Evening star., 1939-06-18
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phatelc World Its Interests and Peope-Review of
the Stamp Press-Lst of Local Meetings
Bv James Waldo Fawcen.

A capacity audience of member.
and friends assembled in the JEFF
1erson room of the Mayflower Hote
on Wednesday evening for the
'house- warming" meeting of the
Washington Philatelic Society.
Featured speakers, introduced by
Capt Wilbur R. Van Auken, U. S
NJ, included Capt. Otho Larkir
Rogers, philatelic agent, Post Office
Department; Alvin R. Meissner
stamp designer, Bureau of Engrav-
Ing and Printing, and j. Frank Best
secretary to Representative j. Free
Douglas of New York
Capt. Rogers praised the society
FOR its national leadership and Mr.
Meissner described methods of phil
atelic art, exhibiting as illustrations
OF his address enlarged photographs
OF the original designs for the Mich
igan, Rhode Island, Texas, Boulder
Dam, 10-cent National Parks ano
25-cent trans-Pacific airmail stamps
The Mohawk Valley and Fort
6tanWix, where the American flag
first was flown on August 3, 1777
were the theme of Mr.. Bests con-
tribution to the program. He also
told of the centenary of baseball
celebrated on Monday at Coopers-
town.
Greetings from Postmaster Gen
eral James A. Farley and Senator
James M. Mead of New York were
read by Capt. Van Auken, and the
following participated in SYM
postum on impressions of the fag
as seen at home and abroad: Rear
Admiral c. H. T. Lowndes, Col
Charles S. Hamilton, David D. Cald-
well. Morton O. Cooper, DR.. Lothror
Stoddard, Harry F, Dunkhorst, Alder
H. Whitney and Alexander Halper-
son
The meeting closed with the pres
entation of a new Star Spangleo
Banner to the society, Philip Simms
Warren, treasurer, receiving the gift
Others attending were Mrs. Cath
crime L. Manning, Mrs. Grace L
MacKnight, Miss Irene NJ Pts
torio, Miss Margaret Mem. North
Miss Mabel Stennett, Miss Kath-
crime Hyde Connor, DR.. Ellis Ha-
worth, Albert F. Kunze, John L
Steele. jr; Charles H. Chevallaz, R
G.. Clinite, DR.. M. G. Skinner, DR.
Louis C. West, DR.. Albert C
SchWarting, Sol Glass. Ralph E
Smith, Herman Bocorselski, J. Mi
chael Brown, William A. Verhas
Harold A Kemp, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward B. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. John
K. Hedler and Mrs. Whitney.
Miss Embree Hoss Headman, for
mer philatelic editor, The Parade OF
Youth, was married to Ernest AL
bert Hoffman of Wilmington, Del.
at Christ Church, Alexandria, yes
terday afternoon.
The first number of the Junior
Stamp Collector. monthly maga-
zine for young people interested in
philately, has appeared. 1t is edited
by Gene Gordon and published at
Albion, N. Y.
The Scent baseball centenary
stamp was designed by William
A. Roach and engraved by Charles
A. Brooks, vignette, and James T
Vail, lettering.
Hugh Pentecost is the winner ot
the $1,000 Red Badge prize Offered
by Dodd, Mead & Co., publishers
for an exceptional mystery story
His plot is philatelic in character
with scenes laid in places familiar
to stamp collectors. The title, sug-
gestive of murder, is Cancelled in
Red
American stamp dealers are in
vited to protest to France as they
did several years ago to Italy against
tidal wave of unnecessary Colonia
issues. News from Paris forecasts
the printing of at least $50 COM
memoratives to publicize the sesqui-
centennial of the French Revolution
The northern route for trans
Atlantic airmail will be inaugurateo
on Saturday "or as soon thereafter
as possible" Cover collectors take
notice.
At the annual meeting of the
Washington Federation of Junior
Stamp Collectors, Frank Hermann
was elected president; Robert Hol-
lingshead, vice president; Albert
Valaer, secretary, and Mac San
born, jr., treasurer.
Mr.. Farley on Thursday an
nounced authorization of a 3-cent
commemorative for the 25th ami
versary of the opening of the
Panama Canal, scheduled for release
at the Navy mail post office, u S
S. Charleston, Canal Zone, August
IS. The design will show portraits
of President Theodore Roosevelt
and Gen. George w. Goethals, with
sketch of steamer passing
through Gaillard Cut Collectors
may send f1rstday covers, with
postal money order, to Navy mail
clerk, U. S. S. Charleston, care
postmaster, New York, N. Y.
The Pan-American Bulletin for
June contains an interesting article
on Indian Life in Stamps of the
Pan-American Countries by Miss
Beatrice Newhall, assistant editor
Halftone reproductions of 80 differ
ent issues illustrated the text.
National Aeronautics Magazine fol
June contains an article on Air Post
Stamps Reviewed" by local phila-
teEc writer
Covers Cancelled on the Roya
Train June and 9 were estimated
to number 100000. The actual figure
probably was less than 100000.
The last stamps of Albania are
the 1890 regular and airmail sets
surcharged 'Mbledhja Kushte
tuese, 12-IV-1939 XVII" meaning