The morning call., 1894-08-19
Z JUBILEE. STAMPS.


'NF]thih recent years postage stampsIhave
:largely and almost excl usiyely taken the
:. Lace of Coins as a vehicle for chr0nicling
!: i3nHeTta tor interesting historical events.
and. the tendency to utilize them thus is,
growing at a rapid rate. The secret of
. their being thug in. favor is: the discovery
mat there ara many more purchasers of
Them than there of coins OF similar import,
owing. to the extraordinary Increase OF
those Wb0 delight in the collection of
siam us. -5. .*.,. r = /.
$. From time tc time attention has been
called lin these columns to the mora re-
:1llark8ble issues of this kind. But little
: idea could: be- obtained from these ocea-
siqnat* references of the number and vari-
ety*Of w hal: are ermed jubilee and COM
menI0ratye*s{ stamps. =. -. T.. r -.
u . to date no less than eighteen coun.
tries have indutged III: this fad, with inc
result that. nearly $50 new stamps, envel-,
"opes and cards have been added TO twenty
odd. thousand necessary to complete a col
1eGtIon.: -. :. II. Z: : -,
=. This country was the first to gladden. the
hearts Of collectors by a commemorative
. The :oeea sion was the celebration of the
centennial of thu indenendeuce. Of the
:. United States in 1876 A special envelope
stamp of the value of:3. cents was issued.
rig: uGoI2u. UbinG ID 5I1l6lg1 0H -WlllGu las
Illustrated the difference between the Old
and new way Of TRANSPORTING the mails.
The StamDs was printed both, in red and ID
green at: the Hartford factory, which sup
piled the Government with It's stamped
= envelopes, and de pIiGate die was Sent to:
Pbifadelphla and used at the Worlds
: Fair by the: P0stOffice Department to ilius-.
traie the method Of manufacturing United.
States stam ped. enVel0pbs: This die, by.
/. some. accdent, was made with "a stight
:yaTiat ton. from Z he original. thus giving.
collectors three varieties Qf this stamp
: the red and green*staInps printed at Hart
fDId and the green printed a T. hi Eadel-
~pbia from tEe slightly altered die. "
Many: thousands of: persons bought one
or mere Copies. to take home as souvenirs
af the exhibition and many were thus,f0r
the. first time Introduced to the lad of
stamp co lfec1ing. Although vast. quanti-
ties of these STAMPS were used before they
were superseded: by others in 1880, they
have now becomes scarce, that they are
cataloguef.at IS for the red and % cents for
the green in unused condition.
Eleven years later. in 1887. the example
of this country was followed by Great
. Britain In conlmem oEation OF the fftieth
anniversary OF Queen FicLOria's corona
ton. when a so-called Jubilee" set of ten
stamps were issued IN the GLOWING values
which still remain in use: 1a,.1R, 2, ~, 3,
ID. and 9 pence and Is. Tne design Is the
Queens noaQ1n NaIl0uSiy SNAPPED frames.
This issue was supplemented by a I0d in
1890 and 412d in 1892: AS these are still
cnrrent they are oblainable for about 20
cents for the entire set in used condition.
One year latter New South Wales cele-
bra.ted the centennial of the settlement of
australia by the issue of a series of stamps,
each OF which bore the Inscription, Zone
Kindred Years" Only four of the series
ware issued 10 1888. but four other and
hjober values were issued year later.
Two envelopes were also issued at the
. same mn time. Among the designs on these
STAMPS were an emu. a Tyre bird and kan
gaToo... ,,,b Cov.rrmept cola
" az p en stamps by issuing special
e Oh epS5e with card, the latter having
ton lion HE gave US penny postage; et,.
tiI On fse occasion of the ceebration OF the