Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-17

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Immediately Cancelled the rest Of
the tour to fly home for the fl.
neral.
Zone Of the fateful pair Of
stamps is a 10-cept green: the
other is q 1-ShilIing brown. Both
show a view of Lake Naivasha.
The inscription. Royal Visit, 1882
appears at the top Of the design.
In the right-hand corner Of each
stamp is a vignette portrait Of
the late King from a photograph
taken when he first assembled the
throne Is years ago."
Queen Elizabeth II may sponsor
a whole new conception of British
postal issues. Suggestions for q
series Of portrait stamps along
the lines Of American Heroes Of
Peace set and for q series showing
view Of historic buildings in
England were made to her father,
and she is familiar with the pro-
posals.
The General Services Admins
tration Stamp Club will meet in
Room 6340 OF the GSA Building.
Nineteenth and e streets NV,
tomorrow evening at $50. Her
man j. Lichty will show colored
slides Of scenes In the Canadian
Rockies which he visited last sum.
mer. There also will be an ex.
hibition Of stamps of Canada.
Visitors invited.
The Woodbridge Stamp Club viii
meet at 2206 Rhode Island avenue
NE. tomorrow evening at 9 o'clock.
DR.. Deane B. Judd of the Bureau
Of Standards will discuss THE
Enigma Of Color" at meeting Of
the Unitarian Laymen's League,
All Souls Church. Sixteenth and
Harvard streets NV, Tuesday
evening at $3.50. Stamp collectors
welcome.
Stamps Magazine will have q
special memorial number for King
George VI. Its publisher and
editor. Harry L. Lindquist, is ex-
pected in Washington on February
26 for q stay Of several days.
The Treasury Department has
ruled that unlicensed purchase Of
the postage stamps of the Com
munist regimes in China, North
Korea and Tibet is unlawful.
Slogan cancellations have been
announced for: Trenton, N. j.:
Newark, Ohio: Seymour, Ind:
York. Maine; Wellsboro, Pa; VIM
chester, Va: Seattle, Wash:
Marion, Mass: and WATERFOWL,
N. Y. Send covers, self addressed
and stamped. to postmastSrs Of
towns indicated, asking courtesy
|of slogan marking.
February % viii be the oficial
opening day Of the celebration Of
the bicentennial Of Winchester,
Va, and q special cover is available
for that date and subsequent use
throughout the year. Readers may
send names and addresses with
wrapped dime for each example
wanted. addressing same to: Ray
A. Garrabrandt. Box 90, Win.
chester, Va.
Ceylon has a new 35-cent green
stamp bearing a trio of star or
chids in natural color. Also S.
cent and 15-cent adhesiyes for
the Colombo Plan Exhibition, the
composition featuring a mace and
various industrial symbols.
The '150th anniversary of the
birth Of Vincenzo Bellini l180l-
1887 composer Of operas, INCLUDE
ing Norma" and 1.-THE Puritans, I"
has been marked by the postal
authorities Of Italy In a stamp
displaying his portrait. This label
also is, significant because it is the
first to bear the inscription rep.
Italiana," though Italy has been
q republic since June, 1915.
Turkey has brought out a stamp
In homage to the poet, Abdulhak
Hank.
+ The Union Of South Africa has
announced that the Id and I'd
denominations of the Van RE
beck commemorative have been
overprinted "Satise" and ''Sadipu''
for the International Stamp Ex-
hibition. capetown.. March 26 to
April 5.
Israel Is bringing out q 1000.
pruta stamp showing the seven-
branched Menora candelabrum Of
the Second Temple and the EN-
blems Of the IL tribes. The colors
will be blue and silver-gray. o.
Wallish Is the designer.
STAMPS AND COINS.