Evening star., 1938-03-27
ByJameS Waldo Fawceff.

An official Post Once Department
release on Tuesday said: Postmaster
General James A. Farley announced
today that he had authorized the use
Of official airmail cschets at Kitty
Hawk. N. c., and Dayton, Ohio in
connection with the Nationwide
celebration of National Airmail Week,
May is to 81. 1888.
Kitty Hawk and Dayton have been
selected by the Post Office Depart
ment for Official cachets by reason
of their close association with the
first flight of the Wright brothers.
1t was at Kitty Hawk, on the sandy
shores of North Carolina, where the
Wright brothers made the first sue
cessful flight by man in heavier
than-air flying machine. while it was
at Dayton, the home Of the famous
borthers, that their historic first flight
plane and subsequent improved models
were manufactured. Both these cities
will be focal points of interest during
the observance of National Airmail
Week.
THE Postmaster General also an
nounced that reports which he has
received from Paul R. Younts, post
master at Charlotte, N c., who is
executive chairman of the committee
arranging for the observance of Air
mail Week, indicate that plans are
progressing rapidly toward the goal
of local participation by each of the
$4,000 communities in which post
Offices are located throughout the
Nation.
While Mr.. Farley has authorized
the use OF only two official cachets,
which will be handled in the regular
phllatelic manner by the Post Office
Department, he has also instructed
postmasters throughout the country
TO make whatever arrangements they
neem necessary for the application Of
local non-oficial cachets.
The purpose of National Airmail
Week is to acquaint the American
public with the growth and advan-
tages OF aviation and more particu-
larly the benefits derived from use Of
the airmail service which has grown
from the 2l8-mile single route estab-
lished by the Post Office Department
between Washington and New York
on May Is, 1918, to a comprehensive
Nationwide system embracing some
32,o56 route and 64,716,243 annual
hoWn miles. In addition to this do
mestic airmail system the Post Office
department now maintains regular
alrmail service to Central and South
America, Cuba and the West Indies;
TO Canada and across the Pacific
Ocean to Hawaii and the Philippines.
and 1t also operates an interisland
service among the islands of the
Hawaiian group. There are SOTO
route miles in this foreign airnail
system and 5,2S3,757 annual flown
miles.
observance of National Airmail
Week by the Post Office Department
Is but continuation of the intensive
nationwide drive that has been made
by the department for the past three
years to acquaint the American people
and also the business, commercial and
industrial organizations of the Nation
with the advantages and time-saving
that may be had by using the airmsil
service.
The success of this drive is best
evidenced by the amazing growth in
the use OF airmail by patrons of the
postal service, which has resulted in
airmail poundage and receipts from
the sale OF airmail stamps being dou-
bled in the past two years"
The Collectors Club of WASHINGTON
has approved the arrangement of the
neglected" Presidents series. A reso-
luton to that effect, introduced by
Frederick r. Rice, Washington CORE
spondent for Western Stamp Collector.
Tuesday evening, March 8, was unani-
n1ously adopted.
The Post Office Department as yet
has not mentioned the matter Off
clally, but collectors should not fail
TO remember that coil stamps will be
issued in conjunction with the new
regular postage series.
Definite announcement concerning
the designs for the presidential stamps
has not yet been made, but it is under
stood that the sketch submitted by
Miss Elaine Rawlinson of New York
IN the national stamp competition
last year and awarded first prize
will be used as model It follows
that the portraits will be reproductions
OF marble bustS and the lettering
modernistic.
AS forecast in The Star last Sunday,
the Post Office Department has an
nounced that the 35c and 4Oc denomi-
nations will be dropped from the presi-
dental series. Stamps added are the
21c and 24c, Cleveland and BENJAMIN
Harrison.
The Philatelic Society of Pittsburgh
has indorsed the appeal of the Allie
gheny County Sesquicentennial Com
MISSION Tor a stamp to commemorate
the organization of county govern
ment.
Counterfeit stamps of Turkey are
being circulated in the United States
and the Post Office Department has is
SNSA " al AiAAls dSdlIlSl UI1SlQ.
First-f1ight covers to the number of
n,ll3 were carried from Baltimore to
Bermuda March l6.
The American Airmail Society will
hold its 1898 convention at st. Peters,
burg, Fla, May 26 to %, inclusive.
Program arrangements are in the
hands of Tony Janus Chapter, No. -.
There will be competitive exhibition.
and the Post Office Department has
agreed to supply special postmark
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