Evening star., 1942-03-01
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News the Phaec World Its Interests People-Revew
the Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings
By James Waldo Fawceft.

Senator Joseph G. OMahoney's
proposal for a set Of patriotic
stamps has been indorsed by Rich
ard Mop. Cabeen, philatelic editor
Of the Chicago Tribune, who says
that such a series would find in
slant favor with collectors who
have had little to work on during
the past year."
The formal presentation of the
Ralph A. Barry Memorial Bowl to
Franklin r. Bruins, jr., stamp editor
of the New York Sun, took place
at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Febru-
ary 6, when Col. Hans Lagerlolf
donor of the trophy, was host to a
luncheon group which included, be-
sides the recipient, Mrs. Barry and
her daughter Katherine and the
philatelic writer's of all the New
York newspapers participating in
the contest.
George B. Sloane, writing in
Stamps Magazine for February 81,
suggests that post Office stocks Of
stamps in the Philippines were de-
stroyed before "Hirohito's Shiny
mongrels" arrived.
Ben s. Blue, manager Of the Up
town Stamp Co., during seven years
has gone into business for himself
at 40 West Forty-second street,
New York City. His first catalogue
will be ready in few days and he
has offered to send copies to WASH
ington collectors who signify their
interest by letter.
Mexico has released six stamps
for the fourth centenary of the
founding of the city of Guadalajara.
The official list includes: &c, brown
and blue, monument; Sc, black and
red, entrance to government palace;
10c, orange and blue, cathedral;
2Oc, green and black, zapopan
Temple, and 40c, olive green and
bright green, Temple of Santuare;
1p, purple and brown violet, coat
of arms and inscriptions.
n lcItCl 1lOiil tClliOi w. A1OAASAAe'AA,
general agent for the Home Life In
surance Co. of New York, Shore
ham Building, reads as follows:
I'VE have just paid a death claim
for 1925, and while the amount obvi:
ously is small, it actually represents
the worth of a stamp that was noted
on the envelope of an old policy
issued by this company in 1878.
Last month, Washington
matron granted her domestic servant
the privilege of going through a
collection of old papers and accumu-
lated correspondence. The maid was
a stamp collector and she thought
that some of the old envelopes might
have stamps of significant interest
or worth. One of the envelopes con-
tanned a Home Life Insurance policy
that had been issued to the father
of her employer in 1878. Later, the
policy holder lapsed his premiums,
and under the terms of the con-
tracts provisions, the contract re-
verted to paid-up insurance.
THE policy holder died in 1888 at
the ripe old age of 90 and, appar-
emily, immediate members of the
family had forgotten all about the
existence of the policy, and it re-
manned for the maid to discover it
while looking for a stamp.
''The policy was submitted to the
company. which realized at once the
fact that it had a value Of S225 in
its paid-up insurance, and the check
has since been issued.
Life insurance, you know, is con-
siderably over a hundred years old
in America, and doubtless there are
many old policies in musty trunks or
dusty attics, which, besides being
stamped in an interesting manner,
probably have a very tangible finan-
cial value also to today's genera
ton"
Plans for the annual convention
of the Society of Philatelic Amer
leans, to be held at the Detroit-Le-
land Hotel, Detroit, August 19 to %,
inclusive, are being developed by a
committee, headed by Horace F.
Hartwell
The New York Times reports six
stamps, recently issued by Croatia,
formerly part of Yugoslavia. Values,
colors and designs are given as
050k, blue, waterfall with view of
the city of Jajce; 150k, yellow
green, Zelenjak River; Ok, red,
Zagreb Cathedral; SIX, black brown,
arch bridge in Konjic; TX, orange,
river scene in Slavonija; 10k, plum,
waterfall at Plitvice.
Hungary has released three stamps
bearing the portrait of the Regent
Horthy, said to be resigning his Of
flee to his son. The denominations
are-1p, green; Up, brown; 5p,
purple.
The March number of the Cosmo-
politan Magazine contains an ar
ticle on stamp collecting by former
Postmaster General James A. Farley.
A growing storm of criticism has
been developing around the collect
ing of quantities of stamps for the
alleged extraction of dies in the in
terest of a British wartime charity.
Linn's Weekly Stamp News con-
demns the scheme as a hoax and
Mekeers Weekly Stamp News is
equally critical.
Maj. Charles c. Gill writes from
Honolulu that few if any stamp
collections were lost in the bomb
ings in Hawaiig December 7. The
Atherton collection, he says, is well
placed and safe"
James Lindgren, jr., Flushing,
Long Island, N. Y, collects the
stamps of "lost countries" 1t is to
be hoped that he soon may add at
least three more to his list.
The Normandie is a wreck, but
STAMPS AND COINS.
VICTORY PACKET FREE-IncIudes stamps
from TanExnyika - Borneo - Animal -
Scarce Babyhead - Coronation = Early
Victorian-Airmail-Ma Stamps-with
Big Catalogue-an free-send Sc for post