Evening star., 1942-07-05

extension of Soviet Russia to the
Baltic in the north and the Dar-
danells in the south without regard
to the populations involved, No
stamp collector familiar with the
sacred cultural principles of nation
ality could do that or favor the doing
of it
Switzerland has new 10c pictor-
ial commemorative for the 750th
anniversary of the city of Bern.
Walter Kaner, writing in Linns
Weekly Stamp News, reports the
most Northern post Office in the
United States to be Penasse, MINI.
The most Southern, he says, is Key
West, Fla: the most Eastern, Lubec
Me, and the most Western, Taboosh
Wash.
Maj. Otho Larkin Rogers, former
philatelic agent, writes: Hope
everything Is going well with you.
AS for me, am well and happy and
just as tough as you would expect
major of marines to be. Have
had many interesting experiences
and hope to have many more.
Crossed the equator the other day
and was really initiated into being a
shellback. You realize that my news
has to be limited. Please give my
very best to all my good friends
everywhere"
Free labels for men in the
armed services may be had from
Babcock & Borough, 214 West Gold
street, Albuquerque, N. Mex, at 10
cents a sheet.
Responsible leaders of the Ameri-
can Philatelic Society insist that the
annual convention of that organiza-
ton will be held as scheduled de-
spite the difficulties of travel in
wartime.
The Kansas City Star recently
paid tribute to Mai. Gen. Karl
Truesdell in special article from
which these words are quoted: He
drinks black coffee with all the
enthusiasm of an Arab, rolls his own
cigarettes, enjoys hunting and fish
ing. He has two hobbies, postage
stamp collecting and the genealogy
of the Truesdell family, which goes
back to Colonial days"
Approximately 5000 copies of the
recent 10-shilling stamp of the
British Solomon Islands have been
sold in London, presumably to deal
ers at face value.
The most notably beautiful of
the new war propaganda stamps of
Canada is the 81 value, showing
destroyer plowing through the sea.
1t seems evident that the same
artist designed the Scent airmail,
also a very attractive composition.
Stamps showing portraits of the
Emperor Halle Selassie again are
| being issued by Abyssinia.
The Girl Scouts Of America have
produced volunteers for Victory"
| poster label, now available at a
penny apiece from the Poster Stamp
Publishing Co., 2445 South Damen
avenue, Chicago. Send stamped,
self addressed envelope with order.
Milton H. Cullen, well-knoWn
stamp dealer has returned to busi-
ness following a long and tedious
] illness.
The Latin American Stamp Sec
! ton of the Pan-American Union
announces the publication of the
/ fifth of its series of brochures on
philatelic Who's Who
on the Postage Stamps of Colombia" I"
by Jose Iribarren, with foreWord
by Gabriel Turbay, Colombian Am
bassador. Biographical reference
material never before printed in
English is included in the text. The
stamps listed are illustrated in a
half-tone frontispiece.
Horace w. Davis, former deputy
attorney general of Pennsylvania
and an enthusiastic collector of the
stamps of the Confederate States of
America, died at Nassau, Bahamas,
January 90.
The Baltimore Sun for June %
contains feature article by Hamil-
ton A. Hooper on the fine collection
Of early United States covers owned
by Philip G.. Straus, we'll known in
Washington.