Evening star., 1941-08-17

reign of King George V were disap-
pointing. Planned for release on
Coronation Day, June %, 1911,
only the I'D and the Id values were
ready, and they were warmly crit
icized by the public. The royal
countenance, it was alleged. was
"a failure" and the lion of the Id
denomination (A-8n, it was COM
planned, was starving" But the
work was fundamentally bad" and
l-intentioned efforts to correct
it finally were abandoned.
H. J. Brown of Torquay, philat-
elist made the original drawing for
the four British stamps (A-99) Of
the short reign of King Edward VIII,
now the Duke of Windsor, soon to be
a visitor to Washington.
Three local engravers, Robert
| Clayton, John Carmichael and H.
| C. Jervis-shared in the work OF
making the plates for the Sydney
View stamps of New South Wales,
/ issued in 1850 CAL to A-8.
| Since 1880 the stamps of Portugal
have been manufactured at the Lis
bon mint.
Many of the most beautiful stamps
of Austria were engraved by Ferdi-
nand Schwinbock. He had only one
eve. vet he was one of the greatest
masters of his art who ever lived.
Italy has made use of postage
stamps to pay homage to long list
of persons of undoubted genius. The
list includes: Romulus, julius Cae-
sar. Augustus Caesar, Virgil, Horace,
Dante. Tasso, Boccaccio, Macchla-.
velli. Petrarch. Ariosto, Da Vlncl,
Giotto. Ferrucci, st. Francis OF AS
sissi. St. Anthony of Padua. St. Ben
edict of Nursia, Christopher Colum-
bus. Larpi, Alferi, Foscolo, Leopardl,
Carducci Philibert of Savoy. Carl
baldi and his wife, Anita: GalVanl,
Stradivari, Pergolesi, Belllnl, MAJ
zini. Manzoni, Pacinottl, Marconl'
d'Annunzio and Volta.
Lawrence of Arabia assisted In
preparations for the pioneer stamps
of the Hejaz, 1917. The Grano
Sheriff Hussein proclaimed his coun-
try's independence in 1916, but the
Islamic world was being deceived
bv the Turks with false reports. so
the main idea of providing Husseln
with stamps was to confirm ana
disseminate the news of Arab tree
dom. The first stamps were hurried
to press in expectation OF the Pill
grim season at Mecca and Medina,
when thousands of the faithful
might be persuaded to use them on
letters to families and friends at
home in different parts OF the MOS
lem world The designs are classic
arabesoues of remarkable beauty
CAL to A-4.
The Washington Philatelic Society
has made arrangements to meet
at the Lee Sheraton Hotel, Fifteenth
and L streets NV beginning
shortly.
Brazil has brought out series
of four commemorative for the
fifth centenary of the independence
of Portugal prior to the colonization
of Brazil.
The Oklahoma Philetelic Society
will have a special cancellation Tor
its ninth annual convention, Sep
tember 10 to 81. Send stamped and
addressed envelopes with penny
service fee to C. A. Farrell, Usage
Indian Agency, Pawhuska, Okla.
! According to an official announce
ment, 45.176 first-trip covers were
carried on the initial run OF the
San Pacific Grove High
wav Post Office, August 4. On out
ward "Trip No l." 23,761 letters
we're conveyed; on return "Trip No.
g." 21,415.
The stamp collection of the late
William Martin-Hurst, British jour-
nalist. is to be sold at auction IN
New York during the coming
season.
The new samps of Switzerland
commemorate the 650th anniversary
of the founding of the Swiss Repub-
lie. August l, 1891. One of the labels
is a 10 rappen plus 10 rappen, view
of the lake of the Four Forest Can
tons: the other, 20 rappen plus 20
rappen, the chapel of William Tell.
A guide to philatelic exhibition
| seals and labels is to be published
| .1...+1.. l,,r Trad II nietz 14n West