Evening star., 1945-07-29
stamps
By James Waldo Faaccef.

N. T., on InurSday. postmaster
General Robert E. Hannegan pre-
sented the first sheet to the Presi-
dents widow. The color of the new
adhesive is peculiar shade of blue
green or green blue.
The 2-cent Franklin D. Roose-
velt stamp will go on sale at Warm
Springs, Ga, August "a.
Madelin Blitzstein, author of a
fascinating article on The Stamp
Collectors Zoo" printed in Travel
magazine for June, says: when
historians of the future try to fit
together the story of what we, their
predecessors on this planet, were
like, they no doubt will scan the
songs, the legends, the literature,
the paintings, the newspapers and
the scientific records of our era:
They will want to know what
sort of food we ate, what manner
of clothes were wore, what types and
species of plant and animal life
made up our environment, and the
kind of men and women we chose 10
honor as our leaders.
They will be certain to look for
this information in our textbooks
and our motion pictures; they will
be sure to make a thorough study of
our libraries.
But they will not get really
complete picture of our customs if
they overlook the reflection of our
life and times which can be found
where most people would least ex-
pect to discover it: In postage
stamps"
Mrs. Edward B. Martin, assistant
to the philatelic consultant of the
Library of Congress, is compiling
philatelic index of the United States.
She wants the name, address and a
statement of the special interest Of
every la stamp collector in the
United States. Readers of The
Star who wish to be listed are in
vited to send this information to
her at room 20l, Library of Congress
Annex, Washington, D. C.
The International Postal Slogan
Society, founded 10 years ago, here
after will be known as the Postal
Cancellations Society. Mabel Phil
lips, 2400 East Twelfth street. Des
Moines 16, Iowa, is editor of the
organization official bulletin.
Alden H. Whitney, formerly active
in Washington stamp circles, first as
a collector and later as a dealer,
was in town on brief visit last
week. He now is in the steel busi-
ness, with headquarters at Cleveland.
The fate of the Imperial German
Postal Museum in Berlin is wrapped
in mystery. 1t stood in a part of
the city which took frightful punish
ment during Allied air raids, and
the building is likely to have been
destroyed. Whether its priceless
contents-thousands of relics of the
postal systems of Central Europe
dating back for centuries, as we'll as
stamps and postal paper beginning
with the earliest adhesive of l840-
were removed and saved is the ques-
ton which hundreds of collectors
in all portions of the world would
appreciate having answered by the
Russian Army of Occupation.
One of the most notably efficient
stamp columnists in current practice
is William w. Wylie of Kansas City,
Mo xr1n
Stamp Collector, Albany, Oreg. He
knows his stamps and he also un-
derstands how to put words together
with skill.
President Truman is contributing
stamps to the Stamps for the
Wounded project of which Ernest A.
Kehr, philatelic editor of the New
York Herald Tribune, is chairman.
Covers addressed to the White House
are being distributed by the Presi-
dents direction to about 60 Army
and Navy hospitals.
The Texas centennial stamp prob
ably will be released at several diff
ferent places in the Lone Star State
December %.
Bella Lugosi motion picture star,
is a collector of the stamps of
Europe, especially the Balkan coun-
tries.
The Polish Government Inferma-
tlon Center, 745 Fifth avenue. New
York City, has brought out a new
poster label in red, black and white,
showing Poland in outline, divided
and occupied, and bearing the slo-
gan: Justice for Poland" Sheets
OF AZ sell for 25 cents. Inclose large
self-addreSsed, stamped envelope,
James B. Hatcher, writing for
Weekly Philatelic Gossip, allegedly
reports that stamps produced by
Germany fer the islands of Jersey
and Guernsey in the English Cham
mel now are being honored by Brit
ish postal authorities and have
passed freely through the mails
ever since these islands were re-
taken by the English"
Brazil mas aQQeQ TO the stamps
rejecting the history of music a
stamp to mark the 150th anniver-
Sary of the birth of Francisco
Manoel de Silva, the composer of
her national anthem.
Allied Military Government stamps
of II different denominations are
being used in Austria.
The 102d edition of Scott's Stand
ard Postage Stamp Catalogue, the
first part of which will be published
about the middle of next month.
will carry the name of Gordon Har-
mer, auction dealer. as assistant
editor to Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh M.
Clark.
Add to the list of naval officers
who collect stamps the name of
1t. d. g. Robert L. Johnstone, 1928
Dorset avenue, Chevy Chase, Md,
a specialist in airmails in perfect
condition.