Evening star., 1944-01-16
0tanps
By James Waldo Fayceff


sonian Institution, last week and
soon will be on display. There are
two designs-one q composition OF
palm trees and Japanese flag over
five islands; the other a map with
mountain in the background and
q bird in flight. Denominations
and colors are: &c, light brown; Sc,
green; 31ac, orange; SC. light blue:
10c, red; 15c, blue, and zoe, purple
all first design; Csc, orange yellow;
30c, blue; SOC, dark green, and If,
lavender-second design.
With the stamps Mrs. Manning
found a single 31ac and a double
SIC postcard Of poor quality paper
stock printed in blue.
The full list of regular postage
stamps produced by the Japanese
army of occupation for the Philip
pine Islands now is understood to
include: 1c, orange, peasant hut;
&c, green, rice planter; 4c, dark
green, peasant hut; SC, brown,
mountains; &c, red. rice planter; l0c,
blue green, mountains; 12c, ultra
marine, ship; 16c, brown, ship; zoe,
purple, peasant hut; 21c, violet,
mountains; 25c, brown, rice planter;
1p, carmine, mountains; 2p, purple,
ship; 5p, olive green, ship.
Mrs. Manning reports that &c
postcard, green, also has been issued
by the Japanese invaders at Manila.
The German 'protectorate" of
Moravia and Bohemia has brought
out memorial stamp, black, 60
plus 440d, showing death mask of
Reinhard Heydrich, the assassinated
Nazi dictator of CZechoslovakia.
No official action has been taken
as yet concerning the reprints sold
by the Philippine Philatelic Agency,
1917 Massachusetts, avenue NV,
but it is expected that an an
nouncement may be made shortly.
James G. Wingo, who has been
representing the Philippine Com
monwealth government in the mat
ter and who was to report to Presi-
dent Manuel Quezon at Miami
Beach, Fla, concerning it, is leav-
ing for Australia today. His place
will be taken by Col. Carlos Ro-
mulo. Meanwhile, Secretary of the
Interior Harold L. Ickes may have
conferred with the Philippine Resi-
dent Commissioner, j. M. Elizalde.
Ishmail Lazo has been placed in
charge of the Philippine Philatelic
Agency Office, but he has stated
that counter business there has
been suspended until further no.
tice.
Protests against the continued
manufacture and sale of Philippine
Commonwealth stamps have raised
a series of questions about the eth
ical right of other governments "in
exile" to issue postal adhesives.
Neither the Polish regime nor the
Norwegian in London is a de facto
government, but both have produced
postage labels for distribution to the
philatelic public-at a substantial
profit. The overprinted and made
to-order stickers of the De Gaulle
Fighting French Committee like
wise are suspect. Sentiment in Eng
land allegedly favors refusal to list
such "specialties" in standard cata-
logues and albums.
Miss Jane S. Black, daughter of
the Third Assistant Postmaster
General and Mrs. Ramsey S. Black,
is Red Cross nurse somewhere in
New Guinea"
The centenary Of the Dominican
Republic will be marked by the re-
lease Of nine regular postage and
three airmail stamps February Is.
The Polish Information Center,
745 Fifth avenue, New York City, an
nounces a poster stamp 'to COM
memorate the Polish contribution to
the war effort of the United Ma
tions." IT. shows the flag of Poland
proudly raised" Printed in sheets
Of so, the price Is 10 cents per sheet
to clubs and organizations.
Copies of the Pro Juventute
stamps of Switzerland for 1943 have
been received. There are four in
number, one honoring Phillip
Emanuel Won Fellenberg, teacher,
and the others showing examples
of Swiss flora.
Philatelic agency sales for 1943
reached total of S1,O77,552, an in
crease of s614,O63 over the receipts
for 1912.
H. E. Harris g. Co., 108 Massa-
chusetts avenue, Boston, will mail
copies Of new British Empire cat
alogue to collectors forwarding 8
cents postage with requests.
Harry M. Konwiser, writing in
Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News, re-
calls that the Trans Mississippi
stamps Of 1898 were condemned by
the British Committee of the Society
for the Suppression of Speculative
Stamps IN advance of issue.
At least three italian stamps have
been overprinted by the Allied mill
tary government in the liberated
portion Of italy.
Collectors of charity seals are ad-
vised that the Czechoslovak National
Alliance, room 701, As Richmond
street west, Toronto, Canada, has
brought out an attractive heraldic
poster label for sale at 81 per sheet
of 100, profits to provide small COM
forts for the soldiers of Czecho-
slovakia fighting for freedom in
Europe.
A catalogue of stampless covers of
Canada is being compiled by a COM
mittee of collectors.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at 8-Wood-
ridge Stamp Club, home of Mrs.
Henrietta Hickerson, 3102 Twenty
fourth street NE.
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors'
Club of Washington and Washing
ton Airmail Society, Thomson
School, Twelfth and L streets NV.
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