Are you collecting stamps?

Title

Language

English

Year

1935

Subject

Stam collecting--Philippines.

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Abstract

Stamp collecting is not very popular among young people in the Philippines. But in America and Europe, children and even grown-ups are interested in this pastime. They spend much money to obtain the rarest stamps.

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16 ARE YOU COLLECTING STAMPS? ST AMP collecting is not very popular among young people in the Philippines. But in America and Europe, children and ~ven grown-ups are interested in this pastime. They spend much money to obtain the rarest stamps. Among the most noted collectors of postage stamps are King George \' of England and President Roosevdt. Some of their stamps are worth hundreds of pesos each, because no other copies of them could be found anywhere in the world. Old stamps that were used years and years ago are very valuable today. If you are lucky and industrious, you may get old stamps without spending a single centavo. In some corner of your house you may find old letters of your father or of your grandfather. These letters may have old stamps that came from India. or Russia, or Australia. These stamps left forgotten among cobwebs and dusc may be worth one hundred pesos today, for all you know. It is believed that the first stamps were used in the Philippines in 1854. These postage stamps bore th!! image of Queen Isabella of Spain. Then there are the special stamps issued now and then by our government to mark a great event, as the coming of Loriga and Gallar~a. daring Spanish aviators. and the arrival of Babe Ruth with other American baseball players. The number of stamps printed for <;uch events is limited. It would be wise for you to keep several copies of them. There will come a time when they will be bought at a high price. So. you see, you may become rich some day from the stamps you have collected in your youth. (Please turn to page 22) THE YOUNG CITIZEN ·BOOK HOW many books haVe you on your bookshelf? What else would you like to read? Of course, before I can suggest any i11teresting books, I must first know what you, yourself enjoy reading. Perhaps you will write and tell me the names of the books you own. Have you rf'ad any that belong to your friends? No matter whether you are in the fourth grade or in the seventh, or in any other grade, l would be happy to hear from you. And by the way have you any books at home which you can read to your linle sisters and brothers? \Vhat are the names of the books? Perhaps, you have some nice pict:.ire books too. Februa1·y 19J5 Cl-IATS · were your age? Of course, that is why so many of them make their stories sound so true and real. [J I am thinking of Thomas Bailey j\Jdrich who wrote THE STORY OF THE BODY. In this story Mr. Aldrich· tells all about th~ pranks and all about the mischief for which he and his playmates were blamed by the village folk. Those were the happy days when he was a real boy having a glorious time in Rivermouth and Portsmouth on che coast of the Atlantic ocean. 0 Another good book which tells about the doings of a jolly bunch of young~cers is Booth Tarkington's PENROD. This is followed When you write to me, tell me about the following: hy a second book called PENROD ·1 he titles of th" boohs you own. ,\ND SAM. It's great fun meeting rl he titles of the books you have Fmrod and his friends-not forread. ~ctting the faithful little old Fut a little check preceding the poodle. Both of these books are names of those books which you w.ry amusing. haue enjoyed the most. 0 ;·he names of the books which your mother or euen you read to your little sisters and brothers. Don't forget the names of the picture books, too! And you surely should have ~ diance to read THE ADVEN. rURES OF TOM SA WYER and the second book. HUCKLEBERRY HNN by Mark Twain. \Vrite down your own name, your Some writers choose what is call~ age, the name of the school you €'d a pen name instead of using their go to, and the grade you are in. cwn name. That is just what Now, if you tell me all of these .Mark Twain did, for his real naml! things. it will be lots of fun telling was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. }'OU all about the good books you can read. We will have a book chat t:-very month. Write soon. Lovingly, Mother Goose of Bookland ALL ABOUT BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS! Stories of Fun and Mischief So many men and women are writing books every day for the boys and girls all over the world. Did you know that very often these writers tell about adventures which happened to them when they He was a pilot on a Mississippi liver boat for many years. Having grown so very fond of the river life, he chose the nautical term to stand for his name throughout the r.::maining years of his life. 0 Now I can hear some girl saying ''But not a· single book for girls has been mentioned!" However, I can assure you that there is hardly :i girl in the whole United States ,.Jho has not read these numerou:; rays' books. In fact. I met many girls in the European countries who had read them. Some had read (Please turn to page 20) 21 COMMUNITY EDUCATOR IN TWO VOLUMES The English edition of all th~ Community Assembly lectures, corrected and edited under the supervision of the Bureau of Education. In connection with this publication, the Director of Education said: "This office is interested in having the lectures printed in order that they will reach as larg;e a group of adults as possible. We believe also that they can be used to a decided advantage a:; reference material in secondary sehools and in upper elementary grades as well. They also serve as i·eference material for teachers ')f efomentary science and other subjects in the primary grades. The lectur~s have been prepared by authors who n··e masters of their fields and we believe that the printed lectures will fill a real need... It is not custo~ary for this office to approve in advance 11ublication which is proposed. In this case, however, the material having Ueen prepared under the direction •)f the Bureau of Education, pre-approval of the publication will be gi.ven." No school and personal library in the Philippines can afford to b~ without copies of this work. It ts in a way an encyclopedia of useful information on agriculture, industry. health and sanitation. civics, government, business, economics, a-nd allied subjects. Nothing like this has yet been produced in this country. Every lecture or article appearing in this work is product of a recognized authority on the subject. We are offering now a price nf PZ.00 per volume of this work, or P4.00 for the complete set of two volumes, post~ge extra. Community :Publishers (INCORPORATED). 405 P. Faura. Ermita, Manila Tel. 5-76-86 THE YOUNG CITIZEN Liberal Commissions Money for the necessities ol life TO RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHERS' You can earn--easily, pleasantly--extra money representing THE YOUNG CITIZEN in your town. Selling experience is unnecessary. Give your prospects a few minutes t.o look through a copy of THE YOUNG CITIZEN and the publication sells itself It is useful. It is different. The wise parent should give his boy or girl a magazine appropriate for young minds. THE YOUNG CITIZEN is not just another magazine. It supplements school teaching. It i.s the first and only magazine published exclusively for young people in the Philippines. For particulars about this o/fe1·, write 01· call on ·us (If our office. Tl-IE YOUNG CITIZEN 405 P. Faura, Manila February 1985 SAMPAGUITA (Continued from page 21) Being our national flower, the s·:.mpaguita must be cultivated V1·!dely in our gardens and in our public parks. It represents the beautiful in our country. Our poets often speak of our young maidens as the sampaguitas in this garden of the East. ARE YOU COLLECTING .... (Continued from page I 6) Aside from the profits, stamp collecting is ·enjoyable. Is it not a pleasure to know that the colored squares of paper that you keep come from strange and distant countries? You will even be interested to increase your knowledge of geography. ,You would want to be acquainted with the countries and their people who used or still use the stamps in your collection. Do you know how to begin the hobby of st<imp-collecting? You may start with the postage scamps of our country. You need a stamp album in which to keep them. A good stamp album can be bought from any large store selling school supplies, toys, and stationery. The same store may have foreign stamps for sale. You can get foreign stamps free by writing to boys and girls in other countries. When your ·friends from far away send you copi:es from their collection. they expect you to send yours coo. One thing to remember when you start this hobby is never to paste down your stamps. Stamp mounts can be bought from any stamp dealer: These gummed strips of paper are used to hinge down the stamps to the album like the lid of a desk. Thus. when you want to remove the stamps and transfer them to another album, you cat easily do so without destroyini them.

Date Issued

I(1) February, 1935

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