Evening star., 1936-07-05

design. The first denomination to be
released is the l5s, grean-a conven-
tionalized representation of national
flowers and fruits.
Elephants appear in the designs of
stamps issued by Mozambique, 1894;
Mozambique Co, 1913; North Borneo,
1909; Sierra Leone. 1898; Straits
Settlements. 1900: Abyssinia (Ethi-
opia). 1919; Congo. 1894, 1910. 1928
and 1881: Eritrea. 1894: Jaipur. 1881; |;
Italian Somaliland, 1908, and Liberia,
1892.
Ornithologists insist that the Tyre
bird shown on the New South Wales
stamps of 1888 and the Australia
stamps of 1918 is incorrectly drawn" "
Geological watermarks include:
Swan. No 80. Western Australia; ;
Eas,e, 22o, Albania, and 223, Ger
many; Lion. l59 NORWAY. and 207,
Estonia; and Springbok, 1T, South
Africa, and 201, South Africa and
Southwest Africa.
In his United States Postage
Stamps. 1647-1S69." Fred ]. Melville
writes: Largely owing to a peculi-
arity OF perforating common to nearly
all United States postage stamps, the
designs are often cut right into by the
perforating machine. The hunt for
fine copies, we'll centered. should add
zest to the collectors pursuit. however,
and if a rule be made to take only
specimens that come up to particular
standard Of condition the result will
be well worth the extra trouble and
the comparatively moderate extra ex-
pense. A fine copy of a United States
stamp with margins perforated all
around and we'll centered is thing
of rare beauty"
Nor-collectors with stamps to sell
are warned to leave them on cover.
Recently large accumulation of
nineteenth century specimens came on
the local market at approximately S
per cent of their unchanged value
About nine copies in every ten had
been hopelessly ruined by being trim
med with scissors The owner had
spent hours of labor literally but Of
course unwittingly mutilating her
property. 1t happened that she had
the excuse of being blind as well as
misinformed.
When the puppet Emperor Pu vi
of Manchukuo was elevated to the
throne of that unhappy country, pres
entation sets of stamps were distrib-
uted to the attending dignitaries. A
single series later sold for $50 in
Zurich. But more recently the SOU
venirs have appeared in the Paris
Bourse, large quantities of them being
offered at so cents a set. Explana-
tions are awaited from both Manchu-
kuo and Japan. Meanwhile. collec-
tors are advised to beware of fraud
Eugene Klein, president Of the
American Philatelic Society, will be
United States commissioner at the
International Philatelic Exhibition,
johannesburg. South Africa. Novem-
Der to IA. He will leave soon after
the Omaha convention and will return
in time for the Cleveland congress.
Carl P. Baker is stamp editor of
the Daily Gazette, Gastonia, N. c.
The British Museum is being critl-
cized for neglecting the famous Tap
ling collection. No expert philatellst
is employed by the institution, the
priceless stamps and covers in the
frames are being allowed to deterio-
rate and nearly the whole Of the postal
stationery is slowed away in cupboards,
where apparently the trustees are
content to leave it out Of sight and
out of mind"
To correct misconceptions, 1t may
be stated authoritatively that the late
King Fuad was an active, not merely
a theoretical, philatelist. He collected
the stamps of all countries and de-
clined to specialize in the issues OF
his own. But he did purchase the
Eid and Mackenzie Low Egyptian COL
lections as well as fine showings OF
Syria, Trans -Jordania and the HeJaz,
and it probably was from those acqui-
sitions that his reputation as a spe-
cialist arose His interest in general
collecting remained with him until
the last hours of his life. He had
commissioned a London expert to
help him to put his albums in order
and it Is hoped that they will be
maintained and kept up to date by his
successor, the former Prince Farouk.
The silver cup of the Twenty-third
Philatelic Congress Of Great Britain,
held at Paignton, June 9 to u, was
awarded to L. C. c. Nicholson for a
paper entitled: How to Run Phila-
telic Society Successfully.
Fred J. Melville, writing in the
Stamp Lover, London, says: America
is very stamp conscious now-l23,-
100000 people are getting spoon-fed
almost daily with stamp news and