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sign They also have heard complaints
that the stamps are below the standard
OF engraving established for other issues.
Robert J. King, assistant chief of
the stamp division of the Post Office
Department, remarked that the man
with the scythe over his shoulder did
net resemble a Russian. It had been
asserted by one critic that American
farmers no longer used scythes As for
the complaint that the industrial worker
pictured on the stamp was wearing
peasants smock, Mr. King said that
was not SO. The garment was an arti-
sans smock, he said.
The order for the stamp was issued
on July 28 Mr. King revealed. 1t was
a Eush job, he said. The design. said
to( have been inspired by an N. r. A.
poster, was worked out by Victor Nc
Closky, an engraver in the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing" .
Collectors are complaining that it Is
difficult to obtain well centered speci-
mems of the Century of Progress stamps.
Mekeel's Weekly suggests 3mm- inter-
space for future issues. The matter is
referred to the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing for consideration.
Official figures on first-day sales for
the Century of Progress stamps, Chi
cago, have been announced as 1886, 400
l-cent value and 2,425, 900 Scent.
Covers mailed, 1872 ,251.
New officers of the American Phila-
telic Society, elected at Chicago Thurs
day, are: Roscoe B. Martin, Forrestville,
N. Y, president; Carter Glass, jr.,
Henry Haley and Milton j. Moses,
all OF Lynchburg. Va. vice presidents
DR.. H. A. Davis, Denver, Colo, was re-
elected secretary, and Howard H Elliott,
Winchendon, Mass, treasurer.
The 1884 convention of the organiza-
tion will be held at Atlantic City, N. ].
The Society of Philatelic Americans
will hold its 1884 convention at
Philadelphia.
The New York Sun for August 23
contained the following editorial on
History in Stamps: The educational
value of stamp collecting is well illus
trated by the commemorative issue put
out by Newfoundland on the 35Oth
anniversary of the annexation Of the
empires senior colony. In the fourteen
stamps Of the series the collector will
find a compact biography of Sir
Humphrey Gilbert who on August S.
1888. took formal possession in the
name of Queen Elizabeth by receiving
freshly cut turf from the colonists
The pearly gray 1-cent stamp bears
a portrait of Sir Humphrey taken from
an old Dutch book. 'Huroologia' On
the 2-cent variety, in green. is pic
ture Of Compton Castle, the family seat
Of the Gilberts, and en- the orange
brown 3-center the family coat Of
arms with the squirrel crest commence
rated in Sir Humphreys frigate' The
dark rose Accent stamp shows Eton
College. introduced because Sir Hum
phrey was student there in 1851
With the purple scent stamp be-
gins the story of the voyages which
made Sir Humphrey famous this stamp
carries a representation of the gift
which the Queen made to the gentle
man adventurer on the eve Of his de-
parture, a token from her majesty an
anchor guided by lady The 7-cent
stamp, in light blue, shows Sir Hum
phrey receiving the patents for COL
oniZation at the hands of the Queen
whereby he was empowered to discover.
colonize and possess heather lands not
actually possessed Of any Christian
prince or people, as should seem good
to him
'On the brick red Scent stamp is
shown the squadron as it left Plymouth
harbor: the l20-tcn Delight, the 200
ton Raleigh. named after Sir Hum
phrey's stepbrother. Sir Walter Ra-
leigh: the Acton Golden Hinde. the
40-ton Swallow and the lotion Squir-
rel, described as 'frigate.' which took
its name from the Gilbert crest. The
9-cent stamp, in bright blue. pictures
the squadron as it passed through the
narrows at st. Johns on August 3.
1888; and the 10-cent stamp the for
NAL ceremony of annexation two DAYS
later
On the 14-cent stamp, in vignette,
appear the royal arms of the Queen,
with Gilbert's words. I have engraven
thereon the arms of England super
imposed. The 15-cent magenta stamp
shows Sir Humphrey on the poop of
the Squirrel, just before she foundered.
at the very moment when an imagi-
native stamp collector might conceive
that the explorer was saying those
noble words. We are as near to
Heaven by sea as by land On the
2o-cent stamp of olive green is repro
duced In miniature a map showing
Ne"IouHu1dNo DIS IL mao Deen surveyed
up to the close of the sixteenth century.
The 24-cent stamp, described unro-
mantlcally as Of prune color, carries a
likeness of the Virgin Queen. The
32-cent stamp, of medium grey. the
last in the series, represents the statue
Of Sir Humphrey that stands in Truro
Cathedral.
BY the investment of Sl54 many a
Newfoundland girl and boy may have
compact and interesting biography
OF Sir Humphrey Gilbert and a stimu-
liant to a further knowledge of the
history of the dominion"
Peru is bringing out a set in COM
memoration of the murder of Alta
hualpa, last of the Incas, August 20,
1888. The denominations and subjects
are reported as follows: &c. Island of
TallQ. dc Of thu ardac. Sc