Evening star., 1942-02-22

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commentaries OF 1929-1930.
recent "Pro Juuentude" Semi-p
ing? 1t shows Columbus landing
on the island to obtain water for
the feet on the great explorers
third trip to the New World The
first sight of the island was three
hilltops, and Columbus called the
nand Trinidad in honor of the Trim
ity."
Jacques Kilcher, long chef at the
Cotton Manor Hotel, Atlantic City,
has retired from that position to
devote himself exclusively to the
stamp business.
Kent B. Stiles, writing in SCOTS
Monthly Journal, says: George
Guynemer, Frances World War ace
of aces, is portrayed in flying togs
on a French 50-franc stamp in
scribed with his last name.
Credited with having brought
down So German planes, the
Winged Sword of France was born
December "a, 1894, according to the
Britannica, but French sources say
it was Christmas Day in 1893. He
was so frail in 1914 that he was
rejected as unfit when he tried to
enlist. He demanded employment
of some sort and was sent to an
aviation camp to be an airplane
mechanic. There he laid the
foundation of his technical knowl-
edge which later gave him mastery
of the art. He was taken into the
air service, and the remarkable CO.
ordination of his eye and finger
enabled him to bring down his ad-
versary almost at the very first
shot of his mitrailleuse.
"On September II, 1917, Guyne-
mer left Dunkerque for a recon-
naissance over Flanders. On that
date he met death in a battle in
the air above Poelcapelle. A Ger
man airman dropped within the
French lines note saying Guyne-
mer had been shot down with his
machine in flames. Rudyard Kip
ling's patron saint of the clouds
was buried behind the German lines
and with full military honors. The
Germans permitted French aviatorS
to fly over to attend the exercises.
On the 21st anniversary of his
death a Guynemer monument was
unveiled at Malo-les-Bains. near
Dunkerque."
Margaret Kernodle, stamp editor
of World Wide Features, submits
the following list of new issues for
British possessions:
Aden-12a, greeni ga, brown; la,
light blue; 112a. red; "a, sepia; 21za,
blue; 3a, carmine and sepia; ga,
orange; 1r. light green; Or, mauve
and blue; 5r, brown and olive green.
Bermuda-712d, green, blue and
black; registration envelope, Sd, blue.
British Solomon Island-10d, ma
genta, sage and green.
Ceylon-5c, orange and olive green.
Fiji-2d. magenta and green.
Johore-15c, blue.
Kedah-15c, black and purple.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Chicago reports: Some 10000
postage stamps valued at $4,000
will never see another stamp COL
lector's album If Judge John F.
OConnen has his way. Hearing a
probate case on the will of the late
/ Rudolph Thomas, who left $500 900
covers, he ordered impounded for
eventual destruction the 1888
stamps which experts said had been
falsified with bogus cancellations
and perforations Attorney r. A.
Bierdemann, representing the estate,
has sought permission to sell the
stamps on the grounds that they
were still valuable to collectors of
counterfeits. When Thomas died
last August, Government agents
found perforation machine and
179 woodcut cancellation dies in his
home"
Army post Offices are listed as
follows: No. /, Fort Devens, Mass;
2, Fort Sam Houston, Tex; 8, Fort
Lewis, Wash; 4, Fort Bennings,
Ca; 5, Fort Custer, Mich; 6, Fort
Leonard Wood, Mo-; 7, Fort Ord,
Calf; s, Fort Jackson, S. c.; 9,
Fort Bragg, N. c.; 26, Camp Ed
wards, Mass; q, Fort Mcclellan,
Ala; %, Indiantown Gap, Pa; 20,
Fort George G. Meade, Md; 30,
Fort jackson, S. c.; 81, Camp Bland
ing, Fla; 80, Camp Livingston, La;
80, Camp Forrest. Tenn, "a, Camp
Claiborne, La: IS Camp Joseph T.
Robinson, Ark; 36, Camp Bowie,
Tex: 81, Camp Shelby, Miss; SO,
Camp Shelby, Miss; 40, Camp San
Luis Obispo, Calf; Al. Fort Lewis,
Wash; 43, Camp Blanding, Fla;
A, Fort Dix, N. j.; As, Camp Barke-
ley, Tex; 201, Fort Bliss, Tex; 202,
Fort Riley, Tex; 251, Fort Knox,
KY; 252, Fort Benning, Ca; 253,
Camp Polk, La, and 254, Pine
Camp, N. Y.
Letters to Winston Churchill, ad-
dressed to him at the White House,
were opened by an unknown clerk
VIII CACSGlfCly IlluOllldGCu GllC IIld.
jority of the envelopes by the care
lessness of his handling.
Stamped envelopes sold at the
Philatelic Agency show the 1941
watermark.
Three denominations of the Chaco
peace airmails of Paraguay-1p,
3p and 5p-has been overprinted
"Habilitado" to meet a shortage of
adhesives for regular postage use.
Harmer, Rookie g. Co., Inc, 551 Fifth
avenue, New York City, have brought
| out illustrated catalogues for the sale