HISTORY: The 1944 Warsaw Uprising was a spontaneous and full battle of the whole population of the capital against the despised occupying enemy, the Nazis.
![Poland](/images/jba/jba071.jpg)
POLAND, 1944
Warsaw Uprising of 1944 (World War II) Scout Field Post, August 17, 1944 cover from City Center-South delivered to City Center-North; the four handstamps include the large Gryzewski Type 3 with Scout emblem.
COUNTRIES NO LONGER:
![RYUKYU, 1965](/images/jba/jba082.gif)
RYUKYU, 1965
Only 75 mihon with sheet imprint exist. The Ryukyu Islands reverted to Japan on June 18, 1972.
![CEYLON, 1962](/images/jba/jba083.gif)
CEYLON, 1962
Now called Sri Lanka.
![CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 1900](/images/jba/jba004.gif)
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 1900
Cracked plate position 8
This forerunner is from the British colony which was a founding part of the Union of South Africa on May 31,1910. The Union became a republic in 1961. (ex-Stephen Rich)
![CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1918](/images/jba/jba005.gif)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1918
Provisional (revolutionary) red trial overprint on 20 heller
Czechoslovakia divided in 1992 into two countries.
GEOGRAPHY:
![SYRIA, 1988](/images/jba/jba070.gif)
SYRIA, 1988
African and Near East Moslem countries shown by map.
![CANADA, 1955](/images/jba/jba072.gif)
CANADA, 1955
Shows world map.
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