Evening star., 1939-12-17
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phatec World Its and PeopeRev
the Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings
By James Waldo Fa,vceff.

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Sc, philatelic and numismatic edi-
tor of the New York Herald Tribune,
died at his home, 1929 162d street,
Flushing, Long Island, Sunday, De-
cember 10. He had been i'll for six
months, but continued his work
until only few weeks ago.
Mr.. Barry was native of Dover,
Ohio, born November 30, 1888. An
honor student, he graduated from
Princeton University in 1906. The
following year he entered the en-
ploy of the New York Central Rail-
road as a construction engineer.
Later, from 1914 to 1888, he was
associated with the engineering firm
of Jobson- Clifford Co., as chief en-
gineer, engaged in monumental con-
struction.
A stamp enthusiast from boyhood,
he joined the staff of the Herald
Tribune Immediately after his re-
tirement from professional prac-
tice. His articles on the historical
significance of hundreds of differ
ent stamps won him large public
following and the respect of con-
temporary philatelic journalists. He
was member of the Royal Phila-
telic Society of London, the Amer
lean Philatelic Society and the Col
lectors Club of New York; served as
president of the Masonic Stamp
Club and member of the council
of the American Philatelic Con-
gress; participated in the National
Stamp Conference held in WASH
ington in 1886 and was unanimously
named Dean of American Phila-
telic Writers" at the Fifth American
Philatelic Congress, Atlantic City,
November 26.
Mr.. Barry is survived by his widow,
a daughter Kathryn and son AL
fred. Funeral services were held
at Trenton, N. j., Tuesday.
Accepting the suggestion of COL
lectors who desired that first-day
sales of the Heroes of Peace"
stamps should be scattered as wide
ly as possible over the calendar as
we'll as over the map" Postmaster
General James A. Farley on We'd
nesday announced release dates as
follows:
Authors-1c. Washington Irving,
Tarrytown, N. Y, and &c, James Fen
nimore Cooper, Cooperstown. N Y
January 29 Sc. Ralph Waldo Emer-
son, Boston, Mass, and SC, Louisa
May Alcott, Concord, Mass, Febru-
ary 5; 1Oc, Samuel L. Clemens mark
Twain, Hannibal, Mo-, February 49,
Poets-1c, Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow, Portland, Me-, and &c,
John Greenleaf Whittier. Haverhill,
Mass, February 16; Sc, James Rus
sell Lowell, Cambridge, Mass, and
&c. Walt Whitman, Camden, N. j.,
February 20; 1oc, James Whitcomb
Riley, Greenfield, Ind, February "a.
Educators-1c, Horace Mann, Bos
ton, Mass, and &c, Mark Hopkins,
Williamstown, Mass, March IA; Sc,
Charles w. Eliot, Cambridge, Mass,
and SC, Francis E. Willard, Evanston,
Ill, March %; 10c, Booker T. Wash
ington, Tuskegee Institute, Ala,
April 7.
Scientists-1c, John James Audit
bon, st. Francisville, La, and &c,
DR.. Crawford w. Long, Jefferson,
Ga, April 8; SC. Luther Burbank,
Santa Rosa, Calf, and SC, DR.. Wal
ter Reed, Washington, D. c., April
IT; 10c, Jane Adams, Chicago, Ill,
April Is.
Compensate, Stephen Collins
Foster, Bardstown, KY, and &c, John
Philip Sousa, May 8; SC, Victor Her
bert, New York City, and Sc, Edward
A. MacDowell, Peterborough, N. H.,
not New York City as previously in
dicated, May 10; and 10c, Ethel
bert Nevin, Pittsburgh, Pa, June 10
Artistic, Gilbert Charles Stuart,
Narragansett, R. l.. and &c, James
Abbot McNeill Whistler, Lowell
Mass, September 5; &c, Augustus
Saint -Gaudens, New York City, and
&c, Daniel Chester French, Stock
bridge. Mass, September 16, and 10c
Frederic Remington, Canton, N. Y.
September 30.
Inventors-1c, Eli Whitney, Sa-
vannah, Ga, and &c, Samuel F. B
Morse. New York City, October 7;
SC, Cyrus H. Mccormick, Lexington
Va. and Sc, Elias Howe, Spencer
Mass, October IA, and 1Oc, Alex
ander Graham Bell, Boston, Mass.
October %.
The colors stipulated for the diff
ferent values are: 1c, green; &C.
red; Sc, purple; Sc, blue, and 10c,
brown or sepia.
Mr.. Farley explained: collectors
are advised that in order to receive
the official first-day postmark cov-
ers must bear postage at the first
class rate, whether sealed or un-
sealed, and allowance must be made
for three 1-cent stamps on each
cover of the 1c denomination and
for &c stamps on each cover of the
&c denomination, except those ad-
dressed for local delivery on which
2-cent postage will suffice.
''It is requested that covers for
the various sets not be forwarded
to the respective first-day sale offices
IN advance of 80 days prior to the
date of f1rst-day SALE"
The Heroes of Peace" series first
was proposed by the late Michael
L. Eidsness, jr., former superintend-
ent of the Division of Stamps II
was Endorsed by many philatelic or
ganizations and by large number
of individual collectors, approved by
President Roosevelt (who also speci.
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