Evening star., 1939-08-27

the Un1ted states, the Canal Z
Costa Rica 1Dere used for frank
Hotel Philadelphian, Philadelphia
Saturday evening, September 30.
| Harmer, Rookie & Co., Ltd, Lon.
don, is preparing to sell at auction
the collection of the late Stepher
D. Brown. The dates for the salt
have been announced as October 81
| to November f. No fewer thar
2,619 lots are listed in the illus.
trated catalogue.
SCOTS Catalogue for 1910 list.
the 1-cent George Washington pres.
idential stamp in both colors-greer
and light green.
The Post Office Department ha.
distributed new supply of airmai
labels to first, second and third clas.
post offices throughout the country
Specimens may be had on request.
Advance sheets of SCOTS Postage
Stamp Catalogue for 1910 show dras-
tic downward price revisions fol
stamps of the United States. The
10Th century classics generally are
unaffected, but more recent issues
are cut. Farley imperforates droI
from $l858 to $1148, Washington
Bicentennials from $2.51 to $1.68
National Parks from $2.32 to $1.7l
The speculative boom which began
in 1888, it seems, is being Debated.
Friends of Rear Admiral Richard
E. Byrd have applied to Postmaster
General Farley for another stamp to
publicize his forthcoming expedi-
ton to the Antarctic.
FlrSt-day sales figures for the g.
cent Panama Canal stamp, August
Is and l6, were: Canal Zone. 374 1896
stamps, 230.974 covers Cancelled on
the U. S. S. Charleston; Washing
ton second day., 423,9O8 stamps,
1853 covers.
Philatelic Agency sales for July
reached total of $46,92655.
Plate numbers for the Scent 25th
anniversary of the Panama Canal
stamp have been designated as
22398 to 22401, inclusive.
Total sales of the Scent Hawaii
Territory stamp from October l8,
1887, to July 81, 1899, are reported
to have been 78,454 ,45O.
Switzerland on Tuesday last re-
leased two stamps in commemora-
tlon of the 18th anniversary of the
establishment of the International
Red Cross. The central motif is a
view of the city of Geneva. Values:
zoe and 30c, three colors each.
Poland has released a commemor-
ative for the 25th anniversary of
the entry of the Polish Legion into
the World War. The design shows
statue of Marshal Pilsudski,
troops in 1914 and troops of 1899;
and the denomination is 25g, dull
violet.
The first three definitive stamps of
Czecho-Slovakia under German
control have been released One
label carries the country's name in
German, 'Bohmen und Mahren,' -
and another in Bohemian, "Cechy
a MOrava." The denominations COL
ors and subjects are: sob, blue green,
Karlstein Castle, built by Charles
w; Ooh, dull violet, St. Barbara
Cathedral, Kuttenberg; and TX, rose,
st. Guy Cathedral, Prague.
From Brussels comes word that
the Belgian Kongo is to issue five
semi-postal stamps with surtax in
the interest of the Leopoldsville Zoo.
According to the official description
the subjects, colors and values will
be: 1fr plus 1fr, brown violet, group
of ibis or long billed heron; 1.50fr
plus .50fr, purple, two chimpanzees;
4.50fr plus 4.50fr, dark green, croco-
diles; SIR plus SIR, yellow brown,
lioneSs.
Costa Rico announces a regular
postage set and an airmail series for
the Eighth American Child Congress
in October.
Copies of the Panama stamps for
the 25th anniversary of the Panama
Canal have been received. The
regular postage series includes: Eac,
orange yellow; Gatun Lake; 1c,
green, Pedro Miguel Lock; &c, car
mine rose, allegorical composition:
SC, blue, Culebra- Cut; 10c, dull
purple, ferryboat; 12c, green, air
view of the canal; 15c, powder blue,
Gen. William c, Gorgas; zoe, orange,
Manuel Amador Guerrero, and 1B,
President Woodrow Wilson. For
airmail there are the following
issues: 1c, rose red, Belisario Porras:
&c, green, President William Howard
Taft; sc, blue gray, Pedro j. Sosa;
10c, dull purple, Lucien Bonaparte
Wise; 15c, powder blue, Armando
AeCSAuo, 6OS, ASoC, oCIl. SCOl &c w.
Gothals;; Soc, olive brown, Ferdinand
de Lesseps, and 1B, President Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
Finland will issue a series of
stamps for the Booth anniversary of
the University of Abo.
An organization of liquor dealers
is said to have protested against
philatelic honors for Frances E. Will
lard, temperance advocate.
Brazil will issue in 1910 a series
Of airmail stamps in values equiva-
lent to present postage rates, pro
ceeds from the sale of which will
be used to pay bills presented by
commercial aviation firms for trans
porting mail and for regular postal
revenue"
Norway on July "a brought out
four stamps commemorating Queen
Maud and designed to finance a
children's charity in which she was