Evening star., 1941-04-13

for all who care to make the trip on
Tuesday.
The market prices of desirable
stamps of Germany, Austria,
Czecho- o-Slovakia, Danzig, Poland,
Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands,
Belgium, Luxembourg, Rumania,
Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece, the
Italian colonies of East Africa, Fin
land and the Baltic States absorbed
by Soviet Russia are rising steadily
from week to week. Airmail issues
especially are increasing in value
at rapid pace.
Cacheted covers for each of the
3.072 counties Of the 48 States OF
the Union have been announced by
Pilgrim Cachets, Bergenheld, n. j.
Roy M. North. Deputy Third As
sistant Postmaster General; Robert
E. Fellers, superintendent Of the Di-
vision of Stamps; J. C. Benzing,
chief of the Engraving Division Of
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing. and William A. Roach, stamp
designer, have been named members
of a committee to negotiate with a
New York group of artists interested
in stamp esthetics brought together
by Paul F. Berdanier and Harry L.
Lindquist.
Two stamps of Bulgaria, recently
issued, are intended to advertise
the culture of bees and the honey
industry. Values are 15ct straw hive
and flowers, blue; scot, bee-keeper
with tray, orange.
Alexander Ueland, secretary Of the
Washington Shakespeare Society
and an ardent stamp collector re-
ports that an illustrated booklet en-
titled japanese Postage Stamps"
written in English by Y. Yamamoto
of the Government Museum, Toxic.
has been published by the Japanese
government railways. Copies at 35
cents each, less than cost Of pro-
duction, may be had from P D. and
lone Perkins, 1920 Mission street.
South Pasadena, Calf. Inclose
postage.
George Richardson, Box 116,
Glenn Dale, Md, is sponsoring a pa
triotic cachet to be applied to Army
covers. but those interested are re-
quested to write to him for instruc-
tions.
Capt. Otto Larkin Rogers, writing
to Washington friends March %,
was at sea on board U. S. S. George
F. Elliott, not very far from the
Canal Zone on that date. Have
had many wonderful experiences
since I have been away" he says.
Mexico has new printing Of the
Indian archer special delivery stamp,
zoe, orange.
Louie C. Bean, 1908 Belt avenue,
Bradbury Park. Md, will service
covers for Is hemisphere defense
stations of the United States Army:
also for both trips on the new high
way post Office bus service, Indian
apolis to South Bend and return,
May 3. Send addressed stamped
envelopes, ready to go, with one cent
handling fee for each marking
wanted.
The National Wildlife Federation
poster stamps for 1941 will go on
sale at 1912 Sixteenth street N. w,
tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.
Twenty new subjects are listed, the
number including, box turtle, striped
bass, marsh marigold. muskrat,
Whitehall fawn, little blue heron,
wild rose, gray fox, brown trout,
staghorn sumac, mink, cedar wax
wing, etc. An album with a cover
poster, size 71a by ia, showing a
wood duck family paintedby Fred
Everett, is available. The whole
ensemble is Sl50, with profits
pledged to conservation purposes.
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, exhibition and bourse. Men,
bers of the Baltimore Precancel
Club and the Winchester (Va)
Stamp Club as guests.
Tomorrow evening at 8-Wood-
ridge Stamp Club, 2206 Rhode
Island avenue NE. Question
Night" all members requested to
attend.
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors'
Club of Washington. Thomson
School. Program, exhibition and
bourSe.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society. Hotel
2400 Sixteenth street NV. War COW
ers exhibition. Members are asked
to bring envelopes relating to
events of the Second World War.