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An official release, given out Thurs
day last by Harold Ambrose, chief,
information service, Post Office De-
partment, said: Announcement OF
the details of the 3-cent Maryland
Tercentenary commemorative postage
stamp and the place of the flrst-day
sale was made last night by Post
master General Farley.
THE new stamp, which is approxi-
mately one inch by seven-eighths OF
an inch in size, has as its central de-
sign the two ships which brought the
first settlers to Maryland from Eng
land in 1884, the Ark and the Dove.
Across the top of the stamp are the
words, Maryland Tercentenary.' In
the upper left corner are the figures
1884 while in the opposite corner
appear the figures 1894 At the left
of the stamp is the inscription, The
Ark and The Dove while in the back
ground to the right is the Maryland
coat of arms The words, u. S. Post
age three cents appear across the
lower border Of the stamp, while in
both lower corners is the figure g.
The color of the new stamp has not
been decided upon.
1.-The new Maryland Tercentenary
stamp, which is being issued in COM
memoration of the 300th anniversary
of the founding of the Colony Of
Maryland, will be placed on sale at
St. Marys City, a fourth-class post
Office in st. Marys County, on Friday,
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sale at post Offices throughout the
country the following day.
1T was in November, 1888, that the
Ark and the Dove set sail from CoWeS,
Isle of Wight, England, carrying 200
colonists under the guidance of Leon
ard Calvert. Landing on ST. Clements
Island, in the Potomac, now known as
Blackstone Island, the colonists soon
made their way to the mainland, and
it was at st. Marys City, where the
new stamp will go on first-day sale,
that they made their first permanent
landing"
Alvin w. Hall, director, Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing, on Friday in
dicated that the color of the Maryland
stamp will be settled early this week.
Engravers are at work on the design,
and proofs will be struck off in laven-
der, blue, red and green. There is
no chance of the issue being BIZ
colored. AS to quantity, Mr.. Hall said
that the number printed will be small.
A flat-bed press probably will be used.
The Mothers day stamp, to be is
sued about May l, bids fair to prove
the most popular of modern United
States philatelic productions Interest
in it is widespread, not only among
stamp collectors but also among
patriotic organizations of every kind
and in church and school circles.
The models, Mr. Hall intimated, will
be ready tomorrow for the inspection
of President Roosevelt and Mr.. Far
ley. One of the designs prepared
shows Whistler'S celebrated portrait
of his mother, and it is likely that
this will be the sketch approved.
Mr.. Hall said: Il believe philatelists
will welcome this issue with enthu-
siasm. The average collector, I think,
will wish to have his own mother
autograph blocks of specimens to be
OF his collecting experience"
Mrs. William E. Ochiltree, national
president American War Mothers, has
announced that Albert F.. Kunze will
have exclusive charge of arrange
ments for the official cachet of the
organization for Mothers day. He
has established an Office at 1927 New
Hampshire avenue.
The Post Office Department for
the time being has declined to con-
slider the plan for a national parks
series of stamps, advocated by many
collectors. 1t has been suggested.
however, that the set may be author
lied in 1885.
The proposed commemorative for
the U. S. S. Constitution (Old
lronsides), also has been rejected.
Rumors are current to the effect
that it might have been authorized
had 1t not been for an untimely and
exaggerated propaganda campaign in
its behalf.
Mr.. Farley recently received from
an unknown correspondent in a small
"cSleli1 IONu 1elleT bearing no
other address than his portrait, clip
ped from newspaper.
Complaints about the recent Ma
tional Stamp Exhibition, New York,
are legion in number, but all par
ties appear to agree in commencing
the efficiency and courtesy of the
branch of the philatelic agency
operated there. Robert E. Fellers,
superintendent, division of stamps,
was in personal charge, and Mrs
Louise Shawen, secretary, was his
first assistant" Total sales were:
Little America sheets, 1,956,l56
stamps; William Penn, 2460O; Dam
iel Webster, $4,000; Oglethorpe, 23,-
200; Newburgh. 1856; Century of
Progress imperforate 1-cent, 81 100;
Century of Progress imperforate s.
cent, $4,000; Kosciusko, 4846; Little
America perforated, 124,494; Scent
airmail, 1928, 13,472; scent airmail,
purple, 1881, 1898; Scent airmail,
olive green. 1924; Lincoln, 21,1oo,
and Lindbergh airmail in books,