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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Podcast/Article on Great Bitter Lake Association Stamps

 

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Winedrinker
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30 Oct 2019
01:49:32am
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/great-bitter-lake-association/

Exceptional presentation produced by 99% Invisible on the history of the GBLA and its stamps. I have a bit part in the podcast as the stamp collector who "stumbles upon" a GBLA stamp on eBay. Forgive the non-exact definition of philately - I can never go with "the love of tax free." (The final portion of the podcast talks of the Nicaraguan stamp that convinced the U.S. to build the Panama Canal in Panama, and not Nicaragua.)

Odd tale of a floating city of ships stranded in the Great Bitter Lake portion of the Suez Canal.

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Penelope

30 Oct 2019
05:46:32pm
re: Podcast/Article on Great Bitter Lake Association Stamps

This is such a fascinating little historical story! Difficult to imagine what life must have been like for the sailors trapped in the Great Bitter Lake.

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Winedrinker
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30 Oct 2019
05:54:38pm
re: Podcast/Article on Great Bitter Lake Association Stamps

Indeed Penelope, a charming slice of history somehow recaptured. With equally charming stamps.

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..

08 Nov 2019
09:44:16am
re: Podcast/Article on Great Bitter Lake Association Stamps

" .... imagine what life must have been like for the sailors trapped in the Great Bitter Lake. ...."

It is hot as Hades and when the sand blows it peels paint from the bulkheads. even when moving through the the vessels go so slow there is barely a breeze created by their motion.Image Not Found

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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "
        

 

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Winedrinker

30 Oct 2019
01:49:32am

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/great-bitter-lake-association/

Exceptional presentation produced by 99% Invisible on the history of the GBLA and its stamps. I have a bit part in the podcast as the stamp collector who "stumbles upon" a GBLA stamp on eBay. Forgive the non-exact definition of philately - I can never go with "the love of tax free." (The final portion of the podcast talks of the Nicaraguan stamp that convinced the U.S. to build the Panama Canal in Panama, and not Nicaragua.)

Odd tale of a floating city of ships stranded in the Great Bitter Lake portion of the Suez Canal.

Cheers
Eric

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Penelope

30 Oct 2019
05:46:32pm

re: Podcast/Article on Great Bitter Lake Association Stamps

This is such a fascinating little historical story! Difficult to imagine what life must have been like for the sailors trapped in the Great Bitter Lake.

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Winedrinker

30 Oct 2019
05:54:38pm

re: Podcast/Article on Great Bitter Lake Association Stamps

Indeed Penelope, a charming slice of history somehow recaptured. With equally charming stamps.

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
08 Nov 2019
09:44:16am

re: Podcast/Article on Great Bitter Lake Association Stamps

" .... imagine what life must have been like for the sailors trapped in the Great Bitter Lake. ...."

It is hot as Hades and when the sand blows it peels paint from the bulkheads. even when moving through the the vessels go so slow there is barely a breeze created by their motion.Image Not Found

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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "
        

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