Evening star., 1933-06-25

the Woodstock Mission Stamp Ex-
change"
Readers wishing to contribute stamps
should send them to Woodstock Col
lege, Woodstock, Md.
Oliver Owen Kuhn, managing editor
The Star, has received from friend
travelling in the East complete dupli-
cate set of the stamps of Mapchukuo
Hobbies are contagious. The New
York Sun reports the case of George
Wyvel, who several months ago came
into possession of no less than 16
trunks of old covers and miscellaneous
items once the property of sea cap
tain Study of the treasure so affected
the new owner that now he is setting
out in a 60-foot schooner for trip
around the world. He wants to see
those places that every collector
dreams of but rarely visits"
The Associated Press says: Soviet
stamp collectors who exchange with
persons in other countries hereafter
must obtain a special permit from the
Soviet Philatelic Association or subject
themselves to criminal prosecution.
1T seems that a number of indi-
viduals have posed as amateur collect
ors and sent stamps abroad in order
to obtain much-desired foreign cur
rency. The sale of stamps to foreign
collectors is state foreign trade mo-
nopoly."
At a recent meeting of the Massa-
chusetts branch of the United National
Association of Postal Clerks, held at
Gloucester, Mass, First Assistant
Postmaster General Joseph c. OMa-
honey was a guest Of honor. He told
of ways and means in which postal
employees might promote the prosperity
of the Post Office Department. Among
other matters, he mentioned the fact
that stamp collectors on occasion de-
liberately seek desired postage due
stamps by mailing letters or parcels,
addressed to themselves, with insult
flcient postage. The audience appeared
especially interested in this detail Of
philatelic procedure, and few days ago
Mr.. OMahoney received evidence Of the
effectiveness Of his argument in behalf
Of watchfulness for underpaid postal
matter. William j. MacInnis, former
mayor Of Gloucester, sent him a cover
on which postage due stamps in amount
of % cents appeared, explaining that
have thought him collector since he
insisted upon being paid the full
amount of the proper postage charge
for the letter. The incident indicates
that at Gloucester, if not elsewhere,
phllatelists who want postage due
stamps will be very cheerfully accom-
modated.
Frederick Coffay Yohn, celebrated L.
illustrator, whose Surrender of Fort
Sackville" was reproduced on the George
Roger Clark stamp of 1929, died in
New York June S, following an opera =
ton. He painted many interpretations
OF historical events.
A New York dealer is advertising a
remarkable find of United States
stamps OF 1857. Included in the dis
covery are block of "a of the 12-cent
black mo. SD, blocks of 81 each of
the 30-cent orange (No. SO and the
90-cent blue (No. 54).
recent issue of Stamps weekly
magazine of philately-contained q bio
graphical sketch of Theodore E. Stein
way, executive head of a famous piano
manufacturing company and a phi
latelist since boyhood. His speciaities
have been the postal issues OF New
South Wales, Brunswick and Hamburg.
Some of his prize specimens will be on
exhibition at the Vienna exhibition.
1t is worth mention that Mr.. Stein
way has four sons and two daughters,
all collectors.
The tenth anniversary convention Of
the American Air Mail Society will be
held at the New Yorker Hotel, New
4ory City, August 81 to September 2,
and a competitive exhibition of air
post stamps and covers will be a fea-
ture OF the gathering. Collectors in