Cute Fire Flies Maximum Card. 可爱的萤火虫极限片

 Cute Fire Flies Maximum Card.

可爱的萤火虫极限片

Date issued 发行日期 : 10.5.2010

Postmark Cancellation 销戳邮局 : Kuala Selangor - Home for fire

flies 瓜雪 - 萤火虫之家

Postcard 明信片 ：Kg.Kuantan fire flies resort publication. 关丹村萤火虫度假村限量片。

【Fire Fly 萤火虫】【Maximum Card 极限片】 【2010 Malaysia Fireflies 马来西亚萤火虫 】

【Fire Fly 萤火虫】【Maximum Card 极限片】
【2010 Malaysia Fireflies 马来西亚萤火虫 】

 

 

Stamp issued on : 10.5.2010
Postmark :  Pictorial, Kuala Selangor

Postcard ： Kg Kuantan Fireflies Park Postcard

 

邮票发行日期 : 10.5.2010
邮戳 ： 图案戳，瓜拉雪兰莪

明信片： Kg Kuantan Fireflies Park  明信片

 

 

2010 ： Firefly 萤火虫

2010 ： Firefly 萤火虫

2010 ： Kuala Selangor Fireflie Village 瓜雪萤火虫

2010 ： The Nature wonder of Kuala Selangor - Fireflies 萤火虫之乡 - 瓜雪

Firefly 创世纪： 神说，要有光，就有了光

创世纪1:3 神说，要有光，就有了光

Kampong Kuantan firefly Village is NOT in Pahang although it bears the name Kuantan

Kampong Kuantan firefly village is famous for its fireflies nature reserve. It bears the name Kuantan but it is NOT related to Kuantan, and it is NOT situated in Pahang BUT in Selangor.

• A maximum card realised with "firefly" stamp, FDI pictorial cancel @ Kuala Selangor, the home for fireflies in Malaysia

Maximum Cards are NOT Cheap ! - Malaysia Fireflies 10.5.2010

Many are saying and quoting that Maximum Cards are cheap since the newly created MCs are modern stuffs. Many are claiming that maximum cards are worth  the face value of a postcard + a stamp . These are statements mostly given by the Non-maximum card collectors. They have neglected the hidden costs  one has to incur to acquire a postcard and the effort in the making of the maximum card, hence, I can tell all that a self-made maximum card can never be Cheap. I will like all to appreciate and respect the effort as put in by a maximaphilist in each and every maximum card. Can I just pose a question to all,  If self made maximum cards are cheap, can one easily acquire one MC in the open market ? and where ? Are there any willing sellers around ? I will like to sum up here with some hidden costs in the making of a maximum card :

a. The price paid for a postcard ( Many a times these postcards are NOT acquired from the immediate market. Higher prices may be paid for rare postcards. At times incurred with postage , travelling charges etc.)

b. The cost in travelling to get the postcard cancelled at the place of concordant. 

c. The casualties in cancelling postmark on maximum cards. A bad postmark is often Non-reversible, postage stamp and postcard are nullified.

d. The Non-return of MCs sent for cancellation at a distant post offices or Overseas post offices.

Well, in the realisation of the Malaysia Fireflies Maximum cards, I made my trip to Kuala Selangor to have them properly cancelled with a postmark of concordant. The trip from my hometown at Seremban to Kuala Selangor took me 1.5 hours covering a distance of more than 150 kms. Can someone compute for me , What is the average hidden cost attributed to a firefly maximum card I made ? I never like to do such a computation, as the figure always works out to be shocking ! I am just reflecting a scenario of a cost appraisal of a maximum card.  If you think Maximum card is cheap, I will never spare you One, as you are NOT appreciating the effort put in by any maximaphilist who has created the maximum card. 

Will like to share with you the route I took from Seremban to Kuala Selangor : 

• Maximum Card created with "Malaysia Fireflies" stamp issued on 10.5.2010, FDI pictorial Cancel @ Kuala Selangor.

To be precise, use the correct stamp on Maximum Card - Malaysia Fireflies Stamp 10.5.2010

I have used the high denomination RM5 stamp detached from the Malaysia Firefly Miniature Sheet to realise the Maximum Cards. Many were curious to know why I did NOT use the lower denomination stamps instead. There were 4 other fireflies stamps with lower denominations of 30sen and 50sen, it is definitely cheaper to use them on maximum cards. I had insisted to adopt the RM5 stamp for the  reason that the ONLY species of fireflies found at Kuala Selangor is the Pteroptye tener which is depicted on the RM5 stamp, and the postcards I had in hand are of the same species of firefly. Try to go for perfection as far as realisation of a maximum card is concerned - it is so called a maximum card, hence, we have to go for the maximum concordance in all angles.

• Maximum card realised with the Malaysia fireflies stamp issued on 10.5.2010, FDI pictorial cancel @ Kuala Selangor

Looking for the BEST place of concordance (Maximaphily) - Malaysia Firefly stamp issue 10.5.2010

I will always try my very best to look for the place of concordance to have my cancellation of the postmark on maximum cards - it is a great challenge in Maximaphily. Of course there are several postmarks can be considered for the realisation of maximum cards for each new stamp issue, however, there is always a BEST postmark available. It is the greatest satisfaction to have the BEST concordant postmark on a maximum card. I will like to quote the Malaysia firefly stamp issue as an example, as Kuala Selangor is welknown as a paradise of the fireflies, hence, there is no doubt that the BEST postmark to tie the firefly stamp to the postcard is " Kuala Selangor ". Without hesitation, I  made my trip to  Kuala Selangor post office to have my mission done.

• A maximum card realised with the "Malaysia Firefly" stamp issued on 10.5.2010, FDI pictorial postmark @ Kuala Selangor

 

Go sightseeing whilst creating maximum cards - Malaysia Firefly Maximum Card 10.5.2010

Have you been to Kuala Selangor ? I have NOT been there, BUT it was the urge to create a few maximum cards for the recently issued "Fireflies" stamp that brought me to the town of Kuala Selangor. Kuala Selangor is noted as the home of fireflies, hence, I had decided to make a trip to the local post office to have my maximum cards cancelled @ the particular post office. In the past, Maximaphily had made me to travel to several remote post offices in towns which I had never thought of paying a visit at all.  Since, I was at Kuala Selangor, I made a trip to the nearby Pasir Penambang fishing village to enjoy  a good meal of crab porridge. I further proceeded to Tanjong Karang and Sekinchan to enjoy a pleasant sunset view at the vast paddy fields. Overall, it was a fruitful trip - I have made my maximum cards, I have enjoyed a delicious meal, I have been to a vast paddy field. The next time , you can plan a sightseeing trip with the creation of maximum cards. - killing several birds with one stone, why NOT ?  Happy traveling & sightseeing, at the same time  enjoy creating your MCs.

• Maximum card realised with the "Malaysian Firefly" stamp issued on 10.5.2010, FDI pictorial cancel @ Kuala Selangor

Twinkle, twinkle little star - the Fireflies of Malaysia

Kuala Selangor is known to be the home of the fireflies in Malaysia as there are thousands and millions of firefly colonies harbouring on the berembang mangrove trees along the river sanctuary which lights up the surroundings with these little insects' blinking tails. Tourists will be able to witness this spectacular sight of the Nature wonders by taking a leisure boat ride along the river sanctuary. Before you take a trip to the wonderland of the fireflies of Malayisa, I will like to share with you a Maximum Card of the Blinking Fireflies.

• Maximum Card realised with the "Fireflies" stamp issued on 10.5.2010, FDI pictorial cancel @ Kuala Selangor.

"You" light up my life

Somehow, in life one needs to have a hobby to keep time occupied, and I really find Maximaphily  a fascinating hobby to keep me busy. It is not a monotonous hobby, it keeps my heart beats with every new issue of postage stamps, in a way, it keeps me young . It keeps me busy for the whole year round - hunting for postcards, researching on subjects related to the stamp issue, locating the post office which I am going to visit to have the maximum card done, well, the process repeats for every new stamp issue. Really, by viewing these Maximum Cards I have done, I feel rewarding and satisfying. Maximaphily, "You" light up my life!

• Maximum Card created with "Firefly" stamp issued on 10.5.2010, FDI pictorial cancel @ Kuala Selangor