Evening star., 1940-07-28

AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phatec World Its Interests and PeopeReviev
The Stamp Press-Lst of Local Meetings
By James Waldo Fa,uceff.

william A. Roach, Bureau OF
Engraving and. Printing designer,
is the creator of the five stamps OF
the artists group of the Heroes Of
Peace series. The engravers are:
Carl T. Arlt, frames; James T. Vail
and William B. Wells, lettering;
William o. Marks, portrait of Gill
bert Stuart; Matthew D. Fenton,
portraits of James Abbot McNeill
Whistler and Augustus Saint
Gaudens; James r. Lowe, potrait
of Daniel Chester French; and
Harry R. Rollins, portrait of Fred
eric Remington.
Source material is described as
follows: 1c, Stuart, photograph of
engraving by A. B. Durand from
miniature by Sarah Goodrich in
book entitled National Portraits"
volume l, published by Robert E.
Peterson & Co., Philadelphia, 1852,
copy in Engraving Division Library,
Bureau of Engraving and Printing;
&c, Whistler, reproduction of photo
graph from distinguished Amer
ican Artists" compiled by Nath-
aniel Pousette-Dart and published
by Frederick A. Stokes Co., New
York, book obtained from Corcoran
Gallery of Art: &c. Saint Gaudens,
from photograph lent by Washing
ton Public Library; SC, French, from
photograph submitted by subjects
daughter; and 10c, Remington, from
photograph by Davis and Sanford,
Pearson's Magazine, October, 1907
obtained from Corcoran Gallery
First-day sales figures for the
3-cent Wyoming stamp at Chey-
enne, July 10, have been announced
as 325 1892 copies with 156,709 covers
Cancelled.
For the annual blue ribbon horse
race held at Hamburg. June 80,
Germany brought out a Is plus 100
pfennig ultramarine semi-postal.
The design shows mounted rider
in uniform taking hurdle.
Recent printings of the ordinary
postage issues of Spain omit the
legend at the lower edge.
The exhibition staged in connec-
ton with the annual convention of
the American Philatelic Society,
Hotel Statler. Buffalo, Monday to
Friday, August IL to l6, will bring
together rare stamps and covers
lent by DR.. Carroll Chase, Hans
Lagerloef, DR.. Clarence w. Herman,
L. D. Shoemaker, Michael Miller.
Sol Glass. J. Edward Vining, Frank
lin R. Bruins, jr., Mrs. Louise S.
Davis, c. Albert PERI Ray E. Nor
rison, Tilgham " Morgan, Burleigh
E. Jacobs, I'd; Albert w. Hooking,
Schwarz II, Albert w. Hooking,
Frank D. Collins, and L. H. Bark
hausen.
Hungary announces five semi
postal commemorative to mark the
500th anniversary of the birth of
King Matthias Hunyadi, who ruled
from 1853 to 1890.
To celebrate the visit of Emperor
Pu-Yi to Japan, Manchukuo issued
two stamps, described as 2-fen, red
violet, and 4-fen, bright green,
identic design, showing naval flag
with storks.
Whether or not the absorption of
Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia by
Soviet Russia will mean the disap-
pearance of these independent ma
tlons from the list Of stamp-issuing
countries remains to be learned.
Horace N. Soper, a director of
Universal Postal Frankers, Ltd =,
London, is the author of a hand
some illustrated brochure entitled
"A History of the Postmarking of
Mail in Great Britain, l661-l939 ,
Regarding recent indicia the author
says: In 1897 appeared the Bicker-
dyke machine of the Canadian
Postal Supply Co. and in 1898 the
Boston model of the American Pos
tai Machines Co. These were the
first machines to be driven by elec-
trical power. Letters were dropped
into slot and fed automatically
to the printing position at a speed
of $50 pieces per minute.
In 1902 the Hey-Dolphin and
Colombia companies Of the United
States both submitted high-speed
canceling machines with relative
speeds of 500 and 600 pieces per
minute. Twenty Colombia ma
chimes were purchased (by Great
Britain in 1907 Separation was
poor and the misses averaged
per cent. This latter machine had
vacuum device which sucked the
letters into position against the
rubber feed roller and so on past
the printing member.
I'm 1905. 20 Norwegian Krag ma
chimes were purchased (by the Brit
ish postal authorities). They were
of the continuous impression type
and without any counting mechan-
ism. Much back marking of the
covers occurred, but they operated