Evening star., 1939-10-29

Heroes OF Peace" New York is
next with seven.
Dates of first day sales and the
denominations of the respective is
sues, together with the design and
color of each. will be announced
later. 1t is likely that the first
group, honoring artists, will be re-
leased early in December, with the
remaining sets issued at monthly
intervals.
The fifth annual Philatelic Con-
gress will be held from November q
to 26 in the Hotel Traymore, At
lantic City, N. j.
The tentative program of the con-
gress includes the reading of special
papers by limited number of in
vlted collectors. a banquet and the
annual philatehc writer's breakfast
A bourse will be running the entire
week end.
Since its inception, the congress
has been regarded as a major phila-
telic event and the attendance has
increased each year. Many local
collectors already have announced
their intention of registering.
The Stamp Centenary Exhibition,
which was to have taken place in
London next May, has been dropped
due to the war and it appears that
the United States will lead the rest
OF the world in fitting celebration
of the Tooth anniversary of the
penny black" the first postage
stamp ever to be issued.
Washington collectors are plan
ming to carry on with an exhibition
comparable to the one originally
planned by Great Britain. For
some time James Waldo Fawcett
stamp editor of The Star and presi-
dent Of the Washington Philatelic
Society, has been laying the ground
work for celebration in Washing
ton which would be Nationwide in
scope.
Although the London exhibition
will not be held, the committee has
decided to distribute the poster
labels prepared for the event
Printed in miniature sheets of four
the souvenir bears a three-quarter
portrait of Queen Victoria as a
young woman at the time of her
coronation. The head and shoul-
ders of this design were used for the
early stamps of many British colo
nles and the exhibition sheet was
printed by the firm which produced
the first stamps of England.
To the left of each label, in the
margin. are the words Stamp Cen.
tenary," j" at the top is the inscription
Exhibitions" and at the right the
dates on which the show would have
opened and closed, May 6th-14th
1910"
Harlan Miller, columnist of the
Washington Post, will address the
Collectors Club meeting Tuesday at
8 pm. in the Thomson School
Twelfth and L street NV.
There will be an exhibition of
stamps by Constant Lambrette and
a bourse.
Stamps of the Italian States will
be exhibited and discussed by Miss
Irene M. Pistorio at a meeting of
the Washington Philatelic Society
Wednesday evening at the May
flower Hotel. The public is invited
to attend.
A dramatization of the Austrian
postage stamps showing the portrait
of Joseph Haydn will be presented by
Stamp Romances over Station VOL
Wednesday at pm.
During the past eight years postal
revenue derived from the carving
of domestic airmail increased from
S5,272,6l6.45 to SIS 5.301 ,21O.45; foreign
airmail revenue jumped from $3O8.-
8l2.57 in 1880 to $4,170,516.83 in 1888.
Parcel post service to Germany is
now routed from New York via
Naples, Italy, about once week.
British stamp dealers are now
banned from buying anything from
Germany and Bohemia -Moravia, and
must obtain permits from the chief
postal censor to do business with
other European countries.
Pan American Airways has asked
the Civil Aeronautics Authority for
permission to inaugurate new serv-
ice between Los Angeles and Mexico
City. The company proposes to
make three flights a week, with a
stop at Hermosillo. Mexico.
The authority also has a request
from American Export Airlines for
permission to amend it's pending ap-
plication for transatlantic service,
so as to provide nonstop flights
between New York and Biscarosse
France, and on to Marseille, and to
fly over the northern route from New
York to Southampton, England, via
BotWood, Newfoundland, and Foynes,
Ireland-a route already covered by
Pan-American.
Stamp collectors from all parts OF
the South and Middle West were
assembled at Miami, Okla, last week
end for the 7th annual conven-
ton of the Oklahoma Philatelic
Society. The program included bus
mess sessions. several luncheon
meetings, banquet, exhibition,
bourse, auction, sightseeing trips,
etc. Among those present were ::
Al Burns, editor of Weekly Phila.
telic Gossip; Don Houseworth, edi.
tor Of the International Stamp Re-