Evening star., 1936-11-29

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ghtning".: 10c, orange, airn1ail,
eciaI delipery. Triumph of the
organize. If need be, to help Weekly
Philatelic Gossip defend its position in
the courts.
President Roosevelt's stamp collec-
ton will be notably enriched as a re-
suit Of his visit to South America.
The Postal Markings Society of Phil
adelphia favors special pictorial cam
cellations for first-day sales occasions.
Mayor s. Davis Wilson Of Philadel-
phia wants the City of Brotherly Love
specified for exclusive first-dav dis
tribution of Representative Sol Blooms
proposed Constitution series.
Herman Toaspern, New York
philatelist, well known in Washington,
died November Is. He was a member
of the Collectors Club of New York
and a pioneer advocate Of airpost
philately. As a writer for the stamp
press, he won a large following, and
as lecturer on philatelic themes,
he was in constant demand.
Lewis T. Brodstone, former pub
Usher of the Philatelic West. died at
Rochester, MINI, November 10.
The city Of Chicago perforates all
stamps used for municipal mail with
the phrase: II will"-motto Of the
community.
A soap company which sought to
take commercial advantage Of the
worlds favorite hobby now has de-
I cided to try something else. Its radio
stamp club has been discontinued
after a period of months, during which
| it traded TOO 200, 900 examples Of mis-
sion-mixture Junk" for wrappers
hopefully sent in by no less than
3,500,000 children.
The Associated Business Stamp
Clubs OF New York is federation of
Is constituent groups representing
banks, telephone, telegraph and radio
companies, public utility corporations
and the Stock Exchange.
Adolph Fennel, writing in Stamps
Magazine, joins the drive against spec
ulation. II believe in stamps as an
investment" he says. "but experience
has proven. again and again, that the
successful investment comes only to
those who do not seek it or regard it
very lightly. :. Ask the old-time ex-
perienced collector or your dealer
friends They will cite you many cases
in proof of my assertion. Preach this
gospel to your Inexperienced fel-
lows-it's good advice and truthful
Don't gamble with your hobby, en-
Joy It'll"
John N. Luff. "dean of American
philately" celebrated his 10th birth
day anniversary on November Is.
Stamps play part in Sax Rohmer',
story, President Fu Manchu."
The writer whose pen name f
George Van Den Berg" really is Prof
Lowell Ragatz of George Washington
University.
Prof. Carl Stephenson of Cornell
University is an authority on the
history of the Middle Ages-and ar
active and enthusiastic philatelist.
The American Air Mail Society has
brought out an attractive booklet en-
titled Mail Through the Air"
Only once did the late King George
v pay "a four-figure price" for g
single stamp. That" says Fred J
Melville In the London Daily Tele.
graph for October II, was in 1904
when, as Prince of Wales, he secured
at auction through an agent the su-
perb I'd. blue, Post Office Mauritus al
FL ,450 1t catalogues at $4,000 today.
When the Oregon Territory stamI
went on first-day sale at five differ
ent post Offices in as many States
4I0,256 covers were mailed. by the
year 2036," says George H. Temple
these souvenirs should be worth al
least S cents each"
Arthur T. Burger. New Jersey
stamp collector. has been appointed
executive director Of the Boys Club'
Of Boston.
Robert E. Fellers. superintendent oi
the Division of Stamps, Post Office
Department, speaking in Chicago re.
Gently, advocated commemorative
for Mark Twain.
Doris c. Kiley. in Mekeels Weekly
Stamp News, says in behalf OF the
Harvard stamp: mo matter how
many colleges wish recognition or how
worthy, there can be but one first"
The Lebanon (Pennsylvania) Aero
Philatelic Society has proposed that
one of the designs of the Constitution
series should show a facsimile OF the
Declaration of independence and that
the stamp also should be printed IN
q souvenir panel.
The Second American Philatelic
Congress will open at the Hotel Stat
Ter. Cleveland, week from tomorrow.
It will bring together representative
stamp students Of half the United
States. The corrected list Of papers