Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-23
1000 NEWSTAMPS
ARE0uT IN EUROPE
Postal Issues Galore on the Con.
tinent Since 0eCem.
Der 1918.
MOST FOR the new STATES
Fifteen Hundred OF the Number Are
Accounted for BY the First Stamps
OF New European States Whose
Autonomy Was Guaranteed.

LouuOI.--l ne totHl HutHUcT III HcW
postage stamp issues since December.
1918, Is now approaching 1000 or
these nearly ! 800 are accounted for
by the first stamps OF the new Euro
pean states whose autonomy was guar
anteed by the Paris conference. Po-
land, once represented in the stamp
album by single label, has produced
since the ar!nistice more than 400 sep
arate and distinct postage stamps,
while the Ukraine ranks second with
approximately l75 varieties Of either
provisional or permanent descrp-
ton. Jugo-Slavia and C2echo- SlovH-
kia account for something like 100
specimens each and the debatable ter.
ritory of Fiume for IS,
The average for the remaining
is between 30 and 80 stamps, while the
shortest series thus far recorded is
that Of the Trnnscnucasian republic
Of Georgia, comprising up to the pres
ent four values only. The highest
stamp issuing record" hitherto
achieved was in the year 1914, when
1856 new postage stamps were pro-
duced Throughout the world mainly due
to the change In the watermark Of the
British colonial issues.
Unified Series for Serbs.
One important step toward finality
in the philatelic affairs OF new Europe
Is the issue of unified postage stamps
for the Kingdom Of the Serbs Croats
and Slovenes, instead OF the separate
issues for Croatia. Slavonia. Bosnia
and Serbia. They bear the likeness
of the veteran King Peter | as over
lord OF Greater Serbia and are in
acters. Meanwhile from Agram tJugo-
Slavia) comes news that the Croatian
national postage stamps issued on Jan.
uary l6 this year have been obsolete
since May u and that In the, interim
the Slovenian types printed at Leil-
bach have been used By the Croatian
post office pending the appearance Of
the new general series. which was 10
have come into use on August l.
Czecho- Slovakia. having been admit
ted TO the Universal Postal union. Is
about to modify the colors of certain
OF her current postage stamps In con
fornlance with the requirements OF
that body. In future the five hellers
stamp viii be printed In. blue green
instead of yellow green. the ten heller
in yellow green instead OF red, the 90
heller In deep red instead of green the
% heller In violet instead Of deep blue.
the 80 heller in deep blue instead Of vi
olet and the 20 heller newspaper stamp
in blue instead of violet
Monaco Has War Charity Stamps.
Monaco has just put forth some
what belated set OF war charity
stamps intended, so the inscription in
forms us, to assist the orphellus Fran.
caises de la guerre. A view Of the bay
and rock Of Monte Carlo from the sea
constitutes the main feature Of the de-
sign, inset with picture Of widow
and child, and each stamp is sold at
premium upon its postal value which
goes to the French national fund. As
usual the printing Of the stamps has
been carried ont by the French gov
eminent printing establishment In Par
Is. the designer and engrayer being
Messrs. E,irand 4 .Jarraud.
Italy has issued new fifteen CEN
tesimi stamp. printed in slate as be-
fore, but in the type OF five centesimi
and ten centesimi In place Of the Mi
chetti design previously employed for
this value.
Presumably the instruction issued
last mbnth respecting the discontinue
ance of British colonial war tax
stamps only applied to specific cases.
or else 1t was delayed in transmission.
At any rate, new local and provis-
ional printing OF the Turks island one
penny war tax stamp reached London
last week, and having been set up in
movable type Is more than ordinarily
prolific OF varieties The overprint is
In two lines OF large and small Roman
capitals, with the word "War" widely
spaced.