Evening star., 1948-12-12

able stock of the old Scent airmai
stamps which it wishes to dispose Of
Investors in stamps are advised te
consider the following denomina.
tions of the presidential Irregular
postage) series: Az, II, IL, 13, IA
16, II. 1S, 10, 81, %, "a, 30, so. cents
50; also 80 and so cent airmail
None of these has been on the
production list of the Bureau Of En-.
craving and Printing for long
while; none is available at the
Philatelic Agency. But few gooc
copies still are available In locaI
post offices, especially substations o1
the larger cities.
Collectors desiring first-day speci-
mems of the new Accent airmail
postal card should send orders to
the Postmaster, Washington, D. c..
with remittance at 4 cents each tc
cover quantity wanted and names
and addresses to be inscribed there
upon. All such cards will be can
celed January 10 and delivered as
indicated.
The photograph of Joel Chandler
Harris, author of the Uncle Remus
stories, used in designing the stamp
issued last week at Eatonton, Ca,
allegedly was made by Frances Ben
jamin Johnston, famous American
camera artist. In 1906.
A Palais de la Philatelie Is to be
erected as a feature of the Bicen-
tennial Exposition at Port-au-Prince
Haiti, 1949-50, and set of foul
commemorative stamps will be is
sued to publiciZe the occasion.
William w. Wylie is to succeed
the late AL Burns as editor OF West
ern Stamp Collector, Albany, Greg.
An interesting article on postage
stamp cutouts employed in the
making of greeting cards appeared
in the Christian Science Monitor on
Monday last.
Portraits Of three chiefs of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
are wanted to complete a gallery In
the office of Director Alvin w. Hall,
They are: Henry c. Jewell, 1861;
o. H. Irish, 1878-1883, and Thomas
N. Burrill, 18S3-lSS5. Any helpful
information leading to the discovery
of the pictures needed will be ap-
preciated.
The 1949 convention of the Ameri-
can Philatelic Society will be held in
Boston August 16 to 20 inclusive.
DR.. Howard K. Thompson, $50 Dart
mouth street, is chairman Of the
committee in charge Of arrange
ments.
Argentina has brought out large
70-centavo green stamp for the
fourth convention of Pan American
mapmakers in Buenos Aires. The
design features a map OF South
America, a globe and compass.
Since King George VI is not going
to Australia and New Zealand, the
stamps planned to publicize his
visits probably will be suppressed.
Neat, clean machine cancellations
may be obtained from the post
masters at Huntsville. Ala: Boyn-
ton Beach, Fla, and East Palestine
Ohio.
II. z. Harris & Co., 108 Massachu-
sets avenue, Boston, has published
new catalogue OF the airmail
stamps Of the world-160 pages OF
text and illustrations.
Kenneth r. Olson and Ray Var
Handel, 22l Park avenue, Sheboygan
Wis, have issued q four page plano
graph check list Of the flag cancel.
lations of Wisconsin post offices
Send Is cents for each copy wanted
postpaid.
John c. Russell, 400 Evarts street
NE, has been admitted to member
ship in the Society of Philatelit
Americans.
Charles Kohen, proprietor Of the
Hobby Shop, TIC Seventeenth street
NV, Is leaving for q six-week tour
of Europe. He will visit Germany
Austria, Italy, France and the Meth.
erlands.
The postmaster general Of Great
Britain recently announced to Par
Lament that no stamp for the infant
son of Princess Elizabeth will be
issued.
Barry Bart, South Kent, Conn.
creator Of the 1948 tuberculosis
Christmas Seal, Is represented in
the Luxembourg gallery in Paris
and in the museums of Nantes and
,Avignon. He was an aviator In the
First World War.
Nicholas Sanabria, Inc, 52l Fifth
avenue, New York City, will sell at
auction on December 20, at 2 pm,
the airpost stamp collection formed
by John w. House. Copies of cat
alogue on application.
A stamp to mark the 130th ami
versary of the famous Christmas
carol, Silent Night, Holy Night,
will be issued by the postal admins
tration of Austria on Tuesday. 1t is
to be a 60-groschen value, red in
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