Evening star., 1939-11-26

in the postal issues of the
Orange Free State, the Meth
erldndS, British colonies and
the United States. His pref
erenceS recently, he says, haze
been for "old stamps on
coUer." Star Staff Photo.
rate the centenary of the first ad-
hesive postal issue, the Penny Black
of Great Britain, next May.
The San Diego (Cahf) Stamp
Club has proposed a recess" of one
year, during which no new stamps
would be issued by the postal au-
thorities of the United States.
Ernest w. Merrill, Gardner, Mass.
seeks cooperation in an effort to
bring the United States Envelope
Societys check list of envelopes up
to date.
Linn's Weekly Stamp News says:
Memories of the rise in stamp
prices caused by the first World War
have stimulated an increase in
stamp buying and stamp prices
abroad. Stamps came through the
last war with their values little af-
| fected, and seemed more immune
| from wars trends than any other
form of security or investment, con-
sequently many foreigners are put
ting their savings into stamps, hop
ing that they will escape deprecia-
ton which might result in money
itself or property liable to destruc-
ton because it cannot be hidden or
transported to safety. English
stamp dealers are continuing their
business as before; auctions are be-
ing held on schedule and stores re-
main open"
Further delay in the liquidation
of the philatelic estate of Col E. H.
r. Green is indicated, according to
advices from New York. 1t is un-
| derstood that the beneiciaries have
decided to retain the stamps "for
the present"
j. A. Marsden British authority
on the stamps of Portugal, died in
London, August 90. The demise of
John A Agnew. English specialist
on the stamps of China, also has
been reported.
Adolph D. Fennel of Cincinnati,
writing on Trends in Philatelic
Journalism" observes: The art of
collecting, whether it be expressed
in stamps, coins, books or anything
else, is matter of niceties that defy
definition. A real collection exhibits
the collector as well as the objects he
collects. Such a collection cannot
be measured in dollars and cents,
for the collector has added love to
the things he has gathered and his
taste for the art, which all the
money in the world cannot buy. Ex-
pert collecting is like a game. 1t
must have rules and regulations, an
unwritten code of moral standards,
and be a cultural art, not an idle
pastime.
collectors who have followed this
higher collecting art have made
philately the great hobby that it is"
Evans Brock, writing in the Inter-
national Stamp Review for October
%, says: THE miniature sheet racket
continues to flourish ). Congo being
the latest offender, a set of not less
than seven being offered, five for
regular postage and two for airmail.
1t won't be long at that rate before
the goose that lays the golden
philatelic eggs will be killed"
Stamp Collecting, London, says:
Greece, always famous for beau
tiful stamps, recently has authorized
the minister of communications to
give as prizes 1000 sets of postage
stamps at present in use in Greece
to schoolboys who are members of
the National Organization of Youth.
This organization is not unlike the
Boy Scout movement, but is def
nitely sponsored by the government
to arouse patriotic fervor in the
minds of the youth of the country.
Still further to encourage the COL
lecting of stamps with it's attendant
knowledge of geography and history,
the ministry is giving prize of TO-
900 drachma (about 500 at the
present time) in cash to those mem
bers who have the best collections" !"
A radio critic wants to know why
Robert Louis Stevenson was not in
cluded in the Heroes of Peace"
series. He might have complained
with equal justice against neglect Of
Shakespeare, Keats, Shelley, Byron
and a hundred other British men
of letters who do not qualify for
honors as Americans.
Muriel Nissen, writing for the Bell
Syndicate, says: ANY national or
international crisis soon leaves its
mark on the postal paper of the
world. In fact, no commodity, no
institution, reflects such changes
more surely than does the postage
stamp. 1t is inevitable that the
European war will have reverbera-
tions in stampdom, and no one can
hazard even a guess as to how far
reaching they will be. Although 1t
is IS years since the first guns of
the World War were heard, postage