Evening star., 1954-03-07

EOSUdSS 0tduUp6, 4S3O"40OHs
carries on the tradition of the
philatelic commentaries Of Max
G. Johl. but it does not replace
them. The book. published last
week by Harry l.. Lindquist,
153 Waverly place, New York
City, reflects the official point
of view exclusively. 1t features
the formal press releases Of
the Post Office Department
and makes available in one
convenient binding great guam
titles of data which are in
valuable to collectors. The
volume should and probably
will have q sale as wide and
numerous as Scott's Special
lied United States Catalogue.
It is attractively printed, sys-
tematically arranged, copious-
ly illustrated and easy to use.
The very fact that it has such
conspicuous official connota-
tions adds to its helpful sig
niflcance as an imperative ref
erence work. Back Of it stands
the Bureau Issues Association.
r. A. Bryant, editor of the
Bureau Specialist, and other
unnamed collaborators. Mr..
Glass also acknowledges the
aid of Alvin w. Hall, director
of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, and Robert E.
Fellers. director Of the Di-
vision Of Philately in the Post
Office Department.
Florida Label First.
The book opens with a chap
ter on the 3-cent Florida
Statehood Centennial COM
memorative of 1945, shows the
approved design and its photo
graphic sources and three de-
signs not approved. gives the
names Of the designers and en-
gravers. statistical data on
printing and first-day sale ar
rangements and plate numbers.
1t relates next the circum-
stances attending the issuance
of the scent United Nations
stamp, announced April 10,
1945. released April 25, its
sponsor, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt having died mean
while, and discloses that his
name was added to the design
in tribute to him, but a pro-
posal that the composition
should include his portrait was
rejected.
Mr.. Glass then presents the
official record of the produc-
ton Of the Roosevelt memorial
series of 1856, followed by
similar material on the Armed
Forces series of the same years,
acknowledging the fact that
Senator Joseph c. O'Mahoney
Of Wyoming was the leading
proponent of the Scent Ma
rines Two Jima adhesive, but
missing entirely the story be-
hind the Senator's constructive
intervention obviously be-
cause that story is unofficial.
The same observation applies
to the "authorized" account of
the proceedings back of the q
cent Army stamp which unfor-
tunately falsified military
history by introducing into an
Associated Press photograph
the silhouettes of six air.
planes that never were flown
in Europe. Mr.. Glass offers
the reproductions of both the
original photograph and the
amended photograph, but he
says nothing about the en-
deavor of philatelists to pre-
vent the taking of the A. P.
picture. This effort, of course,
was unofficial" and therefore
has no place in the official
records of the Post Office De-
partment except as supple
mentary correspondence.
Amateur Sketch for Texas.
In connection with the 81
cent Texas Statehood Cente-
nary commemorative, however.
Mr.. Glass traces the origin of
the design to its unofficial
source - Buchanan CBuck)
Winn, an amateur artist whose
pencil sketch was adopted by
the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing by request of the
Postmaster General. He like
wise shows how the Scent
Pulitzer stamp of 1947 was
suggested by Dean Carl w.
Ackerman Of the Columbia
University School Of Jour-
nalism, which Mr.. Pulitzer
founded. A more interesting
story. though, is his PERSONAL
account of his own part in