The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-26

OF a dalmyO, an important person
in Japan, was judged by the num-
Der of koku, measures of rice,
which he owned.
Therefore, when Japan was
opened to trade, America, because
it was considered very wealthy
country, was called "bei koku,' -
rice country. Yuki means send.
The postof1ce at Fujiyami will
he opened on July 10 and orders
now may be sent if cachet covers
are desired. Send 10 cents in
coin for each cover, to Karl Lewis,
Box SO, Yokohama, Japan. Re-
member foreign postage is cents.
A REPORT on the Byrd Little
L n America covers states that
part Of the $4,000 sent by collec-
tors, left the Bay of Wales on the
Jacob Rupert, Feb. s. and arrived
at New Zealand Feb. 10. The mail
boat Aorangi carried them on to
Vancouver, B. c.. on March %,
and they should arrive in the east
on April /.
The Bear of Oakland left Little
America Feb. 26, with the re-
naming covers and reached New
Zealand March 10. The covers
were sent on the Makura from
Wellington, New Zealand, on
March 20, and should arrive in
San Francisco on April Is.
Because of several requests, the
rules for sending cover, stamped
addressed envelopes, for cancella-
ton at Little America now are re-
peated. Send self-addressed
envelope and cash or money order
for So cents to the postmaster,
Washington, D. c., and instruct
him to forward it to Little Amer
lea. Mail for the second trip will
be accepted until November of
this year and will be returned in
the spring of 1885. An official
cachet will be applied to the Sec
ond shipment.
For the benefit of their World
War Veterans Fund, the Amer
lean War Mothers are taking or
derS for first day covers of the
Mothers Day stamp. May l. A
charge of Is cents for a Single
stamp or Is cents for a block of
four, sent air mail, on specially
cacheted envelope. Send orders
to Albert F. Kunze, Washington
Stamp Club of the Air, Washing
ton, D. G.
From the U. S. S. INDIANAPOLIS.
Lawrence Iverson, mail clerk,
sends the ships newspaper, The
Hoosier, with the interesting news
that the fleet will leave the Pacific
on April 9, for a presidential re-
view in New York, May 81. Col
lectors of navy cancellations
should get covers aboard their
favorite ships before that time,
as the schedule is interesting and
may include a presidential cruise.
The HooSier says also that Miss
Lucy Taggart, the ships sponsor,
recently added to the indianapolis
collection of autographed books by
Indiana authors, 1.-The Magnifi-
cent Obsession," by Lloyd c. Doug
las, native of Columbia City.
T WAS the fortunate recipient of
l. one of the handsome cacheted
cards which were posted on the
fast mail leaving Chicago March
10, 1888, Cancelled en- route and
mailed from Omaha with the
compliments of the Burlington
railroad.
The cards commemorated the
golden anniversary of the first
fast mail train in the west, which
on March 10, 1884, left Chicago
for Omaha. The run has contin-
ued without interruption for fifty
years under the motto of the
United States postal service,
neither snow nor rain nor gloom
of night stays these couriers from
the swift completion of their ap-
pointed rounds"
On March II the address of
Hoover Brothers, publishers of the
Precancel catalog, was given in
correctly as 1916 Broadway, New
York. The correct number is 1861.
My apologies to those who we're
Inconvenience by the return of
their letters.
The Maryland commemorative
stamp should be available at the
indianapolis postoffice and the
first day covers should be in the
hands of collectors today.
To the surprise of every one the
stamp was issued in red which is
not in accordance with the Postal
Union ruling-that United States
Scent stamps should be purple.
The Byrd stamp in blue also was a
departure from these regulations.
The last of a series of three his
toric covers in connection with the
Maryland tercentennary will be
issued on April 81. Send 5 cents
for each cover to the Historic
Cover Club, 1910 Normont avenue,
Baltimore, Md.
Cecil K. Calvert's name mad
vertently was omitted from the
original list Of Indiana persons in
terested, intimately, in the Mary
land celebration. Mrs. Allan
Hendricks, 1850 North Talbot
street, was discovered also as a de-
scendant of the Maryland settlers.
Her ancestor who came over with
Calvert is buried on the family
plantation which overlooks the
Patomac river and is owned today
by Mrs. Hendricks brother.