Evening star., 1943-06-20
By James Waldo Favceff.

way, but no details are forthcoming.
Portugal Is developing q new
series Of regular postage issues
showing an ancient caravel with
flags against background of stars.
The scent Polish conquered"
nations stamp will go on sale in
Washington and Chicago on Tues
day morning at 8 o'clock.
Because Of the new production
program now going into effect and
also because of consistent agitation
in behalf of its continuance, the
Philatelic Agency again is safe from
destruction at the hands of unsym-
pathetic officials in the alleged in
terest of economy.
Lionel Barrymore, radios whim-
sical Mayor of the Town" and Jean
Hersholt, the one and only screen
and radio DIR. Christian" of Rivers
End, both are stamp collectors.
A soldier on his way back to camp
in Georgia and a sailor en- route to
an Atlantic port in Virginia met by
accident in Union Station, each with
five hours to kill. What did they
talk about? The war? No, food,
girls-and stamp collecting.
Chambers Book Of Days" ex-
plains the philosophy of cheap post
age as follows: Rowland Hill saw
that, although considerable reduc-
ton of postage might and ought to
be made, even if the change rested
there, yet, that, if he could cheaper
the cost to the post Office. the re-
duction to the public could be car
ried very much further, without
entailing on the revenue any ulti-
mate loss of serious amount. He
therefore addressed himself to the
Simpllfcation of the various proc
esses. If, instead of charging ac-
cording to the number of sheets or
scraps of paper, weight should be
fixed, below which a letter, what
ever might be its contents, should
only bear a single charge, much
trouble to the office would be spared,
while an unjust mode of taxation
would be abolished. For, certainly,
a double letter did not impose dou-
Die cost nor a treble letter three
fold cost upon the post office. But,
II the alteration had rested there,
great source of labor to the office
would have remained, because post
age would still boyo haa,, ,,,ras+l
upon each letter in proportion to
the distance it had to travel. -.
But when Rowland Hill had. by his
investigation, ascertained that the
olHerence between the cost of tran.
sit and the other was an insipnif.
cant fraction of a farthing. it be-
came obvious that it was a nearer
approximation to perfect Justice to
pass over this petty inequality than
to tax 1t even to the amount of the
smallest coin of the realm. =. All
that could be done for lesseninp
the cost attendant on delivering the
letters from house to house was
10 devise some plan of prepayment
which should be acceptable to the
public. Hence the adhesive postage
stamp-and the worlds most pon-
ular hobby"
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul D. Weeks, pro-
prletors of a popular stamp shop at
l4l0 H street NV, have announced
That they are disposing of their
business and preparing to leave
washington. The explanation is
that Mr.. Weeks, long an instructor
at Langley Junior High School, has
been appointed to a teaching posi-
tion in st. Petersburg, Fla.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
tuesday evening at S-Collectors'
Club of Washington, Thomson
School. Twelfth street NV, Busi-
ness meeting and auction.
Tuesday evening at 8-East WASH
lngton Stamp Club, Eastern High
School. East Capitol street.
wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
lngton Philatelic Society, Lee Sher.
atom Hotel, Fifteenth street NV.
Program.