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Society Convention will be a stamp
bourse. This market will open at noon
Monday, August IL. and will be open
every afternoon and evening through
Friday. August 16. The bourse will
be located in the Hotel Carlton at
Sixteenth and K streets northwest.
Many dealers, both local and out-of-
town, have rented books. They will
have on display wide variety of
stamps, albums and philatelic acces-
sories. Local collectors who wish to
see what they get before buying, will
have a grand opportunity to add to
their collections. Many types of
printed and blank albums will be
available for inspection. The bourse
will be open to the general public and
all interested are cordially invited to
visit it.
"a third feature of the American
Philatelic Society Convention pro-
gram that will appeal to all stamp col
lectors will be the stamp auction to be
held Wednesday evening, August IA.
This sale will be conducted by Mr..
H. A. Robinette. Washington stamp
dealer, and will start promptly at
7:30 o'clock in the main ball room OF
the Hotel Carlton. This sale contains
many choice United States stamps.
There are over 500 lots, ranging in
catalogue value from about So upward.
The lot with the highest catalogue
value is a complete sheet of 100 stamps,
U. S. No. 545. a 1-cent stamp, peri.
11x11, issued in 19l9-21. This sheet
has catalogue value of $3.50. the
auction sale will be open to any one who
is interested in making a purchase.
A copy of the catalogue OF the sale
may be obtained from Mr. Robinette,
Washington Loan & Trust Building,
Ninth and F streets northwest
"The Washington Philatelic Society
has prepared a striking poster label
in honor of the Golden Jubilee Con-
vention of the American Philatelic
Society 1t is in three colors, black,
purple and yellow, and shows repro
duction OF the first Washington City
Dispatch Stamp. The label will go
on sale on August II and may be OBJ
tanned at the bourse at the Hotel Carl
ton or from a number of our local
dealers. The label was designed by
Victor S. McCloskey, jr., who designed
many Of our recent issues of United
States postage stamps.
"The Congressional Library Is rec
ognizing the American Philatelic
Society by displaying its collection OF
proofs of United States stamps and
it's many books and magazines relat-
ing to stamp collecting.
THE Philatelic Agency, well-known
to local collectors. will undoubtedly be
patronized by the visitors
Those who are interested in the
program just described are advised to
consult the local newspapers during
the next few weeks for further details"
PhilatelistS from a long list of cities
and towns are expected in Washing
ton for the A. P. S. convention and
exhibition. Registrations have been
received from New York, Chicago, De-
troit, San Francisco, Cincinnati. Ak
ron, Columbus, Cleveland, Erie, Pitts
burgh, Moundsville, w. Va; Reading,
Scranton, Philadelphia, Camden, Bos-
ton, Springfield, Mass; Providence,
Hartford, New Haven, Buffalo. At
lanta, Richmond, Lynchburg, Louis
vile. st. Louis, Kansas City, San An
tonic and Denver.
Among philatelic writers coming to
the Capital for the convention and
exhibition will be William C. Stone,
Springfield, Mass, Union; Rollin E.
Flower, Buffalo Evening News; S. S.
Fahrer, Philadelphia Record; Frank
lin r. Bruins, New York Sun; George
B. Sloane, Frank L. Wilson and
Harry L. Lindquist, Stamps Magazine,
New York.
The journalistic group and their
friends will have a dinner and enter
tainment at the Carlton Hotel Tuesday
evening, August 13.
Final figures on sales of the Farley
repMnts, Philatelic Agency and Wash
ington City Post Office, March is to
June Is, have been announced by the
Post Office Department Publicity Bu-
reau as follows: e36 ,262 blocks of four.
value, S195,74496; 184,347 full sheets.