Evening star., 1947-07-13
News About Stamps
By jones Woldo fowcett

Deaf, of which Gallaudet College Is
q part. and thinking this also might
include the school for the blind. he
and his friend, a DR.. Hague, an ag-
ricultural engineer studying at Cor
nell, made the trip out to my ONCE
in the Northeast.
"Ihe school for the blind, the
place they had first planned to visit,
they eventually learned, was only a
single square from the ~ where
they were stopping!"
The Postal Bulletin for July 10
reports: Effective on or about July
IS, airmail service will be inaugu-
rated by Northwest Airlines, Inc, on
route FAM 28 to Shanghai, China,
and Manila, Philippines, from Min
neapolis and st. Paul, Mimi:
Seattle, Wash, and Anchorage,
Alaska. The present airmail postage
rate of Csc a half-ounce Cor 10c
each for air letters will apply to
the new service. Due to lack Of
sufficient time, no official cachet for
first-flight covers will be authorized.
However. souvenir covers received
at the Post Offices of Minneapolis.
st. Paul, Seattle or Anchorage "'"
accompanied by requests that they
be dispatched by the first flight,
bearing sufiicient postage and ad-
dressed for delivery in China or the
Philippines, will be dispatched by
the flight If practicable"
Collectors interested are advised
to consult clerks at local postal sta
tions for other details. The same
stipulation is mentioned with refer
ence to service on covers to be flown
from New York to Syria on FAM 1s
on or about July 20.
Sales in the Phlatelic Agency fer
the fiscal year ended June 30
amounted to So, ,33l ,291 AZ, represent
ing an increase of $3l0,599 06 over
1916.
Wedding stamps for Princess Elz-
abeth and former Prince Philip may
be authorized shortly. Not only
Great Britain but Canada. the
Union of South Africa, Australia
and New Zealand also may choose
to honor the future Queen and her
prospective husband In this manner.
Philately, st. Louis, says: "Ths
principality of Monaco, with an area
of only 8 square miles, has issued
more than 300 different stamps. If
the United States had issued stamps
on the same basis in relation to its
size, stamp collectors would have
some 1874, ,494, 400 varieties to collect"
The Journal Of the American
Medical Association has declared
that "the original study" for The
Doctor" by Sir Luke Fildes. repro
duced on the doctors commemora-
tive, hangs in the Guthrie Clinic
of the Robert Packer Hospital in
Sayre, Pa; but the stamp follows
the painting in the Tate Gallery
in London rather than 1.-The original
study" for 1t or any other version
of it.
George B. Sloane, writing In
Stamps Magazine, notes that the
chair in the foreground of the
doctors stamp "is definitely q
Chippendale."
The 53rd annual convention Of
the Society of Philatelic Americans
will be held at Wichita, Kans., Au-
gust 20 to 81.
Enrique r. Ballesteros. secretary
of the Mexican Embassy, is inter-
ested in philately.
Leon Helguera is credited with
having designed the Sc Centenary
stamp intended to publicize the
Tooth anniversary of the first United
States postal adhesives. released
July /, 1847.
The Capital Precancel Club will
meet at the home of Rolston Lyon.
217 Rittenhouse street NV, tomor-
row evening at 8, and the Collectors
Club of Washington at 1912 Ninth
street NV, Tuesday evening at 8.
STAMPS AND COINS.
COINS. American and foreiEn gold. silvei.
antiques. cameras. highest PRICES paid.
Hepner 402 18th st. NV. Dl. 266S.
VATICAN. ,CITY-C.rdinals, Set epI.-14
large Pictorials,. l5c with approvals