Evening star., 1952-06-08

the West Indies. Scenic subjects
included in the series are: Spa at
Nevis, tomb of Sir Thomas Warner
at St. Kits, salt pond at Anguilla.
The postal authorities of Egypt
have issued a 10-mills yellow
stamp to mark the birth OF a
crown prince.
Motor Boating magazine for Feb
ruary contains an article which
should be of interest to philatel-
lists. but which the generality Of
them have missed. It describes
the so-called "sea a-jug-post" which
seems to have been established by
the captain and crew of M. v.
Arizona Sword, off Miami. Fla,
in September, 1949. These men
sealed several dozen letters" in a
large glass jar, flying U. S. mail
flag" and dropped the jar into
the sea. 1T was picked up and
the letters were sent, overland
to destinations. This experiment
proved highly successful. Since
that time, sea-jug-post has been
a regular service" Yacht skip
pers along the Florida coast, MEM
bers of alert Government patrols
and poStmaSters are cooperative
in the handling and expediting
of letters mailed at sea in the
sea" and allowed to drift ashore.
The United Nations, expanding
it's list of philatelic wares, has
printed a 10-cent air-letter sheet
and a 1-cent postcard. According
to the New York Times, mo an
nouncement has yet been made as
to when these two pieces of sta
tionery will be placed on sale at
the U. N. post office in New York.
but it will be sometime this year."
Meanwhile, the U. N. continues to
use U. S. postal-meter markings
on its own mail.
Hereafter the annual confedera.
tion stamps of Switzerland will be
called the pro patria" series.
Leading the 1852 set is a heraldic
design, 5 plus 5rp. representing
the admission of the cantons Of
Glarus and Zug to the confedera-
tion 600 years ago. The four
other labels are: 10 plus 10. Doubs
Lake: 20 plus 10, Little Gotthard
Lake; 80 plus 10, Moesa River:
40 plus 10. Marjelen Lake. Prof.
Otto Baumberger of Untereng-
stringen is the artist credited with
the compositions. Ninety per cent
of the surtax yield is to be devoted
to historical research and national
culture, 10 per cent to nurses
relief.
The Scent Lafayette stamp will
go on sale at Georgetown. S. c..
on Friday and will be available
in Washington on Saturday morn
ing at o'clock.
The st. Louis Southwestern
Cotton Belt) Railway Lines are
sponsoring a special cachet for the
18th anniversary of their begin
ming as an operational system.
The date of release will be Octo-
ber l. Postmarks will be applied
lat Tyler, Tex, where on October
l, 1877, the Tyler Tap Railroad
was put in service. Readers desir-
ing specimens of the cachet should
send names, addresses and Scent
stamps to Public Relations De-
Ipartment, Cotton Belt Route, 619
Cotton Belt Building, st. Louis 2.
Mo-, with clippings of this notice.
Harold H. Marsh, 80, retired
chief structural engineer for the
District of Columbia municipal
architects office and one of the
most notable collectors of the early
stamps of Great Britain, died last
Sunday. For many years he was
regarded as an authority in his
special field of philatelic study.
The Capital Precancel Club will
meet at the home of Bernard
Kirk, 500 Yorktown drive, Holm
Hall Village, Alexandria. tomor-
row evening at 8. Guests well
come.