Evening star., 1941-02-23

reached the person tor Uhom IL
econ in the United States Navy
visitor in Washington recently.
While calling at the h2me OF friends
h. q monstrated a talent for jlg-
sew puzzles. rs we'll as his already
rc~crnized genius in the Egyptian
asnect of philately.
Miss Viola Loretta Smith, daugh-
Ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Z. smith, /
we'll known in Washington phlla-
telic circles, was married 10 joseph
Theodore Simard at St. Agnes
Catholic Church, Arlington, va"
Yesterday morning.
New York stamp collectors ana
dealers have organized Phllatenc
Committee of the British War Rehef
/ Society. John w Nicklin is presl-
dent. Rear Admiral Frederic K.
Harris. vice chairman: Gordon n.
Harmer. secretary, and Theodore T.
, Steinway, treasurer.
Mrs, Grace Lowering MacKnight
has been named secretary Of the
washington Philatelic Society in
succession TO J. o. Peavey, resigned
because Of the demands OF his pro-
fessional work upon his time.
George w. Richardson. Box 1l6
Glenn Dale, Nd, will sponsor 81
Patricks Day Cachet for five differ
ent towns March II. Send covers
stamped. addressed. ready to go, WIFI
1-cent forwarding fee for each, no'
later than March 7.
C. E. Lloyd, secretary, Sarasota
Stamp Club. Sarasota, Fla, an
| nounces a printed cachet for th'
!. annual Spring Festival commemo
rating the legend OF Sara De Soti
;, March 8. Send name and address
! with 2 cents service fee plus regula-
postage.
= Italv has issued a stamp bearing
the portrait of Adolf Hitler, cnan
cellor of the German Reich. 1t l
! indicated that a similar label Will b
issued from Berlin in compllmen
. To Benito Mussolini, premier OF IN
u italian state. The two nations,
/, Roman newspaper remarks, forr
u one flag-the flag Of the new Eu
& rope"
r. The Collectors Club of Washing
q ton will be host to the Associate
Stamp Clubs OF the ChesapeaK
area at a banquet on April le.
as Edward B. Thiele, a stamp Co
lector from boyhood, died at we
Palm Beach, Fla, January "a. r
was a member of the Collector
Club and regular patron OF Ioc
philatelic auctions.
What has become OF the stan
collection of the late Col. Z. n.
Green? This question repeated
" has been asked in philatelc clrcI
in recent months, but no ansW
has been forthcoming. AS long a.
as November 26, 1889, the New Yo
Times declared that it will so'
= be sold by its owner. Mrs. Matth'
" Astor Wilks." Nothing further n
been announced. Perhaps the "
is the explanation.
Switzerland brought out nine III
l. stamps on January 25. Included
the series are soc, gray violet
: green, three Swiss statuary grot
s0c. brown on chamois. Will;
Tell with cross bow; Toe, dark vic
on violet. soldier with fresco. +
treat Of Marignan"; 80c, gray bl'
on gray, dying warrior with n
from National Museum at zurl
9Oc. red on reddish, standard be
er: 1fr. yellow green on green
portrait OF Col. Louis Pfyffer Q5
l5e4): 120fr, violet on gray, p
trait OF Jurg Jenatsch; l.5Ofr, t
on chamois. portrait of 1t. G
Francois de Reynolds Q642-l7z
2fr, red brown on reddish.
Joachim Forrer of Neu-St. Johi
1782-1833..
Mems SILK ties OF pnllaJellc
signs are being sold in New Y
shops. They are available In
colors-blue. brown. gAen and
roon-and the patterns include
ognizable specimens.
Current gossip in the Post o
Department forecasts the author
ton of a second set OF def
stamps.
Collectors OF the stamps Of
several countries OF Latin Anne
may be interested to know that
Pan American Union, Sevente
street and Constitution ave-
NV. publishes an attractive 81
of illustrated booklets on Argent
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colon
Costa Rica. Cuba, Dominican
public, Ecuador, El Salvador, Gu
mala, Haiti, Honduras, Me
Nicaragua. Panama. Parag
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
These pamphlets sell at cos
manufactures cents copy,
paid.
A second series at the same
includes studies of Pan-Amel
cities, as follows: Asuncion,
ranquilla, Bogota, Buenos 4
Caracas, Ciudad Trujillo, Gl
mala, Guaysquil, Habana, La
Lima, Managua, Maracaibo, M
City, Montevideo, Panama, c
Rio de Janeiro, Rosario, San
San Salvador, Santiago tCl
Santiago (Cuba), Sac Paulo
Tegucigalpa.
The union also distributes ;