Evening star., 1939-08-20
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News the Phaec World Its Interests and Peope-Revew
the Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings
Bv James Waldo Fa,Cceft.

A philatelic encyclopaedia with
annual supplements has been pro-
posed by Harry B. Cation. Leading
discussion of "the ideal cata-
logue' at meeting of the Washing
ton Philatelic Society, Hotel May
flower, Wednesday evening, he said:
THE general collector who has
passed the lower amateur stage
needs something more than the best
catalogue of stamps can provide. l
have thought that the time has come
when all the important data avail
able concerning the postal issues of
the world might be brought together
in one or more volumes. Much of
the information we would like to
have is to be found only in publi-
cations in foreign languages. Much
is scattered in the philatelic press.
If the best of it were assembled in
an encyclopaedia it would stimulate
Intelligent collecting tremendously.
The ordinary stamp catalogue,
published each year, Mr. Cation Sug-
gested, lis largely repetitious. Buy
ing successive editions, we purchase
again and again material we al
ready possess. Defunct countries
still are included year after year.
1t has been proposed that the 18th
and the Goth centuries be divided;
also that postage stamps be sepa-
rated from revenue stamps, etc. But
such divisions would not solve the
problem. What is wanted is guide
to useful information about stamps
without regard to prices"
Among those attending the meet
Ing and participating in the dis
cussion were Mrs. Grace l.. Mac
Knight, Mrs. Ethel Thompson, Miss
Dorothy Fisk, Miss Irene M. Pistorio,
Mr.. and Mrs. John K. Hedler, David
D. Caldwell, Philip Simms Warren,
Ralph E. Smith, Stanley Wright,
Alvin R. Meissner. Joseph A. Her.
bert, Alexander Halperson, Theodore
Forbes. DR.. Ellis Haworth, DR.. Fen
ton Bradford, DR.. NJ G. Skinner
and DR.. Emil Ferdinand.
Plans for the Fifth American
Phllatelic Congress, to be held at
the Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City,
Friday to Sunday, November 24-26,
are being perfected. Authors pre-
pairing papers to be read include
Franklin R. Bruins, stamp editor,
New York Sun; Wendover Neefus,
Hudson, N Y; Heyliger de Windt,
Boston; Louis j. Hermann, Read
ing, Pa; Arthur Cubbage. DR.. Hugh
P. Shellabear and Herbert Greene
valid. Postmaster General James A.
Farley and other postal officials have
been invited to attend the banquet.
Bourse arrangements are in charge
of Bella Won ScholtZ, ST., and Louis
Klein is chairman of the Exhibition
Committee.
George S. Hill writing in Stamps
Magazine for August 10, calls atten-
ton to the fact that the American
postal system will have a Booth
birthday anniversary on November
S. 1t was on that date in 1889 that
the first post Office in North Amer
lea was established by the Massa-
chusetts General Court.
A priced catalogue of State and
city revenue and tax stamps has
been published by George D. Cabot,
- King avenue, Weehawken, N. j.
To commemorate the 18th ami
versary of the railway mail service,
the New York City branch, second
division, Railway Mail Association
Golden Jubilee Committee will
sponsor a cachet to be applied at the
railway mail car at the New York
Worlds Fair, August %. Send cov-
ers to William G. Koelln, General
Post Office, New York
Deputy Third Assistant Postmas-
ter General Roy NJ North, Supt. of
Stamps Robert E. Fellers, Assistant
Supt. of Stamps Robert c. King are
expected home from the Canal Zone
on Thursday.
Frederick C. Pauling, portrait
engraver in the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing for 81 years,
died suddenly at Emergency Hos
pltal on Saturday, August r. He
was So, native of New York City.
and had been employed at different
times by the American Bank Note,
the National Bank Note and the
Western Bank Note Cos. His spe-
clal talent was for the engraving
OF the human countenance and he
was responsible for the portraits
used in printing currency as well
as many stamps during the past two
decades. Never married. he made
a hobby of personal charity, gener-
ously helping friends and strangers
In need. His only surviving relative
is brother, Walter, residing at
Leonia. N. J.
A check list of Mr.. Pauling's
stamp productions is being pre-
pared. He was regarded by his COL
leagues as 'one of the best of
artists"
John K. Tiffany, a founder and
president of the American Philatelic
Society, wrote in 1893 the following
'apologia' for philately: Stamp COL
lectlng may not be a great and
glorious occupation. 1t may not
entltle any one to very great praise
or distinction who have followed it
as long and devotedly as 1 have,
but it is pleasant pastime. a great
resource in moments that would
otherwise hang heavy on our hands,
legitimate relief to minds other
wise overworked an education of no
common kind, and adds its little
mite to the worlds history in an
important direction. And when I
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