Page 97 - 148 Years of the Royal Philatelic Society London

In 1962: Burundi, Jamaica, Western Samoa, Uganda, Trinidad and Tobago independent;

Cuban missile crisis; Te/star launched; Mariner II reaches Venus: Marilyn Munroe dies.

At the RPSL: Society purchases 21B Devonshire Street, now known as the cottage, for

£12,000 and spends £2,000 converting and furnishing it. An extraordinarily good investment.

RPSL President was H. R. Holmes. Patron H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. Membership 1038 - 987.

BEES IN TRANSIT

From the collection of Wade E. Saadi, RDP, FRPSL.

Member since 1997. Lives in the United States of America.

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Live Bees - RUSH

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'Live Bees - RUSH', a fourth-class

Special Handling insurance parcel

tag from a 1962 Parcel Post mailing

of live honey bees. Sent from a

breeder in Rio Oso, California to an

apiarist in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Not

only is the cargo unusual but it

carries a 'Special Handling'

marking, which is uncommon. The

parcel is also 'Insured' and carries

four different Liberty Series

stamps. A really sweet item.