The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-28
Everyone Agreed

Everyone AgreeO .as.G
 Everybody who has seen the new
 William Penn and Daniel Webster
 commentaries is agreed that the
 former is about the incest issue
 that the department has put out in
 quite some few years. Where some
 stamps show to good advantage
 only when displayed in blocks or
 sheets singles of the Penn stamp
 are as pleasing to the eye as the
 groups. The Penn issue is in strik-
 ing contrast to the Webster which
 shared first day honors with it..
 Where the latter seems to meet the
 requirements demanded by the de- partment of recent years. even in
 commemorative issues, the former rises above them. The. Webster stamp subject is far more minute
 than that of the Penn, although the actual difference in size is nil.
 However. the department elimin-
 ated all framework for Penn, but
 placed Webster in the conventional
 one.t One criticism alone probably
 will be forthcoming. Must the de-
 pertinent stick to purple ink for it's
 three cent commemoratives?
 YS
 FirA Day Covers
 First Day covers for the Penn
 and Webster stamps arrived in Q
 variety of sizes and colors. Chester,
 Pa, was easily the banner city in
 the lot of six chosen for this honor.
 It cancelled its philatelic mail at
 1:3O a. m., October "A, at least a
 fair share of 1t that came to Wa terbury. Perhaps there were even earlier cancellations. The Chester Chamber of Comemrce also provid-
 ed a free cachet which was more
 than the other first day cities did, although some cover collectors in this city reported receiving cachet- ed first day covers from New Cas- tie, Delaware. For Daniel Webster Hanover had a cachet of Old Dart mouth college, the eminent states mans Alma Mater. Of course there were a host of variegated cachets that could be obtained for a remu- neration.
 New Soviet Issue
 When Russia starts her second five-year plan in 1883 a new series of stamps to commemorate 1t will be issued, according to recent press dispatches. The series is to in- clude: 1933-50th anniversary of Karl Marx, 18th anniversary of Red Army and execution of 26 Baku commissars by white" coun- e r- revolutionists; international sports festival for workers to be held at Moscow that year; sets of each for the above. 10th anniversary of the union constitu- ton, set of 5; 9th anniversary of r {~,~. s,I, o col 1nr in which he lies, set of 5; 18th an- ski and Volodarski, Soviet leaders; 10th anniversary of the assassina- tion of Vorovski, Soviet delegate to Lausanne conferences; 18th anni- versary of the creation of the Or der of the Red Banner; 350th an- niversary of printing in Russia. l.. 1884 = 10th anniversary of Lenin's death and opening. of first subway in the U. s. s. R., sets of 6 each; 18th anniversary of the death of Sverdlow, first president of the Soviet Union; 18th anniver- sary of the World Postal Union. ..,1935-4Oth anniversary of l the death of Frederick Engels, set | Of 6; 10th anniversary of the death | Of Frunze, former commissar of war; 30th anniversary of death of Bauman, old revolutionary leader 1936-60th anniversary of l first political demonstration in Rus sia, set of 6; tooth anniversary of construction of first railway in Rus- sta, set of 9; 10th anniversaries of deaths of Dzerjinsky, head of the O. P. U., and of Krassip, one of | the foremost Soviet diplomats. [. 1937-20th anniversary of the Bol- shevik revolution;, tooth anniver- sary of the death of Pushkin, eset l of 6; goth anniversary of the first congress of workers and peasants deputies, set of g.; 10th anniversary of the assassination of voikov. so- viet ambassador to Poland, Set of 2. What a job to catalogue and collect all these!
 Good Advice
 Speaking before the Suburban Stamp and Curio Club of Boston which is observing its goth anni-
 versary this week, Postmaster Wil-
 liam D. Hurley of tho Boston Pos.
 tai district, urged collectors not td expect stamp clerks to do the im- possible. So widespread has stamp collecting become that . horde of newcomers fail Co realize that theif demands for weil-centered blocks
 and psrfeet Al copies Of issues cannot always be nlIed. fie said