Evening star., 1942-02-01
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phatec World Its Interests and PeopeRevew of
the Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings.
Bv James Waldo Fa,Oce

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ization. The text of his letter II
the head Of the postal system ran
Don't you think it would be 6
graceful and deserved tribute II
our service men in the armed force.
If the Post Office Department wert
to issue new series of stamps ir
honor of each branch? The Army
the Navy and the Marines are fight.
ing against great odds in the Pa
cific, and with the help of united
Nation they will achieve victory fol
democracy.
"As a representative of a State
whose boys have participated ir
every Pacific conflict during this
war I know that there is a growing
feeling throughout the country that
the heroic defenders of Wake Island
should be so honored, and that the
glorious resistance of Macarthur
army in the Philippines should be
recognized. 1t would be difficult
perhaps, and impractical to issue a
stamp for each such incident, but
I think that the Post Office Depart
ment would strike a most popular
and patriotic chord if it we're to
issue stamps to honor the Marines
the Army, the Navy, infantry, en-
gineers, flyers. tank corps, ground
crews, submarine crews and other
divisions of the armed services
which will readily suggest them
selves.
Il do not need to point out to
you that the issuance of such a
series would afford an opportunity
to patriotic citizens to make con-
tributions to the war effort without
interest and without obligation of
repayment. Not only would stamp
collectors all over the country well
come such an issue, but I am sure
the country as whole would re-
joice at the opportunity of using
such stamps"
An official Post Office Department
release, dated January %, says:
THE Inauguration of airmail serv-
ice to Monrovia, Liberia, on F. A.
M. route %, Miami to Leopoldville,
Belgian Congo, is scheduled by the
eastbound plane to leave Miami
February 7 and the westbound
plane to leave Leopoldville Febru-
ary 13 and Monrovia February IA,
1912. The usual philatelic treat
ment will be given covers that may
be carried each way between Miami
and Monrovia and between San
Juan, Puerto Rico, and Monrovia.
Covers should not be sealed and
not contain correspondence
ANY covers to be mailed at Mi
ami and San Juan should be sent
in outer envelopes addressed to the
postmasters and marked first flight
covers in time to reach those Of
fees not later than February 5
and should be prepaid with postage
at the rate of so cents per half
ounce. The only opportunity to
send covers to Monrovia for the
return flight appears to be by air
mail on the eastbound flight leav-
ing Miami February 7. Consign-
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addressed to the postmaster at
Monrovia, Liberia, and marked
prominently first flight covers.
Any consignment so sent should be
accompanied with a bank draft for
purchase Of Liberian postage at the
rate of so cents per half ounce"
A proposal for overprinting cur
rent postage stamps with the slogan
Remember Pearl Harbor" has been
met by the suggestion that the
sooner the American people forget
the disaster of December 7 and get
on with the winning of the war the
better 1t will be. A parrot-like
repetition of the adapted cliche of
1898 is unworthy of an intelligent
community.
Al Burns, writing in his Stamp
News for December s, reports: "A
favorite trick of the fsrger is to
take low denomination staEsps of
the British colonies using key anu
duty plates and, by discharging the
ink from the value tablet having
blank space to insert the desired
high denomination necessary to
make it worth lot of money. This
comparatively simple operation turns
a 1/2d green Nevis stamp Of 1882,
cataloging IS cents, into the Sd Nevis
stamp of the same issue, catalog-
ting $780,"
An easy and convenient way to
estimate the progress of philately
since the beginning OF the 10th CEN
tury is that Of comparing Scott's
Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue
for 1912 with the same work as pub
lished In 1901.
The newer edition sells for six
times the price Of the older.
Every postage stamp that has
ever been issued by any government
in the world supposedly was in
cluded in the 1901 volume while
only stamps recognized" by the
editors-that is, stamps that have
met their critical requirements
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A total of $50 single-size pages
Of text and illustrations appeared
In the catalogue of Al years ago:
1913 double sized pages in that now
current.
Pictures of United States stamps
were prohibited in 1901: they are
permitted by law in 1912.
The listing Of the Scent red
brown or blush Benjamin Franklin
issue of 1847 (type AID was $12
1913 double-Sized pages in that now
unused, 81 used, according to 1901
appraisal; the same item is ap-
praised at $40 unused, $40 used
now.
Specimens of the IS black Colum-
bian Exposition commemorative of
1893 could be had at $6 unused, $3.50
used in 1901 as against sos and $45
respectively in 1912, and the 50
Trans Mississippi 1898 orange
brown was reported at 50 and 50 in
STAMPS AND COINS.
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