Evening star., 1940-12-15
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phlatec World Its Interests and Pope-Revew Of
The Stamp Press-Lst of Local Meetings
BY James Waldo Fawcett


There is a possibility that a stamp
will be authorized for the third in
auguration of President Roosevelt,
January 20. A complete program of
new issues has been prepared by re-
sponsible officers Of the Post Office
Department, but nothing much can
be done about it until the Nations
No. collector returns from his
Caribbean voyage.
Alison jackson, writing in the
Christmas number of the Kenmore
Kollector, says: This war is only
passing incident in the history of
the British Empire"
The Mutiny Of the Bounty set for
Pitcairn Island, eight values, half
penny to two shillings sixpence, is
selling at $l.40.
Harry l.. Lindquist, publisher of
Stamps Magazine, New York, de-
clares that the sixth American Phil
atelic Congress was undoubtedly
the most successful meeting that
has yet been held" Credit in the
circumstances is due particularly to
Eugene Klein, chairman, and Jere
Hess Barr, secretary treasurer. They
were ably assisted by committee
including all the metropolitan stamp
writer's and several leading dealers.
"The Chinese Orange Mystery"
by Ellery Queen is another detective
story featuring a murder committed
for postage Stamp-a mythical
treaty port error. Its author knows
something about philately, but not
much about the literary use of the
English language. His style is a
crime more intriguing than that
which he attempts to solve.
Rumania has brought out two sets
Of stamps showing portraits of King
Mihai. For regular postal use the
first series includes-1L, purple: 81,
orange: 81, carmine; 10L, claret;
12L, ultramarine; ISL, blue green,
and ISL, green. The second group
are charity issues, for winter relief
IL plus SOL, yellow; 2.50L plus so,
blue, green; 81 plus SOL, purple:
350L plus SOL, red; Al plus IL, dark
brown; 81 plus IL, blue; 14L plus
IL, deep blue.
The Associated Press reports
new French airmail stamp bearing
portrait of the aviator Georges
Guynemer, flying hero of the first
World War.
According to the U. S. c. S. Log
for December, the following names
have been assigned by British naval
authorities to destroyers acquired
from the United States: Belmont,
Beverly, Bradford, Broadwater,
Broadway, Burnham, Burwell, Bux-
ton, Caldwell, Cameron, Cambell-
town, Castleton, Chelsea, Chester
field, Churchill, Clare. Lancaster,
bennington, Leeds, Lewes, Lincoln,
Ludlow, Mansfield, Montgomery,
Newark, Newmarket, Newport, Ram
sey, Reading, Richmond, Ripley,
Rockingham, Salisbury, Sherwood,
Stanley, Wells, Bath, Brighton,
Charlestown, Georgetown, Hamilton,
Roxborough, st. Adams, st. Marys,
Annapolis, Columbia Niagara, st.
Clair, st. Croix and st. Francis.
From New York, it is reported
that the Post Office Department has
consented to gum full sheets of Far
ley reprints of the National Park
stamps submitted for that purpose.
Thus, it is argued, the unique char
acter of the gift imperfs owned by
Secretary of the Interior Ickes will
be Cancelled. But this theory omits
consideration of the fact that the
original editions were impressions
from new plates; also that the inks
employed in making those copies
could not be duplicated months later.
Few collectors have seen the rarities
The others, it would seem, are too
easily satisfied.
An official publicity release from
the information service of the Post
Office Department distributed Fri
ooy ooAo.
using the Washington ID. c.
Post Office as the scene of the first
large-scale test of the use of postage
meter machines in handling parcels
during the Christmas rush period,
postal authorities have installed bat
teries of the latest type omni-de-
nomination meter machines to IA
cilitate the receipt of packages over
the counter from postal patrons dur
ing the holiday period
Eight of the latest type postage
meter machines have been placed
in operation at the main post Office
in the Nations Capital, and an
additional six machines have been
installed in the Benjamin Franklin
substation in the Post Office Depart
ment Building, where the bulk of the
Christmas mail from downtown
washington Is deposited.
Patrons desirous of sending par
GELS from either of these two points