Evening star., 1941-11-30


issued two special stamps with Mo-
zarts portrait and two with the
old Prague city theater in which his
opera Don Giovanni" was produced
for the first time, October 90, 1887.
The announcement was sent from
Berlin. October 26.
Values shown are: 80 plus sob, 60
plus 60h for the theater designs and
120 plus 12Ok and $50 plus 2.5Ok
for the portrait designs"
L. NJ. (TexD Edmunds, Box 844,
Oklahoma City, Okla, is leading a
campaign to correct "desecration of
the American flag through misuse"
He advocates strict compliance with
the Flag Code of the United States.
Philateic friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alden H. Whitney gave them testi-
monial luncheon at the Hotel Har-
rlngtOn on Tuesday at noon. Those
attending included Mrs. Catherine
l.. Manning. Mrs. Grace Lowering
mcknight, Mrs. Dorothy r. Wilson,
Miss Irene M. PiStorio, Miss Claire
Hallard FaWCctt, David D. Caldwell,
Morton o. Cooper, Albert F. KunZe,
Philip Simms Warren, Deputy Third
Assistant Postmaster General Roy
NJ. North, Supt. of Stamps Robert
E. FellerS and Assistant Supt. of
Stamps Robert c. King.
Franklin R. Bruins, jr., stamp edl-
tor of the New York Sun, is acting
es publicity representative for the
American Philatelic Society as well
as regional director of the same.
Theodore SteinWay will be master
of ceremonies at banquet in honor
Of Harry l.. Lindquist. editor and
publisher of Stamps magazine. Hotel
Biltmore, New York, Friday eve
ming.
John Eisele, 1877 Glenbrook road
Bethesda, Md is a general collector
who, at 13 years of age, already
has seven years of experience with
stamps. His philatelic career began
when he was only 6.
An official release dated November
"a says: The ancient civilizations
of the Americas, developed in the
New World long before the coming
OF Columbus, are depicted in several
Of the Know the Americas poster
stamps issued by the Pan-American
Union, the international organiza-
ton of 81 American republics.
Though the culture of the Amer
icas is often considered as an out
growth of the Old World, the So
called New World is not very new.
For many centuries before the voy-
ages of the great explorers there
were flourishing civilizations in this
hemisphere, the influences of which
are present today Visitors to Peru,
Mexico, and other places in South
and Central America marvel at the
remains of ancient American life,
examples of advanced cultures.
Three Of the beautifully colored
poster stamps in the series of "a
Know the Americas stamps, vividly
portray the ancient civilizations of
the Americas. Accompanied by
descriptive album. these stamps may
be purchased at the rate of Is cents
| for single set or at 10 cents for
20 or more sets. The stamps have a
definite appeal for the poster stamp
| collector and, with the album which
contains pertinent information on
| the q American Republics, have a
real educational value"
When a once active stamp COL
lector died not long ago his widow
| turned over to dealer certain
philatelic property which she sup
posed was worth at least $780, Ac-
tually, however, her husband had
sold the more valuable portions of
his collection some years before his
death. What remained was inconse-
ouential. The dealer, however,
lacked the courage to disappoint the
bereaved widow of a man who had
been his friend and for whose men,
ory he entertained a grateful appre-
ciation. He could not afford the
generosity, but he quietly paid the
widow the sum she had expected
| and checked off the loss in his rec
| ords as commercial misadventure.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
This evening at 7si5-"Voice OF