Evening star., 1940-10-13
2s7s; Sc, 2266s -22e72 and 22s77-

22676; SC, 22669-22672 and 22677.
22678.
Chief Gunner Lloyd NICK. Har.
mon, U. 8. NJ, has suggested .
series of nine airmail stamps, rang.
ing from 6 cents to 81 in value. to
commemorate American aquisition
of eight naval bases in the Atlantic
Ocean by agreement with Great
Britain.
Covers bearing postmarks Of Lon
don since August 10 should be pre-
served entire. They are relics Of
the greatest battle since Waterloo.
Perhaps they may be souvenirs OF
the end of a world which was not
good enough for Lenin, Trotsky and
Stain nor for the leaders of the
reaction of Soyietism-Mussolini in
Italy and Hitler in Germany-for
whom they prepared the way.
Mrs. Eveleen w. Severn, making
her headquarters at 226 Federal
street, Portland, Me, has assumed
editorial direction of Mekeels
Weekly Stamp News in succession
to Willard Otis Wylie Of Beverly,
Mass, now editor emeritus.
The postal authorities of Great
Britain some years age refused to
issue stamps showing famous monu-
ments of architecture BY cruel
chance many of those historic build
ings are in ruins now
Examples of the summer charity
stamps of the Netherlands, ready
for release when the German armies
occupied the country. have reached
the United States. They are: IL
plus 1Izc, sepia, portrait of Vincent
Gogh, modernist painter who was
driven insane by the radical yagaries
Of his own pictures; 212 plus 211c,
green, Everhardus Johannes Pot.
gieter, poet and critic, editor of de
Gids," literary journal; plus SC.
red, Petrus Camper. physician and
analyst; 5 plus SC, dark green, Jan
Steen, painter, and 1911 plus 31sc,
deep blue, Joseph Justus Scalinger.
scholar.
The Latin American Stamp Sec.
ton of the Pan-American Union an.
nounces the publication of q series
of pamphlets under the title who's
Who on the Postage Stamps Of Latin
America" Rogelio z. Alfaro Is the
compiler. The first booklet will be
released about November ! at 10
cents copy.
1t is announced that the Wood
ridge Stamp Club will sponsor an
exhibition of naval covers Of historic
interest at the Woodbridge Public
Library, zoos Rhode Island avenue
NE, october "a to 81, inclusive.
The loss of 90l sacks of mail in
the Belgian steamer Vile de Mons.
sunk between New York and Liver
pool on or about September 2, has
been announced.
Vol D. SdIllCl lllC Il. N1dlullIlk. pIllld~
telic curator of the Smithsonian In
stitution, has received from London
partial list Of the items included
in the library Of the late Fred J.
Melville, destined to come to the
Library of Congress after the war.
The text of this tentative catalog
fills 54 large pages Of single-space
typewriting.
The portrait of Queen Wilhelmina
has been banished from the stamps
of the Netherlands.
Mail no longer will be accepted
for Germany via Siberia All postal
matter from the United States to
the Reich hereafter must be trans
ported via the Atlantic.
The !, 2 and 8 cent National De.
fense stamps will 60 on sale In
Washington exclusively at o'clock
Wednesday morning. Scores of diff
ferent patriotic envelopes have been
prepared for use with them. Per-
haps in years to come these covers
may rank with those OF the Civil
War period, 1861-1865.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at S-Wood-
ridge Stamp Club, 2206 Rhode
Island avenue NE. Business meet
ing. election and installation Of
officers, short auction.
Tomorrow evening at 8:l5-Wash-
ington Stamp Club of the Air, Sta
ton VOL. Philatelic romance in
cooperation with the Pan-American
Union.
Tuesday evening at s-Collectors'
Club of Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth street NV. Pro-
gram, exhibition and bourse.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash--
ington Philatelic Society, Hotel
Mayflower, Connecticut avenue NV.
Auction sale Of foreign and domestic
stamps and covers. See notice
above.