The evening times., 1899-08-22
new STAMPS FOR CUBANS
The First Lot Just Shipped to the
island From Here.
1t Embraces $152,OO0 Worth OF vari-
Gus DenOminat ti0ns-Hands De-
Stntuary of the COuntry-COllect-
Ors May Cnuse u Heavy Demand.

Third Assistant Postmaster General Mad
dern has just made the first shipment Of
the new Cuban postage stamps to the post
master at Havana. 1t consisted of s152, 900
worth of stamps, divided as follows: 1,500,-
600 ones, 100000 twos, 100000 threes, 800,-
900 fives, 100000 tens, and 1000 special de-
livery ten-cent stamps. He also shipped at
the same time $1,000 worth OF postage due
stamps, which are the same as the postage
due" stamps used in this country, with the
word "centavoS'' printed on them. There
were 100000 ones, 10000 twos, 20, 900 fives,
and 10000 tens Of the postage due stamps.
''We have only issued the Cuban postage
stamps" said Mr. Madden's chief clerk
I'm Porto Rico they are still using the
United States stamps with the value printed
on them in Spanish. and as for the Philip
pines. We have had no requisition for stamps
from that section, and / guess the mail
routes are not yet well established.
"Of course there will be rush of phila-
tetists for the new Cuban stamps, but they
Will all be referred to the postmaster of
Havana as none of the stamps will be sold
in this country. | expect the stamps will
pe On Sdfe III f1dNdud lOudy tuey were
shipped from Washington Saturday.
The new Cuban stamps, while they corre-
spond in color and size to the stamps used
in the United States, are more snowy and
are typical Of the country in which they
VIII be used. The 1-cent stamp is green
with reproduction in miniature OF the sta
tue of Columbus which stands in the court
yard of the old Spanish captain generals
headquarters. 1t represents Columbus
standing with his left hand resting on the
world Above the figure is printed Cuba
and below 'centavo" with the numeral l
on each side OF the centavo.
The 2-cent stamp has a group of three
royal palms in the foreground. with several
other palms in the distance. 1t has Cuba
printed at the top with ''centavos' at the
bottom, and the numeral 2 at each side of
the eentavos. 1t is printed in red.
The Scent stamp is royal purple one
with a miniature copy of the statue Of
La Cubena." which stands in one of the
plazas of Havana The figure is seated
on a raised dais with a crown on her head
and clothed in long flowing robes. The
words Cuba and "Centavos'' appear as
on the other stamps with the numeral 3.
border of tropical foliage encioses
merchant ship which is printed in blue,
the ocean waves being reproduced in
very realistic design.
The prettiest of all the stamps is prob
ably the 10-cent one, which is delicate
slate grey in color with a plowman and
his team of oxen in the foreground, which
represents a field and in the distance the
plantation buildings appear. Cuba" and
"Centavos'' appear as in the other stamps.
The designer Of the special delivery
stamp evidently believes that the Govern
ment will introduce the bicycle in the pos
tai service in Cuba. as the new special de-
livery for Cuba has a border of tropical
foliage with shields on which are the nu-
merals 10, and in the centre is picture
of messenger boy on wheel and on
each side of the picture the words 'Diez
Centavos." At the bottom OF the stamp
appear the Spanish words ''asegura entire
ga imediata al llegar la administration
de destino.' which broadly interpreted
means, This assures delivery immediate
ly to the point of destination"
There will be a big demand among col
Iectors for the stamps and thousands OF
them will be purchased as soon as they
are placed on sale. but the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing is ready to supply
all the stamps needed as soon as the pres
ent shipment is exhausted.