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By JAMES WALDO FAwCETT.

the Warrington Boy Scout Stamp Club
and the stamp department Of The Star,
yesterday received their certificates Of
merit. They assembled at Boy Scout
headquarters, and Mrs. Catharine L.
Manning, philatelic curator, the Smith
sonian Institution, made the presenta-
tions.
Those rewarded for their philatelic
knowledge and skill were Russell C..
Bangham, Teed Wilcox. Frank B.
Smith, Damon Runyon. jr.; Richard p.
Padgett, Marjory Ranney, Jan Rus,
Andy Cavanaugh and Helen e. 'Osmun.
The following were accorded honorable
mention and were given certificates to
that effect: Peter Annot, Lloyd Jones,
Ed Connor. Ned Kimmel. Stewart Baker,
Jack Boyden. Philip Walker, Mary Bass,
Virginia Pennington, Lucille kirsch,
Jane Kirsch.
The winning specimens have been on
exhibition at Garfnckels. Fourteenth
and F streets, since Thursday.
Albert ?. Kunze, leader; Washington
Stamp Club Of the Air. reports concern
ing the Inauguration day cachet
sponsored by the club: "The average
collector generally Is unacquainted with
the miniature drama associated with
the routine Of responding to popular
demand. Many were the stories un-
Willingly told between the lines Of the
unending stream Of letters received.
Families separated by wide stretches OF
country were reunited through listings
in requests for .cachets sent in by de-
voted members. In other instances
several collectors in single family, all
living under the same roof, called for
their own individual copies Of the i'm
preston. One letter requesting single
cachet, bore two signatures, and the
text disclosed the applicants to be a
bride and groom, jointly writing for a
cacheted envelope to add to their united
collection. Another request was from
a very old lady. according to her own
statement, who wrote: Please send just
one to each of my grandchildren. That
Is all can afford. 1t will make them
happy She made no request for her
self, but the club sent her special
cover with its corporate best wishes.
"A mother, lonely for an only son
attending q military school, came to the
sation II it would not be too much
trouble She wished to be allowed to
include three wordS-'LOve from Mother
in the envelope addressed to her boy.
II that souvenir of President Roosevelt's S
Inauguration, carrying the greatest mes
sage pen can write, brings as much
pleasure to the son as its sender 8
countenance disclosed, there will be no
price commensurate in future years to
the value Of the memento.
In distant Montana another cover
will give happiness to an old man who
living in ranch cabin, far from any
town. finds recreation in his stamp COL
lection. stretching his imagination to
conjure visions Of great events taking
place in scenes he never may see again
The work Of addressing envelopes,
adding filters, backstamping. applying
stamps proceeded day after day in
preparation for March L. On March
3. when We thought we had reached
the approximate end Of our task. a
representation Of the cachet appeared
in The Star, and almost simultaneously
q new stream Of requests arrived at the
club headquarters at Station VOL. A
call for more help had to be sent out.
A second ONCE was required. 1t was
a busy scene All day Saturday the
rush continued. The envelopes were
hurried to the post Office in taxicabS
and by messengers. The department
demonstrated its cooperative capacity.
A special cancelling machine had been
set up in order that collectors might
have clean and clear cancellations.
AT 10 O'Clock Saturday night batch
Of envelopes was brought to the atten-
0f Hotfe NJ
the mailing division. Not one OF the
lot bore stamp. He realized how
disappointed the addresses would be
II they were returned to the club or
forwarded marked postage due He
telephoned the club and explained. A
near midnight dash back to the post
office followed to rectify the error. and
the cacheted covers went on their way.
Altogether, it was very exciting
and gratifying experience. When &C.
casion of national import again pre-
sents itself. the Stamp Club Of the Air
will endeavor to meet the demand OF
collectors to the best of its abilities.
Mr.. Kunze will speak for Station
VOL at lis O'Clock this afternoon,
concluding his series Of lectures on the
Columbian series of 1898. Those who
have been following his addresses
should inspect the doors Of the east
portal of the Capitol. They are Of
bronze, cast in Munich. Germany, the
work of Randolph Rogers. American
sculptor. Ten panels represent the
career of Christopher Columbus from
boyhood to death, and a semi-circular
space over the doors is filled with a
portrayal of the great navigator's land
ing at Watlings Island. October IL,
1892. A supposed portrait of Columbus
crowns the entrance. No authentic por-
trait exists.
The philatelic world mourns Arthur
Hind Of Utica. N. Y. who died at
Miami, Fla, March /. He was the most
celebrated collector in the United
| States, and the value Of his stamps has
been estimated at millions Of dollars:
Among his specimens was an issue OF
British Guiana which cost him $4,000;
a pair of early Mauritius stamps 1or
which he paid about $4,000, and many
rare Hawaiian, Confederate and United
States PROFESSIONALS. A British collection
which he bought some years ago was
| valued at $4,000. French collection
at $63,0O0 An Englishman by birth.
an American by naturalization, he had
been interested in philately for more
than 40 years and often was COM
Detitor at auctions against King George
v. It is reported that his stamps Will
be offered for sale at New York within
the next few weeks or months.
Emil Bruechig. a New York dealer.
announces that he has sold a block vol
| four of the 24-cent 1918 United States
airmail inverts for $4,000, "the largest
price paid for philatelic item in re-
cent years" The Associated Press says:
Because of the tales and the prices
connected with these stamps they have
| become almost legendary. A dealer
buying several sheets of the first ON
cial United States airmau issue the day
they came out. May Is, 1918. noticed
that one Of the sheets contained the
airplane printed upside down. His loo
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