Evening star., 1953-10-25

y, help With the hobbies.
REQ Motors, Inc, Lansing,
Mich, is circulating a photo
graph of a REQ truck and its
driver, Ben Winterberger of st.
Louis, adapted for the original
design of the Scent trucking
industry commemorative, now
discarded in favor of a re-
vision which still is indebted
to REQ.
Stamps to publicize QHeen
Elizabeth's tour of the world
are to be issued by Bermuda,
Jamaica. Kenya, Malta and
Gibraltar as well as New Zeal
land.
The Bureau of Engraving and
Printing is investigating the
alleged discovery of 81 Wood
row WILSON, stamps printed on
water-marked internal revenue
paper, but no announcement
has been made in explanation
of the accident" as yet.
A stamp in memory of John
Taylor Arms. famous etcher,
may be included in the pro-
jected new sequence of Heroes
of Peace" adhesives.
The following commemora-
tives are in short supply at the
Philatelic Agency; three-cent
Lafayette, Scent Betsy Ross,
Scent Mount Rushmore, Scent
Boy Scouts, Scent United
Confederate Veterans. Col
lectors desiring specimens
should act without further de-
lay.
Gordon Cohoon, Rotary
Club. Montreal. Canada, is So
liciting surplus stamps for the
young students of the Shaw
bridge Boys Farm and Train
ing School.
Gertrude Boss is the author
of an interesting article on
stamps showing trees in Linn's
Weekly Stamp News, Sidney,
Ohio, issue of october 10.
John Hudson Hall. late
chairman of the Philatelic
Foundation, Inc, New York,
has left a generous cash be-
quest and his collection of the
stamps of Spain to the estab-
liShment he headed until his
death a few months ago.
1t. Col. James T. De Voss
reports that II papers by
philatelic authorities will be
included in the American
Philatelic Congress book for
1858. Among the contributors
are R. P. Alexander, Svend
Yort, Jere. Hess Barr and DR..
Carroll Chase.
Postmaster General Arthur
E. Summerf1eld on Wednesday
announced that a stamp will
be issued in New York City on
January 4 to publicize the BIZ
centenary of Columbia Uni
verSity.
A colored engraving of New
Amsterdam Harbor about 1895,
executed by Pieter Schenck,
17th century artist, may have
been consulted by the designer
of the forthcoming Scent
New York tercentenary stamp.
See New York Herald Tribune,
October 13, page 20.
1t. Col. James Altman an
nounces that the new and as
yet unnamed Arlington-Falls
Church stamp club will meet
on the first Monday evening
OF each month. Readers in
terested are invited to phone
him at JE. 3-8446.
The Washington Philatelic
Society will meet at 2017 I
street NV. Wednesday eve
ming at 8 to hear Mr.. Yort
speak on the British Post
Office in st. Thomas. Public
invited.
Harry L. Lindquist, editor
and publisher of Stamps Mag
azine, New York, and president
of the National Federation of
Stamp Clubs, was in WASH
ington last week to confer with
Post Office Department officers
and to inspect the Central
American stamp exhibition at
the Pan American Union
Building.
Advices from Ohio indicate
that the proposed memorial
stamp for Senator Robert A.
Taft has been promised def
nitely and will be issued in a
few months. Whether it will
be a contribution to the cam
paign to find a general cure
for cancer remains to be
learned.
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