Evening star., 1934-06-17


structions.
Current cachets include: June IS,
anniversary of Clusters Last Stand,
Homer D. Hubbard, SIS North Sixty
first street, Philadelphia, Pa, en-
velopes furnished, send name, address
and Scent stamp; June 81, Carbon
County historical pageant, Lehigh
Philately Co., Box 66. Lehighton, Pa.
July /, annual National Gliding and
Soaring meet, Ace Cover Service, Box
33, Elmira, N. Y; July /. seventy fifth
anniversary of pioneer balloon flight,
Reuben Aretz, Waconia, Mimi, send
cents forwarding postage for each;
July 4, Independence day, Robert s.
Kelly. 204 Spring street, Nashville,
Tenn, unsealed, send cents forward
ing postage per cover: July 4. Inde-
pendence day, Louis G. Nix, 1912
Maryland avenue northeast, Washing
ton, unsealed, by June 80: July 4, In
dependence day, C. w. Eckert, ST., 7l3
High street Bethlehem, Pa; July 4,
independence day and frontier cele-
bration. George S. McCarty, Whipple.
Ariz.; July 4, Independence day, G. A.
Eisenhauer. Box So, Moberly, Mo-, two
covers, inclose 3 cents forwarding
postage with each; July 4, Inde-
pendence day, Charles B. McManus.
jr., 282 Weyman avenue, New Ro-
chelle, N. Y, unsealed; July 4, Inde-
pendence day and fortieth anniver-
sary of first successful trial run Of
| American automobile, Rex Clingen-
komo, Ind; July 4, independence day
and centennia, Of Sanilac County,
Oliver Raymond, Port Sanilac, Mich;
July 4, Independence day, William T.
Raley, 2l9 Stewart Building, Wash
| ington, unsealed, and July Z. Wiscon-
sin Tercentenary, w. C. Livingston.
Box 440, st. Ignace, Mich, one cover
only, unsealed.
Standard 634 size envelopes are
| specified in each case. Use COM
memoratives on wrappers In compl-
ment to sponsors.
Writing in Stamps Magazine for
June 16, Michael L. Eidsness, jr., dis
cusseS a "rumor about chance
which President Roosevelt is reported
to have missed"
1T seems" he says, that a very
eminent collector recently sold his
best stamps at auction, reserving only
IA specimens which, as it happened,
Appropriated $1,000 or 81, 900 In total
value. And these prizes he offered to
the Nations leading stamp enthusiast,
submitting them as free gift in
token of his esteem and respect. Mr..
Roosevelt, possibly, never saw the
letter. Neither did he see a second
communication on the same subject.
In fact, no answer ever was received
to either. After waiting a month or
so, the donor made other disposition
of his treasures. I tell the tale as
have heard it and do not guarantee
its accuracy. But I confess that
| there is one doubt in my mind about
tit is hard for me to believe that
such a slip up really can have oc-
Cured However. there are people
who sincerely insist that it did"
George w. Caldwell is the author OF
an interesting article on the pro-ju-
ventute stamps of Switzerland in
Weekly Philatelic Gossip for June l6.
1.-THE funny thing about stamp COL
lecting, as a big business" says the
Boston Globe, ''is that stamps, no mat
ter how rare or strange, have about
the same intrinsic value as SO much
waste paper. If all interest in phi
lately should suddenly disappear, not
few persons who now possess goodly
fortunes in stamps would Immediately
| find themselves dead broke.
"Philatelists, however, never seem to
worry for fear there will be a market
crash. Philately's trend is always
bullish. The older q stamp Is, gen.
orally speaking, the more it Is worth.
Those who loaded up with Costa Rican
twos or fours IS years ago are now
all set. 1t is q great business, that
way, and there is no law against
charging all the trafic will bear.
ION the other hand, stamps pay no
dividends except in pleasure"
The 1884 convention of the Amer
ican Airmail Society will be held at
Chicago August 80 to September l.
More than 500 frames Of stamps and
covers will be exhibited.
Three exceptionally interesting COL
lections of stamps are about to be
offered for sale. The first Of these is
contained in five handsome French
albums and approximates $4,000 speci-
mems. 1t was the property OF q dis
tinguished Latin American diplo-
matist, once assigned to Washington.
The second also was the hobby of
an eminent statesman, a former
American Minister to an important
European country. and the third was
owned by veteran Washington
homa.
The Washington Airmail Society
will meet at 1895 National Press
Building tomorrow evening. Air post
enthusiasts of all grades will be well
come.
The Collectors Club will meet Tues
day evening at the Thomson School.
Twelfth and l. streets. Visitors in
vited.
The Washington Stamp Club Of the
Air will have a broadcast meeting
from Station VOL Tuesday evening at
BIS. Albert F. Kunze, leader, will
continue his discussion of the Wis
consin stamp.
As previously announced, the club
will have a first-day cover service for
the Wisconsin issue and for the new
Scent airmail stamp.
Those interested may address the
club secretary, VOL, Hotel Annapo-
lis, Washington
The Washington Philatelic Society
will meet at the Hotel Carlton, Six
teenth street, Wednesday evening.
Collectors welcome.
The Chevy Chase Stamp Club will
meet at $500 Thirty-third street
northwest, Thursday evening at 7:30.
Junior philatelists Of the neighbor-
hood invited.
The editor of the stamp depart
ment Of The Star returns cordial
thanks to readers who wrote during
the past week concerning the Ma
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