Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26

stamps donOE the "est, pun
lished In the Desert News. Salt
Lake City, recently. in the course
Of which he says: Stamp collect
ing now Is as much q part Of
Americana as Grand Canyon"
Collectors of the stamps OF the
United States may be interested
to know about q pamphlet. Uncle
Sans Philosophy" compiled and
written In part by Col. Francis
Scott Key-Smith and published
by the Institute OF American His
tory and Fundamentals. Suite TOO,
1914 Connecticut avenue. N. w. II
contains much quotable material
from the speeches Of Washington,
Franklin. Jefferson. Monroe. Jack
son, Lincoln. Webster and other
worthless.
Readers who want postmarks
relating to the history of music
may send stamped self-addressed
envelopes to the postmaster at
Jenny Lind, Ark. for cancellation
in the town named for the famous
Swedish singer. p. T. Barnum.
the circus manager who brought
the Nightingale to America. is
commemorated In post of1ces in
Iowa. Minnesota, Texas. West
Virginia and Wisconsin as well as
in Barnum Station. Bridgeport.
Conn.
The Presidential series Of regu-
lar postage stamps will be placed
ON sale again in the Philatelic
Agency July /. This is important
to collectors because the set has
not been available since April II
I947, and many denominations
have disappeared from ordinary
usage on mail.
! DR.. Mario de Sanctis, leading
Brazilian philatelist. died at Sac
Paulo May rs.
Czechoslovakia and Hungary
under pressure from Moscow. is
sued stamps in homage to Alexan.
der Pushkin. June 6. The &C.
casion was the l50th anniversary
Of the birth Of the Russian poet
now adopted as q Red revolu.
tionary by the Stalinist regime.
| behind the Iron Curtain.
Four stamps each will be issued
for 81 crown colonies Of the Brit
ish commonwealth for the 18th
anniversary Of the Universal Postal
Union. October 10.
| Italy has a new stamp in men,
DRY of Giuseppe Mazzini Cl805-
1870, patriot leader. The value
is 20 lire. the color gray.
The philatelic service OF the new
State Of Israel now is represented
in the United States by Dror Gal
Ezer, officer Of the Ministry OF
Transport and Communications
Collectors and dealers may ad-
dress him at Room 219. $50 West
Fifty-seventh street, New York
City.
A new edition Of the member
ship list Of the Washington Phil
atelic Society shows that four
charter members still are on the
roll after 43 years. These veterans
are John w. Dye. T. Russell Hun
gerford, Frederick l.. Lewton and
Philip H. Ward. jr. The FIRST
president of the organization was
Cyrus Field Adams, the second
Prof. Milton Whitney and the
third William Allen Johnson
Their incumbent successor is Maj
Gen. Karl Truesdell.
Alexis z. Kellogg, chairman OF
the Board of Experts. Society Of
Philatelic Americans. has written
to the editor Of the Saturday
Evening Post concerning the ar
ticle on the forger De Sperati
published April 80: There was
only one slight mistake: Instead
Of having appeared as an article
it should have been placed In the
comic section"
Albert c. Wagner. 1890 Evarts
street NE. has prepared a list OF
50 subjects which he believes
should be represented in United
States stamps. His proposals in.
clude: Passenger pigeon. dogwood
Squanto. Kit Carson. Haym Salo-
mon. Roger Morris, Hiawatha
Pecos Bill. little red schoolhouse
finishing the Washington Monu.
ment. camp meeting. old swimmin
hole. huskin' bee or quiltin' party
steamboat race. high-wheel bike
Paul Bunyan and Rip Van Wrinkle
The postmaster general Of Can.
ada announces special cachets FOL
covers carried between Vancouver
and Honolulu. Vancouver and FIJI.
and Vancouver and Sydney when
regular air mail connecting those
points Is inaugurated on or about
July Is. Send self-addressed en-
velopes, stamped with Canadian
stamps q cents each ounce to
Honolulu; Is cents each quarter
ounce to Fiji and Sydney, with
10-cent service fee for each cover
to be processed. Mark wrapper:
Postmaster, Vancouver. Canada.
A last flight" cachet will be
applied to mail carried in final
pickup operations of All American
Always June 80. Send self -ad-
dressed. stamped envelope in care
Manager of Public Relations. AL
American Always, National Air
port, Washington, D. c.
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