Evening star., 1933-05-07

italy will bring cut a special series on
May 20 to mark the visit OF the Graf
Zeppelin to Rome on that date. The
81 will show the pyramid of CestiuS;
81, tomb of Cecilia Metalla and Appian
Way: 10L. Mussolini Stadium; l2L, cas-
tie and bridge of San Angelo; ISL, Ro-
man Forum, and 20L, Coliseum.
Joseph Alti, jr., 425 Territorial. Ren-
ton Harbor. Mich. will sponsor Two
cachets for the annual blossom festival
and the stamp and hobby exhibit. May
Z and II, Benton Harbor and st. joe
! A two-color cacilet in tribute to Col
Charles A. Lindbergh will be sponsored
| by j. Edward Vining. 4079 Concordia
avenue, st. Louis. Mo-. May 1912
Covers must be 6ai size. stuffed but
unsealed.
On May Is, Harold Chriot, 600 Giar-
ault avenue, Virginia Highlands. Alex
andria. Va. will sponsor a cachet for
the fifteenth anniversary of the first
airmail between New York and Wssh-
| ington. One cover free airmail.
! The new Post Office at Newark. N.
J., will be dedicated soon. Leo August.
$40 South Eighteenth street. Asbury
| Park, N. j. will take care of covers.
| william Bromily 1449 Massachusetts,
avenue northwest. Washington, will
mail first-day covers from Washington
and seEd mint stamp for World Fair
opening, Chicago. Inclose correct re-
mittance with orders.
Fred Geyer. 2i17 Cortland street.
Chicago, will sponsor a Century of
Progress cachet, June l. George E.
Higgins 1884 Iowa street. Chicago, act
ing for the Austin Philatelic Club, will
have cachet Tor the same occasion,
same date.
Commemorative on wrappers of all
above.
Carl OLSON, ,!0o1 MCGOWAN street.
Little Rock, A k, sponsor of an airport
dedication cac' -, writes that his name
was given in 1is column as "Aslon."
The correction IS made with particular
cheerfulness tytause Mr.. OLSON hap
pens to be rsTspaper man, member
of the staff ofSshe Arkansas Democrat
George Rolkrts a reader of The
Star, raises tIl question What is a
cachet? He sAys: Il have responded
to quite a n,eaber of the announce
ments of csyhets, and have been
somewhat disappointed in many I have
received. The majority Of 'cachets'
are no more ithan printed envelopes
and 90 not casry out the original idea
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lectors should jbe put on notice as to
whether the Covers offered are to be
of the printed envelope type or real
cachets, individually impressed. AS
between the tsvo, must confess that
greater detail sand clarity may result
from the use bf printing press, but
this Is perhaps due to the fact that
those who arply the rubber stamps
may at times become negligent. The
lack of neatn.ss is a fault which is
due to the ind .idual and not the idea.
There really is no need for a rubber
stamp to be s'Aeared or applied at an
angle. There Is no need for the orig
inal drawing 70 be poor or childish.
These are fsallts which should be
charged to the persons sponsoring
them and not Ito the cachet idea.
"As between those sponsoring cachets
commercially and those collecting them
as an educational pastime, I can see
that there might be wide difference
of opinion. The printed type are OBJ
viously less expensive in terms of labor
and therefore leave a greater margin OF
profit to the dealer. On the other hand
the collector, If he collects as do, pre-
fers the well executed and well handled
rubber stamp. which clearly shows in
dtvidual handling Of each envelope. II
also gives the envelope a distinction
which is wholly lacking in the printed