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Show TO COMMEMORATE LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY Washington, Jaif 20. To commemorate commem-orate the on? hun lredth anniversary of tho birth of Abraham Lincoln, Postmaster Post-master General Meyer today announced an-nounced that one hundred million new two-cent postaee stamps would be Issued Is-sued on or before February 12 next. The design comprises the portrait of Lincoln in an ellipse, the only decoration dec-oration being a spray of laurel leaves aad tho inscription, "U. S. Postage" in a straight line at tho top of the stomp, with the numerous "1S09 February 12 1909" at tho bottom. The color of the design will be red. The profile was taken from a copy in Corcoran Art gallery in this city of St. Gauden's statute of Lincoln on Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. I |