Evening star., 1942-11-01
Among the Stamp, Collectors
Bv James Waldo Favcen.

been 1nhuenced against the accom-
mediation of the philatelic public
by former official of the Pos
ONCE Department who, allegedly
disapproved Of the Philatelic Agency
This explanation, of course, may
be false, but there can be no ques-
ton about the prevailing slump ir
the morale of the Division o1
Stamps. Never before have people
IN that branch of the postal system
been so discouraged and disheart-
ened.
1t is suggested that the Agency
may be closed shortly. If that should
happen, the effect upon stamp COL
lecting would be cataclysmic.
Elmer c. Pratt, writing in the
Camden Courier-Post, says: BE.
cause the single-engine planes usec
by American Aviation, Inc, are o1
no use to the War Department
these planes, developed for pickup
mail service. now will be used or
extensive pickup routes in &c
States to help give better airmail
service, reduced greatly by the use
Of mail planes by the Army"
1mperforate sheets of so-called
For Democracy" stamps are being
referred to "the Farley issues" OF
Cuba.
Camp Ritchie, Md, has been des-
ignated an independent post office.
Gordon Bergquist and Herbert
FIGHTER, apprentice picture en-
gravers in the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, have joined the Army.
The current Scent steel blue air
post stamp Of Canada Is an excel
lent example of what a truly beau
tiful postal adhesive ought to be.
Most of the first spitfire issue of
the Cameroons was lost at sea en-
route to the Free French headquar-
ters in London.
Fabulous prices are being asked
for copies of recent wartime airman
stamps of the French Levant, Leb-
anon. St. Pierre and Miquelon,
Paraguay and Syria.
Die proofs of the 24-cent carmine
and blue airmail stamps of the
United States, 1918, are priced at
$3.50 each.
Sanabria's Air Post Catalogue for
1e43 will be published January II.
A specialized collection of Fin
land and many old European covers
will be sold at auction by Friedl
Co.. 2 West Forty-seventh street,
New York City, November 18. Cata-
logue on application.
The Division of Dead Letters and
Dead Parcel Post announces an auc-
ton sale of 1873 lots of coins, stamps
and covers to be conducted eXclu-
sively by postal employees at the
Thomson School, Twelfth and L
streets NV, Tuesday evening, No
vember 10.
Daniel F. Kelleher of Boston an
nounces that the third part of the
philatelic property of the late Col.
E. H. r. Green, when sold at auc-
ton, October II, brought $22,350.
This was 20 per cent more than ap-
praised.
Volume II of the 1943 edition Of
SCOTS Standard Postage Stamp
Catalogue has been published, but
copies are few and difficult to OBJ
Tain. The contents include the list
tngs Of all European countries and
their colonies and the nations of
Asia and Africa outside the British
Empire.
A well-known New York phila-
telist, soon to enter the service of
his country, has asked the Smith
sonian Institution to serve as Gus
todian of his collection.
Ensign D. S. Haverbeck, U. S. N,
has been elected president of the
recently organized Russian Amer
lean Philatelic Society, New York
City.
A carefully planned history of the
Army postal service Is being COM
piled by experts.
Jean Hersholt, the 'Dr. Christian"
of the movies and the radio, de-
clares: Stamp collecting, in my
opinion, Is one of the finest arts"
The American Airmail Society
now has % chapters.
George Palmer Putnam has en-
listed in the Army, and the re-
mainder Of the covers carried by his
wife, the late Amelia Earhart, and
held by him have been placed with
an agent for sale.
Censorship of domestic mail has
been instituted in Great Britain.
Letters from Liverpool especially
are being examined, the reason for
such precaution not disclosed.