Evening star., 1933-02-12
9FSTAMPS S M
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.


exhibition contest sponsored by the
washington Boy Scout Stamp Club and
the stamp department Of The Star. In
a message sent yesterday through
Charles A. Davila, Rumanian Minister
to the United States, he said: "On the
occasion of their 23d anniversary, I
wish to express to the Boy Scouts of
| America and to the members Of the
Boy Scout Stamp Club my most sincere
success in their future activities"
Mihai, as he is known at home, is
| Grand Voevode of Alba Julia, heir ap-
parent of the Rumanian crown. He Is
the son of King Carol and the grand
son of Queen Marie Honorary chief Of
| the Boy Scouts of Rumania, he also Is
a stamp collector of considerable dis
/ tinction. He is II years of age.
The exhibition contest. as announced
last Sunday, opened on Wednesday and
| will continue until February 20. w.
Irving Glover, Second Assistant POST
master General; Mrs. Catherine L..
Manning, philatelic curator, Smithson-
ian Institute. and DR.. George F. Bower
man, librarian, Washington Public
Library, are among those who will
serve on the jury Of awards. winning
exhibits will be displayed at the Public
Library central branch.
Rules of the contest are as follows:
/. Each entrant will be allowed the
equivalent of four album sheets, each
8 BY IL inches. Exhibits may be mount
ed on cardboard or album paper. z.
Any one under 18 years of age, not a
member Of the Boy Scout Stamp Club,
may enter an exhibit. 8. Material
entered must have been collected by
the contestant. 4. Entries will be classi-
fed under four heads-Stamps, covers,
blocks and sheets, miscellaneous and
oddities. 5. Awards will be made in
each class, for neatness, arrangement
and knowledge of stamps shown by
material entered. 6. Entrants may leave
their material at Boy Scout headquar-
tiers, 1103 Vermont avenue, or at the
Scout department, the Hecht Co. AL
material will be safely preserved and
returned to owners at close Of exhibi-
ton. Exhibitors will be required to fill
out an application blank, which may be
procured at time of entry or by writing
Boy Scout headquarters.
Further information may be had by
calling National 1868.
The Washington Stamp Club of the
Air has caught the imagination OF
philatelists young and old. The officers
have had busy week, answering letters
of inquiry and sending out membership
cards. The Christopher Columbus con-
test brought long lists of stamps de-
signed in tribute to the great admiral.
The winner will be announced next
Sunday.
Albert F. Kunze, leader, will con-
tinue his discussion Of stamps and
American history at lis O'Clock today
from Station VOL. Last week he pre-
sented the story of Columbus at La
Rabida. Part of the narrative was Of
fered in dramatic form, with Jan Rus
and Mr.. Kunze himself as the navi-
gator.
The club has been accorded the ap-
proval of several officials of the Board
Of Education, and arrangements have
been made whereby the society will CO.
operate with the history teachers and
faculty advisers of the school stamp
clubs. DR.. Stephen E. Kramer, first
assistant superintendent, in charge Of
high schools, and Robert L. Haycock,
assistant superintendent, in charge Of
elementary schools, conferred with Mr..
Kunze in the matter Both were
friendly to the club program. Miss
Sibyl Baker, director of Fairgrounds,
also Is cooperating.
Many friends Of the club took advan-
tage of the first-day cover service, and
large bundle of mail was sent to Sa-
The postal address of the club Is Care
Station VOL, Annapolis HOTEL Wash
ington.
The Washington branch of Philatelic
Americans will meet Tuesday evening
at 8 o'clock at 1103 Vermont avenue.
The public is invited.
Preparations for the branch auction,
February %, are going forward.
The Washington Philatelic Society
will meet Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock at the Carlton Hotel, 933 Six
hibit several hundred specimens which
are to be sold at auction in New York
on Saturday. The public is invited.
The new Oglethorpe commemorative
stamp goes on sale at Savannah, Ga,
today. The post office at that city is
reported to be piled high with covers
for first day cancellation. Collectors
NAV purchase the issue in Washing
ton tomorrow. It will be available at
the Philatehc Agency and at the post
Offices. First day cancellations here
may prove as valuable, eventually, as
those of Savannah.
The Oglethorpe stamp will be fiat
plate according to Max Johl OF Wash
ington, writing in Stamps Magazine,
New York. He says it will be printed
in 400-subject plates. There have been
eight plates ordered so far. Those now
on the presses are plate Nos. 21096-
2109g. There may be IL altogether. To
the left Of the upper right plate num-
bers are letters c. S. instead Of the
usual F. This means 'chromed STEEL
The stamp Is very similar to the Penn
stamp, the head, however, facing to
the left instead Of the right. The Penn
stamp was designed by the Bureau of
Engraving without suggestions from the
Post Office Department. The results
were so pleasing that the department
asked the bureau to make the new
stamp similar to the last one"
James r. Duhamel, veteran Washing
ton philatelist, writes: 1.-The Washing
ton carrier stamp, referred to last Sun
day, has been subject Of interest to
collectors, and I have been asked to
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