Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-25
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT,

BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
Crowds of Washington collectors
and visiting stamp enthusiasts have
been inspecting the special Library Of
Congress exhibition of stamps, essay.
and proofs arranged by William C.
Bond, superintendent, and DR.. Ernest
Kletsch, director of the union cata-
logue division-both well-known loca.
philatelists.
The show was intended primarily
as a compliment to the golden jubilee
convention of the American Philatelic
Society. but is being continued to ar
indefinite date to accommodate the
general public.
Included in the display are items
never before shown in the Capital
There are five large cases of foul
panels each, total of approximately
40 ordinary frames of specimens, and
the best values are those chosen from
the collections of the late Maj. Clar-
ence H. Eagle and the late Repre-
sentative Ernest R. Alderman, both Of
whom left important philatelic be-
quests to the Library.
Maj. Eagles gift is represented by
pages from a collection of proofs anc
essays, which fills Is large volumes
The donor was son of Commodore
Henry Eagle and keen student OF
American history throughout his ca
reer. He accumulated the rarest ma
terials of their kind in the world
essays of revenue stamps engraved by
Joseph r. Carpenter of Philadelphia
but never issued; proofs of early
stamps in blocks of four and sheets OF
70, Mississippi and Pan-Ameri-
can proofs bicolored, National Bank
Note Co. stamp essays, etc, and when
he died, in 1922, left them to the
American people in the custody of the
librarian of Congress.
The gift of Representative Acker-
man likewise is a notable collection.
Included in it are proofs of the car
rier stamps of 1851, the novelty series
of 1869, the Columbian of 1893, de-
partmentalS, officials, etc., all clean
and fresh as when first struck.
With the rarities Mr.. Bond and DR..
KNNsch also have on show SCOTS
Catalogue for 1870, price IS cents; the
Postmaster Generals annual report,
December 6, 1847, and balloon post
newspaper of the period of the siege
Of Paris, November 10, 1870.
Junior collectors particularly are ad-
vised to see the exhibition before it
closes.
Roscoe B. Martin, retiring presi-
dent of the American Philatelic So
clety, writes: "As look back on the
Golden Jubilee Convention, I cannot
bL be amazed at the general success
of the whole affair. Surely, the
Washington crowd knows how to do
things right"
To which kind expression may be
added the appreciation of George B.
Sloane, A. P. S. expert, who says:
II think it was one of the most sue
cessful conventions in many years,
and am glad that I did not miss it,
1t was splendidly managed The ex-
hibition at the National Museum was
assembled and mounted in a most ex-
cellent manner"
The National Federation of Stamp
Clubs has gone on record as opposed
to the authorization of stamp to
mark the f1ftieth anniversary of the
introduction of the special delivery
service. 1t also has refused to indorse
plan for a new series of stamped
envelopes and post cards.
Post Office Department officials are
said to be unfriendly to the sug-
gestion of a memorial stamp for Will
Rogers and Wiley Post, but the mat
ter has been referred to President
Roosevelt and he will decide. Mean
while, letters endorsing the project
are pouring in from all parts of the
country.
Unsold copies of the Farley reprints
have been gummed and perforated at
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
and will be sold in the Philatelic
Agency. Formal announcement Of ar
rangements may be expected this
week.
The buffalo represented in the de-
sign Of the current 30-cent stamp may
be seen in the National Museum.
The design of the new Philippine
stamps will show an allegorical figure
Of Philippine being led into a Temple
of Human Progress by America and
attended by Art. Science, Agriculture,
Industry and Commerce. Quantities
will be: &c. 1000, 600; &c, 100000; Ice,
100000; S6c, $4,000, and soc. 100000.
First-day covers will be worth having,
but the exact date of release has not
yet been announced.
Weekly Philatelic Gossip reports
thousands Of charwomen, office
boys, garbage men and janitors, an
swering hundreds Of advertisements
in newspapers in England, are looking
through wastepaper baskets in bust
ness Offices for the Silver Jubilee
stamps, which they are selling for a
few shillings. Some dealers are buying
and washing as many as 10000 a day.
One man Is said to have shipped more
than 100000 Jubilee stamps to the
United States alone"
A communication from the Soviet
philatelic Association reads, in part,
as follows: TN connection with the
flight Moscow to San Francisco across
the North Pole, conducted by the
hero of Soviet Union aviator, S. A.
Levanevski. the post office of the
U. s. s. r. has set the overprint
Flight Moscow-San Francisco across