Evening star., 1944-06-25
Otam.ps
By James Waldo Fa,cceft

A new Scent airmail stamped
envelope without the red and blue
border is being manufactured for
the use of soldiers and sailors over
seas. Whether or not any first-day
sales opportunity will be afforded
collectors is undecided. Should the
decision be adverse, the sequence Of
first-day covers carefully main
tanned by the Post once Depart
ment for many years would be
broken.
The proposed Bureau Of Engrav-
ing and Printing 50th anniversary
commemorative may be authorized
for July 18, but no ofilcial an
lnouncement has been made con-
corning it. Readers interested In
the occasion are referred to a >spe-
cial article on The Star editorial
page today.
Stamps probably scheduled to be
removed from the sales list of the
Philatelic Agency shortly include:
Sc Golden Gate, SC Printing Press,
&c Idaho, SC Wyoming, SC Coronado
New Mexico), SC Norway and SC
France.
The Union Pacific Railroad Co.,
using thousands of Railroad Trans
continental commemorative on its
mail, insists on mutilating them by
punching the initials ~. p" twice
through each adhesive. E.. c..
Schmidt, assistant to the president
for public relations, explains: I'VE
have to dispense many thousands OF
dollars worth of postage stamps
each month to various departments.
offices and agencies, and over years
of experience we find that the GUS
tom Of perforating the stamps is
the most practical way of policing
their use and protecting against loss
through misappropriation and pill
ferage."
All of which, of course, is reason
able to the Union Pacific. but not
easily accepted by collectors who
really care about the stamps and the
greater values-the American flag
for instance-which they represent.
The saving of money effected by the
punching seems q small considera-
ton as compared with the unfortu-
nate impression created by II on the
minds of ordinary citizens not par
ticularly concerned with the prob
lem of petty thieving.
Reports to the effect that the
manufacture of glassine stamp
hinges has been forbidden by the
War Production Board are untrue.
Mrs Mary E. Brosnan of East
Natick, Mass, well-known advo-
cate of a stamp In homage to Clara
Barton of the Red Cross, died
June II.
Fire will bring out two new stamps
for the tercentenary of the death of
Michael O'Clery, Franciscan lay
brother and chief of the Four
Masters. The values will be 1ad and
1sh. r. ]. King, a noted artist, is
responsible for the designs. The
date of release is June 80.
A stamp to mark the centennial
of Florida's statehood almost Ger
tainly will be issued March 3, 1945.
The Republic Stamp Club, COM
posed of employees OF the Republic
Aviation Corp, Farmingdale, Long
Island, N. Y, has asked the Post Of
flee Department to issue a series of
stamps in tribute. to the American
pioneers OF flying. ~ 'rotf~1nt
Miss Kathryn D. Frederick, writ
ing to The Star, asks questions
which, though simple, never have
been answered. They are: who de-
termines the events to be commen-
Grated in stamps? Who selects the
final designs?"
Cuba has two new "commemora-
tives" to publicize an economic So
ciety.
Stanley B. Ashbrook Is the author
OF specialized monograph on the
United States commemorative is
sues of 1869, to be published June
30.
The executive heads of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
are listed officially as follows: S.
M. Clark, chief clerk, served Angus.
%, 1862 to December, 1854; same.
chief, December, 1864, to March.
1859; George B. McCartee, chief,
appointed March 18, 1859; Henry
c. Jewell, chief, February 81. 1875;
Edward Mcpherson. chief, May l,
1877; o. H. Irish, chief, October /,
1878; Thomas j. Sullivan, acting
chief. January %, 1888; Truman N.
Burrill, chief, April l, 1888; Edward
O. Graves, acting chief, May 20,
1885; same, chief, June l, 1885;
William M. Meredith, chief, July
l, 1889; Claude M. Johnson, chief,
July l, 1898; same, director, July /,
1896; Thomas j. Sullivan, acting
director, May II. 190O William M.
Meredith, director, November "a,
1900, Thomas J. Sullivan, director,
July |, 1906; Joseph E. Ralph, direc-
tor May IL, 1908; Frank E.
Ferguson, acting director, October
81, 1917 James l.. Wilmeth, direc-
tor, December 10, 1917; Louis A.
Hill, director, April l, 1922; Paul E.
Twyman, acting director, February
Is, 1924; Wallace w. Kirby, direc-
tor, June Is, 1924; Paul E. Twyman,
acting director, December Is, 1924;
Alvin w. Hall, director, December
%, 1924.
Stamp meetings are scheduled as
follows:
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors
Club of Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth and l. streets NV.
Election of officers; exhibition,
bourse and auction.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, Lee
Sheraton Hotel, Fifteenth and L
streets NV. Program, exhibition
and bourse.
STAMPS AMI COINS