Raid on Rommel Page #5

I'm particularly pleased to meet you.

You and I share a common hobby.

- Which is? - Philately.

You are a stamp collector? - My South

Pacific collection is almost complete.

I wasn't aware

I was known as a philatelist.

I mentioned it to the Hauptmann

as an irony of war.

I made a joke about it. How the

collector was collected by you.

President Roosevelt

is a famous collector.

I'm sure he would like to collect me.

If time permits,

perhaps we could talk.

I don't often meet a stamp expert.

- We'd be honored, but the Doctor...

A few hours won't make a difference

and it will be my pleasure.

I will send my car for you, OK?

What are you doing? I only wanted

to look. - Don't flap. - I'm not!

You are! You wanted to find

a petrol dump and you've got it.

What if they find out it's not typhus?

- We shall all be vastly relieved.

Now, while Erwin and I talk stamps

you start looking and listening.

He won't tell you where the bloody

fuel dump is! - Brace up, Captain!

But that's Rommel!

- Just another stamp enthusiast.

He probably

writes letters to The Times.

Relax, it's a tank. KW 3.

Shut up!

Come here.

- I can't!

Do anything. Shut her up.

She'll have the bleeding Jerrys over!

I give you all of my money.

- I know how you feel,

God and sin and all that. But

you're doing this for His Majesty.

I have the complete 1893 issue

of Tahitian stamps. Do you know them?

Yes, Gring once showed me

a collection of Tahitian stamps.

Where he got them, I have no idea.

Although I can imagine...

The set must be extremely valuable.

- Yes, quite.

In my own collection I have

some stamps from the South Pacific.

The Caroline Islands, which was a

German possession until World War I.

There were only two original issues

during our occupation.

If I'm not mistaken, sir,

you're wrong about that. - No...

I'm sorry, but you are.

- The 1900 and 1910.

There was the 1915 issue, but it

wasn't distributed because of the war.

The 1910 five Pfennig brown was...

- Excuse me, General...

What is it?

- Excuse me,

may I use your communications centre

to tell Tobruk we're delayed? - Yes.

That tent over there.

Tell them I approve.

You don't agree, eh?

- I most certainly do not.

I'm not sure I like you, Doctor.

- Nor I you, sir.

I don't know if there is any point

in continuing this discussion.

Send this to the medical corps

in Tobruk. - Yes, sir.

The Caroline Islands were German

so I ought to know more about them.

Ought to, yes.

But the simple fact is, you don't.

I've not heard one word from you

about the 1900 three Pfennig brown.

That one?

- Yes, that one!

It's taken care of, Captain.

Button up!

The five Pfennig stocks

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