Misc. Classified ads from 1931 issues of Boys Life magazine

[pikkewyntjie]

Stamps from Queer Country! Absolutely no Germany or Austria!
Who here is a geography buff? I cannot figure out what the word after Bech is. Analand? I think a letter dropped out and it's Bechuanaland. I could not determine where Rodi is/was because it returned too many results. Diego Suarez is in Madagascar. That one was a surprise.

Comments

[luke_russell]

Arrrgh, "Have you a camera" is perfectly proper English! It's the same as the somewhat redundant "Have you got a camera" or "Do you have a camera"

[pikkewyntjie]

Ugh!

[luke_russell]

I think that should be Bechuanaland, the "u" seems to have dropped out. It's now called Botswana. Rodi should be the Island of Rhodes.

[pikkewyntjie]

That helps. Here's an example of one of those Rodi stamps:

[luke_russell]

Aha! 1895! Oesterreich is Austria! Rodi is the post office where posted and is now in Ticino, Switzerland (as the borders were totally realigned after WWI)

[shortsweetcynic]

i like that there was a vistaprint even in the 1930s. that makes me giggle and therefore not be sad about the ad offering chinchillas and rabbits to raise for fur. well, not as sad, anyway.

[rick_day]

Think about how many careers were potentially launched from this single page.

[fallconsmate]

ok, WANT the pal-car! that's entirely cool, it really is!

[pikkewyntjie]

I'm thinking hook that sucker up to my Ranger Motorbike and ROAD TRIP!