. St. Nicholas [serial] . ond stamp, the ten centimes, is the least inter-esting of the series, though still beautiful. It is in red,and the central design represents a chariot race, thedriver and his four prancing steeds being exceedinglywell executed and clearh- shown even in the small spaceoccupied. But the third and last stamp of the series isto our mind the gem of the set. It is the fifteen entire setting ofthe stamp is very ar-tistic and seems toemphasize the centralfigure—the winner ofthe Marathon race,really the greatestevent of the wholeseries of games. Thecolor is a rich
. St. Nicholas [serial] . ond stamp, the ten centimes, is the least inter-esting of the series, though still beautiful. It is in red,and the central design represents a chariot race, thedriver and his four prancing steeds being exceedinglywell executed and clearh- shown even in the small spaceoccupied. But the third and last stamp of the series isto our mind the gem of the set. It is the fifteen entire setting ofthe stamp is very ar-tistic and seems toemphasize the centralfigure—the winner ofthe Marathon race,really the greatestevent of the wholeseries of games. Thecolor is a rich certainly think itis one of the mostbeautiful stamps wehave ever seen. We also illustrate arecent issue of shows a femalefigure with flowers and fruit in her hands, while nearher is the coat-of-arms of Bavaria. Many of the recentstamps of Bavaria exist both with and without thesurcharge Deutsches Reich. A correspondent writes us to know what is meant bythe Karl and Zita stamps which he has seen men-.
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