The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-27
FACTS ABOUT STAMPS.
same Oddities and some Valuable
Old Stamps.

Old Stamps.
From the Chicago Times Herald.
Among the new postage stamps which
are destined to be very popular-aside
,ron1 their commercial value-is one of the
princess of Wales, the first time the feat
ures of this royal lady have been designed
IN tais way. The compliment is paid her
bv one of the loyal English colonies, New
tnundland and the United States has a
anger in the pie as the beautifully en-
crayed pink stamp was made by the Bank
Note Engraving Company of New York
An earlier issue includes the Prince of
wales. in the same pleasing color, and his
rortrait and that OF the Princess form
companion stamps for the requisite value
"a carry a letter to any part of Europe
or America, his being a 2-cent stamp,
while that of her royal highness his wife
is a 3-cent stamp, the combination making
the necessary scent postage.
But there are others, and among these
Is the new stamp portrait of the Queen
NJ England as she looks now, in her dig
nihed age and In her widows cap, 1-cent
green stamp and issued by Newfound-
land. and with it another and younger
scion of the royal family makes his bow
70 an admiring public from the face of a
lavender stamp, the little son of the Duke
o. York and the heir apparent to the Brit
ish throne. Before me as l write is a
letter from the general postoffice, New.
foundland, registered, and postpaid with
A 1-cent green Victoria stamp, two 112-cent
stamps of her little great-grandson, the
small Duke of York, and a pink Scent
stamp of her gracious majesty's daughter
in-law, the Princess of Wales. Quite q
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one letter, and a unique feature of post
age portraiture, not surpassed in any age
or country.
Children's faces are not unknown on
stamps, the little Queen of Holland, as
her Dutch majesty has been called until
recently, being a familiar sight to her sub
jects on the postage stamps of the Meth
erlands. But the little Queen Has shot up
into womanhood, and her childish pictures,
representing a little girl with flowing hair
and straight bangs, are not representa-
tive of a crowned Queen, so she will have
new postage stamp made, indeed has al
ready done so, but withdrew it from circu-
laton because she did not like either the
expression or the pose. Anyone who has
received one of these forbidden stamps
can sell it for So. In few years it will
be priceless.
Little Wilhelmna was not the only royal
child on postage stamp-there is the boy
King of Spain, Alfonso XIII, and there
was a stamp bearing the image of the
young King of Siam l do not recall any
other postage likenesses of little Kings
and Queens but may have overlooked
eone---In these instances the portraiture
was not restricted to postage stamps, but
appeared also on the coin OF the realm.
Perhaps a good reason why no image of
the child Victoria of England Is found on
postage stamps of the past is the fact that
stamps were not in use until 1910, when
that gracious lady was a crowned sover-
eign. Her youthful features taken then
have remained the same until this present
issue of her face in later years. Time
stood still with the bonny young Queen
Of the postage stamp.
The literature of the hostage stamp
should interest many others besides the
stamp colledors and the amateur crank
Who makes himself obnoxious to his
friends by begging their foreign stamps
before they have read their letters. The
rad Is spasmodic like measles or Group,
and Is gone and over with as suddenly.
During the war just ended the Cuban
stamps and those from the Philippine Is
lands were treasured, as it was decided
that no more issues would be made, and as
one enthusiast sad, Tin hundred years
my NOulQ ne NOItu IlOHey. L our uS-
nominations came from the Philippines.
When the Greek war was on the fruit
vendors on the street corners were tor
mented for stamps, and be it said to their
credit they responded generously, the
Greek stamp during that uncertain period
OF King Georges reign being placed Sc
curely on the central flap Of the envelope,
much to the disgust of the mailing clerks,
who had to make several special move
ments 10 stamp the conceling. Greek
kings do not count on their postage, but
ancient wrestiers, throwing the discus
Philosophers and solons with classic char
acters serve for Dortraiture.
number of men may be found In
every large city who make a living by
selling Cancelled stamps and there is nc
end to the number and variety of stamps
or of the stamp collectors. While for
e'gn stamps invite inspection principally
because they are foreign and unfamiliar
our own country offers a multitude Of
rare and beautiful designs affording field
Tor study and amusement.
4 stamp was issued during the Ameri
can civil war by the Southern Confederacy
winch had for it's portrait an engraved
likeness of Jefferson Davis. 1t was only
used for short time in the Southern
states, but large numbers came into tn,
possession of our soldiers who broke int
lhe Southern postoffices and confscatet
me stamps, sending whole sheets of then
70 relatives and friends in the North
cent Confederate stamp, 1861, uncanceled
teis now for 80 cents. This as a rare stamp
a z-cent Confederate stamp Cancelled, 1863
Is quoted at % cents. The 1-cent Confeder
ave stamp Cancelled, 1864, sells for Is cents
Fancy stamps bring fancy prices. bu
ieavlng the commercial feature out stamp
Bathering pays in the knowledge 1t give
OF other countries, stamps being object les
sons in the geography of the world. Civ
boy a stamp book, and an intelligent ia
.her and he viii be well informed abou
foreign countries before he knows it,witl
htlie patient assistance in selecting an,
pacing his stamps. He win surprise hi
lrends by collection of stamps beauti
lH IN design and shading, which SOM
friend in Washington sent him, cancele,
government stamps, such as are used il
'ue newspaper and periodical department
OF the postof1ice. They are used on tn
STUDS of receipts given for money paid Il
al the second-class mail division, and whel
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