Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1911 — Stamps Worth a Million [ARTICLE]

Stamps Worth a Million

Largest Collection Ever on Display to Be Seen at the Chicago Art In* stitute of Chicago. Chicago.—A million dollars worth of rare postage stamps were placed on exhibition at the Art institute the other day, the collection being the largest ever shown in the world. The exhibit is a feature of the meeting of the American Philatelic society and the exhibitors include millionaires, governors, senators and a number of boys. _ ... \- l4 Chicago’s exhibit is not international, but the collection is more valuable than the one displayed at the laßt International exhibit at Birmingham, England. The doors of the Art Institute were opened to the public following the reception to the guests in Fullerton hall. *T am sure the world has never seen as rare a collection as we am placing on exhibition.” said Henry M. Loth, director of the exhibit. "Our original intention was to experiment to see whether there would be a response if we would make it international in its scope. We had' planned only a small exhibit, but they have completely swamped us. It will require four rooms and the corridors to place the exhibit** The value of the single stamps range from SO cents to priceless treasures. One of the most valuable is the stamp the king of England bought for 18.200, which later passed Into the hands of an American. Another interesting curio Is the stamp that caused the revolutionary war, the

Boston tea party stamp. The Buffalo Pan-American stamp Vith the plate reversed, the error that set the tongues of all America wagging when news of Uncle Sam’s mistake in his printing department leaked out, 1b another interesting exhibit There is a collection of Queensland twopence stamps of rare value. The walls of the four rooms of the institute are papered with the stamps and guards will be on contant watch to protect the treasures. The entire collection has behn insured at practically the face value of 81,000,000. The exhibit will close Sunday afternoon.