Evening star., 1937-01-03

last meeting Of Lee and jackson: July
IL. The Star and Washington Erasmus
Committee sponsored cachet for 400th
anniversary Of death of the great
Dutch humanist- philosopher; July IA,
Oregon Territory stamp released in
five different States: July IS, Yugo-
slavia brought out Nicola Tesla
stamps; July II, Charles Curie, winner
Of grand trophy at Rockefeller City
exhibition Of 1884. died: July 1s,
Treasury Department announced plan
to sell at auction remainders Of re-
jected potato tax stamps; July 20,
Washington Philatelic Society pro-
tested to President Roosevelt against
auction scheme; July 81. France
brought out Jean Jaures stamps.
August 2, Louis Bleriot, French
aviator and airpost pioneer, died;
August 3, centenary stamps of South
Australia went on sale; August "a
Precancel Stamp Society convention
Hartford; August l6. dies Of "lost"
peace stamps of 1914 found safe in
vaults Of Bureau of Engraving and
Printing; August 1922, Society OF
Philatelic Americans convention. Gin
cinnati; August rs, Susan B. Anthony
commemorative, first United States
postage stamp issued for frankly
political reasons" went on sale in
washington exclusively.
September 1. King Edward VIII
stamps of Great Britain RELEASED;
September ST., Danish philatelic ex-
hibition at Horsens; September II,
President Roosevelt, despite numerous
appeals. refused to authorize Harvard
tercentenary stamp; September 20,
golden jubilee celebration of Philatelic
Society Of Sweden; September 24-27,
American Philatelic Society conven-
tion. Omaha: September "a. Ralph
A. Kimble succeeded Adolph D. Fen
mel as editor of the American Phila-
telist; September Is, Stanley B. Ash
brook received first award Of Severn
Memorial Committee.
October 3, Treasury Department
announced destruction of leftover
potato tax stamps; October 10, China
brought out stamps for fortieth an
niversary Of national postal system:
October 20, first Ecuadorian philatelic
exhibition; October 1923. seventh
Australian philatelic exhibition, Ade-
laide.
November 2-14, johannesburg
South Africa, International Phila-
telic Exhibition; November 3, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, the Nations pre-
mier stamp collector" reelected
President of the United States: No.
emoer Is, Herman Toaspern, New
York philatelist, died; November 16-
Fl, National Philatelic week: Novem-
Der 16. speaking in Baltimore. Alvin
w. Hall. director. Bureau of Eneray-
ing and Printing, disclosed that the
Government will "liberalize" the illus
trations regulations by printing an
ofhcial list Of stamps illustrated; No.
vember 20. Post Office Department
connrmed liberalization" story
printed in The Star exclusively. No.
vember IT: November 27, Frank P Nc.
kibben, Cumberland Valley, Pa. col.
lector, died; November 28. Weekly
Philatelic Gossip printed page of ap-
proximately 800 stamp reproductions.
thus challenging illustra tions resula-
tions.
December /, Argentina issued stamp
for 1nter-American Peace Conference
at Buenos Aires; December As. an
nual open-house meetings of Rubber
City Stamp Club. Akron; December
7-8. second American Philatelic Con.
gress, Cleveland, with Eugene Klein
as chairman; Gerard Ten Eyck Beck
man announced plan for collectors to
buy Hind British Guiana "rarest
stamp in the world" for Smithsonian
Institution; Mrs. Catherine L. Man.
ming, philatelic curator, awarded sill
yer plate for her services to philately;
December Z, Post Ofiice Department
stamps for Alaska, Hawaii,
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands;
December tbs, exhibition of WASH
ington Collectors Club at National
Museum; December 10, King Edward
VIII abdicated in favor of his brother,
George vi; worldwide philatelic
December IA, fortieth
anniversary banquet of the Collectors
Club of New York; December IS, long
delayed Army-Navy 1-cent stamps