Evening star., 1942-05-10
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phaec World Its People-Review of
the Stamp Press-Lst of Local Meetings.
Rr James Waido Faucen.

An OmClal release from the IN
formation Service of the Post Office
Department distributed Thursday
said: POSTMASTER General Frank c..
Walker today made public the de-
sign. color and place of first-day
sale for the new Kentucky COM
memorative postage stamp, which
is being issued by the Post Office
Department on June |, in connec-
ton with the 150th anniversary of
the admission of Kentucky to state
hood.
The new stamp, which is to be
OF the Scent denomination. will be
placed on sale for the first time at
the Frankfort (Ky) post office on
June !. with general sale through
out the country starting the follow
ing day or as soon thereafter as
distribution will permit.
1T will be printed in purple ink.
and will have as its central motif
reproduction of the Gilbert White
mural in the State Capitol at Frank
fort, depicting Daniel Boone with
rifle in hand and three companions,
standing on pronlontory overlook
ing the Kentucky River to the land
on the opposite shore where the
city of Frankfort now lies, in the
Kentucky River Valley.
The new stamp will be arranged
horizontally and will be the same
size as the current Special Delivery
issue, 44-100 inches by 84-100 of an
inch. The central design of the
Daniel Boone mural will be inclOsed
In an oval border.
I'm the upper left corner will be
the inscription United States in two
lines and in a corresponding posi-
tion in the upper right will be the
inscription Postage Sc, also in two
lines. Across the bottom of the
stamp will be the wording 'Sesqui-
centennial of the Statehood Of Ken
tucky' with the dates 1892 and
'1942' appearing in the lower left
and right corners respectively.
The Kentucky stamp will be
printed by the rotary process and
the initial order of the Post Office
Department with the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing calls for
10000, 900 stamps.
Stamp collectors desirous of OBJ
tanning first-day cancellations from
Frankfort on June l may send a
limited number of Self-addressed
covers, not in excess of 10, to the
postmaster at Frankfort, together
with a cash or postal money order
remittance to cover the cost of
postage"
Switzerland on March 81 brought
out plain but dignified 1O-centime
stamp to publicize national SAL
wage campaign The new issue is
available in three languages-Ger-
man. French and italian. the in
scription in each case representing
an appeal to save scrap materials
for reuse.
Covers from the Canal Zone bear
the catchet Released by P o. In
kpector Engaged in Censorship"
Stamps OF Uruguay mutilated by
punching were distributed for Off
cial government use, not for private
correspondence.
Costa Rica has overprinted the
1923 Landing of Columbus 20
centavo blue stamp for 15-centavo
use to meet an emergency demand.
Donald w. Martin of Cleveland
will be candidate for the presi-
dency of the American Philatelic
Society in succession to Rollin E.
Flower of Buffalo.
The size of the stamps OF the
Union of South Africa is being
restricted because of shortage
Of paper.
A news bulletin from Ottawa
ssys: Postmaster General Mulock
announces that Canada finally has
awakened from her philatelic sum-
ber and will issue an entirely new
set of postage stamps. These stamps
are the first issued by the Canadian
had the popular royal visit set
and will illustrate Canadas part in
the war . . The new issues are ex-
pected to be available in July"
Australian stamps now are printed
In sheets with the inscription:
Printed by the Authority of the
Government Of the Commonwealth
OF Australia
Not long before the japanese
invasion Of North Borneo the postal
agents there placed on sale new
series OF l3 stamps.
Kent B. Stiles. writing in the
New York Times. reports: With the
permission of the British postal
authorities the Czech Army forces
stationed somewhere in England
have set up their own field post
and place cachets on mail handled
there"
Daniel Newman. secretary treas
urer, the Gotham Stamp and Cover
Club. died March 81. He was 36
years Of age and well-known in
New York philatelic circles
Ell Salvador is TO have two COM
n
bridge on the Rio Lempa, the Pan
American highway. One will be Sc.
ozark blue and black. regular post
age; the other, soc, red and black,
cir post.
Gold Star" ships of the United
States whose postal markings now
are sought by collectors include:
Arizona. Asheville, Bittern, Canopus,
Edsall, Finch, Houston. Reuben
James, Jacob Jones, Langley, Napa,
Neches, Peary, Pecos. Penguin,
Perch. Pillsbury, Pollux, Pope, Sea-
lion, Shark, Stewart, Truxton, Tu-
tuila, Utah and Wake-all lost since
the start OF the second World War.
Belgium Magazine, New York. re-
produces in its edition for April Is
Sra uiyO ~ paloi,y, Copon