Show anachronism in stamp an interesting addition to the lie recent issues sues of british colonial postage stamps is the chenow linew issue just put into circulation for the lie islands of st christopher and nevis forming parl par of the leeward iri tbt lie west tn dies for many years both of oc these w tile islands have had their individual issues of stamps but recently they have been combined combine I 1 lle lie stamp being in scribed ascribed st kitts nevis the fort former name being the popular term tor for the island of st christopher the new issue site Is practically twice its as large is AS tile the former stamps be hearing aring I 1 two distinctive designs in oval frames one being the portrait alt of king george ceorge find tile the other that of christopher columbus on the deck of his ship gazing through a telescope at the distan I 1 land it makes a picturesque an achron istia in the history of oe philately fur for life telescope was riot not invented for more ir than a t c after the discovery of st christopher island by columbus tito stamp is alo tile the first in the combined issues for these two I 1 islands s I 1 at ids which has borne the portrait cit rit of klug george |