The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-16
2! 2 BLOCKS SINGLES ] s A WHAT'S DOING IN 4 ~ THE + s WORLD OF PHILATELY s
A. Hartford.

At Hartford.
 Members of the waterbury stamp club paid Q visit to Hart ford Monday night where they were guests of the stamp Collectors club of that city at its regular meeting. There were exhibitions by both Hartford and Waterbury philatelists.
 New Cachcts.
 The Children of the American Reyolution of Washington will cachet all covers on December 2a in honor of the naval victory of the U. S. s. Enterprise over the Mastlco in the War with Tripolt Unsealed covers to H. M. Bloedorn 2726 Thirteenth Street, N. w. washington. The Philatelic club of the Trenton, N. J. High school will observe the Battle of Trenton anniversary with Q cachet. Covers to faculty. adviser. Dr Victor Sa- bary. before Dec 23. Several cachets for end of the Washington Bicentennial year, Dec 31. E. M Howard. "A Bloomingdale avenue, Cranford, N. J. sponsors one, but charges 5 cents per cover and asks commens on letters to him. Her. bert Goudket, TOT Jackson avenue, New York, sponsors another. He asks unsealed covers and also commens on letters. Columbus, 0. Chamber of Commerce also to ob- serve end of bicentennial year. Covers to Marshall R. Hall, 1407 Mulford Road, Columbus. Air mort dedications-Hen Tex as; Fitzgerald. Georgia, and Price Utah. Covers to Chamber of Con- tnerce in each place.
 Three Cent Prccanccl.
 The first precancel of the new ,hree-cent stuart Washington ar rived at this department early in he week. It was from New York .ty.
 Birth of American Post office.
 ."The year 1892 is seeing the building of a new and more stately z Post Office department for Unc'e Sam. while throughout the length and breadth of the land hundreds of new post office buildings are springing up. Therefore one may cast a curious glance at the be- einning of this service that now reaches every American cabin. Thc tory is we'll told by Isaac Gregg. thief of information service. Post office department.
 Ship captains. he said, used to rarry letters between the first .olonies and England for a penny .ach. gathering them up In q con- yenient public tavern on one side snd depositing them In another across the sea. In 1639 the general court of Massachusetts ordered that overseas letters be left at the house of Richard Fairbanks, who was charged with seeing them delivered, hence Fairbanks has been called Americas first post master. In Virginia the assembly ordered in 1C57 that letters be conveyed from plantation to plan tation as directed--presumably by anybody going In that direction. in 1872 Governor Love,ace of New York set up a monthly mail service between New York and Boston, but it was soon discon. tinued and not resumed until lo gears later. It was in 1873 that a regular service was begun in Massachusetts. Connecticut follow ing two years later. "Post mss- scngers' were paid threepence h mile and certain other allowances. William Penn established quite q system out of Philadelphia in 1883. extending south Into Maryland.
 But let the story be told in Mr siregg'g own words:
 It may be stated that the real beginning of postal service ia lmerica dates from February 1T 1891. wlen letters patent were yranfed 10 Thomas Eeale by Will liam and Mary. then King nnd queen of England. giving Nealc full power and authority to erect eisie. and establish within the ilief parts of their Majesty ,olonies and plantations in Amer ca an office or offices for the re. eiying and dispatcbing of letters nd pacqusts. and tO receive. send nd deliver the same under such rntes and sums of ineney as the planter shall agree to give. and o hold and enjoy the same for the term Of 2i years" Aea'e. did aot come to AQerica, however. t0 enrry on his work, but named as Postmaster general for America Andrew Hamilton. a merchant 0f Edinburgh. The latter recently returned to his native country af' fer q tourney of several years C. New Jersey, Hamilton was an earnest pui,lic-spIrifed man and his sngaging personality made friends for him even among those who like Penn. were not disposed fa assist 9n any movement for ron s collecting fbe British Colonies tIl Asnerlca, But after much Deg0- flafloD Hamilton sueesedsd tB per kasading practically nIi the colonial Assemblies to pass postal acts that weFe sufficiently idfDtiral Co their terms fo permit she establishment of q 1nItea system Of posts iD
 fs sess Hamilton bimseif. lg p0rfnersbin with a 9r West, took 0yef fbe ownership Of the AmeFl- faH posts and asfablished a service equally es good as that which nasDfafDea ip Engi0nd under siIil, iaf conditions, Wbiis the postage rates were pTeser1bed separately by nneh eeioDlal jegfsiature, they were 10 effect uniform, Al fbe time there wege no common standards of money fie Colonies, The Ens, Heb pounds, sbjiigDgs. and peDes veFe gn use, bwf there was DO English eoID. Spanish eOjB was used ap9 a1se tie coin Issued by the several C0ioDies, For exgWl,ie, aeve1 sbiiliDgs ta Massachusetts sefe tie equivalent of Dgpe ebgiIiDgs ip sssw York, Eut HaDliltoD oDer' afA1 tie poft office fDaBees OD ( aonna g1Bey basis by FeaglTjBR p0Hfage 70 be paid ID pegDvweigbiS and REa1Ds of fsIFef Tbe policy Of tfantit0D promoted beffeF blgil. waya, when fbs JDfaFe0loDiai Postal EaieD etaFfe1 bp 1898 every post Foa1 had fo be made fbT0Hsb a Rlif1arpess. Bset gn Iees. wbeD ffaulitoD FetgfDe4 fo Ameffea f0 FeeslFge bis fsfies, flleke routes had A. q