Evening star., 1933-01-15
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Stamps" Fan mali comes to him
from remote sections Of the country.
He spoke before the Takoma Park Play
ground Stamp Club and the E. A. Paul
Junior High School during the past
week.
The Central High School Stamp Club
will meet Wednesday afternoon at 3:l5
O'Clock. Charles Koilen of the Hobby
Shop will speak, and there will be an
auction of stamps.
The Washington Junior Stamp Club
met last evening at 2033 Eighteenth
street. Members include children of
Army, Navy and diplomatic corps fam
lilies, many of whom are widely travelled
and have fine collections.
The John Quincy Adams School
Stamp Club will meet tomorrow after
noon at 8 o'clock. The Parent Teacher
Association is sponsoring this group.
The Boy Scout Stamp Club will meet
at 1103 Vermont avenue, Saturday aft
ernoon, January 81, at 2 o'clock. An
exhibit is being planned. William Os-
mum is president, Houston Buchanan,
secretary; Roger Kirk, treasurer and
Walter Mac Peek, adviser. All Scouts
are eligible for membership.
New cachets are as follows: January
Io-OU, Ill1l bCCl1O11 ts1l4Audl oh1 lllCCl.
sponsored by H. E. Bellini, Lakeville
Chamber of Commerce, Lakeville.
Conn; February 5, arrival of the United
States frigate Constitution cold IRON
siSes'o at San Diego. sponsored by H.
w. Brehm, 1888 University avenue, San
Diego Cclif.; March {. Inauguration OF
Franklin D. Roosevelt. thirty-second
President, sponsored by Elmer Nelson,
612 r street; March 4, same occasion,
sponsored by Reuben A. Sanders, sec
retary, Commemorative Stamp Club,
1921 Tenth street, handling charge
of / cent per impression being asked in
the case of the last named.
Also: January II. 10th anniversary
of Benjamin Franklins post inspection
tour of the Northern Colonies. spon-
sored by Harold Walters, 2305 Wool
worth Building, New York City, one
each; January 81, dedication of new
post office, Hoboken, sponsored by
Chamber of Commerce, Hoboken, N. j.;
February 4, 150th anniversary of the
end of the Revolutionary War, spon-
sored by the Westminster Stamp Club,
Samuel Milinsky, 429 Alger street. De-
troit, Mich; February 6-26, Lincoln
and Washington birthdays, sponsored
by tie Suburban Stamp Club, F. o.
Ohlund, 434 Norfolk street, Mattapan,
Mass. each impression cents, the club
furnishing the covers.
Mrs. Grace Piper, 431 Third street,
Clarendon, Va, is responsible for BIZ
colored cachet for the retirement of
President Hoover and the Inauguration
of President Roosevelt, March 4. She
asks cents for each impression, and
the profits will be devoted to a social
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endon in which she is interested. Com
memorativeS on wrappers are requested.
Burton G. Cowles, superintendent of
the dead letter division of the Post
Ofice Department, suggests that covers
for cancellation at Niles, Ohio, on the
birthday of President Mckinley, jan
uary 90, should bear the 7-cent stamp,
which represents portrait of the mar
tyred Chief Executive.
Harold Brown of Vienna, Va, asks:
"How long has it been since the first
cachet was put on an envelope in
American" In other words, when and
where did the cachet phase of philately
begin? The question is an interesting
one. Perhaps some reader of The Star
is prepared to answer.
A reader submits the following list
of occasions for historic covers jan
uary II, birthday of Benjamin Frank
lin; January ID. birthday of Daniel
Webster and Robert E. Lee; April 13.
birthday of Thomas jefferson; May IA,
Mothers day; May 80, Memorial day;
June /, opening of Worlds Fair, Chi
cago; June IL, Kamehameha day, Homo
lulu. Hawaii; June IA, Flag day; July
4, Independence day.
Edwin Byer, IL, of $50 North Hayes
street, Pocatello, Idaho, would like to
exchange with a Washington boy of
his own age. He is especially interested