Evening star., 1946-07-07
News About Stamps
By Jones Waldo Fowcett

By jones W
Theodore w. Noyes, editor of The
Star from 1908 until his death last
Thursday, was quiet but exceed
ingly helpful friend to stamp col
lectors. He limited his own phil
atelic holdings to small specialized
showing of stamps publicizing IA
nous cascades and waterfalls. But
he read the current news of the
stamp world every Sunday for
many years and on frequent occa-
sions offered constructive sugges-
tions concerning the development
of this column which now gratefully
are acknowledged.
George A. Scott, writing for the
Associated Press, discloses additional
details of the Franklin D. Roosevelt
series of Nicaragua. There are II
adhesives in the set-hve airmail
and six regular postage. Each de-
sign includes the phrase: "Horienaje
a Roosevelt" signifying: Homage
TO Roosevelt" The borders invaria-
bly, are gray, but the central motifs
are In green, orange, bright blue,
rose, purple and brown. Denomina-
tions and subjects are: 4c, the late
President with his stamp collection:
SC and Csc, Roosevelt with Churchill
at the Atlantic Conference in l94l:
l0c and 75c, Roosevelt signing the
declaration of war against Japan;
l6c and &c. Roosevelt, Churchill.
Gen. de Gaulle and Gen. Giraud at
Casablanca in 1943; 32c and sc.
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stain at
Teheran in l943; SOC and sc, bronze
bust of the President.
Details of the Scent Smithsonian
centenary stamp were released on
Tuesday. The new adhesive will be
placed on sale in WASHINGTON eX-
cluslvely on August 10, the Tooth
anniversary of President James K,
Polk's signing of the resolution of
Congress providing for the estab-
lishment of the institution in the
Capital of the United States. Credit
for suggesting that the stamp
should show view of the north
facade of the oldest of the existing
group of Smithsonian buildings is
given to the late Chief Justice Har-
Ian Fiske Stone, VINO served as
chancellor OF the Board of Regents.
The composition features the aspect
Of the ediflce seen bv travellers
through the Mall. Its architectural
classification is later Norman or
Lombard" and it allegedly repre-
sents the latest variety tf the
rounded style Immediately reced-
ing the advent of Gothic" Plans
for the building were drawn bv
James Renwick, jr., subsequently
architect of ST. Patricks Cathedral
in New York. The cornerstone CT
the structure vas laid with Masonic
ceremonies in Nav, l847. Work on
the project was completed in 1855.
A disastrous fire swept the upper
portion decade afterward.
The principal inscription In The
design for the stamp consists of the
words, For The increase and diff
fusion of knowledge fmong men"
quoted from The will Of James
Smithson in which he left his
resldUary estate to found at WASH
ington" the institution which. ded-
icated to the purpose thus expressed,
has made his name. dishonored as
he supposed by his iiIegitimate
birth. immortal throughout the
world.
According TO The Post Office De-
partment press announcement, the
color of the stamp will be maroon
a shade approxima ting that ct the
Smithsonian Building. constructed
of freestone from Seneca Creek
tributary of the Potomac. % miles
north of the District of Columbia
George Bidault, newly elected
president of France, is a stamp COL
lector.
The Iowa centennial stamp really
ought not to be released until De-
cember l8, the exact Tooth anni-
versary of statehood by vote of the
residents of Iowa Territory on that
date in 1886.
No. l3 OF the Confederate Bulletin,
being leaf1et issued. as occasion
warrants. in the interest of collectors
and students of the postal issues of
the Confederate States of America,
has appeared. 1t is the work of Au-
gust Dietz, ST. of Richmond. editor
and publisher of the standard Con-
federate catalogue Readers inter
ested to obtain copies are invited
to communicate with Haydn Myer,
2224 Conner Building, Birmingham.
Ala.
Belgium has issued three small
stamps to commemorate the CEN
tenary of the Ostend-Dover mall
carrying ship service. An oil-burn-
ing channel boat appears on the
l.35fr turquoise blue; a two-stacker
steamer on the 2.25fr deep green.
and an oldfashioned sailing vessel
Of l846 on the 3.15fr, dark blue gray
Philip H. Ward, jr., commenting
in Mekeels Weekly Stamp News on
the sale of Scott Publications, Inc.
to Gordon Harmer, says: Hereto
fore the catalogue has followed the
market in price values. Personally,
we hope the catalogue will now
lead
A special set of stamps will be
issued to mark the visit of King
George vi and Queen Elizabeth to
the Union of South Africa. but COL
lectors are warned that it long has
been the policy of the postal authori-
ties at Cape Town to refuse to ex-
tend even the ordinary courtesies of
correspondence to the philatelic
public.
The late Col. Edward H. R. Greene
was considered eccentric" because
he invested small portion of his
great wealth in stamp collecting. To
date his philatelic estate has real
lied s1.700,000 and the end is not
yet in sight.
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