Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-24
A PHILATELIST'S ARADISE
TOLD OF BY HASKIN
Daily Letter by Frederic j. Haskin

WASHINGTON, July 24.-Ameri-
ca is not only gathering to itself
the art masterpieces Of the world; 1t
is rapidly becoming recognized as
| the home of the finest stamp collec-
tons. A collection of $4,000 worth
of stamps is not often remarkable.
Half a million dollars, or more, may
be invested by an a~ffluent individual.
with a passion for stamps. The
United States has a number of such
| collectors. In whatever country a
noteworthy collection goes on sale,
prominent American stamp owners
are there or delegate agents to bid
for them.
The International Stamp EXPOSE
ton, held in London last month,
brought together practically all the
famous collections of the stamp
world. Twenty million dollars
worth of stamps went to London
heavily guarded and Insured. There
were displays from every country
where a collector might reasonably
be found, and stamp enthusiasts
are more numerous and more widely
distributed than a n~on-eollector
might imagine.
With all of this competition, Am
erican collectors managed to carry
| off the pick of the prizes. Charles
Lathrop Pack received the highest
award for a general collection and
was given a grand gold medal. Other
Americans won gold medals for col
Iections of Brunswick and Nova SEQ
tia, and Holland and Columbian
stamps.
Arthur Kinds received a similaF
| prize for his Mauritius stamps and
a special grand gold medal for his
Spanish stamps. He also exhibited
his famous collection of British
Guianas which he bought at a sale
where he outbid the King of Eng
land.
1t is generally known that King
George has the finest collection of
British colony stamps in existence,
and he takes great interest in add
ing to it. Mr.. Kinds did not know
that he was bidding against King
| George, and the price of the Gull
anas soon scared beyond the fig
ure the king would invest. Mr..
Kinds eventually paid $4,000 and
took the Guianas home.
Congressman Alderman, of New
Jersey, who has one of the best
known collections, received a spe-
cial gold medal for his American
STAMPS of 1847 and 1860.
United States Government Exhibit
Mr.. Glover, the third assistant
postmaster general, attended the ex-
position to enter the United States
governments exhibit in the display,
Ordinarily only the finest stamp!
available are sent to an i~nternation-
al exhibition. The exhibit sent by
the United States government, there
fore, was a novelty and attracted
much attention. Whereas Other
governments sent their rare and
old stamps, the United States pu
on display a frame containing
stamps in current use.
Current issues from the familiar
two cent stamp to the five dolla'
stamp were arranged in an arts
tic design. An American shield II
stamps was the outstanding motif
This was made by alternating tw'
cent stamps and white background
for the stripes and by using the ne7
five cent Roosevelt stamps for tn
blue field.
A large wreath of blue surround
l ed the shield. The inner row o
this wreath was made by the neN
= light blue eleven cent stamps, whic'
! show the head Of President Hayes
: The outer row was made of tn
new dark blue fourteen cen stI.npi
D bearing the head Of an Indian.
panel within the wreath containe
samples of the entire new issue
, 1922 stamps, and another pane
: contained specimens of the old issu'
The background was made up
. pale yellow ten cent Monroe stamp
The design was completed by boz
ders OF special stamps commemol
n ating expositions and events, and er
cravings of President Hardini
p Postmaster General New, and seN
eral public buildings.
In accordance with a cabled n
quest from London, the Unite
States exhibit included one OF til
famous inverted airplane stamp
When the tw%enty-four cent airplar
was first printed, a single sheet W.
II made by some mysterious accidel
with the airplane flying upside dow
n Collectors eagerly seized the
freaks, and they have brought
h much as $1,000 apiece.
King George Interested
King George, who spent two hou
!, lat the exhiblttona Expressed keen 1