Evening star., 1934-04-08
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

be authorized Secretary of the In
terror Ickes is understood to have
been in conference with Mr. Farley
ON the subject, and it is thought that
President Roosevelt is favorably IN
clined.
But Mr.. Farley Tuesday suggested
that he is being guided in large part
by the attitude of philatelists. L do
not want any one to think that we
are getting out too many stamps" he
said The fact is that We reject the
great majority of appeals. There
would be a new stamp every day II
we were to try to accommodate every
body who comes pleading for a
special issue"
That there is widespread interest
in the Parks series is manifest, arc
collectors may exercise their privilege
of expressing their wishes to NJ.
Farley. He already has had many
letters indorsing the plan.
The Presidential series, first pro-
posed about year ago, Mr.. Farley
indicates, also will be issued. The
department is committed to the plan.
and the stamps should be available
before the end of 1894. No final list
has been prepared, but it is expected
that among the Chief Executives
whose portraits will be used will be
John and John Quincy Adams, Mar
tin Van Buren, William Henry Harri-
son, John Tyler, James Knox Polk,
Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce,
James Buchanan. Chester A. Arthur
and Calvin Coolidge.
Harold F. Ambrose, chief, Informa-
ton Service, Post Office Department.
Yesterday announced that the Moth
er's day stamp will go on sale May
instead of May /.
The change in date has been or
dered to accommodate the Postmaster
General, who is obliged to be absent
on the day originally scheduled.
Plans call for the first purchase to
be made by Mrs Franklin D. Roose-
welt, and Mr.. Farley will have the
role of sales clerk for the moment
The scene of the ceremony will be
the philatelc agency.
Dozens of different varieties of
commercial covers have been printed
by spectators in anticipation of the
issuance of the Mothers day stamp,
but most of the designs inspected are
unworthy of the occasion. One, Tor
example, shows an alleged portrait Of
Martha Washington inscribed: The
Mother of Her Country'-which, to
say the least, is inaccurate, another
bears the legend "Whistler's Famous
Mother"-which probably is merely
garbled English. Several reproduce
amateur attempts to redraW the cele-
brated painting from which the CEN
trail motif of the stamp was taken.
The only official cover is that Spon-
sored by the American War Mothers
1877 New Hampshire avenue. 1t rep
reSentS the work of the initial pro-
ponents of the issue and the pro-
ceeds of its sale will go to social
relief enterprises conducted under
their management.
An official Post Office Department
release yesterday said: Announce
ment was made today by Postmaster
General Farley of the issuance of
Federal migratory bird stamp by the
Post Office Department in conform
migratory bird conservation act, re-
Gently enacted by Congress and which
was approved by the President on
March 16, 1884.
Under this act which becomes
law on June 16, 1884, no person over
16 years of age shall take any migra-
tory water fowl unless at the time
of said taking he carries on his
person an unexpired Federal migra-
tory bird hunting stamp.
THE new stamp, which will be
on sale for 81 at county seat post
Offices and all other post offices in
communities of more than $500 pop
ulation, must at the time of pur-
chase be affixed adhesively to the
game license issued to the applicant
under State law. In those States
which have no hunting license laws
the postmaster will issue hunting
certificate with the new stamp at
tached thereto.
THE new stamp will be issued for
the term of one fiscal year July l.
June 800 and present plans call for
an initial printing of 100000 by the
Post Office Department This stamp
is the first ever issued by the Post
Office Department which cannot
under any circumstances be used for
ordinary postage purposes.
while the design for the new
stamp has not yet been approved, the
stamps will be available to hunters
in plenty of time to insure their be-
ing affixed to all hunting licenses On
June 16 next, the date on which the
Federal migratory-bird conservation
act becomes law"
A valuable suggestion for the Pres
1dential series comes from Chester
L. Lankford, president, Franklin D.
Roosevelt Stamp Club, Douglas, Ga.
The purpose of this set" he says, 'is
to do honor to those of our Presidents
who never before have been so COM
memorated. That being the case, I
urge the Post Office Department to
issue the stamps one at time on
the anniversaries of the birth of the
Chief Executives represented. Thus
the stamp for John Adams would go
on first-day sale October 80, the
stamp for John Quincy Adams July
II, and so on through the year. This
method would enable the Bureau of
Printing and Engraving to manufac-
ture the stamps without overWorking
its employees and the stamp collectors
of the Nation and the world at large
to purchase them without overwork-
ing their pocketbooks
Mr.. Lankford also says. "I agree
with you that in the future all
commemorative should be large
rather than small in size. I believe
that the department will issue the
National Parks series in the size of
the Byrd or Mothers day stamps if
we philatelists make known the evils
of small and crowded designs"
STAMP DEALERS.
y: S: Orig. covers, etc. HUGO MEYER.
Mt. Rainier. Md. Greenwood 1920 eve
nings. Free unlimited parking facilities.
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