Evening star., 1934-12-16

Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Harllee Branch has announced
that 'tn the near future" airmail serv-
ice will be established at Burlington,
Iowa, as a stop on AM-9, Chicago
Dallas route. "A special cachet," he
says, will be furnished the post
master, and the usual treatment OF
philatelic mail will be authorized"
H. George Boyle has prepared for
Stamps Magazine list of post ofices
where 13-star flag cancellations may
be had The following are included
in the roster: Forest Glen, Goldsboro,
Greensboro Leonardtown and REFS
terstown, Md. Amherst, Appomatox,
Buchanan, Damascus, Fairfax, Gate
City, Greenway, Halifax, Herndon,
Kilmarnock, Scottsville, Stony Creek,
! Stuart. Vienna and Yorktown, Va,
and Cairo, Davis, Elm Grove, Gassa-
way, Glen Dale, Harpers Ferry, Owens
and Williamstown. w. Va.
Other l3-star towns, submitted by
Chester L. Landlord, are: Hawley, Pa;
Menahga, Mimi; Trenton, Nebr.;
Jonesboro, La; Wichita Falls, Tex;
Marion, S. Oak; Fort Recovery, Ohio
Lepanto, Ark; Marion. Mass, and
East Side Station, Fairmont, w. Va.
Westminster College, New Whining
ton, Pa, has authorized lectures on
philately in English and journalism
classes.
The Leisure League, 80 Rockefeller
plaza, New York, has published an
attractive and exceedingly interesting
and weu-written booklet of 81 pages
on stamp collecting by Henry Renouf.
Priced at only 25 cents. it is non-com-
mercial in purpose and should be vel
coined as an asset to philateiy.
An interesting souvenir Of the
original Washington Collectors Club
has come TO light in the papers OF the
late James H. Houston. 1t consists of
circular which reads as follows: An
informal meeting Of local stamp COL
lectors was held on October 81, 1897,
for the purpose Of discussing the ad-
visibility OF organization. 1t appeared
to be the unanimous opinion that it
would be greatly 20 the advantage and
convenience of Washington philatel-
lists to have a permanent home in a
central location, where regular meet
ings might be held where members
might at any time meet one another
for the purpose of exchanging. ex-
hibiting and studying stamps, as well
as consulting the leading foreign and
domestic philatelic journals and cata-
logues, and where local and out-of-
town collectors would always find a
welcome. A committee was therefore
appointed to outline a plan by which
these ends might be accomplished.
"On November 19 this committee
reported that the sentiment of local
collectors was favorable to such an
organization, and that, acting on this
basis, the committee has secured
suitable quarters at 702 Fourteenth
street northwest.
THE report Of the committee be-
ing accepted. the meeting proceeded
to permanently organize, and the
name Washington Collectors Club
was adopted The following officers
were elected: President, Ward Thoron
first vice president, w. w. Karr; sec
Olld blIC PI CSlNCAlts w. L. Ia IA
secretary, DR.. E. NJ. Schaeffer; treas
urer, J. M. Bartels; librarian, T. R.
Hungerford, and manager Of sales
and exchanges, H. F. Dunkhorst."
The circular is dated November 23,
1897.
The Washington Airmail Society will
meet tomorrow evening at o'clock
in room 1885, National Press Building.
Officers for 1885 will be elected. Air
post enthusiasts desiring to join the
club may adress Miss Alice B. Cilley.
secretary.
The Washington Stamp Club Of the
Air will have a broadcast meeting
from Station VOL Tuesday evening
at 6:45 o'clock. Albert F. Kunze will
speak on the new plan for a museum
of American history in the Nations
Capital.
Branch 5, Society Of Philatelic
Americans Collectors Club, will
meet Tuesday evening at ut the
Thomson School, Twelfth street.
William H. Beck, vice president, Bal
timore Philatelic Society. will discuss
Color Research and Philately." Visi-
tors will be welcome.
The Washington Philatelic Society
will meet at the Hotel Carlton We'd
nesday evening at o'clock. Frank
A. Bickert, specialist on the phila-
telic history of the German colonies,
will exhibit and discuss his stamps
Of the German post off1ces in Turkey.
There will be an auction under the
management Of Frederick r. Rice.
The public is invited to attend.