Evening star., 1938-02-06
By James Waldo Fawcetf.

BY James " aldo F0U,Cen.
Ramsey S. Black of Harrisburg, Pa,
took the oath Of Office as Third As
sistant Postmaster General on hles-
day.
New members of the Washington
'Philatelic Society include William
Irvine, Sd, prize-winning specialist on
stamps of the Union of South Africa;
Elmer c. Pratt, philatelic editor, Cam
den Courier-Post William B. Angle,
president, Chambersburg Stamp Club;
Frederick A. Newman, Cocoanut
Grove, Fla; Al Roubicek, Cleveland; !;
George E. Luckens, North Wales, Pa;
R. w Harris, New York; Richard l..
Duncan, Oxford, Ohio: D. Landt Bal
-4entine, Detroit; E. o. Barton, Forest,
Va; Christian Dull. Philadelphia;
James NJ. Price, w. r. Goodwin and
r. L. Cullum.
The Philatellc Society Of New Zea-
land will publish a specialized cata-
logue of the stamps of that portion
of the British commonwealth of ma
tions.
approximately 10000 specimens of
the penny black of Great Britain,
first adhesive postage stamp, issued
in l640, were sold at auction in Lon
don last week. The accumulation was
brought together by the late E. H.
Williams of Woodstock, Vt. an Ameri-
can collector who specialized in the
primary emission for many years.
The koala bear appears on the
latest stamp Of Australia-a 4d value.
An entire new set has appeared for
the Falkland Islands. Official descrip-
tons are as follows: I'd, green and
black, whales jawbones: i'd. red and
black-necked swan; ,. mauve and
black, Battle Memorial; 2l2d. blue
and black, sheep: 4d purple and black,
upland goose. Sd. brown and black,
r. R. S. Discovery. ID Cd. blue and
black, R, R S. William Scoresby: lsh.
blue, Mount Sugar Top: 2sh Sd. blue
black, GentOo perguins; ssh, blue and
orange, sea lion; Josh, black and
orange, Deception Island, and 1pd,
black and violet, arms of the colony.
II is reported that Colombia will
hrlng out miniature sheet to publi-
size the New York Worlds Fair next
year That may mean that the spon-
sors OF the exposition are soliciting
similar "favors" from 81 other nations
! II so, the National Federation of
Stamp Clubs should go into action"
without delay to prevent exploitation
of the philatelic public.
newfoundland soon Will release new
stamps of these denomjnations-2c. Sc
&c and &c.
Peru in March Will bring out two
long series Of pictorlals, one for regular
postage, the other for airmail.
San Marlno recently unveiled a
statue of Abraham Lincoln. Two mini
ature sheets in honor of the event"
now are to be issued.
Alvin R. MeiSSner. artist of the Bu
reau OF Engraving and Printing. and
Garter Glass. jr.. president of the
American Philatelic Society, will be
speakers at a meeting of the Wash
lngton PhllateliC Society. Hotel Carl
ton, Wednesday evening, February l6.
Dr. S. j, RoSCnthal has been ap-
1p0lAted chairman of the Publicity
eCommittee for the American Philatel!c
Society contention at New Orleans
October 10 to IA.
The new official designation of the
Dutch East Indies is Netherlands
1ncleS. Curacao. presumably. will
continue to have local significance;
but it is indicated that no further
stamps bearing that name will appear
The phrase Dutch Antilles. according
TO the Netherlands legation is not
~recognized by the government.
Sweden will release at least one
stamp to mark the bicentenary of the
National Academy of Sciences. The
design probably will show portraits
VI 1JIlIIdeLn ti4t DDlGIllSL ana 6eTZelllS
the chemist
The new Bureau Print catalogue.
edited by Stephen G. Rich, will be
published about February 20.
Howard A. Newton, blind collector,
is a prominent member of the New
Haven Philatel!c Society.
A Milan dealer recently presented
to Premier Mussolini a collection of
airmail stamps appraised at 100000
lire.
: Arthur Barger, New York stamp
dealer, has been commissioned to
'reorganize' the postal system Of
loyalst Spain. The New York Times,
however. eXonerates him from re-
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