As Aves são um Máximo: Galinha (G. g. domesticus)

As Aves são um Máximo: Galinha (G. g. domesticus):   Ordem: Galliformes, Família: Phasianidae, Género: Gallus, Espécie: G. gallus Subespécie: G. g. domesticus

Stamp: Australia – Stamp Collecting Month: Down on the Farm – “Chloe Chicken” – 50c, multicolour, featuring an illustrated chicken with chicks in a playful farm-themed design (Issue: 04.10.2005).

Postmark: New Farm, Queensland – Special Pictorial Cancellation “First Day of Issue” – 04.10.2005

Postcard: Colour photographic postcard depicting a hen sitting on straw inside a barn or farm setting, surrounded by several eggs; publisher not identified.

Concordance:

– Thematic: The stamp shows an illustrated farmyard chicken, while the postcard presents a realistic hen with eggs in an equivalent rural environment. The shared focus on poultry in a farm setting ensures complete thematic alignment.

– Geographic: The pictorial cancellation from New Farm, Queensland, corresponds to the country of issue of the stamp (Australia), establishing full geographic coherence.

– Temporal: The cancellation dated 04.10.2005 matches the year of issue of the Stamp Collecting Month – Down on the Farm series, providing excellent temporal coherence according to maximaphily standards.

Maximum card Yarra River and Melbourne Skyline

 

YT AU 234

Stamp: Australia – Commemorative, XVIth Olympiad Melbourne 1956 – 2 shillings, multicolour, depicting a stylized panoramic view of Melbourne with the Olympic motif (Issue: 31.10.1956).

Postmark: Melbourne, Circular Date Stamp – 16.01.1958

Postcard: Colour postcard showing the Yarra River with the Melbourne skyline in the background, including prominent historic buildings and riverside parkland; printed caption reads “THE YARRA RIVER AND MELBOURNE SKYLINE” at the lower margin (Edition Nucolorvue Productions).

Concordance:

– Thematic: The stamp presents an artistic view of Melbourne created for the 1956 Olympic issue, while the postcard depicts an actual landscape of the city along the Yarra River. Both elements centre on Melbourne’s urban scenery, producing strong thematic coherence.

– Geographic: The stamp is Australian, the cancellation is from Melbourne, and the postcard image represents a location in Melbourne. This ensures full geographic concordance.

– Temporal: The postmark dated 16.01.1958 falls well within the valid postal lifetime of the 1956 Olympic issue, ensuring proper temporal coherence for maximaphilic purposes.

Maximum card Collins Street, Melbourne

Yt:AU 233

 Stamp: Australia – Commemorative, XVIth Olympiad Melbourne 1956 – 1 shilling, multicolour, depicting a stylized urban view of Melbourne (Issue: 1956).

Postmark: Melbourne, Circular Date Stamp – 1958

Postcard: Colour postcard depicting a detailed streetscape of Collins Street, Melbourne, with electric tram, commercial buildings, and urban traffic; printed caption “COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE” at the lower margin (Edition Nucolorvue Productions).

Concordance:

– Thematic: The stamp presents an artistic representation connected to Melbourne’s 1956 Olympic context, while the postcard shows a real cityscape of Melbourne. The shared focus on Melbourne’s urban environment creates strong thematic coherence.

– Geographic: Full geographic concordance is achieved: the stamp is Australian, the postmark is from Melbourne, and the postcard depicts a scene located in Melbourne.

– Temporal: The 1958 cancellation date falls within a fully acceptable period after the 1956 commemorative issue, matching the timeframe in which Olympic stamps from this issue remained in normal postal circulation. This provides solid temporal coherence for maximaphilic purposes.

Maxicard ANZAC Commemoration 20th Anniversary of Gallipoli Landing Gallipoli (1935)

Country: Australia

Issue: Commemorative stamp – ANZAC Commemoration 20th Anniversary of Gallipoli Landing Gallipoli

Date of Issue: 18/03/1935 (20th Anniversary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli)

Postmark: Circular datestamp (CDS) – PERTH / WEST AUSTRALIA - (Date not fully legible, but within the season).

Postcard: Monochrome photographic illustration of the State War Memorial, Perth, located in Kings Park. The monument is an obelisk with a prominent cross and bronze wreath, overlooking the city skyline in the background. Caption printed: “STATE WAR MEMORIAL, PERTH”. Series number: 3426. (Edition Unknow)

Yvert & Tellier: AU 100