The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-11-03


Five Dollars; Complete Set Worth
@1O.89; Great Rush WIN DO Made
by Collectors for First Stamps.
With the announcement . week
ago that the United States had pre-
pared a new set Of postage stamps, of
which two values will be placed on
sale this month. interest in the cheap
new Europe issues, which have been
appearing almost at weekly inter-
walls for the past three years, has
fallen off. Every collector. from the
youngest school boy to those sena-
tors of the United States who rank
high in philatelic circles, will be Gag
er to get copies from the earliest
sheets put on sale for, as frequently
happens, minor changes in color, de-
sign or perforations might be made
in the near future and, in that case,
the first impressions would imme-
diately be enhanced in value.
The collecting of United States
stamps. beginning with the first gov
eminent issue in 1S47, has been pur-
sued SO keenly here and abroad that
the bringing out of new set IL an
event of more than ordinary inter-
est. Thousands of the new stamps
will be quickly purchased. never to be
used, and conservative estimates by
dealers last week indicated that the
post office department will profit
financially by several hundreds Of
thousands of dollars in the sale of
stamps which will never be redeemed
or ever used for postage.
The new set will be the largest in
number ever issued in this country
for letter postage. The series will
contain Fl stamps, ranging in value
from cent to IS, and the face value
of the complete set will be 1902.
OF the ten presidents whose portraits
will appear on different denomina-
tons. three will be seen on United
States stamps for the first time,
Roosevelt on the 5 cent stamp, Hayes
on the II cent variety and Cleveland
on the II cent value.
On Sale on Roosevelt's Anniversary
The S and IL cent stamps are an
nounced for sale this month, Oct. q
being the first day when the Roose-
welt stamps may be purchased, that
being the anniversary of his birth.
The portrait stamps will end with
the IL cent Cleveland stamps. The
nine higher values. beginning with
IA cents, will contain various ma
tional scenes and allegorical designs.
On the II cent will be a picture of
the American Indian; the Is cent
will have a view of the Statue of
Liberty; 20 cent, Yosemite; rs cent,
Niagara; 80 cent, Buffalo; so cent,
the Arlington amphitheater and tomb
of the unknown soldier; 81, Lincoln
Memorial at Washington; 50, the
Capitol at Washington; and IS,
American. The unknown soldier
stamp will be put on sale Nov. II,
concentrating the fourth anniver-
sary of the armistice.
Franklin. the nations first post
master general, whose portrait was
placed on the cent stamp in 1851
and remained continuously on that
denomination until 1912, has prop
erly been restored to his old posi-
ton, with Washington on the 2 cent
stamp where he has been for many
years. The other portraits are: 3
cent. Lincoln; cent, Martha Wash
lngton; cent, Roosevelt; s cent.
Garfield; Z cent, Mckinley; s cent,
Grant; 9 cent, jefferson; 10 cent.
Monroe; II cent, Hayes and IL cent,
Cleveland.
Martha Washington's Portrait
Martha Washington is the only
noteworthy woman of our national
history whose portrait has ever ap-
peared on stamp. Her face eraced
the very artistic 1902 issue on the
Scent value, but she disappeared
from sight so far as letter postage
is concerned in 1908 when the two
portrait designs of Franklin and
washington were adopted. No other
portraits have been used on any of
our regular issues since that wear.
and, although the designs are neat
their sameness has made the United
states series somewhat monotonous.
fortralts or Lincoln and Seward
We're placed on the commemorative
issues OF 1909, but they were only in
use Tor a comparatively short time.
the former being on the 2-cent stamp
issued In the centennial year Of his
birth and Seward on the 2-cent stamn
commemorative Of the Alaska-Yukon
Exhibition.
Uniform rates of postage were
Iirst provided for by the United
states government in 1S45. but Il
was two years later before the flint
official stamp issue was made. In
the intervening years about a dozen
postmasters In as many cities and