Evening star., 1941-06-22

general fled the country in disgrace
and the native added insult to in
jury by ordering inverted use. Let
tiers delivered with the stamps in
normal position were marked post
age due"
Ships pictured on United States
stamps include Adriatic, l2s, 1859;
flagship of Columbus, SC, 1898; feet
of Columbus, &c, 1893; lake express
craft, 1c, 1901; ocean steamer, l0c,
1901; Clermont, &c, 1909 Mayfower,
1c, 1920; New Netherlands, 1c, 1925;
Restuarationen, &c, 1925: Viking
ship, IS, 1925; Ark and Dove, &c,
1884; sailing ships of war, 1c, &c and
Sc, Navy series, 1886; ships at Char
/ lotte Amalie, IS, 1897; ship in Gall
lard Cut, &c, 1899.
A regular series of parcel post
stamps has been released by the
postal authorities of Belgium, the
values ranging from 10c to so fr.
Denominations of the new Gen.
!, Chang Kai-shek portrait stamps of
China are: y. l, 5, 8, 10, II, 25, 80,
! SO cents; 81, 50, S., $40 and $40.
DR.. John Honour was appointed
official carrier of mail at Charles
ton, S. c., in 1649 He served until
1860, charging cents for each let
ter handled and issuing eight diff
ferent stamps of his own for the
convenience of his patrons.
A series of military stamps has
been printed for Bohemia and Mo-
.avia.
Philatehc homage to the mothers
of George Washington and Abra-
ilam Lincoln is being sought by sew
| eral organized groups of collectors.
DR.. A. J. c. Vaurie, 5 East Fifty
third street, New York City, is or
ganizing a society of collectors and
students of the postal emissions of
France.
The Soviets in hope of enlisting
the financial help of Americans for
their program of Communist ag-
gression have brought out another
unwanted series of Red Army labels
| to be sold exclusively abroad
Elsie Louise Holtgreve, former
treasurer of the Washington Fed
Grafton of Junior Stamp Collectors.
was graduated at Western High
/ School Wednesday afternoon.
The late Fred j. Melville. in his
final book, Modern Stamp Collect
ing wrote: When the German
liner Elder, homeward bound from
New York, was wrecked off the Isle
of Wight on January 81, 1892, the
| purser's stock of German stamps.
after immersion in sea water, showed
surprise Disagreement. The salt
water had reacted on secret under
print which had been printed in in
visible ink in which phenolphthalin
was the chief constituent. Neither
! collectors nor the German public
knew until then that the stamps
they used were so protected; 1t was
the carefully guarded secret of the
Imperial State Printing Works"
| Eugene Mouchon. distinguished
engraver, designed the Peace and
| Commerce" stamps of France. also
the mysterious deaths head"
| stamps of Serbia Q904).
Nicolas Sanabria, airmail phi
latelist of international reputation,
was born in Caracas. became an Of
ficer In the Venezuelan Army. later
was an opera singer in the United
| States and Canada. His interest in
stamps dates back to his boyhood
when his father was a postal official
under the dictator Gomez.
Wrist watches with dials repre-
senting the 50-cent international
Exposition stamp of France, 1887,
are being manufactured in Switzer-
land. Meanwhile cigarette cases en-
graved with designs of United States
stamps are being made in Japan for
sale in the Philippines.
The Netherlands East Indies an
nounce three semi-postals to raise
money to buy planes for Dutch
flyers in the r. A. F. Denominations
are: Sc plus SC, 10c plus 10c and lg
plus 1g.
japan has forbidden the circula-
ton of the constitution commemo-
ratives of China, issued in 1889. The
excuse for complaint is that the map
on the stamps does not show Man
chukuo as a separate country.
Finland has paid philatelic hon.
age to the late President Kallio,
who died December 10 last. The de-
sign of the mourning stamp shows
the national leader reviewing troops.
Value: 2.75m, black and gray.
Long lists of French colonial
stamps overprinted France Libre"
are pouring into the market.
Mrs. Nellie G. Hollingsworth OF
Savannah, Ga. formerly active in
local stamp circles, has returned to
Washington for visit with relatives
and friends.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Today at noon-Associated Stamp
Clubs of the Chesapeake Area, Gam
brill State Park, High Knob Noun.
tain, route 40, near Frederick. ND.
Philatelic picnic and outing.
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