The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-21
UNCLE SANS STAMPS
MANY CHANGES SHORTLY TO IF
 MADE IN THEN.
Woman to be Honored--Bsujamiu Harrison's Face Soon to Appear Portrait of Farragut to Supsr-
 ssde that of Perry.


 riers. Her latest achievement is to inc duce the Pos.oflce Department at Wa5h- inston to put Martha washinston's face on the new series of eight-cent postage stamps which will make their appearance next fall. says The Baltimore American. Ever since Uncle Sans postoffice began making stamps, in 1sa7, or thereabout, tho face of Washington has appeared on one of the stamps in every regular issue and, with smgle exception. on a stamp of low value and general use. Benjamin Franklin's face has always adorned post Hf Ow to Deope RSo receive letters ever since 1sf. Presidents other than Washington whose faces hava appeared on the stamps are Jefferson. S;ackson: ;s Lincoln, Garfield, Grant. Mad or the stamps of higher values the eignt-cent stamp now bears Sherman's picture the ten-cent Webster's. the If. sons. the hfty-cent Jefferson's, the dollar stamp Perry's, the two-dollar Madison's, ana the hve-dollar Marsha1rs. Faces of Presidents.
 Since 1861 but two Presidents have not upon 2 postage stamp-Johnson and Arr gible
 In the first entire series. in 1851, Wash ington appeared upon all the denomina- tons save two-Franklin on the one and Jackson on the five. In the 1870 series stanton appeared upon the seven-cent. Hamilton upon the thirty-cent. Al lhave been permanently superseded or the denominations abolished. Zachary Taylor appeared upon the five-cent value in 1875 when the value was created. but field. A face Shat will appear on stamps of be that of ex-President Harrison. 1t viii be thirteen-cent stamp. There will be practically no demand for a stamp of this value for domestic use but for for- cents is the cost Of sending a registered letter weighing not more than a half ounce to any country within the Postal Union Heretofore it has been necessary | to use five and an eight cent stamp. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison has been re- ouested to furnish the department a pho- tograph of General Harrison which meets
 TT The or @ is said to bs contemplating a general change in the present issue of stamps. which have been in use for twelve years a period much longer than the ordinary life of stamp. | One change already determined upon is that Commodore Perry, whose face adorn- ed the ninety-cent stamp from 1870 down to 1894, and the one-dollar stamp from | 1894 to the present date. will be super | seded upon the one-dollar denomination by another famous sea fighter Admiral | Farragut. Commodore Perry disappears permanently.
 The Full Set.
 As at present constituted. the full set | is as follows: One-cent. green. face of | Franklin; two-cent, carmine, face of Washington; three-cent. purple. face of Jackson: four-cent. dark brown. face of | Grant; six-cent. red-brown. face of Gar l field; eight-cent, mauve. face of Sher- l man; ten-cent. light brown, face of Web- ster: fifteen-cent dark blue. face of Clay; | ffty-cent. orange. face of Jefferson: one- dollar. black, face of Perry; two-dollar. sapphire, face of Madison; five-dollar. % Before t isaS ais There 9, W were % in the United l S.ates no postage stamps of any sort Two years before that date Great Britain had been experimenting with some degree l of success. and In 1S45 the postmasters of Alexandria, Va, and St. Louis. Mo. is- sued stamps on their own account. Up | to this time it had been the custom to dispatch mail without prepayment of | distance, being pa:S by the recipient, as l general thing. The postmasters men toned had printed at their local printing office crude labels, the first bearing the words. Alexandria postotiice; paid hve cents." and the St. Luuis stamp. repre-. senting the figures, 5 10 and 20 cents. just | above the picture of two bears stand ing with their paws upon the seal of | Missouri.
 In 1S46 postmasters in Millbury. Mass; Brattleborough. Vt; Baltimore, Mo; New I
 lowed suit. Copies of these stamps now | sell readily at from $25 to S2,OOO accord- | ing to the number of copies In exist | ence.
 In ls47 the United States issued two l stamps of the value of and 10 cents. | Tho portrait on the five-cent Is that or | Franklin, after painting by Longacre. | The venerable statesman and inventor looks the picture of contentment, his long | curls hanging down upon his shoulders, a white handkerchief and fur collar about his neck. . l ing of Washington, within an ellipse, ap- I pears upon the ten-cent denomination.
 The words Ten cents" and two large
 Post Office' on the upper part. all in | black, complete the stamp.
 1 The First Series,
 In 1851 what may be termed the first
 regular series If United States postage
 stamps was issued. There were eisht de: 90 cents, and Washihgton's face was upon five of them. Franklin appeared upon ths one-cent and thirty-eent' and senerson , This series continued in use until 1881: Up to 1856 all stamps had been furnished | the public in imperforated condition. re-
 and copies of the 24. 30 and 90 cents. with
 out perforations, unused, are worth
 From 1881 to 1866 the denominations of I full face of Andrew Jackson appears up-
 on the two-cent and the n,artyred Lan- coin is imprinted upon the fifteen-cent:
 In 1869 the department issued its frst
 series of stamps in two colors: or: ratn, ,f.,
 CT, partial series. The head or Frankiin | appears upon the one-cent: postman riding d horse going at breakneck speesd | is depicted upon the two-cent; an oiu | fsshi6ned wood burning funnellstocked locomotive is the central figure Of the
 hreecent washing9ns itn face otstpetcheS ls apeh wings resting upon shield represen nts
 the an ocean tss v;teetae of oads fhs
 The cent is sbeo1s9stoS TsPrSdSstiSai oi
 of Trum5ull's paintMlng Masn,r 9ton The pic.
 s in border ana
 work in green The ad tnirtycs of carune Tpon
 a an baessround of flags in blue: The por-
 of Lincoln in SorSer SlsSs appears df eane in
 the ninety-cent.
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