My Postage Stamps Collection

This is a blog of my personal stamps and covers collection. I am an avid collector of postage stamps, miniature sheets, FDCs and covers addressed to me from across the world, an accumulator and hoarder of stamps. It is my attempt here to show you all of my collection in the posts that I'll add and update regularly. I hope to add more to the collection in the process, interact with you other collectors out there and share thoughts and information about anything and everything related.

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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Odd Shaped Stamps and Sheets - Brazil Pt4

This issue of postage stamps highlights the bats found in Brazil, and consists of a set of 4 self-adhesive stamps shaped in the form of bats.

There are over 1,100 species of bats worldwide, and Brazil itself has about 167 species of these. The stamps show four bat species: Artibeus gnomus, Platyrrhinus helleri, Lonchophylla dekeyseri, and Lonchorhina aurita

Only three species of bats feed on blood, and about 70% are insectivorous. The others eat fruit, nectar, pollen, leaves, and there is also the carnivores that eat small vertebrates such as amphibians, rodents, and even other species of bats.

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Odd Shaped Stamps and Sheets - Brazil Pt3

A dove/bird shaped sheet commemorating the 16th National Eucharistic Congress in Brazil was issued on 13th May 2010.

This block of stamps depicts famous architectural monuments in Brazil: the stamp on the right shows the Catetinho (the first official residence of the President of the Republic in the new capital) and the statue of Juscelino Kubitschek (located in the JK Memorial). The stamp on the left shows the Metropolitan Cathedral and the logo of the XVI National Eucharistic Congress.

The sheet portrays on the left, the logo of the 50th anniversary of Brazil; in the center, the Candangos Statue and on the borders one can see the country’s newest and most beautiful architectural works – the National Museum (next to the National Library/Cultural Complex of the Republic) and the JK Bridge.

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Odd Shaped Stamps and Sheets - Brazil Pt2

This Christmas souvenir sheet was issued by Brazil Post on the 16th of October 2009. Beautiful design depicting angels on an irregular shaped sheet. Both stamps have a face value of 2.7 Brazilian Reals.

Along with the sheet were also issued on the same day a set of six traditional Christmas stamps and a wreath shaped self adhesive stamp.

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Odd Shaped Stamps and Sheets - Brazil Pt1

Just a few days back, I received some beautiful odd shaped sheets/stamps from Brazil.

This first miniature sheet is shaped in the form of a cashew tree. The cashew tree is the largest tree of its kind in the world and is native to north eastern Brasil. The sheet consists of one self adhesive stamp shaped irregularly to outline a bunch of fruits and a few leaves on the tree.

This lovely sheet was issued on the 11th of September 2006 and the stamp is denominated 2.90 Brazilian Reals. "O Maior cajueiro do mundo" printed at the bottom of the sheet when translated reads, "the worlds largest cashew tree".

A little about the cashew tree....Well, its a tree found at the district of Pirangi do Norte, city of Parnamirim, Rio Grande do Norte. The tree covers an area of about 7500 m2, with a perimeter of about 500m. It was supposedly planted in 1888, by Luiz Inácio de Oliveira. However, based on its growth nature, it is also believed that the tree is more than a thousand years old. A wonderful addition to my collection of odd shaped stamps.

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