The Stamp Club

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 17 May 1941, Page 8

The Stamp Club

| CONDUCTED BY THE STAMP MAN j Dear Boys and Girls.J ust a very short letter this week, ' reminding you to watch out for the new overprinted stamps issued as a war measure to save stocks of stamp paper. ! Then 1 want to remind you once ! again about sending me used New Zea- ! land stamps, so that they can be sold j for Patriotic Funds. < | lam putting something about stamp . gum in our column this week, and I • hope you will all enjoy reading it. I 1 i would very much like to hear about j some of those new and interesting V stamps you have had lately. Your sincere friend. c THE STAMP MAN. d THANK YOU FOR STAMPS t \ j Thank you to Zona Heath. Nalda Bati * , and Honald Heath, who live at Mira, for j used stamps. * | Fay Baynes. Tahunanui. STAMP GUM P There is something interesting to bo said about every part of a stamp and , ' even the gum lias a great deal of in- c terest. In some parts of the world s 1 where a hot and damp climate prevails. s 1 postage stamps have been issued with- v out gum. and the paste pot stands on , c the counter of the Post Office, so that one can stick the stamps on to the \ letters. g Nothing is more annoying than stamps s which arc badly gummed, and which do s not stick to letters properly. I re- c member about ten years ago. some of. our own New Zealand stamps were' j poorly gummed and would not stick, and the paste pot was kept on the Post ; • Office counter until these stamps were j ' used up ' In England in lull there was much grumbling about badly gummed stamps, and it is said that one man pinned his c : stamps to the envelopes. 1 At one time it was suggested that the c gum on stamps should be pleasantly flavoured, so that we might have had j peach, or raspberry gum. and other dii- ( ferent kinds. If tin’s had come about, the job of office boys would have been a . pleasant one. Some German stamps have the gum ' 1 put on in ridges, and collectors call this ripple gum. A glance at the backs: ‘ of unused stamp will show that a * variety of gums have been used for. I stamps—thin and thick, dull, shiny, i white, yellow, and brown gum. c So long as the stamps stick and do not taste badly, the Post Office is satis- < fied. but there are many different opin- i « ions as to which is the best kind of gum. , I SAVE POSTAGE STAMPS! t