Evening star., 1943-01-24

a similar one OF Italy Dill
serue for generations to pre-
serue the portraits OF the
pdperhanger and the black
smith pho, NTH certain as
siStance from the alleged Son
OF HeaUen, stage-mandged the
Second World War. They
haze earned their places in
the Rooues' Gallery OF phil
ately-a limited but Uery con-
clusiue classification.
Gently, was honored by his native
yellow green and dark brown, and
175d, dull blue and indigo, Scott's
type A-12-issued in 1885.
The annual Silver Spring hobby
show has been postponed until Oc-
tober.
Robert l.. Graham, jr., has been
elected president of the Collectors
Club of New York in succession to
Arthur w. Deas.
Canada, in common with the
United States, has adopted Axis
patterns of design for war propa-
ganda posters. 1t is one of the
strange contradictions of the time
that the artists of democracy can
not divorce themselves from ths
degenerate modernism of the to-
talitarian countries. The posters
recently issued by the Canadian di-
rector of public information might
have been manufactured in Berlin,
Rome or Toxic. 1t is mild state
ment Of the truth to say that they
are not native art. The same un-
happy fact characterizes the hor-
rors lately exhibited In New York.
Ernest A. Kehr. philatelic editor
OF the New York Herald Tribune,
has received back a letter he wrote
to Maj. Otho Larkin Rogers. The
envelope Is Endorsed *. I. A,
meaning KILLED In action"
When Berlin is bombed by the
Raj 1t may be hoped that the
Postal Museum will be spared-if
such a concession to international
philately be feasible in the circum-
stances.
One local pnilatelist has sold a
fine accumulation of covers of the
First World War and another has
bought a rich collection of foreign
envelopes of the years 1925 to 1885.
Undoubtedly the finest collection
of Rumanian covers owned in WASH
ington is that possessed by Ray
Baker Harris. librarian of the Ma
sonic Temple, but 1t is only Incl.
dental to his magnificent library
OF books and papers relating to Ru-
mania.
The 1943 Sojex exhibition Of the
South Jersey Stamp Clubs will be
held at the Walt Whitman Hotel,
Camden, February 28.
Brazil has changed the water.
mark of the stamps of the old cur
rency values, 40, so. 400, 500, 700
and ! ZOO reis. The new inscription
Is Casa de Moeda da Brazil"
Thomas Witherings, operating un.
der the terms of a proclama ton
issued by Charles I, July 81, 1885,
Is regarded as the founder of the
organized letter service of the Brit
ish post Office and indirectly of that
of the Post ONCE Department of the
United States.
Ralph Allen, the postal reforn1er
OF the 18th century, was the orig.
inal of Squire Allworthy of Field
ing's novel, Tom Jones'"
When Sir Rowland Hills plan for
cheap postal service was published
in 1889, Lieut.. Col. Maberly, secre-
tary to the General Post Offce of
Great Britain, condemned it as "a
most preposterous plan, utterly un-
supported by facts and resting en-.
tirely on assumption"
Louie D. G. Bean, 54I2 Belt avenue
Anacostia Station, Washington.
d. c., announces a special patriotic
cover for President Roosevelt,s
birthday, January 80. Send 20 cents
for each envelope and stamp wanted,
Proceeds, as usual in previous years.
pledged to the irfantile paralysis
campaign.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at 8-wood-
ridge Stamp Club, home of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. G. Nix, 1925 Randolph street
NE.
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors
Club of Washington, Thomson
school, Twelfth and l. streets NV,
Wednesday evening at 8-wash-
1ngton Philatelic Society. Lee Shera-
ton House. Fifteenth and L streets
NV. 1t. j. H. Van Alsburg, U. s. N.
on why Collect Covers"
STAMPS AND COINS.