The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-18
WIEN TIE WAR BROKE OUT,

and q vast quantity of stamps which were
IL the hands of the postmastsrs of the
southern states became useless. The post
masters of the confederacy did not suppose
that they would ever be called upon TO &C
count for them and Postmaster general
Blair issued an order stating that after
given date all stamps Issued previous to
that date would not be held good for post
age. Up to this time il was advertised
that the old stamps would be redeemed if
they were presented and upon the date
fixed the new issue Of stamps was made
and this was the issue Of 1861. The same
denominations were used as in the former
issue but the two cent local postage stamp
was added. In 1865 stamps of s. 10 aud
% cents were issued for newspaper
postage but they were not popular
and were soon discontinued. The next
issue of stamps was in 1869 and we had an
other iu 1870. The series Of 1870 continued
until 1890 and it was superseded only few
months ago oy the stamps now in use.
At present there are more stamps in use
than most people have any idea of. The
new stamps alone range in denomination
from one cent to ninety cents and there is
q ten-cent stamp, a nftcen-cent stamp and
a thirty-cenJ stamp. The designs for all
the stamps are selected by the postmaster
general with the assistance OF his su0ordi-
mates. The faces on the stamps are sharply
=
get designs which viii be popular and ap-
propriate. 1t has been said that the por-
traits on all the American stamps are taken
from busts or statues. This is mistake
The portrait of Abraham l. ncoln on the
new tour-cent stamp IS after y photograp PHI
from life, and the same is true of the five
cent Grant stamp and the six-cent stamp
bearing the face of eX President Garfield.
The ten cent stamp has a portrait Of DIN
Eel Webster after daguerreotydefr from life
and the same is the origin of the portrait of
Henry Clay on the blue fifteen cent issue
The remainder of the stamps OF the new
issue are taken from busts and Comodore
Perry's picture on the ninety cent stamp is
sitter Wolcott's statue.
THE HIGHEST DENOMINATION
issued by the United States in the form of
q stamp is the sixty dollar stamp which is
used by newspapers in paving their postage
bills. For the same purpose are the one
dollar and ninety two-cent stamp, the three
dollar stamp and the various other denom-
nations ranging from that on to forty eight
dollars
In no way can one get better idea of the
growth of the United States in both popu
iation and business than by looking over
the statistics of stamp sales. During the
three years after stamps were first &C.
copied, from 1S47 to 1851, only four million
stamps in round numbers, were sold 1t
took 6 people about three years to get &C
ouainted with their value, and to show
that they appreciated the reduction of the
postage to three cents in 1852, the volume
of letters increased almost fifty millions in
single year. In 1852 there were fifty-four
million letters sent with American stamps
through the mails, and from that on there
has been steady increase up to the pres
emit when the number runs up into the bill
lions. A financial panic materially reduces
the increase in or sales of postage stamps
Prior to 1873 the country had enjoyed long
season of prosperity. The war had been
followed by therestoration of business and