Evening star., 1933-01-15

| T. N. TdIheI, LOIQOn pnllalellSC, VINO
35 years ago set out to make 1000 COL
lections of 5000 stamps each. He met
with difficulties on the last stage of his
Journey" and 100000 stamps of the
empire were put up for sale. They
brought approximately s33,50o. It has
been noted that never again will any
man be able to accumulate such guam
| titles of Victorian and Edwardian issues
as he had.
Newspapers in Brazil are protesting
against the designs of the new $50, 400
and 700 reis issues of that government.
The stamps show an Indian head,
drawn by Henrique Cavalleire, and ac-
cepted by jury of notables. Criticism
has centered around the fact that the
subject is an aborigine, while what is
wanted is something indicative of Bra
! zils progress in recent years.
The National tuberculosis Associa-
tion has broadcast a warning against a
counterfeit printing of the 1907 Christ
mas seal, now a collectors item be-
cause of its rarity. Designed and sold
by Miss Emily P. Bissell of Wilmington
Del, to provide fund to build a sana-
torium. the original seals are valuable
The fakes, of course, are worthless.
1t has become known that the Half
Moon -Clermont Hudson Fulton stamp
Of 1909 was issued in perforated form
to the total of 72,634,9 and in imper-
fcrate form to 216,480 How many of
these stamps, it may be wondered, are
still in existence?
Philatelists visiting New York before
January 81 are advised to see the "Fa-
nous Men and Women" stamp exhibit
of the Children's Museum Stamp Club
of Brooklyn. The show opened jan
| uary 10 and is the third of a series.
New issues are reported as follows:
\ Austria, a series of four values, 12g,
Gag, 30g and 50g, for an interna-
tional skiing exhibition designs Tyrolian
| landscapes; Bechuanaland, a series of
: IL upright pictorials of identic design,
F, showing King George v in an upper
border and a pastoral landscape below,
12d light green, Id red, I'd brown, Sd
ultramarine, 4d orange, Sd lilac, Is
black-olive green, Is black-orange, Is
cd black-carmine, IS black-lilac, 5s
| black -ultramarine, los ack-brown;
Nicaragua, set of five postage and five
airmail, various scenes, postage values,
1c pale yellow &c red, sc brown. 10c
light brown, Is yellow airmail values,
15c violet, 10c green, Csc unreported,
| SOC dark brown, 81 red; Saar charity
series, architectural themes, 40c, 60c,
| 1fr, soc, 2fr, 3fr, SIR; Spain, a soc yel
low telegraph stamp.
Add to the list of movie stars who
collect stamps the names Of Adolphe
| Menjou and Clara Bow.
Ralph Kimble of Chicago, who speaks
on stamps over Station WMAQ, says:
Among the thousands who have writ
ten to me have been boys and girls of
8 years of age and there have been
! grandfathers and grandmothers of 80.
/ Between the two have come letters from
every age and every walk Of life, from
every quarter of the Union. Philately
is universal in its appeal, boundless in
| its resources, unlimited in its benefits" !"
| From these sentiments it may be as
Sumed that Mr.. Kimble Is an enthusiast
Writing in the Elks Magazine for De-
cember, John r. TuniS tells the following
| tale: During the revolution in Russia
| a young czarist went quietly about St.
Petersburg buying up his friends stamp
collections. He was interested in stamps,
| for he had small collection of his own,
and he managed to pick up some bar
gains for little money because at that
particular time people were not think
ing about stamps. They were thinking
about eating
THE young Russian took the cream
Of these collections with the best stamps
Of his own, put them in envelopes about
his body, and departed. You can carry
a lot of stamps in one envelope, if they
happen to be the right stamps. He
worked his way to Odessa, got out as
sailor on a boat to Constantinople,
and spent some time there, selling a
few valuable stamps to buy his passage
to this country. Once here his stamps
had become greatly increased in value,
and he sold enough to put himself
through college and law school. Today
| that Russian is a prominent member of