Evening star., 1945-06-17

such manner-the Army, Navy,
Coast Guard and Maritime Service.
"A meeting was held in the Office
of Joseph J. Lawler, Third Assistant
Postmaster General, at which rep
resentatives of the Secretaries of
War and Navy were present, in ad-
dition to Alvin w Hall director of
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing, and his chief of the Division
of Printing. Donald Mcleod. Capt.
Edwin j. Steichen appeared for the
Secretary of the Navy, while 1t.
Col. Harold F. Ambrose and Arthur
Dubois represented the Secretary Of
War. In addition to Mr.. Lawler,
Roy M. North. Deputy Third Assist
ant Postmaster General, and Robert
IE. Fellers, chief of the Stamp Di-
vision, spoke for the Post Office
Department.
Representatives of the War and
Navy Departments were requested
by Mr.. Lawler to submit designs for
possible use on stamps for these
two services and they agreed to do
so by the end of this week. Their
recommendations, while not final,
Will receive careful consideration
by the Post Office Department.
1t is the present plan to issue
tnese postage stamps commemorate
ing the heroic deeds of the several
armed services, beginning with the
one for the Army, some date in
September. Then will follow the
stamp for the Navy in October. A
stamp for the Coast Guard and one
for the Merchant Marine will COM
plete the series. Dates and places
Tor f1rst-day sales of these stamps
will be announced later"
Gridley Adams, chairman of ths
National Flag Code Committee, al
legedly representing over 100 pa
trlotlc and fraternal societies." has
written President Truman a public
letter objecting to the Two Jima
stamp on the theory that it be
mutilated in transit through the
mails. The answer to his objection
is that it is rs years too late. In
1869 four representations of the flag
appeared on 30-cent issue. Other
stamps showing the Star Spangled
Banner are: "a cents, 1875: 5 cents.
Fremont on the Rocky Mountains.
1898; 2-cent, Accent and scent
1902; 3-cent Victory, 1919: 2-cent
Battle of White Plains, l926;k2-
cent Pulaski. 1881; Scent New
ourgh, 1888; 3-cent Michigan, 1885:
Scent Arkansas, 1886; Scent Iowa.
1888; Scent Railroad, 1914, and s.
cent merchant marine (Savannah).
1914. 1t also happens that several
foreign governments have compli-
mented the United States by repro
ducing the Stars and Stripes on
stamps.
Perhaps when the Two Jima
stamp is put on sale on July II, the
first covers to bear it will be sent
by President Truman to the moth
ers of the Marines who died on that
island that freedom might survive
in the world
Collectors who are compiling
scrapbooks on the Two Jima stamp
are referred to The Stars editorial
on The Flag" published on Thurs
day last.
Stamps looted from post Offices
IN Germany are arriving in the
United States. but the recipients of
them are advised that discretion is
the better part of valor since the
senders may be guilty of at least a
technical violation of Army regula-
tions.
T/S Arthur Fawcett, youngest
brother of the stamp editor of The
Star. was in Rome on We day and
celebrated by visiting the philatelic
agency of Vatican City, buying
specimens of all the stamps on sale
there and photographing the estab-
lishment.
The Collectors Club of Washing
ton will meet at the Pythian Tenn
Pile, 1912 Ninth street NV, Tuesday
evening at 8. Public is invited to
attend.
STAMPS AND COINS