Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1935, Page 52

BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT. The Golden Jubilee Convention Exhibition of the American Phila- telic Society at the National Museum closed yesterday. It had opened Au- gust 4, been visited by thousands of collectors and friends and earned for itself the verdict of “the best show of its kind ever staged in the United States.” The sudden and tragic deaths of Queen Astrid of Belgium and Will Rogers and Wiley Post have occa- sioned a renewed discussion of me- morial stamps. In Brussels it has been announced that the “Snow Prin- cess” will be paid the same philatelic tribute accorded her father-in-law, King Albert, last year, but the Post Office Department of the United States thus far has turned a deaf ear to the Nation-wide petition for recog- nition of the well-beloved philosopher and the courageous aeronaut Wwho perished in the barren wastes of Northern Alaska. It is true, of course, that the Amer- {can habit has been to issue mourning stamps for none but Presidents—Lin- coln in 1865, Garfield in 1882 and Harding in 1923. The antiquity of a custom, however, is no excuse for its continuance, and there would be little, if any, objection to a more liberal attitude on the part of the Govern- ment with regard to stamps in tribute to great personalities whose contribu- tion to civilization may not have been official. Precedents are numerous in foreign lands. Austria has issued stamps in homage to Premier Dolfuss, Brazil for the flyer Santos Dumont, Bulgaria for the journalist James David Bourchier, China for the states- man Tan Yuan-chang, Prance for Aristide Briand and Paul Doumer, Germany for Presidents Ebert and Von Hindenburg, Yugoslavia for King Alexander, Latvia for the patriot Z. A. Meierovics and President Jahnis Tschakste, Lithuania for the trans- Atlantic flyers Darius and Girenas, Mexico for Capt. Emilio Carranza, Poland for Marshal Pilsudski, Russia for Nikolai Lenin and other leaders, and Spain for the novelist Blasco Ibanez. Not all were mourning issues, but each was intended to mark na- tional appreciation of national service, The people of the United States are not exempt from the impulses of grat- itude which move other peoples, and sooner or later such lives as those of Rogers and Post will be commem- resenting about $1,130,000 of the total. ‘When the estate was inventoried last year it had shrunk to $1,316,453, of which $680,000 had been received from the sale of stamps—$245,000 by direct sale of the United States and Confederate stamps to the public and $435,000 from an English syndicate in a lump sum for the balance of the collection. The syndicate sales which were held in London totaled $630,000, making the price paid for the coilec- tion by the public $875,000, or some- thing better than 77 per cent of their cost, as against an 80 per cent shrink- age for the entire estate. “We wonder just where an investor would find a solider property into which to put his savings.” Michael L. Eidsness, jr. associate editor, is the author of the following story, printed in Stamps Magazine for September 14: “Miss Natalie Sumner Lincoln, his- torian and novelist, died last week at her home in Wastington and her passing recalls to my mind one of the most interesting of my experiences as superintendent of the Division of Stamps in the Post Office Department. “I was familiar with Miss Lincoln's valuable work as editor of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution Magazine and with her mystery stories, but I had not had the pleas- ure of personal acquaintance with her until one day in April, 1930, when she came to my office to ask a question. “The query was: ‘What is this?" and the object to which she invited my attention was an énvelope bear- ing a 10-cent James M. Buchanan Baltimore provisional stamp of 1845. “By the next morning all the news- papers of the United States reported the discovery. It was the best phila- telic news of the season, and even editors and publishers who were en- tirely ignorant of stamp values made the most of it. “Miss Lincoln, it seemed, had been moderately practicing the collecting art as a pastime. She was isolated, however, from other collectors and not in touch with current developments in the philatelic field. Thus it hap- pened that the treasure with which her name now is so indelibly associated had rested for years in a wicker work basket in her attic, neglected and forlorn. Only the chance of accident suggested the precious character of the ancient cover. “But Miss Lincoln's first guess had THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Secretary DR. HOLLAND A. DAVIS, Recently re-elected secretary of the American Philatelic Society, a position he has occupied with dis- tinction since 1916. Born in New York, he was educated at New York University and Washington University, St. Louis, practiced medicine at Cleveland and, on re- tirement, settled at Denver, where he still makes his home. He was organizer and secretary of the United States Revenue Soclety in 1907, president of the Southern Philatelic Association in 1912 and of the Metropolitan Philatelic As- sociation in 1815. A collector for nearly 40 years, he is the author of several standard works on philately and of the authorized history of the A. P. §. He lectures on stamps and coins in the Denver high schools and is president emeritus of the Denver Stamp Club. be purchased for very little, and the opportunity for study is unlimited. “Foreign revenues are the most dif- ficult sidelines, as their number ex- ceeds that of postage stamps. Some countries issued thousands, while others have comparatively few. No! general catalogue of foreign revenues | has been issued for more than 20 years. | “Telegraph and telephone stamps | issued by governments or by private companies are not so numerous and have more appeal to the postage stamp collector, since the government issues are often sold and controlled by the worated in stamp designs in America | to be verified. Hence her visit to my | post offices and are closely allied to | &s careers of similar value are else- where. The long-expected Boulder Dam stamp will be issued. Postmaster Gen- eral Farley has said so. Details will | be announced in due course. | Nothing definite is known as yet | about the proposed potato tax stamps. | They will be revenues in classifica- | tion, but the problem of what de-| nominations will be issued, what de- signs they will show, what color they will be, etc., remains to be solved by | the Government. Those interested | are referred to an editorial on the sub- | Ject in The Star of Priday last. Surinam has a new series of char- ity stamps to illustrate fundamental human fellowship, the design showing two hands in a clasp of brotherhood, one white, the other black. The val- ues are: 1c plus 1l%c, black brown: 2¢, plus 1c, indigo; 3c plus 1}3c, green; «c plus 2¢, orange; 5c plus 2%2c, black, and 10c, plus 5c, red. | Scott's 1936 catalogue will go on sale September 23. Mint sets of | dantly justified. Within a few dnys! | tion, unspoiled by time, and bore upon office and to the Philatelic Agency. ‘I think this might be worth some- thing,” she said. ‘Can you tell me, if it is?* “One glance was enough. The stamp Wwas a beautiful specimen of the rare Buchanan. It was in perfect condi- its face the proof of its authenticity. A red ‘paid’ cancellation remained unfaded and clear beside the label. envelope was a note expressing regret at being unable to attend commence- ment exercises at Dartmouth College It was written by Dr. Nathan Ryno Smith, a celebrated Baltimore surgeon, namesake. The latter was Miss Lincoln’s father—himself a famous physician who died in 1898. “We in the Division of Stamps who “The communication inclosed in the | to Dr. Nathan Smith Lincoln, his | postage stamps. Some are exceed- ingly rare, but a big showing can oe |made for small money and infinite | patience. The Prench catalogue of | Yvert and Tellier lists the govern- | | ment telegraph, telephone stamps, | official seals and many other postal | sideline stamps. i “In point of beauty many of the | sideline stamps are superior to some | of the regular postals. They are equally interesting as to type and minor varieties. Few, if any, are of | speculative origin, for there is a | very limited market for them. We know several who have made money trading in these specialties, but the | average collector gets his dividends in ](un—lnd lots of it!” | Among contributors to the flnt' issue of the American Stamp Digest viewed this famous cover advised Miss Lincoln to place her prize in safe deposit and to await the offers which we knew would come immedi- ately as news of the discovery had reached dealers and collectors. “And our expectations were abun- are Elliott B. Holton, Elizabeth For- | man, Douglas Armstrong, Harry E. | Haber, Fred J. Melville, Ralph A. | | Kimble, Henry Christ, Martin De | | Paul and Manuel Hahn. The editor | | is Kent B. Stiles; the publisher, Dr. | D. D. Runes. | Building, Seventeenth street, Satur- day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Plans for the new season will be discussed and Robert Bilsborough, president, will re- port on the junior aspect of the A. P. 8. convetnion and exhibition. Hollywood in Lead. Hollywood produces 70 per cent of the films of the world. In 1934 Great Britain, France and Germany produced 513 first-class pictures. D O, MOVE ATTENDED BY D. C. DELEGATES Mrs. Ritter and Mrs. Herzog to Be at Christian Revival in Switzerland. ‘Two representatives of the Washing- ton branch of the Oxford Group Move- 29¢ SEPTEMBER 15, 1935<=PART TWO. ment will attend meetings of European participants in the new Christian re- vival movement in Switzerland. They are Mrs. W. M. Ritter, 2223 Massachu- setts avenue, who already is in Ge- neva, and Mrs. Henrietta Herzog, 2014 Pierce Mill road, who has sailed to Jjoin a group team in Zurich. The Swiss chief executive, President Minger, has approved the work. “You are showing the way out of the ma- terialism and self-seeking which have —Gilt fikished radiator English Andirons $2.95:3.95:5.95 ~—A special purchase makes these low prices They're imported Old English type step steel braced possible. Andirons in Antique Brass, Ebonite, Silver and 3 styles at $2.95 pr. . . . .+ 4 at $5.95 pr. o at $5.95, $3.95, $2.95 Chromium finishes. 6 at $3.95 pr. . English Hearth Sets ladders shields, siable "t 38 — Pour-foot step each insure stedi- ness. 32-Pc. ROSE CLASS Luncheon $1.98 Aluminum Sets —A lovely service for six. luncheon _plates. including six each cups, saucers and cream soui's and one each platter and vegetable dish, Pie-Plate Cover Oven-Proof Casserole ~—Decorated casserole with utility ple plate cov- er. Bake and serve at the same time. Ivory Porcelain mop shai ..9c == by_inches 29¢ —1-qt. Wear double lipped saucei Windsor shape with cold steel handle. —$1.00 O'Cedar chemically treated dust or_polishing langular Ever * ASK ABOUT OUR LIBERAL e Fully Insulated o Oven Heat Control . o Double-duty Cover o E-Z Kleen Burner Tray and Drip Pan s with numbers marked Two easel Dback rests. Regularly brought the world to its present state of chaos,” he told a delegation of 50 group leaders at the Parliament House, Bern, according to a cablegram re- ceived by Herman Hagedorn yester- day. Meetings at Geneva have resulted in the enroliment of 15,000 Swiss people, nations, judges, physicians, newspaper publishers and editors and & former Communist strike leader, who declares that “there is no solution for the world’s troubles except through sur- render of self to Christ.” Edwin N. Lewis, secretary of the National Cathedral Association, Wash- it is understood. The group team there | ington Cathedral, is a leader of the includes in its gersonnel a general, an admiral, four university teachers, local group and is in touch with the work in Europe and in other cities in members of the Parliaments of three ! America. "DETROIT STAR’ GAS RANGE *64.50 —It's a rare opportunity to modernize your kitchen with a fine quality Gas Range at a very special low price. A special car-load purchase makes the value possible—come early—they won't last long. Cooking Top o Porcelain Grates and Burners Magicliter; Roll-Drop Broiler o Safety Oven Lighter ® Green, Peach, Tan and White Finishes Kann's—Third Floor = Maj. Paul Brown is the author of | United States stamps will. be listed | there were many bids. One of our M as follows: Columbian Exposition, | wealthy collectors proposed $9,000, | ;,:(e:,nu[:fi‘i’cli m“’-uzgepll)?w ’;’o:ltl;“;; Cigarette Set,49¢ —Four individual ash trays and one cigarette $135.75; ‘Trans-Mississippi, Pan-American, $9.35; Louisiana Pur- chase, $11.35; Jamestown, $3.851 Panama-Pacific, perforated 12, $8.95; | perforated 10, $20; Pilgrims, $2.25; | Huguenot-Walloon, $1.30; Lexington- Concord. $1.25; Norse-American, $1.30; Kansas, $3.25; Nebraska, $4.29; and George Washington Bicentennial, $1.69. An editorial in the New York Her- | ald Tribune recently discussed philat- | ely as an investment. “With the sale | in London last week of the stamps| of Latin America, Hawali and the| Philippines one of the world’s great | stamp collections and the largest sin- gle investment in the Arthur Hind estate was finally dispersed,” it said. *“Beginning in November, 1933, with his United States and Confederate | stamps, auction sales have been held, first in New York and then in Lon- don, at intervals of a few months where group by group collectors have paid $875,000 for the stamps from what has been popularly called a ‘mil- lion dollar collection.” “Hind loved his stamps and hked to hear them called the world’s great- est collection. And it came near be- ing so, it considered from the stand- point of diversification, He kept an inventory of its cost over the years it was in the making and annually added 6 per cent as to an investment. In pre-depression days his worth was variously estimated at from $7,000,000 $53.72; }and I have been told that he did not obtain the stamp in the end. Mean- while, Miss Lincoln, acting through C. J. Gookeler, vice president of the 000. Stamp Co., New York. date in my journal as April 25, 1930. The transaction was reported in the New York Times of April 26, 1930. incident, I thought was symptomatic | of what may happen—and really does | happen—{requently. “I am sorry Miss Lincoln has gone. She was a charming and kindly per- | son, exceedingly active and indus- trious.” District National Bank, sold for $10,- | Donora, | Stamps,” in the October issue of | Esquire Magazine. | Alden H. Whitney has been nf Pa., during the past two, The purchaser was the Nassau | weeks. He is expected back in Wash- | I find the!ington tomorrow. | Eugene Klein, president, American | Philatelic Society, is in the city for a | “I, of course, was delighted. The |meeting with Philip Simms Warren, | Hugh M. Southgate and Mrs. Cath- | erine L. Manning, vice presidents. l The Washington Collectors’ Club | will meet at the Thomson School, | Twelfth street, Tuesday evening at 8 | o'clock. Theodore Freter will discuss A. W. Bloss, writing in the Los Angeles Times, pleads the case of | “sideline” stamps. “In addition to postage stamps,” he says, “there are other kinds of stamps equally collecti- | ble. Among these are stamps used to prepay telegrams and telephone mes- | sages, foreign revenues and postal- | fiscals, and official seals; stamps is- sued by local posts or companies carry- ing mail or express, and private char- ity stamps. “Since the American catalogues and albums do not include these stamps, | the novice finds them difficult to ar- range. The more advanced collector often includes pages of the sideline stamps, for many are closely related to postage stamps. Other collectors fancy these unlisted stamps because to $10,000,000 in textiles, railroads, real estate and stamps—the latter rep- | Latest Stamps From Germany New stamps continue to appear with consistent regularity in Germany. The most recent are the railroad series and the youth movement pair , shown on first-day covers received they offer a field for pioneer study in many cases; the stamps can usually “Oddities,” and the public will be welcome to attend. | Other scheduled meetings and ' speakers are: September 24, Dr. H. | E. Claus, Togo; October 1, James F. | Duhamel, British Colonies; October 8, | M. H. Cullen, Christmas Seals; Octo- | ber 15, W. Hayden Collins, Revenues | and French Colonies; October 22, ! Frederick J. Roy, Airmails; October | 29, A. Yonteff, Latin America, and | November 5, Claude Parker, Covers. The Washington Philatelic Society will have a “home coming” meeting at the Hotel Carlton, Sixteenth street, Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Dr. Ellis Haworth, president, will intro- duce members who have been absent from the city during the Summer and who will be asked to tell of the most interesting philatelic experiences of their vacations. ‘Two programs of lecture-meetings are planned for the jate Autumn and Winter. One will be for the benefit of beginners, the other for that of collectors of more advanced grade. AThe society will celebrate its 30th birthday anniversary at a banquet Wednesday evening, December 11. Dr. Haworth has extended a special invitation to visitors to attend this week's meeting. The Washington Federation of Junior Stamp Clubs will meet in the conference room of the Red Cross —_— STAMPS. Stamps—Coins—Autograph: Bought and Sold, e 5 Hobby Shoj 716 _13th St N.W. ® District 1272 WHITNEY’S STAMP MART 102 12th St N.W. Met. 6593. COLLINS STAMP SHOP 927 15th St. U. 8. and Foreign. STAMP ALBUMS Stock Books. Catalogues. New Sets. Stngle Stamps. Philatelic Supplies. Call and see me I also BUY Collections. 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