Evening star., 1934-09-02
BY JAMES WALDO FAwCETT.

The attention Of the stamp world
has been concentrated during the past
week upon Atlantic City, where, from
Monday until Friday, the forty-ninth
annual convention of the American
Philatelic Society was in session.
Business meetings were held at the
Hotel Madison, with Roscoe B. Mar
tin of Forestville, N. Y, president. in
the chair, and Holland A. Davis of
Denver, secretary, keeping the rec
ords. Other officers present included
Carter Glass, jr., Lynchburg, Va, and
Milton Moses, Lynchburg, Va, vice
presidents; Howard H. Elliott, Winch
endon, Mass, treasurer; j. e. Guest,
Dallas, Tex, sales superintendent;
Adolph D. Fennel, Cincinnati, Ohio,
editor; and George B. Sloane, New
York City, official expert.
The Washington delegation regis
tered Sunday and attended the presi-
dents reception Monday evening. In
the group were Philip Simms Warren,
Mrs. Catherine L. Manning, Miss Irene
M. Pistorio, v. v. Weiergang, Harry A.
Fox and Mayo Dudley. Also Clyde v.
De Binder, David H. Davenport, M.
Cooper, DR.. M. D. Skinner. A. E. Cor
ham and w. M Stuart.
At the Steel Pier an exhibition and
bourse had been set up with branch
of the Philatelic Agency under the
direction of Mrs. Louise Shawen, and
the first item on the agenda for
Tuesday was the premier sale of spe-
cial sheets of six Scent Mount
Rainier stamps authorized by Post
master General James A. Farley for
the convention. Third Assistant
Postmaster General Clinton B. Ellen
berger presided at the ceremony and
later in the morning addressed the
delegates at the Madison.
Routine organization business oc-
cupied the first formal meeting and
q variety Of social events claimed at
tendance during Tuesday afternoon
and evening.
On Wednesday morning the 1885
Convention Committee, Mr.. Glass,
chairman, reported an Endorsement
of the invitation of the Washington
Philatelic Society and The Star, and
at Thursdays assembly the choice of
Washington for next year was voted
unanimously. Roy z. Miller, repre-
senting the Greater National Cap
ital Committee, thanked the dele
gates, and Mr.. Warren pledged the
cooperation of District philatelists
toward the success of the greatest
convention in our history"
A warm debate concerning inper-
forate and ungummed sheets of stamps
presented to Government officials was
terminated by the adoption Of a reso-
luton requesting the return Of the ir-
regular issues to the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing for correction,
but similar discussion Of the spe-
cial printing Of souvenir blocks of
stamps ended in the tabling of reso-
luton OF disapproval.
Deputy Third Assistant Postmaster
General Roy NJ North represented the
Post Office Department at the con-
vention banquet Thursday evening.
Other speakers were Michael L. Eds
ness. jr.; Acting City Postmaster A. M.
Sinclair, Philip H Ward, jr.; Arthur
j. Cubbage, John M. Smith and James
Waldo Fawcett. WaShingtonians pres
ent included Mrs. North, Mrs. Myrtle
C. ShaughneSsy, Victor j. McCloskey,
jr., and others.
A short business session Friday
morning gave several standing COM
mittees opportunity to report. Ad-
journment was moved by William C.
Stone Of Springfield, Mass.
Also in session during the week was
the annual convention Of the Ameri-
can Airmail Society 1t met at the
Hotel Congress, Chicago, and brought
together representatives Of all the
more important airpost clubs of the
United States. Francis B. Leech,
Washington collector of pioneer fight
covers, was inducted as president be-
fore adjournment yesterday.
There may be a second series of
national parks stamps. If so, East
ern Fairgrounds may be specified
for the designs. Many have COM
planned that the present series rep
resents too many" Western parks.
The new American Philatelic So
ciety souvenir sheets of Mount Raj
nier stamps will go on sale at the
Philatelic Agency Tuesday. They
will be available at 18 cents each,
and wise collectors will not miss the
opportunity to obtain them while
they are to be had.
The Scent Crater Lake Parks
stamp will have initial distribution
at the Washington City Post Ofice
the Benjamin Franklin Station anc
the Philatelic Agency Wednesday
beginning at $50 am. AS announced
last Sunday, the color will be dark
blue, not orange as originally fore
cast.
Ofncial figures on cancellations fol
the frst-day sales of the Seen
Mount Rainier stamp show: Long
n1ire, 64,529; Washington, SOFIA
Capital postmarks therefore are twici
as scarce as those of the park pos
ONCE, and in the course Of years the,
doubtless will prove at least twice a
valuable.
George w. Hawse writes: "PlacI
the 9-cent Glacier Park stamp yer
tically, with u. S. Postage at tn
STAMPS.