STAMP NOTES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 121, 23 April 1936, Page 2

STAMP NOTES

(By “Philatelist.”) ANZAC. The new Anzac stamps are clue to appear on Monday, and those desiring first day covers should' lose no time in preparing them Unless one is gifted in the matter of handwriting, it is preferable to get typewritten addresses on the envelopes. How often do you see a first day or air mail cover that looks unsightly because of the scrawled address. The Anzac stamps are to be on sale from April 27 to June 20. ARGENTINE A new series of stamps was issued on January 1, and two of the designs are of special interest. The 15 eentimos shows.a fine portrait of “Faihtful 20” —the famous Shorthorn bull belonging to an English rancher, and for which the record price of 152,000 Argentine paper pesos was paid at the 1935 Buenos Airos Cattle Show. The one peso stamp has an outline map of South America, with the territory of the Argentine Republic shaded in. The Falkland Islands, a British settlement off the coast and not far from the Antarctic Circle, is shown on this map as Argentine territory. One wonders whether there will be an official protest, or whether the British Government will consider it more diplomatic to ignore this claim to one of the Crown Colonies. The Australian Stamp Monthly recalls that the Falkland Islands centenary series of 1933 was banned by the Argentine postal authorities immediately it appeared. EXHIBITIONS.

.It has , been the custom for some years past for the organising committees of the large philatelic exhibitions to issue propaganda labels a' year or so before the event. These are on the same style as postage stamps, a little larger, and are generally very beautiful in design, and extremely well printed. A selection of these makes an interesting corner in a stamp collection. The “Wipa” Exhibition of Vienna, 1934,' issued a series of stickers, eight (or ten) different designs in one sheet, depicting methods of mail carrying in verious periods, the last apparently being a rocket post to the stars. These sheets can be obtained in about eight different and beautiful colours. The “Apex” London Exhibition (APEX —rAir Post Exhibition) issued a design featuring the famous Tower Bridge—again available in several colours. The New York Exhibition, which is being held in the Grand Central Palace, New York, from May 9 to 17, was illustrated by a very handsome sticker (probably still on sale) featuring a full length side view of Hermes holding aloft an aeroplane, while mail train and mail steamer are incorporated very skilfully at the side—a most artistic production. Now for the “Pexip” International Exhibition, to be held in Paris in 1937, propaganda labels have been issued, showing* a four-bladed propeller, each blade reflecting an ocean liner, a locomotive, an aeroplane, and an airship. They are painted in four different colour combinations, and are obtainable at one franc per sheet from the offices of Pexip, 5 rue Moliere, Paris 1.

[These notes are published with the co-operation of the Manawatu Philatelic Society. Queries and items of interest for publication should be addressed to the Stamp Editor, care “Standard”. Office. 3