Evening star., 1946-01-13

the portrait of the late President
used In the composition of the
cent, 2 cent and cent issues of the
same series. The last denomination
is to 60 on sale in Washington
exclusively on January 81, the 64th
anniversary Of Mr.. Roosevelt's birth.
People are individualistic in their
stamp collecting. Mrs. Edward B.
Martin. assistant to the philatelic
consultant Of the Library of Con-
gress, in the course of her compila-
tion of the national philatelic CEN
sus, has found that variety is the
spice of life among stamp enthusi-
asts just as it is supposed to be
among other classes Of human be-
ineS. Yet it also is true that people
are faithful to their decisions, true
to their choices, once they have
been made. They do not lightly
abandon speciality they have at
tempted to develop.
Among letters received by Mrs.
Martin last week was one from
Ernest P. Miller of York, Pa, listing
his preferences as: United States
mint singles back to 1900, used be-
yond that date; plate blocks of re-
cent United States commemora-
tives; Switzerland, including League
of Nations and Labor Bureau over
prints: Austria, Czechoslovakia and
Canada.
The specialties of Michael Miller
OF Baltimore, veteran writer about
stamps, meanwhile, are given Mr..
Martin in this order: Canada, DAN
ish West Indies, United States i'm
perforate Goth century in all posi-
tions of singles and blocks, mint;
Baltimore cancellations on cover,
including stampless; Confederate
States: Palestine and United States
and foreign educational philately on
cover.
In the same mail there came to
the Library a communication from
w, N. CravenS of Wenatchee,
Wash, and Don Berkley, care C. A.
A, Kodiak, Alaska, to the effect
that they like United States of all
varieties better than anything else
in stamps.
Clark r, Porter Of Albany, N. Y,
past president of the Fort Orange
Stamp Club, wrote: IT collect all
commemorative, both mint and
used, in singles and blocks of four
and six. I also collect United States
airmails in used and mint blocks
and singles. have the 1898 United
States possessions complete and the
United States parcel post complete
With the dues and special handling
in mint singles and blocks of four.
On the used blocks I am complete
in blocks and singles from the Pan
American issues through the re-
cent Navy issue. I have a Lincoln
blue paper in a used block of six
From Glendale, Calf, Roger M.
Oliver notified Mrs. Martin that he
specializes in Persia, Liberia and
U. S. commemorative Richard r.
Huntoon, Bellows Falls, Vt, is in
terested primarily in U. S. singles,
DOCKS, plate numbers and first day
covers. Lieut.. Norman E. Ludkey,
San Francisco, reports U. S. and
British colonies: William Dombrow-
ski, Bayonne, N. j., France and
colonies; Art H. Ledock, jr.. Jack
sonyille. Fla, precancelled Bureau
prints in coil pairs only; Warren
H. Buell., Los Angeles. U. S.. Canal
Zone, Canada. Australia, Irish Free
State; F. N. Newton, jr.. supervisor
OF industrial education in the
schools of Sharon Pa. U. S. in mint
blocks and U. S. covers: w. D. Raj
ston, Stockton, Calf, U. S., Canada,
Hungary, Switzerland, Germany and
Czechoslovakia; Mr.. and Mrs. H. H.
Holland, Waynesville, Mo, U. S. mint
and precancels, respectively; Howard
K. Roben. Imperial, Calf, U. S.,
Scandinavia, France, Germany,
Mexico, Brazil and British domin-
ions; Herman Jacot, Greenwich,
Conn, U. S. first day covers and
precancels; and David Gelgor,
Brooklyn, N. Y, U. S. and Great
Britain.