Evening star., 1948-12-05

from bidders reached more than
SIS, 900.
Wong Mel Hua, q Chinese school
boy residing at 28 Ja1an, Sulieman,
Kajang, Malaga, would like to ex-
change stamps with American boys.
Samuel r. Young, executive as
sistant to the Postmaster General
and a well-known amateur astrono-
mer and mathematician, is seriously
Ill in Garfield Hospital.
Congress, shortly after it assem-
bles, almost certainly will confirm
the nomination of Deputy Third
Assistant. Postmaster General Roy
M. North to be Postmaster Of
Washington. His appointment was
one of several hundred held up for
purely political considerations.
San Marino has issued q series
Of three stamps for the centenary
Of the first postage stamps Of the
United States and reproduced
those stamps and one Of 1859 In
actual colors! An American who
did the same would be In trouble
with the Secret Service.
H. r. Harmer, Inc, 50 East 57th
street, New York City, announces
that instructions have been received
from the marshal Of the Prize Court
of Bermuda to proceed with the
sale of nearly two tons of foreign
stamps seized in transit during
World War II. The entire accumu-
lation, approximately 1900 lots, will
be auctioned in Bermuda in March.
Millions of stamps suitable for the
packet and cheap approval trade"
thus will come into the market, and
small fry" among collectors should
be advantaged accordingly.
The American Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., 1876 Broadway, New
York City, is distributing copies of
an interesting pamphlet, Telephone
Statistics Of the World" Collectors
applying should send clipping of
this notice.
An official press release from the
American Osteopathic Association,
212 East Ohio street, Chicago II,
ILL.,, announces Osteopathic Student
Loan Fund Christmas Seals at 81 a
sheet of 100. This is the 18th year OF
annual issue.
Rising Star, Tex, has a neat, clear
machine cancellation which the
postmaster gladly will apply to
stamped and self-addressed covers
sent by collectors for that purpose
The Woodbridge Stamp Club will
meet at 1918 Rhode Island avenue
NE. tomorrow evening at 8. Wis.,
itors invited.
Harry L. Lindquist, West Forty
sixth street, New York City, has
published a specialized study of the
stamps of the Old German States
written by Hermann Schloss during
three years spent hiding with the
French underground. The text is
copiously illustrated with diagrams
helpful to collectors desiring to
identify specific varieties of the
postal emissions of Alsace and
Lorraine. Baden, Bavaria, Berge-
dorf, Bremen, Brunswick, Ham,
burg, Hanover, Lubbock, Mecklen-
burg -Schwerin. Mecklenburg Sire
litz, Oldenburg, Prussia, Saxony
Scleswig -Holstein, Thurn and Taxis
and Wurtenberg. Distinguishing
characteristics Of the genuine
stamps Of each Of these classic
countries are described 50 as to
make it feasible for philatelists to
Judge their specimens with ac-
curacy-and to be fairly sure that
their judgments will not be chal-
lenged.
Reburial services will be held at
Arlington National Cemetery, Thurs
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, for Sergt.
Malcolm Reed Smith, son of DR.. and
Mrs. Frederick E Smith, 1911 Della
field street NV, and nephew Of
John Maynard Smith. superin-
tendent of the stamp printing divi-
sion of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing.
Sergt. Smith, a center on the Gen.
tral High School football team in
his student days, joined the Air
Corps in January, 1912. He went
overseas with the 6Sth Bomber
Squadron in July, 1914, and was
killed over Belgium on october 18,
that year.
Fritz Billig's Philatelic Handbook
No. 9, recently published at Jamaica
Long Island, N. Y, contains invalu-
able data on single-letter cancella-
tions of the United States, straight
line markings of Brazil. German
colonial postmarks, post 'offices OF
Hanover, stamps of Heligoland, nu-
merous cancellations of Italy, jap
anese postmarks prior to 1893, post
Offices Of Japan, commemorative
cancellations of Japan, plating Nor
way No. l, plating Norway 3-skill-
ing 1857. cancellations of Orange
Free State, early stamps of Prussia,
stamps and post Offices Of Russia.
Volume II of SCOTS Standard
Postage Stamp Catalogue for 1949
shows price changes in thousands OF
instances. Under Germany alone
719 are reported; Iceland, 44S.
The Washington Philatelic So
ciety will have an auction and
bourse of foreign and domestic