Evening star., 1940-02-04
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phaec World Its Interests and People-Revew of
The Stamp Press-Ls of Local Meetings
Rv James Waldo Fa,Uceff.

A stamp to mark the 50th ami
yersary Of the admission of Idaho
to the Union and to bear the por-
trait Of the late Senator William E.
Borah of that State may be issued
on July 8.
It is rumored that at least few
perhaps fve-additional Heroes of
Peace" will be honored before the
end of the year. Appeals for stamps
in tribute to Will Rogers, the cow
boy philosopher: Edgar Allan Poe,
poet and romantic short story writ
er; Thomas A. Edison. inventor;
Elihu Root, statesman, and the
Mayo brothers. physicians, continue
to flow into the office Of Postmaster
, General Farley.
The 1c Washington Irving and
the &C James Fenimore Cooper
stamps have been received by col
lectors with acclaim. Experts re.
gard them as beautiful examples OF
the engraver's art. Their colors
also are praised.
Unfortunately the SC Ralph Wal
do Emerson stamp was placed on
sale irregularly at Harrisburg, Pa, on
January % and at Summerville, S. c.,
on February 2. 1t also Is reported
that the Sc Louisa May Alcott issue
was released prematurely in the
South. The violations are being In
vestigated by officers Of the Division
of Stamps. Meanwhile the two
stamps will be released officially to-
morrow-the former at Boston, the
latter at Concord, Mass. Collectors,
it need not be said, recognize only
official cancellations. They are in
vited to cooperate with the postal
authorities by reporting violations.
A stamp to commemorate the CEN
tenary of the first adhesive postage
stamp, May 6, may be announced
during the next few days. The
American Philatelic Society and the
National Federation of Stamp Clubs
have asked for such an issue, and
President Roosevelt is thought to
favor its production.
Letters mailed on the philatelic
exhibition truck, now on tour in
the South, are being poStmarked
with a special cancellation reading
"Post once Department. Philatelic
Exhibition. Mailed on Display Cal" "
Covers bearing a black cachet show
ing the truck in outline also have
been provided.
The Pan-American Union stamp,
to be released in Washington on
April IA, may show the flags of the
81 republics belonging to the union.
If so the design should resemble the
Sc Victory stamp Of 1919.
On January 20 the Sc Oregon,
the Sc Theodore Roosevelt, 12c
Grover Cleveland and SOC Arlington
Amphitheater stamps were removed
from the Philatelic Agency sales list.
First-day sales reports from Tar
rytown, N. Y, January 20, indicate
that 657,337 copies of the Wash
ington Irving 1c stamp were sold
and 17oe6s covers Cancelled. The
figures for the James Fenimore
Cooper &c issue, released at Coopers-
town, N. Y, the same day, are:
284,324 stamps and 154,8 1886 covers.
Sales in Washington, January 30,
amounted to 1912 Irving stamps
and 1854 Cooper stamps-5,922
covers bearing the former, 1859 the
!. latter.
Data on the portraits for the
Educators series of the Heroes of
Peace" stamps have been announced
as follows: 1c, Horace Mann,
reproduction of photograph by
Perry Pictures, furnished by the
Library of Congress; &c, Mark
Hopkins, photograph Of engraving
by H. B. Halls Sons, New York, from
Library of Congress; c, Charles
w. Eliot, photograph published in
Current History, January, 1915, from
Washington Public Library; Sc,
Frances E. Willard, reproduction Of
photograph by Perry Pictures, from
Washington Public Library, and 10c,
Booker T. Washington, photograph
by Harris & Ewing.
William A. Roach designed all flve
compositions. The portrait of Mann
was engraved by William o. Marks,
Hopkins by Leo G. Kaufman, Eliot
by Gilroy Roberts, Miss Willard by
James r. Lowe and Washington by
Charles A. Brooks. Carl T. Arlt did
the frames and James T. Vail and
William B. Wells the lettering.
Writing in the National Stamp
News for February 5, Charles A.
Kenny, editor and publisher, says:
"The shocking death of that emf
nent British journalist, Fred j. Mel
vile, who passed away in his London
home on January IL, is mourned by
the countless number Of friends he
had in every part of the world,
most Of whom knew him only by his
by-line and his prolific writings.
However, only his intimate
friends were aware Of the fact that
Mr.. Melville at the time Of his
death possessed perhaps the finest
philatehc library in the stamp-col-
lecting world. This was his special
ty throughout his colorful stamp
collecting and journalistic career.
"Mr. Melville's library was not
confined to literature Of the stamps
Of England or the empire but was
representation of philateic writings
from every section Of the world
But little published material of q
philatelic nature failed to find its
way into his volumnious library.
"With Mr.. Melville now far re-
moved from his hobby, we wonder
what will become of his treasured
Library. Truly 1t is more valuable
than the price 1t will fetch if sold
at public auction.
zone suggestion has been offered
namely, that efforts be made tc
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