Evening star., 1934-02-18
Broadway on its way to the Ma

Br0a0Way, on ltS way 70 Ine Na-
tional Capital The regiment reached
Philadelphia soon after midnight, but
here it was learned that serious riot
ing had broken out at Baltimore on
the approach of Massachusetts
regiment and that in connection with
this rioting all rail and telegraphic
communication had been cut. As 1t
would be impossible to reach Wash
ington by railroad, the troops were
sent to Annapolis and marched over
land. arriving in the Capital on the
25th.
"One of the first concerns Of the
men of the regiment was to get word
home, but In the disorganized state
of affairs, the mails suspended and
the wires down, immediate communi-
cation was impossible. Adams Express
Co., however, soon succeeded in open
ing line of its own and patriotically
offered to carry regimental mail in
both directions free, and in this mail
we have the first of the Civil War
covers. For the soldiers letters a
special hand stamp was prepared, and
as the 7th was the only Militia regi-
ment in Washington at the time, this
hand stamp read: Free. For the 7th
Regiment. Adams Express Co. Per
Hoey'
Later, when the New England
regiments began arriving, the express
company extended them the same
courtesy, using the same marker, but
with '7th' omitted.
This method of carrying soldiers
mail was of short duration, however,
lasting only until June l, for the
rioting in Washington and Baltimore
was quickly put down and the regu-
lar lines of communication were re-
stored to good working order by that
time Hence covers with this mark
ing are of considerable rarity
Julian S. Levi, New York textile
designer, pays tribute to stamps as a
source of inspiration. "Esthetically,"
he says, some stamps are so hand
some that they ought to make good
designs for materials for women's
clothes. They will have to be
adapted, of course. 1 got a good idea
for a Spring silk design from the
triangular Cape of Good Hope"
Oscar z. Lancaster says: Stamp
collectors may thank their stars that
Uncle Sam did not adopt the inven-
ton, patented in 1876, whereby post
age stamps would have been provided
with tabs or tongues projecting from
their faces, so that postmasters might
grab the tabs, give them a yank, and
remove with them a portion of the
stamps, preferably adjacent to their
centefs, thus 'cancelling' the stamps
and putting them in a class with the
early Afghanistans."
Col Edward H. r, Green, stamp
collecting son Of the late Hetty Green,
millionaire banker, owned a number
of copies of the famous 24-cent air
mail invert. A member of his family
searching for a stamp for ordinary
postal use, selected one of the lot and
affixed it to an envelope addressed to
a friend. According to the story, the
accident" was discovered in time,
and when the poStman arrived at the
friends house he found the colonel
waiting to retrieve his property. The
scrap of paper" in question was val
ued at $4,000.
The cosmopolitan character of phi
lately is attested by the fact that
stamp journals are published in Eng
hsh, French, German, Italian, Span
ish, Russian, japanese, Chinese and
Arabic.N
The rarest Of all error stamps is de-
clared to be a 3-skilling value Of
Sweden, 1855, yellow instead of green.
1t was found by a schoolboy in his
grandmother's attic, sold to a dealer
for a few pennies, acquired by Fer
rari and listed in his collection at
$3,5O0. Today 1t is appraised at
$4,000.
The New Yorker says: ALFRED
Adler, the psychologist, a short time
ago visited Providence, R. l., where
some friends. He had put in such a
busy day that he hadn't had time to
stop for lunch and consequently was
pretty hungry. Dinner was still an
hour or so off. Presently he spied
casually, sauntered over to it, but his
hostess had her eye on him. No, no.
she said. gayly. You mustn't spoil
your dinnerp
Adler sighed and went back and
sat down. Soon he felt a tug at his
trouser leg and a hot little hand
placed something in his. The daugh-
RESORTS.