Evening star., 1938-07-10
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News the Phlateic World Its Interests oe
Stamp Press--List of Local Meetings.
Bv James Waldo Fawceft.

Bv James Waldo Fawceft.
An international boycott of specula-
tive stamps has been suggested by the
Philatelic Society of Sweden in
letter sent to the American Philatelic
Society and 80 other organizations in
10 different parts of the world.
"The postal authorities in several
countries" the Official communication
says, have in recent years issued. or
permitted private interests to issue
stamps which were not necessary for
postal purposes Their only motive for
such action was to enrich their treas
uries in an easy way. by issuing such
stamps.
For several years has this revenue,
derived from philatelists. been the
subject Of discussions in the philatelic
press the world over. Many different
suggestions to eliminate these un-
necessary stamps have been given
from time to time, but without ef-
fective result. which undoubtedly
comes from the difficult task Of draw
ing the line between legitimate stamps
such as those to commemorate Ger
tain worthy person. cause or happen
ing in a country and those absolutely
unnecessary speculative issues. One
group of the last mentioned are the
popular blocks or souvenir sheets.
On account of the type Of printing
and in the way they are distributed.
such issues have no legal postal right
to be issued, and the criticism in the
philatelic press has been very strong
against such issues and those postal
authorities who have lowered them
selves to such stamp business, which
is entirely outside a post office depart
ment's purpose and intentions, for
which the department was created,
namely to forward mail in their own
and between countries
The time may now be right for
philatelic clubs all over the world
to unite and make an organized CAM
paign against such speculative issues
This campaign should first be against
issued and to-be-issued blocks and
souvenir sheets. and second against
all charity stamps and the like
which are originally sold for more
than face value. not intended for
postal value. but as a medium for
raising money for other purposes.
Specifically, the Swedish Philatelic
Society has suggested that catalogue
publishers should refuse to list specu-
lative stamps. that philatelic organi-
xations should refuse to permit them
to be exhibited and that each club
(should) ask their respective post
Office department not to issue such
stamps or sheets, at the same time
informing their post Office department
Of the phila telists' organized boycott
campaign against such issues"
Among the societies invited to CO.
operate in the drive to precent further
appropriation of the stamp collecting
public are: Royal Philatelic Society,
London; Philatelic Club, Berlin; In
ternational Philatelic Federation,
Brussels; Philatelic Union, Copen-
hagen; Scottish Philatelic Society,
Edinburg; Irish Philatelic Society and
Exchange, Dublin: Federation of the
Philatelic Societies of France, Paris;
Philatelic Society. Rome; Philatelic
Club. Oslo; Union Of Stamp Collectors.
Hilversum. The Netherlands. and the
Collectors Club of New York
The whole problem will be discussed
at meeting Of the Washington
Philatelic Society on Wednesday eve
ming, August 3.
Sir John Wilson. president OF the
Royal Philatelic Society of London, has
been appointed keeper of the Kings
philatelic collection, succeeding the
late Sir Edward Denny Bacon. The
new curator is we'll known in America.
He was one of the judges of the in
ternational jury for the Tipex Show in
1886 and is member of the Collectors
Club of New York.
The Iowa Centennial Scent COM
memorative, Postmaster James A.
Farley announced on Thursday, will
be released at a State fair, Des
Moines, Wednesday, August "a. Friends
OF the late Michael =. Eidsness, jr.,
superintendent of the Division of
Stamps for many years and founder
Of the Philatelic Agency, are trying to
make arrangements for stamps to be
flown to his birthplace, at Graettinger,
IN time for first-day cancellation
there.
Dates for the next four presidential
Irregular series) stamps have been
ofhcially designated as: 7c. jackson,
August 4; &c, Van Buren. August IL:
&c. William Henry Harrison, August
1S, and 81, Woodrow Wilson, August
20.
New Hampshire collectors are angry
because the Constitution ratification
stamp was not placed on sale in their
State
Postal receipts for the fiscal year
ending June 30 were slightly in ex-
cess Of $726, 900 900, including, nobody
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