Evening star., 1933-04-16
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BY JAMES WALDO FAwCETT.

BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
President Roosevelt has approved the
| new stamps to be issued in connection
with the Century OF Progress celebra-
! ton at Chicago. Clinton B. Eilenberger,
Third Assistant Postmaster General,
| and Michael l.. EidSnesS, superintendent
of the Division of Stamps, placed
the designs before him. The one-cent
issue will show the old blockhouse at
Fort Dearborn the three-cent the new
| Federal Building in Chicago.
An official release from the Post
Office Department on Tuesday said
Postmaster General James A. Farley
today viewed for the first time the
| intricate and interesting process Of the
printing of United States postage
stamps Accompanied by Joseph C.
| OMohoney, first Assistant Postmaster
General; w. w. Howes, Second Assist
ant Postmaster General; Clinton B.
Eilenberger, Third Assistant Postmaster
General, and Michael l.. Eidsness,
superintendent of the division Of
stamps, the Postmaster General motored
ing, where members of his party were
guests of Alvin w. Hall, director Of
! the Bureau.
There was a special reason for the
visit Of the Postmaster General to
the Bureau today. The huge rotary
presses at the Government institution
began today to turn out the first print
ing of the special three-cent purple
stamp, which is to commemorate the
150th anniversary of the issuance of
the Proclamation of Peace, signed at
Newburgh, N. Y, on April 10, 1888.
There will be 50.000000 of these an
niversary stamps printed at the Bureau
for distribution TO postmasters through
out the country, the first day sales to
be at the post office at Newburgh on
April 10 next.
"As the presses started grinding,
shortly after / o'clock, the Postmaster
General, standing with Director Hall,
was subjected to a barrage of movie
and still camera operators. They clicked
and ground fer almost half an hour,
but the Postmaster General maintained
his good nature throughout. He en-
joyed every minute Of his stay at the
Bureau.
"Just before Director Hall had re-
quested the Postmaster General to start
the big rotary presses on which the
first sheets of the Newburgh stamp
said: 1T Is with the utmost gratifica-
ton that this. my first visit to the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing, has
given me the opportunity Of witnessing
the initial printing of the Proclama-
ton of Peace commemorative postage
stamp. 1t is fitting that the first stamp
to be issued under the authority of
the administration of President Roose-
welt is to mark one of the closing
chapters in the War for Independence.
the formal ending of hcstilities.
"'It was from the Hasbrouck House
at Newburgh. N. Y. which is depicted
on this stamp, that Gen. Washington
penned that historic document pro-
claiming peace between the armies of
the Colonies and Great Britain. The
standing, and the surrounding park,
are now owned by the State of New
York. but this famous Revolutionary
shrine belongs to no single State, but
to the entire Nation. From the view
point of the historical record, it is
appropriate. therefore, that the first
day sale of the new stamp on April 10,
is to be at Newburgh, N. Y, where this
memorable drama was enacted
When the press was stopped tenn
porarily and the first sheets of the
purple stamp were turned out. the
Postmaster General stated that Presi-
dent Roosevelt had instructed him to
purchase a sheet for him.
"'As you know. he remarked. the
President is an enthusiastic stamp COL
lector'
Then the Postmaster General in
dorsed one of the sheets: For Presi-
dent F. D. Roosevelt for his collection.
4/11/33'
|, TO each of his three children, Betty.
Ann and Jimmy, jr., he indorsed a
sheet OF the new stamps as follows:
From Dad 4/11/33.'
"A sheet containing 100 of the new
stamps, perforated, will be delivered to
President Roosevelt and to each of the
Postmaster Generals children.
Following the ceremonies, the Post
master General and his party we're
guests of Director Hall at a buffet
luncheon. served at the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing"
Albert F. Kunze, leader, Washington
Stamp Club of the Air, last Sunday
broadcast frcm Station VOL the story
OF the historic background of the New
burgh stamp. He told of Gen. WASH
lngton's arrival at that town. His
military aides" he said, had preceded
him to find suitable quarters. Up the
banks of the beautiful Hudson they
made their way past Nyack, Haver-
straw. West Point, Cornwall to New
burgh. The hamlet was an old Dutch
settlement, founded in 1909, on the
west bank where the river widens al
most to the extent Of bay. High up
on knoll stood dull gray house,
built many years before from the ma
tive stones gathered singly and by tho
hand of Burger Mynders. A story high,
it was, with an attic above and a long
sloping roof of the true Dutch style.
It gave the appearance of solidity and
serenity. set high and well back from
the river, providing view for several
miles both up and down stream. It
had been purchased in 1929 by
Ion nathan IIachro1ick h,1reror fro,,,