Evening star., 1940-08-04

AoCo AuAoC VAC QOCSC1Ol. WHY IlUJ,
with all this plethora Of stamp is
sues, do something for the bachelor?
The spinsters can point with pride
to list OF great members-Susan
B. Anthony, Jane Addams and so
on. But let 1t not be forgotten that
there have also been notable bache-
lors and that, moreover, the bache-
lors have been prosecuted much
more severely throughout history
than the spinsters.
"The single woman may have to
endure certain gibes; in Athens they
tortured and Knocked the bachelor;
in Rome they refused to let him de-
liver orations and (or) lead armies;
In France they taxed him outrag-
eously, and all over the world he has
been made to suffer spiteful and cost
ly penalties. Even the name bach
elor' is corruption of the Latin
'baccalarius.' which meant q lonely
cowherd. And yet the list Of dis
tinguished bachelors is long. It
ranges from Herbert Spencer to the
late Jacob Rupert: from Descartes,
the believer In universal skepticism,
to our own George Jean Nathan;
from Voltaire to the effervescent
Alexander Woollcott; from Beau
Brummell to the popular Creighton
Webb, dean of New York society
bachelors; from the homely, stoop-
shoulder philosopher Leibnitz to
one David Nipple, who won the
grand championship at the Cook
County Gll) Fair in 1885 with a
superb glass of blackberry jam; from
John Locke to King William II of
England who died of an arrow in
jury suffered while hunting in the
New Forest Not to mention Leslie
Hore Belisha, former Secretary of
State for War in Great Britain, who
did not marry because he was too
fussy about his food. AT this
point there will be a moment of
silence to denote the presence In
the list of Adolf Hitler.
Nevertheless, the bachelors, by
and large, have done we'll and de-
serve something more than everlast-
ing obloquy. A stamp for them
seems little enough"
j. Edward Vining, vice president
OF the Society of Philatelic Amer
leans, will be the principal speaker
on the Calling All Stamp Collec-
tors" radio program. Red Network,
N B. c. Station WRC, Saturday,
August 81, at 1915 am, E. S. T.
Eugene Klein will sell the F. w.
Pickard collection of United States
classics at the American Philatelic
Society convention, Hotel Statler,
Buffalo, Wednesday evening, August
"A. Included in the list are many
varieties of the 90c Lincoln 1869,
dollar blocks of the Columbian
commemorative of 1893, miscel-
laneous 1847, 1857, 1861, 1862, 1867,
1903 imperforates; 1915 Kansas City
roulettes, 1925 Morse Americans,
1880 Graf Zeppelins. Copies of the
catalogue may be had by applying
to the auctioneer at 212 South Thir-
teenth street, Philadelphia, Pa.
H. r. Billson, searching the files
Of The Star, has found in the issue
for August %, 1861, the following
advertisement relating to de-
monetized postal stationery: Post
ONCE, Georgetown, D. C. Notice Is
hereby given to all persons having
envelopes of the old issue that they
will be received In exchange for
those of the new style, if presented
to this Office within six days of this
date, after which time they will not
be received in payment of postage
on letters. Henry Addison, P. M"
The Star for September 10. 1861,
Mr.. Billson discovered, carried
another statement from the same
postal authority, reading: POST
Once, Georgetown. D. c. Notice is
hereby given that all persons having
IN their possession postage stamps
Of the old issue can exchange the
same for stamps of the new issue
for six days from this date, and not
after that time"
Colombia Republic is bringing out
a new regular postage series, de-
scribed as follows: 1c, green, por-
trait OF the Liberator; &c, red,
petroleras: Sc, brown, cafe sauve;
&c, red, tabaco: 10c, minas de orc;
l5c, blue. escuda de Colombia; zoe,
gray, Christopher Columbus; lp,
gray, Sucre; 5p, red, cruz roja.
Linn's Weekly Stamp News is
advocating the publication of a
philatelic guide book.
To mark the centenary Of the
Penny Black of Great Britain, the
postal authorities of Sweden brought
out pamphlet entitled de Forsta
Friamarkena," signifying THE First
Postage Stamp" An exhibition Of
specimens donated by Hans Lager
loef OF New York was opened at the
postal museum in Stockholm on
May 6 and special cancellation
was provided for the centennial
date.
New members of the Washington
Philatelic Society are: E. E. Brown,
1900 E street NV; Mrs. Thomas
Wren. l740 r street NV: Don r.
Heath, Groose Point Park. Mich,
William w. Stringer, 200 Uniof.
street. York, Pa, and Robert Clas,
Baltimore, Md.
Stamp meetings for the week ars
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at 8-Wood.
bridge Stamp Club, 2206 Rhode
Island avenue NE. Bourse and
auction.
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors
Club OF Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth street NV. Pro.
gram. exhibition and ho1lrse