Evening star., 1943-05-09
Among the Stamp Collectors
News of the PhilQfelic World Interests PeobZe

'ests and People
enta, Columbian Exposition stamp
of Venezuela, SCOTS No. 11e, issued
in 1893.
The four new stamps Of Canada
carry the concealed date of 1943.
Denominations are: &c, deep car
mine; lac, dull green; 7c airmail,
deep blue, and tic airmal-special
delivery.
Herman Herst, jr., Of New York,
has purchased the entire stamp stock
of A. w. Dunning.
The Post Office Department is too
busy to participate, but the 25th
anniversary of the first United States
airmail will be celebrated by the
Civil Aeronautics Board, the East
ern Airlines. Inc, the American Air
Mail Society and other organiza-
tions, Saturday and Sunday. An ex-
hibition of stamps and covers has
been arranged at the National Air.
port.
Collectors interested In souvenirs
Of the occasion are invited to send
airmail letters to their friends and
themselves on May Is.
Readers who have difficulty ar
ranging for covers cacheted as car.
rying War bonds are invited to COM
municate with J. w. Hutchinson,
Air Transport Association, 1915
Massachusetts avenue NV, Execu-
tive 1929.
Spain announces set Of four new
commemorative for the 400th an
niversary of the birth of San Juan
de la Cruz.
Venezuela has brought out a B
stamp for airmail use. 1t repre-
sents the Simon Bolivar Monument
and is gray in color.
Complaints about V-mail are
growing in number and intensity.
Soldiers and home folks" say the
reduce text is hard to read, service
is slow, privacy is denied and the
whole practice of communication Is
"depersonalized.
The original authorization Of
funds for the airpost service passed
the Senate by margin Of only 8
votes.
Hollister A. McQuary. 1901 Twelfth
street NV, has in his possession
a cover showing a postal meter label
dated at Washington, D. c., Septem-
Der 26, 1852.
| A poster stamp to symbolic the
function of music in wartime has
been issued by the Music War Coun-
I'll of America, 20 East Jackson blvd,
Chicago, Ill.
/ Leon j. Bamberger. writing to Don
4 HouseWorth. editor of the Interna-
tlonal Stamp Review. st. Joseph,
Mo, announces: The motion pic
ture Industry will continue to take
the credit for the United Nations
stamp But the truth is that such
propaganda issues were requested of
the Post Office Department by
stamp collectors months before Mr..
Bamberger ever dreamed of ap-
proaching the Postmaster General
in behalf of his Hollywood idea.
( The William West collection Of
stamps and covers sold in New York
by Philip H. Ward, jr.. of Phila-
delphla brought a total Of 100000.
| Ecuador has paid pfilatelic hon.
age to Vice President Henry A. WAL
lace IN connection with his goodwill
visit to Quito April Is Three regu-
lar portage and three airmail stamps
OF the United States Constitution
series Of 1889 have been overpriated
with his name.
| The Golden Rule Foundation. $50
Lincoln Building. 60 East Forty
! second street, New York City. has
/ brought out series of u poster
stamps in celebra ton of the part
which mothers have played and are
/ PLAYING in the history of the world.
Included in the gallery Of famous
mothers pictured are Mary Ball
Washington, Nancy Hanks Lincoln.
| sara Delano Roosevelt, Harriet
| Beecher Stove, Susannah A. Wes-
ley, Leah Mendelssohn. Anna Whis-
| tier. Margaret Stevenson. Catherine
Booth and Wei-tseng Nyi Soone.
mother of Nine. Chiang-kai Shek.
| Ihe labels and an album in which
! TO mount them are available at 81.
with profits to educational purposes
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
| TUESDAY evening at 8-Collectors'
Club OF Washington and Washing
ton Alrnail Society. joint celebra-
ton OF the 25th anniversary of the
Inauguration of regular airmail sery-
ice IN the United States, Thomson
School, Twelfth and L streets NV.
program with guest speakers, exhi.
pltlon OF airpoSt stamps and GOV.
eTs and display of photographs of
early flights.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash.
lngton Philatelic Society. Lee shera-
ton Hotel, Fifteenth and L streets
NV Annual business meeting for
members only.
STAMPS AMI CnTNS