Evening star., 1935-08-04
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

JAMES w VAADo
Outlining plans for the American
Philatelic Society Golden Jubilee Con-
vention, Dr. Ellis Faworth, speaking
from Station WMAL Tuesday evening.
said in part: Beginning with next
Sunday. and continuing for the rest of
the month, Washington will be GEN.
ter of attraction for stamp collectors
from all parts of the United States.
THE Washington Philatelic Society,
founded in 1905, during the second
week of August will act as host to the
American Philatelic Society for its
f1ftieth annual convention. An elab-
crate program has been planned, some
parts of which are of interest chiefly
to those members of the American
Philatelic Society who are attending
the convention. Other parts of the
program will be of wider interest and
will appeal to the general public. 1t
is of this second part of our activities
that wish to speak this evening.
THE outstanding event on our pro-
gram is the stamp exhibition, Spon-
sored by the Washington Philatelic
Society in honor of the Golden Jubilee
Convention of the American Philatelic
Society. This exhibition will open on
Sunday. August 4, and will remain
open until the end of August 1t will
be held in the main foyer of the new
National Museum at Tenth street and
Constitution avenue northwest, and
will be open to the general public dur
ing the regular museum hours. Albert
F. Kunze, with the assistance of a
very competent committee, will be in
charge.
This exhibition will contain ma
terial which will appeal to all types
of stamp collectors. 1t also will ex-
plain to non-collectors why stamp
collectors are so enthusiastic about
their hobby Many of the exhibits
have been submitted by local collectors
and the variety of the material is
amazing.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
who is an active member of the
American Philatelic Society and an
honorary member of the Washington
Philatelic Society, will exhibit some
material from his own collection. He
made the selection personally and has
turned over to the Exhibition Com
mittee seven albums which will be
displayed in a large case in the center
of the exhibition"
Secretary Of the Interior Harold
L. Ickes has contributed to the exhi-
bition from his own collection beau
tiful display of United States de-
partmental stamps, as we'll as large
number of pages of foreign postal
issues.
There will be many exhibits Of
United States issues, including early
stampleSs covers, an exhibition of
airmail stamps contributed through
the courtesy of the American Airmail
Society, which is meeting in Wash
ington August 1917, and exhibits of
many foreign countries, including a
special exhibit sent by the Austrian
government.
Another interesting exhibit will be
that Of number of philatelic exhibi-
tiop souvenir sheets issued by foreign
governments. Most persons are IA
miliar with the sheets issued by the
United States; not many collectors,
though. are familiar with the sheets
of similar nature issued by other
countries. In all more than 20 such
sheets have been issued and the ex-
hibition will show a selection of these
sheets from the collection of one of
our local philatelists.
while there will be a number of
exhibits of rare and valuable stamps
which will appeal to experienced COL
lectors, there will be also many ex-
hibits which will appeal to the begin
ming collector and to the general pub
lie. The beginner will undoubtedly
learn much concerning proper ways to
mount stamps. He can also get many
ideas of how and what to collect. The
number of stamps issued is so great
that one cannot hope to collect them
all. The exhibition will show how
various collectors have solved the
problem of making limited collections
that are within reach of their own
means.
Another feature of the program
prepared for the American Philatelic