Evening star., 1943-03-28

collectors specializing In the issues
of that country.
Rev. Everett S. Lyon, MillerS
Falls, Mass, would like to corre-
spond with collectors who are in
terested in stamps in topical lines.
Writing in Stamps Magazine for
March 27, r. M. Spaulding, jr., says:
1T is high time we put a stop to the
grossly unfair charges which have
been leveled against the Scent Pam
American Union stamp. 1t is noble
design, magnifcently executed"
But the public stiN does not know
why Borticelli's Spring" was Sc
lected for such reproduction, and so
long as no explanation is provided
by the constituted authorities the
matter will continue to be a subject
of speculation.
Who selected the three figures
allegedly representing "a hemisphere
OF good neighbors' and why?
Japanese military commanders
have suppressed the lawful postage
stamps of the Netherlands East
Indies and are insisting on the use
of a new series of their own pro-
duction.
A new national society for stamp
collectors will be launched as soon
as peace is restored. Plans for it
include novel administrative sys-
tenn under which officers will be
chosen by lot and will serve in ro-
tation single terms of one year each.
1t thus is hoped to eliminate politi-
cal activity to the benefit of the
principal object of the organization
the study of stamps and the pro-
motion of the fellowship thereof.
A single New York dealer is UNDER
stood to have in stock no less than
$500 sheets of the Scent century
Of Chicago imperforates.
Richard Mop. Cabeen, stamp
editor of the Chicago Tribune. TACT
fully suggests that red tape is re-
sponsible for the delay in bringing
out the new series of stamped
envelopes talked about In the Post
Office Department ever since the
start of the New Deal 10 years ago.
The new Accent stamp Of Canada
will be red and will be followed by
other new issues including: &c air.
mail; lac; Tic, airmail-special de-
livery Orders may be placed with
the Philatelic Division. Financial
Branch, Post Office Department.
Ottawa. Remit by money order in
American dollars.
who's Who on the Postage
Stamps of Cuba" is the title of the
seventh brochure issued by the Latin
American Stamp Section of the Pan
American Union. The text, written
by Albert F. kunze, runs to 90 pages:
/ and there are two large pages of
specimen reproductions and a fore
word or preface by Ambassador Au-
relic F. Conchesa. Copies are avail
! able at l0c each.
The l943 Conserva ton for victory
! poster stamps of the National Wild
| life Federation, 1912 Sixteenth street
/ NV, have been released. Animals,
blrds, fish, trees and flowers in nat
ural colors are represented in 16
large and 49 small labels.
Plate numbers for the 1-cent Four
Freedoms stamp are: 23Ol4 to 23o27,
inclusive; for the Scent airnail
booklet stamp, 23O28 and 23O2o.
i Flrst-day sales of the Scent air.
mail booklet March 18 are reported
as: 32,750 booklets sold; 5O,216 covers
Cancelled
/ A phllatelic friend who formerly
resided at Port Moresby. Papua,
writes to E. Irving Fulton of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States: After the Japs had bombed
Port Moresby twice, all civilians un-
fit for military service we're evacu-
ated to Australia and. of course. I
was one Of them, being over the age
limit with 63 years on my back. I
was fortunate enough to get nv
stamp collection of 40 volumes safely
away on my boat. only to lose them
again for fully two months before I
could trace them to Sydney. Finally
L got them back and now they are
IN safety in a vault in Brisbane,
However, had four collecting (tem-
porary) books nearly full of stamps
ready to be transferred into the
albums, all of which were stolen in
the confusion of evacuation
AS far as Papuan stamps are
concerned, my activities are at
standstlll, as all Papuan stamps
have been sent to Canberra and are
neId there pending the military oc-
cupatlon OF Papua. For few weeks
alter the evacuation the stamps
could be bought in Sydney, as the
Papuan treasury had opened Offices
there, but as soon as the work in
connection with cleaning up was
hnlShed the stamps were packed up
and sent to Canberra and sealed.
What the future will bring is verv
uncertain. There may be only one
issue for both territories and in
that case new designs probably will
be appearing. OF course, this is all
guessWork on my part, as at present
nobody knows what is going to hap
pen in the future"
Stamp meetings for the week ara
listed as follows:
tuesday evening at 8-Collectors
Club of Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth street NV. Pro-
gram and exhibition.
Tuesday evening at 8-East WASH
lngton Stamp Club, Eastern High
School.
The names of students Of early
American carrier stamps and post.
masters PROFESSIONALS, especially
those active between 1900 and 1920.
are wanted by reader of The Star.
Please send information to the
Stamp Editor and greatly oblige.
STAMPS AND COINS.
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