Evening star., 1939-01-22
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phaec World Its and PeopleRevew
Stamp Press-Iist of Local Meetings.
By James Waldo Fawceff,

By James Waldo Fa,vceff.
Forty stamp collectors attended
the first meeting of the new WASH
ington Philatelic Study Club, held at
the Hotel Washington on Thursday
evening.
The program included discussion
OF ways and means of philatelic
study and the reading of a paper on
Sir Rowland Hill, sponsor of the
penny post and inventor of the
adhesive stamp.
Among those present we're: Carlyle
s. Baer, Gerard Ten Eyck Beck
man, DR.. Fenton Bradford, j. Mich
ael Brown, David D. Caldwell, DR..
Emil Ferdinand, Mrs. George M.
Ferris, Miss Dorothy r. Fisk, Miss
Anna KaScsak, Mrs. Grace L. Mac
Knight, Miss Edith Mcdonald, DR..
7. S. Palmer, Miss Maggie G. Pence,
Miss Irene NJ Pistorio, DR.. Albert c.
Schwarting, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph E.
Smith. John L. Steele. jr.; George T.
Tavenner, Mrs. Ethel Thompson,
William A. Verhas, Miss Elizabeth
and Miss Margaret Vail, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alden H. Whitney and Miss
Viola Wildermuth.
1t was announced that Mr.. Whit
ney will be chairman and Mr.. Cald-
we'll principal speaker at the Febru-
ary meeting. Their subject will be
THE One Penny and Two Pence
Stamps and Mulready Covers of
164O"
Paul Noble Peck, S. mathmetician
and assistant to the director of the
Bureau OF the Budget, we'll known
In local philatelic circles, died of a
heart ailment on Wednesday. He
was a member of the Washington
Philatelic Society and a contributor
to the Fourth American Philatelic
Congress. Specializing in plate
docks OF United States stamps, he
developed his own system of collect
Ing and study. He also had perfected
a fine collection of commemorative
covers, beautifully arranged in a
series OF albums. The sympathy of
many friends grieved by his passing
has been expressed to his widow.
Foreign Communication News for
January 13 says: Certain varieties
OF French colonial stamps may be
purchased from the Recette Prin-
'cipale de la Seine, As rue du Louvre,
Paris. The French postal authori-
ties, however, do not publish a list
OF the stamps they issue or of those
on hand for sale. At the time of
their issue, display of new stamps
is usually placed on bulletin boards
IN certain Paris post offices, but
collectors state that these displays
are frequently incomplete. The
French government does not en-
courage the activities of stamp COL
lectors, its attitude toward them
being rather one of tolerant indif-
ference"
H. j. Porter and C. R. Walker
have produced a specialized study
OF the stamps of the Niger country
IN Africa. The publisher is Robson
Lowe, 96 Regent street, London.
Inverted watermarks are reported
Tor the King George vi booklet
stamps of Great Britain.
Panama announces that lone or
several series" of stamps will be
Issued to publicize an agricultural,
commercial and industrial fair at
Santiago de Veraguas, February
to 10, 1910.
The Kenmore Stamp Co., Inc,
Kenmore, N. Y, has brought out the
1889 edition of its price list of the
stamps of the British Commonwealth
OF Nations. Text and illustrations
I'LL 288 pages, and the printing has
been done most attractively by
George w. Linn, publisher of Linn's
Weekly Stamp News, Columbus,
Ohio.
Mrs. John K. Hedler, wife of the
new secretary of the Washington
Philatelic Society, has applied for
membership in the organization.
Carter Glass, jr., president of the
American Philatelic Society, vas
IN Washington to attend the we'd
ding of friend on Friday.
The 18th anniversary of the Turk
lsh Republic was commemorated
with series of six stamps, as fol-
lows: 21ap, green, troops marching;
3p, red brown, view of the city of
kayseri; 6p, bistre, modern farm ma
>chinery; Tap, bridge with railway
train; 8p, violet, Boy Scouts; 12ap,
the late President Ataturk in the
uniform Of marshal.
1t is announced from Buenos Aires
that the Argentine Republic is
bringing out stamp in tribute to
Louis Braille, inventor of printing
for the blind.
Harry L. Lindquist, editor and
publisher of Stamps Magazine and
Avocations, is planning a philatelic
pilgrimage to England for the cele-
bration of the centenary of the
postage stamp next year. Among
those who have signified their inten-
ton to be members of the party are
Capt. w. A. Courtney, American
Bank Note Co., New York; Ralph A
Barry, stamp editor, New York Her
aid Tribune; Mr.. and Mrs. Sol Glass,
Baltimore; Mrs. Eveleen w. Severn,
president Mekeel's Weekly Stamp
News, Beverly, Mass; c. G. Alton
Means, stamp editor, New Haven
Evening Register; Philip H. Ward
" Jr, Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs
Ernest Jarvis, Kenmore, N. Y; Mr.
STAMPS.