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7. The FAMOUS and INFAMOUS - The Meter Stamp Society

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<strong>7.</strong>1 POLITICAL FIGURES<br />

Frederick the Great of Prussia 17 12-86 wrote the<br />

following poem to Voltaire:<br />

J’eus l’honneur<br />

De recevoir, par mon maiheur<br />

D’une ce?taine imperatrice *<br />

Une boillante chaudepisse.<br />

*ElizaJ1 Brunswick-Bevern<br />

Peter the Great of Russia probably died from neurosyphilis -<br />

one of several Romanovs to suffer from syphilis.<br />

8ocit de Ia Manufacturoj<br />

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Trial Color<br />

Die Proof<br />

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Ag<br />

ea3<br />

1917<br />

Currency <strong>Stamp</strong><br />

Qi24 -j<br />

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