Evening star., 1941-11-23
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phlatec World Its Interests Peop-Revew
the Stamp Press-Lst of Local Meetings
By James Waldo Fa,Oceff.

By James Waldo Fasvcen.
1t is reported from London that
q patent for a new variety of paper
said to be forgery proof has been
issued to Waterlow e. Sons, Ltd, en-
gravers and printers of bank notes
and postage and revenue stamps.
The postal authorities of Fire on
October q brought out 2l2 pence
blue gray commemorative for the
25th anniversary of the Irish re-
bellion of 1916. Victor Brown made
the drawing for the stamps-a COM
position showing a volunteer soldier
standing against the old post Office
IN Dublin. The inscription Signi-
f1es: I'm the name of God and the
dead generations" said to be OPEN
ing phrase of the Sim Fem procla-
nation of revolt.
Monaco has a new regular post
age set of a design resembling that
of the Prince Louis series of 1887.
Denominations are: 40c, red brown:
80c, blue green: l fr., violet red; $50
r., carmine; and $50 frs, blue.
The Union of South Africa has
released 1 shilling stamp showing
two tanks ready for battle. Both
English and Afrikaana inscriptions
are included in the composition.
A New York department store is
arranging to sell 10000 rare and in
teresting Argentine stamps, covers,
essays and proofs. When received,
the collection was mounted in 460
album pages dated from 1867 to 1917.
The original owner was a politician
who, because of his position, could
obtain material not available to the
general public.
China has overprinted 10 stamps
Tor the 30th anniversary of the
founding of the republic in 1911. The
values and colors listed are: 1c,
orange; &c, blue: 24c, olive brown;
28c, olive; also, &c, green; &c, deep
green; 10c, yellow green; 16c, olive;
SOC, carmine; 81 sienna and umber
types of the martyr series of 1882
and the Sun Yat-sen series of 1888.
Mrs. Emily G. Collins, postmaster,
Staffordville. N. j., announces a
cachet for the 10th anniversary of
the establishment of the postal sta
ton there. Send stamped self-ad-
dressed envelopes with l cent for
each marking wanted. Special en-
velope with stamp and cachet 5
cents.
The United States Naval Academy
Stamp Club, composed of members
of the regiment of midshipmen at
Annapolis staged an exhibition of
stamps and covers at Bancroft Hall
recently. Midshipman E. c. White is
president, Midshipman C. w. Gates,
vice president; Midshipman j. l..
Boyd, jr., secretary and treasurer.
Alden H. Whitney, long active in
local philatelic circles, an officer of
both the Washington Philatelic So
ciety and the Collectors Club of
Washington, is retiring from the
stamp business for the duration of
the prevailing national emergency.
He Is returning to the steel manu-
featuring industry in which he was
employed more than 20 years ago.
His store at 402 Twelfth street NV
will be closed and his stock of
stamps, covers and accessories placed
in storage until further notice."
Writing In SCOTS Monthly Jour-
nal, William Bork discusses the evo-
1ution of the American postal syS-
tenn as follows: In 1851 King Will
liam III granted patent to Thomas
Neale for the meager consideration
of 6 shillings and pence whereby
he was empowered to establish a
postal service between the colonies
and to open post Offices in the chief
places. The duration of the patent
was 21 years. Colonial acts deter
mined the postage and appropriated
the money for carriage of public
documents. The line of posts ex-
tended from Portsmouth, N. H., to
Philadelphia. Maryland and Vir-
ginia refused to join in the service.
THE first postal system created
the first postal deficit In the re-
port of Andrew Hamilton, the
American manager of the service,
for 1898, he states that the income
had been 1,457 pounds sterling to
that date and that the expenditures
had been 3,817 pounds sterling.
Subsequent losses on the part
Of the private mail system brought
about the abrogation of Neale's con-
tract in 1707 and the payment to
him of some 5000 pounds to make
up for his losses. Universal rates
were established for the first time
in that year. They were-4l2 pence
for letters carried from New York
to Philadelphia and Is pence for
letters carried between Philadelphia
and Boston.
In ITO the King needed money
to help pay the expenses OF the
War of the Spanish Succession, sc
a new rate-scale was adopted-s
pence from New York to Phila-
delphia and 81 pence from Phila.
delphia to Boston.
From It'll to 1853 no event oI
great interest in the development
of the postal system took place, bu
in the last named year Benjamin
Franklin was appointed deput.
postmaster general with William
Hunter.
Franklin received the appoint
ment of postmaster general of tn
colonies from the Continental Con
gress in ITS. A line of posts wa
established and maintained wit
some sort of regularity from tina
date through the Revolution. TIL
line ran from Falmouth portland,
Me, to Savannah, Ga. In 1882 tn
Continental Congress adopted
scheme of regular rates. but thes
applied only in the interstate mai
STAMPS AND COINS.
Q. S. $500, Nos. 5.3, a5c. Approval
HORACE PAINE,
Westport, Conn.