Evening star., 1939-05-21
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phaec World Its Interests and Peope-Revew of
the Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings
Bv James Waldo Fasccen.

0y James " "uO Il UpCeH.
Plans for the Sixth American
Philatelic Congress, to be held in
Washington during the first week
OF June, 1910, gradually are being
formulated. Features already de-
cided upon are an exhibition COM
memorating the centenary of the
release of the Penny Black of Great
Britain, an international broadcast
between London and Washington,
a regional meeting of the National
Federation of Stamp Clubs, ban
quet and a philatelc writers break
fast. David D. Caldwell is chair
man of the committee in charge of
arrangements.
Following the baseball stamp
Postmaster General James A. Far
ley has been asked to take philatelic
notice of football. Other sugges-
tions for new issues include pro-
motion adhesives for the World
Poultry Congress, commemorative
for North and South Dakota, Mon
tana and Washington and a pub
licity sticker for Baby Snooks.
The American Olympic Commit
tee has brought out an attractive
poster label to aid in the campaign
to raise funds for the American
team attending the games at Hell
sinki, Finland, next year En-
graved by the American Bank Note
Co.. the design shows the start of
the 1,500-meter race at Los Angeles
in 1882. Sheets of 40 are available
at ST each. Address the committee
at 233 Broadway, New York City.
A special cachet has been author
lied for the beginning of autogiro
mail service between Camden, N.
j.. and Philadelphia on or about
June Is.
Dayton, Ohio will be the second
city to experiment with food order
stamps.
August 49, Orville Wright's
birthday, has been designated Avia-
ton Day; and it is indicated that
there will be promotion campaign
in behalf of airmail centering on
that date.
So far there is no philatelic ex-
hibition at the New York Worlds
Fair except few autographed COW
ers belonging to James F. Dye in
the Communications Building.
Greece announces an Ionian
Islands commemorative set for re-
lease today. Designs include: 60
lepta, coat arms; 12-drachmas,
Corfu Castle; and 40-drachmas,
portraits of King George l and
Queen Victoria (of Great Britain,
Frank Leslie's Boys and Girls
Weekly printed stamp column in
1874.
1t was announced by the Post
Office Department on Tuesday that
cancellations reading Royal Train
r. P. O., U. S. A, June 9, 1882
will be applied to covers sent to
the Second Assistant Postmaster
General Division of Railway Mail
Service, Washington, D. c., not later
than noon of the day indicated
Full postage must be affixed and
each cover must be legibly self
addressed, ready-to-go.
Bolivia will bring out a set of
10 airmails for the Eucharistic Con-
gress to be held at La Paz.
xr-1oo
of stamp to commemorate the
centenary of the Penny Black of
Great Britain, first placed on sale
in London, May 6, 1840, are invited
to write to Deputy Third Assistant
Postmaster General Roy M. North.
expressing their approval of the
suggestion.
The nav stamps fo Albania will
show a portrait of King Victor
Emmanuel of Italy.
Max G. Johl in Stamps Magazine
chronicles two new shades of the
Scent John Quincy Adams stamp
dull orange and deep, bright orange.
Also a third variety of the 1-cent
George Washington denomination
in the presidential series-a new
deep green.
The Associated Press Feature Serv-
Ice reports: although it has been
more than a month since Hitler
absorbed the Czech part of Czecho-
Slovakia and made a protectorate
OF the Slovakia part, uncertainty as
to the postal setup still persists
THE last stamp issued by the
Czecho-Slovak republic appeared
just two days before the crack
up. 1t bore portrait of Gen. Milan
Stefanik in the 60-haleru value.
The stamp was originally issued in
1885 as 50-haleru denomination.
THE first thing the Nazi officials
did upon taking over the postal
system in Bohemia and Moravia
(the Czech parts was to put a
swastika overprint on all stamps
In circulation. Since then. it is
understood. the regular German
postage has been instituted.
"Slovakia Jared differently When
Hitler entered Bohemia, Slovakia
declared its independence of the
Czecho-S -Slovak Republic. For one
day it was free-and asserted its
independence by overprinting %
CZecho-Slovak issues with the words
'Slovensky stat, 1882
"On the following day it found
itself German protectorate. But
apparently it still retains nominal
control of its postage. 1t has over
printed, in like fashion, the news
paper stamps of the carrier pigeon
issue and also the regular stamp
STAMPS.
MAIDEN VOYAGE cover, S. S. Ancon
Ship cancellation. Canal Zone Stamps. I5c
Panama Philatelic Dept, 12O Broadway,
y. Y. c.
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