Evening star., 1934-12-23
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

Albert F. Kunze, president Washing
ton Stamp Club of the Air and past
president Washington Philatelic So
ciety. has succeeded Charles H.
Vaughan as chairman Of the Exhibi-
tion Committee for the American
Philatelic Society Convention next
August.
Mr.. Vaughan remains an active
member of the Convention Committee
and will assist Mr.. Kunze in his work.
j. H. jenkins, Associated Press, will
be chairman of the Convention Bourse
Committee, DR.. Ellis Haworth chair
man of the Entertainment Committee
and Valdemar Weiergang chairman Of
the Reception Committee.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Chicago Friday said "A special Me-
mortal day stamp to honor the few
surviving Civil War veterans will be
proposed to postal officials by the
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, it has been announced by Mrs.
Pearl c. Cooke, national president.
The suggestion originated, Mrs. Cooke
said, with the Washington department
OF the organization"
Connecticut will have to wait until
October for her tercentenary COM
memorative.
A second printing of the 16-cent
airnail special delivery stamp has
been ordered, making the total edition
100000.
The Fort Hamilton Philatelic So
ciety, Fort Hamilton, Ohio, recently
passed a resolution favoring larger
commemorative. Many of the pres
ent United States commemorative
stamps" the club says, ARE over
crowded"
An unoficial report says that the
50-cent Zeppelin stamp, the Mary
land and Wisconsin tercentenary COM
memoratives and the Mothers day is
sue soon will be removed from the
Philatelic Agency list.
There is nothing new in the attitude
which the Post Office Department
takes toward the commercial possibil-
tiles of catering to collectors. Post
master General John Wanamaker,
Philadelphia merchant, as long ago as
40 years, counted on" philatelists to
help balance the budget" Witness
this story, reprinted from The Star of
January 4, 1893: Going like hot cakes
gives some idea of the demand which
has sprung up for the new jubilee
Columbian ExpoSition) stamps.
Orders for large amounts have been
received at the Post Office Depart
ment, and it is presumed that the
demand mainly comes from business
firms who wish to use the new stamps
for advertising purposes. The theory
is that circulars bearing these stamps
will attract attention, and that the
recipients Of the circulars, instead of
throwing them away, which is the
usual fate, will treat them with more
Difference on account of the imposing
appearance of the stamps.
Then, collectors are beginning TO
get in their work. No doubt the aver
age citizen will rather sniff at the
idea of mere stamp collectors cutting
any figure. The facts show that they
are regarded as OF sufficient i'm
portance by the department to form
the basis of an official estimate which
appears in no less weighty and i'm
portant document than the annual
report of the Postmaster General. In
his report Mr.. Wanamaker in dis
cussing the estimates for the revenue
for the coming year estimates that
the sale of these new stamps to col
lectors alone would yield e. clear profit
to the Government of not less than
one million and a half.
GAS these stamps are never used,
Of course, the Government does not
earn this money, and it may therefore
be considered as clear profit.
"Mr. A. F. Rogers of New York,
the chairman of the committee ap-
pointed by the American Philatelic
Society to prepare the exhibit for the
Worlds Fair, was at the Department