Evening star., 1939-12-10
AONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News Phatec World Its Interests and PeopeReview of
the Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings
Bv James Waldo Fa,CceH.

A symposium of memories of "old
times" was the feature of meet
ing of the Washington Philatelic
Society, Hotel Mayflower, Wednes-
day evening. Perry w. Fuller of
Baltimore, as guest of honor, told
of his recollections of the early
days" of stamp collecting in the
United States and read a list OF
auction prices in 1913 as compared
with those of 1889 to illustrate the
difference in values over quarter
century. Dealers often made mis-
takes in the beginning" he said.
"For example, they sat down with
pairs of scissors and cut apart whole
sheets of Cape Of Good Hope tri-
angles and 1847 United States S and
10 cent imperforates. Collectors
likewise were guilty of all sorts of
sins. Some of them glued their
stamps into their books and then
vanished the pages to make sure
they stayed put"
Harry F: Dunkhorst, as chairman
of the evening, likewise gave his
impressions of pioneer philately
STAMP collecting" he declared,
''now has become a science bearing
high title we'll deserved"
Others participating in the pro-
gram were Philip Simms Warren
William H. Beck, DR.. Howard H
Warner, Charles H. Rock, Morton
o. Cooper, Theodore E. Forbes and
A. E. Geldhof.
Those present in the audience in
cluded DR.. Ellis Haworth, DR.. Albert
c. Schwarting, Dr. M G.. Skinner
Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Martin,
Mr. and Mrs D. Uyeno. Mrs. Ethyl
B. Thompson, Mrs. Grace L. Mac
Knight. Miss Irene M. Pistorio, Miss
Dorothy R. Fisk, John L. Steele,
jr.; Ralph E. Smith, William A. Ver-
has, Alexander Halperson, John r
Ewell. B. Jean Raleigh, Herbert
Sauer and Mrs. Rock.
Residents Of Irvington- on Hudson
N. Y. are demanding that the
Washington Irving stamp go on sale
there as we'll as at Tarrytown.
Augustus Saint -Gaudens, Amer
icas outstanding sculptor" was re-
sponsible for the profile portrait OF
Abraham Lincoln used in the de-
sign for the Lincoln memorial stamp
of 1909. Now he is to be honored
with stamp of his own-an act Of
justice to the memory Of very
great artist.
Friends of Edward Mcdowell
composer, have asked Postmaster
General James A. Farley to author
ize flrst-day sale of the stamp in
his honor at Peterboro, N. H., rather
than New York City.
Members of the, Womens Stamp
Club of Philadelphia are at work on
q book concerning the part which
women have played in philately
from 1910 onward.
James E. Young of Detroit has
suggested that the stamp collection
of Max G. Johl, philatelic historian
be purchased for presentation tx
the Smithsonian Institution.
A census of stamp collectors
In the United States is being spon'
sored by Harry L. Lindquist, editor
and publisher Of Stamps Magazine
New York. The cooperation O.
philatelic societies has been re-
quested and undoubtedly will bt
given most cheerfully.
Pierce w. Hangge, stamp editol
of the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
has been appointed a member Of
the Publicity Committee of the
American Philatelic Society.
New members of the Collectors
Club of Washington include j. F
Reynolds Scott, Ernest Charlie!
Preusser, H. Daniel Short, Busey H
Howard, Burton g. Cowles, Reid S
Baker, Charles E. Eddy, Leo King
Couch, Harry George French, Muir
ray Klein and 1t. Col. Pascua
Lopez.
DR.. David B. Gillian is the new
president of the Columbus Phila'
telic Club, Columbus, Ohio.
The i'd, orange and carmine, ia
maica stamp of 1919 is labeled
"Arawak Making Cassava," but
more accurate caption would read
~AraUak Woman Making Farina"
Yugoslavia has produced fou
semi-postal stamps showing tn
tomb of her Unknown Soldier" OF
Avala Mountain. These are to b
sold for the benefit of veterans o
the first World War. Values AM
colors are: Id plus sop, green
150d plus Id, red; I'd plus 1.50c
violet brown, and Sd plus I'd, blue.
From Toxic it is reported tina
Japan has issued four commemora
tives for the 18th anniversary O
the International Red Cross. Tn
designs of the first and third O
the series are maps of the Easter
Hemisphere, while for the secon
and fourth a portrait of Coun
Tsunetami Sano has been EN-
ployed. Denominations are hste
as: Is. brown; As, green; los, rec
and 20s, blue.
The Dutch firm of Enschede {
Sons, with Offices at HARLEM, ha
been commissioned to print five ne1
stamps for Guatemala, heliogravur
being specified.
Cuba is responsible for novelt
which may create considerable dis
cussion 1t is the 10c value of tn
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