Evening star., 1934-02-25

| OduSIltcI VI MI. dlIu MlS- OSCdI =
Lancaster, resides at 1927 Twenty
eighth street, attends the Oyster
School and is only years old Her
play bears the title, THE Mystery OF
the Missing PERI"
followed since the postal system was
adopted there is to be continued. Bel
GUMS major issues always have in
cluded reproductions of the counte-
nance of the reigning ruler.
But the portrait of the new king
Leopold III, already is familiar to phi
latelists. 1t made its first appearance
on a semi-postal stamp of 1881, the
then Crown Prince being pictured in
the uniform o. soldier.
"The stamp was printed Singly on
a sheet of paper measuring approx
mately by inches, and was sold ex-
clusively at the Brussels Philatelic Ex-
position, July, 1881. Colored carmine
brown, its face value was 2fr- 45c-,
with an extra charge of 55c. for the
| ex-SoldierS' relief fund.
THE most recent issue to bear the
picture of the late King Albert also
was 1881, when eight values, ranging
from one franc to 10 francs, became
available. The design showed the
monarch in a campaign uniform.
king Albert's picture first appeared
on stamp in the series Of 1912, with
changes in design up to and through
1881. Before 1902. dating back TO
1863, King Leopold II was the princi-
pal subject for illustration,
"On the earliest issues, beginning
in 1849 and continuing through 1866,
Leopold I, Belgium's first King, who
ascended the throne in 1881, was
shown in two poses. Prior to 1881
Belgium was part of the Neither
lands
THE first three Kings of Belgium
appeared on later issues, that OF 1915
having Leopold I. Albert and Leopold
II in a group, that of 1925 showing
Leopold l and Albert I together, while
in 1880 the independence centenary
series had the three Kings on indi-
vidual stamps.
I'm 1920, during King Albert's visit
to the Western Hemisphere, he was
accorded the distinction of being the
only ruling monarch of another coun-
try to have his photograph on a
stamp of Brazil. Together with Pres
ident Pessoa of Brazil he was pictured
on a 100-reis dull-red stamp"
A commemorative series may be
issued for the 250th anniversary OF
Bermuda. The territory became a
crown colony in 1854.
The designs prepared for the spe-
cial commemorative series of Egypt to
be issued during the Universal Postal
Union Congress at Cairo will show
portrait of Ismail Pasha, Khedive
from 1863 to 1879. He was the
founder of the postal system Of his
country, but involved the state in such
a tangle of debt as to make necessary
the Intervention of Great Britain in
Egyptian affairs Forced to abdicate,
he survived until 1895 in exile.
The January number of the Grace
Log, published at Hanover square.
New York City, contains an excellent
article by Herbert E. Angel on Bal
boa, Super Explorer" pictured on the
1-cent, green, Panama Pacific COM
memorative of 1912.
Ralph Bentrim, 7aO Park avenue,
Ellwood City, Pa, announces cachet
for the post Office dedication at that
town, March l.
Caroline Vining, 4o79 Concordia
avenue, st. Louis, Mo-, will have a
cachet for the first anniversary OF
the inauguration of President Roose-
welt, March 4.
The Miami Philatelic Society, Rain
bow Hotel, Miami Beach, Fla, is
advertising 8 CaChet for Pan'Amerl'
can day, April l. First class and
airmail only. and limit of one free
cover to a collector.
The smallest stamp issuing state
is Vatican City, one-sixth of a square
mile in area; the largest, Russia, g.
144,228 square miles.
H. L. Lindquist, publisher Of
Stamps, says: There undoubtedly
are in the world today more collectors
of stamps than of all other collecting
hobbies combined, including coins,
books. pictures. minerals, archeo1ogi-
myriad objects that men gather for
pleasure or study"
Stamps, covers, coins and medals
valued at more than a half million
dollars will be shown at the annual
exhibition of the Michigan Stamp
Club, Detroit Airmail Society and
Detroit Coin Club, Fort Wayne Hotel,
Detroit, April 7 and 8. Among those
participating are Charles L. Brisley, j.
Alex Park, Clifton A. Temple, John
G. Watson, Harry w. Rapp and Rob-
ert w. Hubel. Postmaster Roscoe B.
Huston has been invited to preside at
the opening, and the Post Office De-
partment has been asked to provide
special cancellation for mail dis
patched from the floor. Karl Kos
lowski, 32l5 Columbus avenue, De-
troit, has charge of entry arrange
ments.
Donald N. Carpenter, deep sea fish
erman and writer on angling, is an
ardent stamp collector in his leisure
hours. He has had almost as many
thrilling adventures in pursuit of phi
latelic prizes as in chase of sharks,
tarpon and other fearsome denizens
of the deep.
Bernard r. Sznek declares: Men
frequently become stamp collectors
by accident, but they usually re-
main stamp collectors by nature"
The Boston Evening Transcript re-
ports: Economists who turn authors
are apt to be disappointing. A stamp
dealer who paid Stuart Chase to write
his impressions on the new leisure
and how it may be employed profit
ably, received a well written manu-
script suggesting that the public en-
ploy It's time IN various ways-but