The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09

fs . the house action, stated that orders had >bccn issued that hereafter no sheets of any stamp will be allowed outside tho bureau of engraving and printing except in the form In
 which tIte stamp Is available to the public over the cOunter.< .~"H Oficial announcement that jubi- lee stamps have been prepared for 43 colonies and dependencies under the immediate control of 'the Coz ionial office has been made in Lon- don. The denominations are re- stricted to the four in most com mon use in each territory. The stamps are being produced in two colors by the intagllo process of engraving and will be made up in postoffice sheets of sixty each. On tho right hand side Is a crowned effigy of King George and on the | left view of Windsor Castle. l- There will he 172 stamps In z the full series for the 43 cOun. : tries involved. the stamps to have total face value of be-
 tween SIS and SEQ.
 Postoffice department authorities
 have issued a denial of the report that miniature sheets of the two
 cent national parks stamp will be
 issued in connection with the
 meeting of the St Petersburg. Flor
 ida Philatelic society to be held in
 that city this month. The depart.
 ment. however. will send a frame containing hundreds of United States postage stamps to St. Pc tersburg, which 1t is believed. will prove an interesting exhibit during the meeting of the Philatelic Soci-
 ety in the Florida city.
 On April 3 Louis Bernstein will sponsor . bl.cOl0rcd ca- chct >cOmmerorating the 18th anniversary of the First Pony Express from St. Joseph. Mo. All covers, 6 3.4" size should be sent to Mir Bernstein nt 2 Lafayette street, New York r, city. One cent per cover for. wArdlng postage should be cn-
 closed. The closing date is March 22. A 4d. green and carmine. post age due stamrs has made It's ap. pearance in Australia, printed on | paper wateramrked Crown c. of A. Three values of the New paper type of 1918 have ap- pearcd with the Ovcrprlnt 70. IT," i'm CzechOslovakia. Tho vaIucs so treated are: 1Oh., dull violet; 2Oh., blue; 3Oh., gray.br0wn.
 A set of four values celebrating | the return of the Eaari to the Fa- | therland has been issued in Ger many. The design shows female figure. wearing a crown of oak
 leaves and clasping a child in her
 arms, the faces of both expressing joy. The legend at the top is "Die
 Saar Kebrt Hein" (The Saar
 Comes Home.) Values and cclors
 are: 3rpf, brown: 6rpf., green;
 12rpf., red-bfown, and 25rpf, blue.
 The ,50rpf.. green and black, of l the Hindenburg type has now ap-
 peared on paper bearing the swas-
 tika watermark.
 Reengray wings of three of the | higher postal va1ues have ape {; l penred as parts of the new E series in Great Britain. The 2,
 new printings can be distin.
 guIshed by tiie cross matching on the shield held by Britan.
 mia and by the shading on the
 dfAping of her dress. The
 values are: 2sh. 0d., brown; Ssh, rcd and iOsf., steel blue.
 The 2d., orange of the new | r6t0gFstvure printing is cxpec- | ted shortly. tgm ,ifl a | Several yaiues of the 1927 issue
 have been oyefprinted in red for official use in Paraguay. They are
 as follows: 10c., light hlwe, and I b0c.. violet typo All ); 1p.s yellow