Evening star., 1939-03-12
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Bv James Waldo Fapcen.

American Philatelist, discusses
philatelic writing in the March
issue of his magazine. Genuine
original research he says, lis ex-
tremely rare and of course of the
greatest possible value" Next in
Importance, according to his judg-
ment, is compiling from various
other writings bits of information
on a given subject and organizing
them into one logical. coherent
treatise on the subject"
But Mr.. Kimble has little pa
tience with "rehashing cata-
logue," which lis all too common
and consists of merely copying cat
alogue listings, putting them into
pleasant words, adding a few il
lustrations and claiming to have
written a real check list on the sub
ject."
The full measure of his scorn,
however, Mr. Kimble reserves for
pseudo philatelic articles on the
story behind the stamp" OF these
he complains: This class of writ
ing has certain vogue and is
harmless and, perhaps, rather en-
tertaining, but it presents nothing
of reference value. Nine times out
of ten it is merely copied from
some standard encyclopedia, with a
few phrases changed to give it an
original touch. Philately. or any
thing whatever about stamps, is
notably absent from these stories
They have nothing to do with
stamps; they are merely stories of
pictures. Only occasionally are such
articles so closely tied in with the
stamps that they become of real
value to the stamp collector"
All of which suggests that Mr..
Kimble may be more difficult to
please than the average intelli-
gent reader of philatelic literature.
Even his own book on the COM
States does not measure up to
the arbitrary standards he has set.
Guatemala netted a profit of
$36,500 from the sale of miniature
sheets adorned with portraits of
George Washington and Franklin
D. Roosevelt.
Afghanistan has released stamp
In tribute to Pierre and Marie
Curie. The color is light blue, the
value 15pu and proceeds presum-
ably are to be devoted to the cam
paign against cancer.
When Postmaster General Far
lev said that no other country ever
had issued baseball stamp he for
got about the Philippines, Colombia
and Panama. But if he wishes he
still may be first with a stamp for
African golf.
The New York Times omnipotent-
ly declares: There is no basis for
published reports that the Post
Office Department. philatelic truck
will not be placed in operation. Men,
bers of the House Appropriations
Committee jumped on an allowance
of S6.500 for three men to man the
vehicle for year. but the Post
Office Department will now go to the
Senate for the money and expects to
get it. and it is expected that the
truck will be ready before April l."
Ernest G. Jarvis, president of the
Kenmore Stamp Co.. has appealed to
President Roosevelt for a stamp to
symbolic Anglo-American friend
ship, to be issued when King George
VI anad Queen Elizabeth visit the
United States.
The late William Carlos Stone was
editor of the American Philatelist,
partment editor of the Dominion
Philatelist. published at Peter
borough Ontario, Canada, in 1892
His career as stamp Journalist con-
tinued up to the day of his death
on February % last.
Stamp Magazine in 1892, declared:
"Many nations have honored upon
their stamps warriors, statesmen and
discoverers, but what one has ever
paid homage to those of its sons
having most enduring fame, its
poets, philosophers and historians?
After all, literary fame is most last
Ing. and the influence of the English
race will be longest perpetuated, not
through Washington or yelling
ton, nor through stephenson or a
Morse, but by Shakespeare and a
Milton"
Congress has authorized the Post
Office Department to send three
official representatives to London
to attend the celebration of the
centenary of the Penny Black next
year.
According to the bulletin of the
Collectors Club, love letters in
Venezuela are transmitted at half
the ordinary postal rate.
The stamp department of Gimbel
Bros, New York, Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh, has issued special
album for the new presidential
stamps of the United States. 1t
Is profusely illustrated and con-
tains spaces for single copies and
blocks of four TO each denomina-
ton.
Pope Plus XII already has been
accorded philatelic honors. Brazil in
1884 brought out two stamps show
Ing statue of Christ and inscribed
with the name of Cardinal Pacelli
The values are: 300r, dark red, and
700r, ultramarine.
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