Evening star., 1933-06-25
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

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The International Philatelic Exhibi-
ton of 1888 opened yesterday in vi
enna, when President Miklas of Aus
tria delivered an address of welcome
| to collectors and dealers assembled frcn
| all parts of the world. Preparations
have been under way for months il,
anticipation of the gathering and q
lengthy program of lectures, round
| table sessions, tours and entertain
ments has been arranged The princi-
pal meetings will be held at the
Kuenstlerhaus. Secession Galleries and
Military Casino. A daily newspaper
the WIPA Daily News, will be issued
The exhibition will continue until
July 9.
One Washington resident is partici-
patlng in the display of stamps. He
IS Valdemar Veiergang of the Wash
ington Philatelic Society. His entry is
portion of his valuable and interest
ing collection Of Iceland.
The auction sale of stamps and COW
erS, held by the division of dead let
ters and dead parcel post at the Boys
Club Thursday afternoon, brought out
a representative group of philatelists.
Bidding. was spirited, and the prices
offered, the first were the most inter-
esting. miscellaneous collection of
sheets and packets went for $4.75. An
accumulation of $500 foreign stamps
sold for SO, and a similar package for
$3.25. ASsortments of covers brought
from SO cents to 81 on an average.
Altogether, the Post Office Department
had good profit from the occasion.
The Stamp Club of the Air this
week will begin consideration of the
Huguenot- -Walloon stamps of 1924 Al
bert F. KunZe, leader will discuss the
VOL on Tuesday evening at GAS
o'clock.
These commemorative were designed
by G. A. Houston and engraved by L. F.
Scofield, E. M. Hall, H. Dawson and
F. Pauling. OF the 1-cent stamp, 81
millions were issued. The 2-cent stamp
ran to IS millions and the scent to 5
millions.
The Washington branch of the
Society of Philatelic Americans will
meet Tuesday evening at o'clock at
1914 TWenty-fourth street northwest.
Albert E. Gorham will tell of his ex-
periences at Chicago when the Century
of Progress stamps went on sale
There will be an exhibition of rare
British Colonial stamps. The public
is invited to attend.
The Washington Philatelic Society
will meet Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock at the Hotel Carlton, Sixteenth
street. No special program has been
arranged.
The governing board of the society
announces that DR.. Ellis Haworth has
been chosen to succeed Maurice S. Petty
as secretary.
Mr.. Petty recently resigned because
of the pressure of other business. He
had served four years, and was popu-
lar officer.
Dr. HaWorth is supervisor of natural
history in the District high schools. He
has been member of the society for
approximately three years, has been
aiding the Mckinley High School Stamp
Club and is specializing at present in
the commemorative stamps of all coun-
tries.
The board also announces that the
annual exhibition of the society prob
ably will be held from November 6
to II.
Two aviators are planning a non
stop flight from New York to Kaunas,
Lithuania, and the flight, if made as
projected, will have special philatelic
significance. Five hundred copies of
each of five values of current stamps
have been overprinted with the names
of the flyers by authority of the Lithu
anian government and are being sold
at the Office of the consul general of
that country in New York City. At
fixed to covers, these prize specimens
will go aboard the plane just before
the take-off. Cancellation arrange
ments have been made through the
acting postmaster, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The stamps used are described as
follows: zoe, red and black, crowning
of Mindaugis, 1858; 40c, brown and
black, Gediminas signing treaty; 60c,
orange and black, building of Vilnius
Castle, 1922; IL, violet and green,
Gediminas taking possession of Russian
castles, and 2L, blue and brown, AL
girdas at the gates of Moscow, 1853.
The surcharge reads: "Darius-Girenas
- New York - 1888 Kaunas" The
stamps are offered in blocks of four
Proceeds go toward costs of the flight
and for the improvement of air post
communications in Lithuania
The date of the departure of the
plane has not been announced.
Independence day cachets are an
nounced By the following sponsors:
j. W. Stoutzenberg 82l West Clay
street, Collinsville. Ill; Fred Wheele-
han, 32l0 Normount avenue, Baltimore,
Md; E. F. Bauer, jr., Safe Harbor
Pa, Potomac Stamp Club, Ridgely
w. Va; Richard A. Schultz, 313 Lib
erty street, Beacon, N. Y; Charles Z.
Riedy, 633 South Fifteenth street, May
wood, Ill: Chapter No. l, U. S. c. s.,
lG3 Schiller road, Dedham. Mass
printed cachet: Woodruff de Cilva, as
sistant director of airports. Los An
geles, Calf; r. j. Smith, 5103 Green
wich avenue, Baltimore. Md; Elmer
Nelson, 6l2 F street, Washington, first
class and airmail only. different COL
ors, unsealed; Massachusetts, Cachet
Society, Mark Twain Hotel, Maiden,
Mass, send name, address and cents
in coins (wrapped) for each cover
wanted; John w. Rymsza, 1877 Chris
tian street, Philadelphia, Pa; Reuben
Aretz, Waconia, MINI, four cover
cachets at 3 cents each and one post
card cachet at l cent, celebrations at
Franklin, Delano and Roosevelt, MINI,
st. Paul and Waconia, Mimi; E. o.