Evening star., 1936-12-27
-Stdr Stag Photo.

to the sister of King Zoou.
Star StaG Photo.
Philatelic Agency, as usual, profited by
the Christmas rush, and at postal sta
tions throughout the city there was .
demand for the new one-cent Army
and Navy commemoratives-pro
in undated homage to George WASH
ington, Nathaniel Green. John Paul
Jones and John Barry-for greeting
card use.
The King Edward issues Of Great
Britain. philatelic souvenirs OF the
most notably newsworthy event in
the history Of 1896, still hold their
grasp on philatelic attention COL
lectors. 1t seems, desire specimens in
quantity. Some are waiting for the
market to stabilize, others are buying
as heavily as their means will permit
on the theory that it would be con-
trary to public policy to continue
printing the portraits of the abdicated
sovereign.
The Susan B. Anthony stamp has
been precanceled for Baltimore and
Chicago. Also for Milford and Mont
vile, Conn: Creve Occur, Mo-; Ho-
boken. N. j.; Albuquerque, N. Mex:
Morristown. Tenn; Beaver Dam, Fort
Atkinson, Menasha and Sun Prairie.
Wis,
From Cape Town comes word Of q
new l12p, dark green and gold. issue
for the Union of South Africa. The de-
sign shows derricks and skyscrapers.
Waterlow & Sons, London, are
manufacturing new regular postage
series for Peru. The 10c. red. depicts
"El Chasqui." the mail-runner OF
Inca times. and the soc. mustard
yellow. represents the buildings of
the University Of Lima, founded in
1851.
Mexico has overprinted copies Of
the l0c. violet, Cross of Lalenque
stamp type A-l12) for the First
National Labor. Medicine and Hy-
giene Congress, held in Mexico City.
Collecting philatelic exhibition
stamps and miniature souvenir sheets
recently has developed into a recog-
nized specially. Such novelties may
be had from Algeria, the Argentine
Republic. Australia, Austria. Belgium.
Brazil, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia,
Danzig. Denmark. Finland. France.
Germany, Hungary. Japan. Liechten-
erlands, Peru. Poland, Rumania. Rus
sia. San Marino. Spain, Switzerland.
the Union OF South Africa, Uruguay
and the United States.
Mekeels Weekly Stamp News
quotes a New York dealer, unidenti-
fed. as follows: Why q so-called
stamp collector of limited means
should devote the bulk of his stamp
money to mint sheets of current is
sues has always been a mystery to us.
All right, buy a single and block of
everything new. but devote the bal
ance of your budget to building up
your collection and not in accumu-
lating a dealers stock"
Scott's 1897 specialized United
States catalogue, with many addi-
tions and improvements, will be pub
lished January Is.
Costa Rica again is making use of
stamps as propaganda for its claims
to Cocos Island. Two new issues show
q map of the tiny spot on the Pacific
with galleons on either side and the
inscription "Isla del Coco" beneath.
The values are SC, yellow-green, and
10c, carmi1e rose.
The Parliament stamps of Japan
are attractive additions to the list of
issues of architectural significance.
They are large horizontal oblongs, two
of the four showing the main facade
Of the new legislative hall and two
the grand staircase, which Is a deco
rative feature of the interior. The.
values are given as 119s. green: 3s.
brown-violet; IS, carmine red, and
los, blue.
Great Britain has a new 5p, orange
brown. type D-l, postage due, printed
on paper watermarked "E8R."
Spencer Anderson reports that the
1-cent National Parks stamp has been
found imperforate horizontally. The
2-cent, scent and 7-cent denomi-
nations also are known part-perforate.
All will be listed as varieties.
. The labels to advertise the Pexip
exhibition in Paris June Is to ~, are
available In blocks Of four in differ.
ent colors, priced at francs for the
set of 20.
Col. George 8. 0oodale, long . men,
Der Of the American Philatelic So
ciety and widely known for his schol-
arly interest in stamp collecting, died
at Phoenix, Ariz., about December /.
Amherst College possesses what is
said to be the first air post letter
ever carried aloft It was written by
DR.. John Jeffries, . Boston scientist
who fourished approximately cen
tuyy and Z half aso. and was pro-