Evening star., 1940-04-28
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phaec World Its Interests and PeopeRevew of
the Stamp Press-Ls of Local Meetings
By James Waldo Fa,vceff.

By James Waldo Fa,cceH.
Hundreds of philatelists and theil
friends from other cities and towns
throughout the United States and
Canada are expected in Washington
for the celebration of the centennial
of the first adhesive postage stamp
this week.
The program, revised to date, is as
follows:
Thursday, May 2-All day, regis
tration at official headquarters,
Mayfower Hotel, Connecticut avenue
and De Sales street NV; 8 pm,
reception and opening of Centenary
Exhibition Of Stamps and Covers,
National Museum, Constitution
avenue at Tenth street NV. DR..
Ellis Haworth, chairman, Exhibition
Committee; Philip H. Ward, jr.,
director; DR.. Alexander Wetmore,
assistant secretary, Smithsonian In
stitution. Bureau of Engraving and
Printing press in operation in lobby.
Also comprehensive display of dies,
plates, instruments and tools illus
trating the art of steel engraving.
Friday, May 3-11 am. opening
of Philatelic Fair, Centenary Bourse
with branch post Office for the sale
OF philatelic agency stocks of Sc
lected stamps, Hotel Mayfower.
Pitney-Bowes postage meter ma
chine in operation with special CEN
tenary slogan cancellation of letters
and postcards. Edward B. Martin,
1401 Girard street NV, chairman,
Bourse Committee; $50 pm, cafe
terra supper, tour of stamp printing
division and centenary meeting in
auditorium, Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, Fourteenth street at
c, S.W. Addresses by Alvin w. Hall,
director; H. M. Southgate, president,
Bureau Issues Association, and Will
liam Mop. Bigelow; showing of Sc
cret Service sound film, Know Your
Money" exposing counterfeiting, and
Post Office Department movie; pres
entation of third Michael L. Eds
ness, jr., engraved silver memorial
plate to Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh M. Clark
of New York, editors of Scott albums
and catalogues.
Saturday, May 4-10:3O am, re-
ception of guests by officials of Post
Office Department, philatelic exhibi-
ton room, Post Office Department
Building, Pennsylvania avenue at
Twelfth street NV; pm, CEN
tenary auction, Philatelic Fair, Hotel
Mayfower, sale of stamps and covers
under direction of John r. EWell; 3
pm, reception and opening of CEN
tenary exhibition of philatelic liter
ature, stamps, proofs and essays,
Library of Congress, First and East
Capitol streets Sc Archibald Mac
Leish, librarian; DR.. Herbert Put
nam, librarian emeritus; William
c. Bond, superintendent of build
ings: Dr. Emil F. Ferdinand, cata-
1ogue division. Distribution of "Prac-
tical Check List of Books Relating
to Philately in the Library of Con-
gress," pamphlet edited by DR.. Fer
dinand; 7:30 pm, centenary ban
quet, Hotel Mayf1ower President
Franklin D. Roosevelt invited guest,
patron of the celebration; Secretary
OF the Interior Harold Ickes; Third
Assistant Postmaster General Ram
sey S. Black, Deputy Third Assistant
Postmaster General Roy M. North,
Representative Charles A. Plumley
of Vermont, Hjalmar j. Procope,
Minister of Finland; Right Rev
James E. Freeman, Bishop of WASH
tngton; Rollin E. Flower, president OF
the American Philatelic Society;
Mr. Ward and David D. Caldwell,
chairman of the Postage Stamp
Centenary Committee. Announce
ment of the winners of the centen-
ary essay contest by Dr. T. S. Palmer
Dress informal.
Sunday, May SO am, philatelc
writer's breakfast, Mayflower Hotel;
Franklin R. Bruins, jr.. stamp editor
OF the New York Sun, chairman: Al
win F. Harlow, author of Paper
Chase: The Amenities of Stamp
Collecting" and Mauritz HaIgren,
author of "All About Stamps" in
vited speakers; Charles A. Kenny,
editor and publisher, National Stamp
News, leader of open forum discus
sion; 2 pm, War Covers Club meet
ing, Mayfower Hotel; program ar
ranged by Deli Norona, postal his
torian, Moundsville, w. Va; Joseph
F. Garland, assistant chief postal
inspector, invited speaker; $3.50 pm,
centenary broadcast of the Smith
sonian Institution, THE World Is
Yours" postal and philatelic history
dramatized; script by Irve Tunick,
prepared with assistance of Mrs
Catherine L. Manning, philatelic
curator, Smithsonian. program to be
carried by red network stations OF
the National Broadcasting Co.;
pm, showing of Bell Telephone
System sound film, "a Continent Is
Bridged." descriptive of the develop
ment of transcontinental telephone
service, Mayfower Hotel; Edwin G
Hill, narrator; pm, inaugural
meeting, Cover Collectors of Amer
ica, Washington Division, Mayf1ower
Hotel; Technical Sergt. c. w. Ing
lee, stamp editor of the Leatherneck
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