Evening star., 1934-11-11
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BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

The American Chapter Of the new
International Philatelic Exchange
Union was launched at . meeting held
at the Hotel Carlton, Sixteenth street,
Friday evening.
Mrs. Catherine L. Manning, phila-
telic curator, Smithsonian Institution,
was chosen temporary chairman, to
serve until organization has been COM
pleted. and Albert F. Kunze. president
Warrington Stamp Club Of the Air,
and James Waldo Fawcett, stamp edi-
tor. The Star, were named chairmen
OF committees on constitution and
bylaws and plan to scope, respec-
lively.
Speakers included DR.. Marc Peter.
Minister Of Switzerland; Philip Simms
Warren, treasurer, Washington Phila-
telic Society; Gerard Ten Eyck Beck
man, stamp editor, c. c. c. Weekly;
Charles o. Parks, st. Petersburg
Stamp Club; Michael L. Edsness, jr,
associate editor, Stamps Magazine,
New York: Carlyle s. Baer. Australian
Philatelic Society, and Judge Harry
B. Cation, Alexandria.
Among others present were Howard
c. Beck, Baltimore Philatelic Society;
Chester L Lankford, president. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt Stamp Club. Douglas,
Ga: Z. Irving Fulton, Chamber of
Commerce of the United States;
Frank A. Bickert, Home Owners Loan
Corporation; DR.. Ellis Haworth, Sci
ence Department, Washington Public
Schools; George G. Whitney and
Richard Henry Rule, Boy Scouts of
America; DR.. William F. Meggers,
Bureau Of Standards; Frederick J. Roy
and Elmer c. Wood, Revenue Service
Philatelists; L. A. Reynoldson, De-
partment Of Agriculture; Judge David
D. Caldwell, Department of Justice;
Absalon Gonzales, Costa Rican Lega-
ton: John ]. Ferber. The Star: Will
liam c. Bond, president. Washington
Philatelic Society: Ernest Kletsch,
photographer, Library Of Congress;
Russell Hastings Mllward. explorer:
Victor McCloskey, jr, designer Of the
National Parks Stamps. Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing: M. L. Scho-
enthal, James H. Cross, Paul E.
Bauer. and Julian D. Sears.
Also Geof A. Seager, Howard s.
Nutter, Irwin E. Boniface. Henry M.
Loomis. Orlando j. Hodge, c. A..
Kriechbaum, J. r. Dobson, Fenwick
Shugru. John e. Lee. John K. Hedler,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Billson. Mrs. Caro-
line Clever, Mrs. e. C. Cope, Miss Irene
M. Pistorio, Miss Maggie @. Pence and
Miss Alice B. Cilley.
Junior collectors were represented
by William Shrader. president. Chevy
Chase Junior Stamp Club; Robert c.
Bilsborough. Charles Reynoldson and
John Kennedy.
President Roosevelt sent a telegram
Of greeting and good wishes, and Sec
retary Of the Interior Harold l. Ickes
expressed his interest in q letter
brought to the gathering by Mr.. Beck
man.
David H. Davenport. q member Of
the Committee Of Sponsors, had the
privilege OF nominating Mrs. Manning
for chairman, and Mr. Warren, sec
onding the motion. took advantage of
the occasion to pay homage to her
services to phtlately.
The new society will be "a stamp
collectors league Of nations Chap
tiers will be established in each Of
the principal countries Of the world,
and . clearing house for the exchange
OF philatelic news, stamps and covers
will be maintained in Washington.
None but bona fide collectors are
eligible for membership.
The printing figures for the ma
uonal parks stamps, published last
Sunday. represented gross rather than
net production, and the actual num-
Der OF copies distributed will be small
er than was indicated. Onicial count
for each denomination has not yet
been completed in the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, and collectors
should be guided accordingly.
Examination Of great quantity of
postal matter received in a Washing
ton business office shows an almost