Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.


Polish patriot of Revolutionary Wa
fame. is in preparation. 1t will 60 OF
sale at Chicago Detroit and Boston Oc
roper i8. and will be available at othe
post Offices throughout the country Oc
tober 19.
NJ Farley gave out copy of tele
gram seric to John Romaszkiewicz
president, Polish National Alliance o
America. The text was: ON thu
date, when the Polish people of Amer
lea are observing Polish day at Cen
fury of Progress, am most happy t.
convey my high regard for the Ameri'
eral years ago the Post Office Depart
ment honored the immortal Casimil
Pulaski, who fell in defense of oul
country at the battle of Savannah, b!
the issuance of a special postage STAMP
to commemorate his career. Today
am glad to inform you, and through
YOU the members of the Polish Al.
lance of America, that have author
lied the issuance of c. special scent
stamp to commemorate the 150th an
niversary of admission to American citi
zenship of Gen. Thaddeus Kosciusko
America has paid tribute to both these
heroes through the erection Of statue:
in the National Parks of washington.
forever perpetuated in the hearts Of
American people. His work on the ole
West Point Notifications was the mos
important of his labors in the American
cause and is rightly associated with the
memory Of this great Polish engineer
1t is prGp1eed to first offer for sale the
KoscilEko commemorative stamp or
October 10 at Chicago, Detroit anc
Boston, and plans are being perfected
to have them available for sale al
other post offices on October 10. Def.
mite public announcement as to design
will be issued at an early date"
The following official release has the
authorization Of c. B. Eilenberger, Thirt
Assistant Postmaster General The at
tention of postmasters and employees OF
the Postal Service is called to Spec1a
printing Of 1-cent and Scent postage
stamps Of the Century of Progress de-
sign in sheets of Is stamps each on
the stamp press included in the Gov
eminent exhibit at the Chicago Century
Of Progress Exposition.
1.-The sheets will be approximately
Dax434 inches in dimensions, and will
Ne issued ungummed and without per-
iorations. In narrow margins on the
Tour sides of the sheets in small Gothic
Of the denomination, is the following
Wording: Printed by the Treasury De-
l,artment, Bureau of Engraving and
Printing. under authority of James A.
Farley, Postmaster General, at Cen
tury OF Progress, in compliment to the
american Philatelic Society for its con-
,ention and exhibition, Chicago, ILL
Ipis, August, 1888
THE special sheets Of Century OF
lrogress stamps will be first placed on
sale August rs, 1888, at the Philatelit
Station, Chicago, M, to be operated
il connection with the annual conven-
ttpn of the American Philatelic Society,
held at the Medinah Michigan Avenue
dub, Chicago, August alps. The
stamps will also be on sale beginning
August %, 1898. at Chicago Century of
Ptogress Postal Station, Exposition
Grounds. for the convenience of visitors
Mail orders will not be accepted, and
az this special issue of stamps will be
slid without the usual perforations and
cumming, and in full sheets only, no
ptovision is being made at the Chicago
Post Office for the preparation Of first
dry covers.
STAMPS Of this special printing will
rDt be placed on sale at other post
offices, and postmasters are directed
rot to submit acquisitions therefor to
the department. The stamps, however,
vii be valid for all postage purposes.
"For the benefit of collectors, the
special stamps also will be placed on
sale, beginning August %, 1888. at the
Ishilatelic Agency, Post Office Depart
lAent, Washington, D. c. Collectors
RAY obtain the desired quantity Of full
sheets Of this special printing Of the
Century of Progress stamps on mail
g. It'll fn1t M
Fate of Is cents for sheets of the 1-cent
denomination and IS cents for the s.
cent sheets, remittances for which must
Anclude allowance for return postage
and registration. Remittances should
ne made by postal money order or
registered letter. Sales will positively
De restricted to full sheets, and the
Philatelic Agency cannot undertake to
remove stamps from sheets ordered by
collectors for use in payment OF post
lge and registration fees on shipments.
To facilitate shipment, orders to the
agency for these special sheets should
be drawn separately with separate
Remittance"
Joseph c. O'Mahoney, First Assistant
Postmaster General, appears to be
catching the philatelic fever. Il rather
suspect" he says, that during my serv-
ice in the Post Office Department, ]
shall have an enthusiasm for stamps
which 1 never dreamed would develop
In an article published in Stamps,
the new executive writes: Two eX-
periences have made me understand
why stamp collecting has such fas-
cination for SO many people through
out the world. The first took place in
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
at Washington on April II, when Post
master General Farley started the
presses printing the special issue OF
stamps commemorative of the 150th
anniversary of the termination of the
Revolutionary War at Newburgh, N. Y;
the second was on May IS when I had
the personal privilege of selling to
Rufus Dawes in the rotunda OF
the Chicago post Office the first of
the new Century of Progress stamps is
sued by the Department to mark the
opening Of the Worlds Fair
At the bureau, Mr.. OMahoney
found a new reason" for philately
in the technical, scientific and artistic
skill involved in the preparation of
stamps" and at Chicago, he declares,
II was given visual demonstration OF
lection of stamps. Thousands of per-
soes crowded up to the temporary booth
erected in the lobby for the convenience
of the throngs, every one Of them ap-
parently anxious not only to purchase
the new stamps, but to obtain the
signature of the First Assistant on the
covers to be mailed that day 1t would
be impossible to estimate the number OF
times I signed my name, but do know
that the pressure made bad signature
very much worse.
He speaks with particular emphasis
of the many educational advantages
to be derived from the study of stamps,
concluding. THE history and the geog-
Saphy which child learns from his
stamp collection never will be for
gotten"
Mr.. OMahoney was born in Chelsea,
Mass, November S, 1884. He was
graduated from Columbia University