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off of the covers. Furthermore, it
may turn out that the stamps are
more valuable on cover than off.
Properly identify the stamps so
that you can recognize them as
your property.
Send them to reliable dealer
for appraisal"
To discover dealers who are re-
liable, Miss Kernodle might have
added. is less difficult than perhaps
would be supposed.
Clifford C. Presnall, 5315 EarlSton
drive, Westgate. Md, desires TO cor
respond with advanced collectors of
stamp covers.
The Philadelphia exhibition truck
will be in Wisconsin and Minnesota
during August.
Dedication of the worlds first air
port bank, a branch of the Empire
Trust Co. in the administration
building at La Guardia Field, on or
about August Is, will be commemo-
rated in a souvenir cachet to be
applied gratis.
Send airmail stamped envelopes,
self addressed and ready to go, fully
prepaid, in care Cachet Director,
Empire Trust Co., 120 Broadway,
New York.
Attractive labels in four different
colors have been prepared for the
annual convention Of the Universal
Ship Cancellation Society, August
% to 81. Sets are available to col
lectors from Everett Wallster, Box
444. Boston Mass. Send self
addressed, stamped envelope and 10
cents for each series wanted.
The Providence (R. II Sunday
Journal, July 13, said: From Paris
come reports of heavy investing in
stamps by non-collectors as well as
by collectors. Reason: Under Nazl
occupation stamps are more stable
than national currency.
Another sign of the times IS the
frequency of stamp auctions in the
New York area. Unusually high
prices are being realized, especially
for foreign items"
j. M. Bartels of New York, vet
eran stamp dealer, recently cele-
brated his 10th birthday annlver-
sary. He is a native Of Warrenton,
Va, born July IS, 1871.
Maxwell Gilman, jr, writing IN
Stamps Magazine. New York, de-
clareS: The few attempts to coun-
terfeit United States stamps may be
attributed to the finely executed
line engraving process used to pro-
duce them. Engravers spend from
about $50 to 200 hours in preparing
the die. The easiest method of
counterfeiting such an intricate de-
sign is by photographing the original
stamp and printing from an offset
plate. But the fine details of the
engraving are lost in this process
and the offset often appears quite
crude
The Republic of Haiti has issued
two f1amboyant commemorative"
to advertize the Third Inter-Amer-
lean Congress of the Caribbees, held
at Port au Prince. A modernist1c
view of the Statue of Liberty with
rosette of the flags of the % ma
tions of the New World. Values
and colors: 1Oc, deep carmine; Csc,
deep blue.
Panama has three new alrmail
stamps of design resembling type
AP5-5s, light blue; rs, carmine rose;
| &c, gray.
Leland L. Howard of Peoria, Ill,
reports a stamp program broadcast
from Quito, Ecuador, Saturday aft
ernoons at 635 Eastern standard
time. The frequency is 12,640 kc,
between II and 13 on the short
wave band.
Franklin R. Bruins, stamp editor
of the New York Sun, said that 370
sacks of mail were lost in the S. S.
Robin Moor. sunk in the South At
lantic, May 81.
The Union of South Africa is said
to be bringing out a series OF eight
stamps emblematic of current war
activities.
To raise money for maternity
fund, Paraguay announces a charity
stamp-7p plus 3p, four different
colors.
The university commemorative OF
Costa Rica are to be issued IN two
groups. For regular postage: sc,
green; 1Oc, yellow; 15c. red; Csc,
blue; SOC brown. For airport: 15s,
red: 3Oc, blue; 40c, orange; Soc,
green; 1-col, violet; 2-col, black;
5-col, brown.
-Four new airmail stamps for the
Philippine Commonwealth show a
Moro vinta Sailing vesseD and
Clipper plane. Denominations are:
&c, carmine rose; 20c, ultramarlne;
60c, green; 1P, brown.
Add to the list of distinguished
American stamp collectors the
names of Rev. Father F. A. Seitert,
pastor of st. Francis Xavier Church,
Spalding, Mich; Prof. August A. De
Bard, jr., instructor at Keuka Col
lege. Keuka Park. N. Y, and DR..
Robert Lowell Wood, physician,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The StSte of Massachusetts, is
using slogan postal meters for
propaganda purposes. Among the
markings are: Massachusetts Ideal
Industrial State Massachusetts