I am a collector of many interests and collect various countries and topics.
I also collect various cigarettes of the world, not only stamps.
PROFILE
Author:Wrlz
Action certified using browsers for Macintosh Internet Explorer 5.1 or later: recommended Mozzila or Netscape: almost suitable Opera: almost suitable OS except Mac OS: I did not confirm Font size must be smaller than 100%. Welcome to the world of Philately and Tobaccoes. I can help you with the stamps, FDCs, MCs and booklets of North Korea not listed in Scott if anybody is interested in.
FDCs of "Commemoration of Historic Pyongyang Meeting and Inter-Korean Summit Talks" available. Click to enlarge.
FDC of perf.; $4.00 FDC of imperf.; $10.00 Please add $2.00 postage.
My name "Wrlz" reads"o-wa-las" and it means "It Does Exist" on the other hand "YHWH" in the Bible means "I become (Lord)". The pronuciation is close to the French word "Voila(there is)". mail(please remove the excessive @ to prevent spams)
Favorites Philately(collecting stamps, stationey, cancellations etc.), pipe tobacco and Progressive rock(I like "yes" very much). I also collect various cigarettes of the world, not only stamps.
1976:Removed to Athens. My mother says I was speaking Greek but I don't remember...
1977:Removed to Papua New Guinea.
1978:Returned to Tokyo.
1978:I got my first stamp. It was a stamp of Okinawa with a face value in US$. This stamp very much charmed me and I started collecting stamps.
1980:My mother brought me to a church and I became a Christian but I don't believe in God... My middle name is "Isaac". 1983:Removed to Itabashiku from Mitakaku. Dec.1986:Removed to Ireland and learnt English.
Apr.1989:Removed to Athens.
Dec.1989:Returned to Japan.
Apr.1990:Became a high school student in Saitama, and started oil paintings.
1991: My friend introduced me Hark Rock and Progressive Rock.
Apr.1993:Went to Waseda University and learnt silk screens in the art party.
June 1994:I published my first book. 1994:I started smoking.
1994-1996:Worked for a company of Audio Visual.
1995:Started collecting stamps of PRO China.
1996:Started collecting stamps of DPR Korea.
1997:Printing business.
1998:Bought my first computer and started internet.
Apr.1998:Studied Korean for one year.
Aug.2000:My first entry to a philatelic exhibition-"Let's enjoy Korean stamps"-prize number 4.
2001:I started collecting the stamps of former USSR countries.
1-7 Aug.2001: PHILANIPPON'01, my first entry to an international philatelic exhibition.
2002:Bought a new machine, Macintosh G4 with 1.12GB Ram.
2003:Removed to Itabashiku from Nerimaku.
2004:I met a ferret and brought him home. His name is "Regle".
2008:- I think I have to improve and perfect of equipment with Macintosh G5 in the future. Colour laser printer is one of the thing I want with my job.
What a remarkable incident! The continuation of Aura Battler Dunbine-one of my favorite animation produced by Tomino Yoshiyuki-is coming! The Wings of Rean.
Of course, I've bought the Laserdisc sets of Aura Battler Dunbine 10years ago.
People who haven't watched Dunbine may think it is a Robot-animation but it is also a real Fantasy of the world called Byston Well-a world which exists between land and sea, and the two worlds are partitioned off by "life" and "death".
The animation is a story of ambition of Drake Ruft-the feudal lord of the country "A"- but in the novel "A record of Aura Battler", the story that Drake' heart capurd by Garow-Ran, a lower grade fairy is written.
My friend who gave I the information of "The Wings of Rean" did not know what laserdisc is. I think very few people knows what LD is now, as DVD became the main current. Laserdisc is a same audio-visual media of 30cm. diameter just like a big DVD and was a mainstream till 10years ago, especilally among animation fans.
The audio signal is digital but visual signal is analog and not condensed like DVD.
The new "Wings of Rean" seems to be different from the old one and I cannot wait for the DVD!
Today, I examined closely the 2 cigarettes of Cambodia my friend sent I. "Cambo VIRGINIA" and "LIBERATION".
First of all, both cigarettes were a little poor in their packing^_^
Of course, I cannot read Khmer and its alphabets,
but the 1st one was written "LIBERATION" in English on the back of the package.
The Khmer alphabets write from right to left and they are phonetic symbols.
My mind was torn between the 2 choices-which one I shall smoke first-. "Cambo VIRGINIA" maybe a popular brand in Cambodia as it has a name "Cambo" but I started from "LIBERATION" as it had an illustration that reminds I of Asia.
This is a note written on the side of the "LIBERATION"'s box.
My first impression is that it has a taste queer and the filter is not charcoal. Not a very refined mix and Burley* is coming to the front. The tar value maybe around 9mg.
*Burley Tobaccoes can be classified in 7. -Virginia -Orient -Burley -Kentucky -Cavendish -Perique -Latakia Burley have stimulus and they are usually heated up to calm it when blended.
"Cambo VIRGINIA" was better than "LIBERATION". There is a note written "STYLE IN LONDON/NEW YORK/PARIS" and "Virginia" tobacco is the very basic of cigarettes.
The tar value maybe around 10mg.
In the very beginning, cigarettes were of high purity of a blend of Virginia and Orient only but in 1913, "CAMEL" adopted Burley which was said not suitable for cigarettes and added annexe. This method is called "American blend".
This is a postcard my friend sent I from Cambodia.
A happy new year to bloggers. I am writing a blog after a very long time. I've been very busy from the end of last year till now and became busy again in different reason again. I had received a lot of mails during those days and here are the part of them.
A letter from my German friend who lived in Taiwan(he said he had removed to Edinburgh). He sent me 3 letters and a lot of attractive materials were included. Cigarettes, new year card, his and his wife's photo and especially a lot of meterstamps of Taiwan.
Another mail was from Jacques C. Schiff, Jr., Inc.
Somehow they knew that I am a member of International Society of Japanese Philately and gave I an invitation to the Schiff auctiion. Why not? I don't have a reason to refuse and filled in the form.
The reason I became busy again is that I have to make entries to 2 stamp shows. When I won Emerald at Swan River Stamp Show 2005, an entry form for River City 2006 stamp exhibition was included. For this, I decided to make an entry and started working for a piece of work, titled "EURASIA",
but I a letter that I am welcome to Canberra Stamp Show 2006 slided into I at the last moment(the deadline is this March!). I had no preparation for another stamp exhibition but it is a capital chance and decided to make a collection of ATMs.
Actually, I am very new to ATMs(my friend in Taiwan has been collecting ATMs for a long time) but let I make a challenge how much can I go with my poor collection.
