Evening star., 1939-09-03
Bv James Waldo Favceff.

war remains to be seen, but stamp
collectors commonly deplore even
so-called localized" conflicts. Covers
from Germany and Poland last week
inevitably will be regarded as frag-
ments of history, yet those who will
treasure them would have preferred a
peaceable solution of the differences
between those countries. Sentiment
in stamp clubs and in the stamp
press has been unanimous in oppo-
sition to fratricidal strife. It is to
be hoped that the political passions
which have brought humanity to the
brink of ruin will not be permitted
to intrude upon hobby which boasts
among its followers people of every
land, race, religion and condition.
Let philately be sanctuary from
the turmoil of the earth in the sad
dest days since 1914-1918.
On Tuesday evening the Post
Office Department announced that
regular fortnightly airmail service
soon will be inaugurated to New
Zealand and return via San Fran
cisco, Honolulu, Canton Island, Nou-
mea in New Caledonia. The termi-
nal specified is Auckland, and rates
are: San Francisco to Noumea, 40
cents per half ounce; San Fran
cisco to Auckland. so cents per half
ounce; Honolulu to Noumea, 20
cents per half ounce; Honolulu to
Auckland, 80 cents per half ounce;
Auckland to Noumea, shilling per
half ounce; Auckland to Honolulu,
shlllings per half ounce, Auckland
to San Francisco, 3 shillings pence
per half ounce
According to the official release,
covers intended for the first fight,
date unsettled, should be prepared
IN the following manner: For San
Francisco to Noumea and Auckland,
senders to afflx stamps and send in
outer envelope to Postmaster, San
Francisco; for Honolulu to Noumea
and Auckland, same procedure to
postmaster, Honolulu, to reach him
not later than September 30; for
Auckland to Noumea, Honolulu and
San Francisco, consignments with
money orders to postmaster, Auck-
land, New Zealand, to connect with
S. S. Monterey sailing from San
Pedro, Calf, September 13.
No facilities exist for transmits
sion of covers to Noumea by steamer.
Postage rates from that point are:
To Auckland, 6.75 francs per 10
grams; to Honolulu, 1915 francs per
10 grams; to San Francisco, 1925
francs per 10 grams.
Cachets will be applied to covers
to San Francisco and Honolulu only
when requested. No special treat
ment is provided for covers dis
patched from San Francisco to
Honolulu or Honolulu to San Fran
cisco.
Auckland and Noumea, it is under
stood, will arrange cachets and back
stamps
Covers may be addressed by the
senders to themselves or other per-
sons in the United States or else
where. They should be marked in
the upper left corner to show points
desired. After the flight, covers
will be delivered to the addresses
in the ordinary mails. No provision
for round-trip covers or covers to
be cancelled at successive points
has been announced.
Readers interested in Canton
Island arrangements are advised to
consult postal clerks for details.
j. Murray Bartels, writing in
Stamps Magazine for September 2,
tells of President Roosevelts exhibit
ton at the Communications Pavilion
at the New York Worlds Fair, as
follows: The exhibit consists of
selected pages from several coun-
tries. Most prominent is Uruguay
showing several pages: The 60c, blue,
No. l, two fine uncancelled copies on
covers; also, several covers with the
subsequent square design issues in
cluding fine biscet No. 16b. Com
plete reconstruction sheets of the
1856 perforated 5, 10 and zoe make
q fine display Of Haiti, there is a
page of 1c, vermillion, imperf about
half unused including pair; also,
a similar page of the &c. The next
frame contains the perforated zoe,
No. 13, including two used blocks of
four. This is followed by a page of
1904, 7c, plum and black, with sew
eral part peri pieces, and a page of
the 1915-1916 surcharges. A display
of Roman States consists of a page
each of Nos. l, and 5 and two neat
covers with strips of 8-bani on white,
No g."
Harry L. Lindquist, 2 West Forty
sixth street, New York City, an
nounces new philateic magazine
to begin publication in October. 1t
will be called The Stamp Specialist,
and contents will include exhaustive
studies on individual issues or spe-
cial countries by qualified experts"
technical articles on difficult varie-
ties, on paper, perforation and gum
on printing processes, on counter
feits and their detection, and upon
methods and equipment for the study
of stamps and compilations of use
full information for reference such
as originally published in the Phila-
telic Almanac and which should be
frequently revised and expanded"
Bruce Wilder Saville, sculptor of
the monument pictured on the q
cent, red and black, Fallen Timbers
commemorative of 1929, died at
Santa Fe, N. Mex. recently.
Judges for the Sepad Exhibition,
Hotel Philadelphian. Philadelphia,
September q to october l, have
been named as follows: Alfred F..
Lichtenstein, Harry L. Lindquist,
Sidney F. Barrett, Emil Bruechig,
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