Evening star., 1937-08-29

the showing OF the official British
Post Office film, THE Kings Stamps"
during the National Stamp Exhibition
at the Museum of Science and In
dustry, Radio City, New York. October
to 10. The picture is in full color
and tells the story of British postal
issues from the famous penny black
Of l840 to the jubilee commemorative
of 1885, Specimens from the collec-
ton of King George are exhibited
in the final portion of the feature.
Miss Mary w. Covington, 10 years Of
age, writes from her home, ll9 Broad
street, Danville. Va, that she would
like to correspond with other junior
stamp collectors. Because of q
| tedious illness she has been confined
to her room for nearly year, but she
says: The days are not long enough
to do all the things l would like to do.
I spend my time reading, drawing and
stamping"
Referring to the Scent Virginia
Dare stamp. Albert F. Kunze in Week
| y i'AheSAit IooSip Apl nukuSl 20,
remarks: Perhaps the kindest thing
that can be said Of it is that it affords
wonderful background for a readable
cancellation
The smallest post Office in the
United States is College, Ca; the
highest, Climax, Lake County. Colo :;
the lowest, Mecca, Riverside County,
Calf; the most Southern. Key West,
Fla. the most Northern, Oak Island,
Lake OF the Woods County, Mimi;
the most Eastern, Eastport, Me; the
most Western, Tatoosh, Clallam
County. Wash; the most central,
Smith Center. Smith County, Kans.
But the Nations Capital is the
daddy Of them all" Every postal
station outside the District Of Co.
lumbia is merely a branch.
The Society Of St. Clair Phila telists.
, East st. Louis, H.. has petitioned the
Post Office Department for a BIZ
colored Constitution stamp
j. Edward Vining, philatelc writer
Well-knoWn throughout the Middle
| West. was visitor in Washington
last week.
Ara Marcus Daniels has resigned
his position as secretary-tr Of
the Bureau Issues Association. He
will be succeeded by Mrs. J. w. Lundy,
% South Chancellor street, Newtown,
Bucks County, Pa.
Gerard Ten Eyck Beeckman left
Washington Thursday for his annual
tour of the Northwest.
A stamp collector recently wrote to
President Roosevelt asking for "a
Federal loan to improve my collection. "
To make certain that he was under
stood, he argued: Il am just as i'm
portant as any of the farmers you
have given handouts"
Miss Sophie Tucker, Coincidence,
is stamp enthusiast Her interest
is reported to have been aroused by
seeing collection on exhibition in
the window OF Hollywood bank.
Twentieth Century-Fox is making
q movie entitled Danger, Love at
| Work." in which an eccentric old
philatelist has leading part. Walter
Catlett, who plays the role, Is q de-
voted collector In real life.
Lord Ernest Hamilton has given his
British colonies collection to be sold
for the benefit of Battersea General
Hospital, London
Products Of Liechtenstein, as listed
in a matter -of-fact commercial bull
letin, are corn, wine, cattle and post
age stamps.
Al Burns. editor of Weekly Philatelic
Gossip, Holton, Kans, is the author
Of The Essentials of Stamp Collect
ing guide book for beginning COL
lectors. Copies may be had postpaid
at cost, IS cents each.
Secretary of the Interior 1ckes has
been vacationing at Acadia National