Evening star., 1937-07-11
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

"Ileu The S-Cenl NORTHWEST 16TI1-
tory stamp goes on sale at New York
and Marietta, Ohio, Tuesday morning
q special canceling die will be used
The Post Office Department has ar
ranged that the words First Day OF
Issue" shall appear between the killer
bars.
Collectors desiring Washington post
marks will be accommodated at the
City Post Office. Massachusetts, ave-
hue and North Capitol street, where
Acting Postmaster w. Hunter Hay
cock has provided for the opening Of
philatelic window at 10 O'Clock Tues
day morning.
But Mr. Haycock desires it to be
understood that copies of the new
commemorative will not be released for
sale in the Capital until Wednesday.
The local phllatehc public must make
its own arrangements for having
stamps brought to Washington by air
mail in time for Tuesday markings.
Models for three denominations of
the Insular series Of stamps have been
prepared, but no decision has been
reached by the Post Office Department
regarding their authorize ton.
Premature publicity appears to have
halted the Philadelphia campaign to
insure representation of independence
Hall on the forthcoming eommemora-
tive for the sesquicentennial Of the
Constitution. Another subject is being
considered.
Alvin w. Hall, director of the Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing, Is
absent from Washington on his an
nual vacation. He will return Au-
gust /.
Boy Scout night at the Washington
Philatelic Society last Wednesday eve
ming brought out crowd of l40 stamp
enthusiasts. including Scouts to the
number of 65.
DR.. Ellis HaWorth, former president
of the society, was in charge of the
program, with Albert F. Kunze. leader
of the Washington Stamp Club of the
editor OF the Washington Post, assist
ing
Speakers included Gerard Ten Eyck
Beeckman, head of the information
bureau Of the Indian Office. who con-
Quoted philatelic story contest; Will
liam c. Bond, superintendent of the
Library of Congress, and Robert Bills
borough, president of the Washington
Federation Of Junior Stamp Collectors.
Mr.. Kunze directed stamp ques-
tionnaire with the help Of Miss Mol
lie Lewis.
Prizes we're awarded to William F.
spangler, Menosha, Wis; Henry Wolf,
Chicago; Pat Taylor, Williamson, w.
Va; E. L. Zimmerman. jr., Eugene,
Oreg.; George Bird, Beswick, Pa;
John R. Miller La Porte, Ind; Ken
meth Smith, Wheeling, w. Va; Paul
Bourquin. Hartsdale. N. Y; John
Whitehead, Rockford. Ill; Frank
Raab, Calexico. Calf; Ralph Wood
Land, Marietta, Ohio: Ralph Hem,
Geneva, Ohio. Ted Goodman, Rah-
way, N. j.. and Duane Koenig, Fort
Atkinson, Iowa.
The principal door prize-facsimile
copies Of the Declaration of mde-
pendence and the Constitution, given
by Mr.. Bond-was drawn by Judge
David D. Caldwell for Arthur Heuer,
local Scout.
Each boy present was provided with
stamps by Theodore Forbes, life mem
Der of the society
Among those introduced to the
guests were Mrs. Catherine L. Man
ming, philatelic curator OF the Smith
sonian Institution, who exhibited Boy
Scout stamps from different foreign
nations; Valdemar Weiergang, spe-
cialist on the stamps of the Scan
dinavian countries, who displayed Sc
lected sheets from his valuable COL
lection; Ralph E. Smith, regional vice
president Of the Trans Mississippi
Philatelic Society, who showed pre-
cancel novelties; Alden H. Whitney,
regional vice president of the Society
OF Philatelic Americans; Robert A..
Truax, postmark history specialist;
DR.. Emil Ferdinand Hirschberger,
American correspondent for Die Post
marke. Vienna, and Mr.. Stuart.
The Scouts Endorsed the proposed
Indian series OF stamps with only one
dissenting vote.
Praise of the National Stamp Con-
ference continues to distinguish the
philatelic press. The July bulletin of