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BY JAMES WALDO FAwCETT.


No other 12-month period in stamp
collecting history ever has shown
greater development. The record, in
outline, runs as follows:
January 7, documents discovered
in Athens offered as evidence that the
first postage stamps were issued by
the government of Greece in 1882;
January 10, Michael L. Eidsness. jr..
addressing the Washington Philatelic
Society, urged a closer fellowship OF
collectors to protect philately from
exploitation, and January 81, new
printing Of Scent Lincoln stamp OF
1922.
February 10, National Stamp Exhi-
bition, Radio City. New York,
opened by Postmaster General James
A. Farley; special souvenir sheet
of imperforate Scent Byrd stamps
placed on sale; February II,
Albert I, King of the Belgians and
q royal patron of philately, killed in
a mountain climbing accident near
Namur; February 10, President Roose-
welt abrogated existing airmail con-
tracts and Army flyers took over air
post service, and February "a, F. j.
M. Hind purchased remainder of the
Arthur Hind collection.
March %, three-cent Maryland Ter
centenary stamp released at ST. Marys
City: March "a, Belgium announced
75-centime mourning stamp for King
Albert, and March 81, death of John
D. Cremer, Washington collector.
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foreign mail; April 10, Argentina
withdrew from Postal Union of the
Americas and Spain; April II, first air
mail flown from Australia to New Zea-
land, c. T. Ulm. pilot; April IA. Philip
pine Olympic games stamps went on
flrst-day sale, Washington; April II,
Alvin w. Hall, director, Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, addressed
Washington Chapter, Printing House
Craftsmen, on stamp manufacturing,
and April 80, Arthur Hind sale opened
in London.
May !, collection of Russian stamps
presented to President Roosevelt by
Ambassador A. A. Troyanovsky; May
2, frst-day sale of the Scent Mothers
day stamp, Washington; May 3, air
mail service inaugurated between Eng
land and Malta; May 6, national
philatehc exhibition, Budapest, Hun
gary; May 7, Lord Londonderry opened
Apex exhibition, London: May g.
Polish National Stamp Exposition,
Warsaw; May 13, Argentina an
nounced intention to remain in Postal
Union and restored former foreign
postal rates; May 16, Gordon Junior
40,
May Is, Mr.. Farley authorized series
of 10 stamps to advertise national
parks; May %, Paul Junior High
School Stamp Club exhibition: May
rs. Mr. Eidsness, speaking at annual
banquet of the Baltimore Philatelic
Society, prophesied new era in stamp
collecting; May rs, philatelic agency
moved to new quarters. and May 81,
last Army-fown airmail.
June IL, new Post once Depart
ment Building dedicated; June 20,
new postal rates for nations in PAN
American Union announced; June %,
10th anniversary of postal service be-
tween France and the United States
celebrated. and June %, annual auc-
ton of stamps and covers, Division
of Dead Letters, Post Office Depart
ment. Washington.
July !, new Scent airmail stamp
released; July l, Canada issued s.
cent Jacques Cartier and 10-cent
United Empire Loyalists commemora-
tiveS; July /, Switzerland brought out
new pictorial set; July 7, first-day sale
Of Scent Wisconsin tercentenary
stamp, Green Bay, Wis; July 8, anony-
NOUS collector announced presentation
of valuable stamps to Smithsonian
Institution; July 9, Albert F. Kunze
gave first lecture on philately at
Summer School, Catholic University
Of America July 13, Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge granted franking privilege;
July Is, 1-cent Yosemite National
Parks stamp went on first-day sale,
Washington and park post office;
July l8. Evening Star announced dis
covery of lost Post Office Department
papers dealing with service history;
and July %, stratosphere balloon ex-
plorer carried special mail from Rapid
City, S. OAK, to elevation of $4,000
feet.
August 3, Lustig SKY train" brought
unofficial mail via glider from New
York to Washington; August Is, Dep
uty Third Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Roy M. North, addressing Wash
ington Philatelic Society, Hdorsed ma
tional stamp museum plan; August
Is, Canada issued commemorative for
150th anniversary of the founding of
the Province of Newfoundland; Au-
gust 20, Great Britain began release
of new photogravure stamps; August
20, Pre-Cancel Stamp Society conven-
tion, Philadelphia; August 81, dollar
duck hunters license stamp went on
first-day sale, Washington; August
27, American Philatelic Society con-
vention, Atlantic City, protested
against irregular imperforate sheets
of stamps, urged repeal Of stamp illus
trations law and voted to meet in
Washington in 1895; August 80, new
16-cent airmailLspecial delivery stamp
released at American Airmail Society
convention, Chicago, and August 81,
secondary sale of 16-cent novelty,
Washington.
September 9, William Shrader, pres
ident, Chevy Chase Junior Stamp
Club, announced plan for a series
of stamps to advertise the natural
and architectural beauties of the Ma
tions Capital and the suggestion re-
ceived the Endorsement OF numerous
citizens; September II, Lieut.. Col.
Charles S. Hamilton resigned as presi-
dent of Washington Philatelic Society
and was succeeded by William c.
Bond. and September 90, national
philatelic exhibition, Zurich, Switz-
erland.
october 8. Mrs. C. L. Manning.
philatelic curator, exhibited Smith
sonian Institution stamps valued at
$4,000 at a meeting of Washington
Philatelic Society: october 8, 10-cent
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
stamp-first United States issue de-
signed by a woman (Miss Esther A.
Richards, PHILADELPHIA went on
first-day sale, Washington and park
post office; october 9, King Alexander
I of Yugoslavia assassinated at Mar
seille; October 10, death Of A. j. Seh,