Evening star., 1940-06-02

copy WanCeQ. closing date, June 26."
First day sales figures are re-
ported, as follows: 1c, Audubon, st.
Frsncisville, La, April 8, l44,123
covers, 551 ,760 stamps, $5,5l7.60; &c,
Long, Jefferson, Ca, April 8, l58,-
12e covers, 363,862 stamps, $7,27724;
&c, Pan American Union, Washing
ton, April IA. 82,40l covers, 233, ,053
stamps, $6,991. SO; Sc, Reed, WASH
ington, April II, 154,464 covers, l47,.
539 stamps, $7,37695: and Sc, Bur-
bank, April II. l47,033 covers, 253,-
4s7 stamps. $7.60491.
Writing In Better Photography
Magazine, Robert G. Mckay and
F. P. Adams discuss 'Masterworks
In Miniature" as follows: "Photog.
raphy is so universally popular be-
cause 1t is a superiority, one which
can be added to any Of the more re-
stricted avocations for producing
double enjoyment. Perhaps there is
no more widespread hobby than
stamp collecting, even though the
majority of collectors never pass be-
yond the schoolboy stage. When
photography is added to stamp COL
lecting, then the field becomes so
broad that specialization is essential.
"One branch of photophilately is
the collection of miniature master
works. Most stamp collectors are
vaguely aware of the identity of the
decoration on various stamps, and
even acutely aware of defects which
may distinguish rarepstamp from
more common one; but few ever
take the trouble to examine these
delicate engravings as works of art.
There Is a natural obstacle to
any collection which necessitates
anything as clumsy as a reading
glass or other conventional magni-
fer. On the contrary, when a cam
era is used to lift out the pictorial
part of the stamp from its sur
rounding official decor, the result is
often surprising 1t might be as
sumed that any usable degree of
enlargement would result In the
revelation of crudities which would
make the result unacceptable for
any purpose other than critical
examination by the philatelist, but
the reproductions give an adequate
answer to this objection.
This type of work may be done
with any kind of camera capable of
making negatives the full size of the
original. The stamp should be a
clean, dark copy. It should be un-
Cancelled, Of course. AS stamps are
most often printed in a single color.
the selection of a filter is very easy.
The film should be a fine-grained,
comparatively slow, ull-range PAN
chromatic."
Alden H. Whitney, 405 Twelfth
street NV, announces daily book
auctions Of stamps and covers, for
eign and domestic.
An attractively colored embossed
cachet, honoring Jacob Perkins. in
ventor of the steel engraving process
which made possible the Penny
Black" will be released at his BIRTH
place, Newburyport, Mass, on July
9. the 174th anniversary of his birth
Standard 6A ready-to-go covers
to receive this marking should reach
Technical Sergt. Charles w. Inglee,
1920 Fuller street NV, before July /.
A 1-cent service fee is required
| for each cachet ordered.
Columbia will have a series of
seven regular postage stamps and
one airmail to publicize the fifth
National Olympic Games, to be held
at Bucaramanga in December. The
list includes: 1c. green. athletics:
Sc, brown, football; &c, red, discus
or javelin thrower; 10c. orange, bas-
ket ball; 15c, blue. cycling; SOC, vio-
let, swimming; lp, rose, tennis, and
IS, gray. target shooting for sale
to Scadta).
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors'
Club of Washington, Th m o n
School, Twelfth street NV, pro-
gram, bourse, exhibition.
Tuesday evening at EAST WASH
ington Stamp Club, room Isl, East
ern High School, East Capitol street.
Debate between LIE Roy Mack and
Donald Draper on General VS.. Spe-
cialized Collecting; discussion and
auction.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, Hotel
Mayfower, Connecticut avenue NV,
program, bourse, exhibition.
Thursday evening at 9:15-Wash-
ington Stamp Club of the Air, Sta
ton VOL. Philateic romance in
collaboration with Pan-American
Union.
All week-Centenary Exhibition Of
Philatelc Literature, Stamps, Proofs,
Essays, ETC., Library of Congress,
First and East Capitol streets Sc,
regular hours, daily.