ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Virtual Stamp Collection"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Stamps, Stamp Collecting, Philately, Romania, Nadia Elena Comneci, post card, maximum card "> <TITLE>Romania</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND="goldbg.jpg"> <P ALIGN=CENTER><TABLE WIDTH="750" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING= "0"> <TR> <center> <TD WIDTH="70%"> <P ALIGN=CENTER><B><IMG SRC="vsctitle.jpg" ALT="Virtual Stamp Collection"></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER> <!-- SiteSearch Google --> <form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/custom" target="_top"> <table border="0" bgcolor="#D4B775"> <tr><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" align="left" height="32"> <a href="http://www.google.com/"> <img src="http://www.google.com/logos/Logo_25gry.gif" border="0" alt="Google" align="middle"></img></a> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <input type="hidden" name="domains" value="www.groseducationalmedia.ca"></input> <label for="sbi" style="display: none">Enter your search terms</label> <input type="text" name="q" size="31" maxlength="255" value="" id="sbi"></input> <label for="sbb" style="display: none">Submit search form</label> <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" id="sbb"></input> </td></tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <table> <tr> <td> <input type="radio" name="sitesearch" value="" checked id="ss0"></input> <label for="ss0" title="Search the Web"><font size="-1" color="#000000">Web</font></label></td> <td> <input type="radio" name="sitesearch" value="www.groseducationalmedia.ca" id="ss1"></input> <label for="ss1" title="Search www.groseducationalmedia.ca"><font size="-1" color="#000000">www.groseducationalmedia.ca</font></label></td> </tr> </table> <input type="hidden" name="client" value="pub-1831251983654910"></input> <input type="hidden" name="forid" value="1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="oe" value="ISO-8859-1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="safe" value="active"></input> <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="GALT:#008000;GL:1;DIV:#336699;VLC:663399;AH:center;BGC:FFFFFF;LBGC:336699;ALC:0000FF;LC:0000FF;T:000000;GFNT:0000FF;GIMP:0000FF;FORID:1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="hl" value="en"></input> </td></tr></table> </form> <!-- SiteSearch Google --> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER><B><P ALIGN=CENTER> <Font size=+2>Nadia Comneci Maximum Card<BR>on Pre-Stamped Post Card</FONT><BR></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER> <IMG SRC="romania2b.jpg" ALT="Maximum Card"> <BR> <Font size=-1> Nadia Comneci commemorative on a maximum card depicting the Olympic gymnast.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left>Is it possible to exceed the maximum? A maximum card is usually a picture postcard bearing a stamp and a postmark relevant to the picture. The design on the stamp usually mirrors that on the postcard and the stamp is usually places the picture-side of the card. In this case, the two pictures on the front of the card (stamp and postcard image) are complimented by the design on the pre-stamped postcard which also depicts Nadia Comneci</P> <B><P ALIGN=CENTER> <IMG SRC="romania2a.jpg" ALT="Nadia Elena Comneci Commemorative"> <BR> <Font size=-1> This is the high value in a set of seven stamps issued on October 20, 1976<BR> (plus a souvenir sheet) honouring Roumanian medalists at the Montreal Olympics .</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=left>The "1.00" depicted on the stamp reflects the fact that the score clock could not display a perfect score of 10 which Comneci earned seven times during the games. Instead, a score of 1.00 was displayed.</P> <P ALIGN=CENTER> <IMG SRC="romania2c.jpg" ALT="Nadia Comneci Pre-stamped Post Card"> <BR> <Font size=-1> The maximum card was made using a pre-stamped post card depicting Nadia Comneci.</FONT></P><P>The caption at the bottom left hand side of the post card notes that Nadia Comneci won seven marks of ten resulting in three gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the Montreal Olympics in 1976.</P> </TD> <TD WIDTH="10%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD> <TD WIDTH="20%"><CENTER> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-1831251983654910"; //120x600, created 1/2/08 google_ad_slot = "4859448903"; google_ad_width = 120; google_ad_height = 600; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </CENTER></TD></TR> </TABLE> </P> <HR>Bibliography<BR><BR></CENTER> "Romania." <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00007J82A/groseeducational"><I>Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue.</I></A><BR><BR> <HR><P ALIGN=CENTER> Direct comments, questions and corrections to:<BR> <A HREF="mailto:stampquestions@hotmail.com">stampquestions@hotmail.com</A></P> <HR><P ALIGN=CENTER><TABLE WIDTH="450" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING= "0"> <TR> <center> <TD WIDTH="33%"><P ALIGN=CENTER> <A HREF="sudan1.html"><IMG SRC="bwd.jpg"></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH="33%"><P ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/vsc/"><IMG SRC= "home.jpg"></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH="34%"><P ALIGN=CENTER%"><A HREF="tuva1.html"><IMG SRC="fwd.jpg"></A></P> </TD></TR> <TR> <center> <TD WIDTH="33%"> <P ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="sudan1.html">Backward</A></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="33%"> <P ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/vsc/">Virtual Stamp Collection Index</A></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="34%"> <P ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="tuva1.html">Forward</A></P></TD></TR> </TABLE> </P> <CENTER><HR>&copy; Grose Educational Media, 2009<br><HR> </center> </BODY> </HTML>