Evening star., 1935-10-27

cember q and %. She will read
a paper on subject to be an
nounced and will share in the
discussion of essays submitted by
others. thanksgiving Photo.
rinnice Passage, Cracow; SIS gr, blue.
Library of Count Raczyraki, and IL.
Wilma Cathedral.
New York dealers report vastly
increased demand for the stamps Of
Ethiopia. Linn's Weekly remarks:
Funny what war will do"
The State Printing Office of Austria,
located at Vienna, has manufactured
stamps for Albania. Bulgaria, Liech-
tenstein, Luxembourg, Siam and Tur-
key during periods varying from 1906
to date.
Postal meter cancellations are avail
able from 70 different nations, Abys-
sinia to Uruguay.
to belong among the bad" Kings Of
France. Born at Bourges in 1923,
Ibis ambitious and unscrupulouS
character was early manifested by re-
volts against his father, Charles VII"
He attained the throne in 1861 and
soon thereafter was attacked by a
coalition of mobiles led by the Duke
of Burgundy. Unable to defeat his
enemies in the field, he bought them
of "by the large concessions of a
treaty which he intended to violate at
his own convenience"
Then, "by crafty policy. superior
abilities and vigorous measures, he
greatly increased the royal power" at
the expense of the nobility. the trades
people and the artisan classes. When
Charles the Bold was killed at Nancy
in 1477, Louis initiated another war
by seizing large domains belonging to
the slain prince. His last years were
spent in a gloomy Seclusion, feared
and hated dictator surrounded by "a
swarm of astrologers'' and other fol-
lowers who prayed upon his fears
and his purse" The death of "the
terrible King" in 1883 was an occasion
of national rejoicing. Multitudes
danced around bonfires lit to celebrate
his passing, and he was hooted to his
grave.
But, for all his faults, he left an
enduring monument to his name in
his country. Lippincott's Biographical
Dictionary sums up his distinction in
single phrase: Post Offices were first
established by him in France" He
was, in effect, the founder of the
French postal system which now ex-
tends to the remotest parts Of the
world.
What are the 20 rarest stamps in the
world? The answer of John l.. Kuhn
to that question is: U. S. 80, Scent,
1867, grill 18 by Is NM; British Gui-
ana 13 1c., 1856; U. S. la, SC. Alexan-
dria on blush: U. S. liza, Sc, Bosca-
wen: U. S. 6, 10c, Baltimore, black and
blush; U. S. 16, Sc. New Haven. blue
on buff; U. S. 1, Alexandria, &c, on
buff; U. S. 4, 10c, Baltimore, black on
white; Mauritius /, Id, 1847, post
Office; Mauritius 2, I'd, 1847, post
office; Baden S, 1851, 9kr., green, error;
British Guiana /, &c, 1850; Spain Ga,
5r, red brown, error in color; Sweden
la, IS, orange, 1855, error; Hawaii /.
&c, blue, 1851 missionary; Western
Australia 3a 4d inverted frame; U. S.
13. Sc. Lockport; France, 8b. 1fr, YER
million, tete beche; France 21a. 1fr,
lake 1858, tete beche, and France 2b,
15c, yellow green, tete beche.
Gardner Teall writes: "Robert
Louis Stevenson tells how the children
of the old manse used eagerly to collect
the stamps of outlandish countries
that came on letters from far, far
away. And must we not believe that
these same children asked their elders
questions about the places from
whence these stamps came and that
the knowledge thus gained made them
more precious in their sight? Is not
the value of anything beyond that
which we find in its superficial at
tractiveness greatly enhanced by what
we know of it? Certain we may be
that it is, and surely no collectable
object is more provocative to the in
telligent mind of a desire to know
something about it than postage
stamp. I make no exceptions, al
though I do call attention to the fact
that have qualified the term mind
by the adjective intelligent
More than 40 countries have shown
railroad trains on their stamps.
The mail coach depicted on recent
stamps of Belgium may be seen in the
Postal Museum at Brussels.
For use as an album inscription,
Frank w. Cranes fine tribute to the
post Office is recommended. The text
reads: Bringing the news Of the day
from the ends of the earth, imparting
to thousands comfort and cheer, an
international medium Of communica-
RESORTS.
ATLANTIC CITY, N, J,