ses of the guerilla leader Kara-George,
founder of the dynasty against the Turks in 1804. There is a minute
inscription on the medallion below the picture signifying THE DAWN OF
LIBERTY, 1804.

These stamps were at first received by collectors with disdain and
some disgust; the memory of the tragedy of June 10th, 1903, was still
too fresh to allow the world to join readily in any jubilation over
the centenary of a dynasty which had been dragged from obscurity after
many years, to occupy a throne lately emptied by the foul hands of
assassins. It is even said that the early sales of the stamps were
entirely disappointing. But this was all changed from the moment
rumours of a cunning intrigue attached themselves to the issue.

It is probably--almost certainly--an accidental effect produced by the
drawing or engraving of the two heads, one over the other, that they
produce in more ways than one, other composite "faces." By masking the
lower part of the profile of Kara George it is possible to distinguish
a new face with an ugly gashed brow; but the alleged "Death Mask" of
Alexander is seen by turning the stamp upside down, and regarding that
portion of the inverted profiles which may be marked off in triangle
fashion with the chins as the base of the triangle. There is certainly
a curious and hideous effect, but similar, if less ghastly, artistic
curiosities occur in numbers of other stamps, and in many other forms
of pictorial representation, and in the case of the Serbian Coronation
issue it is probably pure accident. _Fig._ 225 represents the current
type of Serbian stamp, with a military portrait of King Peter.

[Illustration: 225 226 227 228 229 230 231]

MONTENEGRO. Tsar Nicholas of Montenegro has not given us any special
war stamps, but the warrior King's portraits, at various stages in his
career appear on the stamps issued in 1910 for his jubilee. The 1 para
shows him as he was during his student days in Paris (_Fig._ 226), the
2 and 20 paras show him with his bride at the date of their marriage,
1860 (_Fig._ 227). The other values show various portraits of the
King, including one of him on a charger leading his troops to battle
(_Fig._ 228).

CHAPTER VI.

The Enemy's Stamps--Germany--Austria--Bosnia--Hungary--Turkey.

GERMANY. In postal arrangements for armies in the field Germany has
shown earlier organised war posts than any of our Allies. As with the
regular postal systems on the Continent,