Evening star., 1941-04-20

teacher and curator of ornithology
residing in Los Angeles. has been
appointed editor of Weekly Phila-
telic Gossip, Holton. Kans.
Sir William Mulock. father Of the
Canadian postal service" has been
asked to lead a movement looking
toward the granting of Dominion
philatelic honors to the late Sir
Frederick Banting, co-discoverer Of
insulin, recently killed in service.
A report from Toronto indicates
that many prominent collectors have
indorsed the plan to pay homage to
a national hero, who was at once a
distinguished physician, a painter
and philatelist.
The Cathedral District Boy Scouts
will present merit badge exhibition
at the Eldbrooke Methodist Church,
River road and Wisconsin avenue
NV, Friday and Saturday. Stamps
and covers will be featured in the
show and the public is invited to
view the material on display.
According to Hamilton A. Hooper,
philatelic editor of the Baltimore
Sun, Latvia and Lithuania. though
no longer independent, still issue
their own stamps.
The Parke-B -Bernet Galleries, Inc,
30 East Fifty-seventh street, New
York City, has published a catalogue
of the Edward S. Knapp collection
of philatelic Americana running to
1863 pages. of text and illustrations.
Announced to be sold at auction
May to TO- the material listed
includes stampless covers, gold rush
letters, early Hawaiian letters.
carrier and local stamps and United
States stamps from 1647 to 1861.
The Philatelc Research Laboratories
staff did the research and editorial
work for the brochure and ]. w.
Stowell of fredericksburg, Md, the
printing.
Constituent societies Of the Ma
tional Federation of Stamp Clubs
have voted in favor of flag can
collation. dies for postal uses during
the prevailing emergency.
Tech. Sergt. Charles w. Inglee. U.
S. NJ. c., Marine Barracks, is writing
a Washington news department for
the Universal Ship Cancellation So
The Woodbridge Stamp Club, 22Os
Rhode Island avenue NE, is cir
culating copies of a resolution
favoring cooperation in behalf of
the philatelic division of the Library
of Congress.
Harry B. Mason, long incapaci-
tated by broken shoulder, is back
in his Office, 918 F street NV, and
prepared to welcome friends old
and new.
August Dietz, sr., of Richmond.
winner Of the fourth Michael L.
Eidsness. jr., silver plate, corrects
last Sundays story in two particu-
lars-his father was not stamp
collector, and it was his son. August
Dietz, jr., who is a philatelist, and
daughter. Miss Frieda Meredith
Dietz, who have revived the South
ern Literary Messenger.
Harold Stanley and Miss Edith
Stowell won honorable mention for
this participation in the Pan-Amer-
ican Union stamp exhibition which
closed last evening.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at 8-Wash-
ington Air Mail Society. Thomson
School, Twelfth street NV. Pro-
gram arranged by William NJ.
Stuart, president. A motion picture
film on The Land of the Incas"
will be shown.
Tuesday evening at S-Collectors
Club Of Washington, Thomson
School. Quiz program under the
management of Alden H Whitney;
exhibition and bourse.
Wednesday evening at 6-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, Hotel 24O0
Sixteenth street NV. Auction Of
foreign and domestic stamps and
covers in charge of Morton o.
CnoDer