Evening star., 1934-01-28

or type of stamp which he used II
has occurred to me as not beyond the
range Of possibility that the issuance
of the stamp was prompted by the re-
ceipt in Alexandria of the New York
provisional with the portrait of Wash
ington, and that Mr.. Bryan, not de.
string to copy the type issued in New
York. thought instantly of the laurel
wreath as a proper symbol for the
general. This. of course, is specula-
| ton"
The six known specimens, Mr.. Cation
listed as follows: No. l, Tiffany, carried
letter dated July 9, 1846, to Bartholo-
NEW Cranston. Columbia, Pa. envelope
postmarked. but no part of the cancel
lation appears on the stamp. No. 2
Ferrary. possibly the stamp listed in
Durban's Philatelic Monthly August
1879; not on cover. appears from pho
tograph to be unused. No. g. Lambert
off cover, marked in ink "35." found by
w. F. Lambert. No. 4, Harrison, Kinds
collection, on cover postmarked Sep
tember 10. 1846. addressed to Mr.. Har-
rison at Leesburg, found in 1908 by ad-
dressee's son. No. 5, Fawcett, found by
Mrs. E. S. Fawcett, Alexandra, blue
paper, on cover postmarked November
25, 1847. addressed to Mr. Hough. Rich
mond. No. 6. Leadbeater. found in
family correspondence by E. S. Lead
beater, Alexandria, addressed to his
father at Parkins Mills. near Winches-
ter, postmarked August 25, 1916.
Spectators are advertising first
day cover service for commemorative
stamps for the Order of the Purple
Heart. Maryland Tercentenary. Smoky
,foir Nf D,-0<
1884. But no such issues have been
authorized, and there is considerable
doubt that they ever will be.
The proposed presidential series of
regular stamps likewise may never ap-
pear There has been general protest
against the plan
The Argentine Republic announces
three charity stamps, printed by Water
low & Sons, Ltd, London, and issued
in behalf of a new Sanitorium. The
values are: &c, rose red; SC, olive green,
and l0c, ultramarine In the design an
invalid Is represented receiving aid
from nurse
Finland will bring out charity series
as follows: IAN plus 10p. portrait of
Evert Horn 185l-1615). officer in the
army of Charles TX in the war against
Russia. commander of the Swedish
army during the conflict of 1609-1617;
2M plus 20p, portrait of Torsten Stall
kanske 0594-1644D. cavalry leader with
the Swedish army in the Thirty Years
War: and 2l2M plus Esp. portrait of
Jaakko de la Gardie G583-1652), con-
queror of Novgorod. 1911.
Haiti Is planning series of seven
new stamps, described as follows: &c,
orange, portrait of President Vincent;
SC. green. Aqueduc de Prince; 10c, rose
red, Fort National: Csc, blue. Sans
Souci: 50c brown. Chapelle de Chris
tophe-M 1g. dark green. Galerie du
Roi Citadelle, and 2.50g, olive Batterie
de Vallieres
During the week January II Colom-
bia offered for sale four stamps of the
current series of airmails surcharged
in commemoration of the fourth cente-
nary of the founding of the city of
Cartagena. The values were: 10c on
soc, dark green and brownish black:
15c on 80c. green and black brown; zoe
on Up, dark blue and olive bistre: and
30c on 2P, orange brown and olive
bistre
Costa Rica has in preparation a new
and permanent" set of airrnail stamps,
including sc. green; 10c, red; 15c,
brown; zoe, blue; Csc. orange; 40c. olive:
soc, black; 6Oc yellow: 75c, purple; lc,
rose; &c, light blue; SC, greenish blue,
and 10c. brown.
Covers addressed to President Roose-
velt at the White House are turned over
to the Civilian Conservation Corps for
distribution among readers of the
c. c. C. weekly. Happy Days"
Hygeia Magazine says: Every child
of adolescent age should have a hobby.
BY this (we) do not mean that parents
should Immediately hustle out and get
one for each of the children. but that
they should make the way easy for the
development of any special interest that
the child may have. Interested young
people make collections of stamps, but
terflies. beetles. plants. matchbox COW
ers, marbles. buttons and thousand
and one other things. What a vast
amount of mischief can be avoided by
such means!"
A Junior reader of The Star, writing
to Uncle Ray. drew a rough outline rep
resentation of a stamp on the envelope
bearing his communication and dropped
the mlssive in the box in that condition.
Some unknown philanthropist in the
City Post Office let it go through with
out protest. 1t reached its destination
with neat cancellation across the
counterfeit"
The stamp collection of the unfortu-
STAND nCAIEpc