Evening star., 1940-05-26
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phatec World Its Interests and PeopeRevew of
The Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings


berries? OF the Yankee Clipper?
Even the minutiae OF Cur postal
service become centers Of interest; /;
and just as boys will wait for hours
at a country crossing to see the
mail thrown from q fast-moving
express, and a sack simultaneously
and miraculously taken on, so the
gay symbols of that expressage cap
ture the Imagination, the study and
even the pocketbooks Of their elders.
There Is probably no hobby but
has Its uses, just as none is without
Its quixotisms. The postage stamp
appeals to two primal urges In man
the love of pictures, and the love
OF far-off places. And 1t draws be-
sides upon all the poetry that is
implicit in the history of the letter
post. Should not a library foster
these interests, so innocent in them
selves, so likely to be productive of
good? 1t might be well for all of
us If our world could be shaped
closer to the hearts desire of a
stamp collector"
The National Stamp News for
May ~ advises collectors ito for
ward covers Immediately to Seattle,
Wash; Juneau, Alaska, and Ketchi-
kan. Alaska, in order to be fully
prepared for the inaugural fight on
route FAM-20. Authorization from
the Civil Aeronautics Authority Is
expected momentarily, and it is be-
lieved that Immediately following
the official 'okay' the initial flight
will be launched. Special cachets
have been furnished the postmasters
at the aforementioned posts, and
the usual treatment of philatelic
mail has been authorized"
AS announced in The Star on
Sunday last, there will be number
OF pickup flight demonstrations
from Boiling Field. the Army air.
port, to the Washington Airport,
Washington. D. c., during the pc
riod May q to %.
"On Tuesday, May %, there will
be several autogiro flights between
Boiling Field and Washington Air
port. A postal station will be estab-
lished at Boiling Field and Official
cachets will be applied to covers
transported on these flights"
Collectors desiring more detailed
information are referred to postal
clerks at the City Post Office and
at branch postal stations.
France has issued semi -postals
showing portraits of Joffre, Foch
and Gallieni. military leaders of the
first World War. Also, a charity la
bel with design symbolic of women
assuming the jobs OF men in time of
strife.
F. L. Ellis. 40 East 156th street.
New York City. is compiling "an
extensive research account" of the
presidential stamps and wishes to
correspond with unsuccessful par
ticipants" in the prize contest
which preceded the issue of the
series.
Stanley B. Ashbrook, author of
the classic two-volume study Of the
1-cent stamp of 1S5l-1857, has been
elected an honorary member Of the
Garfield Perry Stamp Club of Cleve-
land in recognition of his researches
for the benefit Of collectors.
M. H. Sanborn, jr., sos Rolling
road, Chevy Chase. Md, won a first,
a second and a third prize In the
seventh annual Najex Show, spon-
sored by Stamps Magazine, New
York. He also won all six Of the
first prizes offered for the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Senior High School
exhibition.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at 8Capital
Precancel Club, room 6, Thomson
School, Twelfth and L streets NV.
Program arranged by Rolston Lyon
and George w. Hawse. r. H. Will
liams, Corvallis, Oreg, guest.
Tomorrow evening at 8-Wood-
ridge Stamp Club, 2206 Rhode Island
avenue NE. c. H. Vaughan will dis
cuss and exhibit copies of the Penny
Black of Great Britain.
Tuesday evening at 8tCollectors'
Club Of Washington, Thomson
School. Exhibition of autographs
and showing of Secret Service sound
film. Know Your Money"
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, Jefferson
room, Hotel Mayflower, Connecticut
avenue and De Sales street NV.
Penny Black program in charge OF
Mr.. Vaughan.
Thursday evening at 9:l5-Wash-
ington Stamp Club of the Air. Sta
ton VOL. Philatelic romance in
collaboration with Pan-American
Union.
All week-Centerary Exhibition Of
Philatelic Literature, Stamps. Proofs,
Essays, ETC., Library of Congress,
First and East Capitol streets Sc,
regular hours, daily.