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the Anti Tub .rculosis Christmas Seals,
which many philatelists now include in
their collections.
Today is the 34th anniversary of the
British Colonial Penny Post. estab-
lished Christmas day, 1898. Collectors
will remember the beautiful Canada
map stamp issues. inscribed 1--WE hold
q vaster empire than has been"
Pupils at Chevy Chase High School
are collecting barrel Of current stamps
to be sent to American missionaries in
China. These ISSUES are employed In
the manufacture of mosaic pictures,
which are sold to provide funds for
social service work among destitute
Chinese children.
The Philippine Islands round-the-
world flight surcharged pictorials, re-
Gently sold at the Bureau OF Insu.ar
Affairs at Sc cents for the set of six
stamps. now are priced at S4.25 by New
York dealers. The bureau soon will
have on sale some and peso Phil
ippne stamps, surcharged l peso, which
also are expected to prove of sensa-
tional value.
The Associated Press reports that one
OF the Dante Aliehieri commemorative
stamps, issued by the Italian Govern
ment, has been criticized by the Vati-
can newspaper, L'Osservato-e Romano.
1t carries a portrait of Paolo Sarpi, an
unorthodoX scholar Of the sixteenth
century. He has been called the in
structor OF Calico"
Stamps of the current German well
fare issue depict series of celebrated
German castles. The 4-pf,, Light blue,
shows Wartburg; the 6-pf., olive, Stol-
zenfels; the 12-pf.. orange. Nuremberg;
the 25-pf., Clark blue, Lichtenstein, and
the 4o-pf, violet purple, Marburg. Each
value bears a supplementary charge for
charity.
Plans are being perfected for a COM
plete reprint OF all the stamps ISSUED by
the United States Government fer dis
play at the Chicago Worlds Fair.
The George Washington Bicentennial
Committee CT Boston on Dccembsr 16
sponsored cachet commemorating the
famous tea party.
Edgar NJ Howard. "a Bloomingdale
avenue, Crawford, N. j.. has prepared
a cachet in tribute to George Washing
ton, December 81.
Mrs Alice Harrison Smith Warwick
of Flintridge, Calf, has presented to
the museum at Glendale in that State
''one of the largest and most complete
collections of Washingtoniana in the
country" including "a large American
stamp collection"
The Soviet government OF Russia is
sued a special stamp in hCncr Of Maxim
Cork. novelist and playwright, in con-
nection with the fortieth anniversary Of
the beginning of his literary career.
Among movie actors who collect
stamps is Lionel Barrymore, famous for
his part in Grand Hotel"
Only three women have been hon.
cred by the use of their portraits on
United States stamps-Martha Wash
ngtcn, Queen Isabella of Spain and
Pocahontas. But other representations
of women and girls have appeared. The
Red Cross stamp and the Arbor Day
stamp are examples of these.
Chinese stamps valued at S50.000
were burned at Manchukuo. near Muk-
dsn, to prevent their being taken as
spoils Of war by the invading japanese.
In the face of the nerve-racking
demands Of modern civilization" says
the New York Times, "a hobby is a
healthful and often necessary habit.
Hobbies such as collecting of
postage stamps are not recommended
on the ground that in themselves they
are particularly valuable Their true
value. it is said. lies in the interest
which they create in the individual
with the hobby. An individual with
hobby is said to be less likely to lose
mental balance when life or business
seems to be going wrong. for at such
times he can fall back on his hobby,
and that interest, by serving to absorb
his attention for a while. will make a
brighter atmosphere for him"