Evening star., 1940-10-13
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phatec World Its Interests and Peope-ReVew of
The Stamp Press-Lst of Local Meetings
By James Waldo Faucet.

By James Waldo Faucet.
The effect Of the second World
War upon philately now is beginning
to be manifest. Hundreds Of collec-
tions as well As the sales stocks OF
scores Of dealers have been destroyed
in Warsaw, Rotterdam, Hamburg,
London and other cities bombed
from the skies. More serious, how
ever, Is the economic loss involved
In the impoverishment Of the
philatelic public as q class in the
countries involved in the struggle.
Perhaps never again will some thou
sands of stamp collectors Of the past
be able to afford to resume the prac-
tice Of their hobby. The influence
of an absence Of buyers, therefore.
is certain to be felt in the philatelic
market sooner or later. Whether 1t
will be sufficiently depressing to
cause q real disaster remains to be
seen. For the present Americans,
obviously, have an advantage over
their unfortunate contemporaries
abroad.
Franklin Pierce Adams, former
counselor of the Pan American
Union, who died Thursday, was a
stamp collector-for others. 1t was
his practice to save stamps received
from correspondents in different
parts of the world and, when they
had accumulated, distribute them
to friends who appreciated his
remembrance.
Thomas D. Perry Of Moorestown,
N. j., author Of the classic book on
United States envelopes, was a
philatelic visitor In Washington last
week.
Jacques H. Rogers Of New York
entertained the Washington Phila-
telic Society, Hotel Mayflower, We'd
nesday evening, with a showing of
his fine collection Of booklet panes
of many different countries.
The New York Times, in an
editorial printed Friday. blames
stamp collectors for stimulating the
flood of new issues produced by the
Roosevelt administration. But the
fact is that the philatelic public
wanted only the Mothers Day stamp,
the Heroes of Peace series. the
Chicago, Atlantic City, Omaha,
Asheville and Tipex sheets and the
commemorative for the centenary
Of the Penny Black denied last
May. A jury of collectors, it is
true, was invited to judge the
designs for the undesired presiden-
tial series. With regard to all other
New Deal stamps philatelists are
innocent Of collaboration.
Slogan cancellations in the
Philippine Islands include the fol-
lowing: "Safe Driving plus Sane
Walking Equals Accident Preven-
tion," Buy National Charity
Sweepstakes Tickets" Pay Your
Internal Revenue Taxes on Time"
National Book Week, Read Good
Books" Buy Philippine Made Prod
ucts." Make Every Day Child
Health Day" and Manila, Trade
Center Of the Pacific"
Beresford Webb has succeeded
the late Fred j. Melville as editor
Of the Stamp Collectors Fort
nightly, London.
10. Peavey. secretary, says: "The
Washington Philatelic Society is
planning to hold a series Of auctions
during the coming winter featuring
q more desirable class Of material
than that generally presented in
club auctions. Lots will be especially
selected with reference to condition
and catalogue value. 1t is proposed
to limit each such auction to so
lots cataloging 81 or more. The
first of the scheduled sales is an
nounced for Wednesday evening,
october Is, at 8:15 o'clock.
Governments which have issued
stamps in commemoration OF
Christopher Columbus are listed
by Charles Carrel in Stamp Maga-
zine as follows: The United States
of America. Canal Zone, Chile,
Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Repub-
lie, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama. Para
quay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Salvador,
Spain, Venezuela.
The new 5-shilling stamp of Bar
bados will be indigo instead of
black, as originally planned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh M. Clark,
winners of the Michael L. Eidsness,
jr., silver plate for 1910, given in
recognition of their labors as editors
of the Standard Postage Stamp
Catalogue and albums, explain:
"Our aim is to make the Scott
publications as intelligible and use
full as possible. - We want every
collector to feel that his problems
and our problems are identical.
We want to work together to pro-
duce books that will be of the ut
most benefit and we sincerely solicit