Give Me A Reason, And I'll Stick It In My Books

I love to put stamps in my books. Am I the only one ?

Anyone know the history behind the "Fight Your Insect Enemies" slogan cancel? I know it was used in many places, especially on the East Coast of the US during 1954. What was the "insect enemy" in 1954?

Today, I would think mosquitos, but I'm not sure the problems with EEE and West Nile Virus that we have today were even studied back in the 1950s.

[edit] After further research, I think this was probably the subject matter of the slogan cancel:

Heres my "problem"- I like to find the stamps buy the stamps, identify the stamps and then put them in my book. After that I only look at them as I am flipping past them to stick in a new one.

It probably was mosquitoes back in the 1950's as well when they were spraying DDT everywhere (and killing off birds - see Rachael Caron's "Silent Spring"). I work outside myself and have to use large amounts of sprays with DEET and I still get bitten on a regular basis. That DEET stuff can eat through plastics.

new12collector,

I share your problem.

I live in the Hudson Valley ..i remember when it was all fruit and dairy farms...many people I knew growing up must have died from the stuff they were spraying on their trees !

A dated, but interesting read going back to 1954, which must have been the impetus for the "Fight Your Insect Enemies" slogan cancel. Mosquitoes are only one of the various insects identified in this brochure published by the US Dept. of Agriculture:

http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?...;seq=1;num=1

Does anybody know about the history of the Fire Ant?

Has it always been around or was it a fight back in the 50's?

Wikipedia says: "...The RIFA* was accidentally introduced into the United States aboard a South American cargo ship that docked at the port of Mobile, Alabama, in the 1930s, and came to infest the majority of the Southern and Southwestern United States."

*RIFA = Red Imported Fire Ant

Thanks doug2222.

It also came by ship to Brisbane Australia about 10 years ago.

The battle with these Fire Ants is still ongoing.

They think they win the war only to find more nests in new areas.

With the recent floods many people believe the war with these Fire Ants has been totally lost as they would of been spread far and wide.