Evening star., 1946-06-16

exhibition to mark the centenary
Of the first United States postage
stamp next year. Meanwhile, plans
for the celebration at Grand Gen.
trail Palace. New York, are matur-
ing under the leadership of Harry
L. Lindquist. Henry Steinway, Err
nest r. Kehr and other leading
The Display Club of Greater
Cincinnati is sponsoring a drive
for stamp in acknowledgment
of the contribution made by pro-
fessional window display personnel
to the winning Of World War II.
Second Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral Gael Sullivan. speaking at a
meeting of the Collectors Club of
Washington last Tuesday night, re-
ferred to proposed designs for a new
airmail series as being modern"
If he meant "modernistic," the
philatelic public may be scheduled
for a sequence OF disagreeable
shocks.
The Postmaster General of the
tiny British islet of Mauritius, in
the Indian Ocean east OF Mada-
gascar, Is annoyed with the stamp
collectors Of the United States and
has written to Postmaster General
Robert E. Hannegan complaining
about them. Their major sin, it
seems. Is that they insist upon
ordering mint stamps from him
and trying to pay for them with
bank drafts drawn upon banks
which have no branches in distant
Mauriti,ls. Hereafter, they must
remit in bank drafts made payable
on Barclays Bank D. C. O., the
Mercantile Bank of India or the
Mauritius Commercial Bank.
Scott Publications, Inc, publisher
of the Scott line of stamp catalogues
and albums. soon will be taken over
by a well-known dealer and Auc-
tioneer from London who recently
has been making his headquarters
in New York.
The 81 Duck Hunters license
stamp for 1914 was removed from
the sales list of the Philstelic Agency
on June 7.
Plate numbers for the honorable
discharge emblem stamp are:
2343O, 23435 and 23439. Those for the
Tennessee commemorative: 23447 to
23450, inclusive.
The Iowa stamp should be re-
leased in December, but it probably
will SO on sale much earlier than
that.
According to the Netherlands In
formation Bureau, 10 Rockefeller
plaza, New York City, the postal
authorities Of Curacao on July / will
release two sets of airmail stamps
with surcharges for Relief Neither
lands" and Relief Netherlands
Indies" Each set will comprise eight
stamps of different values, adding up
TO 5.85 guilders in Curacao currency
or $3.l6 United States money.
Belgium Is bringing out two semi
postal stamps in recognition of the
heroic stand Of the 10lst Airborne
Division Of the American Army at
Bastogne. The design will show q
soldier in action and the symbol OF
the 10lst. Values are: 1750 fir. plus
$3.50 fir, or $2S4 U. S. currency fol
the pair. The money thus obtained
will be used to raise a monument tC
the American forces at Bastogne
Orders should be sent to the post.
master at Bastogne in advance.
Ernest A. Kehr, chairman, reports
"The committee which will handle
the publicity for the Centenary In
ternational Philatelic Exhibition, tc
be staged in New York next May, will
be the greatest public relations group
ever assembled in the United States.
Unfortunately, however. it will moi
include Michael l.. Eidsness, jr., anc
Ralph A. Barry. both of whom made
notable contributions to the success
of the international exhibition Of
1885.
N. r. Hoover, writing in Mekeel';
Weekly Stamp News for June 10
suggests that some interests are try.
ing to work a corner on" the 81
Swedes and Firms Delaware STAMP
Of 1888. Collectors who hold mini
copies are advised to keep them.
Sweden has brought out fave
stamps to mark the 800th ami
versary of the Cathedral of Lund.
The souvenir booklet produced by
the local members of the Inter
national Plate Printers, Die Stamp
ers and Engravers' Union for the
convention of May 20 to rs already
is rare collectors item. 1t opens
with title page featuring a SYM
bolic centerpiece. Other noteworthy
pages bear the heraldic eagle of the
United States die stamped in gold
the famous photograph of the rails
ing OF the American Flag at Two
Jima engraved in green-brown-
the Marine color-and an engraved
honor roll of members of the union
who served in World War II. Also
a Geological Survey map of Wash
ington, marvelously reproduced from
an engraved steel plate, the menu
of the convention banquet and a
genre picture entitled THE Welcome
Guest" The page showing the
washington Monument, the Capitol
the National Gallery of Art and
Washington Cathedral is engraved
in lavender. green. slate and orange
red. Harold D. Brockwell was chair.
man Of the Convention Committee
and had associated with him John
Sedoti. Domenick Nappi, Thomas
Blumenauer, William b Brown
Philip Lemmo, Norman Edwards
Benjamin Widmer, Steve Clements
r. e. Hess, Matthew Fenton, How
STAMPS AND COINS.
C0MPLETE o. s. CAT1L6G, 1es pages
900 illustrstions for 1ec postage: HAR.
slEiI.d SELLING g.. OUT 20 years aecumulation 9
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