THE CABINET: Taft Stamp

THE CABINET

Taft Stamp

Death alone can put a President on a postage stamp. Last week the Post Office Department announced that a portrait of William Howard Taft would appear early this month on all 4¢ stamps, replacing Martha Washington. The first First Lady will not be completely ousted from the mails because her likeness will continue to appear on the reply half of the 2¢ business postal card. (George Washington is on the address half.) The new Taft portrait will be that of the corpulent twenty-seventh President of...

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