Evening star., 1942-01-25
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Patec World Its Interests and PeopeRevew of
the Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings.
By James Waldo Fa,Ocef.

sidered for Interpretation in the de-
signs include washington Crossing
the Delaware" ''The Bombardment
of Fort McHenry," Capture of Cha
pultepec,' THE Monitor and the
Merrimac," High Tide at Gettys-
burg" Rough Riders at San Juan
Hill" Dewey at Manila Bay" Bat
tie of Belleau Wood" Battle of
Chateau Thierry," Defense of Wake
Island" "Lt. Kelly Sinks the Ha-
runa," at. Bulkeley at Subic Bay"
and Gen. Macarthur at Corregi-
dor"
Collectors approving the plan go
invited to communicate with Depu-
ty Third Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Roy M. North.
Treasury Department press re-
leases dealing with stamp collecting
hereafter will be checked by a rep
resentative of the philatelic public
before being distributed. This con-
cession has been granted by Charles
Schwarz, director of public rela-
tions, as one result of widespread
criticism of the circulation of un-
proven charges that Axis postal pa
per to the value of $20,000,00 was
being marketed in the United
States.
A scheme for the building of 5000
public schools is to be financed by
ST 70 OF q
stamps authorized by the govern
ment of the Dominican Republic.
Philippine stamps, including even
the long-neglected Aguinaldo issues
of 1899,' are headed Skyward in the
philatelic market.
Oflcials of the Post Office De-
partment are reported to look with
disfavor upon a proposal for a series
of stamps to raise funds "for the
building and construction of addi-
tional defense units for the United
States Navy" 1t is pointed out
that no citizen need wait for the
manufacture of set of semi-postal
adhesives in order to contribute to
the naval establishment. He can
buy Defense bonds or Defense
stamps already available.
Margaret Kernodle, writing for
the Associated Press Feature Serv-
ice, says: "One Of the three Pacific
war fronts, the Malay Peninsula,
furnishes good news for collectors
by sending two new stamps to this
country.
Actually the stamps-from Pc
rak and Pahang-are not new in
design or value, but they are new
In color. They were printed in
London and are reported to have
reached the colonies just before the
Japanese invasion.
'~The Perak stamp, bearing a pic
ture of the Sultan Iskandar, was
green In the old issue and is orange
in the &c Just arrived. The Pahang
&c formerly appeared in gray and
now is red with a picture Of Sultan
Bakar."
Elmer C. Pratt, editor of the
News Bulletin of the Association OF
South Jersey Stamp Clubs, declares:
with all this turmoil, upset condt-
ton, talk and work, we collectors
are lust a little better of than many
others, for we have our stamps
to help us to keep our bal
ance. This Is just where our stamp
clubs, stamp exhibitions and stamp
friends fit in and help us to carry
the job along with lighter heart"
War conditions have made 1t
necessary to cancel first-voyage COW
ers planned for the new ships OF
the United States Lines and the
American South African Line. Col
lectors who had sent money for
these souvenir envelopes are re-
quested to permit it to be turned
over to the welfare fund of the
Seamen's Church Institute, but
those who wish their remittances
returned will be accommodated if
they will send stamped, self-ad-
dressed envelopes to the Cover
Agency, Is South street, New York
City, not later than February %.
A commemorative has been re-
uuested for the 400th anniversary
Of the discovery OF California.
Designs for Free France stamps
for st. Pierre and Miquelon have
been submitted to Admiral Muselier
by H. F. Warner, an English sig
naler serving on the submarine
Surcouf.
Representative Sol Bloom of New
York, who sponsored the George
Washington bicentenary and Con-
stitution sesquicentenary stamps of
1882 and 1887, now wants another
series of propaganda adhesives. His
purpose on the present occasion is
to gain publicity for the 450th an
of Christopher Columbus
first voyage to America in 1892.
The Stock Exchange Philatelic
SOC1Cty, IL w dll otlSCIy AVG" L Va
City, will sponsor two-color print
ed cachet cover to mark the 150th
of the New York Stock
on May IT, Readers in
terested are asked to send names,
addresses and 10 cents for each en-
velope wanted Profits, if any, will
be assigned to the Red Cross.
Vance Holden, secretary of the
Garfield-Perry Stamp Club of Cleve-
land, died January 5. He had been
a collector of the postal issues of
France and Of the United States
and was widely known for his con-
structive service to philatelic Or
ganizations Of every useful sort.
George w. Linn, editor and pub
Usher OF Linns Weekly Stamp
News, Columbus, Ohio, remarks that
the original v for Victory stamp
was the SC baseball sticker issued
by Postmaster General James A.
Farley in 1899. Sure enough, there
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