Evening star., 1953-01-04
BY James Waldo Fowcett
Phiiotelic News

LIE ulOQel lot the 3-cenC
National Guard commemorative,
scheduled for release in Wash
tngton exclusively. Monday,
February %. has been approved
for manufacture in the Bureau
Of Engraving and Printing. It
Is unprecedented in the sense
that it will be the first postal
adhesive ever authorized by one
administration for distribution
by another. The design has for
its central motif an anonymous
suardsman in uniform and fully
armed. Around him are vignet-
tes and inscriptions intended to
explain the military significance
Of the National Guard. The
composition has been critized as
overloaded with detail" but
neither the Post Office Depart
ment nor the bureau is respon-
sible for the bad art" Ar
raI1gements are being made for
q first-day ceremony when the
new label goes on sale.
Lieut.. Comdr. Robert Freitag,
U. S. N, 738 Labella walk, Falls
Church, Va. is collecting stamps
and covers for the Starr Com
monwealth for Boys at Albion,
Mich, and would welcome the
help of readers Of The Star
stamp column who have dupli-
Gates to spare.
During January the Army
Medical Museum, also known
technically as the Medical Mu-
scum of the Armed Forces In
stitute of Pathology, Independ-
ence avenue at Ninth street, will
have on display a collection of
books, documents, pictures and
other material relating to physi-
clans and surgeons who have
served Presidents of the United
States from George Washington
to Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chief
Executive elect. The exhibition
will be open to the public from
8 to 5 daily. and stamp collec-
tors specializing in postal ennis
Sions dealing with the healing
arts are particularly invited.
William M. Stuart, 81, stamp
editor of the Washington Post
from the early days of the New
Deal, died at George Washing
ton University Hospital, Tues
day night. Born in Lawrence,
Mass. he became interested in
philately. Journalism and poll
tics while still a boy and grad
ually rose to prominence in alls
three fields. The Washington
period of his career began when
he came here to serve as a clerk
in the Office of the secretary
Of s,the Senate in 1905. During
the Taft administration and
part Of the Wilson administra-
ton he was a journal clerk at
the Capitol. Later he operated
a clipping agency and his clients
included Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Clay Folger, for whom he COL
lected newspaper and maga-
zine articles relating to Shakes
peare which now are preserved
in the Folger Library. Coinci-
dehtally, Mr.. Stuart accumu-
lated hundreds of autographs
OF famous men and women.
His,,o philatelic writings be-
gam to appear in the Post in
1888. He also wrote regularly
for the Western Stamp Collec-
tor, published at New Albany,
Greg. A life member of the
Society Of Philatelic Americans,
he was active in the Collectors
Club of Washington. Other
afflliations were the American
Philatelic Society and the
American Airmail Society. Mr..
Stuart's wife was killed in a
traffic accident last May. He
never recovered from the shock
of her, loss. Speaking of his
death. Robert E. Fellers, Assist
ant Postmaster General in
charge of stamp production,
said: Mr.. Stuart was a daily
visitor to the Post Office De-
partment and was esteemed by
us all. His enthusiasm for
stamp collecting was an in
Spiration to many. We mourn
his passing and will remember
his services with gratitude"
Artists in Israel. New Zealand
and the Netherlands have been
declared winners in a contest
for designs for United Nations
stamps. The judges included
Harry L. Lindquist, president
OF. the National Federation of
Stamp Clubs.
Harry Singer of Lansburg &
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