Evening star., 1941-06-15
long THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phatelc World Its Interests and Peope-Revew
the Stamp Press-Ls of Local Meetings
Bp James Waldo Fawcen.

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Bp James Waldo Fawcen.
Washington National Airport
Gravelly Point. Va. will open a
one minute after midnight. Collec'
tors who desire cancellations anc
official cachet markings are advised
to deliver elf-addressed. stamped
envelopes into the hands of posta
clerks at the City Post Office. Mas
sachusetts avenue and North Capt.
tol street not later than O'Clock
this evening The postal station al
the new field will begin operation al
1901 am. Monday, June 16.
The tempest in a teapot created
by a Treasury Department attorney
who mistakenly ruled that it was
illegal to collect wine stamps has
ended in an official statement from
the Internal Revenue Bureau to the
effect that "the bureau is of the
opinion that internal revenue laws
neither expressly nor by implication
prohibit the traffic in stamps for
philatelic purposes after their pur-
chase from the Government.
An appeal in behalf of philatelic
honors for the late Daniel Carter
Beard. author, artist and Boy Scout
leader shortly will be filed with the
Post Office Department.
Meanwhile. the campaign for a
stamp in homage to the memory of
George Peabody. merchant. banker
and philanthropiSt, continues un-
abated.
A. E. Pade, Denver stamp dealer
SAYS: "A vast stamp-collecting
boom is spreading in Europe as a
reaction to wartime imitation, but
many spectators may end up pen
niless through ignorance of the
trade.
Stamps have an international
value. like jewelry. The collecting
novice, however. may unwittingly
sink his funds in worthless speci-
mems. Even for the veteran the
situation is confusion"
In Paris. according to Mr.. Pade,
thousands are trying to purchase
rare old and new stamps" There
also is IAN epidemic" of speculation
in Copenhagen.
Postmaster General Frank c.
Walker has announced that ar
rangements have been made to
have the first day sales of the re-
manning denominations of the new
series of airmsil postage stamps in
conjunction with the annual con-
ventions of the major philatelic
societies throughout the country
The 10c, purple, value will be re-
leased at the American Airmail
Society convention, Atlantic City
August IS.
Other designations are: 15c
brown, American Philatelic Society,
Baltimore, August l9; zoe, green
Society of Philatelic Americans.
Philadelphia, August 27: soc, blue,
Trans-M Mississippi Philatelic Society
Kansas City, Mo, and SOC, orange
World Wide Philatelic Association,
St. Louis, October %.
Mr.. Walker already had explained
that the first denomination of the
series-6c, crimson-is to go on sale
in Washington exclusively, Wednes-
day, June 25.
Mexico has released two parcel
post stamps showing a freight train
with steam locomotive proceeding
along a track The values and COL
ors are: 10c, carmine, and zoe,
purple.
Copies Of the Bible stamps of
Sweden have been received in the
United States. The design is based
on a 10Th century engraving by
j. G. Sandberg, Values and colors
ere: 15-ore, brown. and e0-ore, blue.
During July the philatelic exhi-
bition truck will visit Illinois and
Wisconsin.
Plate numbers have been an
nounced as follows: &c. airmail,
22752-22755; 10c, airmail, 22756-
22759; zoe, airmail 22760-22763; 15c,
airmail, 22764-22767.
Harry M. KonwiSer, writing in
Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News, says:
New York City's earliest post Office
was a rack in the old tavern which
stood at the head of Coenties Slip.
This was in 1912. The first regular
city post office was established in
1892 and in 1882 the post Office was
located on Broadway. opposite
Bowling Green. with Richard Nlchol
as postmaster.
Current stamps of France are
being overprinted with new values
indicating increases in postal rates.
Emil Bruechig. president of the
American Stamp Dealers ASsocia-
ton, writing in the American Maya
zine for July, discusses the treas
ure hunting aspect of philately.
MY business" he explains, is buy
Ing and selling stamps. During the
past 20 years I have attended most
of the worlds stamp auctions and
have Travelled in many foreign
countries in quest of these faScinat-
ing and often fabulous bits of paper.
But 1 know that the richest stamp
hunting ground on earth is right
here in the United States. I never
cease to marvel at the unsuspected
wealth, in the form of old stamps,
which is lying around American
homes and Offices, usually in attics
or cellars, in old trunks, desks,
bookcases or bureau drawers.
1T is astonishing how many
Americans still regard old letters
and stamps as worthless trash.
STAMPS AND COINS.
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