Evening star., 1943-01-31
Among the Stamp Collectors
Neovs of the Phatec World, Its Interests and People

-eSfS and PeObie
Richard H. Hart. Capt. Stanley r.
Przygocki and Capt Edwin Reed.
Fifty-six different denominations
of Federal wine tax stamps now are
in circulation. OF this number Is
are new-3a4, 7i7, l1A, 20. 4S. so,
60 9oc. 81, $3.50, sl,92, So, $3.50, s6
and sl2.
There are 7.475 airpost stamps
listed in Sanabria's Airpost cata-
logue.
Orders for the six new Free Nor
way stamps should be sent to the
Office of the American Friends of
Norway, 40 West Fifty seventh
street, New York City, not to the
Norwegian consulate general. The
price of the set is 40 cents plus post
age.
Representative Homer Angel
wants a stamp to commemorate
the centenary of the establishment
of civil government in Oregon.
Pallbearers at the funeral of the
late DR.. Warren L. Babcock. we'll
known philatelic writer, December
30. included members of the De-
troit Philatelic Society of which
he was a founder.
yUoI1c vrritiy,u ~, MnknnIS
/ Weekly Stamp News, discusses one
aspect of the ridiculous red tape
which Americans in general frankly
deplore in the prevailing practice
of their Government. Coming issue
notes." she says, these days
consist of notices from the custom
/ house to the effect that certain
much desired new issues are con-
signed to dealers Then
there is tiresome ritual of making
out countless forms, swearing to
your identity and citizenship, and
finally. after about two months,
perfectly innocent shipment from
one of our good American allies is
released"
James B. Hatcher, stamp editor
of the New York Journal-Ameri-
can, formerly was practicing
newspaperman in Toxic.
A former president of the Ameri-
can Philateic Society soon may be
member of the United States
Senate.
Mrs. Douglas Macarthur is start
ing a stamp collection for her little
son. Those who wish to contribute
toward its development may address
her in care United States Army
Headquarters, Australia.
The rich four-volume specialized
collection of the stamps of France
Ceres and Napoleon III, gathered
by Col. Spencer Cosby, former Dis
trict Commissioner, will be sold at
auction by H. R. Harmer, 80 East
Fifty-seventh street, New York,
February % and "a.
Stamps for the Italian colonies
of North Africa have been retired"
by British and American armies of
occupation. What. it may be won-
dered, has taken their place?
F. w. Kessler, 500 Fifth avenue,
New York City, will sell at auction,
on February %, the 10Th century
general collection formed by H. l..
Schaul of Coatesville, Pa. Catalogue
ready. Send postage with request.
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The eighth annual Stamp Exhi-
bition. Sojex 1913, is being adver-
tized through the circulation of a
set of five reproductions of the
famous Jenkins Camden Dispatch
stamp of 1853 Send so cents to
Elmer c. Pratt, box 149, Camden,
N. j., for each set wanted.
A substantial group of stamp coll
lectors are developing plans for a
new national philatelic society to be
launched as soon as the war is over.
L. N. and M. Williams of London,
writing for the West End Philatehst,
explain: "One of the differences
between stamp collector and a
philatelist is that the philatelist
tries to find out more about his
stamps than appears on the surface.
Whereas the stamp collector might
be satisfied to accumulate as many
different varieties of country or de-
sign as he can and mount them
in an alubum which he can show
proudly to his friends, the philatelist
delves into the history and origin
of perhaps single issue and is not
content until he knows probably
more about the stamps than do the
people who made them"
Stamp and coin meetings for the
week are listed as follows.
Tomorrow evening at 8-Wood-
ridge Stamp Club, Public Library,
2206 Rhode Island avenue NE.
Business meeting and discussion of
plans for fifth annual exhibit, Feb
ruary % to March /.
Tomorrow evening at 8-Wash.
ington Numismatic Society, Women's
City Club, 736 Jackson place NV,
c. Shirley Leachman, president, will
exhibit British coins of the reign of
King George VI
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors
Club Of Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth and l. streets NV.
program, exhibition and bourse.