Vernon W. Pickering

Country: MONACO

Condition: GRACE KELLY 2007 MAXIMUM CARD MONACO

Country: BRUNEI

Condition: CHURCHILL BRUNEI RARE 1973 FDC

Country: USA

Condition: USA 2013 * DIGITALIS * FIRST DAY OF ISSUE MAXIMUM CARD

Description: SPECIAL FIRST DAY OF ISSUE CANCELLATION ~~~ LIMITED EDITION ~~~ ONLY ONE AVAILABLE

Country: USA

Condition: SHERLOCK HOLMES Yellow Face CLIF-PEX 2008

Country: United States

Condition: L.B. JOHNSON good

Description: RARE MAXIMUM CARD -- A Maximum Card is a picture postcard with a postage stamp affixed on the view side cancelled (postmarked) with maximum concordance between elements (depiction on stamp matching the depiction on postcard - or elements of it -- with a postmark that is as closely related as possible to what is depicted on stamp and postcard)

Country: SAN MARINO

Condition: ALEXANDER FLEMING FIRST DAY COVER SAN MARINO 1983

Description: This stamp cannot be found separately on a single FDC. Only few covers were made on first day of issue with this stamp alone and not the entire set. SCARCE

Country: SMOM

Condition: CIMA DA CONEGLIANO 3 SMOM MAXIMUM CARDs

Description: Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) SMOM has been issuing stamps for over 40 years. SMOM stamps can be used on mail to Italy, Vatican, Austria, Canada, Portugal, Panama and 40 more countries - They are listed in all Italian catalogues. VIRGINSTAMPS: Your Number One Source for the BEST MAXIMUM CARDS

Country: SAN MARINO

Condition: POETRY GIOVANNI PASCOLI MAXIMUM CARD

Country: GREAT BRITAIN

Condition: THE BEATLES 2007 OFFICIAL ROYAL MAIL FDC Penny Lane

Description: THE BEATLES 2007 OFFICIAL ROYAL MAIL FDC Penny Lane

Country: ITALY

Condition: GIULIETTA MASINA Fellini MAXIMUM CARD

Country: ITALY

Condition: G B PERGOLESI MNH SCOTT 1667

Country: LIECHTENSTEIN

Condition: SKI WORLD TURIN 2006 -- 2005 FDC LIECHTENSTEIN

Country: ITALY

Condition: MILITARY UNIFORMS WEAPONS MAXIMUM CARD

Country: USA

Condition: USA 2013 * PRIMROSE * FIRST DAY OF ISSUE MAXIMUM CARD

Country: VATICAN

Condition: SCHUMANN 2010 Vatican MAXIMUM CARD

Country: AUSTRIA

Condition: AUSTRIA RANKWEIL BASILICA 2015 MAXIMUM CARD

Country: METER MARKS

Condition: CINEMA METER MARKS CATALOGUE

Description: 1500 METER MARKS ON THE THEME "MOVIES" - BY NINO BARBERIS - MOST USEFUL CATALOGUE - IN ITALIAN * EVEN A 3 YEAR OLD CAN USE & UNDERSTAND THIS CATALOGUE - 144 PAGES * EACH METER MARK PICTURED - LONG OUT OF PRINT & DIFFICULT TO FIND

Country: VATICAN

Condition: Michelangelo DELPHIC SIBYL rare VATICAN MAXIMUM CARD

Country: ITALY

Condition: PERGOLESI 1986 Luxor FIRST DAY COVER FDC

Country: USA

Condition: CARLOS GARDEL MAXIMUM CARD HARMONY POSTMARK

Country: MOZAMBIQUE

Condition: MILITARY UNIFORM GUNS Mozambique MAXIMUM CARD

Country: USA

Condition: USA 2013 * ZINNIA * FIRST DAY OF ISSUE MAXIMUM CARD

Description: SPECIAL FIRST DAY OF ISSUE CANCELLATION ~~~ LIMITED EDITION ~~~ ONLY ONE AVAILABLE

Country: GREAT BRITAIN

Condition: 1983 THE FIRE BRIGADE Stalham Norwich SPECIAL POSTMARK

Country: AUSTRIA

Condition: AUSTRIA * CHALICE VEIL ST POLTEN - 2015 MAXIMUM CARD

Description: The chalice veil of the “Whit regalia” from the paramenta collection of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in St Pölten decorates this Austrian Post commemorative from the “Religious art” series. A chalice veil is a cloth, often finely ornamented, that in the Roman Catholic Mass and the Lutheran Eucharist covers the chalice for the consecrated hosts or the wine. The chalice veil presented here is part of a whole series of liturgical textiles known together as the “Whit regalia” or the “Maria Theresia regalia”. These include antependia, i.e. curtains for below the altar, stoles and copes (liturgical vestments). These magnificent textiles made of velvet are decorated with gold, silver and petit-point embroidery, and are lined with taffeta. The “Whit regalia”, made in the 1740s, is also known as the “Maria Theresia regalia” because it is assumed that Empress Maria Theresia gave it to the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in St Pölten (today the Congregation of Jesus). In her youth, Maria Theresia was a very close friend of Maria Katharina von Saint Julien, who was her lady-in-waiting while she was still archduchess. The countess later joined the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in St Pölten, ultimately becoming its Provost. It is assumed, and also stated as such in an anniversary volume of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that Maria Theresia gave the Institute this valuable gift either on the occasion of the admission or the advancement of her friend Maria Katharina von Saint Julien. However, there is no documentary evidence that could prove that this was the case. The chalice veil of the “Whit regalia” is made of silver brocade, is of symmetrical design and richly decorated with gold. Eight coloured silk flowers are connected by a broad golden ribbon: red roses decorate the centres of the sides, lilac carnations the corners. In the middle, there is the text IHS in gold. The valuable embroideries are in flat-pass stitch, and it is assumed that they were made by Empress Elisabeth Christine, Maria Theresia’s mother. This was in any event the state of knowledge when the chalice veil was displayed in Vienna on the occasion of a Maria Theresia paramenta exhibition in 1904. What is certain is that the chalice velum was embroidered with a maximum of precision and fine work and that considerable thought was given to the composition of the motif. Today, the “Whit regalia”, the name relating its red colour to the high festival day in the church year, can be seen in the St Pölten Diocesan Museum, where it is on display as a loan from the Congregation of Jesus.

Country: AUSTRIA

Condition: MAKART

Description: FIRST DAY OF ISSUE PICTORIAL POSTMARK ** A Maximum Card is a picture postcard with a postage stamp affixed on the view side cancelled (postmarked) with maximum concordance between elements (depiction on stamp matching the depiction on postcard - or elements of it -- with a postmark that is as closely related as possible to what is depicted on stamp and postcard)