Evening star., 1945-08-05
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By James Waldo Fawceff.

By James Waldo Fawcen.
Many stamp collectors have re-
sponded to the notice to the effect
that Mrs. Edward, B. Martin, as
sistant to the philatelic consultant
of the Library of Congress, is COM
piling a census of the philatelic
public of the United States. One
Of the first responses to be received
was that of 1t. Charles w. Dougan,
U. s. N. r., who wrote: my stamp
collecting is restricted to the issues
of China, the Chinese treaty port
locals, Hong Kong used in the treaty
ports, and all issues of Tibet" He
adds: Il also collect pAilatelic
literature relating to the above"
Maj Samuel Engle Burr, jr.,
A. U. S., meanwhile explained: my
son and I collect postage stamps
and covers, specializing in stamps
issued by the United States, includ-
ing the Confederacy, the Philip
pines, and other American posses
sions. Within that field, we are
interested especially in first day
covers and in covers bearing special
cachets" Maj. Burr's son is Samuel
Engle Burr, Sd.
! 1t. James Russell Lowe, coinci-
dentally, says: Il am interested in
collecting stamps of banknote quail
ity, that is to say only those en-
graved by hand and not OF photo
graphic process. Before I enlisted
in the Army as private, l en-
graved stamps for the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing, having been
there II years, some of the stamps
engraved being the original pic
tures-portraits or vignetteS-for
the current Az cent White House,
3-cent Defense, 25-cent Mckinley,
3O-cent Theodore Roosevelt, airmall
series, duck and Internal Revenue
wine, ETC..
| Mrs. Martin also has received a
comprehensive communication from
Elmer c. Pratt, stamp editor as well
as mechanical superintendent OF
| the Courier-Post, Camdeh, N. j.,
wherein 1t is specified: Il have been
collecting now for over so years. Z
have the United States complete.
I also have very good in
ternational collection that started
long ago. I have been very
active in the executive department
of the Association of South Jersey
Stamp Clubs, an organization of 2l
stamp clubs which unite to
hold an annual show under tbs
name of Sojex. Was, in fact, one
of the organizers and served two
terms as president in its early days.
I am a member of the American
Philatelic Society. the Society Of
Philatelic Americans, the Collec-
tors Club of New York and the
Washington Philatelic Society; like
wise charter member and presi-
dent for II years. of the Had
donsfield IN. j. Stamp Club"
David A. Hoffman, AIS, U. S. N.
r., whose home address is Win
throp, Mass, told Mrs. Martin: MY
special philatelic interest is stamps
depicting portraits of national he
roes the world over; also centen-
mails of historic events"
The general issues of the United
States, British American issues,
Manchukuo and Palestine issues
and Dominican Republic issues are
the particular interests of George
S. Read of 535 Twenty-ffth place
NE. A comparative group of spe-
cialties is: United States mint plate
number blocks, mint and used sin
! giles Of Canada, Egypt. Palestine ana
the Sudan, collected by J. S. Petrie,
400 South Glebe road, Arlington,
| Va.
John B. Bunnell, 13o Grafton
street, Chevy Chase. Md, notified
Mrs. Martin that he specialized in
United States mint blocks of six
with plate numbers, and John R.
Davis, jr., 63l2 Beechwood drive,
Washington Is, D. c., also reported
preference for United States mint
plate number blocks.
Bob Taylor, SIG Oak Grove road.
Norfolk, 5, Va, however, informed
Mrs. Martin that he is "a collector
OF all stamps, United States and
foreign"
Another interesting communica-
tion is that of Warren G. Kicker of
/ 5545 Manning drive, Bethesda. Nd.
who says: Having a great interest
in stamps since 1924, I have man.
aged to obtain fair collection of
United States stamps to this date.
also take delight in obtaining
foreign specimens, of which I have
a moderate collection. Like most
all collectors, have certain stamps
which I prize mostly because of
methods by which they were secured.
"At the present time, am build
ing my collection with hope that in
the years to come my son will carry
my albums on, thus building a long
time complete collection for several
generations"
French Crawford Smith, 1923 Un-
derwood street, University Park,
Hyattsville, Md, joins the procession
with a letter to Mrs. Martin in
which he says: Il specialize IN
United States issues and the stamps
of Russia. have a small general
collection, too"
G. Nelson Watts II, 4022 Four
teenth street, NV, is another en-
thusiast for mint United States and
first day covers. Mrs. Martin like
wise heard from Myron Rullmann,
ST., to the effect that: MY son and
I collect covers having peoples
names IN the postmarks.'
Others who reported their pref
erences were: Mary Louise Junkin,
5638 North Nineteenth street, Ar
lington, Va, United States and
foreign since 1896; j. Ralph Davis,
Scarsdale, N. Y, United States mint
blocks, and c. w. Miller. City
Schools, Fredericksburg, Va, general
United States.
Readers who have not yet re-
sponded to the invitation to register
in the national piIIiatelic census
are invited to send their names.
addresses, photographs and special
ties to Mrs. Edward B. Martin, STUDY
! Dom, CNI ibro IS