The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-01-07
The New Columbus Stamps.

The boys who devote a great deal OF
their spare time to collecting postage
stamps will d O we'll to provide new set
of spaces in their albums for the new
Columbus stamps. They are said to be
the finest lot of stamps ever issued by
the American Banknote Company for
the Post Office Department. They are
issued by the government in conmem-
grafton of the four hundredth anniver-
sary of the discovery of America by
Columbus, and are all-ffteen in number
ID, signed from the most celebrated
paintings having to do with that event.
1t is confidently expected that these
stamps will be ready for distribution at
| the post offices all over the country early
in January, when they will be for sale
| throughout the year 1898, at the close OF
| which they will be withdrawn from
general circulation. A technical discrip-
ton of these stamps recently given out
is as follows:
| One Cent: columbus in sight of
Land" After the painting by William
| Fl. Powell. On the left is an Indian
woman with her child, ard On the right
an Indian man with head dress and
feathers. The figures are in sitting
posture. Color, Antwerp blue.
Two cent: "Landirg of Columbus
alter the painting by Vanderlyn in the
rotuuda of the Capitol at Washington
Color. purple maroon.
Three cent: Flag ship of Columbus, y
the Santa Maria in mid ocean, from a
Spanish engraving. Color, medium shade
of green.
Four cent: Fleet of Columbus" the
three caravels-Santa Maria, Pinta, and
Niua-in mid ocean, from a Spanish en-
craving. Color, ultramarine blue.
Five cent: columbus soliciting Aid
from Isabella after the painting b
Bropzik in the Metropolitan Museum Of
Art. Colo r, chocolate brown.
Six cent: columbus welcomed at Ban
celona," from one of the panels in thu
bronze doors in the Capitol at Washing
ton, by Randolph Rogers. On each sid
is niche, in one OF which is statue
Ferdinand and in the other statue o
Bobadilla. Color, royal purple.
Ten Cent. columbus presenting Ma
tives," after painting by Luigi Oregon
at the University of Notre Dame, Soutl
Bend, Indiana. Color. Vandyke brown.
Fifteen Cent: columbus announcing
his Discovery" after the painting by +
Balaea, now in Madrid. Color, dar
! green.
a Thirty Cent: columbus at La Rabid
after the painting by R. Maso. Color
g sienna brown.
, Fifty Cent: "Recall of Columbus,
after the painting by A. G. Heaton, no
. III the Capitol at Washington. Colo
O carbon blue.
O One Dollar: Isabella pledging he
y Jewels" after the painting by Muno
Degrain, now in Madrid. Color, ros
r salmon.
" Two Dollar! Columbus in Chains,
# after the painting by Lentze, now
e Providence, Rhode Island. Color, tone
q mineral red
Three Dollar: Columbus describir
Third Voyage" after the painting
Francisco Jover. Color, light yellow
Y green.
It Four Dollar: Portraits in circles
n Isabella aud Columbus; the portal,
ID Isabella after the we'll known painJir
in Madrid, and that of Columbus aft
IS the Lotto painting. Color. carmine.
or Five dollar: Profile Of the head of G
a lumbus, after cast provided by Il
ne Treasury Department for the souveI
i. City cent silver piece. The profile is
g a circle, on the right of which is tt
ed figure of America, represented by
es female Iudian with a crown OF feather
F. and Oh the left figure of liberty, DO
" figures being in sitting posture. Coli
Ut black. -
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1T. get a aownlate set Of star 9nls
ty the |SIy intbs 0os'. e.
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