Centenarians need to have good memories. A Sydney paper recently published the yarn of a man who claims to be 105 years-old, and tells in proof how, on the .eve of Waterloo, a friend .called on him 11 to purchase a stamp to send a letter to the' front.” Waterloo was fought in 1815, and stamps, the Journal of Philately out, were invented in 1840. •
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1526, 7 August 1905, Page 3
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65Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1526, 7 August 1905, Page 3
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