Evening star., 1934-10-07
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BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
Wednesday evenings meeting of
the Washington Philatelic Society at
the Hotel Carlton will go into Capital
stamp-collecting history as a notable
occasion.
Mrs. Catherine L. Manning, phila-
telic curator of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, was the guest of honor, and by
! special permission of DR.. Charles G
Abbot, secretary, she brought with her
approximately $4,000 worth of the
prize pearls of the collection over
which she presides. The stamps were
conveyed to the meeting under escort
of Capt. Charles Carey, assistant cur
ator. division of history, and were
guarded throughout the evening by
Off1cer Robert E. Strong, Metropoli-
tan Police.
Among the rarities exhibited were
frame of priceless stampless covers; !;
the Scent New York postmaster S
provisional of l845, catalogued at
81, 900: an unused example Of type
la, 1880, valued at $500; the Is, "a
and 30-cent 1869 inverts, used, priced
at 81 200. $3.50 and $2,5OO respectively;
the l, 2 and 4-cent n-American in
| verts, unused, labeled $500, 50, 700 and
$1,000; the Accent Columbian Expo
sition error, blue instead of ultra
! marine, unused, $500; a proof sheet
showing types l and 2, 1894, 81, black,
plate IS; an entire sheet of 1917, 2
cent, carmine, showing three scent
errors catalogued at $1,000 each; an
| airport cover with fourteen l0-cent
Lindbergh stamps and map Of first
! flight from New York to Atlanta with
/ a first round dthe-world Zeppelin
cover; a Trace of three complete
sheets of 1895 postage dues precan-
celled; a frame of foreign postage paid
| impressions; a frame of United States
envelope stamps, 1857-l866; three
frames of recent foreign issues, as
sorted.
| DR.. Ellis Haworth was chairman,
| and the stamp editor Of The Star
introduced the speaker.
Present in the audience were: Theo-
dore T. Belote, curator, division of his
tory, Smithsonian; Col. Spencer Cosby
former District Commissioner; DR.. A
N, Caudell, entonhologist. Department
! OF Agriculture; F. A. Bickert, Home
owners Loan Corp; Gerard Ten Eyck
Beeckman, National Park Service; Da-
| vid H Davenport, The Star; William
M. Stuart. stamp editor. Washington
Post; ]. H. Jenkins, Associated Press;
Clyde V. De Binder, Bureau of En-
craving and Printing; Herbert S
Chamberlin. philatelic agent. Post
ONCE Department; DR.. George Charles
Keidel, foreign language expert, Copy
right once, Library of Congress;
Minor G. Atwood, Friends School;
Chester L. Landlord, president, Frank
! lin D. Roosevelt Stamp Club, Douglas
Ga. William Shrader. president
Chevy Chase Junior Stamp Club;
Harry A. Fox, Treasury Department;
Henry Browne Wallace, son of the
Secretary of Agriculture; Michael L.
Eidsness. jr, associate editor, Stamps
Magazine; Albert p. Kunze. leader
Washington Stamp Club of the Air;
Miss Irene M. PiStorio. Geological Sur
vey; Dr. George w. Field. biologist and
authority on the stamps of Greece;
Frederick ]. Roy. leader. Internal
| Revenue Bureau stamp group: How
ard c. Beck. Baltimore Philatelic So
ciety; Ernest Kletsch, photographer
Library Of Congress; Mayo Dudley
United States Weekly: Mrs William
Frederick Meggers; Miss Betty Jane
MeggerS, Mead r. Johnson, Judge
Harry B. Cation. Alexandria: Theo-
dore Forbes, H. Bocorselski, Mil
| ton o. Cooper, Charles H. Vaughan,
Valdemar Weiergang Harold H. Marsh
Alden H. Whitney, John K Hedler
| jr.; James F. Casey, jr.; W. F. Robey
discoverer Of the famous 24-eent air.
| mail inverts: r. H. Mower, San Fran
cisco; Claude w. Parker, DR.. NJ. D
Skinner. Charles Kohen. Dr. H. E
Klaus and John F. Lamiel. superin-
tendent. Division of international
Postal Service, Post Office Department
Also, Miss L. Williamson. Henry w
| Clark, w Hayden Collins, T. r
Hungerford. j. N. Knappen. Maurice
c. Petty, H. D. Shorts and William
| Knott
Philip Simms Warren, treasurer of
the society and chairman of the Amer
ican Philatelic Society 1885 Conven-
ton Committee, had charge of ar
| rangements.
A grand rush of business is expected
at the Washington City Post Office
tomorrow. The last stamp of the
National Parks series-10 cent Great
Smoky Mountains-will be available
at the Washington City Post Office,
the Benjamin Franklin station and
the Philatelic Agency at am, and
it is presumed that many collectors
will desire the complete set on single