THE tenth stamp of the U.S. Presidential series appeared last month, bearing the portrait of An- drew Jackson.
The severe simplicity of Miss Elaine Rawlinson's splendid stamp design. lends itself somewhat more readily to a presentation of the pa- trician features of 'Washington and Jefferson than tó a portrayal of An- drew Jackson's rugged countenance.
Jackson was born in 1767, died in 1845, and held office as the seventh president of his country, from 1829, to 1887. He had no aspirations to that high office during his early years, and it is odd that in an age when men like Clay, Webster and Calhoun were devoting all their ener gies to attaining the presidential chair it should be given to one who had never sought it.
Although Andrew Jackson was a lawyer by profession and a politician through circumstance,; he was first and foremost a military man. Unlike his predecessors in the Presidency, his background was not an aristo- cratic one. In fact, it closely appro- ximates that of his most famous suc- cessor, Lincoln. He was born on March 15, 1767 in a sparsely settled section. of the Carolinas. The exact place of Jackson's birth remains a matter of speculation, the honour being claimed by both North and South Carolina. His fighting in- stincts. proclaimed themselves early, and his independent spirit almost cost him a hand on an occasion when a British officer on a raiding expedi-
LET US
HAMMER THIS FACT HOME
ANDREWS
MANGORATES..
THE STAMP COLLECTOR'S CORNER
By Muriel Nissen-
tion requested the turbulent youth to black his boots. Young Andrew refused and received a sabre cut that grievously wounded his hand,
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By the end of the Revolution, the boy had lost his parents and two brothers. He was alone in the world and drifted about, supporting him- self by odd jobs. He was not lack- ing in ambition by any means, and after a law course and brief practice period was appointed public prosecu tor at the age of 21.
Many careers were compressed into the next few years. Jackson served as state senator, judge of the Ten- nessee supreme court, store keeper and plantation owner.
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The War of 1812 gave Jackson the big opportunity of his life. Always an ardent hater of the British, always ready for battle, he to welcomed the chance to return
He military life. ·
WAS forty-five years old at the outbreak of the war, which brought him from the obscur- ity of frontier life to fame as the
The tin contains Andrews as sold in England for nearly 50 years. Due to its finely balanced In- gredients, it is meant to effervesce · slowly and should be well stirred. It is the Ideal Tonic Laxa- tive with the refreshing qualities of a saline. The tin-is, therefore, recom- mended, but it is empha- sised that the bottle is still available for those who prefer not to change.
XANDREWS is better in the TIN BUT YOU CAN STILL BUY THE BOTTLE with the
Andrews
Andrews to which you have previously been accustomed.
ANDREWS
hero of New Orleans. Much of the success, he attained through the war came as the result of disregarding official orders. On one occasion- at New Orleans he arrested a judge who resisted^his ́ enforcement of martial law. Jackson was afterwards fined $1,000 by the irate court, but thirty years later Congress refunded the amount with interest. »
At the end of the conflict Jackson was probably the most conspicuous man in the United States, and well content to rest on his laurels and. return to private life. Politics, how- ever, soon claimed him for her own, and his life therein was turbulent in- deed, and much too active to be com- pressed into one small column. He achieved the presidency in 1828 and term. was re-elected for a second
un- He left office with popularity
his enemies diminished, and even claimed that Old Hickory could be president for life if he so desired. Instead, he chose retirement at "The Hermitage", his home in Tennessee, where he died on June 8th, 1845.
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IT is just 100 years ago that Father Theobald Mathew, Capuchin priest, began his temperance crusade. The event has now been commemor- ated on two stamps of the Irish Free State, a 2 pence brown and 8 pence blue. The design is a profile portrait of the priest, with a Gaelic înscrip- tion, translated as, “Here goes in the name of God". This was the phrase used by Father Mathew when he signed the first abstinence. pledge. This was on April 10, 1888, and 60 followers put their signatures after - his. So began the movement which for the next 20 years was to be car- ried through Ireland, England and America, resulting in millions of pledges for total abstinence.
FIRST AIR MAIL STAMPS.
VATICAN CITY has been issuing
stamps for the past 10 years but air mails have never appeared in its philatelic roster. Now a set of eight adhesives has been issued for air mail use and the high quality of their
design, the original interpretations of flight presented, and the beauty of printing will give them high ranking in postal art
The 25 centesimi, sopia, and 1 lira, purple, present a statue of St. Peter, by Michelangelo. At the bottom is the inscription, "Tu es Petrus" (Thou art Peter).
The 50%. olive-green, and 2L,. ul- tramarino, depict a white dove with an olive branch in its beak, flying above St. Peter's Square. In the background are the Vatican library and Palace. The inscription reads, "Portans Ramum Olivae”. (Carrying An Olive Branch).
The flight of Elijah Into heaven provides the design on the 75c., claret and 5L. gray-green values. Here the inscription is, "Et Ascendia Elias Perturbinom in Coelum" (And Elijah Ascended through a whirlwind into Heaven.)
On the 80c., blue and 10L, violet, we see a group of six angels sur- rounding a tiny hut, above which are Madonna the haloed figures of the and Child. The house is the Holy House of Loreto, the birth-place of the Holy Mother. Translated, the inscription reads, "Virgin' of Loreto, protect those in flight”.
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ANOTHER PRODUCE STAMP
Btion to her National Produce
ULGARIA has sent out another
series. The current pair is devoted to tobacco, and the stamps are issu- ed as before, two adhesives in the same design and value, differing only in colour. This design pictures a large tobacco leaf and a bundle of leaves, and appears on a 14b., stamp in brown, and red-brown.
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STAMP TEASERS
What stamps bear the inscription "Shqipenia" as the country de- signation?
2. The allegory of electricity har- nessing light to a waterwheel ap- pears on what stamp?
3. On what atamp will you find picture of the 8.S. "Rex"?
Sir Walter Raleigh has been por- trayed on what stamp?
The picture of a queen weaving appears on what adhesive?
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1 Vincente Lopez is a hero of the Argentine Republic, upon whose stamps you will find him.
2. On a stamp issued by the Azores in 1895 you will see a picture of St. Anthony preaching" -the fishes.
S. Victoria Falls are pictured on-a stamp of Rhodesia issued in 1905.
4. The scene showing cattle at
river appears on a 1932 stamp of Bechuanaland Protectorate.
5. On an adhesive issued by New- foundland in 1981 you will find salmon leaping falls.
YOUTH AT THE HELM. Boys of the Streatham and Mitcham Sea Cadets undergoing, their annual, sum mier training inboard, the 24, Edith” at Pin Mil, Süñolk. Just like their big the boys, line, up for their pay but in their case it's
bichi ile doled out to them. (Copyright, Fox).
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