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MAXIMAPHILY?
By Nicos Rangos, FIP Maximaphily Commission chairman.
Maximaphily is the most beautiful and exciting way in stamp collecting. It is one of the eleven recognized classifications of Philately. All types of visitors in the F.I.P. exhibitions find it very attractive, because of the beautiful illustrations on postcards and because the purpose of Maximaphily is to collect exclusively Maximum cards.
A little history
The Maximum cards are born towards of the end of 19th century, with the appearance of the illustrated postcards and the postage stamps.
At the time, the back of the postcard being reserved only for the name and address of the recipient, the postage stamp on the postcards was on the view side, where the illustration was.