Errors Turn Mistakes Into Fortunes for Stamp Collectors
A Washington philatelist explains how stamp errors, especially inverted bi color errors, boost value. Notable cases include a 1918 inverted aero stamp selling for 15 000 dollars and the 5 cent red error of 1915 with prices ranging from 10 to 14 dollars depending on perforations.
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Washington
Alsace and Lorraine
Mr. Robey
Post Office
New York
United States
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bill to Bar Tipping Seeks Penalty in Pennsylvania
A bill in the Pennsylvania House aims to bar tipping and sets a $50 fine on conviction. The proposed law targets tipping practices within the state.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Washington Assembles Rare Gifts to Nation
The State department has recovered a wartime sub-basement collection of East gifts for the United States. Swords from Japan and Siam, a Chinese stone, Korean relics, and fine embroideries form the core, with documentary materials and art objects valued in the millions and to be safeguarded with possible congressional funding.
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Washington
State Department
Japan
Siam
Great Wall
China
Korea
Commodore Perry
Congress
Selects Funeral Parlor in Which to End Life
Newark N J Frederick Hellinger aged sixty five habitually visited the funeral parlor of C W Heilmann on West street where he read a morning German newspaper and greeted Heilmann before drawing a revolver and killing himself. Despondency over a physical and financial condition,Recent almshouse confinement believed to have caused his act.
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Newark
N. J
Rederick Hellinger
C. W. Heilmann
West Street
Hellmann
Missing Link Skull Found in South Africa by Dart
Rayomd Dart of Watersrand University reports a skull discovery near Gaungs Bechuanaland suggesting a creature between ape and human in brain power. The fossil from a lime cliff 50 feet deep includes a brain cast and bones, indicating limited speech potential and greater intellect than modern apes.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Raymond Dart
Watersrand University
Gaungs
Bechuanaland
Dart
Johannesburg
U. S. to Spend $100000 on Radio Puzzle Probe
The budget bureau approved a $100,000 Commerce Department study to find why a radio receiver within ten miles of a station may fail to pick up its transmission while others as far as 200 miles away work. Detecting devices will be placed at various points to better allocate wavelengths and broadcaster territories.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Commerce Department
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