Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-07-02
stamps
By James Waldo Faucet.

Jan
By James Waldo Faucet.
A fascinating book might be writ
ten about the first half century OF
postage stamp manufacturing in the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing.
Each of the hundreds Of postal adj
hesives produced since July l, 1894,
has been story In itself. And
not merely the narrative of how a
stamp has been conceived, designed
and processed is important. 1t is
q law of life that institutions are
created by persons, the greatest
stamp-making establishment In the
world being no exception.
Not long before he retired, Joachim
G. Ben1ng, head of the engraving
division Of the bureau, was asked
to compile list of the artists who
have contributed of their genius to
the beauty Of American postal adj
hesives. He took the request Sc
riously. The result, as he completed
1t, Is q roster OF SO men and l
woman, as follows:
Picture engravers: George w. Cas-
ilear, Frederick Pauling, Louis 8.
Schofeid. George F. G. Smillie,
w. G. Phillips, Robert Ponickau,
Harry L. Chorlton, Charles M. Chal-
mers, John Eissler, Joachim G. Ben
zing. G. F. Wittenauer. Leo G. Kauff
mann, Edward j. Helm, Charles
Burt, Gilroy Roberts. H. p. Dawson,
Carl T. Arlt, William o. Marks, ].
Russell Lowe, Harry r. Rollins,
Matthew D. Fenton, Charles A.
Brooks, Louis E. Bradford, J. M.
Stafford, Edward r. Grove, Marcus
w. Baldwin, Charles Schlecht, Ar
thur M. Dintaman, John T. Gull
foyle, Lorenzo Hatch, j. A. O,Neill,
Harry P. Dawson, Arthur Wasser-
bach, j. A. Rueff, F. H. Noyes, S.
Oyema, w. Adolph, J. Ourdan,
Charles Skinner, j. F. E. Prud-
homme.
Letter engravers: Edwin G. Rose,
George U. Rose, jr.. Lyman F. Ellis,
Edward M. Hall, J. Kennedy, Ed
ward E. Myers, S. B. Many. D. M
Cooper, D. S. Ronaldson, Edward M
Weeks. L. K. Siggons, Frank Lama
sure. William B. Wells, Howard I.
Earle. George L. Huber, Edward H.
Helmuth, Howard S. Nutter, Donald
Il. Mcleod, Frederick w, Croker
George A. Payne, Franklin T. Howe
John F. Weingartner, James T. Vail,
Charles A. Smith. John S. Edmond
son, Axel w. Christensen, Reu-
ben K. Barrick. Charles A. Wayson,
Garnett w. MCGEE, William F. Wall,
Robert Stockmar, Clarence K.
Young, Thomas E. Peckham. He'd
ley V. Patterson, Robert H. Warren,
E. Schneble, G.. A. Erni, James v.
Phelps, w. H. Earle, Ralph L. VAL
lette, Fred W. Montgomery, John S.
Stevenson, Edward M. Haas. Edward
B. Wayson, j. F. Burton, Horace l..
Richardson.
Scrip engravers: Alexander Pc
neau. c. Melvin Sharpe, Louis A.
HAN, y. II. Hill.
Designers: Thomas F.. Morris
Raymond Ostranda Smith, Clair A.
Huston, Alvin R. Messner. Victor S.
McCloskey, jr, William K. Schrage.
William A. Roach, Robert L. Miller,
jr.. Esther A. Richards.
This scroll of fame" however Is
only a portion of the whole inclu-
slve development. To be complete,
1t would require to be supplemented
by census Of all other bureau en-
ployes whose labor has served to
democratize the achievement of the
postage stamp artists. Siderograph-
ers, plate finishers, machinists, hard
eners, electrolytic plate finishers,
printing machine operators, per-
forators. binders, examiners. super
visors, directors and a vast number
OF other collaborators are needed in
the work. Perhaps it is on that &C
count that the philatelic public in
stinctively appreciates the achieve
ment when at last, comparatively
and largely anonymously. it is An
lshed. There has been a glory
about some of the stamps brought
forth in recent years, in recent
months.
And the same observation applies
to the Scent brown Garfield is
sued on July 10, 1894, and all the
long series of adhesives that have
been released since that important
date, so busy years ago. The facts
are prepared in the files of
the bureau, the archives of the
Post Office Department and the
"morgues" of The Star and other
Washington newspapers. Additional
data could be supplied by the mem
bers of the families and the friends
OF the bureau personnel past and
present. Those readers who have
material which might be helpful are
invited to communicate it to Alvin
w. Hall, director, Bureau of En-
craving and Printing; Roy M.
North, Third Assistant Postmaster
General, or the editor of this column.
Three hundred commemorative
covers for the golden jubilee of the
postage stamp division of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
were mailed yesterday. Among the
distinguished persons to whom they
went were: President Franklin D.
Roosevelt. former President Herbert
Hoover. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of
New York, Gov John w. Bricker of
Ohio, Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the
Treasury Henry Morgenthau, ir.;
Senator James M. Mead of New
York, Representative Charles A.
Plumley of Vermont, DR.. Charles
Greeley Abbot. retiring secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution, and
his successor. DR.. Alexander Wet
more: Mrs. c. L. Manning, philatelic
curator of the Smithsonian: Archi-
bald MacLeish, librarian of Congress;
David E. Finley, director of the
National Gallery of Art; DR.. L. S
Rowe, president general of the Pan
American Union.
The Woodbridge Stamp Club will
meet tomorrow evening at q at the