Stamp Catalogue Volume II Updates Stamp Values Across Regions
The article notes Volume II of Scott's Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue covers Europe Asia and Africa excluding Britain with price shifts in Austrian France Germany Japan and air issues. It highlights rising retail prices notes on first day covers for a 6 cent Christmas stamp and instructions for ordering and prepaid covers.
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Scott
Europe
Asia
Africa
Philospher
Charlie Chan
France
Germany
Federal Republic
Japan
Edgar Lee Masters
Petersburg
Ill
First Day Cover Orders and Stamp Details
Enclosures must be postal card thickness with flaps sealed. Dates include Oct 17 Fort Snelling 6¢ and Nov 5 Christmas stamps. Notable events: UN Nov 20 Peace and Progress 6¢ 13¢. Canada designs, five stamps. orders require remittance and stamps cost. Do not mix mint stamps with first day covers.
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United States
Lorenzo Lotto
National Gallery of Art
U.S Postal Service
Washington, D. C
Fort Snelling
St. Paul Minn
Washington
D. C
United Nations
New York
N. Y
Plymouth
Mass
Canada
U.N
Canada Post Office
Ottawa 2
Ontario
United Nations Postal Administration
N.Y
Sounding boards and amplified vibrations explained
A comb rubbed on its teeth vibrates air, and when pressed to a door its vibrations travel through wood to a larger air volume, producing a louder sound. This illustrates how sounding boards in pianos and other instruments amplify resonance.
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Gen. Fea. Corp
Filipino Musicians Entertaining Troops Worldwide
Filipino entertainers have long traveled from Saigon to Las Vegas to perform for troops and crowds abroad. Labor officials note they earn sizable foreign exchange, with about 1,000 musicians making around 300,000 dollars monthly overseas.
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Manila
Saigon
Las Vegas
Nev
Labor Department
Alfredo Lozano
Japan
Bangkok
Singapore
Hong Kong
Taipei
Guam
Honolulu
Cambodia
Royal Palace Orchestra
Norodom I
Grandparent anger over hospital's ban on cameras at birth
A grandfather recounts being barred from taking photos at his grandchild's birth. He notes nurses cooperated in past births but a guard cited a hospital rule claiming flash could harm the baby. He questions the rule's purpose and suspects a financial motive behind restricting photographs.
Antique moustache cups and steam locomotives priced today
Readers ask about moustache cup values, model steam locomotives, and an Empire period card table. Answers cite price ranges from about 18 to 60 dollars for cups and up to 200 for rare left handed pieces, with steam toys valued by age and condition and Empire card tables as scarce and valuable.
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R.T
R.L
Paxton Embraces Folk Roots in Modern Songcraft
Pop folk icon Tom Paxton discusses the evolution from traditional folk to personalized material on his Elektra release Tom Paxton 6. He notes the folk boom shaped American culture, reflects on authenticity versus selling out, and highlights hits like Annie's Going to Sing Her Song and Take Me Back Again.
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Philippines
Lozano
Rey Card
Tom Paxton
I. One
Elektra
Paxton
Warner Brothers
Annie
Corsica
Agai
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Austria
By Bob Frederick
Peace, Justice and Progress
Donald Alexander Smith
Science
By Bob Brown
Mario Toxas
Norodom Sihanouk
Bimbo Danao
Tokyo
Pepe Merto
Mikado
Joe Cruz
Cruzettes
Tony Mijares
Fred Quintos Jr
Danny Diaz
The
Checkmates
Reynettes
Six Notes
Crickets
Paulettes
St. Paul College For
U.S
Guitar
Philippine Island
Mindanao
Irving Desfor
David Scott Dickens
By Dorothy Hammond
China
Wonder Co
Chicago
Til
P.S
Columbia Features, Inc
Dorothy Hammond
Hemombe
Bass
Candida
Dawn Cracklin
Rosie Diamond
Sherman Snowbird
Murray
Jackson
Vietnam
John Denver
Forest Lawn
Jimmy Newman
Udo
Cam Tee
Iain
K Anat Stamp Exchange
Bee Dat
Omar
Niewsparre Raehivf
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