Evening star., 1941-01-26

proving the artistic quality of our
stamps. We believe that the results
will be exceedingly interesting and
that our post Office officials will well
come this cooperation. We already
have the finest craftsmen in the
world at our Bureau of Engraving
and Printing and with the assistance
Of our outstanding designers, who
can more leisurely work up the de-
signs, We feel that happy result
will be attained"
Debate still RACES over the gift
sheet stamps owned by Secretary
Of the Interior Ickes. Most of the
discussion Centers on the fact that
the unfinished specimens were
gummed at the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing on order from the
Post Office Department. Vastly
more important, however, is the
color Of the rarities. They were
printed from new plates, not worn
and stained, and with inks which
could not be duplicated when the
collectors edition" was manufac-
tured.
Hints are current to the effect
that Miss Clara Barton, founder Of
the American Red Cross. will be
added to the Heroes of Peace"
series with Edgar Allan Poe, poet
and short-story writer; Cass Gilbert,
architect; Nathaniel Hawthorne,
novelist; Winslow Horner. painter;
Edwin Booth, actor; Wilbur Wright,
airplane inventor, and the Mayo
brothers, physicians.
Louie c. Bean executive secretary
of the Collectors Club of Washing
ton. will sponsor a special Crosby
photo-embossed cover to be mailed
on President Roosevelts birthday,
January 80, carrying a commemora-
tive stamp Cancelled with the naval
cancellation of the presidential
yacht U. S. S. Potomac. The fee,
including envelope and postage.
as well as service, will be 20 cents,
proceeds designated to the Mile
O. Dimes paralysis fund. Send
names. addresses and remittances
to Box IS, Route 5, Anacostia, D. c.
The New Deal could not capture
Vermont, but there is nothing to
prevent it from bringing out a s.
cent commemorative for the sesQui-
centenary of the admission of the
Green Mountain Republic TO the
Union, March 4 Details are to be
announced shortly.
Philatelic Agency sales for the
calendar year 1910 amounted to
81 l,425 .5463 representing an in
crease of s612 95444 over 1899.
New officers OF the Washington
Air Mail Society, elected at meet
ing at the Thomson School Tues.
day evening, are: William M. Smart,
stamp editor of the Washington
Post, president; J. o. Peavey. vics
president; Miss Alice B. Cillev.
secretary-treasurer; c. H. Vaughan,
sales manager and auctioneer:
Maurice S. Petty, cachet director:
Mrs. Mabel L. Wilson, Mr.. Peavey
and Mr.. Petty, delegates to the
Associated Stamp Clubs of the
Chesapeake area.
Alden H. Whitney has been chosen
recording secretary of the Collectors
Club of Washington, in succession of
Edward B. Martin.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at 8-Wood-
ridge Stamp Club, 22O6 Rhode Island
avenue NE. Philatelic quiz, with
prizes auction.
tomorrow evening at 8-Capital g.
Precancel Club, Thomson School,
Twelfth and L streets NV. Pro-
gram. exhibition and bourse.
Tomorrow evening at 8:15-Wash-
ington Stamp Club of the Air, Sta
ton VOL. Philatelic romance and
comment on current news.
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors'
Club of Washington, Thomson
School. Program, exhibition and
bourse.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, 240O Six
teenth street NV. Mrs. Grace Low
ering MacKnight will discuss Going
Places With Stamps" a philatelic
travelogue illustrating the stamp
map of the United States from 1849
onward, with particular reference to
towns and cities designated for first
day releases.