Evening star., 1946-02-24
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By James Waldo Faocetf


The stamps, proofs and covers
from President Roosevelt's philatelic
estate gradually will come into the
possession Of q relatively small num-
Der Of collectors. Sold at auction In
New York, they brought prices
beyond the reach Of ordinary prac-
titioners Of the worlds favorite
hobby. The costliest items now are
in the hands of dealers who natural
ly wish to dispose Of them at profit.
A department store currently is ad-
vertising the three Zeppelin proofs
of 1880 at $4,000 for the set.
But not many collectors are en-
dowed with means enough to make
such a purchase. Only persons inter-
ested in the higher priced items as
investments will attempt to acquire
them, and their objective can be
achieved solely by resale. The eco
nomic laws involved, are the same
as those which apply to expensive
jewelry, furs, old masters, rare books
and other luxuries. Eventually, the
spectators almost inevitably take q
loss.
Meanwhile, the accuracy OF The
Stars disclosure on March IS, 1885,
that the Farley Follies differ from
the unique originals in color and
workmanship" again has been con-
firmed.
Stanley Gibbons, Inc, in a full
page advertisement in Mekeels
Weekly Stamp News for February
18, declared: Careful study and
comparison Of these presentation
sheets with the later Farley reissues
convinces us that they are as much
entitled to catalogue recognition as
the rare 10Th century special prints,
and certainly in most cases they are
much easier to distinguish, the shade
differences being quite marked in
many cases"
The verdict thus delivered was
foreshadowed by The Star on the
day the Farley Follies first went on
sale.
Copies Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Clark's catalogue of Axis stamps
issued during the Second World War,
reviewed in The Star on February
3, may be purchased in several Diff
ferent stamp shops in Washington.
The Scent Merchant Marine
stamp will 60 on sale Tuesday. A
ceremony is scheduled for the De-
partment of Commerce auditorium
at noon with Postmaster General
Robert E. Hannegan selling the first
sheet to Edward Macauley, acting
chairman of the Maritime Commits
sion.
Two provisional stamps have
been produced for the province of
Saxony in Germany. A farmer
plowing with two horses in a field
flooded by the light of the rising
sun is the central motif of the de-
sign. Values and colors are: 6 pfg.,
green; II pfg, carmine.
No changes in the conservative
stamp policy of the British gov
ernment are expected under the
LABOR party regime.
Thieves employed in the Post
Office Department are removing
stamps from mail in transit. Par
GELS and airmail letters received
from abroad in recent weeks have
arrived stripped of adhesives. Col
lectors thus victimiZed are re-
quested to communicate with Chief
Inspector J. J. Doran.
Walter S. Fishel of Boonesboro,
Nd, is the new president of the
Associated Stamp Clubs of the
Chesapeake Area.
The flag shown on the Scent
Two Jima stamp allegedly came
from Missoula, Mont, and went to
the Southwest Pacific in the troop
ship U. S. S. Missoula. Western
Stamp Collector, Albany, Greg, says
that one of the men in the original
photograph was Montana Indian.
John r. Sinnock of the Philadel-
phia mint designed the Roosevelt
dime and the sprays on the reverse
are laurel and oak.
A few weeks before w day the
postal authorities of Japan released
10-sen gray stamp showing an
inscription which when translated
reads: The enemy will surrender"
H. A. Robinette, 900 F street NV,
has published an illustrated cata-
logue for a Mid-Atlantic auction
of United States, Great Britain and
colonies to India to be sold at the
Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore,
March 20 and 81.
Don Houseworth, editor of the
International Stamp Review. St.
Joseph, Mo-, has brought out an
enlarged number of exceptional in
terest and value which he denomi-
mates: The Yearbook of American
Philately." 1t contains so pages Of
invaluable data on United States
stamps fully illustrated.
AoAiA1s oCiatS, 4Ss WllO IcCeIlt-
ly was announced to be winner of
Piper Club in a national radio
contest, has been a stamp collector
half his life. His father, Daniel
]. Geraty, also has practiced the
worlds favorite hobby since boy
hood. They save" everything, for
eign and domestic, with perhaps a
natural preference for postal issues
and covers from Ireland, the coun-
try in which both Mr.. Geraty and
his wife, Danny's mother, were born.
Mrs. Mollie Lewis Berch, formerly
an active leader in the Washington
Federation of Junior Stamp Collec-
tors, has been visiting her hush>nd's
family in Seattle, Wash.
The Collectors Club of Washing
ton will meet at 1912 Ninth street
NV. Tuesday evening at 8.
Capt. Wilbur Van Auken, Z. 8.
NJ, retired, will exhibit his special
lied collection of historic covers Of
World War II at meeting of the
Washington Philatelic Society at
the Sheraton Hotel, Fifteenth and
L streets NV, Wednesday eve
ming at g.