Evening star., 1947-08-03
News About STAMPS
By james Waldo Fawcett

By james "
Harry B. Mason, 80, well known tc
hundreds Of Washington stamp COL
lectors as dealer Of the old school
died at his home in Cherrydale, Va.
Wednesday night. He leaves q rec
ord Of service to the philateiic pub
lie which will be as durable monu.
ment as any he would wish.
The Sc Utah centenary stamp has
made a hit with collectors. De-
signed by Charles r. Chickering and
engraved by Matthew D. Fenton
and Edward H. Helmuth, it is COM
pletely an achievement of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
and represents the character Of
work which the Bureau artists can
do when they have a free opportu.
nifty unhampered by outside inter-
ference.
Postmasters have been notified
that SOC, Soc and 81 presidential
series stamps and 30c and Soc air.
posts have been discontinued "tc
conserve available funds and to
reduce accounting and handling.
This means the gradual disappear
ance from the mail Of the adhesives
mentioned.
The Indianapolis News says edi-
torially: "A legislative proposal that
the Post Once Department issue a
Nancy Hanks Lincoln memorial
stamp has prompted speculation
whether portrait Of Abraham Lin
coins mother exists. Persons who
have devoted years Of study to Lin
coin lore say they never have seen
one.
"There is a scant possibility that
any member of the Lincoln family
ever had a daguerreotype made In
Kentucky; or Indiana, since this
primitive form Of photography did
not come into use until about 1899
The only other type of portraiture
would have been a painting and the
family's lack of money probably
forbade that.
Nancy Hanks Lincoln Is buried
in Southern Indiana and her grave
has become a historic shrine. Thous
ands of pictures have been made ot
her grave, and the best a stamp de-
signer could do probably would b,
an idealistic face or a reproduction
Of the modest monument that mark
her last resting place"
Neat, clear machine cancellation
may be obtained from postmaster
at Roscoe, San Diego. San Raphael
Santa Clara and Tujunga, Calf.
Fort Knox, KY; Delaware, Ohio
Garden City. Kans.; Wilmington
Del; Dallas, Tex; Princeton, N. j.
Barberton, Ohio; Appleton, Wis
and Brookfield, Ill. Use STANDARD
size 6A stamped self-addressed en-
velopes and mention this motto
when applying.
A discussion Of watermarks will b.
staged by the Department of Agri
culture Stamp Club in room 124-E
Administration Building. Thursda,
evening at 6:15. Visitors shoult
inquire for A. r. schimmack
secretary.
George B. Sloane reports tina
there are two types of scent cen
tenary airmail envelopes. The lip
in the profile Of Washington ar
opened a trifle more" in one thai
In the other.
The Allentown Philate1ic Society
Box 295, Allentown, Pa, will sponso
a hand stamp cancellation and spe
cial cachet for the 30th anniversar.
of the founding Of Camp Crane ant
the organization of the United State
Army Ambulance Service Associa
ton, August 81. Send Is cents TO
each cover wanted. Proceeds vii
be used to erect a memorial fountain
According to Stanley B. Ashbrook
only 3,598.900 eopies of the 5-cen
stamp of 1847 and only 1863, 300 copie.
of the 10-cent stamp of the sam.
year were placed in circulation
Both issues we're declared invalid or
July l, 1851.
The artistic character Of stamps
issued by the countries captured
behind the iron curtain of the SovieI
Union Is declining visibly. A sim.
liar development occurred wher
Germany and Hungary temporaril!
went bolshevik" after the Frs
World War.
II wedding stamps are authorized
by the British postal authorities il
honor of Princess Elizabeth and he
fiance, Lieut.. Philip Mountbatten
the date OF their release probabl,
will be November 20, the day set fol
their marriage.
The Woodbridge Stamp Club viii
meet at the Woodbridge Library, 200
Rhode Island avenue NE, tomor.
row evening at 8.
French Crawford Smith, associat,
editor Of Weekly Philatelic Gossip
has been designated regional rep
resentative Of the Society Of Phila'
teIic Americans for the Washington
ares. He may be addressed at ~
Underwood street, University Park