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A Politically Incorrect Postage Stamp
At one time, the country of Albania honored a smoker who used twelve
packs a day, by putting his picture on a postage stamp. - from www.odd-info.com |
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A Politically Incorrect Postage Stamp
On Oct 4, 9:44*pm, javawizard wrote:
At one time, the country of Albania honored a smoker who used twelve packs a day, by putting his picture on a postage stamp. - fromwww.odd-info.com useless reference. Neither the site nor the referenced footnote give us his name or fetails of the stamp. |
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On Oct 4, 9:44*pm, javawizard wrote:
At one time, the country of Albania honored a smoker who used twelve packs a day, by putting his picture on a postage stamp. - fromwww.odd-info.com AFAIK smoking, while a noxious habit, is not politically incorrect. |
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A Politically Incorrect Postage Stamp
On Oct 5, 10:55*pm, Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
RWF found these unused words: On Oct 4, 9:44*pm, javawizard wrote: At one time, the country of Albania honored a smoker who used twelve packs a day, by putting his picture on a postage stamp. - fromwww.odd-info.com AFAIK smoking, while a noxious habit, is not politically incorrect. It is now, as most US areas have laws against smoking, they're 'politically' motivated, so ... G! Hi Just think about how much money the many governments received from the taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products. Art |
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A Politically Incorrect Postage Stamp
On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 09:08:59 -0700 (PDT), Art
wrote: On Oct 5, 10:55*pm, Sir F. A. Rien wrote: RWF found these unused words: On Oct 4, 9:44*pm, javawizard wrote: At one time, the country of Albania honored a smoker who used twelve packs a day, by putting his picture on a postage stamp. - fromwww.odd-info.com AFAIK smoking, while a noxious habit, is not politically incorrect. It is now, as most US areas have laws against smoking, they're 'politically' motivated, so ... G! Hi Just think about how much money the many governments received from the taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products. Art Not to mention all of the wild, weird and wonderful revenue stamps produced for verification of paying said taxes. :^) |
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A Politically Incorrect Postage Stamp
javawizard a écrit:
At one time, the country of Albania honored a smoker who used twelve packs a day, by putting his picture on a postage stamp. - from www.odd-info.com Hello, It looks like it was abour king Zog http://www.skeptics.com.au/quiz/2008/0803.htm I don't know if there is a stamp about it though. -- Cordialement Dominique Stéphan http://www.blog-philatelie.com/ Mon blog philatélie http://www.timbre-poste.com/ Timbres-poste d'usage courant http://amisdemarianne.free.fr/ Cercle des Amis de Marianne |
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A Politically Incorrect Postage Stamp
Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
It is now, as most US areas have laws against smoking, they're 'politically' motivated, so ... G! As someone who is suffering the effects of long-ago second-hand smoke and will for the rest of my life, calling the motivation 'political' is not so funny to me. Tobacco and tobacco smoke are full of poisons and it is 'political' (votes and revenue) that they are not banned. Terry |
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On Oct 6, 2:52*pm, Terry Reedy wrote:
Sir F. A. Rien wrote: It is now, as most US areas have laws against smoking, they're 'politically' motivated, so ... G! As someone who is suffering the effects of long-ago second-hand smoke and will for the rest of my life, calling the motivation 'political' is not so funny to me. *Tobacco and tobacco smoke are full of poisons and it is 'political' (votes and revenue) that they are not banned. Terry Smoking is not a God given right. Where one smokes is not a right either. Yes, I smoked for thirty years but have been 'celebate' for thirty years. I support the laws, politicall or otherwise, that ban smoking in public places. Smoking on stamps? Yep, two that come to mind are France, Scott 1698 and Venezuela, 1503a. These two loosely fall into the Joint Issues category, my speciality. I have the France but not the Venezuela. I am not worried they will contaminate my collection. G Ralphael, the OLD one |
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A Politically Incorrect Postage Stamp
On Oct 6, 2:52*pm, Terry Reedy wrote:
As someone who is suffering the effects of long-ago second-hand smoke and will for the rest of my life, calling the motivation 'political' is not so funny to me. *Tobacco and tobacco smoke are full of poisons and it is 'political' (votes and revenue) that they are not banned. Banning cigarettes is not the answer, it would only lead to illegal activity (remember prohibition). Education, a total ban on advertising, forcing manufacturers to package their cancer sticks in plain white boxes, higher (say $20 a pack) taxes, publically funded smoking cessation programs, cracking down on illegal off-shore and Indian smoke sales are all required to end the plague of smoking in the US of A. |
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A Politically Incorrect Postage Stamp
"Ralphael1" wrote in message
... Smoking is not a God given right. I have thought that the rights in the USA are listed in its Constitution. There are a few basic principles on which it stands, like the right to liberty and to the pursuit of happiness. For this reason may I ask if the US Constitution does ban smoking? A scarce stamp dedicated to tobacco was issued by Italy on Sept. 11, 1950, in a set of three. It publicizes the European Tobacco Conference, Roma, 1950. Scott 544-546. The Scott No. 546, $26 NH in my Scott 1999, is shown he http://www.stampview.com/it/it546th.jpg BTW, what do you think, is this nice lady still alive? If so, she should be about 80 years old today ;-) The set way overprinted for Trieste, Sc. 85-87 -- Victor Manta ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Communism on Stamps: http://reds-on.postalstamps.biz/ Spanish North Africa: http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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