Evening star., 1946-08-18

Hannegan announced last night
that special postage stamp COM
memorating the Tooth anniversary
of the acquisition of New Mexico
will be placed on first-day sale al
Santa Fe, the date to be an
nounced later.
The Post Office Department In
formation Service on "wednesday
released the following announce.
ment.
"An airmail postage rate of :
cents an ounce between all United
States territory and members Of
the armed forces abroad will be-
come effective October /, under 9
regulation issued today by Post
master General Robert E. Hanne-
gan. The existing rate is 6 cents
q half ounce.
"Mr. Hannegan's regulation was
issued Immediately after President
Harry S. Truman had signed the
legislation reducing the domestic
airmail rate from 8 cents to cents
an ounce. The new domestic rate
also effective October /. makes
scent airmail postage applicable tc
all United States territory wherever
located and involves reductions
from rates now ranging as high as
80 cents an ounce.
"The Post ONCE Department an
ticipates that the reduced domestic
rate will bring an unprecedented
airmail volume. An active promo
ton of airmail Is planned.
with members of the United
States armed forces stationed in all
parts of the world, the Post Office
on December %, 1941,
esta blished rate of 6 cents half
ounce for air mail to or from the
armed forces. Such mail otherwise
would have been sAbject to much
higher foreign air mail rates.
'"T!he bill which became law today
treats all air mail destined to United
States territory as domestic air mail.
Mr.. Hannegan's regulation extends
this principle to members of the
United States armed forces regard
less of where they are located. The
regulation also covers civilian per-
sonnel authorized to receive mail
through Army or Navy post Offices.
1.-THE Post Office Department cited
examples to illustrate the effect of
the new Scent United States flag
rate. The present air mail postage
between the United States mainland
and the Canal Zone is 10 cents a
half ounce; Canton Island, 25 cents.
Guam, 35 cents; Hawaii, Is cents.
Existing air mail postage between
Puerto Rico and Guam is 43 cents
4 half ounce and between Guam and
the Canal Zone it is IS cents a half
Among the stamp collectors pres
ent at the National Museum on Au-
gust 10 when the Scent Smithsonian
institution centenary commemora-
tive was released were Mrs. Man.
ming, Mr.. KunZe, David D. Caldwell,
Dr.. T. S. Palmer. Thomas R. Henry,
Philip Simms Warren. Mrs. Julia
Mrs. Marian Briggs and Will
lam M. Stuart. The Post Office
was represented by
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Joseph j. Lawler, Deputy Third
Assistant Postmaster General Roy
NJ. North, Supt. of Stamps Robert
E. Fellers and Chief OF Information
Service Isaac Gregg. DR.. Alexander
Wetnore received the first sheet of
the new issue from Mr.. Lawler and
pledged it for deposit in the Phi
latelic Division of the Institution
DR.. Charles G. Abbott, secretary
emeritus, and John E. Graf, curator
Of history, were seated with DR.
Wetmore on the platform.
Representative A. F. Weichel of
Ohio Is sponsor of a bill introduced
in the House, calling for a stamp to
mark the Tooth anniversary of the
birth of the inventor, Thomas A.
In celebration of the Tooth ami
versary of the Providence post
master provisional stamps, the
Rhode Island Philatelic Society has
prepared two attractive miniature
sheets, one illustrating the scent
and the other the 10-cent value.
the pair selling for 25c. A handsome
gold label with the design of the
scent denomination also is avail
able at three for l0c, twenty for soc.
The society further has arranged
for the printing of two commemo-
ratlVe covers, to be franked with SC
Rhode Island stamps of 1896 and
mailed on August "a at SOC for the
pair. Whole assortment to order
for ST. Address: Myron w. Finch,
Box 66, East Side Station, Provi-
dence 6, r. l.
The first number OF Philately
The News Magazine of Stamp Col
lecting undoubtedly has set a new
standard for publications of its
class. Volume No. /, dated August
5, contains contributions by Mrs.
Catharine L. Manning, Albert F.
kmze, Franklin r. Burns, jr.; Man.
mel Hahn, Charles w. Mcclellan
Stephen G. Rich, Claire Mosely
Richard Mop. Cabeen, Paul Segnitz
Glen w. Naves, Louis Van Reeth,
c. Corwith Wagner and other
writers. David Lidman, editor in
chief, has IA associate editors and 81
foreign correspondents on his staff
Luther Williams is publisher, and
production is in the hands of J.
Gregg Puster. Sample copies are
available at 10 cents each from
Comfort Press, Inc, 200 South
Seventh street, st. Louis 2, Mo.
Collectors of the stamps of Hun
gary are invited to communicate
with Earl F. Blinn, 1872 Progress
avenue, Woodbury., N. j. those who
prefer the stamps of Austria with
William A. Alsop, 4742 Penn street
Philadelphia.
The Peace Conference at Paris
has been publicized by three stamps
issued by the postal authorities OF
France. Denominations, colors and
subjects are: fr, dark blue green
STAMPS AND COINS.