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s Pg. 6, Sec. 2 - Plaindealer - Wed., June 12, 1968 Collecting By Dolores White The subject of "tagged" stamps is brought up quite often and this should be cleared up on what this means. The U.S. Postal department ' overprinted some stamps as an experiment with a luminescent pigment. This pigment can not be seen with the naked eye, it can only be seen by a short wave ultra violet light. The purpose of this is for the high-speed mail handling equipment which can face, cancel and sort mail by sensing the phosphorescent substances used to "tag" stamps. The regular and commemorative issues have a lime green color and the airmail has an orange-red color. Under the light this appears to be a powder which at times I have found slightly rubs off on other surfaces. The first stamp issued tagged was the 8<f airmail with a jet liner and the capital dome on it. On Aug. 4, 1963, this tagged stamp was first used in Dayton, Ohio. A new era in the U.S. postal history began. Since June '64 all airmail stamps have been tagged. All the commemorative stamps since the National Grange issue, April 17, 1967, have been issued tagged. The regular issues are issued both ways so far. Post cards and envelopes have been tagged and untagged also. If laid side by side, one tagged stamp, and one untagged, you could not see any difference until you used the ultra-violet light. Some collectors are saving one of each tagged and untagged, some don't care. The tagged stamp will be a new phase of stamp collecting and a collector who specializes in U.S. stamps will not feel his collection complete until he has both varieties. This will not be the case with the collector who saves all countries and doesn't specialize. A question was asked of me on how to go about saving stamps. What do you save? How many countries are there? Well, the best answer to how to save stamps is; by complete sets. My husband has been saving since he was 7 years old. He sent for approvals and bought them in stamp stores and traded. The first thing he looked for was the cheapest. He had a small album and they all Women Of The Moose Women of the Moose No. 1348, of McHenry was called to order by Senior Regent M&rcella Strossner on June 4. After the fourfold, enrollment was held for Bernice Hueber, sponsored by Gloria Flannigan, Balloting was also held for future candidates. Mooseheart beauty shop was the recipient of a donation from the McHenry chapter, 1348, Women of the Moose, from the proceeds of the card party held on M;iy 22. On Saturday, June 22, there will be a special Father's Day dinner with a wonderful meal of ham and trimmings, serving 6 and 8:30. A dance will follow. Members, bring your friends. There will be special gifts for the men. The men treated the women on Mother's day, now the women will reciprocate with this special dinner for the men. Dolores Maxson is on the sick list. Get well wishes go to you for a speedy recovery. We are happy to report that Gayl Marchand had a daughter recently. Olga Johnson is the proud grandmother. June 15 is a special day for Eunice Tobey. At this time ' Eunice will receive her cap and gown in special ceremonies at Mooseheart. Academy of F r i e n d s h i p Chairman Eunice Tobey and her committee were in charge of the evening's refreshments and events th^t followed. Gifts were presented to Mabel Thomas, Kathryn Low, Helen Haines, Doris Schabow, Marcella Strossner, Gene Dember, Dorothy Hosier, Ann Hodenkirch, Muriel Gilmore, Carolyn Sima, Gloria Flannigan, Ila Hogan and Florence Tussey. Special award of the evening went to Kay Mahoney, but we are sorry to report that Joan Bucaro wasn't present to receive the attendance award. Marcella Strossner will be going to the national convention on Tuesday, June 18, at the • Conrad Hilton, Chicago. As has been reported, she has the pleasure of serving on the Admissions committee, Academy of Friendship. Therefore, the next meeting of the McHenry Women of the Moose will be held on Wednesday, June 19. As my year of publicity chairman comes to a close, I wish to say that I have reported the activities of the McHenry Women of the Moose in truth to the best of my ability, but due to other commitments this will be my last article for the year. Good luck to new publicity chairman. May she have a successful year. Muriel Cilmore, Publicity Chairman but filled his book. As he went into it more seriously and bought a bigger album he found he had very few sets that were complete. The difference in a short set is that high stamps or the airmails are withheld. These are the hard ones to get. So you might see a set advertised for 50 cents one place and see it somewhere else for $1, and you think the latter is too high priced. The truth of the matter is the 50 cent set is missing the last stamp or stamps to complete the set. By truth, these are short sets, not complete sets. So when you buy a set of stamps make sure they are complete. There are too many countries to list and there are more countries coming out every year. So just collect what you can get and as you fill in your album, you start tracing down the countries you are missing. Make sure your stamps are in good condition and don't buy any damaged stamps. They have no value. If, by chance, you find a very valuable stamp that you could never afford in good condition and you can get it damaged for a small amount, you buy this as a filler just to have the stamp, and this is the only time. The most popular topical stamps now are the stamps with paintings on them. These are miniature art paintings on stamps and are quite in demand. The most recent issues have been quite colorful. Next to the Kennedy stamps we have found that the art are the most popular. The best thing to do is get them as soon as they are issued because after the initial issuance the values go up. The U.S. ha3 started a series of art issues and they seem to be quite popular. The most colorful was the "Eakins, American paintings," issued Nov. 2,'67. There is going to be another art issue this year also in the U.S. So watch for it. Pick your country or your topical and collect the right way and you'll be very much rewarded, maybe not in dollars and cents but in the enjoyment and the knowledge you gain doing it. It has been proven that students who save stamps are better in history and science. From The Farm Adviser's Desk NUTGRASS 1 Northern nutgrass is a persistent perennial. It can be controlled by a broadcast application of 5 pounds of, Atrazine 80 W per acre. Apply before weed seedlings are 1% inches high. Cultivate within 10 to 14 days. Atrazine controls actively growing nutgrass but has no effect on jiormant tubers in the soil. ATRAZINE AND OIL Don't be too late in applying Atrazine and oil to your corn. 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