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uk outlaybinmtiqitOUR NEW STAMPS. 11Hit* j ———kke Thk Editor. ®for1 i^ir.—I have just seen for the ii.-nt time v khr ‘be Dew Jvl. and JJ^d. slainpt The mss *■ m convenient, and the design on the!^h, i whole very neat and appropriate. Theyhare one Ht-riouM defeat, bovefsr, which c inn I. a*» a j itriotic British subject deplore ** ^e They do no* contain the King's h« vl in C( m »iuy pa'* f *he design. I think that all * colonial -tamps should contain the *' ck King s hea l art a symbol of the unity of i ** or i the British empire. 1 would saggest that w when new penny stamps are issued, the King h head (engraved in smsl! size)! should appear where the word .J amaica’USndm-i appear* on the new halfpenny stamps.The word Jamaica” could bo placed atsc•8the bottom of the Mtamp where the prlt;’ilt;ifword “ha’fpeony* now appeare, Thie word le rupeifluous, as “'sd” apjtear# In leach corner at the top. The King's : he*d should, of course, lie engraved (in a lt;, rthleld or omilar ornament. The colour of the Jamaica eoat-of arms should, 1 think, l rather briguter to make aneffective display.—'I am, etc.W.Kingston,t( Dec. 'j iuoa.foHimOf
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Kingston Daily Gleaner
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Thu, Dec 03, 1903
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