Evening star., 1940-05-05

'The irish Free State, comprising
most Of ireland. Issued . penny car
mine rose stamp in 1927 blithely
mapping the entire Emerald Isle
under the name Of Fire. with no ref
erence to British controlled North
ern ireland.
'The 1928 ~ plaster red stamp Of
Cyprus, commemorating its 50th
year as q British colony. bore . map
Of the island. showing such time
honored place names as Paphos.
The 1898 2-penny stamp Of Fiji
presented in green and orange
brown a map Of the larger islands.
showing latitude and longitude. Two
Of Costa Ricas 1896 stamps showed
the country's Cocos Island, Of buried
treasure fame, on Z map quantity
resembling q treasure hunt chart.
Among the many other postal maps
Of American countries are the 1895
airmail series Of Bolivia, the 1897
issue Of Venezuela and the 1898 5.
centavo carmine rose Of Ecuador"
Postmaster General James A, Far
ley announced on Friday the ex-
pected authorization Of q COM
memorative for the 50th anniver-
sary Of the admission Of Idaho to
the Union, July 3. The value will
be Sc. the color purple, and the
central motive Of the design . view
Of the State Capitol at Boise.
Centenary visitors shown through
the Bureau Of Engraving and Print
ing by Clark r. Long, assistant di.
rector, and John M. Smith, superin.
tendent Of the Stamp Printing d.
vision, saw the SC Wyoming COM
memorative on the press and no.
ticed that Its color Is q lavender
sepia.
According to Weekly Philatelic
Gossip, Great Britain has prohibited
the cancelling of stamps on enve-
lopes bearing reproductions Of postal
designs. Such pictures, 1t Is ex-
planned. "are found to cause embar-
rassment to officers Of the post ONCE
in handling the mails"
The faint color Of the Sc Pan
American tThree Graces) stomp Is
being criticized by those who believe
that much Of the detail Of the de-
sign has been lost because Of thin"
ink.
Gable reports from London explain
that two new values have been added
to the Postage Stamp Centenary
series Of commemorative. The list
now includes I'd and Sd denomina-
tions.
The Centenary Exhibition Of the
Woodbridge Stamp Club, 2206 Rhode
Island avenue Me-, opens tomorrow
and will continue until May IL
Among those displaying stamps and
covers are: Mrs. F. Bonar, jaime,
Brewrink. Miss Mable Byler, J. r
Carlton. Le Roy Corbin, Bert Gard
ner, Edward Miller, l.. w. Murphy
William J. OBrien, jr.; Yves M
Tryon, Joseph Werres, Bernard Far
wick. Miss Elizabeth and Miss Mar.
garet Vail and Louis G. NIX. The
purpose Of the show Is to trace the
development Of postal adhesives from
the earliest to the latest.
The Netherlands is bringing out
a new regular series of stamps
showing q portrait Of Queen VIII
helmina. Denominations are s, IA
10. IL, IS, 20, 22h. IS and 4oc.
+ The postal authorities of France
have sponsored wartime slogan
which may be translated: ITO de-
story lie Is to take away 4 cannon
from the enemy"
Collectors will continue their cam.
paign to obtain authorization of q
stamp to mark the centenary o1
philately. That their efforts may
not be wasted is indicated by 9
letter from Postmaster General Far
ley in which he says: Il regret
exceedingly that it has been founc
inadvisable to issue a stamp for the
centennial anniversary of the frs,
postage stamp at this time. I appre-
ciate very much the interest aroused
IN this centenary Of philately AND
trust that at some future date more
favorable consideration may be given
the matter"
Stamp meetings for the week are
scheduled as follows:
Tomorrow evening at S-Wood-
ridge Stamp Club, 2206 Rhode Island
avenue NE, Postage Stamp Cen
tenary program.
Tuesday evening at 8Collectors'
Club of Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth street NV. Program
and bourse.
Wednesday evening at S-Wash.
ington Philatelic Society, Hotel May.
flower. Annual meeting. Member
only.
Thursday evening at 9:1S-Wash.
ington Stamp Club Of the Air in col.
laboration with Pan-Americar
Union, Station VOL. Philatelie
romance.