Evening star., 1939-11-05
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News the Phac World Its Interests and Peope-Review
the Stamp Press-Lst of Local Meetings
By James Waldo Faucet and
D. III. Davenbort.

Inc Posi- once Department has
announced revaluation Of the ia
nous American series of stamps soon
to be issued. The final selection Of
denominations includes 1c, &c, Sc,
&c and 10c stamp for each Of the
seven groups, arranged in chronology
1cal order of the birth of the IS
persons to be honored in the new
series.
The complete list of denomination
designations follows: Artists group
1c, Stuart; &c. Whistler; Sc, Saint
Gaudens; Sc, French; 10c, Reming-
ton. Authors-1c, Irving; &c, Coop
er; Sc, Emerson; SC, Alcott; 1Oc,
Clements. Composers-1c, Foster; &c,
Sousa; &c, Herbert; SC, MacDowell; ;
10c, Nevin. Educators-1c, Mann;
&c, Hopkins; SC, Eliot; Sc, Willard;
10c, Washington. Inventors -1c,
Whitney; &c, Morse; Sc, Mccormick;
&c, Howe; 10c, Bell. Poets-1c, Long
fellow; &c, Whittier: Sc, Lowell; SC,
Whitman 10c, Riley. Scientists s-1c,
Audubon; &c, Long; Sc, Burbank; SC,
Reed; 10c, Addams.
The new stamps will be smaller
than the usual commemorative Is
sues, approximating in size the Vir-
ginia Dare emission Of 1897. The
total cost Of single copy of each
of the series will be $147.
Two changes in the first-day sales
Offices Of the new series have been
made. These involve the first-day
office f1o7 ...1 11zf>e:.::.:y W. Longfeliow
and Elias Howe stamps, both Of
which were scheduled to be placed
on sale for the first time at Cam
bridge, Mass.
The Longfellow stamp will be sold
1nitially at Portland, Me-, where the
famous poet was born, and the Howe
stamp flrst-day sale is being changed
from Cambridge to Spencer, Mass,
birthplace of the inventor of the
sewing machine.
Local collectors were shocked to
learn of the sudden death on Octo-
ber % of j. Harry jenkins, men,
ber of the Associated Press staff and
for many years active in Washington
philatelic circles as collector and
dealer.
James Waldo Fawcett, stamp edi-
tor Of The Star, will give report
on his tour of the United States
at the Washington Philatelic So
ciety meeting Wednesday evening at
the Mayflower Hotel Mr.. Faw-
cett, who is president of the So
ciety, will return to Washington to-
day after an absence of 10 weeks.
The Collectors Club will meet
Tuesday evening at o'clock in the
Thomson School, Twelfth and L
streets NV. There will be an auc-
ton sale and bourse. The public
Is invited to attend.
The Associated Press Feature
Service reports that Nicaragua's
President, Anastasio Somoza, has re-
sponded to the reception he was
given in the United States last May
by ordering IL stamps issued this
month commemorating his visit.
Six Of the forthcoming stamps
will be inscribed "Buenos Vecinos"
Good Neighbors) and will show a
drawing Of President Somoza ad-
dressing the Congress May 8 on
the amity of the two nations.
Three other stamps picture the
United States Capitol, with an insert
portrait OF President Somoza in the
upper right corner. The three re-
naming adhesives will show Presi-
dent Somoza'S portrait inset In the
middle, with the Tower of the Sun
at the San Francisco Exposition at
the left and the New York Fairs
Trylon and Perisphere at the right.
Many American musicians who
feel that George Gershwin should
be included among the American
composers to be honored in the
forthcoming Famous Americans"
series are petitioning Postmaster
General Farley for his inclusion.
Stamp Romances will present
dramatization of the 6-penny stamp
OF the Guy issue of Newfoundland
bearing the portrait of Sir Francis
Bacon over Station VOL Wednes-
day at 8 pm.
The Post Office Departments
travelling exhibit, having completed
its tour of the New England States,
is now headed South. The phila-
telic truck will be on display at
Hagerstown tomorrow; Tuesday 1t
will be at Frederick on Thursday it
will be exhibited at Alexandria and
then 1t will journey to Norfolk with
several stops en- route.
The latest issue of Stamp Collect
Ing, published weekly in London,
carries many interesting items deal
Ing with the effect the war Is hav-
ing upon the postal issues of the
nations involved.
An article by Douglas Armstrong
entitled Stamps of Other Wars"
effectively illustrates how wars grim
record inscribes itself prominently
through the medium of the postage
stamp.
Another story deals with postal
issues of war-torn Poland, and CEN
sored covers from the battlefront
are described.
Many dealers have left London for
the provinces, but the general slogan
appears to be Business as usual"
John N Myer of New York City
has been selected as the writer of
the best article published in the
American Philatelist, oficial organ
of the American Philatelic Society,
during the last year.
His essay on "The Alleged Re-
prints of Colombia" won for him the
annual award. Mr.. Myer specializes
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