Evening star., 1938-02-27
By James Waldo Fawceff.

The washington Collectors Club
exhibition at the National Museum.
Constitution avenue and Tenth street
NV, will open Thursday evening
with a reception, to which Govern
ment off1cials, members of the diplo-
matte corps and the philatelic public
in general are invited.
C. Hercus Just, president of the
club, yesterday announced that ap-
proximately 300 frames Of stamps
and covers are to be displayed.
Leading collectors participating are:
Valdemar Weiergang, Norway No. l
plated, booklet panes of the Wagner
series Of Germany and Goya issues of
Spain; T. Russell Hungerford foreign
airmail covers; Benjamin c. Walden
maier, Sarawak stamps: Mrs. Grace
L. MacKnight, United States histori-
cal stamps, royal families genealogies
in stamps and childhood and woman
hood as represented tn stamp designs;
Miss Alice B. Cilley, airmail stamps
and covers; Charles H. Vaughan, Of
fetal stamps of Great Britain; John
S. Petrie, issues of Egypt; Svend Yort,
Danzig stamps: Ralph E. Smith, pre-
cancels; Mrs. Henry c. Workman,
British North America and airmails;
John c. Worthington. Russia and
Francoregime in Spain; F. A. Bickert.
18th century Germany; w. H. Cot
trell, meter cancellations; Harry A.
Fox. stamps of Afghanistan, and
Emile I. Zimmerman, postally used
British jubilee commemorative.
Also c. Griscom Randle, ST., Amund-
sen Polar fight cover; Mrs. j. R. D.
Matheson, military covers; Miss Lulie
Williamson. Goth century Siam; Miss
Viola Wildermuth. Army and Navy
commemorative: Miss Helen E. Voor-
hees. United States airpost covers:
Edward I. Crum. post Office number
cancellations; Joseph G. Dunn, British
coronation Issues and American ter
ritories: Charles E. Troff, airmail and
Minnesota territory covers; Russell
Borhek. 10th century United States:
Frederick R. Rice, France and col
onies; H. E. Christ. Orange River COL
ony errors; H. Gabriel. Scadta air.
mail; Charles L. Beebe, Newfoundland;
Constant Lambrette, Mcneil Mrs.
Clara B. Stowell, United States Con-
stitution commemorative Percy
Scott Flippin. jr., miscellaneous early
covers, and Miss Madge E. Hardness,
Constitution issues.
Mr. Just himself will show selected
specimens from the Netherlands, the
Congo territory and Canada. as well as
part of his specialized collection of
twentieth century Germany.
The exhibition will continue through
out the month of March. 1t will be
open to visitors daily.
George B. Sloane, writing in Stamps
Magazine for February 26, announces
that he has located the fugitive ''recut
hair" variety of the 2-cent Washington
stamp of current vintage, SCOTS No.
634. THE retouched variety" he ex-
plains, "can be found in the 34th stamp
fourth stamp, fourth horizontal row.
in the upper right pane of plate No.
20342." No glass is needed for inspec-
ton Of alterations. The hair is
noticeably shaded over the temple, ana
the ear and the lock of hair directly in
front Of the ear have been reshaped.
Among those present at the Wash
ington Philatelic Society meeting OF
Wednesday evening, February 16, but
unnoticed in the crowd, was E. M. Hall,
engraver Of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing-an artist of the very
greatest distinction in his field of work.
He was responsible for the lettering of
the 3-cent Century of Progress, scent
Kosciusko, 50-cent Graf Zeppelin, s.
cent Byrd, 3-cent Maryland, Scent
Boulder Dam, 3-cent Michigan, 3-cent
Susan B. Anthony, 1-cent Army, 2-cent
Army, Accent Army and many other
recent stamps. Also, for long list OF
issues of earlier production
The portrait of President Warren G.
Harding employed in the design for
the 2-cent memorial stamp Of 1928 and
the l12-cent issues Of subsequent years
was etched by Frederick Paulding from
a photograph by an unknown camera
artist.
A lot Of 80 original Farleys" with
full gum, offered at auction by Hugh
c. Barr. Inc, on February 8, were
bought In by Stanley Gibbons, Inc, for
the owner. The reported price of $s7
has no significance. When a normal
market is feasible, the gift issues,
unique as they admittedly are, should
hit the ceiling" The time for selling.
however, Is not yet. Probably, there
Will be no practical occasion before
1941.
Perry Fulkerson, manager of the
Baltimore office of the Proctor &
Gamble Co., specializes in rare and
curious varieties of the stamps of the
United States. With remarkable pa
tlence, he makes it a habit to sort
over literally hundreds of thousands of
common issues in search of oddities
not yet listed. On occasion, naturally
enough, he finds something really ex-
citing.
Stamps Of the Argentine Republic
intended for government use hereafter
Will be surcharged "Servicio Official"
Overprints for the several ministries
have been ordered discontinued.
Entirely unannounced, q new LIS fir.
dark ultramarine stamp Of France
has appeared. It represents a re-
version to the 1870 Ceres type.
William A. Verhas Of the National
Stamp Mart, continuing his study Of
the 10th century stamps Of the Falk-
land Islands, has discovered a COM
pletely new watermark variety for the
standard c. A. type It consists of
two heavy lines approximately / inch
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