Evening star., 1940-11-17

sively to naval and first-day cover
collecting, may be had from David
Brockton Browne, editor, Box 12S.
Pasadena, Calf. Send name and
address plainly written and mint &c
stamp for postage.
Louie G. Bean, executive secretary
of the Collectors Club of Washing.
ton, box IS, route S. Anacostia, D. C,
will service covers for the three diff.
ferent markings of the U. 8. S. Rich.
mond, now in the Potomac, If they
are sent to him. stamped and ready
to 60, in time to be received not later
than Tuesday noon.
David Liant Ballentine Of Detroit,
q member of the Washington Phila.
telic Society, died September 70.
Catalogues for the auction Of
United States and foreign stamps
and covers. to be held under the
auspices Of the Washington Phila.
telic Society, Hotel Maynower, Wed.
nesday evening, November n, may
be had from Morton o. Cooper, l747
Irving street, NV.
The German postal authorities
are preparing special sets of stamps
for the reconquered provinces Of
Alsace and Lorraine.
Collectors who favor authorization
Of q postage stamp centenary COM
memorative even now. six months
after the celebration Of the Tooth an.
niversary Of the Penny Black, first
adhesive postal label issued. are re.
quested to write Deputy Third As.
sistant Postmaster General Roy M.
North Immediately.
There Is q chance that since Pres
he may feel more kindly toward the
proposal which, allegedly for po-
litical reasons, he frowned upon last
May.
A poll Of the philatelic fraternity
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Federation Of Stamp Clubs to ascer.
tain opinion on q change Of designs
used in the production Of Govern.
ment stamped envelopes. Definite
suggestions are wanted.
More than three years after the
National Stamp Conference held
in Washington to stimulate interest
In better printed and more notably
beautiful postage stamps. Paul r.
Berdanier, secretary of the Collec.
tors Club Of New York, announces
that he has started . movement" to
improve the artistic qualities Of our
United States postage stamps"
December II has been set for the
date OF the refugee auction sale Of
stamps sponsored, by Edward Stern.
81 Nassau street, New York. Thous.
sands Of valuable foreign and de.
mestic specimens have been donated
for the relief Of exiles from war-torn
Europe. It Is understood that the
Hotel Astor is to be the scene of the
bidding.
It has been estimated that the cost
Of manufacturing the Yorktown BIZ
colored commemorative Of 1881 was
81 per 1000. The l6c bi-colored air.
mail-special delivery stamps costs
approximately $1.70 per 1000.
Linn's Weekly Stamp News for
November 2 decides editorially:
There is little to be said of the Abo-
lition stamp, aside from the fact that
the design is above the average.
Philatelists cannot be blamed II.
while reading the ofncial announce.
ment of purpose Of the issue, they
smile and hold their noses. The
non-political sequence Of the dates
October 20. November 5 and Decern.
Der Is can hardly be overlooked BY
any one. To collectors discour.
aged and disguised by such antics
We can give little cheer. We might
point out that the privilege still
exists Of telling those responsible
what you think of their conduct.
The Abolition stamp we'd like to see
is one commemorating abolition Of
political didoes in connection with
our stamps"
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed As follows:
Tomorrow evening at 8:l5-Wash.
ington Stamp Club Of the Air, Sta.
ton VOL. Philatelic romance In
cooperation with the Pan Amer.
ican Union.
Tomorrow evening at e:15-Wood.
ridge Stamp Club, 2206 Rhode Island
avenue NE. "All Up." new game,
and airmail covers exhibition.
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, Mayflower
Hotel, Connecticut avenue NV.
Memorial meeting for H. M. South.
gate. John M. Smith speaker, q
above.
Thursday evening at East
Warrington Stamp Club, Eastern
High School, East Capitol street.
Program and exhibition.