Show e I 1 alq issue id powder grala be ew stamp em lesl and excites cites interest 4 a dim tit the L omme commemorates coming of ker ea sack 4 t huguenots and walloons balloons Wal loons by JAMES P HORNADAY great interest Is belt I 1 liken taken in he the three new postage its just issued by the govern government alent ue are in denominations of one two IV kj 4 five lye cent cents rind will commemorate it coming to america of the hugue w to tad ud the and the three drenth jr of the settler r f eat of new york and the middle wattle latic states joi emment officials edre re that they are the most stamps eier issued by the depart wh ebent eat in or lor ler that the historic f the nei will it i they 0 bear may be I 1 fit tta M more effectively they will be art ti is rr ar than usual and oblong in shape uie the ial on the one cent tamp stamp Is the piche of the 1 the 19 which brought to america i merica in 4 in anthe the first 32 fa families milles under the I 1 i pool apices glees of the dutch west india corn com a ft zy some of these families settled d CT manhattan island others at fort r A now albany and still others d 1 afa 4 different atlantic states the two mo I 1 stamp is a reproduction of a cat eat it set up at mayport bayport May port on the abend t johns river florida by the I 1 who made in 12 the first roa row dempt at a permanent settlement in i os fiat t is s now the united states they y et massacred by the spaniards in d itt issued progressively 11 c costs moving he the usual custom to meet desires of collectors the commee the stamps will be issued progress aili of edh the celebration began begun with the oon eltion of a monument erected by j blostee 0 SOM daughters of the american A is ft at jacksonville and bayport mayport May Mity port 1111 1 rilla on oil may L the first stamps 1 0 tee released there on that date As glo die n celebration progressed northward were issued at each point of agn ta celebration which will last sli six i afterwards they will be put n ale ole throughout the country 11 addition tn to the stamps the govern bent has st tuck stuck uck a commemorative fifty MI piece known aa as the huguenot bearing on one side the chip ship Neder landt and on the other ato aP N profiles of william the silent and tit ibisi 1 coligny of france it was me thu the s silent the george wash a of holland who first sheltered at and walloons when of thel mere driven from france and by religious persecution ex alls bi dr john baer the noted laa who ie Is director of the hugue walloon new Nethe bercen i M Coll coligny cuty was the I 1 1 tat of the great leaden leaders of 0 europe ta suggest 01 america as a place of ref be III for those seeking beeken religious tree free fl it dom dom be dutch west i adla company 1111 i buted id win the privilege of settling tbt e region then known as an ew neth erkd rhe group that came over in at al bonded founded what bat proved to be the he first permanent huguenot and aw a loon colony in america two earlier attempts made by jean under admiral Coll gay at japort Ua Ma por port clorida find charleston South carolina were lIn successful because of spanish massacre massacres starting tn in florida the first brat meek in ilay tiny the celebrations worked northward through the south era ern states nith special exercises in 1 south carolina and through bilenas Ien neyl I 1 vanla vania new jersey and delaware all an of which boast boost early huguenot n ot col onles the most elaborate pan part of the ceremonies took place in new rork york where hundreds of huguenot and nal c loon descendants met to form forin n perma permit nent aal organization the ceremonies jil included the dedication of a belgian gift monument and a national memorial huguenot church on staten island and exercises at albany out and new paltz meet fleady sale the general public never seems to lose interest in the stamp issues put out by the post osice office department every new issue no matter what the purpose of it lt meets a ready sale perhaps Ier ller haps in the history of the govern ment there has been no special issue that has been in greater demand thim the hording harding memorial issue the old red two cent stamp im practically dl disappeared 4 since the d k colored hard ing stamp made its ipe arance of course there Is much behind the enormous demand r the memorial ne morial stamp it Is reason le to assume that hot a it or two wo the demand f r thia hl I stamp will low slow 1 I 1 t n ID 1111 I 1 the department will once 11 in IV he i lining lutting out what tome folks cull tie red two tuo cent film another thing about thil this plump buil noKs ig is the tile activity of the tile collector collectors generation Gener atlon after a bejera tion continues to furnish men and women who find recreation in the collection of stampe froia from all sections of tj tie e world orld this fad it if it may be called a fad centers here because stump from every member of the international postal union find their way to this capital the poet post office ollice department dei I 1 part ment hae has aina endeavored to be helpful la in esery nay may possible to ur the collectors 1 |