New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-20
DISCIPLES OF PHILATELl.
, CONVENTION OF STAMP CATERERS.
SOME OF THE CHARMS AND ADVANTAGES CON
NrcTEp WITH THIS PURSUIT.

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NrcTED WITH THIS PURSUIT
on the fourth OF next month there VIII "sscH'o'o
in this city great convention, composer " Wv
disciples OF Phatcy. Few people cohpA'"O'iy'
care ANYTHING about this fad or hobby as II 10 oiV
called because so few know anything about IT, I've
tbclcss il numbers in its ranks great army Vi VI,
tbusiasts who look upon it as a distinct ana "oh'
dodncd science. They assert. and with Good reaSoh'
| too that phatey, the collecting Oh pos'dso
stamps for that is what 1t Is Is OF great oou 'oia,
value Its expert followers have at their nnser'
! ends the history, biography, coinage ana poNu's
economy Of all the nations OF the c!Vlnzcu "''u' "N
| arc a pretty clever set of people generally.
The convention referred TO Will rcpfeseh' ~
| noet,cc STAMP collectors of the United states, ana IL
| calls itself the American Phlatclic ASSoclauoh l"s
association has a membership Of about LOCO most Oh
whom will be present at the coming cohVchuioh' VIM"
| Will bc held at No. 81 Clinton Place. Ihe Sessions
n, tho convention will continue for three days. during
! vbicb papcrs will be read and addresses maze DS
prominent phllatelisis from all parts oil INC country
| officer, for the year will also be elcctcu. TURNS
the last year it has had for Its president 'oLl' h
Tiffany one OF the most eminent lawyers Oh o'' oo'
ubnse contributions the literature OF tls country
have been both useful to the people and valuable 10
| tho Government. An especial interest VIII be icht W
| the convention soon TO be Dcu, DcoauSo VI" -
1880 marks the iftcth anniversary OF inc mtiouu'uO
Of the postage stamp. which was, WITHOUT uo'D' O'o
! nj he
the explorer goes the postage stamp soon ioho"S ".
establishes communication with the rest Of inc "orlu
In Iondon the largest exhibition Of postage stamps
ovor held has lust closed. 1t was presided over oS
the Duke Of Edinburgh, who Is an ardent stamp 'Vi
lcctor. and who made speech showing Ms "Ye i0i
the pursuit and his enthusiasm as Collector iI''0
Gcorrc of Wales wa referred 70 by te Duke "a beng
also an earnest and enthusiastic collector The com
r- convention In this city, will meet in the handsome
rooms If the Lincoln Club. of Newly orh, OF "hlch
Postmaster Van Colt Is the honorcd pTeSldeht' Inc
kind offer Of il, rooms to the association was LOT ths
reason peculiarly htting and was gratefully acCePOe"'
The association has members in every state in the
| I-uon and a large gathering Is expected the mem
bcrs in this city. Brooklyn and on staten island aN
among the representative men Of the country. Among
them may be found clergy men, physicians Ia"
yers merchants and stockholders, there being some
! twenty members OF the New York Stock Exchange III
the association. An interesting exhibition OF postage
stamp, Will bc held at the same time ana place ana
Is expected that this exhibition will add much to the
) phllatellc knowledge Of the community.
/ In addition to the American Association OF PhlaN
sts there are branch societies IN nearly all the IaTge
cities Of the United States, that In this city beng the
Oldest and largest II has a membership oil nearly
200 and is presided over by Charles Is. CorwIn' a
we'll known New York merchant. The Brooklyn 50
clcty j, ais, large one. and has done more work In
the literary line and I'm the dissemination Of pamphlets
on phla,cly. and photographs Of stamps than any
other American society. IT. president is Charles
/ Gregory 3 we'll known New York stock Exchange
broker who has been an earnest follower OF ph'lt"N
and one Of is most liberal patrons for many years
The staten Island soc,cty IS also large aud hour'ing
hodv and ha, done much good work. a. De Jonee. rs
president Ia, bccn quietly collecting phaiehc treas
urcs for years lie Is Of the officials OF the standard
/ OIL Company.
Last year the three societies gave an exhibition Of
their albums 10 the American people at the Eden Mn'c'
/ In thi, CITY, In this Exhibition there were shown
I ,iamp, II many countries. and of nations
that many otherwise very intelligent people dld ho'
know were IN existence For View the mater a.
vou Will. The collecting Of postage stamp Is means
~ instruction and Is greater factor iu the cdu'''"
II , followers than many aware of. For Instance
ask am intelligent and experienced phlatclSt tho
location Of any stamplssung country. ASK him about
the system Of coinage Of that country and It's relative
| value compared with the coinage OF his own country
Ask him to tell YOU something OF the history ol tue
country I'm question. and 10 tell you why such and
surh scene, ar represented on IL stamps ASK HIM
eoui,,binr about the lives Of the various men and
/ vor.,D whose portraits they bear and "hy their
honorcd face, are brought before the people OF ucr
country. 50 that they may never forget them ASK
him. for example. Why so many oi the bI7hH stamps
hear the constellation Of the Southern Cross, or why
+ the stamps Of Mexico, for one year only,
loro the portal, Of the unfortunate Macmillan.
AK him all these and multitude u similar questions.
| and Ia every he Will give You correct ana
Interesting reply, aud vii! make you feel that per
haps ancr all there Is much more IN the hobby than
/ You had supposed. The history of country Is moro
faithfully told by It's postage stamps than by any other
government Issue. and change IN the coinage or
currency Of a country T. Immediately reflected In It's
/ stamps long before a is In IT. coins. Tan we Won
der thcrior hat pha'oy hi 50 many i'Hs"vy,n .
is n healthy distraction Tor business man 10 devote
some tme 70 such hobby ai<f n1,N @'2 no Ih r'
| ,'i TAX" nj, mind more quickly from the wearing
/ r,uf ne Of
from all thought Of it than his album Of stamps each
! one 81 which Ia, history. lie VINO Is h3t IN u
cannot understand the subtle Joy OF c 5c4s ~
h., beloved study. especially when he learns
that some particularly stamps have ar
rived fr him in the days mail. or when
some rarely Interesting stamp paper has SS,y GcS SY
tho true philaclist, and an outsider cannot nope 70
Thc present great Baron Rohschd Is an ardent
philaeli,t. aud dcvotes many OF MS evenings 10 i,o
stamps on which no has spent what ~oud be 10
many large fortune IN ms ,pceGn AZ G ~ ne
NJ he London semi centennial ''lchiauoh oi , we
Introduction NJ the postage stamp Whlch TOOK plt.e
la. month; tlc Duke Of Ed9Dnrsn SAG tS o rTlG
Of ne nov wa~,hlp the Thrush ordered 10 the West
indies hah taken his postage ,tamp collection WIN
him. and b" hoped 40 ada Ia u many hlc'Ihci'S VI
The west Indian stamps before his return.
In t' country. bc'dcs thc many i1mon' c3Heet9rS;
lind consdcriblr hummer nun, oi , pusn
men ~ affair, mlylng notalSc collections. Among
n ESQ many DC mentioned George j. Gould. who amid
HE many distractions Of his busy fc finds time TO de-
vote TO phiiaicly and 10 increasing his afeldy large
collection 80 Il IS after all not very wonderful that
large organization q philateuotS mas been formed ana
is now ahout 10 hold It's fifth annual convention The
session, wll be- wen worth aticndHgi The pres Ts
fany. Of St Louis. president; William G. Van
dcrp Of B2ton ycc prcrGGGn N tlr F. W" HS
York trco and Joseph Rechert Of lioboken III
erna2Tai Gc Ia m F bc cnn p and donb
les many recruits will bc added to the great army OF
phateots
MR. ~ TUF OJ n STlND