Desert Force Desert Force The Desert Force ( Arabic:قوات البادية , Eng:Al-Badia Force), also known as the Desert Patrol, is a paramilitary force of Transjordan. Its main task was to guard Jordanian borders with neighboring Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Syria as well as to provide protection for oil pipe lines of Iraqi Petroleum Company (IPC). It also participated in campaigns of Syria and Iraq during World War II. The Desert Patrol was formed as a semi-independent part of the Arab Legion in February 1931 by Glubb Pasha to secure Transjordan's desert region of the country, effectively everything east of the cultivated area
The Whole Country is Red "For a long time I was really worried that I would be jailed". The stamp is today regarded as rare, with one being sold at an auction in 2009 for HK$3.68 million (US$475,000, £290,000). More recent auction realisations have been lower at £31050 in December 2010 (Stanley Gibbons) and HK$747,500 (£60,300) at InterAsia's September 2011 sale. The Whole Country is Red The Whole Country is Red is a Chinese postage stamp, issued on 24 November 1968, which contained a design error. The stamp featured a map of China with the words "The Whole Country is Red" (Chinese: "全国山河一片红"), with a