Order Of Battle

[seattle1]

Hello:

 I happen to be a member of the International Society of Japanese Philately and in our current issue of Japanese Philately there was an announcement of a set of publications that I thought might be of interest to collectors of blades, koshirae, etc. specific to Japan's Pacific War activities. The order of battle refers to snapshots through time of the positions of armed forces, Army and Naval, often through very thin slices of time as to their location and disposition. It represents real research utilizing postal codes derived from Japanese data and US contemporary reports. It is presented in 7 volumes of 1750 pp., Vol's I and II being in print, and the others digital. It is published by Dai Nippon and for fuller information go to secretary@dai-nippon.nl the total cost being $115.00 plus shipping. It is sort of a micro military history catching of time for the history buff who collects in our area. The extent to which it is more philately than anything useful to you I do not know.

 Arnold F.

[TETSUGENDO]

Arnold,

 

Very interesting, thanks for posting.  I can see than this is of potential interest to many, BTW I would think there are other stamp collectors on NMB who will be happy to know of this.

 

-S-