Evening star., 1933-12-24

! 10 anniversary VA VIC bAA SAA Va
Gen. Robert E. Lee, Jay Wilson, 937
Diversey Boulevard, Chicago, ILL.,, and
February 16, anniversary of the purchase
of the Canal Zone, Mr.. Wilson, as above.
All cachets gratis, but stamps of phil
atelic value should be used on wrappers
in compliment to sponsors.
The New York Herald Tribune says:
Stamp collecting, like charity, usually
begins at home. The youngster, or the
adult, for that matter, who has been
bitten by the collecting germ, first be-
gins to show the symptoms when ne
lays his hands on every postage stamp
that comes into his home on a letter,
and that is the easiest and most prac-
tical method of starting a collection
that may become worth thousands Of
dollars.
After accommodating a few simple
copies thus easily, he next turns to
friends, seeking from them stamps COM
ing on their letters, and the friend, un-
less he also is a collector, usually is
glad to rid himself of envelopes which
otherwise would be thrown away. The
next step, If the embryo collector works
in an Office where there is considerable
mail received, Is 10 arrange to obtain
the stamps from this material. but it
| must be emphasized that permission
always should be received from the per-
sons to whom the mail is addressed be-
fore removing the stamps.
mo person likes to receive mutilated
letters, and nothing is more irritating
to the person with collecting tendencies
than to receive letters from which the
stamps have been removed without his
permission. Oftentimes, the entire en-
velope is desirable to have in a collec-
ton.
Having got together few dozen such
stamps, the collector has made his
start, and next it will be wise to begin
an immediate classification of them, so
that the assistance of some standard
stamp catalogue becomes necessary In
the United States the standard cata-
logue is that published by the Scott
Stamp g. Coin Co., New York City.
copies of which may be obtained at
any stamp dealers, at most book stores
and in the stamp departments OF the
larger department stores.
with the catalogue there should
also be purchased small album, il
lustrating the various stamps. AS
time goes on the collector may wish
to have more complicated albums, but
for the beginner the simplest and
cheapest will suffice.
1T is now time to begin planning just
what sort of stamps shall be collected,
for in stamp collections, as in business,
a definite plan is of value. Some col
lectors may wish to obtain any kind OF
stamps, building up general collection;
others will find it to their advantage TO
| specialize on United States issues, or
British stamps, or some other particular
country, perhaps the one from which
their ancestors came.
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way, with stamps from home and from
| friends, the next step is to visit stamp
shop, advertisements of which appear
in the adjoining columns, and look over
the unlimited possibilities for obtaining
single stamps and entire sets. Every
| stamp dealer is eager = to assist the
beginner and for the collector who has
not yet gotten to the point of subScrib-
ing to some stamp magazine, the dealer
| is also a good source of information on
new issues of the various countries
But the best way to collect stamps
is to begin collecting any that come to
hand, and, like Topsy, in Uncle Toms
Cabin the collection will Just grow"
President Roosevelt's stamp treasury
has been enriched by a collection OF
Christmas seals issued by the National
tuberculosis Association. A committee
representing the organization has pre-
sented him with leather-bound volume
containing examples of all the different
varieties.
The Associated Press reports: Now
that the Hind sale has passed into his
tory, collectors say that the fact has
been impressed upon them more than
ever that only good copies of stamps
will bring the higher prices. They say
that an analysis of the sale shows that
in many instances, where condition was
not so good. prices we're considerably
lower than expected, indicating that not
nearly as great sum had been OBJ
tanned for the collection as a whole as
was originally paid out in assembling it.
The sale brought around $3.50, ,000"
Mr.. Hind, it seems, was a great ac-
| cunulator of stamps, but not neces-
sarily an eminent student of philateIy
Experts, however, declare that his
estate will not suffer any loss from the
sale of his collection. It is to be noted
that only a fraction of the total has
been disposed of to date.
Alfred H. CaSpary, New York CITY
has notified the stamp world that eight
have been lost or stolen. The value of
the missing property is $4,640.
The New York Times, December 3,
published a photograph of a German
school room, showing a representative
OF the ministry of education instructing
a class in philately.
There will be an international phila-
telic exposition in New York CITY in
1886, and another in 1947. Arrange
ments are being made for both by the
Association for Stamp Exhibitions, rep
resentlng collectors and dealers through
out the country.
The stamp collectors of Atlanta are
arranging an exhibition in which ali
local philatelic groups are taking part.
Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News gives the
following receipt for killing stamp
club: Don't come to meetings-if YOU
do come. come late. If the weather
doesn't suit you, don't think of coming
II you do attend a meeting, find fault
with the work of the officers and other
members. Never accept Office as it is
easier to criticize than to do things
II asked by the chairman to give your
opinion regarding some important mat
ter. tell him you have nothing to say
After the meeting tell everyone how
things ought to be done"
Alden H. Whitney, vice president COL
lectorS Club, announces a new variety
of the Scent Washington stamp OF
1851, second issue type. In the lower
portion of the design, he finds, the
second "e" in three" is "b.'
Readers should check their duplicates
William F. Simpson writes: Some
time ago YOU printed q letter from, a
little boy in New Zealand. Remember
ing my own discouraging attempts at
stamp collecting In my younger days. j
wrote the youngster a letter and sent
him number of United States stamps
The other day received very inter-
esting letter from him, as we'll as some
New Zealand stamps"
Mr.. Simpson also says: 1.-TWO things
have impressed themselves on me in