The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-16

 Souvenir Issues Association.
 This booklet arrived during the week and contains much valuable Information In regard to new and recent souvenir sheets of all types.
 In the light of the importance of the issue of souvenir Issues, 50 to speak, the following items have been selected from the new puh- lication:
 COSTA R1CA-In compliment to the philatelic exhibition to be held in San Jose from December 16 to ga, the Costa Rican post- office has announced that it will reissue the set of triangular stamps of io32 in new colors and values and with the dates cor- rected. Tho stamps will have face values of %, Sc, Sc and i0c. The % will be printed in sepia, the Sc in black, the Sc In light green and the l0c In orange-red, the quantities being 100000 for the lowest value, b00,000 of the Sc, 100000 of the 6c, and 100000 of the l0c. It is planned to Issue 80,000 miniature sheets of the four stamps, probably in impcrforate condition. The original plan asked for 10000 sheets perforated and 10000 imperforate, but these plans had to be abandoned due to perforation difficulties.
 BELGIUM-On September 16 Q set of four postage stamps was placed on sale in aid of the Queen Elizabeth Musical Foundation. Two of the values, namely the 70 plus Sc and the 1Fr. 76, plus @Dc, were sold separately at Nall post offices and are to remain on sale until November 1B. Advance sub. ScrIbers could, if desired, have the stamps cancelled with . special first day cachet. The other two values, 1Fr. 50 plus EFT. 50 and 2E. 2b plus 3F. S5 were sold only by advance subscription in blocks of four, the blocks containing two stamps of each value. There were 100000 such sheets Issued and they could be obtained either mint or with the special cancellation, the unusued copies retaining their val- idlty until September 30. 1888. The stamps-all of one dcsign-piCturc Queen Elizabeth, . great patron of music, with violin shown In part in the left background. At the base, in ' panel, Is the name of Eugene YSayc, one of Belgium'S greatest viOlinists.
 ICELAND-One of the most controversial Of the miniature sheets, Is that one Issued on May H.. 1887, to commemorate the twenty-fifth- anniversary of the accession to the throne Of King Christian x. This sheet has been accorded c tentative listing in Scott'S Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, due to the method of issue. Treating on the stamps first, q set of six adhesiVeS was released, oil bearing c bust of King Chris. tan, facing left. There were three values Issued in regular large sheets, namely the 10a., 30a. and 40a. These stamps were given c clean bill of health, since they were available to the general pub- lie ct postoffices throughout the country. The remaining three values, namely the measuring 4 1-2 inches in depth by 5 3-l6 inches wide. Tn the center, per- forated oil around, are the three stamps, in c horizontal row. Across the top ic c crown with "ChriS- tan" and K" directly below, and "i0l2-1037" in c third line. At the bottom b the price of the sheet, "2Kf", and the coat-of- arrns in red, blue and gold, all of the above being encircisd by c narrow gold border. The stamps were printed by the recess method,