Evening star., 1946-12-08

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stamped envelopes, Is that the cost
would be prohibitive. 1t would cost
more to overprint the stamps than
to have new stamps printed, de-
parment official remarked. The re-
manning stock of Scent stamps will
be kept on sale at the Philatelic
Agency. this officer explained, for
a number of years for the benefit
of collectors. The scarcity Of en-
velopes on the other hand, made it
profitable to overprint and devalue
stocks of the Scent airmail stamped
envelopes when the new rate became
effective. These oVerprinted en-
velopes were shipped overseas to
Army and Navy post offices for the
use Of service personnel"
Elmer Pratt, philatelic editor Of
the Camden Courier Post, says:
George Washington and Benjamin
Franklin never have lost their popu-
larity with the Post Office DEPART
ment. Various portraits of WASH
ington have appeared on IS differ
ent postage stamps. Franklin has
been pictured on 37''.
The Boston Post reports that
Francis Cardinal Spellman is COLI
lector OF stamps relating to religion.
Confirmation of his alleged interest
In pfiilately may be discovered In
the fact that it was he who first
suggested the commemorative for
Governor Alfred e. Smith OF New
York.
A cover addressed: ITO Very
Much Grandiose Excellent Gran
diose, His High Dear, His High Right
Honorable, His Excellency. His Es-
quire, His Reverence, the President
of the Government Of United States
of America Roosevelt" win be sold
at auction in New York December
II or Is. 80
/ Under the czars Russia issued
only l28 varieties of postage stamps;
under the Bolsheviks, 1046 different
designs have been employed. most
OF them for propaganda purposes
and for distribution only outside the
borders of the Soviet Union.
Six semipoStals Of great beauty
and exceptional historic significance
recently were issued by the postal
authorities of France. They show
portraits of notable characters of
the 18th century, including Joan Of
Arc, the patriot, heroine and saint;
Francois Villon, poet and popular
leader immortalized in the operetta
The Vagabond King; Jean Foul
quet, painter and miniaturist:
Philippe de Commynes, historian
and chronicler; Jean Gerson, the
ologian and chancellor of the Uni
versity OF. Paris, and Charles VII,
sovereign from 1922 to 1851.
The centenary of the Bank Of
Portugal is being celebrated In
Lisbon, and the Portuguese postal
system has marked the occasion by
releasing beautiful symbolic stamp
showing woman with shield and
caduceus. The denomination Is
Soc, the color deep indigo.
Greece has Issued two stamps in
tribute to Panaghiotis Tsaidaris,
statesman, who died 10 years ago.
Values: 250d, brown: 60od. blue.
Kenneth H. Jennings, writing
in Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News,
wants to know why the American
Philatelic Congress Is planned
especially for the advanced coll
lector" and not for the juniors. also.
The answer is that the original
congress was intended to include all
classes, all grades, all ages of stamp
enthusiasts. 1t was held at Phila-
delphia during the Christmas holi-
days of 1885 and was arranged at
that time specifically because the
young people were out of school
then.
The Capital Precancel Club will
meet at the home of Rolston Lyon.
PIT Rittenhouse street, NV. tonior-
row evening at 8.
The Collectors Club OF Washing.
ton will have q business meeting at
1912 Ninth street NV. Tuesday
evening at s.
A quarterly business meeting and
an auction viii precede a 41st birth
day party at the Washington Phila.
telic Cociety, Sheraton Hotel, Fif-
teenth and l. streets NV, Wed.
nesday evening at 8.
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