Evening star., 1939-02-26

1CS own at Ule new 1OTk WOTlQ )
Fair. Congress has not provided
the necessary money.
1.-THE first of stamps still remains
the best of stamps" David D. Cald-
well of the Department of Justice
told a meeting of the Washington
Philatelic Study Club at the Hotel
Washington Thursday evening.
Referring to the earliest postal
adhesive ever issued, the speaker
said: The first postage stamp was
beautiful, efficient. popular, a prac-
tical yet an idealistic achievement
I like to think that it was brought
into existence through the Coop
Grafton of England and America.
It has benefited the whole world,
and that, too, is something cheerful
to think about
Mr.. Caldwell recounted the story
Of the Penny Black of 1910 from
the moment of its conception in
the mind of Sir Rowland Hill to
the moment of its premier sale and
use. He discussed it in terms of
technical philately and in terms of
cultural history, tracing its develop
ment through successive stages of
It's manufacture and distribution.
The paper on which it was printed,
he explained, was better than that
employed by any government for
similar purpose today.
1T was no accident Mr.. Cald-
we'll insisted, that the Penny Black
was work of art
Alden H. Whitney was chairman
of the meeting, and in his intro
ductory address, postulated num1
ber of philosophic questions on the
character of postage stamp. only
when it has done its duty" he said,
sis one of these little scraps of
paper really and truly stamp"
Those present included: DR.. T. S.
Palmer, DR.. Melville Skinner, ]. S.
Petrie, John L. Steele, jr.; Ralph E.
Smith, George T. Tavenner, Mrs.
Grace L. MacKnight, Miss Dorothy
r. Fisk, Miss Maggie G. Pence, Miss
Edythe Beard, Mrs Ethyl Thompson,
Miss Margaret and Miss Elizabeth
Vail
1t was announced that Mrs. Mac
Knight will preside at the next
meeting, Thursday evening. March
16. and that the speaker will be DR..
Albert C. Schwarting of the Library
OF Congress.
William Carlos Stone. H. char
ter member and past president of
the American Philatelic Society,
died at his home in Springfield,
Mass, Thursday evening. He was
lectors as Uncle Billy and always
was characterized by unfailing en-
thusiasm and unWavering good
humor
Employed in the Springfield Pub
lie Library for 56 years, he took his
annual vacation invariably at the
time of the A. P. S. conventions and
customarily was accorded the priv
ilege of moving final adjournment
an honor which he greatly appre-
ciated.
Mr.. Stone won many prizes at
philatelic exhibitions and for more
than half a century contributed to
the philatelic press He conducted
the stamp column of the Springfield
Union; was member of the Amer
lean Air Mail Society and the
Springfield Stamp Club; sponsored
the first philatelic writer's banquet,
held in Washington in 1885; at
tended the Fourth American Phila-
telic Congress at Hartford last No
vember and remained active as
connoisseur and student of stamps
up to the last.
His specialties were the postal
emissions of China and the Con-
federate States of America. But he
was a general collector and wrote
on stamps of every time and
country.
Washington friends sent messages
Of sympathy to Mr.. Stones family
yesterday.
Miss Mollie M. Lewis, president
Of the Washington Federation of
Junior Stamp Collectors. submits
the following quotation from Will
liam B. Hesseltines ~. S. Grant,
Politician"; Young Jesse (Presi-
dent Grants SOM was still play
Ing the role of family humorist,
and his parents and their guests
smiled indulgently at his juvenile
wit. Even the cabinet occasionally
set itself to solve Jesse's problems.
Once. when stamp dealer failed
to fill Jesse's order, the cabinet de-
bated the delinquency and author
lied the White House policeman to
write to the dilatory dealer"
First-day sales figures for the
Golden Gate Exposition stamp have
been announced as follows: San
Francisco, February 18, 8O4,9O6
stamps, $2414718, with 352,165 COW
ers; Washington, February 49, $780,
261 stamps, S1l ,40783, with 1926
covers.
Printing orders total 65,ooo,OOo.
If baseball stamp is authorized,
the football, golf, tennis, pool and
ping pong fans will march on Post
master General Farley in armies.
Representative M. A. Romjue of
Missouri wants four stamps to ad-
vertise the 7th Worlds Poultry Con-
gress and Exposition. Representative
John r. Murdoch of Arizona wants
at least one stamp to commemorate
the 400th anniversary of the travels
STAMPS.
U. s. 200 FIRST DAY COVERS.
Fine Lot. Reasonable.
DORSEY HOUSE, Fourth ST.. Berwyn.
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS STAMP SHOP,
S4o6 ith ST. NV, End A., Col. $3.50.
Omen tn nd