Edward Stanley Gibbons stamp pioneer who built a world famed firm
The story of Edward Stanley Gibbons, who turned a Plymouth chemist shop apprenticeship into a stamp empire. From early swaps with customers to selling Cape of Good Hope triangulars, he founded the legendary Gibbons stamp business, published catalogs, moved to London, and built a global empire with Harmer Rooke and Wingfield’s.
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Edward Stanley Gibbons
Plymouth
Stanley
Western Australia
Sydney
New South Wales
Stanley Gibbons
Raffie
Cape Town
Gibbons
Cape of Good Hope
London
Strand
Gibbons Stamp Monthly
John Adam Street
Harmer Rooke and Company
Stanley Gibbons Group
Wingfield’s
Gibbons Group
Greek Post issues five stamps for World Jamboree at Marathon
To mark the Boy Scouts World Jamboree in Marathon Greece in August the Greek Post Office prepared a five stamp commemorative set. The stamps depict Crown Prince Constantine Chief Scout of Greece Lord Baden Powell Lefkaditis the founder of scouting in Greece the 11th World Jamboree badge Athens at Dawn a Parthenon painting by Baden Powell from 1872 and a Greek King's Scout blowing a conch shell with the Greek Scout flag.
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Marathon
Greece
Constantine
Lord Baden-Powell
Boy Scout Movement
Lefkaditis
Athens
Badenpowell
Taking the Beer to Brussels
Whitbread & Co. reports rising British beer exports to Belgium with over 10 million bottles weekly. The Belgium market, the world’s top beer consumer, sees copycat attempts by local brewers. About 30 motor tankers weekly transport Whitbread beer from London and Wateringbury via five routes, plus up to eighteen 120 gallon tanks by crane, and 1,440 gallon train tanks for urgent demand.
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Whitbread & Co., Ltd
Belgium
Brussels
Whitbread
London
Wateringbury
Daytime Water Flow Over Niagara Falls Doubles
Sightseers will see the daytime flow over Niagara Falls doubled from April to October due to reduced water diversion above the falls. The change increases the volume exposed to visitors at the famous cataract.
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Niagara Falls
Falls
Woman barred from harness racing license by Canadian Trotting Assoc
A Toronto Telegram opinion piece mocks Ottawa woman Glenda Bradley after the Canadian Trotting Association rejects her harness racing license. The column argues against women in racing and extols men while suggesting women belong to simpler fields like space travel, portraying the dismissal as paternal guidance.
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Canadian Trotting Association
Ottawa
Glenda Bradley
Gum in Ears Joke Turns To Typo Turmoil
Flying over the mountains an airline hostess handed out gum to passengers to prevent ear popping. After landing a passenger asked how to remove it from ears. A second exchange joked about a wife’s illness caused by a daily health hint with a typographical error.
Two farm boys' 4-H journeys from Merrickville take root
From Merrickville Ontario Garnet Ralph and Dr Harold Baker rose from 4-H dairy calf projects to distinguished careers in agriculture. Ralph built a substantial dairy operation with 85 Holsteins and 300 replacements on 400 acres plus leases while Baker earned degrees at OAC Wisconsin and Cornell, advancing to a PhD before May 1 of this year.
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Merrickville
Ontario
Garnet Ralph
Richmond
Carleton County
Harold Baker
University of Saskatchewan
Kemptville Agricultural College
Ralph
Ontario Agricultural College
University of Wisconsin
Cornell University
Uruguay Decrees 50 Percent Cow Meat For Montivideo Diet
Uruguay's government issues a decree to ensure at least half of the beef consumed in Montevideo is cow meat to curb surplus fat cows while promoting domestic cow meat consumption and exporting higher quality steer meat. Interior butcher shops will sell cow meat only on Friday Saturday and Sunday each week. Per capita beef consumption has historically been among the world’s highest, with 161 pounds per person in 1961, second to Argentina.
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Urguay
Montevideo
Uruguay
Argentina
Canada welfare and health spending exceeds education costs
Government totals show all levels funding social security and health and welfare far surpass education outlays, with welfare and health expenditures more than doubling those for education across the nation.
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Canada
Father remarks on junior report card and cheating
A father surveys his son’s report card and quips that with such grades cheating would be impossible, implying disbelief in academic dishonesty. The exchange hints at parental concern and humor about school performance.
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Junior
Saskatoon university appoints new Extension Director
A director has assumed the post heading the Extension Department at the University of Saskatchewan. The appointment aligns with ongoing efforts to expand outreach programs and coordinate community education initiatives across the campus. The new director brings extensive experience in agricultural extension and public service.
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The
University of Saskatchewan
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Winchester
Anied
J. Pisier, Watrous, Bask
Taka TV
Nampa
Alta
Buprty
Genthon P.O
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Symons
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Briggs & Stratton
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Pacific Ave
Saskatoon
Broad St
Fairford St
W. Regina
Sack
Moosa
Office Law
Canada Packers Limited
Regina Electric
Sussex
California
Coyal
Great Naval Port
Victor Weiss
Jansen
St. Fraser
Paynton
Reisch Auction School
Mason City
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C.W.F
Saskatchewan
Clive
Alberta
Interprovincial Accounting Sask. Ltd
Albert St
Golden Mile Plaza
Acme Sewage Servi
Lacon St. Regina
Gull Lake
Contact Western Oil Company
Moose Jaw
Western Oil Co
Boz
Sank
Bruno
Nick Dirk
China
J. Nichol
Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society
Northern Crown Building
Regina - Sask
Ulla Moreland
Missenden
Sunshine Boy
E. Bird
Hound Club of Victoria
Royal Melbourne Showgrounds
Funnies
FULCO
Fulco Metal Products Ltd
B. Regina
W. F. Fuller Machinery CO. Ltd
Regina — Sask
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Halifax
Queen City Real Estate Ltd
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