Evening star., 1940-07-21

at Fort Victoria; Sd, blue and brown,
Rhodes making peace with natives
in 1896; I'D, chocolate and green,
Victoria Falls Bridge; Sd, dull
brown and green. statue of Sir
Charles Coghlan, first Premier, and
1sh, blue and green, portraits OF
Queen Victoria and King George vi,
with small views of Lobengula's
kraal and government house at
Salisbury.
The stamp to be issued for the
4OOth anniversary of the expedition
of Francisco Vasquez Coronado is
slated for release at Albuquerque,
N. Mex, September Z.
1t has come to light that one OF
the objections registered against Sir
Rowland Hills plan for the penny
post was that of persons who be-
lieved that his theories would result
in increased Sunday labor. The
reformer's life was threatened by
critics of his wicked innovation
with the result that his heroic wife
accompanied him to and from his
office daily to protect him against
assault!
Curious postmarks may be OBJ
tained from the postmasters at
Money, Miss; Lucre, Miss; Cash
Corner. N. c.; Deposit, N. Y; Divi-
dend, Utah.
Philatelic Publishers, 276 Poland
avenue. Struthers. Ohio. have issued
third edition of Wilfried Myers
''Precancel Dictionary" selling at 10
cents per copy.
Mary Pickford must be a stamp
enthusiast. In any case, she re-
Gently went out of her way to visit
the philatelic exhibition at the New
York Worlds Fair.
The Canadian War Memorial at
Vimy, represented in the designs of
two stamps tScott's type A-65 OF
France, issued July 26, 1896, has
been reported to have been destroyed
by the German air force. Photo
graphs taken after the tide of battle
passed. however. show the monu.
ment intact. The truth in the cir
cumstances in one of the current
mysteries of the conflict for which
no solution is apparent at present.
A second edition of DR.. William
c. Steiger's Handbook of United
States Meters, Including Meter Slo-
sans' has been published by Stephen
G. Rich. Verona. N. j. Sold at cost,
the price is rs cents copy.
The last stamp of France issued
before the Nazi invasion is under
stood to have been a 50-centimes,
lake, variety of the Marseillaise type
of 1886.
Collectors interested in stamps
relating to medicine and chemistry
are referred to an Illustrated article
on the subject by DR.. Frederick A.
Weiss printed in the July number
of the Merck Report, house publica-
tion of Merck g. Co., Inc, Railway,
N. j.
The Portuguese Legion stamps OF
Portugal are eight in number, with
denominations and colors as fol-
lows: SC, bistre: 10c, violet; 15c,
blue; Csc, brown. 40c. green; 80c,
yellow green: 1E, vermillion, and
1.75E, deep blue.
Weekly Philateic Gossip for July
20 contains a useful discussion of
seapost cancellations by Frederic
H. Megson.
Carter Glass, jr., of Lynchburg,
Va, will be toastmaster at the ban
quet Of the American Philatenc So
ciety Convention. Hotel Statler, Buff
falo, Thursday evening, August IS.
A New Zealand postmaster, ac-
cording to Weekly Philatelic Gossip,
once posted notice on his bulletin
board to the effect that: "All post
masters are expert linguists, and
addresses may be written in Chi
nese or Hebrew. Persons are not
compelled to lick their own stamps
and envelopes. Postmasters will do
this for them. When watches are sent
through the post Office the sender
should put q notice on the outside.
The postmaster then will wind them
and keep them in going order"
Frederick r. Rice has been nomi-
mated for vice president OF the So
ciety of Philatelic Americans.
A penny stamp to be compulsory
or all mail has been suggested by
William j. Doemick of New York
to raise funds for national defense.
Don F. Nichols of South Haven,
Mich, writes: "It probably is sacri-
lege to say that we trust that Wen
dell Willkie Is not q stamp collect
ing enthusiast. He may be our next
President"
Postmaster General James A.
Farley has announced that the
s. 8. America, largest commercial
ship ever built In America, will make
its maiden voyage. leaving New