Here’s a biography of Smokey Bear, born during World War 2 out of worries about war related fires along the west coast– and grew to be the icon for forest fire prevention in general. And here are all of the Smokey Bear Poster Stamps printed as part of the Wildfire Prevention campaign by the U.S. and State Forest Services (1944-1990).
PSCC - Smokey Bear turns 80
Danish Coffee Surrogates - For many years coffee was a luxury out of reach for most Danes. A flourishing industry grew for the manufacture of substitute coffees, the best using chicory root. Here are two blocks showing sets from two competing companies, printed c1913 by Dansk Papirvarefabrik.
Dealers
Club Photograph Gallery
Frank Perschke, Art Groten, Ray Petersen, Bill Wieinberger
