THE QUEEN'S FACE IN PHILATELY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11581, 13 October 1900, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE QUEEN'S FACE IN PHILATELY.

In tho Picture Postcard for An»nst Miss Tuekla Bowser continu • (St,~ James' Gazette poiuts out) her - ->ry ot the Q leeu's lace as protrayed o i i-is-tnc;i3 stamps. Ia pleasing contrus to tie early ai-1 ugly pictures of 'theI'Tcttrat inrij m the Jand ' we return " (.-::e writes) with a eigu of relief to the cotite.npiHlion of the prettiest and most art's ie sump which hag y.t been issued.. New-- south Wales cau undoubtedly lay claim to this honour for their issue of !800. The engraving is confined to a ■''re " in heliotrope tints on a square whin- Iwokorronrid. In the entre is the head of the Quee i, treated cla-icilly, v.ih chn mvp'ru ijiuj; dltmtwise behind. L'Le picture is in Gothic style, and is so shaded that it looks as if it were in relief. A« soon p.s opportunity arosp, a ■ han.j" was made in the Indian stamps *ur\ our Q wu ,v« ti luade Empteas of rha Dominion, Trio first Indian issuehad Horn-, thf. olasM'c type of head, but in the tho Utm of 1895 s : ie was repre--enfed m modem »ty!e, wearing n veil. This is not tin only instance of great ijvont-; ba-vi i.> ci'ihed new designs to be 'ii.ide tor a ountry'd stamps. In 1887 the Jubilee was, naturally, a fittiig t me for the colonies co show their interest iv th" i;rfi»t anniversary which was taking place iv the homeland by altering th. ir s'atnps Th« Canadian Jabilee ■stumps are almost twicd as larj?.: as the ordinary issue, and have two pictures of lh>.c iMrtjesty upon each. On tha left iirod su<! is depicted as she u-us at her Coronation, whilst ou the right hand -uate is aa exculieut portrait of her at tv- time of the issup. These stamps wcro only used for a few months. Newfoundland has always been enthusiastif in its love of" portraying roialty on its stamps. It was al-«o the pioneer of realism. It was a very happy thought on the part or. the otHoiah to depict as Newfoundland's jubilee tribute .to f< ur gen rations of English Royalty now living. Her Majesty's portrait as a widow — and Newfoundland was firrfe to picture tin Queen in this sad garb was put upon the Ic. slamp, that of the Prnca of Wales on the 2c, the D ike of York on the sc, and a sweet little pic-i-ura of Princ.! Ed^ird of York oa the The iuuc'j loved Princess of Wales vciis nofc forgotrea, aitljoa=ju not in the : 'direct JiisP,'' a capttnl portrait of her beiu£ shown on the 3c. stamp. ' This is on? of the prett'est, and certainly the most patriotic set of stamps in existence.