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BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

proved a disappointment to the
philatelic public.
Comparison of the replicas and the
original de luxe printings brought 10
light many notable differences in
color and craftsmanship.
The 1-cent Century OF Progress re-
print Is a new shade OF green, and
the 1-cent National Parks follows the
same rule.
A novel type of violet appears in
the 3-cent Mothers day, 3-cent
Century of Progress, Scent Wisconsin
and 3-cent Parks reproductions. The
reprinted Accent Parks is a much
richer brown, the scent Parks paler
blue and the Scent Parks a lighter
olive green.
In the case of the 16-cent airmail
special delivery stamp, the reprint Is
q dark blue; not the steel blue orig
inally used.
These and other discoveries of
like nature indicate separate claSsi-
fication in Scott's standard catalog
for each of the three series-the gift
sheets, the ordinary stamps as COM
monty circulated and the collectors
edition of reproductions.
Alvin w. Hall, director, Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing, when asked
for an explanation of the variations,
said: There probably is diScern1ble
difference, but the same principle
might be applied to any type of stamp.
We mix new patches of ink as they
are needed, and it is impossible to
duplicate exactly. Even in single
run there may be changes"
The plates employed for the re-
prints were the same as those for Mr..
Farleys presentation sheets, Mr.. Hall
declared. But the quality OF printing
is affected by use, and the lines of the
rephcas therefore are not as clear nor
as distinct as those of the originals.
Chester L. Lankford. president,
Franklin D. Roosevelt Stamp Club,
Douglas, Ga. was the first purchaser
of the reproductions. He waited all
Thursday night for the privilege Of
being the Philatelic Agency's premier
customer.
Other early-comers were: Mead
Johnston, second in line; Gerard Ten
Eyck Beeckman, stamp editor, c. C. c..
Weekly; j. H. Jenkins, Associated
Press; Clyde De Binder, Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing; William
Shrader, president, Chevy Chase
Junior Stamp Club; Edwin W..
Beitzell, librarian. Washington Phila-
telic Society; Mrs Caroline Cleaver,
sponsor of the proposed Memorial day
stamp, and Mrs. Madeline Nichols.
Also, Frederick J. Roy, president,
Revenue Service Philatelists; David y
Davenport, The Star: Julius Bachrach
and Arnold Blankman, New York;
Joseph Miller, Philadelphia Gordon
Warnken and Louis Ditzel, Baltimore;
Walter Poppinger, Akron, and Merle
Loveless, Baldwinsville, N. Y.
Horace M. Grant, Providence, r. l.,
bought approximately $4,000 worth
Of assorted issues.
There was no ceremony in connec-
ton with the sale. Mr.. Farley was
absent, and neither Third Assistant
Postmaster General Clinton B. Ellen
berger nor Deputy Third Assistant
Postmaster General Roy NJ. North ap-
peared on the scene. Arrangements
were in the hands of Robert Z. Fell
lers, superintendent, division of stamps.
No imperforate sheets of the Cen
tury of Progress stamps were given
away or sold by Mr.. Farley. The only
excuse for reprinting those issues
was the presentation of trial proof
of each value on heavy cardboard to
President Roosevelt.
1.-The true value of the stamps Mr..
Farley gave away" says Arthur E.
Owen, may be gagged by the price
which collectors will pay for the re-
prints. If the sale of the latter runs
to $2,500,000 as some have esti-
mated, the price of the former will
be approximately the same"
Plate numbers on the Scent Parks
reprint, omitted last week, are 1924
to 1927. inclusive.
There are indications that the Con-
necticut commemorative, pledged by
Mr. Farley, will be issued April 26.
Al Burns, in Weekly Philatelic
Gossip for March 16, discusses the
classification of the Parks stamps.
I'VE most emphatically do not agree
that (they) are commemorative" he
says. Even though We understand
that the New York Sun, Prescott
Holden Thorpe and Hugh M. Clark
designate them as commemorative
stamps-they do not commemorate
anything. Those who sponsored the
drive for them, and who are respon-
sible for their appearance, declare
they were only aimed as advertising
for the parks in question. Even the
Postmaster Generals slip of the
tongue at the first printing ceremony
is not sufficient to make commemo-
rative Of something that does not &C
tually commemorate"
New stamps are indicated following
the resignation of King Prajadhipok
of Siam. His successor is a boy Of
II, Prince Amanda Mahidol.
Advices from Madrid say that Spain
will bring out a stamp in tribute to
the memory of Rabbi Moses Ben
Maimon, Hebrew philosopher, better
known as Maimonides, the 800th an
niversary of whose birth occurs March
80. He was native of Cordova and
was educated by his father and
Arabic masters, but the troubles of
the age disturbed his studies. and
finally he fed to Cairo, in which city
he made his home during the re-
mainder of his life. AS personal
physician to Saladin, he earned
celebrity in medicine, and as the most
eminent Rabbinic authority of his
time, he won a permanent place in
the pantheon of philosophy. A
modern writer has called him "the
greatest Jew of the medieval period of
history"
DR.. Herbert Putnam, librarian, has
announced that an exhibition of books
and manuscripts relating to Mai
monidies will be held at the Library
OF Congress, beginning Monday
March rs.
Czechoslovakia announces COM
memorative stamps for the 85th