Evening star., 1939-01-15

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latlon as the signal for the calling
out of destructive forces which i'm
mediately render philatelic mail un-
philatelic. What satisfaction is thus
to be gained is beyond our powers
of conception. but we have been
shown, over and over again. covers
properly mailed with a proper re-
quest, which have been received in
unsightly condition because of an
angry smudge cancellation which
has the appearance of being any
thing but accidental"
Louis Jay Heath. 49, Latin Amer
lean editor for the United Press,
died on Sunday morning last He
had been president of the Wash
ington Airmail Society and a vice
president of the American Airmail
Society and was widely known for
his fine airpost collection. Con-
temporary philatelists bid him
"good-by' with sincere regret.
There are IS stamp-issuing divi-
sions of the British Empire not
counting the subdivisions of India
and Straits Settlements.
Numerical cancellations were used
on the stamps of the Netherlands
from April l, 1869, to June Is, 1898.
Three regular postage and three
O "a il CT I,-D
for the recent Eighth Pan-Ameri-
can Conference at Lima. The list
runs as follows: Regular, 1Oc, gray
green, Palace Square; 15c, City of
Lima seal in original colors; Is. olive,
Government Palace; airmail, Csc,
blue, Torre-Tagle Palace. ministry
of foreign affairs: l50s, brown lilac,
National Congress. and Is, black,
portraits of Ferreyros, Paz- Sedan
and Arenas.
The editors of SCOTS Catalogue
have granted permanent listing to
the current airmail stamps of Lii
IBERIA, previously noted only tenta-
lively.
Willard Otis Wvlie, editor, Mekeel's
Weekly Stamp News. Beverly, Mass,
shares with Sir Isaac Newton and
Clara Barton the honor of having
been born on Christmas Day.
France has brought out a new Csc,
dark green, Mercury head stamp:
also, semi postal, Csc plus 6Oc. pea
cock blue, Red Cross nurse serving
food to young student.
Germany issued two commence
ratives for the Sudentenland plebis-
cite, December 4. The values are
6pf plus Apt and 12pf plus Opt. and
the design shows miner and his
wife ION their way back to the
Reich"
Stephen G. Rich has published
two handbooks of interest to cancel
lation collectors They are United
States Slogan Postmarks," by DON
aid w. Tucker, and United States
Postage Meters by William c.
Steiger.
According to the Dayton Herald
the Chinese postal system still is
functioning with few casualties and
little interference reported.
1t has been noted that Lionel
Barrymore, in the film You Can't
Take 1t With You" appears to be
mounting French stamps on a page
labeled Germany
The sideWise coil stamps of the
presidential series will 90 on sale
in Washington exclusively on Fri
day morning at o'clock. Values
are: l. 1l2, 2, 3, 4, AZ, S, 6 and
10 cents.
Turkey has joined the procession
OF countries issuing unnecessary
stamps to commemorate the sesqui-
centennial of the Constitution of
the United States. Six values are
announced, three of them to be
adorned with portraits of President
Roosevelt.
Since April 10, 1888, collectors
have paid into the Post Office
Department more than 1894, 900 for
first-day covers. The Roosevelt ad-
ministration has issued 80 different
stamps, and 12,538,5OO cancel
lations have been recorded on
dates of initial release.
Hungary is bringing out two stamps
to celebrate the restoration of terri
tory ceded by Czecho- -Slovakia. The
values are 20f, orange brown, and
70f, brown on gray.
The Tower of the Sun will be
the central motif of the Treasure
Island Golden Gate International
Exposition stamp to 90 on sale at
San Francisco on February 18. Di-
mensions will be "a 100 by 1-44/1OO,
vertical arrangement.
Before the philatelic exhibition
truck leaves washington on it's first
tour, a ceremony probably will be
held at the White House, where