The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-12
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Special Stamp to Mark
Ma7yland TerCentena1.y

Dove" and on the right Will be
shown the coat Of arms Of George
Calvert, who was responsible for
the founding Of the colony. This
also is the Maryland coat Of arms.
The stamps will be placed on
sale Friday. March %, at St.
Marys City, Md, and collectors
wishing first-day cancellations
may send not more than ten self
addressed envelopes Of ordinary
letter size, with cash or postal or
der to cover the postage required,
to the postmaster at st. Marys
City, not later than March 20. A
card to the Historic Cover Club,
1921 Freshman street, Baltimore,
Md, will bring information about
cachets for historic events dur
ing the celebration.
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THE observance of the Mary
- land tercentenary has a
particular interest for several IN
dianapolis persons, George c.
Calvert and DR.. Frank w. Cregor.
They are descendants of George
Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore,
who has received the consent of
Charles I of England, to establish
~ A .@a-I
Baltimore died before the colony
could be organized but his son
Cecil, who succeeded to the title,
and received the grant for the
land, named Maryland by the
king, went on with the ex-
petition plans.
Three hundred years ago, Nov.
%, 1888, the Ark and the Dove set
sail from Cowes, England, carry
ing 200 courageous souls and
commanded by Leonard Calvert,
brother of Cecil. On March %,
1884, they landed at ST. Clements
Island in the Potomac and short
ly afterWard, on the mainland,
built st. Marys City.
The Maryland tercentenary
celebration was inaugurated Nov.
%, 1888, with the unwilling of
tablet at Cowes, England. An in
ternational broadcast carried
speeches by President Roosevelt
and Governor Albert G. Ritchie,
in the United States and in Eng
land by Ambassador George w.
Bingham, Sir Timothy Eden, a
descendant Of Lord Baltimore and
Lord Fairfax, Maryland born
British peer.
June 20, Charter day, has been
chosen by the tercentenary COM
mission as Maryland's legal
holiday and at that time the most
important historical ceremonies
will be held. The reconstructed
State House at st. Marys City
and the Hall of Records at An
napolis will be dedicated and a
dramatic pageant will be staged
at Baltimore. Chairman Matthew
Page Andrews, Lift. D., invites
the people of the United States to
make a vacation pilgrimage to
these ceremonies.
TINE collecting of pre- cancel
l. stamps is becoming increas-
ingly popular with Indiana
Stamp Club members. At the club
auctions, the spirited bidding for
pre- items is led by w. F.
McNairy and DR.. F. T. Hallam,
the club secretary, who lacks but
four stamps to complete a bureau
print collection On Friday at
the Hotel Lockerbie, the club will
celebrate st. Patrick's day by
studying the pre-cancels of Ire
land. The. discussion will be led
by Allan P Vestal, assisted by G..
H. Miller, Martinsville, Ill.
Because the pre-cancel field is
extensive, collectors are inclined
to specialize. For example they
collect only bureau prints, or
foreign cancels or pre-cancels
of one state. AS a consequence,
Hoover Bros, 1916 Broadway, New
York, who issue the cancel
catalogue, are trying an expert
ment in its publication this year.
To complete the catalogue
which listed the states from Ala
bama to Louisiana, they have de-
cided to issue individual cata-
logues for the remaining states
Maine to Wyoming.
With each state catalogue is in
cluded, free of charge, an intro
duction to the catalogue and uni
versal style chart, which, if de-
sired, may be purchased separate
ly for Is cents. This little book
let explains in simple language
the seeming complexities of pre-
cancel collecting and sets the
neopIyte's feet on solid ground.
1t should be a great boon to be-
ginning collectors and win many
new enthusiasts for this enter
tanning and inexpensive hobby.