The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-20

The GaEttord Cnamper ok Coln- merce will sponsor O cachet Tor the Hartford Tercentenary cele- bratlon to be held from June 20 to the a. Letters may be-sent to the OfIlce of the chamber, 006 Main street, where the cachet will be applied. The cachet bears the first seal of Hartford and carries the wording "Founding of Hart ford, l63o," and Hartford Cham Der of Commerce, lO36." There iS no charge for this service.
 Tn answef tO . letter received from '. Fl. Gabaree, IT,, Of this city, we wish to state that we had made . notation of the silver medal awarded to Robert E. Plett ct tho International Philstellc Exhibition held in New York rec gently. We should also like t0 inform MT. Gabaree that on Occa- sion the weekly stamp column is transferred Co the editorial page of the paper. On no account however, ls lt eliminated any Sat. trday. Also in the letter from the local philatelist was an account of the vastness and import of the recent stamp show in New York. We wish to thank Mfr. Gabaree for the assistance he offered and will appreciate any further com municAtion.
 Work is going on at the pres. ent time at the Bureau of En- craving in connection with turn ing out models for the series of commemorative stamps which are to make their appearance this year. It is expected that with the return of President Roosevelt to Washington from his present trip the designs for the Army and Navy stamps will be approved and work on their printing will then begin.
 It was hoped that the one-cent army and the one-cent navy stamps would be ready for release by August 1. Now, however, 1t appears that work at the bureau will not permit the issuance of these stamps in the series until the second week in August. The portraits to appear on the stannps have been selected and are listed as follows:
 ARMY
 1-Cent - George Washington and Nathaniel Greene, generals in the War of Independence.
 2-cent - Andrew Jackson and Winfield Scott, generals in the War of 1872.
 3-cent- Ulysses Simpson Grant and William Tecuinseh sherman, generals of the Union forces in the Civil War.
 Accent - Robert Edward Lee and Thomas Jonathan "Stone- wall" Jackson, generals of the Confederate forces in the Civil War.
 6-cent--A picture of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. F., founded in 1902.
 NAVY
 l-cent--John Paul Jones, naval commander in the War of 1nde- pendence, and John Barry, first American commodore and Faith CT of the American Navy"
 2-cent - Thomas MacD Donough and stephen Decataur, noted for their service against the pirates of Tripoli and in the War of 1872.
 3-cent-David Glasgow Farra- gut, the navy's first admiral, and David Dixon Porter, Farragut's foster brother, who served with him on the Mississippi during the Civil War.
 Accent = George Dewey, Wil- liam Thomas Sampson and Win- field Scott Schley, naval heroes of the war with Spain.
 6-cent---A picture of the United States Naval Academy at Anna polls, Md, founded in 1846.
 Additional Texas Centennial Cachets will Do sponsored early In July. To secure covers, send stamped, self addressed envelopes ready to 60, to the postmaster at the town noted. There will be . cover on July 1 from Fort Worth for tho Texas Frontier Centen- nlal, . second on July 2 from Stamford, Texas, for the Cowboy Reunion, and . third on July { from Eagle Pass, Texas, for the Border Jubilee.
 Shortly after the close of the recent Tipex, the run1or was cir- culated that e number of the souvenir sheets had been printed lied to join the V. F. w. should show his appreciation of what they have done in his behalf by joining this organization immediately.
 Tn conclusion permit me to again express my happiness in the suc- cessful termination of the long and a.~-A RAaaM.aaA AaSaak AA aa@isaa. AHAasak