Evening star., 1948-10-03
Stamp News
By Jones Waldo Fowcett

by Jones w
When Supt. of Stamps Robert E.
Fellers delivered the first sheet of
the Sc Gold Star Mothers stamps to
Mrs. Thomas F. Sullivan at Water
loo, Iowa, September %, he told her:
To-day the people of the United
States, through the Post Once De-
partment, are giving expression to
the Gold Star Mothers of America
mothers who have lost loved ones In
the service Of their country. :.
Nothing that we do or say can
lessen the personal loss of mother
who has been visited by this greatest
of all tragedies. The Gold Star
Mothers stamp is dedicated to you
who have given of your very lives
that the cause of freedom shall live.
1t is challenge to all, everywhere
on the globe, to plan, to work for
ceaselessly and to attain q world in
which men may live in peace.
you who are Gold Star Mothers
gave up your most precious possess
sions that peace. security and free
dom might survive. You deserve no
less; mothers everywhere. and all
mankind, should expect no less. Let
us pray God that the future will
bring us no less-a world at peace"
To which Mrs Sullivan, mother of
five sons, lost in the sinking of
the cruiser Juneau in the Pacific in
1912, replied: Il consider it to be a
great honor to have been chosen by
our United States Government to
represent the Gold Star Mothers of
America upon this occasion. Other
mothers have suffered the same
losses which I have-not in numbers,
I know; but realize that they have
felt their losses just as keenly as I
have. I think it is fine recognition
of the Mothers of the Nation which
the United States Post Office De-
partment has made possible through
the issuance of this series of Gold
Star Mothers postage stamps, and
accept them today with gratitude
and sincere sympathy for those other
parents, fathers as well as mothers
of our country who have been called
upon to make sacrifices in the pro-
lection of our country such as we
have made"
Mr.. Sullivan stood quietly by while
his wife spoke, and Mr. Fellers, COM
menting on the scene afterwards,
said: II realized then more than
ever before that the stamp really
should have been q Gold Star
Parents stamp
Volume l of SCOTS Standard
Postage Stamp Catalogue for 1949-
the latest edition of the encyclope-
dia OF philately-was published last
week. 1t was edited by Gordon r.
Harmer. and it lists all recognized
postal issues of the Americas and
the British Commonwealth of Ma
tions. Volume 2, scheduled for re-
lease about october Is, will include
the adhesives of Europe, Africa and
Asia.
Highway post Office service, by
Government owned and operated
highway post Office motor vehicles,
will be inaugurated during the pc
riod october 25-November IS be-
tween Washington and Baltimore;
Asheville, N. c., and Blue Ridge,
Ca; Asheville and Charlotte, N. c.,
and Indianapolis and Vincennes,
Ind, and special first-trip. cachets
will be provided for each of the
above cities and towns. Collectors
desiring these markings should send
covers to postmasters at terminal
stations of each route. Outward
bound envelopes should be desig-
mated "Trip L." return, "Trip O."
Closing date, October %.
Pakistan has issued three stamps
showing the famous Khyber Pass
on the border Of Afghanistan. The
values are 10, Is and Is rupees.
Other recent emissions of the new
Moslem state are: 3. and 8 pies,
scales of justice star and crescent;
l, ll2 and 2 annas. star and cres-
cent; 2l2. 81 and Az annas. Lloyd
barrage dam on the Indus River: 3
and 10 annas, airport building. Ka-
rachi; 6, 8 and IL annas, port au-
thority building, Karachi; /, 2 and
S rupees. administration headquar-
tiers. Bengal, East Pakistan. Speci-
mems of all Of these may be pur-
chased at face at the Pakistan EN-
bassy, 2201 R street NV.
The resolution passed by Con-
gress, authorizing and directing"
the Postmaster General to bring out
stamp for the centenary of the
forced removal Of the Five Civil
lied Tribes of Indians to Okla
homa, listed the Greeks among the
five. But the design for the stamp
shows no reference to the Greek
Nation. Instead, 1t carries the name
MISUNDERSTANDING to one of the
branches of the Greeks. Some Ok
lahomans of Greek descent are un-
happy about the change, but Sem
ator Elmer Thomas, who sponsored
the stamp, reports that the Gen.
tenary Celebration Committee at
Muskogee, Okla, is satisfied.
Final reports received by the
Fish and Wildlife Service from the
Post Office Department on the sales
of Federal duck hunters license
stamps during the fiscal year end
ed June 30, 1948, show that l.
722,677 of these labels were pur-
chased by sportsmen, conservation
lists and philatelists. This repre-
sents a decrease of 294,142 from
the all-time high record of O.