The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-17

The end Of the war does not bring to close the most fascinating chap ter of the history of philately, which began when Great Britain first issued a stamped envelope in 1S40. The pe- riod of reconstruction certainly will bring forth new franking labels which will be classed as war stamps, for the reason that but for the war they never would have appeared.
 1 The new stamps of the days of the . armistice and of the worlds renova | ton will be issued for numerous req sons. French troops have occupied !. parts of Austria and Hungary and 1 Germany; American and British and ! Belgian forces have entered Germany, Italian soldiers have gone into terrain formerly claimed by Austria. It will surprise philately if new stamps do
 not come forth to signify these phases
 of occupation.
 Meanwhile, various states which
 formed the German empire have de-
 clared themselves republics, and the
 old stamps of monarchica1 days are
 likely to be retired and new ones is-
 sued. Germany will undoubtedly with
 draw the stamps upon which the mil itaristic figure of "Germanta" has
 been the central design for many years and displace them with designs significant of the political changes. The abdication of Emperor Charles of | Austria will result in the retirement l of the Austrian stamps which bear | his portrait.
 Those Ukrainian and Polish gov- l ernments which were established un- | der German tutelage issued stamps | which are certain to disappear from | circulation as these governments fall
 and others are set up in their places,
 and the new governments will in turn
 issue stamps.
 II When colonies which were formerly l German are disposed of at the peace
 table, such transfers will mean the II elimination of stamps provisionally
 used under entente occupation. New II stamps will be issued, of permanent
 character.
 New nations will arise out of the II war and the peace conference, and
 these governments will have phiIa-
 telic identity. Czecho-Slovakia al- I ready has established it's own postal
 system and has joined the family of stamp-issuing countries. The coming Il political and military developments in Il Russia and the Orient all assure new Il stamps.
 II It is not improbable that Alsace- Il Lorraine, once more Joined to France, II will memorialize it's homecoming by Il preparing a special issue. The Ital- Il ian Irredenta may be expected to take II similar action.
 II Belgium, Roumania, Montenegro II and Serbia all have had their peoples Il subjected to the use of occupation Il stamps imposed upon them by Ger II man or Austrian or Bulgarian invad- Il CTS, and will be quick to associate II their own national postage stamps II with their rebirth of liberation. II There will be innumerable com Il memorative issues. Newfoundland is J preparing a series, to appear about , | New Years, with inscriptions relating
 both to European battles in which
 her troops participated and to her
 royal naval reserve. It is not prob-
 able that the postal administrations of
 France and Belgium will fail to de- A pict scenes of war history on frank s ing labels, and other nations will dc likewise.
 There will be peace stamps. Switz- erland, some months ago, selected de- signs for a series of such adheSiyes to be issued after the war. The two- B cent and five cent stamps which the United States government had intend ed to issue to commemorate 10C
 years of peace among English-speak. 4 ing peoples, and particularly between \ America and Great Britain, were not put forth in 1914, as had been intend E ed because of the advent of the war s It is understood the plates for these H already had been prepared, and Ii
 is matter of speculation as to wheth. \ CT these stamps will now appear. Philately already is aware of the
 existence Of approximately 3,15(
 stamps which, but flor the war, would
 not have been issued. Roughly. thest
 may be classed as follows: Charity O
 Red Cross; military, for use by troops
 occupation, for use by peoples of in
 vaded lands; war tax, for use on mai
 in addition to regular adhesives; com
 memorative, issued especially becaus of events related to the war; revenue
 for facilitating collection of levies ol commodities or documents, and pro visional, made necessary because 0 shortage Of customary paper, or in crease of postal rates, or exhaustion of stamp supplies. or scarcity of dye stuffs, or any of a dozen Or nor \ other reasons.
 aE The powers associated against tn \ Teutonic allies issued more than thre