Evening star., 1933-04-02

Critics declare the design is. 'unhis-
| torical." Isaac r. Pennypacker, for
mer chairman of the Valley Forge Parh
Commission, says: I'VE know on the
| highest authority of the Episcopa
Church that Washington never was
known to kr-- in prayer" The same
scene, as repr.Sented on bronze plaque
on the front of the Subtreasury
Building in New York, shows washing
ton wearing gloves of kind not yet in
vented in his day.
During 1880 the parcel post mai
was handled at a net loss of SIS, ,000 900
The value of special issues of stamps
to science is manifested in the series
sponsored by Norway in 1925 to aid II
financing Raoul Amundsen's first flight
by airplane to the North Pole.
According to Karl Vieth, writing ir
die Postmark," Vienna, there were
1886 new stamps produced during 1882
as against 1883 in 1881.
Collectors who specialize in varieties
j. e. differences in printing caused by
different accidental marks on plates, are
interested at present in a report to the
effect that there are specimens OF the
common scent beacon airman stamp
available which show strong scratch
across the face of the design, running
from the base of the tower downward
to the word mail"
New stamp plates used in the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing during the
month of February were: Numbers 2109t
to PILL, all Oglethorpe commemora-
tives, 400 subjects each. Plate 21108 is
supposed to have been withdrawn. Plate
21G96 has a heavy dot or cash in the
letter "T"' of "cents" in one stamp o1
the upper right pane. Plate 21102 has
a strong scratch on stamp in the up
per left pane. There are many Other
variations reported.
The Boston Gl1oe says: "a post
man passing a fish market in The
Hague was called by man, who, ir
cutting open Goldfish, had found let
ter inside the fish. The address ha6
been all but blotted out, but the con-
tents were still readable 1t proved tt
be in Norwegian, and the conscientious
fishmonger required the help of the
postman to get it delivered. Presum-
ably the letter had been blown from
the hands of sailor at sea, and the
cod had picked it up"
Germany's naval program for 1913;
starts with replacement Of four 80
year-old battleships with new 10000
| ton west pocket cruisers. The
| Deutschland will be put into commits
sion April /, replacing the Lothringen
German navy vessels, like those of the
/ United States, cancel mail aboard. Col
lectors of marine postmarks can count
on some new cancellations.
Eddie Collins, manager of the Rostor
Red SoX, once was an enthusiastic
stamp collector. At present he is toe
busy to pursue the hobby and it i,
understood that he has delivered hi.
albums to the care of his two sons.
The death is announced of Frank w
Wright of Elmira, N. Y, who was fol
many years we'll known collector. He
had served as president of the South
ern Tier Stamp Society.
The st. Paul Sunday Pioneer Pres.
and Dispatch now has stamp column
The Government Printing Office i
bringing out an up-to-date edition o.
its pamphlet, "a Description of United
States Postage Stamps and Posta
Cards." last published in 1927. Every
| collector should have copy. Tht
price is only 10 cents and orders WRAP
ped dime) may be sent to the superin
tendent of documents, c. P. O., Wash
ington, D. G.
The following questions, says Ralph
A. Kimble, must be answered for tn
proper classification of stamp VIVA
kind of paper is it printed on? Is i
watermarked and, If SO, with what de
sign? Is it perforated, rouletted or i'm
perforate? In what manner is
printed-engraved, Typographical, litho
graphed or embossed? What size
it? What is its color7 Does it bea
a surcharge or overprint? What is it
denomination or face value?
In the years 1867-1878 Austria main
tanned a post office on the Island o
Cyprus. Stamps of Austrian Offices il
Turkey were used and the poStmarl
was "Larnacca di Cipro." The islant
at that period was under Turkish rul
and had no stamps of its own.
The 7-cent and 9-cent stamps of tn
George Washington Bicentennial serie
of 1882 are likely to be the rarest il
the set. Wise collectors are savinl
them.
The famous dirigible Graf Zeppelin
is scheduled to make So trips between
Europe and South America per year, be
ginning this Summer New stamps
overprints and postmarks are indicated
An application for commemorative
stamp to mark the fiftieth anniversar
Of the opening of BROOKLYN Bridge ha
been denied by the Post Office Depart
ment authorities Bridges are repre-
sented on 2 stamps of the United States
l of Canada, 5 of Honduras, of Sal
Vador, of Albania, l of Algeria, o
Bosnia and Herzegovina, l of France,
OF Greece, l OF Lebanon, of LuXem
burg, 2 of Rumania, 2 of The Saar, l O
Somali, of Syria and of Turkey.
George N. Thomas, writing in Stamps
says: TO my mind clean, well con
tered, lightly Cancelled stamped is of ia
more worth in every way than an un
used specimen. True, the unused on
is very pretty to look at, but it lack
the phllatelic value of the stamp tina
has fulfilled the mission for which /
was issued. The Cancelled stamp ha
gone places and done things
have a fine mint set of Zeppelins tha
l would gladly trade for set that ha,
been used. The unused set are onl
pretty labels, nice to gaze upon, but tn
romance of crossing oceans and noun
tains hundreds of feet in the air in tn
company of the eagles will never b
theirs"
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