Evening star., 1942-03-15
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phatelc World Its Peope-Revew
the Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings.
Br James Waldo Fawcen

ter Winston Churchill while he wa!
guest at the White House las
Christmas we're sold at the regular
weekly meeting of the Collectors
Club of Washington Tuesday eve.
ming. A large crowd attended ano
bidding was spirited, The tota
amount realized for the American
Red Cross, the British War Relief
Society and other war charities was
S1s335
Stamps OF Italy now are beins
overprinted for use in that part OF
the Balkan peninsula which before
the First World War was known as
Montenegro.
Rumania has brought out series
OF three charity stamps to raise
funds for a sanitarium for govern
ment employees.
Collectors exhibiting in the cen
tennial' show at Gimbel's Depart
ment Store, New York City. March
80 to April 4, will include Franklin
r. Bruins. jr.: Ernest A. Kehr, Den
wood H. Kelly, jr; Harry L. Lind
quiSt. John A. Klemann, Kenneth
Woodward, Frank E. Lawrence and
Mrs. Edward G, Hagedorn.
Australia has another emergency
overprint-3l2d on Sd. King George
VI. blue
Of ho
for Stamp Exhibitions, Inc. have
decided to use their accumulated
funds - $4,000 - to buy Defense
bonds.
Whether or not there will be an
international philatelic exhibition
in celebration of the centenary of
the first United States adhesive
stamp in 1947 depends upon several
developments, not excluding those
of victory and peace.
The Washington Philatelic So
ciety beginning in April will meet
only twice month until further
notice.
Jack Brenner. president of the
Atlantic City Stamp Club. reports
that arrangements are complete for
AteX. 1912, Cotton Manor Hotel, Fri
day to Sunday, March 20 TO %. Bella
V. Scholtz, ST., is chairman of the
committee in charge.
Robert Mayer. a philatelic writer
whose articles have been printed
by several New York newspapers. is
residing at the Plaza Hotel while on
duty with the Federal Communi-
cations Commission
The Art Shop, Charlotte Amalie,
Is sponsoring commemorative
cachet for the 25th anniversary OF
American purchase of the Virgin Is
lands from Denmark in 1917. Col
lectors interested should order by
sirmail at once.
John H. Olsen. director. Rich
mond Memorial Hospital. Staten Is
land. N. Y. is urging the authori-
zation of a stamp in recognition of
tllC Sci WIGS VI IIlc HUI SIIlS
sion. Readers favoring the project
are invited to write him.
Specialists in the stamps of Greece
are organizing a Hellenic philatelic
club under the leadership of Eman-
uel Hatzakos, 1925 Ninety third
street, Jackson Heights, Long Island,
N. Y.
Harry Lindquist. writing in
Stamps Magazine for march IA,
pays homage to Mrs. Eveleen w.
Severn. late editor of Mekeel's
Weekly Stamp News, as familiar
figure" who will be sorely missed
In future philatelic affairs" Her
death, March 4. he says. lis a dis
tinct loss to the philatelic world
In general"
When the Japs are beaten. the
people of Korea should be permitted
TO revive the independent govern
ment which they maintained until
1905. That. of course. would mean
stamps. a consummation devoutly to
be wished.
Philip H Ward, jr.. of Philadel-
phia. writes: The new envelope
stamps have been approved and the
Postmaster General has informed
us that the program for their first
day distribution will be announced
very shortly"
Meanwhile, the Philatelic Agency
Is starving to death and nobody who
can do anything about it cares.
A series of stamps to advertise
the Tonanzintla Observatory will be
issued by Mexico shortly.
International reply coupons nc
longer are accepted by the posta
authorities of Australia.
What effect the Jap conquest OF
the Dutch East Indies will have or
the postal history and stamps OF
those unhappy islands remains q
matter of speculation. The imme-
diate result has been to quicken ano
enhance American interest ir
Netherlands colonial adhesives OF
all varieties-a sympathetic reaction
easily understood.
Mauritz Hallgreen. in "All About
Stamps" reports: There are some
80 to 40 collections in the United
States worth several hundred thou
sand dollars each, and five or six
STAMPS AND COINS.