Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-24
NEWS
Air Force Artist Wins
Stamp Design Contest
PHILATELIc NEWS
BY BELMONT FAIRIES


ploye is the winner of the Air
Force stamp design COMPETE
ton.
Alexander Macy, jr.. of
Baltimore, chief Of the Visual
Presentation Branch, Air Re-
search and Development Com
mand, took first place in the
contest sponsored by the Ma
tional Society of Art Directors
and the Air Force Association.
Awards were announced last
Wednesday at a dinner at the
Society of Illustrators Club in
New York.
The stamp. to be issued here
August / during the Air Force
Association convention, marks
the 50th anniversary of mill
tary aviation in the United
States.
Mr.. Nagy's design, poster
like in treatment, pictures a
B-52 Stratofortress in banking
position with three F-104 Star
fighters in the background and
the Air Force eagle and thun-
derbolt shield at the upper left.
Although it shows a Scent
denomination, the stamp itself
will be for airmail use, either
6 cents or a higher value If
Congress approves a rate in
crease before August.
Born in Hungary, Mr.. Macy
came to the United States at
the age Of 9. He attended the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts, Philadelphia. and the
Barnes Foundation, Merton,
Pa. and later studied in Rome
and Paris.
He has been a professional
artist since 1886. with paint
ings shown in galleries and mu-
seums in Washington, Balti-
more and New York. His art
career was interrupted only by
a five-year tour of duty with
the Army in World War II.
He and his wife, the former
Ellen Hall of College Park, Md,
live at 1888 Bolton street, Bal
timore.
Second place in the compe-
ton went to Charles Dickin-
son of Grant Advertising, De-
troit. and third to Richard
Blakemore, Pitt Studios.
Cleveland. Gen. Thomas B.
White, Air Force vice chief of
staff, presented bronze
plaques to the three winning
artists on behalf of the Air
Force Association.
Judging of the hundreds Of
sketches was done by a COM
mittee including Harry L.
Lindquist, publisher of Stamps
Magazine. Mr.. Nagy's design
has been approved by Air
Force Secretary Quarles and
submitted by him to the Post
ONCE Department.
PhilateIic Agency to Move
The Philatelic Agency's
counter service is to be moved
to new quarters in the Post
once Departments philatelic
exhibition room. Postal off,
cials believe the flrst-floor To-
cation will be more convenient
for patrons than the present
fifth-floor Office space.
Mail-order clerks will re-
main where they are when the
window clerks move down.
stairs in four to six weeks.
A proposal to transfer the
agency from department head
quarters to a field office, prob
ably the regional Office here,
also is under consideration.
This would be chiefly an adj
ministrative matter which
would not affect the agency's
physical location.
Under the Post Office
Departments decentralization
program only policy-making
and management functions are
to be retained in the head
quarters setup.
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New Alexandria Officers
Edward L. Hogan has been
named president of the Alex
andria-Mt Vernon Stamp
Club and Jackson Abbott, de-
Signer of 1878 duck stamp.
is the new vice president Pa
tricia w. Brann is secretary
and Erwin Pearl treasurer.
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Bruins BALPEX Judge
Franklin r. Bruins. jr.. cur
ator of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution's division of philately
and postal history. will be one
Of the judges at BALPEX 81,
to be held in Baltimore. March
1917. Others on the list are
Harry l.. Lindquist. Herbert
-Rv Dirk MnnefioId