Evening star., 1957-04-21
pHILATELIc NEWS
Jamestown Stomp.
For Naval Review
BY BELMONT FAIRIES

n o-CeuJ stamp COmmem-
Grating a major event of the
jamestown Festival-the In
ternational Naval Review
will be issued at Norfolk, Va,
sometime during Fleet Week."
June 8-17.
The review will be the
largest Of Its kind ever held,
both in number Of nations
participating and the total
number Of combat vessels TAX
ing part. Norfolk is head
quarters for NATO's naval
force. the Atlantic Allied
Command.
The stamp, in the horizontal
commemorative formal. will be
printed In Jamestown Festival
"River Aqua" blue.
Across the top Of the design
is the wording international
Naval Review" The James,
town Festival insignia is prom
inently featured. superimposed
over a map of the Hampton
Roads area. A United States
aircraft carrier of the Forces
tai class is shown at the right
Of the stamp against a back
ground Of silhouetted outlines
of ships participating in the
review.
The stamp was designed by
Richard A. Genders, Navy
combat artist, in collaboration
with 1t. Comdr. Arthur C.
Wiesemann, jr., Of the Fifth
Naval District headquarters at
Norfolk.
Announcement Of the stamp
was made Monday by Repre-
sentative Hardy. Democrat
of Virginia, and confirmed
Wednesday by the Post Office
Department.
Representative Gary Of Vir-
ginia, chairman of the House
subcommittee on postal ap-
preparations. had strongly in
dicated his interest in q
jamestown Festival stamp
during Post Office Depart
ment budget hearings earlier
this year.
Flag Stamp Rumors
Rumors that a red, white
and blue American Flag stamp
was being printed for release
July 4 were denied last week
by the Post Office Depart
ment.
l.. Robe Walter. Postmaster
General Summerfleld's special
assistant for public relations,
said no decision had been
made on the issuance Of such
q stamp.
Behind the rumors lay one
solid fact. During the last
two months the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing has been
doing extensive experimental
work with a new press de-
signed to print stamps In two
or three colors from a single
recesS-engraved plate.
Most of the multicolor Is
sues Of other countries are
printed by a photogravure
process. Bureau and postal Of
f1cials have long been inter-
ested in the possibilities of
multicolor stamps II they
could be produced without
sacrificing the artistic and Sc
curity values of intaglio print
ing. The new press, if it
proves successful. will solve
tAiAS pIUUlcIH.
Designed by the Giori or
ganization OF Switzerland.
the sheet-fed rotary press was
manufactured In West Ger
many. 1t has been at the
bureau for about two years
on a trial basis. and was ac-
quired by the bureau several
months ago.
In the Giori process the
various colors used are ap-
piled by separate rollers cut
out to ink the plate in the
desired color pattern. Work
with the press has included a
test run with an experimental
plate using a 3-cent stamp
design in horizontal commence
rative formal picturing an
American Flag in natural
colors.
Results. according to some
persons who have seen the
small experimental printing,
have been excellent.
However, the usual order for
a commemorative is 100 mil
lion. Director Henry j. Holtz-
claw said last week that he is
not yet certain whether the
Giori press can maintain the
bureaus standards of quality
while producing the, large
quantities of stamps required.
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