Evening star., 1933-07-30

Uruguay IS to have a special set of
IS stamps in tribute to the military
leaders Of the national struggle for in
dependence. The values will run from
SIN to 10p.
Squadron'S flight has been the occasion
Of too many" special stamps. Promo
ters appear to have taken advantage of
collectors. The only remedy in the cir
cumstances is that Of a general agree
ment among philatelists whereby the
stamps may be recognized in their prop
er character as fruits Of racket"
According to the tabulation of the
editors Of the Yvert catalog for 1898.
recently issued from Paris, q complete
collection OF the stamps Of the world
would contain 81 ,056 items. In this
count no allowance is made for varie-
ties OF perforation, watermark, shade,
surchargeS, or faults.
Europe heads the grand divisions Of
the world with 1886 individual val
ueS. America Is second with 1929,
Africa third with 1882, Asia fourth
with 9,017 and Oceania last on the
list with 3.082.
Nicaragua leads the world as a
stamp-issu1ng country. A total Ct 1888
AVCA41o 0AC 4AotCO W 1lCI CICult. SO-
lombia Is next with 1862. At the
other extreme is King Edward VII
Land with only one stamp.
The first 10 countries to issue postage
stamps were: Great Britain, May 1,
1870; Brazil, July /, 1913; United States,
August 5, 1847; Mauritius, September
81. 1847; France, January l, 1919; Bel
gium, July l. 1849; Bavaria, November
l. 1919; Spain. January 1. 1850: New
South Wales, January /, 1850, and Vic
toria, January 5, 1850.
Stamp values are rising. One phila-
telic weekly explains the situation as
follows: ''Importations from Europe
are now coming in at much higher
price than prevailing quotations Our
dollar buys 70 cents worth of mer-
chandise in the foreign market at this
writing, and this will surely go down to
so cents. and possibly so cents, before
imitation is completed"
A series Of seven cachets viii b
sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln As
Sociation and the Lincoln's Home Phila-
telic Society in commemoration Of the
seventy-fifth anniversary of the Lin
coin and Douglas debates, held in seven
Illinois cities from August 81 to Octo-
ber is, 1855. Collectors should send
covers In groups Of seven. leaving sew
eral unsea1ed to accommodate historical
inserts Address King Hostick, cachet
director, Abraham Lincoln Association,
Springfield, H.
A cachet commemorating the Stour-
bridge Lion, first locomotive run in the
United States, will be sponsored by
Rexford H. Gift, Waymart, Pa,
August 8.
The Glen Cove Chamber of Com
merce and the North Shore Philatelic
Society will sponsor q cachet for the
dedication Of the new post offce at
Glen Cove, August II. Send covers
! to Chamber Of Commerce. Long Island,
N. Y, wrapper marked, For P. o.
Cachet"
The Universal Stamp Association an
nounces three cachets for its conven-
ton, August 24-26. Covers to Box 935,
Syracuse, N. Y.
These cachets are gratis, but COM
memoratfve stamps should be used on
wrappers In compliment to sponsors.
Standard size 6A envelopes are
specified.
No report has been received as to the
fate Of the philatelic cargo carried by
Capt. Stephen Darius and Stanley
Girenas ON their attempted night from
New York to Kovno, Lthuania. Gable
dispatches mentioned letters Is being
found IN the wreckase Of their plane.