Evening star., 1941-11-09

COrQlng 10 tIlc ulolilule, "iheli ooy''
foreign stamps will be used wherever
possible.
Each cover will bear reproduc-
ton of a painting of the original
clipper ship for which the new
ship was named. '''
proceeds from sales Of the covers
will 60 for welfare work of the in
stitute, especially for shipwercked
and torpedoed British crews. Col
lectors are accommodated at 10
cents per cover. Send money or
ders or wrapped coins with names
and addresses.
The Swiss Pro Juventute stamps
for 194l will include: SC plus sc, |
green, portrait of Johann Kaspar |
Lavater, philosopher; 10c plus IS,
brown and mauve, young girl OF
Schaffhausen with tower OF Munot
in background; zoe plus SC, red and
chamois, young girl of Obwald with
chapel of Flueli; 30c plus 10c, blue,
portrait of Daniel Jeanrichard,
founder of matchmaking industry.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Richmond, Va, yesterday reported:
POSTMASTER Fergus McRee an
nounced that 2,20O migratory bird
hunting stamps have been sold since
they went on sale last Saturday.
This years design features two
ducks and eight ducklings on a
pond.
only 1870 duck stamps were
sold in the State of Virginia dur
ing the entire calendar year of 1s40,'
the postmaster said.
Richard Mop. Cabeen, philatelic
editor of the Chicago Tribune,
writes: Much of the fun and in
terest in stamp collecting is found
| in the sidelines which are developed
as the collecting goes on. Almost
every one who collects has some
albums filled with things which are
not a part of an ordinary stamp
collection. Covers are an example,
for the time will surely come to
every collector when he will obtain
something on the original envelope
which he desires to keep in that
form. and after the first cover has
been kept 1t will be easy to save
others.
Perhaps his interest becomes his
torical and even stampless covers
will be included to show how well
mail was treated before stamps were
invented. Such covers show post
marks and rate marks, but nothing
which can be classed as stamp,
and yet they are very popular
among present-day stamp collectors
This sideline may be divided into
MANY branches, such as territorial
postmarks, early straight line marks
etc.
Since most of this material
passed through the post before en-
velopes were invented and consisted
of a large letter sheet folded to
about envelope size and sealed with
a wafer, the letters themselves have
been preserved. Very often a col
lector turns up something of prime
+ historical value and there Is nc
r question but that it pays to read al
r the letters carefully
, New tax legislation necessitates
the printing of 50 new revenue
stamps. The "use' tax on motor
= vehicles, going into effect Februar!
i /, will require adhesive labels o.
y recognition of payment in the de-
r nominations: 42c, 84c, SIPS, $1.67
:, s2.O9, $3.50, 1922, 1894, 1878, SALT
: s4.59 and S..
Wine taxes call for stamps in tn
values: &c, Ac. 12c. 1c, &c, &c, 3l2c
e &c, SC, &c, 7c. &c. &c, 1oc, 12c, l4e
II 15c, 16c, 1910, 24c, 28c. 30c, 32t
o 4Oc, TIC, 80c, 84c, 90c, s120, $1.5(
d s1,68, $2.40, So, 81, IS, $40, $40, $5'
500 and 5000.
Undoubtedly some Treasury De
" partment lawyer solemnly will an
~ nounce that 1t is illegal to collec
such labels-but he will be mistake
IA and it will be a pleasure to tell hi
, so. as on previous occasions not "
! forgotten.
The city of Santa Barbara, Cali
has brought out 16 scenic post'
,e labels, designed by Henry Raven
, croft. Sets may be obtained at
cents per series from Poster Staml
20 publishing Co., 2445 South Dame
= avenue, Chicago.
Theodore E. Steinway OF Ne
- York is discussing stamps on ST.
ton WQXR each Tuesday evenin
~ between and 9 o'clock.
China's system of writing, IT
said. was invented by q dragon
,e. "lung," who communicated 1t to t
4, Emperor Flu Hsi. This remarkat
Y. creature-with the head OF cam
S the eyes of rabbit, the horns OF
deer, the ears Of a COW. the neck
a snake, the scales OF carp, 7
y, stomach Of q frog, the paws OF