Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-06

The 9 cent stamp Is red. 1t repre-
sents the Gatun locks of the Panama
Canal, with a merchant steamer
emerging from one lock and a warsh:p
in the other. The mountains of the
Isthmus appear In the distance. and
palm trees on the right hand side OF
the locks. Beneath the picture are
the words "Gatun Locks.
TIE scent stamp is blue. 1t pre-.
sents the Golden Gate of San Francis.
co Harbor. with the setting u in the
background and a steamer and a sail.
ing vesse' in the bay. The words
Golden Gate" appear below the pic.
ture.
The 10 cent stamp Is dark yellow.
The subject is Discovery of San Fran
cisco Bay" from a painting which rep.
rese2ts the discovering party looking
out upon the distant bay.
The Panama-Pacific stamps are u
be sold beginning January l, 1913, and
po3tmasters vino receive them earlier
are not allowed 10 sell them prior to
that date. and in no case are they
to be sold to the exclusion Of stamps
o. the regular issue. But about thu
very date, about one hundred million
Of those new stamps will have been
distributed among Uncle Sans 50, O00
post Offices.
They will go on sale about the same
time with twelve different designs 0!
as many values. 2, 8, 4, ). 10, Is,
20. %, so. Is cents and $1.00-al OF
them printed in red ink. There will
also be postage due stamps printed ~
/. 2, 3. 10 and rs cent values In green
ink. These stamps at the line Of per
foration are 1 inch by 1A inches and
all but the postage due ones r orna'
mented with exquisitely delicate ell.
cravings representative Of the varied
activities of Uncle Sans postal serv
ice, or of the industries whose pro
auctions will be benefited by the priv
lice of the parcels post.
Thus. the postOfice clerk is the sub
ject of the tiny engraving that orna'
ments the I cent stamps. The clerk
is shown distributing mail in the many
bags of the mail rack, illustrating the
system in voue in all big post Offices
On the 2 cent stamp is shown the city
letter carrier at work. He is at the
front door of a city residence. waiting
for a response to his ring to deliver
the mail.
The railway mail clerk is the sub.
ject Of the 3 cent stamp. On the
cent stamp Is shown the rural carrier,
and his wagon and horse. The. mail
train Is pictured on the 5 cent stamp.
and an undoubtedly fine piece of ell.
craving is the steamship and mail
tender, the artistic, subject of the III
cent stamp. he automobile service II
illustrates the Is cen stamp, showins,
. The rapid methods of collecting mai
in the cities. An %aeroplane carrying
mali, depicted on the 20 cent stamp Is
the forecast Of what is certain to be a
tyotent factor in future mail service
both in times OF peace Or war.
The other sta mps are devoted to II.
Illustrating important industries. Thus.
manufacturing, the title OF the 25 cent
stamp, shows a steel plant. Dairying
Is tht occupation shown in the so cen,
stamp, and Harvesting is the agri'
cultural scene on the Is cent stamp
while Fruit-growing. the ornament .!
the 81 stamp, is another Of the sp,end
id engravings noteworthy TO rthe per
lection OF its miniature figures.
Each OF those e%ngravings is crowd
ed into the tiny space provided On &C
smallia piece of paper as q postage
stamp, leaving a space for the margil
nd engraved border. Director Ralph
of the U. s. E'ureau OF Engraving an.
Printing, tells me that this is the fiji
est series Of postage stamps, in en-
craving and Irinting, ever issued \,
any government in the civilized word
The first design was approved in DC
tober, and since then all Of the STAN!
plates have been engraved, many dc
liveries having been made, in the in
terval to the post office department
for distribution among those 6 ,00t
and over posta Offices all over thu
land.
The preparation of an issue Of post
age stamps is an interesting proceed
ure. In compliance with law, the pos
office department first declares iii
needs. Then the designers are put t
work by Director Ralph, and they pre-
pare drawings supposed to be pert
nent to the subject OF the coming Il
sues. These drawings are all of them
selves tiny In size, contained in.
space four by six inches, ap2roximat J
~, and all of them are photographer
down to postage stamp size and sub
mitted to the postmaster general aftel
whose approval is given, the artist,
work of engraving is taken up. TIL,
printing foiIoWs, and the next step ],
the delivery q the printed stamps Il
We postal department--and it ~Oai
the rest. /,
Among Jews at the National Capt
tai the Zionist movement, which has
La, strong propaganda here, and. ~
deed, for that matter. al over tn
United States, as well as in Continen
tai Europe, has apparently taken On
new life with the Turkish reverses