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water color design for a stamp In
tribute to United States Army per-
sonnel executed by Edward r.
Grove, engraver in. the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing. The COM
position shows a soldier wearing a
steel helmet and WAAC In dress
uniform with an outline map of the
United States In the background
and symbols Of the Army In the
front center. If accepted, the Army
issue would be followed by similar
adhesives for the Navy and the
Marine Corps.
The death of Norman H. Davis
may serve the purpose of stimu-
lating renewed interest in q Red
Cross stamp such as he wanted and
repeatedly appealed for during his
lifetime.
Public law 364. approved June 1s,
places upon the Third Assistant
Postmaster General and the Con-
troller Of the Post Once Depart
ment responsibility for supervising
the use of envelopes and wrappers
applied to mail transmitted free
from all the different branches of
the government. What this means
to stamp and cover collectors Is not
yet clear, but the matter certainly
will bear watching.
No announcement has been made
as yet concerning the first release
Of the new Scent airmail envelope
without red and blue border. Most
OF those manufactured are to go
overseas, but enough to furnish COL
lectors with first-day covers surely
could be spared for that purpose.
John w. Dye, veteran United
States consular cfIicer and stamp
collector. is in Washington for
few days.
Paul D. Green. writing in Nations
Business for July says: "Philately
has grown into a multi-miliion- dol
lar industry, largely as result Of
the war. 1t is estimated that
Americas stamp dealers NV buy,
swap and sell close to 100000, 900
worth Of postage stamps year"
Col. John r. Hooper, sr.. leader
of the Pioneer Philatelic Phalanx.
died at Los Angeles on May 80,
aged IS.
Maj. Charles A. Coutts, 4120 Ed
munds street NV, and Maj. 'Craw-
ford L. Donohugh, 1S4l Columbia
road NV, are applicants for mem
bership in the Society of Philatelio
Americans.
Certain stamps of the Polish gov.
ernment in exile have been over
printed Monte Cassino-l8V.l 1914"
in commemoration Of the part
played by soldiers fighting under the
flag of Poland in the Italian cam.
paign.
Portugal brought out in May two
stamps to publicize philatelic ex-
position at Lisbon. The design
shows mounted courier; denomi-
nations are: lE, red; l75E, deep
blue.
The names of Alvin r. Meissner
and Garnett W. Mcgee were mis-
spelled in last Sundays stamp
column.
Additional names of distinguished
persons receiving the 50th ami
versary cover for the Postage
Stamp Division of the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing are pub
lished as follows: DR.. L. S. Rowe,
president general, Pan Ameri-
can Union: DR.. Gilbert Gros-
venor, president. National Geo.
graphic Society: Theodore w. Noyes,
editor Of The Star: Frank B. Noyes,
president, The Evening Star News
paper Co.; Vincent Burke, post
master and Ray Talbert. assistant
postmaster. Washington, D. c.;
James Bell, philatelic agent; Robert
E. Fellers, superintendent of stamps.
and Robert c. King. assistant
superintendent; Miss Pearl Bond,
philatelc agency staff: William M.
Stuart, philatelic editor, Washing
ton Post: Franklin r. Burns. jr.
New York Sun: Kent 3. Stiles. New
York Times; Elmer c. Pratt. Cam
den Courier Post; Henry H. HUFF,
Rockford Star; Richard Mob.
Cabeen, Chicago Tribune: David
Lidman, Chicago Sun; James B.
Hatcher, New York Journal Amer
lean; Robert D. Byrnes, Hartford
Courant; Harry L. Lindquist,
Stamps Magazine; Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh M. Clark. Scott Publications;
Charles H. Vaughan, president.
Washington Collectors Club; Albert
F. Kunze, president. Mrs. Grace L.
Macknight, secretary, and Philip
Simms Warren, librarian, Washing
ton Philatelic Society; David d.
Caldwell, president. Postage Stamp
Centenary Committee; Miss Irene
M. Pistorio, Mrs. Edward B. Martin
and Mrs. Myrtle c. Shaughnessy.
When the Bureau of Engraving
ana printing began to manufac-
ture postage stamps half a century
ago July !. new machinery to the
value of $56,243 was installed for the
doing of the work.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as:
Tuesday evening at s-Collectors
Club of Washington, Thomson
School. Twelfth and L streets NV.
Auction and bourse; reports Of
ofncers.
Wednesday evening at s-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society. Lee Shera-
ton Hotel, Fifteenth and l. streets
NV. Exhibition of war covers from
1900 to 1914 by Mrs. C. L. Manning,
Mrs. Grace L. MacKnight, Albert
F. Kunze, Samuel Burgess, James
Waldo Fawcett and others.