Evening star., 1923-08-12
Stamp Collectors Meet
In Capital This Week
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Continued from First Paee.)
sale in Paris last year one of these
stamps sold for $500.
The Boscawen stamp. of which only
one copy is known to exist. was
bought last year for about $4,000.
and the Lockport for $500.
1t is obvious that the New York and
st. Louis stamps were used in the
greatest quantities and are conse-
quently within hailing distance of the
pockets of some of the advanced col
lectors. the New Yorks selling for
about $50 and the 5 and 10 cent st.
Louis selling for about $500.
Another or second very rare class of
United States stamps includes those
that the great mass of collectors
ignore, and well they might. because
there are so few stamps Of this class
for the million stamp collectors
America is said to harbor. Just
before the days OF our regular carrier
system it became the custom OF
various local postmasters TO receive
the national mail at an authorized
post office, and charge the addressee
about a cent for delivering the mail
to his house or place of business.
Very few of our cities back in 1850
were SO large that the people could
not find it an easy matter to visit
the post office once OF twice day,
but such cities as Baltimore, Boston,
Philadelphia issued these stamps in
denominations Of one, two and three
cents, to be charged against the party
addressed and in addition to the pre-
paid fve-cenr letter rate of that day.
There is a third very scarce class
of American postage stamps, and
they are the provisional issues Of
the postmasters Of the Confederate
states in 1851 and before the regular
issues OF the Confederate government
appeared All of the cities but Rich
mond, Norfolk, Savannah, Jackson
Vile and Galveston issued these
stamps, and some 200 small towns and
villages produced stamps or used
stamped envelopes. The stamps of
Athens. Ga; Atlanta, Baton Rouge.
Charleston, Columbus. Ga; Fredericks-
burg, Knoxville. Lynchburg, Macon.
! Memphis. Milhdgeville. Mobile, Nash
Vile, New Orleans, Petersburg, Ra-
leigh, Salem, n. c., and Thomasville.
Ca, sell at ss TO 500.
At the recent Ferrari sale variety
of the Athens sold for some $500, and
a Baton Rouge for $3.50; Fredericks-
burg ten-cent, s125; Knoxcille ten
cent, s7oo; Macon two-cent, $500, and
| Memphis pair of f1ve-cent, $50. or
the obscure towns some of the prices
obtained were: Beaumont. Tex.
poor copy for $40; Bridgeville. Ala,
$500: Chapel Hill. \, c., $500; Dan
willie, Va, $500; Emory, Va, $3.50;
Franklin, N c, $500, and SO on
through a long list Of little known
towns
These stamps are being discovered
every day and no one knows in what
new locality they are liable to break
out. Lastly there are the regular
United States issues beginning with
the and 10 cent denominations or
Is47 and increased in 1851 by the 1,
8, IL, %, 80 and 90 cent denomina-
tions These stamps are all rare and
the higher denominations bring high
prices, as do similar stamps Of 1857.
1861, 1882. 1859 and 1870 and also
many of the Departmental stamps
The officers of the American Phila-
telic Society for the past year are:
President, c. Frederic Heyerman. De-
troit; board of vice presidents, w. w.
Maclaren, Otto F. Moses and j. A.
Harris, jr., Cleveland; secretary, DR..
Holland A. Davis, Denver; treasurer.
Howard H. Elliott, Winchendon,
Mass; international secretary, Eugene
Klein, Philadelphia; directors at large,
H. b. Phillips. Berkeley, Calf, and
]. Brace Chittenden, New York city.
The convention committees are:
Representing the American Philatelic
society-Arrangeme Howard c.
Beck, chairman: credentials. p. M.Wol-
, sieffer chairman. Representing wash
ington philatelists-Genera chairman,
Harry B. Mason; secretary, James r.
!, DuhameI;. treasurer Henry Hammel-
man.
Subcommittees: Finance - Howard
C. Beck. Reception-William A. John
| son. chairman; Maj. Gen. John L.
Clem and James r. Duhamel. vice
chairmen; William ]. Allen. o. l. Bal
lard, w. II. Boatright. George H.
| Burfiend, Andrew A. Candell, John T.
Clemens, w. Hayden Collins, Hamil-
| ton r. Coleman, Albert r. Coumbe, jr.,
| William r. Cupp. Ralph Daskam.
Harry F. Dunkhorst. Fred S. Gichener.
| Albert E. Gorhan, Henry Hammel-
man, Elmer D. Harris, James H.
Houston, T. Russell Hungerford, r.. E.
IneersoIl. Ernest Kletsch, Arthur NJ.
McFadden, Harold H. Marsh, George
A. Martin, william Sahm, DR.. Melville
o. GktnnsH- John D. x Suocts .Joha