Evening star., 1936-10-25

authentic portrait OF COLUMBUS exists |
and no one knows what manner Of |
man he was.
When the Government exhibited |
certain valuable stamps at the Pan
American Exposition of 1901 large
part Of the display was stolen.
The first commemorative printed
by the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing was the l-cent trans
Mississippi issue of 1898. It was in
tended to show the likeness Of Her.
nando de Soto, but the plan was
changed to represent Father James
Marquette preaching to the Indians
In 1878. The vignette is copy OF
a painting by Lamprecht owned by
Marquette College. Milwaukee, with
the exception Of one detail-the head
of the missionary was taken from Q
bust by Trentanove in the Capitol.
At the Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
ton, April 80, 1904, the first cover
Cancelled was an 1875 Centennial en-
velope bearing complete sets of the
Columbian, trans-Mississippi and Pam
American, as well as the st. Louis
issues.
The actual first release Of the Lin
coin memorial stamp prepared for the
centenary Of the emancipator's birth
was January %, 1909.
Germany's annual "winter -hilfe"
series this year consists of nine
values. described as follows: 3pf plus
2pf, motor road at Munich; 4pf plus
3pf, Air Ministry at Berlin: 5pf plus
3pf, Memorial at Nuremburg; 6pt
plus 4pf, bridge over the Saale; 8pf
plus 4pf, public building in Berlin;
l2pf plus 6pf. Alpine bridge; l5pf
plus lOpf, building in Munich; 25pf
plus 15pf, bridge over the Mingfall.
and 4opf plus 35pf, building in
Munich. The designer is Georg Frits.
The "pro- -juventute" stamps of
Switzerland for 1895 will include: SC,
green, Hans Georg Nageli, l773-ls36;
10c, violet, Neuchatel girl: zoe. red,
Schwyz girl, and soc, blue, Zurich girl.
Belgium on October IS brought out
a stamp for youth exhibition at
Charleroi. The design shows the mu-
nicipal building Of that town; the color
is brown and the value is 6fr, with
3fr Of that sum assigned to charity.
Denmark announces a 30-ore, blue
stamp showing the Cathedral Of Ribe.
The British Solomon Islands will
have a pictorial series Of IL values.
BY decision Of the editors of SCOTS
Catalogue, the Matanzas stamps of
Cuba have been admitted to regular
listing.
The Philippine trade commissioner,
Barr Building. announces that GER
tain denominations Of the 1885 series
have been overprinted with the
phrase The Commonwealth Of the
Philippines" Values so corrected"
are: &c, &c. l0c, 16c. soc and lP.
1t is stipulated that no orders for
speciments will be received until fur
ther notice.
The commissioners office. however,
now is ready to take orders for the
so-called anniversary" set sched-
uled for release on November Is. in
cluding: &c, &c and l2c.
Postmaster E. T. Hedlund of Port
land, Greg, has announced that he
does not understand" stamp collectors.
But he also proclaims the opening OF
special philatelic sales window Tor
their accommodation.
Johore, Indian native state, soon
will bring out set of regular postage
issues to include: 8 cent. green and
dark red; 10 cent. yellow and dark red;
IL cent, blue and dark red; Is cent.
green and dark red: 40 cent, brown
and dark red; so cent, red and dark
red; 81, pink and green, 81, red and
green. and IS. orange and green.
The annual health stamp of New
Zealand will be released November 2.
Printed in scarlet. the design shows a
little girls portrait in hfebouy
frame with a health camp in the
BACKGROUND. The value will be Id.
According to the Associated Press,
Canada has in the course of prepara-
ton its first stamps to carry the
picture Of Edward VIII since he be-
came King. The illustration to be
used is made up in an engraving rather
than the photogravure style Of print
ing used on the first British stamps
to bear his portrait.
Canada has twice previously used
Edwards picture on Its stamps, but
both occasions we're during the time
he was Prince of Wales. The first was