WAR STAMPS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 3, 3 July 1943, Page 4

WAR STAMPS

SUGGESTION IN HOUSE

The suggestion was made in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon by Mr. F. W. Doidge (National, TaUranga) that New Zealand should issue commemorative war stamps from one penny to one shilling. He said there was an immense market, .especially in the United States, for such stamps, and it would be not only a good advertisement but a good investment. He also asked the Government to press for the resumption of the overseas air mail services wherever possible. The' Prime Minister assured Mr. j Doidge that the resumption of air :mail letter carriage was 'constantly under consideration, and he was quite certain that at the first opportunity mails would again be sent by air. Some, he added, were coming in now, although the service was not very regular But if it could be resumed v it ought to be done. The Postmaster-General (Mr. Webb): All air space is at present taken up. The Prime Minister explained that some air mails were coming across the Pacific, but the route via Australia and India was blocked. However, it might be possible to resume on some other route. The whole matter was receiving attention and would be the subject of collaboration and discussion between, the United States and British Governments. It might be possible after the war to have some better inters national system of air' line communication. Mr. Fraser said he regarded the suggestion for, a war^ commemorative stamp as a very -good one. '• : :