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   Rod to Graeme Williams   
   Re: YMCA War Emergency Fund Stamp Query   
   07 Nov 06 13:53:04   
   
   XPost: rec.collecting.stamps.discuss   
   From: pookiethai@iprimus.com.au   
      
   Are we able to have a scanned image please?   
   perhaps It be one of a 1941 charity set (also has a red border)   
      
   YMCA World Service - 1941 Triangle Stamp   
   Item#: 427uns12520   
   Other Images:  Image #1   
   Our Price: $7.50   
   Availability: In Stock   
   Qty 1   
   Description   
   Country: United States   
   Type: Fundraising / Charity   
   Year: 1941   
   Denomination: none   
   Catalogue #: Mosbaugh 6.1930.C.02   
   Description: Triangle shaped stamp depicting YMCA   
   worker and child looking at ruins of a burnt-out house.   
   Stamp Size: 49x25 mm.   
      
      
   "Graeme Williams"  wrote in message   
   news:8jO3h.14357$163.121@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...   
   > Hi,   
   >   
   > We mostly deal in second hand books. Recently we bought a load of Asterix   
   > books which included the Asterix Stamp Album. Most of the pages were blank   
   > with glue marks left by stamp hinges but there were a few stamps left.   
   >   
   > One that caught my eye was the YMCA War Emergency Fund stamp. It is 7cm by   
   > 4.5cm with a red perforated boarder. White writing on a blue background to   
   > top and bottom with a b/w picture of an army camp with a YMCA building   
   > centre left. The building has the union flag and the YMCA logo picked out   
   in   
   > red and blue.  There is no price on it and I have been unable to locate   
   any   
   > information about it on the internet. I am not even sure if it is a   
   'proper'   
   > stamp at all.   
   >   
   > I am not expecting it to be rare or valuable. Nevertheless, it has piqued   
   my   
   > curiosity. Any one know anything about it?   
   >   
   > Regards,   
   >   
   > Graeme   
   >   
   > www.exe-libris.co.uk   
   >   
   >   
      
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