Word: philatelist
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's stamp collection, appraised at $100,000, was up at auction in Manhattan. About half was sold; it brought $134,550. Curiosa: 52 "Brickbat & Bouquet" covers. Philatelist Roosevelt had happily kept envelopes addressed to "Dishonorable Franklin Deficit Roosevelt," "Plutocrat F. D. Roosevelt, Owner of 4 Estates, Member of 13 Clubs, White House," "The Sit-Down Politician," "White Father of the Pretty Bubbles." A Manhattan department store...
...boys, let's be reasonable. After all, a philatelist won't stop collecting the latest editions of postage stamps after getting hold of a Mauritius, or an) other ancient stamp. You stand a good chance of being collected when "it's over everywhere." So far, you have not been issued...
...value was $1,000,000, although the displays are unused, unsalable, imperforate proofs from original plates. Visitors to the truck can buy a 10? history of U. S. philately, current and commemorative stamps. Hot off a tiny press, they get blue souvenir stickers of the White House portico where Philatelist Roosevelt last week dedicated Jim Farley's truck...
...After a White House conference with Philatelist Franklin Roosevelt, Postmaster General Farley announced the first complete revision since 1923 in the regular series of U. S. postage stamps. The new series, not yet designed, will commemorate deceased U. S. Presidents in chronological order, starting with George Washington on 1? stamps...
...London the Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly, favorite reading of George V, observed that "much as we all admired-al-most worshipped-Edward VIII, it was well known that he was not personally a philatelist...