Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-01
PHILATELic NEWS
Post Office Outlines
SO Stump Program
By BELMONT FAIRIES

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Eleven commemorative is
sues now are planned for
1856, the Post ONCE DEPART
ment announced last week.
The remaining six values Of
the new regular series will
complete the years l7-stamp
program.
Bulking heavily in the list
are four special issues planned
for the Fifth International
Philatelic Exhibition in New
York April % through May 6.
AS expected. there will be q s.
cent commemorative stamp.
an 11-cent souvenir sheet. q
2-cent postal card and q g.
cent air mail envelope. De-
signs were not announced. but
the souvenir sheet win include
the 3-cent and scent Statue
of Liberty stamps of the regu-
lar series.
Three stamps, all Of the s.
cent denomination. viii be
issued to promote wildlife con-
servation.
A Scent commemorative
will mark the 200th ami
versary of Nassau Han at
Princeton University.
Another Scent stamp win
commemorate the centennial
of the birth Of Booker T.
Washington. The noted Negro
educator and founder Of
Tuskegee University was born
April 5, 1856. on a plantation
in Franklin County. Va.
Labor Day win be observed
with a Scent commemorative.
First commemorative of the
year will be the already-an-
nounced Scent issue marking
the 250th anniversary Of the
birth of BENJAMIN Franklin.
Based on Benjamin Vests
painting, Franklin Taking
Electricity From the Sky" it
will stress Franklin's contri-
buttons to science. Charles r.
Chickering designed the stamp.
Engraving was by Charles A.
Brooks for the picture work
and John S. Edmondson for
the frame. lettering and nu-
merals.
New Regular Series
OF the new regular series
Of Is values-six planned to
show Presidents, six historic
shrines and six famous Amer
icans--the final six values re-
main to be issued this year.
The list of six Presidents
will be complete with the re-
lease Of the 7-cent Woodrow
Wilson stamp at Staunton, Va.
on January 10. Presidents all
ready honored are George
Washington on the 1-cent.
Thomas Jefferson on the q
cent, Abraham Lincoln on the
4-cent. James Monroe on the
scent and Theodore Roose-
welt on the scent.
OF the six famous Ameri-
cans. only one stamp remains
to be issued. the SIS Alexander
Hamilton. Already issued are
the h-cent BENJAMIN Frank
lin, the 30-cent Robert 8. Lee,
the Accent John Marshall, the
50-cent Susan B. Anthony and
the 81 Patrick Henry.
The six historic shrine
stamps actually cover only I'VE
shrines, since the Statue Of
Liberty appears on both the
3-cent and scent values. Still
to come In 1856 are the 1l2-
cent Mount Vernon. the 9-cent
Alamo, the 10-cent Independ-
ence Hall and the 20-cent
Monticello.
First-Day Covers
January 1o-7-cent Wood
row Wilson at Stanton. Va.
Addressed envelopes may be
sent to the postmaster at
Staunton with money order to
cover cost of the stamps re-
quired. In addition. the
Woodrow Wilson Centennial
Commission Is offering cachet-
ed first-day covers. Requests
should be addressed to Stamp
Committee, Woodrow Wilson
Birthplace, Stanton, Va.
Prices are Is cents for singles
on cover. IS cents for pairs
and IS cents for blocks Of four.
January II - Scent Ben
jamin Franklin commemora-
tive, Philadelphia, Pa. Three
different cancellations are
available, from the main post
Office, the Franklin Institute
and the Poor Richard Club.
All envelopes must be adj
dressed to the Postmaster.
Philadelphia, Pa, but requests
for cancellations at any of the
three stations will be honored.
+ \ =
Official figures on the first
day sale Of the scent Theo-
dore Roosevelt stamp Of the