Evening star., 1943-01-10
Among the Stamp Collectors
Nevs of the Phlateic World Interests and PEOPLE
Bv James Waldo FasCceff,

dganda stamp has been authorized
at last. According to an ofiicial pub
licity release dated January S, the new
issue will replace the 1-cent National
Defense label and will be known as
the -Four Freedoms commemora-
tive" though 1t actually will not
commemorate anything in the ac-
curate meaning Of the word. Ar
rangements are being made to place
the new adhesive on sale In WASH
ington exclusively on February IL.
Postmaster General Frank G.
Walker, 1t is explained in the Post
Once Department announcement,
says: 1T was deemed particularly
fitting that stamp fostering the
great principles Of freedom should
appear on the day when the Nation
annually pays tribute to the Great
Emancipator. Abraham Lincoln.
hope that the new stamp will be
helpful in impressing on the public
the necessity for spreading the Four
Freedoms to more and more of the
world, so that the lot of the common
man may be improved and soundly
lished after the present war"
The central motif OF the Four
Freedoms stamp will be "a reproduce
tion in bas-relief of Liberty holding
the lighted Torch of Freedom and
Enlightenment" t."Arectangular plaque
will contain freedom OF Speech and
Religion, From Want and Fear" in
solid Gothic lettering arranged in
five lines. Conventionalized oak
leaves will be introduced on the right
and the left of the central oval"
Printed in green, the new issue
will be of regular size, OTIS by 0.87.
Restriction of gasoline for motor
ing has had the effect Of promoting
increased interest in philately. Col
lectors who cannot go riding eve
nings and Sundays stay at home and
work over their stamp albums.
The SPA Journal for January
contains an illustrated specialized
list of the souvenir sheets of Belgium
compiled and annotated by Marian
Carne Zinsmeister.
Dr. Warren L. Babcock, director
of Grace Hospital, Detroit, from
1904 to 1887, and veteran student
of the stamps of the United States,
died. at st. Petersburg, Fla, De-
cember ~. He was SO years Of age,
had served as medical officer in
France during the First World War.
was founder and past president
of the Detroit Philatelic Society
and owned magnificent collection
Of 18th century covers.
The United States and foreign
stamps of William B. Sprague will
be sold at auction by Harmer,
Rookie & Co., 55l Fifth avenue, New
York, January 25 and 26.
Frederick r. Hazard Of the Stamp
Shop, Providence, r. l., now is
major In the Army, and the bus
iness with which he formerly was
associated will be carried on by
Andrew r. Perry.
The Belgian Informa ton Center,
$50 Fifth avenue New York, has on
sale mint copies Of the "V-stamps"
of the Belgian Congo and Ruanda
Urundi districts.
A Christopher Columbus poster
stamp is announced by the Poster
Stamp Publishing Co., 2445 South
Damen avenue, Chicago, at 13 cents
a copy postpaid.
According to q Reuters dispatch,
"letters, stuffed into metal contain
ers and thrown into the Seine dur
ing the Franco-Prussian War Of
1870, have been discovered at Me-
tun, still floating down the river.
They bear the special war stamp
issued in 1871"
But the Stamp Collectors Fort
nightly, London. comments; This
may be a hoax"
H. E. Harris IL Co., Boston. is
promoting renewal of interest in
the stamps of Czechoslovakia as
an attractive speciality.
The overprinted 'Landfall Of Co.
lumbus" stamps OF the Bahamas,
including a E5 denomination, is linn
tied to 5000 complete sets.
Many new restrictions have been
announced on parcel post mail for
soldiers serving overseas, and 1t Is
indicated that letters no longer will
be flown over the Atlantic and the
Pacific to troops abroad. AS usual
in such matters, there are many
practical reasons for the regula-
tions and only one good reason why
they should not be maintained in
effect-namely, that of the urgent
need of human beings who, even in
a democracy, have very little to say
about how their affairs shall be
managed.
Mrs. Lila P. Wallace Of Kensing-
ton, Md, member of the Society of
Philatelic Americans, died Novem-
ber 8.
Capt. Richard H. Hart, 1914 Que
sada street NV. is an active stamp
enthusiast even In wartime
Miss Florence Lamport has been
elected president of the Philadelphia
Airmail Society.
Philip H. Ward, jr., has been COM
missioned to sell the classic United
States collection formed by William
West Of Philadelphia. He will have
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