Show Uncle Sam Saul Starts ts a Ne New v Year With a I New Nev P esi Presidential Sel ies o of ff Postage Stamps I II I By ELMO ELl SCOTT WATSON VATSON t Western Newspaper Union Unton OR SALE Beautiful F FOR steel-engraved steel portraits of every President of the United States from Washington to Coolidge at prices ranging from 1 cent to 5 Some of these have never before been reproduced in inthis inthis inthis this form nor offered to the public at this price Send in your order today or apply in person to tori toUNCLE UNCLE SAM SAlVI I That ri is a notice notice which your Uncle Samuel might well tack up in in every everyone one of his odd post offices throughout the country at att t the h e beginning i I a 0 of f the New Year For its it's literally t true r rue ruet U C t that hat h he e will have for sale at that time a acorn acorn- com complete i set 0 of f iva these beautiful I 8 steel steel- steel engraved engraved portraits of our Presidents These portraits are to be found on the new Presidential series of postage stamps which the Post Office department department department de de- h has a s b been bee c e n issuing during the past year The last in the series series- the cent 24 Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin Ben Ben- jamin Harrison stamp the 25 c cent e en n t William Villiam McKinley the cent 30 Theodore Roosevelt and the cent 50 V William Howard Taft were Taft were placed on first day sales in the post office office of of- fice flee in the national national national na na- na- na capital this month and by the first of the year all of the stamps in inthe inthe inthe 4 the series will willbe willbe be available in in every post office office of of- fice flee throughout the United States Its It's also literally true that some of these portraits have never before been reproduced in this form Up until until until un un- til the time this new series was issued twelve of our Pres Presidents iI i- i dents have been I denied the honor hon hon- or r of h having v g s theIr portraits on our postage stamps They were John Adams John Quincy Adams Martin Van VanBuren VanBuren VanBuren Buren William Henry Harrison John Tyler James K Polk w Mi Mill Millard Hard a r d Fillmore Fillmore Fill Fill- I more Franklin rl Pierce James v m. m Buchanan Andrew Andrew An An- i drew Johnson jf 1 f Chester A Alan I 1 a n m Arthur and Calvin Caler Cal Cal- j W vin Coolidge I. I All AIl of the others oth er ers George Washington Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe Andrew Jackson Zachary Taylor Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S. S Grant Rutherford Rutherford Rutherford Ruther Ruther- ford B. B Hayes James A. A Garfield Garfield Garfield Gar- Gar field G Grover r 0 v e r Cleveland Benj Benjamin Ben Ben- j jamin amin Harrison William Villiam McKinley McKin- McKin ley Icy Theodore Roosevelt Villiam William Wil Wil- liam Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson and Warren Warren Warren War War- ren G. G Harding had Harding-had had appeared on stamp issues at one time or an an- other The same was true of such statesmen a as s A Alexander 1 e x a n d e r Hamilton Henry Henry Henry Hen Hen- ry Clay Daniel 4 Webster William William Wil Wil- liam H. H Seward I John Marshal Robert Livingston Livingston Living Living- ston and Edwin Edwin Ed Ed- win M. M Stanton such military and naval heroes as Winfield Scott Oliver Hazard Perry W William Tecumseh Sherman Sherman Sherman Sher Sher- man David G. G Farragut and Nathan Hale S and such historical historical his his- figures as Christopher Columbus Balboa Bal boa Capt John Smith and John Ericson B But u t these 12 Presidents Presidents dents were for forgotten gotten men so far as their portraits portraits portraits por por- traits on stamps was concerned The same expanding postal needs which had brought prominent prominent prominent nent Americans into our stamp gallery in past years made it necessary t to o 0 find some more Americans worthy of this honor So early this year Postmaster Postmaster Postmaster Post Post- master General Farley announced that there was t to be a general revision of our stamp issues arranging arranging arranging ar ar- ar- ar ranging the Presidents in their t chronological order In addition to the 29 former Presidents thus honored there is another of course Herbert Hoover Hoover but but he is ineligible for a place in the stamp gallery so long longas as he is living two other notables notables nota nota- bles not Presidents Presidents Presidents dents are retained retained retained re re- re- re in the new s series e r i e s. s 1 t They are Benjamin Benjamin Ben Ben- jamin Franklin 41 father of the American postal post post- al system and Martha Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington the first woman whose portrait appeared on one of our stamps In fact the new series begins v vh h these two Franklin Tn who has always l- l appeared on the u one-cent one stamp c- c v is now on the i one half cent issue is isI issue is- is I sue instead of Nathan Hale Hal e f and 1 Martha art h a Washington replaces replaces re re- re- re Warren places u. u warding x on me ine one ana anu one une- half haU cent stamp There is also a 4 cent 42 cent stamp which shows the White House the home of our Presidents Arranging the Presidents chronologically has resulted in some sone noticeable shifts Washington's Washington's Washington's Washing Washing- tons ton's l likeness l eness h has a S b been bee e e n on both the two- two cent and the three cent stamps in past years He will now appear only on the one-cent one replacing Benjamin Franklin and yielding his place on the red two-center two to John Adams and on the purple purple pur pur- three center to Thomas J Jef ef- ef ferson Sin Since c e Americans spend more than for postage every year and nearly half haU of this sum goes for two-cent two and three-cent three stamps its it's likely that they are going to tobe tobe tobe be more familiar familiar famil famil- jar with wit v i t h the t h e r looks of their wr m J second and third f t. t f r- r Pre Presidents sid e n t s t j John Adams f rm and a n d Thomas V W. W Jefferson than they have ever f- f j I been before It is to be hoped that Millard Fillmore was not a superstitious man else it might have given him some uncomfortable moments moments moments mo mo- mo- mo ments if he could have foreseen foreseen fore fore- 4 seen that his portrait t would appear on the cent 13 stamp It will be noticed noticed no no- that there J. J is no cent 23 A 2 stamp Jl S That's O not riot because of any superstition in regard to that number or any desire to avoid perpetuation of the 23 tradition Grover Groven Grov- Grov er en Cleveland who appears on 4 i J the c 22 cent 22 e n t J stamp served t. t fA two terms in m inthe inthe S 'S the White House fJ II tf but they were I y not consecutive He was defeated defeat- defeat defeats s ed by Benjamin Benjam- Benjam in Harrison who served one then staged a come back and was elected for another year four-year term So it seemed the logical thing to place his portrait with the dates of his two terms on ont t the h e c 22 cent 22 e n t stamp and place Harrison on the theIn cent 24 issue In addition to being the year of the new Presidential Series of stamps 1938 1038 has been a notable notable nota nota- ble one for the number of commemoratives commemoratives com corn that have been is is- is sued Whether 1939 will be equally rich in these reminders remind remind- ers of our past remains to be seen Outstanding ing among the 1938 commemoratives were The three-cent three Constitution stamp issued in connection with the anniversary of the ratification ratification tion of the United States Constitution COtt tion b by y the states It was first placed on sale at atthe the Philadelphia Philadelphia Phil Phil- adelphia post postoffice office on Ml The t three three- h r e c- c M cent Delaware am s stamp tam p com com- commemorating commemorating the anniversary of the landing of the first Swedish and Finnish colonists in this country It was first placed on sale at ton Del on June 27 The three-cent three Northwest Terri Tern I tory Sesquicentennial stamp commemorating commemorating commemorating com com- the anniversary of the establishment of civil government government government gov gov- in the Northwest Territory Territory Terri Tern tory under the Ordinance of 1787 It had its first sales at Mariet Mariet- Marietta Manietta ta Ohio on July 15 The t three three- h r e e- e cent Iowa Territorial Territorial Territorial Ter Ter- Centennial Centennial Centennial Centen Centen- nial s stamp t tam a m p corn commemorating m em 0 r a t ing the establishment establishment establishment of the thet t territory err i tor y of Iowa in hi 1838 It Jj l was first placed on sale at Des Moines on August August Au- Au gust 24 The Post Office department has announced four commemorative stamps as a apart apart apart part of the 1939 stamp program All are of three- three cent tion The first to be issued will be in honor of the i Golden Gate InI In- In I 1 1 i co l e J Iu Francisco and will be released there February 18 Two stamps are scheduled for April 30 one commemorating ora ting t- t ing the anniversary an an- o 0 f George Washington's Washington's Wash Wash- ington's taking the oath of 91 office of of- flee fice a as s fir first s t President 5 e a at 4 Federal Hall in New York city April 30 1789 and the other will vill be for the NewYork New NewYork NewYork York Worlds World's Fair 1939 The Washington i in inaugural n a u g u r a I will be ai r stamp placed on first first- day sale in New NewYork NewYork York but the point of release of the Worlds World's Fair stamp has not been deThe de de- de- de The f fourth 0 u r t h stamp will commemorate the twenty-fifth twenty anniversary of the opening of the Panama canal It will be issued August 15 at a first-day first s sale a I 1 e point to be an an- The year 1937 was also rich in special stamp i issues s sue s. s Outstanding Outstanding Out Out- standing among them were the A u T u li ruvy IN a avy v y 1 u n z v series of one two three four and five cent stamps These stamps were oblong in shape and in addition to the portraits of military and n naval a val heroes shown in ovals at the right and left they contained contained con con- tamed in in a middie middle middle mid mid- dle die panel a view of some patriotic patriotic patri patri- otic shrine or orsome orsome some historic American scene The one cent army stamp bore borea a view of Mount Vernon home of Washington in the center flanked by portraits of Washington and Gen Nathanael Greene of Revolutionary Revolutionary Revo Revo- w war a r fame The one one- showed por portraits traits of John JohnPaul Paul Jones commander of the Bon Homme Richard and John Barry commander corn com mander of the Lexington our two outstanding sea captains during during dur- dur ing the l- l tion Between them was a picture pie pic ture of typical warships of that period The two cent displayed army stamp portraits por- por traits of Gen Andrew Jackson and Gen Winfield Scott with a view of Jacksons Jackson's home the Hermitage near Nashville Tenn in the cen cen- ter The two two- pictured Commodore Corn Com Stephen Decatur hero of the War with the Barbary Pirates Pi- Pi rates and Corn Com Commodore Thomas 2 t XH 2 MacDonough W hero of the Battle of Lake Champlain The three cent army stamps pictured the Union generals Sherman Grant and Sheridan a and n d S the navy stamp Admirals David G. G Farragut 1 and David Por Por- ter The four cent S army honored stamp Gen Robert E. E Lee and Gen Stonewall the Confederate Jackson of army and the navy stamp depicted sampson Dewey and of the Spanish American war |