Trinidad and Tobago artist/collector holds US patent on her stamp art.

Artist/stamp collector Maria McPharland believes, "A postage stamp is probably the most beautiful artifact a country has to offer."

Yesterday, Ms. McPharland was the subject of a feature article in the Trinidad and Tobago Express.

Thanks to a friend's insistance, she holds a US patent on what started out as a Christmas present. According to the article, when Ms. McPharland started creating her philatelic works of artwith around a thousand stamps.

Her themed pieces include: 'Birds of Trinidad and Tobago,' 'Wildlife of Australia' and 'Images of Czechoslovakia.'

To read the article and see Ms. McPharland with some of her creations, click here.

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