Evening star., 1939-11-26
By James Waldo Fa,ccen.

stood, has not changed his mind
about the values of the Heroes of
Peace" stamps. 1t was his per-
sonal decision that they should be
issued in the denominations /, 2,
3, 5 and 10 cents, and, despite the
appeal of collectors, the Post Office
Department probably will issue them
accordingly.
The philatelic public repeatedly
has asked that stamped envelopes
be placed on sale in the Philatelic
Agency, and it is possible that ar
rangementns soon will be made to
accommodate the demand Increas-
Ing interest. in the collection and
study of mint entries" is manifest
through the country, especially in
the West, and there is reason to
believe that the proposed expert
ulent would meet with success.
AS reported in The Star on Friday
the late A. Eugene Michel of New
York, who died on November 8, has
left his magnificent stamp collection
to the Smithsonian Institution.
Further details will be published
as they become available.
New Zealand's annual health
stamps have been overprinted with
double surtax due to the war"
Add to the list of distinguished
American philatelists the name of
Prof. Henry A. Perkins, member
OF the faculty of Trinity College,
Hartford, Conn.
Stamp Collecting, London, reports
ION the highest official authority"
that Great Britain will issue no
commemorative stamp for the CEN
tenary OF the Penny Black of 1910.
The Silver Spring Chronicle for
November says: There is hardly a
man today more interested in the
cause of world peace than the stamp
collector. True, his interest is hard
ly a deep humanitarian one, but it
contributes its small voice to those
mightier ones that cry down the
futile prosecution of war.
Just how does war affect the
stamp collector? First, it closes the
door to many of his sources of
supply, so that if he has been spe-
ciallzing in the stamps of a block
AIDED country or one that has suf-
fered absorption by powerful
neighbor he must wait till peace
arrives before he can catch up with
new issues of the one or fill the
scattered blank spaces in his album
with the now obsolete stamps of the
other.
Nearly all of the central powers
OF Europe have of late years be-
come popular among stamp collec-
tors. Danzig, Memel and the Saar
have also had their popularity. But
1t seems doubtful now whether Aus
tria, Czecho-S -Slovakia, Poland and
the places just mentioned will ever
be stamp-issuing countries again.
The great hopes for the future
of stamp collecting seem to lie in
the Western world, and it is here
that the collector cannot only get
his fill but also contribute to that
good fellowship among the West
ern nations that our Government
now is trying to foster"
Belgium may bring out a mourn
Ing stamp in homage to the late
Burgomaster Adolphe Max of Brus-
sells, a civilian hero of the first World
War.
Haughton Sanguinetti, former
stamp editor of the Boston Evening
Transcript, has returned to the
United States from Jamaica, where
during the last year he served as
correspondent for Reuters new serv-
ice and for several American syndi-
Gates.
The 1910 convention of the Ameri-
can Philateic Society will be held
at the Hotel Statler Buffalo, August
IL to l6, with the Buffalo Stamp
Club acting as host and the East
Aurora Philatelic Society and the
Kenmore Philatelic Society Coop
Grating. Daniel M. Cunningham
has been appointed chairman of
the General Arrangements Com
mittee.
Philip Simms Warren enter
tanned the Washington Philatelic
Society, Hotel Mayflower, Wednes-
day evening with an illustrated lee
ture on the Christmas seals of the
past 80 years Selected pages from
his specialized albums were dis
played to illustrate his discussion
of the labels and of the campaign
against tuberculosis, which has been
financed by their sale. Among
those attending were Simpson Yeo-
mans of Kansas City, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. E. Geldhof, Rear Admiral C. H.
T. Lowndes, Col. Charles S. Hamil-
ton, DR.. Fenton Bradford, DR.. AL
bert G. Schwarting, DR.. M. G. Skin
ner, Alvin r. Meissner, Joseph A.
Herbert, Herman Bocorselski, Alex
ander Halperson, John L. Steele, jr.,
B. Jean Raleigh, John r. Ewell and
Mrs. Grace L. MacKnight.
G. w. Bates, Albany, N. Y, has
been elected president of the Postal
Stationery Society, with Robert L.
Chapman, Canton, Ohio, as vice
president; Bernard r. Schaefer,
Chicago, secretary; A. P. Garland.
Canton, Ohio, treasurer, and Theo-
dore Badman, j. M. Bartels, D. D.
Berolzheimer and A. Eugene Michel,
all of New York City, and David
Burr, Gloversville, N. Y, members
OF the Executive Board.
The National Federation of Stamp
Clubs is polling constituent phila-
telic societies to ascertain sentiment
for or against stamp to commence