Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-03-03

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Cl0IK0WSKl, printed III Jne 1nIeIua-
tional Studio for June. 1928.
"a discovery" the author says, "has
been made in connection with Goya' S
two masterpieces known as the 'Majas'
and which it has been thought might
we'll be portraits of his noble friend,
the Duchess of Alba. Certain recently
found documents from the archives OF
the InquiSition show that the painter
Of the 'Capricios' had trouble with the
successors of Torquemada. One paper
is a charge made by the fiscal in
ouisitor, compiled in the secret cham
bers of the Holy Office on November
IS, 1914, and signed by Dr. Gorilla de
Velasco, against certain pictures of
immoral and eXecrable nature'-it
happens that they were the 'MajaS'
A second document, dated March 16.
1915, and signed by the same hand,
orders Goya to appear before the
courts of the Holy Office, there to
recognize the pictures, to declare them
as his work and to explain why, for
whom and for what purpose he paint
ed them
ut is more than probable that Goya
never answered the summons. which
is pity for us, as the report might
have revealed the identity of the
mysterious sitter. DR.. de Velasco's au-
thority was not that. by far, of the
terrible Torquemada. The French rule
in Spain had suppressed the in
quisitorial tribunal.
1.-The Holy Office sought Goya on a
previous occasion, when, subsequent to
some romantic adventure, the tribunal
had issued a warrant against him.
That time, he evaded it by leaving the
country. However, the men of the
Inquisition did not forget him nor the
jibes that he directed at them.
Even at the cost Of never knowing
the name of the 'Maja' it is relief
to know that Goya was not put on
the rack or submitted to the thumb
screw because of her"
zone of the most interesting errors
of the twentieth century" says r. T.
Freeman in the Atlanta Constitution,
lis the scent red error, issued in
March, 1917.
This error occurred three times in
a sheet of 400 2-cent stamps, and it
is assumed that. three impressions. on
this plate were defective and the
operator at the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing BANKED out and re-
entered the three impressions, using
the scent transfer roll instead of the
2-cent roll. This resulted in the error
in color, namely scent red.
THE lower right-hand pane of the
sheet contains one error and the up
per left-hand pane contains two errors,
one above the other. . These errors
occur in both the perforated IL and
perforated II issues. There were
probably $4,000 of the perforated 10,
and $4,000 perforated II issued. The
plate number is 1912.
When first discovered these errors
sold at over 500 each, but the price
rapidly fell as new sheets were dis
covered, until the price reached low
figure of about $3.50 each. At present
these stamps are being rapidly alb
sorbed. and prices are mounting as a
result"
"The worlds smallest post office, "
writes C. c. Pryor in Hobbies Maya
zine, lis in the Straits of Magellan
1t is a small painted cask chained to
the rocks in SUCH way as to allow
it to float freely. Passing ships send
a boat to it to take letters out and
Put others in. 1t is under the pro-
lection of all navies of the world"
The Boys and Girls Newspaper,
New York, contains a stamp column
edited by William D. Cox.
Alice BrisWalter Skies, writing in
Stamps Magazine for March 2, dis
cusses "companionship hobbies" The
best investment woman can make, "
she says, lis to donate part of her
time to her husbands hobby, so that
she may talk with some knowledge
of it and listen with genuine in
terest to what he has to say"
The Garfield Perry Stamp Club will
have a 45th birthday celebration at
the Hotel Carter, Cleveland, March
15-17. One hundred frames of Sc
lected stamps will be exhibited, there
will be bourSe and at the closing
banquet Harry L. Lindquist, Postmas-
ter NJ. F. ODonnell and others will
speak.
Harris Samonisky. member of the
Wilmington, Del, Stamp Club, de-
serves place on the list of newspaper
men who find recreation in philately.
He is city editor of the Wilmington
Journal-Every Evening.
William H Beck is chairman of the
Exhibition Committee of the Balti-
more Philatelic Society and has charge
of yN1o hn IN
open March Is.
Mrs. Eugene Klein was speaker
at recent meeting of the Phila-
delphia Women's Stamp Club. With
her husband, she has attended all the
great philatelic conventions and ex-
hibitions of the past decade, and her
knowledge of stamps is comprehen-
sive and thorough.
George A. Polsey, vice president,
Westminster Philatelic Society, White
Plains. N. Y, died February after a
months illness. He was veteran
of the World War, banker by pro-
fession and an enthusiastic collector
of stamps for many years.
w. Hayden Collins, Washington col
lector. now in st. Petersburg, Fla, has
won first and second ribbons for his
exhibits Of the stamps of Canada and
Newfoundland in the annual show oil
the Stamp and Cover Club of the
resort city. ....
H. S. Wagner of Akron, Ohio, was
visitor in Washington last week
His collection. he says, is prospecting
in spite of difficulties common to the
philatelic tribe these days.
Alden H. Whitney, quoting Shake
speare, has told friends in the posta
organization, Beware the Ides o.
March" Those who do not grasp The
significance of his advice may consul
the Avon poets version Of the ter
miration of the career of Juliu!
Caesar.