Evening star., 1955-01-30
Red Cross Stamp Serves
To Renew Artists S Fome
By jones WoIdo Fowcett

Coolidge and Hoover admins
trations. founder Of the Ma
tional Gallery Of Art and CO.
founder of the Mellon Institute
Of Industrial Research. was
born in Pittsburgh. Pa. March
"a, 1855, and plans for an ap-
propriate celebration Of his
centennial anniversary logi-
cally may include the is
suance Of q commemorative
in line with the recent George
Eastman stamp.
The Post Once Department
publicity bureau credits Charles
r. Pickering with designing
the Scent Rotary Interna-
tional stamp, to be released at
Chicago February %. Its Wig
nette was engraved by Rich
ard M. Bower and the letter
ing and numerals by George L.
Huber.
William K. Schrage is the
designer Of the Scent Land
Grant Colleges stamp, sched-
uled to go on f1rst-day sale at
East Lansing, Mich, February
IL. The engraving was done
by Arthur w. Dintaman and
Robert j. Jones.
Special slogan cancellation
dies have been announced for
Middleton, Pa, Morrison, H.,
and New London, Conn.
The members of the North
ern Virginia Stamp Club are
collecting stamps for distrihu-
ton to patients in local hos
pitals. Readers with dupli-
Gates or surplus specimens to
contribute are asked to COM
municate with Comdr. Jay F.
Carpenter, USNR. $500 Elev-
enth street North, Arling-
ton, Va.
Notable gifts to the Smith
sonian Institution stamp divi-
sion are those of Ernest Low
enstein of New York, who gave
Honduras air mails valued at
more than $4,000, and John
p. v. Heinmuller, president Of
the American Air Mail Society,
who gave q United States COL
lection appraised in excess Of
$4,000.
The new Coliseum Building,
Columbus Circle, New York,
will be- the scene Of great
international stamp exhibition
at its opening on March !,
1856.
Harry L. Lindquist, president
of the National Federation Of
Stamp Clubs, will be In Wash
ington Tuesday and will be
glad to hear from friends at
the Raleigh Hotel.
Claude K. Heydrick, 12065
Claridge road. Silver Spring.
Md, on January S mailed a
postcard to his father Col. o.
A. Heydrick, 1907 Brevard
place, Camden, s. C. The card
reached its destination via Los
Angeles, Calf, where 1t was
postmarked January 10. 1t
never did receive any marking
in Silver Spring. and the Silver
Spring post Office staff have no
theory or explanation Of its
transcontinental detour.
The Collectors Club of
Washington will be host to
the Associated Stamp Clubs Of
the Chesapeake Area winter
meeting at 419 Seventh street
NV, this afternoon from 2
to 6. Members of all affiliated
groups are invited to attend.
Visitors also will be welcome
at the regular meeting of the
Collectors Club at the same
address Wednesday evening at
8, when an auction of foreign
and domestic stamps and COW
ers will be staged.
Moe Luff, 1857 Hoe avenue.
New York so, N. Y, reports
that l78 different United
States slogan cancellation dies
were authorized in 1854, ap-
proximately so more than in
1858.
Liberia has brought out
sports series illustrating ten
mis-. swimming. baseball. soccer.
boxing, running.
Alfred H. Caspary, n. IA
nous collector of rare United
States stamps and beautiful
ceramics, died at his home in
New York City January Z.
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