Stamp collecting programs and related philatelic items offered
Program chairs for philatelic and non philatelic groups highlight colored slide shows from the American Topical Society with scripts for 44 programs. Topics include Americana Animals Astronomy Birds Drugs and Pharmacy Easter Elephants Fine Arts Flags Flowers Geology Horses Insects and Butterflies Lincoln Lions International Maps Masonry Medical History Medical Subjects Red Cross Music National Parks Nurses Nutrition Olympic Games Plants and Fruits Protestant Reformation Railroads Religion Rotary International Stamps on Stamps Space Sports Stamps of the World United Nations Stamps and Old Glory. Also four Lunar Voyage Cadets space cadet sets with moon module and phosphorescent moon, price $3 or $1 single cover. Stamp clubs meet monthly in Ohio and open to collectors. Details via Box 45042 Westlake Ohio 44145. A March Interpex sale features a printing error on Landing of the Pilgrim stamp and a Disney with missing color. West Germany to issue 30 stamps January 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Lions International
Red Cross
Rotary International
St. Benedict
United Nations
World Organization
Evelyn A. Ramlow
ATA
W. Rogers Drive
New Berlin
Wis
German Reich Centenary Stamps Plan France Ballon Post Stamp
By Bob Frederick the piece notes Berlin observes the 100th anniversary of the German Reich. The stamp design centers on the German Eagle with red yellow and black. France issues a 0.95fr stamp January 18 for the Ballon Post of 1870 71 during the Siege of Paris and a week later adds a Fine Arts brown stamp depicting a Cathedral at Strasbourg sculpture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
France
Ballon
Paris
Lft
Fine Arts
Strasbourg
Anniversary stamps and first day covers offer North America focus
The note lists multiple anniversaries and events for stamp issues including 450th Founding of San Juan and 150th Missouri Statehood, plus World Food Programme and United Nations items. It warns Canada and UN first day cover services charge 5 cents and to exclude mint stamp orders with first day cover requests.
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North America
Las Vegas
Dougal MacArthur
Norfolk
White House
Missouri
America
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Canada
United Nations
Canada Post Office
Ottawa 2
Ontario
United Nations Postal Administration
New York
N.Y
New Year Resolutions for Better Photography
The start of a new year inspires direction for photographers. Hobbyists often believe a pricier or newer camera improves their work, but a camera only captures a image and does not create it. Focus on composition and technique to improve results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Goldsmith
Famous Photographers School
Westport
Conn
Famous Photographers Magazine
Goldsmith
Ben Shahn
Farm Security Administration
Shahn
Antique chair dates to mid nineteenth century in New York area
Reader asks about a light maple slat back chair with peg joints and short rockers. Answer places its construction mid 1800s and suggests rockers may have been added later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Upper
Pennsylvania
J.H
Melanie Records Cult Grows Around a Minstrel Child
A lonely minstrel named Melanie captivates Carnegie Hall audiences as a following of devoted youths surrounds her with gifts and candles. The Associated Press profile describes her stage presence and the emotional core driving the adoring crowd.
Bottle Imp science trick and Melanie Safka profile
A small paper ball can be blown into and out of a bottle using air pressure. The piece also covers Melanie Safka’s rise from New York to Woodstock stardom, her early life in Long Branch and Red Bank, and her music career including Broadway love and a new film score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science
Gen. Fen. Corp
Woodstock
She
Melanie Safka
New York
Long Branch
N.J
Long Branch High School
Melanie
Polly Satka
California
Red Bank
American Academy of Dramatic Art
Greenwich Village
Peter Schekeryk
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American Topical Society
Lunar Voyage
Shepard
Roosa
Mitchell
Robert G. Rank
41St St
Union City
Elyria
City-Lor Stamp Club
Southwestern Savings & Loan Co
Lorain Road
North Olmsted
Citizens Federal Savings & Loan
Oviatt Road
Bay Village
Westlake
Ohio
Black River Stamp Club
Elyria Savings and Trust Co
Lowell Street
Jacques C. Schiff
Interpex
Disney
Jacques C. Schiff Jr., Inc
West Germany
By Bob Frederick
United States
U.S
Universal Postal Union
World Food Programme
United Nations International School
Emily Carr
Sir Ernest Rutherford
Louis Joseph Pap
Samuel Hearne
Coppermine River
CBA International
British Columbia
Paul Kane
Pierre Laporte
Irving Desfor
By Dorothy Hammond
H.A
Libbey Glass Co
Toledo
James Dixon & Sons
Sheffield
H.P
England
Joan Pikula
Associated Press
Carnegie Hall
By Bob Brown
Europe
Buddah Records
Broadway
Peter
Lincroft
RPM
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