Evening star., 1934-03-04


friend of international philately.
5,555, grand total Of 2.373, 1884
stamps or s73,029.91 worth Of phila-
telic material.
Mr. Fellers has announced that
agency stocks of the Ohio Canaliza-
ton stamp, the Olympic Games Sc
ries and the y and IL cent George
Bicentennial stamps have
been exhausted. Some Lindbergh 10
cent airmails still are available, six
stamps to the book
Michael L. Eidsness. jr.. writing in
Stamps for March 3, pays tribute to
Warren Irving Glover, former Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster General.
"Philatelists," he says, never have
had better friend in the Govern
ment than he proved himself to be
from 1921 to 1888 1t is to his wis
dom and constructive vision that the
Philatelic Agency and all the policies
of the Post Office Department de-
signed to aid collectors trace back
II know nothing Of his political
interests and do not wish to discuss
them. But so far as his labors as
a Post Office Department executive
are concerned, there can be no ques-
ton. He gave the best he had to
his work, and 1t was a pleasure as
we'll as a privilege to be associated
with him. He has done more for
stamp collectors than any other man
who ever was in Government employ.
He should be remembered with graft
tude."
Mr.. Glover was the founder of the
Philatelic Agency and the sponsor of
the Rocky Mountain Beacon, the 1880
the Lindbergh commemora-
tive, the International Civil Aeronau-
tics Conference and many other ex-
ceptionally interesting and beautiful
stamps.
Gerard Ten Eyck Beeckman, editor
of the stamp column of Happy Days.
C. C. C. weekly. reports that since
Arnlistice day. last, he has distributed
gratis a total of 455,000 stamps,
United States and foreign, to COL
lectors IN camps, scattered from coast
to coast. The material came from
seven different departments of the
Government, and consisted of good
philatelic values-all low-denomina-
ton, damaged and perforated speci-
mems were sorted out before ship
ment. The response has been ardent
and appreciative.
These boys in the Civil Conserva-
ton Corps" Mr.. Beeckman says, will
be among the most enthusiastic
adult collectors Of tomorrow 1t has
their hobby. The work is constantly
growing, and I believe 1t will continue
to prosper"
Readers who wish to cooperate in
the enterprise may send stamps to
Mr.. Beeckman In care Of Happy Days,
National Press Building.
Red cancellations are reported from
Hillside, Me-; Sloatsburg, N. Y; Love-
land, Ohio; Rollingstone, Mimi;
Ohio: Hoxeyville, Mich;
Simpson, New: Non, Okla; Seven
teen, Ohio; Bombay, N. Y. and
Wrights. Calf: purple from Berga-
man, Ark, and flags from Sidney
Center, N Y; Jefferson, N c.; Car
rollton, Mo-; Farmland, Ind; Hall
sted. Pa; Mountain View. Okla;
Mass; Lexington, ILL.,;
Gettysburg Ohio; Lone Wolf, Okla;
Central City, Pa; Westmont. ILL.,,
and Alexandria, Ind.
E. L. Beckwith. U. S. S. Lexington.
San Pedro, Calf, has announced q
green cancellation for st. Patrick's
day, March II.
The Steel City Cachet Club, Home
stead, Pa, will have q cachet for
the opening of the new post Office
at Pittsburgh. about April /.
Edward Stern contributes an inter.
esting discussion Of autographed free
franks" to Mekeers Weekly Stamp
News. by the majority of collec-
tors he says. the frank of George
would be classified as the
rarest of all presidential franks. There
Is no doubt that 1t is the most popu-
lar and most sought after, but 1t Is,
by no means, the scarcest. Judging
from my experience, both in collect
ing and in viewing other collections, I
know Of at least six others that are
rarer and rank as follows as to scar
city: William Henry Harrison, Abra-
ham Lincoln, Zachary Taylor, Andrew
Johnson and James Monroe. OF
course. I refer to those which have
been actually franked while in office
as President"
James Athas. writing in Stamps,
says: "Curiously enough, the emblem
which the Mohammedans so jealous
ly guarded-the crescent and star
is of Greek origin. Once Philip Of
father OF Alexander the
Great, was about to take Byzantium,
the old name OF Constantinople, by
surprise, favored, as he was, by .
black stormy night. Suddenly the
crescent moon and its companion star
broke through the clouds, shining so
brilliantly that a Byzantine guard
perceived the spears of the approach
ing enemy. Thus warned, the Byzantine
Greeks repulsed Philip and in graft
tude to the moon and star adopted
the emblem which was later taken
over by the conquering Ottomans."
The entire remainder Of the collec-
tion of the late Arthur Hind, Utica
has been purchased
by a British syndicate, headed by
his nephew. F. M. ]. Hind. The deal
Is described as "the most sensational
In the entire history Of
philately." It's probable result viii
be the distribution Of the precious
accumulation abroad, instead Of in
the United States, but it may be pre-
sumed that numbers Of the best speci-
mems will be purchased by or for
and thus will come back
to this side of the Atlantic.
Oliver Owen Kuhn, managing editor
If The Star, one day recently found
n his business mail q cover bearing
1 stamp issued in 1893. Employed
for postal purposes more than 40 years
after it was printed, the oddity testi-
lied to the manner In which hard
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