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, 1888. 1t is inscribed: "Series "a" but
the design is that Of the 1882 issue.
Syria will bring out set Of stamps
bearing the portrait of the Arab phi
losopher, Abdoul Ala el Mouarri. BY
this means it Is hoped to raise money
enough to build permanent monument
to his memory.
New cachets are as follows: March
| 30, Marquette Joliet anniversary, spon-
sored by Edward Hacker, IL Warren
! street, Hammond, Ind; April l, dedica-
ton Clearfield Post Office, sponsored by
C. G. Herington, 8 Guelick avenue,
Clearfield, Pa; April /, dedication
Stockton Post Office, sponsored by
April 3, anniversary OF Pony Express,
sponsored by G. j. Luhn, 314 Felix
street, st. Joseph, Mo-, each cover 5
'cents, stamp supplied: April Z, ami
versary of Territory Of Mississippi, spon-
sored by J.. K. Gaiswinkler, 4904 North
Ayers avenue, Chicago, Ill; April 10,
| 196th anniversary of the founding OF
Richmond, sponsored by Robert Watt,
| jr., Chamber of Commerce, Richmond.
Va; April 10, Lexington anniversary OF
the end of the Revolutionary War, new
Newburgh stamp, sponsored by the
Washington Stamp Club of the Air,
Station VOL, Annapolis Hotel, Wash
| ington, regular covers 10 cents, airmail
| IS cents, blocks of 4 3-cent stamps,
| envelopes, stamps, cachets, descriptive
filler. addressing and mailing service
supplied; same event, Temple of Vir-
| tue" sponsored by Chalmers L. Pan
| coast, 614 West 18th street, New York
City, each cover Is cents (coin) same
date, Patriots day, series Of cachets,
sponsored by Boston Cachet- Cover
Committee Park street, Boston, Mass.
write for information; same date, Battle
| of Lexington, sponsored by G. Robert
Brown, Thompson street, Morristown.
N. j., each cover cents (coin); same
date, Lexington Concord anniversary
| sponsored by c. L. Buchanan, lit
Spring street, Watertown, Mass: April
80 anniversary of George Washington's
| first Inauguration, sponsored by Lewis
A. Barnard, Fernwood, N. Y. COM
memoratives on requests; May 5, orange
tree anniversary, sponsored by River
| side Stamp and Coin Club, Riverside.
Calf; May 7, centenary of Abraham
Linccln's appointment as postmaster at
New Salem, sponsored by Rev. Grant
Mason, 203 Sheridan road, Petersburg
ILL.,, each cover 13 cents, stamps sup
piled: May 10, arrival of U. S. S. Con-
stitution at Portland. Oreg sponsored
by Lewis and Clark Stamp Society. Ed
ward c. Bryan, 222 West Sixth street,
Albany Greg: May 20, tribute tc Col
Charles A. Lindbergh. sponsored by r.
H. Sowell. 1922 Eleventh street north
west, Washington. airmail only. and
9 commemorative on requests; May
80, tribute to Calvin Coolidge. sponsored
by Henry T. Stackpole, box 765, North
ampton. Mass. one cover free June l,
opening Of World Fair, sponsored by
Fred Geyer, 2417 Cortland street. Chi
Cago, Ill. June IT, centenary of the
opening of the Oldest craving dock in
| America, sponsored by S. NJ Falconer.
Association Of Commerce. LOT West
Main street, Norfolk, Va; July /, Inter-
national Air Races. sponsored by Fred
Geyer, 24l7 Cortland street, Chicago.
Ill, airmail only, and July 4, Inde-
| pendence day, sponsored by Elmer Mel
son, 612 F street northwest Washing
! ton, different colors for first class and
airmail. All cachets are free, except
as indicated.
LIE Sour. Brussels. Belgium, says:
There is, in the world of human enter
| prise no occupation more pacific than
that OF the stamp collectors. Prosaic
| IN many reSpectS-especially to those
not infected with the mild malady-
philately is not without its occasional
episodes and emotions, especially when
there Is not the money available to
pay the high price asked for the stamp
that will complete some magnificent
! collection. One might. it is true, under
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superb assortment at one blow and so
lose the prolonged pleasure of building
up his series stamp by stamp"
A reader asks why the first issues of
the British colony. Mauritius, are so
exceptionally valuable. The pence
orange is quoted at $4,000 unused,
$1,000 unused, $4,000 used. The
story. as told by a French journal, is
that Mauritius was selected as repre-
sentative colony to try out the colonial
postage stamp idea, and that samples
OF the first stamps prepared were sent
to the governor for his approval before
release. I'm compliment to some
friends Of his in London, the governor
| afhxed these two stamps to a letter,
which was forwarded by a boat leaving
the same dav. Then. by curious turn
Of fate, huge tidal wave destroyed
the post Office building before any of
the remaining stamps were sold. It
is estimated that these two impressions,
which alone survived of the whole issue,
are worth million francs each, If they
are worth a SOU
Three varieties of the Abraham Lin
coin stamp Of 1909 are current. They
are: Perforate form. placed on sale at
Washington. January % of that year.
total distribution, 150.298O91 in1per-
forate, placed on sale February 4, total
1,273.9O0; blush paper, same date, total
$4,000.
w. F. Doertenbach. a Pueblo. Colo.
furrier. is the owner Of one of the most
extensive and valuable stamp collec-
tions OF the West. He says he does not
know how many different specimens he
has, but exhibits his albums and steel
filing cabinets to inquirers to judge for
themselves. He is mentioned as "a
rival of King George W. in the phila-
telic field.
Depression psychology has had little
effect in the world of stamps. E. B.
Elder. Boston dealer, says: THE
stamp collector doesn't part with his
collection, we'll. until he finds he just
has to eat. OF course, in good times
and bad we have occasional offerings
of collections for sale. But in the
past few years have seen no evidence
of dumping" There has been no slump
| in stamD DricpS Elder der1craS IN onv