2-11-18 I am reading a wonderful book Nowherelands by Bjorn Berge. It chronicles about 50 countries that have existed for various periods of time ( usually short ) and then disappeared. He just has a few pages for each one with interesting vignettes. I am not a history fan but he makes it very palatable. He also includes a stamp from his collection for each country. I was surprised to learn that Vancouver Island which is very close to me — actually issued their own stamps in 1860. This is primarily a fun history book with a side of philately.
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