Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-30
BY d. H. DAVENPORT.

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According to Mr.. Hail. $4,000, 900 900
stamps, having a face value of $45S,-
775,500 and requiring $50 tons Of
paper, are printed annually. About so
tons Of ink and go tons Of gum are
used.
If the years production was dis
tributed equally among the entire
population of the United States each
man, woman and child would get
about ITO stamps.
When the sale of the famous col
lection of the late Arthur Hind closed
this last Thursday a total of $780,
900 had been realized,
Two stamps were sold at the London
session for total of $4,000. These
were blue Hawaiian missionary stamps,
2-cent values, issued in 1882. One
brought f2,050, while similar one,
not as desirable copy brought FL $780,
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George B. Sloane, official expert,
American Philatelic Society, has re-
ported on the result of his examina-
ton Of faxed center line and arrow
blocks of the recent imperforate issue,
alleged to have been made by den
fist residing in Detroit, now in Gus
tody on a Federal charge of using
the mails to defraud. His observa-
lions are recorded for the guidance
of prospective purchasers of these
premium items:
II have had an opportunity to ex-
anime blocks of the Mothers day and
Wisconsin imperforates with center
lines and arrows drawn in.
"At first appearance the blocks are
likely to deceive any one off guard,
and I consider them well done, and
the color of the drawn-in lines well
matched. But a close examination
reveals many points which will prove
their undoing. things which are well
to look for. AS an example. in some
cases the ink of a drawn-in line over
ran the edge of the paper and stained
1t through. Typical of lines drawn
with pen Is the uneven thickness
OF the line as the ink on the pen
begins to thin down, and this I'M
evenness, and I might say slight
raggedness of the line is best seen
when examined closely under a good
magnifier. Frequently the drawn-in
lines shows lightness and a dark
ness over its course. These points, of
course, may be laid to carelessness. as
in the case of one arrow which showed
small specks and dots of ink where
the point of the pen probably caught
for an instant.
AN important point in my mind
was in the case Of blocks which
showed printing offsets on the reverse
of the stamps. There was a center
line block which showed a very plain
Offset on the back from the next
sheet in the stack, but the offsetting
showed no center lines, and in the
case of an arrow block there was no
offsetting of an arrow.
There was another center line
block where the faker selected block
which already showed genuine guide
line in one direction and he merely
drew in one faxed line to complete a
center cross line"
w. Hayden Collins, veteran collec-
tor and dealer, has returned to this
city after a several months sojourn
in Florida and has reopened his shop
in the Phillips Building, 927 Fifteenth
street. Mr.. Collins is breaking up his
personal collection Of over 10000 gen.
eral stamps.
The postage rate of cents for each
ounce or fraction thereof on non
tinued by Congress for another two
years, or until June 80, 1887.
An air of expectancy was prevalent
In the Post Office Department the
latter part Of this past week, but no
definite information could be obtained
as to the reason. One official, when ap-
preached for possible news, passed a
remark about "the calm before the
storm; another vouched the infor-
nation that there may be some new
stamps issued SOON" while third
responded that there should be some
new stamps soon-we haven't had
new issue for several days now"
However, the only Official" infor-
nation obtainable was that the
phlatelic museum in the Postal Ad-
ministration Building has proved so
popular that additional space will soon
be made available.
"
Frank A. Bickert was elected preSi-
dent of the Collectors Club at meet
ing in the Thomson School last Tues
day evening. Chosen to serve with
him are: Vice president, E. " Haines;
secretary. c. H. Just, and treasurer,
w. E. Kingswell. After the election
the retiring president, F. r. Rice. in
vited Mr.. Bickert to preside, and plans
for the coming year were discussed.
Committee chairmen were ap-
pointed as follows: Finance, Walter
H. Cottrell; sales, H. E. Galloway;
auction, W. E. Kingswell; expertization,
Alden H. Whitney; entertainment and
publicity, William NJ Stuart; men,
bership, F. R. Rice; bulletin, H. H.
Marsh; reception and house, Joseph
Andrews: constitution and bylaws,
j. F. Casey, and librarian, Mrs. Grace
L. MacKnight.
All present and former members of
the club are invited to attend a home
coming" Tuesday evening.
The group voted to participate in
National Stamp Club week, November
4 to 10.
The group is planning to entertain
the American Philatelic Society and
American Air Mail Society while these
two organizations are in Washington
for their annual conventions.
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A meeting of the Washington Phi
latelic Society will be held Wednesday
evening at the Carlton Hotel. The
scheduled address by James Waldo
Fawcett has been postponed until a
later date.