The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-15
stamp Famine

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 Despite the fact that there were four kinds of three-cent stamps available when the new postal rates went into effect on July 6 New York city experienced a one cent stamp famine that ended only with tho arrival of an order or .3,0OO, ,00O by special messenger who flew from Washington to the Newark airport with them. Seven million were also shipped 10 the city by registered mail the same dny. so that the city would not again be faced with a shortage. The heavy demand for one-cent stamps Is easily explained. Busi- ness houses were doubtless over stocked with two-cent varieties when the change in rates went into effect. To keep using these 1t was necessary to stock up on one-cent stamps, hence the heavy demand . for them. There are 57 stations in Ndw York and only one of them had one-cent stamps for sale. ln- cidentally postal receipts for July 6 in New York were the greatest ! on record. over $350,000 being taken fin. That also is natural. we { wouldn't wonder if every post office of any size also recorded new high ! sales.
 Capitalizing Race The famous $60,000 Hambleton- ian, the blue ribbon event of the harness turf, will be capitalized to | the extent of a fancy cachet this Z year. The race Is run at the ' Goshen, N. r.. track on August 17 1. and is the classic of the season. special cacheted cover has been :. prepared by a racing authority and i, will be forwarded to ailyapplicants, 7 who. of course, forward the nece5- !. sary where -with-ail.
 Interesting Contribution
 Lamont A. Hall, we'll known In .rlocal philatelic circles. contributes some interesting information to the series of articles from the pen of n. ]. Mechin which have been ap- pearinr in the quarterly issues Of the Collectors Club Philatelist. The articles are entitled-What Year { the waterbury's?-and have att ftracted more than passing interest from veteran collectors of this city. Mir Halls contribution had to do < with the exact dates of the appear ance of the 1869 issue in Water bury which he ascertained by a studious research into old news paper files of that year.
 First Mail Arrives 4 According to the Christian Science Monitor the first mail that arrived at the International Settle rnent, the Olympic village at Los Angeles, was bundle of news papers mailed from Calcutta. India. for members of the Indian Olympic team. It arrived at Los Angeles May 23.
 New Cachet
 There have been first day covers : and first flight covers. but it re- mained for the post office depart ment to initiate a first voyage cover. When the s. s. Manhat- tan, the largest ship ever built in America, sails on her first trip from New York August 10 special cachet will be applied to all mail intended for both foreign countries and the United States. The mail sconsigned to U. S. points will be kept on the ship until her voyage is completed. It will then be mailed to it's destinations. Domestic mail rates, will prevail on such. while rates applicable to the particular foreign country will prevail on all other rnissives. The Seaport Clerk. s. S. Manhattan, will take care Of all requests made not later than August g.
 Error Made
 Tn announcing a series of cachets in this column on July it was stated that the George Washing ton Bi-centenniai commission of Eidgefield, N. J., would apply a cachet to covers on July 12. It should have been Ridgewood, N. J. The writer apologies to those who who may have made application to .Ridgefield for the covers, and is ex- -fremely sorry that the error could not have been discovered before July 12 when the cachet was ap- piled.
 Not Here Yet
 The new Washington three-cent stamps which will replace the cur rent Lincoln three-cent issue at the end of this year have not yet been placed on sale at the local post off, fee. Due to the fact that there are an extremely large number of three cent Olympics, Lincolns and Washington Bi-Centennials on hand 1t may be some weeks yet be-