Stamp Stories

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22109, 3 June 1937, Page 2 (Supplement)

Stamp Stories

CORONATION ISSUES

A feature of the Jubilee of King George V was the philatelic recognition given to it. This action was very suitable because King George V was such a prominent stamp collector, but the issue of the stamps served as a remembrance of a great historical event. Very many people really, began their interest in stamps through the Jubilee issues, and they will now be able to maintain their enthusiasm by acquiring the Coronation stamps of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, On this occasion Great Britain will issue only one stamp of the value of lid, but advice has now been received that this stamp will also be overprinted for use at the British Post Offices in Morocco, This will mean four additional varieties, one for Morocco Agencies, one for Tangier, one for the Spanish Zone, and one for the French Zone. Canada is also to have pnly a single stamp of the value of 3 cents. The South African set will consist of four values, id, Ud, 3d, and 1/-. The design is not particularly attractive, showing merely an outlined side-faced portrait of the King. South-West Africa will be one of the few mandated territories to recognise the Coronation, and the set will be of seven values, id, Id. lid, 2d, 3d, 6d, and 1/-. The set for Southern Rhodesia promises to be attractive, as the design willcontain a view of Victoria Falls, to gether with portraits of tne K-ing and Queen. The values will be Id, 2id, 3d, and 6d.

The New Zealand set. Id 2jd, and 6d, will already be familiar, and these stamps have also been overprinted for the Cook Islands and Niue. Curiously enough the Australian authorities have not issued special stamps for the Coronation. On May 10, a Id value, with a portrait of the Queen, and a 2d value, with a portrait of the King, were placed on sale, but these are the first values of a permanent issue. However, the Australian authorities have provided Coronation stamps for Nauru, New Guinea, and Papua. One design is common to all three places. It has been based upon the British issue of King Edward VIII. Each set contains four values. When the Jubilee stamps were issued,' a design showing Windsor Castle, with a portrait of the King In an oval, was selected for the Crown Colonies, and a similar plan has been followed now.

(By R. J. G. Collins)

One design common to all the colonies is illustrated. There will be a total of no less than 135 stamps in this type, as there will be three each for the following places;— Aden, Antigua. Ascension, Bahamas, Barbados, Bechuanaland, Basutoland, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, British Solomon Islands, Cayman Island, Ceylon, Cyprus, Dominica, Falkland islands. Fiji, Gambia Gibraltar Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Gold Coast. Grenada, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kenya, Leeward Isiands, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, Newfoundland, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, St. Helena, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Straits, Swaziland, Trinidad, Turks Islands, V Sfom“lan(J. though included said 6 sSh sra-jff s has been a further special issue of 14 stamps, ranging from 1 cent to 48 cents. The full-face of the King appears in an oval, and the rest of the design is occupied with various pictorial subjects, manv of which have already appeared in the designs of the stamps of this place. . There has been some surprise at the omission of a cr from the New Zealand issue, but this really should not create any concern as there have been very many instances in the past where this emblem has not appeared.

Food from Sawdust

If Germany were entirely cut off from outside food supplies, as she might be in the event of war, her people would probably not starve as they very nearly did during the Great War. The Germans would eat thpir trees. This surprising statement is already partly true for during the last three years Germany has been manufacturing an using tons of sugar made from the substance known as cellulose m sawmill and forest wastes. From sugar the three principal food elements may be obtained. These are sugars, fats, and proteins. Ly feeding pigs on sugar, fat is produced; and by the action of yeast the sugar may be made to cornbine with ammonia manufactured from the air to form proteins.

Hippopotamus

The name hippopotamus means "river horse.” Strangely enough the hippopotamus is less like a horse than a rhinoceros. The hippo is, in fact, a member of the pig family. Like the rhino he is a big ponderous beast sometimes as tall as 15ft and as heavy as three or four tons. His nose is tremendously broad and thick, he has a huge mouth and enormous teeth, and he is a vegetarian. His tough, hairless hide is nearly two inches thick in some parts.