Evening star., 1945-12-02

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flag" AS shown in the
drawing reproduced herewith, the
State flag blacks out" a portion Of
the national ensign. This, 1t is said,
represents defective taste" on the
part of the sponsor of the idea Of
the composition.
Washington lost the dean Of its
on Tuesday night when
Harry F. Dunkhorst, 70, died at
Doctors Hospital. The story of his
career as a stamp enthusiast, a
good neighbor, and above all, a dis
Christian gentleman was
told in The Star for Wednesday.
Among his philatelic friends at
tending funeral services at Con-
cordia Evangelical and Reformed
Church, Twentieth and G streets
NV, Friday afternoon, were: Mrs.
Catherine L. Manning. philatelic
curator of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton; Mrs. Edward B. Martin, as
sistant to the philatelic consultant
of the Library of Congress; DR.. T. S.
Palmer, former officer of the Bio
logical Survey; William A. Stuart,
president of the Collectors Club Of
Washington; Phillip Simms Warren,
treasurer and librarian of the WASH
ington Philatelic Society; H. Bocor-
selski, and william A. Verhas, Mr..
Dunkhorst's partner in the National
Stamp Mart. George B. Sloane,
appraiser of President Roosevelt's
philatelic estate, came from New
York to be one of the pallbearers.
The 1946 edition of SCOTS United
States Specialized Catalogue will be
published shortly. Hugh M. Clark.
editor, refers to it as the oath volume
in the series. The text runs to 525
pages and includes all divisions Of
native American philately.
Robert Bolton has designed print
ed cachets for first-voyage covers for
number Of new fast c. cargo
ships now being built for the United
States Lines. The names OF the
vessels thus far announced are:
American Merchant, American For
warder, American Importer, Amer
ican Shipper, American Clipper,
American Scout and American
Traveller. Similar covers also are
being prepared for seven C-3 ships.
Readers interested are invited to
communicate with the Seamen's
Church Institute Cover Agency. Is
South street, New York City.
John S. Sparks, jr., stamp editor
of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
writes: I'VE think the American
philatelic world has been sadly re-
miss in not attempting through con-
certed effort to prevent the sale OF
the stamp collection Of the late
Franklin D. Roosevelt"
Mr.. Roosevelt's United States and
Latin American material will be
auctioned on February 4 and 5. The
remainder of his philatelic property
is to be sold on April and 2. Moth
ing has been decided as yet as to
where the auction will be staged:
but, OF course, it will be in New
York rather than elsewhere.
Cuba is bringing out a stamp to
mark the 80th anniversary Of the
organization OF the Red Cross.
Stamps Magazine for December I
contains a standard chart of Army
post Office postmarks which will be
invaluable to collectors of war
covers.
Walter Scott, well-known phila-
telic auctioneer, has retired from
the practice of his profession and
will spend the winter at Sarasota,
Fla.
When the Rev. DR.. Frederick
Brown Harris, minister of Foundry
Methodist Church and chaplain Of
the United States Senate, refers TO
"the finest collection of stamps" he
ever saw, he means the late Lord
Stamp, better known as Sir Joseph
Stamp, British economist and
statesman, and his family. Unfor-
tunately, the group thus described
was broken when Lord Stamp him.
self, his wife and one of their
sons were killed in the bombing of
their home by the Germans in the
blitz of April, 1941.
Bernard Ackerman, Inc, New
York, has brought out a revised
edition of Thomas Young's Profit
in Postage Stamps" in which the
concluding paragraph reads: 1--WE
can expect the same rules that have
governed stamp investments in the
past four decades to continue to
govern them. AS long as a million
boys and girls start growing up each
year, the lure of the postage stamp
will be with us and the investor
will be safe"
The latest propaganda stamps Of
Romania are intended to testify to
friendship for Russia.
Cuba has brought out 1-cent tax
stamp to raise funds for the re-
tirement of superannuated postal
workers.
Finland on December 8 will release
stamp in compliment to Jan
Sibelius, famous national composer,
on his 80th birthday.
The stamp editor Of The Star
will speak on "Shakespeare's Use Of
Words Relating to Color" before the
Washington Shakespeare Society at
the National Museum, Constitution
avenue and Ninth street NV, Mon
day evening, December 10, at 8
O'Clock. Members of the Washing
ton Philatelic Society and the Baltl-
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