Evening star., 1950-08-27

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events which will make Washing
ton the center of the stamp world
as it has not been on any other
occasion since the Postage Stamp
Centennial celebration in 1910.
The American Philatelic So
ciety will be in convention at the
Shoreham Hotel from Tuesday,
September 5, to Friday. Septem-
ber 8. with at least 800 members
in attendance. On the evening of
the opening day there will be a
reception by the Washington
Philatelic Society, host to the
convention. The first business
session is scheduled for Wednes-
day morning. During the after
noon of Thursday members and
friends will be conducted through
the stamp division of the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing, and
on Thursday evening the annual
APPS banquet will be held. At
o'clock Friday afternoon, ladies
attending the convention will be
received by Nine. Pandit, Am
bassador of India, at tea.
Supplementary events include:
Annual meeting and luncheon of
the Essay Proof Society, Tuesday,
September 6; Bureau Issues As
sociation dinner, Wednesday even
ing, September s; Organization
meeting, Western Express Unit,
APPS, Thursday afternoon, Sep
tember Z; Meeting of the s.
cent 1851-1857 Unit, APPS, Fri
day afternoon, and Confederate
Alliance banquet, Friday evening.
September 8.
Meanwhile, members of the
American Stamp Dealers Associa-
ton will have a convention of
their own, and there will be
bourse for the sale and exchange
of foreign and domestic stamps
and covers as well as several
auctions.
The public is invited to attend
all of these sessions except that
of the ASDA, and it also most
particularly will be welcome at
the first national convention of
the National Federation of Stamp
Clubs, Inc, opening with a re-
ception at the Shoreham on Fri
day evening, September at 9
o'clock and continuing all day
Saturday. September g, with nov-
city features never before ar
ranged for any philatelic assembly
in the United States.
Independent of all other activi-
ties will be the NAPEX exhibition
of $50 frames Of philatelic ma
terial OF distinction, free for in
spection by the public daily from
Wednesday morning, September 6,
at 10, to Saturday evening, Sep
tember 9, at 10. This show, hon.
oring the Sesquicentennial of the
District of Columbia, is being di-
rected by Svend Yort, under the
general Craftsmanship of Joseph A.
Herbert, jr.
The APPS Committee on Ar
rangements includes: James H.
Bower, David D. Caldwell, Admiral
George c. Dyer and Philip Simms
Warren.
NAPEX officers, besides Mr..
Herbert, are: Mr.. Bower, vice
chairman; Samuel M. Burgess II.
secretary; Stanley H. Wright,
treasurer; Mr.. Caldwell, Ellery
DeniSon, Maj. James T. De Voss,
G. C. Fisher and Grace Lowering
MacKnight. -4
Presiding over the APPS ses-
sions will be Wilbur F. Cannon,
president of the organization; and
presiding over the MISC ses-
sions will be Harry L. Lindquist,
president and founder.
The stamp editor of The Star
will be the speaker at the con-
vention banquet of the American
Amateur Press Association, Hotel
Willard, Saturday evening, Sep
tember 2. His subject will be:
This Word Amateur.
The Sixth Congress of the Postal
Union of the Americas and Spain
will meet in Madrid on October IL.
L'Offlciel de la Philatelie, organ
of the international Philatelic
Federation, Paris, refers to the s.
cent Casey Jones railroad engi-
neers' stamp as bearing the por-
trait of J. Casey. It also, more
accurately. calls this commemora-
tive a propaganda label.
Nathan N. Wallack, whose home
in Alexandria, famous as the La
fayette house." was pictured in
The Star rotogravure section on
Sunday. August 6, was a rare
book, manuscript and stamp COL
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