Evening star., 1933-04-02
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
The Stamp Club of the Paul Junior
High School is planning an exhibition
for the week following the Easter holi-
days. The Washington Philatelic So
ciety has lent some of its frames for
the purpose, and they are being set up
in the school library. John Henschell
president is in charge of arrangements
Albert F. KunZe, leader, Washington
Stamp Club of the Air, will give the
second of two talks on Balboa and the
! discovery of the Pacific over Station
VOL at lis O'Clock today. Next Sun
day he will discuss the Newburgh COM
memorative stamp to be issued April 19
The club will sponsor a special first
day cover and cachet service for that
! occasion.
Tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock Mr.
Kunze will address a meeting of teach
terS and playground directors in the
Commissioners room of the District
Building. All Interested in the educa-
tional phase of philately are invited to
attend.
Responding to Postmaster General
Farley's request for suggestions for the
improvement of the postal service, the
Washington branch of the Society of
Philatelic Americans last Tuesday
evening passed resolution favoring
the sale of postage due stamps to COL
lectors and the issuance Of an 18-cent
stamp for registered mail and of a 49,
cent airmail stamp. Congratulatory
greetings were sent to King Fuad I of
Egypt in recognition of his birthday.
1t was explained that the King is an
enthusiastic stamp collector and that
he is responsible for the artistic stamps
now emanating from his country.
On Tuesday evening at o'clock at
1103 Vermont avenue the branch will
conduct an auction sale of SO lots of
stamps and covers, United States and
dicated by the list of items to be
offered.
The Washington Philatelc Society
will meet on Wednesday evening at 8
O'Clock at the Hotel Carlton, Six
teenth street. No program has been
announced.
A commemorative series of stamps
to celebrate the centenary of Victoria,
Australia, will be issued early next
year. Designs are being prepared
If. as seems likely, Japan annexes
the former German island colonies
inundated to her under the Versailles
treaty. there may be new philatelic
issues to mark the event. Collectors
also are watching the Hitler regime in
Germany in expectation of develop
ments which may imply new stamp
issues or overprints.
Newfoundland will have a set COM
memorating Sir Humphrey Gilbert.
They will be on sale August 3.
Nicaragua issues of 1914 have been
surcharged vale" and new values as
follows: lc on &c, light blue; 1c on
&c, light blue Q931), and &c on 4c,
dark blue
Poland is bringing out a new series
Of official stamps for department use
Trlpolltania has set in connection
with the 1888 Trade Fair The values
and colors are: 10c, red violet; Csc,
green; 30c, orange brown; soc, violet;
1.25L, blue; 81 plus IL, brown. and
l0L plus 2.50L. red. Six airmails also
are available: soc, green; 75c, carmine
rose; IL, blue; 2L plus soc, violet; 81
plus IL, orange brown, and 10L plus
G.50L, black.
The Boy Scout organization of
Hungary is to be honored in a new
stamp sponsored by that government
They already have been recognized by
the same authorities on a previous oc-
casion. Boy Scouts also appear on
stamps Of Leichtenstein and Rumania
and Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the
founder of the worldwide fraternity
is represented on stamps of the Cape
of Good Hope.
A new stamp is expected from Bull
garia commemorating the birth of ar
heir to the throne, a little princess
whose arrival was announced severa
weeks ago.
Spain has new stamp depicting the
Gate of the Sun. Toledo.
Portugal has brought out the tenth
annual issue of the Lisbon Geographic
cal Society stamp. The color is green
; New envelope issues of the United
States have an altered watermark with
the date 1888.
A series of cacheted post cards cele.
brating events in the history of Mary
land has been announced by Mrs
James H. Dorsey, 7 st. Johns road, Ro.
land Park. Baltimore. The first, Apri
21, will commemorate the first Mary.
land colony; the second, May 16, tht
building of Fort Frederick; the third
May 27, the first use of the telegraph
and the fourth, June 5, the laying o.
the corner stone of the first Methodist
institution for higher education Eacf
card will be Illustrated with a photo.
graphic view and each will be appro
priately cacheted. The price per cart
, will be 10 cents, plus postage.
Robert L. Cook, P. o. Box 795. AS
, bury Park. N. j., will sponsor, April 1s
Patriots day cachet, to be mailed
. from historic places in Monmouth
, County. One cover free: on others :
service charge of 5 cents each.
The Massachusetts, Cachet Societ,
will release set of presidential cachets
beginning with Thomas Jefferson, Apri
13, and James Buchanan, April %
Those interested may write: Brayto1
Jones, 109 Summer avenue, Maiden
Mass.
Other new cachetS are: April g. ami
e versary of Cortland County, NJ Y
l sponsored by International Airmail So
ciety, 1900 w. Fayette street, Syracuse
: NJ Y; April 9, centenary of first tax
supported library in America sponsoret
by Peterborough Stamp Club, Peter
e borough, N. H.; April 9, tribute Il
Mayor Cermak, sponsored by M. A
Campbell, 3005 NJ Clifton avenue, Chi
!. cago Ill, and April 26. surrender O
Johnston to Sherman, sponsored by L
: F. Ditzel, 2100 Mount Holly street
: Baltimore, Md. Use commemorative
! on packages of covers.
u Thomas Sawchinski of Germantown
n Pa, is stamp collector six years old
r Recently he was taken in charge by
e policeman in the business section o
Philadelphia. The officer thought tn
J. child was lost, and, after discussing tn
S matter at some length Thomas agreed
n IT came down town to look at som
fancy South African triangles," was hi
explanation At the police station h
regaled patrolmen and detectives will