The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-19

A new onc-cent postal-card is being
printed at the bureau of engraving ana
printing and when the first issue of o.
600 600 has been counted and bundled
the new card will be placed ON sale. It's
distinctive feature, says the Wash
ington Evening star is that the new
card contains a viEnette of President
Mckinley i'm lieu of President Jeffer-
sons portrait. The issue of the Jeiter-
son card will be discontinued when the
present stock on hand is exhausted.
| When desired by purchasers the new
| pOstal-card win be furnished I'm sheets
| of 40 cards each. 1t is expected this arr
ranEement will effect a large saving To
purchasers who have their messages or
! addresses printed on postal-cards I'm
| order to avoid the heavy black device
/ at the top of the jefferson card ana
/ leave a clear space for the pOstmark
/ the new postal card has three lines OF
| small type printed about an inch below
/ the top of the card The card is thus
/ divided latterally into two sectons-One
for postmark and one for the address.
/ The official description of the new card
/ is i'm part as follows: In the upper
right hand corner is a portrait of the
! late President Mckinley threequarier
! face, looking To the left with the words:
! Postage one Cent above and 1Si3-Mc-
7 Kinley-1gOl,' below the stamp and fol-
/ lowing it's elliptcal contour. The por-
/ trait used for the subject of the stamp
/ is one which was preferred by Mr.. Nc
| Kinley himself The stamp is pracu-
caly devoid of ornament The card
win be the same size, 3A by 5ia inches,
as the old one bearing Jetferson's por-
trait"
The bureau of engraving and printing
/ has received instructions from the post
office department to prepare designs for
an entire new series Of postage stamps
The question of a new series was dis
cussed in the autumn after the death Of
President Mckinley, and the impress
. sion prevailed that when the new set
was ordered the portrait of President
| Mckinley would adOrn one of the demo-
limitations. Undoubtedly that was the
plan then but the department decided
to place the portrait of the late presl-
dent upon the new postal card ana inns
| removed him, in a sense, from the list
Of eligibles A new face will appear
upon one of the stamps that Of the
late President Harrison. In order tnaJ
there might be place for his portrait,
new denomination was created-a 10
cent stamp. There will be practically
no demand for a stamp of this value for
domestic use. but for foreign use
there is a place for it, Thirteen cents is
the cost of sending a registered letter
Weighing not more than One-halI ounce
to any country within the postal union
Heretofore it has been necessary 10 use
five and an eight cent stamp. Mrs,
Benjamin Harrison has been requested
to furnish the department photograph
| or portrait of Gen. Harrison, which
|. meets her approval for the purpose
proposed
Since 1861 but two presidents have
not been honored by placing their por-
traits upon postage stamp-JohnsoI
and Arthur-Cleveland, still living not
being eligible In the first entire series
i'm 1851. Washington appeared upon al
the denominations save tWo-trahkiilI
on the one and jackson on the five. In
the 1870 series Stanton appeared upon
the seven-cent, Scott upon the "a and
Hamilton upon the 3O-cent. All have
been permanently superseded or the
denominations abolished. Zachary ray
lor appeared upon the tive-cent value
i'm 1875 when the value was created but
disappeared in 1882, giving away &c
Garfield.