Evening star., 1940-07-28

copies in philatelic hands are from
the remainders which were sold to
dealer after Bergedorf ceased to
have its own stamps"
Turkey brought out a souvenir
memorial sheet for the first ami
verSary Of the death of Kemal
Ataturk, 100ku blue black.
The Postal Bulletin for July 3
contained a warning addressed to
post office clerks by Third Assist
ant Postmaster General Ramsey S.
Black, forbidding the practice OF
breaking sheets of stamps to obtain
plate number blocks for philatelic
customers.
Joao M. Da Cunha, proprietor ard
general treasurer of the Mozambi-
que Co. is an applicant for member
ship in the American Philatelic
Society.
The Royal Philatelic Society Of
London has awarded the 1910 sil-
ver-gilt Crawford medal to Dr. H.
Osborne for his Great Britain.
Twopence, Plate Nine: A Study of
the Plate and It's Repairs"
A nationwide broadcast from the
annual convention of the Precancel
Stamp Society, Houston, Texas. has
been arranged for the red network
of the N. B. c., Station WRC, Sat-
urday afternoon, August II, at 1915
(E. S. T) John R. Boxer will speak
Gimbel Brothers, New York. re-
port the theft of two Scott specially
binders labeled British Africa" and
British Asia and containing S25OO
worth of used and mint stamps of
1 the classifications indicated by
/ these titles. Dealers and collectors
| are asked TO cooperate in catching
the thief and retrieving the prop
| erty.
| Smith w Purdum. Second As
sistant Postmaster General, an
nounces that La Junta, Colo. is to
be added as a supplementary air
mail stop on route AM-43, between
Pueblo, Colo. and Garden City,
Kans. AS usual in such cases.
special cachet will be provided for
philatelic mail Collectors may
inquire of postal clerks for details.
Orders are piling in for the Amer
lean Philatelic Society convention
envelopes with engraved cachets
showing the Buffalo Post ONCE of
100 years ago. Louis w. zenger, 222
Pine street, Buffalo, N. Y, is in
charge of distribution. Requests
sent to him should include 10 cents
for each cover, stamp and service
charges.
President Roosevelt has added to
his collection many hundreds of in
teresting covers which came to the
State Department from different
foreign governments and from
American diplomatic and consular
officers stationed abroad. 1t also is
understood that he has received
quantities of high denomination
United States stamps salvaged in
the mailroom of the Treasury De-
partment.
The models for the artists group
OF the Heroes of Peace stamps are
reproduced elsewhere in The Star
today.
Philatelic writer's and their
friends attending the American
Philatelic Society convention.
Hotel Statler, Buffalo, are invited
to attend luncheon to be held on
tuesday, August 13, at l pm. The
stamp editor of The Star Is to
preside
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors'
Club of Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth street NV. Pro-
gram, exhibition and bourse.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, Hotel
May1ower, Connecticut avenue NV.
1t. L. c. Bean, o. r. c., will explain
r. M. S.-Airmail cancellations.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Stamp Club of the Air Sta
ton VOL. Stamp romance in CO.
operation with Pan American Union.