Evening star., 1938-08-14
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News of the Phatec World Its Interests and People-Review
the Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings.
BpJames Waldo Fawcaf.

BpJames Waldo F0wcetf.
Secretary of the Interior Harold l..
1ckes has been invited to speak at the
Fourth American Philatelic Congress,
to be held at Hartford, Conn, Novem-
Der II to l3.
An official release from the Publicity
Division of the Post Office Depart
the Army and Navy series from the
sales list of the Philatelic Agency. 1t
also has been announced that ''sev-
eral Of the stamps of the l922-l923
regular series will soon be depleted"
Collectors are warned to act at once
# they wish to avoid disappointment.
The philatelic exhibition truck now
being built in Chicago may be only
the first of an entire fleet of touring
show and sales wagons. If the initial
experiment proves popular the Post
Office Department will expand the
service to the whole country.
Office of Postmaster General Farley
on Wednesday he was received by
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Ramsey S. Black. Seated at Mr.. Far
leys desk, the California via Dublin
flyer autographed three envelopes for
friend. But. incredible as it may
seem. he did not use green ink. 1t is
reported that he carried several hun
dred covers on his famous wrong way
flight. but no announcement concern
ing their disposition has been author
lied as yet.
Former Post Office Department So
hcitor Karl A. Crowley, an enthusi-
astic stamp collector, will practive law
in Texas and in the District of Co.
lumbia pending his return to public
life.
The press agents for the New York
Worlds Fair are using postal meters,
yet they seek publicity in magazines
and newspapers carrying stamp news
and undoubtedly will want promotion
stamps to advertise their nine-ring
circus next year.
E. Garbani-Nerini, director of the
Universal Postal Union since 1925.
has retired. His successor will be DR..
Reinhold Furrer.
First-day sales for the 7-cent Jack
eon stamp. August 4, are announced
as Sl7.784.83, with 98,4l4 first-day
covers Cancelled.
Robert w. Richardson. writing in
Linn's Weekly Stamp News for August
6. says: The presidential series
brings to mind a number of thoughts.
For one, the striking similarity in the
histories OF all the American repub-
lies. and the postage stamp rosters of
their chief executives are the mir
rors Of the histories. We too have had
our military heroes elected president
solely because they were heroes, but
IN one particular alone is our history
different, that none of the gold-braided
gentlemen seized the Office by force.
though more than one toyed with the
ldea."
A new and revised edition of Ralph
A. Barry's Glossary for the Stamp
Collector has been issued. The spon-
sor is nationally known as philatelic
editor of the New York Herald Tri-
bune.
The second Blue Book of Philately
lists 5,l83 collectors, dealers, ETC., re-
siding in 1910 cities and towns in the
United States and So foreign coun-
tries.
Ford Frick, president of the Ma
tlonal League and stamp collector
since boyhood. has appealed to Mr..
Farley for set of commemorative |
Tor the centenary of baseball next !
year.
Murlel NiSsen. writing for the Bell |
Syndicate, Inc, reports: The kingdom
OF Rumania must be working its stamp
presses at full speed these days, judg-
Ing from the number of new issues be- |
Ing sent out into the world June 8 /
marked the eighth anniversary of the |
accession of King Carol II to the !
throne, and an extravagant series ap-
peared in honor of the event. The |
set consists of IL denominations, por-
traylng men and women who have I
held prominent places in the nations |
history through the centuries. All
OF these persons, but one, we have |
already met via the postage route |
The newcomer is woman designated |
as Maria Doamna' 1t is difficult to |
obtain accurate information concern
Ing the lady, as the title means wife |
OF the reigning King and hence has |
been bestowed upon several Rumanian
Queens. The other characters are
listed as follows: Is plus 26 bani
black, Dimitrie Cantemir u673-1723), |
Moldavian prince; plus leu. violet
black, Mircea the Great u388-14l8),
Wallachian soldier and ruler; 2 plus
81, green, Constantin Brancoveanu
Q654-17l4), hospodor of Wallachia
from 1888 to 17l4; plus 81, red vio-
let. Stephen the Great of Moldavia
Q457-l504); 4 plus 81, orange red,
Alexander John Cuza, prince of Ru-
STAMPS.