Evening star., 1941-10-26
Bv James Waldo Fasccen.

BY James ~ Ut0O F0aCCeH.
The Post Office Department an
nounced on Thursday that first
flight covers to Suva, Fiji Islands,
F. A. M. route 10, San Francisco
west, could not be carried on the
plane which left october 10, for
the reason that authorization for
the change had not been received
by the carrier" 1t is expected that
the covers may be transported on
flight due to leave october 80. "Ad-
ditional covers will be accepted until
October 49,
Raymond o. Smith was the de-
signer Of the most beautiful stamp
OF the United States"-the 81, black,
trans Mississippi commemorative OF
1893. The original painting, a work
by j. Mac Whittier, an English artist,
was engraved by Charles o. Murray
from copy lent by Mrs. c. B. john
son.
Mr.. Smith adapted The VAN
guard as it has been called, to his
purposes under the name, Cattle IN
q Storm"
Marcus w. Baldwin engraved the
stamp plate, central motif and
frame. while Douglas S. Ronaldson
executed the lettering and numerals.
The 1912 edition of Scott's Cata-
logue of United States Stamps Spe-
cialized, edited by Hugh M. Clark,
was released on Monday last. 1t is
undoubtedly the classic" work on
the postal paper of our country. A
rough idea of its encyclopedia
character is suggested by the fact
that it runs to 498 large pages of
text and illustrations. The table
Of contents includes in alphabetical
arrangement: Air post envelopes, air
post stamps, booklet panes, Canal
Zone issues. carriers stamps, Christ
mas seals, coil stamps, Confederate
States, Cuba, die and plate proofs,
encased postage stamps, envelopes,
first-day covers, Guam, imperforate
postage, international reply cou-
pons, local stamps, local hand
stamped covers, newspaper and pc
riodical stamps, Offices in China, Off
cial stamps, parcel post stamps,
Philippines, Puerto Rico, postage
currency, postage due stamps, postal
cards, postal savings stamps, post
masters PROFESSIONALS, post Office
seals, private perforations, proofs,
registration stamps, revenue stamps,
special delivery, telegraph stamps,
trial color proofs.
Mr.. Clark explains in foreWord
that he recognizes three grades or
classes of stamps so far as ''condi-
ton" is concerned-gems, some
thing priced for beauty, perfection,
etc, especially when small or brief;
choice, that which is preferable;
standard, that which is established
by authority, custom or general con-
sent as a model or example" The
definitions are from the lexicogra-
pher, Noah Webster.
Mrs. Velma M Swartz of Houston,
Tex, having designed commemora-
tive covers for other famous events,
recently rose to the demands of the
occasion when she broke an ankle in
a fall. Friends in Washington have
received from her attractive en-
velopes bearing a sketch of the
scene of the misadventure, Main
street and Capitol avenue, Texas
Largest City," September 4, l941.
Hamilton A. Hooper. philatelic
editor, Baltimore Sun, writes: In
1847 an Irishman by the name of
Archer, wishing to separate some
stamps and being unable to locate
a pair of shears, hit upon the idea
of punching a series of holes in the
spaces between the stamps, thus
making it easy to tear them apart.
Soon it dawned upon him that this
idea might foreshadow a profitable
invention-namely, a machine for
punching these holes in regular
series or lines. After many trials
and disappointments, he at last
succeeded in perfecting a machine
for 'perforating' stamps. This de-
vice was sold to the British govern
ment for 100000. The first per-
forate stamps we're sold in England
In 1854. Three years later the
United States adopted the same
method"
Sweden at last IS paying phlla-
telic homage to st. Bridget, one
of the truly great women of the
Middle Ages, founder of the Order
of the Holy Savior, sometimes
called "the Bridgettines." Two
stamps bearing her portrait have
been issued at Stockholm. They
are: 15-ore, brown; 1.20-kroner,
red-purple.
Released for publication on Thurs
day last, the following announce
ment is important because of its
bearing on untruthful advertising in
the stamp trade:
Dealing in stamps and philatellc
supplies. Philip Goldstein, trading as
Wildwood Stamp Co., 1882 Coney
Island avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y, en-
tered into a stipulation with the
Federal Trade Commission to cease
certain representations in the sale
Of his products.
According to the stipulation, the
respondent advertised Big Stamp
Outfit in publications read princl-
pally by children and used the state
ment free with dandy approvals
and big lists This representation,
the stipulation continues, is mislead-
ing in that persons, particularly
children, not familiar with the word
'approvals.' as used by stamp dealers
generally, have been caused to be-
lieve that such 'approvals' are in
cluded free with the Big Stamp
Outfit and big lists as advertised
and many of such readers do not
understand that such 'approvals' are
to be returned if not paid for.
"Under his stipulation, the re-
Spondent agrees to desist from mail
ing or otherwise distributing appro-
val sheets of stamps or other mer-
chandise to persons who have not
requested them, and at the same
time or later representing or i'm
plying that the recipient is under
contract legally enforceable either to
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