Evening star., 1936-11-29
By JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

BY janis WALDo fh"CLlls
The Post Once Department. as ex-
pected, announced Monday that the
first two values of the Army and Navy
heroes series will 60 on sale exclusive
ly in Washington on Tuesday, De-
cember Is.
Both the new stamps will be l-cent
denominations. Portraits of George
Washington and Nathaniel Greene
will appear In the Army design: John
Paul Jones and John Barry in the
Navy.
A view Of Mount Vernon has been
introduced In the background Of the
former; representations of the Bon
Homme Richard and the Lexington
famous ships-in the central vignette
of the latter.
In size identic with the recent
State commemorative, both stamps
will be green in color, rotary press
printed in sheets of so.
Alvin r. Meissner Is the artist re-
sponsible for the Navy stamp. while
w. K Schrage made the original
drawing for the Army issue. The
Washington and Green portraits used
are those of John Trumbull I756-
1843); the Jones portrait is from an
engraving based on the work OF an
unknown artist. and the Barry por-
trait is after Gilbert Stuart Q756-
1929.
The Post Office Department stamp
program for 1887, aside from the re-
mainder OF the heroes set. has yet to
be formulated. 1t is expected that
between "a and 36 new issues will bt
authorized, but no details have been
decided. A conference in which Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Postmaster Genera
Farley and Alvin w Hall, director o.
the Bureau of Engraving and Print.
ing. will participate is indicated fol
| some time in January.
| Meanwhile collectors who favor th'
Harvard Tercentenary commemora'
tive. the iong-delayed U. s. S. Consti.
| tuition C"Old Ironsides"o stamp, thl
proposed heroes of peace series. etc
are entitled to exercise their constitu'
| tional right of petition. They ma,
address either the President or Mr.
Farley.
Those interested in stamps in trib
! ute to American inventors are invite
! to notice editorial comment on tn
! subject printed in The Star on Frida
/ last.
( Following promptly on the an
/ nouncement of the forthcoming illus
trated edition of "A Description G
United States Postage Stamps" tn
editors and publishers of Weekly Phila
telic Gossip, in their issue for Novem
Der %, have challenged the existin
prohibition against the reproduction G
United States stamp designs. The
have printed a three-quarter pag
half-tone cut showing approximate
300 plate-number examples of sue
productions as: The Scent Gilber
| Stuart Washington: the 1-cent Frank
lin: the lla-cent Harding: the 2-cen
ordinary and electric eye Washington
! the Scent Lincoln; the 1l-cent Hayes
the l2-cent Cleveland; the l3-cen
! Benjamin Harrison: the l5-cent Statu
of Liberty; the Scent Washington Bi
centennial: the Scent and Scent air
mails; the 50-cent Graf Zeppelin; tn
Scent webster; the Scent Penn, an
the 3-cent Oglethorpe.
Also, the 3-cent Newburgh; 1-cen
and Scent Century Of Progress; 3
cent N. r. A.: Scent Byrd: seen
Kosciusko: Scent Maryland; 3-cen
Mothers Day fiat and rotary; Seen
Wisconsin: and 1-cent, 2-cent, 3-cen
and scent Parks.
None of the stamps is mutilated i
the Layout" All appear as the
would be seen by the naked eye.
The Bureau Issues Association,
which Hugh M. Southgate is presiden
arranged the display. and it is pre-
sented in Weekly Philatelic Gossip ex
actly as it was exhibited at Tipex las
Summer.
What action if any. the Government
may take in retalia ton could not b
determined yesterday. In the event Q
the refusal of the Treasury Depart
ment authorities to act. it may be pre-
sumed that the law is in default. o
the other hand. 1t may be expecte
that the philatelic public gladly Wi