Evening star., 1938-07-31

Postmaster General Farley has re-
ceived an appeal for authorization of |
a stamp in homage to the memory of |
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, |
clergyman-patriot. first Speaker of |
the House of Representatives.
The Scent Iowa centenary COM
remorative, scheduled for release at |
Des Moines on August "a, will show
view of the Old Capitol.
First-day sales for the Scent James /
Monroe stamp are announced as City
Post ONCE. $6,9S505; Philatelic |
Agency. ss.7l670. The number of
covers Cancelled was reported as
s8.2S2.
H, M. Southgate, president of the
Bureau Issues Association, discusses |
the presidential series of stamps in |
Mekeels Weekly Stamp News. as fol- |
lows: The idea has much merit. If |
the purpose is to use the issue for ed !
ucational development as well as to
provide stamps for the franking of |
mail and not as means of procuring |
additional revenue to be drawn from
the collectors. However, if there is
any real interest in the educational |
feature. how much greater results |
would be attained were the denomna-
tions limited to such values that those
who might be benefited could procure
the stamps and become familiar, !
through their constant use, with the
different portraits! In our schools |
all students presumably learn the |
names of our Presidents from Wash
ington to Roosevelt. Were portrait
stamps easily available and for a COM
paratively small sum, would not there
be presented great opportunity for
our children. and many of our elders
as well, to obtain a greater knowledge |
of our history and the men who have
guided the destinies Of our Nation?
Why would it not be practical to |
make such series consist of the most /
used denominations restricted to the
!, 2 and cent valres. keeping the
stamps in general use for sufficiently
extended periods to let every one see
the faces of all our Executives, good.
bad or indifferent, as each may judge
them?"
Collectors are advised to watch for
coil printings Of the new King George
VI stamps of Great Britain. They are
available in I'd. Id, ll2d and I'd val
ues. Perforations all round 14loxl4.
Watermarks sdewise
Philatelic Agency stocks of the fol-
lowing issues may be running low:
Texas, Oregon Territory. Susan B. An
thony. Virginia Dare. 1887 Constitu-
ton, Hawaii, Alaska. Puerto Rico, V,r-
gin Islands and Army and Navy
series. Intending purchasers should
hot delay too long
Michael Miller stamp editor of the
Baltimore American, is the author of
a tribute to j. w. Stowel of Fed
eralsburg Md, printer to philately,'
published in Stamps Magazine for
July 80
George B. Sloane writes: Il hate
to join the anvil chorus when a new
stamp appears, but the Scent North
west Territory strikes me as a great |
disappointment from an artistic point
Of view. Come to think of it. last |
years issue for the same affair was no
great shakes either
France continues to honor her he
foes of peace" The latest man of
genius to be commemorated is Jean
de La Fontaine 162l-l695). cele-
brated fabulist. His portrait adorns
a recent 55-centime, green, issue.
Bulgaria is bringing out a series of |
five stamps to mark the twentieth an
nlversary of the accession of King
Boris III. The denominations listed
are: H. 2L. Al, IL and 14L Designs,
military in character, have been pre-
pared by artists of the Royal Art
Academy.
DoWager Queen Marie. who died or
July l8, may be the subject of me-
mortal stamps from Rumana. She
appeared in the IL and 81 coronation
commemorative of 1922.
The British colony of Alden is to
have another series running from
half-anna to 10 rupees Annexation
by England century ago furnishes
the necessary excuse for the set.
Specimens of overprinted, neW-value
wartime stamps have reached the
United States from China. The 4Oc,
orange, martyr type (No 272) has
been surcharged &c. and the Csc.
ultramarine, Sun Vat Sen type mo.
25s) 10c
Germany will bring out special
commemorative for the Fifth Brown
Band horse race. The design, pre-
pared by Prof Richard Klein of Mu-
nich, shows "a female figure on a
prancing steed" Face value 42pf
plus l02pf.
The French colonies of New Gale
donia, Togo, Mauritania. mini. Quad
eloupe, Guiana and Equatorial Africa
are being supplied with new issues
from Paris.
How many first-day cover enthu-
siasts. it may be wondered, arranged
for White House. Va, postmarks when
the 4l2c, ebony gray White House
stamp went on sale July IL?
The 1888 Blue Book of Philately,
published by Harry L. Lindquist, New
York, contains biographical sketches
OF the following Washington collect
ors: Gerard Ten Eyck Beeckman, o.
F. Beeder, Edwin W. Bethel, H. R.
Blllson. W. c. Bond, j. Michael
Brown. David D. Caldwell. Ralph Cole,
W. Hayden Collins, David H. Daven-
port, H A. De Long. Harry F. Dunk
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