Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Richmond Downtown Ymca Cruising

Hawk carrier and Korans from Mayotte

Mayotte has over 120 species of birds including almost half of which protected the hawk's hawk also called Maotte France.C is actually a very small bird of prey found on the island. Signed Mayotte
Stamps will be part of this actually happened because overseas colony voted to departmentalization and became the 101st department of France since January 2011 and since that date stamps issued by France are on her envelopes .. .
The postal administration of Mayotte has issued a stamp on 15/04/2010 at 0.56 euro spent on a local protected species which is the hawk of Mayotte.
Thanks Jean-Pierre to the letter sent on 27/08/2010 (received say the, 6 months later) Mamoudzou-Kawena

In Mayotte, Madagascar and the Comoros woodcarving is one of the great tradition. Artisans carve precious woods like takamaka or softwoods such as the kapok tree on which they reproduce geometric patterns borrowed from doors and windows of the palaces of the Sultans: spirals, rosettes, stars, diamonds, spirals, chevrons etc. .... The Current craftsmen manufacture of large furniture, beds and chairs, chests, but trays, jewel boxes or M'Raha well as door- Korans.

The stamp on the corner of 0, 58 euro issued on 26/06/2010 and has drawn 100,000 copies (sheets of 25 units) shows a carved door-Quran.
In fact, Mayotte is part of a region heavily populated by Muslims (The Comoros archipelago) and / or crafts and Islam are a mix to create beautiful wood carvings such as these-holder Appointed Korans Door-Books (?) on the stamp.

I finish with the handwritten words " FD " who can not, because the 6-month journey to the letter, being the initials "F ausse ESTINATION D", no harm no obliteration gives us the place or has passed the letter by mistake.

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