On Apr 17, 11:40 pm, "Blair (TC)" <stann...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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
I earn my living as a Japanese translator, so you may care to discount
what I have to say ... but they were brutal times, and the story is a
lot more complex than the crude victor's version. (Inter alia, a
little reading about the British behaviour in Hong Kong immediately
before the arrival of the Japanese might be salutary. None of which
excuses the excesses by either side.)
But I might add that I've heard more genuine remorse from ordinary
Japanese for what they did, than I've heard from any of 'our' side for
what we did.
Tony
|
