Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-12
OtanPs
By James Waldo Fawcen.

with the proper authority.
Meanwhile. Inns Weekly Siam
News, Sidney, Ohio, says:
when Governments start print
ing stamps solely to supply col
lectors. its time We started collect
ing beer bottle labels and suel
things. II these stamps were printe,
to supply collectors, why not re
print all old United States Philip
pine issues to supply collectors? Col
lectors want them and would gladl,
buy a set OF Columbians or Trans
Mississippi at face.
TT is time that collectors call /.
halt on the supplying of stamps
for the trade. Give us an homes
j. deal and keep the issues clean ant
We will buy, but when stamps such
as these Philippines were reprinted
and Of course reprinted solely t.
supply collectors, for none can b'
sent to and used in the Philippines
and none will ever be used in tn,
Philippines, it is time to call halt
mo matter by what name tn,
Government or the Post Office
officials choose to call them, they
are reprints, they never should have
been made and this kind of bust
ness will and should hurt the
prestige Of the stamps concerned"
Plate numbers for the new 8-cent
airmail stamp, to be placed on sale
in Washington exclusively Tuesday
March 81, are: 1921 to 23128, in
elusive.
The design of the emergency adj
hesive, made necessary by the in
crease of domestic airmail postage
rates, Is revision of the original
composition engraved by Master
Sergt. James r. Lowe, who has an
nounced that he will be glad to auto
graph covers in consideration of
contributions to the Red Cross or
the Salvation Army. Collectors in
terested may send envelopes franked
and Cancelled (not in advance) to
him for signature at his home ad-
dress, 1921 Potomac avenue Sc,
with donation checks made to or
CARNATIONS preferred in amounts
desired. Postage for return of covers
after autographing should be in
closed.
Stamps Magazine for February 26
Is devoted to the postal issues Of
Poland, with scholarly contributions
by Stephen G. Rich, Clement A.
Pulaski. j. j. Domar, Vincent Do
manski, jr., and Harry L. Lindquist.
Current stamps Of Great Britain,
according to George r. Sloane, are
being printed in new shades, and
there is reason to believe that GER
tain Of the plates have been re-
touched.
A Mailomat machine was installed
In the post Office at Ottawa, Cam
ada, February 3.
United States soldiers stationed in
Iceland have sent to friends at home
booklets of stamps purchased
through what they call candy ma
chimes" at Reykjavik.
G. N. Allen says the philatelic
agency Of the Canadian government,
In his opinion, is "the best in the
world"
DR.. Max Kronstein reports that
Walter Bruggmann died in Manila,
October %, "the result of -Japa-
nese occupation" He was g.
native of Switzerland, born in 1873,
a soldier in his youth and busi-
ness and social leader in the
Philippines in later life. Specialize
ing in airmail stamps and covers,
he developed not only a fine COL
lection of such material, but also
q profound knowledge of it. His
learning was reflected in his writ
ings for the Air Mail Digest and
Sanabria's Air Mail Stamp and
Cover Catalogue.
The original painting from which
the 1893 Columbian stamp of Ven
ezuela was designed has disap-
peared. It was the work of Arturo
Michelena, celebrated artist who
also was responsible for the unfin-
ished Last Supper" in the Cathe-
dral at Caracas.
For reasons far from clear, many
covers from Canadian towns and
cities to addresses in the United
States bear blacked-out cancella-
lions. Just another OF the needless
and useless horrors of war, probably.
Ecuador announces commence
ratives in homage to an historian,
FREDERICK Gonzalez Suarez.
Anthony Comstock, the reformer,
born March 7, 1874, is supposed to
have been a stamp enthusiast.
Does any reader know what be-
came Of his collection after his
death, September 81, 1915?
The philatehc market in London
Is booming.
Philately lost a child genius Of
undoubted distinction when Carla
Pelander of New York died Febru-
airy Is. She was only IA years of
age. yet hundreds of collectors
knew her as a philatehst of I'M
usual talent and ability. In the
company of her father, Carl E.
Pelander, the Scandinavian special
list, for whom she was named, she
attended and participated in q
number of samp conventions where
she won well-deserved popularity
by her unspoiled grace and charm.
Pneumonia was the cause of her
sudden passing. A crowd of friends,
including men and women nation
ally famous, gathered at the
Campbell funeral home, Manhattan.
for her funeral, February 20.
The collectors Club OF Washington
will meet at the Thomson School.
Twelfth and l. streets NV, Tuesday
evening at 8. Boris Shiskin, Lewis A.
Herman and C.. H. Vaughan will
exhibit and describe Russian stamps
and covers.
STAMPS AND COINS.
FOR sALE--very valuable Stamp Col
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