Evening star., 1938-09-18
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phatec World Its Interests and Peope-Revie
the Stamp Press-Lis of Local Meetings.

money is being drawn out Of the
market BY the Philatelic Agency"
Henry Ford, 1t recently has become
known, 10 . stamp collector.
It is reported from New York that
36 panes of scent John Quincy
Adams stamps. part imperforate, have
been discovered and consigned to the
market.
Weekly Philatelic Gossip says:
ITALY Is becoming prolific with new
stamps for Yer East African posses
sions, probably because she Is badly
In need Of revenue from some source
and has found stamp collectors willing
and ready to purchase any gaudy piece
OF paper parading as postage stamp"
w. T. Robey Il writing the WASH
ington correspondence for Don House,
worth's international Stamp Review,
published weekly at st. Joseph. Mo.
Lambert w. Gerber. Tamaqua, Pa,
will conduct the American Philatelic
Society convention auction at the
Roosevelt Hotel. New Orleans, Wednes-
day. October IL. A printed catalogue,
bound In gold, lists 745 lots of United
States and foreign stamps and covers,
The 81 stamp Of the old regular &C.
ries has been removed from the sales
list Of the Philatelic Agency.
A medal furnished by the United
States Mint has been employed for
the design Of the l4c Franklin Pierce
stamp. while statue by Henry Dex-
ter IN the National Gallery OF Art
has been copied for the l5c James
Buchanan issue.
Other patriotic sources announced
by the Post Once Department are: !:
l6c Abraham Lincoln. bust by Sarah
Fisher Ames. and tic Andrew john
son. bust by William c. McCauslen,
both In the Senate Gallery.
First-day sales for the lie James
Knox Polk stamp amounted to $l3.-
l2S.06, with 1896 first-day covers
cancelled; for the 12c Zachary Tay-
lor. sl3,7se.2s. with 62,93s covers.
Mr.. and Mrs Francis Greulich are
under arrest in New York for the
systematic robbery of Capt. w. G.
Novel; Usticke, president of Stanley
Gibbons. Inc. well-known In WASH
ington philatelic circles They are
accused Of having stolen stamps valued
at approximately 100000 during a
period of IA years.
Former King Alfonso XIII OF Spain
was an active stamp collector In his
youth. Whether or not he still main
tains his interest in philately is un-
known. but it is understood that his
albums have not passed out of his
personal possession.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at S-Washing-
ton Airmail Society. Hotel La Fayette.
Sixteenth street NV. John E. Lamiell,
director Of International Postal Service
Division, Post Once Department,
speaker.
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors
Club Of Washington. Thomson School.
Twelfth street NV. Auction and
bourse.
Wednesday evening at 6:45-Wash-
ington Federation OF Junior Stamp
Collectors. Hotel Carlton, Sixteenth
street NV. Travelogs by Mac H. San
born, jr.. on the Dominican Republic:
Sidney Sells, on Australia, and John
Green, on Poland. with exhibitions to
illustrate. Entries for exhibition con-
test will be received by Miss Mollie M.
Lewis, president.
Wednesday evening At 8-Washing-
ton Philatelic Society. Hotel Carlton.
DR.. Ellis Haworth will discuss British
wartime counterfeits of German and
Austrian stamps. Exhibition and
bourse.
Friday evening At 7:45-Washington
Stamp Club Of the Air. Station VOL
Albert F. Kunze will present 4 stamp
romance and comment on current
philatelic news
Friday evening at 8-Fidelity g. Stamp
Co. auction. Hotel Carlton. 1873 lots
Of United States stamps and covers to
be sold by John r. Ewell.
Saturday afternoon at 3-National
Federation of Stamp Clubs broadcast,
Station WRC.