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A8 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY 14, 1932—PART ONE. RARITY IN STAMPS . DUETO HUMIDITY Bureau Officials Explain Off-| Center Perforation Noted by Coliectors. Philatelists, who have observed with interest and occasionally with regret | the tendency of United States postage stamps to be offcenter as related to perforation, have been curious to know why this is so frequently the case. The explanation, as stated by the executives of the Bureau of Engraving, is that| humidity is responsible. *United States stamps,” the bureau | officials say, “are printed by what is known as ‘the wet process’ as compared with the stamps of certain other coun- | tries which are printed by ‘the dry | process.’ United States stamps in the| making arc subject to contraction and | cxpansion under the influence of at- mospheric conditions. The sheets have a tendency to shrink or spread as they are printed. The difference is slight. rometimes almost microscopic, but when the sheets go through the perfo- | rating machines the actual printed im- | pression of a given stamp may not fall in the exact center of the perforating devices designed to separate il from the other stamps in the same sheet.” | Differences Escape Many. To the average person every stamp appears to be almost exactly like every her stamp of the same denomintion. killed collector every =.amp every other stamp in t cter of its perforation. Not all ps of any sheet are perforate.d k>. There is invariably a | 2 readily discernible on close Collectors, for this reo- 10 variations. Some specialize amps as accurately centered as le. Others seek stamps as vio- offcenter as may be found. The Olympic games commemorative stamp, issued February 1 and placed cn Placid, N. Y., was printed - A total of 50,000,000 T this va s run off. The series of George Washington Bi- c-ntennial stamps was printed from ro- Therefore, these issues are v larger than flat-plate monly are. The Washington | turned out by the the entire year. It to philatelists that the > Washington stamps were | ¢ recently, but many years llow the color scale adopt- OfficeDepartment in 1374 as an aid to postal clerks handling | wantities of package mail. The | been trained to recognize | urately a given color as | a certain value. To the difference between | wother is inconsequen- employes it is an in- | 1t is for this reason that | ashington stamp is of the | f blue as the 5-cent Roose- it has succeeded, and | hington stamp is of the | sellow as its predecessor | 4 with the portralt of Monroe. Three Shades of Carmine. have discovered that the \ington stamp may be had | o different shades of carmine. omsensus is that of the Bicenten- stamps, the 2, 3, 5 and 7 are the + interesting and attractive. Among the old stamps, displaced by tha pew issues, the 4-cent Taft stamp the second 1!;-cent Harding stamp Lonstdered most likely to become | nd valuable. These were used for - ‘a relatively short period of time compared with the other stamps of me set. Both are available with | c~mplete perforation and in coil form | yin perforation only on the sides. ['CAGE WILL MAKES | BIG CASH BEQUESTS £100.0C0 Distiibuted Among Rela- tives and Friends—Charities Are Remembered. | Providing specific cash bequests in s of $100,000, the will of Mrs. Ther Davis McCagg. widow of Ezra | T McCagg. formerly of Chicago, was i for probate in the District Supreme jurt. Mrs. McCagg died February 3. Personal effects are left to her sisters, ne D. Hinkle, Agnes D. Exton | ce D. Barnes. Specific bequests «° 53000 eich are made to Mary McCagy, Fdward K, McCagg. Willia Louis B. McCagg jr, each sisters, William H. hn L. Davis, Martha | therine H. Ingalls, Francis Skinkle, Marie T. Hinkle, Thurlow Rarnes, Grace D. Barnes, Katherine ¥ Bull and Frederick Exton. Other r-latives and friends are remembered irith lcgacies of $1.000 and $500 each. The Chicago Historical Society is $5,000 with a portrait of her 1sband; $2.000 to Cincinnati branch of Woman's Auxiliary to the National Council of Christ Protestant Episcopal | qurch; $1,000 to the local St. John's | anch; $1000 each to St. John's| Orphanage and St. John's Protestant | Fpiscopal Church; $1,000 each to Children’s Home and Children’s Hospi- | 2! at Cincinnati and a like amount to Murray Bay Protestant Episcopal Chwrch a! Point au Pic, Canada and to the Protestant Episcopal Church at Stockport N. Y. The remaining estate three sisters and & brother. Wi 1s named as executor. of the estate is not disclosed. HOOVER COMMENDED goes to the Arthur B. The value Ropublicans at Seattle Fix Conven- tion Date. | SEATTLE. Wash., February 13 (®).— The Republiczn State Central Commit- t-e commended President Hoover yes- terday for “his wise, capable and effec- | tive adminisiration * * * and construc- pro for meeting the economic situation in the United States due wholly to world-wide conditions.” Tre committee set Saturday, May 7. 25 the date and Seattle as the meeting | place for the State convention, ADACHE— EYE STRAIN Pasitively Relieved Price in Wash. Kryptok Invisible Bifocal Lenses Toric Kryptok Bifocal Lenzes, Invisible (one pair to de= near and far). Préviously $15.00. Special this week only. | EYES EXAMINED by DR. A. S. SHAH. Rez. 0. D. | o= 1 E §l;.!dAl§llz(gl)s’{ 'ng g{fi: a 18 Years | fort to conceal it. Turns to Radio GERALDINE FARRAR. SINGER TO CONFINE CAREER T0 RADID Geraldine Farrar Will Bare Plan to End Concerts Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. tirement from the concert stage. From now on her veice will be heard only over the radio—singing, she sac today, the songs that people ask for and really want to hear. 8he has no schedule of concerts be- fore her, but will sing from time to time, and, in her own words, “not too | frequently.” | “When I was 19 years old,” Miss Farrar said today, “I made up my mind to quit singing in opera when I was 40 and to retire from the con- cert stage at 50. | Quit Opera 10 Years Ago. “I shall be 50 on my next birthday. and it is nearly 10 years since I left the Metropolitan.” Miss Farrar appeared for the last time on a concert stake in Carnes c Hall last November. “I had decided months ago that the Carnegle Hall concert would 2 last.” she said, “and I had thou saying so that night. I decide to do it then—it would have seemed too sensational, perhaps, and undig- nified.” Not weariness, but the desire for change, together with the promise sh: made herself in her girlt is r.- sponsible for her decision, aid. “If you have done tne s2 thing over and over since you were years old until you were 50, wouldu't ycu want a change?” she demanded. Likes New Surroundings. “When I left the Metropolitan I felt as though I had wings and could fiy. And now I've sprouted another set. “I shall still be singing sometimes— | in mew surroundings, under different conditions. terested, alive.” | She talked of the radio and of her in- terest in singing to an unseen audience. When she sings tomorrow at 5:30 p.m., over WEAF, N. B. C, it will be the fourth time she has sung over the radio. She will sing a hymn and some folk songs, playing her own ac-| companiment. Miss Farrar keeps an apartment on Park avenue, but spends most of her time at her country place in Con- necticut. “There I have my garden and birds and dogs all about the prace,” she said, “and I love it.” | Talks of Busy Past. She talked. too, of the days When she was singing in opera and traveling about on corcert tours. One year, she said, she traveled 91.000 miles. “It was all wonderful” she said. “and 1 lovad it. But I worked very hard. Do you know that for years I hardly even had a chance to look at my Christmas presents, and when flowers would come I'd be so tired I could barely see them." t There were big days—like the day the crowd pushed her car up Broadway after her farewell appearance at the Metropolitan Opera House, 10 years ago in April. | “But 1 was so tired,” she sald, “that | it was all confused.” | She is singularly frank in difcussing | the fact that she will be 50 her next birthday, and apparently makes no ef- She was smartly | dressed in black and white, but wore no make-up. —_— Belgium's new military planes are to have a speed of 220 miles an hour at a height of 13,000 feet. Stamp Collections OMd Coins Autographed Letters BOUGHT AND SOLD HOBBY SHOP 743 14th St. N.W. DI. 1272 WATCH REPAIRING BY EXPERTS The repair of your watch does not complete the trans- action between us, but estab- lishes our obligation to fulfill our guarantee of service. 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