Evening star., 1960-07-31
PHILATELIC NEWS
Old Photograph Used
For GoriboIdi Desiqn
BY BELMONT FAIRIES
Star Stamp Editor

BY BELMONT FAIRIES
Star Stamp Editor
A portrait of Giuseppe
Garibaldi from a contempo-
rary photograph of the hero
of Italian unification pro-
videS the medallion design for
the Accent and Scent Cham
pion of Liberty" stamps to
be issued here November 7.
The Accent will be printed
in the green of the italian
flag and issued in sheets of
70, the Scent in red, blue
and ochre and issued in
sheets of 72. The order is for
120 million of the Accent and
40 million of the Scent.
The Champion of Liberty"
design, Ervine Metzl's modi-
fled version of that first used
for the MagSaysay stamp of
1857, represents the co-opera-
tive effort of the three artist
members of the Stamp Ad-
visory Committee, Arnold
Copeland, William H. Buck
ley and Mr.. Metzl.
Addressed envelopes for
first day cancellation may be
sent to the Postmaster, Wash
ington 13, D. c., with remit
tance for the cost of the
stamps. Each cover must be
marked in pencil at the upper
right corner with the de-
nominations (4-cent, Scent
or BOTH and number of
stamps (singles, pairs or
blocks desired.
The outer envelope to the
postmaster should be clearly
marked First Day Covers
Garibaldi Stamp" Requests
for these must be sent sepa-
rately, not combined with Or
ders for any other stamp
being issued in Washington.
August First Days
August will be a busy
month for the Post Office
Departments Division of
Philately. with five first days
scheduled:
August 12-7-cent air-mail
stamp in new fire red"
shade, Arlington l, Va.
August 18-7-cent air mail
stamped envelope in new
fire red" shade, Portland 8,
Greg. Send 8 cents for each
envelope.
August 19-7-cent air mail
stamp in booklet form, new
fire red" shade, st. Louis SIS,
Mo. Six stamps in booklet
pane. Send AZ cents for each
cover.
August % - Accent blue
Employ the Handicapped"
stamp, New York l, N. Y.
August 29-4-cent green
Fifth World Forestry Con-
gress stamp, Seattle l, Wash
ington.
Deep Freeze Covers
Covers postmarked at the
Navy'S Byrd and South Pole
Stations in Antarctica and by
ships participating in Opera
ton Deep Freeze will again
be available to collectors this
year.
Requests are limited to one
for each Antarctic station
and not more than three to
each ship.
Two addressed envelopes
with 4 cents in postage af-
fixed may be sent to: DEEP
FREEZE Philatelic Mail,
United States Naval Con-
struction Battalion Center,
DaviSville, East Greenwich,
R. l. The deadline for these
is October Is.
The Antarctic covers will
be proceSSed during the long
winter night and returned in
the early months of 1862.
Ships which will handle
covers and headlines for re-
ceipt are: USS Wilhoite
CDER-390, September /;
USS Glacier (AGB-4), Octo-
ber 13; USS Staten Island
(AGB 50, October Is;
USCGC EaStwind CWAGB-
279), October 20; USS Edisto
(AGB-2, October 20, and
USS Arneb (AKA-56), De-
cember 27.
Covers for these ships
should be sent to-: DEEP
FREEZE Philatelic Mail
(name of ship, Fleet Post
Office, New York, N. Y, ex-
cept for the Wilhoite and
Staten Island, which should
be addressed to Fleet Post
Office, San Francisco, Calf.
Since these ships are cur
rently on other assignments,
covers should not be for
warded more than a month
in advance of the headlines