Evening star., 1943-02-07

OF the Hartford COurant, says:
Marina Raskova, for whom a state
funeral was held at Moscow early
this year after she had been killed
in the crash of her military plane,
was one of the Soviet women av-
iators commemorated by the Issue
Of 1889 to mark their nonstop flight
from Moscow to Siberia"
A cover mailed at Bradford, Eng.
land, January 10, 1840, the day on
which penny postage went into ef.
fect-one Of the greatest social re-
forms of modern times-recently
was sold at auction In London for
pproximately s27 American money.
Henry Huff, philatelic writer for
the Rockford Morning Star and q
leading stamp journalist of the
Middle West, declares of the new
&c United Nations" stamp: TT does
not need to be labeled to proclaim
the fact that it is the work of a
professional artist"
Switzerland soon will release a
special stamp and souvenir sheet
to mark the centennial of the
first Swiss postage adhesives-the
Zurich -Four" and Zurich Six" OF
March /, 1843.
A. E. Geldhof. stamp editor Of
the Washington Times Herald. ex-
presses his belief that the Con-
necticut tercentenary issue of 1885,
showing the famous Charter Oak,
is generally regarded as the most
beautiful stamp Uncle Sam ever
issued He argues that: The
National Parks and the Famous
Americans (Heroes Of Peace were
distinctly notable achievements in
artistic stamp design, as we'll as
superb specimens of the work OF
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing"
BY way OF comment, 1t perhaps
should be mentioned that both the
Parks and the Heroes adhesives
we're produced In response to the
demands OF the philatelic public,
Gerard Ten Eyck Beeckman was
responsible for the first, Michael L.
Eidsness. jr., for the second. Neither
would have appeared If the choice
had been left to the Government.
M. o. Warns. treasurer OF the
American Air Mail Society. has
been commissioned lieutenant
q. g. in the Naval Reserve.
The current high-value stamps Of
Great Britain are supreme examples
OF the modern conservative eneray-
ers art. Denominations are: 2sh.
Sd, ssh and Josh.
Wartime pennies OF steel coated
with zinc are being manufactured
and soon will be In common use. It
Will be noticed that they are much
lghter than copper pieces. They
Will be blue-gray In color and will
become dull in the course of a few
months, Their value is not their
worth in metal but rather that Of
their origin as coins of free coun-
try whose people are determined to
preserve their liberties.
The New York Sun for January %
disclosed that letters labeled for air
transport and on which the senders
are paying airmail rates for trans
portatlon abroad actually are being
carried by surface vessels rendering
5-cent-rate service" Profit to the
Post Office Department in the cir
cumstances is estimated at six times
what it should be, yet the public is
not informed of this"
Collectors desiring mint copies Of
the current war stamps of Canada
should write to the Philatelic
Agency, Ottawa, for a list and de-
tailed instructions for ordering.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tuesday evening at S-Collectors
Club of Washington. Thomson
School, Twelfth and l. streets NV.
Address on The Club Circuit by
Alfred G.. Galloway, exhibition and
bolrse.
Tuesday evening at 8-East WASH
ngton Stamp Club, Room 3. Eastern
High School, East Capitol street.
Wednesday evening at S-Wash-
mgton Philatelic Society. Lee
Sheraton Hotel, Fifteenth and l.
streets NV. Informal lecture on
Recent Stamps of China by Miss
A. Viola Smith, formerly American
Consul at Shanghai.
The Capital Precancel Club has
voted to discontinue meetings for
the duration.