Evening star., 1941-11-30
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phaec World Its Interests and PeopeRevew of
the Stamp Press-Lis of Local Meetings
Bp James Waldo Fa,pcef.

1ngtOn Phlldtellc Society, to be held
at the Lee Sheraton Hotel, Fifteenth
and L streets NV, Wednesday eve
ming at $50.
The guest Of honor and principal
speaker will be Eugenio de Anzorena,
attache of the Mexican Embassy.
David D Caldwell is chairman Of
the Committee on Arrangements.
Reservations may be made by cali
ing Mrs. Grace Lowering MacKnight,
secretary 1900 R street NV, Du-
pont 884O.
News Of the death of DR.. Emilio
Diena, greatest of Italian philatel-
lists, has been received in Washing
ton. He was a winner of the Craw-
ford Medal for this contributions to
the study and knowledge" OF
stamps. the Taplin Medal for his
monograph on the newspaper tax
stamps of the duchy of Parma and
the Lindberg Medal for service TO
philately. Born in 1860, he began to
collect when only IL years of age.
His speCialtieS were the postal ad-
heSiveS of the Italian states, and IN
that field he was the acknowledged
master. Among his writings were es-
SAYS on the stamps of MOdena, RO-
magma and Sicily. His affiliations
included the Italian PhilateliC So
ciety of which he had been presi-
dent. the Royal Philatelic Society OF
London and the American Phlla-
telic Society.
Residing for many years at 40 Via
Vittoria Colonna, in Rome, DR..
Diena kept open house for American
visltors-a gentle and kindly old
man who was out of date in the
Quarreling modern world.
The seventh American Philatelic
Congress. in session at Boston this
week end, returned to the original
plan first carried out at Philadelphia
in 1885 and presented many papers
rather than the limited few of more
recent years.
Mail to Japan now is being CEN
sored by American inspectors at
San Francisco and Seattle.
Add to the list of famous stamp
collectors the name of Lanny Ross,
radio singer.
Ernest A. Kehr. philatelic editor
of the New York Herald Tribune, is
the author of a booklet entitled
Guide to Stamp Appraising,' re-
Gently published. Copies at 10 cents
each may be had by writing the
Readers Service Department, 230
West Forty-first street, New York
City.
A set of stamps, it has been an
nounced. will be issued to publicize
-incredibly-a fair to be held at
Prague. in Czecho-Slovakia DO
hemia and Morayia).
Cyril Harmer may be addressed:
15l162 Second Ii. c. H. c. Harmer
British prisoner Of war 1894, Ofag
V1B, Germany.
Inquiry has been made concern
ing stamps allegedly issued for the
mythical kingdom at Atlantis.
Readers having copies or knowing
the circumstances Of their manu-
facture and distribution, are invited
to communicate with Dr.. Emil Fer
dinand. philatelic curator, Library
of Congress.
Double paper copies of the cur
rent 1c National Defense stamp are
reported to have been discovered in
Chicago.
Mexico has contributed three cop
les of each stamp issued during the
current year as an earnest of the
interest of the Mexican government
in the Pan-American stamp eXhibi-
ton gradually being developed by
the Latin American stamp section
Of the Pan-American Union.
Max G.. Johl. philateliC historian,
now is an officer in the Army.
The East Washington Stamp Club
Is planning an exhibition of for
eign and domestic stamps and COW
erS to be held in January. Accord
ing to the prospectus, The object
of this exhibit is to arouse a greater
interest in the individual collector
as to what can be done with his
stamps, regardless of their value,
and to show to the public that
stamp collecting is an active hobby
and is an endless source OF knOWl-
edge of the world"
Harry HaineS, jr., writing in Linns'
Weekly Stamp News, says holiday
cancellations are available at Beth
lehem, Conn; Bethlehem, Ga;
Bethlehem, Ind; Bethlehem, Ky;
Bethlehem, Mo; Bethlehem. n. H,
and Bethlehem, Pa; Christmas,
Ariz.; Christmas, Fla; Christmas,
KY; Christmas Cove, Me; Holly
tree, Ala; Hollybush, Ky; Laurel,
Md; Laurel, w. Va; Mistletoe, KY;
Nazareth, KY; Nazareth, Mich;
Nazareth, Pa; Nazareth, Tex; Noel,
Mo; Noel. Va, and, of course, Santa
Claus, Ind.
DIdAlllJo lSoutu DS I4lt IUIlSIl SON-
ernment in exile will be valid for
collecting purposes-if Germany is
defeated and Poland restored as an
independent nation; not otherwise.
Residents of Washington receiving
letters from soldiers in Iceland or
Surinam and soldiers serving on
Navy ships al sea are advised to open
envelopes with care and to preserve
them "aS is.'
Local collectors are advised to be-
ware of a stranger who seeks finan-
Cial assistance to be repaid follow
ing the sale of a trunkful of old COW
ers supposed to be in storage in
Richmond. Letters addressed to
him in care of a Washington hotel
are returned with an Endorsement
to the effect that he has checked
out" and inquiries in Virginia have
brought contradiction for some of
STAMPS AND COINS.
UYENo'S STAMP SHOP
1908 Penn. Ave. NV Tel. ME. 9O14