MANILAJULY-AUGUST

1937

IONEER OFHILATELY~~EHILIPPINES

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PHILIPPI ••1926-Madrid-Manila, First Day:

Complete set (14 stamps) 2c to lOp .........•..............Do do-(10 stamps) 2c to 30c .Do do-( 2 stamps) 20c and 30c .Do do--( 1 stamp ) 26c .

1926-Legislative Palace, First Day, Compo set (7 stamps) 2c to 1p .Do do-(6 stamps) 2c to 24~ .Do do-Surch. OFFICIAL (4 stamps) 2c to 20c .

192F-London Orient Flight-Manila to Hongkong :Complete set of (11 stamj s) 2c to 1p .Do do-Manila. First Day (11 stamps) 2c to 1p .

1932-PICAORIAL First Day-Comp. set (7 stamps) 2c to 32cDo do-First Day, Surch VON GRONAU (7 stamps) 2c to 32c ..

1934-Far Eastern Olympics-First Da~':Complete set (3 stamps) 2c, 6c and 10c .

1935---British Flying Boat: (10 stamps) 2c to 30cManila-Singapore .Manila-Labuan .....................•.

1935-Netherlands Naval Air Torce:Manila to Pnerto Pl'incesa (3 stamps)Manila to Surabaya (2 stamps)

~935-COMMONWEALTH, First Day, Compo set (5 stamps) 2c to 50c

1935-CHINA CLIPPER, Initial Flight:Guam-Manila (1 stamp) $0.25 .Do do-San Francisco-Manila. (3 stamps) 50.25 each .Do do-Manila-Guam (4 stamrs) 4c. 6c, 10c and 30c .

" -Honolulu (4 stamps) 10c, 12c. 30c t, 50c ." -Alameda (7 s) 2, 6, 10, 30; 36 & 50 .'J -San Francisco. Do do .

1935-Japanese F.!ght, Manila Tokyo. (1 stamp) Hc 1st dayCommonwealth

Manila Tokyo. (2 stamps) 4c and 12c

. .. . . . . . 2.00........ " .. S.DO

1936-British Flying Boat:Manila-Hongkong (1 stamp) 16c .

" -Shanghai (1 stamp) 16c .-Tokyo (2 stamps) 16c and 10c .

1936-RJZAL JUBILEE-First Day. Compo set (3 stamps) 2, 6, 36c ..1936-Commonwealth First Anniversary-First Day:

Complete set (3 stamps) 2c, 6c and 12c .BLAS DE LEZO-With 1 stamp (different) .

1899-SPANISH MARIANAS:Marianas to Manila. (4 s.) 2-2c. 2-8c . .Do do (2 stamps) 2c and 8c . .Do do (1 stamp) 15c .Do do (3 stamps) 2c, 3c and 5c _ .Do do (2 stamps) 2-5c .

GERMAN CAROLINAS:l899-Imperial Eagie, (6 stamrs) 3. 5, 10; 20; 25 and 50pf .......•..

1900--"The Hohenzol:ern" (1 stamp) - 20 [If .Do do (3 stamps) 5, 25 and 30pf .Do do (2 stamps) 40pf and 1111 .

1898-AGUINALDO STAMPS: (2 stamps) 2c rose & 8c green .

A II Covers are guaranteed genuine. Orders must accompany money order.No Covers are sent on approval.-All prices are NET.

ARIAS"Arias" Bldg.. Carriedo St .. P. 0 Bex 2260, Manila, Philippines.

$200.0035.008.004.00

" .10.00<l.002.00

25.0020.00

10.006.25

1.00

15.0015.00

3.00

5.0015.006.005.DO7.007.00

3.001.50

1.001.001.50

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60.0030.0040.0045.0030.00

1.005.008.00

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IIII July - August 1937

Hon. Franklin D. RooseveltU. S. Pr.esident

Col. Louis J. Van SchaickDr. Ricardo A. Reyes JoseAviator Fernando Rein

BOARD OF DIRECTORSDOll Gabriel M. de Ubago

'I'r eaaurerDon Vicente P. de Tagle

AuditorDon Juan Mencarini

Life Technical AdviserDr. Ricardo A. Reyes Jose

Life Technical Adviser

Toda. correspondencia debera dirigirse a APF,Aparta do 711, Manila, Filipinas.La Redaccion acogera con agrado cualquierarticulo coln.boraci6n 0 informacion subreFilatelia.De los articulos Que publicamos serfin res-ponsables unicamente sus autores.

Vol. II No.4

REVISTA DEDICADA AL FOMENTO DE LA FlLATELIAPIONEER OF PHILATELY IN THE PHILIPPINES

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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE

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HONORARY MEMBERS

Don Juan MencariniLife Honorary President

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Don O. S. ColeVice·President

Don Vicente PastorSecretary

Don Pablo M. Esperidi6nVice· Secretary

Don Jose Castalier (t)Honorary President

Dou Simeon Garcia RoxasLegal Adviser

Don Ram6n CatalaPublicity Director

Don C. S. StockingDirector of Purchases

Don Joaquin OrtizDirector of Exchange

All correspondence should be addressed toAFF, P. O. Box 711, Manila, Phi'lippines.

Any article, contribution or information onPhilately will be gladly received.

'The publishers assume no responsibility forany signed article herein published.

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION PRICESUnited States and foreign coun-

tries .:. .. __ . U.S. $1.00Single copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .10Members of the Association get copies free.

PAYMENT IN ADVANCE

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Remittances by postal money order or drafton a Manila hank in favor of the Asociaci6n .Ji'ilatlilica de Filipinas.

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I CORONATION STAMPS I

Aden ....•................ PO.90 Hong Kong PO.60Antigua . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . .. .60 Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .60Ascencion . .. . .. .. .. . .. .75 Kenya .. . . .. .. .85Bahamas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .55 Leeward Is. .60Barbados . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . .. .GO M.alta ..... '" . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .55Ba.suto land .. .. • .. .. . .. .70 Mauritius .. . ..••..... .. .. .90Bechau.land .. .. .. . ..... . .70 ~:~~~~~~I~nd'" : : ::: : : : : : :: :: : :: :~gBermuda . . . ... • . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .61) Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .80~~: ~~~ad':ra;':::::::::::::::::: :~~ Nyassaland .. .. .. .. .55Br. Sol. Is. .75 ~rli~~~~sia .~~Cayman Is. .55 St' Ktt . .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. '65Ceylon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .85 St~ Lu~ia"""'"'''''''''''''' '65Cyprus . . .. . . . . . ..•. . .. .. . . . .. .75 St 'Vincent ; . . . . . . . .. . .. '65Dominica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. .60 S· h II . . . . . .•. . . . • . . . . • . . .. '90Falkland Is ,..... .55 s,i~r~ae ~:one' ::::::::::::::: :75Fiji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .75 Soma+iln nd . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . .. .80Gambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .75 Str. 'Settlements . . . . • . . .. .80Gfbr a.lta.r " .70 Swa.aieland .. .. .. .75Gilbert & Ellice Is. .70 Trinidad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .75Gold Coast .75 Tnrks & Caicos Is. .75Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .65 Virgin Is. .60We are temporarily out of the Crown Colonies, but we will make reservations for an)'

single set listed.

DOMINIONSNauru P1.40 Newfoundland PS.20

Morroco Agencies .. .. .. .25 ~·e,~V·Z!~~~~: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :: 5:~~Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .15 South Africa 3.35

Coruplete Set Crown Colonies P23.65WE BUY GOOD STAMPS

PHILIPPINE E D U CAT ION COMPANY

CONTAXTHE MINIATURE

CAMERA OF TODAY

WHY NOT KEEP A COMPLETE PHOTO-GRAPHIC HISTORY OF YOUR STAMPCOLLECTION AND TRANSACTIONS FORFUTURE REFERENCES.

LET US SHOW YOU HOW EASY THISWORK CAN BE DONE WITH THE CONTAXAND ITS ACCESSORIES.

PHOTO DEPT.

BOTICA BOlE

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PHILIPPINE STAMPS ~ FIRST ISSUESBy

Percy A. Hill(The passing of the author Is a great loss to PhlUpplne PhUatelyand we hope this last article of our departed colleague willserveas a lasting contribution to the phllateUc world.-Ed.)

Previous to the year 1854 stampsfor the pre-payment of mail matterwere unknown in the Philippines.This was not strange, for the firstpostag-e stamp was only issued in1840 by Great Britain and by theUnited States il!lJ1845. Spain issuedits first stamps in 1850. But Manila,although far off the beaten track, hadits progressive also. In 1842 the edi-tor of the SEMINARIO FILIPINO,Don Gregorio Borjas, recommended asystem of post offices and Sinibaldode Mas in his report to the Queen in1842 mentioned the need for mailservice. IIll>1843, the following year,Governor General Marcelino Oraa yLucumberri published rules for thesafeguarding and carriage of themail. Commercial and private cor-respondence was intrusted to privatecarriers while official mail markedS. N. (Servicio Nacional ) was carried.by special messengers or by the Ro-yal Galleys in the inter-island com-munications.

It is reported that an Englishmanirn,Manila suggested the pre-paymentof important mail by an adhesivestamp as early as 1842, the design ofwhich was a sun surrounded by rays -forerunner of the Katipunan designs.The value was one escudo ,de oroabout two pesos of our present mo-ney. I'll' the original decree, datedMadrid, January 5, and signed byMinister Claudio Anton Luzuriaga,the postage rates for the PhilippineIslands carried by municipal carriers(polistas and cuadrilleros) were to be5 cuartos vellon, about 1_14 cents ofthe present currency for local letters.Those for Spain and foreign coun-tries were to be 10 cuartos veilon,with proper equivalents in ?'eales deplata and reales de calderilla, anothercoinage then existent.

In March, 1854, however, the firststamps were prodyuced locally by thePhilippine Government. These weremainly for local use, but some foundtheir way to Europe on cover as well.

The high real values were in the mainfor registered mail, the cover ofwhich with the stamps was retainedby the government as a receipt, as inSpain, and these, in consequence, arerarer on cover than the low values.

The design was the head of QueenIsabella II, but so crudely drawn asto make the genuine stamps look likefrauds, and as the inks were pur-chased locally from the Chinesestores, these varied, and were notlasting in color. The stamps weremade by Filipinos, first engravedand then printed in the establishmentof Plana, Jorba y Compafiia in. Ma-nila. The metal plates from whichthey were printed bore five rows ofeight stamps each, and this, due tominor differences, caused forty dif-ferent types. In each sheet of 40 ofthe 1 real was the error Corros ins-tead of Correos (number 26 in. eachsheet). For the most part thesewere four values. Of the 5 cuartosorange and the 10 cuartos carmine,5000 each were printed; and of the1 real slate and 2 reales green, 2000each, the first two for ordinary mailthe others for registration or heavyletters. There was a change of colorin the 10 cuartos value to rose. Thecost of printing these 14000 stampswas $253.00. In June and in August,as the low values were exhausted, afurther printing was made of a fewthousands, distinguished by a newdesign.. The entire stamp needs for the Is-lands were then for the first yearless than 28,000, hence their rarityand their value at the present day tocollectors. There are also manycounterfeits of these issues. Spanishusage was to change colors and de-signs everyone or two years anda few thousand stamps of the Cubanissue were sent here i.n. 1856 whichcan only be distinguished by the post-marks. Due to distance, time, andthe tardiness in filling orders com-mon in Spain, stamps were produced

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locally" and the troubled politicaltimes in the mother country necessi-tated various overprints and sur-chages which, through no fault of thegovernment here, has made collectingdifficult. In fact it is said that frau-dulent marking designs made in Pa-ris, were delivered to the addresseeby the postal authorities themselves,after fees were paid covering thepackage through the post office.In 1863 the printing contract was

given to LA ILUSTRACION FILI-PINA. The stamps were. of finerdesigns and the inks good. Issues ofNos. 14 to 20 were as follows: 5cuarios , vermilion, 9000; 10 cuartoscarmine, 7000; 1 reai violet and 2 rea-les blue, 5000 each; 1 real plata gray-green 1 real dark-green, and 1 realemerald green, - the first ~OOO co-pies and the last two 5000 each. Thiswas the end of producing stamps lo-cally, for some thirty years.In March, 1864, there was a pro-

test made by commercial firms, pa-r ish priests, and government officialsi~ reference to scandals in handlingthe sales and the high cost of print-ing. In Februany, 1863, the printingof 700 stamps cost $85,00; but fromthis date until 1898 all stamps wereprinted in Madrid and forwarded tothe Philippines. Furthermore a newfractional currency came into use inthe form of copper coins called ma?·i-vedies and new rates were made ne-cessary for carrying ordinary letterswhich was 2-4/8ths centimos about3-% cents of our present currency.

But the amounts varied with dis-tance the letter went and its import-ance, running as high at $1.50 (Mex.)for from 15 to 20 sheets of small fo-lio paper. At first stamps were re-tailed outside the main post officesby small cigar stares called estanqui-llas in Tondo, Binondo, Quiapo, etc.,but thefts and losses made for theirabolishment in 1870. In 1875 therewere only twenty-eight post officesin the Philippines, three in Manila,sixteen in Luzon, six in the Visayasand three in Mindanao, showing thesmall use of the mails. Comparethis today when the last reports gives+21>7post offices in the Islands.STAMPS OF THE REVOLUTION-

ARY GOVERNMENTThe stamps of the Philippine Re-

volutionary government issued in1898 and 1899 are' known as Agui-naldos or Katipunans the first from

Emilio Aguinaldo and the secondfrom the designs used, the triangle,sun, and the three stars, said to re-present Luzon, Visayas, and Minda-nao. The three K's on each stampare said to stand for KataastaasanKagalang-galang Katipunan. Theywere issued by order of the Revolu-tionary government sitting at Malo-los, Bulacan. As the retirement ofthe Spanish government in 1898 hadleft postal affairs in a chaotic condi-tion, and as the American forces onlyheld Manila and Cavite after August,1898, awaiting the outcome of nego-tiations in Paris, the conveyance ofthe mails were a very vital and ne-cessary function in those troubledtimes. Some say that the printingof the Revolutionary issues was donein Barasoin in Bulacan, but this doesnot sound reasonable as Manila hadboth the workmen and the facilitiesfor doing the work. It may be, how-ever, that the first designs were pro-duced there.

The designs bore the Katipunantriangle, the sun, and the stars invarious combinations with the valuesin the currency of the times. Theyconsisted of a 1 milisima newspaperstamp in black, 2 centavos correos inred, and the 8 centavos registrationstamp in green. With these wereissued at 2 centavo violet and a 50centavos blue telegraph stamps, abrown revenue for receipts, 10 centa-vos, and a red-brown revenue, with-out value, for livestock documents:There are a set of five large judicialstamps existent also. There are nomeans of finding out the quantitiesissued, but these must be large, stocksbeing still held in Hongkong and Chi-na, but in the main, being contra-band, they were destroyed, Coversthat did duty in the mails are net toocommon. The undersigned whenwith the U. S. Army in Cavite cap-tured a supply of the 2 centavosstamp to the face value of over'P60,000, with a half dozen cases ofMabind money printed on newspaperstock, but was ordered to burn thebooty by higher authority. The issueexisted perforate and imperforateand there were two types of the 2centavos red correos, one with deepred burelage and very rare, worth200 francs, the other bearing thelegend "Correos y T'eleqrafos", ins-tead of "Correos" only, and todayworth about 150 francs.

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However, there is no doubt that alarge quantity of mail was frankedand carried by these stamps, for inthe first six months, very naturallythere was no opposition whatever totheir use. They were used fromabout June or July, 18~8, until wellinto 1901. The writer has also seena collection of town postmarks madefor the Revolutionary governmentwith over two hundred differenttCIWIlS represented, a large increasefrom the twenty-eight in functionsome twenty-five years before, Af-ter the insurrection began' in Februa-ry, 1899, the military authoritiesconfiscated and destroyed all stocksfound, and mail was carried by spe-cial messengers, sometimes bearingthe stamps also as a means of reve-nue. Letters bearing them found inthe regular mail carried by the postswere censored and if found privatewere delivered the addressee uponpayment in ordinary United Statesstamps.

The stamps themselves were neverrecognized by the International Pos-tal Union, pending the establishmentof a de/acto government, and theycould frank no mail except locally.Still covers have been seen bearingboth these and the last Spanishissues, mailed and carried to Hong-kong and China, when all mails, men,authorities were in a state of transi-tion. The present price of a set ofthese stamps, without errors, except-ing the [udicial issue is not over fiftycentavos, but so far no great stockshave been discovered, they having,as we have pointed out, been syste-matically destroyed, and interest inthem, as is but natural, being stillmerely local.

PERCY A. HILL-AN IRREPERABLE LOSS.Philately in the Philippines is now

in deep mourning with the sensibleloss of .orneof its most valuable fi-gures, . Percy A. Hill, !II zealouscollector, writer and rice planter,who was brutally murdered by a bandof robbers, on July 24, in his hacien-da in Bantog, Muiioz, Nueva Ecija.Robbery was the motive behind it.

Born iru 1876, in Watertown, NewYork, Mr. Hill was nearly 61 at thetime of his death. He never returned

to the United States. About 20 yearsago he married Helen Levingston, aManila girl. Of this union fivechildren were born, of whom three,Kathleen, Robert and Theodore areliving'. After his first wife died hemarried Caridad Otuzar, of Manila,in 1924. One child, Cecilia, was bornto them. At the time of the tragedy,Mrs. Hill and the children were attheir home at 970 Pennsylvania, Ma-nila.

Mr. Hill's favorite avocation, inaddition to Lis research and writings,was his stamp collection. He bothcollected and traded stamps and hecorresponded with noted collectorsthroughout the world. It was hishabit to devote his evenings to hiscollection, and it is thought that theattack on him proved successful be-cause the killers were able to ap-proach the home in which he workedwithout being observed, as Hill wasprobably cngtrossed in his task

One of the foremost authorities on.rice production, writer and studentof Philippine history arnd customs,Percy A. Hill was widely known, hereand in the United States.

At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war in 1898, Hill volun-teered for a Regular Army regiment.He saw service in Puerto Rico and inCuba before coming to the Philip-,pines with his organization.

After leaving :the army he joinedthe newly organized Philippine Corns-tabulary in which he served until hisretirement in 1907. His lasrtcom-mand in this organization was inZambales.

On retirement and after making atour of the Orient, he returned to thePhilippines and devoted himself todeveloping the rice plantation, on atract of 140 hectares, which was tobe the scene of his murder 30 yearslater.

An early settler in a portion ofNueva Ecija, which was then a wild-erness, he became one of the leadersin introducing the sy;stem of commu-nal irrigation which he championed asagainst the government projects oflarge irrigation works. He cultiva-ted rice as the Filipinos did, accord-ing to their communal laws and cus-toms, and has been uniformly success-ful.

In addition to planting rice, he de-voted himself to the study of the so-

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HE 000 [1100 VAIlIETIKS

o·s. O.B.

o.a 0.8.t2 C~N T. ~ IZAL 6(.1.EEN

Varieties in the over printing ofthe letters O. B. on the current andformer issues of Philippine stampshave always been the subject of stu-dy from the part of many of ourclub members. Among these is Mr.Vicente P. de Tagle whose findings

o.s. O.B.

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we are glad to copy below. Beforewe do, however, we wish to remindour readers that the columns of theA.F.F. magazine are always open toall for the discussion of identical sub-jects.

ISSUE OF 1917-25Figure No.1. A block of four

stamps of the 2 centavo Rizal, green,in which the period after the B ismissing. This error was found on thefirst stamp On the eight row of apane of 100 stamps. Unfortunatelyour informant does not give us theplate number nor the position of thepane.)

Fig~lre No.2. The same varietybut On the 4 centavo McKinley car-mine. This error was found on thefifth stamp of the seventh row. Weare told that there are only of theseerror known. (Plate number andpane position were not recorded.)

ISSUE OF 1935(White background)

Figure No.3. Missing period af-ter B of O. B. This is the commonesterror and has been found constanton all sheets of a certain plate num-ber. This error has already beendescribed in one of last year's issuesof this magazine.

Figure No.4. The same error, butthe period is missing on stamps Nos.1 and 4 in a block of four. We haveno record of the plate number of thisblock, nor the position the pane, buthave been told that only two suchblocks have been discovered.

. ISSUE OF 1935(Pink Background)

Figure No.5. A pair of two cen-tavos,pink background, with the pe-riod missing after the B. This va-riety is different from the others inthat the error appears on a stampthat has a straight edge on the leftside.

Figure No.6. Same error as No.5, but it shows on two straight-edgedstamps, one on top of the other.

Figure No.7. Same error as Nos.5 and 6 but the error appears onthree stamps-on the straight-edgeof a block of six stamps"

Fiirure No.8. This error is diffe-rent from the others; notice that theperiod after B is not in its proper

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place. It is half way up the heightof the letter B. This error has onlybeen noticed on the new 2 centavoO. B. surcharged "Commonwealth".This error has been found constanton stamp No. 4 of the first pane onplate Nos. 129055, 129056, 131520,131537 and 131920. This error hassubsequently been found to have beencorrected, which may mean some dif-ficulty in obtaining it.

Figure No.9. As may be seenfrom this illustration the elusive pe-riod after the B is also missing onthe 2 centavo O. B. surcharged"Commonwealth."

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Figut'e No. 10. The error on thefirst stamp of this pair is to be ~ou~don the lower leg of the N. w:hICh.ISbroken and the dash after It IS thin-ner and slants upward. This is notso on the second stamp. This errorhas so far been found on the secondstamp. This error has so far beenfound on the first stamp of thefourth row on the first pane of plateNo. 131519.

Figure No. 11. The error in thiscase appears on the first stamp ofthe pair but in this case the upperpart of the second leg of N is missing.Only part of the left hand serifshows. The position of this stampis immediately above the error on fi-gure ten.

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C). B.O.B·tcOfYIMOlll-W~L.TH

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENTOF THE

ASOCIACION FILATELICA DE FILIPINASPresented to the members at the Annual Meeting on

July 11, 1937.

Gentlemen:Complying with Article 14 of our

By-Laws, I shall give here a resumeof the activities and major events InPhilippine Philately during the fiscalyear of our incumbency, which Ihope will meet all your approval.

MEMBERS. Thanks to the valua-ble and intensive publicity renderedhy the "AFF", official organ of ourAssociation, the number of membershas been considerably increased. Asper data I have extracted from theMinutes of the Association, the in-crease made during the year was 39new members. However, three mem-bers had to resign due to being onleave abroad. We were forced tohave three members also to resign onaccount of being morose and at thesame time could not be located at thelatest addresses given; also anotherwho resigned at his own accord.

We have had to greatly lament thepassing away of the following mem-bers:

Mr. James B. McDonald, a recentmember, but a gentlemen of sterlingcharacter.

Mr. R. C. McGregor, an old mem-ber, writer and wcllknown collector.

Dr. F. Gonzalez Sioeo, also an oldmember, enthusiastic collaborator inour official organ and an authorityon the Aguinaldo stamps.

In memory of these colleagues andfor the eternal repose of their souls,I beg all of you now, a moment ofsilence. (Silence).

TREASURY. You have heard thefinancial report of our Tlreasurerand it is a real pleasure to learn ofthe sound financial standing of theAssociaticm which has just been read.We should not also forget that inspite of the obligations that our Asso•..ciation has met in running the"AFF", our official organ of whichalthough it is scarsely iII1I i,ts twoyears' life now has, received commend-able opinions from abroad, still wehave in the Treasury fund a creditbalance of P564.74.

EXCHANGE OF MAGAZINES'.Speaking for the first year of life ofour magazine, I am extremely gladto convey to you that leading phila-lie publications and prominent col-

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lectors abroad have recognized 01U1:

authority on Philippine stamps whichwe learn through regular excha.ngeof our AFF Magazine with those ofthe overseas. With the exchange ofmagazines, it has also enlarged ourphilatelic library to a large extent.I should like also to mention herethat among the volumes received, Iconsider two books of greater value-the "Sanarabia Air Post Catalog"and the "Stamps of China", the latterprepared by the Chinese PhilatelicSociety of Shanghai, with an appen-dix by Den Juan Mencarini, LifeHonorary President of cur Associa-tioru

STAMP QUESTIONED. The ma-jor event of the year that affectedPhilippine Philately, has to be solvedby a Commission of Experts assignedby your Board of Directors. Thiswas the stamp 310b as per Scott'sCatalog 16c Sampson with the over-print "Madrid-Manila" scarlet red-questioned as to its legitimacy due toits difference in color as comparedwith the rest of the series. Imme-diately a Committee of Experts wasformed and requested to submit re-ports of its findings, and results,which were accordingly published inthe "AFF", official organ of our As-sociation.

NEW ISSUES During the year,there is no doubt that there are stillfresh in your memory the new andcommemorative issues that you havepurchased from the Bureau of Postsand for which I have the pleasurenow of giving in details, their res-pective dates of sale:

(a) ARNACALCommemorative issue of the histori-cal flight of our intrepid aviators,Antonio Arnaiz and' JualIIJ Calvo.Date of sale--September 6, 1936.

(b)_"COMMONWEALTH" -Overprint in black, on stamps of1935. Values, 6c, 16c and I-Peso.Date of sale-October 7, 1936. 2c,10c and 30c, date of sale-December28, i936. The 4c, 8c, 12c, 20c, 26cand 2, 4 and 5-Peso denominationswere sold on March 29, 1937.

(c) QUEZONPhilatelic pet name given to the com-memorative issue of the First Anni-versary of the Commonwealth. Dateof sale--November 15, 1936.

(d) RIZAL JUBILEE ,Commemorative 'o~ the 75th BirthdayAnniversary of Pr. Jose Rizal. Dateof sale--June 19, 1936.

(e) EUCHARISTICCommemorative issue of the XXXIIIInternatiomal Eucharistic Congressheld in Manila. Date of sale--Feb-ruary 3, 1937.

'Demand for the commemorativeissues was warranted by the amountof sales realized by the Bureau ofPosts during the first day sale ofeach.

Permit me to mention here that theRIZAL JUBILE~ issue was a sug-gesticn made by our Associationthrough our official organ, as well fisthe "Commonwealth" overprint.

It is needless to enumerate hereone by one the number of flightsthat .took effect during the year,since it would incur a lot of our timeto do so notwithstanding they werepublished in our magazine and 'whichall of you are already aware.

COMPLAINTS. Due to the se-roiusness of several complaints inregard to the sale of damaged ordeteriorated stamps in the auctionsand which naturally affect the goodname of our Association, your Boardof Directors has considered the ap-proval of a resolution, prohibitingstrictly this nefarious practice, underthe penalty of disbarment of anymember from the Association andthe consequent publication of hisname in the Black List.

FEPEX. On our own initiative,the Far Eastern Philatelic Exhibitionwas formed. The enthusiastic effortsof all members of our Associationcoupled with these of the ServiceStamp Collectors Club, made it large-ly responsible to end it to a goodsuccess. The FEPEX was a verytimely exhibition, since it was heldfrom January 31 to February 9 ofthe present year, coinciding with thecelebration of the XXXIII Interna-ticmal Eucharistic Ocngress held forthe first time in the Philippines. Ido not doubt that this will be the pre-cedent of similar philatelic events,inasmuch as exhibitions of this naturegive a wide and honest publicity ofour stamps, which at present arepublicized only in standard catalogs.

I do not want to close this AnnualReport without mentioning to you

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that the Aguinaldo stamps are nowgaining wide recognition in the Uni-ted States of America. Thanks tothe disinterested efforts of the late-Colonel G. S. Goodale, U.S.A. as wellas to the series of valuable ~esearchand information of the late Dr. Fer-nando Gonzaleez Sioco, which wereduly published in the "AFF". Recog-nition by Scott of these stamps ofthe Revolutionary forces of the ephe-me!al Philippine Republic, marks, Ibelieve, the brilliant horizcei of oneprosperous era for our stamps.

Before closing, I wish to thank themembers of the Board, the Staff ofthe "AFF", as well as all the mem-bers in general for all the courtesyand cooperation extended me duringmy incumbency.

Thank you.Gabriel M. de Ubago

President.

A.F.F. ANNUAL CONVENTIONWith a large number of members

and distinguished guests, on July 11,at the premises of the AssociationBanahaw Building, the annual con~vention of the ASOCIACION FILA-TELICA DE FILIPINAS was held.

Before calling the General Meetingto order, the talk around the halls of~he Association were the new stampsIssued by the different countries es-pecially the magnificent Coron~tionIssue of King George VI of GreatBritain and Crown Colonies.

Declared by the President theexis~ence of a quorum required, theseSSIOnfor the General Meeting wascalled to order. Final businesses ofthe ending fiscal year were one byone transacted and duly approved.The retiring President, Don GabrielM.. de U.bago, gaye his annual report,WhICh was unanimously approved byall.

By unanimity and as an apprecia-tion to the services of the Club's pro-minent oldtimers, it was resolved tocreate two positions of Life Techni-cal Adviser, in which Don Juan Men-carini and Dr. Ricardo A. Reyes, ve-terans and e;xperts on Phili,ppinestamps, were given the honor to occu-p,y.

After due transactions and appro-vals on all matters, the election (byvotation) <lif the new members of theBoard of Directors for the fiscalyear, June 1937/1938 was proceeded,

whereby the following have beenelected:

Don Jose TrillPresident

" o. So. ColeVice-President

Vicente PastorSecretary

" Pablo M. EsperidionVice-Secretary

" Gabriel M. de UbagoTreasurer

" Vicente P. TagleAuditor

Ramon CatalaPublicity Director

" Joaquin OrtizDirector of Exchange

" C. S. Stocking •Director of Purchase

" Simeon Garcia RoxasLegal Adviser

" Juan MencariniLife Technical Adviser

Dr. Ricardo A. ReyesLife Technical Adviser

all of whom were heartily congratu-lated by their fellow members. TheElection Committee composed ofMessrs. Jesus Cacho, H. Berghoffand Luis Miranda, took charge.

?,he general meeting having beenadjourned, the distinguished business-man, sportsman and well-known col-Iectcr, Don Jesus Cacho, owner of thebest collection of the Philippines andof the extreme Orient as well andwinner of several prizes and theGrand Award of the FEPEX or-dered champagne for the whole h'ouse.All membe,rs and guests present gavea conventional toast to the successof the Exhibition and for more pros-perous days for Philippine Philately.

Shortly the big banquet was servedwith an appetizing menu preparedby the epicurean manager of the"Banahaw", Mr. Jose Puzom, a futurecollector perhaps who in constantcontact with "stamp maniacs" wascordially congratulated. And natu-rally everybody's wind-bags werefilled.

There was no dance at all. Dan-cing blushed in shame as some wereafraid to take chances lest they getappendicitis in spite of the fact theSecretary was requested to playIt's A Sin In Carolina or Adios Mu-chachos with a saxophone or bass-

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we don't remember now-since wewere listening on Blue Hawaii, merryas the third glass of champagne!(hic) , plus the spirit of sauternesand moscatel (hic). And boy! Whata jamboree it was!

As a climax to a successful andvery interesting convention, the muchawaited auction was lastly announced.Sick and sane collectors who couldnot live without the auctions werelive-wires on the auction table. Andone way or another the "rnucho" andthe bourgeois battled in the biddingline. We even scooped that not onlyone or two "addicts" went home andsoon came back to get more doughfrom either their cooling iron safesor coconut savings hank, just not tolose the many knocking opportunitiesthat came to the auction table-bare-footed (sin tipo) . And why not.Complete sets of "Madrid-Mamila"(Wow!) and "L.O.Fs." came ~ pa-rade under the noses of bidders,guests 31M even under the schnozzle ofour proof-reader! To a large mea-sure, it was the biggest AFF auctionof the year! .

Before 'pulling down. the curt~mon this annual conventIOn,. we wl~hto mount this happy stampic day Inthe Album of Memoirs, at least bygiving here the names of membersand guests that attended this conven-tion, asking simultaneously one. tho~-sand one pardons and apologies ifwe happen not to mention the ot~ernice boys who shared the day withus. Among the guests and me~berspresent, there were-M!-'s. Burbidge,Messrs. Arias', Bayani, Berghoff,Bruggmann, Dr. Bantug, Cacho, Ca-sado.Catala, Cole, Cua Gay, Delgado,Esperidi6n, Gutierrez, Gu.mbElrt, Gar-cia (Simeon and Ignacio ) , Golden-berg, - Gelano, Icaza, ~nocenc~o, DeJesus, L-ara, Lim, Martinez, Miranda,Malatbalat, Ortiz, Paiiganiban, Pas-tor, Perez, Reyes, Roco, Romero, .Ro-que, Siy Eng Kiy, Soler, .Stockmg,Santos, Tagle, Trill, Tolentino, U~a-go, Valero, Villanueva, Yamashita,and man" others.

PROHIBITIONDue to the number of complaints

received from respectful members inregard to the undignified procedureadopted by some members by puttingin the auctions of the Associationdamaged stamps which are practica-lly an insult to any collection, a mo-

tion duly presented and seconded andunanimously approved- at' the meeting:of the Board of Directors on June17, 1\)37, the following resolution has'been adopted.

,WHEREAS, the Asociacion Fi-latelica de Filipinas has been es-tablished to promote and withinthe reach of all, to enjoy the hobbyof Stamp Collecting in the Com-monwealth of the Philippines.

WHEREAS, the Asociacion F'i-latelica de Pilipinas in holding auc-tions and exchange of stampsamong members, always make it ona point of an- unprofitable sharingbasis with the end in view fo-r oneand all of its members to increasetheir collections, through the ac-quisition of stamps at moderateprices and within the r.each of allpurse,

WHEREAS, the Asociacion Pi-latelica de F'ilipinas has receivedformal complaints from s-ome mem-bers in regard to the somewhatscrupulous sales of stamps whichcertain members submit to the auc-tions, stamps which are completelydamaged cr philatelically. usele~sand which -are absolutely lmpo!:.sl-,ble to, mount on any decent collec-tion, and

WHEREAS, the Asociacion F'i-latelica de Filipinas in its forma-tion has and is, in its form of con-duct to protect the interest of itsmem'bers and make prevail the ob-jects for which it Was established,as well as to promote and prolongamong its members bonds of sin-cere friendship through honesttransactions and good faith.

THEREFORE, be it resolved bythe Directors of the Asociacion F'i-latelica de F'ilipinas, as hereby ISRESOLVED to prohibit strictlythe sale in the auctions 0'1' withinthe premises of the Association,whether in singles or in packets,whatever kind of stamps which aredamaged that in such a mannerthat they are not worthy to. bemounted in any decent collection,and that any member violating thisresolution will be reprimanded andpunished for the first ti~e,. and bedisbarred from the Association andhis name be included in the BlackList, which will be published in theAFF Magazine, official organ ofthe Asociacion Filatelica de Filipi-nas, in case of recurrence.

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PERCYA. HILL .•. (cont. from page 5)cial customs and history of the Fili-pinos and soon became a recognizedauthority. Visiting writers, lookingfor material on the Philippines, al-ways consulted him and found in himan inexhaustible source of accurateinformation, backed by years of stu-dy and research.

He had written extensively on thePhilippines, among his best knownworks being a collection of short sto-ries published under the title of "OldManila." He also wrote a text bookon Philippine r ice culture. He wasintimately associated with Kilmer C.Moe known as the "father of theMunoz Agricultural School," and wasin intimate touch with many notededucators, among them Dr. Barrowsand Dr. Paul Monroe.

Above all, Mr. Hill was one of thefounders of the ASOCIACION FI-LATELICA DE FILIPINAS, andhis fellow members, enthusiastic fo-llowers of the hobby, as well as thestaff of the A-F-F, wish to expresstheir deepest sympathy to the be-reaved family on th-; tragic death ofone of their most beloved friend, wri-ter and colleague-Percy A. Hill.

Philippine Philatelic BureauP. O. Box 1382, Manila, P. I.

New Issue Service:Up to "500.00 face value plus 10 per centLarger amount, as per arrangement.

MINIMUM SERVICE-P2.00First Flight Air Mail Covers prepared at

moderate prices.We can furnish any Philippine stamp at

prices previously arranged plus a moderatecommission.

List of stamps aroilable free upon "~que8~.Honesty Our Motto In All

Dealings

WHEN YOU'RE THROUGH

WITH THIS

MAGAZINEPASS IT ALONG TO AFRIEND- HE'LL AP-PRECIATE IT ..... !

Join the AFFand enjoy its privileges!

THE ASOCIACION FILATELICA DE FILIPINAS offers its members uniquadvantages through the medium of its various services:

FREE SUBSCRIPTION to its magazine and official organ-Newsy, autho-ritative, and the leading exponent of Philately in the Philippines.EXCHANGES-Opportuni,y to exchange duplicetes with the largest andmost representative body of stamp collectors in the country.AUCTIONS-Three auctions a month are held at the Association's headquarterswhere members may sell surplus stocks or buy new stamps below market prices.OTHER PRIVILEGES-Preparation of covers; advance information on newissues; purchase of stamps for provincial and foreign members.

FEESLOCAL MEMBERS-residing in Manila and neighboring towns; 'P2.00 entrancefee plus a monthly fee of 'P.50.NON-RESI DENT MEMBERS- residing outside of Manila, in the provinces 01'foreign countries: 'P2.00 (U. S. $1.00) annual fee.

ASOCIACION FlLATELlCA DE FILIPINASP. O. Box 711. Manila, Philippines.

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GOV'T TO SELL STAMPS OF P20

Two. hundred thousand pesos worthof 1120 and 1110 postage stamps havebeen ordered by the Commonwealthfrom the Bureau of Printing & En-graving in Washington, D. C., FelipeCuaderno, acting director of pests,disclosed to. the public recently.

This is the first time that thegovernment, will use P20 stamps,heretofore the highest denominationwas P10, according to. the DirectorCuaderno. There is. at present 110.stock of P10 stamps. The bureau,however, has a large supply of 1'5stamps.

Director Cuaderno said that the 'new stamps will be used by miningcompanies in the shipment of geldbullion through the mails. The bigdenominations will be mere conve-nient according to. the director,

The new stamps, all of the samedesign, are new being printed in theUnited States. They were ordereden April 6, last, and are expected to.arrive by August.

Correspondence exchanged with theBureau of Pests in regard to. size andcolor of these stamps, Felipe Cua-derno, acting director of pests in-forms us that inasmuch as the 1120and 1110 stamps being a rush order,they can net just new furnish us thenecessary data about same. This la-

conic reply of the Acting Director ofPests reminds us of a collector who.ou-dered a pair of pants withoutknowing it's color and did net knewwhether he will get breeches or knick-ers f'rom his tailer.

POSTAGE DUE STAMP SUR-CHARGED.

Fer the use in business reply cardsand business reply envelopes a suffi-c~nt quantity Of the 4-centaves de-nomination of the postage due stampshas been surcharged so. as to. convertsame into. 3-centave denomination,These new postage due stamps arenew at the Philatelic Section, moneyorder division of the Bureau of Pests.

As we go. to. press we received aletter from the Director of Pests ad-vising that the total number sur-charged of these stamps is 250,000.

AIRMAIL SERVICEThe Philippine Aerial Taxi Com-

pany has cancelled the call of itsairplane at Naga en account of thepresent peer conditioru of the airportat Pili. In view thereof, the airmailservice to. and from Naga. will betemperarily discontinued beginningJuly 27. However, the aimail servicebetween Manila, Paracale and Le-gazpi will continue as usual.

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"Asociacion jFilat~lica ~~7iltpinasU

AVISO IMPORT ANTE

A) PRIMERA BOLSAFILATELICA EX-TRAORDINARIA :1.0 Agosto de 1937,de 10:00 a.m.@12:00p. m.

B) REUNION MEN-SUAL ORDINA-RIA, COMIDA YBOLSA FILATELI-C A: 15 de Agosto,1937 ,de 10:30 a. m. enadelante

C) ULTIMA BOLSAFILATELICA EX-TRAORDINARIA :29 Agosto, 1937, 10:00a.m. @ 12:00 p.m.

AUG.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

A) FIRST EXTRA-ORDINARY PHI-LATELIC BOUR-SE: 1st Aug., 1937,from 10:00 a. m. to12:00 noon

B) 0 R DIN A R YMONTHLY GA-THERING, LUN-CHEON AND PHI-LATELIC BOUR-SE: 15th Aug., 1937,starting at 10:30 a. m.

C) LAST EXTRA-ORDINARY PHI-LATELIC BOUR-SE: 29th Aug., 1937,frrm 10:00 a. m.

to 12:00 noon

Sunday

ALTOS uBANAHAW", CARRIEDO, 330, MANILA

"Asociacion 7iiat~lica ~~7iltpinas"

AVISS IMPORTANTES:

A) PRIMERA BOLSAFILATELICA EX-TRAORDINARIA :5 Sept., l' 37, de 10:00a. m. (d! 12:00 p. m.

B) REUNNION MEN-SUAL ORDINA-RIA, COMIDA YBOLSA FILATELI-CA: 19 Sept., 1937, de10:30 a. m. en adelante

C) ULTIMA BOLSAFILATELICA EX-TRAORDINARIA:26Sept., 1937, de 10:00a. m. @ 12:00 p. m.

SEPT.

IMPORTANT NOTICES:

A) FIRST EXTRA-ODINARY PHIL-ATELI BOURSE:

, 5th Sept., 1937, from10:00 a. m, to 12:00noon.

B) 0 R DIN A R YMONTHLY GA-THERING LUN-CHEON & PHILA-TELIC BOURSE:19th Sept., 1937, star-ting at 10:30 a. ffi.

C) LAS T EXT R A-ORDINARYPHILATELICBOURSE: 26th Sept.,1937, from 10:00 a. m.to 12:0 J noon

Sunday

ALTOS uBANAHAW", CARRIEDO, 330, MANILA

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NOT··IAUSTRALASIANConducted By

RAY PORTER. Meibourne

The 3d., 6d. and 1 shilling valuesof the new Australian regular serieswill appear on August 2. The 3d.value includes in its design the samefull face portrait of the King as usedfor the 2d. value, the only embellish-ments being a crown, situated at topof the stamp and twigs of the flow-ering golden wattle (the nationalflower of Australia) at both of theportrait, beneath the words "postage"which are placed at the two sides ofthe crown. The 6d. 'and 1 shillingvalues will portray the kookaburraand the lyre bird respectively. Thepresent design of the 1/- lyre birdhas been retained but a new drawinghas been used for the 6d. stamp, Thekookaburra by the way, is commnlyknown in Australia as the "laughingJackass" owing to the great resem-blance of its cry to human laughter.

The three stumps will be of thesame size as the ld. and 2d. valuesissued on May 10.

Dates of issue of the Coronationseries f'or the South Seas Islands andNew Zealand were as follows: NewGuinea - May 18. Nauru - May10, Papua - May 14, Niue and NewZeland - May 13, and Cook IslandsJune 1.

The Rabual Post Office (Capitalof New Guinea) impressed all fj ratday covers with a special commemo-rative cachet. Otherwise all otherIslands used their ordinary datestamps on First Day Covers.

Coronation First Day CoversWith Cnmplele Set of New Zealand

Niue & Cook IslandsPer Cover •• • 50¢ only

New Zealand Chambers ofCommerce mint 60¢

New Zealand Chambers ofComm. but fine used (complete) 65¢

Prices in U. S. Currency. Cash with orders.Wholesale and retail lists free on request.

S. ZELENKOMt. Waverly, Victoria, Australia

(Member AFF 502)

Many of the postmasters received somany requests for first day cancella-tions that they were compelled to pu-blish notices to the effect, that theywould not comply with the requestsowing to limited staffs at their dispo-sal. Consequently many collectorswere bitterly disappointed, when theexpected First Day Covers failed toarrive

The most d'iscussed topic in Aus-tralasian circles are still the Coro-natio-, series. In fact one becomesbewildered by the number of tipsbeing offered by so called experts.However the attention of philatelistsis being increasingly drawn to theforthcoming first Australasian AirMail Exhibition to be held in the Mel-bourne Town Hall in October.

I believe that a Filipino entry(Don Pablo M. Esperidion) is pre-paring for its voyage to Melbourne.I feel somehow that this entry wouldfeel much more at home if it wereaccompanied by a compatriot. Well,what about it philatelists of theP. I.? ...

BEST DESIGNS OF 1936Following its usual customs of

conducting a voting contest to deter-mine the most attractive stamps ofthe previous year, the English firmof Stanley Gibbons has announcedthe winners of 1936.

England's King Edward VIIIstamps placed first with the VentineFalls design of St. Lucia and NewZeland's Ansae irn a tie for second.Others finished in this order: Bel-gium's Borgerhout Town Hall; Ber-muda's yacth Lucy; Bermuda's PointHouse; Bermuda's House of Par LaVille; Germany's Brown Ribbon;Ceylon's elephants; and a final three-way tie between the U. S. 25c Trans-Pacific airmail, New Zelands's 2-%dChamber of Commerce and the SouthAustralia Centenary.

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HERK andNEW MEMBERS

The Secretary informs us of theacceptance and approval by theBoard of Directors the following newmembers who have complied with theRules and By-Laws of the Associa-tion:

Mr. Rodrigo J. Rodriguez, ManilaMr. Ignacio Garcia Roxas, "Dr. Antonio N. Jalandoni, IloiloMiss Jimmy Lee Miller, U.S.A.Mr. S. Zelenko, AustraliaMr. Raul D. Gutierrez, ManilaMr. Norris Wadsworth, Bugo,

Misami Or.J. W. Longnecker, U.S.A.Mr. L. Model, ManilaMr. A. V. Aldaba, ManilaE. W. Brady, U. S. A.Mr. Trifone Stanicich, U. S. A.

The Association would greatly ap-preciate whatever information or con-fidential report that may be sent in

.as regards to' new members, provided1m course such information or reportare accompanied with proofs whichwould indicate the undesirability ofsuch a member.

The purpose of this is to avoid en-tertaining applications of persons ofquestionable character and at thesame time eliminate undesirable mem-bers in our Association.

A REMINDER FOR MEMBERSThe Treasurer wishes to remind

thru this column tha.t members whosedues are in arrears for severalmonths, to kindly send in their remit-tances accordingly.

Inasmuch as the Association hasalso obligations to meet, it would bebut fitting for members to cooperateby sending their cuota as and whenthey become due. Otherwise, as perorder . of the Board of Directors,names of delinquent members whoare reluctant in meeting their moralobligations, shall be published in thisofficial organ of. the Association,which will be much to your regret.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTWe acknowledge with thanks re-

ceipt of the following magazines inexchange of the "A.F.F." sent by our

Circulation Department:Monthly Report of The Chinese So-

ci'3ty, vet. 2, Nos. 1/6.Chinese Philatelic Society - Mem-

bers List 1936/1937.Boletin. Postal, Guayaquil, Ecuador,

Afio II, No. 72.El Coleccionista Ecuatoriano, Qui-

to>, Ecuador, Year II, Nos. 5/6.Documentos Publicados ex No. 5/6

of the "EI Coleccionista Ecuato-riano", Quito, Ecuador.

Espana y America, Barcelona,Spain, Year XI, No. 40.

Argentina, Union Filatelica Mun-dial, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaYear XI, No. 43.

Chile Filatelico, Official Organ ofthe Sociedad Filatelica de Chile,Santiago, Chile, Year VII, No.25.

Emco Monthly Journal, Toronto 2,Canada, No'. 219.

CONTESTWith a view to promoting and to

IPopula,rize further the hobby ofStamp Collecting in the Islands, theBoard. of Directors of the AsociacionF'Ilatelica de Filipinas has under con-sideration of holding a philatelic con-·~est.

Members and readers of the "AFF"who have suggestions to make, kindlycommunicate with the Association,sending complete details if possible.

Prizes in desirable stamps and setswill be awarded to winners in thiscontest whose names will be publishedin this magazine.

Everybody is welcome.

'JAPAN-U.S. AIR SERVICEARRANGED

Arrangements have been made inthe land of Nippon for a 10-day mailservice between Japan and the U.S.,by the Commumcations Ministry andPan American Airways. The Mailwill be picked up by the Chinese ope-.rated planes at Shanghai and flownto Hongkong, from there it will takeclipper wings to Manila and islewardsto San Framcisco.

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AUSTRALIA-AMERICA AIRMAILSERVICE

Of immense importance came theannouncement that arrangements hadbeen completed for a weekly Austra-lia-America air mail service as frromApril 23, from Darwin. The routeis via Singapore-Penang-Holngkongby Imperial Airways, and thenceHongkong-Philippine Islands-Guam-Hawaii-Sam Francisco by Pan Ame-rican Airways. The schedules areof interest, and are as follows:

WESTBOUNDLeave San Francisco-Wednesday.Leave Honolulu-Frriday.Leave Guam-Tuesday.Leave Manila-Wednesday.Arrive Hongkong- Wednesday.Connects with Homgkong to Penang

service.Leave Hongkong-Friday.Leave Penalng-Sunday.Connects with Singapore-Darwin

service.Leave Simgapore-e-Monday.Arrive Darwin-Tuesday.

EASTBOUNDLeave Darwin-Friday.Leave Singapore-Sunday.Leave Penang-Monday.Arrive Hongkong-Tuesday.Leave Hongkong--Thursday.Leave Manila-c-Thursdav.Leave Guam-Saturday.Leave Honolulu-Monday.Arrive San Francisco-Tuesday.-The Australian Stamp Monthly.

NEW ZEALAND-U. S. A. AIRSERVICE

By the end of 1937 the world'slargest flyin« boats, carrying 48passengers, will be traversing in fivedays the trans-Pacific trail firstblazed by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and Ulm.

This has been made certain by thesuccessful termination of 18 monthsof negotiations between the NewZealand government and Pan Ameri-can Airways.

The agreement finally reachedgrants permission to Pan AmericanAirways to operate flying boats for10 years to Auckland, the service tobe operated without subsidy or otherfinancial assistance from the NewZealand government.

Extension of the Pan American airservice from Auckland, New Zeland,to Sydney, is expected when the Im-perial Airways enters upon the field

of operations .. If present plans for additional ser-

VIce are adopted, it will be possibleto fly from Sydney to -San Franciscob;r way of New Zealand and Guam inSIX days and by way of New Zealandalon~ in five days, When the Dutchservrca from Java to Man ila is inoperation, Australia will be withinnme days from the United States bythat route.

CLIPPER FLIGHT COVERS. The following table of covers car-

ried ~n the recent clipper extensionto China should be of interest:

WESTBOUNDSan Francisco, to Macao ..San Francisco to HongkongHawaii to Macao .Hawaii to Hongkong .Guam to Macao .Guam to Hongkong .

EASTBOUNDMacao to San Francisco... 21,293Hongkong to Sj!n Francisco 20,287Macao to Hawaii 5,875Horigkong to Hawaii 5,810Macao to Guam........... 6,232Hongkong to Guam 5,'148

ENGLAND-AFRICA AIR SERVICEINAUGURATED

Frrom a small 360 h. p. aircraft,carrying a handful of letters for 250miles between London and Paris ata postage rate of half-a-crown a let-ter, to a giant 3,000 h. p. flyingboatcarrying 3,500 lb. of first-class mailfor 8,000 miles from England toSouth Africa at a postal rate of only172d per half-ounce letter!

That summar ises British air-mailprogress between the year 1919' --when the Post Office first made for-mal contracts for the aerial transportof mails between London and theContinent - and the present year of1937, which sees the inauguration ofthe great new scheme whereby allfirst-class letter-mails are to be air-borne en Empire routes without any-thing in the nature of special sur-charges, labels, or other formalities:

On Tuesday, June 29th, inaugura-ting a new era in rapid inter-Impe-rial communication, the flying-boat"Centurion" left Southampton forAfrica, carrying the first actual loadof Post Office mails to be consigned'by air, without surcharge, under thenew Empire scheme. Among the let-ters carried by "Centurion" was a

12,48831,3775,8538,0497,0237,645

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ENGLAND-AFRICA __ . (con't page 17)

message of greeting f'rorn the Kingto the Governor-General of SouthAfrica; also special letters from Ca-binet Ministers and others,

From now onwards the air-mailbecomes the normal means of trans-port for all letters and postacardssent from Great Britain to East andSouth Africa. The scheme will beextended to other terr-itories as anamplified organization becomes avail-able, including the great trunk routeserving India, the Far-East, and Aus-traiia.

A feature of the 'all first-classmails by air' scheme has been theprovision by British paper-makingfirms of special lightweight station-ery for use by business firms andprivate individuals. The I1f2 d rateof postage nowcovering air dispatch,applies to' a half-ounce letter; butwithin this stipulated half-ounceweight, thanks to' the employment ofthe special lightweight stationery, itis possible to' include an envelope andas many as eight quarto-sized pages;and such lightweight paper is quiteadequately tough and opaque, andfully practicable from a businesspoint of view.

Another important aspect of thenew Empire air-mail scheme lies inthe fact that, having regard to' thegreater frequency of the services pro-vidcd, business houses are able toabandon the old plan of having onlyone day a week on which letters weregot ready for dispatch overseas. Theslogan now is; 'Every day an Empireair-mail day'. Letters arriving fromEmpire points overseas will be reach-ing London in a regular flow, andoutgoing correspondence will be sentout immediately it is ready, withoutany. need for waiting for any parti-cular day in the week.

U. S. BOOKLET ISSUED BY P. O.The Post Office Dept., Washington,

D. C. has just issued a booklet enti-tled "A Description of United StatesPostage Stamps." It lists, describes,

and illustrates for the first time, allstamps issued by the Departmentfrom July 1, 1847 through December31, 1937. The material has beencarefully prepared. The artists, anddates of issue, or when placed onsale are given, Beginning with the1893 Columbian issue a table is print-ed giving quantity issued by eachdenomination. In the rear of thebook is given also a list O'f the platenumbers used En printing commemo-rative and air mail stamps. Thebooklet costs only PO.50 in paperbinding, and P1.50 with cloth cover,and may be had by remitting thissum to the Supt. of Documents, U.S.Govermment Pr inting Office, Wa-shington, D. C., remitting by moneyorder.

NATIONAL STAMP VEXHIBITION OF 1937

On October 2 to' 10 inclusive, in thespacious exposition halls of the Mu-seum of Science and Industry, locatedon the main floor of the RCA Build-ing, Radio City, New York, for thefirst time in the history of stamp-shows, a National exposition will bepresented as a pure philatelic propa-ganda project. Through the displayof stampdom's outstanding gems bythe New York Museum of Scienceand Industry, the thousands of peoplewho visit it each day will be intro-duced to' the fascination of philately.The absence of advertising and dea-lers' booths, will lend that atmosphereof "hobby" rather than "businees".

As planed, the· exposition will in-clude only those stamps and coversthat have some popular appeal for thenoncollector as well as interest for theadvanced enthusiast. In other wordsa frame might be allotted to' a covercarried across the ocean in a subma-rine during the world war while a CO'l-lection of United States two centstamps showing varieties of plateflaws might be taboo, That an itemis worth a fortune is not important ;the fact that it is interesting to' aperson unfamiliar with the lure ofthe hobby, is. (

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The exposition will be non-competi-tive, but each exhibitor will receivea specially inscribed certificate attest-ing to the fact that his collection wasincluded in this important philatelicproject, which has the endorsementof the Association for Stamp Exhi-bitions, Inc.

This exhibition will do more forthe advancement of stamp collectingthan any previous project ever at-tempted, so it is the duty of everycollector as an individual and as amember of his stamp club, to take aninterest in its arrangement. Allsuggestions and cooperation will be.acknowledged, of course,

Collectors or clubs having stampsand covers which they feel would aidin promoting the interest in philatelyare urged to communicate with theNew York Museum of Science andIndustry immediately in order thatexhibition space may be alloted.Each frame is 36 inches wide and 48inches high. There is a charge of $2for each frame which covers insu-

ranee, guard, etc. There !is (no otherfee'of any kind.

All communications should be ad-dressed ioNational Stamp Exhibition of 1937New York Museum of Science and

Industry30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York City, N) Y., U. S. A.

SSCC ELECTS OFFICERS

At the annual election of the offi-cers of the Stamp Service CollectorsClub on July 13" the following wereunanimously elected:

Mr. Verne E. MillerPresident

Mr. H. BerghoffVice-President

Mr. R. N. MillerSecretary

Mrs. S. E. WarnerTreasurer

Mr. H. FalstreauDirector of Exchange

Mr. Jose TrillAuctioneer.

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VENDA SUS SELLOS A H. E. HARRIS & CO.Ila coso mas importante de sellas 01 par mayor en 105 Estados Unidosl

Compramos en Iotes gran des y pequerios,sellas autenticos de toda clase.

Sirvase enviarnos sus afertas, las cualesreeibiran toda nuestra inmediata atenci6n.Carrespandencia en espanol, ingles, francesy aleman.

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·Phlllppine.SETS

Madrid-Manila, 2c-P10.00" 2c-P1.00

London-Orient FlightLegislature -Legislature OfficialPictorials 1932V:OIl GronauF. Rein -Pictorials 1935Commonwealth In2ugurationP. I. ClipperArnacalRizal Diamond JubileeOverprint AirmailComruonwealth Anniversary (Quezon)Postage Dues - - - -O. B. 1931. including Special DeliveryO. B. 1935, including Special DeliveryOlympic Games (Far Eastern) --Pictorials 1935. surcharged "Commonwealth"Tmperfcrate 2c-P1.00 (1931) Including Spl. Del.Imperforate 2c-30c (1931) Including Spl. Del.Perforation 10 (1914-23) Including Spl. Del.P1.00 on 1'4.00, (1932) surcnaraed1'2.00 on P4.00 (1932) surcnarzedPagsanjan lac. No. 357 -Fort Santialto 10c, No. 387Blood Compact 30c. No. 392Barasoin Charch P1.00. No. 393Euchar!stic Congress --Ptulippme Imperforate, 2c to P10.00

" " 2c to P10.00 (in pairs)Coils (in pairs)

FLOWN COVERSChina Clipper, Initial Flight:

San F'rancfaco to ManilaHawaii to ManilaGuam to ManilaManila to San FranciscoManila to HawaiiManDa to Guam

London-Orient Flight:Manila to Hongkong, with complete set L. O. F.

[jjJ UnlledMINT

BLOCKS MINT

1'2,500.00 1'550.00280.00 65.00110.00 26.00

50.00 12.0015.00 3.5060.00 12.0040.00 8.5028.00 6.0076.00 18.0010'.00 2.00

9.00 2.002.40 .552.80 .657.00 1.501.50 .405.00 1.208.00 1.308.00 1.802.40 .50

65.00 15.0090.0060.00

8.00 1.7512.00 2.'1532.00 7.00

1.20 .253.50 .80

11.00 2.506.40 1.50

425.00210.00

2.00

USED

1:'475.0055.0018.008.001.807.507.004.75

11.501.501.50.40.55

1.20.25

1.101.301.S0.45

14.00

- 1'10.008.008.00

10.008.006.00

30.00

Sia

12.50.75

1.255.50.0840

1.501.10

RARITIESNo. 305

306a -310a3101:, -

318a -322a319320

3~931970:l321290

Madrid-Manila, 2c Pale Rose surchargedMadrid Manila, 4c Inverted surchargedMadrid-Manila, 16c Sampson, Violet surchargedMadrid-Manila, 16c Sampson, Red surchargedMadrid-Manila, 26c, Perf. 12Legislature, 18c Double Impression of centerLegislature, 2c Imperf. left side, singleLegislature, 4c Imper!. vertically," pairLegislature, 2c Imperf. vertically, pairLegislature, 2c Imperf. horizontally, pairLegislature Official, 4c Imperf. right side, singleLegiSlature, 16c Imperf. vertically, pair2c Rlzal (Green), Double Impression

MINTP125.00225.00185.00195.00250.00125.0035.0075.0075.0075.0035.0075.0025.00

In Front 01- Qulapo Church--

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USED

225.00

125.00

....,

JROaELIO ETHE VARIEn

Stamp D,

391 R. Hidalgo -:-

late. ~ Jubilee ~ PorolgnDal Mal Fllght:

Tokyo to ManilaMani,p to Tokyo

FIRST DAY15.00

8.00

COVERSMadrid-ManUa complete setI,egis~a.ture ~c-Pl.00, completeLegislature Official, completePictol'ial 1932, completeVon Gronau, completeF. Rein, completeOlympic Games, completePictorials 1935. 2-c to 30cCommonweaJt.h Inauguration, complete.Arnacal, complete - - -Rizal Diamcnd JubUee, completeCommonwealth Anniversary (Quezon), completeEucharistic Congress, complete

100 Differel1t Philippine Stamps50" " "4025

475.0012.004.0'0

12.00 ,10'.00-5.501.203.003.001.501.75

.752.75

PACKETS1'9.50

2.001.50.50

Prices quoted above are in Phillppine Currency. (US$1.00 1'2.0'0).All stamps are guaranteed to be genuine and fairly well-centered or money re-

rundea. On Philippine packets all stamps are lightly cancelled; straight-edges anddamaged stamps discarded; several stamps in mint condition may be found in packets.

On orders of 1'2.00 or more we offer free of charge 1 First Day Cover bearing2c stamp's of any of the following: .. Commonwealth, Olympic, Rein, Legls1atlve, Anni-versary or 1935 Pictorial. Make your choice. Orders of less than 1'2.00 must includesufficient amount for postage.

Cash should accompany order; no stamps sent on approval.NOTE TO ACCUMULATORS: We sell several values of current issues, used,

100 of each kind In packets at reasonable prices. Guaranteed no straightedges, no da.-mage, no heavily cancelled.

BRITISH SILVERAntigua .Ascenclon .Australia. .Bahamas .Barbados .Basutoland .Bechuanaland .Bermuda .British Guiana . .British Honduras . . . . . .. . .Briti sh Solomon Isla.nds .Canada .Canada (used) .Ceylon .Cayman Is'ands ..........•...Cook Islands .Cyprus .. , .Dominica .Falkla.nd Islands .Fiji Islands .G'!ombia .................•...Gibraltar .Gold Coast .Great Britain .Gilbert & Elice Islands .Grenada .Hongkong .India .India (used) . . .Ja.ma.ica. .

"'UDILEE IN SETSl' 2.00

10.003.502.003.002.001.602.002.002.005.001.201.002.501.605.002.002.003.0'0'3.0'0'3.0'0'2.0'0'3.00'

.80'8.0'02.00'1.503.0'0'2.50'1.90'

(MINT)Kenya Uganda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0'0Leeward Islands .. . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0'0Malta 2.20Monserrat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.70'Maura 1.50'Newfoundland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00New Guinea 1.0'0'New Guinea (used) 3.0'0'New Zealand 5.50'Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.70'NlUe . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0'0'Northern Rhodesia 2.00Nyasaland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0'0'Papua .. ... .. . . . . .. .... .. 2.50'St. Christopher (St. Kitts) 2.0'0'St. Lucia. 2.50'St. Helena· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.50'St. Vincent 2.0'0'Samoa .. . . . . . . 5.0'0'Sey-chilles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.70Sierra Leone 2.50Somailland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.50'Southern Rhodesia. 2.80Straits Settlements 2.40'Trinidad & Tobago 1.50'Turks & Calcos Islands 3.0'0'Virgin Islands 2.30'Moroco Agency Spanish 25c (used) 5.0'0'Suazllands .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50'S. W. Africa 30'.0'0'

DK ~I!.U.fETY STORESIP Dealers

-:- Phone 2-23-57

Manila, PhUlpplne Islands

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ByPablo M. Esperidion

CONVENTIONThe Twelfth Annual Convention of the Asociaci6n Filatelica de Fili-

pinas held in its heaquarters at the Banahaw Building on July 11 provedto be a big day. All members residing in the city were practically there.Mileaway colleagues who for many blue moons had not shown up theirsunshine faces in the halls of the Associaaion came to attend this annualmeet. There were a lot of "hello" and "hola tu" and eager faces were gladto see each other even once a year.

For the boys who were unable to attend for having some femininealibi, we might as well mentioi, here that after the heat of the annual electionof the Board o;f Directcrs a "minor variety" was discovered. A very insig-nificant "find" wholly it was, but much to our regret our mascot Siy EngKiy got only one vote for President! .

Whoever the diablo en la. botella polled that lonesome vote-we didn'tknow. But we do know champagne was served-s-and how!

MYSTERYWhat Member 173 considers as the "mystery stamp" of the P. I. is

the newly ordered 20-Peso adhesive for franking gold bullion shipments to~he U. S. A.

The central design bears the Coat of Arms of the Commonwealthbetween two columns! Again? . . .. Perhaps our P. O. officials have a weak-noss on Ionic and Ccrinthians columns, boys, so let's take it CIIl the chin.

Apropos this design and far from content, Fidel A. Telico, our proof-reader says and kicks: "Such a vignette! Do you see any postal sense onthe background?" and further a.dmonished-"At least they should have port-rayed a silouhette of the ticker of the Manila Stock Exchange or a cock-eye's view of the Balatoc Mining Co." It may serve from the allegoricalor utilitarian standpoint, we would say.

While we arc On the subject and if our memory has not scrambledpsychophatically, we reckon having seen a photostat of this columnar designabout six months ago from 'our good but shy Member 63. As a matter offact our t.rusted colleague informed us that the design in question was un-fortunat.ely rejected.

What is causing us a lot of headache now, however, was the suddenappearance and official release of this so"called rejected design.

Since the price of Cafiaspirina has risen recently, we are submittingthis typical philatelic surprise as a guessing contest for the boys.

PROHIBITIONWith the passage of the sales 'Prohibition the selling power of damaged

stamps in the auctions of the A. F. F. has met its Waterloo.It's lovely to hear .that but somebody is rather sere, since his buying

source of rag-tag-and-bob-tail stuff with which he builds his pet line nowlooks completely curtailed.

Meanwhile on the heels of a rumor that our lady friend, Miss F'lor-de-lis of The Variety Store, does amd collects also damaged stamps (but doesnot. sell), we dropped at her place-we mean at The Variety Store, head-quarters of Manila collectors of course=-just to get a scoop.

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As requested and complying to our request she slipped to us a damagedcopy of an 18c Pagsanjan Falls-her "first specimen", she says. "What doyou mean by 'first specimen' ", we curtly inquired. "Well, it will alwaysremind me that a printer is a man of art but sometimes he gets>drunk", shemanaged with the luxury of a smile on her lips.

Thus whether one collects only fake antiques, Nepa shotguns, firstissue' adhesives or damaged stamps that's his business by his own right.However, when onc sells damaged stuff to the detriment of others' rightsand the dignity of their club, it is but logical to apply the necessary measuresto curb this unethical practice,

SPECULATIONThe current talk of the "adventurers in philately" is the upward

tendency in price of the Coronation Issue,vVe observe investors and speculators and even small-time chiselers

are watching it surreptitiously 'and are leaving no dumb efforts in this madscramble of philatelic speculation-wildcatting and hoarding more Coronationstocks with the practical end in view of cornering some Coronation "pets"perhaps.

I'n the wave of this speculative fever, we hear that Southern Rhodesiais tops, And having plenty with the Jubilees-"Experience is the best tea-cher," they sa:y, To which we would simply comment-"Moncy is the root ofall evils."

Wondering as we do, will the Coronation' Issue be converted into a"Cornering Issue"?

INVESTMENTA survey made by the Weekly Philatelic Gossip one of the leading

publications in the U. S, A. as to the aim of the chain of stamp clubs inthat country eventually reveals that around two hundred of them are forinvestment !

Speaking of investment and clubs dyed-in-the-wool exploiting thehobby, it reminds us of the gentleman that dons up only his tuxedo whenattending a Sunday school.

DANDRUFF?So far we cannot confirm the rumored error on the head of King

George VI depicted on the new stamps of Canada. Neither some of thevar-ieties on the Coronation stamps reported in the philatelic press lately.

On second thought, error, variety, dandruff, pain on the neck, orwhatever it is, philatelically it pays to keep an open cock-eye. After all,ac geld nuggets in Johannesburg or in the Baguio mines are of utmostimportance and delight to the mining world so varieties and errors are attri-buted to the joyc of Stamp Collecting.

By the way, did you notice the enlarged letters of the overprint"Commonwealth" on our 2c stamps as compared with the first issue?

CELEBRETIESIn the realm of spotlight did you know that little Shirley Temple

is also an enthusiastic stamp collector and that Douglas Dumbrille is Holly-wood's foremost philatelist while the late platinium blonde, Je~n Harlow ofthe screen as well as the late Caruso of opera fame were none the less ardentfollowers of our hobby?

President Roosevelt could make an income of $2,500 a year if he wouldsell all the cut-squares he saves every night before going to bed,

lJ1cidentally, altho Member 47 is far from being a eelebrity, the nameof his female dog is "Stampy", an expectant mother of several puppies,which member 47 says he will call them "Farley's Follies'.'

Please mention the A.F.F. when answering advertisements.

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THE UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMPSDescribed Fully Since Their Inception

(Continued from November 1936)

Newspaper and Periodical Stamps Obsolete(contination)

Values: 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84 and96 cent

Color: Pink.Scott's Nos. 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,

2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 N2Description

Vignette of Astrae, or Justice, inniche curved at the top, holding inher right hand the balance and rest-ing with her left on a shield bearingthe United States coat of arms. Thefigure is full robed, mailed, and grr-dIed as to the upper part, and hel-meted. Surmounting the helmet isan eagle with outstanding wings.Figures representing values on shieldsin upper corners; values also in sun-ken letters below, richly ornamented.Inscrjptions on sides and at top inshaded capitals on lined ground.

Value: One-dollar-and-ninety-twocent

Color: Deep brownScott's No. 2020 N2

DescriptionVignette of Ceres, Goddes of Agri-

culture, in curved niche. She holdsin her left hand an ear df corn; herright, holding a wreath, rest againstthe hip. The figures faces to thefront, and is clad in full, flowingrobes. "U. S. postage" at the top;other inscripticms in italic letters onobelisks at either side, resting onlower slab, containing value in whitecapitals. Value also in figures inupper corners.

Value: Three-dollarColor: Vermilion

Scott's No. 2021 N2Description

Goddess of Victory in curved niche,full-ribed, girded, with sword to theleft, and mantle thrown over shoul-ders. The right hand is stretchedforward, holding a wreath, the leftrests on a shield. Figures of valuein upper corners; value below in let-ters on either side of a large figure

"3". Inscriptions in solid labels oneither side and on lined ground above,

Value: Six-dollarColor: Light blue

Sctt's No. 2022 N2Description

Clio, the Muse of History, in curvedniche, full robed, the toga thrownover the left shoulder. In her righthand she holds a stylus; in the lefta tablet. F'igur es of value in uppercorners, surrounded by curved orna-ments. Inscriptions in white shadedletters on side, and above in darkletters on lined ground.

Values: Nine-DollarColor: Orange

Scott's No. 2023 N2Description

Minerva, the Goddess of Wisdom,full robed, in curved niche. The lefthand is placed across her breast,holding a portion of her toga; theright is grasping a spear. Figuresof value in upper corners. Inscrip-tions on sides in shaded italics, andabove in small letters on linedground; value also in letters on linedground; Value also in letters belowon scroll. Beneath is a large "9" incurved ornaments,

Values: Twelve-dollarColor: Rich green

Scott's No. 2024 N2Description

Vesta, the Goddess of the Fireside,full robed, in curved niche. The lefthand lifts her drapery; the rightholds a burning lamp. Figures ofvalue in UpPeT corners on tablets;value also in letters on beaded framebeneath. Inscriptions in solid italicletters on sides and in small whiteletters above.

Values: Twenty-four-dollarColor: Purplish slateScott's No. 2025 N2

DescriptionGoddess of Peace, in curved niche

a half naked figure, leaning against

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a broken column. She holds in herleft hand an olive branch, while theright graps three arrows. The valueis in words beneath on a solid tablets;also in figures in ornamented curvesin upper corners. Inscriptions inwhite shaded letters above and onsides, between which letters and eachupper corner is a large six-pointedstar.

Val ues: Thirty-six-dollarColor: Dull red

Scott's No. 2026 N2Description

Figure representing Commerce, infull garments, in curved niche. Sheholds in her left hand the caduceus,the winged rod of Mercury; in herright a miniature ship. Figures ofvalue in upper corners and in orna-mented capitals, below. Inscriptions,also in ornamented capitals, on sidesand above.

Vaiues: F'irty-eight-dollarColor: Light brownScott's No. ~027 N2

Description

Hebe, the Goddess of Youth, partlydraped, in curved niche. The righthand holds a cup, which she is offer-ing to the eagle, around whose neckis thrown her left arm. Figures ofvalue on shields in upper corners,the word "Postage" between; valuealso in letters below in curved orna-ment's. The Letters "U. S." in circlesbetween upper corners and side ins-criptions, the latter being curved la-bels.

Values: Sixty-dollarColor: Rich purpleScott's No. 2028 N2

.Description

Vignette of an Indian maiden. stand-ing in a rectangular frame. She isrobed from her waist downard. Herright arm is extended, while her lefthangs by her side. The backgroundis a landscape, trees and vines to theleft a:nd wigwams to the right in thedistance. Figures of value on shieldsin upper corners; value also in whiteletters on solid tablet below. Ins-criptions in white on solid labels on

sides; at top "U. S. postage" inwhite and purple.

The dimensions of all the above-described stamps are 15116 by 1-3/8inches. These stamps were preparedby the Continental Bank Note Co.(then existing in New York, N. Y.)from designs selected in October,1874. The act approved June 24,1874 (sec. 6, p. 233, 18th Stats.) ,had prescribed the weighing in bulkof newspapers and periodicals pre-sented by publishers and news agentsfor mailing and the payment of post-age in advance by an "adhesivestamp" to be devised by the Postmas-ter General, the stamp to be affixedto the matter, "to the sack contain-ing the same, or upon a memorandumof such mailing, or otherwise, as thePostmaster General may from timeto time provide by regulation." Hedecided to attach the stamp to a me-morandum. The law went' into effectJanuary 1, 1875. -

Another section, 5, page 232 of theEighteenth Statutes, fixed the rateof postage at 2 cents a paund uponweekly or more frequent' publicationsand at 3 cents a pound for thoseissues less frequently; hence the twolower denominations of stamps were2-cent and 3-cent. This was the ad-vent of pre-payment of postaze uponprinted matter in this manner. Thestamps were sent to postmasters onthe 11 of December, 1874, and at thattime there were 35,000 post officesat which newspapers were receivedand 3,400 only at which they weremailed and prepaid under this law.

Under the law of March 3, 1879,page 359 of the Twentieth Statutes,the 3 cents a pound rate was :repealed,and with it the 3 and 9 cent stampissue was discontinued .

An act approved March 3, 1885(p. 387 of the 23d Stats.) , reducedthe rate of postage on this second-class matter to 1 cent a pound whensent by publishers or news agents,and this zave rise to the I-cent de-nominafion of these stamps July 1,1885, and the revival of the 3-centdenomination. The 9-cent was not,however, brought out again.

(To be Continued)

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CLASSIFIED ADLETS/I It pays to keep an eye on small ads"

RATES-SO.02 per word, name and address counted. No ad accepted for. Iess than20c. All ads cash with copy. U. S. and P. I. stamps (mint commemorativesand airmails) as payment accepted.

Philippines-first issues, at reasonable Varieties and errors on Manchukuo W:1n-prices. Jose Pafigantban Cabildo 207, ted. Romon Catala, P. O. Box 1081,P. O. Box 173P_ Man:la, Philippines. Mani'a, Phllippines.

25 different Philippines - ~0.2525 different Philippines - $0.25 50 " " - 1.005~. " " - 1.00 " "100 - 3.00

100 " " - 3.00 Cash with order. Yn Sin Chong, 620Cash with order. Pedro V. Packing, c/o Reina Regente, Binondo, Manila, Ph1l1p-Bank of the Philippine Islands, Or 143 pines.Manrique, Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines.

Trade your duplicates by joining the CO-

Better grade of approvals :>.t lower prf- OPERAT~VE EXCHANGE with member-

ces. References please. Conrado L. San- ship thruout the world. No entrance fee

tos, P. O. Box 657, Manila, Philippines. nor dues required. Cooperative Exchange,142-46 Sanford Avenue, Flushing, L. I.,

I am a ready buyer of unusual pieces, N. Y., U. S. A.

covers, sub-varieties on TONGA IS- SW:1P :our dUjOr.icates with mine. Fo-LANDS. Also historical and economical reign and U. S. Joel \Ving, Wrangel,data on same. S. S. Kahn, 142-146 San- Alaska.ford Avenue, Flushing, L. I., N. Y.,U. S.A. I specialize in AGUINALDO stamps, Phi-

lippines under Spanish Dominion 1898

25 different Philipl"ines - $0.25issue only. Used stamps and covers or

50 " " - 1.00 part cover showing postmarks. Ph11ip-

100 " " 3.00pines under American Dominion 1899 to

- 1904 only. Used stamps and covers orCash with order. Jose Crisologo, 1110 part cover showing postmark eancena-Dart, Paco, Manila. Philippines. tions. Austria, Lombardy-Venice, Aus-

trian Offices in Levant Postmark Can-Will exchange U. S. for Philippine cellattons. Danube R:ver Navigat:on Co.stamps. Also foreign. Miss Jimmy Lee on entire covers, C 4Corrientes' I ProvinceMiller, Oilton, Oklahoma, U. S. A. of Argentina. For the abOVe I will give

in exchange, British Colonies, Europe,Wanted all kinds of stamps, used or un- North, South and Central l.merica. Tri-used in singles or by pounds for tmme- fone Stanicich, 149 Woodbine Street,diate cash. Associated Business, Inc., Brooklyn, New York, U. S. A.73 Alejandro VI, Ma:llla, Philil'llines. Subscribe to the WEEKLY PHILATE-

Ll:C GOSSIP, now in its 21st successfulExchange - Commemoratives and Air- year of continuous publication ... It' s themails. Basis YVERT or SCOTT. Dr. magactne in the United States that givesErnesto Bello, Obispo 56. Habana, Cuba. more readtng matter in a year's time

than any of the weeklies. Ask for a free

20 different Philippines mostly obsolete sample copy from Pablo M. Esperidion,

~0.25. P. O. Box 716_ Manila, Philipp!nes.

50 dffferent Philippines mostly obsolete COLLECTORS: Exchange your duplicate& commemoratives - $1.50 Philippine Islands Stamps for Stamps of

Want list solicited In s.ngtes and sets. lhe United States or foreign. UsedWe use good stamps In our mails. J. stamps only. Exchange base Scotts cs.Inocencio, Stamp Merchant, 435 J. zs- talog. Lcon Fulmer, Bernhart s, Pa.,mora, Paco, Manila, Phll'ppines. U. S. A.

MANILA FILATELICARemigio Garcia, Prop.

ALBUMS and ACCESSORIES for Stamp Collection.Douglas complete with inter leaving Album-Scott's P 22.00Specialty Binder with interleaving Album-Scott's______________________________ 9.00Internacional Junior Stamp Album-Scott's, Cloth bound_____________________ 9.00Internacional Junior Stamp Album-Saott.'s. Board bound ____ 6.60Modern Stamp Album-Scott'. 2.50Modern Stamp Collecting Outfit-Scot.t's ... __.. _..... 5.70Imperial Stamp Album-Scott's _ ______ ____ __ 1.20Triumph Stamp Album-Rapkin's .__ 5.00Portraits of tbe Rulers of the World, 19th century .___________________ 1.00Coats-of-Arms of the World, 19th century_____________________________________ 1.00Flags of the World, 19th century______________________________________________ 1.00Magnifier-Rapkin, no. 723 ._ 3.00Magnifier, Wellsworth Amoptiscopes-Scotts, No. 1/2 ._______________ 4.00Pocket Stock Books-Rapkin's, "" P.90, P1.00, P1.50 & .___ 2.00Pocket Stock Book-Scott's, cloth bound_______________________________________ 3_00Approval Sheets . . .... _.'_ .10Approval Cards . , . _. .. _._. __. .. ._. . __.. . ._ _06Water Mark Detector-Scott's, size 3" x 21/2"________________________________ 1.50Water Mark Detector-Scott's size 51/4" x 31/2" .. .. __.. . __._ 2.00Stamp Tong-Scott's . .. .. _. . ._ ____ .80Stamp Hinges-Rapkin's, in envelopes .3,;Stamp Hinges-Rapkin's in tin boxes__________ .40Scott's Blank Sheets Specialty quadrilled pages .05Transparent Envelopes, size 2" x 31/2" per % .60Transparent Envelopes, size 2 1/2" x 4 1/4" per % .80Transparent Envelopes, size 31/4" x 6" per %_______________________________ 1.20

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,CORONATION STAMPS

THEY HAVE ARRIVED!Yes, Wf' hn ve them from the -i5 OI'OW11 Ool oni es, the 11 additional value's of New-

foundland as well as t n» Do m in io n s.BUY NOW - OR PAY MORE LATER

Read This Line AgainCROWN COLONIES - 3 stamps In each set,

Aden 1'.90 Falkland Jxlands 1' ..55 Niger-ia P.ROAntigua .60 Fiji . . . . . . . . .. .75 No. Rhodesia .75Ascension . .. . .. . .. .75 Gambia .75 Nyasnland . . . .. .55Bahamas .75 Gibraltar .70 St. Helena ......•.. .80Bn rbn dns . . . .. .60 Gilbert & Ell .75 St. Kitts .60Basut o and .70 Gold Co a st .75 St. Lucia ~ . . . .. .65Bochuanadn nd .70 Gre na da .65 St. Vincent .65Bermuda, .60 Hong Kong .60 Seychelles , . • . .80Bt'lit.iRh Guinea .75 J ..ma ica .60 Sierra Leone .75British Honduras .75 Kenya .60 Sorna tila nd . . . . . . .SOBritish Solomon .75 Le ewa rd Islands .60 St. Settlements .75Cayman Island .55 Malta ". .55 Swaziland "'" .75Ceylon . ... . . . . . . .. . i« Ma ur itius .95 'I'rin idud . . . . . . . . .. .75Cyprus . . . . . . . . .. .75 Montserrat .nO Turks Islands .75Dominlea . .. . . . . .. .60 Nr-wfou nd lan d . . . .. .70 Virgin Lsla nd s

45 Co mp ate Se t.s as l ist ed - 135 stamps 1>25.0UBritish America (20 of the ahove) ]0.00

NEW FOUND LAND 11 adltlonal values complete P8.S0DOMINIONS

SOUTH WEST AFRICA, ~, 1, 1~, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 1 sh. in Bi-Lingual Pairs P 8.50UNION SOUTH AFRICA, ~, 1, 1~, 3, and 1 sh. in Bi-Lingual Pairs. .. .. 5.50RO. lUIODF;SL\, I, 3, 3, lid PI0.00 COOK ISJ~ANDS, 1. 2-1/2, 6d .. I' 1.35NAURU. 1-1/2. 2, 3, 1 sh , 2.2!'i NIUE, 1. 2·1/2, fld 1.25;\IE II' GUlNEA. 2, 3. 5, ] sh... 3.50 GlmA'!' BRITAIN, 1-1/2d .20PAPUA. 1. 2. 3, !'id........... 1.75 ~10ROCCO'S .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .75NB\\' ZE.\LAND, I, 2-1/2, 6d... 1.25 CAN.\])A, 3e .20

AUSTRALL\. 1, 2d P .'10Cor-ona t ion Souvenir Album s po 3.50C'tlJilpJete C'oronn tion sets - compa.irtng 45 Crown Co lo n ies. New Foundland

find all dominions - Mounted in Sonveni r album with Crystal Mou n t . . 75.00