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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 301

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tamp-collector. Even the original issue hadabout it something of a fascination which belongedto nothing else, unless perhaps the dearly loved tri-angular stamp of Cape of Good Hope. Then, in1892, came Liberias first pictorial issue—a beautifulone-cent stamp with a lone star upon it. This wassoon in… … interesting, though we must admit it is very pretty.The color is bright blue, the central design is shield-shaped—an ocean view, with rising sun and a ship,while in the foreground is a palm tree and a ploughedfield. Over the ship is a dove bearing a letter;below the shield, inserted in the design,…

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