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that was a great collection, and all the better for this great card
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David, if i have fun..its worth it..the German Safe album with the later Austrian stamps,two quality stockbooks with stamps, a hundred plus FDC's and the card i showed here.
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Its always great to get a surprise.
One of our local auction houses had a 4 day mixed auction. The first day had 2 stamp lots, the second day had 29 stamp lots, the third day had 2 stamp lots and the fourth day and no stamp lots at all.
I didn't get to the viewing so I had to rely on the single photo of each item on the internet.
I left a bid of £10 on one of the first day's lots and won it on the opening bid of £5. Adding the commision I paid £6.20. On the second day I won one lot of 2 Boxes of covers, stamps in envelopes and some kiloware.
I picked up my winnings yesterday and was pleased to find the £6.20 lot had 16 GB presentation packs from 1989/92 and tucked away in a schoolboy album were three GB Greetings Booklets. Total Face value of £50+ !! Great for Postage.
I'm still going through the other 2 boxes, one of which is full of a wide range of Australian stamps mint and used.
You never know when you'll be pleasantly surprised.
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Ian, what can we do ? Its what we do..tonight i am enjoying looking over my purchases from last night...tomorrow there is a live show in Albany and a good portion of our club will be there..its a ways to travel and i will not get the"bargains" from dealers that i get at our local club auction. I guess its just rubbing shoulders with fellow nuts like ourselves...i enjoy talking to the dealers who we have known over the last quarter century or so. Cripes, we are old, thank God for stamps.
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Phil and I are now enjoying just one philatelic degree of separation! This is a screenshot of one of the 16 sheets from my "Compassion in Times of War" exhibit, which concerns combat medicine from the creation of the International Red Cross through the Vietnam War:
Note that my postcard doesn't include the inscription that Philb's postcard does.
Bob
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Bob, thanks, we have a nephew who was the medic in a green beret group..he was fortunate to have been in after Viet Nam, i can not say during peacetime as i do not remember when peace time was.
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" .... I do not remember when peace time was. ...."
I wonder why,? A few years ago a friend wrote just about the same thing
The American involvement in Wars, declared by Congress or not, Police Actions of varying degrees of violence, Invasions and outright Occupations is hardly an exceptional occurrence.
Revolutionary War 1776- 1883 1783
Northwest Indian Wars 1785-'95
Quasi-War with France 1798-1800
War with Tripoli 1801-'05
Tecumseh Indian War 1811-12813
War of 1812 1812-'15
War with Algiers 1815-'16
First Seminole Indian War 1817-'18
Slave Trade Police Action 1808-19
Arikara Indian War 1823
Winnebago Indian War 1827
Blackhawk Indian War 1832
Sumatran Police Action 1832
Second Seminole War 1835-'42
Texas War of Independence 1836
Second Sumatra Police Action 1838
War with Mexico 1846-'48
Cayuse Indian War 1947-'55
Navajo Indian wars 1861-64
Pitt River Expedition 1850
Apache Indian Wars 1850-1900
Nicaraguan Police Action 1854
Third Seminole Indian War 1855-58
Yakima War 1855-58
Rogue River War 1855-58
Puget Sound War 1856-58
Opium War 1856-'59
Paraguay Police Action 1859
Paiute Indian wars 1860-'61
Sioux Indian War 1862-'63
War between the States 1861-65
Cheyenne/Arapaho Indian War 1863-'65
Choshu Police Action 1863-64
Powder River War 1865
Snake River War 1864-'68
Comanche Indian War 1867-75
Red Cloud's War 1866-'68
Modoc Indian War 1872-'73
Red River War 1874-75
Black Hills War 1876-'77
Nez Perce Indian War 1877
Shoshone Indian War 1879
First Korean Police Action 1871-72
Ute Indian War 1879
Ghost Dancers Indian War 1890-91
Spanish American War 1898
Philippine Insurrection 1899-1902
Moro Rebellion 1899-1913
Boxer Uprising 1900
Honduras Police Action 1903-'10
Occupation of Cuba 1906
Poncho Villa Expedition 1914-1919
Occupation of Haiti 1915
Dominican RepublicOccupation1916
First World War 1917-'18
Russian Civil War; US Occupation of Karelia and Siberia1918-'23
Second World War 1941-'45
Korean Police Action 1950-'53
Vietnam War 1961-76
Dominican Republic Occupation1965-'66
Lebanon Police Action 1982-'84
Invasion of Panama 1989-'90
Persian Gulf Police Action 1987-'89
First Gulf War 1990-'91
Somalia Police Action 1992-'94
Kosovo Police Action 1999
Invasion of Afghanistan 2001 - date
Invasion of Iraq 2003- 2010
Covert Invasion of Pakistan 2004- ?
Liberian Police Action 2003
Haiti Police Action 2004
And so it goes.
Libyan Air Suppression 2011
Syrian Strife 2011-2-date
Suppression of ISIL 2013- date
And there are other incidental involvements in the wars between other nations such as the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s or the Arab-Israeli conflicts that could be added. The real challenge would be to find a ten year period during which American Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or, since its formation in 1947, US Air Force members were NOT involved in some conflict somewhere.
Some might say that we are, sadly, a warlike nation, but so many of these involvements were to secure liberty and safety of not just American citizens, but the people of so many diverse nations around the world that some allowance for our proclivity to take action either jointly or when necessary by ourselves needs to be made.
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A stranger walked in to our club auction tonight with large shopping bag of Austria..hi class album and two stockbooks etc; and no one seemed to want to bid too much...to i took them home...this card was a pleasant find for my German cover collection.
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that was a great collection, and all the better for this great card
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David, if i have fun..its worth it..the German Safe album with the later Austrian stamps,two quality stockbooks with stamps, a hundred plus FDC's and the card i showed here.
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Its always great to get a surprise.
One of our local auction houses had a 4 day mixed auction. The first day had 2 stamp lots, the second day had 29 stamp lots, the third day had 2 stamp lots and the fourth day and no stamp lots at all.
I didn't get to the viewing so I had to rely on the single photo of each item on the internet.
I left a bid of £10 on one of the first day's lots and won it on the opening bid of £5. Adding the commision I paid £6.20. On the second day I won one lot of 2 Boxes of covers, stamps in envelopes and some kiloware.
I picked up my winnings yesterday and was pleased to find the £6.20 lot had 16 GB presentation packs from 1989/92 and tucked away in a schoolboy album were three GB Greetings Booklets. Total Face value of £50+ !! Great for Postage.
I'm still going through the other 2 boxes, one of which is full of a wide range of Australian stamps mint and used.
You never know when you'll be pleasantly surprised.
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Ian, what can we do ? Its what we do..tonight i am enjoying looking over my purchases from last night...tomorrow there is a live show in Albany and a good portion of our club will be there..its a ways to travel and i will not get the"bargains" from dealers that i get at our local club auction. I guess its just rubbing shoulders with fellow nuts like ourselves...i enjoy talking to the dealers who we have known over the last quarter century or so. Cripes, we are old, thank God for stamps.
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Phil and I are now enjoying just one philatelic degree of separation! This is a screenshot of one of the 16 sheets from my "Compassion in Times of War" exhibit, which concerns combat medicine from the creation of the International Red Cross through the Vietnam War:
Note that my postcard doesn't include the inscription that Philb's postcard does.
Bob
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Bob, thanks, we have a nephew who was the medic in a green beret group..he was fortunate to have been in after Viet Nam, i can not say during peacetime as i do not remember when peace time was.
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" .... I do not remember when peace time was. ...."
I wonder why,? A few years ago a friend wrote just about the same thing
The American involvement in Wars, declared by Congress or not, Police Actions of varying degrees of violence, Invasions and outright Occupations is hardly an exceptional occurrence.
Revolutionary War 1776- 1883 1783
Northwest Indian Wars 1785-'95
Quasi-War with France 1798-1800
War with Tripoli 1801-'05
Tecumseh Indian War 1811-12813
War of 1812 1812-'15
War with Algiers 1815-'16
First Seminole Indian War 1817-'18
Slave Trade Police Action 1808-19
Arikara Indian War 1823
Winnebago Indian War 1827
Blackhawk Indian War 1832
Sumatran Police Action 1832
Second Seminole War 1835-'42
Texas War of Independence 1836
Second Sumatra Police Action 1838
War with Mexico 1846-'48
Cayuse Indian War 1947-'55
Navajo Indian wars 1861-64
Pitt River Expedition 1850
Apache Indian Wars 1850-1900
Nicaraguan Police Action 1854
Third Seminole Indian War 1855-58
Yakima War 1855-58
Rogue River War 1855-58
Puget Sound War 1856-58
Opium War 1856-'59
Paraguay Police Action 1859
Paiute Indian wars 1860-'61
Sioux Indian War 1862-'63
War between the States 1861-65
Cheyenne/Arapaho Indian War 1863-'65
Choshu Police Action 1863-64
Powder River War 1865
Snake River War 1864-'68
Comanche Indian War 1867-75
Red Cloud's War 1866-'68
Modoc Indian War 1872-'73
Red River War 1874-75
Black Hills War 1876-'77
Nez Perce Indian War 1877
Shoshone Indian War 1879
First Korean Police Action 1871-72
Ute Indian War 1879
Ghost Dancers Indian War 1890-91
Spanish American War 1898
Philippine Insurrection 1899-1902
Moro Rebellion 1899-1913
Boxer Uprising 1900
Honduras Police Action 1903-'10
Occupation of Cuba 1906
Poncho Villa Expedition 1914-1919
Occupation of Haiti 1915
Dominican RepublicOccupation1916
First World War 1917-'18
Russian Civil War; US Occupation of Karelia and Siberia1918-'23
Second World War 1941-'45
Korean Police Action 1950-'53
Vietnam War 1961-76
Dominican Republic Occupation1965-'66
Lebanon Police Action 1982-'84
Invasion of Panama 1989-'90
Persian Gulf Police Action 1987-'89
First Gulf War 1990-'91
Somalia Police Action 1992-'94
Kosovo Police Action 1999
Invasion of Afghanistan 2001 - date
Invasion of Iraq 2003- 2010
Covert Invasion of Pakistan 2004- ?
Liberian Police Action 2003
Haiti Police Action 2004
And so it goes.
Libyan Air Suppression 2011
Syrian Strife 2011-2-date
Suppression of ISIL 2013- date
And there are other incidental involvements in the wars between other nations such as the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s or the Arab-Israeli conflicts that could be added. The real challenge would be to find a ten year period during which American Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or, since its formation in 1947, US Air Force members were NOT involved in some conflict somewhere.
Some might say that we are, sadly, a warlike nation, but so many of these involvements were to secure liberty and safety of not just American citizens, but the people of so many diverse nations around the world that some allowance for our proclivity to take action either jointly or when necessary by ourselves needs to be made.
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