European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 05, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Stripes daily Magazine Navy s first lady of stamp collecting amt room Momm Morav stomp Payi Honor to window Homor famed Marint Pointer. Cmdr Zlotor of Obi Witiw a Tow of boy from Balcony. By Bill Collins staff writer to like anything explained Al Navy cmdr Kathleen Ziegler. Butter files paintings Birds fish just about any-thing1. That s the big reason for my collect Ziegler ii an attractive buoyant woman who runs the naval communications office at Navy support activities he in Naples Italy and keeps a Small waterfront apartment that looks out Over the City s famous Bay to Vesuvius. Despite her penchant for insects Art works and such the apartment is not a Whir with powdered or feathered wings nor is it lined with aquariums. There Are a few handsome paintings the commander a picked up in Europe and the near East but these Aren t what she was talk ing about. Cmdr Ziegler s menagerie and Art collections Are All on paper. About 70,000 pieces of paper in fact ranging in size from a Large envelope to Well a postage stamp. Stamps is what they from collecting them the Navy s first lady of Stamps is also an inter National authority on Fine arts Stamps Tampa bearing pictures or reproductions of famous paintings etchings engravings or sculptures. She has authored two lengthy reference works the checklist of artists in 1957. And second checklist of in 1960 in which she identified All known artworks and artists rep resented on postage answer to tha inevitable How did you Tver get started in All this Ziegler credits the Navy with help ing launch her interest in Stamps an their origins. It All started soon after she was graduated with the first class of women midship men at Smith College 30 years ago i Northampton mass. Her first assignment was in new York City where she spent the War years assigned with 3rd naval District he and the Eastern sea frontiers a member of the Navy Reserve. Lunch times in lower Manhattan she took to at rolling on Nassau Street noted for stamp Denler shops. A Little window shopping plus a Friend or two whose interests in Stamps proved contagious an she was off on a collection of her own. In 1948, she is accepted for Transfer to the regular Navy and spent the next three years in the office of the chief of naval operations in Washington , As administrative assistant to the chief of Navy communications. From Washington cmdr Ziegler went to great lakes 111. All the while the stamp collection was it was to san Diego calif., where she was elected first woman vice president of the san Diego stamp club one of the first of several offices she has held in the organized stamp collecting world. Quoon Ella Bolh painting it on Canadian stamp. Sis photos by Meu Hunter in december 1958, she took charge of the , Navy school for women officers at Newport . That was the commander s last assignment before Naples. By the time she arrived in Europe Shehad established herself As a top personal Ity in the stamp Field. She had been elected president of the Fine arts philatelists Organ Patlon accepted an assistant stamp Magazine Editorship written for Moat of the authoritative stamp world publication Sand Hud collected a formidable array of International the later Tho mayor s prize Gold medal in the 1998 International stamp show held at Yokohama Japan in connection with the City s Centennial Cele bration honors from the Luxembourg philatelic study club the same year for research into Fine arts of the Stamps of that country an award from the St Gabriel Academy an International association with Headquarters in Rome for contributions to religious philately. In 1980. Her Fine arts philatelists Wona Bronze award at the International stamp exhibition in Barcelona. Spain. This was the largest stamp show Ever assembled she says. Not All the commander s accumulated honors have been for accumulating Stamps. In 1358, she was named military women of the year by the City of san Diego which also presented her with its woman of valor award for contributions to the local cultural Ziegler perhaps partially in re turning the compliment has adopted Sandiego As her Hometown. Actually she was born in Milwaukee daughter of Candy manufacturer Herbert Ziegler. She s Hon in Naples since february1961, and during her current tour has managed a Good bit of travel in Europe and the Mediterranean often in search of famous and obscure artworks that have served As inspiration or Model for postage stamp facet. And tracking Down the statues. Paint Ings Etc. Has t been out of Mere curiosity the commander has authenticated Sev eral Fine arts Stamps for admission into the More or less exclusive classification of Flo arts postage stickers. When the comes across a status or painting reputed to be the Model or inspiration for the face of a tint Arta Post age stamp she compares the stamp with the original artwork to Check authenticity that is to see if the stamp is a worthy copy of the stamp work has proved interesting enough to italians to warrant her appear ing on a recent television show in Naples. How much u a collection of 70.000stamps, Worth. Including the rare collectors items and first editions it would probably take cmdr Ziegler of Long to figure that out u it did former to do the collecting. Aside from the fact that stamp values Are Likely to changeover a period of time then would be the Little matter of adding 10,000 numbers an working out rates of currency Exchange for almost every country in the that the Money involved in her Stamps does t seem to interest the com Mander so much u the Art and history involved in each of in All. The Hobby seems to be the answer for someone who wants to go info Art and animals la a big Way with a Small apartment. A Mondoy tit 5, the stars and stripes it
