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Panterra
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 July 2020 at 20:09 | |
Upper Yafa celebrates the 70th birthday of its much-loved ruler, Sultan Bogdo the second, on 19th July 2020 (or 28th Dhul Qadah, 1441, in Hijri calendar.) As the birthday itself is a public holiday, the stamps were issued somewhat ahead of the date, namely on 8th July 2020. The stamps show His Majesty the Sultan, and a Piper Warrior aircraft, a small plane that His Majesty learned to fly back in 1978 (= 1398 A.H.)
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Panterra
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 July 2020 at 03:41 | |
Waikoa Island 2020 42 tanos Official stamp. 2019 fiscal stamp overprinted. Seven values of the long fiscal set were overprinted for exclusive Admin usage, but not the One Million Reis stamp (as government officials don't pay bribes, they only accept them.) Waikoa Island 2020 6¼ reis Official stamp. 2019 fiscal stamp overprinted. Waikoa Island 2020 twelve reis Official stamp. 2019 fiscal stamp overprinted. Waikoa Island 2020 fifty-six reis Official stamp. 2019 fiscal stamp overprinted. Waikoa Island 2020 three hundred reis Official stamp. 2019 fiscal stamp overprinted. Waikoa Island 2020 two thousand reis Official stamp. 2019 fiscal stamp overprinted. Waikoa Island 2020 fifteen thousand reis Official stamp. 2019 fiscal stamp overprinted. Note that the Rs 300 stamp is the obsolete colour, recently withdrawn from regular sale due to ambiguity. Most of the withdrawn stamps were given the overprint, as an alternative to destruction. .·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·. .·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·. |
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Panterra
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 16 June 2020 at 17:31 | |
If you think the Maggie Mailbox stamp is complicated, it has nothing on other Waikoan issues: Waikoa Island 2019 postal-fiscal issue, 300 reis. The controversial "yellow" fiscal stamps. Note the lemon shade of the 300 reis stamp, and compare this with the scan of the same stamp shown above in my earlier post.
Yesterday the new Rs 300 stamp in red shade was released, and my fisherwoman pal on the island kindly organised a few FDCs. Luckily the fish have been biting lately, so she had a glut of cash to fork out the huge cost (= US$300!) per FDC: .·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·. .·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·. |
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Panterra
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 June 2020 at 19:14 | |
Two tee or not two tee. That is the question. If you think the Letter-Writing Week stamp is complicated, it has nothing on other Waikoan issues: Northwest Beach, near Kakariki, Waikoa Island. In 2019, Waikoa Island issued a set of 15 stamps, for fiscal use primarily. Each is printed by typography in two colours on glossy white paper, and perf 12. Waikoa Island 2019 postal-fiscal issue, 4.25 reis. Waikoa Island 2019 postal-fiscal issue, 300 reis. The controversial "yellow" fiscal stamps. Note the lemon shade of the 300 reis stamp, and compare this with the scan of the same stamp shown above.
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Panterra
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 June 2020 at 02:16 | |
Upper Yafa 2000 Sultan's 50th Birthday, 250 baiza. Upper Yafa issued this stamp in 2000 as one of a set of four to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Sultan. This year is his 70th birthday, so ideas are now being discussed for what philatelic celebration will be done. Stand by for further developments on this. .·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·. .·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·. |
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Panterra
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 May 2020 at 01:46 | |
Waikoa Island 2020 Marijuana tax. 2019 fiscal stamp overprinted. Waikoa Island issued this stamp in 2020 to gather tax on legal marijuana sales. The Rs 7.25 (= US $7.25) is the tax on a ½ ounce bag of cannabis sold (the most common commercial unit on the island.) The stamp is the Rs 7.25 of the 2019 fiscal issue with an appropriate overprint. Cannabis was legalised for recreational use in Colorado, USA, in 2012, and in Waikoa Island in 2014. This year, in New Zealand, we have a referendum to vote on whether marijuana should be legalised. I urge everyone to vote in favour of this. Most of us know friends or relatives who have been persecuted in the past, and often fined or jailed for the “crime” of having a natural herb in their pocket. Meanwhile, another person may have tobacco or sweets in their pocket, yet despite the enormous health risk from use of both sugar and tobacco, no crime is imputed to them! Queen Victoria is reported to have been a regular user of marijuana for medical issues (or maybe she just liked it to relax), so it was never banned in her day. An elderly friend in Dunedin got six months in jail for this herb a few years back. Yet that same man devoted many years to safeguarding Kiwis by working in our navy. Ingratitude? I’m sure you know similar bizarre stories. Why should our society continue to act like a dictatorship, in telling everyone what they can and can’t do with their own lives? In the past, people who spent their time telling others not to enjoy themselves were called “wowsers”. I doubt we need such bad advisers any more (if we ever did!) I suggest we all act firmly to get rid of this foolish ban on use of natural herbs now. Let’s legalise it, and let the police chase real criminals, rather than fake ones. Cannabis should be a health issue, not a crime. One in twenty Kiwis use cannabis medicinally and need safe, legal and affordable access to natural cannabis as well as refined products. .·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·. .·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·. |
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Panterra
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 16 May 2020 at 22:03 | |
Waikoa Island 2020 Letter-Writing Week FDC to UK, with million-reis stamp added for aircraft special charter. Now that the airlines have stopped running, senders often need to charter a plane to carry their letter. This one demanded an extra million dollars, and the gullible sender paid up, so the silver and red ONE MILLION REIS stamp was affixed. Note that the Maggie Mailbox stamps are the corrected spelling version, as you can see by the tête-bêche pair (since this variety does not occur on the sheets with the spelling error.) |
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Panterra
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 10 May 2020 at 22:05 | |
I see with all this discussion about Waikoa Island and its location and stamps, I somehow overlooked showing its miniature sheet celebrating the Mevu half-century. So here it is: Waikoa Island 2020 50th anniversary of Mevu's Independence, minisheet. The stamps are printed in these small minisheets to make it easy to fit the sheet on an album page, and on covers. Hard to do that with a sheet of 100! .·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·. .·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·. |
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Panterra
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 May 2020 at 23:51 | |
A colleague today asked why the map of Waikoa Island reminded him of a Rorschach test ‽
Waikoa Island, a pleasant place to vacation in, and an even more pleasant place to collect the stamps of.
Despite the Rorschach test "blobs" sometimes looking like maps, the chart of Waikoa Island (which includes the carefully sculpted port area of Minaue) is unique, and accurately presents the physical shape of the island. Waikoa Island 2014 pictorial, 35 tanos, showing a huge Prickly Pear cactus bush, inexplicably cultivated near Takavau, in northern Waikoa Island. .·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·. .·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·. |
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Panterra
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 May 2020 at 01:36 | |
Here is a map of Waikoa Island, from their tourist brochure, for those wondering where it is:
Northwest Beach, near Kakariki, Waikoa Island. Plastic pollution, near Takavau, Waikoa Island.
Waikoa Island 2014 pictorial, Rs 2.35 featuring horses on the island. |
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