Evening star., 1933-11-05

portant Government activity" and
Willard O. Wylie. editor of Mekeers
Weekly Stamp News. Beverly, Mass, has
expressed the opinion that Mr.. Kunze
Is one OF the most widely known COL
lectors in the United States, and his
appointment would be source Of sat
isfaction to the philatelic public.
Weekly Philatelic Gossip. Holton,
Kans., prints a long editorial on Mr.
Kunze's record and merits, concluding
I'VE can heartily recommend him to
| Postmaster General Farley as a man
| qualified to succeed to the post.
KS appointment will give great salts
faction to stamp collectors in general.
T. H. Stolp, president, Record Stamp
Club, Philadelphia, and Chester l..
Lankford. president, Franklin D. Roose-
! velt Stamp Club. Douglas, Ga, likewise
have indicated approval.
Independent Endorsements have been
filed by Judge David Caldwell. Daniel
McGrath, Carlyle Baer, Manton Wyvel,
Julius Peyser, Philip S. Warren, Valde-
Charles DtInkhorst, Charles Parks Of
st. Petersburg. Fla; Walter w. L.
Meyer OF Chicago, Mrs Dorothy Rus
and others.
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Clinton B. Eilenberger has given aSsur-
ance that Mr.. Kunze is being given
serious consideration for the appoint
ment but no definite announcement is
expected until Postmaster General
Farley returns to Washington.
Robson Lowe. Ltd, London. are bring
| ing out a new catalogue and more than
40 philatelic authorities are cooperating
in the preparation Of the manuscript.
! pricos will he 0aM0ed m Ynn6oy, roarket
figures.
| Airmail service has been established
between London and Rangoon. The
first flight started from the British capi-
tai Saturday, September 23.
King George v. represented by his
phila telic secretary, Sir Edward D.
Bacon. recently exhibited a choice as
sortment of stamps Of Bechuanaland
under The auspices Of the Royal Phila-
telic Society, London.
Criticizing stamp designs is nothing
novel When the 1859 Scent issue ap-
peared the New York Herald said: The
present miserable experiment in blue
with a meaningless legend is to be
recalled and something new. In red,
is to be substituted. II there is not
genius enough in the Post Office De-
partment to invent a good design.
which may be permanent, let the au-
thorities advertise for one. We should
form national portrait (stamp) gal
lery Of our Presidents, without refer
ence to politics" and the New York
Evening Telegram followed with: Now
think Of the miserable. confused-looking
thing. with its wretched printing, that
the post office has given us for the
present (A-2s) Scent stamp. 1t is
neither historical, national. beautiful
very n-American look"
Fred J. Wheelerhan. 32l0 Normount
avenue, Baltimore, Md, is sponsoring q
printed cachet for the 10th anniversary
Of the Battle Of Chattanooga and Look
Out Mountain, November rs.
The FORGOTTEN Man c.chet: in tribute
to william Graham Sumner october 80
was applied to 1892 first.class covers
"a second class, 81 airmail, 2 special
resented included collectors In Germany,
France, Mexico. Canada. the Hawaiian
Islands, the Philippines and Cuba
Dewey L. Suit and Merrill W, Watt were
the sponsors.
German post Offices are employing the
swastika design in slogan cancella-
tions The first to adopt the device
was that Of Gandersheim, Brunswick
Richard Mop. Cabeen, writing in the
Chicago Tribune, explains, DE La Rue
d Co.. who print stamps for Great
Britain and colonies, use electrotype
plates made on lead matrices. These
matrices are struck from the original
engraved die in q coming press and
fastened together in the form of the
desired plate. The copper shell OBJ