Evening star., 1947-03-23
Stamps
By james Waldo Fowcett

By james Woldo Foweett
A stamp to mark the Tooth ami
versary of the founding Of the Nor
mon colony in the Great Salt Valley,
Utah, will be released at Salt Lake
City on or about July "A.
Joseph Pulitzer, editor and pub
Usher Of the st. Louis Post-Dispatch
and the New York World. was "a
dark horse" among eminent Ameri-
cans proposed for inclusion in the
national philatelic gallery. His
name was not mentioned In any Of
the lists submitted to the Post Of
fee Department by stamp writers
at the time the Heroes Of Peace
series first was under discussion a
decade ago.
But Mr.. Pulitzer unquestionably
deserves recognition, If only for his
description of an ideal newspaper
as: "An institution that should al
ways fight for progress and reform,
never tolerate injustice or corrup-
ton, always fight demagogues Of all
parties, never belong to any party,
always oppose privileged classes and
public plunderers, never lack SYM
pathy with the poor, always remain
devoted to the public welfare, never
be satisfied with merely printing
news, always be drastically inde-
pendent, never be afraid to attack
wrong, whether by predatory plu-
tocracy or predatory poverty
The first-day ceremony for the
Pulitzer commemorative will take
place at the Seth Low Library, Co.
Iumbia University, New York City,
April 10. ... -..
John S. Sargent was the painter
of the portrait used in the design
of the stamp. The original picture
is owned by Mr.. Pulitzeris son, Jo-
seph II.
H. A. Robinette, 900 F. street NV,
announces the auction sale of Col
Charles S. Hamilton's collection of
the Goth century stamps of Mexico,
April 4 and S. illustrated catalogues
on application.
According to Gault Mcgowan,
North American Newspaper Alli-
ance correspondent in Paris lone
class of the community here
which certainly has not suffered
is the philatelic fraternity. French
stamps have not always been well
thought of by collectors, but those
who have specialized in them have
no reason to be dispieased with re-
cent price schedules. The 1947
catalogue of French and colonial
postage stamps issued by the firm
of Yvert & Teller shows average
prices have risen 500 to 1000 francs,
especially among airmail issues.
THE strength of the stamp mar
ket over here is remarkable. In
a. walk from Montmartre to the
boulevards the other day, there
seemed to be a stamp dealer in
every block. People deal in stamps
with a fervor that exceeds anything
demonstrated by the most enthusi-
astic schoolboys. When I comment
ed on this to Frenchman, he re-
piled: Tt is astonishing. I have
a friend who is selling his stock
in movies to get into the stamp
market in big way So keen
is interest that serious journals
like the Economic News run a COL
umn on the current stamp market,
which looks more like a financial
page item than a hobby column
for collectors. The rise and fall of
prices are quoted with the atten-
ton paid to the rise and fall of
stocks and bonds"
Plate numbers for the Scent
Franklin Centenary and the 10
cent Washington Centenary SOU
venir sheets have been announced
as 1882 and 1883, respectively.
One unexpected result of the auc-
tioning of President Roosevelt's ac-
emulation of covers is that indi-
receiving post card solicitations read
ing: II have an envelope of yours
business envelope-that you ad-
dressed to Franklin D. Roosevelt,
which came from his collection
Are you interested in purchasing
same-price, $2?"
Miss Dolores Conover Klein,
daughter of the late Eugene Klein,
first president of the American
Philatelic Congress, and DR.. A. Jay
Hertz, an active member of the
American Philatelic Society, have
announced their marriage in New
York City on March II.
Copies of his Collectors Handbook
for 1947 are being distributed gratis
by Elmer R. Long, ll2 Market street,
Harrisburg, Pa.
The Republic Of Austria has Is
sued a series of eight stamps illus
trating the mechanical industries
represented at the Vienna Fair now
in progress.
A writer for Weekly Philatelic
Gossip wants credit for being a
"No. l pioneer" in a campaign for
a stamp publicizing the famous
frigate U. S. S. Constitution cold
Ironsides'), but he has had many
forerunners. A time-stained clip
ping of The Star for February IA,
1887, proves that the subject already
was old on that date. 1t first was
proposed in 1882 when the cele-
brated ship was on a cruise to Cali
fornia waters.
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Po-
land, Mexico, Peru and China. as
well as Paris and Naples, incredible
as it may seem, all are within the
boundaries Of the State of Maine.
Geddes Smith, Palisades, N. Y,
writes concerning the Alexander
Dali cf MN of Tonodo !