Evening star., 1942-07-19
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of Phaec World Its Interests and PeopleReview of
the Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings.
Bv James Waldo FawceH.

President Roosevelt Will not be
obliged to pay District of Columbia
personal property taxes on his stamp
collection. He maintains legal resi-
dence at Hyde Park, N. Y, and
therefore is exempt from local
assessment. The same rule, of
course, applies to other philatelists
who are citizens of ANY State or
Territory and who are taxed
in such State or territory"
Undersecretary of the Treasury
D. w. Bell, in a letter to The Star,
says: Concerning the listing Of
Defense Savings stamps as phila-
telic items, you are advised that
the matter has been reconsidered
bv the Post Office Department and
this department and the objection
heretofore expressed has now been
withdrawn
This means that the Government
of the United States has decided not
to penalize collectors of Defense
and War Savings stamps who pre-
fer saving them to redeeming them.
What next is wanted is a ruling
permitting War Savings stamps to
be used for regular postage.
Clarence P. Hornung, photographer
and designer of books and trade
marks, is a competitor Of Mark
ODea of the Maritime Commission
for the credit of suggesting the
eagle of the Scent wrong-way VIC
tory stamp His friends insist that;
HE did it first"
Clarence w, Brazer, winner OF
this years Eidsness Plate, is break
ing up the collection of essays and
proofs accumulated by the late H.
M. Southgate, including 1875 photo
graphs of unapproved designs for
stamps. 1924 to 1884. His address
is AIS Lexington avenue, New York.
President Roosevelt was asked to
authorize a stamp to be released
at Lidice, Ill, last Sunday, but re-
jected the appeal.
Stuart o, Harrison of Richmond,
stamp dealer and philatelic writer,
Is in the Army now.
Eugene Klein of Philadelphia has
published an attractive 38page
supplement to his United States
Waterway Packetmarks. 1818-1899."
The brochure supplies much addi-
tional data on early ship-carried
mail. 1t is illustrated with many
reproductions of covers, letterheads,
etc.
Persons who manifestly know
nothing about stamp collecting con-
tinue to insist that the philatelic
public in the United States is being
exploited by the Axis countries. No
evidence in support of the charge
is ever offered. The reason seems
obvious. If any attempt to victim
ize American stamp collectors in be-
half of Hitler and his allies actually
were being made, the first people to
know about it and to raise Holy
Hades about it would be-not anony-
nous propagandists in Portugal
but rather-the philatelic writer's of
the United States, the editor of this
column included.
Those skeptics who were sure there
would be no propaganda stamps now
insist that there still are none. They
also quote anonymous officials" to
the. effect that when things are
wrong they actually are right.
Considering that the Post Office
Department once brought out a
baseball stamp, not to mention other
conspicuously unnecessary adhesives,
what would its executives say to the
suggestion that the Battle of the
Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway
Island ought to be commemorated?
Thousands of American dollars. as
expected, are going over the border
to Canada to pay for copies of the
war propaganda sta lnps of the Do
minion-14 of them.
Linn's Weekly Stamp News, Sid
ney, Ohio, reports that Donald w.
Martin of Cleveland is slated for
next president of the American
Philatelic Society"
The likeness of King George ",
according to Philatelic Monthly, has
appeared on 1884 different postage
stamps.
Fritz Billig of Jamaica, NJ Y. edi-
tor of the classic philatelic hand
book which bears his name, was a
visitor in Washington last week.
Brazil will bring out 400-reis
stamp for the Fourth Eucharistic
Congress. to be held at Sac Paulo
September 4 to 7.
Syria and Lebanon, theoretically
liberated by the Free French move
ment, have brought out stamps to
advertise their alleged but unfortu-
nately not yet demonstrated inde-
pendence.
The New York Times suggests
that the real sponsor of the China
stamp is Bruno Shaw, "in charge of
publicity for the Chinese Consulate
in New York"
Judges to award the Ralph A.
Barry Memorial Bowl, given by Col
Hans Lagerloef, will include Arthur
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