Evening star., 1945-06-10
stamps
By James Waldo Favcett.

By James Waldo Favcett.
Popular demand has brought
about the authorization Of use of
the famous photograph of the
raising of the flag on Two Jima
in a stamp design. Thousands
of people asked for it, but Post
once Department otncials were
opposed to the project, and as re-
Gently as less than two weeks ago
1t was declared that the small size
of a postal label made it infeasible
to picture the Star Spangled Ban
ner in such a manner. The excuse
thus put forward, however, <was
contradicted first by calling atten-
ton to stamps on which the flag
already has been reproduced and
second by pointing out that the
Treasury Department is making use
of the Two Jima photograph in
reduced size in hundreds of small
advertisements for the Seventh War
Loan drive.
Representatives of the philatelic
public conferred with Third Assist
ant Postmaster General Joseph J.
Lawler on Monday. Meanwhile,
Senator Joseph c. OMahoney >oi
wyoming and II of his colleagues
on the Post Office Committee of the
Senate sponsored resolution, intro
duced Monday afternoon, directing
the Postmaster General to bring out
at least one stamp for each of five
different branches of the national
defense-the Army, the Navy, the
Marine Corps, the Coast Guard and
the Merchant Marine.
Mr.. Lawler Monday evening let 1t
be known that he hoped to get re-
suits" within two weeks A meet
ing of department officers was
called for Wednesday. The official
result, released on Thursday, read,
as follows:
In response to popular demand
for a stamp commemorating the
achievements of the United States
Marines in the present World War,
and following a conference with
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Joseph j. Lawler, Postmaster Gen.
eral Frank C. Walker announced
last night that such stamp will be
issued. 1t will be placed on first
day sale at Washington, D. c., on
July II, and at other post Offices
throughout the United States az
soon as distribution will permit.
The first suggestion for the is
suance of this stamp came from
Senator Joseph c. OMahoney OF
Wyoming.
The central design of the stamp
will be a reproduction of the striking
photograph made by Joseph Rosen-
thai Associated Press photographer.
which depicts the raising of the
American flag on Mount Suribachi,
on the island of Two Jima.
Stamp collectors desiring flrst-day
cancellations of this stamp may send
not in excess of 10 addressed en-
velopes, accompanied by remittance
for the stamps to be affixed. to the
Postmaster, Washington 13, D. c., in
time for servicing before July IL"
, What will be done about the re-
mainder of the program proposed by
Senator OMahoney and his asso-
ciates remains to be seen. Collectors
who agree with the resolution are
invited to write to Mr.. Lawler.
George A Scott, philatelic writer
for the Associated Press Feature
Service, explains: Replacing the
Hitler sponsored stamps of Ger
many, in the American occupied
area at least, are nine values of a
United States Bureau of Engraving
and Printing manufactured Allied
Military Government series with the
letter M as the central motif of the
design, AM Post across the top and
Deutschland across the bottom. The
values and colors are: 3pf, violet;
4pf, gray; 5pf, green; pf, yellow;
8pf. orange; 10pf, brown; IL pt,
purple; 15pf, red, and 25pf, blue"
Plans for the 1s45 convention Of
the American Philatelic Society.
scheduled for Newark, N. j.. August
Is to II, have been Cancelled. A
regional meeting on August is is to
be held instead.
| France has brought out a portrait
stamp in homage to Sarah Bern
hardt, the great classic actress, who
was born October %. 1845, and died
March 26, 1928 This will mean
nothing to most young people, bus
its significance to the oldsters
should be worthy of mention.
If the following children are stamp
collectors as well as papertroopers.
they each will receive a philatellc
present by communicating the fac.
to the Stamp Editor of The Star:
Arthur Douglas, 1907 c street; David
Prawde, 1882 Orchid street; Sandy
Anderson, 1866 Sixteenth street.
Silver Spring; Winter Moore, SOL
Twelfth street NE: David Gatlin,
1888 Eaton road Sc: Marion Mills.
1925 Park place NV; Barbara Dale
Kline, 1910 Eastern avenue NE:
Joan Durno, 1439 Locust road, and
Barbara Grain, 1919 Roxana road.
| Mrs. Edward B. Martin, WELL
known in local philatelic circles for
more than decade past, will be the
principal aide and assistant of the
new philatehc consultant of the
Library Of Congress. She already
has opened an Office assigned to
her on the fifth floor of the Library
Annex building and is at work put
ting in order accumulated phil
atelic data.
The Collectors Club of Washing
ton will meet at the Pythian Temple.
1912 Ninth street NV, Tuesday
evening at s.
David D. Caldwell, chairman OF
the Postage Stamp Centenary Com
mittee and vice president of the
American Philatelic Society, will be-
speaker and guest of honor at a
meeting of the Washington Phila-
telic Society, Lee Sheraton Hotel,
Fifteenth and K streets NV,
Wednesday evening at 8. His sub