Evening star., 1934-07-15
BY JAMEs WALDO FAwCETT.

BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
There need be no further argument
about first-day sales arrangements.
No formal announcement has been
made, and for the present none will
be. but II Is known that Postmaster
General James A. Farley has made
careful study Of the problem and has
reached q decision regarding IT. New
stamps on occasion may go on sale
outside the District OF Columbia, but
n so there will be coincidental distri-
button in Washington as well. Col
lectors may rest assured that there
viii be no unjust discrimination
against the Nations Capital so long as
Mr. Farley remains in office.
The first printing of the l-cent
national parks stamps brought to the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
Monday a distinguished group OF pub
lie officials and philatelists. The Post
once Department was represented by
Mr.. Farley. Third Assistant Postmas-
ter General Clinton B. Eilenberger.
Deputy Third Assistant Postmaster
General Roy NJ. North, Mrs. North
and their daughter, Romona; Acting
Supt. OF the Division Of Stamps Rob-
ert c. King and Chief of the Informa-
ton Bureau Harold F. Ambrose; the
Department OF the Interior by Secre-
tary Harold l.. Ickes, Acting Director
of the National Parks Service A. E.
Demaray, Miss Isabelle F. Story and
Gerard Ten Eyck Beeckman, and the
Treasury Department by Assistant
Secretary L. w. Robert.
Among the collectors and philatelic
writers present we're: Michael L. Eds
ness. tr., associate editor Stamps
Magazine, New York: Philip Simms
Warren, treasurer Washington Phila-
telic Society; Mrs, Dorothy Rus, Col
lectors Club; David H. Davenport,
washington Stamp Club of the Air:
Chester l.. Lankford and Bernard
Meeks, Franklin D. Roosevelt Stamp
Club, Douglas, Ga; Robert Bilsbor-
ough. Paul Junior High School Stamp
Club, and Henley Dodge, Stamps
Junior Stamp Club.
The visitors were the guests OF
Alvin w. Hall, director of the
bureau. and he performed the honors
of the occasion with the gracetui
courtesy TO which his friends have
grown accustomed.
The l-cent Parks stamp will be
available at the washington City Post
once and at the Benjamin Franklin
Station tomorrow at 8 am. POST
master william NJ. Mooney anticipates
a record breaking crowd and has pre-
pared for It. There will be extra
clerks ready to go on duty at sales
windows and canceling machines.
Collectors are advised to turn In their
covers early in the day.
Mr.. Eilenberger is scheduled to sell
the first sheet at the Franklin Station.
The purchaser will be Mr.. Demaray.
Plate numbers on the 1-cent Parks
stamp are 2l246 to 2l249, inclusive.
When the scent National Parks
stamp goes on first-day sale at Yel-
lowstone Park Mr.. Farley probably
will preside over the ceremony. He
expects to be in the neighborhood
Monday, July 80, and every effort
Is being made to have the stamp
ready by that date.
The first-day sale Of the Wisconsin
Tercentenary stamp at Green Bay,
Wis. Saturday. July 7, received prac-
tically no national notice. Even the
newspapers of the Badger State itself
made little of the opportunity; other
dailies, including those OF Washing
ton. ignored the event.
Meanwhile philstelic business to-
falling $4,000 rolled into the Green
Bay post Office. The rush so over
whelmed the limited facilities avail
able that Eastern collectors did not
receive until Wednesday covers speci-
fed for airmail.
Local sales Monday reached 81 500.
Mr.. Davenport "scooped the world
on Washington cancellations for the
Wisconsin stamp BY careful pre-
ARRANGEMENT he had early airmail
service out of Green Bay and OBJ
tanned Nations Capital postmarks
Sunday.
The new l6-cent airmail-special
delivery stamp. it is understood, will
go on firSt-day sale in Washington
about August Is,
President Roosevelt is supposed TO
be considering an appeal for COM
memorative stamp for Harvard Uni
verSity, his alma mater.
To the Catholic University Of
America goes the honor of being the
first institution Of higher learning
in the United States 70 have intro
duced philstely as a subject Of its
curriculum, The science of stamps
has been included in the schedule oi
the Summer school, and Albert F
Kunze, president. Washington Stamp
Club Of the Air, gave the first lee
ture Monday.
StreSSing the educational, recrea-
tionsl and economic aspects of col
lecting, the speaker illustrated his
theme by exhibiting pages from his
own albums.
Tuesday evenings meeting of the
Washington Stamp Club of the Air
Station VOL. was devoted 10 discus.
sion of the National Parks stamps
Mr. Kunze told OF the Indian legend.
Of the Yosemite Valley and described
the grandeur of the vista represented
in the l-cent issue. Mr.. Beeckman
special guest Of the club, then out
lined the history Of the series from
its first advocacy by Stephen T
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