Evening star., 1940-08-04
By James Waldo FasOcetf.

Stanley b. AShbrook OF Fort
Thomas. KY, philatelic historian,
win be one Of the principal speakers
at the convention Of the American
Philatenc Society. Hotel statler.
Buffalo, Monday to Friday, August
IL to Is. HIS address on "Sugges-
tions for Better Service to Philately"
Is scheduled for Thursday morning.
The Pitney-B -Bowes Postage Meter
Co.. Stamford, Conn.,. announces
that 1t has received q Post Once
Department order for 80 postage
meter machines to be installed in
large city post ofnces throughout
the country.
Additional data on the artists
group stamps Is provided as fol-
lows:
1c, green, Gilbert Charles Stuart,
born at North Kingstown, r. l.,
December 3, 1755; died at Boston,
July 8 or AZ, 1928. Most famous of
American portrait painters, noted
for his representations of George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
James Madison, James Monroe, etc.
Rose from poverty to riches, yet
died poor again. His studio from
1903 to 1905 was at F and Seventh
streets NV, where many great
men sat for him.
&c, red, James Abbott McNeill
Whistler, born at Lowell, Mass, July
10, 1884; died in London, July II,
1908. Equally distinguished as
painter Of portraits, landscapes,
marine views; etcher, author, re-
former and wit. Taught Oscar Wilde
and Bernard Shaw how to use
words like swords. Made it dan
gerous to be a bore within reach
Of his tongue or pen. Studied at
West Point and was employed as
a craftsman in the United States
Coast Survey, residing at Tenth and
E streets NV, 1854-1855. Then
went abroad and never returned.
Some of his best work may be seen
In Washington, especially at the
Freer Gallery and at the Library of
Congress. The Corcoran Gallery
has on loan from Mrs. James Par
melee the composition known as
"Battersea Reach" At the insist
ence of the philatelic public his
study Of his mother was reproduced
on the Mothers Day stamp of 1884.
Sc, purple, Augustus Saint-Gau-
dens, born in Dublin, Ireland, March
/, 1848, died at Cornish, N. H., Au-
gust 3, 1907. One Of the most gen.
erously gifted sculptors of modern
times. Created the Peace of God"
memorial to Mrs. Henry Adams,
Rock Creek Cemetery, 1891; SYM
bolic figure of Art, Library of Con-
gress: bust Of Chief Justice Morrison
r. Waite. Supreme Court, and $40
gold piece. Was a friend of Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt and visited
him while he was a tenant Of the
White House.
SC, blue, Daniel Chester French,
born at Exeter, N. H., April 20, 1850;
died at Stockbridge, Mass, October
7, 1881. Celebrated for the graceful
beauty and dignity Of his work as
modeler Of marble and bronze. Was
the son Of Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury Henry Flagg French
and married Mary Adams, daughter
Of Edmund H. French of Washing
ton. Maintained a studio here from
1876 to 1873. Executed the Gallau-
det monument, Kendall Green, 1889;
symbolic figure Of History, Library
Of Congress; statue Of Lewis Cass
of Michigan, Capitol; Du Pont Circle
memorial fountain, and seated fig
ure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lin
coin Memorial.
10c, brown, Frederic Remington,
born at Canto, N. Y, October 4,
1861; died at Ridgefield. Conn, De-
cember 26, 1909. Author, illustrator,
painter and sculptor, called THE
Delineator of the West" Wrote and
decorated half a dozen different
books Of impressions Of the wide
open spaces beyond the Mississippi
Ills Indians were Indians" The
Smithsonian Institution has his
painting. Fired On"
The Stuart and the Whistler
stamps will 60 on sale September
S, the former at Narragansett, R. l.:
the latter at Lowell, Mass, where
the subject refused to be born"
Other first releases are scheduled
as: Saint-Gaudens, New York City,
September is; French, Stockbridge,
Mass, September 16, and Reming-
ton, Canton, N. Y, September 80.
The 1941 edition of SCOTS Stand
ard Postage Stamp Catalogue will
be published September l6. I'm
provements in the arrangement of
the volume include the printing of
watermarks in direct relation to
the stamps involving them; new
Illustrations of more than $50 over
prints and surcharges as separate
entities; and new headings for the
different stamp-issuing countries
eliminating data of non-philatelic
character. The book contains ap-