Evening star., 1946-01-20
By James Wald0 FatOceH

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By James Waldo Favceh
An editorial, favoring COM
memorative" for Buffalo Bill, IA
nous scout and Snowman, appeared
in The Star for Wednesday last.
Those who favor the idea should
write to Third Assistant Postmaster
General Joseph j. Lawler.
In a special dispatch from Pitts
burgh. dated January 5, the New
York Times said: "An assertion that
executors of the Roosevelt estate
were making a racket out of a
hobby was made today by j. Cline
McKenna, business executive and
amateur stamp collector.
HE protested to Senator Guffey
the auctioning Of stamp die proofs
from the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing which were part of the late
Presidents stamp collection which
is to be sold next month.
''Mr. McKenna contends that the
die proofs, appraised at $40 900, were
given to Mr.. Roosevelt with the
understanding that II the collection
were broken up, the proofs would be
put on exhibition. He added: There
is plenty of time to conduct an in
vestigation Of the justification Of
putting these proofs up for auction
with the rest of the collection. 7
do not believe they were given to
Mr.. Roosevelt with the idea of
furthering his own estate
James B. Sprague. president Of
the Philatelic Society of Pittsburgh,
asserted: 1T is true that the auction
will make more stamps available to
the public, but those die proofs were
given to Mr.. Roosevelt as an official
of the Government. They belong to
the Government and should be part
of the archives.
Gordon E. p Wright. another
amateur philatelist, said of the
auction: The auctioning of these
die proofs is against the ethics Of
the philatelic fraternity. People felt
at the time Of the printing of the
so-called Farley Follies" that there
were other items not cleared up in
the printing of stamps. This latest
disclosure confirms the feeling"
Lynne Crider, publicity agent for
the executors of President Roose-
velt's philatelic estate, turns out to
be Miss Lynne Crider. She will be
in Washington during the week Of
February 4, when, as announced in
The Star on Friday, portions of the
late Presidents collection will be
on display in the windows Of Wood
ward & Lothrop, Eleventh and F
streets NV.
| The scent Roosevelt stamp will
be released in Washington Wednes-
day, January 80. Postmaster Gen.
eral Robert E. Hannegan is to sell
the first sheet to President Truman
at the White House at noon.
| Collectors who have not obtained
supplies of the Scent Two Jima
(Marines) stamp are advised to act
without delay. 1t may be taken
from the philatelic agency list at
any moment. The same observation
applies to the scent San Francisco
Conference commemorative"
American Overseas Airlines has
announced the Inauguration Of
transatlantic service from New
York to Sweden and Denmark
FAM 24), beginning next month.
Collectors interested in obtaining
first-f1ight covers are advised to
communicate with Philatelic Di-
vision, American Airlines System.
100 East Forty-second street, New
York, at once
Mrs. Josephine S. Reeves of Provi-
dence, r. l., writes to Mrs. Edward
B. Martin, assistant to the phila-
| telic consultant at the Library Of
Congress: Il only hope others
have received as much genuine
happiness from stamp collect
ing as I have" The prize let
ter for the week. however, came
from Robert G. Miller. Chief Radio
man. u. S. N, Naval Hospital, San
Diego, Calf. and reads in part as
follows: II started collecting stamps
in. January. 1887. exactly nine years
ago. I had quite collection up to
December, 1941. When the war
began I was in Manila, P l.. and
when the Japs took Manila I lost
an almost complete collection of the
Philippines besides thousands of
stamps from u S. and many other
countries. In April. 1912, was cap
tured by the Japs and imprisoned
for 312 years in the Philippines and
Japan. I was liberated on Septem-
ber 5, 1945. 1t was heartbreaking
to lose all those stamps, and for a
while thought I would give UP my
hobby, but now that I am free again
my love for stamp collecting has
engulfed me and once again am
collecting all countries. My wife,
i whom I didn't see for almost five
! years, is not stamp collector but
she enjoys helping me work on my
| stamps. The above is all unneces-
sary as you just wanted name and
address. but I thought you might be
interested to know that here is one
man who just collects stamps for
| the fun of it with no thought of
profit or future value"
The New York American explains
that the body of the Duchess of Alba,
model for Goya's famous La Maja
Desnuda,' reproduced on several
stamps in Spain, is to be dug up to
settle. if possible. the question OF
how it happened that she died so
suddenly at 40 in 1902.
The Collectors Club of Washington
will meet at 1912 Ninth street, Tues.
day evening at 8.
The Washington Philatelic Society
will meet at the Sheraton Hotel.
Fifteenth and K streets NV, We'd
nesday evening at g. Mr.. McAntee
/ will exhibit and discuss stamps of
the Irish Free State.
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