Evening star., 1942-08-30
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News OF the Phaec World Its Interests and PeopeReview
the Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings.
By James Waldo Fa,pcen


lectors' Club of Washington and ont
OF the principal sponsors of the an
nual Silver Spring Hobby Show. died
on thursday. He had brought TO-
eether an exceptionally fine and
complete collection of foreign covers
ana was an active constructive force
IN phlatelic circles in the Nations
Capital and vicinity. His widow. Mrs
Myra H. Reichgut: daughter. Carol
Ann; sister, Mrs. Esther Kron-
man, and two brothers, Joseph and
sylvan Reichgut, survive.
The names of Mrs. Eveleen w
severn, late editor and president OF
Mekeels Weekly Stamp News; Wal
Ter j. Conrath, late editor of the
Arpost Journal, and Hamilton Bar
mum, former Secretary of the Gar
held-Perry Stamp Club of Cleve-
land, have been added to the hall
OF fame OF the American Philatelic
Society.
Recognition for the best club
bulletin published during the year
has been accorded to the Bingham
ton Philatelic Society in the form of
g. plaque donated by the Washing
ton Philatelic Society at the in
stance of Philip Sirnms Warren.
Richard Mop. Cabeen is round
ing out his 10th year as stamp editor
OF the Chicago Tribune, Septem-
Der 6.
The biennial John N. Luf
awards scheduled to be given this
year nave been postponed because
OF a disagreement among the judges.
-Four dies were used in the manu-
tacture of the Columbia Exposition
stamped envelopes of 1898. j. Muir
ray BartelS lists them as follows
A, with period after cents" merid-
ian back Of head; B, period but no
meridian; c, meridian but no pc
Rod; D, neither period nor merid-
ian.
Dies A, B and C are found on l.
cent envelopes; A. B, G and D, q
cent, A, B, and c, scent; c, To-
cent.
According to an article by F. D.
Long Of the British Voluntary Hos
pitals' News Service, printed in
Stamps Magazine for August 80, all
the various campaigns to collect
stamps for Queens Hospital, Lon
don, trace back to Charles H Bes-
sell, secretary of that institution
Mr.. Long specifically denies that
the stamps contributed are processed
for their dyes. What happens to
the stamps after they leave the hos
pital premises" he somewhat naively
declares, lis a matter for the dealers
alone. Actually they are
sold to individual stamp collectors
In the normal way"
Readers of The Star again are ad-
vised to have nothing to do with the
scheme. Persons wishing to give
stamps to charities can accomplish
their purposes much more effective
~ by contributing to institutions
and organizations much nearer home
and much less surrounded by con-
fusion.
Bulgaria has a new 10 L. blue,
stamp showing portrait of King
Boris.
The postal authorities of Great
Britain could do worse than issue a
memorial stamp for the Duke of
Kent. the only member of the royal
family to die for his country in many
generations.
Many counterfeits of early phila-
telic classics were manufactured by
8. Allan Taylor of Boston, arrested
In that city November 81, 1890, for
being engaged in a scheme to de-
fraud"
The first portion Of the stamp col
lection of Col. E. H. r. Green will
be sold by Hugh C. Barr, Inc, 80
Park Row, New York City, Septem-
Der 1926, inclusive
F. Walter Pollock is the author of
An illustrated article on the college
stamps of Canada, published in
Stamps Magazine for August %.
The philatelic public cannot be
expected to look with favor upon
any system of communication which
does not include the use of adhesive
postage stamps, but collectors are
entitled to know what is being done
about microfilm mail and the follow
Ing official statement therefore is re-
produced in this place:
I'm June of 1912 there was in
augurated a new type of mail serv.
ice known as V-mail, which has
priority over all other classes o1
personal mail.
This new postal service facility
provides the most expeditions pos
sible dispatch In handling of letters
to and from our armed forces over
seas.
Through use of V-mail, or pho.
tographic copies made on microfilm
where apparatus for this is avail.
able, tremendous saving of cargo
space is afforded, as well as giving
faster transmission of mail.
For example, 10000 ordinar,
one-sheet letters weigh 2,575 pounds
and require the space and use of 81
mail sacks, whereas 10000 V-Mai
letters weigh only 1900 pounds anc
require the space and use of but 2.
SACKS, giving net saving of 1,07'
pounds and the space required TO
is additional mail sacks.
Where microfilm facilities ar,
available, far greater saving is ef.
fected, as 100000 V-mail letters tina
have been filmed weigh only 4.
pounds and occupy the space of onl,
one sack of mail.
''V-Mail may be sent to it's des
tlnation by fast surface vessel
plane, ferry or a combination O
both, making for speedier delivery
Use OF V-mail affords more fire.
STAMPS AND COINS.
NATIONAL STAMP Mart
1917 s.. NV. Rm. all. Dist. s2I
BREAKING UP COLLECTION