Melbourne’S Olympics

Your World of Stamps.-V

Commemorated

A Column for New Stamp Collectors Conducted by KN ONE important feature of Stamp Collecting is the way in which it helps you to keep up-to-date with world affairs. For example, a change in government, a national tragedy, a new outlook, an important inter national conference or decision, or the anniversary or inauguration of a major undertaking, are all re flected in a nation’s stamps Similarly, to-day more than ever, you are able to “follow the news” you read in your papers or maga zines through an examination of the stamps of any particular country.

Never throw away or reject torn stamps in your possession. Put them aside and when you have suf ficient you can paste them on to the covers of your stamp album.

Protected by a coat of clear shellac, you’ll have a fine-looking cover that will be the envy of your friends.

Never neglect an opportunity to attend a Stamp Exhibition when one is held in your city or district.

You may learn a lot of helpful things so that you can follow your

hobby more profitably. A visit will allow you to see how other people arrange, display and “explain” their collections.

Rare and valuable stamps will, no doubt, be on exhibition and you will perhaps gets the opportunity of inspecting stamps you’ve never really seen, but only read about.

Some Recent Issues

• As the first to be held in the Southern Hemisphere, the Olympic

Games at Melbourne certainly vided a lot of excitement; many athletic records were establis and countless thousands witne an event of great historical sign ance. Before the Games sta: several countries commemor their participation in sp< stamps: Italy, San Marino, Mor Sweden, Holland, Czechoslovi Bulgaria, Hungary, Yugosl: France, East and West Germ the Saar and, of course, Austi • The Japanese post office s

15 has been circulating special ew Year” stamps, eagerly awaited I stamp enthusiasts the world «r. because of the original and asual designs, most of which ry pictures of Japanese children, abols, customs and traditions. iel is another country to com morate the New Year (observed re in August!), having done so tally from 1948. i A really excellent method of Acting attention towards wild f preservation is the issue of nps depicting typical zoological Itures. Since 1953, Canada has ulated stamps along these lines, pcising wild life in danger of pction through neglect and lack Consideration. ecently America has introduced ops honouring “Wild Life Con ration,” on which pictures of a I turkey in flight, a Prong q antelope, and a King Salmon e appeared, representing some he wild life in need of protec [ on a national scale in USA.

ipreciation from Germany

[ Klaus Deschke, of Hanover, Germany, was on the staff of Wm. Breckwoldt and at Rabaul and Honiara, BSIP, from 1953writes to say thank you for this new, column—and makes two sug ms: That lists showing the complete set of is now issued by the different Pacific Dries would be a help for collectors as a That we open a "corner" for addresses lllectors interested in the exchange of t stamps.

' feel that KN might think about No. 1.

MM's advertising department has turned is-down on suggestion No. 2.