The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-25
By ,. P. ID.

The Sand meeting of the Jun for Pioneer Stamp Club was held recently at 021 North Main street, the home of the club ad- visor, MT. George Frisbie. There were IT members present. Sev- eral ideas for the good of the club were suggested and dis cussed. The advisor gave 8 short talk on the different qualities of stamps and how to select stamps.
 The age limits range from 12 to l8 and anyone wishing to join the club may do so any Mon- day or Thursday evening. Every member is given a present of every new issue of United States stamps as they are issued. A monthly prize is also given. The entertainment was 10 true and false statements, the recogni- tion of stamps and the finding of their countries on the map.
 Once 8 month 2 members of the Waterbury Stamp Club give an exhibition to the club. Any older stamp collectors wishing to help younger collectors may do- nate unwanted duplicates which will be greatly appreciated.
 We received a large donation of very nice Danish stamps from Mir. Frank Jones. MT. Pierson gave each member patented stamp guage which he origin ated.
 We are grateful for the CO., operation given us by the Wa terbury Stamp Club.
 John L. Timoney, with a c0l- lection of United States stamps of the issues of 1S47 to date, was the winner of the first award, 8 silver cup donated by the Guar anty Trust Company, in the second annual stamp exhibition of the New York Philatelic SO- ciety. His collection was one of the most complete that has ever been entered in one of these contests and the entire group is valued at 9 very high price.
 It is interesting to note that second prize went to collector of air mail issues, Robert SchO- endorf, and that though there were other prizes given out, none of those persons who feat ured foreign exhibitions were listed in the first three.
 Thomas Jefferson, whose birthday was celebrated recent ly, has been honored with his portrait on more varieties of U. 8. postage stamps than any other of the great Americans except Washington and Frank lin. The best known likeness and the one shown on the greatest number of stamps is the Gilbert Stuart portrait, made while Jefferson was in the White House. It was used on the first stamp bearing his picture, of the five-cent variety. The same portrait has also appeared on the 1861, 1862, 1902 and 1904 iS- sues.
 Next in the number of times used is the bust by the Amer ican sculptor, Hiram Powers, made in the late eos from other portraits. The Powers bust ap- pears on the 10-cent denomina- tions printed by the various bank note companies between 1860 and 1889. The last used, but undoubtedly one of the best of these likenessess, was taken from a bust made from life while Jefferson was secretary of state in Washington's cab inet, by the young Corsican sculptor, Giuseppe Ceracchi whose career of great promise was cut short by the guillotine mt long afterWard, when he was convicted as having been 8 rev. olutionary conspirator. The Ger acchi bust is sown on the 30- cent denomination of 1890 and the 50-cent of 1894-95.
 J. Murray Bartels, Sidney Barret, H. M. Konwiser, Maurice Sugarman, Edwin Elkins and Walter Wycherly have been named as judges for the Ma tional Junior Stamp Exhibition which will be held in New York City on the fifth of May. The shown at the International Exhibition which opens at the Grand Central Palace the fol- lowing week. The stamps junior trophy, a silver cup, is pre- scented to the winning club each year. The junior club that wins this trophy for three years will have permanent possession of the cup. The North Hudson Junior Stamp Club of West New York, N. J., was the winner last year.
 A curious dispute has risen between Great Britain and Ar gentina, concerning ownership of the Falkland Islands. It was precipitated by 8 map on a re- cent Argentine postage stamp which shows the Falklands within the borders of Argentina. The British claim the islands as 8 crown colony. The Argentin-
 By Ed Ree'