Evening star., 1951-04-08

ms daughter Marion will be in
Washington on May 8 and 8. They
will stay at the Willard Hotel.
Sylvester Colby, sos Fifth
avenue, New York City, announces
that he will sell at auction on
April Is and 26 the Harry r.
Corbin collection of covers, can
Icellations, patent envelopes, West
Ierns, corner cards, postmasters'
PROFESSIONALS. essays, proofs and
revenues. Illustrated catalogue
ready now.
| Washington City Post Office is
using special slogan cancellation
die reading: Strike Back at
Cancer: Give: American Cancer
Society"
A cachet is being prepared for
the 25th convention of the Circus
Fans of America, to be held in
washington, May II to 10. in
elusive.
This year is the 50Oth anniver-
sary Of the birth of CHRISTOPHER
Columbus. the discoverer, and
several countries of the New
World may mark the event by
bringing out appropriate COM
memorativeS. The postal author
tiles of Italy and Spain also
have new Columbus stamps under
consideration.
Critics of the design for the
Scent final reunion" stamps for
the United Confederate Veterans
slated for release at Norfolk, Va,
May 80, object to its resemblance
to the GAR stamp of 1949.
Elmer r. Long, 112 Market
street, Harrisburg, Pa, has pub
lished the 35th edition of his
Collectors Handbook, listing and
illustrating all United States
stamps. Copies available on re-
quest.
Austria is bringing out a 6O-gr
stamp in memory of Joseph Lam
ner. famous Viennese composer of
waltzes, born April IL, 1901. He
was a close associate sof Johann
Strauss and appears with him in
the well-known dance music mon
ument in the City Hall Park in
Vienna. Dying of typhus when
only 10 years old, April IA, 1843.
he was buried by Johann Strauss
side. The new stamp shows a
full-face portrait and was de-
signed by Prof. Wilhelm Dachauer
and engraved by Prof. Ferdinand
Lorber. It's color will be blue.
Emil Weitz, who assembled the
Century of Jewish History in
Stamps exhibition, will attend
the opening of the display at the
Washington Hebrew Congregation.
822 Eighth street NV, Friday
evening following a religious serv-
ice at 8:15. The material he has
brought together fills IA frames
and undoubtedly represents the
largest collection of it's kind in the
world. Exhibition hours have
been announced as 10:30 am. to
$50 pm, Saturdays and Sum-
days, and 9:30 am. to 4::30 pm,
Mondays to Fridays, inclusive, un-
til further notice.
The Capital Precancel Club will
meet at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rolston Lyon, 217 Rittenhouse
street NV, tomorrow evening
at 8.
The Reporter magazine for April
3 contains an interesting but
somewhat romantic article on
'The Stranger Who Swindled the
Swiss" by Theodore Draper.
The Collectors Shop, II Broad
way, New Haven, Conn, has is
sued a catalogue for it's Tooth
auction sale of foreign and do
mestic stamps and covers, April
20. Copies on request.
Six albums from the collection
of former King Carol of Romania
were sold by Harmer, Rookie & Co..
New York, recently, and brought
more than $35, 1000.
Alan F. Rundquist, 1406 Sum-
INIT avenue, Alexandria, Va, now
lis a member Of the Society of
Philatelic Americans. His election
to the organization is reported in
the March issue Of the S. P. A.
journal,
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