Evening star., 1952-04-13

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certain New York newspaper
there was no first-day ceremony
for the Scent North Atlantic
treaty stamp at Constitution
Hall on Friday, April 4. The new
commemorative was made avail
able to the public at the Wash
ington City Post Office on that date
without formal proceedings of any
kind. Two days earlier-at noon
on Wednesday, April "a private
assembly of persons interested in
the stamp met in President Tru-
mans office in the remodeled
White House. Among those pres
ent were the President himself
Secretary Of State Dean Acheson
Postmaster General Jesse M
Donaldson, Director of the Of
fee of Mutual Security w. Averell
Hartman and a few other Of
ficials whose names have not been
disclosed. Queen Juliana of the
Netherlands was expected to at
tend, but she did not arrive in
time.
While the little group sum-
moned for the occasion looked on
Mr.. Truman autographed sheets
of the NATO stamp for the presi-
dental council of Iceland, Queen
Juliana, Queen Elizabeth II OF
Great Britain, King Baudouin ]
of the Belgians and nine other
"heads of states" collaborating in
the NATO program. Each Of the
13 sheets was inclosed in a double
plastic envelope and bound in q
black leather portfolio stamped
In gold with appropriate inscrip-
tions and the great seal of the
United States. These portfolios
are to be presented to the "heads
of states" by American ambas-
sadors in their respective capitals
Each will be provided with an
embossed first-day cover bearing
the date of the third anniversary
of the North Atlantic treaty.
President Truman also indorSed
sheets of the NATO stamp for Mr.
AcheSon, Mr.. Donaldson and Mr.
Hartman.
No publicity release was pre-
pared by the Post Office Depart
ment. Neither was any issued by
the State Department or the
White House.
Two billion copies of the NATO
commemorative are being printed
N. Pearl Bond, an employe OF
the Stamp Division of the Post
Office Department for 81 years
and we'll known to hundreds of
stamp collectors for her service
at the sales windows of the Phil
atelic Agency, died at the Medical
and Surgical Hospital at Bonham
Tex, April 8. after a long illness
She was a sports enthusiast and
represented the Government at
Cooperstown, N. Y, when the base
ball stamp was issued in 1899
Surviving relatives are her mother
and sister, both residents of Bon
ham.
Don Martin of Cleveland. a
philatelist Of national reputation
who frequently visited Washing
ton. died suddenly of a brain
lesion April 2. He was active in
the American Philatelic Society
and the American Philatelic Con-
gress, as we'll as in Cleveland stamp
circles.
The Western Zone of Germany
has brought out a 30-pfennig
commemorative for the 125th an
niversary of the death Of Ludwig
Won Beethoven. famous composer
of classic music. 1t shows his
death mask.
On April 20 Israel will release
three commemorative for the
fourth anniversary Of national in
dependence. The 30-pruta value
will show a view of the
Yad Mordecai collective set
tlement in the south, red
dish brown and lilac; the Cop
will show the Degania kibutz in
the Jordan Valley, dark green and
blue, and HOP will show the town
of Safed in Upper Galilee, granite
and carmine. Each of these places
was a Jewish stronghold.
The Washington Lincoln Group
will meet at the Lincoln Museum
(Ford's Theater), 511 Tenth street
NV. this afternoon at 2:15 for
a memorial observance of the 87th
anniversary of the assassination
of President Lincoln. Representa-
tive Chauncey w. Reed of Illinois
will preside and Robert S. Henry
will speak on Lincoln and Re-
construction" The invocation and