Evening star., 1940-11-10
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phaec World Its Interests and PeopeReve
The Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings
By James Waldo Fawceff.

Three Of the nine writer's who will
read papers at the sixth annual
American Philatelic Congress at the
Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, No
vember %, 80 and December /, were
announced last week by Eugene
Klein of Philadelphia, president.
Hugh M. Clark. president of Scott
Publications, Inc, will discuss "The
Preparation of the Catalogue" Mi
chael Miller of Baltimore will talk
on Recording and Registering VAL
liable Stamps" and John K. Rietdyk,
New York, will tell about Auction
Sales in Holland"
Names and subjects of the six
other contributors will be made
known as soon as acceptances have
been received. The congress will
continue its policy of providing a
silver plate, to be awarded the au-
thor of the paper which a special
committee considers most interest
ing and of the greatest philatelic
value.
A special invitation shortly will
be sent to each of the many stamp
clubs in the metropolitan area, in
viting them to send representatives
to each session. At the same time
arrangements will be well under way
for a special junior program, to be
presented Saturday morning, No
vember 80, under the supervision of
DR.. Elias Silberstein.
There will be bourse of approx
mately 25 tables, as well as an ex-
hibition, with limited number of
frames. Reservations for tables and
exhibition details are being handled
by Edwin E. Elkins, $50 East Thirty
fifth street, Brooklyn.
Business sessions, at which the
various papers will be read, will be
held on the evening of Friday, No
vember 90; the afternoons Of Satur-
day, November 80, and Sunday, De-
cember /. Speakers for the banquet
have not been announced as yet.
1t is understood that the United
States collection of the late H. M.
Southgate, founder and president
Of the Bureau Issues Association, is
to be sold under the management of
a committee of philatelic friends.
A memorial meeting for Mr.
Southgate will be held by the Wash
ington Philatelic Society Wednes-
day evening, November 20.
The Argentine post Office is ar
ranging for special first-day cancel
lations for all new stamps when
they are released. According to a
dispatch from Buenos Aires, this
concession is expected to boom busi-
ness with collectors. -
An average mail load for trans
Atlantic clipper ship is $500 pounds
or about 107,500 letters.
Selfridge & Co., London, sold oft
its stamp department because Of
the depletion of the staff due to
the war"
The French government began
manufacturing stamps July /, 1880,
prior to which date production of
postal labels was a function of the
Bank of France.
The Woodbridge Stamp Club has
arranged a dinner party to be held
at the Fairfax Hotel Tuesday eve
ming, December 8. Tickets will be
rs cents each.
Lesgor & Reel, 551 Madison ave-
nue., New York City, announces an
illustrated specialized catalogue Of
the stamps of France, published at
cost, 10 cents copy; also price list
of foreign sets, copies gratis. Both
pamphlets are invaluable aids to in
telligent collecting.
The Offices of Robson Lowe in
London are reported as having
suffered as the result of a delayed
bomb"
Mrs. Ethel B. Walker has designed
an attractive seal for the Collectors