Evening star., 1935-03-15
SALE D|SAPPO|NTS
STAMP THR0NGS
Farley Reprints Unlike Gift
Issue in Many Ways,
Say Experts.
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
Postmaster General Farley's col
lectors' edition" of the gift" stamps
he presented to President Roosevelt
and other friends went on sale at the
Philatelic Agency. the City PoN once
and the Benjamin Franklin Station
at 7:45 o'clock this morning.
But the philatelic public found little
comfort in the postal chiefs attempt
to solve his problem The reprints,
experts said, differ from the unique
originals in color and workmanship.
Comparisons between samples of
the presentation sheets and the theo-
retical "replicas" showed many dis
tinctions. Michael L. Eidsness. jr.,
former superintendent. division OF
stamps and now associate editor,
Stamps Magazine, New York. said
Il have checked over the reprints
and find many differences. The g.
cent Parks stamp, for example, is a
red violet in the de luxe sheets and
a deep violet in the reprints. In the
case of the 1-cent Parks issue We have
a yellowish green in the originals and
banknote green in the reproductions
Any amateur with only slight ac-
quaintance with colors in stamps
Gould tell that the one edition is not
a faithful copy of the other"
Expected Closer Copy.
Mr.. Eidsness added: MY experience
in the department, covering &c years
made me doubtful of the possibility
of exact reprinting, but the results
are even more widely divergent than
had expected
Chester L. Lankford, president
Franklin D. Roosevelt Stamp Club
Douglas, Ga, who had waited al
night to be first purchaser, examined
originals and reprints and confirmed
the judgment of other experts.
Mead Johnson, nephew of Gen
Hugh S. Johnson, former N. r. A
administrator, called attention to diff
ferences of color in the Scent Mother:
day and Scent Wisconsin tercente.
nary stamps.
In the Parks series some values
are lighter in color and some deeper
Gerard Ten Eyck Beeckman, STAMP
editor, Civilian Conservation Corp;
Weekly. checked the entire set anc
found variations in each of the II
stamps. The 10-cent denomination
he said, was the best"-a fact ac-
counted for by the small number
printed.
The original de luxe sheets, it wa!
indicated by these discoveries, will re-
tain their special character and value
as rarities. In the standard catalog:
of the stamp trade they probably viii
be listed as distinct varieties, and the
reprints will appear in a separate
classification.
Called Exact Reprints.
Post Office Department officials
however, took the position that collec.
tors ought to be satisfied. Robert E
Fellers, superintendent, Division o.
Stamps, said: In every instance, 81
far as we can tell, the reprints are
exact"
Alvin w. Hall. director, Bureau o.
Engraving and Printing. declared tht
plates used we're the same.
Meanwhile, an army of collector.
and dealers stormed all three distri.
button centers. Mr.. Fellers announced
that approximately 100000 worth o.
orders were on hand when the door.
opened and estimated that the tota
sales would exceed S1,000,000.
A dozen acquisitions filed yeSter.
day called for sheets and blocks o.
four in amount of $4,000 each, il
was explained.
Horace M. Grant. Providence. R I.
carried away $4,000 worth of assorted
issues in a single bundle. David H
Davenport. representing a long lis
of collectors in other cities. had abou
$1,000 worth in two packages.
Other Early Buyers.
Other early buyers included J. H
Jenkins, Clyde De Binder. Mrs
Madeline Nichols, Frederick J. Roy
Joseph Miller, Philadelphia; Gordon
Warnken, Baltimore; Walter Pop
pinger, Akron; Julius Bachrach, New
York: Louis Ditzel, Baltimore. ano