STAMPS OF YOUNG EUROPE
fjoine extraordinary slumps arc being issued by the newly-born States of Europe. Most ol the do-igr.s symbolise their recently-found freedom. The stamps of Czechoslovakia bear the picture of a lion tearing off the tetters of slavery, while those of Jugoslavia have that of a man smashing the chains that ointl him. in 'he background the daw;: i- breaking. Lettonia. to celebrate its liberation from tne Bolshevik.-, has issued a miniature masterpiece of special design. In the centre two female figures are seen embracing, while in the foreground a skull and withered bush lie rotting. The walls of .Riga loom up in the distance, and the whole scene is luminated by the Aurora Borealis.
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 19 April 1920, Page 4
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117STAMPS OF YOUNG EUROPE Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 19 April 1920, Page 4
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