Evening star., 1937-04-04

hand-set Kingsport would be distinct
and retain its scarcity value.
Bureau print novices do not doubt
the investment value Of experimental
and old-type impressions, nor the new
type impressions on stamps which are
themselves obsolete, Mr. Hoover says.
But it has been difficult to convince
investment collectors that they should
also concentrate on the current new
types, because of the fear that huge
new printings of the scarcer stamps
might impair their value.
Adoption of the machine-Set type
by the bureau obviates in large part
the possibility of sudden slumps in
values, and with an entire new regular
issue of United States stamps in the
offing, all bureau prints now current
are likely to become obsolete and have
investment potentialities
Referring to the error in the design
of the Accent Army commemorative"
Robert B. Patton, writing from Wash
ington to the Camden Courier-Post,
says such stupid blunders would not
occur" if the Post Office Department
had some one to advise" about de-
tails
Mr.. Patton gives the regulations for
Confederate Army insignia, as fol-
lows: General ofhcers-a wreath with
three stars inclosed, embroidered in
gold; colonel-three stars, embroidered
in gold, arranged horizontally; lieu
tenant colonel-two stars of same ma
terial, size and arrangement as for
colonel"
The stamp collectors of France
have forced the postal authorities Of
the republic to withdraw the Inter-
national Paris Exposition series -
"atrocious examples Of 'modernistic
design.
C. C. Lance, writing in Weekly
Philatelic Gossip. suggests a series
of stamps to show: The Supreme
Court and new Post Office Depart
ment buildings, Washington; the San
Francisco Bay Bridge and the Mis-
sissippi River Bridge at New Orleans;
the Empire State and Rockefeller
Center buildings, New York; the State
Capitol Buildings at Baton Rouge, La,
and Lincoln, Nebr; the County Court
House, Los Angeles; the City Hall,
Miami; the Union Depot, Cincinnati;
the San Francisco or the Zephyr
electric train; the Twentieth Century
Limited with streamlined steam loco
motive; the U. S. S. Ranger Of Indian
apolis, and the U. S. S. Constitution
(Old Ironsides).
Don F. Nichols, South Haven, Mich,
writes: THE boys who are spending
heavily for the complete cover serv-
ice on the approaching Clipper flight
may find there are two days this
month catering to the April fool"
The Butler County Philatelic So
ciety, Butler, Pa, has protested against
"the quality of paper being used to
print current United States stamps,
as well as the seemingly hurried
method of perforation, which leaves
many off-center specimens in cur
rent circulation"
A profit of 1,211,495.19 pesos is re-
ported by the Philippine Bureau Of
Posts for 1886. It is obvious that
'the increase of income was due large
ly to the issuance of Commonwealth,
Quezon; Rizal, Clipper and Arnacal
stamps" of which spectators are
known to have bought large quantities.
Postmaster General Farley has been
asked to authorize a commemorative
stamp for the 150th anniversary of
the passage of the ordinance for the
purchase of the Northwest Territory
in 1778.
Referring to current abuse of the
franking privilege, the Pathfinder
gives the following figures for free
postage in recent years: 1880, $9,347,-
sos; 1884, s23,OO0,ooo, and 1886, s32,-
100000.
Don Grieve, philatelic editor of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, argues: 1T
has often been advocated that the
Government, since it cannot perforate
stamps decently should remove the
good stamps from the sheets and de-
stroy the balance. To this proposal
there have been walls of grief from
post Office officials at the awful waste
that would ensue. The truth of the
matter is that it costs about severn
tenths of l cent to print sheet of
so commemoratives As the stamps
are intended for collectors, is it too
much to expect well-centered stamps