Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-16
sion at Springfield, Mass, July l to 3,
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sion at Springfield, Mass, July l to 3,
inclusive
The Hindenburg cover reproduced
in The Star on Friday unfortunately
was not a crash" souvenir of the
wreck at Lakehurst It is one OF a
large number of envelopes intended
to be carried by the Inflated airship.
but actually brought over the Atlantic
by boat.
Maj. Gen. John L. Glenn, "the drum
mer boy Of Shiloh" who died on Fri
day, was an ardent stamp collector for
many years. He held membership in
the Washington Philatelic Society
from 1917 until 1927.
Yves M. Tryon is writing a stamp
column for the Guide, Northeast
Washington weekly.
John Proctor is the author of NO
well-written feature stories on stamp
collecting, published in recent issues
of the Family Circle.
The Dollar Steamship Line movie,
Cruising the Seven Seas" will be
shown at the May Is meeting of the
Washington Philatelic Society, Hotel
Carlton.
King George VI, crowned in West
minister Abbey on Wednesday, is not
stamp collector, but his daughter,
the Princess Elizabeth, was introduced
to the hobby by her beloved grand
father, King George v.
New members Of the Collectors
Club, Branch S, Society OF Philatelic
Americans, include Ernest A. Grant,
Thomas H. Harvey, Henry Long and
F. H. Odell.
Stephen G. Rich has retired from
Postal Markings, and the magazine
hereafter will be edited by Manuel
Hahn of Winnetka and published by
William R. Stewart Of Chicago.
NAAo D. AASA44 OAdI4d4ll, 1lO4l~tCSl.
dent member Of the Washington Phil
atelic Society, is in England for the
Summer.
Earl Crawford, 1901 Cathedral OF
Learning. University of Pittsburgh
announces cachet for the dedication
of memorial to Stephen Collins Fos-
te., composer, June 2. Standard size
envelopes specified.
The Ministry Of Communications
Of Greece recently ordered a number
Of SOL, violet, stamps overprinted in
inverted type-to destroy the value of
single sheet accidentally surcharged
in that form.
New Workers." says Bi Stander in
Linn's Weekly Stamp News, ARE the
| subject Of racket being worked by
E. Torni, Box 26l, Tailinn, Estonia
His method is to write to every Paine,
in the New York Telephone book that
they are heirs of Fanny Lucy Hous-
ton, nee Palmer, who left an inheri-
lance of l00,000000 kroon, but no will
The letter asks that $40 worth of mint
Estonla stamps be sent to Torni il
these can be procured in New York
and If no Estonian stamps are avail
able, send just the $40 to cover DOS,
stamps and other charges People
by the name of Palmer here were as
rule wise to this racket, but severa
stamp dealers report inquiries for mint
Estonian stamps by various individ.
uals, possibly some Of the 2l5 Palmer.
who received letters"
Eugene Klein. president OF tn.
American Philatelic Society, will at.
tend the Rotary International Con.
vention at Nice while abroad. H.
plans to return to PHILADELPHIA or
| August S.
Al the annual meeting Of tn,
washington Philatelic Society. Hote
Carlton, Wednesday evening, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Jane,
Waldo Fawcett, president: John R
EWell, first vice president: Mrs. Cath
crime L. Manning, philatelic curato,
OF the Smithsonian Institution, secone
vice president; c. H. Vaughan, secre.
tary; Philip Simms Warren, treasurer
Edward B. Martin, sales manager
Edwin w. Beitoell, librarian: DR.
Ellis Haworth, retiring president; Will
liam c. Bond, superintendent OF tn,
Library Of Congress; David D. Cald
well, principal attorney of the De.
partment Of Justice, and Valdema1
Weiergang, members OF the Board O,
Governors
Writing in the Chicago Herald
Examiner, A. c. Geldhof, stamp editor
insists that there is no such DOS
Office as Tannou Touva," no such
nation recognized by the Internationa
Postal Union, and that the stamp!
supposed to originate there actual,
are manufactured in Moscow. H,
cites the discovery of the Philateli,
Magazine Of London that AL mai
addressed to Tannou Touva is de.
llvered to the Moscow Philatelic
Agency and that all the postmarks O.
Tannou Touva, including several towr
names such as Turan, Kill, Kysyk.
choto etc, and including even registry
and airmail cancellations, are applied
in Moscow"
Friends Of 1.-THE World Is Yours
radio program of the Office OF edu.
cation are invited to signify theil