European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 10 the stars and stripes saturday August 10, Corner by . Peterson one of the Many Vari 2 and 3 open aug. 14 and close ties of . Stamp collect ing involves the treatment of plate blocks. Most collectors arc aware that . Stamps Are printed in Large sheets which Are then divided into four panes for Over the counter sales. As a Quality control measure each Large printing plate is numbered in four places so the plate number will appear once on each of the four panes. This is the number referred to As the plate num  it Lias historical and production significance collectors of . Issues make a Point of collecting the plate number Sas Well As the single Stamps. The most accepted practice primarily for aesthetic reasons is to collect the num Bers in blocks of Stamps i.e., a Square of four Stamps fro the Corner with the plate num Ber and All the marginal Selv age intact. In earlier Flat plate issues where the plate number is found towards the Center of the Sheet rather than at the Cor Ner As is the Case today col lectors normally save rec tangles of six Stamps with the plate number Over the Center Stamps. As in any other Fieldon collecting once the Basic  had been accepted More specialities arose. The first of these was the urge to collect All plate numbers no just one plate Block from each stamp Issue. After All wit Large printing runs it was com Mon for two four or even More printing plates to be used. For a Long time this presented no major problems and seemed a satisfactory Way to collect the blocks. Only a few of the commemorative Issue were Pesky the most notable being the 2 cent columbian exposition stamp of 1893. Due to the extremely Large number printed 1.5 billion135 plates were used. At the present time a margin Block of six with imprint and plate number Cata logs at $50, so it s understandable Why this would Leone of the keys to a Complete collection of commemorative late blocks. Another innovation of the same Type is the collection of plate Block numbers in re constructed Sheet or Minia Ture Sheet format. The terminology is vague and not exactly satisfactory but asap plied to plate numbers it signifies four blocks with the nameplate number one from the up per left Corner one from the upper right one from the lower left and the fourth from the lower right. These Are mounted in such a manner As to form Small Sheet let with plate num Bers in All four Corners. This makes an attractive collection and collectors have a lot of Bunin searching and trading for the elusive Matching Corners. This too can be carried to the extreme of a set of matched blocks for each plate number printed. The Republic of s o u t Africa will stage routine Mili tary Maneu vers during August,1968. Philatelists will be inter ested in the announcement that the Usa Lith Field postal unit will provide postal facilities forthe troops. Fpo no. 1 will oper ate from aug. 2-27, while pos 10 Days later. Specially designed Date Stamps will be used with service on a monday through Friday basis. Each Date stamp will carry code let ters a or b to designate whether mail was posted in the morning or the afternoon. None of these offices will reopen to the general Public for obvious reasons. However philatelists can obtain Fpo Franks by submitting self addressed envelopes to the philatelic Bureau go Pretoria South Africa. The envelopes should be accompanied by Clear instructions As to which Fpo cancel is desired what Date remember no weekend service and whether morning or afternoon posting. Requests must also in clude sufficient postage for re turn of the envelopes. Postal or Ders Money orders and Bank drafts should be made payable to the postmaster general. Simpler solution is to enclose International reply coupons which May be obtained at local Post offices and which according to International Conven Tion Are equivalent to t h first class surface mail rate from one country to another. Because of the method wit which the cancels will be handled serviced covers will be re turned during september. A correction is in  weeks ago the 1969 Intersex stamp show was announced. But the location was listed incorrectly. Those plan Ning to visit the show should look for the event at the Ameri Cana hotel. The dates of this event have been changed Tomarch 14-16. Nudism apology i have subscribed to the stars and stripes since i have been in Germany. I am a coi collector and i have been watching your collector s Corner but All i see is article on Stamps. Could you please to and insert articles about Amer ican coins etc., instead having stamp articles All the time. Sgt. Sam Murray Munich German dear Ann our 20-year-old daughter met a graduate student at school several months ago. Last week end she invited Byron to spend few Days with As so he could meet the family and the family could meet  husband and i found him tense strained humourless and uncommunicative. We could have overlooked All this sinc Byron knew he was being inspected but we can t Over is in 23 30 33 45 51 24 As 40 2i 9 4b 49 Zub 41 or 14 17 3 47 Bobi 41 Zub 44 44 look his atrocious manners the moment the fowl. Brsrsi4rrad did t look for anyone pfc whom to enjoy his simply shovelled in t he raced Back in line t time. Horizontal 46. Insurance 1. Fashion5. Pronoun 8. Stepped12. Furnace 13. Pugilist Slang 14. Journeyed15. Big Navy town17. Tiny particle18. Cunning 19. Thing Law 20. Entrap term48. Flower 49. Lincoln 50. Summit51. Sets of tools r2. Spanish title 63. Join vertical 1, Hart 2. Elliptical3. Contradict 4. Finish5. Haste 6. Embrace7. Personality 8. Convey Ance 9. Roster10. Smell 11, attic township 16. Flower answer to yesterday s Pule. 20. Total21. Certain treatments22. Ribbon ornament23. Resin 24. Past25. Males 26. Vehicle27. Hebrew priest28. Ignited 29. Distress signal 81. Dine 34. Pronoun 22.23. Disables 26. Forces30. Matures 31. Perceived32. Medley 33. Outline35. Grinds together36. Drinking Container 37. Headwear38. Object 41. Meat42. Against 4.y Wing like a or the Ilin of no Luton w my nutty quest37. Refuge 38. Obscure39. Word of Jesua fro the Cross 40. Spar41. Proves Siona tramp 42. Cod43. Curved molding44. Proximate 46. Bounder47. Male sheep at breakfast i mentioned this to Alicia and she became 5 Censed. She says manners Are not important that Byron b a Beautiful mind Asuja principles and she finds he i enormously appealing. Any comment bystanders dear by Byron May be  today hut if she mar rules him she might find him appalling. Manners Are important and i Don t  which Fork to use i mean being  and putting others before oneself. Byron is a pig about Foo which indicates u High degree of selfishness. The trait May run through his entire person Allty. 1 Hope your daughter recognizes his bad manners for what they Are. Dear Ann Ozzie can Home on leave last week and i could hardly sleep i was so excited at the thought of seeing him. His let ters were so affectionate heaven sent three batches of Pic Tures. The first week Ozzie was Home he never took me any where just sat around and at out of the icebox. Also he never stayed later than 9. I found out yesterday that Ozzie is going with three other girls and his letters to All of shave been identical. I did t let on that i cared but i a heartbroken. I told Ozzie to night i thought be had played me dirty and be offered a Solu Tion his brother. Ann i be met his brother and be is a creep. How do i say no without insulting Ozzie i want to protect our relation ship. Thelma dear the her. There s Noth ing to protect. Tell Ozzie be need t provide you with a Consolation prize in Hie form o a brother and that you will find your own replacement. Then do it. Maybe two next Page in their How to do it Book is missing i yvondtrwv4yplook Nipper it s just the wayitw6two Days ago Yaw Over they have fat done any More work on it at All. Knows who w6