras-Al-Khaima stamps
This is a wonderful stamp series of artful (not artsy-fartsy) drawings of horses. I got the 5 lower denominations while I was...
82 days ago Dorincard | Topics: stamps, cool, horse, mammal
 
ofb123
ofb123 posted a blog entry
Stamps of Bahrain – Philatelic Country Profile
Bahrain is is an archipelago of thirty three Islands in the Persian Gulf consisting of Bahrain itself, Muharraq, Umm an Nasan,...
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
Miniature sheet Guinea-Bissau 2007: Michael Jackson
I like this miniature sheet from 2007...it shows a few memorable images from Michael Jackson's life, with different looks.Yes,...
88 days ago Dorincard | Topics: stamps, cool, Guinea-Bissau, USA
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
Personalized stamp: Striped White Tiger 2
Striped White Tiger 2 Blue by dorincoThe image of the whole stamp is enlarged, so you can view it better.
93 days ago Dorincard | Topics: cool, wild, fauna, stamp...
 
ofb123
ofb123 posted a blog entry
Stamps of Bahamas – Philatelic Country Profile
Bahamas is a country consisting of 29 islands located in the Atlantic Ocean south east of United States. Its land area totals...
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
WWF Maximum cards from Paraguay: giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
These are two official maximum cards (MCs) produced by the World Wildlife Fund, on behalf on Paraguay Post. Very interesting...
117 days ago Dorincard | Topics: cool, cute, wild, Paraguay
 
ofb123
ofb123 posted a blog entry
Stamps of Australia – Philatelic Country Profile
Australia, a country in the Southern Hemisphere is comprised of the main island, the Island of Tasmania in the South East, and...
 
ofb123
ofb123 posted a blog entry
Stamps of Aruba – Philatelic Country Profile
Aruba is a small island nation in the Caribbean north of Venezuela in the West Indies (Lower Antilles). Its land area totals...
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
Maximum card: clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) from Malaysia
I love this MC! I sent Choh San this postcard, along with others, and he took expert care of the stamp (WWF = World Wildlife...
164 days ago Dorincard | Topics: cool, cute, postcards, Malaysia
 
DorinC
DorinC posted a blog entry
Michael Jackson - Official maximum card from Saint Vincent
I like very much this Michael Jackson official maximum card from Saint Vincent (postal autonomy of the state Saint Vincent and...
169 days ago Dorincard | Topics: cool, postcards, dorincard, stamp...