Evening star., 1942-08-02

By James waldo FaUcPff,
There still is time for the Atlantic
Charter stamp, If President Roose-
welt wants it.
One of the finest private collec-
tons Of autographed letters in
private hands in America is the &C
cumulation brought together by the
late Brig. Gen. Culver C. Sniffen,
U. S. A., and now owned by his
widow. resident of the District of
Columbia. Communications bearing
the signatures of George Washing
ton, Abraham Lincoln, U. S. Grant,
Andrew johnson, James A. Garfield,
Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin
Harrison, Grover Cleveland, Theo-
dore Roosevelt, William Howard
Taft, Gen. William T. Sherman
Horace Greeley, Walt Whitman,
Mark Twain, Joseph Jefferson, Ade-
lima Patti and other celebrated char
acters are included. Many of the
manuscripts bear postal indicia.
It has been noticed and favorably
remarked upon that the recent
stamps of Canada are conservative
in their artistic character. No con-
cession to prevailing fashion, it
seems, was intended by the sponsors.
They have rebuked esthetic anarchy
by inference. and they merit ap-
probation for their wise discrim-
ination.
Russia has brought out a new 50k
stamp bearing the inscription: I'm
answer to the call of the Great
Leader of Peoples, Comrade Stain,
the sons of the Soviet Land are join
ing the ranks of the Peoples Volun-
teer Army"
Germany marked recent DAY
Of Heroes" with IL plus 38 pig,
dark blue stamp showing a soldier
with his gaze lifted upward.
In celebration Of the 15Oth ami
Versary Of the founding of the Ma
tional Museum in Stockholm, Swe-
den has produced two portrait
stamps. One shows King Gustavus
III, the other Karl Gustaf Tessin,
his tutor from 1747 to l756. Values
are 20 and 40 ore, respectively.
The stamps manufactured by
Mexico to publicize the second Inter
American Agriculture Conference
are modernistic in design, but less so
than many other recent issues of
other governments.
Eugene Klein, 2l2 South Thir-
teenth street. Philadelphia, has pub
1iShed an attractive illustrated cata-
logue for his 18th auction, foreign
and domestic, Saturday, August %.
The Providence Sunday journal
says: Regardless of what the estate
Of the late Col E. H. r. Greene
realizes from the sale of his accum-
mutation Of stamps, philately in gen.
eral will benefit to an incalculable
extent from the publicity given to
the forthcoming auctions"
Richard Mop. Cabeen, philatelic
editor of the Chicago Tribune,
writes: THE Government at last is
preparing to exploit collectors in
two Of the most popular hobbies
Personal property tax forms recently
distributed In the Nations Capital
call for estimates of the true value
Of all stamps and coins held by
residents Of the District of Columbia.
This Is the opening wedge for a
drive on the stamp collectors and
Will be eagerly seized upon by tax
assessors in other places, for new
sources of tax income have been
scarce in recent years. The adoption
Of this principle in such States as
New York. California, Florida, Penn
sylvania, Massachusetts, and Illinois
would be q serious if not fatal blow
TO high-grade collecting, and its
effect would be most noticeable in
the public stamp auctions where all
sales data could be made available
to the tax assessors"
Charles Kohen, proprietor of the
Hobby Shop, is chairman of the
War Bond Committee of the Amer
ican Legion in the District of Co.
lumbia. He is past commander of
both the Vincent B. Costello Post
and the Cooley Mccullough Post.
There will be an auction of un-
claimed articles at the City Post
Once, Thursday, but no philatelic
property of any sort is included in
the list OF lots to be sold. A special
auction of stamps and covers is
scheduled for later in the year, at
which time catalogues will be issued.
Precancel stamps now are avail
able from: Alfalfa, Ala; Western
Grove, Ark; California Hot Springs,
Calf; Rivera, Calf; Mystic, Conn;
Mulberry, Ind; Bison, Kans,; Kipp,
Kans.; Auburn, Mich; Washington,
Miss; Rivermines, Mo-; Laurens,
N. Y; Almond, N. D.: Delaware
Water Gap, Pa; jamestown, R. l.;
Germantown, Tenn, and Randolph,
Tex.
Walter Kaner has been appointed
New York correspondent of Mekeels
Weekly Stamp News.
Recent postal meter slogans in
clude two quotations from Gen.
Douglas MacArthur-"This is a big
Job for all of us" and I'VE are ad-
vancing from now on" Also the
phrases: Speed Up for Victory"
Buy War Bonds and Then Buy War
Bonds" and For Victory Buy War
Bonds and Stamps"
An Ohio man has been arrested
for defrauding stamp dealers. His
method was to order stamps, inclos-
ing with his want list in each case
q check properly made out but not
signed. The recipient promptly for
varded the stamps requested ano
returned the check for signature
But the desired autograph never was
Forthcoming. The faker simply kept
the stamps he feloniously acquired
and let the dealers whistle. At last
however, as might be expected, Pos
Once Department inspectors caugh
up with him.