The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-11-02
1000 NEW KINDS OF
STAMPS IN EUROPE
Since December, 1918, There
Have Been Postal Issues Ga
lore on Continent.
Special Correspondence to THE SUN and
Tae Public Ledger.

Special Correspondence to THE SUN and
Tae Public Ledger.
LONDON, Oct. 15.-The total number of
new postage stamp issues since December,
1918. is now approaching 1000. OF these
nearly 1900 are accounted for by the
first stamps Of the new European States
whose autonomy was guaranteed by the
Paris conference Poland. once repre-
sented in the stamp album by a single
label. has produced since the armistioe
more than 400 separate and distinct post
age stamps, while the Ukraine ranks
second with approximately ITS varieties
Of either a provisional or permanent de-
scription. Jugo-Slavia and Czecho- Slova-
kia account for something like $50 speci-
mems each and the debatable territory
OF Fiume for seventy-hve.
The average for the remaining States
Is between thirty and nifty stamps while
the shortest series thus far recorded is
that OF the Transcaucasian republic Of
Georgia, comprising up to the present
four values only. The highest stamp Is
suing record" hitherto achieved was in
the year 1914, when 1.2S6 new postage
stamps were produced throughout the
world. mainly due to the change in the
Unified Series for Serbs.
One important step toward nnality in
tne 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
Tor Croatia, Slayonia. Bosnia and Serbia.
They bear the likeness of the veteran
King Peter 1. as overheard Of Greater
serbia and are inscribed In both Latin
and Cyrillio characters. Meanwhile
from Agram (Jugo-Slavia) comes news
that the Croatian national postage
stamps Issued on January l6 this year
have been obsolete since May 27 ana
that In the interim the Siavonian types
printed at IAibach have been used by
the Croatisn post Office pending the ap-
pearance Of the new general series
wnlcn was to have come into use on
August I.
Czecho-Slovakia, having been nd
mitted to the Universal Postal Union 10
about to medify the colors of certain OF
her current postage stamps in conform
ance with the requirements of that BODY
In future the five hellers stamp will be
printed In blue green instead of yellow
green the ten heller in yellow green in
stead OF red. the twenty heller in deem
red instead of green, the twenty-five he'll
Ter In violet instead Of deep blue. the
nfty heller In deep blue instead of yio-
let snd the twenty heller Newspaper
stamp In blue instead OF violet
Monaco Has War Charity st,mn.
Monaco has Just put forth a some
what belated set of war charity stamps
.htehoeu' 80 the inscription informs us.
70 assist the orphelins Franchises de la
guerre. A view of the bay and rock Of
Monte Carlo from the sea constitutes
thu main feature of the design. ins.,
with picture of a widow and a child.
ana each stamp is sold at a premium
upon Its postal value. which goes to the
French national fund. AS usual. the
printing of the stamps has been carried
out by the French Government printing
establishment in Paris. the designer and
engraver being Messrs- Surand q Jar
raud.
Italy has issued a new fifteen CEN
tesimi stamp. printed in slate as before.
but In the type Of i've centesimi and
ten ~centesimi in place Of the Michetti
design previously employed for this
value.
Presumably the instruction ,ssued
last month respecting tho discontinuance
of British Colonial war tax stamps only
applied to specific cases, or else Il was
delayed in transmission. At any rate,
a new local and provisional 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 varie-
ties. The overprint is in two lines of
largo and small Roman capitals, with
the word ''W A r" widely spaced.