Evening star., 1941-08-24

war memorial. portrait of King
George VI and British crown; I'd,
red and black, hlack-necked swan;
Sd, blue and black, flock of sheep.
Switzerland on September will
issue commemorative for the 750th
anniversary of the founding of the
| city of Berne. The stamp is in large
formal, 10 rappen denomination,
three colors, medieval design with
civic coat of arms, maSons at work,
| soldier with banner on guard.
Stampex for 1941, national phil
atelic exhibition, will be held at the
Mosque theater. Newark n. j., Oc-
tober 9 to u. George D. Scudder,
$50 Washington avenue, Belleville.
N. j.. is chairman of the committee
in charge Of arrangements.
Linn's Weekly Stamp News, Co
lumbus, Ohio, says: "Rarest of Can
ada's regularly issued stamps is the
II pence Queen Victoria of 1852,
the highest value of the first series.
Since II pence was one shilling, COL
lectorS have often wondered at this
queer expression of the denomina-
ton. At that time, the term shilling
! for a unit of currency was common
throughout all North America and
there was considerable difference in
New England, New York, lower and
upper Canada regarding how many
1nd
office had the stamps so inscribed to
lessen possible misunderstanding.
OF the one printing of $1,000,
only 1910 were issued to post
masters. Hamilton. Ontario, or
dered the largest number sent to
any one offce-300 In 1857 the
remainders were destroyed
Possibly less than 10 copies exist on
cover and the total number of
copies must be fewer than 100. :.
This stamp. incidentally, was
printed by the same engraving firm
as produced the first stamps of the
United States-Rawdon, Wright,
Hatch and Edison of New York
Free city delivery of mail, ending
the carrier charge, was inaugurated
on July l, 1868, in 40 post Offices
According to the New York Times,
unused stamps to the value of
s14,492, ,435 have been sold by the
Philatelic Agency since its estab-
lishment in December, 1921.
The vanity of dictators prompts
them to require the use of their
portraits on the postage stamps of
the nations they hold in their power.
When Adolf Hitler recently Or
dered his profile printed on the
regular postal adhesives of Germany,
he followed the example of Napoleon
III. self-msde Emperor OF the
French. The latter, nephew Of
the Little Corsican, was the first
of many tyrants to appreciate the
propaganda values of philatelic
fame. Prior to 1852 the symbolic
efigy of Ceres, goddess of plenty,
adorned the stamps of France. Then,
to advertise his availability for a
loftier position, President Louis
Napoleon commanded his own like
ness substituted for that of the
harmless deity of agriculture. Be-
fore the end of 1853 the word re
public" was banished and the word
empire" introduced in the labels
of the stickers provided by the post
master general at Paris. A decade
later, Napoleon III insisted upon
the laurel wreath of conqueror
being added In seven years more,
the representation of Ceres was
restored. The emperor by that time
had lost the Franco-Prussian War,
his throne, his crown, his health and
the last shred of his reputation. He
died in obscurity, in England, Janu-
airy 9, 1873.
Haiti has two new stamps of SINH
lar design-Statue of Liberty, map,
hemisphere flags, plane. The values
and colors are: 60c light olive green;
1.25g, purple.
Two Arab states, Qu'an and
Kalhiri, formerly part OF Alden, are