Evening star., 1940-06-30
AMONG THE. STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phatec World Its Interests PeopeRevew
The Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings
By James Waldo Fa,cceff.

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A legalistic quibble has inter-
fered with the plan to aid the war
relief work of the Red Cross by the
production and sale of "the first
semi-postal adhesive O. the United
States" Postmaster Gen. James
A. Farley, it is understood, report
ed to President Roosevelt on June
%: There is at present no pro-
vision of law that would permit
the transfer to outside purposes of
funds received from the sale of the
proposed stamps. AS understand
1t, specific legislation would be re-
quired authorizing a combination
postage and charity stamp before
the Post Office Department could
proceed with such an ISSUE"
President Roosevelt, on Wednes-
day last, added to his collection an
album of stamps issued by II Amer
ican republics in commemoration
of the golden jubilee of the Pan
American Union. The presentation
was made by Secretary of State
Cordell Hull in the role of chair
man of the board of the union, who
referred to the 50th anniversary
edhesiveS as symbolizing the unity
of spirit and purpose" of the inde-
pendent nations of the Western
Hemisphere.
An official publicity release from
the Union press bureau explained:
The album presented to the PreSi-
dent consists of separate sheets
bearing blocks of four stamps in al
most all instances. Each sheet of
the specially prepared pages bears
the autograph of the diplomatic
representative of the country whose
stamps are shown, along with an
impression of his official seal"
Those attending the presenta-
tion ceremony included: Dr. L. S.
Rowe, director general of the Pan
American Union; Deputy Third As
sistant Postmaster General Roy M.
North, Capt. Ohio Larkin Rogers,
philatelic agent, and the Ambassa-
dors and the Ministers of Brazil,
Chile, Mexico, Cuba, etc.
Specimens of the jubilee stamps
are on sale at the Union headquar-
ters on Seventeenth street near Con-
stitution avenue NV.
Special cachets will be provided
for the opening of four-engine air
transport service in the United
States, when the T. w. A. Boeing
Stratoliner begins coast-to- op-
Grafton on or about July 8.
For complete sets of the stipulated
markings collectors should send
self-addressed standard size en-
Velopes, stamped with airmail post
age, to Lee Swigart, T. W. A, Inc,
10 East And street, New York City;
E. P. Querl, Chicago Association of
Commerce, Chicago. Ill; Cachet Di-
rector, Chamber of Commerce, Kan
sas City, Mo; Cachet Director,
Chamber of Commerce, Albu-
querque, N. Mex, and Cachet Di-
rector, Chamber of Commerce, Los
Angeles, Calf.
The Associated Press feature serv-
ice reports: "A beautiful set of
eight stamps commemorating the
founding Of Southern Rhodesia has
arrived Included in the designs are
the dates 1890 and 1910 with en-
blems and scenes of historical sig
nifcance. A portrait of Cecil
Rhodes, the colony's sponsor, ap-
pears on one value; representation
of statue of Sir Charles Goghlan,
first premier, on another"
Russia has Drought out an imper-
forate edition of the Soviet 1889 New
York Worlds Fair stamps, despite
the fact that the Bolsheviks have
withdrawn from participation in the
big show on the meadows of Flush
ing.
A portion of The Star stamp COL
unn for June was read in the
st. Louis Stamp Club of the air
program, Station Will, last Sunday
evening.
First-day sales of the 10-cent
Ethelbert Nevin stamp at Pitts
burgh, June 10, were 189,040 ($18,-
eO4) with 121,951 covers Cancelled.
The State Federation of Women's
Clubs of Wyoming will sponsor
printed flrst-day cover for the g.
cent Wyoming commemorative, July
10. Collectors interested should
send 10 cents for each cover wanted
to Mrs. j. L. Jordan, president, w,
S. F. w. c., Cheyenne, Wyo.
The projected Anglo French
stamp to symbolic the political and
military unity of the British and
French governments will not be is
sued.
Hamilton A. Hooper, writing in
the Baltimore Sun, says: Just to
look at a stamp bearing the post
mark of some far-aWay place in
strange land conjures up for the
collector who possesses keen
imagination visions of queer peo-
pies, exotic climates, weird customs,
unusual products of the soil; all
lending an aura of romance to his
collection of stamps which no other
hobby can equal
Weekly Philatelic Gossip, Holton,
Kans., has achieved 25th birthday
anniversary Under the editorial di-
rection of Al Burns it has become,
especially in recent years, an in
valuable journal of philately.
Leo August, editor, has brought
out the 10th edition of his United
States Specialized Catalogue of
First-Day Covers" pamphlet of 80
pages brimming with interesting
data on premier releases from 1918
onward. Copies may be had at cost,
35 cents, from Washington Press,
128 Market street, Newark, N. j.
Stamps relating to stars are on
exhibition at the Fels Planetarium,