Evening star., 1944-08-06
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By James Waldo Fawceh.

By James Waldo F0wcen.
1t. j. L. Kessinger OF Silver Spring.
Md, writes TO the stamp editor OF
The Star from somewhere In Italy:
I have had the pleasure Of spending
some time among the stamp dealers
here, especially in Rome.
Nearly all OF them are heavily
stocked with European late and new
issues and find 1t next to impossible
TO find anything for sale issued be-
fore the war.
Also prices are prohibitive. In
many cases issues advertised daily
in the United States sell over here
at from one-and-a-half to 10 times
the price at home.
There are numerous issues for
sale that never have seen men,
toned In the home papers. most Of
them surcharged occupation issues.
Many of these are from Finland
(Karelia) and Yugoslavia. In fact,
nearly every recent Finnish stamp
is offered here at high prices over
printed for use In Karelia.
THE price situation apparently is
due to the usual trait of the Amer
ican and even the British soldier
to be willing to pay almost any price
in order to send home souvenirs and
gifts to collector friends, themselves
knowing nothing Of stamps or their
values. All shops are crowded to
capacity with soldiers buying late
issues. Most shops will not even
show stamps other than these occu-
patton sets, as profits in these is
terrific"
The following stamps were re-
moved from the Philatelic Agency
sales list at the close of business
August 2: 15c airmail, 1895: zoe,
airmail, 1927; SC, Yugoslavia and IS,
Albania, l943.
Agency receipts for July amounted
to S126, 6,630.4S.
A new edition of the official Amer.
ican Air Mail Catalogue, sponsored
by the American Air Mail Society,
Will be issued under the editorial
supervision Of L. B. Gatchell. The
cooperation of all collectors of air.
post material is invited. Address:
Care Airpost journal, Albion, Pa.
Lawrence E. Gichner. 2so1 Eight
eenth street NV, writes: Your
article on covers was written lust
In the nick of time. In order to
make room was just about TO soak
OF my collection of 1900 United
States stamps"
Is a wrapper cover? Ths
answer Is: Yes.
Papers on the following subjects
ana by the following authors are
announced for the 10th American
Philatelic Congress, Bellevue STRAIT
ford Hotel, Philadelphia, December
| to inclusive: Benjamin Frank
lin.First Postmaster General of ths
British Crown Colonies" Louis
j. Hermann; President Franklin,
'Doddering Old Man." H. Bedford
Jones; Postage Dues on United
States Covers Robert Brinton:
Brazil, Perforated Issue of 1856"
DR.. Mario de Sanctis: Postal His
tory OF Delaware" Harvey Bounds:
"Bisects." Michael Miller; "Humor
in Samp Collecting" Walter Dunai-
SKI philadelphia Cancellations on
Stampless Covers" Horace w. Barr:
Postal History of New jersey
Stanley E. Griffith: General Lee
and His Field Letters" Van Dyk
MacBride; st. Andrews, Crosses on
Austrian and Lombardy Venetian
Covers" Felix Drummer; "Basuto-
land" Everett Erie, and Begin
n1ngs of Newspaper Columns"
Gerardine Van Urk.
Critics who have suggested that a
lot OF paper could be saved by print
ing smaller postage stamps are re-
ferred 10 the several propaganda
agencies Of the Government a.
worthier targets for their protests.
All the paper used in printing
stamps for year would not keen
the War Bond publicity Office going
single week, perhaps not even a
single day.
Hugh M. Clark, editor of the
Scott Standard Postage Stamp Cat
alogues and Albums, saws con-
cerning the labels issued by the De
Gaulle movement: Il quite agree
regarding the National COMMITTEES
OF Liberation stamps. The informa-
ton thus far available is verv
sketchy. Have put into
catalogue very little of this sort of
thing and will hold off on the others
until We can get more specific data,
Collectors who have covers show.
ing authentic use of De Gaullist is
sues for postal purposes are invited
TO make them available for inspec.
! ton.
Add to the list of CT stamps
collectors overseas the name of Staff
Sergt. Robert George Fuerst. now
IN India. His friend, Frank
Schmehl. 1924 Twelfth street NE
will forward letters intended for
him.
Marguerite Wright. l0-year-old
granddaughter of Mrs. c. L. Man
ming. philatehc curator of the
Smithsonian Institution. already
has started a career as radio
singer.
Stamp meetings for the week will
be:
tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock
Woodbridge Stamp Club, home of
Joseph j. Werres, 1908 Hamlin street
NE. Program.
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock
Collectors Club of Washington.
thomson School, Twelfth and 7,