Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-25

the purchase Of such coins. and It went its
way, and was sold to q dealer for $35, who
within ten minutes had sold 1t again for SIS.
Among the private issues In the United
States there are in this collection those of
North Carolina. Georgia. California. Pixies
Peak and Utah.
The central one contains rare coins Of the
American colonies. among them the brass
six pence of Bermuda, 1912, worth $50;
the New England shilling, and the pine
tree shilling: the coins Of Lord Baltimore.
and the Rosa Americana series; the Vir-
GINA half pennies Of lib; tin continental
currency; the penny Of 1913. worth $50, and
the penny Of 1874. worth 500; the New York
to exist; this one Is worth 1900 Silver dol
lar OF 1884 first issued, worth $50; the 1876
half dollar. worth SO: this piece was dug
up IN field. Vermont. Connecticut. and
Brashers doubloon; the 1927 quarter, worth
SEQ; the 1904 dollar, worth $500; the ms S
piece. worth 800. and the 1892 S. worth $780,
The medals are interesting because they
commemorate events Of history. One Of the
earliest Congressional medals was given to
the captors Of Major Andre; another medal
was voted to Anthony Wayne after the bat
tie Of Stony Point There Is the medal Of
the United States mint struck to comment
crate the date Of the first steam coinage.
March q, 1885 Among others are the fol-
lowing: Medals and coins of Washington:
medal Of the Roman Pontif. dating back to
2Aa< Ia W Ahfs 8uU ucQdlS NOScV 70 oIS-
tinGuished men.
The Phflatetfc Collection.
The exhibit of the philatetic societies Is
quite extensive and occupies the south GAL
lery Of the government building. Two
Columbian guards patrol this gallery all
day long. guarding the glass-covered cases.
many Of which are worth their weight In
gold.
Facing the visitor as he enters the gallery
are three frames. one containing the photo
graphs Of the meabsrs Of the Staten Island
Phnatetic Society; another containing the
stamped envelopes Of the world. in which
the Mulrsady envelopes Of Great Britain.
issued In 1910 lone addressed and canceled),
are conspicuous. This frame Il six by eight
feet and y exhibited by Mr.. Henry l. CAL
OF Elizabeth. N. j., exhibits a frame of the
worlds postal cards. the most unique being
two from Japan. addressed In theiS queer
characters and cancelled.
The Rarest Stamp.
The United Safes and confederate stamps
are by far the most valuable and extensive In
the collection The finest and rarest stamp
In the country was deemed too precious to
come 30 far away from home. and SO a
photograph OF II was sent framed to the
fair. The subject of the photo is a genuine
original. entire envelope addressed and can
celed. containing in the upper right hand
corner a fve-cent New Haven red on light
blue paper. This wonderful envelope
was discovered June IL among some sauto-
graphic letters written by Benjamin Silli-
man. professor at Yale College. The letters
were purchased at a sale Of autographs
belonging to the estate Of DR.. James H.
Causten Of Washington. d. c. The collec-
ton was q large one and was attended by
all the well known collectors and dealers.
Mr.. Sterling. the happy possessor of the
wonderful stamp. bought lot 1895, containing
eight letters dated 1872 to 1916. Tucked within
the folds Of one Of the eight letters lay the
long sought for New Haven stamp. the only
one known to exist. on the original envei-
ope The lot containing this valuable dis
covery was secured for ten cents. The
envelope Is in perfect condition with the flap
and wax seal unbroken. and excites the
wonder and admiration Of New York col
lectors- Nothing like 1t Is known in the
finest collections In either America or
Europe. The stamp was postmarked In the
stamped on II. followed by the numeral s.
The address on the envelope Is Frank
Markoe. tr.. Washington city. The date Of
the letter inside Is New Haven. Conn. Oc-
envelope Is dated October n
Mr. II. e. beats Of Pennington, ". J., ex-
hibits q rare collection Of Original envei-
opes. In his collection are several New
Haven stamps cut out Of the envelope, but
none with the envelope entire. There are
however. some very rare and handsome
specimens of the first stamped envelopes
issued by our government. many Of them
containing, also. the postage stamps of the
same issue There Is In this collection of
Mr.. Deats' a complete set of 1861. griIled,
also fourteen Of the three-cent variety,
grilled.
The only fault to be found with the gal
lery exhibit is the lack of informal ton con-
corning these stamps. None of them are
dated and there is no catalogue This less
ems somewhat the interest to the visitor
d not nh ~1ff
know the nationality and date Of issue of
every stamp in the collection.