Evening star., 1948-03-28

1oi eLic 1Sao EASIER seal. Ills COM
position shows a curly-headed little
girl on crutches with lilies in her
right hand. In the shop at Scranton,
Pa, where the sheets were printed,
the operators noticed that the
youngster Is solemn of countenance
and one Of them coined the slogan:
Lets make her smile!"
Many collectors have received
sheets on approval by mail. Those
who have not are invited to write
to the District Society office. l767
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
The Pentagon Philatelic Society
announces a banquet In honor Of
Harry L. Lindquist, editor and
publisher Of Stamps Magazine and
president of the National FEEDER
alton OF Stamp Clubs, to be held
in the Generals Lounge Of the Pent-
agon building, Thursday evening,
April Is. Reservations at Sits each
may be sent to James II. Bower
1920 Fort Stevens Drive. |
K. 2. z. writes: 'T11e new Boil
shevtk stamps Of Bulgaria show
scowling workmen with sledge ham
mers In their hands and factories
In the foreground. Since the fac-I
tories now belong to the Communist
state, there appears to be no danger
that the workmen are intending to
use the sledge hammers on them.
But the scoW remains, and 1t must
mean something"
A visitor to a local stamp store
saw a photograph Of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt on the wall,
asked its price, was told five dol
lars" bought the picture-then de-
liberately tore it up, threw the
pieces on the floor and stomped
away seemingly highly satisfied with
himself.
Milton H. Cullen reports that
"best sellers" among foreign stamps
now available in Washington in
clude the four 'Otago commemora-
tives of New Zealand and the Mac
Arthur commemorative of the Phil
ippines.
Many local stamp dealers have
been victimized by a man who is
sues checks on bank in Cheyenne,
Wyo., in which he has no account,
The Washington police, the F.. B. I.
ar1I fha AYooriaor, pay,HereD
citation are investigating.
According to a Department of the
Interior news release, reduced bag
limits and the curtailed hunting
season for migratory waterfowl dur
ing the fall and winter of 1947
were responsible for decline in the
sales of the current issue of Fed
eral duck hunters license stamps to
1,510,594 during the period from
July !, 1947, to December 81, 1947.
This represents decrease of 325, ,796
from the 1865 stamps sold dur
ing the corresponding period in
1946."
N1o' SCOi &c w. AAIA1i, WAS Ol Tile
editor and publisher Of Linn's
Weekly Stamp News, Sidney. Ohio,
died at Wilson Memorial Hospital
in that town on March II. She was
well-known to philatelists in all
parts of the country as her hus-
bands companion in attendance at
many stamp conventions and ex-
hibitions.
According to the official press bu-
reau of the new independent gov
ernment of India, its estate emblem
and seal" will consist of "the Sar-
nath lion capital of Asoka as 1t ex-
lists at present, looked at from the
side which shows the lions standing
on a abacus which has a 'dharma
chakra' or wheel of the law in the
center, a bull on the right and
horse on the left" 1t Is stipulated
that: "The reproduction Of the cap
ital should be inclosed in q plain
double line rectangular frame, the
inner line being thin and the outer
thick" The bell-shaped lotus
usually shown at the bottom of the
capital has been omitted for con-
venience.
Stamp collectors in the Ringing
Brothers-Barnum & Bailey Circus,
in Washington May 81
to June S, inclusive, will visit the
Institution to inspect
the Government stamp collection
on display there under the direction
of Mrs. Catherine L. Manning,
philatelic curator.
For the benefit of American COL
lectors who wish to obtain the three
proposed sets of British commem-
including the 1-pound
value. Dennis Way suggests the fol-
lowing procedure, which. must be
carried out exactly in order to in
sure satisfactory results: Address
an envelope and letter to the Brit
lsh Philatelic Association, 3 Berners
street, London, requesting the three
sets of commemorative. Include
$3.50 in United States currency
or international money order. Mail
these enclosed in another envelope
addressed to j. Freasey, Is Hopwood
avenue. Corporation street, Man !
chester 4. England. The remit I
tance will pay for all three sets,
mint or used, and each will be
mailed directly to the sender as
they are released, beginning I
April 26.
STAMPS AND COINS.