Evening star., 1933-01-05
PRESIDENT COVERS
COME into DEMAND
PhiIateIists Are Collecting
Stamps on Executives
Anniversaries.

Presidential covers are the latest
thing in philatelic enthusiasms
Burton G. Cowles superintendent of
the division of dead letters of the Post
Office Department and one of the mort
eminent authorities on stamps and
stamp collecting in Washington, said:
The collection of presidential covers is
becoming very populac, particularly with
the younger generation of postage stamp
and cover collectors, and the fortunate
feature Of this class Of covers is that
start may be MADE at any time and
continued until the set is complete. The
stamp collecting hobby has been and is
of ineStimable value in teaching geog-
raphy. So, too, will be the collecting of
President covers in teaching United
States history"
Briefly outlined, as Mr.. CowleS ex-
plains It, the game amounts to a delib-
crate effort to secure interesting covers
from places and on dates connected
with the life of each of the 81 Presi-
dents. For example: George Washington
was inaugurated as first President at
New York City on April 80, 1889. To
represent that incident in his career,
the collector wodld want a cover with
stamp showing a portrait of Washing
ton postmarked at New York on an an
nivotSary of the first inaugural cere-
mony, April 30 Again: Andrew jack
son won the battle of New Orleans, jan
uary 8. 1915. To commemorate that
event in the life of Old Hickory, the COL
lector would desire cover with stamp
depicting Jackson postmarked at New
Orleans on, say, January 8. 1888. OBJ
viously, there is no limit to the posi-
bilities. direct and indirect, OF such a
philatelic sideline.
Birthday List.
Mr.. Cowles has worked out a Presi-
dent birthday list for the convenience
of cover collectors, as follows:
George Washington, born at Wake
field, Va, February %. Send covers to
postmaster at Washington'S Birthplace,
Va.
John Adams, Quincy, Mass October
30. Covers to Quincy, Mass.
Thomas Jefferson. Shadwell, Va,
April 13. Covers to Shadwell. Va.
James Madison, Post Conway, Va,
March 16. Covers to Madison, Va.
James Monroe, WeStmoreland Co, Va!
April 28. Covers to Monroe, Va.
John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Mass,
July H. Covers to Quincy, Mass.
Andrew Jackson, Monroe, N. c.,
March Is. Covers to Monroe, N. G.
Martin Van Buren, Kinderhook, N. Y,
December 5. Covers to Kinderhook,
N
william Henry Harrison, Berkeley
Station, Va, February 9. Covers to
Norfolk, Va.
John Tyler, Buffalo Station, Va,
March 49, Covers to Greenway, Va.
James K Polk, Mecklenburg County,
N. c., November 2. Covers to Char
lotte. N. c.
Zachary Taylor, Orange County, Va,
November "a. Covers to Orange, Va.
Millard Fillmore, Locke, N. Y, jan
uary Z. Covers to Fillmore, N. Y.
Franklin Pierce, Hillsboro, N. H., No
vember %. Covers to Hillsboro, N. H.
James Buchanan. Mercersburg, Pa,
April %. Covers to Mercersburg, Pa.
Lincoln Covers.
Abraham Lincoln, Larue County, KY,
February IL. Covers to Lincoln, Ky.
Andrew johnson, Raleigh, N. c., De-
cember 90. Covers to Raleigh, N. c.
Ulysses S. Grant, Point Pleasant,
Ohio, April 81. Covers to Point Pleas
ant, Ohio.
Rutherford B. Hayes, Delaware, Ohio,
October 4. Covers to Delaware, Ohio.
James A. Garfield, Orange, Ohio, No.
vember 10. Covers to GARFIELD Ohio.
Benjamin Harrison, North Bend,