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a a MONDAY, AUGUST 5. 1963 MEDFOHD MAIL THibUiSt. Mi.Dr OKD, OHLGON Stamp Collecting, Trading Continues As Big Business CIVIL WAR TTTT? The emergence of new na New York-IUPD-Those two. some stamps, even unused, may have grown in value only by fractions despite consid erable age; that the cancella tion on some old stamps may have increased their value, and lowered that of others. While there are hundreds of dealers in the stamp world, one old U.S. firm, Scott Stamp Publications, a division now of Esquire, Inc., has achieved a prominent position not by dealing in stamps but by keeping available to collectors prices from hundreds of key it has assumed the responsi bility of maintaining an or derly market. Only the price changes that result from the constant trad ing of a stamp, and not the wide price swings due to un usual situations, are entered in the catalogue numbers and are used as identification for stamps, rather than a descrip tion of the stamp, around the world. WAS iliU cent stamps which grandfath er tucked away in a book or stamp dealers around the world; about 80,000 price changes are made each year in the catalogue. A report issued recently on the firm's activities quoted Joseph Arnstein, senior vice president of Esquire, as say ing that Scott performs some thing of the same sort of func tion as does the specialist in a securities auction market; tions with new postage i and the continuing steadiness of stamp collecting as an established hobby led to Es quire's acquisition of Scott in 1960 as an enterprise with growth potential. Scott does not deal in stamps any longer and has not for nearly 25 years; it is the largest of five firms engaged in the so-called stamp accessory business. and dealers the price struc ture in the field. It annually issues a "standard catalogue," listing the price of every ma jor variety of mint and can celed postage stamps issued since 1840. These number about 150,000. Reports Assembled Gordon Hirmer, editor for Scott's, assembles reports on a drawer and forgot won't carry as many letters in to day's zipcode mail as they did on the slower routes of 50 years ago. But in the stamp collector's world, they may go a long way farther toward helping fill the pocket book then the 11 . n .mp. mi .Mh :Ct - - V C Y mail box. If ?ms.-. LULL IN WAR As in other wars, there were periods of lull and boredom in the Civil War. In August of 1863 there was such a period. On Aug. 8 Gen. Robert E. Lee. right, wrote to President Jefferson D.ivis, left, about the criticism on his (Lee's) loss at Gettysburg. In one of his rare periods of discouragement, Lee called on Davis to re place him as commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Davis quickly responded that he could not that there was no one to replace him. So Lee stayed on. (UPI) A Period of Military Reprieve By MEHTON T. AKERS UPI Correspondent The Civil War, like all wars, consisted of occasional battles separated by long pe riods of boredom. "Hurry up and wait," was as good a wisecrack in tnc Civil War as it was in World War II. The first week In August 1863 was one of those periods of little military action. There was the usual skirmishing alone the lines where much powder was burned with few results. Even skirmishing some times palled on the soldiers doing picket duty. From time to time they declared their own little amistices and trad ed between the lines for the small things that made army life a bit easier. Union sol diers swapped coffee, of which they had plenty, to Rebels, who had none, for to bacco, of which the graycoats had plenty. These interludes usually lasted an hour or so and the the soldiers who had been fraternizing went back to the grim business of killing. Ahnut this time Pvt. Elisha Stockwell Jr., of the 14th $13-a-month pay. He was just 17 and already a veteran of two years, wise in the ways of getting along as well as fighting. Sold Money Vears later he wrote about an interlude at Natchez: "One day I was with a boy about my own age that be longed to another company. He had found where he could sell Confcrerate money for ten cents on the dollar, and w cc o u 1 d buy it for from three to five cents. We made $40 that day. But we bought some of a 33rd Wisconsin boy that was printed on white paper. It was Just imitation of Rebs' money, but wasn't signed.. We colored the paper with coffee and got Nate Clapp, of my company, who was a good penman, to sign it. We had a genuine bill for a sample, and passed it all right. But the Reb citizen we sold it to found out it was counterfeit, and wouldn't buy any more from the Yanks. So we ruined our business by being dishonest." Pvt. Robert Patrick, a na tive of Clinton, La., and a member of the 4th Louisiana Infantry, was having his troubles, too. His regiment Wisconsin Inlnntry was bored had bpen on lhe way toward ana neeaea money, nt w vicksburg when the city sur on garrison duty at Natchez, rcndercd t0 lhe Kcdcrals un- miss, ne nbu luugui, hi uiu siege of Vlcksburg and now time hung heavy on his hands. He set out to augument his Listen to BARKER'S message on K S H A (radio 830) tomor row! morning afternoon 8.10 MO 9:10 2.10 10.10 3:24 11:10 3:38 12:10 4:38 5:41 a breath-taking eight seconds! dor U. S. Grant. Now he was retreating in Mississippi. He made these entries in his diary: "Aug. 7 . . . Our horses do not fare well now. Three green cornstalks per day for i each horse. The desertions are more frequent now than considered ever, and they leave by whole companies, offiers and all . "Aug. 8 . . . Jim Blow and I rode about three miles in search of water. We at length found some muddy, stagnant stuff, but we were very glad to get it. We raked off the black scum and pitch ed into it . . . These open woods are very hot the tall pines afford no protection from the sun." All Wat Quiet On one Eastern theatre, all was quiet along the Rappa hannock, too. where Col. Charles S. Wainwright, a Un ion artillery officer from Rhinebeck, N.Y., was camp ing with the Army of the Potomac. He wrote: "Aug, 3-Another piping hot day . . . The house where we arc camped belongs to Mr. Bowcn, a rebel, but is now inhabited by a man by the name of Smith, from Culpep er, a good Union man ... It is a large house of considerable pretentions outside with a dooryard of fine sod on which our tents are pitched. The general has a room in the house; his staff tents are along one side and my two Just at the right of the front door. We have an excellent well of water in the yard, which is a great thing in this part of the country. Today we man aged to get a little ice, but our claret is out . . .' George Templeton Strong, treasurer of the Sanitary Commission, the Civil War equivalent of the Red Cross, was in Now York reading the newspapers and wrote his im pression of the time: "Aug. 4-rOnly news is the death of that notable scoun drel, W. L. Yancey, and the serious illness of the larcen ous Floyd. The gallows don't always get its due in the world, but the Devil common ly gets his in the next; and if all men are to be Judged by the quality of the mischief they have done and of misery they have caused, these delib erate authors of Civil War deserved a hot corner in Top- net . . ." (William Lowdncs Yancey, one of the early advocates of secession, died July 27, 1863. John B. Floyd was secretary of war under President Bu chanan. He became a Confed erate general and died at Ab ington, Va., Aug. 26, 1863. Both Yancey and Floyd were traitors in the Postage increases, dollar shrinkage regardless, the hoarding and collection and trading of stamps goes se renely on, nationally and in- ternationally, as it has for nearly a century. No Business Center Many items of value widely collected and traded as are postage stamps have reg ular marketplaces but there is no one center in which the stamp collector and the deal er do business. The literature on collection and evaluation of stamps is widespread and international in scope, and the novice or the serious pro fessional alike often seek common standard of price if a time comes to "do business. In other words, some sourc es explain that an unused 1937 Lindbergh airmail stamp of 10-cent denomination may now be worth $1.10. Or that McNamara Gets Encouraging Report Bonn, Germany -(UPI)- Sec retary of Defense Robert S. McNamara conferred Satur day with his military com manders In Europe and re ceived "generally encourag ing reports," his top aide said. Asst. Secretary of Defense Arthur Sylvester said McNa mara covered strategy, weap ons and supply in his three and one-half hour conference with Army, Navy and Air Force chiefs in the old head quarters of German Afrika Korps Gen. Erwin Rommel in Stuttgart. The conference at what ii now 7th U. S. Army head quarters was called primarily to check on the ability of U. S. forces to fight a conven tional war in central Europe if a situation arises that would not bring nuclear strikes into action. North.) Brag Too Loudly "Aug. 8 Newspapers brag too loudly about our having 'broken the backbone' of the rebellion arid about the de velopment of Union feeling in Tennessee, Mississippi and North Carolina. The vetebrae of Southern Treason still co here, as we may yet learn to our terrible cost . . ." (His reference was to exag- eratcd newspaper stories about recent Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. As usual the North overesti mated the immediate results and began to say the war was about over. Strong forecast better than he knew.) Across the lines from Col onel Wainwright, Gen. Robert E. Lee took note of criticism against him for losing the battle of Gettysburg. It weigh ed on his mind and on Aug. Gat Rid of Crabgrast NOW With ORTHC Crafagrass Killer! for Oak Moth Caterpillar Tent Caterpillar and Elm Leaf Beetle Use PEST-B-GONE 50 DDT Lawns, Shrubs, Flowers Need 0RTH0-GR0 Lawn & Garden Food 16-1 6-8 4th & Fir 5 SO 'DDT , ffc&S$ Plenty "- of Free Ph. 773-8444 Parking Ortho Bug-geta 2 ib. b.x 98 6 lb. box P8 Paltered With larwigt? 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Therefore, they say, the ban on interstate shipments amounts to a government-de creed death sentence for can cer victims. 8 he wrote to President Jef ferson Davis: "... The general remedy for the want of success in a military commander is his re moval. This is natural, and in many instances proper ... I have been prompted by these reflections more than once ' since my return from Pcnnsyl-; vania to propose to Your Ex- ellency the propcricty of se lecting another commander for this army (The Army of Northern Virginia) ... I therefore in all sincerity, re quest Your Excellency to take measures to supply my place ... no one is more aware than myself of my in ability ..." Growing Failure There was much more in the letter. He spoke of "the growing failure of my bodily strength" and said that "I am so dull that in making use of the eyes of others I am frequently misled." He thought "a younger and abler man" might be found. He praised his army as "gallant and brave an army as ever existed." 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