Evening star., 1946-04-21
World Of Stamps
By jones Waldo Fowcett

Pennington avenue, West Hartford,
Conn, has asked Postmaster Cen
eral Robert E. Hannegan to author
lie stamp in acknowledgment Of
the part which all circuses, but es-
pecially that of P. T. Barnum, now
Ringing Brothers Barnum and
Bailey, have played in the cultural
development of the United States
during the past century.
The Baltimore Philatelic Society
will celebrate the Tooth anniversary
of the Baltimore Postmaster Pro-
viSionals with a members exhibit
tion at the Peale Museum from May
4 to IL and a banquet at the Stat
ford Hotel Saturday evening, May 4.
Werner Simon, writing in the
American Esperantist, says: The
first issue of illustrated postal cards
with Esperanto inscriptions ap-
peared in 1927 for the 10Th Esper-
anto World Congress at DanZig.
Two sets of II cards, each imprint
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showed views of the Free City with
explanations in German and Esper-
anto.
"Liechtenstein followed in 1880
with series of six cards in Ger
man and Esperanto and this
issue was so successful that
two additional sets of 10 cards each
appeared in 1881
Postal authorities of other coun-
tries soon became impressed with
this internationally effective promo
ton. Austria issued so different
cards in German, French, English
and Esperanto. Brazil printed 20
cards with views of Rio de Janeiro,
followed by another set of 80 cards
showing pictures from all the fed
Grated states of Brazil, all of which
used both Portuguese and Esper-
anto Inscriptions. Hungary issued
three different sets of Is cards each,
in Hungarian, French and Esper-
anto. Holland used cards with &C
tual photos on the back with text
in Dutch and Esperanto. There
are three different sets, one of them
showing pictures of famous Dutch
castles and another presenting the
most famous Dutch mills.
"Of special interest to the Esper-
antist are the cards from Czecho-
slovakia showing pictures of the
DR.. Zamenhof street in Lame Bel
ohrad, which town was a favorite
vacation spot for the Esperantists
of Central Europe. Another card
picturing Prague reads: Esperanto
center in the heart of Europe,
whereas the picture of Brno refers
to: The City of the Green Radio
Station with regular Esperanto
broadcasts.' A total of six cards in
Esperanto was issued by the Czech
post Offices.
THE country which issued the
largest number of Esperanto-im-
printed postal Gtems) is Russia. For
years postal cards, envelopes, ETC.,
printed by the Soviet authorities
were inscribed in Russian, one or
other of the various languages
spoken in the states of the union
and Esperanto. There are more than
100 different varieties.
Russia honored the Language
twice-in 1926 with two special
stamps for the Sixth International
Workers Esperanto Congress and in
1927 with a stamp showing DR..
zamenhof's picture and the green
Esperanto star in commemoration
of the 40th anniversary of the Gre
alton of the language. Other Rus
sian stamps commemorating the
radio inventor Popov as well as the
Moscow Central Telegraph Office
and the Lenin Hydroelectric Power
Station on the Volchow River carry
inscriptions in Esperanto.
Brazil issued stamps with Esper-
anto text in connection with the
eighth and nine international sam
pie fairs at Rio de Janeiro. In 1887
both the Ninth Brazilian Esperanto
Congress and the Golden Jubilee of
Esperanto were honored with spe-
cial stamps. Only recently, in April,
1945, two stamps were issued for
the Tenth Brazilian Esperanto Con-
gress, of which the airmail stamp
bears the picture of DR.. zamenhof.' y
The Collectors Club of Washing
ton will meet at 1912 Ninth street
NV. Tuesday evening at 8. William
R. Bullough of TWA will speak. The
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