Evening star., 1943-03-21


future the Post Office Department
may announce the new series OF
| stamped envelopes to 6 cents. In
cluslve-originally planned when
James A. Farley still was a member
Of the Presidents cabinet.
Mysterious hints that deyelop-
mentS impend have been communi-
Gated to the New York Sun and
other newspapers.
The Philatelic Committee Of tha
British War Relief Society, Inc, re-
ports that 1t collected S3,56404.
George B. Sloane, writing in
Stamps Magazine, describes several
recent United States forgeries and
counterfeits, then ominously re-
marks: The stuff was not made by
amateurs"
The American Lutheran Publicity
Bureau, 1919 Broadway, New York
City, announces an attractive poster
label showing the flag of the Chris
tian church, the flag of the United
States, the coat of arms OF Martin
Luther, an eagle and the shield of
! the United States with the inscrip-
| ton, "A Changeless Christ for a
| Changing World" Send 10 cents
and stamped, addressed envelope for
block of four.
A symbolic 'V" with a torch dis
tinguishes the new "blackout" nickel
OF Canada, made of so-called Tom
bac alloy and given gold" color
by acid dipping.
| Nicolas Sanabria, well-known air
mail stamp and cover dealer and
catalogue publisher, is Ill at the
Medical Center Hospital, New York
City.
The postal authorities of Sweden
have published a book entitled
"Sveriges Frimarken, 1920 -194l," BY
George Menzinsky, describing and
illustrating all Swedish postage
stamps issued during the 81 years
indicated.
! A magnificent collection of the
10Th century stamps of Bavaria
soon will be sold at auction by Carl
E. Pelander, sos Fifth avenue, New
York.
Collectors interested In United
States cancellations are invited to
correspond with George w. Hale,
l42 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
A new Accent stamp probably soon
Will be issued by Canada for the
changed national letter rate effec-
tive April l. Meanwhile, /, 2 and 8
cent coil varities have appeared.
Guatemala has brought out new
l5-cent stamp to mark the fourth
centenary OF the founding of An
tlgua. The design features a view
of the Royal University OF San
Carlos Borromeo.
British stamps overprinted NE.
F." meaning Middle East Forces"
are in use in North Africa, includ-
ing Abyssinia.
Spain has new salmon -colored
antl-tuberculosis charity stamp,
compulsory on all letters.
The Union of South Africa has
issued another war-size stamp
1sh, brown. army tanks-in both
English and Afrikaans, but collectors
are warned not to attempt to pur-
chase copies by mail from the postal
headquarters at Cape Town where
the philatelic public still is treated
with contempt.
H. E. Harris, the uncrowned en-
peror OF the stamp trade now located
IN Boston with "a court of $50
employees, began his career in
phllately as schoolboy in Wash
ington about 30 years ago.
DR.. Carroll Chase. DISTINGUISHED
student of United States classic"
stamps and covers, driven home
from Paris by the war, now is settled
for the duration at Milford. N. H,
where he is specializing on Indian
Territory markings
Parts of the fine United States
and British North American collec-
ton OF the late Philip B. Philipp
Will be sold at auction by the j. C.
Morgenthau Galleries, West Forty
seventh street, New York, April H.
I Id rofo lnu,,a 1aL
Mourning stamps were issued for.
Chancellor Dollfuss, Austria, 1894:
kng Albert I, Belgium, 1894; Queen
Astrid, Belgium, 1895; King Alex
ander, Yugoslavia, 1884; President
Masaryk, CZechoslovakia, 1897:
President Harding, United States,
1923.
The earliest stamps of Egypt ap.
peared on January /, 1866.
Some recent covers from Jamaica,
British West Indies, are indorsed:
Thank you, America"
Constituent societies of the Ma
tlonal Federation of Stamp Clubs
are practically unanimous in sup
port of War saving stamps as phila-
tellc items. Yet the Treasury De-
partment until recently wanted them
denied catalogue listing.
Bolivia is bringing out a series OF
stamps representing the national
mining industry.
| Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
! Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors
Club of Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth street NV; Mai
Gen. j. A. Ulio, Adjutant Generals
Oftice, War Department, guest
speaker. Exhibition of stamps and
covers by Alexander Halperson.
wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
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