Evening star., 1936-03-29


chauSen," and he DiU tell some
OF the stories OF adventure for
10hich he is famous. The pub
lie is inUited to attend his
recital. Star staff Photo.
for the first calendar month. The
total airmail volume for 1885 was
13,276,023 pounds; airmail postage
revnues for the last fiscal year
s6,5ss,534 and aggregate costs $685.
e05.
Police authorities Of Switzerland
are searching for a valuable collec-
ton of Swiss stamps and covers re-
Gently stolen from a resident Of Basel.
A reward of 1000 fr. has been offered
for information leading to recovery.
Herman w Beers, Detroit collec-
tor, widely known as life member OF
the American Philatelic Society, died
March 2, aged SO.
Henry Thol. New York caricaturist
must be e. philatelist. Linn's Weekly
Stamp News calls attention to the fact
that he frequently refers to stamps in
his drawings.
Don Grieve, philatelic editor, Cleve-
land Plain Dealer, reports a variety
of the Scent Hoover Dam stamp in
very dark purple" From a sample.
Max Johl decides that it is a dis
tinct color"
Osborne B. Bond. stamp editor,
Baltimore Sun. also contributes phila-
teic news to Toledo Blade, Milwaukee
Sentinel, Schenectady Gazette and
Pittsburgh Post Gazette. He says:
Fifteen million people. in twelve mill
lion homes in the United States. are
collecting postage stamps. They have
found in philately the worlds most
fascinating hobby"
Out-of-town philatelists visiting in
Washington are: F. Thayer Stoddard.
Austin. Tex, and Edwin w. Tomlinson,
Sioux Falls, S. Oak.
President Roosevelt has purchased a
complete set Of the Silver Jubilee
stamps of the British Empire in blocks
of four.
William NJ. Stuart. philatelic edi-
tor. Washington Post, has been con-
fined to his home by illness. but is
reported "on the mend"
Miss Mildred E. Steele Is faculty
adviser to the newly organized 5-B
6-A Stamp Club at the H. D. Cooke
School, Seventeenth street and Co.
lumbia road.
Washington. Alden H Whitney was
his first victim, the Fidelity Stamp
Co his second. He specializes in
United States material.
Police are investigating.
Local members of the National
Plate Block Society will meet at the
home of w. E. Dettweiler, 3545 Que
sada street northwest. Tuesday eve
ming at g. 1t is planned to organize
a Washington chapter. All plate block
enthusiasts are invited to attend.
The Collectors Club, Branch S. Sc
ciety of Philatelic Americans, will meet
at the Thomson School. Twelfth
street, Tuesday evening at o'clock.
r. v. Smith will exhibit his collection
~S rle Uicitn oSS11Ynd
Of cordial welcome.
The Washington Philatelic Society
will meet at the Hotel Carlton, Six
teenth street, Wednesday evening at
8. There will be an auction to which
the public is invited.
The Washington Federation Of
Junior Stamp Collectors, meeting at
the National Red Cross Building.
Seventeenth street, yesterday after
noon, had Michael L. Eidsuess, jr..
former superintendent of the division
of stamps and now associate editor Of
Stamps Magazine, as guest of honor.
He told of the early history of the
Philatelic Agency. described the first
day sales at Fremont, Ohio, October
4. 1922; Menlo Park. N. j.. June II,
1929 and other places. aud urged that
young collectors should keep true to
the cultural ideals of philately.
In recognition of his services to the
collectors of the Nation and especially
to mark his 43d birthday anniversary.
the federation elected Mr.. Eidsness as
the first member Of its new roll Of
honor.
A comedy. 1.-The Missing PERI" by
Marion Alice Lancaster was presented.
William Irvine Sd, OF Darby, Pa,
exhibited his beautiful collection OF
the stamps OF the Union Of South
Africa, and Mrs. Katherine Hart,
director, and 2 members Of the Hoch-
schild, Kohn Stamp Club of Balti-
more, attended.
Twelve new members were enrolled,
and it was announced that the Wash
ington Philatelfc Society has estab-
lished a fund to provide trophy to
be awarded to the school club making
the best showing in the federation
exhibitions beginning April 13 to
April 18.
The next meeting Of the federation
will be held April IL. Clubs and in
dividuals desiring to take part in the
exhibition should communicate with
the president. Robert Bilsborough,
5235 Kansas avenue, before April 4.
The Star announces q revised
edition of its booklet. Stamp
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