Evening star., 1941-06-08

ColSon UaS q member of the .
the Washington Philutelic Soc
different postal adhesives, Victoria
was advertised throughout the
world. Her countenance was SYM
boil universally recognized. 1t re-
mains so even now in the midst of
turmoil.
st. Johns Church. Richmond. Va,
in which Patrick Henry made his
famous speech on liberty, will spon-
sor a cachet for its bicentenary,
June 10. Collectors may send
stamped and self-addressed enve-
lopes to Stuart o. Harrison, Is East
Franklin street, Richmond.
Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Worrell
has appealed to Postmaster General
Frank C. Walker for a memorial
stamp for the Union veterans of
the Civil War.
Representative Martin F. Smith
of Washington wants commem-
orative for the 150th anniversary OF
the discovery of the Columbia River
by Capt. Robert Gray, May Il, 1892.
The 21st annual report of the
Pitney-Bowes Postage Meter Co. for
the year ended March 81 contains
a facsimile of the Mailomat postage
indicia prepared for the centenary
of the first postage stamp, cele-
brated In Washington during May,
| 1910.
| Stamp collectors will have no diff
flculty in recognizing the source of
the designs of some of the modern
istic" Office and apartment build
ings now being built In Washington
The inspiration for the worst of
these horrors is to be found in the
hideous postage labels Of the Boil
shevik government of Russia. See
pages 1909, 1910. 1918, 1914 and 1915
of SCOTS Catalogue for l941.
Plans are. being perfected for the
second national convention of the
Universal Ship Cancellation So
ciety, to be held at the Copley
! Square Hotel, Boston, August 29
to 81, inclusive.
Old Ironsides Chapter, No. /, Is
to be host to the gathering. Ar
rangements for comprehensive
exhibition of Navy and Merchant
Marine covers are in the hands of
Charles Benson, 48 Indiana ter
race. Newton Upper Falls, Mass, to
whom collectors wishing to co CO.
operate may write.
A convention cachet will be ap-
piled TO self-addressed stamped en-
velopes sent for that purpose to
Everett Wallster, box 444, Boston.
Convention poster labels N four
different covers are available at
10 cents set plus postage
Persons wishing to join the u S.
c. S. are referred to C. w. Inglee,
1920 Fuller street NV.
The Philippines soon will have a
new series of airmails showing a
Moro vinta with a Clipper plane
above. Denominations are 8, 20. Soc
and 1P, total face value Pl88
(94c).
Switzerland is bringing out new
airpost set, including soc. ultra
marine on pink; 40c, black on pink
SOC, deep green on pink; 60c. brown
on pink; Toe. purple on pink; lfr,
green on yellow; 2fr, red on yell
low. and SIR, blue on yellow. The
designs are mountain scenes with
planes in passage.
Italy's so-called Axis solidarity"
stamps show Mussolini and Hitler
in civilian costumes and without
hats-10c, sepia; 20c, red orange;
Csc, deep green.
A study of the postage stamps of
Manchukuo by DR.. Roy Hidemichi
Akagi has been published by P. D.
and lone Perkins, 1920 Mission
street, South Pasadena, Calf.
Cyprus has released two new
stamps of standard type-2 and 8
piasters.
Lincoln Memorial University, Har-
rogate. Tenn has published series
of 80 poster labels, each reproducing
a different photograph of Abraham
Lincoln, selected by Frederick H.
Meserve from his collection of mega
tives. The complete set, with an al
bum, may be had for 81 from DR..
Stewart w. McClelland, in care of
the university office.
Iraq, just before the recent shoot
ing started, released nine new
stamps. The Lion of Babylon ap-
pears on: Sf, red; 10f, mustard yel-
low; 15f, blue. and 20f, dark gray.
The Spiral Tower of the Great
Mosque at Samarra on: 25f, purple;
30f, red orange: 40f, brown orange;
5Of, ultramarine, and 75f, red vio-
let.
The General Post Office and Treas
ury Building at Port of Spain is
shown on a handsome new King
George VI stamp of Trinidad and
Tobago.
Wilhelm II, King of Prussia and
Emperor of Germany, was supposed
to be a vain man, but he consented
to only one single use OF his por-
trait on the stamps of the Reich
the 5-mark, blue gray and slate and
carmine commemorative OF 1900
revised in 1902. SCOTS Types A-l5
and A-20.