Evening star., 1939-04-16
Bv James Waldo Fa,vceff.

The efforts of the sponsors of the
New York World Fair to persuade
foreign governments to issue un-
necessary stamps for the "big show
on Flushing Meadows has failed in
large part.
Kent B. Stiles. philatelic editor
of the New York Times, is author
ity for the statement that the fol-
lowing countries have refused to
cooperate in the exploitation of
collectors: Great Britain, Fire (the
Irish Free State), Australia, New
Zealand, Southern Rhodesia, Can
ada, the Argentine Republic, Cuba,
Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland,
Portugal, Hungary, Italy, Switzer-
land, Denmark, Norway. Siam and
Japan.
The nations agreeing to the pro-
posal Of the promoters of the fair
are Brazil, the Dominican Repub-
lie, Ecuador, Iceland, Mexico, Ru-
mania, Russia and Turkey. Chile
Is reported to be "still considering"
and Sweden also Is supposed to be
studying the plan.
No answers have been received
from Greece, Finland, Haiti, Iraq,
Lthuania, Nicaragua, Peru, Saliva
dor, Venezuela and Yugoslavia.
France, however, has made up
the loss of some of the reluctant
countries by announcing World Fair
adhesives for each of two dozen
colonies, all to be on sale at the
French Pavilion.
Four independent nations-Aus-
tria, Czecho- -Slovakia, Albania and
less recently Ethiopia-meanwhile
have been eliminated from the list
whose postal authorities were ap-
preached by the sponsors of the
fair.
Profits from the sale of the labels
Of Brazil are to be used to buy
new machinery for the national
mint. Russia and Mexico, deplor-
ing the sins Of capitalism, have not
indicated what they will do with
their ill-gotten gains.
A dispatch from Ottawa tells that
q special post Office will be operated
in conjunction with the royal train
on which King George vi and Queen
Elizabeth will travel in Canada. It
will be known as the Royal Train
Post Office" and will be provided
with appropriate canceling devices.
Collectors interested in obtaining
covers are requested to send self
addressed, standard size envelopes
bearing necessary current Canadian
postage to Philatelic Division, Royal
Train Covers. Financial Branch,
Post Office Department, Ottawa,
Canada. The closing date stipulated
! is May Is.
Philip H. Ward, jr, writing in
Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News, says:
"While there was a commemorative
. postmark used at the centennial in
Philadelphia in 1876, nevertheless,
the general usage of such markings
followed at a much later date One
Of the earlier ones which seems to
be rather scarce is an especially pre-
pared f1ag-shaped canceler used in
Washington in 1897 at the time of
the Universal Postal Unions meet
Ing In that city. We have just To-
Gated little correspondence of six
covers with the postmark: WASH
tngton, D. c., June 10, 3:30p.-, 1897
with the flag killer showing in three
lines: Congress Postal UNIVERSAL
The postmarks are in black and
the stamps so Cancelled on individual
covers are the 1-cent and 2-cent
Columbian and the 2-cent, Accent,
scent and 10-cent Of the regular
1894 issue.
1T was at this congress that our
Government distributed to the dele
gates the 1894 series, postage, special
delivery and postage due, as well as
the complete set of envelopes in
= sizes overprinted: Universal Postal
Union We recall as boy in Wash
ington black boxes with gold letters
In which these sets were distributed,
and they were frequently to be had,
as most of the delegates seemed to
have given them away before they
left this country.
The meeting Of the congress was
held In the old Corcoran Art Gal
lery, located at Seventeenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue"
When the philatelic exhibition
truck finally starts its travels it will
carry miniature press which will
be used to print souvenir non
postage label of stamp size for free
distribution. Plate No. 22336 has
been prepared for this American
equivalent of the fried egg" of
Great Britain.
The 1939-40 duck hunters license
stamp will be released July l.. 1t was
designed by Lynn Bogue Hunt and
shows green-winged teals at the
edge of marsh.
The 4-cent Army and Navy stamps
and the scent Army stamp have
been removed from the sales list of
the Philatelic Agency.
Thomas D. Perry of Moorestown,
N. j., has been in Washington to
consult with Post Office Department
of1cials about his proposal to place
stamped envelopes on sale in the
Philadelphia agency. He represents
STAMPS.
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