Possible Project

We are approaching the 100th aniversary of the start of WWI and it has made me think about a project that might be fun to do. I am a Newfoundland collector (don't have a collection like Tommy's) but really like the 1919 "Trail of the Caribou" set and am thinking that it might be fun to put an exhibit together using this set as a base but also adding Newfoundland covers, etc. from the 1914-1918 period.

I also have done quite a lot of research on the Newfoundland Regiment and know that the Newfoundland Archives have a huge collection of Regiment memorabilia from that period. Have spent some time looking through it. My extended family lost six members in the War including one at the iconic Battle of Beaumont Hamel. I've also been there and have a collection of pictures.

I'm not a specialist collector and have never thought of trying to assemble an exhibit but maybe this is something that would be fun to do leading up to July 1, 1916, the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Beaumont Hamel.

What does everyone think? Is this worth doing? Do you have any suggestions? Do you have any material that I could buy or borrow to put something together?

If it is something you already have knowledge and interest in, and involves stamps, it sounds like a win-win. I have begun to study the great postal history collectors and this is exactly the kind of thing they do.

NBSTAMPER, Greetings:

Don't forget the RPPs! There are a *lot* of WW1 group photos; the boys on leave during a break in basic training, the boys posing for a photograph before embarkation, etc. Many times, we do not have the names of the soldiers in a group, but we can often read the unit insignia and, therefor, put together a timeline of a unit using their Real Photo Postcards.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

NBSTAMPER...Nice ideas for a special project...I still have a lot of military stuff from my Grandfather who was in WWI...Pictures..Bayonets..guns...medals..etc.
keep posting your thoughts...

I like this idea, and would be happy to post my covers and stamps from this issuance.

Its hard to believe that we are approaching the 100th anniversary of the First World War. So much in our societies have rightfully honored WWII, but hopefully something for the 100th too.
For example, on a personal note, my wife being from New Zealand--the 100th anniversary of Gallipoli is nearing, and as we always go to local ANZAC ceremnonies in LA--next year should be a big one. (Great movie with young Mel Gibson by the way).

Anyone have any Gallipoli related stamp items?

I'll come back later and post some Newfoundland WWI stuff, perhaps under a new thread

World War I and its aftermath is one of my favorite areas of history, and someday I may try to build a stamp collection around it. World War I was, in many ways, a far more important event than WWII and was probably the most important event of the past 200 years (since the French Revolution). It ended 4 major empires, radically redrew the maps of Europe and spawned the Soviet Union, which the West spent the next 70 years trying to contain. And its unresolved problems and uneasy peace contributed heavily to it's offspring, WWII. It's really an era of history that people should know more about. The world we live in today was given birth in World War I. Our world today would be utterly different had that conflict never happened.