Evening star., 1948-08-29

now are ready for use in the follow
inc Post Offices: Chicago, Los An
seles, Atlanta, Memphis. New Or
leans, Salt Lake City, Denver. Seat
tie. Buffalo, Milwaukee. Omaha,
Minneapolis. Oklahoma City Okla:
Portland, Me; Portland, Greg; Co.
lumbia. S. c.: Boise. Idaho; Bir-
mingham. Ala. Phoenix, AriZ., and
jacksonville, Fla.
Collectors interested may send
self-addressed stamped standard
size t6s4) envelopes to postmasters
with request: Please cancel with
forest fire die"
The dies for Washington will be
delivered shortly. Watch The Star
for information on first-day ar
rangements.
An official release from the press
bureau of the American Red Cross
says: The Clara Barton commem-
orative stamp, on flrst-day sale at
Oxford, Mass, September 7, Is the
latest in a long series of Red Cross
postage stamps issued by countries
throughout the world. Honoring
the founder of the American Ma
tional Red Cross. the Barton adhe-
siye is the second Red Cross stamp
to be issued by the United States.
On May 81, 1881, commemorative
marking the 50th anniversary OF Ihe
oreanizat ton went on sale at Dams
willie N. Y. where the first RED
Cross chapter in this country was
founded.
In other parts of the world %
governments have previously au-
thorized more than 700 different Reo
Gross postal labels. First TO recog-
nize the world humanitarian
movement was Portugal in 1889 with
a special set of stamps to be useo
bv the Portuguese Red Cross on It's
mail, without charge. The Portu-
euese Society still enjoys this frank
ing privilege. ,.rae
number of countries issued speclai
Red Cross stamps as means Oh
raising funds for the organlzatlon s
work Most of these were regular
issues surcharged with Red Cross
and an extra figure OF monetary
value. The extra charge represented
q surtax collected from the pur-
chaser and turned over to the Reo
Cross Society. France, a NUMBER
of the French and British colonies
and several European countries
adon.ed this device. More recently
special Red Cross stamps with surtaA
included have appeared IN a numoel
of countries. Finland had issued
such sets regularly since 1880 and
they are among the most attractive
of all Red Cross stamps.
"A somewhat similar method Oh
raising money was adopted IN sucn
countries as Turkey, Greece, ano
Colombia. Special Red Cross stamps
were required on all letters mailed
at certain times of the year-on
Red Cross day or week, usually. 1he
new Philippine Republic is soou'
to issue a semi-poStal honorlng lIs
recently recognized Red Cross So
ciety
In addition to these semi-postals
a number of countries have lSsueC
regular stamps honorlng Red Gross
events and persons. Jean Henri
D,lnant, Swiss founder OF the move
ment, has appeared on the stamps
of Belgium and Switzerland. Flor
ence Nightingale. from whom ne re-
ceived much of his inspiration mas
also been pictured. The battle OF
Solferino. which gave Dunant the
motivation for his idea. appears on
Finnish stamp, and the 18TH ano
8Oth anniversaries of the movement
were honored by dozen nations
Red Cross nurses have been widely
used as subjects on special stamps.
The Red Cross adhesives are a
colorful philatelic group, rich In
variety of design and purpose. Many
are in the semi-rare category. All
have special appeal because OF
the world wide humanitarian move
ment they honor
The 3-cent Palomar Mountain
Observatory stamp will be released
at Palomar Mountain, Calf, to-
morrow and will be available locally
Tuesday
Corning, N. Y, is using a cachet
for the citys Tooth anniversary
September u to 18. Send covers
stamped and self addressed to post
master.
A complete showing of the 122
stamps of the 81 sets of King George
VI-Oueen Elizabeth silver wedding
commemorative costs $161.
Carl Shoemaker. conservation d.
rector of the National Wild Life
Federation. is stamp and cover
collector.
Tulare County Historical Society,
Box 626, Lindsay, Calf, is sponsor
ing a cachet in connection with the
dedica ton of marker at Kawean
Post Office on October "a Send
stamped elf-addressed standard
size s.. envelopes unsealed, leaving
plenty Of room on the left side of
each cover for application of his
torical marking.
w. Arthur Cook. 149 Hickman
street Sc. is inquiring about where
to buy mixed scrap lots OF United
States and foreign stamp in bulk.
He will appreciate any helpful COM
muniCatlon.
Newfoundland, becoming prov
ince of Canada, will cease to be
q stamp issuing country
Carl P. Rueth, writing in Linn S
Weekly Stamp News, says that
covered wagons have appeared on
six United States commemorative
Joe Bassett, Is, from Pine Island,
Mimi, is one of the leading stamp
and cover collectors at Boys Town,
STAMPS AND COINS.
STAMP COLLECTION-Over 5000 stamps,
dates 1871 to 1916. L. S. and foreign
catalogue value about $I,500.00; album
included. Make me an offer. Phone
WI. 1876 from to evenings.
STAMPS-CoINS-AUTO
Geld and Silver Bought and ssld.
.,s 18th st. NV. s "o o.. ,.,s