Evening star., 1937-01-31

stamps have been men of such emf
uence in the artistic world (Augustus
John and Sir William Rothenstein,
former principal Of the Royal College
Of Art) that their condemnations can
ont be lightly disregarded. Few things
are perfect In this world. however.
Possibly the crown has been tucked
away in an inconspicuous manner in
the top right-hand corner; possibly
the spacing Of the word postage has,
through optical illusion or the differ
ences in forms of alphabetical letters,
appeared diproportionate; possibly
also what is called 'doctored' ma
ture Of the photograph IS open to OBJ
lection. But all these are matters of
adjustment-the principle of sim
plicity Is the real issue at stake.
1T has been said by the post office
and they should know-that no stamp
previously issued in British history has
met with SO much public approval.
And the public is right in preferring
chasteness to fussiness in design.
In recent decades the post Office
has been too rigid in its stamp out
look, and now that it has made the
first step away from the traditions Of
the past 80 years (the early Victorian
stamps were both simple and digni-
fled) 1t would be really retrograde to
return to what had become 'conven-
tional.' Rather let us have special
coronation issue and even special pic
torial issues which would spread to
all parts of the world treasured little
pictures Of Britain's beauty spots, IA
nous buildings. historic churches, even
mighty bridges. And why not? We
design and print such stamps for
other countries, and there is a dis
tinct missionary value in them"
viceroy Don Manuel de Amat y
Junyent, Don Joseph Antonio de
Panda y Riva and Don Jose Davila
Condemarin, Spanish colonial postal
administrators Of the eighteenth CEN
tury, are commemorated in a pictorial
series Of stamps recently brought out
by Peru.
To celebrate the signing Of the
Anglo Egyptian treaty Of friendship.
August 26, 1896, the postal authori-
ties of Egypt have issued three large
stamps showing the British delega-
ton, headed by Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden and the Egyptian dele
CATION headed by Prime Minister
Nahas Pasha as they met in confer
ence In London. The values Of the
set are: SIN, brown; Ism, dark violet,
and 20m. blue.
The Cross Stamp Co., Newark, N. j.,
has published . specialized catalogue
of the postal issues Of Germany and
occupied territories from 1872 to date.
Later pamphlets will deal with Aus
tria- Bosnia, Danzig and Germany
plebiscite countries, Scandinavia.
Czechoslovaha. Switzerland and
Liechtenstein. Printed to distribute at
cost, the price Is rs cents each, plus 2
cents postage.
The Union Of South Africa has
new series Of postage dues, water
marked springbok and perforated IS
by IA. Values include: Up, blue green
and black; Up, deep rose and black;
2p, black violet and slate: 3p. blue
and deep blue, and 6p, brown orange
and dark green.
Liberia has surcharged 1895" va
rious stamps Of the 1918 series.
Changes in values also are over
printed.
Postmaster Vincent G. Burke, tax.
ing notice of criticism Of service ren.
dered by the City Post Once staff on
the occasion of the flrst release Of the
accent Army and Navy stamps, has
announced that he personally will
supervise procedure on first days In
the future. He assures collectors that
he wishes them to be satisfied, but
he asks them to be reasonable in their
requests for special favors.
No official word has been authorized
concerning the 20-cent and 50-cent
airmal stamps now re-
ported being manufactured in the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing.
The Hotel La Sale, Chicago, has
been selected as the meeting place for
the Third American Philatelic Con-
gress, December 28 to 80, inclusive.
According to Weekly Philatelic
Gossip, Mrs. Roosevelt recently told
q Chicago group Of friends: "The
Presidents day usually comes to an
end between 1880 and midnight.
Then. If there Is anything we want
to talk about, We do. Frequently he
clips stamps. Sometimes ind
him sitting up in bed surrounded by
envelopes. cutting the stamps from
them. He says 1t Is conducive to
Sleep" -
Victor Weiskopf, New York dealer,
was q Washington visitor during In
auguration week.
One Washington collector has Of.
fered another . house In Denmark
in. exchange for certain stamps Of
Iceland,
Universal praise Of 'The World
Is Yours broadcast last Sunday has
teen heard among WashinQton Dracti.