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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Texas John, post: 1193546, member: 25813&quot;]You express most eloquently a reason to collect.</p><p><br /></p><p>King George V of Britain was a serious stamp collector. Before World War I, he regularly received approval packets from the legendary dealer Stanley Gibbons and Company. </p><p><br /></p><p>When the war began George, wishing to be a serious soldier-king, told the Gibbons company to quit sending the packets. A few weeks later, after the war that all thought would end quickly seemed destined instead to drag on indefinitely, George practically begged Gibbons to resume sending packets. </p><p><br /></p><p>It was a release from the madness and tension of war that the person of The King needed in order to endure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Such does collecting make&nbsp; fraternities that transcend time, place and rank.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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