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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10923, 12 November 1913, Page 4

If a man aims too high he may fall a bit fallow the mark) he aimed for. Yet that sort of failure is cot depressing. There is a successful shot tha* is very much worse—that of " the man who aims at nothing in particular and always hits the mart [" For the first time in the history of the colony of Now Guinea ihe stamps of that place have undergone a decided change m design. ' The.time-honoured device shot-ring simply a ship in full sail has been abandoned, and in deference to the express wish of the King his Majesty's head now appears on an #vai 5E th*- ieft-hand corner of ike new stamps* set in a medallion surrounded by a Below the King's iiead on a shield appears the value of the stamp in figures. The name of the oolony is shown in a band at the top of the stamp, with " Postage and Revenue" beneath it. Tlw full-rigged ship with the motto of the colony, "Damus petimusgue vicissim," is shown in a circle m the lower righthand The standard colours of the different values have been strictly adhered to, but not all the values will he offered for sale until the stock of old stamps is exhausted. Only the lc green, the 2c carmine, the 5c blue and the 12c yellow have so far appeared. The watermark is C.A. /»jultjple.