Evening star., 1944-08-20
clamps
By James Waldo FotCcet.

By James Waldo FosCceff.
David H. Davenport has suggested
to the Post Once Department that
1t make advance preparations to
furnish special cancellations for tho
end Of the war. He proposes one
die for the day Germany surrenders
and another for the day when Japan
finally gives up the struggle. Not
the philatelic public only would be
interested in such q courtesy, he
argues. The American people at
large-particularly men and women
in the armed services and their
immediate families-would take
advantage Of the opportunity to
obtain covers representing the termi-
nation Of the Allies crusade I'd
liberate the world.
The long-awaited stamp for the
Philippines will 60 on sale in Wash.
ington on Wednesday, September ~,
1t will be a Sc denomination. purple
in color and double ordinary. The
design will reproduce a bird's-eys
view Of Corregtdor and adjacent
islands lent by The Star.
1t has been announced that the
Korea stamp of the "overrun na.
tons" series will feature the tradi.
tional Korean flag in natural colors,
The value will be SC, and the release
date Thursday, November 2.
The proposed commemorative for
the 300th anniversary of the birth
OF William Penn almost certainly
will be authorized. 1t probably will
have for its central motif an adapta-
ton Of picture of the founder Of
the Colony of Pennsylvania nego-
tlating his famous treaty with the
Indians. The first-day sale should
be stipulated for Saturday, Octo-
ber IA.
A stamp to publicize the Red Cross
campaign for plasma is being dis
cussed in Post Office Department
circles. Those who have been blood
donors naturally favor the idea,
while those who have not vet VOL
unteered are not SO keenly inter-
ested.
The Dominican Republic, by the
way, has brought out four new issues
inscribed Honor a la Cruz Roia"
and showing the rainbow of peace
rising over battlefield. with Red
Cross nurse and little child on one
side and advancing troops and
planes on the other. Denominations
are l, 2, 3 and 10c.
Leon Monosson of New York Cite,
dealer specializing in the postal
emissions of France and colonies, re-
plies to an inquiry about the De
Gaullist stamps as follows: IF you
want to buy every issue from the
start of the De Gaulle movement,
you would have to purchase all the
issues overprinted France Libre,'
such as Cameroons. French Eoua-
torial Africa. st. Pierre -Miquelon,
etc. This would mean a stable
amount as, for instance, the COM
plete sets of st. Pierre -Miquelon
amount to s2,250, Cameroons -B7-9,
$50: EBl0-3', s145: -Bl4-5', $l25,
etc"
( A similar inquiry addressed to X.
Fatoullah. with Offices in the same
building as that in which Mr. Mo-
nosson is a tenant, brings a letter
explaining: Since there are a large
number of stamps involved, it would
be rather difficult to enumerate the
prices"
At least six living American SOL
diers sooner or later will have their
portraits added to the postage stamp
gallery of their country. They are
the half dozen full" or -four star"
generals who are commanding the
march of the armies of the United
States toward final, complete and
permanent victory over both Ger
many and Japan. In alphabetical
order. their names are: Henry H.
Arnold, Malin C. Craig. Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Douglas Macarthur,
George c. Marshall and Joseph H.
StilWel.
! William Kelleher, son of Daniel r.
Kelleher. well-known Boston stamp
dealer, is reported to have been
killed in action in Normandy.
! August 28 will be the 80th an.
niversary of the establishment Of
the railway post Office service. The
first railway postal car, says W.
Lee Fergus in Stamps Magazine,
was run through Glen Ellyn, then
called Dandy. on the Chicago &
Northwestern Railroad, August q,
1864.
Fire on August 20 will place in
circulation 2i2p stamp in homage
to Edmund Ignacius Rice. founder
and first superior general Of the
Christian Brothers of Ireland. The
artist responsible for the design is
Sean O'Sullivan.
DR.. Fenton Bradford. who died
last Sunday, was a former president
Of the District of Columbia Dental
Society. He also during many years
was leader in Washington stamp
collecting circles.
Stamp club meetings for the week
are listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock
Woodbridge Stamp Club, home of
Mrs. Henrietta Hickerson, slo2
Twenty-fourth street NE. Program
and bourse.
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock
Collectors Club of Washington.
Thomson School, Twelfth and T.
streets NV. Program, exhibition
and sale.
Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock
Washington Philatelic Society, Lee
Sheraton Hotel, Fifteenth and l.
streets NV. Guest speaker, Mrs.
Evelyn Turner, executive secretary
Of the United Nations Club, a world
traveller born in India and the spon-
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