Evening star., 1933-02-26
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palace; zoe, cathedral. and soc. DR..
Dardo Roca.
An international scout rally at Buda-
pest during the coming Summer Will be
the occasion for special stamps spon-
sored by the government OF Hungary.
France has brought out three new
values and one re-engraved value: &c.
green. sower; 40c, red lilac, peace; 45c,
yellow brown, peace; 20fr. orange
brown, re-engraved.
Italy has new parcel post stamp
20L, violet. current design.
The Maldive Islands has three new
values in the 1909 series, redrawn.
They are: &c, gray; SC, red brown, and
10c, green.
Manchukuo has five designs, as fol-
lows: 6f. red. pagoda; II, gray. same
ST, bistre brown, same; 15f rose red,
ex-Emperor Hsuan Su Tung. and 16f,
blue green, same.
A complete new series Of both post
age and postage due stamps have been
issued by Martinique.
New stamp plates issued by the Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing during
January were as follows: Series Of 1922,
20617 and 20618, 11-cent ordinary post
age. January 9; 20712 and 2O713, 13
cents, January g. 20357 and 20358, l
cent, January 16. Series of 1880, 2l082
and 21083, y cents, January IL. All
were 400 subjects except 20357 and
20358, which were $50.
The 5o-cent stamp. representing the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ar
lington is no longer pictorially accu-
rate. A beautiful new white marble
sarcophagus has replaced the tempo
rary Tomb shown in the stamp design
A new stamp, with the obvious correc-
tion, has been requested.
Another block of 24-cent airmail in
is SIS, 900, but the name of the buyer
has not been disclosed.
The City Council Of Pittsburgh, Pa,
has petitioned Congress to authorize a
commemorative stamp for the Polish
patriot, Thaddeus KosciuSzko. hero
Of the Revolutionary War.
A Ridgeway CPa) manufacturer has
combined two popular hobbies. He has
put out jig-saw puzzle of stamps.
The New Outlook, Alfred E. Smith,
editor -in-chief, has added stamp de-
partment to its table of contents. Eric
Hildesheim is in charge.
Cities and towns having active phila-
telic societies include: Buffalo, N. Y;
Austin, Tex; st. Petersburg, Fla; Du-
luth, Mimi; San Antonio, Tex; Lans-
downe. Pa; Elyria, Ohio; ST. Louis, Mo-;
Detroit, Mich; Brooklyn, N. Y; Hart
ford, Conn; waterbury. Conn; New
Brunswick, N. j.; Providence, r. l.;
Atlanta, Ga; Indianapolis, Ind; Chi
cago ILL.,; Rutherford, N. j.; Canton,
Ohio, and Baltimore, Md.
r. j. Broderick, regional vice presi-
dent, Society Of Philatelic Americans,
Fond du Lac, Wis, writes: wisconsin
will have an opportunity to celebrate
in 1884 the tercentenary of the white
mans discovery of the State. Jean
Nicolet, adventurous French voyageur,
arrived in the vicinity of Green Bay in
1884, and near where that city stands
made treaties with the Indian tribes.
Stamp collectors of the State, gath
cred at Fond du Lac few weeks ago
to organize the Wisconsin Association
Of Philatelic Societies, launched a
movement for the Statewide observ-
ance Of the tercentenary. One feature
will be request to the United States
Post Office Department to issue Nico-
let commemorative stamp.
Commemorative stamps or sets have
been issued to make note of the ter
centenaries of the founding of James
town in 1907, discovery of the Hudson
River in 1909, landing of the May
flower Pilgrims in 1920, the Huguenot-
Walloon settlement of New York in
1924, and the founding of Massachu-
sets Bay Colony in $780,"