The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09
By ]. 2. D.

An announcement appears in
the January report Of the Bureau
Specialist stating that the Bureau
Issues association will appoint a
committee to cooperate with the
publishers of stamp catalogues in
listing the issues of the United
State produced by the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing.
Arthur E. Owen has been ap-
pointed chairman of this commit
tee with George r. M. Ewing as
recorder. The other members of
the committee are Walter Mccoy,
Frederick Stanford and Hugh
Southgate.
For the second year under the
sponsorship Of Nicolas Sanbria,
the Standard Air Post catalogue
has made its bow to the great
aerOphilatelistsic group of the
United States. There are many ap-
parent adjustments, the first being
a slight increase in the cost of the
catalogue to collectors. Both the
cl0th-bound and the deluxe edi-
ton have gone up slightly in price.
The presentation and formal is
the same, though there have been
a great many changes in the cata-
logue price. Many Of the items
have increased, and similarly,
: many others have shown a
marked decrease. The book is a
credit to its editors and should
be owned by every serious stamp
collector. even though said col
lector may not have any particu-
lar interest in airmails.
David Bushnell chapter, U. 8.
G. s., will sponsor cachet for
Washington's birthday, February
%. Send standard 6 3-4 covers,
ready-to-go, with one cent post
age to A. s. Williams, 1870 Camp
bell avenue, West Haven, Conn.,,
before February IL.
A check list compiled i'm 1922 by
A. II. Pike has been slightly re-
vised and issued in the form of a
catalogue Of slogans by Stephen
G. Rich. The book is entitled
united States Slogan Post Mark
Catalogue" and sells for thirty
five cents.
The book was released by Rich,
who believed that there has been
sufficient demand for slogan can
cellatiOns. demand which should
easily warrant special catalogue.
The new catalogue lists the var
ious cancellations, both machine
and hand,> according to alphabet
cal sequence, rather than by date,
city or state. Each slogan has
been numbered and illustrated
wherever possible. The main list
includes only those slogan cancel
lations used in the forty eight
states. Separate Iistings for those
used abroad, as well as in various
dependencies. have also been in
cluded.
Efforts to price each canceIla-
ton as well as to note the place
Of use, year used, machine and
style have. been very successful.
Philatelic exhibition stations and
cancels have been purp0sely omit
ted with the expectation that a
special supplementary list will be
prepared In the near future.
A series of finely printed Ca
chefs to commemorate the five
outstanding air events having
fifth, tenth and twenty-fifth an
niversaries during the first five
months of 1887 will be sponsored
by L. Deitzel, 1901 Phelps Lane,
Baltimore, Maryland. Covers
standard size with cent for for
warding.
The new edition of the post Of.
flee departments pamphlet con-
tanning q description Of the United
States postage stamps from July
!, 1S47. and which will for the first
time include illustrations In black
and white Of all the stamps Is
sued. will not be available to the
public for about two months, IL 10
general understood.
It had been hoped by the de-
partment TO have the new edition
available to the public by the end
Of this month. The rush Of work