Evening star., 1934-04-29

drama was based on the life Of the
celebrated genius whose Portrait Of
My Mother" appears on the Mothers
day stamp, Star Staff Photo.
purpose Of the stamp, parcel post is
printed In both French and Flemish"
Ascension Island, British colony. has
fine new set Of 10 values. The de-
sign for the lp, Up, 8p and 2sh 6p de-
nominations show q vignette Of King
George and map, and representa-
ton of the wideawake bird is included
in the 1sh. The 1ap shows view Of
Georgetown, the 1hp a pier, the 3p
Long Beach, the 5p, the Three Sisters,
and the Ssh, Green Mountain.
Nyasaland Protectorate will have q
series of seven values, as follows: 1ap,
green; 1p, sepia; 11ap, red; Up, gray;
3p, blue; 6p, violet, and 1sh. orange
and black. The design will include a
portrait Of King George and a leopard,
the emblem of the colony.
Paraguay has new stamp for use
on foreign airmail. The denomination
is 33.75p, and the color light ultra
marine.
Russia announces a series Of five
stamps to commemorate the tenth
anniversary Of civil aviation and the
airmail post. The list is: SIX, ultra
marine; 10k, green; 20k, rose carmine;
50k, slate, and 80k, violet. A plane IN
fight over the sea Is the central motif
Of the design.
The Peruvian Minister to Great
Britain, advices from Lima say, has
been requested to take steps to ar
range for the destruction Of the plates
for the Sanchez Cerro l0-centavo
stamp of 1882. Seven million copies
of the issue were printed. but after
only 29,650 had been distributed the
stamp was withdrawn from sale and
remaining stocks condemned.
Estonia will not accept mail bearing
other than the official geographic
names for Estonian cities. The old
Russian and German forms Of spelling
are banned.
Coil stamps Of New Zealand have
margins inscribed with the slogan.
visit the Scenic Resorts Of New
Zealand"
Don Grieve, in the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, says: 1.-The first set OF stamps
to commemorate a Postal Union Con-
yress were issued by the United States.
The 1895 issue was overprinted In
three lines 'Universal-Postal-Con-
gress,' and each of the delegates to
the fifth convention, which met in
Washington in 1898, received a set.
I doubt If many Of the collectors OF
United States stamps have even heard
of this one"
Weekly Philatehc Gossip reports:
1.-THE first step in the establishment
of an airman system was made pos
sible when Congress appropriated
100000 for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1918, to be used in establish
ing an experimental air route. 1t
was with this money that the Post
Office Department arranged for the
first scheduled airline, extending from
Washington to New York City,"
The Post Office Department prob
ably will have special display at
the American Philatelic Society Con-
vention, Atlantic City.
George B. Sloane, discussing the
rule that mo portrait Of living per-
son shall appear on a postage stamp
Of the United States" calls attention
to the fact that for years mot even
the name Of q person was 50 honored
during his lifetime" Then, he says,
came the Lndbergh airmail stamp OF
1927, the Edison stamp Of 1929 and
the Byrd stamp Of 1888, In each OF
which the name Of q living person
was used.
Mr.. Sloane might have added that
portraits Of living persons appeared
In the designs Of the Red Cross and
Arbor day stamps-without their
names.
Emil Master, 1915 Grand Concourse,
New York City, is writing a history Of
the United States postal service.
Last-day cancellation collectors are
advised that on June Devilsfork,
Wyoming Co., w. Va, will become
Stephenson, W. Va.
H. G. Pattillo, Atlanta collector, has
a special album of World War covers.
The entire content is made up OF
envelopes which carried home to his
family the letters he wrote while
serving in the A. e. F. in France.
According to Hugo Meyer, Mount
Rainier, Md, IAN unknown stamp col
lector recently walked into q large
philatelic sales room in New York
City, laid seven $1,000 bills and a
want list on the counter, and said,
Fill 'em up as far as the money will
co."
The Washington Stamp Club Of the
Air Will have q broadcast meeting
from Station VOL Tuesday evening
at 7:45. Mr.. Kunze will discuss the
Yorktown stamp, with particular ref
erence to De Grasse.
The Collectors Club will meet at
1900 r street Tuesday evening at 8.
There will be an auction.
The Washington Philatelic Society
will meet at the Hotel Carlton, Six
teenth street, Wednesday evening at 8.
The newly organized Chevy Chase
Junior Stamp Club will meet at $500
Thirty-third street northwest, Thurs
day evening at 1880. Billy Shrader is
president, John K. Packard, jr., vice
president, and John Morgan, secre-
tary and treasurer.