The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-04
Philatelic Ne1us Third International To Be COmmemOratcd Exhibit Opens May 9th Old Oregon Settlers
By J. B. D.

venir sheet of postage stamps in connection with the meeting of the International Philatelic Congress in New York from May 9 to May IT.
 To date there has been no def mite announcement concerning the special sheet but 1t is gen. erally understood that the Rhode Island Precautionary g. cent purple postage stamp will be the one used and that the sheet will consist of four of these stamps. The Rhode Island commemorative will be offered to the public the first part of the month of May. The first day sales will take place in Providence.
 With reference to a design for the proposed Oregon stamp, it has been suggested to the de- partment that there be used map of the Oregon territory as it existed in 1886, with mark ings showing the location of the Whitman and Spalding mis- sion and such trading posts as were supposed to have existed then.
 From Utica, New York, comes the information that the Hind stamp, known more familiarly to collectors as the worlds most valuable stamp, is in the United States once again, its return to this country from London be- ing conducted very much the same as the transportation of 8 very valuable bank note. This British Guiana stamp, once part of the Arthur Hind collection, is the property of his widow, Mrs. F. Costa Scala of Utica.
 This rather dirty piece of magneta cOlored paper, with an original face value of one cent, is catalogued at the present time at no less than S5O,00O. It was purchased in Paris several years ago for the sum of S32,000 and at a recent auction in London, when prices failed to reach the price of S42,5OO, Mrs. Scala re- fused to part with the stamp.
 It has been announced by Postmaster General James A. Farley that the volume of air mail carried in the month of January totaled 1,177753 pounds, an all time record for this month, exceeding by 357, ,467 pounds the air mila volume for the same month last year. The Postmaster-General also made known the fact that new air mail poundage marks were set during every month of 1885, the total air mail volume for the year being 13,276,023 pounds, or approximately twice the pound- age carried in either of the two previous years.
 Air mail postage revenues for the last fiscal year amounted to $6,589,543 and the total direct cost of the air mail service to the postoffice department was $9,588, ,905. During the year the Interstate Commerce Commits sion allowed the air mail car- riers increases in compensation of approximately $1,300,000, which amount is provided in the postoffice department appro- priation bill now pending be- fore Congress, and which will be added to the direct COS tof air mail service for the present year.
 Based on the increase in air mail poundage for the present year in ratio with the monthly increase registered throughout the year 1885, it is anticipated that the airmail postage reven- ues will amount to seven or eight million dollars for the present year.
 Announcement has been made that the third National Junior Stamp exhibition or Najex, 1886, will be held in New York city during the first week in May. This years show takes on a greater importance since 1t is to be held just prior to the In- ternational Phllatelic exhibition.
 There will be. in a sense, connection between the two events, since the committee i'm charge of the junior affair has reserved ten frames at Grand Central Palace for the display of the prize winning displays form the Najex. The remaining exhibitions will be. shown at some other place.
 Special emphasis has been placed on the fact that there is no true connection between the Najex and the Tipex tthe International shOw). All juniors who plan tO enter the larger show in the group open to girls and boys up to eighteen years of age must make an entry i'm