Evening star., 1951-03-25

stamps, seals and related mate
rial, representing the highlights
of Jewish experience during the
past hundred years. The entire
collection was brought together by
Emil Weitz, a skilled philatelistI
and student of history. One of
its features is a showing of
stamps bearing the Star of David
on the postal paper of 10 differ
ent countries. Jewish National
Fund labels also will be exhibited.
Specimens of Jewish money from
the ghettos of Europe and of
the insignia required to be worn
by Jewish men, women and chill
dren under certain relationships
are likewise to be available. Many
leading philatelists are expected
to attend the opening. The gen.
eral public is invited to inspect
the show on the opening night or
weekdays from $50 to 4:30:
Saturdays, $50 to IL; Sundays,
/ to $50. from April IA until
April %.
Harry L. Lindquiet, writing inl
Stamps Magazine for March "a,
says the. four commemorative
stamps announced by the Post
Office Department for 1851 are
not enough to maintain the
United States "in its position of
top philatelic popularity" -~ He
advocates 10 or II new issues
year, including some in which the
truth about the aims and pur-
poses of the United States would
be dramatized against imperial
istic communism. Post office Of
f1cers, he suggests, are not re-
sponsible for the abbreviated pro-
gram approved by Postmaster
General Jesse M. Donaldson. The
indifference is higher up, perhaps
among officials in our Government
who do not realize the Importance
Of collecting, nor the consequences
that will result from such a dearth
of new issues" Mr.. Lindquisti
urges collectors to write to the
Post Office Department in behalf
of more nearly adequate pro-
gram of interesting commemora-
tives.
Washington stamp collectors of
all grades and ages are invited to
visit Allentown, Pa. for the 9th
annual exhibition of the Allen
town Philatelic Society at the
Hotel 1raylor, April l3 to Is, in
elusive. A feature of the affair
will be a banquet on Saturday
evening, April IA. Foreign and
domestic material is to be shown
in more than 200 frames. There
will be bourse. Send 28c in
wrapped coins for official eXhibi-
ton cover and seal, addressing re- |
quest to Secretary, 323 North
Twenty-second street, Allentown
Many Of the beautiful paintings
executed by the French artist Jean
Despujols in Indochina and eX-
hibited in the National Museum
last year are reproduced in full
colo. in the National Geographic
Magazine for April, available at
the N. G. S. headquarters, Six
teenth and M streets, Northwest, !
at so cents copy. The same issue
includes valuable text and illustra-
tions on Puerto Rico. Alaska, Yo-
semitic National Park and Seville,
Spain. Collectors of philatelic
items relating to these areas take
notice.
Specialists in the stamps of
Egypt will be interested in an il
lustrated brochure by George
Steindorff entitled "a Royal Head
from Ancient Egypt" published by
the Freer Gallery of Art.
The stamp collection of Francis
Cardinal Spellman is being dis
played as part of the finest eShi-
bition of stamps ever held in
Montreal under the auspices of
the Union Philatelique.
Canada soon will issue stamps
showing the portraits of Prime
Ministers Robert Borden and
w. L. Mackenzie King.
Many stamp collectors attended
the opening of the new Kress
division of the National Gallery
last Sunday. Among those pres
ent at the reception the previous
evening were: DR.. Emil Ferdinand,
DR.. Ferdinand Stibi. Gerard Ten
Eyck Beeckman, Mrs. Edward B.
Martin and Mary Heppner.
The National Philatelic Muse
um, Philadelphia, is preparing an
exhibition solely of stamps por-
traying Benjamin Franklin, royal
postmaster general, printer, pub
Usher, philosopher, inventor,
statesman, diplomat.
Iran has produced two CONNIE
moratives-50 dinar, pink; ESQ
rials, blue-for the 100Oth ami
versary of the death of the philo-
sopher Farabi. honored SIMILARLY
by Turkey a few weeks ago.
According to the annual report
of Pitney-B -Bowes, Inc. manufac-
turers of metered mail machines
the volume of metered mail in 1880
reached $3.50 millions in POSTAGE
revenue to the Government and
accounted for 80 per cent of all
postage paid on United States
STAMPS AND COINS.
INDONESIA COLLECTION OF 39 BT-
COLORED beauties including American
Presidents. Planes, Maps and other
scarce items. PLUS Bahawalpur UPU.
Complete set Of $: All for sl:OO. With
Approvals. STAMPEX. I16 Nassau ST..
N Y c.