Evening star., 1945-12-30
stamps

stamps
By James Waldo FaioceH
Four new stamps illustrating an
equal number of different aspects of
the history of the United States
should be issued during the coming
year. The first of these would COM
memorate the signing of the treaty
with Great Britain establishing the
boundaries west of the Rocky Noun
tains and settling the so-called
Oregon question, June Is, 1846. Next
In order would be an adhesive to
mark the centenary of the annexa-
tion OF California by Commodore
John D. Sloat at Monterey, July 6,
1846. The third issue would call
attention to the centennial of the
act establishing the Smithsonian
Institution "for, the increase and
diffusion of knowledge among men,"
approved August 10, 1886. Last In
the sequence would be a stamp to
commemorate the admission of Iowa
to the Union as the Goth State,
December %, 1886.
Something in the line of new COM
memoratives also should be devised
to mark the Tooth anniversary of
the war with Mexico, which started
on April Is, 1846, and ended with
the treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo
signed February 2, 1848.
The two principal birthdays OF
the year are those of George West.
inghouse, inventor of the airbrake
October 6, 1846, and Francis D
Millet, artist and illustrator, Novem.
ber 3, 1846, but neither of these
occasions is likely to be considered
stamp-worthy.
According to the Postal Bulletir
for December 28, "the following
notifications are made in tn,
philatelic arrangements for cover
to be carried by the first airmai
flights to Europe and Egypt b,
FAM Route 27, operated by Trans
Continental g. Western Air, Inc.
announced In the Postal Bulletin
, Of December 7:
'"The dates of the first flights ar
postponed to be approximate,
January Is, from Washington
Philadelphia, New York, Boston
Chicago and Detroit.
:. ALSO, service will be provide,
J, from Philadelphia, Chicago an,
:. Detroit to Switzerland, Italy, Greco
and Egypt, in addition to the servic
mentioned in the announcement O
!, December 7.
Accordingly, the table of first
flight dispatches is replaced by tn
following:
! First flight dispatches will b
made from Washington, Philadel
phia, New York, Boston, Chicag
and Detroit, on or about Januar
Is, to Ireland, France, Switzerland
: Italy, Greece and Egypt"
\ For further detailed information
. and especially for guidance in pre-
pairing covers to be carried abroad
readers are advised to consult tn
: Superintendents and assistant su
perintendents of the main an
: branch Post Offices.
Effective on or about January
airmail service will be inaugurate
at Detroit on route ANIL. No officia
cachet for first fight covers will b
authorized, but souvenir covers re
ceived by the postmaster at Detroi
/ will be dispatched to first flights,
practicable.
! A study Of 10000 miscellaneou
1 covers, checked to learn whethe
J, the latest Post Office Departmer
I ruling in behalf of clear, neat an
!, clean cancellations is being obeyet
shows that New York City is til
worst offender so far as willfr
mutilations are concerned. Chicag
has the second most deplorable rec
ord. Boston, Pittsburgh, Los An
geles and San Francisco are tie
for third place from the bottom
Cleveland, st. Louis and New o.
leans come next. Then Washing
ton and Baltimore almost on
parity. The best cancellations wer
noted for Denver, Bridgeport, Gin
cinnati, Reading, New Haven, Al
bany, Toledo, Duluth, Minneapoli
Terre Haute, Des Moines and S
Paul. 1t seems indicated that tn
smaller the Office the more care
: given mail in transit. Covers beau
tifully Cancelled were noted for An
Arbor, Mich; Frederick, Md, an
Greensboro, N. c. Many worn die
and still a larger number of die
needing careful cleaning were OF
served. For example. the die 8
Pueblo, Colo, is both mashed" an
dirty.
Plans for another exhibition {
stamps relating to religion and
religious architecture and iconogra
ply are being formulated in connec
ton with a second spring festival 6
, Washington Cathedral in April {
May. Collectors interested to &C
operate in the enterprise are invite
to communicate with the STAN
Editor of The Star as soon as ma
: be convenient.
Eight Japanese stamps, each ir
scribed Java" have been reporte
l to have reached dealers in Ne
York. They obviously were intende
for use in the Dutch East Indie
but there is some question abo,
their actually having been employe
E to carry letters.
e The 3-cent Two Jima stamp, shov
r ing the raising of the Flag on Moul
C Suribachi, may be dropped from tt
Philatelic Agency sales list withol
S warning at any moment. Collecto
!. who have not protected themselv,
il against such a sudden developmel