Evening star., 1934-06-24
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

JE1MLo NhLDO NV VI
During the current week there will
be a conference in Washington at
which Post Office Department Off
cials and representatives of several
other branches of the Government
will discuss plans for the stamps to
be issued between July l and the
end of the year. No announcement
on the subject has been made, but
the fact of the meeting is known and
it is rumored that President Roose-
welt himself will attend. Projects
considered likely to be on the ag-
genda include the much-debated
presidential series. the proposed Boy
Scout and Girl Scout stamps, and
the Santa Claus stamp.
A busy season is at hand for phi
latelists, and for their guidance the
following outline calendar has been
prepared:
June 28-Auction sale of stamps and
covers, under the auspices of the
Division of Dead Letters and Dead
Parcel Post, Post Office Department
Boys Club Building. 230 C street
northwest Approximately go different
lots to be sold. beginning about pm,
About June 90 or 30-First-day
sale of the new Scent airmail stamp.
Cover enthusiasts are strongly urged
to make sure to obtain early cancel
lations at Washington. The issue
may be available elsewhere, but he
Nations Capital should be the
premier choice Of post mark spe-
cialists.
July 7-First-day sale of the Wis
consin tercentenary stamp, Green
Bay, Wis. A Scent value, lavendar
in color, this new commemorative will
depict the landing of Jean Nicolet.
1884. The Washington Stamp Club
of the Air is sponsoring a flrst-day
cover service and several local dealers
have made similar arrangements.
The stamp probably will be obtain
able in Washington July 9. and wise
collectors will want Capital cancel
lations of that date.
July 16-First-day sale of the l.
cent national Parks stamp, Wash
jneton City Post Office and Yosemite
National Park, Calf. The Post Office
Department is making no official dis
tinction between the Capital and TIE
park, and collectors should arrange
to obtain both cancellations. But Vt
is indicated that, since the number
of first-mailings at Washington may
be smaller than that of Yosemite, the
market value of the Capital type VIII
be the higher.
July 24-First-day sale of the 2
cent national parks stamp, Wash
ington City Post ONCE and Grand
Canyon, Ariz.
Later denominations of the parks
set will follow at intervals OF SIX Cr
eight days.
Models for the national parks
stamps indicate that the expecta-
tions of the philatelic public will be
anplv justified. The series should be
the most beautiful and most dis
tinctly notable in many years, per-
hans the finest altogether ever spon-
sored by the United States. Creolt
in the circumstances is due to the
National Parks Service for the photo
graphs submitted, the Post Office De-
nartment for approval OF the de-
signs land the Bureau OF engraving
and Printing for the execution Oh
the compositions.
The most offices selected for parks
stamps first-day sales, excluolhs
those already mentioned, are: Three
cent, Longmire, Wash: Accent Mail
cos. Colo; scent, Yellowstone Fark'
Wyo.: scent, Crater Lake, Greg; i
cent. Bar Harbor, Me-; Scent, Zion
National Park, Utah; 9-cent, Beiton'
Mont. and 10-cent, Gatlinburg Sta-
ton, Sevierville, Tenn.
Postmasters will service 10 covers
per collector, but envelopes should
be fully addressed, stuffed and sealed.
The philatelic agency has removed
from it's sales list the remainders OF
the George Washington Bicentennial
series. the Penn, Oglethorpe and
Webster stamps, and the 13, II ana
30 cent denominations OF the 1877
series. go,
The 50-cent Zeppelin stamp still IS
available, but collectors VINO nave
neglected it are advised to act I'M
mediately.
Michael L. Eidsness, jr., writing IN
Stamps Magazine for June %, says:
THE next airmail stamp should be
Wilbur Wright commemorative. A
promise has been given to the people
of Dayton, Ohio, to the effect that
such a stamp would be issued. 1t IS
a pledge that ought to be redeemed
and am confident it would be popular
with collectors as well as with the
general public"
Some Byrd Expedition covers are
reported as bearing the cancellation
date, January 30, and some January 81
The Associated Press reports: An
tonic Oscar de Fragosa Garmona,
President of Portugal, assumed Office
in November,
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