Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1901 — PAN-AMERICAN STAMPS. [ARTICLE]

PAN-AMERICAN STAMPS.

Series Issued By the Government as Souvenirs of Exposition. The new postage stamps issued by the government in honor of the PanAmerican exposition are 1,2, 4,5, 8 and 10 cent denominations and in size they are a trifle larger than the common stamps. The 1 cent stamps are green with a picture of a lake steamer, typifying lake navigation, under full steam. The 2 cent stamps are carmine and show a limited mail train. The 4 cent stamps are red brown and bear an automobile. The flve cent stamps are blue and have a view of the steel bridge at Niagara Falls. The 8 cent stamps are lilac and show the ship canal locks at Sault Ste. Marie. The 10 cent stamps are light brown and an ocean steamer appears on them. The stamps are neat and the pictures distinct. The new series was printed by the government and cost four times as much as ordinary stamps. The post office men think the stamps will be popular with collectors and it is expected that large quantities of them will be bought and put away uncancelled.