Evening star., 1940-09-08


purple stamps" he writes TO Harry
L. LindquiSt, editor of Stamps
Magazine, New York, "is very in
teresting to me. We have certainly
tried to get away from too many
of the same shade of the same
color. I find that we are not re-
quired to use purple for 3-cent
stamp, but 1t seems to be the
orthodox color for first class post
age rate.
IT note what you say about BIZ
colors. The one bicolor that we
have now, the special delivery-air-
mail, as you know, is costing us
100000 year additional by reason
of the two colors."
Part of the extra expense, 1t
should be added, traces back to
prodigious wastage About one
sheet in 10 is passably accurate in
registration.
Oscar E. Lancaster of Washington
Grove, Md, reports that he has
found the name of Antonio Sousa,
father of the March King. in the
Washington city directory for 1862
The name Phiiipso, he says, does not
appear in the directories for 1855,
1857 and 1858. It follows that the
change in name probably was made
before John Philip was eight years
old-and not by John Philip himself
but by his parents.
The family home, Mr.. Lancaster
says, was at 528 Seventh street East.
Whether or not John Philip was
born at the address or elsewhere in
Washington has not been deter
mined, but the bandmaster's orig
inal enlistment papers at Marine
Corps headquarters show that he
claimed to have been native Of the
District of Columbia.
George B. Sloane, writing in
Stamps Magazine for September Z.
says: "A few years ago small lot
of the (gummed imperforate)
stamps, believed to be from the
Ickes sheets, was offered in a New
York auction as a sort of trial bal
loon. They were listed in the
auction in two lots, one lot mint,
the other lot the covers. Little en-
thusiasm was displayed by collectors
on the afternoon of the auction and
as a result the two lots were offered
as one. realizing the comparatively
insignificant total of S36, as I re-
call"
But the auction to which Mr..
Sloane refers was not a bona noe
sale. The purchaser" who bought
the gummed imperforate stamps al
ready was their owner. He simply
retrieved his property at nominal
or pretended price to prevent its
loss on a gamble.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph F. Bernays
of Pasadena and their daughters,
Marie and Janet, were philatellc
visitors In Washington last week.
They toured the Post Office De-
partment, the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, the Smithsonian In
stitution and the Library OF Con-
gress and visited the Capitol, the
Supreme Court, the washington
Monument, the Lincoln Memorial
and Washington Cathedral.
The international division of the
National Broadcasting Company
collects stamps and covers from all
parts of the world. Selected ex-
amples chosen from 10000 letters
received from listeners in 80
countries, protectorates and ter
ritories, are displayed on huge
bulletin boards in the service Offices
in Radio City, New York.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at 8-Woodridge
Stamp Club, 2206 Rhode Island ave-
nue. NE. Philatelic spelling bee, con-
Quoted by E. c. Helm, president,
Capital City Spelling Club, assisted
by o. E. Haines. Nomination OF
officers.
Tomorrow evening at 8-Capital
Precancel Club, residence Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Anthony SueSs. 4 McCreary
street, Hyattsville, Md. Program in
charge of George w. Hawse, secre-
tary. Nomination of officers.
Tomorrow evening at 8:15-WaSh-
ington Stamp Club of the Air, Sta
ton VOL. Philatelic romance of
Admiral Lord Cochrane in the navy
of Chile, presented in cooperation
with the Pan-American Union.
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors'
Club of Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth street NV. Program
under management of Alden H.
Whitney, exhibition and bourse.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, Hotel
Mayflower, Connecticut avenue NV.
Philatelic roll call.