Evening star., 1954-08-22

'oIdo Fowcett
the Tooth anniversary OF
Florence Nightingale's appear
ance on the battlefront Of the
Crimean War at Scutari, Tur-
key: and stamps to mark the
event reasonably may be ex-
pected in several countries.
Stamp collectors have
learned with pleasure that an
Archive Of American Art has
been established at the Insti-
tute Of Arts, Detroit, for the
preservation Of records and
reproductions Of paintings,
drawings, works Of sculpture
and other artistic productions
of the American people. Funds
have been provided by Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman.
United Fruit Report No. 8
for 1854, published at Pier 3,
North River, N. Y, N. Y, con-
tains text and illustrations of
philatelic and general cultural
interest relating to Honduras,
Costa Rica and Guatemala.
Phil Meyer Of the Capper
Publications, Inc. Topeka,
Kans.. would like to hear from
collectors and others favoring
q commemorative stamp for
Amelia Earhart, pioneer wom-
an fiier. q native of Atchison,
Kans.
The Waterloo Chamber of
Commerce, Waterloo. Iowa, will
sponsor q cachet for the 42d
Annual National Dairy Cattle
Congress. October 2 to 9.
Send self-addressed, stamped
envelopes to H. D. Allen, chair
man. Cachet Committee.
Doctors and nurses whose
hobby is philately have COM
piled for the American Topical
Association no less than %
check lists Of stamps relating
to medicine. surgery and other
healing arts. hospitals and
Sanitariums, medical symbols,
etc Readers interested should
write to Jerome Husak. 1906
North Fiftieth street, Milwau-
kee, Wis.
Airmail service will be in
augurated at Alamogordo, N.
Mex, on or about Septem-
ber l and special cachet will
be provided for first flight
covers.
Slogan cancellations have
been announced for San An
tonic, Tex, and Dothan, Ala.
Australia on September 13
will bring out a stamp to pub
licize the centennial of its ma
tional railway system. The
denomination will be 31ad and
the design will feature an
early steam engine and a mod
ern diesel locomotive.
Western Germany's latest
adhesive is a 2pfg red COM
memorative for the 10th an
niversary Of the futile attempt
to lquidate Hitler in 1914.
@ In observance Of the Marian
year, Spain has brought out a
10-cent magenta stamp pictur-
ing the statue Purisima by
Alfonso Cano in Granada Ca
thedral; also a 30-cent brown
stamp representing the statue
of Our Lady of Montserrat.
India is sponsoring an inter-
national competition of chill
dreri under Is for a stamp for
the Tooth anniversary of the
first Indian postal label. De-
tailed information available
at the Embassy of India.
Finland has released a 25m
sepia stamp in honor of Al
bert Edelfelt, famous painter.
The composition reproduces
his "Outer Archipelago"
Both the Gilbert Stuart por-
trait of George Washington
and the Douglas Volk por-
trait Of Abraham Lincoln, to
be reproduced in the new l.
cent and Accent regular post
age stamps. are in the Mellon
collection in the National Gal
lery of Art.
Hugh M. Clark, long editor
of SCOTS international Post
age Stamp Catalogues, was
married to his former secre-
tary, Jean Greta Koor, at Los
Angeles, June 20.
Linn's Weekly Stamp News
for August 8, published at
Sidney, Ohio. contains a val,
liable list of souvenir sheets.
of the world.
Constituents of the National
Federation of Stamp Clubs
are voting on the proposed
stamp to dramatize the ma
tional campaign against in
sect pests.