Evening star., 1950-03-12

on Thursday. 1t will go on sale
April 20.
More stamps for "heroes of
peace" are expected next year.
Readers interested are invited to
send their suggestions to Robert
E. Fellers, Deputy Third Assistant
Postmaster General.
An official investigation Is being
made Of complaints concerning
alleged delays in airmal service
between Washington and New
York with special reference to
lost time" at the New York end
of the route.
Two mountain deer are pictured
on a new 100-fr., slate blue, stamp
of Andorra.
Stamps of Guatemala now are
being printed in Vienna. That
means that they are being pro-
duced by the dry" engraving
process and should be authentic
works of art.
The postmaster at st. Patrick,
Mo-, has been forbidden to deco
rate covers sent to him for that
purpose on March II, but Father
ODunigan, pastor of st. Patrick's S
Church, st. Patrick, Mo-, will take
care Of stamped self addressed
envelopes forwarded for commema
orative markings.
Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News
reports: What promises to be one
of the most important discoveries
of material depicting the early
postal history of the Annapolis
area occurred when William T.
Claude found several Annapolis
postmasters' PROFESSIONALS among
a mass Of old books, letters and
documents recently, according to
the Southern Maryland Times. All
complete covers are in excellent
condition. these having the An
napolis stamp Post Office Annap-
oils in a ring about a white eagle
and the figure 2 with the word
Paid in blue ink. - The covers
were found among $4,000 old and
rare books which Mr.. Claude's IA
ther and grandfather had COL
lected."
The worlds top post Office is at
Cerro de Passo, Peru, according to
the National Geographic Society.
1t stands at an altitude Of 1895
feet.
Paterson, N. j., is using a slogan
cancellation die reading, "Stop for
the White Cane-a Blind Man Is
Crossing" Mercersburg, Pa, has
a bicentennial die and Leechburg,
Pa, a centennial. Send self-ad-
dressed stamped envelopes to post
masters for these markings.
The San Antonio Express for
Sunday. January Is, contained an
excellent illustrated feature ar
ticle on Texas stamp and cover
collectors by June Kilstofte.
Bertram w. H. Poole, advocate
of tropical stamp collecting, has
been elected to the Board of
Trustees of the National Philatelic
Museum in Philadelphia, and the
museum officers are planning to
publish his book entitled, "The
Lure of the Postage Stamp"
George c. Hahn, Oil Williamson
Building. Cleveland. is trying to
learn the name of the photog-
rapher who made the portrait
of Will Rogers used in the
design of his stamp. issued No
vember 4. 1948.
France is planning a stamp in
honor Of Roman ROLAND, novelist
and worker for world peace.
The American Stamp Dealers
Association will stage a second
national stamp show at the list
Infantry Armory, New York, No
vember II to 10. ....
Lee Beiser has received from
Carl Dommerstern, Overlook.
Ontario, certain high-value Ca
madam stamps which Mr.. Dom
merstern wishes to trade for 35-
nm. (2x2) color slides of scenes
in Washington and nearby Mary
land and Virginia. Readers in
terested to cooperate should call
Mr.. Beiser at OK. 1855.
Finland has brought out a new
300-mk airmail stamp in blue.
The design shows a plane flying
over snow-covered landscape.
Norma Bloomquist, a United
Lutheran Church missionary in
Monrovia, has designed two
stamps for Liberia. She formerly
lived In Chicago and now is en-
gagged in literacy campaign in
the African republic.
Cyrenaica has issued a new set