Evening star., 1942-02-01

1901 as against SIS and $35 in 1912.
Theoretically, if not in actual
fact, 293 different regular postage
stamps were chronicled for the
United States in the 1901 volume;
903 in 1912.
The pioneer issue of the Confed-
crate States-the scent green jeff
erson Davis of l86l-was catalogued
at so cents mint and 40 cents used
in the 1901 market. 1t currently is
rated at $l2 and $6.
Only the first seven stamps Of
Abyssinia were listed in the old
book, but Afghanistan was exten-
sively represented at prices then as
latterly beyond the reach of the
average collector.
Nothing was mentioned for
Aguera, Aitutoki. Alaouites, Albania,
Alexandretta, Algeria, Allenstein
and Andorra in 1901. The Argen-
tine republic, however. was more
literally represented then than 1t is
four decades later.
Specialists in the stamps of Aus
tria might have bought at bargain
rates in 1901. Copies of the earliest
stamp produced for the Vienna
postal authorities could be pur-
chased at IL cents. They are $3.50
today.
Penny blacks of Great Britain,
released May 6, 1910, were adver-
tized at $3.50 mint, II cents used.
Two score years older they are s35
and So. The shilling rose issue OF
1867 was s14 and 6Oc; it now stands
at $40 and So. Examples of the f5
orange of 1882 might be obtained at
$3.50 mint, $3.50 used; they are
priced at $50 and $40 in 1912.
The catholicity of the old book
offers a contrast to the relative
exclusiveness Of the new. In the
former, long lists of printed envel-
opes were reproduced in the latter.
these do not appear.
But gain in ScholarShip-ln
knowledge - concerning stamps Is
manifest. The 1912 volume has
professional aspect which the 1901
book cannot boast. Watermarks,
for instance, are -eXhaustively
treated in the catalogue now in use;
they were dealt with casually IL
years ago.
Yet there is evidence to show that
the ideaism of the earlier editors
was not inferior to that of their sue
cessors. Both volumes contain this
aspiration: "It is hoped that the
information contained in this intro
duction will enable even beginner
to use the catalogue to advantage
and will help him over the many
difficulties which beset him at the
start. and that it will lead him to
study his stamps and thus derive
real benefit and knowledge from
his collection
The original Of the painting by
Francisco Goya Y Lucientes repro
duced in Spain's La Maja Desnuda"
stamps of 1880 is in the Prado Gal
lery in Madrid One of the most
notably famous pictures in the
world, it celebrates the beauty of the
Duchess of Alva, a friend and
patron of the artist.
Stamps of Abyssinia issued be-
tween 1894 and 1881 allegedly were
manufactured at the French govern
ment printing works in Paris.
Four stamps issued in 1900 served
to commemorate the fourth cente-
nary Of the discovery Of Brazil by
Pedro Alvares Cabral, Portuguese
navigator, April %, 1900.
Ignatz Moscicki, third president
of Poland, represented on many of
his countries stamps, was a chemist
and an inventor who, in his youth,
is supposed to have devoted his
genius to the making of bombs for
the destruction of Russian tyrants
The beautiful cameo stamps of
Gambia, 1869-1S98, are discussed by
B. w. H. Poole of Los Angeles in
Meekel's Weekly Stamp News for
January u, 1912.
Cuba's postal tax stamp for 1941,
obligatory on mail during December
and January, Is inscribed PRO
Hospitales Les Infantiles," signify
ing For Children's Hospitals" The
denomination is 1c, brown, and the
design shows a mother holding a
baby up before the Lorraine Cross of
Mercy. Proceeds from the sale 60 to
the Cuban National tuberculosis
Council.
The German authorities in Oc-
cupied Norway have overprinted
current regular postage stamps with
the letter "V" for victory"
Eugene Klein, 212 South Thir-
teenth street, Philadelphia, is pre-
pairing a supplement to his special
lied story of United States Water
way Packetmarks, listing additional
packet markings. He would appre-
ciate the cooperation Of collectors
knowing of packets not included in
the original edition of his book.
Col. Charles S. Hamilton, author
ity on the stamps of Mexico, has
been subscriber to Mekeel's Weekly
Stamp News since 1908, more than
a third Of century.
The so-called "fonopostaP' stamps
of the Argentine Republic were de-
monetized on April l, 1910.
Covers from letters addressed to
Winston Churchill in care of the
White House were permitted to
escape" from the British Embassy
and several faces momentarily are
very red in consequence.
Margaret Kernodle, writing for the
Associated Press Feature Service, re-
ports: "A new set of 72 values has
been issued by the Vichy govern
ment for all the "a French colonies,
$a~ ah n@lA~y, Sv.a 4 l.