Interesting
pp. 87-88 · Read in the full issue
Your World of Stamps.—XII
Interesting New Issues
Conducted By K. N.
IN connection with the recent celebrations marking the 350th anniversary of the foundation of Jamestown, the first white settle ment on American soil, the USA authorities issued an attractive new stamp. As well as bearing a medallion showing early English pioneer ships of 1607, several modern warships, including an American aircraft carrier, appeared on the stamp. Its issue coincided with the holding of the Inter national Naval Review.
This was one of the events marking the Jamestown celebra tions, and included some 111 war ships from 18 different nations, held at Norfolk, Virginia.
The 150th anniversary of the Danish National Museum was marked recently by Denmark issuing two stamps, one of them showing a view of the institution, formerly known as the Royal Museum for Nordic Antiques. The other
illustrated one of the Museum’s out standing exhibits, the Sun God’s Chariot, Many other nations have similarly produced stamps on behalf of National Museums of various kinds.
An interesting design has been used on a Canadian stamp in memory of the early explorer, David Thompson, who went to Canada in 1784 at the age of 13, in the service of the Hudson Bay Company. On the stamp, which showed a map of the territories where he made some of his important discoveries, Thompson is shown using a sextant.
Explorer Thompson (1770-1857) was very active in the development of Alberta and British Columbia.
A short while ago Liberia issued six stamps for the anniversary of the Ist Fan-American air service, connecting the African Negro re public with the US. One of the two designs pictured the PAA clipper, ‘Captain John Alden”, at Idlewild Airport, New York, and the second design featured the same airliner being farewelled by Liberians at Roberts Field.
A portrait of President Tubman w r as also included.
No less than fifteen stamps, in two principal motifs, comprised an issue put out by Venezuela recently to observe the Ist American Book Festival at the Central University at Caracas. A map of the Americas and an open book was the highlight of one stamp, the other design showing a book supported by the flags of the American countries.
Many nations have honoured the memory of Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scout Move ment, whose birth centenary has been the occasion of special stamp productions. The Central American republic of Nicaragua issued a set of fifteen values, printed in two colours, the 12 distinct designs showing many scout motifs and symbols. , , , ...
These not only included portraits of Baden-Powell and Joseph Harrison, who established scouting in the republic, but represented a Rover scout, Senior scout, and Wolf cub. with scout symbols— scout badges, knots, bows, etc.
The 85th birthday of popular King Haakon, of Norway, is being celebrated this August with a special stamp. The first time the aged monarch was similarly honoured was in 1947, when his 75 th birthday was commemorated with a portrait study. In 1952 the 80th anniversary of King Haakon s birth was celebrated by two stamps on which his effigy was seen in naval uniform. t General Motors-Holdens Ltd, has decided to appoint Holden vehicle distributors in the Cook Islands, Tahiti, the Society Islands, and in American and Western Samoa.