Evening star., 1943-04-11
Among the Stamp Collectors
Neu,s of the Phaec World Its Interests and People
By James Waldo Fa,cceff.

By James Waldo Fawceff.
The Scent Thomas Jefferson
stamp Of 1898 reproduces . portrait
bust by Jean Antoine Hondon now
in the Library of Congress. It was
designed by william I. Schrage and
engraved by c. T. Ar1t and J. T.
Vail. ..~ -
1t now is disclosed that the origi-
nal Paul Manship design for the
1-cent -Four Freedoms" stamp was
intended for 4 Scent stamp.
Lee r. Boldly. Iowa Falls. Iowa,
possesses collection of 1900 flag
cancellations.
Prof. James Lewis Howe Of WASH
ington and Lee University, though
long emeritus" still teaches q course
In chemistry, does considerable his
torical work, is chairman Of the
Finance Committee of the Town
Council, an active member Of the
kiwanis Club, a bank director and
clerk Of the session OF his church.
"Just now" he says, II am trans
fe1ring my British colonials to
loose-leaf albums and enjoying 1t. +.
My German colonial and office post
marks are about as complete as I
can make them . and I had to
turn to something else"
According to Mekeel's Weekly
Stamp News, ION January /, 1943,
the Navy had 3,205 ships in commis-
sion and the number will be in
creased by the end of the year to
about 4,l00. A very large number
are small ships that probably never
will have postal service"
The magnificent United States
revenue collection of the late Judge
Robert S. Emerson has been sold to
Ezra Cole and Frank Levi.
Stamps Magazine, New York. SAYS
that portraits of Princess Eliza beth
and Princess Margaret Rose will ap-
pear on the 1943 health stamps Of
New Zealand.
Col. Hans Lagerloef Of New York
has been awarded the Hanford gold
medal of the Garfeld-Perry Stamp
Club Of Cleveland.
Louis P. Lochner, former chief Of
the Associated Press bureau in Ber--
lin, writes: Il was fortunate enough
to get my stamp collection out OF
Germany, although one large enve-
lope with all the issues which ap-
peared in Germany since the Begin
ming of the war was left behind. I
hope I may recover it,
The illustrated catalog OF the
United States collection of william
West of Philadelphia is a veritable
encyclopaedia. 1t runs to ITS pages
and includes pictures and text care
fully prepared by Philip H. Ward
and Stanley B. Ashbrook The sale
is scheduled for the Collectors Club,
% East 35th street, New York City,
Monday to Friday, April 26 to 80.
The 9-cent George Washington
bi-centenary stamp of 1882 shows
the first President as portrayed by
William Williams in 1894. In this
characterization, the artist "includ-
ed the mole under the right ear
| and the scar on the left cheek and
other facial blemishes' ordinarily
ignored by the painters Of more
idealistic pictures.
Only IS stamps were issued during
the short reign-324 days-of King
Edward VIII, 1886. Four basic va
rieties were brought out for Great
Britain-12, l IL and 2ls d; and II
for Morocco, overprinted.
The Irish Free State in 1882 pro-.
duced two stamps showing the cross
with kneeling saints in perpetual
alteration. One of the Inscriptions
reads: I'm cruce. salus." meaning
by the Cross, Salvation" Values
are I'd and Sd, slate green and blue
respectively.
The war and series of accidents
have combined to hurt the philatelic
press. Glancing back over files of
Stamps Magazine, Mekeel's Weekly
Stamp News, Cover Collectors Re-
view, and other periodicals published
between 1882 and 1910, one is sur
prised to see how well written, how
we'll illustrated, they were. The pas
sing of Michael L. Eidsness. jr.,
Ralph A. Barry, Fred j. Melville,
Charles j. Phillips, Edward B. Mar
tin, William Carlos Stone, Beverly
S. King, Hugh M. Southgate, Eve
leen w. Severn, and others rep
resents loss which never has been
retrieved.
Stamp meetings for the week ars
listed as follows:
Tuesday evening at s-Collectors'
Club of Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth street NV. Pro-
gram. exhibition and bourse.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, Lee Sher-
atom Hotel, Fifteenth and l. streets
NV. Thomas Jefferson Bicentenary
program, under the direction OF
Irene M. Pistorio. Exhibition of JET
ferson material. Lecture on stamps
associated with Jefferson's career
and services.
STAMPS AND COINS.