Evening star., 1942-01-11

ing a soldier with a gun held over a
building The date 1916, year Of the
Easter rebellion, is inscribed on the
stamp along with Gaelic inscrip-
tion."
The Seventh Annual Stamp Ex-
hibition Of the Association OF South
Jersey Stamp Clubs, "Sojex 1872,
will be held at the Walt Whitman
Hotel, Camden, N. j., February 20 to
% inclusive.
Clarence w. Brazer's book. "Es-
says for United States Adhesive
Postage Stamps" has been pub
lished by the Handbook Committee
of the American Philatelic Society.
The volume contains 236 pages and
is copiously illustrated.
The Sturlason Snorri commence
ratives of Norway are listed as fol-
lows: 10 ore, green, Queen RAIN
hild's Dream; Is Ore, olive brown,
same; 20 ore, violet, King Olaf; 80
ore, blue. same; so ore, violet,
Viking; 60 ore, green blue, same.
Leland Powers of Boston has been
awarded plaque as the writer OF
the paper adjudged the best pre-
sented at the Seventh American
Philatehc Congress, November 28
to 80. He has been collector for
As years.
The financial counselor of the En-
bassy of Poland announces that no
stamp of the IS groszy denomination
has been included in the series re-
leased by the Polish government in
| SIS grossly value, however, Is 1nd1-
Gated.
Plans for the annual exhibition
OF the Associated Stamp Clubs of
the Chesapeake area, Stafford Hotel,
Baltimore, February IA and IS, are
being perfected. Many local col
lectors will participate.
Lester Norton Brown, box 13,
Vanderveer Station, Brooklyn, N. Y,
will sponsor two printed cachets
commemorating the first American
soldier killed in the war and in
homage to Capt. Colin P. Kelly, jr.,
who died in sinking the Haruna.
Collectors should send stamped,
self-addressed envelopes. standard
size, with one-cent forwarding fee
for each marking wanted.
A Confederate patriotic cover re-
produced by Van Dyk MacBride of
Newark, N. j., shows Abraham Lin
coin being hanged by his feet. The
inscriptions printed around the
crude drawing are: HE once split
rails. Now he has split the Union"
''The penalty of disregarding the
Constitution" and "Impeached and
deposed, tried and convicted"
George B. Sloane of New York
calls attention to a clipping from
the Washington Daily Union for
June ID. 1840, reading: I'VE are
gratif1ed to learn that the Postmas-
ter General has made a contract
with Messrs. Rawdon, Wright,
Hatch & Edison, engravers
for furnishing stamps In
accordance with the provisions Of
the 18th section Of the Act of Con-
gress, at its last session, for the
establishment of certain post routes
and for other purposes. The stamps
will be prepared and ready for use
by the 1St OF July and cannot fall
to be q great convenience to the
larger offices, as well as to citizens
desirous of preparing their cor
respondence."
Grafton M. Darby has been elected
president Of the Philstelic Society
of Pittsburgh Serving with him
| will be: Wilton NJ. Smith, first
vice president; Theodore L. Bieber,
second vice president; James B.
Sprague, secretary. and Harry 3.
Huber. treasurer.
DR.. Lowell Ragatz Of George
Washington University, who writes
philatelic comment under the pen
name George Van Den Berg"
prophesies Q revolution In the occu-
| pied countries Of Europe tn the