The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-23

NlCdTdBud pldCeu U IlCW IHAlldS ture sheet on sale in October, very appropriately honoring the anni- versary of Columbus voyage.
 In honor of the 150th anniver- sary of the U. s. Constitution, Honduras has just issued 8 46 cent air-mail stamp which is destined to become one of the most famous in the world. With 1t, Honduras has bestowed upon this country the highest honor one country can show another. Very large and beautiful, printed in six colors, inscribed in two languages, 1t illustrates the U. s. flag in red, white and blue and the sun shin- ing on the Constitution.
 Prize winners in the national stamp design competition for the 1-cent stamp in the forthcoming issue of regular postage stamps have been announced by the treas ury departments procurement di- vision, section of painting and sculpting.
 First prize in this contest, amounting to $500 was awarded to Elaine Rawlinson; second, Charles H. Bauer of East Orange, N. J.: third prize, Erwin Hoyt Austin of Delmar, N. Y. Eleven hundred and twenty-two artists entered the contest and selection of the winners was difficult task.
 On November 16 the thirtieth anniversary of the Statehood of Oklahoma will be celebrated by 8 special cachet. Send stamped, self-addreSsed envelopes, unseal- ed to the cachet director, Chamber of Commerce, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to be received before November IA. For those desiring this cachet on cover mailer from the U. s. s. Oklahoma, send standard sized envelopes before November l with one cent apiece extra forwarding.
 Austria has presented two new series of fifty view cards, values 12g. brown and 24g. violet, re- spectively.
 A special stamp exhibition is to take place in Sydney, Australia during April, 1888, in view of the fact that 1888 is the centenary of the issue of the New South Wales stamped envelope and also the esqui-centennial of the founding of the first white settlement in Australia.
 A copy of the prospectus of the exhibition may be received from Hunter McFsae, 77O79 Elizabeth street, Sydney, N. s. w.
 Philatelists were very much in- terested in the trash collected at Baltimore stadium last Saturday following the Navy Harvard foot ball game. The trash contained envelopes in which the Navy mail- out tickets to the game. On each envelope sent as registered mail, were one everyday three cent stamp and thre five-centers. The latter were barnd new, ,enuine, collectors-item stamps, part of a recent special issue commemorate ing the progress of the Navy. The Navy had taken e huge portion of the issue to advertise the ath- letic program.
 Guatemala's thOughtfuIness i'm placing Q likeness of President Roosevelt on one of her postage stamps ls accepted as . pleasing gesture, but it is not In conform. fly with this country's statutes prohibiting Che use on stamps, 60. curities or currency of the pOr- trait of . living person.
 However, MT. ROOsevelt's picture will soon appear on GuatemaIa's four.cent issue which is on the way to print The commerce de. partment of Guatemala has re. ported that the stamp is in com. memoration of the 16Oth anniver. eary ok the United States Con. stltutlOn. Officials of the U. 6. postofllce stated that they can. not OiiCially object to ths stann.