Evening star., 1946-12-01

Collectors desiring cachets and
postmarks from the Navy Antarctic
expedition may send self-addressed
stamped envelopes, stuffed and
-eady to go, with SC postage. each
In care: Staff Secretary, U. s. s..
Mount Olympus, Task Force 68,
Fleet Post ONCE, New York City.
Because of space limitations on the
last ship leaving for the south polar
zone, no more than 10 covers will
be accepted from any one individual.
Space three inches square on the
left side of each envelope must be
left clear for cachet. Deadline, Dec
ember Z.
A stamp to mark the 150th an
niversary of the launching Of the
famous U. S. S. Constitution cold
Ironsides") has been proposed for
next year. Collectors who favor
such commemorative are requested
to communicate their approval to
Postmaster General Robert E. Han
negan.
There Is a chance that q second
Heroes of Peace series may be
authorized shortly. Requests for
stamps in honor Of distinguished
men and women have increased in
number in recent months, and the
officers of the Post Office Depart
ment who have studied these appeals
now are considering the possibility
Of making recommendation which
would include most of the names
most frequently urged for philatelic
recognition.
The list includes: Will Rogers,
humorist and social philosopher;
Col. william F. Cody ("Buffalo
Bill'o, western scout and master
Snowman; Edgar Allan Poe and
Sidney Lanier, poets; DR.. George
w. Carver, scientist; George Gersh-
win, Jerome Kern and Vincent YOU
mans, composers; Wendell Willkie,
political leader; Thomas A. Edison,
inventor; Margaret Deland and
Theodore Dresser, noyelists; Mabel
Boardman, Red Cross official; Fran
els Scott Key, author of "The Star
Spangled Banner; Judge Ben Lind
sey, Juvenile Court justice; P. T..
Barnum, circus operator; DR.. Har-
vey Cushing and DR.. William E.
Dandy, surgeons; William Allen
White, journalist; Ernie Pyle, war
correspondent: Knute Rockne, foot
ball coach; Lou Gehrig, baseball
player; William S. Hart and Carole
Lombard, motion picture stars;
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, jur-
ist; Ray Clapper. newspaper col
umnist; Eugene v. Debs, Samuel
Gompers and Sidney Hillman, labor
leaders.
More than 300 price changes in
Hstings between No. and No. 245
will appear in the 1947 edition of
SCOTS Standard Catalogue of
United States Stamps Specialized,
to be published in January.
The secret marks" on this
years Christmas Seals are Sc" for
Eureka, ID" for Edwards and
Deutsch and "U" for Stroubridge
and United States Printing. and
Lithographing Co. They may be
found on the 86th label in the
sheet of 100, just above the letter
''r" in the word Greeting"
George A. Scott, writing for the
Associated Press Newsfeatures, re-
ports: --latest addition to the field
of stamps featuring sports are five
new Austrian semipostals marking
the Austria Prize horse race, run
annually at the Freudenau track
in Vienna. A -plus-16-groschen
red value features a mare and her
colt grazing. The heads of two
horses are shown on a 24-plus-24-gr
purple denomination and horse
and its rider clearing a barrier in
a steeplechase are pictured on a
60-plus-60-gr green. Three horses,
pounding along a track in photo
finish, grace a 1-plus-1-sh blue.
Heads of three horses in nose-to-
nose line are represented on z
plus-2-sh brown"
A portrait of Rodolphe Toepder
(1799-1846), writer and teacher, Is
reproduced on one OF the Pro
Juventute stamps of Switzerland to
be placed on sale this month.
Stamp enthusiasts who wish to
know the principles of goth century
esthetic philosophy are referred to
"The Search for Line" pamphlet
by Lois A. Bingham recently pub
lished by the National Gallery OF
Art at cost of production, 35 cents
a COPY. The elements of apprecia-
ton set forth by the author apply
to philatelic material just as much
as they do to painting, sculpture
and architecture.
Former Postmaster General James
A. Farley, on a recent trip around
the world, sent picture post cards to
scores of friends, all hand inscribed
and bearing interesting stamps OF
the countries in which they were
mailed.
The Post Office Department on
Wednesday announced that airmail
service will be inaugurated on
Route Anil at Visalia, Calf, on
or about December 9. A special
cachet, it was explained, will be
provided. Send self-addressed pre-
paid envelopes to the postmaster OF
the city mentioned, being sure to
leave sufficient space for markings
desired.
In the National Geographic
Magazine for November there Is
material of special value to coliec-