MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregen, Sunday, November 30. 1938
Buried Treasure
Christmas Seals
Prized by Collectors
, Christmas seals, such as
those put out by various as
sociations to finance the fight
against disease, have a certain
- collectors' value especial
, ly some of the earlier ones.
So if anyone in your family
;has made it a point to save
old Christmas seals, as a sur
. prising number of people do,
get them out and take a look
; at them. If the envelopes in
. which they came were saved
I also, you may make quite a
lind, both through the stamps
and the seals.
; The most valuable of the
seals, so far as I have discov
" ered, is the one put out by
the American Red Cross in
- 1913. Proceeds of their sale,
1 amounting t o nearly $500,-
000, were used to combat tu-
berculosis.
The stamp has a picture
showing a sleigh being drawn
' by reindeer. On its lower
; edge is the date, 1913. Scrolls
above and below carry the
. legend "American Red Cross
Merry Christmas."
If there are poinsettias on
either side of the picture, and
if there is also a green circle
containing a red cross on
either side, and only the col
ors green and red are used,
the seal is worth from $40 to
$55.
If black, however, is used
in the place of green, but it
is otherwise the same, the seal
is worth about a third less.
If you come across an en
velope carrying such a seal,
don't make any attempt to re
move it, or the postage
stamps. Quite possibly the
stamps themselves may have
a value equal to or greater
than the seal. In any case, it
is an absolute rule that any
stamp or seal is worth more
on the envelope on which
it was mailed than otherwise.
As to the value of earlier
and later seals, though many
of them bring only a few
cents, there are several in the
$5 to $10 bracket, and it is
highly likely there are some
that are completely unknown
to collectors and which would
bring a moderately reasonable
price from seal collectors.
SWITZERLAND PROVES COIN COLLECTOR'S PARADISE
Anyone who goes to Swit
zerland, or any of the other
' countries where gold can be
, bought at its maneiar? -alue,
' can cut the cost of his trip
- considerably if he becomes a
I.coin collector, a gold coin
. collector.
Furthermore, h doesn't
-need to pay attention to the
4 scarcity of the individual coin,
. although the scarcer the coin
Is the. more profit there is
In it.
Why It works is that gold
'coin In Switzerland and some
'other European countries can
be acquired by the individual
' as coin and to be used as such.
" In this county, the only use
an individual can legally have
-for gold coins is for numis
matic purposes for their
collector's value.
Because of this situation or
dinary gold coins can be
bought by any one in Swit
zerland as the world gold
" price which lately has not
"been so very far above the
-U.S. price of $35 an ounce.
Those same coins, however,
1-when sold in this country on
. the collector's market, bring
a price that is considerably
above the Swiss gold coin
price. - . .
To illustrate, one man visit
ing Switzerland this past sum
mer acquired 30 gold coins
of different dates and coun
tries by the simple process of
buying them through banks
at the regular exchange rate.
After he returned, he found
that he could sell them to
dealers at a price which gave
him a profit of a little better
than $100.
One of them was 1926 10
gulden piece put out by the
Netherlands under the reign
of. Queen Wilhelmina. The
coin on the collector's market
sells for $15 or more, depend
ing on condition.
Since a 10-gulden piece can
be bought from a Swiss bank
at a price of $5 or $6, accord
ing to the fluctuation of the
world gold price and the
same applies to the gold coin
of other countries including
that of the United States
it is obvious that anyone who
has the foresight to make a
collection of gold coins abroad
can sell it at a profit in this
country.
THOREAU'S WALDEN' STILL FOUND AS 1ST EDITION
; It is impossible to say which
;of Henry Thoreau's works
will prove to be the most im
,portant, but the probability
I is it won't be one of his polit
ical writings.
f Engrossing as his political
; thoughts are, his writings on
nature are far more so and
also have a much wider audi
. ence.
All of which, is by way of
-saying that if you have the
- opportunity to buy a first
T edition of one of his works,
-such as "Walden' or Life in
the Woods," and if the price
Is not very high, the purchase
should be a good one.
Copies of this work has sold
In recent years for prices rang
ing from $10 to $100 and
more, the differences being
due not wholly to condition.
I saw one recently priced
at $40, and it was almost im
mediately bought by a friend
of mine. Since he already had
accpy of the first edition, I
was doubly curious as to why
he had bought another.
His .reason was a highly
practical one. He had paid
$25 for the first copy which
was in fair shape. An acquain
tance of his, however, had of
fered his $25 for it, and since
the $40 one was in much bet
ter condition, he felt he would
be a fool not to buy it, be
cause it would actually cost
him only $5 if he sold the
other.
For a copy to be a first ed
ition, it must have 357 pages
and be published at Boston in
1854. The date is given in Ro
man numerals. Also, there
should be the words "double
spruce" instead of "single
spruce' as is found in later
issues.
Some copies have eight
pages of advertisements,, but
a copy that has none can still
be one of the first issue. The
advertisements were inserted
after some of the copies had
been released.
(Released by McClure News
paper Syndicate) .
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Don H. Crawford mansion at
4430 SW Patton rd. here and
did extensive damage to the
rest of the home.
Crawford is co-onwer of the
Tum-A-Lum lumber company.
No one was in the house
at the time of the blaze. The
family was reported visiting
in Walla Walla. There was no
immediate estimate of damage.
A new electron microscope
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elected by direct popular vote
for a six-year term. He cannot
be reelected.
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By FRANK JENKINS
This is written on Thanks
giving Day-the day on which
we give thanks for the good
things that have come our
way. Here in the United
States of America we have
MUCH to be thankful for.
Ours is the greatest nation
on earth. It has a RIGHT to
be the greatest nation on
earth. It has done more for its
people than any other great
nation. It has done more than
any other nation to spread the
idea of liberty and equality.
In our Declaration of Inde
pendence, which started us off
on our career as a nation, we
put these words in the pre
amble: "We hope these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator
with certain unalienable
rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty and the pursuit
cf Happiness. That to secure
these rights, Governments are
instituted among men, deriv
ing their just powers from the
consent of the governed."
Our nation has lived up to
that declaration by our Found
ing Fathers-for which we
have reason to be DEEPLY
thankful. If any American
isn't thankful on Thanksgiv
ing Day, he is an ingrate.
DUT
There are DEGREES of
thankfulness. Some of us have
more to be thankful for than
others. Some of us have less
to be thankful for than others.
In this latter group, the
GOP must be included. On
this Thanksgiving Day that
follows so closely after the
fourth day of November and
the 25th day of November of
the year 158, the GOP has pit
ifully little to be thankful for.
The fourth of November
was GENERAL ELECTION
DAY in the United States as
a whole. On that day, the
Democrats practically swept
the board. The 25th of Novem
ber was election day in Alas
ka, the Union's newest state.
On that day, the Democrats
SWEPT ALASKA. Even Mr.
Stepovich, whom the Repub
licans had regarded as more
or less of a shoo-in and who is
certainly a good man, lost to
his Democratic opponent.
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The politically-minded Re
publicans who are thankful
on this Thanksgiving Day
must take it out in being
thankful that they are Ameri
cans rather than in being
thankful that they are Republicans.
QTILL, sizing up the situa-
tion with brutal frank
ness, what has the Republican
party done to DESERVE to
win this year?
I'm afraid the answer must
be NOT MUCH. For one thing,
the Republican party, as an
organization, hasn't known in
this particular campaign year
where it stands or what it
stands for or where it wants
to go-other than into office.
TT WAS different back in the
campaign of 1860, when
the Republican party was ac
tually born. The GOP then
knew EXACTLY WHERE IT
WAS GOING and it knew
what it was going to do when
it got there.
It won in 1860. It won again
in the agonizing war year of
1864. It kept on winning un
til 1884, when Grover Cleve
land finally broke the chain.
Even then the break was only
temporary. Cleveland lost in
1888 to a Republican, Benja
min Harrison. He came back
Havana (UPD Authorities
have smashed an army offi
cers' plot to overthrow the
government of President Ful
gencio Batista, it was learned
yesterday.
Between 10 and 20 officers,
in 1892 and defeated Harri
son. There came then the epoch
al campaign of 1896, when
Bryan, after winning the Dem
ocratic nomination with his
famous "You shall not crucify
mankind upon a cross of gold"
speech, campaigned on the is
sue of free coinage of silver
at a ratio of 16 to 1, let money
grow on the trees so that the
people may pluck it off, and
lost to William McKihley who
stood pat on sound money,
backed by gold. Thereafter,
the GOP stayed in power un
til 1912, when Woodrow Wil
son was elected.
rPHE point is that during
these long years the Re
publican party held the confi
dence of the people by HAV
I N G CONVICTIONS and
standing by them. If it is to
get back into power, it will
have to GET convictions that
the people will respect.
What, for example?
Well, if the GOP is to get
back into power it must find
an issue that will be more
convincing than merely trying
to OUT-DEAL the New Dealers.
ranging in rank from 2nd
lieutenant to lieutenant col
onel, have been arrested and
are undergoing interrogation
at military intelligence head
quarters. -Third
Attempt
It was the third military at
tempt in two years to unseat
Batista. The government
smashed an uprising of navy
Youngster Shot;
Mistaken For Elk
Seaside (UPD - A 16-year-old
youngster was shot and
critically wounded about 14
miles east of here yesterday
while on an elk hunting party.
Harry Keller, Gales Creek,
was shot by Perry Lee An
drews, 57, Warrentqn, with
a .308 calibre rifle.
The bullet entered in the
back to the right of the spine.
He was in surgery for two
hours.
Andrews told state police
that he saw a movement in
the brush about 200 yards
away and thought it was an
elk.
Within 12 months more
than 100 modern motels will
be built in Australia.
Margarine now utilizes
nearly 1,180,000 pounds of
fats and oils each year.
men and ci,,.
gs, Uo 3 at,
"O miTT Cienfue-
Havana, southeast of
afer 25PSSmber 1957'
and woun80 Were killed
revolt by attempted
ficers was -
1956. r" in April,
Reliable
said
government said the
accused plotter, ""sting
on
as questioning "continued
ther details of thTeale fur
No Senior Offic.JPiracy.
The sources
Dragging Continues For Man In Slough
Portland (UPD Multno-.boom when he disappeared.
mah county sheriff's deputies
yesterday continued dragging
operations in the Columbia
slough for the body of Ira Mc
Cullough, about 45, feared
drowned Friday.
McCullough, Everett, Wash.,
had been employed by the
Monarch Shingle Co., Port
land for two days.
He was working on a log
Workers found his pik
pole in the water when they
checked to determine why
logs had stopped coming into
the mill.
There are more than 17 mil
lion Negroes and about 150,
000 Indians in the United
States and Alaska.
no senior offinT.-T46'1 that
vnlved .Some i. wer in-
officers arrested - 111 the
tively new in the rela"
said. Alth". the
hpiH field-eradP Jr several
were
cers
The highest rankin- 0fM
arrested was identified sTt
ed tank regiment station Jrl
22 Cuban
Havana.
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