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November 2012 November 2012 November 2012 November 2012 Whole number 175 Whole number 175 Whole number 175 Whole number 175 9 9 9 9 - 11 11 11 11 ̴ WE WILL NEVER FORGET WE WILL NEVER FORGET WE WILL NEVER FORGET WE WILL NEVER FORGET 2012 Club Officers 2012 Club Officers 2012 Club Officers 2012 Club Officers President President President President Brian Jones. . . . . . . . 408.927.6861 Brian Jones. . . . . . . . 408.927.6861 Brian Jones. . . . . . . . 408.927.6861 Brian Jones. . . . . . . . 408.927.6861 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President David Occhipinti . . . . . 408.723.0122 David Occhipinti . . . . . 408.723.0122 David Occhipinti . . . . . 408.723.0122 David Occhipinti . . . . . 408.723.0122 Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary David Gilman . . . . . . . .408.264.1953 David Gilman . . . . . . . .408.264.1953 David Gilman . . . . . . . .408.264.1953 David Gilman . . . . . . . .408.264.1953 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer Treasurer Treasurer Treasurer Richard Clever . . . . . . 408.238.0893 Richard Clever . . . . . . 408.238.0893 Richard Clever . . . . . . 408.238.0893 Richard Clever . . . . . . 408.238.0893 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Newsletter Editor Newsletter Editor Newsletter Editor Newsletter Editor James Sauer . . . . . . . 408.445.2694 James Sauer . . . . . . . 408.445.2694 James Sauer . . . . . . . 408.445.2694 James Sauer . . . . . . . 408.445.2694 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Filatelic Fiesta General Chairman Filatelic Fiesta General Chairman Filatelic Fiesta General Chairman Filatelic Fiesta General Chairman Steve Schumann . . . 510.785.4794 Steve Schumann . . . 510.785.4794 Steve Schumann . . . 510.785.4794 Steve Schumann . . . 510.785.4794 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Exhibits Chairman Exhibits Chairman Exhibits Chairman Exhibits Chairman Dr. Edward Laveroni . . 408.356.7561 Dr. Edward Laveroni . . 408.356.7561 Dr. Edward Laveroni . . 408.356.7561 Dr. Edward Laveroni . . 408.356.7561 Bourse Chairman Bourse Chairman Bourse Chairman Bourse Chairman Wayne Menuz . . . . . . 408.265.5539 Wayne Menuz . . . . . . 408.265.5539 Wayne Menuz . . . . . . 408.265.5539 Wayne Menuz . . . . . . 408.265.5539 Visit our website at: Visit our website at: Visit our website at: Visit our website at: filatelicfiesta.org filatelicfiesta.org filatelicfiesta.org filatelicfiesta.org Contents Contents Contents Contents Pot Pot Pot Pot-pourrie & The Prez Sez . . . . . 2 pourrie & The Prez Sez . . . . . 2 pourrie & The Prez Sez . . . . . 2 pourrie & The Prez Sez . . . . . 2 Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. . . . . . . . . 3 Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. . . . . . . . . 3 Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. . . . . . . . . 3 Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. . . . . . . . . 3 Dunsterforce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Dunsterforce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Dunsterforce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Dunsterforce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Archibald M. Willard . . . . . . . . . . 6 Archibald M. Willard . . . . . . . . . . 6 Archibald M. Willard . . . . . . . . . . 6 Archibald M. Willard . . . . . . . . . . 6 Katsushika Hokusai . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Katsushika Hokusai . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Katsushika Hokusai . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Katsushika Hokusai . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Covers, Cards, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Covers, Cards, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Covers, Cards, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Covers, Cards, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Show Calendar, Want ads . . . . . . 8 Show Calendar, Want ads . . . . . . 8 Show Calendar, Want ads . . . . . . 8 Show Calendar, Want ads . . . . . . 8 Founded 1927, Club show since 1928 Founded 1927, Club show since 1928 Founded 1927, Club show since 1928 Founded 1927, Club show since 1928 Meets 7:00 PM, 1 Meets 7:00 PM, 1 Meets 7:00 PM, 1 Meets 7:00 PM, 1 st st st st & 3 & 3 & 3 & 3 rd rd rd rd Wednesdays Wednesdays Wednesdays Wednesdays Hilltop Manor in 3 Hilltop Manor in 3 Hilltop Manor in 3 Hilltop Manor in 3 rd rd rd rd floor dining room floor dining room floor dining room floor dining room 790 Ironwood Drive, San Jose, California 790 Ironwood Drive, San Jose, California 790 Ironwood Drive, San Jose, California 790 Ironwood Drive, San Jose, California Driving instructions on the website. Driving instructions on the website. Driving instructions on the website. Driving instructions on the website. Annual dues: Annual dues: Annual dues: Annual dues: Adults/families $12 ~ Youths $6 Adults/families $12 ~ Youths $6 Adults/families $12 ~ Youths $6 Adults/families $12 ~ Youths $6 APS chapter # 0264 APS chapter # 0264 APS chapter # 0264 APS chapter # 0264-025791 025791 025791 025791 This run of the newsletter This run of the newsletter This run of the newsletter This run of the newsletter commenced January 1998. commenced January 1998. commenced January 1998. commenced January 1998. Correspondence to: Correspondence to: Correspondence to: Correspondence to: P O Box 730993, San Jose, CA 95173 P O Box 730993, San Jose, CA 95173 P O Box 730993, San Jose, CA 95173 P O Box 730993, San Jose, CA 95173 Fiesta Youth News Fiesta Youth News Fiesta Youth News Fiesta Youth News G ood news everybody, the Northern California stamp album project is ON for Fiesta. I was able to get the albums printed for $152.26 including a clear cover, vinyl back, spiral binding and tax. If you haven’t seen them at a club meeting, you can find it on the APS website. Of course, to really make this a success, stamps are required. Donations from the APS, Postal History Foundation, local dealers, and club members have donated enough variation and quantity to make this a success. The club members have donated a total of $105 to defray the printing costs. Thanks everybody! Your generosity is tremendous and deeply appreciated. There will also be a new project this year with British Machin’s. Please plan to help at the youth table and see the fun these projects bring to young people. SJSC Auction SJSC Auction SJSC Auction SJSC Auction I t has been arranged to have some 30 lots auctioned on the heels of the WPL auction on Sunday afternoon, the 11th. Wally Jollif, the auctioneer, has agreed to auction our club lots after finishing the WPL auction. It would be very nice if you could spend a little time in assisting with this chore. It will take less than an hour to complete the SJSC portion of the sale, but it will take some help from club members to do so—please help. Ramblings… Ramblings… Ramblings… Ramblings… O nce again the newsletter is late! Numerous last minute details for Filatelic Fiesta is the reason—the cancels for the show being the major cause. In my haste to get the cancels to the post office I neglected to fit them to the cachets. The ones I sent (There will be two this year) were too large, and when I went to do a mockup I realized the problem. Re-did them, got permission to have them replace the first cancels, and got them off to the rubber stamp company. The catch was that I would be required to pay for them—my mistake, my problem, my pay. Oh well—at least I’m still vertical and the cachets will come out just fine—I just hope everyone likes them.-ed. Neither rain or snow nor sleet nor hail, Neither rain or snow nor sleet nor hail, Neither rain or snow nor sleet nor hail, Neither rain or snow nor sleet nor hail, they said, could stop the mail. . . . But they said, could stop the mail. . . . But they said, could stop the mail. . . . But they said, could stop the mail. . . . But they didn’t figure on Rexbo. they didn’t figure on Rexbo. they didn’t figure on Rexbo. they didn’t figure on Rexbo. October Program October Program October Program October Program The program for October was to be a DVD titled The Doctoring of Postage Stamps…Philatelists Beware, however, due to putting the Boy Scout binders together for Brian Jones it was cancelled due to the late hour in which the task was finished. It will be rescheduled for a later date.

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November 2012November 2012November 2012November 2012 Whole number 175Whole number 175Whole number 175Whole number 175

9 9 9 9 - 11 11 11 11 ̴ WE WILL NEVER FORGETWE WILL NEVER FORGETWE WILL NEVER FORGETWE WILL NEVER FORGET

2012 Club Officers 2012 Club Officers 2012 Club Officers 2012 Club Officers

PresidentPresidentPresidentPresident

Brian Jones. . . . . . . . 408.927.6861Brian Jones. . . . . . . . 408.927.6861Brian Jones. . . . . . . . 408.927.6861Brian Jones. . . . . . . . 408.927.6861 [email protected]@[email protected]@yahoo.com

Vice PresidentVice PresidentVice PresidentVice President

David Occhipinti . . . . . 408.723.0122David Occhipinti . . . . . 408.723.0122David Occhipinti . . . . . 408.723.0122David Occhipinti . . . . . 408.723.0122

SecretarySecretarySecretarySecretary

David Gilman . . . . . . . .408.264.1953David Gilman . . . . . . . .408.264.1953David Gilman . . . . . . . .408.264.1953David Gilman . . . . . . . .408.264.1953 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

TreasurerTreasurerTreasurerTreasurer

Richard Clever . . . . . . 408.238.0893Richard Clever . . . . . . 408.238.0893Richard Clever . . . . . . 408.238.0893Richard Clever . . . . . . 408.238.0893 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Newsletter EditorNewsletter EditorNewsletter EditorNewsletter Editor

James Sauer . . . . . . . 408.445.2694 James Sauer . . . . . . . 408.445.2694 James Sauer . . . . . . . 408.445.2694 James Sauer . . . . . . . 408.445.2694 [email protected]@[email protected]@yahoo.com

Filatelic Fiesta General ChairmanFilatelic Fiesta General ChairmanFilatelic Fiesta General ChairmanFilatelic Fiesta General Chairman

Steve Schumann . . . 510.785.4794Steve Schumann . . . 510.785.4794Steve Schumann . . . 510.785.4794Steve Schumann . . . 510.785.4794 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Exhibits Chairman Exhibits Chairman Exhibits Chairman Exhibits Chairman

Dr. Edward Laveroni . . 408.356.7561Dr. Edward Laveroni . . 408.356.7561Dr. Edward Laveroni . . 408.356.7561Dr. Edward Laveroni . . 408.356.7561

Bourse ChairmanBourse ChairmanBourse ChairmanBourse Chairman

Wayne Menuz . . . . . . 408.265.5539Wayne Menuz . . . . . . 408.265.5539Wayne Menuz . . . . . . 408.265.5539Wayne Menuz . . . . . . 408.265.5539

Visit our website at: Visit our website at: Visit our website at: Visit our website at:

filatelicfiesta.orgfilatelicfiesta.orgfilatelicfiesta.orgfilatelicfiesta.org

Contents Contents Contents Contents

Pot Pot Pot Pot----pourrie & The Prez Sez . . . . . 2pourrie & The Prez Sez . . . . . 2pourrie & The Prez Sez . . . . . 2pourrie & The Prez Sez . . . . . 2

Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. . . . . . . . . 3 Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. . . . . . . . . 3 Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. . . . . . . . . 3 Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. . . . . . . . . 3

Dunsterforce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Dunsterforce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Dunsterforce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Dunsterforce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Archibald M. Willard . . . . . . . . . . 6 Archibald M. Willard . . . . . . . . . . 6 Archibald M. Willard . . . . . . . . . . 6 Archibald M. Willard . . . . . . . . . . 6

Katsushika Hokusai . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Katsushika Hokusai . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Katsushika Hokusai . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Katsushika Hokusai . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Covers, Cards, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Covers, Cards, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Covers, Cards, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Covers, Cards, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Show Calendar, Want ads . . . . . . 8 Show Calendar, Want ads . . . . . . 8 Show Calendar, Want ads . . . . . . 8 Show Calendar, Want ads . . . . . . 8

Founded 1927, Club show since 1928Founded 1927, Club show since 1928Founded 1927, Club show since 1928Founded 1927, Club show since 1928

Meets 7:00 PM, 1Meets 7:00 PM, 1Meets 7:00 PM, 1Meets 7:00 PM, 1stststst & 3 & 3 & 3 & 3rdrdrdrd Wednesdays Wednesdays Wednesdays Wednesdays

Hilltop Manor in 3Hilltop Manor in 3Hilltop Manor in 3Hilltop Manor in 3rdrdrdrd floor dining room floor dining room floor dining room floor dining room

790 Ironwood Drive, San Jose, California790 Ironwood Drive, San Jose, California790 Ironwood Drive, San Jose, California790 Ironwood Drive, San Jose, California

Driving instructions on the website. Driving instructions on the website. Driving instructions on the website. Driving instructions on the website. Annual dues: Annual dues: Annual dues: Annual dues:

Adults/families $12 ~ Youths $6Adults/families $12 ~ Youths $6Adults/families $12 ~ Youths $6Adults/families $12 ~ Youths $6

APS chapter # 0264APS chapter # 0264APS chapter # 0264APS chapter # 0264----025791025791025791025791

This run of the newsletter This run of the newsletter This run of the newsletter This run of the newsletter commenced January 1998. commenced January 1998. commenced January 1998. commenced January 1998.

Correspondence to: Correspondence to: Correspondence to: Correspondence to: P O Box 730993, San Jose, CA 95173P O Box 730993, San Jose, CA 95173P O Box 730993, San Jose, CA 95173P O Box 730993, San Jose, CA 95173

Fiesta Youth NewsFiesta Youth NewsFiesta Youth NewsFiesta Youth News

G ood news everybody, the Northern California stamp

album project is ON for Fiesta. I was able to get the albums printed for $152.26 including a clear cover, vinyl back, spiral binding and tax. If you haven’t seen them at a club meeting, you can find it on the APS website. Of course, to really make this a success, stamps are required. Donations from the APS, Postal History Foundation, local dealers, and club members have donated enough variation and quantity to make this a success. The club members have donated a total of $105 to defray the printing costs. Thanks everybody! Your generosity is tremendous and deeply appreciated. There will also be a new project this year with British Machin’s. Please plan to help at the youth table and see the fun these projects bring to young people.

SJSC AuctionSJSC AuctionSJSC AuctionSJSC Auction

I t has been arranged to have some 30 lots auctioned on the heels of the WPL auction on Sunday afternoon, the 11th. Wally Jollif, the auctioneer, has agreed to auction our club lots after finishing the WPL auction. It would be very nice if you could spend a little time in assisting with this chore. It will take less than an hour to complete the SJSC portion of the sale, but it will take some help from club members to do so—please help.

Ramblings…Ramblings…Ramblings…Ramblings…

O nce again the newsletter is late! Numerous last minute details for Filatelic Fiesta is the reason—the cancels for the show being the major cause. In my haste to get the cancels to the post office I neglected to fit them to the cachets. The ones I sent (There will be two this year) were too large, and when I went to do a mockup I realized the problem. Re-did them, got permission to have them replace the first cancels, and got them off to the rubber stamp company. The catch was that I would be required to pay for them—my mistake, my problem, my pay. Oh well—at least I’m still vertical and the cachets will come out just fine—I just hope everyone likes them.-ed.

Neither rain or snow nor sleet nor hail, Neither rain or snow nor sleet nor hail, Neither rain or snow nor sleet nor hail, Neither rain or snow nor sleet nor hail, they said, could stop the mail. . . . But they said, could stop the mail. . . . But they said, could stop the mail. . . . But they said, could stop the mail. . . . But they didn’t figure on Rexbo.they didn’t figure on Rexbo.they didn’t figure on Rexbo.they didn’t figure on Rexbo.

October ProgramOctober ProgramOctober ProgramOctober Program

The program for October was to be a DVD titled The Doctoring of Postage Stamps…Philatelists Beware, however, due to putting the Boy Scout binders together for Brian Jones it was cancelled due to the late hour in which the task was finished. It will be rescheduled for a later date.

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Northern California TriviaNorthern California TriviaNorthern California TriviaNorthern California Trivia

Q Where is the Coast Guard Training Center for the West Coast?

A Alameda.

Q What was the former name of Georgetown? A Growlersburg.

From From From From NorthernNorthernNorthernNorthern California Trivia California Trivia California Trivia California Trivia by Ernie & Jill Couchby Ernie & Jill Couchby Ernie & Jill Couchby Ernie & Jill Couch

I read something recently that really annoyed me—the person said stamp collecting is mostly

a “solitary activity”. I thought, how sad that this experienced collector still hasn’t discovered the fun of sharing her hobby with others. Personally, I’ve been having a LOT more fun with stamp collecting since I’ve gotten active in the hobby and joined the club. Even when I don’t have money to spend on new stamps for my collection, I have a great time participating in the hobby. I find walking into a stamp show infinitely more fun when I know a few of the dealers by name and see a dozen friends. Of course, it is each person’s prerogative to continue to collect alone. A person who wants solitude is welcome to it; my point is that isn’t the only option when one chooses to collect stamps. It would be bad if those involved in the hobby didn’t make others feel welcome to join the more social opportunities. Beyond the pleasure of the social aspects of being part of a club or society, there is tremendous opportunity to grow and enhance ones collection(s). Clubs have collectors with several lifetimes of experience across their membership and love to share. Specialty societies have even more expert information. Our annual show is just days away and there is no better opportunity to demonstrate the fun that can be had sharing ones joy of stamp collecting with others. I encourage everyone to take up the challenge to talk to Fiesta guests to visit a club meeting, get involved with hosting the show, or joining a society. I’ll print up a supply of half sheet fliers detailing our club date/time/place and challenge everyone to personally “talk-up” five people during the show, invite them to a meeting, and hand them a flier. And, I still very much need help from someone with coordinating meeting programs.

A s most of you know, I’ve sold my Anti-Malaria collection to a collector in Massachusetts. This

is an iphone photo of his street along with the following message: No power for three days—maybe tomorrow. I'll send the picture of the trees in my yard which fell blocking the whole street and taking out the wires in 1 minute—hard to on iPhone—I miss my computer but does not work and no fios.

FlashlightFlashlightFlashlightFlashlight

I n 1899, Joshua Lionel Cohen came up with an idea for a decorative lighting fixture for potted

plants: a metal tube with a light bulb and a dry cell battery that could run the light bulb for 30 days. He passed the idea along to one of his Eveready salespersons, Conrad Hubert, along with his company. Hubert turned the metal tube, light bulb and battery into the world's first flashlight and began selling the batteries and the flashlight, both together and as separate items. Hubert became a multi-millionaire, Eveready became a huge company, and Joshua Lionel Cowen finally achieved the success he really wanted: he was the person who invented toy trains in 1900. As happened with the fuses and the flashlight, Cowen was actually trying to invent something else when he invented toy trains. He originally intended to create a store window display, a battery powered toy car that travelled on a circle of track. People wanted to buy the display more than the merchandise for sale. Cowen started Lionel Model Trains.

Paper TowelsPaper TowelsPaper TowelsPaper Towels

E xtracts from Kimberly-Clark press release on company history: Scott Paper Company was

founded in Philadelphia by Irvin and Clarence Scott in 1879. Brothers Seymour and Irvin Scott ran a paper commission business for twelve years, but the poor economy in the 1870s forced them out of business. Irvin and his younger brother, Clarence, then decided to form their own company out of the remains of the first. In 1907, Scott Paper introduced the Sani-Towels paper towel, the first paper towels. They were invented for use in Philadelphia classrooms to help prevent the spread of the common cold from child to child.

—Brian

"Our obligations to our country never cease

but with our lives."

"Our obligations to our country never cease

but with our lives."

"Our obligations to our country never cease

but with our lives."

"Our obligations to our country never cease

but with our lives." —— ——John Adams, letter to Benjamin Rush

, 1808

John Adams, letter to Benjamin Rush

, 1808

John Adams, letter to Benjamin Rush

, 1808

John Adams, letter to Benjamin Rush

, 1808

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Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.

E dwin “Buzz” Aldrin’s father, Edwin Eugene Aldrin Sr., was an Army Air Corps pilot and aide

to General Billy Mitchell in the Philippines in 1920. His mother, Marion Moon, was the daughter of a Methodist Army Chaplin.

Moon Landing 20th Anniversary, Scott 2419, issued July 20, 1989.Moon Landing 20th Anniversary, Scott 2419, issued July 20, 1989.Moon Landing 20th Anniversary, Scott 2419, issued July 20, 1989.Moon Landing 20th Anniversary, Scott 2419, issued July 20, 1989.

The Aldrin’s only son, Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr., called “Buzz”, was a 1951 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy. He later became an Air Force colonel and a scientist. In the Korean War, “Buzz” Aldrin flew 66 combat missions, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he earned his doctorate of science degree in astronautics. He was chosen as an astronaut in 1963. Aldrin earned his astronaut’s wings in Gemini XII, November 11, 1996, making 63 orbits of Earth. The Gemini spacecraft was twice as large as the Mercury capsule and accommodated two astronauts. In Gemini XII, Aldrin was accompanied by James Arthur Lovell Jr. Extravehicular activities (EVA) called space walks, provided information for later walks on the moon. The opportunity to walk on the Moon came on July 16, 1969 when Apollo 11 took Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Aldrin to the Moon. The lunar capsule Eagle separated from the command module Columbia and settled on the Moon’s surface. Armstrong set foot on the Moon first, and Aldrin followed. Aldrin had difficulty coping with the post-Apollo 11 feat as a new-found celebrity. He found his assignment as commander of the Aerospace Research Pilots School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, was something he was not trained for. He checked into the military hospital in San Antonio for treatment of mental illness and alcoholism. He recovered. Today he lectures about both. Aldrin retired from the Air Force and wrote Return to Earth. He established his own firm, Research and Engineering in Los Angeles. In 1989, he wrote another book, Men From Earth, detailing his Apollo 11 adventure. Aldrin is one of the two astronauts pictured on the Moon Landing 20th Anniversary $2.40 stamp issued July 20, 1989.

DunsterForceDunsterForceDunsterForceDunsterForce

T he evolution of the Allied strategy during WWI resulted in many attempts, by the British in

particular, to expedite victory by deploying missions that circumvented the Western Front. According to British Prime Minister David Lloyd-George, "the events in those forgotten and despised theatres in the East brought the war to an end in 1918; but for them it might have dragged its bloody course into the spring and summer of 1919." Dunsterforce, a secret force formed for operations in the Caucasus carried out one of the most covert of these missions and clearly exemplified the greater strategic thought that had evolved within Allied supreme command leading into the final year of the war. It was also an early deviation from the typical trend towards mass armies that plagued most of the European fronts throughout the war.

MajorMajorMajorMajor----General Lionel Charles Dunsterville CB, CSIGeneral Lionel Charles Dunsterville CB, CSIGeneral Lionel Charles Dunsterville CB, CSIGeneral Lionel Charles Dunsterville CB, CSI

Dunsterforce was indeed an early style Special Forces unit, and it was given a Special Forces type assignment. Made up of picked soldiers from across the Allied armies, it was a highly elite, albeit undersized unit commanded by, and named after, Major-General Lionel Dunsterville. Included among its ranks were forty-one Canadian officers and men as well as Australians, Kiwis, South Africans and others. Over half the force were officers and NCO's and almost every one of them had received military awards won in battle. Dunsterville's first task was to organize a coherent body of resistance out of the miscellaneous, and often mutually hostile, groups of anti-Bolshevik Russians and anti-Turkish Georgians, Armenians and Assyrians spread across the Caucasus region. Once established, the primary mission of his collective

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force was to guard the Trans-Caucasian railway line from the Russian cities of Baku to Tiflis, in addition to protecting the oil fields at Baku from the Turks. It was also hoped that Dunsterville could aid in the establishment and maintenance of an independent group of nations—Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. Another reason for occupying Baku was to prevent the enemy from obtaining a route to India. While most historical works on the WWI are justifiably focused on the Western Front, there were a number of other relatively obscure Allied campaigns, including Dunsterforce. These operations have received considerably less documentation. Correspondingly, little has been written on Dunsterforce, but what is available is extremely interesting. It receives token mention in numerous writings, but is usually amalgamated into the broader theme of Allied intervention in Russia. Dunsterville's own account, The Adventure of Dunsterforce, is the only manuscript dedicated in its entirety to this specific mission. See also Adventure in the Near East, 1918-1922 by Colonel A. Rawlinson, (London: Andrew Melrose, 1923). Colonel Rawlinson's work contains a very fine primary account of Dunsterforce as well. Accounts of DunsterForce are fascinating as a look into an early special-operations type unit, and what such a unit could achieve. Knowing what we know now, it seems a shame that the British Army did not take the lessons of such operations and units to heart, but in any war, its usually the losing side that learns the most, and innovates the most. What was the background to the formation of DunsterForce? Strategically, the fall of Tsarist Russia and the collapse of the Eastern Front in 1917 had a major impact on the war. The Germans had rapidly invaded southern Russia and the Ukraine. Their goal was to capture the important natural, industrial and military resources of an internally embattled Russia. Incorporated into this larger strategy was the absorption of Asia Minor, and the penetration further into Asia, by means of the Berlin-Baghdad Railway. These fears were significant factors in the Allied decision to deploy forces to Archangel and Murmansk, Dunsterforce into the Caucuses, and to initiate intervention in Siberia. By early 1918, the situation in the Caucuses was troublesome—not only were the Germans entrenched in the Ukraine, they also seemed to be on the verge of achieving results in their ambitious scheme to penetrate deeply into Central Asia. The situation in the Middle East at the time was complex—the British were fighting the Turks in Palestine and Mesopotamia, having captured Baghdad in March 1917. Gallipoli had been a disaster for the Allies. The British and the Russians had invaded Persia and driven out Turkish forces but widespread famine began to devastate the local populations in Persia in early 1917. Local crops withered and the import of foodstuffs from India, Mesopotamia and the United States became nonexistent, due to the use of the local transportation means for war

supplies by both sides. In addition, the Allies refused to pay for local oil, which greatly aggravated the conditions brought on by the drought and famine. Between 1917 and 1919, it is estimated that nearly one-half of the 9-11 million people of the Persian population died of starvation or disease brought on by malnutrition. Those men fit enough to fight, took up active resistance against the British, who now controlled most of the region. As the Russian revolution unfolded, the Russian Armies in Persia and the Caucuses disintegrated and abandoned their positions. Until the summer of 1917, the Russian line had extended from South Russia, through the Caucuses, across the Caspian Sea, through North-West Persia until its left flank joined General Allenby's British forces in Mesopotamia, east of Baghdad. By October 1917, this continuous Allied line was melting away. Russian troops were deserting en masse and the entire Russian Army announced its intention of withdrawing from the area completely. With the advent of the Russian Revolution, and the final collapse of the southern Russian forces in November 1917, the British faced an entirely new strategical situation. The Turkish Army, acting as an unconscious vanguard for German follow-on forces, found nothing between itself and the long-coveted possession of the oil rich region of the Southern Caucuses, and began to work their way along the Trans-Caucasus Railway. A gap, some 450 miles wide, was forming on the right flank of the British Mesopotamian Army, through which Turkish and German agents and troops could encircle the Allied forces and pour into Central Asia. General Allenby's forces were not strong enough to repel this inevitable onslaught and alterations were needed to safeguard British interests in the Middle East.

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"...the advance of Bolsheviks (and Austrian prisoners of war freed by them) into the area east of the Caspian must be checked, or they would join with hostile elements there to form a serious threat to Afghanistan and India. Finally, if the Eastern front was to be restored, the Caspian and its shipping must be under Allied control, and this meant that Baku had to be taken and defended against the Turks. (It was clear at the beginning of 1918 that sufficient British forces were not available from any theatre for dispatch to this area. As an indication of what an adequate force might be, the Caucasus -Persian front had been held by between 100,000 and 200,000 Russian troops; many, indeed, were still in Persia, but it was evident that they could not be relied on much longer as an effective barrier to hostile penetration eastwards. Another barrier was urgently required, but how was it to be provided? It seemed that to organize a local defensive force from Georgians, Armenians, Assyrians, and Russian volunteers was the only feasible answer. (The Campaign in Mesopotamia, 102-3). To this end, a British Mission to the Caucasus was authorized by the War Office on 14 January 1918. At its head was

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Major-General L.C. Dunsterville, who arrived in Baghdad from India on the 18th with orders to proceed to Tiflis as British representative to the Trans-Caucasian Government. It was foreseen that he would need 150 officers and 300 N.C.Os.—who were the nucleus of Dunsterforce—for the main purpose “of organizing, training, and leading native troops to be raised from the tribes of Asia Minor and Mesopotamia.” (Ibid., 104-5. Report of the Ministry, O.M.F.C. 1918, 20.) To Dunsterforce, Canada contributed 15 officers and 26 N.C.Os., of “strong character, adventurous spirit, especially good stamina, capable of organizing, training, and eventually leading, irregular troops”. (“The Dunsterforce”, file G.A.Q. 10-28). All came from the Canadian Corps (although three who were medically unfit were replaced in England) and left the Western Front for England on 13 January."

The situation in the Caucasus region of southern Russia, and in the neighboring northwest Persian region—east of the Turkish border—was of extreme importance to the Allies, most notably to Britain. Throughout the war, India was challenged by the threat of danger from the northwest frontier, aggravated by the hostility of a considerable portion of Afghan nationals. Any advance by Turkey into India would affect the fortunes of, not only India, but also the British Empire as a whole. India was the source of a considerable wealth of raw war materials, which were vital to the Allied war effort. The strategical solution to avoiding a catastrophe was to limit Turkey's access to the transportation routes leading south to India. The majority of these were located in the Middle East. The main cities on both the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, including Mosul, Baghdad, Fallujah and Basra, and northern ports of Enzeli and Baku, were vital ground in halting any southern Turkish advance. With the Russian departure and Allenby's forces already drastically undersized, it was necessary to insert secondary forces to meet the strategical objectives in the

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Middle East. However, the Russian force that had long held the Caucus-Persian Front fluctuated between 100,000 and 200,000 soldiers. The Allies could not spare sufficient forces from any theatre to replace these numbers. Highly mobile and highly trained special forces seemed to be the only Allied alternative. With the envisaged scenes of conflict too far removed from any sizeable force already in the Middle East, the British needed to safeguard the remote regions of the Caucuses with Special Forces. Dunsterforce was one of three "hush-hush" missions, which were secretly inserted, to safeguard British strategical interests in the Middle East. The three distinct missions were designed to negate these possible disadvantages. The western most force, Dunsterforce, was to move through Persia from Baghdad, with the goal of reaching the ports of Enzeli and Baku, on the Western shores of the Caspian Sea, and establishing contacts with pro-Allied elements in Trans-Caucasia. Their communications were to be protected by a force from the 14th Hussars known as "Bridges Column," after Lieutenant Colonel E J Bridges, their CO.

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A second mission, under command of Major-General Sir Wilfrid Malleson, was to operate east of Dunsterforce. Its objective was to travel north along the Persian-Afghan border in order to safeguard the cities of Meshed and Ashkhabad, the latter being situated on the Trans-Caucasia Railway. Major-General Sir George Macartney was placed in command of the third, and smallest, special force. His mission, operating further east, was to proceed via Chinese Turkestan (Kashgar) into Russian Turkestan to the city of Tashkent, again a vital stop along the railway. However, Dunsterforce was given the most critical and dangerous assignment, as its zone of operation was closest to the Turkish threat and was under what the Russians labeled before the war "German orientation."

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Archibald M. WillardArchibald M. WillardArchibald M. WillardArchibald M. Willard

A rchibald Willard grew up around the Cleveland area until the Civil War. He served as a soldier

and flagbearer. He then worked as a painter of carriages. At age 37, he went to New York City to study art. He concentrated on battle scenes that were inspired by his Civil War experiences. Willard painted at least four versions of a drummer boy, an old man drummer and a fife player rallying up enthusiasm and leading soldiers in a march. In his picture, the flag, which is authentically illustrated with its thirteen stars, is prominently displayed between the two adults to the right of center of the scene. Oddly enough, since Willard himself was a color bearer, the bearer of the flag is not visible. He used the son of railway pioneer and builder John H. Devereux as the model for the drummer boy.

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This painting, which became familiar to young and old alike, stirred up patriotism. It was originally titled Yankee Doodle. But Yankee Doodle was also the title of a song composed about 1750 by Dr. Richard Shuckburg, a physician of the British army at Albany, New York. Dr. Shuckburg intended for the song to poke fun at the Yankee troops. This song first appeared in A Selection of Scotch, English, Irish, and Foreign Airs by James Aird. In the early days of the Revolutionary War, the song was used to poke fun at the Colonial soldiers. Colonel Hugh Percy marched his troops to Concord and Lexington singing this tune, but when he was routed by the Minutemen, the Minutemen chased his troops back to Boston drumming and singing their version of the of the ditty. The name of the painting was changed to The Spirit of ’76. It was painted for the 1876 American Revolution Centennial. It was purchased by Devereux, the drummer boy’s father, and presented to the town of Marblehead, Massachusetts, where it is displayed in Abbott Hall at Washington Square along with the original deed of £16 that bought the land from the Indians back in 1684. Archibald M. Willard was born August 22/26, 1836 in Bedford, Ohio, and died October 11, 1918 in Cleveland, Ohio.

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C olor prints, Nishiki-ye, or brocade pictures, so-called from their brilliant coloring, are products of Ukiyo-ye or “passing-world pictures,” a genre painting school depicting the everyday life and customs of ordinary people. These pictures were not highly regarded in artistic circles of Japan. They were taken to Europe by the Dutch. They appeared in the Parisian Porte Chinoise, and marvelous specimens were purchased in these shops for a few sous. In time, the monographs on Hokusai and Utamaro by Edmond de Concourt attracted public attention to Japanese color prints, and demand grew. Today, these prints sell for hundreds and even thousands of dollars.

The greatest of all Ukiyo-ye painters, Hokusai, was born in Yedo (Tokyo) . At age five, he was adopted by Hakajima Issai. Most of his family were artisans. Hokusai studied wood engraving, but before he was 20 years of age, he began the study painting color prints with the famous Kasugawa Shunsho. He was expelled because he showed disrespect for the master and his work. Henceforth Hokusai lived in extreme poverty, making just enough from his prints to exist. He obtained commissions to illustrate books such as the Manga, a 15-volume encyclopedia on Japanese daily life. Hokusai’s most famous works are the color prints of the Thirty-six Views of Fiji, drawn and colored between 1823 and 1829. He produced a series of color prints, Views of Famous Bridges, Waterfalls, and Views of Lu-chu Island. He worked against such famous contemporaries as Hiroshige (Andro Tokitaro); Sharaku, whose prints are rare today; and Kitagawa Utamaro, who gained the title Ukiyo-ye Chuukoo-no-so or “Great Master of the Popular School.” Hokusai produced about 30,000 designs. Five Feminine Virtues by Hokusai depicts a women reading a letter. It is shown on one of the eight stamps of the 1974 Universal Postal Union issue.

Five Feminine VirtuesFive Feminine VirtuesFive Feminine VirtuesFive Feminine Virtues by Hokusai, Scott 1531, issued June 6, 1974. by Hokusai, Scott 1531, issued June 6, 1974. by Hokusai, Scott 1531, issued June 6, 1974. by Hokusai, Scott 1531, issued June 6, 1974. One of eight stamps issued for the centenary of the UniversalOne of eight stamps issued for the centenary of the UniversalOne of eight stamps issued for the centenary of the UniversalOne of eight stamps issued for the centenary of the Universal Postal Union. The block of eight stamps are shown on page 7. Postal Union. The block of eight stamps are shown on page 7. Postal Union. The block of eight stamps are shown on page 7. Postal Union. The block of eight stamps are shown on page 7.

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The 2012 Filatelic Fiesta cacheted covers with their corresponding cancels; A Union Soldier charging with fixed bayonet for the Battle of Antietam stamp, and an anchored Union ship firing on the city of New Orleans for the Battle of New Orleans stamp.

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On a tour of southeast Asia, Ron and Roberta Yamagami sent us some postcards. Below left the Hanoi Hilton, and right the Saigon post office; bottom right Phnom Penh National Museum.

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