Talk:Emil Tamsen

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Did you know... that although Emil Tamsen fought for the British in the First Boer War, he became a friend of the Boer leader Paul Kruger?

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Waterberg?[edit]

Wasn't Waterberg in German South West Africa?

OK there are two Waterbergs. But I hope you like the stamp anyway. Leutha (talk) 09:22, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thanks. I haven't been able to clarify Tamsen's loyalties. He was friendly with Paul Kruger and other Boers but seems to have been a soldier for the British at one point and to have been a member of the Royal Philatelic Society in London whose principal members included George V and Edward VII. Philafrenzy (talk) 10:55, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting article[edit]

....but what an odd and unenlightening choice of a DYK, given that this man bought the contents of the dead letter office!

Amandajm (talk) 00:22, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

We may have overlooked the potential fascination of the dead letter office. If you expand the article five times you can do a new DYK... Philafrenzy (talk) 00:55, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]