Evening star., 1935-03-24

permitted o steinway piano to figure
in the 10c Camil0 Branco stamp Of
1925.
Queen Liliukalani, composer Of
aloha Oe," was presented in the
Hawaii series Of 1890: Manual
Gutierrez, creator Of the national an
them Of Costa Rica, was shown on q
stamp Of that country brought out in
1923; and Pierre Benoit, Flemish
composer, received philatelic recogni-
ton in o stamp issued by Belgium
In 1884.
Mr.. Norman calls attention to the
fact that the list might be added to.
BY inference, he would approve stamps
in appreciation of the genius of such
American musicians as Stephen Col
lins Foster, Ethelbert Nevin and Ed
ward Macdowell.
News Week for March % contains
the following interesting paragraphs:
ITO post letters a century ago, New
Yorkers had TO tramp downtown to
the old General Post Office in Lib
erty street. In 1880 Boyd's City
Express Post decided money could be
made by saving Manhattanities shoe
leather. SO, as Q private firm, it
set up its own mail boxes and be-
came the city's postman-two COL
lections q day. After postage stamps
came into use in the 1840s. the serv-
ice cost correspondents the 2-cent
price Of q Boyd's stamp in addi-
tion TO the necessary United States
postage.
range. It carried packages to Adams
Express Co. Offices. On April 3. 1860.
when the first Pony Express rider
galloped out Of st. Joseph, Mo-.
headed West, his pouch doubtless
carried many a Boyd-stamped letter.
In 1878 the Government cracked
down. forbade private posts. But
that didn't cramp Boyd's style. It
changed Its name to Boyd'S City
Dispatch and developed a business
service of delivering monthly bills and
statements. In its addressing and
mailing department its list of thou
sands of names continued to grow.
Those names are the key to its pres
ent success as the oldest agency for
direct advertising in the world"
The German government has ini-
tiated a reform which ought to ap-
peal to stamp enthusiasts in theoret-
ically happier countries. AN inno-
vation," says a special dispatch to
the New York Sun, has just been
inaugurated at all German post Of
fees Any philatelist desiring a spe-
cially light and clear cancellation on
his covers has only to place them in
an envelope on which he writes his
request for such cancellation. All Of
fees have been provided with special
cancelling stamps for such corre-
spondence. and employees are in
structed to use great care in obliter-
ating."
Fraudulent copies OF Scott's No.
594 United States are being circulated,
and collectors should beware of them.
Genuine specimens are | cent, deep
gray-green, perforated IL, from rotary
press coil waste, plate curved side
wise, 1919 to 20mm wide The plate
number Is unknown.
Buenos Aires is to have an inter-
national philatelic exhibition in Oc-
tober. Arrangements are In the hands
OF q committee headed by DR.. Ricardo
D. Elicabe.
A playlet about stamps was the First
Nighter feature of the N. B. C. radio
network Friday evening The author
meant well. but there were numerous
minor inaccuracies in his script.
THE wave of interest that has been
surging through the ranks Of stamp
collectors this Winter" says the AS
sociated Press in q special dispatch
has even engulfed the inmates OF
Sing Sing Prison, Ossining. N. Y
Word has been received in Washing
ton that the Sing Sing Philatelic So
ciety has decided upon special cachet
for April 6, commemorating the four
teenth anniversary Of Warden L. E
Lawes as head of the institution"
Harry L. Lindquist, editor. Stamps
Magazine, New York, announces that
friends of Beverly King are planning
q memorial to his name, but the