Evening star., 1949-06-05

soon. Post once Department Of
fcers have had the project under
consideration for q long while.
Plans now are reaching the stage
where an announcement may be
Forthcoming within n few weeks.
One Of the questions inevitably
raised Is: Shall the new set con-
tinue the custom Of representing
the Presidents OF the United
States? II 50. the only oppor-
tunity for improving the artistry
of design would lie in the frames
or borders. the inscriptions and
incidental decorations.
To meet this objection. depart
ment planners have suggested
compositions representing such
industries Of national significance
as farming. manufacturing. trans
portation. communications and re-
search. They also have discussed
the possibility Of q scenic series
consisting of views OF mountain
ranges. plains. lakes. rivers. water
falls, etc.
Still another proposal would
result In additional Heroes of
Peace" stamps. continuing the
tradition established In the au-
thors, poets. educators. scientists,
composers. artists and inventors
groups Of 1910. Names listed in
this connection include: Edgar
Allen Poe. poet and short story
writer: William M. Chase. painter. !.
Elihu Yale. founder OF Yale UNI
versity; Joseph Lee, ST., and
Jacob Riis, sociologists; Jacob
Perkins, inventor Of steel engrav-
ing; Charles Evans Hughes, Chief
Justice; P. T. Barnum. circus i'm
DR.. William Crawford
Gorgas. Panama Canal santa
ton engineer: Booth Harrington.
Clara Louise Mass,
nurse; Alice Mcclellan Birney,
founder Of Parent Teacher Asso-
citation movement: DR.. Edward
Livingston Trudeau and Emily P.
Bissell. campaigners against tu-
berculosis: John Burroughs, nat
uralist: DR.. Charles H. Harty,
sponsor Of wood pulp paper in
Carl Schurz. Secretary OF
the Interior. and Thomas z. Wat
son. historian and father of the
rural free delivery system"-all
Of whom were mentioned for the
Nations philatelic gallery in bills
introduced In Congress since last
January.
The opinions Of stamp collectors
are being solicited by the National
Federation Of Stamp Clubs and,
when compiled, will be studied by
Post Ofiice Department officials
with care.
Charles r. Chickering mod
eled" both the Scent Alexandria
bicentennial airmail and the s.
cent Annapolis tercentenary COM
nemorative. The engravers who
worked on the former were
Charles A. Brooks and Axel w.
Christensen: those responsible for
the latter were Edward H. Hell
muth and George A. Gundersen.
Special slogan dies have been
announced as follows: Lambert
vile. N. j., centennial, August "a
to 28. to be used beginning "at an
early date" and Plaistow. N. H..
bicentennial. July 2 to 4, also to
be in service shortly. Send covers
ready for marking to postmasters
ut towns indicated.
c. L. Dodge. l23 Union street,
South Weymouth. Mass, has pub
lished q check list of all stamps
In Part Q Of Scott's International
Album. 194o-l946. Copies will be
supplied ut 3 cents each. Send
Ike " a-inch envelopes, stamped
and self-addressed.
Robert L. Ripley may not have
been Q philatelist. but he helped
the worlds favorite hobby consist
entity during more than q quarter
,f Q century. Stamp curiosities
often appeared In Believe 1t or
Not" and some of them. believe
It or not" were supplied by the
writer Of this column of The Star.
The Bridgeport ,Philatelic So
,iety announces q special cachet
Tor the Barnum Circus Festival,
June 10 to IL. Send 6A covers,
self-addressed and stamped, ready
Tor mailing. to Cachet Committee,
l790 Main street, Bridgeport,
Conn.,, with 8 cents In wrapped
soin for each marking wanted.
Carl P. Rueth. writing In Linn's
Weekly Stamp News. says: Under
the postal regulations Of the
United States and the rulings Of
the highest courts in the land, O
letter does not belong to the ad-
dressee until 1t Is delivered to him.
The writer has q right to reclaim
and gain possession Of it, pro-
vided he can prove to the satisfac-
ton Of the postmaster at the office
from which 1t was sent that he
was the writer of it. The vital
In our political system
lies at the bottom of this matter.
In this country the State Ia the
or the agent Of the cit
i1en, not his master"
Portugal has brought out eight
stamps OF historical sig
nificance. one of the number por-
sraying Philippa Of Lancaster
(1359-l4l5l. Queen Of John I.
daughter Of Shakespeare's John of
Gaunt. mother Of Edward I Of
Portugal, Don Pedro. the traveller
and regent: Henry. the navigator
prince. and Ferdinand, the saint
The currency Of the Philippines.
hitherto printed In the Bureau of