Evening star., 1933-11-12

Mr.. Eidsness is on a trip through
New York and New England.
Postage stamps of Great Britain
from the beginning of their use
through the reign of Queen Victoria
have been placed on display in the
Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh,
Scotland.
A correspondent writes: Please do
not give the impression that stamp COL
lecting is solely child's pastime.
Granted that thousands of young peo-
pie are enthusiastically interested in
philately. it is a mistake to suppose
that they have 2 monopoly of the field
The philatelic science properly is an
adult avocation, and what is wanted is
more grown-up collectors-men and
women with mature minds to study
stamps with care and patience"
A reader asks space to say: This
is the tine of year to plan philatelic
Christmas No other gift will please d
| collector more than stamps or stamp
literature"
One-third of all the postal matter
handled by the world is collected and
delivered in the United States. The
total exceeds the postal business of
Great Britain. Germany. France and
Russia combined.
r A. Barry, writing in the New York
Herald Tribune says What is gen.
orally considered our first adhesive
postage stamp resulted from the enter
prise OF Henry r Windsor, a London
merchant, who visited New York in
l840
Mr.. Windsor conceived the idea of
city-wide local postal system. But
as he was a foreigner and a stranger.
he took as 4 partner Alexander NJ.
Greig of Brooklyn, III whose name the
post was organized Rawdon. Wright
& Hatch, banknote ergravers. were
engaged to print the free stamp to
be used by the post. and by February
i, l842. the enterprise was under way.
THE City Despatch Post was a sue
cess from the start and within a few
months the postmaster of New York,
John Lorimer Graham, became so i'm
pressed that he consulted the Post
master General about absorbing the
post as regular adjunct to the Gov
ernment service
THE change in ownership was as Of
Graham had not provided for stamps.
those of the City Despatch Post were
continued about two weeks until a new
supply could he obtained. The City
Despatch stamp, therefore. became the
first stamp used by United States
post Office
Harry Moore mail clerk on the q.
5. s. Constitution. is recovering from
injuries received in an automobile acci-
dent November l.
The Chicago Tribune of October %
referred to Kosciusko as a Legendary
animal of Persian ancestry with little
in common with the beasts which lived
in Iraq."
The Washington Stamp Club of the
All will have a broadcast meeting from
station VOL Tuesday evening at 7:45
o'clock. Mr.. KunZe will discuss the
Lexington and Concord commemorative
series OF stamps. issued in 1925
The organizations school contest has
brought a large response from junior
collectors and faculty advisers.
The Washington branch of the So
ciety of Philatelic Americans will meet
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at 300 r
street northwest. James Waldo Fawcett
will speak. The public is invited
The Washington Philatelic Society
will meet Wednesday evening at 8
O'Clock at the Hotel Carlton, Sixteenth
street.
Washington has a new philatelic or
ganization, organized Friday evening.
1t will be known as the Park View
School Stamp Club. and will meet every
Friday evening at O'Clock at the Park
View School. R. Schreyer is president.
B. Blankin, vice president; F. Mckay,
secretary: Mrs. Hedge. treasurer, and
C. H. Vaughan, adviser