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Many assistants were dispatched at different times. 'You go Common entertainment included playing cards. However, sip here' and 'You go sip there.' The two words 'go sip' were there was a tax levied when purchasing playing cards but only eventually combined when referring to the local opinion and, applicable to the 'Ace of Spades.' To avoid paying the tax, people thus we have the term gossip. would purchase 51 cards instead. Yet, since most games require s incredible as it sounds, men and women took baths only 52 cards, these people were thought to be stupid or dumb because A twice a year (May and October). Women kept their hair they weren't 'playing with a full deck.' covered, while men shaved their heads (because of lice and bugs) A little slice of history… and wore wigs. Wealthy men could afford good wigs made from wool. They couldn't wash the wigs, so to clean them "[T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the they would carve out a loaf of bread, put the wig in the shell, less they provided for themselves, and of course became and bake it for 30 minutes. The heat would make the wig big poorer, [taking] away from before their eyes the greatest of all and fluffy, hence the term 'big wig'. Today we often use the inducements to industry, frugality, and sobriety, by giving them term 'here comes the Big Wig' because someone appears to be a dependence of somewhat else than a careful accumulation or is powerful and wealthy. during youth and health for support in age and sickness." —Benjamin Franklin, he ladies wore corsets, which would lace up in the front. On the Price of Corn, and Management of the Poor T A proper and dignified woman, as in 'straight laced' wore a tightly tied lace. It’s obvious I need some input here from the membership... “The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” — Thomas Jefferson
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Spring won’t let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.—Gustav Mahler Field Marshall Kutuzov In 1762, Kutuzov, now a captain under the command of Colonel Alexander Suvorov, traveled to the town of Astrakhan, a ikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev Kutuzov (Russian: major city near the Volga Delta. Kutuzov studied Suvorov’s M князь Михаи́ л Илларио́нович Голени́щев Куту́зов; style of command and learned how to be a good commander 16 September [Julian calendar 5 September] 1745—28 April in battle. Suvorov believed that an effective order should be [Julian calendar 16 April] 1813) was a Field Marshall of the simple, direct and concise, and that a commander should care Russian Empire. He served as one of the finest military officers deeply about the health and training of his soldiers. Kutuzov and diplomats of Russia under the reign of three Romanov also adopted Suvorov’s conviction that a commander should Tsars: Catherine II, Paul I and Alexander I. His military career lead his troops from the front instead of the rear to provide an was closely associated with the rising period of Russia from example of bravery for the troops to follow. Suvorov also the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. taught Kutuzov the importance of developing close relationships Kutuzov contributed much to the military history of Russia with those under his command. Kutuzov’s followed this and is considered to have been one of the best Russian generals advice to the benefit of his career. This advice contributed to under the reign of Catherine II. He took part in the suppression of Kutuzov’s appointment as Commander in Chief in 1812. the Bar Confederation’s uprising, in three of the Russo Turkish In late 1762, Kutuzov became the aide de camp to the Wars and in the Napoleonic War, including two major battles at Military Governor of Revel, the Prince of Holstein Beck, where Austerlitz and the battle of Borodino. he proved himself to be a capable politician. In 1768, Kutuzov fought in Poland, after the Polish Szlachta—the Polish noble class—rebelled against Russia. There he captured a number of strong defensive positions and thereby proved his skill on the battlefield. In 1805 Kutuzov commanded the Russian corps which opposed Napoleon's advance on Vienna. On the eve of Austerlitz, Kutuzov tried to convince the Allied generals of the necessity of waiting for reinforcements before facing Napoleon. Alexander be lieved that waiting to engage Napoleon’s forces would be seen as cowardly. Kutuzov quickly realized that he no longer had any power with Alexander and the Austrian chief of staff General Major Franz von Weyrother. When he asked Alexander where he planned to move a unit of troops, he was told “That’s none of your business.” Kutuzov pre tended to sleep throughout the battle planning session as he feared that Alexander would blame him for the inevita Field Marshall Mikhail Kutuzov, Scott 6244, issued January 20, 1995 ble defeat. Kutuzov was present at the battle of Austerlitz However, Kutuzov is credited most with his leadership during December 2, 1805. Though Alexander’s orders made it clear the French invasion of Russia. Under Kutuzov's command, that the Russians should move off of the strategic Pratzen Pla the Russian army faced the Grand Armée at the Battle of teau, Kutuzov stalled for as long as possible as he recognized Borodino and later counter attacked once Napoleon retreated the advantage that Napoleon would gain from this high ground. from Moscow, pushing the French out of the Russian homeland. Finally, Alexander forced Kutuzov to abandon the Plateau. In recognition of this, Kutuzov was awarded the title of Prince Napoleon quickly seized the ridge and broke the Allied lines of Smolensk. A memorial was built at Moscow in 1973 to with his artillery which now commanded the battlefield commemorate the 1812 war and Kutuzov's leadership. An from the Pratzen Plateau. The battle was lost, and over order of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation is also 25,000 Russians were killed. Kutuzov was put in charge of named after him. Kutuzov was highly regarded in the works of organizing the army’s retreat across Hungary and back into Russian and Soviet historians. Russia as Alexander was overcome by grief. Mikhail Kutuzov was born in St. Petersburg on 16 September He was then put in charge of the Russian army operating 1745. His father, Lieutenant General Illarion Matveevich against the Turks in the Russo Turkish War, 1806 1812. Kutuzov, had served for thirty years with the Corps of Understanding that his armies would be badly needed in the Engineers, had seen action against the Turks and served under upcoming battle with the French, he hastily brought the Peter the Great. Mikhail Kutuzov’s mother was from the noble prolonged war to a victorious end and concluded the propitious family of Beklemishev. Between his father’s distinguished Treaty of Bucharest, which stipulated the incorporation of service and his mother’s high birth, Mikhail Kutuzov had Bessarabia into the Russian Empire. For this success he was contact with the imperial Romanov family from an early elevated to the rank of Knyaz (Prince or Duke). age. In 1757, twelve year old Kutuzov went to a military When Napolean invaded Russia in 1812, Michael Andreas engineering school as a cadet private. (Since Peter the Great’s Barclay de Tolly (then Minister of War) chose to follow the reforms of the military, all noblemen had to serve in the scorched earth principle and retreat rather than to risk a major military starting as a private. To become an officer, they battle. His strategy aroused grudges from most of the generals had to work their way through the ranks.) Kutuzov quickly and soldiers, notably Prince Pyotr Bagration. As Alexander became popular with his peers and teachers alike, proving had to choose a new general, there was only one choice: Ku himself to be highly intelligent, and showed bravery in his tuzov. He found popularity among the troops mainly because school’s numerous horse races. Kutuzov became fluent in he was Russian (most of the generals commanding Russian English, French, German, Polish, Swedish, and Turkish; his troops at that time were foreign), he was brave, he had proven language skills served him well throughout his career. himself in battle, strongly believed in the Russian Orthodox Page 4 San Jose Stamp Club Newsletter ~ May 2014 thoroughly vindicated. vindicated. thoroughly c general's Russian the Hence alive. soil Prussian retur Army Grand the of men) 690,000 the of (93,000 small a only ultimately but criticism, much evoked theBattle of Maloyaroslavets. The old general's into c Napoleon forced he munitions, his replenished r Kaluga the along retreated Having evacuated. was p whose Moscow, losing of price the at came This possible. as long as army Russian thesave to withd predecessor: his of strategy the on back fell F villageof the atconference aAfter wounded. or Russian the of third and French the of third a near millionsoldiers. 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By Bob Burney in The American Stamp Dealer & Collector , February 2014.
hether you’re an advanced collector of the Machin W definitive issues, or a beginner, the new Ultra Violet Templates designed by “dih fin i tiv ly MACHINS” is a tool you should consider. It doesn’t matter whether you’re working with a mountain of unsorted stamps or just a few, these Ultra Violet Templates will quickly train your eye to detect most gums, papers and phosphors. This set of six card stock templates work well when placed on your desk directly in front of the material you are working with. The black color printed on the face of the templates absorbs indirect UV light which eliminates glare and shadows. Hold a stamp with your tweezers (tongs) in one hand and your UV device in the other. With the UV light shining directly over one of the templates, move your stamp under each of the stamp models mounted on the template. You might also find benefit by placing your stamp on top of a portion of a model to obtain a precision match. When you’ve determined your stamp matches one of the models, look at the model’s label to discover your stamps gum, paper or phosphor type. Note: Let’s say one of the paper models (Template B) you’re comparing your stamp to, also has two phosphor side bands. Your stamp might have the same or a different number of phosphor bands, but since you’re checking for the stamp’s paper type, look between the bands on the model and your stamp to focus on the paper’s type. It’s not possible to build templates using models that only contained each specific print element...in most cases there is some flavor of the phosphor present on the models. Robert Burney, who developed these UV templates, has been working with Machins since the 1970s says “It only takes a few seconds to learn the difference between 2B, CB, LB and RB vertical positions. Those are easy to remember so there was no need to include another template, which reduces the cost for the set.” But, other elements of Machin prints are not always easy to remember. A particular phosphor may contain a bit more or less of a particular substance which raises question to which phosphor type it truly is. That’s possible because evenly distributed phosphor during the printing process is a difficult task even with the best machines and minds that operate them. Some stamps produce more or less brilliance under UV light as a result of uneven distribution. Includes six templates used for identifying Machin stamp gums, papers and phosphors. “Template A” compares three gums, GA, PVA, and PVAD (DEX). “Template B” is for identifying papers: OCP (PVA), FCP, PPP and ACP. “Templates C” through “Template E” are dedicated to phosphors: PCP1, PCP2, OFNP, OFPP, VARN (full, 2mm, and 4mm), OBA (low), ‘A’ Phos, Blue Phos and Yellow Phos. “Template F” contains stamp models for each of the primary Deegam SIN System¹ (Short, Inset, Notched) positions. There is no template for phosphor bands (2B, CB, LB, RB) since they are simple to identify under UV light. The complete set of templates comes tucked inside The six Machin Ultra Violet Templates. a folded paper cover filled with basic information about each of the gums, papers and phosphors represented by the models Mr. Burney has indicated he will also offer Machin album (see scans). The cover and templates slide inside a glassine pages sometime during the summer of 2014. No indication of envelope for easy storage. Code: D20 $22.75, $1.25 to mail cost or availability was offered. from the UK. ¹Deegam 1982 SIN system, Douglas G. A. Myall, Deegam See: http://stampwants stamps.bidstart.com/dih fin i tiv ly Publications , 2 Elizabeth Avenue, Bridport Dorset DT6 5BA MACHINS Ultra Violet Template Set /41273645/a.html United Kingdom.
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