Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1903 — Stamps Are Recalled. [ARTICLE]

Stamps Are Recalled.

Word has been received from the postofflee department at Washington that the new two cent stamps recently issued <by the department have been recalled. They have proved unsatisfactory, in that the design is considered inartistic and clumsy arid has been the subject of some sharp criticism from the public, which is always quick to commend or to condemn new stamp issues. The latest 2-cent stamp contains the bead of Washington, taken from the famous Stuart painting. That part of the stamp is all right, but the ornamentation is heavy and gives a crowded appearance to the stamp. So the new issue will be called in and dealers and collectors who are wise will lay in a stock before the stamps disappear. The department will continue the Stuart face of Washington, instead of the Hondin head, which is on the old stamp. A new departure in the latest issue is that the name of the head on each stamp appears under the figure.