Evening star., 1941-12-07
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phaec World Its Interests and Peope-Revew of
the Stamp Press-Ls of Local Meetings
By James Waldo Fawceff.

By James Waldo Fawcen.
Postal officials categorically deny
that letters for Japan are being
censored by authorities Of the Post
Office Department. 1t is conceded
that parcel post packages probably
are being examined, but If so the
work is not being done by postal
inspectors.
Who owns the letters found by
Mr.. and Mrs. James Heugh in their
Philadelphia home as reported in
The Star on Friday? The answer
to the question may have to be de-
cided by the courts. Probably stolen
80 years ago, the three bags of COR
respondence are to be brought to
Washington and it has been sug-
gested that every effort will be
made to deliver the mail
All Of the persons to whom the
letters were addressed. of course,
have long been dead. The problem
Of locating their legitimate heirs
would be too complicated for prac-
teal solution.
Meanwhile, the Government does
not own the mail. 1t is obvious that
the Post Office Department never
actually possesses any letters. The
postal service transmits mail. 1t
does not acquire title to any CORE
spondence committed to its care,
AS to whether or not the three
pouches thought to have been stolen
in 1852 may be claimed by their
finders will have to be decided by
judicial process. They did not
purchase the hidden letters when
they bought the house in which they
discovered them. Postal inspectors
seized the whole treasure trove" as
soon as they were informed of it.
Concerning the value of the
stamps involved, nothing can be
said with assurance until they have
been examined by experts.
Yves NJ Tryon. well-known in
Washington philatelic circles, was a
newspaper editor and publisher in
Oklahoma before he was old enough
10 vote.
The Washington Philatelic Society
will have no meetings from Decem-
Der II to January Z.
In anticipation of Christmas
mailings, the Post ONCE Depart
ment has distributed $4,000 900
stamps to 43s06 postmasters of all
classes throughout the country.
Friends to the number OF 300
gathered at testimonial dinner for
Harvey L. Lindquist, editor and
publisher of Stamps Magazine, Hotel
Biltmore, New York City, Friday
evening
Rather than permit the colonial
possessions of France in the Western
Hemisphere to pass into Axis hands,
the United States almost certainly
will seize them. Such development,
of course, would have philatelic con-
notations, and American collectors
already are beginning to be inter-
ested in the stamps of French Gul-
ana and the islands of Martinique,
Guadelope, St. Pierre and MiQuelon.
all in allegiance TO Marshal Petaln's
government with headquarters at
Vichy.
The annual winter help" semi
postals Of Germany, produced by
rotogravure process, are authentic
works of art. Included in the set
are: 3 plus 7 pfg, brown, Marburg
Town Hall; s plus 8 pfg., violet,
lake and mountain at Veldes IN
Carinthia: IL plus 13 pfg., brick red,
gate at Pettau in Steiermark, and
25 plus Is pfg., blue, mountains OF
Triglau in Carinthia.
Stamps sold in the National Patri-
otic Auction, Royal York Hotel,
Toronto, recently, included set OF
six Bahamas adhesives on letter
head of the Governors house auto
sraphed by the Duke of Windsor.
The price bid and paid was $3.50.
The Post Office Department has
announced that the 16c, 18c, l9c, 20c
and 2lc denominations of the regu-
lar (PresidentiaD series OF postage
stamps will be available with elec-
tric-eye perfOrations beginning jan
uary T. and the 22c, 24c, 25c, 30c and
Soc values Of the same varieties on
and after January %.
Brazil is bringing out six stamps
for the fifth Spanish american
Postal Congress. The designs fea-
ture buildings in half a dozen cities,
as follows: 20or, Montevideo; 400r,
Buenos Aires: l,20Or, Mexico City;
2,0OOr, Madrid; 5,ooOr, Panama City,
and 10o0Or, Rio de Janeiro.
Ruben Dario, national poet, will be
honored in series of stamps is
sued by the postal authorities of
Nicaragua. Denominations listed
are: 1Oc, red, regular postage; zoe,
violet; 35c, green; 40c, yellow, and
60c, blue.
Curacao, still loyal to the legiti-
mate government of the Neither
lands, has produced a set OF seven
values, each stamp bearing por-
trait of Queen Wilhelmina-6c. pur-
Pile; 12iac, green; zoe, orange; 21c,
gray; Csc, red; 27i2, brown; 3Oc, yell
low brown.
The stamps of Surinam, Dutch
Guiana, are being printed on blot
ting paper TO absorb dampness.
Thousands Of letters mailed by
Americans to cities and towns in
Europe recently have been returned
to the senders with covers Endorsed:
Service Suspended" Labels of
British, German, Italian, French
and Egyptian censors are reported
applied.
The German military authorities
have printed stamps for the Channel
Islands, including Jersey. Guernsey,
Alderney and Great and Little Sark.
Geographically French and politi-
cally English, the isles never before
have had postal paper, and the