New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
SPECIAL STAMP EXHIBIT.
Those Who Think the Craze Is Dead
Don't KnOr-4 Million Collectors.

The special exhibit Of stamps at the Collectors
Club this week included those Of Australia Russia,
Finland and Poland Two silver cups and g clock
Of very beautiful workmanship were awarded as
u-zes for the finest collections. and 1t was made
evident onoe again that there is wane in the
worldwide enthusiasm Of this particular sort
The especial brand Of the collecting mania
known as Philately is Of comparatively recent
6evelopment il seems or at least Of recent recog-
milton by name. # small boys and their grand
mothers an5 men and women Of all sorts and con-
dirio-s made collections Of these paper revenue
matches before the middle OF the last century they
mere very cuet about il and left none 10 tell the
re Of their achievements. Some thrty-hve or forty
years age al enterprIsing seTni-vagTant olspIayeo
Ia Is 1S,T secured 70 the battered display
board by means OF Iacks and pins a possible pur
chaser OF even curious passeroy was at uoerty
% pun oui these anchors, examine the wares ana ana
replace pin or tack as ne pleased rev LOOK Ine
Tslns 10 use the hole already made, and the state
- initiation II which the stamps we're eventually
DISPOSED OF may be imagined Z he name OF TINS
4aosI frequent visitors and his IDENTITY is lost IN
he crowd O. such venoers, DONG business o.
a few cents daily who followed his lead.
or t-e -rc377s - ~ 1ya- Ths world There is
Up Las - S-' - -o,,aIr1- eVerv-
Vhe~5 Is represented Il the cult The Prince or
1s5 sr5 1hers are something ike million afflicted
with Ie mania N this country alone Ihese Incuue
ce-gymeu, college professors. farmers. snoPslT@1s rs
yCuI.g and OLD. Their collections range IN VaIue
Pe-ba1s TIE finest collection known is in the
possesslon Of the British Museum ana valIeo AZ
~ in5ustrT now New societies Tor the study Of
lis GiEerent branches are constantly forming ano
9nce coe-lof - tr7,e : f pbiateiIsts Some
60 E65lr5 10 zee vice OF statistics has discovered
rhar the stamp collector il school shows hIgner
brain areIage than the dead level youngsteTs IN n
birte- tv Tie mania he has his eyes opened py
his rev interest, and he generally knows MI4L VIA -
going on All over the word says TINS enLnds-dfg 81
To Keep abreast with TIE Llae oI n@g% new .16nttc
must oe conNersaIt WIN PoLlIat az e,,sT iiT1fE
often amounting 10 hundreds Of dollars in a single
So-51gr - t5is authority the education phase OF
such collecting can scarcely oe oEeTestlIla Ia5,a
80 -i,I--frisr himself collector, recently
sad thaE his mother. almost ninety, had had heT
1Fr9,sgh her stamp album She would arrange
and Tea-range the bits Of perforated paper some
times according 10 ccior scheIIle .L - = 81 "a
age and size. and she knew the history OF each 10
JusI ss works Of art many collectors find keen
pleasure IN the contemplation OF I.Sse - oNS -
rsne- an instance Of the financial value OF Such
T-C+-I5 A. Frgisf merchant had been in the habit
q saving Ile s. revenue sleLI-1S ~
sTresas were q new clear green in color. and nap
pened 10 p-ease the eye OF their j, sTg
were large however. about ~ by n lnGHeS' c. c..
-lsrzG o7 ne outside OF the barrel only tew
- ~ = s-a5e rf n-eservat-on when they reacned
- o-le~ So some one 70 whom their collector
sE0v-e6 them lately suggested that as thls paE.
ticular design had not been in use ior long It e
ne "a r11s might have monetary ValOe mere. -
merchant collector discover 70 te5s es Jos The
were very rare ana listed al 500 edCli;s e. ,o6 -
lrs-f-f.s frica stamp Is valued at from S4l0 70
Ssee and the old BallITnore STAMP % -2 i iT3
sra -s~-e ~ lanes NJ Buchanan IN SCRIPT y ~
tn d cent denomination consiosred the rareo @ M ~
~ revenue raper in the word IneLe ar q se15
the ve cent variety. and these sell fof 60 any go
esch b-lt Of the 70 cent sort there are oLlE az 60
~ in French coll lectiOn. one Lnuch oalasto' LO5
vlirb 500 uas paid IN New ORR ttl1l.I-I r53
-Ta third also IN New-Y Ork. but IN peILsct
-ir- ling sill on the original enV elope' anu
szlued a exactly s. . -.. - now,
A iea6ing stamp dealer Of Germany, = l,9 GT
,-syejiirg through the United States Win an am w ~
-g-,z y F-e stock Of rarities. In May tleIe VI" =
- exhibit Of the Egyptian ana SouodL ie'
which coming into raNcr-
80 = - leading New-York dealers fe5eIliff =
s----ze-e5 ; 1s~gp meeting Of the Collectors CLTu
hv ~ exhibition Of stamp designs oeNo% ote9 % -etI,
- ~ nd errnf-ecture The nUInDer anu $500
q rHese were revelation even 70 many PM iI,-
ts-s sven the lettering on many stamps u 80,
90 o being so me LIldI ~
D. -eed rFroreh ruagnifying glass ne ma -
er-e-z ever rlaced on postage stamps are 9ot
= -ses "a r. 7ezv issue for Guatemala A co.l- IN
rs Fie-0~v car often be quite lucidly traced tQi
sere~stions bv means Of its stamp
- instance has very accurate stamp Illt4 Ssese
IN tie life Of present sovereign ~, 49, md
have been pi-ture5. The BABY AlloIl9o' LIZ '
nov -Ie Young man OF the moment