Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-10-27

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Of peacock blue color with the por-
trait Of Rutherford b. Hayes was
placed on sale October 4, at Fremont,
Ohio, concentrating the one hum
dredth anniversary of the former
presidents birth. This was the first
stamp to be placed on sale of the
complete new series planned by the
Post Office department. The new s.
cent Roosevelt stamp will be available,
Mr.. Glover of the Post Office depart
ment states. ON October %, the BIRTH
day of Theodore Roosevelt. One rea-
son for the selection of Roosevelts
portrait for the -5rcent stamp was the
fact that this denomination is most
widely used on letters to foreign
countries, where the colone's fame Is
believed to be greater than that of any
other President.
1t is planned TO place on sale the
new 50-cent stamp with picture of
the Arlington Amphltheater and the
tomb of the Unknown Soldier on
Armistice day. November IL. The re-
manning denominations of the series
will be put out as promptly as the
engraving and preparation Of the
plates are completed.
In the new series of denominations,
the 13-cent stamp has been dropped,
and accent and 25-cent stamps have
been added. The 13-cent stamp was
found useful only for payment of COM
bined postage and registration fee DUR
Ing the war period when the ordinary
letter postage rate was cents. There
is demand for the added items In
parcel post business, especially for
use by large mail-order concerns. The
department Is urgin~ postmasters to
encourage the use Of the smallest nuns
Der of stamps that will cover the post
age on any parcel, SC as to save both
in cost of manufacture and in the
work of canceling and examining
stamps after the parcel has been
mailed.
Here Is the New Series.
The portraits and other devices for
the entire new series have been finally
decided on. They are as follows:
1-cent, Franklin; 2-cent, Washington;
3-cent, Lincoln; 4-cent, Martha Wash
ington; scent, Roosevelt; 6-cent, Gar
field 7-cent, Mckinley; Scent, Grant;
9-cent, Jefferson; 10-cent, Monroe; IL
cent, Hayes; 12-cent, Cleveland; IA
cent, Indian; 15-cent, Statue of Liber-
ty; 20-cent, Yosemite; 25-cent,
Niagara; 30-cent, Buffalo; 50-cent,
Arlington AmpLitheatre; 81, Lincoln
/ Memorial; 50, Capitol So, America.
The subjects OF the designs have
not been selected without careful re-
gard for their suitability, according to
the departments statement. The por-
traits include Washington and"Jeffer-
son as fathers of our Institutions;
Franklin as the first postmaster gen.
eral; Martha Washington to commem-
crate the pioneer womanhood of
America; Lincoln, Garfield and Nc
Kinley as "the martyr Presidents;
Monroe to mark the foreign policy as
ISOLATED with his name, with Grant,
Hayes, Cleveland and Roosevelt, carry
ing on the historical line to recent
day. ~
Reasons for the Designs
"The devices. adopted for the higher
denominations" Mr.. Glover says.
this New World are represented by the
stand for America as 1t might be
viewed by a newly arriving immigrant.
The strangers, first thought Is of the
primitive dwellers in the land, the
aboriginal Indians, but on arrival the
ing forms of animal life by the Buffa-
Yosemite and Niagara, and it's differ
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10; from these the aliens thoughts are
supposed to turn to the deeds of men
who lived and died to build and pre-
servez the nation, and this idea Is
marked by the Arlington Amphitheatre
and the Lincoln Memorial; then his
mind turns to the Capitol itself as the
centerSof national tradition and gov
.ernment and comes to him vision of
America, the final picture"
In accordance witt instructions of
Postmaster General Work that the new
series Of stamps be entirely distinctive
and outstanding in so far as numerals
and subjects are concerned, as well as
having distinctive and prominent
colors whereby the postal clerks may
promptly detect short-paid mail mat
ter, Director Louis A. Hill of the
bureau of engraving and printing has
personally directed the engraving of
these new stamps and 1t is his promise
that the American public will be given
series Of postage stamps in keeping
with the highest art Of engraving
which should be expected from the
bureau.