Evening star., 1936-10-25
BY JAMES WALDO FAwCETT.

BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
The results Of the election Of No
vember may have considerable effect
upon American philately.
If President Roosevelt is successful
in his campaign to succeed himself
present Post Office Department pol
icies are likely to be continued; the
long delayed Army and Navy heroes
series will be issued. and the frequent
ly debated neglected. Chief Execu-
tives set for regular postage is apt to
be authorized.
But If Cow Landon should win
there would be numerous changes.
1t is understood that he favors the
use Of stamp designs to pay tribute to
men and women who have served
their country in other than political
ways He might be expected to ap-
prove postal issues in homage to such
characters as Emerson, the philos-
opher; Walt Whitman, the Poet of
democracy; Stephen Collins Foster,
the composer of 20 Susannah" and
many equally famous songs, and Will
Rogers, the cowboy commentator,
whose wit and humor instructed as
well as entertained the whole Nation
until his death in an airplane crash
last year.
Mr.. Landon is not personally In
terested in philately. but his message
to the American Philatelic Society
Convention at Omaha indicated his
respect for the hobby.
Reports to the effect that the de-
signs submitted by the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing for the Army
and Navy series have been rejected
are not true. The officials of the
Post Office Department have reached
no decision about them. Indeed, the
matter has had no consideration
whatever for many weeks.
c. Robert Kay. writing for the As
Sociated Press, says: THE rarest
regularly issued twentieth century
United States stamp, which is almost
identical to the 1-cent Franklin
stamp used on current mail. has just
brought s216 at auction in New York.
Issued in 1925. the stamp has
minute differences in size and per-
forati0ns from the familiar green
1-cent stamp now in use. Only one
unused copy has ever been discovered.
1t is worth $4,000.
"The used copy auctioned in the
metropolis was in fine condition. The
price of s216 was something of bar
gain for the purchaser, because very
fine copies have brought as high as
$3.50 at auction. Off-center copies
are sold at retail for 5000.
"At the auction referred to, lot OF
fine used copies of the 16-cent, steel
blue, airmail special delivery stamp OF
1884 brought an average of II cents
Q copy-l cent over face value.
'Hoarders Of unused United States
sheets will be interested in the follow
ing auction prices of recent commem-
oratives in full-sheet form, all very
fine condition: 1881, Won Steuben
100, brought S.; 1881, Pulaski, 100
Sc; 1881, Red Cross. 100, $3.50; 1881
Yorktown, so, IS; 1882, Lake Placid
100. So; 1882, Arbor Day, 100, $2.75;
1882. William Penn. 100, $4.s5: 1882
Daniel Webster, 100, $4.25; 1898,
Oglethorpe, 100, $3.75; 1888, New
burgh. 100, $3.75; 1888, N. r. A., 100,
$3.50.
Prices per 100 for wholesale lots
of United States commemorative,
fine condition. are: 1924, scent
Huguenot Walloon. s72; 1925, White
Plains. Sc; 1884, Byrd Imperforate
So: 1884, Wisconsin, IS cents: 1885
Connecticut, 81 cents"
Private advices report that the Greek
postal authorities authorized stamp
to mark the Inauguration Of airmail
between Athens and Warsaw, Octo-
Der /.
France soon will bring out new
stamps in tribute to the memory Of q
long list Of great men. including Pas.
teur, Victor Hugo, Berlioz and Callot
Australia will have q special series
for the coronation of King Edward
VIII, as well as a rev definitive set