On Apr 17, 7:20 am, "rodney" <pookiet...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Joshua McGee"
>
> > Thank you, and thank you. With this info, I cross-referenced with
> > Scott. It's Scott #355 red orange, valued at minimum catalog value
used
> > and unused.
>
> I have always had particular fondness for that stamp in particular.
> I find the design marvelous, and possibly a die hard relative of the
> "art deco" period.
> It's a pity the others in the series didn't follow in the same vein.
>
> I don't enjoy the familiarity that comes with having a catalogue
> explanation of the set.
> If I were a betting man, I'd put a tanner on the designer being
> one with the issues of the Japanese occupation of Burma.
> Another set I find attractive.
Having had a friend who was in the British Army in Burma,
he found life during the Japanese Occupation much less
attractive than you find their stamps.
Blair
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