Evening star., 1938-04-17
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News the Phaec World Its Interests and People Home
Abroad-Review of the International Stamp Press.
List of Local Meetings.
ByJames Waldo FawceH.

ByJames Waldo Fawcetf.
Warrington stamp enthusiasts. one
and al. are invited to attend the
opening Of the exhibition Of the Bal
timore Philatelic Society. Peale Mu-
scum. North Holiday street. Balti-
more. Saturday afternoon. April %.
at 4 o'clock.
The Judges for the show will be
Clarence W. Braser OF New York, Vim
cent Domanski of Philadelphia and
Philip simms Warren. treasurer Of
the Washington Philatelic Society.
Stamps Magazine for April Is re-
ports: ON March II the Scott Stamp
& Coin Co.. Ltd. West Forty-seventh
street. New York City. became the
sole property Of Hugh NJ Clark, who
has been associated with the company
as general manager and treasurer for
over IS years"
Gwladys Bowen Is the author Of q
full-page story Of the famous 24-cent
airmail invert stamp printed in the
Va SIG8ul1ihu ~.
Dr.. John H. Buchness and DR.. Ellis
Haworth exhibited and discussed the
stamps Of Lithuania at the Washing
ton Philatelic Society Wednesday eve
ming. Guests from out Of town in
cluded John r. Boutelle Nashua
N, H.; James Steff, Manchester. N. H.;
George F. Mueller Chicago: John A.
ByVater, St. John, New Brunswick,
Canada, and Miss Myrl o. Miller,
Baltimore.
Postmaster General Farley has an
nounced details of the new Scent air
mail stamp as follows: Size s4/l0O by
l 44/1o0 inches; arranged horizon
tally; central theme, eagle with OUT
stretched wings. in red; border in
blue; ~. s. Postage" in white Gothic
letters, first-day sales at Dayton Ohio,
and St Petersburg, Fla. Saturday.
May IA; Washington release, through
Philatelic Agency, Sunday, May IS,
8 am to II noon.
It has been denied that President
Roosevelt is responsible for the design
From the April bulletin of the WASH
ington Collectors Club this startling
news is quoted: The Brooklyn Inter-
national Stamp Club states that 1t
seems definite that there will be no
stamp exhibition at the Worlds Fair
In New York, due to prohibitive costs"
Mrs Louise Dunton Goldsberry, l44B
Girard street. is the owner of one of
the most interesting airpost stamp
and cover collections in Washington
She has been gathering material for
her albums since 1929 At present
she reports % 600 stamps, including
rare blocks of four, and 72O airmail
covers, among which are many unique
items.
A philatelic section is to be regular
feature Of Foreign Communication
News, published by the Transportation
Division. Bureau of Foreign and Do
mestic Commerce
Postmaster Lawrence Luby. Rock
Of the Rockford Stamp Club in the
preparation of a special cachet to be
applied to airmeil on May 10.
Postmaster Paul R. Smoot. Peters
burg. ILL.,, will sponsor an alrmail
cachet from New Salem State Park,
May Is. Send cents for each mark
ing wanted, self-addressed envelopes.
The first regular airmail service over
the route of Pacific Alaska airways
from Juneau to Fairbanks by way of
White Horse. Yukon Territory. will be
inaugurated May 3. Six different
cachets have been provided Covers
should leave Seattle by steamer not
later than April q, addressed to the
postmasters at the three towns listed
and bearing United States postage for
Juneau and Fairbanks and Canadian
postage for White Horse.
Llnn's Weekly Stamp News reports
the death Of Edgar E. Parker, active
and popular member of the Columbus,
Ohio, Philatelic Club, April /.
Edward Bruce. chief of the painting
and sculpture branch, Procurement
Division, Treasury Department, and
sponsor Of the first national stamp
design competition, has been ewarded
the Friedsam Medal for services rem
dered to art and to his country.
The German Austrian plebiscite Of
Sunday. April 10. was marked by the
appearance Of an "anschluss" stamp,
inscribed: "One People. One Reich
One Leader" 1t is a e-pfennig de-
nomination, dark green, and presum-
ably was released in both Berlin and
Vienna.
New stamps are forecast for Liech-
tenstein where Prince Franz I has
abdicated In favor Of Prince Franz
Joseph.
Herman Fluegel, stamp editor,
Kansas City Kansan, says: ITO receive
the greatest value, knowledge and
pleasure out of stamp collecting. one
must collect foreign stamps. Diversi-
iicatlon ana specialization are for the
advanced collector"
Mrs. Ethel B. Stewart of New York
has become a life nonresident mem
Der Of the Washington Philatelic
Society.
June 16 will be the 8Oth birthday
OF King Gustav v Of Sweden, and at
least one stamp in anniversary tribute
to the popular monarch is indicated.
In the Visiting Fireman edition of
Don Houseworth's International Stamp
Review, st. Joseph, Mo, appears a
tribute to Michael L. Eidsness, jr., as
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