Maxim Card

Maximum Card is a picture postcard with a postage stamp affixed on view side and a post mark, but it should contain the following characteristics:

The postage stamp should be postally valid and affixed only on the view side of the picture postcard. Postage Due, pre cancelled, fiscals and stamps violating the code of Ethics of UPU are not permissible. Even official stamps are not admissible except those which are at disposal of the public i.e. United Nations, UNESCO, and European Council etc. The postage stamp must be in perfect state. Only one stamp should be affixed. In case a stamp has multiple, secondary or partial subjects, each subject must be dealt with separately. The use of illustrated labels out of automatic vending machines, affixed on the view side of the postcard, is allowed.

The Maximum size of Picture postcard (PPC) should be 105 x 148 mm and minimum size should be 90 x 140 mm. At least 75% of its area must be used for the picture. The PPC should show concordance with the subject of the stamp. Mere reproduction of the stamp on PPC is forbidden. The PPC should be on sale before the issue of the stamp, or if it has been published specially, it should reproduce on existing documents. Paste ups, cutting outs and private photographs and drawings cannot be used for maximum cards.

The pictorial design of the postmark and/or the place of cancellation (name of the post office) should have a close and direct connection with the subject of the stamp. The cancellation so given should be clear and readable and has to be struck completely on the stamp/ppc.

An exhibit on maximum cards can be built on a specific country or a group of countries having geographical, historical or cultural bonds. It can be developed on a specific period or a particular theme.

Different Maximum cards can be prepared with the same stamp on different PPC and with different cancellations. When the subject of the maximum card is monuments, Landscapes and sites, the cancellation of that place is only required to prove the relation. Where the subject is paintings, the cancellations of places where those are found or where they were created.