Evening star., 1941-01-19
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phaec World Its Interests and PeOple-Revew of
the Stamp Press-Lst of Local Meetings
Bv James Waldo Faaccen


President Roosevelt has been re-
sponsible for a greater number Of
new postage stamps than any other
Chief Executive since adhesive
postal labels first were issued by
the United States in 1849. He as
sumed Office on March 4, 1888, and
MS initial commemoratiVe-the g.
cent acknowledgement on April
10 Of the same year. The list thus
begun now includes:
1c and SC Century of Progress
and souvenir sheets of the same;
Sc N. R. A: &c Byrd Antarctic and
souvenir sheets; SC Kosciuszko; &c
Maryland; SC Mothers Day, rotary
and fiat bed: Sc Wisconsin; 1c Ma
tional Parks and souvenir sheets;
&c National Parks; &c National
Parks and souvenir sheets; &c, sc,
&c, 7c, &c, &c and 10c National Parks
and souvenir sheets of last men
toned; Farley reprints Of &c New
burgh, &c Byrd, &c Mothers Day,
SC Wisconsin. 1c to 10c National
Parks, 1c and &c Century of Prog
reSS souvenir sheets, sc Byrd sheets,
1c and &c National Park sheets;
Sc Connecticut; Sc San Diego; &c
Hoover or Boulder Dam; &c MiChi-
gan: Sc Texas; &c Rhode Island;
Sc ConnectiCut-San Diego-Michi-
gan-TeXas TipeX souvenir sheets,
Sc Arkansas; Sc Oregon Territory;
Sc Susan B. Anthony; 1c, &c, &c, &c
and SC Army; 1c. &c, Sc, &c and sc
Navy; &c Northwest Territory; SC
Virginia Dare: Sc Constitution
Sesquicentennial: Sc Hawaii: Sc
Alaska; &c Puerto Rico; SC Virgin
Islands: &c, lc, ll2C, &c, &c, &c, 415c,
sc, Sc. 7c, &c, &c, 10c, lie, l2c, 13c
14c, 15c, 16c, TIC, 18c, 19c. 20c 21c,
22c, 24c, 25c, 30c, SOC. 81. 81 and s.;
Sc Constitution Ratifcation &c
Wilmington, Delaware; &c North
west Territory No. 2; &c Iowa; 1c,
1l2c, &c, Sc, 4c. 412c, SC, &c and 10c,
regular vertical coils; 1c, 112c, &c
and Sc horizontal coils: &c Golden
Gate: Sc New York Worlds Fair:
Sc WaShlngtOn's Inauguration; &c
Baseball; &c Panama Canal: Sc
Printing Tercentenary; Sc North
and South Dakota Montana Wash
ington; 1c &c. Sc. SC and 1Gc Au-
thorS; 1C. &c, SC, sc and 10c Poets;
lc, &c, Sc, SC and l0c Educators;
1c, &c, &c. SC and 10c Scientists;
1c. &c, Sc, SC and 1Oc Musicians {;
1C &c. Sc SC and 10c Painters: 1c,
&c. &c. sc and 1Oc Inventors; Sc Pony
Express; &c Pan-AmeriCan Union;
Sc Emancipation Proclamation.
Also: SOC Graf Zeppelin; &c orange
airmail: 2Oc. 25c and SOC trans
Pacific: &c blue and carmine air.
mail; 30c Atlantic; l6c blue
airmsil special delivery and Farley
reprint; 16c red and blue airmail
special delivery.
Life Magazine at last has discov-
cred stamp collecting. Efforts to
interest the editors at the time Of
the centenary last May failed TO
bring response. but the current issue
of the illustrated weekly contains
three pages of philatelic material.
Stamps" says the headlines, re
fleet events of war The text which
follows explains: Some reflect the
gradual extension of Germany'S S
European domination, the compli-
Gated struggles in the Balkans. To
nhilatelists (Which means literally,
lovers Of tax exemptions), a hand
full of stamps can open and close
the history of a country like Free
Lithuania When country or
province is CONQUERED. the occupying
power commonly overprints its own
stamps with the name of the new