Evening star., 1934-11-25
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
The much h-debated plan for series
of stamps in tribute to the meg
lected" Presidents, including james
Buchanan, Martin Van Buren. Ches'
ter A. Arthur and Others, remains
stalled. Recent reports to the New
York Sun and the Boston Evening
Transcript indicated that the project
had been revived and a Washington
correspondent wrote to Western
stamp paper, There is no doubt bu
the Bureau OF Engraving and Print
ing is working on models or frame:
for the stamp designs" But, in poin
of fact, nothing has been done since
before President Roosevelt's excur'
sion to Hawaii last July.
Collectors, however. should not bt
overconfident. The unwanted set
sooner or later, may be authorized
in spite of-or perhaps even because
of-the protests against 1t.
A second printing of the imperforatt
1-cent Yosemite souvenir sheets ha'
been ordered. bringing the total edi.
ton to 5000
Elmer C. Pratt. writing in the Cam.
den Courier-Post. outlines philatelit
possibilities for 1885, as follows
Probably the first will be the STAMP
commemorating the tercentenary o.
the founding of Connecticut. The Sc
Of pictOrialS showing the natural anC
architectural beauties Of the city oi
Washington are almost sure. The
continuation of the National Park:
stamps to include many of the Other
beauty spots not shown in the first
10 stamps is another very likely issue.
The Essex County Post of the Amer
ican Legion has petitioned the Post
ONCE Department for a stamp to
show Whiteface Mountain, N. Y.
A stamp in recognition of the 18th
anniversary of the birth of Edward
MacDowell, American composer, ha.
been asked by the National Fedora
ton of Music Clubs for December
ID, 1885.
The department is said to be con.
sidering booklets of airmail stamps ir
the 6-cent denomination and also fol
the l6-cent airmail-special delivery
combination.
George B. Sloane, writing in stamp:
magazine, says: 'Rumor is rife IL
philatehc circles regarding the un'
usual number of errors which hav,
been turning up with a high degree
Of regularity in recent months.
THE Wisconsin stamp has beer
seen imperforate horizontally and i'm
perforate vertically. The 2-cent Ma
tional Parks Grand Canyon STAMP
exists part-perforate and also i'm.
perforate. The scent yellowstone
stamp exists imperforate vertically ant
also imperforate.
In addition to the above, full
sheet of 200 of the Mothers day
stamps. flat-plate printing, will soor
be on the market. - The stamps
are without gum.
Much criticism has been directed
against the present administration o
the Post Office Department over tn,
alleged practice of distributing pres
entation' sheets of recent commemora
tive stamps in imperforate form II
post Office and other high Washington
officials"
Miss Emma D. T. GerdS. cashier
Milwaukee post Office, says: 1t is diff
ficult to make comparisons, but based
on our experience at the post office,
feel assured that the practice of STAMP
collecting has far outstripped all othei
hobbies in popularity. In fact, oul
postmaster frequently remarks thai
philately, as the hobby is known, has
really reached the proportions of a
major industry"
The Philatelic Agency stock of the
2-cent Red Gross stamp has been ex-
hausted, and the same is reported OF
the Lindbergh airmail stamp booklets
Indications are that the Maryland
tercentenary issue soon will become
unavailable, and the 10, Is and 2C
cent airmails likewise are supposed
to be running short.
The Record Stamp Club, Philadel'
phia, formally has appealed for 9
correction of conditions in the phila'
telic agency. In a resolution sub
mitted to Third Assistant Postmaster
General Clinton B. Eilenberger the
organization asks that the office be
supplied with sufficient staff to fill
all orders within one week of receipt.
More careful selection Of stock anc
an adequate supply of each issue, like
wise, the club says, should be ar
ranged.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral S. w. Purdum is asking the "co-
operation of all departments in build
ing up the permanent archives of the
Federal Post ONCE" He says: "Spe'
cial consideration is being given tc
the collection and assembly in the
department of postal data of an his
torical nature. The object will bt
to collect such data as should be pre-
served-old records, early maps, pho
tographic representations OF the serv-
ice in any of its features, local posta
histories, old reports and persona
recollections."
No mention is made in Mr.. Pur-
dum's statement of the stamps from
the Berne offices Of the Internationa
Postal Union which the department
has been withholding from the Smith
sonian Institution. but it is supposed
that they also will find temporary II
not permanent place in the archives
to which he refers.
A new system for the collection and
destruction of printed waste in the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
has been perfected under the manage
ment of John M. Smith, superintend.
ent. Postage Stamp Division.
All ink-smeared paper and faint i'm
pressions now are collected in bag
At the end Of each day and macerated
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