Evening star., 1941-07-13

| Czech languages: Fur daS deutSche
robe kreuz' and pro nemecky cerveny
kriz tfor the German Red Cross.
The Nazi eagle and SWaStika also
decorate this tab. Values are: so h
plus 40 h, blue; 1.2O k plus 80 h,
plum, both showing nurse beside
the bad of patient"
Rumania has issued a series of five
charity stamps for the 50th anniver-
! sary of the establishment of the
King Carol I Fund. The list includes
$50 plus 43.50 l, purple, open book
and vine; 2 | plus 43 |, red brown,
book shelves. l plus 38 /, red,
Foundation Building 10 / plus 35 /,
! gray black. portrait of Carol I: ano
! 16 plus % l. portrait of King Carol
I and King Michael.
( BolShevik Russia is understood to
have released a series of commence
ratives for the 25th anniversary of
! the death of the painter, VaSllij j.
/ Surikor. The set includes: 20 K. lilac.
fragment of picture Survivors
March; 30 k, red, portion OF paint
ing stephan Ragin'; so k. gray.
same as 20 k: !, green, same as 80
k; r, dark brown, artists self-por-
trait.
The Whaling City Philatelic So
ciety, New Bedford, Mass, will spon-
SOr a cachet for the centenary of
/ the oldest whaling ship. the Charles
w. Morgan, July 81. Orders at 10
cents each may be sent to Alfred
Allard. care of the society. proceeds
to be devoted to fund for p,eserv-
ing the ancient vessel.
A stamp in homage to John Au-
gustus Of Boston who. century ago,
! launched the probation movement
IN America, has been proposed.
Through II countless thousands of
men, women and even children have
been spared the degradation of
prison, restored to lives of useful
ness"
The first Penny Black stamps and
the first Mulready envelopes to
reach America seem to have been
carried by the Cunard ship Unicorn,
I which sailed from Liverpool May
is and arrived at East Boston June
| 3, 1840.
The Scott Publishing Co. has an
nounced the discontinuance of the
practice of issuing advance sheets of
: 10 orl
! Catalogue.
Poster labels for International
Philatelic week, November y " IL,
may be had from Fred w. Peters,
5000 Warwick avenue, Chicago, at
25 cents a hundred.
A postal and telegraph museum
is to be established in the new
Palace of Communications, Bogota,
Colombian Republic.
Cyril Harmer, son of H. R. Har-
mer, London philatelic dealer. has
been reported missing in action"
June 2.
Frigate Capt. Ramon Diaz BenZa
has been appointed director general
of posts and telegraphs of Para
quay.
| Kate Smith, radio singer who
once was wrapper girl in Wash
ington newspaper and magazine
! agency, has been a stamp collector
for many years. De Witt Frankel,
writing in Linn's Weekly Stamp
! News, says she saves" full sheets
of United States issues.
The fifth congress of the Spanish
American Postal Union Is to meet
at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Septem-
4 Der l. Commemorative of one sort
or another are indicated.
| A transport plane over the famous
Pyramids of GiZet is the motif OF
the design of two new airport stamps
of Egypt-10 M, violet; 80 M, green.
Cuba is bringing out two stamps
to mark the centenary Of the birth
of Guillermo Moncada, a famous
revolutionary leader, born at San
tiago, 1S41, died April 5, 1895. The
first issue, &c, shows the portrait
of the hero; the second, SC, depicts
him on horseback.
Four Red Cross stamps are the
latest philatelic products of Portu-
gal. The occasion is the 18th ami
versary of the establishment of the
Lisbon branch of the international
fellowship of mercy. -.