Great Stamp Blunders #59 Sarawak

This is the last "white" Rajah of Sarawak, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke.
He was an ardent stamp collector.
http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox...to&PhotoID=476
When he returned to his palace from a visit to England, he had a
terrible surprise.
Termites had invaded the cupboards in which his stamp albums were kept
and had eaten, page by page and from cover to cover, thousands
of his valuable stamps. The Rajah was so disgusted that he
decided to give up collecting, realising that in the tropical climate
of his kingdom in North Borneo it was too risky a hobby.
What he could salvage of his collection was finally auctioned in London.

Source: Stamp Collecting E.H.Spire 1962

"Rodney" skrev i en meddelelse
...
This is the last "white" Rajah of Sarawak, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke.
He was an ardent stamp collector.
http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox...to&PhotoID=476
When he returned to his palace from a visit to England, he had a
terrible surprise.
Termites had invaded the cupboards in which his stamp albums were kept
and had eaten, page by page and from cover to cover, thousands
of his valuable stamps. The Rajah was so disgusted that he
decided to give up collecting, realising that in the tropical climate
of his kingdom in North Borneo it was too risky a hobby.
What he could salvage of his collection was finally auctioned in London.

Not knowing the exact wording in English, this biblical quotation (directly
translated from Danish) comes to mind:

"do not collect what moths and rust may devour" ;-)

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Best regards
Ann Mette Heindorff (Mette)
http://www.heindorffhus.dk







Source: Stamp Collecting E.H.Spire 1962

"amesh (Mette)" skrev i en meddelelse
...
"Rodney" skrev i en meddelelse
...
This is the last "white" Rajah of Sarawak, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke.
He was an ardent stamp collector.
http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox...to&PhotoID=476
When he returned to his palace from a visit to England, he had a
terrible surprise.
Termites had invaded the cupboards in which his stamp albums were kept
and had eaten, page by page and from cover to cover, thousands
of his valuable stamps. The Rajah was so disgusted that he
decided to give up collecting, realising that in the tropical climate
of his kingdom in North Borneo it was too risky a hobby.
What he could salvage of his collection was finally auctioned in London.

Not knowing the exact wording in English, this biblical quotation
(directly
translated from Danish) comes to mind:

"do not collect what moths and rust may devour" ;-)

Here comes the correct wording. Although the teaching was about money, in
our time that could easily apply to stamps as well, which is also some kind
of "money".

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust
destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

http://www.lifeofchrist.com/teaching...ount/money.asp

--
Best regards
Ann Mette Heindorff (Mette)
http://www.heindorffhus.dk