Evening star., 1934-12-30


Japan.
In recent months he has been
active in the organization work Of
the new International Philatelic
Exchange Union.
Star STAFF Photo.
member Of the Washington Philatelic
Society.
December /, Mr.. Eidsness, guest
speaker at annual banquet Of Rubber
City Stamp Club. Akron, Ohio. ex-
planned conservative policy for phi
lately; December 4. Society Of the
Colonial Wars In the District Of Co.
lurnbia Endorsed q plan for a mus
cum Of American history to be built
in Washington and to include ac-
commodati for a philatelic center !;
December 5. G. T. Smallwood collec-
ton sold at auction by Thomas J.
Owen g. Son. and December is. an
nouncement that President Roosevelt
will exhibit stamps from his collec-
ton at American Philatelic Society
next August.
Difficulties of the year included
controversies over flrst-day sales ar
unoficial imperforate
sheets and special souvenir sheets Of
stamps; inefficient service at the
Philatelic Agency and at parks post
offices; the airmau contract scandal
resulting in the death Of 10 Army
flyers, and financial troubles due to
the prolonged depression.
On the credit side of the ledger
were: Growth in membership in phi
latelic organizations and the develop
ment Of a more effective spirit Of
unity among collectors; increased in
terest in general collecting as opposed
to narrow specialization; q steady rise
in the market value Of stamps: the
success of collectors campaigns for
the National Parks and Mothers
lay stamps, and the unfaltering loyalty
Of collectors, old and young, to their
hobby.
Among those who have lectured on
stamps from radio stations during the
past year are: Albert F. Kunze,
Charles Mott, Wilbur Hall. Roger w.
Minard, Will F. Bauchle, j. Edward
Winning, D. E. Chichester, r. H. WE'LL,
Arthur Faske. Kenneth A. Millican.
Osborne B. Bond, Capt. Tim Healy
and Rev. G. H. Welsh.
Philatelic magazines which carried
on the work of specialized stamp
journalism through the year were
Stamps, New York; Hobbies, Chicago;
Weekly Philatelic Gossip, Holton,
Kans.; Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News,
Portland. Me-; the Stamp Collector,
New Orleans; Stamp and Cover Col
lecting, Richmond. Va: Western
Stamp Collector, Mill City, Oreg.;
Linn's Weekly Stamp News. Column
bus, and the American Philatelist,
Cincinnati.
The following publications main
tanned philatelic departments: Amer
lean Boy, Detroit; American Girl,
New York; international De Molay
Gordon, Kansas City, Mo-; Open
Road for Boys, Boston; Pioneer, Craw-
Ind; Popular Mechanics,
Chicago, and st. Nicholas, New York.
Newspapers gave unprecented space
to stamp news, and those in charge
Of this helpful publicity included: !:
A. Soden, Town Talk, Alex
andria, La; N. S. Noble, Constitution,
Atlanta; Jacques Kilcher, Press, At
lantic City; Osborne B. Bond, Sun,
Baltimore; v. A. Norman, Eagle,
Brooklyn; Montgomery Mulford, Eve
ming News. Buffalo; E c. Pratt,
Courier Post, Camden, N j.; Ralph A.
kimble, Daily News, Chicago: Rich
ard Mop, Cabeen, Tribune, Chicago;
Don Greve, Plain Dealer, Cleveland; :;
Marshall r. Hall, State Journal. CO.
lumbus; Cecil Betron, News, Detroit:
w. E. Bade, News Tribune, Duluth:
E. M. Vickers, Dispatch Herald, Erie,
Pa; Robert D. Byrnes, Courant, Hart
ford; Thornton E. Pike, Evening
Gazette, Haverhill, Mass; Wilds Du
Bose, Star, Indianapolis; w. B. Heren.
Journal Post. Kansas City, Mo-; A..
j. Scanlon, Citizen, Lakewood, N. j.:
George E. Tuttle, Telegram, Lawrence,
Mass: Carlyle F. Green, Daily Rec
ord, Morristown, N. j.; E. w. Gold
thrope, Argus, Mount Vernon, N. Y;
R. A. Barry, Herald Tribune, New
York; Franklin r. Bruins, Sun, New
York; Harry E. Gray. Tribune, Ok
land, Calf; A. c. Townsend, Bee
News, Omaha; Henry Fisher, Morning
Call, Paterson, N. j.; G. A. Hem
hoeffer, Inquirer, Philadelphia; Sol
Labow, Press, Pittsburgh; Charles r.
MacLoon, Sun Telegraph, Pittsburgh;
E. w. Caswell, Oregonian. Portland,
Oreg.; M. L. Behrens. Eagle News,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y; Frank A. Cos
tanzo, Spirit, Punxsutawney, Pa; F.
J. O'Rourk, Morning Star, Rockford,
ILL.,; D. A. Atherton, jr., Republican,
Scranton. Pa; A. C. Carbon, Herald.
Pa; A. E. Storm. Independ-
mt, Stockton, Calf; A. D. Thiebold,
Journal American, Syracuse; M. L.
Elliott, Post Standard, Syracuse; Paul
). Hedrick, World, Tulsa, Okla; N. C.
Allen, Granite State News, Wolfeboro,
n. H.; William B. Bloss, Times, Los
Haughton Sanguinetti, Even
ng Transcript, Boston; Harold P.
Johnson, Rocky Mountain News, Den
yer; c. G. Alton Means, Evening
register, New Haven, Conn; Martel
Brett, Age-Herald, Birmingham,
Ala; Clement S. Ernst, Star, Seattle;
M. Stuart, Washington Post,
ana "Quinton James," Associated
Press.
Stamps issued during 1894 have
been classified as follows: Europe,
$40; Asia, 357; Africa, 1872; America,
1873; West Indies, At, and Oceania. g..
Local philatelists received the meta.
ohoric shock of their lives last week
when it became known that special
sheets Of the 1-cent Yosemite and 8.
cent Mount Rainier imperforate