The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-06

Around the globe. Czecho. slovakia-The death of eX-Presi- dent Masaryk on Sept. 14th was marked by two black mourning stamps. France-The female fig- ure symbolizing the Republic ap- pears on two recent French stamps. LaFrance cradles an in- fant in her arms on @ 65 plus % centime adhesive issued for the benefit of public health work. The 1.75 franc blue stamp is in dedi- cation to the anniversary of Americas constitution, but La France is shown in @ hand clasp with a rather dumpy looking tlg- ure of Columbia.
 YugOslavia-A new airlnail set of eight in four designs. Each shows Q ln0n0plane in flight over various landscapes. They bear the names of prominent cities and come in blue green, rose red, brown violet and dark green.
 Several other important new is- sues are the Australian set of three values to commemorate the l50th anniversary of the coua- try's settlement; Peru's series of four in connection with the In- ter-American Aeronautic confer- ence held recently at Lima; The Spanish miniature sheets of the Toledo stamps on perforated and unwatermarked paper, designs showing ruins of a bridge after an air raid.
 Cuba In the interest of Ameri- can goodwill has announced is- sue of Q new series of symbolic postage stamps honOring the United States and all nations of North, Central, and South Amer ica. We can expect to find these stamps available within a short time.
 Brazil-Four bi-colored Stamps for regular postage, have been en- graved by London's Waterlow & Sons. They come in two designs, the 200 reis brown and blue and the 2000 (r) in green which shows the lake and Monroe Palace at Rio de Janeiro. The third of the lot, the 300 (r) in orange and Green and the 10000 (r) lake and slate, depicting @ foundation be- fore colonnade of royal palms at Rios Botanical Gardens. . A square 300 (r) green adhesive commemorates the golden jubilee of Esperanto, the artificial lan- guage devised by the Russian Zemahof. It features @ globe with dates 18o7-l937 in the corner.
 Two thousand years ago Auglls- tus Casear was born in Rome. Collectors are turning to the Ital- ian pages of their albums to hinge two sets of stamps from Rome COmmemOrating his bimillenary. Italy Is celebrating this date ale so with Q large exposition of inl- perial Rome.
 Augustus was born Sept. 2Srd, in the year 83 B. c. the grand- nephew of Julius Caesar, who made him his heir. Octavius as he was known then, became the first emperor of Rome in 27 B. 0. He was ruthless In obtaining his pow CT, joining Q mass purge of sen- ators and knights, wiping out Mark Anthony and other rivals.
 Following adventures that have included shipwreck, rescue, and double identity, the statue of Hawaii's King Kamehameha I has landed on 8 Sc U. s. stamp a commemorative issue, that, &C., cording to philatelists, promises to b. one of the outstanding United States issues from the standpoint of design and collector interest.
 On the basis of the number of cancellations, the Honolulu post office, in handling covers today, is three times as busy as it is dur- ing the day-before- Christmas rush. Forty clerks are selling the new issue, and all other postal employees are working continuous ly to handle what is expected to set a new record for first day cancellations of Q commemorative issue.
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