Evening star., 1940-11-17
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phatelc World Interests and Peope-Review
The Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings
By James Wade Fssccsst.

Stamp collectors Of the District
Of Columbia, nearby Maryland and
Virginia are invited to attend .
memorial meeting for the late II.
N. 6outhgate to be held ct the
Hotel Nayfiower, Connecticut ave.
nue. and De Sales street, N.W-
Wednesday evening 1t . O'Clock.
John N. Smith, superintendent Of
the Postage Stamp Printing Divi-
sion Of the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing. will be the principal
speaker. He win be introduced by
J. o. Peavey, secretary Of the WASH
ington Philatelic Society, chairman
IN charge Of the commemorative
program.
Mr.. southgate. founder and pres
ident Of the Bureau Issues Asso-
ciatiou, died on October -. His
widow. long III. succumbed ON
Tuesday last.
Program arrangements for the
9Th American Philatelic Congress,
Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City,
win include:
Friday, November rs PM, reg
istration and opening Of bourse:
Z pm, reception; . pm, first regular
session with papers by Winthrop 8.
Boggs on about Afghanistan";; John
X. Ritdijk. Auction Sales in Hol-
land" and Deoch Fulton, 'Philatelic
Design"
Saturday. November So an.
opening Of branch post once and
bourse; 1880 pm, junior assembly
under direction Of DR.. Elias Silber-
stein, with Capt. Tim Healy, Frank
Wilson, Prescott H. Thorp and Jack
Bond. jr., as speakers: 1880 pm,
dutch treat" luncheon: Z pm, Sec
ond regular session, with papers by
DR.. Silberstein on Large Hermes
Heads Of Greece: Michael Miller,
Recording and Registering Valuable
Stamps" and Hugh NJ. Clark, Prep
aration Of the Catalogue; AIS pm,
meeting Of Gimbel's Stamp Club,
0imbels Department Store, Robert
L. Graham speaker: Z pm, banquet,
motion picture exhibition, entertain-
ment, address by Albert Goldman,
postmaster.
Sunday, December 10 m, post
ONCE and bourse: 1880 pm, phila-
telic writer's luncheon, Ernest A.
Kehr. stamp editor, New York Her
aid Tribune, presiding: z pm, third
regular session with papers by Jere
Hess Barr on Chasing Philatelic
Rainbows," DR.. E. w. Lawrance
Brazil Through the Dom Pedro
Heads" and w. r. Mccoy Earliest
Philatehc Publications"
Eugene Klein of Philadelphia, in
ternational secretary Of the Amer
lean Philatelic Society, will be gen.
eral chairman, and Franklin r.
Bruins. jr., philatehc editor Of the
New York Sun, his principal assist
ant In the management of the Con-
gress.
Covers for the maiden voyage Of
the 8. 8. Deltargentino, beginning
November a, may be sent to the
Postmaster, New Orleans, La. for
forwarding. Each self lf-addressed
envelope, stuffed and sealed, must
be franked with . Scent stamp.
James Bell, assistant philatelic
agent, has succeeded Capt. Ohio
Larkin Rogers As manager Of the
Philatelic Agency.
The Hindenburg stamps Of Ger
many overprinted Luxembourg" for
use in the occupied grand duchy are
available In the following denomina-
tions: 3, 4, 5, 6. 8, 10, II, is, 20, IS.
30, 40, so, 90, 90 and 100 pfennigs.
Just prior to the election of No.
vember S. the Scott Stamp & Coin
Co., Inc, advertised: Stamp COL
lectors are well informed about theil
Government and its history. Theirs
will be intelligent votes"
Stanley Gibbons Co., 30 Park Row
New York, announces publication ot
. United States price list for 1e41.
The Pro Juventute stamps OF
Switzerland for 1910 will be four In
number Is in previous years. One
will show Q portrait of Gottfried
Keller 0019-189O, poet and novelist
the others representative girls oi
Thurgau, Solothurn and Zug in ma
tive costumes. Values are: S plus
10 plus SC. 20 plus Sc and 30 plus l0c
Harmer, Rookie & Co.. Inc. an.
nounce that the French colonial and
Monaco collection of Mrs. Frederick
Dwifht, formerly Of Cannes, brought
$4,000 when sold ut auction at the
Collectors Club. New York, October
1924.
The Philippine Islands soon win
release seven new airmail stamps.
The National Federation of Stamp
Clubs, 2 West Forty-sixth street,
New York, has publshed . fourth
handbook, the subject being The
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