Evening star., 1942-06-14
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News the Phaec World Its Interests and People-Revew
the Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings.
Bv James Waldo Fa,cceff.

An announcement to that effect
was authorized by Postmaster Cen
eral Frank C. Walker on Tuesday
evening last.
The official publicity release said:
"The central motif of the new
Chinese commemorative postage
stamp will be a contour map of
China, to the left of which will
appear a portrait of Abraham
Lincoln inclosed in an oval border,
with Sun Yat-sen, founder of the
Chinese republic, appearing in a
similar position to the right, of the
map of China.
"Superimposed on portion of the
map will appear a design of the sun.
with outside triangular rays, repre-
Senting the Chinese national symbol
taken from the flag of China. In
side the sun will be the inscription,
July 7, 1887 and July Z, 1912 in
two lines, between which appear
four Chinese ideographs represent
ing Generalissimo Chang Kai-
shek's war motto meaning, literally,
Fight the War and Build the
Country
Immediately beneath Abraham
Lincoln will appear the inscription
OF the people, by the people, for
the people in three lines. while
under the portrait of Sun Yat-Sen
will be three short columns of Chi
nese ideographs representing the
same quotation from Lincoln s
Gettysburg Address.
In announcing the new Chinese
commemorative stamp, Postmaster
General Walker stated that DR.. Sun
Yat-sen, who died in 1925, was Sc
lected for place on the new stamp
'by reason of the fact that he is so
symbolic of the new China which
he founded in 19l1-12. Sun Yat-
sen, the Postmaster General added,
is a patron saint of the Chinese
people in their battle against tyran-
ny and oppression and Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek is a close follower
of the philosophy and teachings of
Sun Yat-sen, who on many occa-
sions stated that he had been in
spired by Lincoln and that he had
been motivated by the principles
laid down by the Great Emancipator
at Gettysburg.
1T was on october II, 1911, while
at Denver. Colo, that DR.. Sun Yat-
sen received word that his efforts to
free China finally had succeeded
and that he should return to China
Immediately for the purpose of
building the republic. Denver,
therefore, the Postmaster General
explained, has been chosen as the
first-day sale post Office for the new
Chinese commemorative stamp.
The flrSt-day sale at Denver on
July 7, 1912, will be followed by gen.
eral sale of the new issue at post
Offices throughout the country the
following day, or as soon thereafter
as distribution will permit.
Stamp collectors desirous of OBJ
tanning first-day cancellations of
the new Chinese stamp may send a
limited number of f-addressed
covers, not to exceed 10. to the Post
master, Denver, Colo, together
with a cash or postal money order
remittance"
First-day sales of the new Scent
Kentucky stamp at Frankfort, KY,
June /, amounted to S8,28315, rep
resenting 276,195 stamps sold and
155,730 covers Cancelled. Sales of
the Kentucky stamp at the Phila-
telic Agency on June 2, 1912,
amounted to s6,65496.
Total sales for the Philatelic
Agency for the month of May, 1912,
were announced as s23, ,145.57.
Chicago will be the Nations
clearing house for mail to and
from American prisoners of war
and interned civilians, the Office
of Censorship announced on June g.
Each letter or parcel mailed to
prisoner of war should include the
full name and rank of the prisoner,
his prison or war number, the name
OF the prison camp and the country
in which it is located, followed by:
"Via Chicago, ILL.,"
The upper left-hand corner of
the envelope to a captured soldier
should have the words: Prisoner
of War" and the French phrase:
"Prisonnier de Guerre." If the
letter is addressed to Germany, the
equivalent: "Kriegsgefangenensen-
dung" should be added.
In the case of interned civilians,
the left-hand corner should con-
tain: "Interned Civilian" CInterne
Civil.")
Postage is not required for reg
ular mail to prisoners of war and
interned civilians. The words:
Postage Free - Franc de Poste"
must be written in the upper right
hand corner.
Letters to prisoners or interned
civilians in Japan or Japanese
controlled territory are forbidden
until their names have been given
out by the military or naval authori-
ties. When such official notice has
been published, mail may be sent
in care of the International Red
Cross Committee, Geneva, SwitZer-
land, via Chicago, U. S. A.
Vichy, France has brought out
series of IL semi-postals publicizing
the armorial bearings Of an equal
number of cities, including: Nancy,
Rouen, Lyon, Marseilles, Bor-
deaux, Rennes, Reims, Montpelier,
Clermont- -Ferrand, Lille, Toulouse
and Paris.
The New York advertising artists
who have volunteered their services
to the Government as stamp de-
signers are attempting to reach
President Roosevelt through Sec
retary of the Interior Harold L.
Ickes, not through Postmaster Gen.
eral Frank c. Walker.
David D. Caldwell, chairman of
the National Stamp Conference OF
1896 and of the Postage Stamp
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