Evening star., 1948-04-25
World Of Stamps
By james WoIdo Foweett

wishing to join may communicate
with Virginia L. Brown, secretary,
2i5 Avenue +, District Heights,
Washington 10.
A special cachet will be applied
to covers stamped, self-addressed,
stuffed ready to go) sent to the Ses-
quicentennial Desk, Once Of Public
Relations, Navy Department, in ad-
vance of April 80. The Post Once
Department also has prepared
special cancellation die for use on
mail that day in recognition Of the
150th anniversary Of the establish
ment of the Navy Department.
The marriage of Lieut.. Alvin W.
Hall, jr., U. s. NJ, son Of the Direc-
tor of the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing and Mrs. Hall, and Dorothy
Anita Moye at Dallas, Texas, April
II, has been announced by Miss
Moyes mother, Mrs. Heber Page.
Harris samonisky, former city
editor and stamp editor Of the Will
mington, DEL, Journal-Every Eve
ming, now Is associated with the
Tampa, Fla, Newspaper News and
Radio Digest.
Major and Mrs. James r. Devoss,
1100 North Kentucky. Arlington,
Va, announce the arrival Of a new
commemorative" Robert Neal,
weight ~ pounds. Walter Reed
Hospital. April 10, 9:55 an.
The Aero Philatelic Exchange, S05
@ street NV, announces an auction
Of United States stamps and airpost
covers, Saturday at 2 pm. Cata-
logues on application.
n. Clay Musser OF State College,
Pa, will be guest of honor and
principal speaker at q meeting of
the Washington Philatelic Society,
YWCA. Seventeenth and K streets
NV, Wednesday evening at 8. Pub
lie invited.
New members of the Pentagon
Philatelic Society are: Comdr. w.
v. Combs, First 1t. Henry w. Lille
dahl, Master sergt. William Lang,
Charles Z. Nicklas, jr., Carl B. Wolf,
Charles w. Talley, James L. Brog-
don and Mrs. Velma g. Hall.
The Post Once Department an
nounced Monday that the Cipex
sheet, reproducing the scent and
the 10-cent stamps Of 1847, will be
on sale at 50 different post Offices
outside Washington "for limited
period" Specimens may be pur-
chased Csc each) at Atlanta, Balti-
more, Boston. Brooklyn, Buffalo,
Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Co.
lumbus, Dallas, Dayton, Houston,
Indianapolis, Kansas City, Los An
geles. Louisville, Memphis, Miami,
Milwaukee. Minneapolis, Newark,
New York, Oakland, Omaha. Phila-
delphia. Pittsburgh, Portland, Oreg,
Rochester, st. Louis, Saint Paul, San
Diego, San Francisco, Scranton,
Seattle and Honolulu.
Collectors OF stamps relating to the
fishing industry may write to Sec
retary Of the Interior j. A. Krug for
copies of his speech at the dedica-
ton of the Albatross III at Fish Pier,
Boston, March 10.
The Princeton University Press
has published history of the Brit
ish Post Once from the reign Of
Henry VII to that of George VI,
written by Howard Robinson, 1t is
worth remembering in this connec-
ton that before 1888 the postal serv-
ice OF the United States was part
Of the British system.
Since 1947 stamps Of Austria, Ice
land, Turkey, Persia. Bulgaria and
Liechtenstein have been manufac-
tured in Vienna. The new Gandhi
commemorative of India also are
being produced there.
! Specialists in the stamps and
covers Of Austria are invited to af-
J flliate with the newly organized
Austria Philatelic Society of which
Joseph F. Bush. 81 West 74th street.
New York %, N. Y, is secretary.
An editorial on Stamp and Coin
Resolutions" was printed in The Star
on Tuesday last.
The Capital Precancel Club will
meet at Weeks Stamp Shop, 1929
New York avenue NV, tomorrow
evening at 8. Visitors are requested
to introduce themselves to George
w. Hawse, secretary.
STAMPS AND COINS.