Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-06

Ger Games, 1854, LltCorlale, 1850, ana
Legionnaires, 1885.
An Illuminating sidelight is afforded
by statement released by H. E. Har-
ris g. Co., Boston, which reads in part:
1.-THE people of Italy have a deep
affection for the quiet, modest little
man who occupies the Italian throne.
They have not forgotten the courage
and self-sacriflce he showed during the
World War, when, believing that his
place was with the soldiers, he went
to the front, leaving the government
in the hands Of his uncle. Duke Ferdi-
nand of Genoa. Victor Emmanuel III
remained at the front throughout the
war, constantly visiting exposed Sec
tors of the trenches and inspiring the
troops with confidence. In 1922, when
the Fascists under Mussolini marched
on Rome, the king again displayed
the spirit of self-sacrifice which has
made him so deeply loved. The gov
ernor of the city was about to decree
martial law and resist the attackers.
Victor Emmanuel, realizing that to do
this would involve Italy in civil war,
refused to sign the decree, although
he knew that with the Fascists in
power he would be reduced to the
status of puppet monarch. Today
the King of Italy is practically with
out political power. Yet the people of
Italy still regard him as their ruler,
and they continue to tender to him
the respect due to the monarch Of
great nation"
A single Farley gift stamp, imper-
forate and gummed, has been sold
for SIS. This would seem to establish
that figure as a standard price.
Certain denominations of the Far
ley reprints. perforated and gummed
and constituting a fourth variety,
have been returned by the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing to the Post
Office Department and now are on
sale in the Philatelic Agency. The
shades are so strikingly distinct as to
be readily identified.
Bureau employees refer to the
woman of the potato tax stamps de-
sign as Potato Annie"
The scent Beacon airmail stamp
Of 1928 remained on sale at the
agency for three years afteI a change
Of rates had rendered it obsolete. A
similar observation may be made with
regard to the 50-cent Century of Pro-
gress Graf Zeppelin stamp Of 1888
issued for single occasion, it was de-
clared non-valid for ordinary postal
use. yet was continued on the agency
list for many months.
Mrs. Howard c. Boone, Kansas
City, Nc. a sponsor of the Mothers
day stamp, has been elected president
of the American War Mothers. and
one of her plans calls for the re-
issuance of that philatelic tribute to
the mothers of the United States.
No formal announcement has been
released. but it is expected that the
rumored Navy day stamp will be
authorized. President Roosevelt is
supposed. to have said that he wants
it Collectors who favor the use of the
U. S. S. Constitution in the design
may address Postmaster General
Farley to that effect.
A decline of interest in first-day
covers has been noticed The slump
seems to have begun with the San
Diego stamp, and initial sales of the
Boulder Dam issue fell far short of
National Parks issues last year. Only
Is persons were in line when the
Philatelic Agency opened Monday
But the Post Office Department has
ordered an additional printing of the
Dam stamp. The total edition will be |
rs million.
Connecticut precancels OF the Con-
necticut tercentenary stamp are re- |
ported to include: Beacon Falls, Gin |
ton. Essex. Glastonbury, Litchf1eld,
New Hartford, North Grosvenordale,
North Wyndham. Old Mystic. Pequa-
buck. Rockville, Saybrook, Southbury,
South Lyme. Wallingford, Westport.
Woodmont and numerous other towns
in the Nutmeg State
The Hartford Courant notes. THE
election Of Manuel Quezon as the first
President Of the Philippine Common
wealth makes it a virtual certainty
that sooner or later his portrait will
appear on the pages of stamp cata-
ogues and albums"
John A. Klemann has accepted ap-
continent as chairman of the expert
committee of the American Phila-
elic Society. His colleagues will be:
J. Murray Bartels, Sidney F. Bar
EFT, Walter S. Scott and George B.
Sloane, all of New York.
A resident of Washington, well
Known to hundreds of stamp enthusi-
asts but not himself a collector, is
'eing urged by friends to be can
lidate for Congress in his home dis