Evening star., 1937-02-28
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
Negotiations looking toward the in
auguration of regular air1nail service
over the Atlantic are understood to
be proceeding. Both Department of
Commerce and Post Office Depart
ment representatives are participating
in the discussion. Agents for British,
French, German and Dutch air trans
port companies have been heard.
Special stamps, naturally enough, are
foreshadowed.
Frank Golden Of London sends the
following information for the guidance
of American collectors: 1T Is an
nounced officially that his majesty the
King has been pleased to approve q
special coronation issue of stamps for
each of the Colonial dependencies. to
consist of three denominations only in
common design, which will be on
sale from May IL to December 81,
1887, when all remainders will be with
drawn from issue and destroyed.
THE stamps will be of the same
size and shape as the 1885 silver
jubilee issue. printed by engraved
process in single colors. The design
includes portraits of both H. M. King
George VI and her majesty the Queen
in a setting Of coronation emblems,
including the crown, orb, sword Of
state and sceptreS. The date OF the
coronation is inscribed at the top of
the design, and the name Of the
issuing territory appears at the base
of the stamps with duty labels in the
lower corners.
In the case o. the Newfoundland
stamps. the title of the territory will
be displayed in white lettering against
a colored background, instead of vice
versa, as in the case of all the other
territories.
THE complete series comprises 1875
stamps from As different territories
and will be as follows: Alden, /, "a
and annas. colors to be stated later;
Antigua. Id. red, 11ad, brown, 21ad,
blue; Ascension. Id, green, I'd. or
ange. Sd. blue; Bahamas. I'D, green,
112d, brown, 219d, blue; Barbados,
Id, red, 111d, brown, 21ad, blue;
Basutoland, Id, red, I'd, purple, Sd,
blue; Bechuanaland, Id, red, I'd,
brown, Sd, blue; Bermuda, Id, red,
lid, brown, 21ad, blue; British Gui-
ana, &c, brown, &c gray &c blue;
British Honduras. &c, yellow. &c, gray.
&c, blue; British Solomon Islands, Id,
violet. 112d. red. Sd. blue; Cayman
Islands, I'D, green, Id, red, 212d, blue;
Ceylon, &c, red, &c, dark green, zoe,
blue; Cyprus, 34pi, light gray, 11api,
red, 213pi, blue; Dominica, Id, red,
lid, brown, 2l2d, blue; Falkland
Islands. I'D. green, Id. red, 21ad,
blue: Fiji, Id, mauve, I'd, gray, Sd,
dark blue; Gambia, Id, brown, I'D,
red. Sd. blue; Gibraltar, ad, green,
I'd, gray, Sd, blue; Gilbert sed Ellice
Islands, Id, violet, I'D, red, Sd, blue;
Gold Coast, Id, brown, I'd, slate gray.
Sd, blue; Grenada, Id, violet, 11ad.
red 212d, blue; Hongkong, 4c, green,
15c red, Csc, blue; Jamaica, Id, red,
112d, gray, 21ad, blue; Kenya, Tan
ganyika and Uganda, Sc, green, zoe,
orange, soc, blue; Leeward Islands,
Id, red, lid. brown, 21ad, blue;
Malta, I'D, green. 11ad, red, 21ad,
blue; Mauritius. Sc. violet, 12c, red,
zoe, blue; Montserrat, Id; red, lid,
brown, 212d, blue; Newfoundland, &c,
green, 4c, rose, SC, mauve; Nigerio, Id,
red, 1l2d, chocolate. Sd, blue; North
ern Rhodesia, 112d, red, I'd, orange
brown. Sd, blue; Nyasaland. I'D, green,
Id, brown, I'd. gray; St. Helena, Id,
green, I'd, orange. Sd, blue; st. Kits,
Id. red. 112d, brown, 212d, blue; st.
Lucia, Id, violet, 11ad, red, 212d, blue;
st. Vincent, Id, violet, 12d, red, 21ad,
blue: Seychelles, &c, olive, 12c, orange,
zoe, blue; Sierra Leone, Id, orange,
I'd, n1auve, Sd, blue; Somaliland, la,
red, "a. black, 3a. blue: Straits Set
Elements, 4c, orange, SC, gray, 12c,