Evening star., 1954-05-09

newspaper ana magazine clip
pings, flrSt-day and commem-
orative covers, postcards and
related material should be in
troduced wherever convenient
and appropriate. The albums,
Of course, should be kept neat
and clean. d
Stamps Magazine, New York,
is publishing feature articles
on beautiful stamps in line
with the new trend toward
artistic topical collecting. The
National Philatelic Museum,
Philadelphia, has brought a
246-page brochure on various
phases of stamp designing
with half-tone pictures en-
bellishing the text. Topical
Time. the official magazine
Of the American Topical AS
'Sociation. provides lists Of
stamps relating to maps, ma
tional parks, waterfalls, ships.
sports, Americana, the Red
Cross. the United Nations, etc.
Send to E. D. Cleveland, 5104
West Wisconsin avenue, Apt. 3,
Milwaukee 13, Wis, for sample
copies.
Especially helpful for its
discussion of the philosophy
Of art is Lois Bingham's
Search for Line" available
at the sales rooms of the Ma
tional Gallery at cost of pro-
duction, 35 cents a copy.
Reproduced herewith is q
stamp of great beauty and Of
high religious and social sig
niflcance-one of the two
commemorative being issued
by Ireland on May "a for the
Marian Year. It Is engraved
and is based on a Della Robbia
Madonna and Child in the
crypt of San Gaetano. Flor
ence. Italy. The Sd denomin-
alton will be blue, the Sd
green. Readers desiring first
day covers should send names,
addresses and remittances of
so cents each to John j. Clark,
947 East Thirty-second street,
Brooklyn 10, N. Y.
If a working definition Of
beauty" be wanted, it may be
obtained from John Keats
lode on a Grecian Urn,"
wherein the last lines read:
Beauty is truth, truth
heauty,'-that is all ye know
on earth, and all We need to
know"
Greece is bringing out three
airmails marking the fifth
anniversary of the North At
lantic Treaty Organization.
They will be: 1900 dr., fire.
bearing athlete; .2.400 dr..
Amphictyonic coin: 1000 dr.,
statue Of Athena. All are
copper-plate engraved.
Norway is bringing out
three new stamps to mark the
centennial of the national rail-
road system.
The Golden Age Hobby Show
at the Department of Com
merce Building, Fourteenth
street just south Of Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV, will fea-
ture stamps and covers Of
interest to all classes of coll
lectors as well as the general
public. 1t will open with an
entertainment Thursday eve-
ming and will continue Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, 10 am.
to 10 pm.
The only references to
stamps in the second volume
of the private diary Of Secre-
tary Of the Interior Harold L,
Ickes. published recently, con-
Germ philatelic gifts to Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Since the book covers a period
in which the diarist was ac-
lively interested in stamps and
philatelic affairs In general,
the indication is that the edi-
tors have deleted mention Of
them for reasons Of their own.
This raises O question about
who the editors are. It seems
unlikely that they are persons
who knew Mr.. Ickes init
mately at the time referred to.
The Washington Philatelic
Society will have its annual
business meeting at 2Ol7 I
street NV, on Wednesday
evening at 8. and a full at
tendance Of members is de-
sired.
STAMPS AND COINS.