Evening star., 1935-08-04

nection with the International Exposi-
ton at Brussels. The denominations
are: 10c, dark olive; Csc. yellow
brown, and 35c, gray green.
France Is making a practice Of re-
producing architectural monuments in
stamp designs. The latest is a stamp
showing the cloiSter Of st. Trophime
Cathedral at Arles-3.50 gray brown
Bulgaria Is having a busy philatelic
season. New stamps scheduled for re-
lease during the Summer include
commemorative for the centenary of
the anti-Turkish conspiracy Of 1895,
the fifth Balkan foot ball tournament
and the unveiling of monument to
Vladislaus III. King Of Poland and
Hungary.
A mystery story centering in phi
lately has appeared. The title is
THE Postage Stamp Murder" and
the author is Clinton Bestor.
American prize winners at the recent
International Philatelic Exhibition,
Ostropa, Konigsberg, Prussia, were:
Hans Lagerloef. James Starr. Laurence
B. Mason, A. F. Lichtenstein and DR.
Herman.
George Van Den Berg, writing from
London to Stamps Magazine, says:
Something that Americans have no
conception Of is what the term old
stock means. Every dealer on your
side Of the Atlantic has twentieth
century wares, but where there can
you find side street merchants with
old Barbadian, British, Dutch, Ger
man and Italian states, Russian, South
and Central American. Spanish, Lee
ward Islands, Mexican, Gibraltar,
ETC., stamps of the scarcer variety by
the 500 to 1000 copies each and the
uncommon ones by the 1000 to 5000?
One finds such dealers here in Europe.
Many of them have not opened the
envelopes containing such items since
they sealed them in the 1880s. Why
should they? They are in no hurry
to sell. Every year sees the goods
mounting in value"
The thirteenth annual convention of
the Precancel Stamp Society will be
held at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago
August l9 to %.
An international stamp and coin
exhibition is to be held at Key West,
Fla, December to g. Information
as to plans and arrangements may be
had from P. o. Box 333, that city.
International stamp exhibitions will
be held In New York In 1886, Paris
in 1887. Praha CPrague) in 1888 and
London in 1910.
The late Arthur Hind really was
not an exceptionally keen student Of
stamps. His great collection, now dis
tributed over the entire philatelic
world, was the work of William Ken
nett who served as his stamp secretary
for many years.
For a collectors album inscription,
the following prose poem from the
Canadian Post ONCE Weekly Bulle-
tin is suggested: Consider the post
age stamp. 1t is inexpensive. unob-
trusive and well-nigh ubiquitous. But
how much 1t can convey of sorrow or
Joy! Hast thou a friend? Thou canst
write him word of cheer, and drop
it in the box. and the little postage
stamp will carry it all the way. Hast
thou neglected brother? There is
ever available unto thee a post office
and a Throne of Grace, and both of
them are blessings of high order.
There are many lessons of the
postage stamp, but there is one which,
though it be not new, Is so important
I could wish that all men might learn
it. The success of the postage stamp
Is in this, that 1t doth stick to one
thing until it doth arrive at its desti-
nation and achieve its result.
IF thou hast before thee any worthy
object, stick to it like the postage
stamp, and verify, though thou are
punched and defaced, thou shalt
eventually arrive"
In aid Of the unemployed. Queen
Astrid of Belgium has enlisted the
cooperation of business houses in
Brussels for a philatehc charity. At
her request all stamps OF market value
received on routine correspondence
are saved to be sold, and the proceeds
are used in relief work.
Many interesting sidelights on the
history of United States postal issues
were presented in The Star for Febru-
ary "a, 1890. "The new postage
stamps are in the market" an un-
signed article said, 'and the man who
for the past five years has growled in
cessantly because he had to decorate
his envelopes with green stamps may
now. for financial consideration, re-
joice in the possession of philatelical
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