【2011 Yokohama World Philatelic Exhibition : Wonderful time creating Japanese Maximum Cards 】 【2011 日本横滨世界邮展 ：制极限片乐】

【2011 Yokohama World Philatelic Exhibition : Wonderful time creating Japanese Maximum Cards 】
【2011 日本横滨世界邮展 ：制极限片乐】

Attended the 2011 Yokohama Philatelic Exhibition, enjoyed creating maximum cards with the Japanese stamps and postcards bought from the neaby shopping centres. The postal officers making cancellation on philatelic items were experience and skillful. Very neat and nice cancels produced on all the Maximum Cards I did. How I wish the Malaysian Postal personnels can do the same. Share a maximum card I realised in 2011 @ Yokohama, Japan.

2011 年出席日本横滨世界邮展，在会场我制作了无数的日本极限片。会场购买邮票，附近的商场找明信片，发现可制作的极限片还蛮多的。日本邮局人员服务佳，个个都是销戳高手，一锤定戳，完美！真希望我国的邮政人员服务态度能和日本人一样。分享一枚我在横滨制作的极限片。

2011 : Yokohama memorial hall 横滨开港纪念馆

2011 : Yokohama - a World Class Busy Port 横滨：世界繁忙的港口

2011 Yokohama Harbour City 日本横滨海港城市一览

I could NOT resist to realise this beautiful BAYBridge of Yokohama, Japan 制作一枚美哉的横滨海滨桥极限片

Relising MCs at Philanippon 2011，Yokohama, Japan 日本横滨世界邮展尝试制作极限片

 

It is NOT cheap to realise a Maximum Card in JAPAN as compared to the scenario in Malaysia. Firstly, the cost of an ordinary postcard is selling at 157yen ( i.e ~ RM 6.20 ), about 6 times the cost of a card in Malaysia. Secondly, the value of the postage stamp,  a stamp of normal face value cost 80yen (~ RM 3.20) . Hence, an ordinary stamp + an ordinary card cost approx. 237yen or RM 9.50, many times the cost of producing a maximum card in Malaysia. However, since I was at Yokohama for Philanippon 2011 World Philatelic Exhibition, I would NOT miss the opportunity to realise some MCs for keeping.  Having made the decision to realise MCs, following I began to worry whether the Japan Postal Staffs are capable of making good postmark cancellation on a slippery surfaced postcard. If the postal staff failed me, I would waste the monies in buying the stamps and postcards. Was glad that the experienced postal staff of the Japan Post did perfect job on the cancellation on all of my maximum cards. Many thanks to the Japan Post.  The excellent cancellation work performed by the postal staff is an asset to the maximum card collectors, I was thinking, if I am living in Japan, I would make use of this asset to produce many maximum cards. However, in a strong traditional based philatelic environment in Japan, there is hardly anyone realising Maximum cards @ Philanippon 2011 .....