The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-01-23


Another contribution to the Panama
map stamps follows in the form of one
gotten out by Their new republic on It's
own account. This in turn was fol-
lowed by the well-known "Canal Zone"
stamps, which are merely the Panama
map stamps overprinted with the words
Canal Zone" and issued for use in the
strip of territory paralleling the canal
route and coded to the United States
by Panama.
Nicaragua has also had o map stamp,
and this was probably issued with the
same intent to advertise the suggested
Nicaraguan route for an isthmian ca
nal that animated Colombia to stamp
advertise Panama.
Venezuela issued a map stamp in
1895, and It IL said that this was for
the purpose of impressing upon the
world in general end upon Great Brit
ian in particular, the Venezuelan claims
to the boundary between the republic
and British Guiana. The English and
Venezuelans were engaged In a dispute
over this matter at the time and 1t will
be recalled that the United States was
finally called upon to arbitrate. Ger
tain promising gold fields had been dis
covered very near the boundary, and
John Bull and the little South Ameri-
cans both claimed these fields were in
their territory. Hence the quarrel
and the stamp.
Upon the occasion OF the meeting of
the third Pan-Americani Congress in
1906. Brazil issued stamp showing
aliegorlcaI figures representing the
Americas gathered about a large chart
OF the Western Hemisphere.
map of the island that It shares
with Hayti was shown on stamp is
sued by the Dominican Republic in
1900.
New South Wales celebrated it's Tooth
anniversary in 1888 by issuing a stamp
bearing map OF the whole of Austria
liza and the adjacent waters. A pecuE
liarity about this stamp Is that the
maker for SOME reason or other left
out the island of Tasmania, although
the map takes In a sea area far beyond
that little land. Where the island
should show, however, there is only
stretch OF grey and melancholy waste"
This was very unkind to the Tasman-
ians, who by one fell stroke of an un-
friendly or thoughtless designer, were
literally wiped off the map.
Globe charts of the world are shown
on one of the stamps of the 1894 issue
OF Portugal, which was in commemora-
tion of the deeds of discovery of Prince
Henry the Navigator. who opened up
the east TO civilization much as Column
bus opened up the west, and at about
the same period of history.
One of the curious map stamps is
that Of the treaty port of Ichang.
China, issued in 1895. The map, or
Diagram represents the little settle
ment of Ichang. and is the only stamp
map of city-if Ichang, with it's fifty
European residents and a handful of
Chinese can be dignified with the title
of city
The city" lies on the left bank OF
the river Yang tse, which stream here
flows in a southeasterly direction. On
the Ichang map stamp the river Is la
celled in Chinese characters, Chang
Chang" which is equivalent to Long
River" another of the names given to
1t by the natives. On the river front is
the ''Haikuan," or custom house, and
back of the settlement is a detached
plot inscribed in tiny characters. lying
Shu," which is nothing more nor less
than the British consulate, the direct
ing force in the community.
W. Dwight Burroughs.