Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-02

series in memory Of the martyred
King Alexander are: Esp, gray black;
I'D, carmine, and Sd, gray blue.
The Philippines soon will have q
new special delivery stamp and re-
vised set Of postage dues.
1.-TWO of the rare Bermuda post
master stamps. so called because they
required the signature OF the Han1il-
ton postmaster, w. B. Perot, to make
them valid, have just been discovered
in London" says the Bermuda News
Bureau.
AN army officer is reported to hav,
brought them in to a stamp auc-
tioneer, who will sell them sometime
in December.
Bermuda postmaster stamps were
first issued in 1s48 for use when the
post Office at Hamilton was closed.
Before this patrons dropped letters
and the required pennies for postage
in box If the postmaster were out,
but some began putting in letters
without money. Not knowing which
had been paid for, the postmaster used
to make up the missing sums from his
own pocket.
ITO overcome the dificulty, he hit
upon the idea Of stamps, made up in
sheets Of dozen and consisting of a
circular die of the words Hamilton,
Bermuda Inside the circle he wrote
the value Of the stamp and his name.
The first Bermuda postmaster
stamps were black, but when the ink
IN the post Office was changed to red
in 1849, the new ones were made I'D
In carmlne. None was issued after
1896. In 1897 the first Perot came to
light, a carmine, and the following
year one of the black was found in
an old drawer. The carmine has sold
for a high as $4,000 while the latest
black sold, one from the Hind collec-
ton, brought 1925"
Thirteen-star flag cancellations are
available at: Crane Street Station,
Schenectady, N. Y: Gainesville. Ga:
Mathison. Miss; Midway, Pa; and
QuitaQue, Tex.
The post office department of Can
aoa announces new airmail service
between Kenora, Ontario, and White
flsh. Ontario. beginning about Janu-
airy
Send covers to District Superin-
tendent, Postal Service, Winnipeg.
Manitoba, with money order for 6
cents for each cancellation wanted.
A three-color crayon-red, white
and blue-has been invented for mark
ing airmail.
The most important philatelic auc-
ton held in Washington in recent
years will take place Saturday morn
ing at 10 o'clock at 1431 I street,
when Thomas j. Owen g. Son will
sell the G. T. Smallwood collection
OF United States stamps.
Spanning the years 1s47 to 1927. the
specimens include: SCOTS numbers %.
70, 80 Type 4, 80, "a, IS Type 3, Sc
pair, 42f Type S. 81, A, Al 49b, so.
81, 81, SO, 81, SO. S. ST, 68. 60 10.
II, u, 70, IS, rs. II, 10, Sc, 81, SO, SO.
30, 81, 81, SO, "a, IS. So, 81, SO. SO
and 100, all superior copies, many
mint and many Cancelled Paid"
SCOTS 81 pink and 66 lake, post
marked at Alexandria, Va, September
Is, 1864, are desirable items. and the
1863 series is well represented.
Also to be sold are SCOTS JAS To
l55, 1870; 1855 to l66, 1878; l78 and
l79, 1875; 1872 to 1911, 1879; 2o5. 1890.
2O6 to 215. 1862-188a; 219 to 22e,
18so-18s3; 246 to 261. 1894; 264 to
278. 1895; 279 to 284, 1898.
ia4b
the collection is notable for its mint
docks and strips of carefully selected
material. In fine mint condition are
the Columbian series, singles. and the
trans Mississippi series, blocks. and
the same rule applies for the Par
american, Louisiana Purchase, James,
town, Panama. Pacific Cboth perfora.
tlons), Pilgrim Tercentenary, Hugue-
not = WALTON, Lexington Concord.
Morse American and Sesquicentennial
commemorative and for all the early
airmails.
Inc parcel post stamps of 1928
and 1928-29 appear in beautiful blocks
OF six and postage dues in equally
handsome blocks of four.
Ihere are many imperforate blocks.
likewise, and among these are the
outstanding prizes of the entire lot.
All the stamps are entered In
single album and will be sold as one
inclusive unit, but the collection NAV
De dispersed in parcels at the discre-
tlon OF the purchaser. The property
Will be on exhibition at the auction
GERS oftce from 10 to 2 each day be-
ginning Monday and continuing until
the sale.
Thornton W. Owen. himself a COL
lector. has examined and listed the
stamps.
Michael L. Eidsness, IT.. is repre-
senting Washington at the annual
convention and exhibition of the stamp
clubs Of Ohio. at Akron, this week
end.
George o. Gillingham of the Ten
nessee Valley Authority and Ralf 7.
Reyman OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission have a Stamp club nj
their own. When the DAYS work is
done they frequently meet to indulge
their philatelic hobby together.
The Washington Stamp Club of the
Air Will have a broadcast meeting
from Station VOL Tuesday evening at
6:45, when Mr.. Kunze will discuss the
relation Of Simon Bolivar to the his
tory of the Canal Zone.
Branch S, Society Of Philatelic
Americans COLLECTORS Club. will
meet at the Thomson School, Twelfth
street, Tuesday evening at 8. The
program calls for an auction. Visitors
welcome.
The Washington Philatelic Society
Will meet at the Hotel Carlton, Six
tenth street. Wednesday evening at q.