Evening star., 1934-07-22
Star Stan Photo.

Monday. Mr.. Eilenberger was obliged
to drive all night He was in Penn
sylvania on business and had 10 emu
late Paul Revere TO keep his appoint
ment with collectors.
OF the many cachets and cover de-
signs intended TO represent FL Capt.
tan, only one or two were anything
like accurate.
The 2-cent National Parks (Grand
Canyon) stamp will be available at
the City Post once and at the Frank
lin station Tuesday morning at 8
o'clock. Mr.. Eilenberger. it is ex-
pected, will preside. and junior col
lectors especially are invited to at
tend.
The scent National Parks yellow
stone) stamp will 60 on the press at
the Bureau Of Engraving and Print
ing tomorrow.
Complaints are many concerning
first-day service at Green Bay, Wis
Covers were late returning and can
cellationS were not of the best.
A Western group Of SPECTATORS is
reported to have made huge invest
ments in Wisconsin stamps. The plan,
1t is said, was to corner the market" +"
The Post once Department is con-
sidering a plan suggested by Mr.. Dav-
export, for an imperforate printing of
one each Of the National Park stamps
on special card to sell at face.
A stamp is being sought for the
centenary Of the discovery of gold in
California. but the date is IA years
distant.
Precanceled varieties of the Mary
land Tercentenary stamp are reported
from the following post Offices: Lo-
gansport, Ind; Springvale, Me-; Taun-
ton, Mass; Bloomfield and WeStwood,
N. j.; Harrisburg and North Wales,
Pa; Petersburg Va; Wellsburg, w.
Va; Lancaster, Platteville and Ripon,
Wis.
Mrs. Grace C. Coolidge, widow of
the late President Calvin Coolidge,
was granted the franking privilege
under an order signed by Mr.. Ellen
berger July Is.
New plate numbers are: Wisconsin
Tercentenary stamp, 2l238 TO 2l245;
1-cent National Parks (Yosemite), /,
21246 to 21253; and 2-cent National
Parks (Grand Canyon, 21254 to
2l257.
Among the most interesting pictorial
stamps, says w. E. Fyndem in Stamp
Collecting. are those of the Bahamas,
Canada, Iraq, Jamaica, Malta, New
foundland, New Zealand, North Bor-
neo. T1.c5Sine, Sierra Leone, South
Africa and Southern RhodeSia. In
view of the National Parks series, the
United States should be added TO the
list.
Evan A. Nibakken, who died last
month at Fargo, N. Oak, was one of
the farmers depicted on the 2-cent
trans Mississippi stamp of 1898
(Scott's A-286). S. M. Edwards,
writing to Mekeel's Weekly. says:
THE scene in question shows Mr.
Nibakken helping to plough the 10000
acres of land on farm at Armenia,
N. OAK, belonging to the Armenia g.
Sharon Land Co. Ed, as he was IA
miliarly known, was engaged in laying
out the land for the 20 teams, and one
Of his brothers is shown in the line
ploughing."
The Kansas City, Mo, post Office
has a special sales window for the &C
commodation of stamp collectors.
Miss Leola Heath has a Mothers day
stamp perforated with initials reading,
Papa" The marking is that of the
Pierce-Arrow Co.
Mexico has a new set of poster (not
postage) stamps to advertise tourist
opportunities. There are so views in
each sheet, all different.
The annual convention of the Pre-
cancel Stamp Society will be held at
the Hotel Sylvania, Philadelphia, Au-
gust 2o-2S.
The 1888 convention of the Ameri-
can Philatelic Society may be held in
Washington. A formal invitation TO
the organization to specify the Ma
1fr
will be sent to the Atlantic City
gathering August 81.
A Long Island boy, running away
from home, took his fathers stamp
albums with him as potential capital.
Providence. r. L, police put an end to
the adventure.
Add to the list Of eminent woman
philstelistS the name of Mrs. J. B,
Hench, widow of the late secretary of
the Academy Of Science and Art, Pitts
hurgh.
The Minister of Switzerland. well
known in local stamp circles, is en-
route home for his annual vacation
He will return to Washington early in
the Autumn.
Former First Assistant Postmaster
General W. Irving Glover also is
abroad.
The Collectors Club will meet at the
Thompson School. Twelfth and L
streets, Tuesday evening at 8. Public
invited.
The Washington Stamp Club of the
STAMP DEALERS.
STAMpS-0ne complete set of uneanceled
Columbia stamps in original letter from
IreAsury dated Aprn 2l. 1891. Mrs. Sims,
The MarlboreuGh AptS.
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