Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-22
QUEENS PORTRAITS
ON POSTAL STAMPS
Victoria W. the First be Engraved and Appears $500 Vae
tes the Dutch Stamps Show the Queen But Martha Washington
Was One Of Only Three Woman Ever Portrayed u S. lssls
New York Times.

Africa. Owing to the death of King
Edward before the event, the Duke OF
C.5nnnurht represented the royal family
at the South African Parliament. This
Rhodesia isnIo showed the portraits of
the present King and Queen side by
side, this double portrait type being
used for eighteen values The lateat
portrait OF Queen Mary IN on the one
cent green stamp OF Newfoundland Ia
sued In 1911 as we'll ~ on the flve-cent
variety OF the same year.
Only three women have been por-
trayed on United States stamps. Mar
tina Washington, Queen isabella OF
spain and the indian girl. pocahontas.
who saved the life Of Captain John
smith The Martha Washington stamp
was the eight-oent value issued In
1909. the portrait being miniature
copy OF Gilbert siunrta famous paint
ing of the first Presidents wife. II
WAS In use about SIX yeara and then
WINS superseded with new one bear
Inc WashinRton's portrait. The So
ciety of the Daughters of the Aneri-
can Revolution has urged that the
portrait of Martha Washington be re-
stored on United States stamp of a
later issue. Queen Isabelle ] of Spain
was portrayed on the Columbus eom-
memoration stamps Of 1898 and on one
OF the jamestown Exposition stamps
of 1907 was a portrait OF the Indian
Princess. Pocahontns.
The Hawaiian Islands during the pc
riod of native rule, showed "a peculiar
partiality to honoring the women mem
|bers of the reigning family BY engraved
postage stamp portraits. In addition e
Queen LiIitiokalani the last member Of
the native royal rulers, the portraits
Of two other Queens appear-1lnren
Knpiolani, whose features are depicted
on the 15-cent issue Of 1882. and the
Dowaeer Queen Emma, who graces the
81 stamp of 1885. The first wouan's =
portrait to be placed on a Hawaiian
stamp was that of the Princess Vic
tor-ia Kamamsla. who appeared on the
one-cent issue OF 1869. She was a
daughter of Katnohanaha ", one OF
the most energetic Of the native rul-
ei-s. In the 1882 issu~sa picture OF the
Princess Likelike appears on the one.
cent value. Queen Liliuolxaiani graced
the two-cent stamp Of the 1891 issue
the portrait being expellently engraved
a more HuANN THlef tHAH Ntifff III tHt
Hawaiian monarrhs was Queen Makea
Of the Cook Islands. Her picture adornf
several of that small countrys postal
issues. IT is recorded that she took q
great interest in the engraving of her
portrait and the Postmaster, when ap-
proving of the sketch, wrote, as in
struetlons to the enRraver. THE Queen
ie much pleased. Take care that
Nakea's likeness In not made toe
dark
An excellent portrait Of the popular
Spanish poet and novelist. Gertrndis
Gomez de Avellaneda, form the chief
feature in the design OF the single s.
cent blue commemorative stamp issued
by Cuba in 1914. She was born on the
island of Cuba In 1916. She was also q
playwright. and some of her dramas
were produced in Madrid. She died ir
1879.
The we'll known portrait issue oi
Austria in 1908 and which was re-en-
rrayed for the Birthday Jubilee issue
of 1910 contains a full face portrait oi
Maria Theresa on the two-heIler varie,
| ". The snowy Guatamala issue d
/ 1874. in four values. bears the feature,
/ in an artistic design of a native In.
dian girl.