The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-04
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Some Collector
 I. s. seidman. former newspaper almost everything and anything, | has gone cachet hunters one better | this year. When the Washington Bicentennial year was nearly upon us, MT Seidman, who resides in E'latbush, Brooklyn, consulted a U. s. postal guide. He found therein, one state and twenty-seven cities and towns named Washington. There were IT Mount vernons, l Cherry Tree, 1 Independences, Libertys, Freedom, East, West, North and South Washington. Fort Washingtons. 2 Port Washing ington Dept, Washington Park, Washington Heights, Washington Hollow, Washington Mills, 3 Wash ingtonvilles, Washington Boro, l Washington Court House, 29 Washington counties. To all and sundry of these. Mir Seidman sent his self addressed and stamped envelopes for cancellation. Now he declares his collection of Wash ingtoniana is the most complete and greatest on record. When 1t acquires real value 1t will be. turn cd over to some museum or library for exhibition purposes solely. Biccntennial Plates
 The following plate numbers for the bicentenuial issue are listed by Linn's Weekly Stamp News:
 1-2c - 20.659-60, e05-09-29-98- 99. 700-0f-69-70.
 1c--20, 561-62-73-74, e54-66-90- a91-92-98. .714-15-39-4O-41-42-47-48- X 65-66-75-76. SSl-32-35-s6-39-40-43- A.
 ac - 2o.555-5s-75-7s-77-7s-s1- si-ss9-s5.s4-ssSS-ssssIs7. ssSsI 7os-oS-iS- IT : 26 -27-33-34-4s- s-50-51-52-63-54- 55-66-59-6O-61-62-63-65-67-68 -7 H. 72- 73-74-81-S3-84-89-90-91-92-93- 94-95-96, 80i-02-0S-04-05-06-11- 12-13-14v27-2S-29-S0-55-5s.
 ] 1-2c - 20, 0,632-33.34-35-7S-7 S0-Sl, S33-34-37-S8-41.42-45.46.
 3c-20,567-5S, 694-96, 847-4S.
 4c-20, 710-1l.
 5c--2o.sse-s7-ss-s9-s2-ss. s61-i
 sc-2o.5ss-7o. 71s-1s. s4s-so.
 7cA2O,663-64s 731.32.
 Sc-20. 56S-06, 735-s6.
 vC-zVs f61~a0e
 loo - 2o.S42-4s-se-s7. 7S7-6s. S63-54.
 Hinge Complains
 Many stamp collectors. especially the newer ones, have been com plaining about the present supply of stamp hinges that they acquire. Without going into the respective IA .a f~t &a c. A.. that practically all. without excep- with good results if proper care is taken in afiixing them to the stamp and mounting the stamp in the al- bum. The trouble is most of us ap- ply too much moisture to the hinge. Then we press 1t firmly on the stamp and then to the album page. We manage to squeeze , enough moisture beyond the edges of the hinge 50 that if there Is gum on the back of the stamp It. too ia glued to the page. Less n1ois- ture will make just as thorough is also . good idea to use a blotter and cleaner job of mounting. It or something in pressing the : bum. It eliminates one more time that you may handle your stamp. The less you do this the nicer ap- pearance it will have and the higher its value will be if it should be placed on the market.
 Ship Cachets
 The U. s. s. Nokomis Is now in port at Philadelphia. It will re- main there until November 15. S3nd envelopes for cancellations to the Navy Mail Clerk, care of the ship. The Grace Line Santa Rose will make her maiden voyage on December IF. American, Canadian and Central American ports will be touched. Covers to be sent from American ports should be, sent to Cachet director, Grace Line, ? Pine street, San Francisco. California. ready to go. Covers to be sent from foreign ports should be sent with money to cover postage to same address. Twelve ports are to be vis- tied. four in the United States; eight foreign.
 Taft stamp Club
 A stamp club was recently or ganized at Taft school in Water town.
 Origin of stamp Collecting
 According to Paul II. Keating in the Home Friend magazine for. Oc- tober, "An English scullery maid who was caught cheating the Brit ish government out Of the delivery fee on a letter and German pro- lessor are largely responsible for stamp collecting, the pastime known as the hobby of Kids and Kings.' One day his servant girl fondly read her name on a letter brough to her by the local crrier. With seeming sadness. and on the plea that she had no money. she. handed the letter back to hims In those days the recipient paid the postal charges when the mall was delivered. A sympathetic bystander saw the incident and felt sorry Tor the girl. He paid the pOstman a chilling fee and offered the letter 2 to the girl. But she was no longer interested and was quite thankless toward the bystander for his gal- lant gesture. He became suspicious and demanded to see the contents of the missive. The enclosed sheet wan blank. The entire message had been concealed in a tiny dotted code in the address. Investigation : revealed widespread practice of defrauding the postal system Tn this manner. Prepaid postage was immediately introduced and the adhesive postage stamp, as a sym-
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