Evening star., 1945-05-06
Stamps
By James Waldo Fawceff.

lectorS OF the Metropolitan Area OF
Washington, nearby Maryland and
Virginia this week will turn to
Cathedral, Mount st.
Alban, Massachusetts and Wiscon-
sin avenues NV, where a compre-
display of philatelic mate
rial will be one Of the principal fea-
lures of the spring festival, opening
Thursday morning and continuing
daily until Sunday evening.
Rare and beautiful postal issues
relating to religion, philosophy, art,
architecture, music, literature, edu-
cation and many other aspects of
democratic Christian civilization are
to be shown in the crypt OF the
Cathedral proper and elsewhere
within the close.
Among the well-known philatelists
whose treasures will be exhibited
are: Harry L. Lindquist, president
of the National Federation Of Stamp
Collectors and editor and publisher
of Stamps magazine; Col. Hans
donor of the Lagerloef-
Barry Trophy for philatenc Journal
ism; Hugh M. Clark, editor of the
Scott series Of stamp albums and
catalogues; Theodore E. Steinway,
veteran topflight collector specialize
ing in material illustrating the his
tory Of music; Philip H. Ward, jr.,
Washington correspondent for
Mekeel's Weekly; Mrs. Catherine L.
Manning, philatelic curator of the
Smithsonian Institution; David D.
Caldwell, chairman of the Postage
Stamp Centenary Committee;
Charles H. Vaughan, president OF
the Collectors Club of Washington;
Mrs. Grace Lowering MacKnight,
secretary of the Washington Phil
latelic Society; DR.. Ellis Haworth,
head of the science department,
Wilson Teachers College; Miss Irene
M. Pistorio. Geological Survey, and
the stamp editor of The Star.
During all four days of the festival
a Cathedral branch post Office will
be operated in the curator's building
on the west side of the grounds.
Mrs. Edward B. Martin and a COM
mittee of friends are to be in
charge Among the material which
they will offer for sale for the benefit
Of the Cathedral will be religious
and patriotic poster labels of many
different varieties, including multi
colored adhesives representing
cathedrals, incidents in the life OF
the Savior. events in the develop
ment of religion and religious in
stitutions, portraits of celebrated
theologians and missionaries, etc.
Special covers, showing the outline
Of the Cathedral edifice as sketched
by Philip H. Frohman, Cathedral
architect, will be available in limited
quantities at the festival post
Office" during the four days. En-
velopes for Thursday are printed
in black, Friday blue, Saturday
green, Sunday purple.
Collectors likewise will find in
the curator's building a Pitney-
Bowes "Mailomat'' installation in
full operation, each impression Of
the coin-controlled postal machine
showing die made for the oc-
casion with the Jerusalem Cross,
copied from the front of the Cathe-
dral altar, in red for the first three
days and purple for the fourth.
The Right Rev. Angus Dun, Bishop
of Washington, will mail the first
official cover through the "Mailo-
mat at 9 O'Clock Thursday morning.
1t will be addressed to President
Truman. Other festival envelopes
will 60 to the Roosevelt Library at
Hyde Park, N. Y; former President
Herbert Hoover, King George VI,
the Archbishop of Canterbury, the
Archbishop of York, the Right Rev.
Henry st. George Tucker, presiding
bishop of the Episcopal Church in
the United States; Gen. George C..
Marshall, Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover, Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
Admiral Ernest j. King. Admiral
Chester w. Nimitz and other dis
tinguished persons.
The coin collectors of Washing
ton also are participating in the
festival DR.. Theodore T. Belote,
numismatic curator of the Smith
sonian. has prepared a display of
photographs of coins and medals
showing cathedrals and religious
symbols. Edward L. Weikert, jr. and
Shirley Leachman will exhibit speci-
mems in gold, silver and copper.
Opening at o'clock each morn.
ing, the festival displays and serv-
ices. concerts, lectures and other
program features will continue until
late in the evening each day. See
news stories elsewhere in The Star.
late in the evening each day. The
public is invited to attend. No
tickets Of admission are required.
See news stories elsewhere in The
Star.
An announcement probably will
be made tomorrow concerning au-
thorization of the Marines Two Jima
f1ag-raising stamp, already long
delayed, and similar stamps honor
ing the Army, the Navy, the Coast
Guard and the Merchant Marine:
also three or possibly four stamps in
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Franklin D. Roosevelt-the designs
to show an engraved portrait based
on photograph, the White House,
the Warm Springs Foundation and
Hyde Park, N. Y.
Third Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral Ramsey S. Black left Washing
ton yesterday to become State treas
urer of Pennsylvania He will be
succeeded by Joseph Lawler, also a
Pennsylvania, educated at Catholic
University here and well acquainted
in Washington.
A bourse featuring foreign and
domestic stamps and covers will be
conducted by the Collectors Club of
Washington at the knights of Pyth-
las Temple, 1912 Ninth street NV.
Public invited.
The Washington Philatelic Society
Will have its annual meeting and
election Of officers at the Lee Sher-
atom Hotel, Fifteenth and l. streets
NV, Wednesday evening at 8.
STAMPS Ann c0YNs