Evening star., 1938-09-04

announced as follows: William X.
Schrage, 10, II and l3-cent; Robert
L. Miller, jr. 1l-cent, and Victor S.
McCloSkey. jr., 81.
! EngraverS are: c. T. Arlt and J. T.
Vail, l0-cent: Leo c. Kaufman and
Mr.. Vail, ll-cent; John Eissler and
Mr. Vail, 12-ceM; S. Pauling and Mr..
Vail. l3-cent. and Mr.. Pauling and
E. M. Hall, So
Add to the list of active Junior COL
lectors the name of Louis Redman, l3-
year-old son of Lieut.. Louis Redman
OF the Metropolitan Police He lives at
1923 Broad Branch road, attends
Blessed Sacrament School and is espe-
cially interested in United States
stamps and covers.
First-day sales of the 3-cent Iowa
stamp at Des Moines, August "a,
reached $l3.58O.73. Cancellations
were reported for 2O9, $50 covers.
| The Associated Press Feature Serv-
ice says: France is surely risking the
alienation of collectors in general with
her many new semi-postals and special
issues. Stamp issuing has become
chiefly Embarrassing method for
various causes, and the matter of
postal requirements is no longer the
controlling factor"
Philatelists handling hundreds of
copies of the new 7-cent Andrew Jack
son stamp say that it has been printed
in two distinct shades. different
enough to be regarded as separate COL
ors-a light brown and a dark, rich
brown The official designation is
"sepia," but the term is meaningless
in application.
Bulgaria has brought out five stamps
showing portraits of Prince Simeon
Tarnovsky, infant son of King Boris
and long g-aWaited heir to his throne
The values and colors are: IL. green.
81, rose; Al, orange; IL, blue, and
| 14L, brown.
Ihe fiction magazine, Black Mask.
September issue. contains a story en-
titled Stamp of Guilt" which may
interest the collecting public.
Clinton L. Chalfant writes: Il un-
derstand that the Northwest Terri
| tory stamp design was taken from
a monument erected by the w. P. A..
1t looks it,
Linn's Weekly Stamp News suggests
that the proposed Fire Prevention
Week commemorative" Ihould be
printed on asbestos.
The 17th monthly auction of the
Washington Stamp Club Of the Air
will be held at the Hotel Carlton Fri
day evening, September 9. Catalogues
may be had from John R. EWell 4lO
Bond Building.
collectors are advised to watch for
coil copies of the presidential series.
They are being manufactured and
may go on sale unprecedented by the
Post Office Department.
The latest local show" to be grant,
ed free postal privileges at the ex-
pense of the taxpayers of the entire
country is the National Chickamauga
Celebration at Chattanooga, Tenn.
September 16 to Is. Congressional
approval probably was obtained, but
ranking rights ought not to be dis
tributed wholesale.
Kent B. Stiles, writing in the New
York Times. says: The Post Office
Departments success in selling more
than million dollars worth of mint
postal paper to collectors and deal
ers during each of the last four
fiscal years is exciting the envy of
governments abroad"
The 1899 convention of the Society
OF Philatelic Americans will be held
in Baltimore. Russell J. Broderick is
the new president
new edition of Ichiro Yoshida's
specialized catalogue of the stamps of
Japan has been published by Kite
Shumi, 5000 Metro, Toshimaku, Toxic.
The Netherlands has brought out a
set OF three stamps for the 4Oth ami
versary of the accession of Queen
Wilhelmina. Values are: 1hc., black;
Sc, orange, and l2l2c., blue.
Yugoslavia announces another Red
Cross stamp. The subject will be the
Girl of Kosovo," the postal designa-
ton, so paras.
Service shortly will be inaugurated
on Airmail Route AZ. and cachets
will be supplied by postmasters In the
cities included, namely: Houston,