Self Adhesive Banana Stamp Of Tonga

A walk down memory lane for me. My dad had some of these issues on FDC.

Thanks everyone

This cutting was in my grandfather's collection, next to his Tonga foil 'coin' stamps. I presume it was printed in the day, in one of the stamp magazines. It describes/advertises the 'first' free-form self-adhesives, issued by Sierra Leone.

Very apeeling topic.

Rod, regarding your photo, I purchased some bananas from a street vendor in Sydney in 1971 while on R&R from Vietnam. Also, there was a small banana grown in Vietnam that tasted more like strawberries than bananas.

MW,
I lived in Thailand for 6 or so years, they have tiny hands of bananas as well, extremely sweet, not sure about strawberries though.
Dried crispy banana chips, are a Thai toothsome favourite.

I was in Vietnam 1970, I wasn't aware you fellas had R&R in Aussie, I thought it was the Philippines.

Rod,

There were some choices, one being Hawaii, I believe, and Taipei, Taiwan, another. There was a good-sized R&R center in Sydney from where we dispersed upon arrival and met for the return trip. We did stop in the Philippines for fuel.

Every time I stopped at a cafe for a cup of coffee, in Sydney, it was served with whipped cream. When I finally asked a waitress about this, she said, "Oh, you want running cream." Near the Circular Quay, it was served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Gonna get me reminiscing, here.

When you say you were in Vietnam in 1970, was it as military or otherwise?

Royal Australian Navy, we had many tasks, many unknown to me, working below decks, but I had a feeling we were destroyer escort at some time for the USS Oriskany. Steaming abeam of her, and watching you fellas launch plane after plane in rapid succession, was something I'll never forget.

Met my first Americans in Subic Bay.... also my first encounter with Men's cologne.. funny how things trigger memories.

Army, myself. Signal Corps photographer. Cheers!

BTW, the Revolutionary War Battle Of Oriskany, after which the carrier was named, took place just a few miles west of here (here being Utica NY).

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modern_who,

Small world. I'm originally from Verona. Lived there until I moved to Illinois in 2006. Used to drive past the Oriskany battlefield monument daily when I was at Utica College in the late 90s.

Dale