Evening star., 1941-03-16

had by request to Philip H. Ward,
jr., 1916 Walnut street, Philadelphia.
To accommodate collectors in
terested in national defense mark
ings, Louis C. Bean, executive sec
retary of the Collectors Club of
Washington, Box "a, Route 5, An
acoStia, D. c., will service covers
for postmarks of all units of the
United States armed forces now on
foreign soil. These will include the
two units in Newfoundland, the three
in China, the Marine detachment
in Bermuda, the naval station in
Cuba and three others, just an
nounced concerning which details
are lacking at the moment.
Envelopes to be Cancelled should
be sent to Mr.. Bean as soon as
possible, stamped, addressed, stuffed,
unsealed, ready to go. A forward
ing fee of l cent for each cover
should be remitted. Covers must
carry at least ia cents each for
postage.
The I'd New Zealand centennial
stamp, removed from sale in March,
1910, is desirable rarity. Only 59l,-
608 copies are known to have been
distributed.
According to v. LIE Young Ardiff,
writing in Mekeel's Weekly Stamp
News, the boat shown in the &c
carmine Ohio Canal commemorative
was the H. D. Williams, now re-
named the I. Lamont Hughes Of the
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp.
Owen Robinson has been elected
president of the Taft Junior High
School Stamp Club. Serving with
him will be: John Hunton, vice
president; Gordon Wright, secre-
tary-treasurer, and Maynard Han
son, program chairman.
The winners in the Woodbridge
Stamp Club exhibition are: Yves M.
Tryon, first: Margaret Vail, second;
Edward Miller, third, and Lawrence
w. Murphy, fourth.
Eugene Klein, 212 South Thir-
teenth street, Philadelphia. an
nounces the sale Of the Laurance
Bowen collection of the stamps OF
the United States and British Amer
lea Saturday afternoon, April 5. IL
, lustrated catalogue available.
The 50-centesimi stamp of Italy,
intended to symbolic the axis part
nership with Germany, is failure
so far as power of design is con-
cerned. Mussolini and Hitler,
German and an Italian soldier are
shown. The arrangement is COM
monplace, the portraiture crime
against nature.
Paul J. Gross, 1910 Leishman ave-
nue., Arnold, Pa, will obtain cancel.
lations of the following ships: U. s.
S. Pickerel, Selfridge. Pinola, Teal,
Vireo, Quail, Avocet, Niblack, Allen
and Oklahoma. Send self-ad-
dressed. stamped envelopes. stuffed
and ready to go, with l cent for
each cover to be serviced. Offer
expires April Is.
New members of the Collectors
Club of Washington include: Repre-
sentative John M. Coffee of WASH
ington and son, John M, jr.: Maj.
and Mrs. Harry Gantz, Bombay,
British India; Guido B. Luechesi,
Albert Neiman. Elmer J. O'Bleness.
Wilhelm Helbig, w. w. Downing, w.
Herbert Gill, Maury Swartz, w P.
Barrows, Leo I. Goerth, Lancaster
Lowry, Howell w. Ritter. A. M. Ken
nedy and Miss Lucille M. Sloman.
Herman Fluegel of Kansas City,
veteran philatelic writer and lee
turer, has arrived in Washington to
accept an appointment in the Aero
nautical Division of the Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
! Tomorrow evening at 8-Capital
| Precancel Club, Thomson School,
| Twelfth and L streets NV. Pro-
gram in charge of Ralph E. Smith.
Tomorrow evening at 8:l5-Wash-
ington Stamp Club of the Air,
Station VOL. Philatelic romance
and current news.
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors'
Club of Washington. Thomson
School. Program, exhibition and
bourse.
Wednesday evening at S-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, Hotel 2400
Sixteenth street NV. Motion pic
ture program provided by the
Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul and
Pacific Railroad.
Thursday evening at EAST
Washington Stamp Club, Eastern
High School, East Capitol street.
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