Evening star., 1945-01-14
stamps
By James Waldo FaaOceff

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By James WMd0 Fawceff
It is possible that the Sc Korean
stamp, issued November Q and with
drawn from the Philatelic Agency
sales list December 80, may be sent
to press again. The Korean Com
mission and scores of dealers as well
as literally thousands Of collectors
were caught short" and it is
rumored that five spectators bought
a sufficient supply to corner the
market" Postal officials, however.
deny that there is any mystery
about the sudden termination of
sales Their explanation is that COL
lectors rejected between 100000
and 100000 copies because they
were of center, and that those Sec
onds' were shipped out to number
Of different post offices to be CLOSED
out" as soon as feasible.
Readers who favor second edi-
ton of the stamp in these circum-
stances are invited to signify their
approval to the stamp editor Of The
Star, who cheerfully will communi-
cate it to Postmaster General Frank
c. Walker.
Lewis A. Herman, 1885 Gallatin
street NV, a veteran philatelist
who collects the postal emissions OF
all countries, has acquired a repre-
sentative showing Of the stamps is
sued by the German Reich for use
in occupied areas, including Austria.
The specimens he now has in his
possession are fine examples of en-
craving, handsomely designed and
executed-even though they are
portraits of~Hitler in various arro-
CANT poses.
The Associated Press on January
9 carried report that Pope Plus
XII has sent to President Roosevelt
complete collection of the stamps
of Vatican City.
Mail service to Leyte, Samar and
Mindoro in the Philippines has been
resumed
Philatelic Agency sales increased
more than 100 per cent during 1914.
Total business for the 12-month
period was s2.243,72998 as against
ST OFT, ,552.61 in 1943. The number
of individual orders received was
$500 more than the previous year.
Word has been received from
Theodore Champion of Paris that he
and his wife and daughter all are
well despite four years of misery
under German rule of France.
The 1s45 edition of the Confed-
crate States Catalogue and Hand
book, edited by August Dietz of
Richmond, is announced as being
available.
Philip La Renotiere de Ferrary,
certainly the greatest stamp COL
lector who ever has lived, was a son
of the Duchess of Galliera, described
by Weekly Philatelic Gossip as
probably the richest woman in Eu-
rope" His opposite number as an
accumulation of philatelic property
was Col. E. H. r. Green, who also
was a son of prodigiously wealthy
woman-the famous Wall Street
operator Hetty Green.
John GRAHAM, formerly active In
junior philatelic circles i'm WASH
ington, now a private in the Army,
has gone overseas.
Herbert A. Chamberlain, it is in
dicated, will succeed Robert C. King
as assistant superintendent of the
Division of Stamps in the Post Office
Department and, occupying that po-
sition, will be custodian of the cor
respondence and record files dealing
with the origin, printing and dis
tribution of postal paper of every
variety.
The first commemorative stamp
issued by the De Gaulle regime in
France is a beautiful 25-fr. black
pictorial, showing the Chateau of
Chenonceaux.
Peru has brought out two stamps
in homage to Samuel F.. P. Morse
and the centenary of the first prac-
tical demonstration of the tele-
graph.
Mrs. Myrtle c. Shaughnessy, for
mer philatelic agent and popular
with vast number of old-time
stamp collectors, has been i'll at the
home of her daughter, 1924 Chicago
avenue, Evanston, Ill, but is improv-
ing and would be glad to hear from
friends.
Letters going by sea from Great
Britain to Australia average 81 days
in transit.
1t. Louie c. Bean would like to
hear from philatelic friends. His
address, incredible as it may seem,
is: Opt. Div. AES, HGUK Base, Com.
z. ETO, APO Alb, Care Postmaster,
New York City.
G. H. Vaughan, president of the
Collectors Club of Washington, and
w. M. Stuart, president of the
Washington Air Mail Society, have
announced joint meeting of their
organizations at the YMCA assem-
bly, hall, 1736 G street NV, Tues
day evening at g. A feature Of the
gathering will be the sale at auction
of "a covers flown on the first fight
of the Constellation for the benefit
of the American Red Cross. The
public is invited to attend and to