Evening star., 1935-02-17
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

meeting of the Washington Philatelic
Society was an occasion of outstanding
Importance. 1t brought together ar
audience which filled the patio of the
Hotel Carlton and responded with en-
thusiasm to the exhibition Of a pre-
convention movie produced by Roy
Miller, Greater National Capital Com
mittee, and to brief addresses by Will
liam G. Bond, president; Philip Simms
Warren, treasurer: Edward w. Bethel
librarian; Albert F. Kunze. past pres
ident; Gerard Ten Eyck Beeckman
and Frank A. Bickert
A dozen frames of rare and interest
ing stamps and covers were shown by
DR.. Ellis Haworth, Valdemar Weier-
gang, Charles H. Vaughan, M. o.
Cooper, J. c. Peavy, Geoff A. Seager,
MIR. Bickert, Mr.. Beeckman, Mr.
Warren and others.
Among collectors present were
Ernest Kletsch, Frederick J. Roy
Harry A. Fox. Chester L. Lankford
Mayo Dudley, Francis B. Leech, Harry
B. Cation, ]. H. Jenkins, Claude w
"a N11CI1dC1 II. GluSIlSSS, l.,
Thomas Marshall, David H. Daven-
port, John K Hedler. DR.. M. C. Skin
ner, Theodore Forbes, Robert A.
Truax, Alden H. Whitney, Charles
Kohen, William M. Stuart, Robert
Bilsborough, William Shrader. Herman
Bocaselski, Louis j. Heath, David D
Caldwell Manley S. Ross, Robert
Rollins, Richard and Frank L. Burns
Harvey Nelson. Robert Mccormack
John c. Worthington, Carl Whitman
H. F. Brown, Absalon Gonzalez, Dr.
c. A. Alden, Capt. o. H. Wheeler
Joseph AndredS Sd. James H. Cross
Elmer c. Wood. Rolston Lyon, Harold
w. Leath, Horace s. Easton, Milo
Crissman, Carlyle S. Baer, Howard
Perry, John F. Brady, John Parker,
Henry Hallam, Henry Henricksen, G.
d. Leapley, Edmond Handerer, Johns-
ton H. Freeborn, M. B. Smith, Stephen
L. Gregg, George A. Won Dachen-
hausen, Robert E. Morgan, Kenneth
Evans, w. Merle Brown, Fenwick
Shugrue, Summerf1eld Mccartney,
Ellsworth Hibbs, David Rosenberg,
Willard Roundy, Frederick L. Lewton,
Abraham Yonteff, J. H. Lindberg
Thomas L. Dunn, John D. Guillett
g. B. Listul. viii j. Hill, Radford
Hyde, M. S. Schwartz. DR.. George w
Field and Everett A. r. Searl.
Also Mr.. and Mrs E. Irving Full
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ D. Burrows
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde " de Binder DR.
and Mrs. William F. Meggers, Mr.
and Mrs Murray E. Steagala, Mr.. ano
Mrs. j. B. Mccoy, Mr.. and Mrs. John
j. Ferber, Mrs. j. P. Evans, Mrs
Grace L. MacKnight. Mrs. D. S
Madden, Mrs. F. Reinwald, Mrs. Mary
K. Perry. Miss Virgie Watkins. Miss
Agnes johnson, Miss Mary E. Hepp-
ner, Miss Dorothy Roberts, Miss
Marion T. Bohon, Miss Isabel ALI
mond, Miss Charlotte Spriegel. Miss
Florence E. Hedge, Miss Harriet
Root and Miss Dorothy Biggerstaff.
Door prizes went to Mrs Anna
Bray Lindsey, Mrs. E. A. Stichweh
Miss Helen McSweeney Miss Lucy G
Gouldman, Miss Helen Bloedorn, Miss
Valentino c. Poppescu and Philip
Trains.
Confusion reigns in the Division of
Stamps of the Post Office Department,
and arrangements for the sale of the
collectors edition Of imperforate
stamps are in chaos. Different officials
have different views of what should be
done and how, and nothing authori-
tative is available.
The sheets may be sold in complete
or in part form, some may be gummed
and some may not, the Philatelic
Agency may institute first-day cover
service, the city post Office may be
called upon to help-rumors are as
numerous as flies in August and one
individuals guess is as good as an
others.
When Postmaster General Farley
returns to washington a final and
definite announcement probably will
be made.
The new Philippine series went on
sale at the Philippine Trade Commits
sion Friday.
A new type of the ordinary 2-cent
stamp, vintage of 1922, has gone on
sale in several cities without any an
nouncement of its manufacture and
distribution. 1t is an experimental
variety, and represents a new tech
nique of printing, recently invented.
Detailed information is not available,
but it is said that sheets Of the nov
city show guide lines composed Of
dashes, and thus may be detected on
close examination.
The Philatelic Agency, it is ex-
pected, will retire as many stamps
from its present stock as possible
before March Is. Indicated for early
elimination is the 25-cent special
handling stamp. Wise collectors will
not wait too long before acting An
announcement closing the doors on
issues nearly exhausted may be given
out at any moment.
Beverly S. King, writing in Stamps
Magazine for February 16, tells of
the original" plan for a series of
stamps to advertise the natural beau
ties of the United States. AT least
as far back as IL years ago." he says,
Assistant Postmaster General w. Irv-
ing Glover had the thought of selling
the idea Of seeing America first to
the public, and to that end instructed
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
to have sketches prepared depicting
such views as Mount Rainier, Yosem-
lite, Holy Cross Mountain, the giant
sequoia trees of California, Roosevelt
Dam, Niagara Falls, the Golden Gate,
Arlington Amphitheater, the Capitol
at Washington-plus several others.
The idea was abandoned finally
and the stamps never approved"
The National Parks series of 1884,
Mr.. King insists, "are not commemo-
ratives by any stretch Of the imagina-
ton, and therefore are not entitled to
such distinguished consideration"
Mrs. Hilda Kennedy writes: why
not a stamp in tribute to Mark
Twain? One of the very greatest
Americans, his influence upon the
mind of the Nation has exceed by far
any that the neglected Presidents
ever have had. He was philosopher
a teacher, o moral force as well as
the most gifted of humorists and