Evening star., 1953-01-11
Ph7ote1ic News
Stamp for Gen. Pershing
May Be Among '53 Issues
By jones Waldo Fowcett


our postage stamps is growing
in demand among collectors.
They see the stamps of the
Iron Curtain countries propa-
eating false ideas throughout
the world, both as to their own
aspirations and as to the aims
and purposes of our Nation.
They feel that we should pay
more attention to this and that
we should fend these blows
with stamps whose designs tell
the truth about our country.
We have actually done very
little along the line of promot-
ing our ideals through our
postage stamp designs. and
have done absolutely nothing
to Offset through our stamps
the falsehoods that are propa-
gated by the Iron Curtain
stamps. Let us hope that
stamps of the United States
will in the future have a more
important part in promoting
the American way. From
the historical viewpoint, we
have done well, but now we
must go further. We must re-
place the false impressions we
have permitted to exist about
our aims and philosophers. We
must portray to the world the
truth about the way the great
majority of our people live and
think. and how they strive and
achieve steadily toward those
highest purposes that have al
ways been associated with in
finity and divinity. Charity Of
heart as well as purse. love Of
fellow-man, mutual helpful
ness, goodness for goodness
sake-these are basic in the
life of the average American.
Why not tell the world?"
DR.. Edward C. Pickering, II.
classical scholar, Greek and
Latin teacher, topical stamp
collector and active worker in
many different philatelic Or
CARNATIONS. died in New York
December 26.
The United States Spe-
cialized Catalogue of First Day
Covers for 1853 has been pub
lished by the Washington
Press, 43 William street,
Newark 2, N. j. It was COM
piled and edited by Leo August
and runs to "a pages of text
and illustrationS-an invalu-
able aid to first-day cover COL
lectors.
Anthony Busch, 3054 Clinton
street NE, wants to know how
it happens that certain stamps
of Liberia were Cancelled in
Washington. The answer Is
that they came to the United
States in a diplomatic pouch
and were processed and de-
livered by the local post office.
The Capital Precancel Club
will meet at the home of
Clement H. Evans, 8119 Hart
ford avenue. Silver Spring.
Md, Wednesday evening at 8.
Visitors welcome.
Brian w. Obert, Box 726,
Mclean, Va, is a junior stamp
collector who would appreciate
receiving duplicates from read
ers who can spare them.
Meetings Of the Woodbridge
Stamp Club are held on alter
nate Monday evenings at 2206
Rhode Island avenue NE, the
next assembly being scheduled
for January 10.
Stamp collectors in Russia
and the Iron Curtain countries
generally are required to limit
their activities to Communist
stamps and specifically are for
hidden to have American.
British and French stamps in
their possession. Some speci-
mems from the free nations,
however, are known to be
getting through" the Marxist
barrier.
Stamps Magazine for Janu-
airy 3 contains an interesting
article on Postage Stamps and
Cancellations as Media for
Propaganda" by Carlos Stoet-
Zer.
Egypt has marked the abdi-
cation of King Farouk with a
SET OF Iour new stamps OF SYM
bolic design.
The postal authorities Of
Turkey have produced a multi
colored set of four stamps in
honor of the Red Crescent
organization, corresponding to
the Red Cross of non-Moslem
Countries.
The Union of South Africa
Will bring out a special I'd
stamp for the coronation Of
Queen Elizabeth II. June 2 is
to be the date of release.
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