Evening star., 1936-08-23
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
Printing of the Susan B. Anthony
stamp was begun Thursday noon at
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing. The principal speakers at the
ceremony were: Clinton B. Ellen
berger, Third Assistant Postmaster
General and Mrs. Harvey Wiley. vice
chairman, National Woman's party.
Others present included: Representa-
tive Louis Ludlow of Indiana, Deputy
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Roy NJ North, Supt. of the Division
of Stamps Robert E. Fellers, and
Mrs. Robert Adamson, chairman OF
the Anthony Memorial Committee.
Also Mrs. Adelaide johnson. sculp-
tress, whose statue of Miss Anthony
is reproduced in the design OF
the commemorative; Miss Rose Ar
mold Powell, who was the first active
advocate of the issue; Mrs. Ada Van
Loon Brandow Mac Gee, Miss Minerva
Bernardino, DR.. Miriam Oatman, DR..
Stella E. Brown. DR.. Izoa Scott, Miss
Ella c. Werner, Mrs. Lois Dowdle
Cobb, Mrs. Randolph Keith Forrest,
Miss Dorothy Houghton, DR.. Roselyn
Moore Balm, Mrs Mary Clothier Hull
Davis, DR.. Mary Holmes, Miss Olive
Lacy and Mrs. Edwina Avery.
Mrs. Wiley said: I'VE owe it to the
vision of James A. Farley Postmaster
General, and his associates, but espe-
cially to Mr.. Eilenberger, that this
stamp has been made possible"
The new issue will go on sale In
Washington exclusively Wednesday
morning at o'clock. Plate numbers
are 2l588-2159l.
Appeals for the Harvard Tercenten-
ary commemorative continue to pour
into the White House. Included
among those who have joined in the
petition to President Roosevelt are
Mrs. Catherine L. Manning, philatelic
curator, Smithsonian Institution;
Philip Simms Warren, vice president,
American Philatelic Society; DR.. Ellis
rHaworth, president, Washington Phil
Aatelic Society; Albert F. Kunze,
Washington correspondent, Weekly
.Philatelic Gossip; David H. Daven-
port, Washington correspondent, Me-
.keels Weekly Stamp News; Chester
L. Lankford. president, Franklin D.
Roosevelt Stamp Club, Douglas. Ga;
DR.. Lester K. Born, chairman, Wash
ington Erasmus Committee; Col.
Richard H. Hallett. president. Wash
'tngton Harvard Club; Maj. Julius I.
Peyser, George G. Whitney and Miss
Mary Janet Miller.
Editorial comment on the subject
was printed in The Star on Friday.
The 1-cent Century OF Progress
stamp has been removed from the
Philatelic Agency sales list, and the
3-cent value of the same set is ex-
pected shortly. Stocks of the 16-cent,
steel blue, airmail-special delivery is
sue, however, continue to be available.
Speculation in Tipex souvenir
sheets is rife throughout the country.
One dealer is reported to have boarded
$4,000 copies; another rumor tells
that a Government official was a
heavy buyer just before the issue was
withdrawn.
Carter Glass, jr., former vice presi-
dent, American Philatelic Society, re-
Gently conferred with Mr.. Roosevelt
concerning proposed changes in the
illustrations law, but no public an
nouncement of any decision reached
has been made public.
The Washington Collectors Club
has gone on formal record as being
opposed to the issuance of stamps for
any educational institution.
No progress has been made toward
manufacture of the long delayed
Army and Navy heroes series. The
whole project is quiescent.
Weekly Philatelic Gossip says:
Post office clerks have again been
warned to apply clear cancellations to
mail going through their offices. Stamp
collectors not only want clear cancel
lations, but light ones. That is i'm
possible with the type of cancellers
now used and the ink furnished. Our
Post Office Department needs to take
o leaf from the experience of Eu-
ropean countries, which have solved
the problem
Patriotic organizations in Pennsyl-
vanla want a stamp to mark the