Evening star., 1942-03-22

Leland Junior High School.
it must be kept on permanent pub
lie display.
DR.. Alexander Wetmore, assistant
secretary of the institution, said on
Friday: I'VE simply do not have
the facilities required by Mr.. De
! Long"
! Mail from ships sunk by the
Japanese raiders at Pearl Harbor
is reported to have been salvaged
and delivered.
The final figure realized from the
sale of the Edward S. Knapp collec-
ton is announced as $130,189.35.
Walter T. Poppenger, rs South
High street, Akron, Ohio, has pub
lished a series of 10 patriotic covers,
one of which commentaries Capt.
Colin P. Kelly, jr.
Karl Crowley, former solicitor of
the Post Office Department. now is
developing comprehensive spe-
cialized collection of the stamps of
Norway.
! Philately is fortunate in being
spared the indignity of having Co
ordinator" appointed for it in the
boondoggling program of the Hale
An,oriro hropoh IF n n
New slogan postal meters read:
Help Speed Victory" I'VE Can Do
It; We Will Do It. For Victory Buy
United States Savings Bonds" and
Keep En- Flying"
The death of Mrs. Eveleen w.
Severn, following shortly after that
of William w. JeWett. may result in
the sale of Mekeel's Weekly Stamp
News. Negotiations are reported to
be proceeding.
A Lallier album. containing stamps
issued prior to 1875, brought s11 500
when sold by H. R. Harmer, Inc,
New York, recently.
Collectors are advised to watch
for covers from American soldiers
now in Australia. Also for envelopes
mailed by their comrades in arms in
China, Burma, Eritrea. Iraq. North
ern Ireland, Great Britain and else
where.
Probably the finest collection of
the stamps of Lithuania in existence
is owned by DR.. John A. Buchness
OF Baltimore. a member of the
Washington Philatelic Society. 1t
is complete in recognized issues and
also contains many unofficial"
emissions.
The current stamps of China are
being printed at Chungking. 1t is
understood that new plates of some
varieties have been prepared.
Boys Town Times for March 13
contains reproduction of photo
graph showing David Perez, Leo
Bowers, Harlan Kopack and Charles
Rizzo, preparing stamps and covers
for exhibition at the Sun Festival
Stamp Show at Los Angeles.
War creates confusion. For ex-
ample, a publicity release concern
ing the eighth American Philatelic
Congress-, mailed in an envelope
bearing the corner card of the
American Philatelic Society and a
3-cent postal meter indicia ad-
vertising the New Haven Railroad,
has been received.
The last stamp issued for the
Netherlands East Indies is s.
gulden Queen Wilhelmina portrait
adhesive which may prove to be
one of the authentic rarities of
modern origin.
A society of collectors of the
postal issues of France and colonies
has been organized under the lead
fership of DR.. A. j. C. Vaurie, S
East Fifty-third street, New York
City.
Phllp II. Ward, Jr., careful STU
dent of history as we'll as of stamps,
insists that the late King George v
of Great Britain never was known
as Prince of Wales; but the late
Charles J. Phillips, who was his
majesty's philatelic adviser, refers
to him by that title on page LOG of
Stamp Collecting" published in
1886.
Stamps salvaged from ships sunk
at Pearl Harbor and returned to the
Post Office Department for redemp-
ton are reported to have been de-
stroyed by official order. They might
have been sold to the advantage of
approved war charities or even to
raise funds for the building of a
bomber for use over the naval sta
tions of Japan.
When the Earl of Crawford died,
January 81, 1918, the following
stipulation was found in his will:
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