【Iban Warrior Dance 伊班武士舞 】【Maximum Card 极限片】

【Iban Warrior Dance 伊班武士舞 】【Maximum Card 极限片】
Stamp issued on : 15.9.2015
Postmark : First Day Pictorial, Kuching
Postcard : Philip Hii Postcard
邮票发行日期 : 15.9.2015
邮戳 ： 首日图案戳，古晋
明信片 ：Philip Hii 明信片

After 48 years,US President revisited Malaysia on 26-28th April, 2014

48 年以后，美国总统再一次到访马来西亚。奥巴马在马来西亚逗留三天 26-28/4/2014，意义深远。

在大马与美国，有这么一个纪念军人壮义牺牲的纪念碑，外形相似，那就是美国的 Iwo Jiwa 海军纪念碑和大马的国家纪念碑。两座纪念碑都是一组军人齐挺国旗的造型。原来2个纪念碑的设计都出自同一个雕塑家 Felix De Weldon

It is indeed an honor to have the President of the USA, Barrack Obama coming to Malaysia for an official visit on 26 -28 April, 2014. It was 48 years ago when Lyndon B. Johnson the last U.S. president to visit Malaysia in the year1966.

There is one monument resemblance closely in the outlook built in both Malaysia and USA i.e the Iwo Jiwa Memorial (USA) and the Tugu Nasional ( Malaysia ), both the massive monuments were master crafted by the famous Sculptor Felix De Weldon. The monuments look similar, with soldiers upholding  the respective country's National Flags.

IWO JIMA, USA

Tugu Malaysia

Do you know covered under the stamp is a WATCH ?

For an Ad Card like the above, image of an advertising product appearing on the card cannot be avoided. Fortunately, the image is printed on one corner and can be ideally covered over by a stamp. This is an Ad Card by a renown Watch Company, by covering the image of the Watch by a postage stamp, it becomes an ideal Maximum Card.

• A maximum card created with "great warrior" stamp, FDI pictorial cancel @ Seremban

Tugu Malaysia War Memorial VS USA IWO JIMA War Memorial

Without a closer look, the USA IWO JIWA War Memorial monument with the Soldiers upholding a US Flag looks similar to the Tugu Malaysia War Memorial with the soldiers upholding a Malaysian Flag. Does the similarity happen coincidently ?

• A maximum card created with "Great Warriors" stamp, FDI pictorial cancel @ Seremban

Enjoyed creating MCs @ Bangkok 2010 - Chinese Great Warrior Statues 关公? 门神?

• A maximum card created with "chinese warrior statue", CDS date Cancel @ Bangkok 2010

Enjoyed creating MCs @ Bangkok 2010 - The Elephant Warriors

In the past, Thais went for war on elephants. Today, the scenes of elephant warriors can ONLY be seen on demonstration shows . Here it is the great elephant warriors of the Thais and I have them recorded on MCs.

• A maximum card realised with "elephant warrior" stamp, CDS date Cancel @ Bangkok

25th Asian Philatelic Exhibition begins on 4th August - Is Bangkok city still patrolled by these Peace Keepers ?

Will be leaving this morning to Bangkok for the 25th Asian Philatelic Exhibition opening  on 4th August 2010 @ Queen Sirikit Convention Centre. The news reported 2 bombing incidents happened in the city centre of Bangkok in the last few days. My goodness, Bangkok is still in an unrest situation ?  Is the exhibition going to be as quiet ? Well, I will ONLY know when I get there. Perhaps, the public places in Bangkok are still patrolled by these Peace Keepers.

•  A maximum card realised with "Brave Warrior" stamp issued on 31st July, 2010, FDI pictorial cancel @ Seremban

GPO door closed @ 3 pm on 31.7.10, I was late ! My enthusiasm in Maximaphily with persuasion moved one of the staffs to allow me in to complete the cancellation for my MCs

It was a Saturday - 31st. July, 2010, Normally Philatelic Bureaux throughout the country are closed for the weekend. It had been a long time that new stamps were NOT for sale on Saturdays. This "Brave Warrior" stamp issue set an experimental platform for the Post to gauge on the response from the public on the sales of  new stamps on Saturdays. As this is the "first" time Post was selling  new stamp on a Saturday, it neglected to announce to the public on the business  hour of the day. I am from a different city, I would have to get  the  GPO FDI pictorial postmark on my maximum cards. I thought GPO would close as usual at 5 pm. When I showed up at the GPO at 3.30 pm, the staffs were about to pack to go home. I was told that the business for the day had been closed at 3.00 pm. My God, I rushed all the way to GPO to get a "Kuala Lumpur" Postmark on my maximum cards, the bad news was really a great disappointment to me. I persuaded one of the staffs to stay for a little longer to allow me to have my maximum cards cancelled, with my explanation elaborating with Maximaphily, I managed to move the staff to allow me in to complete my mission. I did  most of my maximum cards at my home town earlier in the morning, however, I needed the "Kuala Lumpur" postmark for some of my other maximum cards. Why do I need "Kuala Lumpur" cancellation, I will elaborate  in my subsequent blogs.

• A maximum card realised with "Brave Warrior" stamp issued on 31st July, 2010, FDI pictorial cancel @ Kuala Lumpur

I Do NOT have any typical Malaysian Army PCs, hence, Imported PCs used for the Maximum Card

I could not find any typical Malaysia Warriors postcards, hence, I am using the postcards from the foreign which depict the Army for the realisation of the Maximum cards for the Malaysian Brave Warriors new stamps.

• A maximum card realised with "Brave Warriors" stamp issued on 31.7.2010, FDI pictorial cancel @ Seremban