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This is the first "Dear Doctor" postcard I have purchased, but I couldn't resist.
I recently decided to start collecting stamps and covers related to the Algerian War, and this postcard seemed a natural. Only the year is clear in the cancellation — 1962. That's the year that Algeria wrested independence from France after eight years of combat with the French army. It was France's Vietnam, and the message on the postcard clearly refers to that struggle and its aftermath.
I was curious about Moditen. They aren't just for "tension and anxiety," but for schizophrenia! Among its side effects are Parkinsonism and akathisia (a movement disorder characterized by a feeling of inner restlessness and a compelling need to be in constant motion). Take Moditen and you'll really have a reason to be anxious!
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Bob,
The documented date for this card is May 4, 1962.
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See Bob, helps to have the cover wizard right here so he can fill in those blanks 
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Roy, thanks for that specific date. Where did you find it? I can't see even a glimmer of it on the postcard.
Poodle_Mum: Wizard's a good title for Roy! I've learned a great deal about postal history from him. One of Roy's strengths as a dealer is that he knows what his customers collect. In my last shipment from the Cover Box I got some bonus covers, including this great one:
It fits perfectly into my "Military Medical" collection of stamps and covers, and the stamp is more than appropriate since modern military medicine has been based to a large degree on the activities of the Red Cross.
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Bob! You're killing me 
That Squibb is one hell of a great card. If I have to start collecting those, I know who to blame. 
Thanks for sharing that...
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Here's another Squibb postcard for you. I worked for ER Squibb, which became Bristol-Myers Squibb company from 1986-2001, and collected all kinds of historic memorabilia that I had displayed in my office. This building is in New Brunswick NJ in the center of a gated campus, so the average person would never see it. It was built in 1939 as the Squibb Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and was the most modern lab building of it's time. Many great drugs got their start in this building, including penicillin, that the US government was fast tracking during WWII.
Once it was declared obsolete as a lab building, I did a study on turning it into office space and the site library in the mid 1990s, keeping the historic facade intact. I'm back at BMS this year as a consultant and learned that the building was locked up and scheduled for demolition. I've written a couple of pieces on the history of the building, and one got published in a company internal webpage. I'm still hoping to save it!
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What a fascinating collecting topic Bob. Thanks for sharing.
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I received my latest order from Buckacover.com today. It included a "Dear Doctor" postcard from Squibb Pharmaceutical, dated 1962, sent from Dieppe in France. "Dear Doctor" postcards were commonly used in the the 1950s and 1960s to advertise drugs. The pretense is that they are personal, but they are purely commercial.
This is the first "Dear Doctor" postcard I have purchased, but I couldn't resist.
I recently decided to start collecting stamps and covers related to the Algerian War, and this postcard seemed a natural. Only the year is clear in the cancellation — 1962. That's the year that Algeria wrested independence from France after eight years of combat with the French army. It was France's Vietnam, and the message on the postcard clearly refers to that struggle and its aftermath.
I was curious about Moditen. They aren't just for "tension and anxiety," but for schizophrenia! Among its side effects are Parkinsonism and akathisia (a movement disorder characterized by a feeling of inner restlessness and a compelling need to be in constant motion). Take Moditen and you'll really have a reason to be anxious!
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Bob,
The documented date for this card is May 4, 1962.
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See Bob, helps to have the cover wizard right here so he can fill in those blanks
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Roy, thanks for that specific date. Where did you find it? I can't see even a glimmer of it on the postcard.
Poodle_Mum: Wizard's a good title for Roy! I've learned a great deal about postal history from him. One of Roy's strengths as a dealer is that he knows what his customers collect. In my last shipment from the Cover Box I got some bonus covers, including this great one:
It fits perfectly into my "Military Medical" collection of stamps and covers, and the stamp is more than appropriate since modern military medicine has been based to a large degree on the activities of the Red Cross.
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Bob! You're killing me
That Squibb is one hell of a great card. If I have to start collecting those, I know who to blame.
Thanks for sharing that...
Clayton
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Here's another Squibb postcard for you. I worked for ER Squibb, which became Bristol-Myers Squibb company from 1986-2001, and collected all kinds of historic memorabilia that I had displayed in my office. This building is in New Brunswick NJ in the center of a gated campus, so the average person would never see it. It was built in 1939 as the Squibb Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and was the most modern lab building of it's time. Many great drugs got their start in this building, including penicillin, that the US government was fast tracking during WWII.
Once it was declared obsolete as a lab building, I did a study on turning it into office space and the site library in the mid 1990s, keeping the historic facade intact. I'm back at BMS this year as a consultant and learned that the building was locked up and scheduled for demolition. I've written a couple of pieces on the history of the building, and one got published in a company internal webpage. I'm still hoping to save it!
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What a fascinating collecting topic Bob. Thanks for sharing.
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