Evening star., 1937-08-22

Cue centenary Ol Sapt. look discovery
of Hawaii in l778, but was not actually
put in place in Honolulu until 1888.
The original cast, made in Italy, was
lost in shipwreck off the coast Of
South America, recovered and now is
exhibited at Kohala, the Kings BIRTH
place.
Pexip sheets now have been printed
to the number Of l36,500 copies.
A greeting from President Roosevelt
will be read at the silver jubilee CON-
vention of the Precancel Stamp So
ciety, now In session at Minneapolis.
The Summer semi postals of the
Netherlands are: ll2c plus &c, por-
trait Of Jacob Maris, landscape paint
er; Sc plus &c, Franciscus de la Boe
Sylvius, professor of medicine; IS plus
4c, Joost van den Vondel, poet. and
l2l2c plus 3l7c, Anthony van Leeu-
wenhoek, "microbe hunter"
Plans for the American Philatelic
Society convention, Hotel Statler, De-
troit, August 81 to September 3, are
practically complete. Speakers at the
opening meeting will be: Eugene Klein,
president: Charles L. Brisley, Michigan
Stamp Club; Harold A. Jones, VOL
VERNE Stamp Society; Fred M. Vert,
Detroit Philatelic Society, and Leo
Stowicki. The convention banquet is
scheduled for Thursday evening, Sep
tember 2. Washingtonians attending
will be: Mrs. Catherine L. Manning
and Philip Simms Warren. vice presi-
dents: Miss Viola W1ldermuth and
Miss Irene NJ. Pistorio.
The Post Office Department on
Friday announced that printing or
ders to the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing for the 10-cent Great
Smoky Mountains National Park So
ciety Of Philatelic Americans souvenir
sheet have been increased from two
million to five million.
Criticism of the limited edition
prompted the departments decision.
The new sheet will 60 on sale at
Asheville. N c., Thursday morning.
coincident with the opening of the
S. P. A. convention.
Profit to the Government from the
issue will approximate $495. 900.
According to Charles A. Kenny,
philatelic editor of the Washington
Times and Washington correspondent
for Linn's Weekly Stamp News, Co.
lumbus. a stamp for the island Of
Guam has been proposed by Arthur
E. Mansbach of Los Angeles If this
island was important enough to use
United States stamps surcharged
Guam in 1898" the sponsor of the
appeal wants to know, why has it
been left out OF the possession series?"
The Virginia Dare stamp. released
at Manteo. N. c., Wednesday, has
failed to win applause from collectors.
Even those who appreciate the design
are complaining about the color, the
quality of paper and the gum.
But criticism has not affected sales
deleteriously. The Philatelic Agency
reported business In amount Of $685.
763.75 on Thursday.
Ralph A. Barry, philatelic editor Of
the New York Herald Tribune, fore
casts the erection Of 4 new building
for the German posts and telegraphs
department in Berlin. This, he says
in feature story published yesterday,
"presages new quarters for one of the
most remarkable institutions, the
Berlin Postal Museum or Reichspost-
museum, as it is called. Started in
1871 by DR.. Heinrich Stephan, the
first postmaster general Of the Ger
man Empire, as collection of postal
and telegraph material for the teach
ing of underofhcials, it has several
times outgrown its quarters until at
present it Is said to be the most ex-
tensive collection of postal and tele-
graph material in the world" 1t con-
tains mot only one Of the largest
stamp collections in the world, but
also models of all mail-carrying ap-
paratus from the letter STATS of the
ancients to the modern railway mail
cars and pneumatic tubes, all kinds
of postal apparatus, maps, documents
engravings; In fact, everything In any
way connected with the sending OF
messages among, all peoples at all
periods"
Russia is bringing out a series OF
four stamps in compliment to- the
flyers who made the nonstop flight
from Moscow to Vancouver over the
North Pole in June. Denominations
will be 10, 20, 40 and 80k, and the
designs will show portraits Of Pilot
Valeri Chkalov, Co-Pilot Georgi Bal
dukov and Navigator Alexander Belly.
akov.
Many interesting and valuable
stamp collections are to be exhibited
at the Greater Texas and Pan-Amer.
ican Exposition Philatelic Fiesta al
Dallas September 6 and Z. J. o
Farmer is chairman Of the commit.
tes tn charge Of arrangements
pArk A. Arnold AvYikinn n 1nnn6A