Evening star., 1940-09-01

20 plus 1of, orange red, equestrian
statue; 80 plus 16f, gray, open book
and printing press.
Russia will issue five stamps TO
mark the centenary of the birth
of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, the
famous composer. May 7, l840, was
the actual date of his appearance
in the world-one day later than
the release of the penny black at
the post Offices of Great Britain.
He died November 6, 1898; but not
even the applause of communist
government can hurt the music he
left to posterity.
Japan announces two stamps to
be issued october to commemorate
the taking of a national census.
Loring w. Stannard, ! Holbrook
place, Ansonia, Conn, will sponsor
a Navy Day cachet, October q.
Mailings, he says. will be from Is
different destroyers in the neutrality
patrol Send as many covers as
desired with l cent forwarding fee
for each cachet ordered.
An official publicity release from
Balboa Heights, c. T., says: sale
of all Canal Zone commemorative
stamps will be discontinued Feb
ruary %, l94l, according to c. H.
Calhoun, director of posts. The
issue includes airmail stamps of
six denominations which were
placed on sale July Is, 1889, and the
| 16 regular postage before and after
( series released August Is, 1899, 25th
/ anniversary of the Canal opening.
! The Philatelic Agency at Balboa
Heights can supply complete sets of
all % denominations in reasonable
quantities for a limited time.
! Wholesale orders for one.cent
stamps will not be accepted. The
supply of 3-cent regular and Is
cent airnail may be exhausted in
a few weeks, but there should be
enough of other denominations to
satisfy the demand.
Requests for stamps must not
be made later than Friday. February
%. and orders sent by mail must
be postmarked not later than that
date.
"All orders should be sent 10 the
Postmaster at Balboa Heights, ac-
companied by money order to cover
cost of stamps and postage. Stamps
sent by ordinary mail are at the
purchasers risk, but such stamps
may be registered at regular rates
up to the value of $1,000. No stamp
will be sent on approval and no re-
| funds will be made unless the
stamps are damaged in the mail.
Plate numbers will not be>supplied
except where blocks of "a or more
stamps are ordered"
Reports from Nassau, dated
! August %, told of the visit of John
w. Dye, American consul, a mem
Der of the American Philatelic
Society and of the Washington
Philatehc Society, to H. r. H. the
Duke of Windsor. 1t was explained
that the official representative of
the United States was the first
person to sign the guest book at
Government House.
Mr.. Dye said: "I was deeply i'm
pressed with the Dukes knowledge
of conditions in the colony and Of
| Anglo relations" He did
not add that he had discussed stamp
collecting with the former King,
=
subject for conversation between
| them.
| Stationed in the Bahamas since
1896, Mr.. Dye previously served at
Berlin, Genoa, Bona in the Congo,
Smyrna, Damascus. Cape Town,
johannesburg, Port Elizabeth,
Ciudad Jaurez in Mexico, Montreal,
Quebec. Wellington, Melbourne. He
| is a native of Minnesota, but COM
pleted his education at George
Washington University.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at 8:15-Wash-
| ington Stamp Club of the Air, Sta
ton VOL. Program in co-opera-
ton 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
Mayf1ower, Connecticut avenue
NV. E. r. Clas of Baltimore will
exhibit and describe selected stamps
of India.