Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-19

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BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
Postmaster General Farley yesterday
morning announced the appointment of
Robert E. Fellows as superintendent Of
the Division of Stamps and chief of
the Philatelic Agency.
| A native of West Virginia. Al years
OF age, the new incumbent has been in
Post ONCE Department service since
| 1916 He worked up through the grades
| to his most recent position as disbursing
officer, and has won an enviable repu-
| tatlon as an expert accountant
Mr. Sellers has small stamp COL
lection and is reasonably familiar with
the general aspects of philately.
In statement to The Star last eve
ming he said he wished to give assur-
| ance of his desire to be helpful friend
| to the collecting public.
He will take charge December /.
Phllatelic agency sales for the first
two weeks of November reached a total
| of S30832.08.
Recognition of the Soviet government
Of Russia by the United States may
have philatelic significance. President
Roosevelt's decision in favor of a re-
sumption of friendly relations is being
| hailed with enthusiasm in Moscow and
Leningrad, and a stamp in commemora-
ton of the event is an imminent pos
sibility.
Stephen T. Early, one of President
| Roosevelts secretaries, has son who is
| interested in firSt-day covers, and Al
! bert w. Atwood, Washington CORE
spondent for the Saturday Evening Post.
a son who has applied for junior men,
/ bership in the Society of Philatelic
| Americans.
Washington stamp enthusiasts may
wish to support the appeal made to
| Public Works Administrator ICkeS by
! the former District Commissioners for
q grant of $347,0 900 for the erection
of two boys club buildings in the city.
! Each of these recreational centers
would include an assembly room for
stamp group meetings and displays. Mr..
1ckes, himself a collector will not be
! likely to overlook that particular detail
in the plans submitted for his conSid-
Grafton.
If Americans who have served their
country in other than political and
military ways are to be honored in
stamp designs. the name of Stephen
T. Mather, l867-l930. should be re-
nlembered. OF him ii has been said:
He laid the foundation of the Ma
tional Park Service. defining and eS-
tablishing the policies under which its
areas shall be developed and conserved
unimpaired for future generations
There Will never come an end to the
good he has done"
The Pan American Union Is using
Bryd stamps on its mail in courtesy TO
scores of correspondents in the 81 coun-
tries Of North. South and Central Amer
lea belonging to the federation.
Hungary is reported to be bringing
out stamp in memory of the states
man. Count Albert Apponyi
st. Thomas and Prince Islands will
have a complete new series Denomi-
nations are announced as follows: IS
20, 80 As, 80, 80 and Csc; ,, and JOE
William E. Weir writes: "Philatelists
may believe it or not, but Stamps is the
name of sure enough town in the
State of Arkansas. and the postmaster
there uses a 13-star flag cancellation"
Flag cancellations also may be OBJ
tanned from Moran Chetopa, Plainyille.
Oxford, White City. Irving and Mar
quette, all in Kansas.
Elliott c.. Ruben. 1917 One Hundred
and Twelfth street. Richmond Hill.
N. Y, is sponsoring a cachet for No
vember % in commemoration of the
150th anniversary Of the opening of
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New York City.
A Christmas cachet is announced by
William j. Hager 524O North Twentieth
street, st. Louis, Mo. Covers unSealed
The dedication Of the new post Office
at Stroudsburg. Pa, Third Assistant
Postmaster General Eilenburgers home
town. has been postponed until Janu
airy IS.
Souvenir labels prepared for the 1898
convention of the American Philatelic
Society now may be had from the
at % cents per set of four.
SCOTS Monthly Journal for October
says that the Boyd-Lyon surcharged
stamps for the flyers trip from Port all
Prince to Washington were designed Ito
obtain some publicity for Haiti" There
have been many other stunts" of the
same general kind-the BalbO stamps,
for example Perhaps the most notable
trick ever played upon a government by
son stamp of 1929. The promoter who
persuaded the Post Office Department
to sponsor 1t is said to have received
100000 for his services
reader suggests the following
method of treatment for stamps en- route
TO album placement: Soak for few
minutes In lukeWarm water. Pick out
paper scrap and rejected specimens.
Rinse, and place between leaves of an
old telephone book or heavy mail-order
catalog to dry. Sort out by countries
Preserve for permanent collection only
well-centered, lightly Cancelled stamps.
Use plain slip-sheetS between well filled
pages of album"
Another reader says: My philatelic
scrapbook, 1 think, IS interesting enough
to prompt suggesting something Of the
same kind to other collectors. l clip
and save all the good stamp news
find in the daily press, and 1t is sur
prising how much of it is worthy of
preservation.
A third friend writes: 1T occurs to
me that readers of The Star might |
care to adopt plan which 1 have fol- !
lowed for many years Long before 1 /
realized that cover collecting was a
general hobby, 1 began to save en-
Velopes bearing stamps Cancelled on red !
letter days in current history. For !
example, have such souvenirs of the |
Armistice, November IL, 1918; the !
opening of the Peace Conference, jan |
uary II, 1919; the burial Of the I'm |
known Soldier and the beginning of |
the Washington Disarmament Confer |
ence, November II, 1921; the ratifica |
ton of the nine power treaties, August |
5, 1925; the flight of Col. Charles A. |
Lindbergh to Paris, May 90 1927; the |
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