Evening star., 1942-12-20

United States did not bring out
commemorative for the centenary
of the first adhesive postage stamp
in 1910.
Peru has brought out several
stamps to publicize the name of her
"conqueror," but the real Peruvian
hero of all time is not Francisco
Pizarro. Such designation belongs
rather to Eel Inca" Atahualpa. The
story is told in Thomas Biographical
Dictionary as follows: Having
marched across the sierra of the
Andes to Caxamarca he (the Span
ish INVADER met the Inca in
November, 1882. The treacherous
and audacious Spaniard seized the
Inca, who had come to the Spanish
camp for friendly interview. To
obtain his liberty the Inca offered
to fill a room % feet long and 16
feet wide with golden vessels and
utensils, etc. up to a line as high
as he could reach Pizarro assented
to this proposal and obtained about
l,326,000 pesos of gold the value
of which Prescott estimates at more
than S15,OoO0Oo, but he caused
Atahualpa to be put to death by the
garote. The blood-stained annals
of the conquest says Prescott, 'af-
ford no such example of cold
hearted and systematic persecution,
not of an enemy, but of one whose
whole department had been that
OF friend and benefactor.'
The Peruvian Is, greenish blue and
black, stamp of 1917 bears a rep
resentation of the funeral Of Alta
hualpa, and the SC, emerald, Of
1885 shows the same subject.
Hungary has a new Red Cross
series.
The Post Office Department of
Canada has announced that publi-
cation of 'the first official history
of the Dominions postage stamps"
will be postponed until after the
war. Another reason for winning
the victory soon.
Include among the authentic and
most atrocious horrors of war the
designs for propaganda posters rep
resented on pages 81 to 81 Of Life
magazine for December 81. With
only one exception, all the pictured
compositions have terror for their
theme. Each follows a German
or a Russian Bolshevik model of
the very worst period of modern
art" The pity of the matter is
that the Owl will select three to
be produced in color for national
distribution to factories and public
buildings" and they may be adapted
for postage stamp use.
Ethel Gorham, in book for
lonely wives entitled so Your
Husbands Gone to War" advises:
Make habit of writing at length.
Letters should be about everything
that concerns you both. Most men
like newsy letters with lots Of de-
tails . Write regularly Buy
lots of stamps and keep them al
ways with you Nothing will
delay letter so much as the miss
ing postage stamp"
1t might be added: "Save all his
letters. He may want to see them
when he comes homeland you will
want to see them often II he does
not return. Especially where there
are small children in the family
group, please remember that their
Daddy's messages are for them, too,
and they have property rights in
every scrap of paper received from
him"
Christophe Plantin Q514-1589)
celebrated French printer whose
press at Antwerp produced books
renowned for their accuracy and
beauty, is portrayed on a new SIR
plus SIR semi-postal stamp OF Bel
GUM.
Alstead, N. H., is using a machine
cancellation die Of particular dig
nifty and beauty. The postmaster
probably will be glad to accommo-
date collectors who politely solicit
his courtesy. Send self addressed,
stamped envelopes, stuffed and
sealed.
Speeches and editorials referring
to the appearance of Queen Will
helmina of the Netherlands, Aug
ust 6, have been printed in a book
let of interest to stamp collectors
specializing in the emissions of her
reign. Copies may be had by apply
ing to Representation Sol Bloom Of
New York.
The heirs OF the late Postmaster
William Byers have given to the
Colorado State Museum at Denver
a set Of reprints Of United States