Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1937, Page 46

piserins ™y ¥nitas MISS AGNES JOHNSON, . Member of the American Philatelic Society, the Washington Philatelic Society and other sta quarters in Room 420, The Star mp clubs, now makes her head- Building, where she has estab- lished a branch of the Fidelity Stamp Co. She is shown arrang- ing a display on the walls of h opening day visitors. BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT. Harry L. Lindquist, in an editorial published in Stamps Magazine for May 15, says: “We believe that one handicap to improving the artistic quality of United States stamps is the fact that too many different in- dividuals in the departments must be satisfied. If the Bureau of Engrav- ing and Printing and their efficient staff of artists were given free rein we would undoubtedly have other masterpieces like those which have on several occasions graced our stamps Many people have seemed to think that the Penn stamp was a tremendous stride in the right direc- | tion “This is a subject on which the discussion will go on merrily as long as there are stamp collectors, and it is well that this should be so, for it has an important effect in keeping the subject before the public.” Officials of the Bureau of Engrav- ing and Printing deny the report that & new variety of paper is being used | in the manufacture of current is- sues. Specifications, they say, re- main unchanged. The brittleness of recent Army and Navy ‘“commemo- ratives” was due to the paper having been dried too much. George B. Sloane, member of the Expertising Committee of the Amer- ican Philatelic Society, writes: will be startling news to collectors to learn that the Post Office Depart- ment has on display in the Philatelic Exhibition Room of the Philatelic Agency complete sheets of all of the bluish paper issues of 1909, from the 1-cent to the 15-cent, including the 4-cent and the 8-cent, sheets of 100. For the past 28 years only one sheet | of 100 of each of the 4-cent and the | 8-cent was ever known, and these | e out of the archives. They | twere broken up long ago by the de- | partment, and after copies were re- tained for the Government's collec- | tion, now shown at the Smithsonian | Institution, the balance was dis- | tributed in philatelic circles for other | stamps needed in the collection. On | excellent authority I am told that | the new sheets were found among | the records and archives in the Di- vision of Stamps, and, not being rec- ognized at once as $75,000 rarities, they were nearly overlooked. The | sheet of the 4-cent is badly centered, | while the sheet of 8-cent is very | good.” C. Robert Kay, philatelic editor of the Associated Press, wires from New York: “The disaster to the Zeppelin | Hindenburg was a windfall to stamp dealers who had stocks of airmail covers carried by the huge dirigible | on its first flight to America in 1936. | “Prior to the Hindenburg's burn- ing, the market was dull in these flight covers, and few sales were made at any price. The day after the crash, the retail price soared to $2 per cover under an avalanche of orders. “Many dealers also capitalized on the disaster to promote the sales of all German stamps, and week end sections of metropolitan newspapers broke out with many advertisements offering German issues. “Only 133 letters, many of their addresses undecipherable, were sal- vaged from the Hindenburg wreckage out of the 240 pounds of first-class B < T S NATIONAL STAMP MART STAMP ALBUMS Ktock Books. Catalofues. New Sets. Single Stamps. Phiiatelic Supplies. "Call and see 1 also BUY_Collections. me. HARRY B. MASON, 918 F N.W. NEW SHIPMENT OF ELBE STOCK BOOKS AND ALBUMS. Pushkin & Hitier Sheets, other new Forelgn Issues. Engraved en- Jeloves for 5 Army-Navy stamp, ‘4o and Be each. CULLEN'S STAMP SHOP, 920 5 Metropolitan 8817, WHITNEY'S STAMP MART 402 12th St. N.W. Met. 6593 STAMPS—COINS—AUTOGRAFPHS Boucht and Sold HOBBY SHOP 218 13th St. N.W. District 1272 UYENO'’S STAMP SHOP 1205 Penn. Ave. N.W. Met. 9014 This is to give notice that the stamp £hop, formerly known as the Rialto Stamp Bhop, has moved and become associated with the Potomac Book & Art Shop, at £13 G st. n.w Featuring U. 8. new {ssues Britain _and British Colonies, an com%!eu line of Elbe products POTOMAC BOOK & ART SHOP 913 G_Street N.W. Great d the Each week we shall let you know how our mountings of the FINEST Foreign counter collection in the East is progressing. NOW READY Great Britain and Colonies, 19th century and 20th century thru 1905. |A very important U. S. collection| |is mounted and ready. Fidelity Stamp Co. Store 420 !‘;onlnl Star Bldg., “It | er new office in preparation for —Star Staff Photo. and registered mail carried. Recipients i of the letters saved will be .in pos- | session of famous airmail rarities.” | It should be added that stories | to the effect that Hindenburg covers | have been appraised at $150 each are without foundation in fact. They ! may rise to $10 each, but the market ,Is far from stabilized as yet. | _The National Federation of Stamp | Clubs is polling its constituent mem- bers on the projected conference of collectors with Government rere- sentatives designed to improve exist- ing policies of stamp manufacture. form adopted by the Washington Col- lectors’ Club, and the verdict there- fore is apt to be hostile. The claim that “a few collectors are endeavor- ing to hold a meeting with postal offi- cials and in so doing will attempt to speak the wishes of all collectors” is patently false. Sponsors of the conference plan aspire to voice only their own sentiments and opinions. They - have invited everybody inter- ested to participate, but, of course, they hold no mandate for those who, for reasons of their own, prefer not to co- | operate. Herbert L. Shatz, director of the Uncle Wip program broadcast from | Station WIP, Philadelphia, is the author of a spirited defense of the | stamp policies of the New Deal; but, | unfortunately, his argument is sadly damaged by inacuracies and unreason- able comparisons. For example, he insists that in the Bureau of Engrav- ing and Printing “the same machine wets the paper, makes the impression of the design, dries the stamps, gums them, dries and breaks the gum and perforates the sheets, all before the originally fed-in paper leaves the press.” Also, his criterion in prais- ing United States stamp designs and processes of manufacture is the worst —not the best—products of other nations. president of the Chambersburg Stamp Club, is on a motor trip to the Southwest with his daughter, W. G. Angle, Richard McP. Cabeen, philatelic editor of the Chicago Tribune, says: “Although besking in the sunshine of ‘the fuller life,’ the stamp collector feels that something should be done about the perforations on United States stamps, for it is only through | accident that he may obtain well- | centered copies for his collection. It is no longer sufficient to argue that stamps are suitable for the purposes for which they were made, for . . . collectors pay into the Post Office Department about $5,000,000 each year of which about 95 per cent is profit. The entire cost of operating the Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing is provided for by an annual appropriation of about $10,000,000, and at least half of the resources of the Bureau are required for the print- ing of money and bonds. This makes it appear that stamp collectors are paying the entire bill for all of the stamps printed, and, if 5o, they should be entitled to consideration and should have stamps as good as those provided by minor European states.” M. J. Buford, Decatur Heights, Md., is a collector of airpost covers, with & special preference for zeppelins. Dr. Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Tree Association and world-famous philatelist, celebrated his 80th birthday anniversary on May 7. 2 Dr. Albert €. Schwarting of the Library of Congress is a philatelist possessed of a marvelous advantage over the majority of his contempo- raries. He is familiar with 10 different languages. And, not content with his attainments, he currently is adding Hungarian to the list! Among the Latin American coun- tries likely to issue “commemoratives” for. the sesqui-centennial of the Con- stitution of the United States are: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, San Salvador and Costa Rica. The an- nouncement of Ecuador already has been broadcast. Apparently, collectors are to be asked to “give until it hurts.” The Irish Free State is planning a series of religious stamps. Mr. Farley has been invited to au- thorize a set of “commemoratives” in homage to Col. William F. Cody, bet- ter known to millions as “Buffalo Bill,” & greater showman than any other American—bar none—that ever has lived. France is considering a stamp in remembrance of the so-called “league of the thousand,” soldiers under 18 years of age who died in the war * make the world safe for democracy,” 1914-1918, ‘The 1937 conventlon of the Ameri- can Air Mail Bociety will be in ses- But the question takes the negative | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., sion at Springfleld, Mass., July 1 to 3, inclusive. ‘The Hindenburg cover reproduced in The Star on Friday unfortunately was not & “crash” souvenir of the wreck at Lakehurst. It is one of a large number of envelopes intended to be carried by the ill-fated airship, but actually brought over the Atlantic by boat. Maj. Gen. John L. Clem, “the drum- mer boy of Shiloh,” who died on Fri- day, was an ardent stamp collector for many years. He held membership in the Washington Philatelic Society from 1917 until 1927. ‘Wes M. Tryon is vnltiné a stamp column for the Guide, Northeast ‘Washington weekly. John Proctor is the author of *xo well-written fetaure stories on stamp collecting, published in recent issues of the Family Circle. The Dollar Steamship Line movie, “Cruising the Seven Seas,” will be shown at the May 26 meeting of the Washington Philatelic Society, Hotel Carlton. King George VI, crowned in West- minster Abbey on Wednesday, is not a stamp collector, but his daughter, the Princess Elizabeth, was introduced to the hobby by her beloved grand- father, King George V. New members of the Collectors’ Club, Branch 5, Society of Philatelic Americans, include Ernest A. Grant, Thomas H. Harvey, Henry Long and F. H. Odell. Stephen G. Rich has retired from Pestal Markings, and the magazne hereafter will be edited by Manuel Hahn of Winnetka and published by William R. Stewart of Chicago. Mrs. Henry A. Diamant, non-resi- dent member of the Washington Phil- atelic Society, is in England for the Summer. Earl Crawford, 1301 Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, announces a cachet for the dedication of a memorial to Stephen Collins Fos- ter, composer, June, 2. Standard size envelopes specified, The Ministry of Communications of Greece recently ordered a number bf 50L, violet, stamps overprinted in inverted type—to destroy the value of a single sheet accidentally surcharged in that form. “New_ Yorkers” says Bi Stander in Linn's Weekly Stamp News, “are the subject of a racket being worked by E. Torni, Box 261, Tailinn, Estonia. His method is to write to every Palmer they are heirs of Fanny Lucy Hous- ton, nee Palmer, who left an inheri- tance of 100.000.000 kroon, but no will. | The letter asks that $10 worth of mint Estonia stamps be sent to Torni if and if no Estonian stamps are avail- able, send just the $10 to cover ‘post stamps and other charges.’ People by the name of Palmer here were as a | rule wise to this racket, but several | stamp dealers report inquiries for mint iilswnian stamps by various individ- uals, possibly some of the 215 Palmers who received letters.” Eugene Klein, president of the American Philatelic Society, will at- tend the Rotary International Con- vention at Nice while abroad. He plans to return to Philadelphia on August 5. At the annual meeting of the ‘Washington Philatelic Society, Hotel Carlton, Wednesday evening, the fol- | lowing officers were elected: James Waldo Fawcett, president; John R. Ewell, first vice president; Mrs. Cath- erine L. Manning, philatelic curator of the Smithsonian Institution, second vice president; C. H. Vaughan, secre- tary; Philip Simms Warren, treasurer; Edward B. Martin, sales manager: Edwin W. Beitzell, librarian; Dr. Ellis Haworth, retiring president; Wil- liam C. Bond, superintendent of the Library of Congress; David D. Cald- well, principal attorney of the De- Weiergang, members of the Board of Governors. Writing in the Chicago Herald Examiner, A. C. Geldhof, stamp editor, insists that “there is no such post office as Tannou Touva,” no such nation recognized by the International supposed to originate there actually are manufactured in Moscow. He cites the discovery of the Philatelic addressed to Tannou Touva is de- livered to the Moscow Philatelic | Agency and that all the postmarks of | Tannou Touva, including several town names such as Turan, Kizil, Kysyk- choto, etc., and including even registry cancellations, are applied Friends of “The World Is Yours” radio program of the office of edu- cation are invited to signify their GLASSES vidual face and features. mounting illustrated. pink gold- filled, with solid gold spring. OPTICAL DEPT. in the New York Telephone book that | these can be procured in New York | partment of Justice, and Valdemar | Postal Union, and that the stamps | Magazine of London that “all mail | “PINCE NEZ* Graceful and practical and shaped to conform with your own indi- mounting is of resilient construc- ‘tion and is extremely comfortable. Price includes white, single- lenses mounted in the eyeglass White or $4.95 Complete Use Your Charge Account or Our Optical Budget Plan Ka approval of it to President Roosevelt or to Secretary of the Interfor Ickes. Failing such support, there is danger of discontinuance—an event which would constitute a definite loss to philately, widely publicised on occa- sion through the program’s facilities. ‘The Arkansas and San Diego stamps no longer are available at the Phila- telic Agency. Only 19,960 complete sets of the Mauritius Silver Jubilee issues of 1935 were printed. Henry H. Huff, stamp editor of the Rockford Morning Star, writes: “It is to be hoped that the Post Office Department will find trans-Pacific airmail service more profitable now that the route has been extended to Hongkong. In a report given to the Congress, it is revealed that the de- partment lost $655380 on the 30 round-trip flights from the United States to Manila. Only the initial trip, made in November, 1935, showed a profit. “On the first Clipper flight west- ward, the plane carried 2,034 pounds of mail for Honolulu, Guam and the Philippines. The cost of the trip was $20,778 and the revenue from the | mail carried was $60,554. The total | postage paid on all mail carried on | the 30 west-bound trips was only | $156,603, while the cost of the trips was $484,198. The revenue from postage on mail carried eastward on the 30 trips was $153,269, while the cost of the trips was $481,055.” The Hitler souvenir sheets have appeared in imperforate forms. In Czechoslovakia both originals and re- ~:ints are being seized by the police on the theory that the inscription “would excite public initiative.” The Rubber City Stamp Club of Akron, H. K. Jones, secretary, ex- presses approval of the stamp con- ference plan in a message reading: | “We are in favor of any change that | may give us more beautiful smmp&,,"} Marion Alice Lancaster, Washing- | ton Grove, Md, won first prize in | | group 7, United States and posses= | | sions, class A, in the Najex show in | | New York. A post office clerk at Camden, €. C,, | says: “It's simple to forecast the | weather. If the stamps in the sheets | in our cabinet curl at the edges, you | can bet it is going to rain in 8 or 10 hours. If the stamps stay flat, it will Temain clear.” The moral to collec- | tors is, keep stamps dry. | The 25-cent trans-Pacific airmail stamp has been chosen by British | collectors “one of the 10 most at- tractive stamps of the year” in which | it was issued. Don Houseworth, editor of Linn's, | writes: “The Farley announcement that another souvenir sheet of postage stamps is to be placed on sale is not news calculated to earn the applause of the editor. With all due respect | to the organization of collectors that is to be honored through this issue, I cannot understand why such tribute | is desired. These miniature sheets of | so-called postage stamps are becoming | too numerous for the welfare of the‘ hobby. They serve no postal need. In fact, if it were not for the first- | day covers, their use would be neg- ligible. Postal officials know the sit- | uation and can figure pretty close just how much profit a souvenir issue | will bring. So long as collectors de- | mand the privilege of buying such | things, the Government can be ex- pected to heed the requests.” William H. Beck was elected first president of the Detroit Philatelic Society in 1887. And now, half a century later, he has been chosen president of the Baltimore Philatelic | Soclety. The distinction probably is unique in philatelic organization his- tory. Only 30.000.000 copies of the 4-cent | Army and Navy stamps have been manufactured. The edition for the | 1-cent, 2-cent and 3-cent values is supposed to have been 100,000,000 each, The sales list for the Washington Stamp Club of the Air auction, Hotel Carlton, Friday evening, May 28, has been printed and copies may be ob- | tained by application to Mr. Ewell, | 410 Bond Building. | Dr. Haworth, Mrs. Manning and | | Mr. Warren, judges for the Second | | Annual Exhibition of the Washington | Federation of Junior Stamp Collec- tors, announce the following winners: | Class A, Group 1, United States and | Possessions, Marion Alice Lancaster and Frank Hermann; Group 1, For. eign, Miss Lancaster, Franklin Hal: |lett and Charles Edlavitch; Group 3, | | British Colonies, French Colonies, etc, Elsie Louise Holtgreve and Mr. | Hallet; Group 4, Covers, Cancella- | tions, etc., Miss Holtgreve and Mr. | Hallet; Group 5, Type and Subject | Exhibits, Mr. Hermann, Mr. Hallett and Miss Holtgreve; Class B, Group | The vision THlustrated sbove are four of our of other popular styles L) STREET FLOOR el 0 . © tn MAY 1 1, Genevieve Reimer, Harry Frissell and Morton Harmel; Group 2, Robert C. Bilsborough, John Graziani and Jack Pearson; Group 3, William Frank and Mr. Bilsborough; Group 4, Mr. Graziani, Mr. Frank and Mr. Frissell; Group 5, Mollie M. Lewis, Mr. Frissell and Mr. Frank, Date and place of the show will be 6, 1937—PART TWO. decided later. ning. entries have been sent to the Najex exhibition. The Washington Stamp Club of the Air will meet from Station WOL tomorrow evening at 8:45, with Al- bert F. Kunze, leader, in charge. The Collectors Club, Branch 5, So- SAVE S8 on These FINE ONYX LAMPS.... Two Types—Two Styles— Actual $24.98 Values! *16.98 (Bulbs Included) T Meanwhile, all win- ciety of Philatelic Americans, will| meet at the Thomson School, Twelfth | | street, Tuesday evening at 8. Visitors | welcome, rial for the Washington Stamp Club of the Air sale. 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