Evening star., 1936-09-20

Maberley, secretary of the post ofnce,
testified: "This is q most preposterous
plan. utterly unsupported by facts,
resting entirely on assumptions. The
date Of these fortnight opinions was
1887. Within three years the earliest
small, sticky labels" advocated by
Sir Rowland Hill, were In popular use.
The total annual stamp production
Of Great Britain now exceeds 7,000,-
10000. including 100000 900 In books
and 750, 900 900 in rolls.
All the new Edwardian stamps Of
Great Britain are rotary press printed.
Paper Is watermarked "E r" and
Crown. First announcement Of the
series was authorized by Sir Walter
Womersley, assistant postmaster gen
eral. August 26, with first day Of dis
tribution September 1.
The Philippine trade commissioner,
s10 Seventeenth street. announces
three stamps overprinted for the MA
nila to Madrid Arnacal Flight, 1886"
They are: &c on &c, red; &c on l2c,
yellow; and l6c on &c. green, old Sc
ries types. No orders will be received
until November /.
Peru will have Q special set to COM
memorate the centenary Of Calloa
Province. The of1cial list. Is: &c,
black. warship San Cristobal, six
teenth century: &c, green. Naval Col
lege at La Punta: SC, sepia, Inde-
pendence Plaza: 10c, blue, air view of
Calloa; 15c. blue-green, wharves and
custom house; zoe, brown, map of the
walls Of Calloa in 1746; SOC, purple,
Grand Marshal La Mar, patriot leader,
who died In 1880: Is, olive green, pos
tai packet boat Sacramento; Is, deep
violet, Viceroy de Velasco, who rebuilt
Calloa in the eighteenth century; SIS,
red, Fort Maipu in 1866, and los,
orange and brown, map Of the Fort of
Real Filipe. Also included, 35c, slate,
La Calloa. first railroad engine used
in Peru, 1881, designated for airmai.
Postmaster H. B. R. Briggs Of Los
Angeles has given orders that "all
letters with stamps Of special interest
to stamp collectors shall be post
marked by hand instead of run through
the canceling machines" and that
care shall be taken to cancel stamps
In Just the way philatelists wish to
have them Cancelled"
State Education Commissioner
James G. Reardon Of Massachusetts,
has requested . stamp in tribute to
Horace Mann, famous school reformer
and administrator A dispatch from
Boston says: Postmaster General
James A. Farley has tentatively &C.
quiesced to the request
The annual convention Of the
American Philatelic Society will open
at the Hotel Fontenelle, Omaha,
Thursday morning at 1890. Wash
ingtonians attending will include Mrs
Catherine L. Manning, philatelic Gu
rator, Smithsonian Institution; Mrs.
Madeline G. Nickles: Michael L. Eids-
ness, jr. associate editor. Stamps
magazine, and, representing the Post
Office Department. Robert e. Fellers,
superintendent Of the division Of
stamps.
According to the new Whitfield
King catalogue, the number Of stamps
issued in 1885 was 1880, as compared
with 2,16s in 1884.
The same authority tabulates the
ofo1{n xoriaktng IT,
rope. 1927: Africa, 1857: Asia,
1890; America, 10,822; West Indies.
1884, and Oceania, 3,075. Total,
62,155.
William G, Bond, superintendent Of
the Library Of Congress and past
president Of the Washington Phila-
telic Society, preserves In his stamp
collection an interesting example Of
the genius Of Lewis Carroll, author
Of "Alice In Wonderland" It Is
little patented stamp case, designed to
accommodate several different de-
nominations and to be carried in
wallet or purse. The covers are card
board, the leaves waxed paper and an
essay on letter-writing Is included.
Alices portrait, as sketched by Sir
John Tenniel, adorns the face.
Ralph z. Smith, Omaha philatelist,
recently active in Washington, has
acquired . collection Of more than
40, 1000 pre-canceled stamps, including
approximately 10000 examples Of the
Harding city types and bureau prints.
Alden H. Whitney has returned
from a business trip to New York and
reports Everything booming" 4
Gerard Ten Eyck Beeckman, back
from . long tour in the West, Ii spe-
cializing for the time being In Brit
ish jubilees.
Stamps Magazine and Mekeel's
Weekly Stamp News report that
Ralph A. Kimble Of Chicago probably
will succeed Adolph D. Fennel as edi-
tor of the American Philatelist, but
no official announcement has been
made.
The Washington Airmail Society
VIII meet at the Hotel La Fayette,
Sixteenth street, tomorrow evening at
9 o'clock. Miss Alice B. Cilley, sec
retary, says: IAN air-minded phila.
telists welcome"
The Collectors Club, Branch 5, 60
ciety Of Philateiic Americans, VIII
meet at the Thomson School, Twelfth
street, Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock.
John B. Heiny, member Of the stan
of the Washington Post. viii be guest
Of honor and principal speaker, and
the general public Is invited to attend.
The Warrington Philatelic Society
will meet ut the Hotel Carlton, Six
teenth street, Wednesday evening ct
8 o'clock. William. Il. Beck. Balti-
more collector. long . special student
Of the subject, viii discuss: Color
q Related 70 Philately." Visitors,