Evening star., 1942-11-29
Among the Stamp Collectors
Nesvs of the Phiaehc World Its Interests and Peoble
By James Waldo Fa,Cceff.

States of America still refuses to
concede any constructive morale
value in such issues. The mystery
of Postmaster General Frank C.
Walkers attitude toward all pro-
posals for new adhesives still re-
mains unsolved.
The postal authorities OF Cuba
have announced an imperforate edi-
ton of PRO Democracia" stamps of
five denominations-1, 2, 5, 10 and
13c. These surplus printings are
Cuban "Farleys," produced as the
result of protests against the circu-
lation of unfinished sheets among a
favored few" including President
Roosevelt.
Precancels now are available from
Avenal, Calf; North Fork, Calf; !;
Roberta, Ga; Mount Zion, ILL.,;
Dougherty, Iowa; Stratford, Iowa
North Castine, Me: Delton, Mich, ;
Chester, Mont: Merna, Nebr.; West
Campton, N H; Pine Plains, NY;
Clarksburg, Ohio; New Lebanon,
Ohio; Shenandoah, Va, and High
bridge, Wis.
Fulton Lewis, jr., is reported to
have announced from Station VOL
the existence of Philippines stamps
overprinted by the Japanese: Con
gratulations on the fall of Bataan." J"
L. n
stamp bearing a portrait of Queen
Elizabeth.
Italy has brought out a post card
for the use of prisoners of war. The
inscription on the face reads: "Poste
Italiane, Carolina Postale per Pri-
gionieri di Guerra, Esente da Tasse
Postal"
An example of the horrors of war
Is story allegedly printed in a Rio
de Janeiro newspaper to the effect
that the NaZi government of Ger
many Is making use of perforated
outline of the flag of Brazil for
espionage purposes" The marking
is supposed to have been applied TO
q 80 pf, Type Ais, German stamp
of 1902 and shows the letter F."
theoretically for "Fuehrer." In actual
fact. the perforation does n;t rep
resent the Brazilian flag. 1t is
German trade symbol, probably
used by steamship company as
long ago as half century before
the present global struggle. School
boy collectors of that period were
familiar with it in mission mixtures
and occasional specimens still are
seen in old albums.
According to the Netherlands IN
formation Bureau, New York, the
Nazi director general Of the Neither
lands Post and Telegraph Depart
ment, w. l.. 2. van de Vegte, in a
recent press conference announced
that the unattractive stamps now
in circulation soon will be replaced
by new. good-looking ones
"Details Of these new stamps have
been smuggled out of the occupied
country. The new stamps. which
will be considerably larger than the
usual type namely, 81 by 28le milli-
meters), were put into circulation on
November l and will be for sale
until February %, l943. The values
are: TIC, red, representing a SOL
dier of the Netherlands Legion
made up Of volunteers for the
NaA armies fighting in Russia,
and 12i2c, blue, same design. Both
stamps were designed by w. j. H.
Mis- and are printed in photo
gravure. As part of the proceeds
are supposed to go toward the sup
port of the soldiers of the Nazi-
inspired Netherlands Legion. the
stamps are sold for l0c and / guilder,
respectively. For the l21sc stamp
the increase. therefore. will be no
less than 800rc of its nominal value
the highest charity increase ever
placed on Dutch stamp
During the stormicst days Of the
New Deal President Roosevelt care
fully preserved for his collection all
such envelopes as came to the White
House with critical or uncomph-
mentaTy addresses. One bears
simply the inscription That Man:
another reads Benedict Arncld H."
The Chicago Sun uses a postal
meter slogan reading The Truth"
thereby raising again the classic
question which PLATE, not testing,
asked the Son of Man A philo-
sophie answer is: Nobody knows.
Adolphe Menjou, the movie star,
has been among purchasers of
stamps from the collection of the
late Col. E. H. R. Green.
Robert B. Patton Of Merchantville,
N. j., has proposed to President
Roosevelt that the 3-cent Hawaii
stamp be reprinted with the word
Remember" reading from top to
bottom in red.
1t, Col. Charles R. Morris. Who de-
VlSed the draft lottery system of
1917 and 1929 and who was stamp
collector and writer Of philatelc
articles, died November 9.
Mai. James c. Avery, command
Ing officer OF the Field Point Sub
Base, Providence, r. l.. is a stamp
collector, with preference for the
classics of Canada.
B. Jean Raleigh. we'll known in
local philatelic circles, is the COM
pller of a 36-page illustrated cata-
logue of paintings. bronzes, glass,
silver brasSes, jewelry, etc. collected
by the late Charles Lee Frank and
scheduled to be sold at auction by
Adam A. Weschler & Son. 9l5 E
street NV, Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Col. E. Albert Aisenstadt, Medical
Corps officer now stationed at Gov
ernors Island N. Y, has purchased
two of the 24-cent airmail inverts of
the Green estate. A hermit COL
lector whose home is at Picher.