Evening star., 1945-09-09

on August 20, 1914, testify that they
had no air covering on that occa-
sion. Photographs made from the
top of the Arc and reproduced in
the National Geographic Magazine
! for January, 1945. support their
statements in that they show no
. planes.
But even if aircraft had operated
over the big procession down the
main street of Paris in celebration
of the liberation of France they
could not have been flown in the
position or at the altitude depicted.
Either they would have been larger,
because flying too low. or smaller,
because flying too high. In other
words, they are out of proportion
to the ranks of marching men.
Still more serious, however, is the
alleged contention that the six
planes arbitrarily introduced into
the design are airships never used in
Europe. Experts on airplane sill
houettes say that they are B-29s
employed only in the Pacific
theater.
The design of the Army stamp
therefore, is trebly erroneous.
When the matter was brought to
the attention of Third Assistant
Postmaster Joseph j. LaWler, he re-
ferred it to the War Department
with the remark that the original
idea of the stamp had been formu-
lated and sponsored by Gen. George
c. Marshall, Chief of Staff.
Gen. Marshall's Office so far has
authorized no comment.
Efforts to reach the Associated
Press photographer who made the
original picture in the Champs
Elysees likewise have failed. His
name is Peter j. Carroll and he last
was heard from in Germany a few
days ago. Readers who wish to in
spect his photograph as it was be-
fore it suffered improvement" may
find it in the rotogravure section of
The Sunday Star for September II,
1914.
T, J. La Roy of Columbus. Ohio,
has Informed Linn's Weekly Stamp
News that he has located the Presi-
dents dog Falla in the Scent Roose-
welt memorial stamp. The little
scottie, he insists, appears almost
directly above the letter n" in
white"
A pamphlet containing a full ex-
planation Of the aims and purposes
of The newly-organized Philatelic
Foundation may be obtained from
w. S. Boggs. director, % East
Tilirty-ffth street, New York l6,
N. Y.
Nothing official has been heard
from the Post Office Department
concerning the projected Peace and
Victory stamp to mark the end of
World War II, but gossip in the
Third Assistants neighborhood sug-
gests that an announcement may
be authorized shortly.
The surrender of Japan may be
followed soon by a tidal wave of
japanese stamps in the American
market. Collectors are cautioned
against paying unreasonable prices
for such material.
Mrs. Edward B. Martin. assistant
to the philatelic consultant of the
Library of Congress, continues her
work on the national census of
stamp collectors. Letters from prac-
titioners of the worlds favorite
hobby in all parts of the United
States are reaching her daily She
now has what is regarded as the
most comprehensive list of American
collectors in existence anywhere on
earth today. Those who have not
yet responded are invited to send
their names, addresses, photographs
and statements concerning their
specialties to her at Study Room 201,
Library of Congress Annex, Wash
ington, D. c.
An anonymous correspondent who
says we all don't work opposite
the Post Office" wants The Star
stamp column to give the latest
news about United States stamps
that are expected to appear lin the
rather near future By way of
answer, let it be asked: What else
have We been doing every day
since December 4, 1892" No other
newspaper in the world has pub
flshed so much news about United
States stamps in the past IL years
and nine months. Of course, not all
OF it appears in the stamp column.
Some of it may be found in the news
pages, some in the editorial page.
In a single year no less than As
editorials referring to stamps were
printed in The Star. AS for philatelic
news articles, seven of them were
published in one day not long ago.
c The woodridge Stamp Club will
meet at 2206 Rhode Island avenue
NE. tomorrow evening at 9; the
Collectors Club of WASHINGTON at
The Pythian Temple, 1912 Ninth
street NV, Tuesday evening at 8;
and the Washington Philatelic So
lc1ety at the Sheraton Hotel, Fiji
'teenth and L streets NV, Wednes-
day evening at 8. Both of the lat
ter two organizations are to have
auctions of foreign and domestic
stamps and covers, and the public
Is invited to participate in the bid
ding.