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STAMP NEWS

By "TETE-BECHE"

This famous

collection

he was

and

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EUROPEAN BILL OF RIGHTS

DEBATE ON COLONIES BY UNITED NATIONS

Strasbourg, August 27. A group within the European Assembly today Consultative agreed on a basic Bill of Rights to protect fundamental freedoma in the 12 members of the Euro-The

pean Council

These rights are:

Security of person. Immunity from 2.

arbitrary arrest, dotenilen or exile. the

3. Exemption

from slavery, orvitude of forced labour of a

discriminators sature" ·

Freedom of speech and exement. 4. Frection

Lake Success; August 27.

certain

special committee, referring to It in its report to the General | As- sembly, leaving it open for any member of the trusteeship com- mittee to raise the question there. This_sugifestion was accepted.

The dommittee they consider. nd other questions on the date of the receipt of information. and

tor.. enumeration of the ritories concerned.

Russia Critical Mr. A. Soldatov, Soviet Union. Mr. J. Fletcher Cooks, Britain, criticised the inclusion of Infor- supplied by the Nether- He argued,

00-

mation

would Fla

The exact definition of non-self-governing territories forgerien, can any of my

was debated when a special committee of the How many of my renders are of

of Dr-readers enlighten me as to what aware of the existence

General Assembly began examining the in- tain's most valuable stamp col-Is a "Sperati" forgery, as I notice

formation supplied to the United Nations on lection, the Tapling Collection. one of the homeside Philatelis

over 60 such territories, publications that Swiss stamps and its history?

was have been discovered bearing a

committee will submit a report to the General started by Thomas Keay Tapling "Sperati" forgery.

Assembly in its fourth session next month. at the age of ten when

Now for some notes on Now

The question of a definition, General Assembly be recom- at school. Whilst of Harrow he Issues, On 15th August, Jamalen Sir David Maxwell, Vice-Chair-

to consider such a de- men of the Assembly's Juridical arose from an agenda item dea-mended new threepenny was presented with £100 (lucky

issued that

he fellow!) on condition

far there Committee, sald the Committeeing with the ending of transnis- Anition. but so

on sion of Information pound values,

ar decided to draft a convention em territories no longer considered said that the administering spent the sum on stamps for his are no details ns to design collection. After his denth

colour. Orders for the new bracing at least 11 principal hu-

by administering powers con- wers, in signing the charter hud 1091, the collection was complete Mauritius "Pletorial"

have man rights.

cerned to be "non-self-govern- undertaken only to transmit cer- lands on Indonesia. for all issues up to the year 1890. been placed. It consists of 14

ing"

within the meaning of the tain technical information on the and was supported by Mr. Shiva 100,000 values from

charter, and consisted of over

territories embraced by Article 73,, Rao, that the Republic of Indone- ton one cent to

lad This they had done and

become independent stumps of all countries.

with various designs re- rupees

through the will of the Indonesia Mr. Ahmed Farron of Egypt, continue to do, but his

Govern people. lating tu historical

ind

declared that to cease sending in- ment could not concur that the formation could only be in order | adminlatering powers were other-

Mr. A.Spits, the Netherlands, sover- when the territory had attained wise accountable to the commit- said that Holland enjoys a full measure of self-govern- tee, en she truleaship comìnittee signty over the whole af-Indgne-

sio and that direussions are at but not when it was BII- or to the General Assembly.

the Hague present k progress in nexed by the responsible admi-

No Competence on the transfer of sovereignty to Belgium's M. Pierre Myckmans] the Republic of Indonesia. He urged a definition of the asked how the special committer Opening its task of studying 7 Protection of natural rights term "non-self-governing terri- could make n recommendation to information, the special commit- pertaining to marriage, paternity tory to facilitate the commitee's the General Assembly on a ques- tee began a debate

on which, admittedly, it had no tural problems. proposed that

competence to discuss,

M. Roger Carreau, France, sup- problems are common to all un- ported the viewpoint of Mr. de-developed countries and non- Committee's

session 013

Fletcher Cooke and Australia's | self-governing countries should Monday.

Mr. J. D. Hood, that the question | not be considered in isolation, Each member state would raised by Egypt fell outside the

After discussion, re-examina- the rules by which these rights competence of the trusteeshiption of the subject was deferred are to be guaranteed withir fe committee and the General As- to a later meeting. The commit- Lerritory.

sembly.

tee decided to postpone to next Mr. Carlos Edwardo Stolk of year the question of reviving the Venezuela supported this point. "standard form" in which infor- After some further debate. India's mation on the territories-Is tran- Mr. B. Shiva Rao proposed that smitted to the United Nations. the matter be resolved by the Reuter.

cards,

Under-

New Australian

Stamp

It was later acquired by the teresting facts connected with British Museum and, after care-Colony. The date of issue has tul, preparation,

was placed on been released. * exhibition to the publle. During the Inst war it was removed to a place of safety. In 1048 the col- lection wris again prepared for exhibition by a member of the Toyal Philatelic Society, and now

I nm

Informed by the Serre- consists of 1188 frumes, thirty-

tary

of the Hongkong Philatelic Bargain three of which are devoted to

Society that he has received ad- to pos- vice from covers and forty-nine

the Australian Gov- Trade Commissioner ernment

wijl Commonwealth Issue a new 1/6d stamp to re- place

the existing one. The Two GUIANA: ). BRITISH

design somewhat different, in- cents rose stamp of 1851, type-asmuch, that there will be une set and printed at the office of hemisphere instead of two as ot the "Royal Gazette", Georgetown, present, with the figure of Mer- British Guinn, The entalogue cury prominently displayed. The colour will be sepia, and printed volue is E 2000,

on thin watermurised paper, The HAWAIIAN 2.

18 LAND: perforation is 144. It will be in Two types of the tái đwo cents sale concurrently with the pre- | blue stamp worth about £10,000. sent issue until stocks of the

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Post Office Isus valued ut At an auction recently held in the South of England, two items There is also a priceless docu-of local interest were bli ment of the local watchmaker's

for:-

necount for engraving and print- a llong Kong, 30 cents olive-

glamp тест under fetched £2, 2, 6,

ing the first Mauritian stamp.

These rarities are kept lock and key, and application has 11.

of 1030, mint,

Hong Kong. 52 orange and

to be made to view them. No green stamp of 1930, mint, fet- Sexuary application from

stamp-lover is

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It is reported from London

ched £2. 17. 6.

.

The former stamp has jumped

An that cuples of the rarer "Silver considerably

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PRAGUE VERSION OF WAR REVOLT IN SLOVAKIA

Prague, August 27. Czechoslovak historians have blamed the Western Powers, the Vatican and the wartime emigre Czech Government in London for Czech losses in the 1944 Slovak rising against the Naxis, in the first full account of the revolt published here.

The story of the rising is told in Czechoslovak news- popers this week-end on the occasion of its anniversary, for which President Klement Gott- wald is making his second visit os President to the Province of Slovakia.

immediate results o far an (White Ants Extermination Dent.)

The account supports the posi-

Communists were concerned and that this taken by the White Antation In service Offera

the rising, and fallure must be blamed on the call on who organised Treatment. Just make

Benca tho Slovak Roman Western Allies and the the telephone and our Technician attack

Government. in Slovakia, Catholic hierarchy for backing the Germans,

Czechoslovak newspapers link Roman The rising was

charges organised by the

against the Czechoslovak General Staff Catholic actions

rising in the in Kiew under the immediate

with the current Church-State' control of the present General battle. Secretary of the Czechoslovak Omell stories say that "then Communist Party. Rudolf Slan-as now, the Vatican was allied sky, and under the supervision with foreign reaction" and that of the present President of the in 1044 "reaction" attempted to Republic, Klement Gottwald, who leave the revolutionartes de ex- was leader of the wartime Mos-haust themselves in the hope that

KYOUD af Czechoslovak

weak Soviet Union would be felt emigre leaders.

unable to make its views Among

ong confiding accounts, it has been generally accepted that post-war negotiations. the rising was organised without the approval of the exile Gov- ernment in London.

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priest who led the Nazi puppet They add that Father Tiso, the

Slovakia and was Government executed after, the war for war Accounta blame crimes, said The present accou

a thanksgiving miss the Benes Government in London after the German recapture

for falling to support the rising. Banska Bystrica,

they charge the Western Allies

Recalling that in some

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by the were threatened sympathetic to the Nazis and the puppet Government of the priest, munists, the newspapers say that Father Tisc,. in Slovakia than to the Papal decree excommunica- the partisans)

ting people for Communist activi- ties is on the same plane as the wartime attitude of the Catholle hierarchy.

Church Accused

They say the rising was success in that it opened the way for Bavjet forces to pane-

One writer said: "The Church trate tho Tatra mountains is being misused fog aims in con- later. They say it was a failure filet with humanity"-Reuber.

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Іголь arbitrary Protection confiscation of property.

These points were turned over to Mr. Plerre Henri Teitgen of France, former Justice Minister, 1 be defed more precisely and possibly expanded in time for the

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