Evening star., 1946-12-29

cize American industries, among thu
number indicated being: Agricul
ture, grazing, mining, manufactur'
ing, building or construction, trans.
portation, communication and bank.
ing.
Also scheduled for the next l.
months are a set of stamps show.
ing scenic wonders" of the United
States, including: Niagara Falls
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado
the redwoods of California. Pike.
Peak in Colorado, Mount Rainier ir
Washington State, the Great Stone
Face in New Hampshire, the Petri-
fled Forest of Arizona, the Painted
Desert in New Mexico, Jackson Hole
in Wyoming, the Great Salt Lake ir
Utah, Carlsbad Caverns, the Natura
Bridge in Virginia, the Disma
Swamp in North Carolina and the
Devils Elbow in the Ozarks OF
Missouri.
The projected stamp for the Tooth
anniversary of the birth of Thomas
Alva Edison likewise will be issued.
In 1948 a stamp to mark the CEN
tenary of Wisconsin as a member
Of the Union is anticipated.
The new airmail series, repeatedly
forecast, will consist of small SC
coil stamp and double size 10, Is,
20 and rs cent denominations.
The following editorial on "The
Hencopter Mailman" appeared in
the New York Herald Tribune last
Thursday: Now comes the mailman
who travels by helicopter. Beginning
January 6, the Post Office Depart
ment will experiment in this area
with an interesting refinement in
airmail, already tried in other cities,
which promises to eliminate much
of the present unavoidable delay in
collection and delivery at either end
of a fast flight Helieopters from
various metropolitan airports would
operate on schedule over hundreds
of post Offices, hover for a moment
to drop and gather mailbags, and
then be off to the next spot of
pause. So expeditions is the whole
business that, for example, on the
proposed Route G the Long Island
helicopter postman would zigzag
from La Guardia Field to Jamaica,
Far Rockaway, Long Beach, Rock
vile Centre, Freeport, Amityville,
Huntington, Hicksville, Mineola,
Glen Cove, Port Washington, Great
Neck and back to La Guardia Field,
13 points of delivery and pickup
over a 9o-mile stretch, all done in
! hour and Is minutes.
Similar schedules are outlined
for Westchester-Fairfield and North
ern New Jersey in addition to shut
tie routes and mail transfer from
ships at sea. What is more, this
enterprise is expected to be money
maker for which private airlines
will be eager to bid. 1t all seems
ridiculously simple, venture likely
to be accepted presently as a matter
of course while increasing uses are
found for the helicopter. Meanwhile
only an occasional soul will wonder
how we ever got along without hell
copter mail"
The Post Office Department an
nounced Friday that philatelic serv-
ice will be provided for covers carried
on the first airmail flight to LYDIA,
Palestine and Bombay, India, on
January S. A special cachet is to be
applied to envelopes sent to post
masters at Washington, Philadel-
phia, New York City and Boston,
bearing postage at Is cents half
ounce and addressed for delivery in
Palestine or India. Transcontinental
and Western Air (IncJ agents will
receive and return without addition
al charge covers designated to their
care. The name and address of the
senders in each case must be written
in the upper left-hand corner with
the phrase, ."Station Manager" and
the inscription, "TWA, LYDIA Air
port, LYDIA, Palestine" or "TWA
Santa Crais Airport, Bombay, India :"
in the space to the right usually en-
ployed for the address. Deadline,
January 3.
A special cachet will be provided
at Vallejo, Marysville, Chicao and
Redding, Calf, when airmail serv-
Ice is inaugurated between San Fran
cisco and those towns on or about
January 2. For details on arrange
ments call DI. $3.50, Ext. 500.
The Montreal Star for December
IA contained an interesting story on
mail received by the international
Labour ONCE in that city.
King George vi will be an ex-
hibitor at the Centenary Interna-
tional PhilateHc Exhibition, Grand
Central Palace, New York City, May
II to Is.
"A new German stamp has been
approved by the four occupying
powers to go on sale March /, ac-
cording to special dispatch from
Berlin to the New York Times. The
French government consented to the
order of authorization but has not
agreed to use of the new adhesive
in the French zone.
Austria on December u released
10 stamps of surprising. beauty,
each bearing an added charge for
the benefit of the fund for the re-
storation of st. Stephens Cathedral
in Vienna, damaged by fire in April,
1945.
The Expert Committee on Naval
Postmarks of the Universal Ship
Cancellation Society, in cooperation
with the editors of the Naval Post
marks Handbook, have brought up
to-date the type chart of Naval
STAMPS AND COINS.
Investment Special-Canada's latest lie
Special Delivery-Airmail, Withdrawn from
use without notice. Mint sheets, S12 90.
Don't delay. Lloyd r. Day, Huntsville,
Ontario.
Insure your collection Gall risk coverage).
Wisconsin 1920 for rates.
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