Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-01
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insist that the subject material must |
have historical value"
A visitor to the Bureau Of Engrav-
ing and Printing recently saw a de-
signer at work on what he judged
10 be o new stamp. He hurried to
warn his friends Of the forthcoming
issue. And his friends notified the
stamp writers Of the city. But the ex-
element was q useless waste Of energy
Inquiry disclosed that the design was
intended for q dummy" plate TO be
In the Post ONCE Depart
ment exhibit room. No prints will be
made from it.
AS forecast last week, Farley reprints
unsold June Is and now
gummed and perforated in the Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing will be re-
turned to the Philatelic Agency for
sale. But the left-overs will be mixed
with ordinary stock and will not be
sold separately. Even the clerks in
the agency office, it is said, will not
know which sheets are reprints and
which are originals. But the admit
ted distinction Of shades should be
sufficient guide for collectors. The
regular printings O934) and the re-
prints Q935) are different colors, and
a child could tell them apart. In the
end, therefore, the remnant reprints
will constitute authentic varieties,
and the catalogue listing of the l.
cent Parks stamp, for example, will
read something like this: 1934-1935,
TAO, A-132, l-cent, green, FL Captain,
Yosemite National Park, perforated
IL, regular issue, July Is, l934-(a)
Farley gift sheets. gummed but not
perforated, July 10, 1894; OBJ souvenir
sheets, Omaha Philatelic Exposition
and Convention, ungummed and i'm
perforated, blocks of six, October 8,
1884; (c) Farley reprints, new shade
of green, ungummed and imperfo-
rate, full sheets and blocks of four,
March Is, 1895; and I'D Farley re.
print remnants, gummed and per-
4UI dtCOS OcptculDcIJ 1900.
The same rule will apply TO the
Scent Parks stamp of which a spe-
cial souvenir sheet was issued for the
American Philatelic Society Con-
vention at Atlantic City, 1894, and,
with that single exception, to all the
other types Of the Farley reprints.
There will be, in total at least four
varieties Of each stamp.
During the A. p s. and A. A. M. S.
convention Philatelic Agency business
The following stamps may be had
at face value from the office OF the
Philippine Trade Commission, 928
Barr Building: 1885 pictorials, &c
through zoe. SIC; same, &c through
5p, 1857; same, &c through soc, over
printed 20. b., SIC; current series,
perforated II, &c through SOC and zoe
special delivery, TIC; same, Up on Up,
Soc: same, Up on 4p or Top, 81;
1881, o. B. set; 1881. imperforates;
1892, pictorials, except &c and 18c, 46c:
1888, airmail, 47c; 1928, postage dues.
38c, and 1884, Olympic Games. &c and
l6c, lie.
Collectors are requested not to order
The new series. now being printed. A
further announcement will be made in
ample time to accommodate the public.
theoretically, the date of release will
be November Is. but plans may be
changed at any moment.
The Silver Jubilee stamps Of Aus
tralia were sold out completely within
a few days of release, and there will
be no reprinting.
Belgium almost certainly will have
have q mourning stamp for Queen
Astrid. Her husband, King Leopold
III. is philatelist Of distinction, and
their children already have appeared
in stamp designs.
Spain has a beautiful new set in
memory of Lope de Vega, famous
Iberian man of letters. The l5c,
dark green, value shows the authors
bookplate; the soc, rose, and the soc,
blue, his portrait by Tristan. and the
Up, blush slate, scene from
"Beriranez," with the skyline of To-
ledo in the background.
The Hans Christian Anderson
stamps Of Denmark will be available
about September 20. An official de-
Scription Of the series is: SIS, green,
swan; 7c. lilac, portrait of the poet:
loo, orange, mermaid: 15c, red, por-
trait: zoe, gray, portrait, and 30c,
blue portrait.
The new airport set Of Austria will
include: SCR, red violet, plane over
Mount Gussing, Bergenland; logr,
orange, plane over Maria Worth,
Karnten: 15gr. deep green, plane over
Durnstein, Lower Austria; 2ogr, Paris
blue, plane over HallStatt, Upper
25gr, brown violet, plane over
30gr, red brown, plane over
Upper Dachstein and Schladminger
Glacier: 40gr. dark green. plane over
Lake Wetter, Oet5al Tyrol; 5ogr,
plane over hutS in Arl-
berg, Vorarlberg; 60gr, gray black,
plane over st. Stephens Cathedral,
S0gr. sepia, plane over Minor
Ity Church, Vienna; 1sh,. carmine,
plane over Danube; 2sch, olive green,
plane over railroad viaduct in Karin
ten; 3sch, sepia brown. plane over
GroSsglockner; 5sch, steel green, plane
and bridge. and l0sch, set plane and
sailing boats.