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Show Special Stamp Will WillCommemorate WillCommemorateFounding Commemorate CommemorateFounding ! Founding of Utahrinal Utah UtahFinal ! Final rmal rinal approval of the creatIon creatIonI creatIonof creationof I of a Utah centennial centenmal postage postagestamp postagestamp . stamp to celebrate the 100th 100thanmversary 100thanniversary 100thanniversary anmversary anniversary of the ; settlement cettlement of ofUtah ofUtah . Utah has been given by the thepostoffice theiostoffice : postofflce postoffice department of the fed federal fedoral fedoral eral oral government Gus P Back Backman Backman Backman man Salt Lake City director of ofthe ofthe ofthe the centennial centenmal announced thIs thIsweek thisweek thisweek week The stamp will be ready readyfor readyfor read ; for printing prmtmg and distribution dlstnbutIon m in in1947 in1947While 1947 1947Whlle 1947While While Whlle the postoffice postofflce postoffrce depart department department department ment reserves the right nght to create createthe createthe createthe the design for the stamp it IS ISanxlOus isanxious isanxious anxlOus anxious to have suggestions anddesigns and anddesIgns anddesigns desIgns from Utah therefore thereforeMr thereforeMr thereforeMr Mr Backman has urged actIve actIvecompetItion activecompetition activecompetition competItion of the residents of ofthe ofthe ofthe the state in m the contest todetermine to-deter to deter todetermme to-determine to determine - - mme mine the best designs for such a r L ; DaysInc Utah Covered Wagon Days Inc which for years has pro promoted promated promoted moted mated Pioneer day celebratlOns celebrations celebrationsin celebratlOnsm offeringhree offermgthree offeringthree m in . Salt Lake City is offermg offering three prizes A $5u 5u $5"0 50 $50 $ " war bondfirst bond bondfust bondfirst fust first prize pnze a $25 25 $ war bond sec second secand second ond and prize pnze and a $25 25 $ war bond bondthIrd bondthird bondhird thIrd prize pnze for the best sugges suggesions suggestions tIons The winners wmners will be determined de determmed determmed termmed termined by judges fudges to be ap appomted appointed appointed pomted pointed by the Centennial Centenmal com corn commISSIon cornmission cornmission mISSIon Judging Judgmg will w1l1 be on the thebaSIS thebasis thebasis baSIS of 75 per cent for writtenideas wntten written wnttenIdeas writtenideas Ideas plus 25 25 2'5 ' per cent for the thequahty thequality thequality quahty quality of any sketch submittedAnyone submItted submIttedAnyone submittedAnyone Anyone m in the state of Utah maycompete may maycompete maycompete maycompeteThe compete competeThe The winning wmnmg ideas and sketch sketches es will be submitted to the postoffice post postoffIce postoffice offIce department but the prizeswill WIll be awarded whether or no1the the suggestions or sketches arcused arcusedThe used usedThe The contest extends to Jan 1 11946 1946 1 according accordmg to Mr Backman BackmanAll BackmanAll BackmanAll , All j suggestions suggeshons should be subflitted sub submItted submitted mItted flitted r itted to the Utah CentennialCommission 'CommIssIon CommIssIon ' ( Box 329 Salt LakCity ( ; CIty ( 8 Utah Contestants shoulcremember l lremember remember r that in m addition treference ( reference r to the Utah centenmal centennial centennialthe I the t stamp must bear also its de denommatIonprobably denominationprobably denomination r . nommatIon-probably nommatIon probably nomination-probably nomination ] - probably 3c - am : he PostageStamp fact that it is a U US S Postage Posta : t . Stamp PostageStampContestants tStamp . Contestants Contestant their < ; are requested to tombmlt to.ubmit toubmit t suggestions or orsketches r sketches ; orketches - - ' as early - as possible |