Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

ing-Potter Co.. Inc, Peoria.
ILL.,: Strobridge Lithographing
CO.. Cincinnati. Ohio. and
United States Printing and
Lithographing Co.,. Mineola,
N. Y, all Of which have shared
with the Eureka Specially Co.,
Scranton, Pa, in the manu-
facture Of the annual Tubercu-
loSis Christmas Seals.
In celebration of its 50th an
niversary the Washington
Philatelic Society will stage an
exhibition of foreign and do
nestle stamps and covers at
the Shoreham Hotel October
20 to % 1855.
The Junior Woman's Club
of Chevy Chase, Md. is col
lecting stamps for hospitalized
veterans as part of a project
sponsored by the General
Federation of Women's Clubs
in association with Stamps
for the Wounded. of which
latter organization Ernest A.
Kehr, stamp editor of the New
York Herald Tribune, is ma
tional chairman. Readers in
terested to help are requested
to forward their contributions
to Mrs. Charles v. Moran. 4512
Everett street, Kensington.
Md. Please do not separate
stamps from envelopes on
which they have done postal
duty. Many of the veterans
are collecting entire covers or
two by fours''-that is. stamps
and postmarks cut from covers
in strips 2 inches deep by 4
inches wide.
The Colombian Republic an
nounces a new series of airmail
stamps of exceptional beauty.
yC runs to Is denominations.
five centavo to ten pesos: and
the subjects are important
landmarks in Is different cities
and towns. including the Gale
ras volcano near Paste. San
Diego church in Bogota, Pas
telillo fortress in Cartagena,
Olympic stadium in Medellin
and the snow-capped Mani
Zales mountains outside Mani
zales. Colombian National Air
ways. known commonly as
Avianca. "the oldest airline
in the Americas" is the distri-
button agency.
Collectors of stamps and
covers relating to Kansas and
Nebraska should make it a
duty to visit the prevailing
Library of Congress exhibition
of material relating to the CEN
tennial of territories from
which those States developed.
The library has published an
attractive illustrated catalog
for the show.
On February 2 Denmark re-
leased a new 30-ore red COM
memorative to mark the CEN
tennial of the national tele-
graph system. Viggo Bang Gre
ated the design-a compost
ton showing a telegraph send
ing and receiving set. The en-
graver is Bent Jacobsen.
Vatican City has produced
two stamps to mark the silver
jubilee of the Lateran pact.
The values and colors are: Is
lire, lumber and brown; so lire,
ultramarine and blue. Fea-
tured in the design are the
Lateran palace and the obelisk
of Thothes III.
The American Topical Asso-
citation devotes the most re-
cent issue of it's magazine.
Topical Time. to Journalism,
listing stamps relating to
spreading the news" Read
ers interested are invited to
communicate with Francis N.
Gait. 4541 North Sheridan
road. Chicago 40. III.
A specimen of the postmas-
ter's stamp of Bermuda, 1848-
1854. SCOTS XII to 3, was sold
at auction in London recently
for $4,000.
The Argentine Republic has
issued a new 1.40-peso blue
stamp for the 50th anniver-
sary of the post office on
Laurie Island in the South
Orkneys.
A Washington slogan can
collation. of interest is that
which now is current reading:
Support Goodwill. Help the
Handicapped to Help Them
selves"
Robert A. Truax will be the
speaker at a meeting of the
Washington Philatelic Society
at 2017 street N w. Wednes-
day evening at 8. His subject
will be Street Railway Post
Offices. ; Public invited.