Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-27

though the brain that inspired it has
long persisted in the dust
The adhesive stamp has another ma
tiona1 value than that of All educa-
tional one--a patriotic one, EXPIRES
sion of this value is found in the per
Sonal stamp. the stamp bearing the
likeness Of the Presidents. This prac
tice of placing a national character
upon the postage square seems to
be as old as the adhesive stamp itself.
The first stamps of England bore the
imprint of Queen Victoria. Those of
the United States bore the imprints
of Washington and Franklin, respec-
lively. as they are today.
That lessons in patriotism are in
culcated by such practice is not TO
be doubted. Children. and even
grown-ups of alien birth. read in them
the characters of the great men who
laid the foundations of the republic.
They soon learn to notice. associate
with the country and revere the men
whose likelinesses appear on the
stamps. Washington unQuestlonaoly
comes in for the greater part of this
homage of these growing citizens:
There is not day that hundreds OF
thousands of letters and other articles
of post do not go through the mails
bearing his image.
osophy is known 10 every schoolboy
through Poor Richards Almanac,
is scarcely one whit less public
character today than the Father OF
His Country. His likeness also APP.
pears on hundreds of thousands OF
pieces of mail a day. reminding the
public constantly of his services to
the Nation and his character. me
enumeration might go on 1ndennltely.
The stamps Of the Columbian series
1.-THE first commemorative series) is
sued to commemorate the discovery
of America, by Columbus were In six
teen denominations with the follow
ing subjects: 1-cent. Columbus in Sight
Of Land: 2-cent. Landing of Columbus;
3.cent. Flagship of Columbus; 4-cent.
Fleet of Columbus: 5-cent, Columbus
Soliciting Aid of Isabella: scent, Co
lumbus Welcomed at Barcelona; D.
cent. Columbus Restored to Favor
1O.cent, Columbus Presenting Natives;
lucent Columbus Announcing Ills
Discovery: 30-cent. Columbus al La
Rahida: 6o-cent. Recall of Columbus:
81. Isabella Pledgins Her Jewels;
81. Columbus in Chains; 50. Co
lumbus Describing His Third Voyage
81, Isabella Columbus; So Columbus
X X
THE next commemorative series OF
l. outstanding character. though
not in chronological order. was the
| Louisiana Purchase Series of 1864
! The series is reminiscent of the early
DAYS of the republic when the vast
territory west of the Mississippi was
| the possession of France. Its his
| torical significance is commensurate
with the greatness of the Nation to
day. The subjects selected for this
series were: 1-cent. Robert r. LAYING
ston. United States Minister to
France. conductor of the negotiations
for the Louisiana Purchase, 2-cent.
Thomas jefferson, President OF the
United States at the time of the pur-
chase and the hero of It: James Mon
roe, special ambassador to France in
the matter Of the purchase and who.
with Livingston. closed the negotia-
tions; scent, William Mckinley, who.
as President, approved the acts Of
Congress officially connecting the Gov
eminent with the commemorative eX-
position. and. 10-cent, map showing
territory of the Louisiana Purchase.
In the history of the Nation. a ro-
nance Of unsurpassed grandeur. there
Is no more intriguing chapter than
that of winning the West. Its popu-
larity in picture and discourse is
without depth, breadth or height. 1t
is unmeasured and Unreasonable. 1t
is full of action. independence. mean
ness and littleness Of character,
grandeur and nobility of soul. 1t
charms and fires the imagination. In
dams race across the plains, cowboys
sleep under the stars and awake with
dawn to drive over the endless mesas
their clove-hoofed charges, miners dig
for gold and the husband sings be-
tween the pillow handles and gazes
steady, blue-eyed. toward the cabin
In the clearing from which curls
faint wisp of smoke. In 1898 the
Post Office Department wrote this
story on a series of stamps. There
were nine in all and the pageant pre-
scented ran: 1-cent. Marquette on the
Mississippi; 2-cent, Farming in the
West; 4-cent, Indian Hunting Buffalo;
scent, Fremont on the Rocky Noun
tains: Scent. Troops Guarding Train;
10-cent. Hardships of Emigration; so
cent, Western Mining Prospector;
81. Western Cattle in storm;
-, Mississippi River .Bldss, The