Evening star., 1933-07-30

Darius and 0!renas deserve to be re-
membered. They were courageous ideal
lists, and they came within striking dis
lance OF achieving . great triumph.
Considering their poverty and the me-
chanical Mndicaps imposed upon them
by the lack Of proper equipment, they
accomplished marvellous feat. II is q
pity that they had to die to prove that
their hopes were not impossible Of full
flllment.
II their stamps have survived, they
will merit place Of honor in any col
lection.
Flag cancellations may be had at
Blairstown, N. j., and Netcong, N. J..
Send postmasters Self-addressed enve-
lopes and cents in wrapped coin for
each cover wanted.
Cancellation collectors may be inter-
ested to know that the town Of UZ, KY,
is supposed to have the shortest name
Of any community In the United States.
A cancellation used in Great Britain
for several years read: Buy British
Goods" Then it was discovered that
the cancelling machine had been made
in the United States.
Daughters of the American Revolution
article on Reminders Of Lost Cause, !"
the stamps of the Confederate States.
It is illustrated with color plate. sup
piled by August Dietz Of Richmond.
showing l8 representative issues. and
by half-tone plates Of covers and blocks.
Mr.. King says In part: The recent
discovery of several blocks of unusual
United States stamps of the 1857 issue.
notably the IL cent block, 80 cent
orange and 90-cent blue, has again
demonstrated the possibility Of locating
valuable documents in out-of-the-way
and unexpected places; in fact. 1t
brought to mind very forcibly my find
OF an unusual envelope, bearing stamp
in each corner. a prisoners letter,
among my grandfather's Civil War cor
respondence.
ITO the collector OF our American
stamps, none have a greater lure than
the covers bearing the postage issues
of the Confederacy. AS general
thing, while unused stamps Of the Con-
federate States are fairly abundant,
envelopes with the Cancelled stamp upon
them are not common, condition due
perhaps to the delayed recognition of
their value by owners or inheritors OF
wartime letters For instance, cor
respondent OF mine stated that she had
kept all family letters from 1861 -65,
but destroyed the envelopes. deeming
them nuisance!
ITO the student Of history, as well
as to the stamp collector, the remark
able features of our Confederate stamps
should have direct appeal. They were
produced by practically every method
Of printing known at the time; the
local issues from woodcuts or type: +:
the Government issues. Autographed,
Typographical and engraved from both
copper and steel. They bore the
likenesses Of great Americans who be-
longed to both North and South.
These likenesses appeared simultaneous
ly on the stamps of the nation with
which the Confederacy was engaged
in conflict. Some CT them were printed
in England, the only American stamps
ever printed outside of our country.
They bore the portrait Of Jefferson
Davis-the first and only time living
American has been honored by having
his likeness on an American stamp"
Mr.. King believes that Confederate
stamps first went on sale about October
Is, 1861.
DR.. Louis E. Heinmiller IS the author
Of a thorough going dissection of the
type Of doctrinaire who appears to wish
to take all the Joy out of collecting by
fanatical reorganization of collectors.
He says: I'VE are told to study our
stamps. Suppose I don't want to?
Suppose I'm willing to take them at
face value without digging out the story
behind the stamp is 1t lese majesty
for me to be ignorant? I'm collecting
for recreation.
ITO my mind, most of the admcni-
tions preached are bunk. have no
quarrel with the specialist nor with
the student, nor again with the philate-
list. There Is room for all of them in
the realm Of stamps. But / do insist
that be permitted to collect stamps in
my own way, according to my own
taste. without feeling that am trans
crossing any of the noble tenets of
stamp collecting. My way may not be
your way, but if my way suits me. why
should I be scorned and derided be-
cause I choose to be q stamp collector
instead of philatelist?"
w. M. Miller, Cloquet, Mimi, has
been elected president Of the Duluth
Stamp Society.
Delegates to the convention of the
Society Of Philatelic Americans, Fond
ou Lac, August 1919, will have par
ticular consideration at the hands of
the Pest Office Department. An al
most complete exhibit Of United States
stamps will be on display by courtesy
Of the department officers. and a
branch post Office, provided with a
special cancellation machine, will be
set up at convention headquarters. A
representative of the philatelic agency
will be IN charge. Arrangements have
been made through the cooperation Of
James F.. Duhamel, president of the
Washington branch Of the society.
The official program fo- the Amer
ican Philatelic Society Convention, Chi
cago, is announced, as follows: Mon
day. August 81. 8 pm. presidents re-
ception: Tuesday, August %. 9 am.
first business session; pm. opening
of bourse; Wednesday, August %.
am, second business session: 2:30 pm,
bourse: pm. auction; August "a,
am. third business session; pm. an
nual banquet; August IS. 9 am. final
business session. Various entertain