2c carmine 356b 2c carmine 370g 389c lc green 390b 2c carmine 391b 3c violet 391c 3c violet 399a 10c orange yellow 452b 2c carmine 1912-15 Perf. 81⁄2 vertically 1914-15 Perf. 10 horizont'ly (Rotary .12 .08. Press) .08 .06 1916-17 Perf. 10 horizont'ly (Rotary) .04 .03 1916-17 Perf. 10 vertically (Rotary).. .06 .05 1916-17 Perf. 10 vertically (Rotary). .10 .08 1916-17 Perf. 10 horizont'ly (Rotary) .10 .08 1916-17 Perf. 10 vertically (Rotary). .20 .16 1922-23 Perf. 10 vertically (Rotary).. .04 A Complete Set of the above 17 Stamps, $1.40 OUR BRANCH, 178 Fulton St. NEW YORK CITY offers the following at a reduction from catalogue price: Published Monthly by SCOTT STAMP & COIN Co., 33 West 44th St., New York City, N. Y. Vol. 4. No. 7 KENT B. STILES, Associate Editor NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER, 1923 Issue No. 43 The issue number with which your subscription will expire is shown at left of address on envelope U The Month By John N. Luff NITED STATES: Mr. H. K. Schoch has shown us a copy of the 30 cents orange of 1861 (No. 71), printed on both sides of the paper. The impression on the back is clear and distinct though not as strong as that on the face of the stamp. We are indebted to Mr. Philip H. Ward, Jr., for the information that three new airpost stamps are in preparation and are expected to be issued about August 20th. They are to be: 8c deep green, 16c dark blue, and 24c carmine, the colors of the current 25c, 14c and 20c ordinary postage stamps. The design of the 8c will show the radiator of an aeroplane, the 16c a Washington conference, but we learn that a few offices are still being operated. According to the Philatelic Magazine Japanese stamps overprinted "China" have been withdrawn from circulation but there "remain post offices at Ryojun, Darien, etc., and along the South Manchurian Railway line, which, however, use stamps of the mother country without any overprint." In this number we chronicle a new series of stamps of Indo China overprinted for use in Kouang Tcheou Wan. It is stated that the reason for this issue is that this territory is not strictly Chinese, having been leased to France for 99 years. winged circle (the device of the aerial DA service), and the 24c the latest type of government aeroplane. CEYLON: Mr. D. Field shows us the 2 cents orange War Stamp of 1918 (No. 401) with double overprint. HINA: ANZIG: The 5 marks slate and carmine of the 1906-11 issue of Germany was recently reported with inverted centre. The Nassau Stamp Co. now show us a copy of this stamp with the overprint "Danzig" in "Old English" type. This will become a variety of No. 18 in our cata CHIN logue. stamps overprinted with three Chinese It is generally understood that all foreign post offices in China were discontinued at the end of 1922, in accordance with the REECE: We have received from Mr. P. J. Drossos a letter on the subject of the stamps of Greece and Crete with a surcharge meaning "Revolution, 1922," and new values. He writes: "Fifty-six values have officially been issued and many of the Cretan values, of which there was a very small quantity (under 3,000), were destroyed after they had been surcharged. "On June 1st, 1923, this issue was put on sale and divers values appeared at the Athens P. O. Others were distributed among the provincial towns. Upon demand every person was only given 5 to 10 stamps of each kind that was at that moment on sale. When one value was exhausted, it was replaced by another one. The lithographed issue is always still on sale. "At the request of stamp dealers and collectors, the Postal Authorities of Athens completed 500 sets of 56 varieties and distributed them among collectors (who received a set each) and dealers (who were given 5 to 15 sets each). In Athens nearly all the Cretan values and most of the other small values were at once bought up by the postal officials themselves. "As mentioned above, the official values are only 56, and any other value that might appear on the market is of those which were ordered to be destroyed and which might have been put aside by some official." Other reports state that 57 stamps were surcharged, printed lists call for that number, and we have seen one of the sets made up by the Post Office Department and having 57 varieties. We regret to say that other stamps than those which may be termed "official" are already being reported. Thus it is evident that stamps that should have been destroyed have escaped their intended fate and remain to trouble those collectors who demand completeness. HAYTI: In the May Journal we chron icled, on information received from Mr. A. O. Litt, three postage stamps overprinted "T. M." We were told that these letters were the initials of the words "Timbre Ministerial" and signified that the stamps were for official use. We have received a letter from our valued correspondent, Mr. E. A. Colson, telling us that the "T. M." signifies "Timbre Mobile", and that the stamps are for fiscal use and not to frank official correspondence. HUNGARY: We notice that the 200k and 500k "Patrona Hungariae" stamps, which we chronicled last month, are on a paper with a new watermark. This change was foreshadowed in the February number of the Journal. We anticipate that all future printings of Hungarian stamps will be on this paper. We regret the change. The issues of Hungary are already so numerous and so complicated that they discourage many collectors and the introduction of a new watermark will add greatly to the confusion. In the so-called Double Cross watermark, which first appeared in 1913, the crosses are arranged one above another in vertical rows, with the tops of the crosses pointing in opposite directions in the alternate rows. For example, in the first and third rows they point upward, and in the second and fourth rows they point downward. In the new watermark the crosses are smaller and are arranged in fours around a small square, one cross at each corner, pointing diagonally outward. We have not yet found a brief and satisfactory name for the new watermark. The crosses are double (i.e., they have double crossbars), as in the 1913 watermark, though they differ in size and arrangement. The term Multiple Crosses would apply to either watermark, as each forms a pattern covering the entire sheet, instead of small designs falling on the individual stamps. Can someone suggest a short and appropriate name for the new watermark? ITALY: The following quotation from a letter received by our publishers may interest our readers: "The object of this letter is to inform you that, at the end of 1921, I purchased the remainder of the stock of the Italian 'Dante' Commemorative stamps from the Dante National Society, which had the remainder from the Italian Government with authorization to sell at many times over face value for philanthropic benefit. "As by law and guarantee, the stamps were issued in only 400,000 sets of three values and of these only 130,000 were sold to the public by the post offices. The remainder of the stock I bought, as said above, that is to say 270,000 sets." From the fact that these stamps are now offered at a trifling price we conclude that this particular speculation has not been successful. When our Editor was recently in Italy he tried at the principal Post Offices in several of the larger cities to purchase a set of the stamps issued in commemoration of the Third Centenary of the Propaganda of the Faith. He was unable to purchase or even to see the stamps. In some places they apparently did not know anything about the issue. In Rome an Italian friend made the application and translated the clerk's reply: "We haven't the stamps. If you want them, you must go to those who bought them for speculation." It has been repeatedly stated in philatelic publications that the printing of this issue was limited to 25,000 copies of each of the four values in the series. A letter from an Italian dealer, recently received by our publishers, says: "I offer you the whole stock of 150,000 series." This gives occasion for thought. The post offices have none for sale but one dealer offers "the whole stock." The printing is limited to 25,000 sets but one man has 150,000 sets for sale. Think it over. announced that DOLAND: It is separate stamps will no longer be issued for Polish Silesia but the ordinary stamps of Poland will be employed there. In the language of the East Side: "Thanks for them few kind words." RUSSIA: Under date of July 9th, Mr. N. Ananieff writes: "Today I have received a letter from Russia, from 44 Gibraltar 45 Gibraltar 54 Gibraltar 23 Gold Coast 1889 48 Gold Coast 1902 1902 1902 1905 17 Northern Nigeria 18 Northern Nigeria 26 Northern Nigeria 37 Northern Nigeria 9 Nyasaland Prot. 39 Selangor (S.S.) At Our BRANCH STORE 178 Fulton Street New York City 1903 2sh green & ultramarine. 10.00 7.00 5.75 5.00 7.00 10.00 8.50 7.00 5.75 3.50 6.00 4.50 3.00 6.00 5.00 Scott's Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue 1924 EDITION Press work began July 17 and we are pleased to announce the publication date will be about October 15th. This new edition has been thoroughly revised both as to listing and prices. All new issues up to the time of publication are included. U. S. Illustrations, in accordance with the new law, are included, and there will be many more pages than in any previous edition. The price, however, will be the same as last year's edition. Cloth Bound PRICES Cloth Bound, with thumb index_ Orders are $1.50 2.00 Forwarding charges extra. Shipping weight 2 lbs. 33 WEST 44th STREET NEW YORK CITY German Emergency Official Stamps TOWARD By A. B. Saunders OWARDS the end of 1922, when the postage of a simple inland letter cost as much as 25 marks and when ordinary postage stamps were already in circulation up to the value of 500 marks, the highest current Official stamp was still that of 10 marks. The State Printing Works, long overburdened with orders, found it impossible to cope with the demand for higher denominations caused by the galloping rise of the postal tariff during several months, so that the authorities had to manage as well as they could with the Official stamps in stock. Nor was it at that time a rare thing to see Official letters bearing ten, twenty, even fifty and more stamps stuck on. This forced waste of stamps led, of course, to the inevitable consequence that the stock of Official stamps of the Post Office was soon greatly reduced, so that the Official stamps in many places were quite used up. Various were the ways in which the authorities tackled the difficulty. Some of them sought a respite for the payment of their postage fees, others paid in cash, others again simply used the current ordinary stamps instead of Officials. The latter way was chosen by the "Preussische Regierung Wiesbaden," that is, the administration of the Prussian district of Wiesbaden, which, however, overprinted by hand the postage stamps thus employed with the inscription "Regierung" running across the stamp. In the work of overprinting three hand stamps were used, distinguishable from each other by the height of the type and kind of characters. The overprint is black on all the stamps, only two values-20 mk. Posthorn, and 50 mk. Numeral--are found with black as well as with red overprint. The following are the denominations overprinted in this way: Emergency Official Stamps (ordinary Overprint in Gothic, 24 mm high: 20 mk. Posthorn, bi-and mono-color. 20 mk. Posthorn, mono-color (black 30 mk. Posthorn, bi-color. 50 mk. broad Numeral (black and red) 100 mk. broad Numeral. These Wiesbaden Emergency Officials were made and used for a few weeks only, from the middle of December, 1922, until the beginning of February, 1923. Then the issue of regular high-value Officials of 20, 50 and 100 marks put a speedy end to the "REGIERUNG" stamps. |