Evening star., 1948-08-01
News About Stamps
By jones Waldo Fowcett

The memorial stamp for Gen.
Pershing will not be delayed. Post
Once Department officers said Fri
day that it will be produced without
regard to other, less important,
adhesives on the schedule. The
color of the Pershing commemorative
probably will be black, and 1t Is
possible that it will mark the begin
ming of a new series Of stamps IN
homage to great soldiers and sailors.
Congress, having swamped the
Division of Stamps with orders for
stamps for relatively insignificant
local occasions. has not yet realized
that the Post Office Department
and the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing will need extra appropria-
tions to meet the costs OF manu-
facture and distribution. The Phil
atelic Agency, months behind with
orders from collectors, needs person.
mel, and the BEP machines, con-
stantly operated since 1912, should
be replaced with new machinery.
Spectators already are buying
the stamps ordered produced by
Congress. They know that the
number of copies issued necessarily
must be decreased-which means an
accelerated demand on the part OF
the philatelic public.
Collectors who have not obtained
supplies of the SC George Washing
ton Carver stamp are advised to do
SO without further procrastination.
The Four Chaplains commemorative,
the Mississippi stamp and the CT
PEX souvenir sheet also are In
limited supply.
Special canceling dies in aid OF
the national campaign against for
est fires shortly will be placed in use
on 50 machines in SO different
cities. The new marking devices
represent a policy of cooperation
between the Post ONCE Department
and the Forest Service designed to
contribute toward alerting all class
es of citizens for the preservation
of the country's timber reserves,
damaged last year by 200,799 re-
ported conflagrations on 23,225,932
acres. Dies are to be available In
Washington, New York City, Chi
cago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, De-
troit, st. Louis, Pittsburgh, Balti-
more, Portland. Me-; Portland,
Greg; Atlanta, San Francisco, Mem
phis, Boise, Idaho; Missoula, Mont;
Birmingham. Ala: Jacksonville,
New Orleans, Indianapolis, Mime
apolis, Denver, Milwaukee, Cincin-
natl, Buffalo, Cleveland, Dallas,
Albuquerque, NJ Mex; Houston, Sc
attic, Salt Lake City, Boston, Oma-
ha, Reno, Phoenix, Oklahoma City
and Brooklyn, N. Y.
The influence of imperialist COM
munism on stamps is exemplified in
four propaganda adhesives issued by
Bulgaria "honoring the Soviet
army"
Hamburg. Germany, is canoeing
stamps with a die showing an ele-
phant in recognition of the cen
tennial of the Hagenbeck circus.
The Scent Palomar Mountain
Observatory stamp seems to have
been suggested originally by Clar-
ence H. Dawson in October, 1916.
1t goes on sale August 30. Collec-
tors desiring f1rst-day covers should
send self-addressed envelopes and
remittances to the postmaster, Palo-
mar Mountain, Calf.
Covers passing through the post
Offices of Washington. New York,
Los Angeles and a few other cities
are being cancelled with a special
die reading Hire the Handicapped.
It's Good Business" This marking
was requested by the Rehabilitation
Service in aid of its endeavors to
restore crippled, blind, deaf and