Evening star., 1934-09-09
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
An official release says:

OF the accent Mesa Verde and the b
cent Zion postage stamps of the Ma
tional Parks series was made las
night at the Post Once Department.
THE Accent Mesa Verde stamp will
be arranged horizontally and will b.
printed in brown ink. 1t will be in
closed in a double line border anc
will have as its central design view
of the Cliff Palace, one of the more
prominent ruins of the prehistoric cliff
dwellers in this park, which is located
in Colorado. At the base of the stamI
in a narrow panel with white edge.
and dark background will be the title
Mesa Verde in white Roman. In each
lower corner will be rectangular pan.
els, arranged vertically with darl
edges and white ground, inclosing tn,
large dark numeral a Arranged yer.
tically at the left of the stamp will bt
the inscription, u. S. Postage while
at the right will be the words, foul
cents
This Mesa Verde Accent stamp will
be placed on f1rst-day sale at the pos
offices in Mesa Verde Park, Colo, ant
Washington, D. c., on September rs
"The Scent Zion Park stamp is t,
be arranged vertically, and will be in
closed in a narrow double-line Dor
der. 1t will be printed in gray greer
ink and will have as its central sub
ject reproduction of the Great Whit,
Throne outstanding rock formation
in this park, which is located in Utah
Below the reproduction will be tn,
title Zion in dark Gothic type. A
the base of the stamp is the inscrip
tion u. S. Postage in white Roman
lettering, while in the upper right
hand corner is the denomination mum.
Der &C. in dark color.
THE Scent Zion stamp will frs
be offered for sale at the post Office.
i'll Zion National Park, Utah anc
Washinton, D. c., on September Is.
In recent confidential message tc
employees of the Brooklyn Post Once
Postmaster Francis Sinnott included
section concerning Courtesy to b.
accorded philatelists or stamp col.
lectors," which reads as follows:
Many complaints have been re.
ceived from philatelists or stamp col.
lectors in regard to the lack of con.
sideration on the part of the window
clerks at this Office when inquiry i.
made as to the purchase of or in.
formation pertaining to special issue.
OF stamps having philatelic value.
THE department recognizes thai
the activities of the thousands o.
stamp collectors or philatelists pro.
vide a profitable source of revenue
and since the number of persons be.
coming interested in collecting stamp.
is constantly increasing, it is to tn,
advantage of this Office to encourag,
them. Postal employees should ap.
preciate the advantages of co-operat.
ing as far as is possible to encourage
the growth of this business.
This Office has made application
to the department for the establish.
ment of philatelic window, and i
it hoped that the required authorit,
will be granted, which will serve tt
centralize this business in the Gen
eral Post Office. In the meantim,
all possible courtesy and considera
ton must be extended to these col
lectorS."
Plate numbers for the scent Vel
lowstone Park stamp are 21278 t.
21281, inclusive.
United States revenue stamps,
says A. w. Bloss in the Los Ange
les Times, "are not properly a par
of a postage stamp collection, bu
are included by many collectors
The first three issues are beautiful
examples of engraving, far superio
to many of our postage stamps
Really fine copies of the older reve
nues are getting scarce and are rap
idly increasing in value"
When President Roosevelt was IL
Honolulu he inspected the Hawaiian
stamp collection owned by Frank c
Atherton, said to be the finest of it
kind in the world.
Mexico has a new lc Child Welfar
stamp. obligatory on mail in addition
to regular postage. An edition of 20,
900, 900 has been announced, and tn
supply is expected to be exhausted Il
three months.
Spanish Morocco will have thre
new stamps showing views in differen
towns. The denominations are: 1c
rose carmine; l0c, green, and SOC
orange.
Don Grieve, writing in the Cleve
land Plain Dealer, says: Il was in
terested to learn that the recent com
memorative set issued by the Co
lombian Republic, the airmail set TO
the 400th anniversary of the city O
| Cartagena. is entirely sold out and tina
the collectors in this country bough
them. This fact Is not unusual, q
we buy most all of the new issues
but the odd part of this issue wa
that the collectors in Colombia knev
nothing about the set. It seems tina
the airmail company which sold then
in the United States got most @
them and the local collectors wer
left out entirely"
The Associated Press reports
Commemorative stamps, marking tw
anniversaries, have been added to tn
constantly growing list of Italy.
One set pays tribute to Luigi Gal
vani, pioneer in electric research
whose name today still is associate
with the galvanic battery. 1t was is
sued in connection with the interna
tional congress of electrical and radi
biology, and contains two denomina
tions-30 and rs centesimi. Fac
bears a portrait of Galvani
THE stamps are in two shades c
the same color. the lighter forming