Evening star

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Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland,

Portugal, Hungary, Italy, Switzer

land, Denmark, Norway, Siam and

Japan.

The nations agreeing to the pro

posal of the promoters of the fair

are Brazil, the Dominican Repub

lic, Ecuador, Iceland, Mexico, Ru

mania, Russia and Turkey. Chile

is reported to be “still considering,”

and Sweden also is supposed to be

•tudylng the plan.

No answers have been received

from Greece, Finland, Haiti, Iraq,

Lithuania, Nicaragua, Peru, Salva

dor, Venezuela and Yugoslavia.

France, however, has made up

the loss of some of the reluctant

countries by announcing World Fair

adhesives for each of two dozen

colonies, all to be on sale at the

French Pavilion.

Four independent nations—Aus

tria, Czecho-Slovakia, Albania and

less recently Ethiopia—meanwhile

have been eliminated from the list

whose postal authorities were ap

proached by the sponsors of the

fair.

Profits from the sale of the labels

of Brazil are to be used to buy

new machinery for the national

mint. Russia and Mexico, deplor

ing the sins of capitalism, have not

indicated what they will do with

their ill-gotten gains.

A dispatch from Ottawa tells that

a special post ofllce will be operated

in conjunction with the royal train

on which King George VI and Queen

Elizabeth will travel in Canada. It

will be known as the “Royal Train

Post Ofllce,” and will be provided

with appropriate canceling devices.

Collectors interested in obtaining

covers are requested to send self

addressed, standard-size envelopes

bearing necessary current Canadian

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1939). Washington, D.C., 1939-04-16. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1939-04-16/ed-1/?sp=45

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1939-04-16.