Last January the U. S. Post Office began issuing a series of "Famous Americans" on postage stamps. It ran through authors, poets, educators, scientists, composers, inventorsfive of each. Last week it was busy with artists. Already on sale were Portraitist Gilbert Stuart (1¢), James A. McNeill Whistler (2¢). Out last week went Sculptors Augustus Saint-Gaudens (3¢) and Daniel Chester French Frederic Remington, famed Indian and cowboy painter (10¢), goes on sale next week. The first four artists' stamps were not likely to make stamp users very art-conscious. They were, respectively, a hideous green,...
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