Guatemala displays its Artillery Barracks (_Fig._ 320). The much disturbed Dominican Republic warns off possible invaders by displaying the fortress of Santo Domingo. Its map issue of 1900 (_Fig._ 320A), owing to a dispute over the boundary indicated nearly led to war with the Haytian Republic. Hayti shows the fortress of Sans Souci (_Fig._ 321). Peru having had its stamps much overprinted by the Chilians in 1881-1883, vaunts more peaceful subjects on its recent picture stamps, e.g., its General Post Office, Municipal Institute of Hygiene, and the Lima Medical School. Uruguay, after its civil war of 1904, added a "peace" overprint to its contemporary stamps, reading PAZ-1904. It also illustrates the fortress and port of Montevideo, and its cruiser of the same name on its issues of 1908 and 1909 (_Fig._ 322), and Venezuela has given us crude sketches of the revolutionary steamer _Bankigh_ (_Fig._ 323), and a map stamp illustrative of the great boundary dispute with Great Britain. [Illustration: 320 320A 321 322 323] Brazil also furnishes examples of stamps specially furnished to soldiers and sailors for use on their letters home in war-time. These were printed by a stationer in Rio de Janeiro and were used during the war with Paraguay 1865-1870. The army franks are inscribed EXERCITO (Army), and those for the sister service ARMADA (Navy). CHAPTER VIII. Miscellaneous Wars and Commemorations.--Patriotic Empire Stamps--Victoria--New Zealand--Barbados' Nelson Stamp--A Dutch Naval Commemoration--Balkan Wars--Greece--Albania-- Epirus--Bulgaria--Roumania--Italy--Portugal--Spain--Mysterious Melillas--China. [Illustration: 324 325] Australasia has not had much occasion for war stamps, but it is worthy of note that at the time of the South African War Victoria issued two postage stamps of patriotic designs, obtained in public competition. The Victoria Cross design (_Fig._ 324) gained the prize for the penny stamps and the prize for the twopence stamps was awarded for the other design (_Fig._ 325) showing a picket on foot and armed scouts scanning the horizon of the open veldt in the Transvaal, whilst in the distance are the faint outlines of the hills which the British have had to scale. The central figures in the latter design are in the uniform of the Victorian contingent. These stamps sold at 1s. and 2s. each although they only prepaid 1d. and 2d. postage respectively, the balance going to the Patriotic Fund. [Illustration: 326] In connection with the same campaign New Zealand issued in 1901 a stamp printed in a khaki colour to commemorate the sending of a New Zealand contingent to the war. The stamp (_Fig._ 326), designed by Mr. J. Nairn of Wellington and engraved in New York, pictures the part of the contingent sent as New Zealand's response to "the Empire's call."