Evening star., 1941-05-11
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phaec World Its Interests and PeopRevew of
the Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings
Bv James Waldo Favcet.

In recognition of lifelong services
to stamp collectors, August Dietz,
sr.. of Richmond, editor, art printer,
publisher and veteran authority on
the stamps and postal history of the
Confederate States of America, re-
ceived the fourth Michael l.. Eds
ness, jr., engraved silver plate at
meeting of the Washington Phila-
telic Society, Hotel Grafton, Con-
necticut avenue NV, Wednesday
evening.
Harry B. Cation of Alexandria
made the speech of presentation,
outlined the debt of the philatelc
fraternity to the recipient. The
trophy then was delivered into Mr..
Dietz' hands by Mrs. Thomas c.
Gale, a sister of Mr. Eidsness.
Dr.. Ellis HaWorth, president OF
the society and chairman of the
meeting, explained that the plate is
provided by an anonymous friend
of the founder of the Philatelic
Agency, superintendent of the Di-
vision of Stamps from 1921 to 1888.
Previous awards. he told the audi
ence, were to Eugene Klein of Phila-
delphia, the late H M. Southgate
and Mr.. and Mrs Hugh NJ Clark of
New York.
Mr.. Dietz in his response discussed
the difficulties of his work in the
beginning. The task, he said. in
volved careful study of the whole
problem of communications during
the War Between the States.
Members of Mr.. Dietzs family
present at the meeting we're his
wife and his daughter, Miss Frieda.
editor of the Southern Literary
Messenger.
Others attending included: Mr..
and Mrs. Franklin A. Steinko, Mai
and Mrs. Harry Gantz, Herman
Bocorselski, DR.. Fenton Bradford,
David D, Caldwell, Morton O.
Cooper John R. Ewell, Theodore
E. Forbes. Alexander Halperson,
Joseph A. Herbert, Albert F. Kunze,
Dr.. F, L. Lewton, Mrs. Grace
Lowering MacKnight, Alvin r..
Meissner Miss Irene M. Pistorio,
B. Jean Raleigh, Dr.. M. G. Skinner,
Mrs. Julia Smith, Maury SwartZ, c..
H, Vaughan, William A. Verhas,
Philip SimmS Warren, Alden H.
Whitney and Mrs. Dorothy Wilson.
Also Mr.. EidsneSs' brother, Lars
M. EidSneSS; sisters, Mrs. Gerda
klucken and Mrs. Arthur Bergeson,
and niece, Miss Dorothy Bergeson.
Rollin E. Flower, president of the
American Philatelic Society, sent
a telegram of greeting and congratu-
lation to Mr.. Dietz, and the message
was read to the audience.
Miss Agnes Johnson, president of
the Fidelity Stamp Co, went to
Boston to meet the North Star.
returning from Little America. The
ship brought back to the United
States number of Snow Cruiser
covers which had been transported
over the ice to within 600 miles of
the South Pole.
Collectors interested in photog-
raphy are invited to visit the salon
of the Washington Camera Council
Of the Photographic Society of
America, 1741 K street NV.
The Emperor Halle Selassie re-
turned to Adds Abapa and the
throne of Ethiopia exactly five
years after his expulsion by the
Italians. Probably a new series of
stamps soon will appear in the
world market to publicize the come
back"
From the moment of its establish
ment, the government of Iraa was
affiliated with that Of the British
Empire-a fact attested by the
watermarks of stamps distributed
by the postal authorities at Baghdad
from 1923 onward But the mandate
terminated in 1882, the postal is
sues of 1884 were printed on un-
Watermarked paper and now an
other revolt in the desert" may
have brought to an end the friend
ship originally developed by the
mystic and legendary Lawrence of
Arabia. Once again certain little
scraps OF colored paper serve to il
lustrate the romance and the reality
of a turbulent but still fascinating
world.
A current German photoplay de-
plcts the life of DR.. Carl Peters, ex-
plorer and colonizer, portrayed on
one of the Reich commemorative
of 1934-Scott's No A-68.
Collectors of the stamps of Spain
may be interested to know that the
Spanish Library of Information,
2 East Thirty-fourth street. New
York City. is publishing a magazine
containing historical data in English.
How the Stamp Act of 1765 "aWoke
the English Colonies in America for
the first time to sense of national
unity" is told in Benjamin Frank
Inns Library, by Austin K. Gray,
published by the Macmillan Co.
New York.
The magnificent bronze Mercury
by Giovanni da Bologna. now in
stalled under the dome of the
National Gallery of Art. is familiar
work of genius to the philatelic
public, Reproductions of it may be
found on the stamps of Greece, 1901
tScotts ALL, A-12, Alb and those
OF Uruguay, 1921 (A-9O.
Mints of the United States are
making coins for the Netherlands
East Indies and French Indo-China
The Seventh American Philatelic
Congress will be held at the Statler
STAMPS AND COINS.