Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-27

Der of the Bureau Issues AssocI-
alton, now an instructor at Camp
Wheeler, Ga.
Cuba tardily is preparing a series
OF commemorative for the 450th
anniversary of the rediscovery of
America by Christopher Columbus.
The values and subjects, it is under
stood, will include: 1c, green,
portrait of Columbus given to Ha-
vana by the Duke of Veragua in
1875; &c, brown, portrait of Father
Bartolomeo de las Casas, defender
OF the Indians; SC, blue, first statue
of Columbus; 10c, violet, Xeres
Torres, "discoverer" of tobacco; 13c.
dark red, Columbus ship in Cortes
inlet; SC, dark olive, airmail, Silla
de Gibara, first Cuban territory seen
by Columbus, and 10c, dark gray,
airmail, Columbus in the Carib-
bean.
Bolivia, according to Stamps
Magazine, soon will begin printing
its own stamps.
Newfoundland on Friday will re-
lease a new 30c stamp, showing a
view of Memorial University College.
The color will be rose.
The Collectors Club of Washing
ton celebrated Christmas at the
Thomson School, Twelfth and L
streets NV, Tuesday evening, with
benefit party for the poor. A
stable cash donation resulted from
a contribution auction. Baskets Of
food also were distributed to needy
families in the neighborhood. The
next meeting will be held Tuesday
evening, January 5.
According to Frank Colby, the
word mail" derives from MALE"
an old French word meaning bag"
or wallet" Post" comes from the
French "poste" for "a fixed position
or station"
Sanabria's annual Air Post Cata-
logue will be published January IL.
President Roosevelt recently ex-
pressed his agnosticism concerning
news reports of a political nature
coming from Portugal. A like
scepticism should be developed re-
garding philatelic propaganda from
the same country.
Stamps collectors will be interested
in the following list of foreign sta
lions at which American troops now
are serving: Ireland, England, Mo-
rocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Sierra Leone,
Liberia, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Gabon,
French Equatorial Africa. Belgian
Congo, Chad, Anglo-Egyptian Su-
dan, Eritrea, Egypt, Palestine, Syria,
Iraq, Iran, India, China, Philip
pines. Australia, New Guinea, Solo
mon Islands, New Hebrides, New
Caledonia, New Zealand, Fiji, Sa-
moa, Canton Island, Palmyra Island,
Hawaii, Johnston Island, Midway,
Aleutians, Alaska, Guatemala, Mic
aragua, Costa Rica, Canal Zone,
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Aruba,
Curacao, Trinidad. Venezuela, Brit
ish Guiana, Surinam, Brazil, st.
Lucia, Antigua, Virgin Islands,
Puerto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba,
Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, New
foundland, Labrador, Greenland and
Iceland.
1t. Charles A. Kenny, former
editor and publisher of the National
Stamp News, is stationed at Roswell,
N. Mex.
Stamps Magazine, New York, says:
Mrs. Lois Holmes. $500 Piney
Branch road, lived in China many
years ago and still has son-in- law
and two daughters who are con-
nected with missions there She has
received a lot of very interesting
Chinese covers showing uses on the
Burma Road before it was closed by
the Japanese"
G. G. Lance, in Mekeel's Weekly
Stamp News. writes: The first
stamp issued by the Czechoslovakian
post Office department all bore
somewhat similar designs picturing
different views Of the Hradcany at
Prague Praha). The Hradcany is
the extensive Prague castle, former
residence Of the Bohemian kings.
During the republic, the president
resided in one of these numerous
buildings and parliament held it's
meetings In another, while the other
government departments occupied
various buildings in the same group.
These buildings constitute a massive
group towering high above the city
of Prague, on the left bank of the
Vitava River and Hradcany is one
Of the 10 boroughs Of the city.