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Kent B. Stiles, writing in the New
York Times, tells of a new method of
steel engraving never before identi-
fed with the producing of postage
stamps" The improved process. he
says, is being used by Honduras.
Ecuador and Peru in the "commemo-
ratives" they are bringing out in
celebration of the sesqui-centennial
of the Constitution of the United
States.
Projected primarily as an effective
means of preventing successful coun-
terfeiting of banknotes and developed
after years of experimenting by a
leading manufacturer of paper and
stamps for numerous foreign govern
ments," Mr.. Stiles says, "the process
which marks the Honduras 'sesqui as
philatelic engraving involves the use
OF electricity in hardening the
plates
"A microscopic examination of the
Honduras stamp discloses that it
differs IN appearance from the pieces
of postal paper with which philatel-
lists have long been familiar. The
colors are actually interviewer into
the pattern. The Honduras adhesive,
with the Honduran and American
flags shown in their original colors,
offers red, blue, green, gray and
yellow. Upon these, under the method
now adopted from banknote making,
the engraving is superimposed in
such way that all coloring is an
absolute register throughout. =
THE Bureau of Engraving and
Printing at Washington is not ex-
pected to use the process in making
Uncle Sans stamps, in the light of
limited appropriations granted by
Congress. Much machinery currently
in use would have to be scrapped, and
also there is the fact that Washing
ton is more interested in producing
stamps for the utilitarian purpose OF
preparing postage than in turning
out multicolored bits of paper pri-
marily to attract the worlds collec-
tors. Our Government has been
making its own stamps since 1894
and few have been in more than a
single color"
Egypt will bring out series for the
International Cotton Conference at
Cairo in December; also set of the
International Communications Con-
gress soon to be held.
Colombia announces new series
of semi -postals, six in number, to aid
in building a post office in Bogota.
Costa Rica has a dozen new official
stamps of the same design as those
of 1926 but with different color COM
binations The same government will
bring out five regular postage and
eight airmails for national eXhibi-
ton to be held at San Jose and four
triangle commemorative" for the
Philatelic Exhibition scheduled for
December Is to %.
Bulgaria is releasing a new 4-leva,
yellow, portrait stamp showing the
efigy of King Boris.
Liechtenstein has brought out a
5-rappen, green, pictorial, representing
a typical farm house.
Movies of the coronation of King
George VI, intended to bring alive"
the recent stamps of Great Britain,
were shown at meeting of the Wash
ington Philatelic Society, Hotel Carl
ton, Wednesday evening. The pictures
were presented by Mrs. Laura l..
Waters of the Waters Tourist Agency,
who told of her impressions of the
human drama" of the coronation
ceremonies.
Miss Christine Kelley, 13-year-old
pianist, pupil of Nine Louise Cou-
tinho, played Cigars "Pomp and Cir
cunlstance," Mendelssohn's "Midsum-
mer Nights Dream" nocturne and
Lecuona's "Malaguena."
The exhibition for the meeting was
provided by Alden H. Whitney, re-
gional vice president of the Society
of Philatelic Americans, who showed
covers of the reign of King George ";
Mrs. Henry Workman, jubilee and
coronation issues; Gerard Ten Eyck
Beeckman. covers of the reign of King
Edward VIII, and Mac H. Sanborn,
British stamps used in Puerto Rico
consular mail.
Members of the Washington Fed
Grafton of Junior Stamp Collectors
held their first session of the Autumn
season in the same room earlier in the
evening. with Mollie NJ Lewis as lead
er. The program included philatelic
map contest and an address by Albert
F. KunZe on the history of modern
Greece as reflected in stamp designs.
Prizes for the 1887 exhibition were