FOR STAMP COLLECTORS

Evening Star, Issue 22145, 27 September 1935, Page 2

FOR STAMP COLLECTORS

[By Philatelist.] The monthly meeting of the Dunedin Philatelic Club was held, in the Y.M.C.A. rooms on Thursday evening, September 19, when there were 35 members present. A very interesting talk was given by Mr J. D. InMis on < Dutch Charity Issues.’ The lecture was illustrated by a dislpay of Dutch charity stamps. The duty stamps (coat of arms type) have been overprinted Western Samoa, and are now available at the chief Post Offices. The New Zealand 12s 6d duty stamp, which was previously of the Queen’s head type, is now available in the coat of arms series.

A health stamp will he placed on sale on September 30. The stamp, “ The Key to Health,” gives a view through a keyhole into bright sunlight and a sandy beach, on which a smiling child clad in'bathing costume is playing. In addition, there will be on sale a’ ° suitably illustrated cover with a health stamp affixed. The price is 3d for each envelope—ld postage and 2d for the Health Camp Movement. The 1931 air mail stamps of the denominations 3d, 4d, sd, and 7d will ho withdrawn from sale on October 31. The latest charity stamps from the Dutch East Indies are in the usual quaint style. The designs are interesting, for they show the work of a medical organisation in the East Indies. From Russia there is a striking new sports set, with stamps of enormous size, and another series in honour of Engels, the friend of Karl Marx. In April the Emperor Kangte of Manchuria visited the Emperor of Japan, and as Eastern courtesy now ordains, each country issued special stamps for the occasion. Two of the Japanese stamps depict the battle cruiser Hiyei in which the Manchurian ruler made the sea voyage, while the others show the Alasaka Palace where he stayed while in Tokio.