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THE STAMP COLLECTOR'S CORNER

By Mariel Nissen-

NOVEL SWISS SET

TAMPS of one series in two lan- Nguages are no novelty to the postage stamp world-the Union of South Africa has given us examples of that. Three' languages appearing on as many different stamps in one issue is, however, something brand new under the philatelic sun. Swit- zerland is the sponsor for the inno- vation. The stamps are presented as advance publicity for the National Exposition to be held in Switzerland during 1989. There are three de nominations in the set, each appeai ing in three different languages- making a total of nine stamps in the series. French, Italian and German.. are the tongues employed in the in- scriptions.

The 10 centimes value, printed in. soft blue-gray depicts a long line of Swiss men and women displaying the products of their work in art and in-. dustry. The right side of the stamp contains a large Swiss, shield in red and white..

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On the 20 centimes stamp, which is in maroon with a red and white shield, appears a Swiss family group,

Rugged Alpine peaks are featur- ed on the 30 centimes value, colour- ed light blue, with the shield in na- tural colours.

POLISH STAMPS:

HE portraits recently used on the Polish commemorative sheet in honour of the 20th anniversary of independence, are now appearing on individual stainps. Each stamp is printed in deep violet and has a value of 25 groszy. The men portrayed are: Poland's foremost premier, the late Joseph Pilsudski; Army Mar- shall Edward Rydz-Smigly; the Re- public's first president, Joseph Mo raczewski," and the present, chief executive, Ignacy Moscicki

BARBADOS TO HAVE ANNIVERSARY:

THE British colony of Barbados

Tthis year observes the 300th an

niversary of the establishment of the General Assembly. A stamp set/will figure as part of the honour due the occasion, In accordance with pre- sent plans, the issue will consist of five values and the designs will in- clude portraits of Charles 1, ruler of Great Britain at the time the first and assembly in Barbados convened, King George VI.

Barbados provides the unusual example of a colony acquired and maintained in peace by one nation. The island was discovered in 1518,' occupied by the British in 1625, and has always been a British possession. There have been a few occasions, however, when the French very near- ly acquired it. Barbados possesses an exceptionally mild and healthful climate, which was responsible for the only foreign journey George Washington ever made. In 1752 he accompanied his invalid brother, Lawrence, on a visit to Barbados,

This is the most densely populated island in the world, with native ne- groes, outnumbering the whites nine. to one.

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THE CHINA MAİL FRIDAY SUPPLEMENT, FEBRUARY S

RUSSIAN SPORT SET

SPORTS are the latest subject selected by the very poptally minded Soviet government, for phila.. telic honour. A set due forontly release will comprise oight values Briefly each illustrating a sport, described they are to be as follows: 5 kopecs woman diver, 10k discus thrower, 10k tennis player, 201: mo- torcyclist, 30k skier, 40k anish of a woman's foot race, 60k soccer game and 80k parade of women athletes.

FRENCH SCENIC ISSUE

THE newest addition to the very

attractive series of French scenic, stamps pictures the Arc de Triompho d'Orange, The value of the adhesive is 2 Franch, and the colour, brown- black.

The triumphal arch illustrated is in the town of Orange near Avignon. Orange was an important Roman co- lony and has many famous remains of that period. Chief among these is the arch, which ranks third in size and importance among the triumphal arches of Europe. It was probably set up in honour of Tiberius in 21 A.D.

FROM ECUADOR

OWARDS the close of 1988 Ecua-

REMARKABLE VOLTAIRE

1980.

one of his letters, Voltaire describes his first adven- turous visit to Germany. His coach had broken down, and rather than wait for it to be repaired, he mounted one of the horses, somewhat raw-boned Rosinante, and rode on ahead, though he was not at all suitably clad for riding. Presently he came to the gates of a small fortified town. The sentry, startled by the fantastic apparition in velvet knee-breeches, silk stockings and silver buckled shoes, abruptly challenged him, "Who goes there?”

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"Don Quixote!" replied Voltaire. The sentry was apparently satis- fied; and as Voltaire, continues in his letter, “under that hame entered the City.”.

The life of Francois-Marie Arouet who, in 1718, sumed the name of Voltaire, is crowded with all the characteristic and many-coloured adventures of a novel by Cervantes. They have actually provided subjects for in- numerable plays and poems in various tongues. But the real life of the man has a vivid quality and. a significance far beyond their scope... Not only was he a man of genius - perhaps the most

has ever seen. Not only was

dor issued a four stamp set in variously gifted that the honour of the National Exposition. The deep blue 10 centavos value symbolises progress in transporta tion. The contral design presents a winged figure holding the earth, with an old horse-drawn couch and modern transportation shown along the sides and bottom. The 50c red-violet pre- sents a winged wheel and cactus plants. On the 1 sucré red-brown appears a plane and train symbolis- ing modern modes of communication, contrasted with a labourer carrying a pack. The 2 sucre value pictures modern buildings and is printed

green.

EGYPT

ODDS AND ENDS

current air mail stamps, with the exceptions of the 5m, 26m and 30m values are now valid

for use on all classes of mail.

Finland's annual Red Cross set is expected to make an early appear-

ance..

Perak has inned a new value in the current series portraying the Sultan. It is an. 89, stamp in black. St. Willibrord of Utrecht, recently honoured on stamp issue from Luxemburg, will receive further phi- latelic honour when the Netherlands issues a commemorative set for him in the near future,

STAMP TEASERS

1. Two gentlemen by the name of Smetona have been pictured on postage stamps. Who are they?

2. Of what country is St. Stephen the patron saint? Many stamps of that land picture hit

3. On what stamp is ́-ke knot boing severed?

Gordian

Who was Alessandro Volta and for what is he famous, aside from

being pictured, on a ponturu stamp?

5. Whore is Clervaux Monastery, and what adhesive shows it?

LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS

1. Nikola Tesla was a famous in- ventor of electrical dovices. Ho was born in Croatia in 1867 and postage has been honoured on stamps of Yugoslavia,

A triangular stamp issued by Poru in 1931 bears the picture of A stone bridge.......

3. On a stamp issued by Bolglan Congo in 1086 the lato Quoen Astrid of the Belgians is pictured with a group of natives,

The Red Cross – appears - #top n lighthouse on an Estonian stamp =

5. An African drummer is pictured on a 1915 stamp of Bemail conat,

mover

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a poet and a historian. He was himself a central figure in the most movingly dramatic period of Exile and European history. fugitive as he so often was—the. last and most remarkable of the "Wandering Scholars he was 'a, and shaper of events. The towns at which he halts are no casual stages, but Paris and Lon- don, Berlin and Geneva, Far more truly than Montesquieu (of whom he so generously, said it) he car- ries the lost title-deeds of humani- ty-and some of the lost creden-. tials of religions—in his knap sack; and his wayside prison is no provincial tolbooth, but the Bas- tille.!

Lord Morley........... accords him a position which no other writer has ever held, and compares him, not with other men, but with the great underlying forces that shape the course of civilization.

"When the right sense of his- torical proportion is more fully developed in men's minda," he wrote, "the name of Voltaire will stand out like the names of the great decisive movements in the European advance, like the Re vival of

or the Refor mation. _ existence, character

and I extraordinary.

The

person constituted in themselves a new and prodigious era. peculiarities of his individual conformation of France, and ira less degree of the whole of the West, with no far-spreading and invincible an effect as if the work had been wholly done, as it was actually aided, by the sweep of deep-lying collective forces .. -Alfred Noyes, in "Voltaire, (London: Faber & Faber.)

GASTRONOMIC TOUR

"What are the meal houra hore, porter ?"!

"Breakfast, 6 to 11; lunch, 11 to 3; dinner, 8 to B." - D

"How absurd! What time is there loft for aceing the town?