Evening star

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Sales figures for the health stamps

I of New Zealand are: 1929. 592.848;

1930, 215,543; 1931. 74,802; 1932, 237,

504, and 1933 260,883.

The American Bank Note Co., stamp

engravers and printers to the United

States Government from 1879 until

I 1894, also manufactured numerous

issues for Newfoundland, Haiti and

various Latin American republics.

Weekly Philatelic Gossip for March

30 reports: “It appears that L. A.

Johnson, inspector over Nebraska,

Kansas and Oklahoma, was the origin

ator of the idea of applying State

names to stamps to protect them

against theft and resale in other

I States, and, when the Post Office De

partment decided to adopt his plan

for a stated period, it honored him by

making the tryout in his territory.

However, it was Mr. Johnson’s origin

al idea that the State name should be

incorporated with the design of the

stamp somewhere, instead of being ap

plied as an overprint.

Those interested in the story of

religion as depicted in stamp designs

should remember the St. Demetrius

commemorative brought out by Greece

September 12, 1934. It represents the

patron of Saloniki on horseback, and

bears the inscription “Thessalonikes”

—the ancient name of the city. The

value is 20 lepta; the color chocolate

brown.

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The letters "A. D.” on the 1869 to

1891 stamps of Belgium signify the

name of the engraver, M. A. Doms. j

Henry Archer, an Irish engineer,

commonly is credited with having in

vented the perforation machine. Poole

and Wylie’s Philatelic Dictionary says:

“In 1847 he brought to the notice of i

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1935). Washington, D.C., 1935-03-31. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1935-03-31/ed-1/?sp=30

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1935-03-31.