Evening star., 1933-07-02

- moss green; 16f
deep claret: 20f. rose carmine; 32f, yel-
low, and 40f, dull blue. They will be
available July 20.
Four samples Of new charity issue
sponsored by The Netherlands have been
received. They appear to be intended
in aid Of the Royal Dutch Lifeboat So
ciety. Denominations noted are: 1ac,
bright red; SC. green and red; &c, dark
green, and 12lac. ultramarine
The Neunkircken charity stamps of
the Saar are reported in the following
values: 60c plus 60c, deep red orange;
3fr plus 3fr, olive green, and SIR plus
SIR, red brown.
New airmail stamps Of Brazil are
ready. They are of modernistic design,
watermarked rectangle inscribed BRA
Al-Correio" with five stars in a circle
One value, thus far, has reached the
United States-3500R. indigo, green
and yellow.
Bulgaria has a Sunday delivery
stamp. Its appearance marks the es-
tablishment of postal reform long
advocated by proponents Of a seven-day
week delivery service.
New cachets and sponsors are as fol-
lows: July 9, ground breaking for San
Francisco Bay Bridge, John D. Long,
1926 Fulton street, San Francisco,
Calf; dedication of monument to
Emilio Carranza, Mexican good will
flyer, killed July -. 1928. Chatsworth,
N. j., Morris C. Rothblum, Beverly,
N. j.; July IA to 16, airport dedication,
Chamber of Commerce, Roscommon,
Mich; July 1916, air meets, Cleveland
and Akron. Mark c. Emsley, 2192
OBJ 7
covers only; July IT, fifth anniversary
CAM 27, Ken Tallmadge, s02 west
Saginaw street, Lansing, Mich, airmail
covers only, and July %, Lansing air
circus, Mr.. Tallmadge, as above.
All these cachets are gratis. Use
standard ga size envelopes Commemo-
ratives on wrappers In compliment to
sponsors.
Haitis special hero is Toussaint
LOuverture, leader In the nations
struggle for independence and founder
OF the republic. He appears on the
1904 stamps OF the country he did so
much to establish. A great military
genius, according to competent judges,
he was one Of the few men who ever
had the privilege of defeating Ma
poleon Bonaparte. But in the end he
was captured by treachery and died in
a French prison. The story of his
career is eminently worth reading.
Christopher Columbus has been COM
memorated on the stamps of many
countries, but it remained for Chile, a
country whose territory the admiral
never saw, to pay him the greatest
philatelic honors. From 1853 until
1903 he was the only person pictured
on Chilean stamps
Edward M. Allen, writing in Amer
ica's Story as Told in Postage
Stamps" says: wherever letters go,
postage stamps go also. Therefore, the
little colored bits of paper which adorn
the letters are designed to serve a
tell the whole world about the people
and the nation from whence they
ccme."
Thomas William Churchill, former
president, Board of Education, New
York City, is quoted as having told a
philatelic gathering: II have always
respected men with hobbies. Hobbies
have saved many business man by
keeping him sane. Indeed, I doubt
whether any one who is sane has not
some lODpy.
John r. Wulf, Chicago collector, an
nounces the discovery Of an albino en-
velope of the Scent Mount Vernon va
riety The embossed design appears,
but there is no color.
An imperforate pair Of the 24-cent
United States issue Of 1860 recently
sold at auction for $2,925.
The franking privilege is said to
have been first granted by Congress to
private soldiers in the Continental
Army, January. 1776. It was extended
later to the President. Vice President.
Cabinet officers, Senators, members OF
the House Of Representatives and
others.
Among the nations which have used
representations of post Office buildings
in the designs for stamps are Argen-
tine, Armenia, Belgium, Costa Rica,
Denmark, Ecuador, Germany, Guata-
mala, Japan, Mexico, Newfoundland,
Nicaragua, Peru, Salvador, San Ma
rino, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. The
more notable issues OF this type In
clude: Argentine, SCOTS No. 361; Ar
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