Evening star., 1950-11-19

John M. Redding says the Post
Offlce Department now has ITO
highway post Office trucks in
operation. Each vehicle has a
crew consisting of a driver and
two postal transportation clerks.
DR.. Clarence w. Herman of
Chicago has been elected president
of the American Philatelic Con-
gress.
Col. August Dietz of Richmond,
veteran authority on Confederate
stamps, is a great-grandfather,
following the birth of August
Dietz ", son of Mr.. and Mrs.
August Dietz III.
George B. Sloane, writing in
Stamps Magazine for November 18,
says: 1.-THE stamps of Korea are
very much in the news these days,
and perhaps it will be of interest
to recall that the Korean issue of
1895 was printed in Washington,
D. c. For centuries Korea had
been under the domination of
China, but in 1895, as result of
Japanese Intervention, Korea OBJ
tanned freedom, only to fall under
the influence of Japan. For their
first issue of stamps as an inde-
pendent monarchy, they turned to
a Washington photographer, An
drew B. Graham, 1890 Pennsyl-
vania avenue"
The Western Zone of Germany
has brought out two stamps to
help raise money forethe re-estab-
iishment of the Berlin Philhar-
monic Orchestra. One 90 plus
5pfg) shows a harp and laurel
branch; the other $50 plus 5pfg)
reproduces part of the Van Eyck
brothers altar of Ghent known as
''the singing angels" The stamps
were released on the occasion of
a concert under the leadership of
DR.. Wilhelm Furtwangler at the
Titania Palace in Berlin, Oc-I
tober 29. 4
Great Britain may bring out
some stamps to advertise the
British equivalents of the Ma
tional Parks of the United States.
The Mercury Stamp Co., 522
Fifth avenue, New York, will
auction the Erich Levin collection
of old German States, France,
Switzerland, Austria, etc., Decem-
ber 5 to z, proceeds to go to the
Jewish National Fund. A hand
some 96-page catalogue, copiously
illustrated, is available.
Sweden will bring out stamps
showing the portrait of the new
King-Gustav VI-about Janu-
ery /.
The General Assembly of the
United Nations last Thursday
unanimously approved the plan to
establish a postal administration
and issue stamps for the U. N.
1t took this action, recognizing
the value of postage stamps as
propaganda for peace and as a
potential source of much-needed
revenue" The protests of the
philatelic public, apparently, were
ignored. But the proposed stamps
are not yet assured. Some col
1ectors believe that the Congress
of the United States must act
before they can be placed in cir
culation. Meanwhile, the whole
subject is being investigated by
the National Federation of Stamp |
Clubs.
The 1850 Christmas Seals will |
60 on sale tomorrow.
At a meeting of the General
Services Administration Stamp
Club, on November 6, Edward F.
Callahan exhibited and described
Chinese stamps and James r.
Morton and William S. Hazard
displayed and discussed American
issues. The group will meet again
in room 6340 of the General Serv-i
ices Building, Nineteenth and E
streets NV, tomorrow evening, at
$50, when Raymond G. Clinite
will be the speaker. All GSA en-
ployes invited.
The Elderly Persons Hobby Show
in the lobby and auditorium of the
Commerce Department, Fourteenth
and e streets NV, today and to-
morrow, includes many interest
ing exhibits of stamps and related
material. Everybody welcome.
The National Capital Match
Collectors Club, affiliated with the
National Rathkamp Match Cover
Society, will stage special an
niversary meeting in the jack