OUR NEW ISSUE OF STAMPS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2171, 3 October 1895, Page 34

OUR NEW ISSUE OF STAMPS.

The following is tho second instalment of tho notice by the Pre:s ou the new wauo of sb imps, tho do-igns of which are n ,w being (xhibibed in the colony :—": — " In the 6ecoud prize dteigus, thut for the penny stvmp is taken by Mr H. Howard, of Melbourne. This is in nsouotoue black and white, having a horotshoe border enclosing a kiwi aud snowy ranges. The same dtfliguer take^ the prize for twopenny stamps. The stump is iv black aud white, having au oval bor-ifcT containing a design of part of the Pink Ten ace. Th'j twopiMionalf penny design in bj Mr Jcs-^ph Gait, of We licigton. It is a blue margin, inclosing a representation of a moa with tree ftrns, fee, in blACit and white. Tho threepenny stamp is by Mr W. R Bock, and is iv cobalt blue. '1 h« border, which is very artistically designed, «nclo3es two n&twe birds sitting on a branch of a tree. Tho fouri>enny stamp by Mr H W. Young, Gf Auckland, is in toies of orange, wh-ch make the /ies'gn som what iudefiotta. The view of Mount Cook from the Muelter G'acier, which forms the centre, is enclosed in a floral border. The fiveptnny design is by Mr Beck, of Wtllingt >n. Ib it violet colour, with a view of Mount E^mont from the land side. Mr E T. L*ke, of Melbourne, takes tho priza for the sixpeuny. It is brown in colour, of the American size, and has a woll-exf-cuted view of Mount de Ia B.ohe and the Teaman Glacier. Tue eightpeuuy stamp is designed by Mr Howard, ot Me'.bournß. The d«6igu is in the form of a figure 8, surrounded by native foliage. The upper part of the figure is surnvuutttd by an Imperial crown, and the lower part contains a Maori view. The ono shilling and two shilling stamp 3 are both by Mr Lake, of Melbourne. The design? are very similar in eh.nractsr. Both are of the American siKf, the design being vertic-tl. Tho view on the shilling oce is of Mount Cook, the colour of the stamp being purple blue. The two (shilling is deep browo, and is notic-able for the quantity of detail go*i into a 6in«ll space. Too deiign includes views of Mouut Rcuj/C-uu euc'osod in a smi-.H circle and a capit*! view of the Obira Gorge. The five shilling design is by Mr F W. Star-, of Wellington. It is green in co'our. The design is uiiiqu*), and contains a double view of Torgtuiro end the Mitre Peak. The designer ha* been very successful."