Evening star., 1941-05-11

Hotel. Boston, November % to 80.
inclusive DR.. Howard K Thompson
is temporary chairman of the local
committee in charge of arrange
| ments.
Efforts to solve the mystery con-
constituted by four recently issued
commemorative of Bolivia have led
to the discovery that Pedro Domingo
Murillo was a patriot hanged by
the Spanish in 1910 and A. G. No
gales an aviator who was killed in
the Chaco War
A new &c. yelloW-green stamp
of the Philippines Commonwealth
shows Dr. Jose P. Rizal with his
hair parted on the right.
From Manila comes word to the
effect that an RKO movie, The
Saint in Palm Springs" concerns
three precious stamps of British
Guiana, sought by a gang of inter-
national crooks
Lnn's Weekly Stamp News says:
I'VE wonder If the Post Office De-
partment has not unwittingly pro-
vided at last a means of sending
small remittances. Postal savings
stamps may be redeemed at full
face value in cash at any post Of
| flee selling such stamps-unlike post
age stamps, which are not redeem
able Maybe extensive use of the
new stamps for such purpose will
E. compel some simpler means than
money orders for remitting small
! amounts
The new Gen. Chang Kali
shek stamps of China were printed
in the United States Denomina-
tions and colors are: &C, olive;
1c, orange; sc, green; &c, red orange;
10c, emerald; tic, olive; Csc, claret;
Soc, red: SOC, blue; 81, brown and
/ black: 81. blue and black: s.. red
and black; $40, green and black;
2 $40, red, violet and black.
/ Representative Walter M. Pierce
of Oregon wants a commemorative
for the centenary of the blazing of
the Oregon trail.
The use of pre-canceled stamps
on movie film containers and egg
crates is verboten-for reasons suf-
ficiently obvious.
Charles Sidney Thompson Sid
ney Bird. writing in Weekly Phila-
eltic Gossip for May 3. says: I'VE
are being amused continually at the
oft-repeated information published
here and there. thither, hence and
thence, that the possession of tax
paid stamps, such as cigarette and
tobacco ribbons, beer stamps wine
stamps, malt liquor stamps, saki
stamps. playing card stamps and all
other varieties of tax-paid is not
only illegal, but highly felonious!
- Why? These stamps, used or
unused. Cancelled or uncanceled. no
matter who has them, must have
been paid for. This being the
case, it appears that after your
money has been accepted and you
depart with the stamps, you have
acquired title to them. This is a
generally accepted legal conven-
ton
The United States is not one
OF the totalitarian despotisms.
Stamp collectors are not planning
TO overthrow the Government,
simply because they want to collect
stamps which have done their duty
as revenue indicators and have been
property Cancelled"
Mr. Thompson might have added
the suggestion that the collectors
alleged to be violating mot any law
but merely an Interpretation of a
ruling by Treasury Department
lawyer include the President of the
United States. Franklin D. Roose-
Velt has wine stamps in his possess
sion, and no humber citizen will be
punished for being guided by his
example in that respect.
Covers designed by Walter r.
Holtgreve for both the West and the
East Base of the United States
Antartic Expedition, 1940-l are being
returned to Washington. The first
received are those from the West
station and are Cancelled: ~. S. S
Bear, Little America, January 26."
Only a small number of the
special envelopes were prepared
Mr.. Holtgreve has explained.
c. H. Calhoun, director of Posts
Balboa Heights, has released a
statement of the Canal Zone COM
memoratives of 1899, received. sold
and destroyed. The total number OF
complete sets, it is indicated, can
not exceed los 900.
In memory of 1t Comdr. Henry
c. Littlefield, U. S. Naval Reserve
killed in traffic accident 10 years
ago, Ben F. Dixon, 1867 Navy Build
ing, prepared and mailed SO regular
and Is airmail covers, Cancelled al
the Navy Department Post Office, al
pm, April 30.
Paul j. Gross, 1910 Leishmar
avenue, Arnold. Pa, will obtain
cancels from the U. S. S. Ellet
Marblehead. Salt Lake City, May
rant, Memphis, Hughes, Cimarron
Asheville, Falcon and Sumner Send
envelopes stamped and self-ad-
dressed with one cent for each
marking wanted
Japan has brought out eight
stamps to advertise the attractions
of the national parks of Formosa
A national poll shows that col
,lectors are strongly in favor of q
stamp in memory. of the late viii
Rogers, beloved cowboy philosopher
What is the matter with the Post
Office Department that. this long.
awaited hero of peace" adhesive
is delayed? The matter is worthy
t of the attention Of the Postmaster
General himself.