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Show Madonna and Child' on Stamps. Religious subjects tire" not commonly used ns the basis' ofxtniup designs, although al-though figures ;of tho Madonna hW known on the ciyly stninps of the Vir-' gin Island nml iliore rc'ijentl. 'orir tlie high Values uf 'Havarlu. A" Jet of thre speclnl postage slumps, nhtvl'y isMitoii In the snmll 'principality of LIchteiiHtoIji, In honor of tho flghtleth birthday! or the reigning prince, .lohniin II, reilre-sent reilre-sent the vision of the Virgin nml he Holy Child nppenrlng In the henvi-ns abo,vo Iho rnpltnl low;n of Vndiif.. The stamps ure lithographed Iff large format, for-mat, nnd vompilK'e tlie dt'libuilnfttlons W) heller green. Srt heller Vnfmtiie" nnd 2 kronen blue. i ( I |