Evening star., 1935-09-22
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

War between Italy and Ethiopia,
seemingly inevitable, will have phila-
telic repercusSions. Should the con-
fiict expand to universal proportions
1t would have even greater effect upon
collecting than the struggle of 1914
1918.
The United States, it has been sug-
eeSted, certainly should have stamp
for the 150th anniversary of the sign
ing of the Constitution. If issued, it
should go on sale September IT, 1887.
An appropriate subject would be the
painting by John H. Froehlich in the
Pennsylvania Museum at Harrisburg.
1t shows Washington receiving the
manuscript of the final draft from
the chairman of the committee
charged with its preparation.
Ed Horowits, in Stamps Magazine
for September 81. addresses the spirit
Of Wiley Post: I'VE bid you farewell.
The world in general, and aviation in
particular has reaped great benefits
from your sojourn with us and his
tory will immortalize your memory
and pay tribute to your achievements. 3"
But the Post Office Department
continues to deny the appeal for a
stamp in homage to the flyer and his
friend, Will Rogers.
Albert F. KunZe, in Weekly Phi
latelic Gossip, compares the proposed
potato stamps with the indelible
purple and red rubber stamp of ap-
proval affixed by Federal meat in
spectors to the flank of every approved
pig that meanders through the sew
eral Stockyards Of the Nation"
An appeal has been made to Third
Assistant Postmaster General c. B.
Ellenberger for stamp to mark the
centenary of the Dutch settlement of
Brooklyn, N. Y, next year.
The Boulder Dam stamp will be re-
leased September go not September
%, as originally announced.
Orders for uncanceled stamps sent
to Boulder City will be ignored. The
Post Office Department, apparently,
is determined to concentrate all first
day cover business at that point, de-
spite Postmaster General Farley's
promise that new stamps invariably
would be released IN Washington CO.
incidentally with special sale else
where.
Nothing has been done as yet about
the Michigan Centennial stamp 1t
has been scheduled for November l.,
but the State Historical Society has
delayed progress by failing to submit
suggestions for the design.
The gallowS above the letter "g" of
postage" in the San Diego stamp
really is a Japanese arch.
The new Philippines stamps may
not be available in Manila November
Is, as expected. Juan Ruiz. director
of posts says: They are supposed to
arrive some time during the latter
part OF this year"
DanZig announces two additions to
the current series-70pfg and 80pfg.
Mexico has a stamp to mark the
11lth anniversary of the federaliza-
ton Of Chlapas. The value is 10c,
the color deep blue and the design
shows the seal of the state at the
time when it was independent.
Germany brought out two stamps
for the Reich party meeting at Nurm-
berg. The design is identical for both
an eagle with the Nazi symbol fly
ing over the city. Values. 6pfg,
green, and 12pfg. brown-carmine.
Official details of the King LadisIas
Varnentchek series of Bulgaria are
announced as follows IL. yellow
brown, Jan Hunyadi; 81, brown pur-
pie, portrait of Varnentchek; Al,
orange, Varnensis monument: IL,
chalky blue, portrait of Varnentchek.
and l4L, gray green, death Of Varnent-
chek.
The tercentenary of the French
settlement Of Guadalupe and Mar
Unique is to have philatelic COM
memoration.
In connection with the Third In
ternational Congress on Iranian Arts
and Archaeology Russia has brought
out set of four values-5k, orange;
10k, green; 15k, purple, and 35k,
sepia-showing Sassanid silver plate
OF the fourth or fifth centuries.
France announces a commemora-
tive for Rouget de LIsle, composer Of
the "Marseillaise. He was born at
Lonsle-Saulnier in 176O and died
near Paris in 1886. An officer of en-
gineers at the beginning of the Revo-
luton, he was dining with the mayor
Of Strasbourg one evening in April,
1892, when wish was expressed that
the nation might have a song to ex-
STAMPS,