Evening star., 1933-05-28
standard 634 size envelopes, commemo-
raAive stamps on wrappers.

standard ss1 size envelopes, commemo-
rative stamps on wrappers.
A fascinating specially, it seems,
would be a collection of stamps COM
memorating the various flights OF Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh. The sixth ami
versary of his transatlantic adventure,
May 1921, 1927, was celebrated appro-
priately. and the occasion stimulated
new interest in the. philatelic honors
which have been paid to him by the
United States, Spain, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Panama and other countries.
A Department of Commerce report
says: Brazilian citizens using the mails
will do their bit toward encouraging the
cause of aviation in Brazil. A new
stamp will be affixed on all letters and
parcels post to be delivered within
Brazil beginning on June /. The use of
the stamp will be optional on mail des-
tined for foreign countries. The revenue
will be used to construct new airport
at Rio de Janeiro and to improve the
postal and telegraphic services"
Should any reader of The Star see an
automobile covered with postage stamps
wandering down the public highway, he
may know that the curiously decorated
vehicle is the property of w. c. Henry,
Boston collector and dealer. The
story was told in the Evening Transcript
for May 49,. Mr.. Henry. who is be
ginning to be regarded with sour dis
taste by traffic cops, got the idea of
sticking stamps on the body of his car
about 10 days ago. Assisted by Mrs.
Henry and an attendant from his shop
on Province street, the philatelist stuck
and stuck until now the top. the wheels
and portion of the hood alone remain
uncovered. From the moment the car
which looks rather like subdued crazy
ouilt-appeared on the streets. the
dealer has had to drive cautiously in
order to avoid hitting a constantly in
creasing mass of stamp collectors, small
boys who pop up like grass between
paving stones, and people who vaguely
suspect the turnout to be connected, in
some way. with the circus"
The stamps were affixed with a cel-
luloid-acetonc mixture which Is fire.
proof.
Asked lust what stamps were to be
found in the patchwork. Mr.. Henry re-
piled, We'll, sir. you can name almost
any country Then his eyes taking on
that dreamy gaze that stamp collectors
get when discussing their collections, he
continued, North Borneo Azerbaijan-
that's is Soviet Russia, used to be a
republic for awhile-Tasmania, Philip
pines, Montenegro, early Guatemala
that's on the left door
"A tour around the car Is like tour
of the world =. As Mr.. Henry drives
about slowly, like royalty, in his car
of many colors people are continually
sticking their heads in to make in
quiries about the collection and about
philately in general. Nearly every one
wants to know the exact number of
stamps on the car. Mr.. Henry isn't ex-
actly sure. but thinks there are between
10000 and 10000"
Collectors should not neglect the half
cent George Washington Bicentennial
issue It is said that the Philatelic
Agency has sold out, the first of the
series to be exhausted. That fact, Of
course, signifies an elevation of price in
the market.
The recent philatelic exhibition, held
under the auspices of the Ginbel Stamp
Club, Gimbel Brothers store, New York,
was formally opened by Postmaster
General James A. Farley. Stamps
valued at s5O000o were displayed, many
eminent collectors taking part. A SEN
sation shown was a Polish stamp of
1919, cancelled with the autograph Of
Ignace Jan Paderewski, the celebrated
pianist, who at that time was premier.
Lewis B. Sebring. jr.. in an article
in the New York Herald-Tribune.
writes: although Mr. Roosevelt very
modestly joined one philatelic society
through formal channels, since his cleo
ton as President he has been elected
to honorary membership in virtually
every large one and many small ones
in the country, and besides has one
named for him in Atlanta. Ga, the
Franklin D. Roosevelt Philatelic So
ciety'
Since his election he has received
hundreds of gifts to be added to his
collection-some of them described by