Evening star., 1933-08-06
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

khilatelic Society Crown Prince Gus
Savus Adolphus is president OF the or
Eanization.
The following official announcement
1las been given out by c. B. Eilenberger,
Ehird Assistant Postmaster General:
For the information of stamp col
Sectors and other patrons who may be
Snlerested. postmasters are notified that
the department has arranged to estab-
Esh a branch postal station at the
Noel Retlaw. Fond du Lac, Wis, head
quarters for the annual convention of
1he Society of Philatelic Americans. to
be held August II to 10. 1888
Collectors desiring the special can
eellation. which will read: Fond du
lac, Wis, S P. A. Sta may send
small quantity of covers. stamped and
addressed, under wrapper addressed
10 the postmaster, Fond du Lac, Wis,
and indorsed: For cancellation during
S. P. A. Convention Under no cir
cumstances should remittances be sent
to the postmaster
The department will not provide
special postage stamp or an official
cachet for this event. However, the
officials Of the Society of Philatelic
Americans have prepared three cachets,
which will be applied to mail matter
on the three days of the conventicr
for a nominal charge. Collectors de-
string information regarding the
cachets Should apply to the secretary,
Convention Committee, Society of Phil
atelic Americans, Fond du Lac. Wis.
Request should not be made of the
postmaster to have the special cachets
applied.
1t must be understood that the de-
partment assumes no responsibility for
any errors omissions, etc, in connec-
tion with the SUPPLYING of the special
cachets by the officials Of the Society
of Philatelic Americans.
One cover each of the above S P. A.
cachets may be had gratis. but addi-
ttcnal covers will be supplied at cents
each.
Special cancellation dies yesterday
were sent to postmasterS at Fond du
Lac and Chicago. for use at the con-
ventions of the Society of Philatelic
Americans and the American Philatelic
Society
The Post Office Department has been
asked to bring out three stamps in
honor of the centenary of the adnlis-
sion Of Texas to the Union. No formal
announcement On the subject has been
made, but there are indications that
the request may be granted.
The Star 'scooped the world" on the
announcement of the new N R. A.
stamp, to be issued about August Is
The story was printed in the first edi-
tion of the paper Saturday afternoon,
July %.
Plates for the new Scent N. R. A.
stamp will be ready for use at the Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing Tues
day. The design has a certain re-
semblance to the Newburgh stamp.
Across the top is the phrase: "U S.
Postage while below are the initials
IN. R. A" and an Arabic numeral
SO" followed by the cent mark and the
phrase: Three Cents" Marching side
by side a farmer, business man, an
industrial worker and a woman worker
are shown. Above them are rays of
sunlight coming through the clouds,
and below them the caption: In a
common determination" The first
printing will be 400,000,000.
The 3-cent N R. A. stamp. it is sug-
gested. should have a 2.cent brother.
In that event local as we'll as inter-city
mail could show the slogan of the
times and advantage thus be taken
of the full force of postal system ma
chinery in the national campaign
against poverty.
The Philatelic Agency has received
approximately $4,000 worth of orders
for the special imperforate ungummed
edition of the Century Of Progress
stamps.
The three towers of the Federal
Building shown in the 3-cent Century
of Progress stamp symbolic the
executive, legislative and judicial
branches of the Government.
The Scent Daniel Webster commem-
orative stamp, issued last Autumn, is
available in three shades of violet
dark, medium and very pale.
Kosciuszko, it is interesting to know,
was real internationalist. He was
born IN Lithuania, educated in France
and Italy, served in the Continental
Army in America, led the patriot ris-
ings of 1876 and 1894 in Poland, was
in exile in Germany and in prison in
Russia attended the congress of vi
ennia in Austria and died in Switzer-
land A 3-cent stamp in his memory,
Postmaster General James A. Farley
has announced. will be issued October
13 for first-day sale at Chicago. De-
troit Boston and, it is hoped, Wash
ington.
When. in 1847. the United States
first began to isuSe adhesive postage
stamps the idea did not appeal to the
popular imagination Immediately. Only
$50 $3.50 stamps were sold during the
first II months of business.
new series of Philippine stamps is
in preparation. The services OF Fill
pino artists have been secured to make
fo,-
The Canadian Post Office on August
18 will issue a special scent stamp
commemorating the first steamer cross
irg of the Atlantic. The design will
show the S. S. Royal William as she
sailed from Pictou, Nova Scotia, August
18. 1888
The stamp may be ordered in mint
condition from the Philatelic section,
financial branch, Post Office depart
ment, Ottawa, Canada, remittances
payable to the receiver general of Can
ada, face plus postage and registration.
The following towns will handle
first-day covers: Pictou, Nova Scotia;
Charlotte, P. E. l.; Halifax. Nova
Scotia; st. John. New Brunswick; Que
be, Province Quebec; Montreal, Prov
ince Quebec; Ottawa Ontario; Toronto
Ontario; Hamilton, Ontario; Kingston
Ontario: London, Ontario; Windsor,
Ontario: Winnipeg. Manitoba; Regina,
Saskatchewan: Moose Jaw. Saskatch-
evan; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Medi-
cine Hat. Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta:
Calgary, Alberta; Vancouver. British
Columbia: Edmonton. Alberta. and Vic
toria, British Columbia. Send covers
ready to go with remittance made out
to the receiver general of Canada at
the Canadian point of mailing. Per-
sonal checks not accepted.
New Caledonia has three new values
In the current pictorial series. The
denominations are 35, 70 and IS cents,
perforated IA by 1872, unwatermarked.