Evening star., 1949-04-10

Of le4s-s528 .2s3.4s. Congress.
taking into account this vast in
crease In the volume of business.
should grant the agency funds
enough TO keep its work current
It now Is 80 days behind in filing
orders.
Congressional action In behalf
Of 10 commemorative stamps
has been requested since the start
Of the present session. The latest
resolutions call for adhesives for
the tercentenary of religious tol-
Grafton in Maryland and the ter
centenary Of the settlement of
Norwalk. Conn; the centenary Of
the settling Of the French Can
adian immigrants in New Eng
land; the llth anniversary of the
Tennessee Walking Horse Race !:
unspecified anniversaries of the
Case River Cork Pine and the
Community Chest movement
Parcel Post mail service between
New York and other cities has
been retarded by an express serv-
ice strike which has brought to the
New York postal system many
millions of dollars worth of ad-
ditional package postings. Read
ers interested in this problem are
advised to use special delivery
stamps on parcels intended for de-
livery in the New York area.
The Washington Lincoln Group
will stage a memorial observance
of the 84th anniversary Of the as
sassination Of Abraham Lincoln
at the Lincoln museum, 5l1 Tenth
street. NV, at 2::30 o'clock this
afternoon. Speakers will include
Senator Raymond Earl Baldwin OF
Connecticut. DR.. Robert L. Kin
caid, president of Lincoln Memo
rial University. and Rev. John c.
Palmer. The National Press Club
Male Chorus will sing. Public in
vited.
A new international philatelic
magazine Is being published at
Hamburg. Germany. 1t carries
the name Equator. and is
printed in four colors.
Quantities Of the Olympic
Games stamps of Great Britain
distributed have been announced
as: 2-1/2d. 5.350,000: Sd. 3d.
554 900; Cd, 24,397 900; 1sh, 3d.
$4,000.
One of the big specs of the
1949 edition of Ringing Bros.
Barnum g. Bailey's circus, which
opened at Madison Square Garden.
New York City, last Wednesday
night, is: San Francisco Forty
Nine" a dramatization Of the
theme of the Canal Zone series
Of four stamps for the centennial
Of the gold rush.
Alvin w. Hall. director Of the
Bureau Of Engraving and Print
Ing. will be guest Of honor and
principal speaker at a meeting
of the Collectors Club of New
York, April 20. .
Switzerland has gone modern
stic In a new pro-aero stamp
1.50fr. violet and Yellow to be
issued tomorrow.
The Universal Ship Cancella-
lion Society will hold its annual
at the Hotel Garde.
New Haven. Conn, May Z and 8.
Robson Lowe of London is in
the United States on business
with the international
stamp exhibition to be held in
Great Britain in 1850.
Collectors of wine tax stamps
nave been notified that the Alco-
mol Tax Unit. Bureau of Internal
Revenue. is studying proposals for
egalizing their pursuit of labels
If that category. A hearing was
held March II at which William
Il. Kennedy. representing the
Bureau. listened to arguments
offered by Ignatz Reiner and
Stephen Rich of the Society of
Philatelic Americans, Mai. Gen.
Karl Truesdell and DR.. David
Caldwell of the American Phila-
telic Society; Peter Keller and
Victor Rotnem Of the American
Dealers Association and
others.
The latham Stamp g. Coin
Co., Springfield. Mass, has pro-
duced a goth anniversary catalog
of stamps. covers, packets. albums
and accessories. Send Is cents in
coin for copy postpaid.
Giles Proulx. Sanatorium
Cooke. Trois-Rivieres. Quebec,
Canada, an invalid, will appreci-
ate any duplicate stamps sent to
him for his collection.
Sgd Kronish, Associated Press
stamp analyst. reports: Semi
in the city Of Leipzig,
Germany, there is held a NAM
moth fair and exposition. These
fairs have taken place ever since
ITO A. D. In recent years. to
honor this occasion. Germany has
issued a set Of postage stamps
coinciding with the openings
which usually occur around Easter
and in September. The l94s
Easter Fair is honored with two
new stamps. The 30-mark plus
Is Is orange red; the 50-mark
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