Evening star., 1937-09-05
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BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
Carter Glass, jr., of Lynchburg, Va.
has been elected president Of The
American Philatelic Society. Thi,
news, flashed from Detroit on Tues.
day. has been received in Capital
stamp circles with unfeigned delight
Son of the famous senior Senator
from the Old Dominion, Mr.. Glass
has achieved notable distinction of his
own. He was soldier in France dur
ing the World War and is editor OF
the Lynchburg Evening Advance His
interest in philately dates back to his
childhood and has survived every
other call upon his time and strength.
The affairs of the American Phila-
telic Society are familiar to Mr.. Glass
because Of his service as vice president
from 1888 to 1885 and as chairman
OF the Stamp Illustrations Committee
since the latter date.
He succeeds Eugene Klein of Phila-
oelphla, who is resuming his former
position as international secretary.
The Board of Vice Presidents serv-
Ing with Mr.. Glass will include Rollin
e. Flower, stamp editor of the Buffalo
Evening News and president of the
Buffalo Stamp Club; Adolph Steeg,
former international secretary, and
Fred L. Koepf.
Mr. Glass is a member of the WASH
inston Philatelic Society and formu-
lated the purpose of the National
Stamp Conference held at the Hotel
Carlton June 81 and %.
c. Robert Kay, philatelic editor of
the Associated Press, wires from New
York: Fine used copies Of several
recent United States commemorative
stamps, particularly the Accent Army
and Navy and the scent Virginia
Dare are likely to be scarce in the
future
The light gray shades of the Accent
Army and Navy stamps cause cancel
latlons to appear much heavier than
is usual on the more common pur-
pie commemoratives. This holds true
also for the Virginia Dare stamp
which is pale blue, and, in addition,
vell-centered copies of the latter are
difficult to find.
Another factor which may cause
recently issued stamps to become in
creaslngiy scarce is that saving COM
rlemoratives in bulk is not so profit
able as formerly to sccumulators and
ofice managers who have control over
the mallings of large firms with r1any
branch Offices.
"A year ago United States COM
nemoratives, while current, brought
much higher prices than at present
When wholesalers cut their rates. the
Accumulators begin losing interest
This influence has already had its
effect on the Army and Navy stamps,
and few of them are rec ching whole
sale channels now.
The Scent purple Northwest Ter
celved by wholesalers in the large
quantities anticipated, because ac-
cumulators consider them hardly
worth saving This may result in one
Of stamp collectlng's paradoxes-the
stamp may be scarce in the future be-
cause it is too common while current" i"
Mr.. Kay adds: The Post Office
Department went all the way back
to a design of 1884 to release the
most attractive stamp of 1887. The
l0-cent Smoky Mountain National
Park souvenir sheet, with the stamp
printed in green instead Of the origi-
nal gray, is considered a welcome re.
1inf bI- -L1
particularly critical of the Northwest
Territory and Virginia Dare stamps. +"
The Progressive Philatelic Society,
5006 North Whipple street, Chicago,
has brought out an attractive red and
white poster label for International
Phnatelic week, November is to a..
Copies may be had at 20 cents per
100, the proceeds to be devoted to
phllatelic work among crippled chill
dren and tubercular shut-ins.
Richard Mop, Cabeen, writing in
Popular Mechanics for October. SAYS:
In 1890 Great Britain commemorated
the Jubilee of Penny Postage by
Issuing a special postal card bearing
l-penny stamp. This card sold for
8 pence, the extra pence being set
aside as fund for postal employees.
The lifting of the lid of this pandora's
box has loosed horde of stamp issues.
but collectors have not fully accepted
them as necessary parts of their COL
lections
These semi-postal or charity
stamps. for they usually have a char
liable purpose behind them, must have
postal franking value if they are
to be sold to stamp collectors at all
This is usually shown on the face of
the stamp, and quite often it is fol-
lowed by plus sign and another
value, which is the amount of the sur.
tax to be assigned to the charitable
object. This surtax often is only a
small fraction of the postal value of
the stamp, but there are notable in.
stances, as in the case of the card
cited above, where it amounts to sew.
eral times the franking value. In
many cases the stamps are commemo-
fative as we'll as charity stamps, while
m other cases they illustrate the char
liable purpose which they are to assist