Evening star., 1938-11-13
By James Waldo Fazvceff.

BY James W aldo F1zCCeff
Stanley Gibbons, Inc, New York
are bringing out a new specialized
United States catalogue. "The new
book" it is explained, "is composed
OF ia pages of accurate detailed
and priced information on all
United States issues, and for the
first time contains a practically
complete set of illustrations of all
types of American issues. A dis
tlnctive feature of the book is that
wherever known, the totals printed
on the stamps are given, and the
retail value of each item is quoted
unused, used. in block and in plate
block. For the first time, the 1869
three-cent blue error is listed and
given a major number" The vari-
GUS bank note issues are minutely
described and "the separation of
these items made easy"
Admirers of Charles Wilkes Q798-
1870, American naval officer and
South Seas explorer, have asked
for a stamp to mark the centenary
of his discovery of the Antarctic
territory adjacent to the South Pole.
II their request is granted, the date
OF issue will be 1910.
w. G. Mettlen of Omaha is the
compiler of an excellent check list
OF stamps showing railroad trains,
printed in Don Houseworth's Inter
national Stamp Review" for No.
vember 2.
DR.. H. A. Davis, secretary of the
American Philatelic Society, visited
Galveston after the New Orleans
convention in the interest of a
change and rest. THE waiter gets
the change" he writes to friends,
"and the hotel gets the rest
Foreign stamps imported into the
Argentine Republic no longer are
dutiable.
Elmer c. Pratt, stamp editor, Cam
den Courier Post, asks: "Will the
United States issue stamp in honor
of the visit of the King and Queen
OF England, as France did?"
c. H. Vaughan, former secretary
OF the Washington Philatelic So
ciety. won first prize for goth
century United States stamps dis
played at the recent fifth annual
exhibition of the Haddon Heights
Stamp Club, New Jersey.
Switzerland is using stamp de-
signs to remind the world that she
is dedicated to democracy" Three
new issues have been printed to
symbolic the Swiss theory of gov
ernment.' Two denominations pay
homage to Nicholas Won der Flueh,
who brought the Swiss Confedera-
ton into being at the Diet of STAINS
in 1881. He is portrayed addressing
a group of people on the 3fr, brown
red, value, and at the Diet on the
SIR, blue black. The third stamp
shows citizen casting his ballot
while his neighbors await their turn
to vote-10fr, yellow green.
Poland is bringing out series of
stamps to mark the Goth anniver-
sary of national independence. VAL
ues and subjects will be: 5g. Boles-
las the Brave at GnieMo, 1000 A. D.;
log. Casimir the Great at Cracow,
1864; l5g, Vladislas v (Jagellon) at
the Battle of Tannenberg, 141O; 20g,
Casimir Nv, with map of Poland in
the 18th century; 25g, Sigismund II,
1869; Bog, Stephen Batori; 45g,
Chodkiewicz and ZolkieWski, with
arms of Vasa dynasty; 50g, John III
Sobieski at Vienna 55g, constitu-
ton, May 3, 1871; 75g, Kosciusko,
Poniatowski and Dabrowski; IL, the
year 1881, allegory of the heroism
of Polish soldiers; %, Romauld
Traugutt, head of the Polish ma
tional government, 1868, and 81,
Marshal Pilsudski, allegory of the
years 1914 to 1920.
Kemal Ataturk is the subject of a
new SET OF stamps issued by Turkey
to commemorate the 18th anniver-
sary Of the republic, October 9.
The series includes 10 denomina-
tions. One design shows the die
tator' driving a tractor; another,
teaching the Latin characters.
Denmark is bringing out a series
Of stamps in tribute to Thorvaldsen,
the sculptor. The values will be 5
ore, maroon; 10 ore, violet, and 30
ore, blue.
Robson Lowe, London stamp deal
er and publisher, will arrive in
Washington on December IL. He is
interested to buy 10Th century ma
terial, including early covers and
pre-adhesives.
Max G. Johl of Scarsdale, N. Y,
has been awarded the Crawford
Medal for his work on the goth CEN
tury stamps of the United States,
STAMPS.