European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes thursday november 20,1988 stamp Corner today s crossword postal card honors National guard  for 350 years the National guard hat responded touch diverse emergencies u flood tornadoes riots and War. While grounded in article ii of the Bill fright which guarantee a Well regulated militia the Gaud Roou can be traced to oct. 7, 1636, when the various Militi companies of Massachusetts were organized into three regiments the Early colonists had adopted the English militia system which required All males Between 16 and 60 to Poueu arms and participate in the Community de sense. Militia companies drilled weekly and provide guard details each evening. After the revolutionary War additional militia unit were established by the tales but it was t until 1824 that the title National guard was Flat used by Newyork s 107th inf regt when that group acted As an Honor guard Tor the Marquis do Lafayette during his return visit to the United state. By the Early 1900 s Arnott other state regiments had also adopted the terms Well. The design of the new card a based upon a painting by Don Troiani entitled the fint Musler depicting the initial gathering of the East Reft at Salem mass. To obtain tint Day Eana Katims on postal service provided cards Send 14-oents and a return address Label for each card requested to National guard postal card postmaster Boston mass. 02205-9992. Personal checks Are acceptable do not Send Cash the card i being released on dec. 12, so cancellation requests must be postmarked not later than Jan. 1 1, 1987. A bread Wagon from the 1880s is the subject of the new 25-Cenl transportation Coil stamp 25lh in la series to be released nov. 25.bread wagons were simple adaptations of Standard horse drawn wagons. As people moved from farms to cities in the late 1800s, they could no longer do their own baking. Commercial bakeries sprung up to meet the demand and their products were delivered in such wagons in Homes and  Conn for Al rat ii onto Ahmu not later than dec. 22, to bread Wagon stamp postmaster Virginia each a. 234sq-9992. The Cost is 25 cents per Cave More on Emerent uses a Fri Harvard University was originally the College  it was renamed for John Harvard shown on the new 56-eent great americans stamp in 1639,three Yean after it a founded in gratitude for har Vard bequest to the school of his Library and half his estate. . Eliot was a 1909 graduate of Harvard. His Flat Book of poems published in 1917, contained the love song of j. Alfred Prufrock considered to Bethe first masterpiece of modernism in English. His most famous poem the waste land 1922gained Eliot an International reputation. The publication four quartets considered by Many to be Eliot finest work led to award of the 1948 Nobel prize for  a dramatist. Eliot won a Tony award for the cocktail hour 1949and experimented in verse drama with plays such As murder in the Cathedral. In 1481 Pietro i Vannucci whose Madonna an child appears on Thil year s Christmas stamp was commissioned to decorate the Vatican s Siste Chapel completing three frescoes which were later destroyed to make room far Michelangelo s last  much of his work however does survive including the nativity triptych St the Villa Albani income and St. Sebastian at the louvre in pans. Us. Slip to bit a s 1 .50 discount is being offered by the postal service on the 1986 commemorative mint set which went on Sale oct. 25. The regular Price is s 1 1. To obtain the Dis count Good until next March 31, you must use a Coupon which just happens to be included in the current up caulk cats to obtain a copy write the philatelic sales division Washington  20265-9998. Golden  the 76-Page hard Houn Book commemorating the 1984 olympics Tuu beep reduced in Price from $20 to si6.95. Included Are all24 stamp and four stationery items released by the uses to note the 1984 game. This Book is u out standing volume for non collectors also and would make a terrific gift order from the philatelic Sale division. The 14-cent ice boat transportation Coil stamp Isnow being printed on the Bep a press. However unlike the 4-cent Stagecoach stamp re engraving was. Not required. The uses has announced that the use of postage due stamp to denote amounts to be collected from addressees for then paid mail has been discontinued. The Stamps were first authorized in 1879. Effective immediately regular Stamps or meter strips will be used for mail picked up at Post offices carriers will merely collect the Money. The current postage due Stamps Are listed in the philatelic Catalon. Scott publishing 911 Vandemark Road. Sidney Ohio 4336s, is continuing to fulfil its pledge to bring Back into print Long unavailable album. New releases include pages for . Possessions. Commemorative regulars plate blocks and postal stationery. The beginner s stamp fit issued by Scott during Meriex has won a medal at  Selling for $4.95, it includes a 16-Page . Album wit space for More than 250 Stamps a packet of 35 . Stamps. 500 hinges and a copy of the Booklet stamp collecting made easy.". Copies of the Ameri Pex Catalon containing Sev eral souvenir cards and sheets including the first for Helsinki 88 the second was in the Stockholm Mia Catalo Nare available for $25 postpaid from Ameri Pex 5944 West Montrose ave., Chicago 111.60634. Learning about Luup collecting there Are Many ways to learn More about stamp collecting. How to books such As the boy scout stamp collecting Merit badge pamphlet available from Bra transatlantic Council Apo 09102 Are often mentioned in this column. Many Community libraries also have such books on their  method although a bit More expensive is to enrol in the excellent courses sponsored by the America philatelic society in conjunction with Penn stale. Titles course numbers and costs Are beginning stamp collecting for youth la 5634 $40.65, beginning stamp collecting for adults la 5836 $56.95. Intermediate stamp collecting i la 5837 $59.30. Intermediate stamp collecting u la 5838 $63.80. Printing methods and techniques la 5858 $92.70.for More information including Complete course descriptions write Deal of Independent learning,128 Mitchell bldg., Penn state University University Park a. 16802, in Ken Ray Ortu or. Blu onto n Dehus Mca  o m035-06m. 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