Evening star., 1933-07-30
BY JAMES WALDO FAwCErT.

Postmaster General James A. Farley
yesterday gave out the following omcial
announcement:
"One of President Roosevelt's last
official acts before leaving Washington
for his Hyde Park vacation was to ap-
prove q model for q special postage
stamp to assist in arousing the support
Of the Nation In the national recovery
act drive.
THE new stamp, which is to be
known as the N. r. A. emergency post
age stamp, will have as its central sub
ject the figures of q farmer, q business
man, an industrial worker and woman
employe, typifying American industry,
as they walk hand in hand in q COM
mon determination. The stamp will be
of regulation size CTS by 81 inches)
and at the top Of the stamp appear
the words: u. S. Postage: to- the left
of these words: Three Cents and In
the lower left hand corner an Arabic
numeral three. In distinctive lettering
to the left Of the central group will
appear the letters: N. r. A. The
3-cent purple.
I'm order that the stamp may be
ready for sale at the earliest possible
date, Postmaster General Farley has
requested Alvin w. Hall. director of the
Bureau OF Engraving and Printing, to
expedite the engraving and printing of
the stamp in every possible way. In
preparing the design for the new stamp,
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
broke all existing records so that it
might be submitted to the President
before he departed from Washington.
THE director of the Bureau OF En-
craving and Printing has promised that
by working overtime on the engraving
and printing of the stamp it will be
ready for sale on or about August Is,
possibly before. It is proposed to first
of1er these stamps for sale at the Post
once at Washington. Immediately fol-
lowing which they will be placed on
sale at post Offices throughout the Ma
tlcn. Further detailed information on
the issuance Of the new stamp for the
benefit of stamp collectors will be issued
through the Postal Bulletin and the
press IN the near future. An order has
been placed with the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing for an initial
printing of 400, 100000 Of the new
N. X. A. emergency postage stamps"
As announced exclusively in The Star
on Tuesday last, the design for the new
kosclusko stan,p probably will include
a representation OF the statue of the
Polish patriot which stands in Lafayette
square, opposite the White House.
The effigy is the work of Anton
Popiel. 1t was unveiled May II, 1910.
Postmaster General James A. Farley
has said that the stamp will 20 on sale
at Chicago. Detroit and Boston. October
IL. Collectors are asking that it be
made available in Washington on the
same date. Their experience on first
day occasions in the past prompts them
to prefer the technique Of the post Of
flce here. Only where the philatelic
agency has been in charge Of arrange
mentS have conditions been right. The
rush appears to be completely beyond
the powers OF ordinary offices.
There will be no White Plains COM
memorative stamp this year. The re-
quest for such an advertisement for the
250th anniversary Of the founding of
the city has been rejected by the Post
Office Department.
Agitation for a stamp in tribute to
President Calvin Coolidge continues. but
in this matter no decision has been
reached
The Philatelic agency has exhausted
its stock of the 12-cent and 11a-cent
George Washington Bicentennial stamps.
It also has disposed of its entire stock
OF Bicentennial envelopes The WASH
ington City Post ONCE, however. has
the following envelopes still available ::
Size 81, 3 and cent; size 81, ~,
2. 4 and cent, and size 13-1. IL
and cent. Collectors interested should
act at once.
Sierra Leone yesterday brought out a
series of stamps in commemoration of
the centenary of the death of William
Wilberforce, English philanthropist,
sponsor of the abolition of the slave
trade. The crown agents describe the
set as follows: 1ap. green, badge of the
colony; 1p. brown and black. slave
shedding chains; 11ap. red. map of the
territory; 2p. purple, Law Courts. Gov
ernment House and old Slave Market:
3p, blue. native woman carrying basket
of fruit; 4p, brown, hospital scene; 5p,
brown and green, bullam canoe: 6p,
orange and black, punting near Banana
Islands; 1Sh, mauve, Government
Building: 2sh. blue and sepia, Bunce
Island; Ssh, purple lake and dark gray.
elephant; Josh. green and black. King
George v, and l pound, yellow and
purple, Freetown Harbor.
It is curious circumstance that no
portrait of Wilberforce has been used
in the designs. He was one of the
greatest characters of his age. Born at
Hull. August "a, 1859, he had a lonely
childhood as the ward of a paternal
uncle. He was educated at st. Johns
College, Cambridge, and inherited an
independent fortune while still a mere
youth. Choosing a political career, he