The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-26
NEW POSTAGE STAMPS.
Designs of a Special Set Pre-
pared For Cuba.
m BEUsBD UNTIL ISLAND rs FREED

r,o 1ssue Will Consist of One, Two.
r,roa. Five and Ten Cent Stamps.
cost of Plates ana Printing the
s.amns to BE Charged Against Gu
han Revenues.
The postofice department at Wash
;roton is preparing to issue special
cot Of stamps for Cuba, and the designs
have been approved by the postmaster
general The issue will consist of 1, 2,
: and 10 cent stamps. Director Rath-
hone Of the Cuban mail service wishes
70 have few stamps of larger denomi-
nations, and the matter is held up
vending further information from him.
The designs were prepared at the
bnreau of printing and engraving from
nictures furnished by the postOtfice de-
nartment. The 1 cent, or 1 centavo,
stamn has the word Cuba across the
+on with 81" in each of the lower
corners IL the center is a picture Of
tbe statue of Columbus in the court
card of the palace Of the captain gen
eral in Havana 1t will be printed in
Green, There are two designs for the 2
Centavo stamp. The first has Cuba
across the top, with plantation scene
in the center and 80 centavos' at
the bottom. The other has the planta-
fion scene in the upper left hand cor
ner, with the word Cuba across the
center the figure underneath and
centavos at the bottom. The first gives
more prominence to the plantation.
This stamp will be in red
The cent stamp has the word Cuba
across the top, and in the center is
representation of the allegorical figure
Of Cuba which stands in the plaza of
Havana, a woman seated on a throne.
II is called LA Guiana. On either
side Of the figure is the figure 8 and at
the bottom the word centavos The 3
cent stamp has the picture of a mer-
chant steamer at full speed typlfylng
commerce. On the side is wealth Of
palms and tropical foliage and at the
top the word Cuba. Across the bottom
is "5 centavos. !" On the 10 cent stamp
is depicted a farming scene in Cuba.
A Cuban is driving two oxen harnessed
to the primitive pillow in use in the is
land with the long upright stick by
which it is guided. The word Cuba ap-
pears at the top, with the figures 10 on
either side and centavos in a semicircle
above the picture.
The plates will be prepared and the
stamps printed at the bureau of en-
craving and printing, Washington, and
their cost charged against the Cuban
revenues They will be used on the is
land until Cuba is declared free, when
the Cuban government will be at liberty
to continue their use or not as 1t sees
ft The use of the stamps will be an
other evidence of the intention OF the
government to free Cuba.
1t is the first time in the history OF
the postofice department that 1t has
been called upon to prepare stamps for
another country. At present two kinds
of stamps are in use in Cuba, the regu-
lation United States stamp and the
same stamp with the word Cuba and
the denomination in Spanish imprinted
across the face in red similar to the
imprinted revenue stamps issued when
the war act went into effect. The de-
partment prepared the imprinted stamps
for the Cuba mail service, but finally
consented to permit the use of the reg
ular ordinary United States stamps to
accommodate the soldiers, who had taken
Quantities Of stamps with them to Cuba.
In Porto Rico the stamps now IN use
are the ordinary United States stamps,
with the words porto Rico and the
value printed across the face in Span
lSh. The department does not contem-
plate at present making any issue OF
stamps for Porto Rico similar to the
Cuban issue. Later stamps may be pre-
pared for the island, but they will be
Inc United States stamps, with simply
The denominations in Spanish and pos
sloly the words Porto Rico on them.
In the Philippines the United States
stamp is used exclusively at present
and without any imprint A series OF
stamps may be prepared for them. No
stamps except those for Cuba, however,
Will be prepared for the colonies until
aLter the ratification of the treaty OF
peace is exchanged. New York Sun.