Saturday, 27 February 2010
Tiger Stamps - Perforation and Watermark Varieties
The tiger stamps released on February 23, 2010 have perforation and watermark varieties. There are two watermark varieties - sideway up and sideway down. It looks like the sideway down is less common (not rare). On the other hand, the perforation varieties are found within a single stamp sheet. The tiger stamps were printed in a format of sheet-of-20 with the stamp layout as shown in the diagram below. The perforation for all the horizontal lines within the sheet has a size of P13.5. However, not all the vertical lines in the sheet have a perforation size of P13.5. The right most vertical line has a perforation size P14, and the other vertical lines are P13.5. So, this means that only the Malayan tiger stamp has two types of perforations. Both the sideway up and sideway down watermarked sheets have the same combination of perforations. Have you got these varieties? If no, then go to hunt for them!
the stamp layout of a sheet. The red lines are P13.5 and the green line is P14. KT is Korean Tiger/Siberian Tiger and MT is Malayan Tiger
An ATM Cover from Singapore
Singapore postal authority issued a new ATM on February 22, 2010. Terence sent me this ATM cover from Singapore. The new ATM from Singapore is beautiful indeed.
Singapore Post Centre 1; date: February 22, 2010
Friday, 26 February 2010
Wow! Postally Used Stamps of Thailand
Wow..... these postally used stamps of Thailand are fabulous. I just love them.
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Maxicards - Siberian Tiger
The tiger stamps issued on February 23, 2010 are definitely popular stamps for making maxicards. I believe that there would be many maxicard enthuasiasts have created nice maxicards for these tiger stamps. I have two maxicards created using one of the tiger stamps - the Siberian tiger. The postcards show the Siberian tiger therefore the Siberian tiger stamp was used to create the maxicards.
Malaysia 2010 - Malaysia-South Korea Joint Issue: Tigers
Pos Malaysia released today her second stamp issue for year 2010 - Malaysia-South Korea Joint Issue. The subject used in the joint issue is tiger. This joint issue is actually also to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Malaysia-Korea Diplomatic Relations. Two tiger stamps with denomination of 50 sen were issued - one stamp depicts Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) and the other one on Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni). The Siberian tiger and Malayan tiger are different subspecies of tiger. The Siberian tiger is the largest tiger subspecies distributed from Russia to Korea. On the other hand, the Malayan tiger is the smallest tiger subspecies confined to Peninsular Malaysia.
These tiger stamps are absolutely beautiful. It is indeed a very pleasant surprise from Pos Malaysia to have such a beautiful stamp set to coincide the year of tiger. The South Korea counterpart also issued the same design of the tiger stamps on the same day.
the left is Siberian tiger and the right is Malayan tiger
These tiger stamps are absolutely beautiful. It is indeed a very pleasant surprise from Pos Malaysia to have such a beautiful stamp set to coincide the year of tiger. The South Korea counterpart also issued the same design of the tiger stamps on the same day.
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