Evening star., 1933-04-30
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

Albert r. Kunze, leader. Washington
Stamp Club Of the Air, this afternoon
at lis O'Clock from Station VOL will
give the first Of . series Of addresses on
the jamestown stamps Of 1907.
These issues were coincident with the
Jamestown Exposition. The 1-cent
value was printed to q total Of 77,728,-
794, the 2-cent to 149, ,497, 1894 and the
scent to 7,980,594.
The portrait Of Capt. John Smith ap-
| pears on the hrst Of the set, the land
ing Of the Colonists on the second and
the portrait Of Pocahontas on the third
The stamps we're designed by c. A.
Huston Of the Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing and were printed in plates OF
200 subjects, cut to panes Of 100 each.
The portrait Of Smith was taken from
J re-engraved for stamp use by M. W.
! Baldwin, while that OF Pocahontas was
from an engraving by Simon van de
Passe after painting by an unknown
artist, re-engraved for stamp use by G.
F. @. Smillie. Lettering and numerals
were designed by q. Rose and E. Hall.
The story which the stamps illustrate
Is familiar to all Americans, but Mr.
Kunze has endeavored to discover un-
usual facts relating to it-dat'. neglected
by historians. but neverthle S Of high
interest to the public.
The club has announced that 1t will
copies Of the cacheted first voyage
covers Of the S. S. Washington. Those
having membership cards should send
self addressed and stamped envelopes
for this service.
| The club also has indicated that 1t
| Will arrange a flrSt-day cover service
for the opening of the World Fair, Chi
cago. The date of that event has not
been settled, but it is expected that 1t
will be made known shortly.
Mr.. Kunze reports that orders for the
Newburgh cachet sponsored by the club
broke all previous records. He himself
superintend the work Of taking care OF
all requests.
The scene at the post Office was one
OF consistently busy but purposeful ac-
tivity," he says. while the stamp-af-
fixing ordeal was In progress many local
bystanders stood watching, open-eyed,
at the spectacle of so many strangers
crowded into one postal station. The
firSt-day cover fan was an object Of un-
! concealed curiosity. It seemed unbe-
lievable that there should be so many
and that they should be so ardent.
Mrs. Myrtle c. Shaughnessy, assist
ant ,philatelic agent. had come from
washington to preside over the sales,
and she expressed her satisfaction at
the smoothnesS and comfort with which
business proceeded. Working with her
behind the scenes was Mrs. Louise P.
Shawen, also from Washington, labor
Ing over mountainous pile of miscel-
laneouS mail orders which had been ac-
cumulating for weeks. She is secretary
to Michael L. Eidsness, jr., superin-
tendent Of the Division Of Stamps, and
at Newburgh it was her duty to attend
TO the many odd and unusual requests
which had been sent In.
During the afternoon Clinton l..
Elenberger, Third Assistant Postmaster
General, who had charge of arrange
ments, got himself into unexpected
difficulties when some one asked him
for his autograph on a special envelope.
He kindly agreed to grant the request.
But the conversation had been over
heard. and for the next hour Mr.. Ellen
berger practlced penmanship as per-
haps never before In his life. Boys and
girls, men and women crowded about
him, scarcely allowing him elbow room
to write. Finally. after obliging hun
dreds Of people, he had to give up from
sheer fatigue. When at last he broke
away there were still score or more of
disappointed applicants standing ready
with their hands filled with envelopes.
"One interesting feature of the extra
labor imposed on the Newburgh Post
Once was that it occasioned employ
ment of a number of special helpers,
called in for the emergency These
people received 5000 in wages and thus
had cause to applaud the enthusiasm Of
the stamp collecting fraternity"
The Washington Branch of the So
ciety of Philatelic Americans has new
meeting rooms at 1914 Twenty-fourth
street northwest. The stamps and his
tory of Poland will be discussed by j.
F. Duhamel at this weeks assembly
Tuesday evening at o'clock and the
stamp-collecting public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Maj. Earl Landreth has been elected
| an honorary member of the society,