Evening star., 1938-03-20
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phlatelc World Its Interest and People
Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings.

Kilcher. Hotel Cotton Manor, Atlantic
City. is president. Other officers in
clude Gustave Won Gross, first vice
president; Mrs Sophie Buser, second
vice president; J. g. Marcus, secretary;
+. F. Harrison, treasurer, and August
Fegel, librarian.
Japan has new 14-sen stamp, red
purple in color. The design represents
temple or native shrine.
The Cape Times Annual for 1887
contains an article on the stamps
Of South Africa, 1853 to 1910, by A.
Jurgens; also an article on South
African commemorative, 1910 to 1887,
by Louis Simenhoft. Both features
are fully illustrated IN natural color
and contain invaluable data for spe-
ctalists in the issues Of the various geo.
graphical divisions of South Africa.
The Washington Collectors Club
party at the Nightingale Inn, Rich
mond highway, Friday evening,
brought out l01 stamp collecting
friends. including Mr. and Mrs. Otho
Larkin Rogers as representatives of
the Post Once Department. BY agree
ment. there were no speeches, no
formal program.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh Is in
England to supervise schedules for
Pan-American Always Atlantic
mail service to be inaugurated later
this year"
Distribution figures for high-value
United States stamps in 1887 are given
as follows: 81, 100000; 81, 230, 900,
and IS, $4,000.
Representative Francis H. Case has
applied to Mr.. Farley for a stamp to
mark the 50th anniversary Of the ad-
mittance Of South Dakota to the
Union. November 2, 1889. North Da-
kota, 1t may be mentioned, was ad-
mitted on the same date.
New members of the Washington
Collectors Club include: Alvin r.
Meissner. Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing artist: George B. Sloane and
Victor Weiskopf, New York dealers;
Lewis A. Whitney, Mrs. j. N. Duvall,
Mrs. Florence c. CLANCY, Miss
Marguerite c. Harvey, Mrs. Nellie G.
Hollingsworth, Miss Rae N. Sinclair,
Mice T1o D
L. and Miss Mary H. Corbett.
Collectors interested in postal meters
are invited to correspond with Walter
Swan, jr., Stony Creek. N. Y.
George S. Vanderwende, Hotel Graf
ton, divides his collecting enthusiasm
between commemorative coins and
commemorative stamps.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at 730 o'clock,
Washington Stamp Club of the Air
from Station VOL. Mr.. Kunze will
dramatize the story of Jaurez and
the stamps of Mexico and comment
upon current philatelic news.
Tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock,
Washington Airmail Society, Hotel
La Fayette, Sixteenth street. Pro,
gram and auction.
Tuesday evening at o'clock, Wash
ington Collectors Club. branch S, So
ciety of Philatelic Americans, Thom-
son School, Twelfth street. Program,
bourse and auction.
Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock,
Washington Philatelic Society, Hotel
Carlton, Sixteenth street. Exhibition
and discussion of the stamps of Hun
gary. DR.. Haworth, Mr.. Warren, Mr..
Kunze and others participating.
Baron Paul schell. secretary of the
Hungarion Legation, guest Of honor
Bourse and auction.
Saturday afternoon at l o'clock,
Philatelic luncheon group, Hotel Har-
rington, Eleventh street Round-tatle
talk of stamp news and opinion
Saturday afternoon at $50 o'clock,
National Federation of Stamp Clubs
broadcast, Station WRC.
Sunday evening, March ~, Travel
els Club of Catholic University, Music
Building auditorium, C. U. campus
Lithuanian Night" program, sinclud-
ing exhibition Of stamps and covers
of Lithuania by DR.. Haworth.
All week, daily. 0 to 4:30 o'clock;
Sundays, 2 to 4:30 O'Clock, annual
exhibition Of Washington Collectors
Club, National Museum, Constitution
avenue at Tenth street.