Evening star., 1943-05-23

Club.
with Send Your Stamps to War
as the campaign theme, Emil
Bruechig, president of the ASDA,
renewed his appeal last week for
donations of material of the char
acter that inspires competitive bid
ding at auctions. He emphasized
that the entire expense of gather
ing the material and holding the
auction will be paid by the ASDA
and that the gross receipts from
the sale will be turned over to the
USO.
mo goal has yet been set as to
the amount of the fund to be
raised, but Mr.. Bruechig hopes, on
the basis of contributions already
received and others promised, that
thousands of dollars will be philat-
ely's tribute to this war effort.
Mr.. Bruechig announced that
June 8 has been set as the deadline
for receipt of all donations. They
should be sent to him at his Office
at 522 Fifth avenue, New York City.
Each contributor will be given a
certificate which he can mount in
his album as evidence of the fact
that the philatelic piece missing
went to war"
Difficulties implicit in the short
age of efficient labor have become
part Of the problem of the 9hilatelic
Agency. If the Office eventually Is
Hlnco6 tho rYiUnr, hn fI,ot
it was impossible to find trained
and experienced help.
Letters to men in the British Navy
who have died in the service of
freedom are returned to senders
with label reading: "It is with
the deepest regret that you are in
formed that the addressee is miss
ing or presumed killed"
A jubilee issue of the Air Post
Journal, edited by L. B. Gatchen for
the American Air Mail Society, has
appeared. 1t marks the 25th ami
versary of bginning Of United States
postal service by plane.
The American Bank Note Co. is
working on stamp orders from Para
quay and Honduras.
Paul L. Compton suggests a stamp
to commemorate the victory of the
United Nations when at last it has
been won. The design, he believes,
should depict the figure of Liberty
and the flags Of the Allies actually
engaged in the struggle. A similar
issue was brought out March 3, 1919,
to mark the successful outcome Of
the First World War The postal
label proposed by Mr.. Compton
would be twice as large and, for
that reason, more attractive work
of art.
The Associated Press Feature
Service reports: Syria, one of the
first Vichy French colonial possess
slons to fall to the British and
Fighting French in World War II,
has issued two interesting sets of
regular postage and airmail stamps
which have just reached this coun-
try. Apparently to commemorate a
proclamation of unity soon after
the republic was established late
in 1941, one set of five postage and
four airmails carries the picture
OF the late President Sheik Tajje-
dine Ell Hassani, map of the ma
ton and the words, in Arabic and
EtrpY1nt1 fDr0n1 a fios1 @f
Unity The same set Of nine stamps
also has been issued with a black
border because of the death of Sheik
Hassani, who succumbed to pneu-
monia in Damascus, January IT,"
Behind the censorship imperative
in wartime philatelic history goes
steadily on. New stamps are being
issued; old stamps are being changed
to meet the requirements of armies,
navles, provisional governments, DO
litical developments of every sort.
The same phenomena characterized
the period between 1914 and 1918.
Not until peace has been restored
and communications are normal
again can the chaos be resolved.
Mel w. vooys, 40 West Main
street, Mohawk, N. Y, is compiling
list of philatelic libraries and
would like to hear from other per-
sons interested in that subject.
Hungary, according to the New
York Times, has brought out a
mourning stamp in homage to Mich
olas Horthy, jr., son of the regent,
killed in action on the Russian front,
The War Department soon will
release to the Post Office DEPART
ment six or more planes to carry
airmail letters within the United
States.
Gerard Gilbert, So, formerly a
Well-known stamp dealer in Paris,
died in New York City May 6. He
was identified with the sale of the
Ferrary, Mirabaud and Chiesa COL
lections and wrote for many phila.
telc magazines.
Louie C. Bean, 5412 Belt avenue
Sc, reports that he has received
an acknowledgment of 546 dimes
from the sale of philatelic covers
during the Presidents Birthday
Mile O. Dimes" campaign last jan
uary. He will sponsor two patriotic
covers for Memorial Day, honoring
the Army and the Navy. Send
name, address and 10 cents for each
envelope wanted. Proceeds to USO
Philatelic Fund.
Stamp meetings for the week ara
listed as follows:
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors
Club OF Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth street NV. pro-
gram, exhibition and bourse.
Wednesday evening at 8:15-
Washington Philatelic Society Lee
Sheraton Hotel, Fifteenth street
NV. Exhibition and comments on
recent foreign airmail covers bv
j. 0. Peavey.
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