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THE STAMP COLLECTOR'S CORNER

By Muriel Nissen

PLANS FOR 1939

This undoubtedly elated over the splendid financial returns from the extensive 1938 stamp programme, and the powers that be were soon planning for a similar. harvest in -1989. Four, stamps are on the de- finitely settled list, and each is of the 3c. denomination.

THE U.S. Post Office Department

whose

The charming little boy portrait adorns Belgian's charity set this time is the youngest child of King Leopold III, Prince Albert. of Liege, who was born on June 6, 1984. The eight values in this set are: 10 centimes plus 5c, 30c plus be 40c plus bc, 75c pluc 5c, 1 franc plus 25c, 1.75fr plus 25c, 2.50fr plus 2.50fr and 5fr plus 5fr. The familiar.dou- ble barred cross of anti-tuberculosis charities appears in the lower cor- ners of each stamp, serving to iden- tify the purpose of the issue.

Luxenburg's annual "Ceritas". (Charity) set consists of six values and in accordance with the practice followed for the past five years, pic- tures a famous historic character of the tiny duchy. This year it is 1868 Sigismund, who was born in also

On February 18, a commemorative will be issued in honour of the Golden Gate International Exposition at San Francisco. The. sesquicen- tennial of the inauguration of George Washington as first President will be marked on April 30 by another special stamp. The New York its World's Fair will be accorded philatelic tribute on a stamp being issued on April 30. On August 15 will be celebrated the 25th anni- versary of the opening of the Pana- ma Canal and a stamp will appear for the occasion.

CHARITY STAMPS

THE spirit of Charity, especially

charity for children, pervades the whole world through the month of December with only the most hardened Scroogea holding out against it. December, then, is an appropriate and paychological time for the issue of charity stamp sets and each year at this time we find a large number of these semi-postals offered to the public, especially by European nations.

The annual "Voor het Kind" (For the children) issue from the Nether- lands consists of five values this year. The uniform design is of a small boy playing a flute. He is surrounded by flowers, while a dove and fish approach him, apparently to listen to his song. Colours and values are: 11 cent plus 1c black- brown; Se plus 2e purple; 4c plus 2c green; 5c plus 3c red-brown; and 12c plus 8 blue.

and died in 1437. He was duke of Luxenburg and Holy Roman Em- peror from 1419 until his death. Values and colours in this set are: 10centimes plus 5c, lilac, 85c plus. 10c green, 70c plus 20c light brown, 1Franc plus 25c brick red, 1fr.25 plus 75c blue-gray and 1fr.75 plus ifr.50 ultramarine. The portrait, in all values, is printed in dark green:

Switzerland and Germany, as well as many other countries, throughout the world also issued special charity series at this time.

GREENLAND'S FIRST SET

THE THE meagre list of exports from Greenland's icy mountains can now be expanded a trifle with post- age stamps being added to the list. Danish postage paper has been in use heretofore. A portrait of King Christian X of Denmark appears on the 1, 5, 7, 10 and 15 ore values while the 30 ore ́and 1 krone picture a polar bear. The first design is vertically arranged while the second is in horizontal format. Huge ice- bergs appear in the background for both varieties. The geographic de- signation is "Gronland”,

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THE CHINĄ MAIL FRIDAY SUPPLEMENT, JANUARY 27, 1939

A line-out in the England-Scotland match last Saturday. From left to right are: J. S. Dunnett, K. W. Salter, Sapper Appely, A. J. G. Tay-

lor, W. E. Peers, 2/Lt. Cuthbertson and K. A. Watson.

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AUSTRALIA'S LATEST

NEW animal' stamp, replacing · the current 5 pence value, has been issued by Australia. It pic- tures a prize Marino rám against a scenic background of the New South Wales country. The stamp is print- ed in dark magenta.

GOLDEN JUBILEE OF PAPUA

DECLARAT

PAPUA became a British Posses-

sion in 1888, and the Golden Ju- bilee of the event is being marked by a set of air mail stamps from the Oceanic colony. Papua is part of the island of New Guinea, and is ad- ministered by Australia. The new stamps present the harbour of Port Moresby, the capital city. A medal- Hon likeness of King George VI ap- pears in the upper right corner, and along the bottom the dates 1888 and 1938 are inscribed. The values are: 2 penco dull red; 3p ultramarine, 5p green, 8p brown and 1 shilling violet,

STAMP, TEASERS

1. What is a dyak and OR what

stamp will you find one?

2. On what stamp is а mandarin

dock featured and why?

2. Bolivia, in 1981, commemorated a

revolution of the previous year with a triangular stamp bearing numerous devices associated with revolutionary activities.

3. Zenobe Gramme was the inven-

tor of the electric dynamo, and. was honoured on Belgian postage

of 1931.

4. The Cross of Cong, now in the Royal Irish Museum of Dublin, is

a cross made for the King of Ire- land in 1128. It is pictured on a 1982 stamp from a country not difficult to guess.

5. Spitzbergen is an Arctic archipe- lago belonging to Norway, who

acquired the territory in 1920. A

יין :

postage stamp issued In 1925 somewhat belatedly honours the occasion

THIS BOOK SOLVES

A KNOTTY PROBLEM

The "KNOT" there' problem.

a bicycle KELLY'S DIRECTORY

3. What stamp pictures a bicycle

race?

4. Who was the. Marquise de Pom- bal and, what country's postage honours him?

-Where-is-Lake Saimen; on

stamp is it plotured ?..........

LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS

Luxor Temple, or rather the ruins on Egyptian

thereof, apps

postage

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