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GENERAL FEATURES.

Answers to Correspondents, 83,1304165, 276, 288, 299, 807

t, 0u, it , uif, t j , oo, w , iv i , »i»( ,ov. iuu, iu i, , i K, rua, 215, 227- 239. 261, 263, 275, 286, 299, 807 Famous Collections, 1. Avery Collection, 188 ; II. Mr. Pack's Uruguay Collection, 8 0r From Other Magazines, 210, 236, 293Gossli> of the Week, 1 13, 26, 87, 49, 61,1 78, 86, £7,| l t 9 ,121,183,146,169,181,113, 206, 2174220,(241, 253, 265, 277, 298, 801 Gossip of the Tear, 167 Items In Brief, 192Library Table, Vnitrd Static 3e,, 1861, by C. (hate, 44 ; Pcppia c) the P ie t Of f in . 11. O. Wright, 44: Catalogue of Btitieh PoM Paid

Stampt, A. E. Milner, 46; Senyt Catalogue (1910), 45 : United States Stamp , E. B. Power, 219; Connoitetur Pocket Album, 220 Nunn’s Directory, 220; Stamp Collector? Annual, 220;

My Favourite Country and Why T, (United Etater) 28; (BeUgolard) 74; (Great Britain) 136 169; (ManritlusX 118; (Southern Nigeria) 176; (New Guinea) 196, (Locals) 222

New Issues and Old, 2, 21, 33, 46, 63, 69, 81, 94, 106, 116, 128, 141,154, 164, 191, 167, 214, 226, 236, 248,'261, 273, 284. 297,806 Society News, 36. 47. 59. 71, 83, 96, 107,119, ISO, 142, 166, 179, 192, 203, 216,(239, 261, 263, 275, 287, 299, 307 Stamp Market, 17, 56, 86, 87,113, 160 What's On, 24, 166World's Stemp Errors, 4,18,30, 42, 64, 66, 78, 90, 99,' 114,126,139, 161,174,186,198, 209, 220, 234, 246, 262, 270, 282, 291 ,302 World’s SUmp Errors (Correspondence re), 118

. . . Ipdex . . ♦

Abyssinia, 86, 114|Adutt, Mr. A Leon, 230 AfghanlsUn, 116, 284 Albania, 297Amalgamation, A SUmp Trade, 61 Antioqula, 116.Anglo-American Intercourse, 1 Antigua, 46, 164Apotheosis of Bed Tape, The, 272 Argentine Republic, 21, 94, 106, 114, 116,

164, 181, 226Argentine Republic, Currency to be

Changed, 46Argentine Republic, Peso, ’ 177 Argentine Republic, Philatelic Exhibition,

249 296•’ At Home,” The J.P.8., 264 Auctions, 38, 169, 194, 236, 203 Australian Commonwealth, 18 Australian Btampa, Uniform, 138 Australian SUmp Printer Rewarded, 289 Austria, 2, 114, 242 Auto-mouiUeur Pkilateiique, The, 176 Avery Collection, 37, 61, 188, 289

Baden, 187Barbados, 130, 248, 276, 291 Bavaria, 85 Belgium, 130,167 Bermuda. 45, 116, 130. 284 Berne International Philatelic Exhibition,

14, 98, 145, 183 Bhopal, 2, 19B iB lH n 't Philatelic Magazine, 206 Billions of Postage SUmps, 223, 237, 268,

266Birmingham PhUaUUc Society, 69, 119 Bolivar, 189Bolivia, 21. 46. 69, 114, 141, 164, 191 Bolton PhUaUllo Society, 71, 98, 107, 209,

216Boom, The Coming, 1

Bosnia, 242Bradford Philatelic Society, 130 Brazil, 21, 46, 94, 214, 290 Bremen, 86Brighton, SUmp Exhibition at, 38,*49, 60

80British and Colonial 8Umps on Coloured

Papers, 268British Colonial SUmps, 248 British East Africa, 286 British Guiana, 33, 68, 286 British Honduras, 6SL 214 British New Guinea (see Papua)British SUm, 229British Solomon Islands, 86, 248, 278, 291 British Somaliland, 280 Britons over the Seas, 241 Brunei, 276Bulgaria, 2, 83, S3, 81, 106, 116, 116, 128 Bussahlr.19Buxton, The Right Hon. Sydney, M.P.,

265

Canada. 110, 211, 226, 281, 284, 287, 297 Canada s only SUmp Journal, 241 •Canal Zone, 141, 297 Cape of Good Hope, 18 Cape Verd, 234 Carllst SUmps of Spain, 63 CaUlogues, Notes on, 217 Catalogues, Bright, 113 CaUlogues, Specialised, 168 CaUlogues, Yvert, 172 CaUlogues, Lin coin's, 230 CaUlogues and Prioes, 263 CaUlogue, The Collector’s, 274 Cayman Islands, 61, 68, 129, 291 Ceylon, Bl, 281

|ues, 286, 298

Chief Letter Office, 807Chili, 94, 116, 116, 164, 236

Chalky Paper in the CaUlo Change of Address Card, A,

China, 22, 33 116, 141 China Expeditionary Force, 46 China (French), 806 China (German), 63 China (Japanese), 226 China (Rusrian), 806 Chinese F.P.O. ?, 13Chinese Temple of Heaven SUmps,r110Christmas Greetings, 121Christmas Presents, 121Christmas SUmp. 122Christmas at the Shops, 122Christmas Tree, A PhUaUllo. 194Christmas Week. 160City of London Philatelic Society, 47, 59Circulation, A Vast, 263Collections Bold In 1909,169Collectors’ CaUlogue, The, 274Colombia, 126, 139ColonU) Post Offices of To-day, 280, 291 Colonial SUmps, Recent Fakes in, 68< Coloured Papers, The Coming of, (U.8.,

122, 128, 268 Colours, 14, 41Commemoratives, Concerning, 188, 177,

266Commemorative! from Berne, 26 Commemorative Postmark, 49 Condition, Pricing according to, 290 Congo, 2. 46, 181, 214, 226 Congo (French), 174 Congress Chat, A, 266 Congress, A Gnat, 86 Congress, The Second Philatelic, 26, 73,̂ 98

146, 194, 229, 249, 265 Congress, A Subject for the, 98 Congress Petition, P.M.G.’s Reply, 188,169 Cook Islands, 273, 297 Cores (tee Korea),Correction, A, 122Courts, In the, 169Creeds, SUmps for all, 194Crete, 62, 66,117, 163, 261, 278, 297 •

It)dexCriticism, Philatelic, 85:Croydon PhllateUc Society, 47, 71, 05, 119-

155. 216. 230, 276, 299 Cuba, 60, 140, 284, 207

Ho) land, 191. 108, 248, 273 Honduras, 85, 106. 108, 242, 248 Hong Kong, 235, 248, 273, 281 Hungary. 2, 46, 114 Hyderabad, 30

Daily M a il on the Avery Collection, 51 Dealer as Buyer The, 50 Dealer's little Worries, A Stamp, 220 Dhar, 30 Diego Suarez, 22Dispute about a Bradford Stamp Collection

140Dominican Republic, 2, 151Dundee and District Philatelic Society, 155Dutch Indies, 201, 306

Ecuador, 2, 04, 106, 161Egypt, 161Enter the Clown, 169Entires, Entirely about, 208Entires, Hr. Warburst’a, 240Envelope or Impressed Stamps, 247Eritrea, 273Esperantist, Experiences of a Philatelic

267Esperanto and Philately, 241, 267, 277, 286 Exhibition, A Portable Stamp, 110 Exhibition in 8pain, 100 Exhibitions of the Year, 158 Exhibitions, The Value of Small. 40

” Face ” Value on tbe Back, 280 Fakes In Colonial Stamps, 68 Falkland Inlands, 281 Fernando Poo, 2 Fill Islands. 2§1 “ Finds," 64, 105, 152 Finland, 262, 306 Forgeries, 170, 208, 242,Forgeries from Switzerland. 85 Forgeries, from France, 153 France, 174, 287 (Sower Type) France, Forgeries, 153 Franking, 211Frascati, M. Salvatore, death of, 240 French Colonies, 8, 20, 174, 186 French Somali Coast, 141, 176, 101

Gaboon, 273,306 Gambia, 46, 106, 281 General Post Office, 307 Germany, 187, 198, 242, 290 German South West Africa, 306 Ghost*, 128Gibbons' Reference Collection, The, 230 Gibraltar, 19, 46, 248 Ginn and Co., Messrs George, 61 Golden West Exhibition, Close of, 15 Government Subsidy for (Argentine)

Philatelic Exhibition, 249 Governmental Style in Philately, Tbe, 206 Gray, Dr. J. E , 124Great Britain, 4 , 33, 38, 45, 61, 136, 150,

242Great Britain Control Numbers, 209 Great Britain, Now 4d. Stamp, 61, 73, 82 Great Britain, The Baron de Worms', 249

277Greece, 164,198 Guatemala, 284Gnlllotine, Stamp Dealer Buys a, 146Gwalior, 22, 81, 214

Hames Stamp Collection, Tbe 236 Hawaii, 85Hawaiian*, A Rare Find in, 254 Hayti, 85Hayti, Earthquake in, 80 Heligoland, 10 , 74Herts Philatelic Bociety. S3, 142, 203, 287 His Majesty's Mails: Lectors at Islington,

Iceland, 140 India, 145, 281 Indian States, 10 Indo-Chlna, 175 In Praise of Philately, 244 International Philatelic Union, 50, 107,

215, 263International Philatelic Union Smoking

Concert, 07, 122International Telegraph Union Monumant,

103Isle of Thanet Philatelic Society, 218, 230,

260. 263, 287 Italy, 22,193, 200, 306

Jaipur, 207Jamaica, 46, 53. 171, 101, 201 Jamaica Philatelogtc&l Society, 26, 61 Japan, 2Jewish Philatelists, 206 Jhlnd, 106Journalism, A Quarter Century of, 210 Junction of the East, Tbe, 38 Junior Philatelic Society, 23. 35, 47, 73,

83, 107, 110, 179, 287, 307 Junior Philatelic Society, Brighton Branch.

35. 71, S3, 107,130, 156,102, 215, 230. 251, 307

Junior Philatelic Society of Scotland, 47

Kent and Sussex Philatelic Society, 251 200

Klautschau, 284, 306 King Oscars Beard, 210 Knowledge, £1,000 worth of, 20 Korean Stamp Book, A, 85

Labuan. 30, 281 Lagoi, 68Lancashire’s Philatelic Progress, 208 Leeds Philatelic Society, 95 Legal, 182Levant, 46, 1 2 8 , 141, 191, 248 Levant, Austrian, 235 Levant, Russian, 69, 04, 116, 128, 226 Library, The Formation of a Society's, 100

136Like Father, Like Son, 98 Lincoln Stamp Catalogue, The, 230 Linden berg Medal, M. Mahe awarded the,

230Locals, 222 Lubeck 187 Luxemburg, 70, 242 Lyons Mail, The, 236

Madagascar, 31, 175 Mafeklng, 18 Malta, 46Manchester Junior Philatelic Society, 113 Martinque, 186Mauritius, 3, 42, 46, 147, 148, 177, 281 Mecklenburg, 85 Meddellin, 128

set/» St.m/I News, 1,000th Number, 301

Messrs. Samuel and Nathan, 200 Mexico, 146, 154, 220 Meyer, Hon. G. Von.. 158 'Mid Snow and Ioe, 120 Might have Beens, 120, 181 Modena, 100 Monaco, 287Montenegro, 221, 235, 240 Montserrat, 46, 106 Morocco (Spanish), 101, 235, 248 Morocco (French) 306

Moocrop, Mr. Harold O., 208 Mystic Initials, P.M.O., 194

Natal, 3. 46National Portrait Galleries on Stamps, 203 Neapolitan Provinces, 109 Newfoundland, 281New Guinea (German and British), 105 New Hebrides, 10, 32. 34, 40, 62, 146, 164

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New South WaleB, 3, 42, 54, 60. 112, 130 148, 154. 275, 278

New South Wales, La urea ted Stamps, 207, New Zealand, 53, 54, 164, 101, 214, 286 New Zealand, Notes on Early Perforations,

102. 177Nicaragua, 128, 141,104, 221 North Borneo, 66, 226, 306 North Essex Philatelic Society, 212, 307 North London Philatelic Society, 107,130,

142, 251North of England Philatelic Society, 35,59,012 OKI OAQNorthampton Philatelic Bociety, 47 Northern Nigeria, 53, 248, 261 Norway, 154, 261 Nova Scotia, 242

Oldest Postmaster, Death of the, 210 Opossum In President’s Post-hag, 73

Park, Mr. C. L. (Uruguay Collection), 303 Packhoi, 306 Panama, 60, 92, 207Papua, 53, 88, 116, 105, 218, 235, 261, 280

284 290Paraguay, 3, 22, 34, 53, 214, 242, 261 Paris Flood Stamp, A, 200 Parma, 200Paul Collection, £11,400 lor the, 13 Pernicious Pen-names, 205Persia. 214, 226, 286. 207 Peru, 234Peru, The Early Stamps of, 75, 111 Philateleia or Phils tea ?, 25 Philatelic Journal of America, 205 Philatelic Literature, 6 Philatelic Literature Society, 301 Philatelic Library, Mr. Caiman's, 301 Philatelic Long Runs, 801 Philatelic Novelties of 1009,160 Philatelic Politics, 160 Philatelic Protection Society, 23 Philatelic Society, How to Start a, 27 Philatelic Statistics for 1909, 205 Philatelic Students’ Fellowship, The, 249 Philateloglcal Society, A, 74 Philippines, 04, 106, 191, 282, 207 Phillips, Mr. C. J., in South America, 200 Pistols and Coffee for the Edltor,i236 Poems of Passion, 170 Pony Express, A Hero of the, 104]Popular Countries, 150Porto Rico, 283Portugal, 3, 22, 85, 234Portuguese Colonies, 234Portuguese India, 235Pottage Stamp as Official Organ, the, 254Postmark Curiosity, A, 146, 177, 187Postmarking Machine, 140Postmaster-General, The Philatelista's25b.Praise of Philately, In, 244

Queensland, 53, 66, 130, 284

Rare Shade, A (Very !V 122 Record DeeL A, 74J Reunion, 186 Rhodesia, 248 Rio de Oro, 283Rise in Stamp Prices, 150, 163, 236 Boumania, 34, 85, 106,128, 246, 306 Roumanian Stamp Journal, 86 Royal Philatelic Society, 35 Russia, 128, 235, 246, 247,

IqdcxSt. Helena, 09, 292St. Kltts-Nevis, 46St. Louis’ Philatelic Fame, 181St. Lucia, 68, 81, 292St. Vincent, 46, 164, 246, 262St. Vincent P.0, and Stamp Dealers, 61Sales, 138Salvador, 3,81, 64, 106, 128, 214, 270, 248

Samoa 270Santander, 82 Sarawak, 67, 242, 276, 262 Sarawak, Notes on the Stamps of, 231, 243

268Sardinia, 206 Saxony, 168Schools, A Plea for Stamp Collecting in, 98* 104,230Scott Catalogue, 1910, 878eebecks for Sale, 249Seeds of Trouble, 289Senegal, 186Sema, 85, 270Seybold Collection, 182, 229Seychelles, 130, 292Shanghai, 271Slam, 3, 22, 34, 69, 82, 261, 271, 285, 297

~ 806 Sicily, 209 Slern Leone, 286 Simple life, 16 Simplifying Postal Work, 16 Societies, Among the, 158 Society for doing Good Works, 73 Somaliland, 280 Sorutb, 30Soudan, Forgeries, 208 SouthjAmencanfPoetal Rates, 13

South Australia, 63, 67.1128, 136 154, 261 Southern Nigeria, 3, 46, 66, 17 ,19 1 South Wales and MonmouthshlrePhilatelic

Society, 116Spain, 63, 94, 128. 164, 164, 226, 282 Stamp Chart of the 'Sixties, A, 124 Stamp Rust, 279Stamped on Memory and Remembered on

Stamps, 170 Stampless Island, 14 Standard Catalogue, 1610, 46, 67]Straits Settlements (Post Office Report), 38

68 273Stewart Wilson, The Hon. C., 278 “ Strange Post Stamps for Sale,*’ 218] Sweden, 283 Switzerland, 283 Sydney Views, 148, 278]

Taft Inauguration Label, A,74 Tasmania, S3, 78. 94, 118, 164 Tchongking, 116,306 Tenth Commandment, The, 19: Testimonial, A Proposed, 109M Tibet, 18 Tobago, 79 Togo, 34 Tonga, 79Transvaal, 46, 79, 90, 64, 109, 129, 249 Travellers Exchange Club, 16 Trinidad. 34, 173, 191 Tristan d’Acumba, 14 Tunis, 287Turkey, 34, 82, 164, 290, 294 Turks and Caicos Islands, 22, 84, 82, 287,

293

UndergroondlElectriclMall Roads, 13 United States, 15, 28, 29, 34. 44, 46, 63, 62,

65, 74,106,110,128, l f l , 168,191,219 254, 276, 295, 299

United States, Special Delivery. 109 United States, Stamp Books, 76 United States, Official Report, 223, 237 United States, Separation varieties, 200 United States Foetal Official to Address

Philatelic Convention, 290 Uruguay, 3, 13, 34, 63, 191, 214, 261, 302

303

Van Of 1910, The, 66 Variety, The Elusive, 70 Venezuela, 303Victoria, 3, 22, 82, 90, 93, 106, 164 VtennaExnibitlon, 1911, 145 Viner, The Late Dr., 126 Virgin Islands, 99

Walthamstow Society, A Proposed, 118 Wealth of Book Knowledge, A, 301 Wenden, 247Western Australia, 22, 93, 99 What Stamp Collecting Teaches, 49 What’s on in 1910, 166

Tear 1909,167Youths, Philatelic Training for, 211

Zambeaia, 3 Zanzibar, 82, 94 293

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\/ln Illu stra ted Weekly Journal'for )j ill! Classes o / ’ Stamp Collectors

No. 1. Vol. 5. 2 OCTOBER, 1909. Price Id.fWbole Number 105 _____

G o s s ip o f tl?e W e e l$BY CORNELIUS WRINKLE .

The Comlng'Boom.■ HE indications of

to day are that a veritable boom in stamps will arrive in thin

country about the first of October.”

This statement was made by the organ of one of the most important American stamp firms at the end of August, and so far as America is concerned, all the indications of a coming boom have been

shewn in a most emphatic manner. Political philately had a great revival at the recent convention of tbe American Philatelic Society, the hundred odd delegates present on that occasion will return to their homes filled with a new vigour and enthusiasm which will communicate itself to the various coteries of collectors in cities and towns scattered through the length and breadth of avast country.

Anglo-American Intercourse.Then the great Society itself has had a great awakening.

I do not use the term in the sense that they had been asleep, which, of course, is by no means tbe case, but there have been some Sunny Jims or other forces which seem to have put a lease of re-invigorated life into the operations of the Society, Tbe revival began, perhaps, at the Columbus Convention a year ago, or perhaps even earlier, but it is now shewing very pronounced effects. Something of its force may be due to the closer or more intimate contact with British philately, a contact strengthened by the introduction of Anglo-American Penny Postage on October 1st, 1906, and followed by the flocking of some hundreds American collectors into British philatelic societies.

Where Oreat Britain will ceme In.Is Oreat Britain likely to experience a boom in stamps

too? That is a question which naturally arises from the very clear promise of an American boom. Personally I

have no doubt that the stamp season just beginning, will be one of the liveliest, both from tbe trade and tho social points of view, that London, and perhaps the whole country has yet experienced. I t will be a notable season in many ways, and as Old Moore might say *■ strange wonders will be performed.”

These I cannot at present discuss, but in a general way we may look to a good deal of trade benefit in this country from the American boom. The stocks held by tbe American dealers are not, generally speaking, so enormously comprehensive as those of some of our home dealers. Tbe organ of the J. W. Scott Co , of New York, even in August, foretold the absorption of most of the really desirable stock on the American market. " Collectors are buying now," the editor wrote, “ and they will find less and less as the days go by, and by the end of November very little desirable material will be in the hands of the (American) dealers."

It has been fairly generally admitted by the stamp trade of London, and in some instances has been confirmed from the provinces that all through the past summer much of the stamp trade of tips country has come from America The tendency is, in view of the statement in the M etropolitan P h ila te lis t , for this Anglo-American trade to greatly increase with the full force of a grand winter season in tbe States.

Indications oI the British Boom.In addition to all this promise of good things from

America there are sufficient general indications of a highly successful Beasou in this country. The societies are at present turning out full and attractive programmes, the membership rolls have increased in good proportion all round, and even where a little provincial society used to number a mere handful of local collectors on its register, the rolls now number in fifties and even hundreds.

London too baB more and bigger societies, all working to the advancement of the business interests of the dealers. The coming Congress of philatelists in the great metropolis will almost surely be productive of more widespread results than the initial effort at Manchester of last year.

The Increase of Sound Literature.Philatelic literature, as is evidenced from tbe report of

the Literature Committee of tbe American Philatelic

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Society in this issue, has had a much larger output, and most oi it, we venture to think, both in expensive and in cheap works has been on a much sounder basis, and more calculated to advance philatelic study and popular knowledge of the interest that there is in stamps.

There m ay be numbers of other indications which the gentlemen of the trade could inform us concerning, but there is surely enough to raise our hopes for as good a boom in this country as there will almost certainly be in America.Our New Volume.

The plans for the new volume, of which this is the first number, include some very exceptional articles, and I would particularly draw the attention of every reader to the beginning of a most delightful serial article by Miss F itte o n “ The World's Stamp E rrors.” The article in the main follows the arrangement of the Gibbons’ catalogue so that if you read the article with your catalogue open in front of you it wili open up a most fascinating field of philatelic knowledge which has never before been so thoroughly dealt with.

W ith this issue also a new article on the stam psof New Hebrides ib started. It is always a good plan to get in early w ith new stamp issuing colonies and fill up the first sets in one’s collection at the first opportunity. Our author takes us back much earlier than the Condominium stamps to the picturesque first local stamps issued by the Australian New Hebrides Company, L td ., in 1897.

Mr. J. Ireland, whose recent remarks on the reduction of the stamps of the French Colonies for the purposes of a simplified collection, has worked out a very interesting article on the subject which will be completed in oue more instalment.

“ The World's Stam p E rro rs" w ill be continued throughout tbe present volume.

Back Nos. of “ The Postage Stamp."Those of our friends who are lacKing any back numbers

of tbe present vol. will do well to write direct to our Publishers Sir Isaac Pitman St Hons, 1 Amen Corner, Ijondon, K.C., for what they require. Hany newsagents do not care to bother about back numbers. Any number still on tale may be bad for tbe published price and postage, i t , l^d.

New Issues ai>d OldThe Editor will be grateful to dealers and readers at home and abroad for prompt information concerning New Issues. AH communications must

be seat direct to the Editor. 14■ Sudbournc Road, Brixton, London. S i f '.After the name of each country we give the page of T H E POSTAGE S T A M P on which appeared the last reterence to that country.

A u s t r ia .— (Vol IV . p. 162).— The current 60b. and 2kr. stamps are reported in new shades— the former in deep claret instead of carmine, and the latter with the border in a deeper shade of claret than before.

B h o p a l.— (Vol. III. p. 166).— According to G ibbons' S ta m p W eekly the 2a. of 1903 embossed with a circular device, has been found on la id paper like the £a. of the same set. Our contemporary also mentions the issue o f new official stamps inscribed ” h . h . b e g u m ' s s e r v i c e . ” in the left border and surcharged ” s e r v i c e .” in black. Surely this is a little belated for Messrs. Whitfield King and Co. showed us used specimens of these stamps so long ago as last March, and they were duly recorded on page 2 of our last volume.

Bulgaria.— (Vol IV . p. 298).— Mr. W . T. Wilson has sent us another new provisional— the 5st. of 1889-90 surcharged " 1909 ” in a similar manner to the 1st. and 10 on 15st. already chronicled. By the way, the shade of this fist. stamp is quite different from any we have before met with, being sage green. Surely the authorities have not made a special printing for the sole purpose of this surcharge? The list of recent provisional now stands as follow s:—

Issue of H)Ot surcharged with new values.“ 5 ” in b la c k o n isst. l i k e an d black.

” 1 0 ” in blue o n I5 »t. la k e a n d black .” 25 " in red o n 30st. b is tre -b ro w n and black .” 2 5 ” in b lu e o n jost. b ia tre -b ro w n and b la c k .

Issue o f 189M0 surcharged " 790?. ”

1st d u ll pu rp le.5st. sage gre e n .“ t o ” o n iss t. o ra n g e .

Congo.— (Vol, IV . p. 201).— Several of our contemporaries have reported an " error " in the new 10c. with " d i n ” for “ dix ” in the value. As we stated on page 201 of our last volume, this is not an error, but merely a peculiarly engraved “ x ” which might at first sight be taken for an “ n ." I t is exactly the same on every stamp in the sheet.

Dominican Republic.— (Vol. IV . p. 235).— A correspondent informs M tk e e l's W eekly S ta m p New s that he has the jc. on the watermarked paper, making tbe list of values actually issued to date as follow s:—

Wmb. Crosses and Circles. Per/. 14.Jc . gree n an d b la c k , ic . rose a n d black .Sc. blue an d b la ck .

10c. p u rp le and b la ck .

E c u a d o r .— (Vol. IV p. 307),— We gather from several of our contemporaries that there is another value of the commemorative set chronicled last week This is a 5 sucres stamp, showing as a centrepiece the Facade of the Exhibition Buildings The following is a complete list of values with particulars of the quantities of each said to have been printed :—

7909 Commemorative Issue. No tenth.

ic . gre e n .. . 2c. deep blue K - oran ge Sc. rosy la k e .. .

i o c . b ro w n 20c. g re y

50c. v e rm ilio n Is . o liv e 5s. v io le t

Per/. 12.... 300,000... 150,000... 100,000

200.000200.000100.000100.000

... 100,000

. . . 50,000

Fernando Poo.— (Vol. III. p. 262).— G ib bon s' S tam p W eekly records a new provisional— the 20c. of 1900 surcharged “ H A B I L I T A D O P A R A C O R B E O S 50 C E H T - P T A . ” in black.

Provisional Issue.50c. on 20c. brown.

Hungary.— (Vol. III . p. 80).— We understand from E w en 's W ttk ly S tam p N ew s that the 12 filler with the new watermark has been issued. Personally we have only previously seen the 5 filler w ith this watermark, although all the others are catalogued. Perhaps some reader cau give us information as to those actually issued to date.

Japan.—(Vol. IV. p. 140).— The current 4 sen stamp now appears in pink instead of rosine as before according to G ibbons' S ta m p W eekly,

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Mauritius.— (Vol, III . p, 238).— Messrs. Whitfield King & Co. send us the 25c. on the paper w ith multiple watermark. It will be remembered this variety was recorded as issued last January, and then later stated not to exist. The list of values with multiple watermark now stands as follows:—

1 Wink. Multiple Cr. C A . Per/. 14.Ic. black.sc. lilac and violet.3C. green and carmine oa yellow.4c. black and carmine on blue.6c. lilac and carmine on red.I5C. black and blue on blue.25c. green and carmine on green.50c. green and deep green on yellow.ir. black and carmine.

Natal.— (Vol. IV . p. 223) — Messrs. Whitfield' K ing & Co. assure us that all the l jd . stamps were withdrawn from use and destroyed some time ago, and are not on sale until *' (lie stock at present in baud has been exhausted " a s stated on the authority of a correspondent on page 289 of our last volume.

New South Wales.—(Vol. IV . p 261),— Another well-marked shade of the current 6d. stamp is mentioned in Gibbons' S tam p W eekly, making three in all, v i z ;— orange-yellow, orange and reddish orange.

Paraguay.— (Vol. IV . p. 82).— This republic shows signs of again breaking out into " surcharge fever," for Messrs. Whitfield King & Co. send us the lc ., 5c. and 20c. values printed from the old 1901 plate and surcharged “ 1909 ” in script numerals to bring them up-to ddte. We have little doubt these are only the first of many similar monstrosities that will worry us ouce more.

Dated " 1904 ” and surcharged"' 1909."IC . g r e en ish b lue.5C. deep yellow-green.

20c. orange.

Portugal.— (Vol. II. p. 202).— The long exiected new set with portrait of the present King w ill positively appear on January 1st next, according to E w en 's W eekly Stam p New s. From the particulars given we find that the new set will consist of 14 values ranging from 2} to 1000 reis.

Salvador.— (Vol. IV . p. 23C).— The lc . green and black portrait stamp of 1906 is said to have been issued surcharged " 1909 ” in red.

1906 Issue surcharged “ 1909" in red.Ic. green and black.

Siam.— (Vol. IV . p 68).— Messrs. Whitfield King Ac Co. send us a copy of the official document relating to the change of currency as it affects the postage stamps, v i z : —

M IN ISTR Y OF P U B L IC W ORKS

P ostal Suction.

On account of the introduction of the Batang coins and the subsequent demonetization of the att coins, it has become necessary to make up new Postal Tariffs, showing all charges in aatangs. In consequence of this measure, the Postage Stamps bad also to be altered, and will in future show their values also in Batangs only.

The Royal sanction for these changes having been obtained, the Public is hereby notified that the new Postal Tariffs will come into force on the 15th August, 1909, and that from the same date stamps of the following denominations will be issued: 2, 3, 6 ,12 and 14 s&tangs.

For particulars about the Tariff, apply to the Post Offices.

B a n g k o k , 1st A u g u st, 1909.(Sd.) N A R E S.

Minister of Publio Works.

Our Ipswich friends and Mr. W . Ward have shown us three of the values referred to— the 1, 3 and 4 atts surcharged 2, 3 and 6 satang respectively. The surcharge consists of a numeral and “ Satang " in long primer type across the lower portion of the stamps with a thin bar below to cancel the old inscriptions in the bottom border. Above the value in English is an equivalent inscription in Siamese characters, extending right across the stamp.

1909. Provisional Issue.“ 2 S a ta n g " o n la . o r a n g e an d g r e e n .“ 3 S a ta n g " o n 3a . d e e p v io le t a n d g r e y ." 6 S a ta n g ’ o n 4a . c a rm in e and rose .

Messrs. Whitfield King A Co. send us a strip of three of the 9 atts on 10a. ultramarine, issued in 1908, the central stamp of which bIiows a curious error in one of the Siamese characters. In the normal stamps the middle sign starts with a small circle and the top stroke projects beyond this, while in the error this top portion ourls into a large loop which rests on the small circle. Our friends are assured by a Siamese correspondent that the effect of thiB is to turn the character, actually m eant to represent “ atts," iuto a sign which can only be translated as " ratts 1 ” This error occurs in the 66th stamp in each sheet of 100, i .e ., the sixth in the seventh vertical row of ten.

Southern Nigeria.—(Vol. IV . p. 807).—Mr. W. H. Peckitt has shewn us the 2s. 6d., 5s., and 10s. stamps in the new colours, so only the 2$d. and £1 still remain unissued. The set in colours according to the Crown Agents' new scheme stands as follows:—

Wmk. Multiple Cr. C A . Per/. 14.id . g r e e n .Id . c a rm in e .2d. g r e y .3d . p u rp le o n y e l lo w .4d . re d an d b la ck o n y e l lo w .6d. pu rp le .Is. b la ck o n g r e en .2s. 6d . c a rm in e and b la ck o n b lu e .5s. re d a n d b la ck o n y e l lo w .

I Os. g r e e n a n d r e d on g r e e n .

Uruguay.— (Vol. III . p. 81).— According to E w en 's W eekly S ta m p New s, two new stamps have been issued in order to oommemorate the inauguration of part of the Port of Montevideo, the construction of which has been given to a French firm. Evidently, as usual, stamp collectors are expected to help with their contributions towards expenses. They are stated to have been issued on August 25th, and to have been printed at Buenos Ayres. N o particulars are given as to design or colour, but we understand that the values are 2o. and 5c., and that 200,000 of each were printed. [See Stop Press News, page 12.]

Victoria.—(Vol. IV . p. 207).— The curreut Id., perf. 11, is reported in a new shade— rose carmine— by Gibbons' S tam p W eekly,

Zambesia.—(Vol. III . p. 57).— The same journal records a new variety of the 50r. on 65r. provisional of 1905, v i z . :— ■ * In our stock we have found copies of the Mr. on 65r. in which there are two types of the figure ' 5.' In the first the ' 5 1 is the same size as the ' 0,' but in the second type the ' 5 ' is taller, and shows below the line on which the : 0 ' stands. Curiously enough, this variety appears to occur in Zambesia only, and not, as might be expected, also in other Colonies."

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Tl)c World’s Stanjp ErrorsThe Most Comprehensive atjd Entertaining Article cry this Subject yet publishedB Y M I S S F I T T E

AN error has a peculiar fascination of its own— at

least it has had, and always will have, for me— if only as an illustration of the old proverb that “ To err is hum an.”

The m ajority of the errors dealt with in this paper— and I write “ majority ” advisedly— are doubtless bond fid e , in that they were caused through want of care or ignorance, usually the former; but there are some which an absolutely impartial critic would say were accidentally done on purposo.

A postage stamp ought to be correct in every detail— design, printing, colour, paper, gum, perforation ; any deviation therefrom is incorrect, and therefore an error, if that word be taken in its literal meaning : but philatelists, being a kindly disposed class of beings, have an euphemism for errors of a more or less innocent nature, aud term them 11 varieties.”

Exactly where to draw the line between “ error ” and “ variety” is somewhat difficult, and, depending to a great extent on individual opinion, is often purely arbitrary.

Errors, in the most comprehensive sense, may be roughly divided as follows :— First (though this is latent, not patent), iuto two main classes— Unintcntioual, and In ten tion al; aud each of these may be subdivided into errors of (a) design or drawing (whether on die, plate, or stone), “ making u p ” by transfer, and “ composing,” whether for stamp or merely for surcharge or overprint; (4>) printing, in cases where, the stamp being in two or more colours, or in one colour but produced by two operations, the separate parts of the design are relatively misplaced, or one is altogether missing ; (c) colour, when the wrong ink is used, either directly, or because a stamp is ou the plate of another value : (d) paper, differing in colour, substance, or w aterm ark; and— gum hardly admitting error— («) perforation, consisting usually (it sounds rather " Irish ” ) in its entire or partial omission, which are almost iuvariably classed as “ varieties.”

Even a list of every deviation from the normal, call it error or variety as you will, is something too awful to contemplate; and I do not intend imposing such an infliotion, much less a detailed description, on my prospective readers.

Now as to the approximate lim its of this paper: I shall om it the following: all errors of spelling in stamps entirely type-set; every error in, or caused by the a d d itio n of, an overprint or surcharge ; stamps, such as tite-b ich e pairs, which are not errors when separated ; “ inverted,” if the result of two more printings; and “ double prints ” in the usual meaning of the term

Subject to these exceptions, 1 purpose giving some details of all issued stamps, which are strikingly incorrect, abnormal or incomplete in design or inscription; or are incorrect in colour, whether by direct use of the wrong ink, or by the inclusion of one value in the plate of another value, or are printed on paper (even if purposely used) intended for other values or issues: all this, with the proviso that a little latitude must be allowed for cases in which the circumstances are more than usually interesting.

M y bare list of the following errors has for some time been made out from the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue, but, though nearly all are familiar, the graDd total is much greater than was anticipated, “ doubtfuls ” have been 0xcluded, aud two or three added which are not catalogued.

I have gone straight through the two volumes of the Catalogue, taking the Countries, and the stamps of each Country, in the order in which they are g iven ; and, besides illustrating the various errors as far as possible, have added at the end of each heading the first number, as it appears in the 1909 Catalogue, of the particular error that is being dealt with— sometimes adding tho reference numbers of varieties of the error, e .g ., a second, and different watermark or perforation.

Possibly, even probably, I shall be accused of many wrongful inclusions and exclusions; but trust that my critics will remember the proverb which corresponds to the one quoted in the opening paragraph— “ To forgive is divine.”

PAR T I.G reat Britain.

ER R O R .

18 4 1, Id . red-brown— “ B. ”

The existence of this error was known from the im p rim a tu r sheet long before a copy was discovered ; it is very scarce, and is not known unused.

The One Peuny stamps, printed from plates made from Dio I., were lettered (by means of steel punches) in the lower coruerB only, the first letter denoting the number of the horizontal row, and the second letter indicating the position of any particular stamp in that row ; accordingly, the first stamp in the second row should be lettered " B . A.”

From plate 77, however, as originally made and registered on the 19th April, 1847, the letter “ A ” was omitted, and copies have within the last few years been discovered which are lettered “ H ”— all, of course, on Small Crown paper and imperforate. The mistake was detected about nine months after registration and duly rectified, the plate being re-registered on the 12th January, 1848, as 77B, the im p rim a tu r sheet being endorsed with a memorandum giving the reason for re-registration.

The first copy discovered was found in 1905, and exhibited at the Junior Philatelic Society's Exhibition in February of that year.

The next thing to do is to find a copy of the stamp after correction ; a tedious but by no means impossible task.

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ER R O R .

1870, fjrf rose-red— " O .P .— P . C . " {53).

The last was an error oi omission ; this is one of commission.

Plate 1 of the Three Halfpence, the stamps printed from which do not hear any number, was registered on j the 22nd March, 1860, but the first supply, printed in rosy mauve, was never issued. Subsequently, on the 6th June, 1870, the plate was again put to press, the impressions being in rose-red.

The third stamp in the sixteenth horizontal row should have been lettered (by means of punches, "as was usual for the line-engraved Berios), in the lower comers " P C ” • and in the upper comers “ C P ” ■ By a slip, the two letters being somewhat similar in shape, the workman punched an “ O ” in the left top com er; and the error was not discovered— beyond a vague rumour of some mistake on one of the two plates of this value— until some eleven or twelve years ago.

Taking into account the destruction in 1867 of the greater part of the two printings in rosy mauve, there were 1,036 errors in that colour, and about 60,000 in shades of rose red to lake red. The perforation was 14, but imperforate copies in both colours should exist.

The issued error is scarce used, and rare in an unused condition.

the perforation, at least two sheets must have been on the wrong paper.

The error is not yet known in an unused sta te ; and even used it is a great rarity.

e r r o r . •

18 75 , 2Jd ., rasp m auve— " L . H . — F . L (14 0 ).

The Two Pence Halfpenny, created for the prepayment of the Postal Union rate on letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight, was issued on the 1st July, 1875 Plate 2, a ll the printings from which were on Small Anchor paper, was registered on the 30th March, 1875. and was at press from the 1st June to the 6th August iu that year, producing 85,000 sheets

The die from which the moulds for the electrotyped plate were struck was provided with holes for the reception of steel plugs bearing the check letters; and, in making up the die which ultimately produced the last stamp in the eighth horizontal row of the upper pane of this plate, a mistake was made, an " F ” being used instead of an " H " for a lower corner. The stamp in question is therefore lettered “ L H -F L". instead of " 1_ |-|—H L“ - Although 35,000 copies were printed, it is uncommon in used condition, and very scarce unused.

The error was discovered in America in June, 1893.

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E R R O R . W A T E R M A R K .

1867, 10d, red-brown. W m k. E m blem s (89).

The surface-printed Ten Pence came into use on the 1st July. 1867, the im p rim a tu r sheet, watermarked Spray of Kose, being dated on the previous 22nd March, on which date the first plate was put to press.

It was just about this tim e that the hand-made Heraldic Emblems paper was being superseded by that watermarked Spray of Kose, which was machine-made.

Ou the 19th March, 1867, there was a Spray of Kose paper warrant for the One Shilling stamps, and I should have thought that by this date all the Heraldic Emblems paper would have been exhausted : probably, there were a very few (perhaps, only two or three) sheets of the earlier paper left, on the top of which a supply of the Spray of Kose paper was placed, the entire stack being subsequently printed on— this theory, if correct, would account for the lateness of the date of use (London 11th November, 1867) of one of the very few copies known. The remaining copies bear the Constantinople obliteration; and, judging from the relative positions of

BRROR.

1884, £ 1 . brow n-lilac. W m k. Orbs {186).

This One Pound was issued on the 1st April, 1884, and continued in use until early in 1891, when the colour was changed to green, the normal printings being on Imperial Crown paper— three to each stamp.

On the 5th November, 1887, a warrant was made out for a supply of stamps, but the amount was inadvertently inserted tn the column headed “ Orb," instead of in that marked " Crown consequently, there was an issue of 80,800 One Pound stamps printed on the Orb paper then in use for the small One Penny Inland Revenue, three watermarks in each stamp, the perforation being the usual one, gauging 14. ThiB stamp was also overprinted "I. R. OFFICIAL". but in that condition is not so rare as the normal one with similar overprint.

It was at first iutended to recall the errors, but ultimately they were allowed to be sold; they were on sale from early in October, 1888, until May, 1889.

T h is i s J e st a fo reta ste o f a f u l l a n d inform a tive a r tic le on erro rs w hich w i l l be continued through successive issues o f " T h e P o sta g e S ta m p ,” V olum e V .

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Philatelic LiteratureReport of the American Philatelic Society's Committee on Philatelic Literature,

containing a review o f the stamp books o f the past twelve months

IK submitting this, the eleventh annual summary of

the literature of our hobby, your Committee desires again to call attention to the Philatelic Literature Society organized about two years ago in England. The organization is not a large one, and tbe dues

are somewhat high, but it iB one which every true lover of our literature should do all in his power to support. The Journal of the society commenced publication in January of last year, and is published quarterly. Already m any valuable bibliographies have been published, and the magazine is invaluable to collectors and students alike. In reply to a query the Chairman of your Committee supplied the Journal with a list of the various publications which have acted as official journal for our owu Society, and thinking it might be of value to our owu members, annexes a copy to this report.

Several very pretentious works have appeared during the past year. From the pen of Charles J. Phillips, has appeared “ The Stamps of F iji," published by Stanley Qibbons. E . D. Bacon characterizes it as one of the best philatelic monographs that has ever been published. It can be had of the publishers for 116.60 in papet covers, or in half morocco for $9.65 post free.

Another important work is that issued by tbe Philatelic Society of India, dealing w ith the Postage Stamps of Afghanistan. While the country is not a popular one with the average collector the book is a much needed one. Most of tbe text was published in the P h ila te lic Jo u rn a l o f In d ia during the past few years, and it has been revised and a check liBt added, together with 24 plates of illustrations. I t is for Bale by W. T. Wilson, Birmingham, England, and the price is 20 shillings.

Mr. Fred J. Melville, the energetic President of the Junior Philatelic Society, is responsible for the issue of a series of monographs for which there should be a large 6ale. They are of bandy pocket size, and each is devoted to the Btamps of a particular country or some portion thereof. They contain a careful survey of the postal history of the country in addition to the descriptive matter concerning the stamps, and a good bibliography is also included. Single numbers can be had for 15c. each, or the series of eight for $1. The titles of those already issued include " L ine Engraved Stamps of Great B ritain ," “ British Central Africa," “ United States, 1847-69," “ Gam bia,” “ N evis," “ H olland." The New England Stamp Co., of Boston, and H . L . Perkins, of Hartford, Conn , are agents for this country.

Another publication of Mr. Melville's is the story of penny postage under the title of “ A Penny all the W ay." The price is the same as tbe above.

Two sim ilar manuals, by B. W . H. Poole, deal with the stamps of Hong Kong and the Falkland Islands respectively. They can be bad from Mr. Perkins for 17 cents, each.

" Hawaiian Numerals," by Henry J. Crocker, is a book of which too much can not be said in praise. I t contains a most complete description of these stamps, and illustrations of the different printings together with a history of the other stamps issued by the Hawaiian Government from 1851 to 1866. There are 22 full page plates in a pocket a t tbe back of tbe book, which is magnificently bound in half morooco with gilt edges. I t is sold for $6.15 post paid, and can be had from the author, 354,

Pine Street, San Francisco, Cal., or from the leading stamp dealers.

W alter Clark Bellows has recently issued a work on the Stamps of Campeche, which deals very fully with these most interesting and rare Mexican provisionals. I t is safe to say that no better authority can be found than Mr. Mellows, and the book will appeal to all who are interested in those stamps.

Tbe catalogue of Private Tobacco Proprietary Stamps printed on tinfoil, A c , to which allusion was made in our last report, has since made its appearance. It was compiled by J, Delano Bartlett and John W. Prevost, and is the first list of the kiud since 1883. It is a work which needs to be seen to be appreciated, and will be a great boon to collectors of these lines. The price is $1, and the book can be had from the authors at 963, Sumner Avenue, Springfield, Mass.

The valuable work on the Stamps of France by the late Arthur Maury, which came out last year, has been completed by a supplement of some 250 pages, bringing it fully up to date. •

The Stamp Collectors' Annual for 1909 contains several interesting articles, including one upon the Circular Delivery Stamps of Great Britain, which is a subject but little known. The usual periodical index for the pas year is by no means the least important part of the bookt It is for sale by Cbas. Nissen A Co., 7, Southampton Row, London, and the price is 30 cents.

A work of which we have seen only a review is "S ello s Postales de la Republica Argentina, Sellos Rivadavia 1864-1872," by Jose Marco del Pont. I t is evidently one of a series, that treating of the Confederation stamps haviog appeared in 1902, and others w ill probably follow. No particulars as to price, A c , are at hand.

Charles Meddel, 118, Rue d'Assas, Paris, has issued several works, which are reprints from his journal, L e T im b ie P o ste , we believe. " Lea Emissions des Timbres G recs” is tbe latest, and it sells for 35 cents. " L e s Timbres de Breme " is the title of another, and still a third is " Les Timbres Cantonaux de la Suisse." This latter sells for 40 cents.

A second edition, for private circulation only, has been issued of the Bibliographies of Special Subjects published recently by the Swedish Society.

A Bibliography of the Literature of Austro-Hungary was commenced in D er P h ila te lis t for February. It is of great value.

The Year Book of the United States Revenue Society contained, in addition to the official reports, a bibliography of the publications of E . B . Stirling and the commencement of a general bibliography of United States revenues.

A work on the Postmarks of the British Isles from 1840 has been running asasupplem ent to G ibbon s' S ta m p W eekly for the past few months, and is paged separately so that it can be bound up by itself when completed.

A number of the leading articles published in M ek eel’ s W eekly S ta m p N ew s have been reprinted on large pages suitable for insertion in albums or for binding separately. It is a good idea and one that we regret was not adopted long ago. The price is 5 cents each or tbe set of sixteen now ready for 65 cents.

We have recently seen a note oonoerning a work

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entitled " Lee Falsifications du Transvaal," by Leon de Raaij. No particulars as to price are to band.

Of catalogues there have been the usual annual issues. Scott, Gibbons, Kohl, Yvert-Tellier. Galvez, Sent, Hagen, and possibly others, have appeared revised and brought up to date of publication. The local stamps of the United States and China are no longer included in Scott’s Catalogue but are issued in paper covers as a separate publication. I t is 6ent free to all purchasers of the catalogue who request it or is sold separately for 10 cents.

The second edition of Forbin's Catalogue des Timbres Fiscaux appeared last August and is a great improvement over the first edition. Many additions and corrections have been made aDd the book is of great value to the fiscal collector. I t can be had from the Ararat Stamp Co., 45, Beaver Street, New York, for 90 cents, post paid.

A catalogue of Japanese revenue stamps has been issued by the Jun Kobayagawa Co., of Yokoham a, containing I illustrations of nearly all types. I t is a 33 page book, , and sells for 50 cents. The American agents are the Toledo Stamp Co.

A condensed edition of the catalogue compiled by the French Society has been issued, and can be had with the imprint of most of the leading French -dealers. The price is 70 cents.

In a German paper we find a notice of a “ Katalog der Deutschen Eisenbahnmarken.” The price is 20 cents, and the publisher, H. Duesterbehn, of Oldenburg.

A catalogue and handbook to the stamps of Switzerland, !>y E rnst Zumstein, 18, Spitalgasse, Berne, selling for 85 cents, is a work which is” very well spoken of by the reviews To those who are interested in this country it can uot fail to be of value.

In the periodical world we have had quite a renaissance. September, 1908, saw the first number of the C a n a d ia n C ollector, which promised great things, and then, like the Arab, silently folded its touts and stole away, bearing with it numerous half dollars which it had received for subscriptions !

C a rter 's M on th ly Record, a bouse organ published by Henry Csrter, 85, Raven Meols Lane, Formby, Liverpool, at 36 cents per year, appeared the same month, aud is still published we think.

T h e H artford P h ila te lis t appeared in October, and is still published by H. L Perkins, Box 176. Price 25 cents per year

The Fiscal Philatelic Society of England have commenced the publication of a Bulletin, which is sent free to members. It is made up of the official communications of the officers aDd a fiscal chronicle. It is published quarterly.

On the 5th of October appeared the first number of the D a ily P h ila te lic World, published by Eben S. Martin, of Plano, 111. One hundred and sixteen numbers were issued, the last appearing March 1st, 1909.

In November, the P h ila te lic T rib u n e, published by

Clarence De K ay, Florida, N .Y ., appeared, but it wa absorbed by the S ta m p J o u r n a l of Denver in April of the present year.

The H artford C ou rier was issued December, 1908, by the Diamond Stam p Co., but we are not aware of any further numbers.

Iu December appeared the first uumberof the P h ila te lic W orld, published by Alex. J. 8efi, 8, Sheriff Hoad, West End Lane, London, N .W ., at 62 cents per year. I t is ooe of the most promising of the new journals, and contains m uch readable material. An English translation of Captain Ohrt’s- work on reprints should bring it many subscriptions. ,

The C ollector’s Jo u rn a l, 3812, Langley Avenue, Chicago, is another well-gotten-up monthly which deserves support. The subscription rate is 50 cents

From Winnipeg, Manitoba, comes T he H obbyist, published by O. Kendall, the first cumber of which appeared in January. The annual subscription is 50 cents.

Respectfully submitted.Wm. C. Stone, C h a irm a n .

O F F I C I A L J O U R N A L S O F T H E A . P A .

Official Circular, No. I. November, 1886. Grand Crowing, 111.No. 2. December, 1886. ,. ., ,.

A m e r ica n P h ila te lis t , Vol. 1., January to May, 1887. Altoona, Pa. Official Circular, No. 3, April 21st, 1887. Grand Crosaing, 111.

No. 4. June 15th, 1887. ..W estern P h ila te lis t , July to September. 1887. Chicago, III.A m erica n P h ila te lis t , Vol 11., October, 1887 to September, 1888.

Philadelphia, Pa.Vol. III., October, 1888, to September, 1889. Vol. IV., October. 1889, to September. 1890.

M etrop olitan P h ila te lis t , October and November, 1890. New York. A m e r ica n P h ila te lis t , Vol. V.. January to December, 1891. Chicago.

Vol. VI., January to December, 1892. „(Vol. VI. changed to St. Louis with the September issue.)

Vol. VII., January to August, 1893. St. Louis. (The Annual Convention Report, issued February, 1894,

is paged to follow the August, 1893. number.) P h ila te lic J o u rn a l o f A m e rica , Sept.. 1893, to June, >895. St. Louis.

(The official matter was reprinted in separate form and sent to all members of the Association.)

M eheet’s W eekly S ta m p N ew s, Ju y. 1895. to Sept.. 1897. St. Louis. 1 W eek ly P h ila te lic E r a , August, 1897, to Sept,, 1903. Portland. Mo.

M ck eel’ s W eekly S ta m p N ew s, September, 1903. to date. New York.(Changed to Boston. Mass., in March, 1904.)

The Annual Convention Report is entitled The A m erica n P h ila te lis t , and is numbered to continue the files of that journal.

A m e r ica n P h ila te lis t , Vol. VIII., December, 1894.Vol. IX., February, 1896.Vol. X.. November. 1896 Muscatine, Iowa. Vol. XL, November, 1897. „ „Vol. XU., February, 1899- Portland. Maine. Vol. XIII., February, 1960. Klemington, N.J Vol. XIV., December 1st, 1900. „ „Vol. XV., December, 1901. .,Vol. XVI., December, 1902. „Vol. XVII., December, 1903. Muscatine. Iowa. Vol. XVIIL, December, 1904 „ „Vol. XIX., December 30th, 1905, „ ,,Vol. XX., January 12th, 1997. Philadelphia. Vol. XXI., January 23rd, 1908. Denver, Colo. Vol. XXII.. Nov. 1st, 1908. Columbus, Ohio.

Tl?e Postage Start?p HapdbcoHsH E first two books are ncw on sa l e .

I, Jamaica and Cayman Islands, by Edward J. Nankivell. Price 4d. Post free 4Id.

II . Cape of Good Hope, by Edward J. Nankivell. Price 6(1. Post free 6Jd.

The new books are produced in a tasteful style, with specially designed cover printed in red and black, on a buff coloured art paper.

The continuation of the series, which is under the general editorship of Mr. Fred. J. M elville, Editor of T he Postage S tam p , w ill Inolude

H I. Niger Coast Protectorate, by Edward J. Nankivell. Price 6d. Post free 6Jd

IV . Dominica, by Bertram W H. Poole. Price6d. Post free 6Jd.

V. Abyssinia, by Fred. J. Mebille. Price 6d.Post free 6$d.

All orders for these books should be sent to— Baldwins.

G rosvenoh Works,T unbridge Wells.

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How to Collect tl>e Starpps of f r e p c b ColoniesB Y J. I R E L A N D (

J iBEN CH Colonial stamps are now getting more |

plentifully used, and there is no reason— if the i varieties are ignored— why every collector should I not have a representative collection of these i stamps. It should be clearly understood it is

only possible to do this by ignoring the surcharges, and keeping to the specially issued stamps. If the collector is not prepared to do this, it were better to leave this group alone, as otherwise he will get disheartened.

Turn up French Colonies in Stanley Qibbons' catalogue, P art II, and it will be seen that with one or two exceptions, there was a general issue for all the colonies, and, that from 1871 to 1881 French stamps unperforated and differing but slightly from those of the Mother Country, were used, as our own penny reds were used in many of our British Colonies before the regular issues. As these latter are ignored, so are the French stamps ignored in the Simple Life.

If the collector is using a blank album, the title “ French Colonies," should be written at the top, with a sub-title (Special Issues) underneath. These are the few special stamps that were issued previous to the Eagle design. They are as follows:—

B iu n io n . 1852.

In 1892 the Commerce and Navigation or " T a b le t '’ type was introduced. It is here that the collector generally comes to grief, he attempts to make 27 sets and the 1 and 2 centimes is about as far as he gets In the Simple Life, the principle is accepted that this design was prepared for cheapness, and the name of each colony printed in the tablet as required. Therefore, prepare

'accommodation for one set on the “ Qeneral Issue ’’ page, and fill up the blanks with any names that may come your way. It iB possible to have a different name for each value.

T h ir d Issu e . 1892. (Com m erce a n d N avigation).

A l l hut the 10c. rose a n d th e 15 a n d 25 cents are on tin te d paper.

T ype set.15c. blue ou bluish. 30c. blue on bluish.

Note. Originals have a border of two thin lines and one thick line. Reprints have only two lines, one thin and one thick.

New C aled on ia . 1858, ,H ead o f N apoleon.

10c. black.Although not strictly chrouological, it may be con

venient to include the provisional issues on the same page, as there are so few of them.

D iego S u a rez. P ro v isio n a l Issu e. 1890. lc . black. 15c. black.5c. black. 25c. black.

1891. New D esig n .5c. black.

G abon. P ro v is io n a l Issu e . 1889.15c. blaok on rose. 25c. black on green.

M adagascar. Type set P r o v is io n a l. 1891.On tin ted papers.

5c. black. 25c brown.10c. black. lfr . black15c. blue. 5fr. lilac.

The next page should be inscribed " Qeneral Issues." F ir s t Issu e . 1859. (E a g le ) .

lc . green. 20c. blue.5c. green. 40c. orange.lOo. brown. 80c. carmine.

Six stamps in set.Secon d Issu e. 1881. (Com m erce).

P r in te d on tin ted papers.lo . black. 25c. ochre.2c. brown. 25c. blaok (1886).4o. purple-brown. 80c. cinnamon.5c. green. 35c. black.10c. black. 40c. red.15c. blue. 75c. rose.

, 20o. red. lfr . olive green.

lc . black. 25c. blue (1900).i I 2c. brown. 30c. brown.

4c. purple brown. 35c. black (1906).5c. green. 40c. red.10c. black. 45c. black (1907).10c. rose (1900). 50c. carmine.15c. blue. 50c. brown.15c. grey (1900). lfr. olive.20c. red. 2fr. violet.25c. black. 5fr. mauve.

In 1906 a special design was introduced for the West African Colonies inscribed " Afrique Occidentals Fran- caise.” These have been issued to date in Dahomey, Guin6e, Ivory Coast, Mauretania, Senegal and Upper Senegal-Niger.

1906. F o r W est A fr ica . T h ree designs.

F ir s t design. Second design. T h ir d design.

lc . grey. 20c. black on bluish, lfr. black on azure.2c. brown. 25o. blue. 2fr. blue on rose.4c. brown on blue. 90c. brown. 5fr. red on straw.5c. green. 35c. black on yellow.10c. rose. 40c. rose on green.15c. violet. 45c. rose on bluish.

. 60c. violet.75c. green on orange.

This completes the general designs. The special issues will follow.

O B SO LE T E C O U N TR IE S.Djibouti.

1894. L a r g e d esigns bi-coloured.

lc . claret and black.2c. black and claret.4c. blue and brown.5c. red and green.10c. green'and brown. 15c. green and lilac.25c. rose and blue.30c. rose and olive brown

40c. blue and yellow (1900). 50c. red and blue.75c. or&uge and mauve, lfr . black and olive.2fr. rose and brown.5fr. blue and rose.25fr. blue and rose.50fr. rose and blue.

The stamps for Somali Coast are now in use here.

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Obock. Quiana.1893. G roup o f N atives, F irst Issu e. 1904. Three designs.

lc . black and rose.2c, brown and green.4c. brown and orange.5c. green and brown.10c. black and green.15c. blue and rose.20c. orange and purple.

H ig h V a lu es. 1803,2fr. slate green.

25c. black and blue. 30c. bistre and green. 40c. red and green. 50c. rose and blue. 75c. lilac and orange. Hr. olive and purple.

C am el to right.

5fr. rose.

1894. C a m el to left.

2fr. orange and lilac. 25fr. blue and brown.5fr. rose and blue. 50fr. green and red.lOfr. lake and red.

Somali Coast stamps have been in use her since 1901. The 25fr. and 50fr. may be obtained overprinted 5c.

and 10c. respectively for use in Djibouti, at one-eighth the price of the unsurcharged stamps.

This completes the obsolete countries We now take the countries alphabetically.

Congo.1900. T hree designs.

P a n th er.•

lc . brown and sepia.2c. brown and yellow (1904). 4c. red and grey.5c. green and grey green. 10c. red aud pale red.15c. violet and olive.

B a k a lo is W oman.

20c. green and red.25c. blue and pale blue, 30c. red and yellow.40c. brown and green. 50c. violet and lilac.75c claret and orange.

P a lm Grove.

lfr. drab and green. 2fr rose and brown. 5fr. orange and black.

Fifteen stamps.

Anteater. G old-W asher. P a lm P la n ta tion .

lc. black. 20c. brown. lfr. red.2c. blue. 25c. blue. 2fr. blue.4c. brown. 30c. black. 5fr. black5c. green. 35c. black on yellow (1906).10c. red. 40c. rose15c. lilac. 45c. grey brown (1907).

50c. lilac.75c. green.

Seventeen stamps.Oulnea.

1904, D esig n : Shepherd.

A l l but the 10c an d 25c. on tin ted papers.

lc black.2c. purple brown.4c. rose.5c. green.10c.rose.15c. lilac.20c. carmino.25c. blue.

Fifteen stamps

30c. brown. 40c red. 50c. brown. 75c. blue, lfr. olive. 2fr. red,5fr. blue.

Note. Since 1906 the West African design inscribed Uuinee has been in use here.

Somali Coast.1902 ( J u ly ) .

M osque.

lc. purple.2c. brown.4c. blue.5c. blue green. 10c. carmine. 15c orange.

1903.lc. purple.2c. brown.4c. rose.5c. green.10c. carmine. 15c. brown.

C oloured centres.

C am el.

20c. lilac.25c. blue.30c. red 40c. orange. 50c. green. 75c. orange.

Sam e designs.

20c. lilac.25c. blue.30c. carmine. 40c, orange. 50c. green. 75c. brown.

Thirty stamps.

Three designs

Group o f W arriors.

lfr. orange red. 2fr. green 5fr. orange.

lfr. red.2fr. green. 5fr. yellow.

B la c k centres

Note. Moat of the above may be found with centres inverted, but these are printers' error*.

Guadeloupe.

lc. black. 2c. brown. 4e. brown. 5c. green. 10c. rose. 15c. lilac.

1905. Views. T hree d esigns.

20c. red on green. lfr. black on green 25c. blue. 2fr red on orange.30c. black. Mr. blue on orange.35c. black on yellow.40c. red on straw.45c. brown on Ulao,50c. olive on straw.75c. rose on azure.

Seventeen stamps against 396 in the catalogue !

To be concluded n e x t week.

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10 THE POSTAGE STAMP

T!>e New Hebrides (A conjplete account of tfceir Posts apd Postage Stanjps 'B Y S I N G L E C .A .

TH E almost simultaneous appearance of two separate

series of postage stamps for the New Hebrides has served to bring them into philatelic, where they have hitherto enjoyed only political, prominence.

F or three decades past the question of the ownership of this group has been the subject of constant diplom atic contention between the governments of Great Britain and F ra n ce; both nations having large vested interests in the Islands. Were it not for the fact of there being a large amount of Australian capital involved. Great Britain would doubtless have long ago resigned in favour of her G allic neighbour, and have accepted in compensation territorial concessions in some other part of the world, such as have been frequently offered by France. The B ritish Government has however pledged itself to Australia to maintain and protect her interests there, and such a step is therefore out of the question.

These Islands, which have been the cause of so much international controversy, are some thirty in number, situate in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, and stretching from North-W est to South-East in a long chain, over 500 miles in extent. To the Eastward lies the British Colony of Fiji, and to the South-West the French peritd settlement of New Caledonia. They are of volcanic origin, and three of the principal Islands, Polevi, Ambrym, and Tanna, contain active craters. The remainder rest upon coral foundations, the most important being Efate, or Sandwich Island, Espiritu, Santo, Mallicolo, Erromango, Epi, Aneityurn, Mai wo, (Aurora), and Aragh (Pentecost).

Amongst the most fertile of the fruitful islands of the Pacific, they produce, in te r a lia , copra, maize timber, bananas, coffee, and sulphur, which are exported in large quantities to a total annual value of £44,000. Tbe trade is chiefly with Sydney, N .S.W ., and Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia.

Luxuriant forests cover the majority of the islands which are of a more or less mountainous character, rising in places to a height of over 3,000 feet above the level of tbe sea The clim ate though moist is not unhealthy.

In common w ith the adjacent Archipelago of tbe Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides owe their discovery to Don Pedro Hernandez de Quiros, a young m ilitary officer in tbe service of H is Catholic Majesty the King of Bpaiu. This soldier set sail from Lim a in Peru, on December 21st, 1605, in company with another vessel commanded by L u iz Vaez de Torres. The object of the expedition was to discover the great Southern Continent, whence Solomon of old was reputed to have obtained the gold and precious stones used for the embellishment of the Temple at Jerusalem.

After oruising about for more than four months land was at length sighted on the last day of April, 1606, which proved afterwards to be the northern-most island of the group now known to geographers as the New Hebrides. Quiros, believing it to be a part of the mainland, christened it ” Australia del Espiritu Santo "

He came to anchor in a bay which he named “ Vera Cruz," whilst upon a small stream which flowed into it he bestowed the title of " Jordan.”

An attem pt was made at founding a Settlem ent on the shores of the bay, whioh was frustrated, however, by the

hostility of the natives and the ravages of disease amongst his crew, who finally broke into open m utiny, and Quiros was reluctantly compelled to return to South America, where he died about ten years later.

A century and a half had passed before the group was again visited by Europeans, when in 1767 Captain Carteret sailed those waters in his vessel tbe '* Swallow,” and in the following year, De Bougainville, the famous French explorer, made an expedition ta the islands.

By Captain Cook they were thoroughly explored in 1774, when they received from him the designation of the ” New Hebrides,” from a supposed resemblance to the Hebrides group off the west coast of Scotland.

The thirty islands which go to make up the group have amongst them an area of 5,110 square miles, ten being uninhabited. Aborigines of the Melanesian race to the Dumbor of about 100,000, and some 650 odd Europeans, of whom about two-thirds are French, comprise the present population of the group.

B y Anglo-French agreements of November 16th. 1387, and June 26th, 1888, the civil administration of the Islands and the protection of life and property of the European traders atid residents is entrusted to a joint Commission of British and French naval officora; both nations being recognised as having equal territorial rights. This arrangement also provides against the possible intrusion of a third Power. A supplementary convention was signed in 1906.

Supreme authority is vested in two resident High Commissioners appointed by their respective governments. There is also an international H igh Court of Justice, presided over by three Judges, one French, one English, and a third to act as arbitrator, who is nominated by the King of Spain. *

In the year 1887, there was floated in Australia a commercial venture for the purpose of opening up trade relations with the islands of the New Hebrides group, and of developing the numerous concessions which were held there by British and Australian settlers. This Company was styled the Australasian New Hebrides Company, Lim ited. It was for m any years tho sole British trading company operating in those regions, and its growth was so rapid that in a short time it practically controlled the trade of the group.

The earliest attempt a t providing regular postal communication with the New Hebrides was made during 1892-93 by the Australian United' Steam Navigation Company, one of whose steamers, under subsidy from the governments of New 8outh Wales and Victoria, made the tour of the group a t regular intervals, carrying freight and passengers in addition to the mails.

Under this arrangement correspondence was conveyed free to Sydney if accompanied with sufficient cash to purchase the requisite number of stamps to convey it to its ultim ate destination, which were duly affixed by .the New South Wales Post Office. Letters consigned to the Islands were likewise carried on from Sydney without additional charge.

For some reason or other however, in 1894, the sub- sidles were discontinued and the mail service allowed to lapse.

I t so happened that at this period the affairs of the

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Australasian New Hebrides Company were in a particularly flourishing condition.

Realizing therefore the necessity and advantage of a regular organized inter-island postal system, owing to the increasing number of European settlers, this firm purchased a small steamer on their own account by the aid of which a reliable postal service between the various islands of the archipelago was inaugurated. The itinerary occupied three weeks and included no fewer than sixty- five ports of call.

Later a subsidiary service of direct steamers voyaging between Port Vila and Sydney was established ; leaving the latter port every throe weeks and connecting with the inter-island service at Vila.

At first no stamps were issued in connection with this service, m ail matter being prepaid in cash as heretofore. The rapid development of the system, however, rendered the keeping of the accounts a matter of some difficulty, and finally in order to facilitate the work, two stamps of the face values of Id. and 2d, respectively were issued on March 17th, 1897, for use on letters, etc., conveyed by the Company's steamers.

They were of a purely local nature and had franking power only within the New Hebrides group itself, or upon the Company’s boats to Sydney. The stamps were lithographed in that City by the firm of Messrs. John Ssnds & Co., in sheets of 120, twelve rows of ten, on thick white wove unwatermarked paper, and were rouletted

The central design, enclosed in a handsome ornamental frame, consisted of a view of Port Vila, and the stamps were inscribed " IN TE R -ISLA N D PO STAGE AUSTRA L ASIAN N EW H E B R ID E S COM PAN Y. L IM IT E D ,” with the name “ Port V ila " immediately beneath the picture, and below that again, upon an arched tablet appeared the value in words, with figures of value in decorative frames in each of the lower corners; the whole on a background of fanciful design.

Oblong in shape they are said to have been designed by Mr. A. F . Bassett-Hull the well known Australian philatelist, to whom the suggestion of their issue is also attributed.

The top margins of the sheets bore the inscription " Australasian New Hebrides Company, Lim ited. Iuter- Island Postage. Price ; 2d. per label. 2s. per row of 12. 20s. per sheet of 120 " or in the case of the Id. stamp just half these amounts. Serial numbers in black were printed in the upper left-hand corners of the sheets.

In addition to being used for purely local postal purposes the Company announced th at on and after the 1st June, 1897, they would require all letters conveyed to the mainland by their steamers to bear one of the Id. Inter-Island postage stamps as well as the 2£d. stamp of New South Wales, which served for international postage.

The postal tariff for the regular Inter-Island servicewas as follow s:—

Letters per Joz. or fraction thereof ... ... Id.Packets and Magazines not exceeding 4oz. ... Id.

„ „ ,, for every additional 4oz. orfraction thereof ... Id.

Parcels per 8oz. or fraction thereof ... ... Id.Newspapers per 8oz. ,. ., ... ... Id.Registration Fee ... ... ... ... 2d.

Two separate types of obliterators were employed in cancelling these stamps, the first, used at Port Vila only, consisting of a single-lined circle inscribed “ Port Vila Post— New (date) Hebrides— A N .H . Co., L td ." in five lines, the first and last lines reading round the circumference of the circle, and the remainder in three straight lines across the centre. The second was similar to the above, but lettered " Travelling Post Office," and was used in defacing letters cn hoard of the Company’s vessels.

1 8 9 7 . (March 17th), As illustrated. Designed by Mr. A. F . Bassett-Hull. Lithographed in two operations by Messrs. John Sauds & C o , in Sydney, N.S.W . Bi-coloured. Centres in second colour, Rouletted. Thick white wove unwatermarked paper.

Id. lilac and black 2d. brown and blue

Even at the tim e at which these stamps were first issued a crisis had arisen iu the affairs of the Company, and by the end of the same year it had gone into compulsory liquidation with a nett deficit of over £25,000. The rapid decline in the fortunes of this concern is accounted for in many ways. Several large French firms had arisen since its inauguration, and had entered into strenuous competition with it for the monopoly of the Islands' trade. IrkBome restrictions as regards tradiog with the natives, especially in the matter of the sale of gunpowder, firearms, etc., had been imposed by the British authorities, whilst the French companies were under no Buch restraint. Lastly, the French concerns were heavily subsidized, and the Australian firm lacked even the support of their Government.

Consequently their operations had for some time been carried on in the face of enormous difficulties, and it is not surprising that eventually they succumbed to the force of circumstances.

The rights of the defunct Australasian Now Hebrides Company Ltd., together with all the lands held by them in the Islands, amounting to about 100.000 acres, wero acquired by Messrs. Burns, Pbilp & Co., who, under a government subsidy, ran and still run a service of mail steamers between Sydney and the New Hebrides group. The inter-island postal system was discontinued, and an agency of the New South Wales Post Office established at Port Vila, all letters consigned out of the Islands being franked with the ordinary postage stamps of that State.

In 1902, Messrs. Burns, Philp & Co. received an in* creased mail subsidy from the Federal Government, whilst they in turn transferred to the Commonwealth authorities the lands owned by them in the Islands.

British trade with these regions has, however, fallen off to an enormous extent since the winding up of the old Company, due in a large measure to the introduction of the new Federal tariff, whilst that with New Caledonia shows a corresponding increase, and in fact, the whole of the commercial enterprise of the New Hebrides exhibits a lamentable tendency to drift entirely into French hands.

The French authorities were, as may be supposed, by no means blind to the advantages of a regular and reliable postal service as an adjunct to successful trade relations. Prior to the end of 1901, correspondence between the Islands and Noumea was conveyed by the steamers of the Societe Francais de la Nouvelles Hebrides, and was prepaid by means of the ordinary stamps of New Caledonia.

Late in that year however, the facilities for communication were increased, and a frequent service of subsidized steamers inaugurated for the conveyance of the French mails between the two places.

T o be con tin u ed.


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ON page 129 of our last volume we published A long description of the great collection

formed by the late JamesW. Paul, Jr., of P hiladelphia. I learn that the collection has been sold to the New ICnglaud Stamp Co., of Boston, for the sum of 57,000 dollars, or about £11,400.

Montevideo Celebration Postponed.

I have been favoured with a copy of a letter from a Montevideo correspondent of the S ta m p Lover, dated August 24th :— “ I have pleasure in sending herewith a Bet of the 2c. and 5c. Commemorative stamps issued to-day to celebrate the inauguration by the President of the Port of Montevideo. The stamps will remain on sale for three days, after which they are to be withdrawn and destroyed iu accordance with the terms of the Official Decree.

“ A river steamer was wrecked at the entrance to the Port at six o'clock this morning, and on account of the appalling loss of life, the inauguration, which had been fixed for ten o'clock, has been indefinitely postponed.”

The stamps, which are of a large size, l | inches wide by 1$ inches deep, are each produced in two printings, the large central vignette shewing the “ Puerto do Montevideo ” being in black in each case. The frame of the 2cts. is in brown, and that of the 5cts. in rosy red A large watermark of lines crossing each other diamond- wise contains in the diamonds the script letters R.O. The stamps have probably been printed by the 8outb American Bank Note Co., of Buenos Ayres, a small piece of margin attached to our copy of the 5cts. having the last eight letters of the imprint hob a ir k s .

The stamps both bear the date on the frame design “ 25 DB AOO8TO d b 1909.”

Chinese F.P.O. ?Probable Issue of Stamps for Tibet.

The Imperial Chinese Government are on the eve of establishing a postal service in Tibet, and maintaining post houses on throe roads having a centre in Lhassa, the nominal Capital. Bearing in mind the recent issue of Commemoratives in newly enlightcucd China, we must not bo surprised to hear of an issuo of stamps specially for that ruin of a country— Tibet. We might suggest a few good illustrations th a t might be appropriate to the country and poople of Tibet

For instance, Messrs. Pears might be invited to allow the use of their famous picture— “ Since when I have used no other ” — to depict the effigy of the Grand Llama— since the laws of the Tibetian Priesthood forbid photographs of themselves being taken. Of course, it would not do to refer to such a worldly and wicked article as soap in the holy land of Tibet. Then one value might depict a picture of tho famous city in which there are no women, nor has the step of a woman ever trod (vide Tibetian Legends). The colours of this stamp might bo purple, yellow and green.

Unification ol South American Postal Rates.I gather from L e B u lle tin P h ila te liq u e that thore is a

prospect of another commemorativo stamp or series from South America at no very distant date. Our contemporary sa y s:—•

" Almost all the South A merican countries have different postal rates, and tho service between them becomes very complicated. The Postmaster of Uruguay has just taken tho initiative in convoking a conference of his confreres of tho Argentine, Paraguay, Chili and Brazil, with the object of studying fresh legislation for bringing tho postal services of these countries under the same rules.

“ It is probable that a commemorative stamp or series will appear if this conference takes place.”

Underground Electric Mall Roads.The M adrut b 'ila telico saya that the postal service of

Berlin is so overloaded with work, that tho authorities project tho construction of two underground electric lines to be used exclusively for letter carrying. Tho first will


take a circular route touching at the priDicipal offices of the cap ital; the second will bring the central office into

. direct communication with the new post office and the Potsdam post office.

Berne International Philatelic Exhibition.In our issue dated September 25th (Stop Press Column),

it was announced that Berne was tohaveari International Phila'elic Exhibition next year. The Secretary of the Organisation Committee has written me giving some particulars.

The exhibition w ill be held during the autumn of 1910 in the halls of the New Casino at B erne.. The Committee is composed of the following gentlemen :—

A. do Reuterskiold, Lausanne, PresidentJ. Schieb, Berne. Vice-President.P. Puri, Berne. Secretary of the ExhibitionE . Zumstein, Berne, Treasurer.F. Arnold, Berne, Secretary of the Organisation

Committee.

A Mecca lor PhilatelistsI gather that at the last Exhibition at Amsterdam it

was suggested that it was time that Switzerland came to the fore and shewed the progress attained by collectors in the last few years. T h o id e a .it appears, was readily takou up, no doubt largely due to the enthusiasm of Baron do Reuterskiold and Herr Zumstein, both of whom we bad the pleasure of meeting in the Dutch Capital last June.

It is now fourteen years since the lost International Philatelic Exhibition was held in Switzerland so the time should bo fully ripe for a really successful show. I trust the Organisation Committee will select a time when it will he generally convenient for British philatelists to spend a short holiday in Switzerland, which, in addition to being the popular playground of Europe, has the additional attraction to philatelists that the Capital may be regarded in a way as the Mecca of devotees of the stamp hobby, being the-locale of the central organisation of the Universal Postal Uuiou.

The Country of the •• Cantonal*.”

I have already referred in these columns to the activity of Swiss philatelists of late, and the growth of the Union of Swiss Philatelic Societies. All this augurs well f..rthe success of the Exhibition, and as it is not every day that one has the opportunities for studying really Aue collections of the beautiful early Cantonal stamps, many of us will surely he tempted to run over to Berne to gloat upon the display which the Swiss collectors are sure to set before us. A number of philatelists have already promised our Swiss confreres their hearty support in the enterprise, and in the words of the Organisation Committee, “ We trust that this Exhibition will be really International in the widest meaning of the term ”

The Colour Question.The Rev. W, Wilks, M.A., Secretary of the Royal

Horticultural Society, makes a plea in a letter to the London D a ily E x p ress for the universal adoption of a chart to standardise colour names. We philatelists know what confusion there is in the matter of the names of colours, and if the chart is likely to be of service in connection w ith stamps it should And favour in our sight.

I quote Mr. W ilks’ letter :—" To the Editor of the E xp ress.

Sir,— For many years the Royal Horticultural Society has been confronted with the difficulty of describing exactly the colour of any particular Aowor, in terms which shall be as distinctly and deAnitely intelligible in New York and Paris, Berlin and Quebec, as in London.

We determined, therefore, to endeavour to establish an international code by which any one, anywhere, could convey to any one else exactly and precisely the Colour and shade he is speaking of.

" With this end in view we searchedifor a good colour chart, and have been successful in Aiiding an excellent one containing 360 colours between white and black, with the name of each in French, Qerman, English, Spanish, and Italian, together with four shades of each of the 360 colours, so that any one wishing to describe to a friend at Calcutta the exact colour and shade of a Aower, a silk, or a painting, need only refer to the colour chart number, quoting, if, say, for Apricot,’ 1 page 53, shade 3 ; or if for ” Itosy-pink," page 118, shade 4; and so on.

"T h e cost of production of so beautifully printed and so large a chart was, of course, very heavy, and it was issued at one guinea net, but our society, by adopting it as an international standard, and purchasing a very large number of copies from the publisher, is able to supply it to our Fellows and others at 14s. Gd , or, if by post, 15s.

“ Manifest utility would accrue to every one all over the world if this chart were adopted universally as a standard of colour nomenclature.

“ I need hardly s-ay that our soeiety has uo pecuniary interest in the matter whatever

“ W . W i l k s .*’ Secretary. Royal Horticultural Society

" Vincent Square, Westminster, S .W .”

The 5tamp-lei> Island.

It will come as a surprise to stamp collectors who have often heard of the lonely island of Tristan d'A cunha that the inhabitants know what it is to be “ busy.’ ’ In a communication to the D a ily E x p re ss Mr. Arthur B Atkinson encloses a letter explaining how the islanders got their books and parcels in answer to an appeal in the Press, by tho ss. Pandora.

The letter is unstamped (for they have no stamps on the little island), and hears many queer postmarks, including the dateless stamp “ Tristan da Cunha.” It is signed by ‘ ’ A. Repetto.” He sa y s:—

" 1 received tho parcel of books which kindly you sent to me for the use of the island, and many thanks of it, and I should say they are very useful.

" The parcels arrive to the island on the 29 of April, and landing on the 2d of May on account of the bad weather. They are sent out by the schooner Greyhound, which sail from Cape Good Hope, and this letter gone bnk by her.

'■ I wish to write more but as I am very busy at present anyhow may thank yon for you kind and interest you took to this lonely island.”

Captain E. B. Eager’ s Collection.

Thore was a large attendance (says the G lobe 29 9.09) at Messrs. Pultick and Simpson’s rooms, Leicester Square, last night, to witness the disposal of scarce British, Foreign, and Colonial postnge stamps, including the rare collection formed by the late Captain E. B. Eager, of the Northumberland Fusiliers. Good prices were secured for the following:— Gibraltar, 1839, 10 cents carmine, having value omitted, unused, in m int state and scarce, £16; Great Britain, I.R . Official, 1892, £1 green, unused and m int, rare, £8 15s.; Ceylon, 1855-J, 4d. rose, scarce, £9; two Ane specimens, 9d. purple-brown. £6 7s. G d.; 2s. blue, largo margins, scarce, £7 ; 8d. brown, very Ane. £5 10 s.; Mauritius, 1839, large Allet, 2d. deep blue, rare, £7 ; North Borneo. 1891-92,6 cents on 8 cents green, with “ postage ’ ’ only (one of the very rarest stamps of this country), £10 10s.; Cape of Good Hope, 1855-58, Gd. slate, a block of ten, very scarce in large blocks, £9 1 5 s .; Afghanistan, 1871-72, 1 rupee purple, a very Ane unused

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vertical strip of three, exceedingly scarce, £12 ; and India, Service, I860, 4 annas green and purple, rare, £3.

5tory of the Junior Philatelic Society.I have received from Mr. Ralph Wedmore, 54, Park

Road, West Dulwich, S .E ., a well illustrated and tastefully printed pamphlet in colours, entitled "T h e Story of the J.P S ” There is no charge for the pamphlet which can be had post free from Mr Wedmore at the above address.

Club Secretary’ s Change of Address.Mr. Leicester B. Paino, the energetic Secretary of the

Travellers' Stamp Exchange Club, writes me that he has left Stoke-upon-Trent and has taken up his residence at 1, Portland Place, Kemp Town, Brighton. The Travellers’ is one of the largest and oldest of the E x change Clubs, having been founded on January 1st, 18'J2, and the vulue of the monthly packets average £2,000. Mr. Paine tells me that the summer season just passed lias been a splendid one, the sales for June, July, and August being record ones for these mouths. Mr. Paine is one of the most enterprising of Club Secretaries, and I wish his exchange continued and increased success. I am glad to sea that he has early evinced his interest in the Brighton branch of the Junior Society, at whose meeting on October 14th ho is giving a display of Great Britain.

Close of the Golden West Exhibition.A Great Advertisement for American Philately.

The Golden West Exhibition closed its doors on Saturday night after a very successful six months season. The two score or more J .P .S . officials, workers and stallholders, who “ performed ” Auld Lang Syne in the proper Scots fashion to tho accompaniment of a Yankee band, will no doubt be glad to be relieved of their long vigil over the valuable loan collection of United Slates stamps It is a matter on which all concerned may heartily congratulate themselves that throughout the entire period and with the numerous changes of exhibits, not a single

stamp exhibited has been in any way damaged, and so well has the lighting arrangement been controlled that oven the most delicate colours have not shewn the least ill-effects from the comparatively long exposure. The Obsetver of Sunday (Oct. 3rd), in referring to the close of the Exhibition, says th a t:— *■ America, in 1 The Golden West,' at E arl's Court, has had a fine Exhibition of its products and industries in the face of a record bad English summer. The attendance from all parts was almost as unprecedented as it was unexpected, and yesterday the Exhibition drew to a profitable and pleasant close."

The same may be said for American philately in particular. Strangely enough there have been detractors of this daring and novel enterprise on the part of the Junior hocietv, notably too amongst those who should reap much of the benefit which must accrue to the trade from a great advertisement of philately. Perhaps there were some mistaken enough to suppose that tho extraordinary crowd during the three days’ exhibition at Caxtou Hall last year could be maintained at the same high pressure for 127 days at a stretch. Notwithstanding the other, attractions in Loudon this summer, and the bad weather experienced, we understand that the management of the Exhibition is highly gratified at the successful gate and on several of the special days, wc understand, the attendances were record ones even for Earl'B Court.

A New ixc. U.S.Mr. Hurald L . Kjellstedt, of Scranton, Pa., writes me

that he lias just been informed from Washington that the registration fee will be 10c. from November 1st, and that a new stamp of the 12c. value probably will take the place of the present 13c. at the same time.

The Postage Stamp Binding Covers.Handsome dark blue covers ill buckram. Rill lettered side

and back, may lie bad lrom our Publishers. Sir Isaac Pi turn n A Sons. Amen Corner. London. Price Is. 6d,

Sin?plifyii)g Postal WorHAutomatic Devices used ip Paris

MONS. M IL L E R A N D , the new Minister of Public Works, who has the Department of Posts and Telegraphs under his charge, is attempting to remedy the extreme disorder in which this department has been left by instituting mechanical

devices which w ill take work off the shoulders of the overburdened employees. He has already ordered the immediate installation of an automatic Telephone Exchange, which will cope with the needs of 2000 subscribers, and yesterday, by his instructions, a new machine was placed at the disposal of the public which registers letters automatically. The machine i6 placed outside a post office in oneof the busiest parts of the city, only a stone’s- throw from the Avenue de l’Op6ra, and already it has done good service.

In the front of the machine are four openings, one for the nickel coin of 25 centimes (twopcnce-lialfpenny is the

< French registration fee); the second to receive lettors or small packets', the third to serve out the counterfoil, and the fourth to return bad or bent pieces. After putting the coin in the aperture the operator has to turn ahan dle;

he may then insert the letter, and two seconds later, when the scales have steadied themselves, the counterfoil is delivered to the operator, bearing the same number as that stamped on the letter. The machine makes no provision for letters which do not already bear the necessary stamps for the usual inland postal service, but in front of it is the notice : " Unstamped letters will be delivered by ordinary post.". The inventor, a Hungarian named Fobor, proposes, however, to add a letter-weighing apparatus, through which all letters will have to be passed before being registered, and by means of this device the letter will be stamped according to weight Besides helping the Post Office administration, the machine will add to the popularity of the nickel 2Jd. coin Simultaneously, machines have been established at the stations of the underground railway for distributing first-class tickets at the same charge. Machines have already been in use for a year for distributing penny, half-penny,-and twopence halfpenny stamps.— T he S tan dard.

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Philately ai>d tl>e Siipple LifeBY C. B. PURDOM

R ecen tly we have p u b lish e d a good d ea l coucq-ning va rious aspects o f the S im p le L i f e in P h ila te ly . T h e present notes by M r. C . B . P u rd o n iw ere read a t a m eeting o f the J u n io r P h ila te lic Society la s t w in ter an d treat the m atter fr o m a to ta l'y d ifferent s ta n d p o in t to that o f our other con trib ution s on t h is subject.

IDO not protend to speak to you on philately. That

is something which almost any philatelist can do. W hat I really want to do ia to say one or two things about philatelists. 1 have collected stamps for a good many years and now I have come, if not

exactly to collect men, at any rate to study them. I don’t know what converted me to this latest hobby of mine. Perhaps it was the weighty truth contained iu those well known lines : “ The proper study of mankind is m an.’’ You, ladies and gentlemen are MAN ; and in my new album, which isn ’t a picture postcard album or even a photo album, I ’ve got you all, or nearly all, neatly marked off and measured up. I hope you don’t mind.I can assure you I am not so particular as I used to be about m int, well-contred specimens, with original gum. If such immaculate specimens aro hard to be found in the stamp lino, they are almost unheard of in the human lino. So you see one soon loses the craving for perfection and is very contont to put up with ordinary specimens

Every One a Variety.The one great and striking distinction between the

study of stamps and the study of men is that men are all different from one another. I know there are some people who say that all stamps are different; but I do not think such persons are likely to receive much sym pathy or much mercy from you. After all there aro only a very few stamps iu the world which differ very much from one another, but that is not the case with stamp collectors. Another point to be noted is that stamps are copies a t the b est; stam p collectors are originals at tho worst I think there aro a good m any arguments for collecting stamp collectors.

The Real Simple Life.Tho foregoiug is by way of introduction, or apology, for

what I have now to s a y ; like most introductions and apologies it has very little to do with the matter in hand. I am supposed to speak on Philately and the Simple Life. Most people are very much afraid of the Simple Life They think it is something one has to go into traiuing for. W ell, they arc quite right. Tho Simple Life is a very serious business. It is not for everyone. I have been trying the Simple Life for some years but I haven't ‘ done ” it yet. Our Chairman has been down with me once or twice to have a week-end of the Simple Life. B ut 1 think I am right in saying that he has given it up. He declares that the Simple L ife gives him one complaint or another. Well, let me tell him as I have so often told him before, that is quite a mistaken idea of his. I t is the silly life of the town which gives him his complaints, the Simple Life merely finds him out. The Simple Life is a great thing for finding out one’s weak spots. I t is so very thorough and so very sevor’e.

Simple l.ife Not Cheap.I t is a great mistake to suppose that the Simple Life

is cheap. The idea of the 8imple L ife is to get Tid of shoddy, to get rid of all tho showy, sham, extravagant practices and food and clothing of our modern civilization,

and to replace them by sound, substantial, genuine articles. I t is extravagauce that is cheap, and shoddy and sham— the forgeries and repriDts of life. The real article is expensive. The Simple Life is really for the wealthy.

Simple Life in ■ £35,000 House.I t is popularly believed that the Simple Life has some

thing to do with life in a little cheap cottage deep in the heart of a w ood; a cottage where you grow your own vegetables and live on them, where you do your own washing up and all your own work. Well it ’s possible to live the Simple L ife in that way, but it doesn't follow th at every Simple L ifer does that. I know a lady who has just built a house at a cost of over £25,000 in which to live the Simple L ife ; she can afTord it. I most strongly put it to you that you cannot live the Simple L ife unless you have a decent income. As a m atter of fact unless you have a deceut income it is impossible to live any sort of life at all.

Intelligence and Money Required.To come at once to the p o in t: the Sim ple L ife is not

merely the doing without things— as some people do without hats, or white shirts, or meat, or even stamp collecting— it is doing without the unnecessary things The Simple Lifer strives to discard those thiugs that are mcroly conventional and artificial, like the top hat for iustauce H e does not attem pt to abolish things that are useful, such as meal times. The aim of the Simple Lifer is to get rid of all the encumbrances to life, so that life m ay be really worth living. The lives of most people, it would seem to an impartial observer, are not worth living.I am amazed at the obstinancy with which some people persist in living. There are men (classes of men eveu). who, had they any sense of deconcy, would shuffle out of life to morrow. I am sure their lives offend heaven. This m ay seem very severe but it is the bare truth. Well, the idea of the Simple Lifer is to get a sort of life worth living. H e wishes to get a t life itself, to let life have a chance. There are people who live a simple life in the slums, but that is not the sort of Simple Life with capital letters. N o ; 1 repeat that the Simple Life requires a good deal of intelligence and a good deal of money.

A Human Hobby.Well, you will say, what has all this to do with Philately ?

Believe me, it has a very groat deal to do with it. I am one of those who desire to make Philately a h u m a n hobby. I don’t like to think of Philately as a pursuit for cranks aud old duffers. I would like to whisper to you that I havo come to the couclusion that Philately is a very dangerous h obby; and if it is pursued as antiquarians pursue fossils, or as a biologist pursues beetles, it ought to bo the duty of somebody to prevent the youth of thiB country from the damnation which w ill follow the collecting of stamps. B ut I do not believe anything of the sort. I believe that Philately is a hobby forsensible men, a hobby which can very well be extended over much larger groups of men than is even now the case. B u t I do also boliovo that Philately can only be properly and sanely conducted on Sim ple Life principles. Now you see the reason why 1 took you so far away from Philately as to discuss the Simple L ife I t is only so far as P hilatelists are men who practice the Simple L ife that P hilately can endure— that Philately is at all endurable.

THE POSTAGE STAMP 1?

Think oi the principles of the Simple Life : first, a decent income. Now, must not every Philatelist believe in that ? It is inconceivable that he should believe otherwise. The second principle is that everything should be of the best, which is to say, philatelically speaking, that all our stamps shall be as perfect as it is possible to get them. The third principle is the rejection of all unnecessary elements. Well, does not our hobby need some effort to bring it to sanity by abolishing all the undue and extravagant specialism which sees importance in flaws and dustmarks and accidental (?) misprints of all kinds, which can be of no earthly value or Bervice to anybody ? There is a great call for the Simple Life in Philately I assure you.

The Individualistic Philatelist.There is one other point which I have not yet m en -.

tioned, though it is of considerable importance. It is th is :

that it is true of the Simple Life that the Simple Lifers do not lay down the law for other people or prescribe the limits of their lives. The man who goes without hie bat does so because he likes it and not because he thinks that all men should go hatless. The Simple Lifer is the true iudividualist. He does not say. because 1 do so and so you also should do i t ; he does not say, because this is good for me then it is good for all the world. By uo means. I t is only the idiotic individualist of our modern slave- civilization, who declares that what is good for one is good for all, who forces his will upon others. I t is only in our pseudo-individualistic cities and villages that a man can be sneered at for living his own individual life. So with P h ilate ly: the Simple L ife Philatelist will follow his own course aud will not seek to bind his will upon his fellow Philatelists.

It) tlje Stanjp MarketB Y O. R E G I N A L D G U M

Two Kinds of Collectors.

TH E R E are two kiuds of Btamp* lovers, says the

M etropolitan P h ila te lis t , those who find great pleasure in accumulating and admiring them day by day, and those who love their Btamps for the money they cau make out of them. Our con

temporary, which is published by the J. W. Scott Co., of America, goes on to say that —

“ We are constantly in receipt of letters asking for advice in stamp speculation, and many incomes have been materially augmented by availing themselves of tips received."

Your faithful O. Reginald has endeavoured to do his little best along these same lines and on a much more extended scale for the readers of T h e Postage Stam p.

The Qreat Art In Speculation.But that is by the way. To continue—“ There are many stamps that it would be profitable to

buy at present prices, and others that should be sold ; in fact, the great art in speculation is to know when to sell.

“ It is much easier to corner stocks than it is to dispose of them afterwards.

“ Always sell when you have a good profit; the man that wauts to got the very highest price generally gels left.”

Our coutemporary then goes on tu give a tip regarding U.S. plate numbers, which aro said to be in demand in the States. “ You can easily sell now ; they may go ten times higher, but perhaps you may not be able to find a customer later.”

What Is a Pair Profit ?While I am not prepared to subscribe to all the M P .

says on this matter, I do think there is much that many collectors and the smaller dealers could take to heart in regard to selling at a good or, to use a favourite British word, f a ir profit. Too many speculative collectors expect to do great things by buying at extremely low prices and selling at full catalogue. The point is perhaps best explained by an example. If you buy a stamp catalogued 2s. at a cheap figure, say fid., it 1b surely better to sell quickly at la. than to wait years in the hope that you may get Is. 9d. or 2s. for it. But I find that many of the collectors—and the pen chan t is shared by a good many of the smallest dealers— will pick up not very saleable stamps dirt cheap, say fid. catalogued £1, from uninformed sources, and will hold on to them like grim

death unless they can extract the fullest possible pound of flesh from their customer.

The kace between Africa and Australia.Our contemporary makes some pertinent comments on

British Colonial matters :—“ Every stamp has its day. A few years ago British

Colonials, especially West Indians, were on top. The last craze was ” King’s heads.” If ever the Australian Commonwealth gets down to a single set of stamps there will be a great boom in Australians, but if the United States of South Africa got dowu to business first, Africa will capture the trade.”

A Wider Distribution of Philatelic Interest.Of course it must be remembered that our contempo

rary is addressing itself to a clien tiU of American collectors, who have experienced a run on home products after a long period of neglect iu favour of British Colonials, which still are on top on this side. Europeans, too, have boen gettiug a good look in here, which would have run to a greater boom had not the material already beeu largely absorbed. Even the interesting early South American stamps have been coming forward strongly, and indeed there seems to be a spreading out of the purchasing resources of collectors over a much wider area of stamp-issuing countries aud colonies, due no doubt iu part to the increase of collectors. But it is s Ibo due to the laudable desire on the part of individual collectors to find some out-of-the-way country in which they can hope to attain at least a well-developed specialised collection, aud perhaps contribute something fresh to philatelic knowledge. In this way many of the hitherto neglected countries aud groups are being worked on in a quiet way, and it does not require many moderate specialists to hit upon the samo country to put a very much larger number of dealers agog trying to find stocks of conntries which they bavo allowed to fall below the level.

Bargains in Stamps.If you want real bargains iu Postage Stamps read the

advertisement pages of The Pottage Stamp every week. Every week there is something new, and many ipeeial bargains. If yon miss a week you may miss the very stamp you want to complete a series

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Tlje World’s Staipp ErrorsTl>e Most Comprehensive and Entertaining Article on this Subject yet publishedBY MISS F IT T E !

T h is im p ortan t a r tic le started in la st w eek’s issu e (N o . 1 , Vol. V .J . an d readers w ho m issed their copies o la s t w eek's Postage S ta m p m ay procure sam e, post fr e e l ) d p e r copy, fr o m the P u b lish ers.

Australian Commonwealth.

TYPE. TYPE.1902, )d., Id., 2d,, 3d,, 4d., 6d., 8d., and 54., emerald-

green. 1902-4, id ., Id.. 2d., 3d.. 4d., 5d., Gd., 8d., 10d., 14., 24., 54 , 104., and 20<., emerald-green. A ll wmkd. Cruivn and “ n.s .W.’1 (101-137).

1 shall be accused of an attempt to be too accurate; but a moment’s consideration will show that those stamps are rightly included as ” errors,” though of a most innocent kind. Paper watermarked “ A " (ustralia), in conjunction with a Crown or other emblem, is quite correct for all the States comprised in the Commonwealth, and that collectively or sin g ly ; but a paper specially watermarked for a particular State cannot possibly be properly used for a combination of States, even if including that particular one.

The stamps of the first type (1902 issue) are all found perforated 11), 12 ; the Id., 2d., and 4d., perf, 11), 12 compound with 1 1 ; and the Id. perf. 11. Of those of the second type (1902 4 issue), the values from Id. to 5d. and from lOd. to 5s. are found perf. 11), 12 ; all except the highest two values, perf. 11), 12 compound with 1 1 ; and the values up to 6d., the Is , 5s , 10s., and 20s. perf. 11. Most of tlicse are easily obtainable.

Cape of Good Hope.

1861, Id blue. 4d. red (205— 22a).It reads like a fairy tale, but it has often been recorded

how Mr. £ . S. Gibbons— and that gentleman personally gave me a similarevccount purchased in 18G3 a sackful of “ triangular Capes,” about two m illio n s of them, including hundreds of the so-called “ wood-blocks." The normal copies of these latter wore sold at 3s. to 10s. a dozen, and the above errors at 4s. to 15s. each t Nowadays the prices run from £3 for the 4d, pale blue, to £85 for a copy of the same value in vermilion. It is almost needless to say that the errors are very rare.

E arly in 1861 there was a shortage of these two values, and Messrs. Saul Solomon A Co., of Cape Town, were instructed to provide a supply. They engraved a separate Bteel block for each value, and from each of these the necessary number (64) of stereos was taken to form a p late; but inadvertently the last stereo to be mounted ou the wooden base was in both cases of the wrong value — a One Penny with the Four Pence, and vice versd.

According to official information, there were not issued more than 201 of the One Penny error, and 380 of the Four I'ence error; but there is no reliable record as to how many sheets were actually printed. It would seem that the official figures of 24,660 of the One Peony and 12,840 of the Four Pence are much under-estimated, unless we are to assume that Mr. Gibbons’ famous sack contained a much greater proportion of the actual issue, than has in most cases survived to modern times from the early dayB of philately.

The Four Pence is known unused— one copy only, which fetched £500 at auction— and used in singles and se tenant with the One Penny ; and the One Penny has been found in used condition only, in singles and in pairs with the Four Pence. The lower value is known in two shades (pale blue and blue) out of the four iu which the Four Pence is found; and the higher value likewise exists in two shades or colours (vermilion and carmine) out of the three of the One Peuny.

In 1883, the " wood-blocks " were reprinted in deep red and deep blue respectively, on wove paper instead of laid ; but the errors had been removed, and therefore do not exist, except as originals—and forgeries!

Mafeking.

TYPE.*1900, 3d . b lue on b lu e -r e v e r s e d (20).

One of the somewhat numerous stamps issued in Mafeking, during the anxious weeks early in 1900, when that place was being besieged by tbe Poor* forces, shews a bust of General Kaden-Powell, with head turned slightly to his right, above and below being scrolls respectively inscribed " MAKKKING— 1900— SIEGE,” and “ POSTAGE T h u eepkn ck .” There are two sizes of this Btamp, one beiDg 2) mm. wider than the other, both produced in

* The illustration is of the “ wider size " stamp, the known errors being in the narrower size.


blue by the photographic ferro-pruasiate process, in small sheets of twelve on horizontally laid blue paper, and perforated 12 ; the narrower size of stamp exists reversed, the General looking to his left, aud the two inscriptions reading “ as in a looking glass.”

Evidently, the sensitised paper, on which this particular print was made, was placed at the wrong side of the glass negative, i .e ., facing the glass, but behind it instead of in fro n t; the error must be very rare, as probably only one sheet ever existed, which, as all the paper supplied had to be accounted for, was handed in as " a spoil,” and should have been cancelled. I believe seven copies are known.

(iibraltar.

E R R O R .

1881) " — ” carm ine (45).

The permanent issue in Spanish currency consisted of nine stamps, each of which, though in one colour, was produced in two printings, the second being that of the value, for the receptiou of which the lower label was left blank

Careful as Messrs. De L a Rue & Co.’s checkers are, errors have occasionally escaped notice and been issued in duo course. The present case is one of omission— a sheet of the carmine stamps, from two rows of which the second printing “ 10 centimos," had been omitted, thus producing a stamp, valueless in one sense, but very valuable in another. Some years ago a block of fifteen was chronicled. The error is catalogued, unused, at £18

E R R O R -

1873, { sell, green an d deep rose (14),In the 1873 emission, complementary to that of

18(10-72, there was a stamp of the value of a Quarter Schilling, printed, as are the others, in two colours, green and rose. •

In the normal stamp the oval is green and the frame rose, in the error the colours are reversed, the oval being in rose and the frame in green. Of the error 100,000 were printed and sent from llcrlin on the 23rd September, 1873. Of these, 76,000 were returned on the 30th October following, which leaves an actual issue of 25,000,

The error does not appear to be particularly scarce (unless used), its price unused being twice that of the normal, and twenty per cent more if postmarked.

Indian States:—Bhopal.

If the errors were eliminated from the catalogue, there would be practically nothing left I

The stamps of all the issues were, except as to the plain embossing, produced by the lithographic process, and there are as many minor varieties as there are stamps on the eutire sheet, or on the blocks, of which repetitions were taken to make up the sheet.

The correct inscription on all the stamps (except of the 1902 and 1903 issues) is “ h . ii. kawab shah jahan began ," which the native artist has tortured and twisted into every imaginable version of the original— from *' began ” to ” nwasbahjahni " I I spare my readers a list.

The followiug arc imperfect stamps, having been issued without the embossing :— 1894-98, One Anna, brown (83); and 1890-1901, Quarter Anna, black (177).

B u ssah ir.

E R R O R , E R R O R

189G (?), 4a. sla te-v io let; 12a. green— w itluiut overprint (29, 30).

The stamps of this Native State are only complete when overprinted with a monogram, which, in the case of the- first issue, was ” R. S " the initials of the second and third names of Tika Raghunath Singh, Bon of tho present Rajah, who was the organiser and former Director of the State postal service.

Copies of the Four Annas, slate-violet, and of the Twelve Annas, green, arc knowu without this overprint, and in that respect are errors.

E R R O R .

1899-1901, ^a. b lue— w ithout overprint (50).This stamp was apparently produced by lithography,

the transfers being taken from an engraved die or plate, and, like tho stamps of the former issue, should have been overprinted with tho monogram. Evidently Rome copies of the Half Anna escaped this addition.

These " uuoverprinted " copies have frequently been found sticking to tho backs of other' stamps which bore the overprint.

To be continued.

2f) THE POSTAGE STAMPt \

How to Collect tlje Staipps of Frepcb ColoniesB Y J. I R E L A N D

T h e f ir s t p a rt o f th is a rtic le appeared in last w eek's issue, w hich ca n s t i ll be obtained, l jd , , post free , from, the P u b lish e r s •

Indo China.1904. O r a ss e t” type.

T h e 2, 4, 15, 20, 30, 85, 40. 75c., 2fr. and lOfr. are on tin ted papers

lc . olive.2o. claret 4c. magenta. 5o. green. 10c. rose. 16c. brown. 20c. red.

35c. black. 40c. black. 50c. brown. 75c. red. lfr . olive. 2fr. brown. 5fr. violet. lOfr. red.25c. blue.

30c. brown.Seventeen stamps.

Note. If French Colonies ever become popular in this country, this set will probably be scarce as it was issued in 1904 - the 35c. in 1906—and the next set followed in 1907, thus giving them a very short

H ea d o f N a tive.N a tive stan ding. Oblong designs.

lc . aepia 2c. brown. 4c. blue.5c. green. 10c. scarlet. 15o. violet.

20c. violet. 25c. blue.30c. brow A 35c olive.40c browu. 45c. orange. 50c. carmine.

75c orange, lfr. lake. 2fr. green. Sfr. blue. lOfr. violet.

Madagascar and Dependencies.1904. D u ll and lem u r.

lc. lilac.2c. sepia.4c brown.5c. green.10o. scarlet 15o. carmine. 20o orange. 25o. blue.

30c. vermilion.35c. black on yellow (1906). 40c. grey.50c. brown.75c. orange, lfr. green,2fr. slate.5fr. black.

1908. L o n g rectan gular design.36c. black and red. 40c. black and brown 45c black and green.

lc . olive and violet.2e. olive and red.4o. brown and olive,5c. olive and green.10c. brown and pink. 20c. brown and orange. 25c. black and blue. 30c. black aud brown.

50c. black and lilac. 75c. black and pink, l fr olive and brown. 2fr. olive and blue. 5fr. brown and lilac.

Martinique.1909. Three designs. C entre in lilac.

Creole. lc brown. 2c. olive. 4c. lilac. 5c. green. 10c. rose. 20c. lilac.

View . N ative.25c. blue. lfr . blue30c. brown. 2fr. grey.35c lilac. 5fr. red.40c. sage green.

■ 45c. brown.50c. rose.75c. black.

H ead o f Seatnan lc . brown and orange. 2c. blue and sepia 4c. sepia and lilac.5c. green and olive. 10c rose aud red.20c. lilac and brown.

D ird .25c. blue.301. brown .3)1(1 orange. 35c. brown and olive. 40c. olive and brown, 45c. olive and lilac. 50c. green and browu. 75o. sepia and brown.

S h ip .l f r blue and green. 2fr. brown and violet 5fr. green and browu.

t h e p o s t a g e s t a m p 21

Middle Congo,1907.

P a n ther.Three designs.

A m azon.lc. olive and brown. 2c. violet and brown. 4c. blue and brown. 5c. green and blue. 10c rose and blue. 20c. brown and blue.

25o. blue and green. 30c pink and greeu 35c brown and blue. 40c. green and brown. 45c. lilac and red.50c. preen and red. 75c. brown and blue

P a lm grove. lfr. green and violet. 2fr. violet and green. 5fr. blue and pink.

New Caledonia.

lc . black. 2c. brown 4c. blue. 5c. green. 10c. rose 15c. lilac.

Reunion.

1905. Three ilesigns.

View. S h ip

20c. brown. lfr. blue.25c. blue. 2fr. rose.30c. brown. 5fr black35c. black (1900).40c. rose.45c. brown (1907).50c. red.75c. greeu.

1907. Three designs.

M ap.

lc . rose and lilac. 2c. blue and brown. 4c. brown.10c. green and roue.

H arbour.

20c. green aud olive. 25c. sepia and blue. 30c. green and brown. 35c. blue and brown 45c. rose and lilac.50c. blue and brown. 75c. rose.

B a g a n d Volcano.

lfr. bluo and brown. 2fr. green and red 5fr. sepia and rose.

Tunis (French Regency).188ft {July) A rm s on p la in ground. T in ted papers.

lc . black. 25c. black.2c. brown. 40c. red.5c. green. 75c. rose.15c. blue. Sir lilac.

1888 {October). A rm s on dotted ground. T in ted papers.

lc. black 2c. browu.5c. green.10c. black.10c. rose (1901)15c. blue. __ o ___15c. grey (1901), 2fr. lilac. 20c. red (1898). 5fr, lilac. 25c. black.

25c. blue (1901). 35o. brown (1901). 40c. red.75c. rose.75c. black (1893). lfr. green.

1906. F o u r designs.M osque.

lc. black on yellow. 2c. brown.5c. green.

.Ruins36c. brown and greeu. 40c. red and sepia. 75c. brown and red.

P lou g h .

10c. red.15c. lilac.20c. brown on pink. 25c. blue.

G alley.lfr . rose and brown. 2fr. brown and green 5fr. lilac and blue.

.The collector will find this a very different method of collecting to buying lc . and 2c values at ten tim es f a c t , which, I think I am correct in saying, is tbo usual way French Colonies are dabbled in. The most satisfactory method is to buy the sets unused up to, say, the 25c. and get tho higher values used if cheaper than unused. lJor- sonally, 1 take nothiug higher than tho lfr ., and get the sets unused ail the way, and if completeness is aimed at, this is 1 believe tbe best way to go to work. The 1904 sets of Guinea, Indo China and Madagascar should be secured first, also the Somali Coast with coloured centres. These have all been superseded, and were in use but a short time.

New Issues at>d OldT h e E d itor w ilt be g r a te fu l to d ealers and readers at home and iibroad tor prom pt inform ation com er n in e N ew Issu es. A lt tom m nn teal ions m ost

be sent d irect to Ike E d ito r , 14, Sndbourne R ea d , b r is to n , London. S . W .A fte r the nam e o f each country w e o w e th e p a g e of THE POSTAGE STAMP o n w hich ap p ea red the la s t reference to th a t country.

A r g e n tin e R e p u b lic .— (Vol. IV . p 249).— We have been shown a copy of the 6c. value in the new type showing portrait of General ban Martin, making the list of values now issued as follows :—

Hew design. No wmt. Per./. 13 . /J|.lc. brown ochre.2c. chocolate.Jc. green.4c. pale purple.5C. dull carmine.6c. olive bistre.

loc. llate green.12c. pale orange brown.12c. dull blue.15c. yellow green.30c. claret.50c. black.

B o liv ia .— (Vol. IV . p. 201)— The first value of the new commemorative series to which we referred on page 93 of our last volume has now been issued, and is described in M ekeel's W eekly S ta m p News as follows:— '‘ The first of the new set to be issued in commemoration of tbe Ceutenary of the Revolution of Independence of the

Republic, has ju st come to hand, a used copy of the 20c having just been sent us by Hermann Focke. Tbe stamp is in two colours, being of tbe same width but considerably taller than the former series. The portrait is that of Lanza. The inscriptions read : ' Correos de Bolivia.' in a curved line above the portrait aud ‘ Centenario de la — Revolucion de Julio— 1809-1909,' below. The value appears in figures in both the upper corneis.aud in words at tbe bottom. All the inscriptions, including the name of tho portrait, are in the colour of the frame. Tbe ornamentation is exceedingly plain, but the stamp is a handsome one."

Com m em orative Issu e .20c. orange and black.

Brazil.— (Vol. IV . p. 8).— From the same contemporary we have nows of a truly marvellous Pan-American stamp which has boon issued “ with portraits of six of the most noted personages identified with the liberation of America from European control. These a re : Jose llonifacio, Washington, San Martin, O'Higgins, Hidalgo aud Bolivar. Tbe value is 200 reis, but we are unable to


give the colour. Brazil is typified by a woman with the arms of the country upon her breast, having the fasces in left band and a branch of oak in the right. There is also the words ‘ E U. do B ra z il ' ' Correio ’ and various other things upon the stamp, which seems to be an ambitious affair. I t is stated that it is intended to be placed upon letters for America, the postage to this country having recently been reduced from 300 reis to* 200 reis.”

C h in a .— (Vol. IV . p. 298).— Messrs. Whitfield King and Co. now send us the set of three commemorative stamps to which we have made frequent reference in previous numbers. They are all printed in two colours, the centrepiece depicting the famous Temple of Heaven in Peking. The border, which is the same for all three stamps with the exception of the numeral of value and its equivalent in words at the base and the Chinese characters in the right-hand top corner, has the words " Chinese empire " and “ hbuan t ' unq first y e a r " in two lines at the top. There are four discs containing Chinese hieroglyphics at each side and Chinese inscriptions are also shown in each of the upper corners. Of course the inevitable dragon is shown— somewhat attenuated specimens appearing at .each sido. The stamps are handsomely engraved by Messrs. Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., and the firm's imprint is shown in tiny capitals at the base of each specimen. They are printed in sheets of 100, arranged in ten horizontal rows of ten, and, as usual, the paper is unwatermarked and the perforation gauges 14 to 15.

Commemorative Issue.No wmt. Per/. 14 to 15.2c. orange and green.Jc. orange and blue.7c. o ran ge and purple.

D iego S u a re z .— The 15c. of 1892, overprinted “ dieuo s u a r e z ” in black, has been found with inverted overprint according to Gibbons' Stain/) Weekly.

G w a lio r .— (Vol. III . p. 45).— We take the following paragraph from the same journal: " We are shown apair of the la of India, Type 43, with the surcharge in very fresh, clear type, tho English word measuring 13 (iustead of 14) mm., and the Hindi 14) (instead of 15) mm. Can any of our readers account for these discrepancies ? ”

I ta ly ,— (Vol. IV . p. 228).— We learn from Gibbous' Stamp Weekly that a pair of tho current 10 contesimi stamps have been found entirely imperforate. The pair is used with a 5c. and is ou a piece of the original cover, the date of the postmark being “ 20 March, 1907."

P a ra g u a y ,— (Vol. V. p. 3).— Another value, 10c., printed from the old 1904 plate and overprinted " 1909 ” in script numerals has been shown us by Messrs. Whitfield KiDg & Co. making the list to date as follows : -

Dated " jgos " and overprinted " I9O0 " in black.ic. greenish blue.5c. deep yellow-green.

IOC. carmine.20c. orange.

P o rtu g a l.— (Vol. V. p. 3). The 50 ecis. green, of 1870—80. has been found perf. 11 according to Gibbons’ Stamp Weekly. This makos four values now known with this | erforation, v iz .:—

iS/O-So. Straight label. Per/. U.Sr. black.

25r. rose.5or. green.

I20r. dull blue.

S lam . —(Vol. V. p. 3). —Messrs. Whitfield King & Co. now send us the new provisional 12 and 14 satang stamps, referred to in the official document printed last week, making the complete list of varieties as follows :—

1909. Provisional Issue." 2 Satang " on la . o ran ge and green ." 3 S a ta n g " on 3a. deep v io le t and grey." 6 Satang " on 4a. ca rm in e and rose.

" 12 Satang ” on 8a. black and bistre." 14 S a ta n g ” on 9a. blue and pale blue.

Turks and Caicos Islands.—(Vol II. p. 93).— Kitten’s Weekly Stamp News mentions the )d., Id., 2d., 2)d. and (id. stamps without watermark These varieties are of very little interest, for the watermarked paper was not made specially to fit tho printing plates for these stamps and thus portions of the marginal inscription are found watermarked in sumo stamps and specimens here and there escapo the watermark altogether. The same thing may be found in the Queen's head stamps of the Falkland Islands.

V ic to ria .— (Vol. V. p. 3).— A correspondent writes to Kwen's Weekly Stamp News as follows:— “ I have discovered a copy of the )d. with mixed perfs., 12) and11. The top of this stamp, which is not out of centre otherwise, encroaches on next stamp above and has been re-perforated 11, though originally 12) all round. By tearing the top part of tho stamp off one would have a perfectly centred )d. stamp, perf. 11 at top and 12) the other three sides."

W estern A ustra lia .— (Vol. IV. p. 299).— The 4d. with Crown A watermark and perf. 11 is reported in Kwen’s Weekly Stamp News making tho list to date as follows:—

Wmk. Crown A . Per). It.id. carmine rose.2d. yellow.3d. brown.4d. brown.5d. olive yellow.9d. orange.

Tl?e Postage Staipp HapdbooHsHE first two books are now on bale.

I. Jamaica and Cayman Islands, by Edward J. Nankivell. Price 4d. Post free 4)d.

II. Cape of Good Hope, by Edward J. Nankivell. Price 6d. Post free GJd.

Tho now books aro produced in a tasteful stylo, with specially designed cover printed in red and black, on a buff coloured art paper.

The continuation of the series, which is under the general editorship of Mr. Fred. J. Melville, Editor of The Postage Stamp, will include:—

III. Niger Coast Protect! rate, by Edward J.Nankivell. Price Gd. Post free 6)d

IV. Dominica, by Bertram W H. Poole. Price6d. Post free 6)d.

V. Abyssinia, by Fred. J. Melville. Price GdPost free G)d.

All orders for these books should lie sent to— B aldwins.

G robvenor Works,T u n b r id g e W e l l s .


Jui?ior Philatelic SocietyCpei?ii>£ Meeting

THE first meeting of the season was, as usual, very well attended, the Prince Henry’s Council Chamber being generally comfortably filled. Shortly after six the Hon. Auctioneer conducted a brisk auction of members’ duplicates, and those present

who were not busy attending to the auction were leisurely reading the current philatelic journals from all parts of the world, which form a regular feature of the meetings under the control of the Library Committee.

At eight o'clock, the minutes having been read and passed, tho President, Mr. Fred. J. Melville, commenced bis Eleventh Annual Address. The Society had now left its tenth full year behind, and was looking forward to an eleventh year of splendid activity. The past year had been the most thoroughly successful in the Society’s history, 420 new members having been elected. He invited his hearers attention to a subject which, in its older aspect, had been discussed often,* but as it related to current events it was comparatively new. It had often been claimed that stamp collecting was the schoolboys’ royal road to history and geography, but those who had left their schooldays behind them did not give much thought to the education stamps afford to us. All our interest in education could be summed up in a desire to reduce our rates and taxes.

lie was inclined to think that stamp collecting had more to teach the adult than the stripling. It was all very well to smile upon the youngster who was forming a collection, and say, as if the hobby needed some apology, •* it will help him with his lessons." But with the scholar everything depended on his desire to learn. A postage stamp of itself wquld teach him nothing, and unless he was prepared to use his album in conjunction with his lesson books, this history and geography argument fell to the ground.

The adult, ou the contrary, was less dependent upon the desire to know. He already possessed a certaiu amount of general knowledge, and what was more to his (the President's) point, it was the almost universal practice of the adult to read his newspaper.

The newspaper, he thought, made as good a companion volume to the stamp album as a history or geography book. It was superior to the former, for our schools seem to encourage our position of splendid insulation in this country by confining the history of the Universe to such part of it as related to the portion belonging hi us.

To the adult collector who read intelligently and allowed bimself a broad association of ideas, the stamp album should assist him in acquiring a fair grip of imperial and international politics, and enable him to understand the general trend of foreign and colonial news.

He proceeded to discuss the interest which philatelists had long evinced in the question of federation in South Africa. He said he might be carrying the association of ideas to an exaggeration in suggesting that the error Id. carmine Transvaal, on Cape Colony paper, wuk. cabled anchor, bad been prophetic of the closer union to come. At least they could say that the error could never have happened but for the existence of the most cordial and intimate relations between the two colonies, and those two colonies which at the beginning of the present decade were at open warfare.

After mentioning a number of recent happenings which bad connecting links with philately, he ventured the opinion that the undoubted increase in philatelic enthusiasm, both at homo and abroad, was due in some measure to the numerous recent occasions where philately has been intimately associated with the great political and social occurrences.

Looking forward, he referred to the prospects of a specially good season, both from the collectors and dealers’ points of view. The Society had laid plans to make the most of its opportunities. The members could depend upon their new Council, which comprised several new members, to maintain what he considered to lie one of the chief factors in the Society’s success, the youthful npiritof the organisation. The meetings he hoped to make still more sociable, and a Reception Committee bad been appointed to look after new comers and introduce them to the officers and other members.

With the capital programme before them he felt sure that they would spend some of their most delightful evenings together in the study of one another's collections.

Mr. James Feeney proposed a vote of thanks to the President for his address. Mr. I). U. Armstrong seconded, and tho motion was carried with acclamation.

A small display of tho President's collection of San Marino followed

At 8.45 the Meeting adjourned, many of those present taking train together with tho Officers to Earl’B Court for the close of the Golden West Exhibition.

CorrespondenceN .n .— Correspondence on all matters of general philatelic interest is cordially invited. A ll letters fo r publication

should be sent to the KAitor, The Postage Stamp, 14, Sndboume Road, Brixton, London, and letters shoultl also be distinctly marked i n s i d e with the name o f this journal.

The P h ila te lic P ro tec tio n Society.To the Editor " The Postage Stamp."Dear Sir,

1 beg to inform you, and through you, tho readers of The Postage Stamp, that I have promoted " The Philatelic Protection Society," for the assistance of stamp Dealers and Collectors generally, by way of collection of debts, recovery of stamps from persons wrongfully retaining same and to take such action against them as is necessary.

There are no entrance fees, and the charges of the Societv for work undertaken will be very moderate, and any dealers or others having outstanding accounts, etc,, for collection, should communicate with the Secretary.

Fuller details will be sent on receipt of request Yours faithfully,

T hk Philatelic P rotection Society,C. WooimoDSE, Secretary.

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CO N TE N TS.9 O c to b e r . 1909. Page

Go ssip o p th e W eek - 13S im p lifyin g Po s t a l W ork • - isPh il a t e l y and th e S implf. L ife - 16In th e St a m p Ma r k e t • - - 17T he W o r l d ’s St a m p Errors - - 18H ow t o C o l i.b c t t h e Sta m p s o f

Fr e n c h C o lo n ie s - - - 20NEW ISSUES AND OLD - 21T he Po s t a g e Sta m p Han d b o o k s - 12Junior Ph il a t e l ic S o c ie y - 2} C o r r espo n d en ce - 23E d it o r 's L e t t e r Bo x - - - 24" W h a t ’s O n ” * - . . . 24

Our Publishing Day and Advertisers.In order to meet the requirements of the

publishing trade our publishers now distribute copies to the Newsagents on Wednesdays instead of Thursdays as before. This compels us to go to press on Saturday morning. Hence it is absolutely necessary for our prin’e n to have all advertisements at latest on Friday morning; consequently, copy must be i.i the Advertisement Manager’s hands not later than Wednesday, 5 o’clock p m

“ W bat’ s 01?.”Thursday, Oct, 7. London Auction. Ventom.

North of England Philatelic Society, Y .M .C .A , Newcastle-on-Tyne. 7-30, General Exchange.

Friday, Oct. 8. London Auction. Ventom.Monday, Oct. It. Liverpool Philatelic

Society in St. George’s Restaurant, Redcross Street. Paper, St. Lucia, J. L. Carmichael.

London Auction. Plumridge.Tuesday. October 12. London Auction.

Glendining.Wednesday, October 13. London Auction.

Glendining.Croydon Philatelic Society, Y.M -C.A.,

North End.Thursday, Oct. t4- Brighton Junior Phila

telic Society. Royal Hotel. 7 p.m.. Bourse. 8.0, Display—Great Britain, Leicester B. Paine.

Saturday, Oct. !(. Junior Philatelic Society, Prince Henry’s Council Chamber, 17, Fleet Street. 6.0, Bourse and Reading Room. 8.0, Paper and Display— Bordeaux Issues of France, Ralph Wedmore. 9.15. Extraordinary General Meeting to confirm adoption of new constitution.

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Advertisements can be received up to 5 o'clock T h u r sd a y for insertion <n the following week's issue.

M EW ISSUES, wholesale and retail; see 1 ' Emeu’s Weekly Stamp News. Specimen copy free.— Ewen’s Colonial Stamp Market, Ltd., P32, Palace Square, Norwood, London, S.E.

1 IKII) BRITISH CO LO N IA LS, good 1 r u copies, 6/6 post free.— Matthews, Claremont, Old Tiverton Road, Exeter.

h/IINT KING’S H EAD S for sale. Prices 1 low. Papua 2/6, mint 3/9-—Collector,

Hatton House, Tennyson Avenue, Kings Lynn._________ _________________

x f l D IFFEREN T STAM PS including Sudan, Hayti, 8 Persia, 1908. including

r and 2 krans; Colombia; Ceylon 15c . ; Mexico 15c., 20c.; Portugal 6$r., 7Jr., 80r., lOOr.. 130r.; Malaya, Paraguay, Straits. Also following unused id. valu es:-S i. Helena, Rhodesia, Cape, Orange Colony. Transvaal, Canada, 2/7.—Craig, Netherfield, Walpole Road, Botcombc.

THING'S H EAD S, mostly mint, send list of **■ "w an ts." — Clissold, Fenwick Street, Liverpool. ___ _______

TTNUSED Mauritius to applicants for Approvals.— Wright 8t Co., 9, Market

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'T H E R E L IA B L E EXCH ANGE CLU B A for satisfaction. Members of Philatelic

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'B EG IN N ER S'. South England, SouthLon- <LJ don Clubs. Sales steadily increasing. Rules—Secretary, 80, Richmond Road, Ley- tonstone, London.___________________

TjTNE variety id. and id. stamps. Bargains, no rubbish.—Jaques, 54, Antill Road,

Tottenham.

T W O P E N N Y Bargains. British South Africa, id., or 4a., or 6d., 1896. Ber

muda, unused. Rare Moxambique Co. Old English “ Officials.’ ’ Approval sheets.— Nixon, t, Coton Crescent, Shrewsbury.

F R Y TH IS. Every stamp worth having.1 50 selected varieties, id. 1,000 best

mounts, 4d.—R. W. Arnold, Lyndhurst, Chad well Heath.

THIS WEEK’S BARGAINSG t Britiao, Army Official, id. and Id.,

King, mint (cat. lOd.) ... .............. 3d.Victoria, 5s. car. & blue, very fine used 1/9 New South Wales, 53. purple (coin type)

very fine used .............. .............. 1/9Cape of Good Hope, " One Halfpenny ”

on 3d. icat 6s.) ....................................... 1/9Fiji, 1878.2d. on 3d. green, mint (cat. 2s.) 8d. Straits Settlements on Labuan, 4c. on I6c.

m int............................................................ 4d.Straits Settlements, King's head, 2 and

5 dollars (violet fiscal marked) the pair I/O Brazil, 1899. 2.000 reis, (cat. 8d.) ... 2d.Set of 4 Roumania, 1907, complete (pic.) 4d. Set of 7 Dominica, 1902 commemorative,

complete, mint .......................................8d.Set of 6 Hayti, 1904, 1C. to 50c., complete,. m int............................................................ 4d.

Set of 12 Persia, 1903-4, Ich. to 30 kran.,used (cat. 5/10) 2/0

Set my Approval Sheets of which I make a Speciality. Astonishing Prices. Thousands of

Bargains.

WR P D D V 21, Kyecrafl Street. Pancat • D R K l t I , ----- Oreca. Loadoa. -----

DIFFERENT COLONIALS FREE

T o Collectors sending id. postage and mentioning Gift No. 21. Only

one to each applicant.

A P P R O V A L S E L E C T IO N SOF ALL COUNTRIBS.

50% Discount off Gibbons' Prices.

T R Y THEM. M ANY BARGAINS.

O . WHEELER & C o .124. LtNNARD ROAD, BECKENHAM.

Inspection Invitbd.

GREAT BRITAINA recently-purchased and very FINE COLLECTION containing with few exceptions, all known stamps unused and used, is now being broken up at low

prices.

The following “ ABNORIVALS’’ are included :—3d. ,rsecret dot,” used ; 6d. chestnut, plate 12 ; 6d. buff, plate 13 (two copiei);

9d. " hair lines lod. brown, plate 2.Selections can be sent to Collectors known to us, or against usual references; or "W ant Lists” made from any catalogue, can be

filled.

p O S T A G E Stamp Gauges, for measuring 1 perforations. They are made in brass, and can be r arried in the waistcoat pocket. Most useful to all Collectors. Prica ll- nett, by post III.—L Upcott Gill, Bazaar Buildings. Drury Lane, London. W .C.

** p A N S Y ” Stamp Exchange Society has 1 vacancies for a few good members.

Packets fully insured. Secretary—W . Wilson, "Becchwond.” Wolviston, Stockton-on-Tees.

W A N T S .ENGLISH. Superb specialised collection,

used. Exchange Europeans, S. Americans, U.S.A. imperfs.. used only. ” Lynton,” 44. Lonsdale Road, Barnes.

WANTED. Collections or loose lots of Austria, Belgium, Egypt, Sudan and Crete. Stamford, Bingley.

CtutM. X fiaaen Az C o .7, Southampton Row, London, W.C.

SPECIAL FINE SETSPOST EXTRA.

Roumania Cbmmemorat've, 1907 (RoyalFamily) complete, cat. l;4 Sd.

Hayti, 1904. 1-50c. complete. caL 2/3 ... 5d.Prussia Official. 2-50pf........................ Id.

„ ,, complete, cat. 1/- ... 3d.Bosnia, Pictorial, 1-45 heller complete

(12) cat. several shillings ... ... 1/4Holland de Ruyter, set complete ... 2d.Greece Olympic, i-jol., 1896 3d.

., 25I., 1896 ... ... ltd.

., .. 1-201., 1906 .............. 3d.New U .S.A., Hudson Pictorial, 2c. ... lid.

W A D I ) BOOTH ST.. PICCADILLY, w n . n i / , MANCHESTER.

Founded byED W A R D J. N A N K IV E L L. Edited byFRED. J . M E L V IL L E .

%/Jn Illu str a te d Weekly Journa[/br all Classes o f Stam p Collectors ^

No. 3. Vol. 5. 16 OCTOBER, 1909. Price Id.(Whole Number 107 _________________ __________________ _____

Gossip of tl?e WccHBY C O R N E L IU S W R I N K L EA V ery P e rtlcu la r Correspondent. I

* ^"vARDON me if I am 1 - ^ in error” writes I a correspondent \ W. P. (London),

“ but I think there is a mistake in the index, and also in the paragraph on page 277 (Vol IV.) in referring to ‘ Pbilatelia, in the name of.’ Should this not be Philateleia? According to Webster's Dictionary the word is made up of the Greek philos—dear, aUUia— exemption from tax. As you will be reading the

word in your Philatelic Dictionary shortly you could then correct and draw attention to the error if it is one . . . In the article on page 283 (The Stamp Trade of Paris) the word Philatea is used— 1 no prejudice in the name of Philatea.' Is this a recognised word 7 ” Here is a poser for to bring a wrinkle to the brow of an unfortunate scribe. The word Philately is derived from 0 (\ot and ttTcXeta— phi 1-os and ateleia as my correspondent says, but as for the name of the goddess— she is too sprightly and youthful a deity to figure in a dictionary of classical antiquities, and we must therefore find our precedent in the pages of philatelic literature. I well remember the form of name which I used on this page, viz., Pbilatelia as having been freely used in the early poetry (so called) of our hobby, but, unfortunately, as I write my copy of the Garland of Philatelic Poetry, is not available for reference. I find, however, that our modem laureate, Mr. W. E. Imeson, has used the name exactly as I did in his Stamp Fiend’t Raid :

In this, my lettered gift, no line is writ To slight the rites of pure Philately,

Yet would I tender, for so rude a skit Fair Philatelia, my Apology.

As to Mr. O. Reginald Gnm’s variation to Philatea. this may have been an undue familiarity on his part, but in fanciful writing of this sort my correspondent might perhaps allow a little latitude.

Commemoratlves from Berne.I have to thank Mr. F. Reinhard, President of the

Stamp Exchange Club of Berne, and Mr. Zumstein of the* same city, for sending me the ornate aud artistic commemorative postcards issued on October 4th to mark the inauguration of the monument to commemorate the foundation of the Universal Postal Union. The monument is the work of the Parisian sculptor,M. R. de St. Marceaux, and represents the globe encircled by five allegorical figures representing Europe, Australia. America Asia, and Africa. The figures are passing letters to each other. This globe is evidently mounted on a high rocky pedestal, at the base of which sits Bema, her right hand resting on a shield bearing the arms of Berne. The 5o. commemorative postcard bears on the front the 5c. William Tell design and a sketch of Berna (full face), and on the reverse an ornamental tablet with the words, “ in a u g u r a t io n d u m o n u m e n tCOMMF.MORATIF DE LA FONDATION DE L* UNION POST ALEu n i v e r s e l l e ." The 10c. card shows the Helvetia 10c. impressed on the front, and on the reverse a side view of the figure of Berna and a similar inscription.

It is perhaps one of life’s little ironies that these commemorative cards, so closely associated with the central organisation of the Union, should be issued within a few weeks of tho despatch of the Manchester petition to that body respecting commemorative and unnecessary issues.

Inform ation about N ew Issues.I am glad to find so many of our readers helping us to

keep our Dew issue chronicler promptly notified of new issues. Messrs. Benedict Prietb, Henry 8. Adair, and Karl B. Stick ley were the first to get in with copies and information regarding the Hudson-Fulton stamp. Our best thanks are due to these and other readers for their numerous courtesies.

T he Second B ritish C ongress.Mr. Franz Reiohenheim and his colleagues organising

the Second Philatelic Congress of Great Britain have evidently been bard at work, for they have issued a provisional programme covering the more entertaining part of the proceedings. We hope before long to be able to set before our readers some of the topics to be discussed by the delegates. Tbe provisional programme is as follows


Wednesday, Apb il 27th, 1910.4 p.m., Opening Meeting (public meeting). 1. Address

by Major E. 13. Evans, R.A. 2. Paper on " The Manufacture of Stamps,” with demonstrations by J. Dunbar Heath, Esq (Messrs. Perkins. Bacon & Co ).

8 p.m., Reception of Delegates by invitation of the Vice- President of the Herts Philatelic Society (H. L. Haymarr, EBq.), at his residence, “ Highfield,” Chislett Road, West Hampstead, N.W .

Thursday, April 28th, 1910.11 a m., Visit of the Delegates to the Tapling Collection

at the British Museum, under the guidance of E. D. Bacon, Esq.

3 p.m., Conference of Delegates.7 for 7.30 p.m., Banquet given by the Herts Philatelic

Society at the Cafd Monico, Piccadilly Circus, W.

F riday, April 29th , 1910.11 am ., by invitation of the Right Hon. the Earl of

Crawford, K.T., Visit of the Delegates to inspect his Collections at his residence, 2, Cavendish Square, .W.

3 p m , Conference of Delegates.8 p.m . Closing Meeting (public meeting). 1. Paper by

the Hon. Vice-President of the Royal Philatelic Society. London (M. P. Castle, Esq., J.P.). 2. Paperto be arranged later. Closing Address.

Tlje Jatpaica Philatelic SocietyFrom the “ Jamaica T im es” 18.9.09.

B IRTH NOTICE.— 11 Born in Kingston, Jamaica, on Wednesday evening, September 8th, 1909. a club whose principal work in the days to come will be to encourage a taste for philatelic study." To those stamp collectors in and around Kingston

who aspire to thingB above and beyond the quantity and rarity of stamps in their albums the above news will come as good tidings. An initial meeting was advertised in the daily newspapers to take place at 4.30 p.m in the large study of George’s Rectory, 82, Duke Street, a fit place, it being the old class room of the Theological Hall in connection with the United Presbyterian Church of Jamaica, for the birth of a Sooiety whose foremost aim is to foster philatelic study. The meeting having been oil led to order. Mr. Astley Clerk (iu the chair) addressed it as follows

"Ladies and gentlemen, stamp collecting is. to me. and it should be to alt collectors, one of the most fascinating of hobbies, and yet how often do we hear of someone who has ' given up collecting.’ So frequently of late was this vacillation among local collectors brought to my attention that it set me thinking of the causes which could produce so ill an effect, and the conclusion at which I arrived is' this, that collecting stamps * Sohoolboy ’ fashion can never satisfy the hoy much less the man; something more durable than mounting specimens in one’s album is needed, something more uplifting than being able to proclaim your collection as one containing so many thousands— of such things a collector soon wearies. I thought of myself commencing my philatelic career at the age of ten and continuing to the present, with this difference that to-day, thirty odd years after, I am far more enthusiastic on the subject than I was at the commencement. I thought also of the thousands of keen philatelists abroad whose love for the hobby has increased with their years, and I said ,' What can it be that makes one set of collectors enthusiastic and the other callous? ' and the answer which forced itself on me was, ‘ study, and the want of study.* Having found for myself reasons to account for the deplorable lack of interest among our local stamp collectors in a truly interesting pastime, I wondered if it were possible to overcome the'coldness of the some, and luke-warmness of the others, and in their place light the fire of enthusiasm which, it seems to me, should be the characteristic of every collector.

" Study of any subject makes a difference, it opens wide and pleasant fields for one to travel through, increases Knowledge, and as in the case of the philatelist, makes collecting a pleasure and delight. I attribute my continued warm interest to study, and my desire is to get

others to share my experiences, hence it is that you have been invited to attend this inaugural meeting. The generalist unless he has a superabundance of time at his disposal cannot possibly study his entire collection, hence the frequent ' giving up,’ but, 1 think that you will agree with me, that, all of us collectors, generalists or special-

. ists, have a tender spot for some particular country or countries— the liking is spontaneous— and, need I say, that the prefr re nee will be, may, must be better appreciated by reading, study and co-operation. And it is right here that the club will prove useful to its members, for a reference library is to be started (in fact, I may say that the foundation has already been laid); philatelic journals will be subscribed to; exhibitions held ; lectures given by members on matters of philatelic interest to be followed by discussions ; and thus a wealth of valuable information will be laid at our door. As you will have gathered, the acquiring of philatelic knowledge is the primary aim of this proposed club, but, of course it will, and must, follow that opportunities will be provided for the exchange or sale of duplicate stamps. Ladies and gentlemen, I can safely promise those of you who will join this club not only many a pleasant evening but, what is of far more importance, the creation of a depth of enthusiasm for our hobby which can only be knowu to the student.”

After his address the Chairman called on any of those present to express their opinions as to the necessity and advisability of the proposed club and several took advantage of the invitation to recommend the object. The following resolutions were then moved, seconded and carried— 1. " That it is the opinion of this meeting that it is desirable to form a society in Kiugston to promote the study of matters pertaining to Philately as well as the collection of postage stamps.” 2. " That, in accordance with the foregoing resolution, this meeting do now form itself’into the society and that the terms of this and the previous resolutions be made known through the press and by circular to philatelists and stamp-collectors residing in and around Kingston " A provisional committee was appointed to report to the next meeting on the adoption of a set of rules by whioh the society will be governed. The meeting then adjourned till the 23rd of September. Two instances of the beneficial results of the meeting together of collectors was practically demonstrated at this initial meeting when (1) Mrs Few shewed a block of current 6' Jamaicas. of a deep oraDge hitherto unknown, and stated that she had just obtained them from the G P.O., and (2) Mr. C. Scott stated that he had an uuw&termarked Llandovery, and would bring it to the next meeting.

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How to Start a Philatelic SocietyA Helpful Guide to the Philatelic Gr$ai?iserB Y T H E E D IT O R

IV . T h e E x c h a n g e P a c k e t.

IT would be interesting to know how the present form

of Exchange Club came into existence. Perhaps some of our philatelic antiquaries will enlighten us on the subject.

Although the exchange packet system is so very general bow, we constantly get enquiries from readers who are not familiar with the methods of such organisations.

For the member the plan is quite a simple one, and should be of much service in disposing of the accumulation of duplicates with which every collector must, from time to time, get loaded up. For the Secretary of the Exchange perhaps the matter is not quite so simple as it looks.

The method is as follows:—The member of an Ex. change Club fixes bis stamps on a sheet or on sheets uniform in size with the printed tabulated cover sheets sent out by the Secretary, Against each stamp or set of stamps so mounted the member puts the price he is willing to accept for each specimen. Some clubs require the prices to be marked nett, and others to allow 50% discount to the buyers.

When the stamps are mounted the sheets containing them are placed within the printed cover, and should be sewn or fixed in book form, and the pages numbered on the right hand top corner The cover contains spaces for the member's name and address, the amount of the stamps at marked prices, and other details.

The little book of sheets is then sent in to the Secretary, who receives similar books of sheets from many other members. The whole of the sheets sent in are put together by the Secretary to form one big packet, which is then started on its itinerary, visiting each member in tarn.

The members receiving the packet buy at marked prices, or at the discount if it be a discount club, and they remit the amount of their purchases from the combined packet to the Secretary.

When the packet has completed its round, each member on the Secretary’s postal list will have seen it, and made any purchases he requires from other members' sheets.

The last member ou the list sends the packet back to the Secretary, who calculates the amounts due to each member for the stamps sold from bis book of sheets. This amount he remits to the member, and at the same time he returns the sheets with any of the stamps which remain unsold.

Most philatelic societies have exchange packets in operation for the benefit of their members, and in addition there are scores of Exchange Clubs which are formed exclusively for the purpose of circulating such packets.

It is well for a collector desiring to join such a club to be satisfied that he is joining a reliable one. Bo, too, the Secretaries find it necessary to require prospective members to furnish satisfactory references.

The chief purpose of this week's article is to provide a skeleton set of rules for any of our readers wishing to form exchange sections of their local societies. In this connection we wonld urge such readers to bear in mind that they must be prepared for plenty of work if they take on the Secretaryship of an Exchange Packet, and that it is the first essential of a good Exchange Secretary

that he shall always keep his side of the business right up-to-date. Any delays on bis part will bring forth volleys of complaints, and bring the club iuto disrepute.

The following rules are adapted by permission from those of a well known society. In most respects the rules are common to all exchanges, but we have put several words iu italics which refer to matters which must be determined according to the special circumstances of each case:—

E x c e a n o e C l u b R u l e s .

1. Sheets must be sent to the Exchange Superintendent by th e -----of the month. Stamps should beaffixed by means of hinges and should be mounted on one side of the sheet only. Stamped addressed envelope of a convenient size for return of sheet must be enclosed, or postage will be charged.

2. Stamps must be priced nett [or gross if this system be decided upon ]

3. Members removing stamps must sign name (or ubc a rubber stamp) in the space from which a stamp has been taken. Details of takings must be entered on the front of each sheet in the space provided.

4. Members should carefully examine all vacant spaces to see that they are signed before removing any stamps. Should any vacant spaces be found unsigned, notice must be sent to the Exchange Superintendent, and also to the forwarding member, who will be debited with the value of stamps missing, and also with postage of enquiry.

5. Neither the Society nor the Exchange Superintendent will hold themselves responsible for any member's debts, or for sheets, stamps, or packets lost in transit.

6. The packet shall be forwarded by each member to the next on postal list by Registered Post. Members are advised to keep postal receipts for three mouths. A member will be responsible tor the safety of the packet from the time it is delivered at his bouse to the time he registers it to the next member, and he will be required to make good the value of any or all stamps, or sheets, lost during that period.

(Note.— Local societies may find it advisable to insert a rule to the effect: Members delivering the packet by hand to the next member on the postal list are required to obtain a dated receipt for each packet so delivered.]

7. The packet must be forwarded with sheets in numerical order to the next member on postal list on the dag following receipt (Sundays and Bank Holidays excepted). Members retaining the packet over the period allowed will be fined (3d.) per day for every day after such period has elapsed. A post card must be sent to the Exchange Superintendent in the case of a member's absence from home.

8. The Superintendent reserves the right to refuse any undesirable specimens or sheets.

9. Any member who wishes to have his name removed from the postal list must give one month’s notice to the Exchange Superintendent.

10. Five per cent, will be charged on all sales.11. Twelve covers to enclose the sheets (which must

be uniform iu size with the cover) will be provided gratis to each new member. Extra covers may be procured a t -----per dozen.

12. No member is permitted to mark “ F ’ ' (indicating forgery) against any stamp, unless he also signs his name and undertakes to purchase at the price marked in the

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event of its being declared genuine by an expert; no other remarks are permitted on members’ sheets unless a stamp is wrongly described, in which case it may be commented upon, on the same condition as if a forgery.

13. When a member has taken auy stamps from the sheets in a packet, he must remit to the Exchange Superintendent the amount of his purchases, at the same time informing that official of the date of receipt and despatch of the packet. Members not purchasing must also advise the Superintendent of the dates of receipt and despatch of the packet.

14 The Exchange Committee has the sole power to exclude any member from receiving further packets after haring broken any one of the foregoing rules.

How to Start a Philatelic Society.The previous Articles on this subject sre as follows :-j-

I. The Initial Meeting (Vol. IV ., No. 21). .II. Constitution and Rules (Vol. IV., No. 22).

III. Preparing the Programme Vol. IV ., No. 23'.The issues of Tie Postage Stamp containing the above articles may

be had post free, lid . each, from the Publishers, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Araen Comer, E.C.

My favourite Country ai>d Wl>yUnited States General IssuesB Y . R. A. S N E L L

T H E stamps of the United States are, I think, often passed over by the would-be moderate specialist of limited means after the first glance at the catalogue on account of the number of rarities in tbe list. But if tbe aforesaid specialist does not mind omit

ting tbe rarer stamps from his collection he will still be able to get together a very interesting lot. For instance let us suppose that he takes only those stamps catalogued up to half-a-crown Used, he will still be able to get about three hundred and twenty varieties out of the five hundred and twenty odd catalogued. In these three hundred and twenty varieties the only issue that will be altogether unrepresented is that of 1847- Of course excepting the very rare " premiere gravures” and the re-issues on white paper. Now no collector need be ashamed of not having these because the great " Tapling ” collection contains only two " premiere gravures," I believe. Unused, only about one hundred and sixty varieties can be obtained which are within the above limits of price. But still I see no reason why this should deter the collector.

Another thing to be considered when calculating on the catalogue prices is that most of the stamps can be obtained at prices somewhat less than these.

AU this is supposing that our specialist confines himself to the varieties as given in the catalogue. But since real philately and specialism proper are said to begin where the catalogue ends, why should the collector confiue himself to the two or three shades of this or that stamp given in " Gibbons?" These as a rule are only headings to groups of shades. The stamps of the United States will raise the philatelist who likes arranging his stamps in depths and gradations of shade to the seventh Heaven I There are shades galore of almoBt every stamp. The keen philatelist has an opportunity here, because many of the rarer shades may be picked up at the price of the ordinary variety.

The fact that there are no bewildering perforation varieties as in such countries as Holland and Austria should attract those who are not on very good termB with their perforation gauges.

Then a good deal may be claimed for these stamps from the artistic point of view. None of them can be said, I think, to have so insignificant an appearance as some Europeans I could mention. This is also a redeeming feature of the numerous commemorative issues of this country against which outcries are sometimes rightly raised. These may be quite well omitted by those who think them uninteresting since, philatelically, little interest centres around them.

" Unpaids,” “ departmental ” and such stamps rather unduly swell the list of a country which is already quite large enough for the moderate specialist under consideration so, if he feels inclined to, he may quito well, 1 think, confine himself to postage stamps proper.

Another reason m favour of these stamps, one which will perhaps carry a good deal of weight with many collectors, is that they sell well. Of course he will ueed a moderate stock of patience and perseverance if he intends to keep only specimens which are wholly on the paper, even if they are not in the middle of i t ; and which are lightly caucelled : but then is there anything really good to be got without trouble ? It is surprising how one torn or dirty specimen on a page brings down tbe standard of its companions.

To my mind the chief drawback to this country is the "straightedge" variety. One can eliminate this disadvantage by doing likewise to tbe "straight-edge.” I would certainly advise the collector of Uuited States stamps to taboo these varieties since little or no interest attaches to them aud they mar the spick and span look of a page. But of course each collector must be his own guide.

For the specialist of moderate means the issues of 1870 to 1882 oiler particular attractions, with mo these are great favourites, and I think well centred, lightly postmarked copies of these issues are always a good investment. The chief difficulty is encountered in sorting the different papers. About a year ago there appeared in The Postage Stamp a very lucid and instructive article which would enable the greenest novice to sort these issues quite accurately.

The issues of 1890-99 are also very firm friends o( mino. For the specialist who wants to break new ground, 1 think there is a good deal of scope in tbe two cents. To me the varieties of the triangles are very fascinating. The more inquiring specialist might find out the order in which the three triangle types appeared and he will find it most interesting to study the reason of the presence of the " c a p s " to be found on the figure two. These "c a p s ” are sometimes found on one figure, sometimes on the other, and sometimes on both figures. Although not

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expensive this will be found rather difficult because of the * comparative scarcity of da ted specimens, except on original

envelopes.But I find the uuwatermarked issue of 1894 very

confusing since even with benzine one never can be sure whether a stamp is watermarked or not. The colour will generally enable one to separate the triangles of the two cents.

The current issue is another source of pleasure to me. and I find the task of hunting for nice used specimens of imperforate varieties and specimens on bluish paper very delightful. These, although cheap to buy when found, are by no means easy to find just now, I always like to

collect these imperforate varieties in pairs as there is then no doubt that they are not perforated varieties cut down.

Of course for the wealthy mau the earlier issues are an endless source of interest, but I think the fact that he canuot complete his collection of this country should not scare the collector with small means. If he gives the stamps of the United States a trial, which I strongly advise him to do, I do not believe the latter will ever regret it. What does it matter if his stamps are not all in mint condition ? Good used copies have philatelically as much interest as mint blocks of four!

Headers are specially invited to write about their Favourite Country.

£i>000 Wortl? of KnowledgeTipis Stanpp Collector Recognized a V ariety wlpeip be saw it

THROUGH his intimate knowledge of United States postage stamps, a Philadelphia collector was enabled the other day to make a quick profit of over

95,000 on a small lot of envelopes bearing ordinary looking stamps, to which the average person would

have paid little attention.The collector, says “ The \Va6hiugton Post,” was pass

ing the house of a man who handled curiosities of various kinds, when the dealer called him in to take a look at nine stamped envelopes. The dealer said he knew nothing about stamps, and would like to know what the collector would give for them.

“ One hundred dollars apiece, or 9900 for the lot of nine pieces,” came the prompt reply of the collector.

” Oh, I don’t want to stick you,” said the dealer. “ 1 offered these identical stamps to a well-known stamp dealer here in town for 935 eaoh, and he replied he would give only 925 apiece.

“ Never you mind," 6aid the collector. ■ ' The 9900 goes, and I am glad to have the chance ”

The envelopes or letters had been sent from Baltimore in the '40’s. Five of them bore two stamps, while the other four had only a single stamp each. The letters were written before the United States adopted the adhesive postage stamp and at a time when the postmaster of each large city issued his own stamps. The postmaster of Baltimore at this time was James M. Buchanan.

Postmaster Buchanan issued 5 and 10 ceut adhesive stamps aud a series of 5 and 10 cent stamped envelopes. The stamps on the envelopes showed a large figure “ 5 ’ ’ or ” 10,” surrounded by a circle. Above was the word

** Paid,” and above that the name of the postmaster in full, “ Jamps M. Buchanan.” This siguature was placed upon each envelope with a hand stamp.

Two colors were used— red and blue— the stamps appearing on paper of different colour. Sometimes, probably on account of the scarcity of the regular 10c. stamp, two of the 5’a were used on one envelope to make up the sum of 10 cents. These were called compounds, and the collector in question in his lot of cine envelopes obtained five of these compounds, all of which are very rare. Of the 10c. red stamped envelopes of straight denomination only two specimens are known to exist.

The collector bad no difficulty in disposing of his stamps for 95,000, and still has in his possession a specimen of the compound envelope, which is easily worth 91,500.

From what can be learned, these early envelopes with hand-stamped signatures were issued in the latter part of 1845 for the first time. There is also on record a copy of the envelope with the autograph signature of Postmaster Buchanan.

Bargains in Stam ps.If you waul real bargains in Postage Stam ps read the

advertisem ent pages o f The Postage Stamp every week. Every week th ere ie som ething new ,and m any special bargains. I f you m iss a week yon m ay miss the very stam p you want to com plete a series

Tl?e Postage Startup HapdboobsH E first two books are now on sale .

I. Jamaica and Cayman Islands, by Edward J. Nankivell, Price 4d. Post free 4Jd.

II. Cape of Good Hope, by Edward J. Nankivell. Price 6d. Poet free 6Jd.

The new books aro produced in a tasteful style, with specially designed cover printed iD red and black, on a buff coloured art paper.

The continuation of the series, which is under the general editorship of Mr. Fred. J, Melville, Editor of The Postage Stamp, will include:—

III. Niger Coast Protectorate, by Edward J.Nankivell. Price Gd. Post free GJd

IV. Dominica, by Bertram W. H. Poole. Price6d. Post free 6£d.

V. Abyssinia, by Fred. J. Melville. Price Gd.Post free 6jd.

All orders for these books should be sent to— Baldwins,

Gbosvenor Works,T unbridge Wells .

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Tlje World’s Starpp ErrorsThe Most Comprehensive and Eptertalpipg Article on this Subject yet publishedBY MISS FITTE j

This important article was started in No. 1 of the present Volume. The two instalments already published may be had from the Publishers in Nos. 1 and 2, Vol. V.. price l jd each post free.

Dhar.

•__ ERROR.

1897, 4 pice black on red—without control (3a).

The stamps of the first issue, being type-set, are themselves excluded from this list, but the error consists in the omission of an oval-shaped control mark— without which the stamp is incomplete— from the lowest value, the Half Pice, printed in black on red.

Should not this value be expressed as 4 " dabel ’ ’ ?

H yderabad,

ERROR.

1871-1900, 4<r. magenta (26).

There are seven values of this issue, all of which, except the highest two, exist in varying shades and colours, the Half Anna being in red-brown, orange brown, brick-red, rose and scarlet; it is known, however, in another colour, magenta, whioh was apparently used in error—hence its inclusion.

ERROR.8'B»C»T3? 1886. la . blue (30a).

This also is an error of colour, the One Anna, which should be in green, having been printed in blue. As in the case of the preceding error (Hyderabad), the incorrect colour does not appear to have been one peculiar to any of the other values.

ERRORS.

1895, 25c. green ; 50c. marone ; (11 blue—overprint omitted (82a—82c).

As is known, the North Borneo designs, printed in special colours and overprinted " labtjan,” were used for


tbie Colony, and the errors in this instance consist of the 'twenty-five Cents green, F ifty Cents marone, and One Dollar blue, from each of which the overprint has been omitted.

They are not scarce either unused or cancelled-to-order, but probably are bo when genuinely used for postage. 1897, 18c. black and olive-bistre— “ p o s t a l h e v e n u e “ ;

24c. blue and grey-lilac— “ p o s t a g e & r e v e n u e ” omitted (96, 97).

[For these, See the second and third errors under North Borneo].

ERROR.1902-3, 25c. black and greenish-blue (126a).

Seven of the values in this exceedingly handsome bicoloured issue, line-engraved and printed by a well-kuown London firm, have the central portion printed in black and the frame in colour; but the Twenty-five Cents, which should have the Crown and name of Colony in green, the frame being in greenish blue, bad the central part printed, by some error, in black.

The stamp is scarce used, but, curiously for this Colony, is not priced unused or cancelled-to-order, which is circumstantial (evidence of its bona fides !

Madagascar.

ERROR.

1884, Id., id ., magenta—handstamp omitted (12, 13).

The first issue of these largo labels comprised eight values, the design of which is as illustrated, the higher four values having “ l e t t e r " instead of “ p o s t a l p a c k e t , " and the circular impression from the band- stamp of the British Vice-Consul at Antananarivo was added presumably as an authentication. The error consists in the omission from copies of two of the values— One Penny sod Four Pence— of this handstamped impression, without which they should not have been issued.

The British Inland Mail was suppressed at the end of September, 1895, when the French entered Antananarivo.

Next week's instalment of this article will deal with the rare errors of Mauritius, New South Wales,etc., and will be fu lly illustrated.

The “ Postage Stamp*’ on Sale.

The Postage Stamp is now kept on sale and may be had every week at the following dealers’ establishments:

Bright A Son, 164, Strand, W C.F . C. Ginn, 143. 8 trand, London, W.C.Lewis May A Co., 15, King William St., Strand, W.C.W. H. Peckitt. 47. Strand, London, W C.James Rhodes, 62, Market Street, Manchester.W Ward, Booth Street, Piooadilly, Manchester.And at all Newsagents and Booksellers

TYPE (Shewing Hsndrtamp).

THE POSTAGE STAMP32

Tl>e New HebridesA complete acceupt of tbeir Pests aqd Postage StaippsB Y S IN G L E C.A.Continued from 'page 11.

Two years after, ia September, 1903, the Syndic&t Fraaoais de Nouvelles Hebrides re-established an inter- island postal system on similar lines to that previously maintained by the old Australasian New Hebrides Company. In connection with this service they oaused to be issued four values of adhesive postage stampB, embodying two separate pictorial designs. They were of an even more restricted availability than the first local stamps of the British firm, and could be used only upon mail matter conveyed on board of the Company’s vessels between any two points within the group itself, and were not accepted even by the post office at Noumea, whioh taxed as unpaid all correspondence franked solely with these stamps. It was anuounced that the proceeds of the sale of these stamps would be devoted to the main- tainance and improvement of the postal Bervice of the group.

The design of the 5 aud 25 centimes stamps was oblong, and showed in the centre a view of Franceville, the principal French settlement, situate on the shore of Port Vila in Efate, with a smoking volcano in the background. On each side of this picture was depicted a palm tree with a native warrior beneath, one carrying a bow and tbe other a olub.

At tbe top was the inscription, " Nouvelles Hebrides,” and at the foot '• Poste Locale,” with the words “ Syndicat Prancais " on ornamental scrolls in either of the lower comers of the frame.

On the 15 centimes and 1 franc values was portrayed a scene which included a wealth of tropical vegetation, and an aboriginal native in the left foreground. At the foot of the central design appeared on a shield the device of an anchor surmounted by a pair of wings, and in each of the upper corners the heads of wild boars in ornamental frames, this animal constituting the principal and most useful fauna of the Islands. On the Island of Espiritu Santo it is literally worshipped, especially if possessed of fine tusks. The inscription on these stamps, which were rectangular in shape, read at the top •• 1903— Nouvelles Hebrides,” at the sides “ Poste Locale,” and on scrolls at the foot '* Syndicat Francais.” Sheets of this issue contained 100 stamps, arranged in four panes of twenty-five, five rows of five.

1 9 0 3 . (September.) Designs as above. Bi-coloured. Printed on white wove unwatermarked paper. Perf. 12. Centre in second oolour.

6c. blue and blue-green.15c. brown and black.25c. carmine and black.

If. green and dark blue.The obliteration applied to these stamps consisted of a

single-lined circle with date in centre, lettered round the circumference, ’’ Port Vila—Nouvelles Hebrides.”

Apparently, the postal authorities at Noumea regarded the issuance of these stamps as an infringement of their rights, for, after they had been in circulation for slightly over one month, they were suppressed by order of the Governor of New Caledonia, and the existing stocks confiscated. '

It has been freely asserted in Continental journals that these stamps were entirely of a bogus nature, and were

never nearer to the New Hebrides than Noumea. The facts of the case, as I have been able to obtain them, are, however, as above.

Five years passed before anything further was heard philatelically of the New Hebrides.

Then in the Autumn of 1908, under the provisions of an Anglo-French postal agreement of the previous year, with the precise terms of which I regret that I am not conversant, an international Post Office was established at Port Vila, and two separate series of postage stamps issued for the prepayment of correspondence posted there.

The opening of this post office w s b heralded by the subjoined proclamation :—

‘ ‘ Official Notification re the Opening of the Condominium Post Office

" l . - O u and after the first day of December, 1908, stamps of the issues of New South Wales and New Caledonia respectively shall cease to be affixed to letters, etc., transmitted to places in and beyond the New Hebrides through the Condominium Post Office, and postage on such letters, etc., shall be prepaid only by affixing the issues of the Fiji and New Caledonia surcharged with the inscription “ New Hebrides Condominium,” or ” Niles Hebrides,” or by such other stamps as the Resident Commissioner may from time to time, by notification, direct.

“ 2.—On and after the first day of December, 1908, any letters, etc., transmitted through the Condominium Post Office to places in and beyond the group, beariug stamps of issues other than those directed by the Resident Commissioners, shall be considered as unpaid, and postage of double deficiency shall be payable and such surcharge shall be marked on the article at the office of origin.

*' 3 — All moneys received from the sale of stamps at the Condominium Post Office shall be credited to the funds of tbe joint Administration.

“ 4.— Interim use of surcharged Fiji stamps authorised.“ Stamps of the Colonies of Fiji imprinted with the

words * New Hebrides Condominium ' may be used from the date of this regulation of the 1st of December, 1908, concurrently with those of N.S.W. and New Caledonia, for the prepayment of postage on correspondence with places in and beyond the Hebrides.

“ Published and exhibited, etc., this twenty-ninth day October, 1908.

'■ For H .B.M .'s Commissioner,“ (Signed) M . K i n o .

” For the High Com. of the French Republic, ” (Signed) Ch. N o u f l a b d ,

” L . B e r g a b s e N o u m e a .”

It is said that the first Condominium Postmaster is a French subject.

As provided in the above proclamation, the Fijian postage stamps overprinted ” New Hebrides Condominium ” came first into use, being placed on sale on the same day as the date of tbe notification, October 29th,1908.

They comprised seven values of the current series of the neighbouring British Crown Colony of F iji, bearing the


above-mentioned overprint in two rows of tall, narrow, sans-serif capitals.

This surcharge was applied at the Government Printing Establishment at Suva, apparently from stereos cast from a single setting of type, to complete sheet of 120 stamps, composed of two panes, side by side, each containing sixty stamps, arranged in ten horizontal rows of six.

On the bi-coloured stamps the word “ F iji " was blocked out of the original inscription by means of long bars of ink, in the same colour as that in which the name and value were inserted, extending in continuous lines across the whole width of the sheet.

The initial printings of these stamps, two in number, were both small. The first was shipped to the New Hebrides on board H.M. Cruiser “ Prometheus." and arrived at Port Vila on October 12th, 1908 This was followed on January 12th, 1909, by the second printing, which was placed on sale on the 16th of the same month. Both printings contained an equal quantity of each denomination, being in each instance exactly half of the figures appended herewith, which are given on the authority of the High Commissioner of the Western Pacific, and represeut the total numbers contained in the first two printings.

Denomination. Number. Face£

Value, s. d

■ id ... 12,000 25 0 0id. 30,000 ... 125 0 02d. 20.136 ... 167 16 02 Jd. ... 30,000 ... 312 10 05d. 12,000 ... 250 0 06d. 6,000 ... 150 0 0Is. 2,880 ... 144 0 0

113,016 £1174 6 0

For the work of overprinting these stamps the Fijiiau Government Printing Establishment is said to have

charged the administration authorities only £13, this representing the actual cost of labour and materials.

The reason that the stamps of Fiji, rather than of any other British Australasian Colony, being selected to receive this surcharge was that the Governor of Fiji is likewise High Commissioner of the Western Pacific under whose jurisdiction the British interests in the New Hebrides are controlled.

1 9 0 8 . (October 29th). Current King's Head series of Fiji (1903 issue) overprinted " New Hebrides Condominium " in two lines of tall thin sans-serif capitals, at Suva, Fiji. Typographed and printed by Messrs. De La Rue & Co. in London, from the " General" Colonial Postage and Revenue Key plate. Continuous coloured marginal lines round the panes and plate number " 1 ” in white upon a solid ground of colour in all four corners of the sheet. Watermark Crown and CA. (single and multiple). Unsurfaced paper. Perf. 14. Name and value tablets in second colour.

}d. green (Multiple wink.)Id. rose ,, ,,2d. purple and orange (Single wink.)2Ad. purple and blue on blue ,, „5a. purple and emerald green „ ,,6d. purple and carmine „ „Is. green and carmine „ ,,

To be concluded in next week's Postage Stamp.

New Issues apd OldThe Editor invites dealers and readers at home and abroad to give prom# information concerning New Issues. Alt communications must be

sent direct to the Editor, Id, Sudbonrne Road, Brinton, London. S.M'.A fter the name of each country we give the page of THE POSTAGB STAMP on which appeared the last reference It that country.

B ritish G u ian a .— (Vol. IV. p. 1301.— A vertical pair of the lc. black, of 1860, perf. 10 , has been found imperf. between the stamps aud also at top and bottom, according to Gibbons' Stamp Weekly.

B u lg a ria .— (Vol. V. p 2).— Messrs. Whitfield King and Co. send us two more provisionals formed by surcharging two stamps of the 1889-90 issue with “ 1909 " and new values— the 80 st. brown being surcharged " 5 ," and the 50 st. blue-green “ 10.” The surcharges on the 60 st. are in red. The list of recent provisionals now stands as follows:—

Issue of 1902 surcharged with new values.“ S " in black on ISst. lake and black " 10" in blue on 15 at. .. „“ 25 ” in red on 30 at. bittre-brown and black “ 23 ” in blue on 30 at. „ „ „

Issue of 1899-00 overprinted “ 1909“Black surcharge.

1 »L dull purple Sat. ease green " 5" on JOM. brown “ 10 ” on 15 at. orange

Red surcharge." 10” on 50 at. blue green

C h in a .— (Vol. V. p. 22).— We append an illustration of the new stamps chronicled last week:—

Oam bia.— (Vol. IV. p. 188).— Messrs. Whitfield King aud Co. write us as follows:— ” We have just received a letter from the Postmaster informing us that the stamps in the new colours were to be issued on October 1st, on which date the old ones will be withdrawn from circulation. Whether they will be destroyed or not he is unable to say at present."

O reat Britain.— (Vol. IV. p. 272).— The Philatelic Adviser records an interesting variety as follows:— " We have received a very interesting variety in the stamps of our country, viz., the current halfpenny stamp with a


doable impression, both impressions being so clear and at such a distance apart from each other that their is no possibility of it being a ' slip,’ a double printing evidently having taken place, These stamps were bought at a Post Office, ana, from information we have received, we are able to state positively that these are the only three stamps that exist in this condition, and are therefore, absolutely unique. The three lower stamps of the block of six are doubly printed, and the third stamp of the upper row is also partly doubly printed, the value ‘ h a l f p e n n y ’ appearing twice."

New H ebrides.— (Vol. IV. p. 261).—It is rumoured that the supply of F iji stamps overprinted “ new hebbideb condominium " is exhausted, and until the definitive issue is received the Frenoh issue only will be used.

P arag u ay.— (Vol. V. p. 22).— Messrs Whitfield King and Co. send us the 2 pesos in new colours— carmine and black instead of blue and black. The complete list of peso stamps of the 1906 type is now as follows:—

No wmk. Ptrf. Ilk, 12. ip. carmine and black ip. orange Ip. olive black „Ip. blue ..ip. carmine „5P- red ,,

lop. orange-brown and black lop. chocolate „Idp. olive-green „

Roum ania.— (Vol. IV. p. 272).— The Philatelic Adviser reports the discovery of a strip of five of the 60 bani of 1900-02, perforated 9 x 9$.

S iam .— (Vol. V. p. 22).— Messrs. Whitfield King & Co. have shown us entire sheets of the new provisionals, and we find the overprinting is so carefully done that there are no varieties. The surcharging was evidently applied in London, and a whole sheet of 100 stamps was overprinted at a time.

T o g o .—The fi pf. stamp has been issued on the new watermarked paper according to some of our contemporaries, this being the first of the set to appear in this condition.

Wmk. Lozenges. Ptrf, 14.5 pf. green.

Trinidad.— (Vol. IV. p. 299).— The 4d. and fid. values have now been issued in colours conforming to the Crown Agents new scheme, making the list of varieties on the paper with multiple watermark ieeued to date as follows:—

Wmk. Multiple Cr. CA. Ptrf. 14. id. green id. black on red td. carminelid . purple and blue on blue qd . bluejd. black and red on yellow 6d. purple and black 6d. purpleII. black and blue on yellow la. brown „ ..I*, black on green Sa. purple and mauve £ 1 green and carmine

T u rkev.— (Vol, IV. p. 273).— Several of our contemporaries chronicle the 20 paras of the current design with the sign-manual of the new Sultan as a uovelty, but this stamp was recorded in The Postage Stamp nearly two months ago.

T u rks and Caicos Is.— (Vol. V. p. 22).— Messrs. Whitfield King ft Co. send us a set of the new King's head stamps to whioh we referred some time ago. They

are all produced by the line-engraved process, end are printed in sheets of 60 stamps. The design is a particularly pleasing one, and shows the portrait of King Edward VII. on a central oval similar to that on the stamps of the Falkland Islands. At the left of thie is “ tubes ft,” at the top is “ caicos islands,” and at the right “ postage ” is shown. There are discs iu the upper corners containing numerals of value, and on a tablet at the base the value is stated in words. The desigu is the same for all values, and the stamps are printed iD colours which conform as Dearly as possible to those suggested in the scheme formulated by the Crown Agents some little time ago.

Wmk. Multiple C '. CA. Per/. 14. id. green id. carmine 2d. greylid . ultramarine 3d. purple on yellow 4d. carmine on yellow 6d. purple la. black on green 2s. carmine on green 3*. black on red

U nited S ta te s .— (Vol. IV. p. 308).— Messrs. Benedict Prieth, H. S. Adair, W. Ward and others, send us specimens of the new commemorative stamp referred to on page 308 of our last volume. Ae we have already fully described the design and now illustrate the stamp. We have only to add that the perforation gauges 12 as usual, and the stamps are watermarked with portions of the letters ” u.s p.s.”

Commemorative Issue.Wmk. " U .S .P S .” Perf. 12.

2c. carmineU ru g u a y .— (Vol. V. p. 3).— We have now received the

two commemorative stamps mentioned on page 3, and fully described on page 13 last week. The stamps were manufactured by the Compania Sud-Amerioaua de Billetee de Banco, of Buenos Aires, and they were printed in sheets of 25. The perforation gauges 11£.

Wmk. Multiple “ R O " in Script letters. Perf. Ilk. 2c. brown and black 5c. aalmon pink and black

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C O N TE N TS.16 October, 1909. Page

Gossip of the Week - - - *5The Jamaica Philatelic Society 26 How to start a Philatelic

Society . . . - 27My Favourite Countey and Why 28£1,000 WORTH OF KNOWLEDGE - 29the postagb Stamp Handbooks- 29 The World's Stamp Errors - - 30The New Hebrides - 32New Issues a n d Old - - • 33Editor’5 Letter Box - - - 35Society News - - - - - 35

Society NewsSecretaries of Philatelic Societies are urged to send news items intended for publication as promptly as possible.

Programmes for 1909-10

ROYAL PH ILATELIC SOCIETY.

P « ji3r«/-H .R.H . the Prince of Wales.Meetings—Thursdiys.at ^Southampton Row.Time—6 p.m.

H»9.Oct. 21. The Earl of Crawford, Vice-Presi

dent. Display of St. Helena and St. Vincent.

Nov. 4. The Rev. H. A. James, D.D.Display o f British Colonies- In America.

Nov. 18. Major E. B. Evans. Display of Mulready Covers and Envelopes, with Notes.

Dec. 2. Display by Members: Twelve Interesting Stamps.

Dec. 16. Mr. H. M. Hansen. Display of Schleswig-Holstein, with Notes.

191aJan. 6. Mr. H atveyR .G . Clarke. Display

of Transvaal, with Notes.Jan. 20. Mr. M. P. Castle, Hon. Vice-Presi

dent. Notes on the Types of the 18S3 Issue of British Guiana, with Display.

Feb. 3. Mr. K. B. Yard ley. Duplay of Azores and Madeira, with Notes.

Feb. I?. Mr. B. W, Warhurst. Display (by. Members also! of Entires.Mar. 3. Mr. F. W . Edwards. Notes on

Local Stamps, with Display.Mar. 17. H.R.H. the President. Display of

the Issues o f British Guiana between i860 and 1890 (exclusive of the type-set issues of 1862), with Notes.

April 7. Mr. M. P. Castle, Hon. Vice-President. Paper on the Adviiability of Forming a Universal Philatelic Union of Philatelic Societies to discourage unnecessary or speculative issues. Display by Members of such issues.

May S. Mr. T. W . Halt. Paper on the 1864-7 issues of the Argentine Republic, with Display.

May 19. Mr. L. L . R. Hausburg. Paper on the Perforations of Queensland, with Display.

June 2. Annual General Meeting.

JUNIOR PH ILATELIC SOCIETY.

President— Fred. J. Melville.Hon. General Secretary—R. Wedmore, 54,

Park Road, West Dulwich.Meetings—Saturdays, in Prince Henry's

Council Chamber, 17, Fleet Street, E.C. (first floor).

Time of Meetings -T he business of the meetings is taken at 8 p.m., but the hail it open at 6 p.m. to enable members to meet and exchange stamps, and for auction sales of members' duplicates. Reading Room with current philatelic periodicals and books at every meeting, 6-8,1909.

Oct. 16. 6.0, Bourse. 8.0, Paper and Display, “ Bordeaux Issues ofFrance," Ralph Wedmore.9,15, Extraordinary General Meeting to confirm the adoption of the new Constitution.

Nov. 6. 6.0, Auction. 8.0, Beginners' Night. (Programme arranged by D. B. Armstrong, Frank Grundy, B.Sc., C. W. Care, and H. W . Armstrong.)

Nov. 20. 6.0, Bourse. 8.0, Displ av with Notes, “ Trinidad.’ ’ R. B. Yard ley.

Dec. 4. 6.0, Auction. 8.0, Display, " Cayman Islands,” A . Leon Adutt. 9.0, Paper and Display, “ Tour Round the World on Postsge Stamps," D, S. Darkin.

Dec. 18. 6.0, Bourse. 8.0, Paper and Display, "British Honduras," B. W . H. Poole. 9.QL Illustrated Paper, " The Carnage of the Mailt as shown on the World's Postage Stamps,” H. G. Jobson.

1910.Jan. 1. 6.0, Auction. 8.0, Display with

Notes, “ Complete Sheets,’ ' Douglas Ellis. 8.40, Paper and Display, “ China," 1st and 2nd issues specialised, with stories from the designs of all iswes,C. L. Harte-Lovelace.

Jan. is. 6.0, Bourse. 8.0. Paper and Display, “ Holland,” W . J. Warren. (The Society's Permanent Collection of Stamps and the Forgery Collection will be on view this evening.)

Jan. 29. Extra Meeting arranged by the Library Committee. 6.0, Bourse.8.0, Formal.

Feb. 5. 6.0, Auction. 8.0, Display, " The Stanley Gibbons* Reference Collection " (portion). Frank Phillips. 9.0, Display. " Great

. Britain," J. H. Tite.Feb. 19. 6.0, Bourse. 8.0, Paper and Dis

play, “ British New Guinea,” Albert Ashby. 9.15, Paper,D. B. Armstrong.

Mar. 5. 6.0, Auction. 8.0, Paper with Display, Notes on the Status of Various Classes of Stamps,” H. Clark. 9.0, Illustrated Paper, “ The Coloured Papers for British Colonial Stamp*,” J. Ireland. (Both items for this evening are provided by mem- ben of the Brighton branch. It is hoped that other members of the branch will accompany their colleagues on this occasion.)

Mar. 19. 6.0, Bourse. 8.0, Paper and Display. " Vene*uela,” T . W. Hall. 9.10, Paper and Display, "C ook Islands,” D. S. Darkin.

April 2. 6.0, Auction. 8.0, Display of portion* of Collection, “ Fraoce, French Colonies,New Caledonia, various German States, Rou- mania, U.S., States of the Church, etc ./ ' A . H. L . Giles. 0.0, Display, " Russian Locals," B. & Kirby.

April 16. 6.0, Bourse. 8.0, Display, “ British Colonials," J. C. Sidebothain.9.0, Paper and Duplay, "S ara-

May 7.

May 21.

wak,” A . Grelller. 9.30, Display, "Seychelles." S. C. F. HunSt

6.0, Auction. 8.0, Paper and Display, " Sudan,” F, G. Bing.9.0, Paper, "Catalogues Simplified and Otherwise," C. W. Care.

6.0, Boune. 8.0, Paper and Display, ” S t Helena,” H. H. Hanand. 9.0, Paper and Display, ” Locals," F. W . Edwards.

JUNIOR PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

BRIGHTON BRANCH.President—Fred. J, Melville.Chairman—W . Mead.Hon. Secretary—}. Ireland, 103, Western

Road, Hove, Sussex.Meetings—Royal Hotel, Second and Fourth

Thursdays, 7 till 10 p.m.1909-

Oct. u . Display, Great Britain. Leicester B. Paine.

Oct. 28. Display,Trinidad. M.P. Castle, J.P.Nov. 11. My Favourite Country—and why.

By Members.Nov. 25. Paper and Display, Single Issue

and Single Stamp Specialism. H. Lee. Display, Various Countries, S. R, Turner.

Saturday, Nov. 27. Special Meeting. Display of U.S.A. Exhibits from Earl's Court Golden West Exhibition. (This meeting ha* been specially arranged for a Saturday to give London members an opportunity o f attending a Brighton meeting.)

Dec. 9. Bechuanaland, British Central, East and South Africa, Somaliland. E. Heginbottom, B.A.

Dec. jo. Ten-minute Papers.' By Membets.1910.

Jan. 13. Some Littte-known Reprints and How to Detect Them. Herbert Clark.

Jan. 27. Paper and Display. Fred. J, Melville.

Feb. l a Display, W . Mead, Display. Great Britain Postcards, J.CDallimore.

Feb. 24. Display, Great Britain. Baron Anthony de Worms.

Mar. i a Paper and Display, St. Helena, H. H. Harland. Paper ana Duplay, British New Guinea and Papua, A . Ashby.

Mar. 31. Display, Cape of Good Hope, Gambia, Gold Coast, Lagoa. E. Heginbottom, B.A.

April 14. Display. Spain and Colonic*. A . H. L. Giles. R.N.

April 28. Display, Some West Indian Stamps. C. J. Smith.

May 12. Paper, The Present Position of of Philately: Notes on some of its Aspects. Herbert Clark.

May 26. Annual General Meeting.

NORTH OF ENOLANDPHILATELIC SOCIETY.

President M. H. Horsley. J.P.Hon. Secretary—43, Sidney Grove, Newcaslle-

on-Tyne.Meetings—Thursdays at the Y.M .C.A ., New-

cxatle-on-Tyne.1909.

Nov. 4. E. Heginbottom, B.A. Tobago, Trinidad, Virgin Island*.

Dec. I. E. Philpot Crotber. Finland.1 9 1 0 .

Jan. 6. T . D. Hume. France and Griqua- land.

Feb. 3. M. H. Horsley, J.P. Victoria.Feb. 17. Sale by Auction.Mar. 3. R. W . Wilkinson. Holland (with

notes of new discoveries).April 7. Charles L . Bagnall. Papua and

King’s Heads.


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Packets fully insured. Secretary—W . Wilson, "Beechwood/’Wolviston, Stockton-on-Tees.

13EGINNERS', South England, South Lon- don Clubs. Sales steadily increasing.

Rules—Secretary, 80, Richmond Road, Ley- tonstone, London.

180 Rare Foreign Stamps, all different, worth 1 /- Send------- penny postage.--------

500 Best Mounts, id.

EMPIRE STAMP Co.------THORNTON HEATH-------

each ia the price I am now paring

- for 2/8 PAPUA without surcharge mint or fine used. Many of you paid 41- for this stamp.

Here is a clear profit of 41/- for you. Send along sharp and get cash in exchange.

LEONARD BRAND, 4S, KEYES ROAD, CRICKLEWOOD.

DIFFERENT COLONIALS FREE

To Collectors sending Id. postage and mentioning Gift No. 21. Only

one to each applicant.

A P P R O V A L S E L E C T I O N SOF ALL COUNTRIES.

50% Discount off Gibbons’ Prices.

'p 'IN E variety Id. and Id. stamps, Bargains, no rubbish.—Jaques, 54, Antill Road,

Tottenham.

1 n o n BRITISH CO LO N IALS, good copies, 6/6 post free.—Matthews,

Claremont, Old Tiverton Road, Exeter.

IkfflN T KING'S H EADS for sale. Prices low. Papua 2/6, mint 3/9-—Collector.

Hatton House, Tennyson Avenue, Kings Lynn.

A PP R O V A L SH EETS. Foreign and Col- ^ onial, References required.— K. Foster, 25, Grenville Place, Brighton.

rt UNUSED New Issues, Id. Barbados, “ Leewards, North Borneo, Bulgaria, Crete. 50 different U .S.A ., 6d. 500 Mounts Id. All postage extra.—J. R. Morris Co., Leighton Buzzard.

f lN U S E D C O LO N IA LS. Breaking Col- lection. Approval Selections sent to

genuine applicants.—Druitt, 47, Ordell Road, Bow, London.

■ p'REE. Rare Mint Johore Provisional 1 given to all buyers off my “ Kings " Approval Sheets. 50% discount. Leonard Brand, 48, Keyes Road, Cricklewood.

A f t D IFFEREN T JAPAN, mounted on sheet, id., post free.—Stephenson,

Greensend, Woolwich.

T R Y THEM. M ANY BARGAINS.

J. WHEELER & Co.124, LENNARD ROAD, BECKENHAM.

SEYCHELLES, Etc.Now ready, fine selections of mint and used. West Indies, African and general Colonials in superb condition (many blocks and pain). Prices average i Gibbons, but Seychelles and Kings Heads in some cases reach 4 catalogue. Approval (against refer

ences) to serious collectors.L„ 2, Mayfield Av , Chiswick, London, w.

P E R H A P S Y O U H A V E N EVER TRIED an advertisement in our columns. Per

haps it has not occurred to you to send your " O f f e n ” along to THE POSTAGB STAMP. The next time you want anythinB why not use our columns 1 For particulars and prices tee above-

WANTS.E n g l is h . Superb specialised collection,

used. Exchange Europeans, S. Americans, U .S.A. imperfs., used only. " Lynton," 44, Lonsdale Road, Barnes.

W a n t b d . Collections or loose lots of Austria, Belgium, Egypt, Sudan and Crete. Stamford, Btngley.

H. E. HAWORTH & C °87/9, ALDCATE HICH STREET,

* LONDON, E.Selections of Stamps sent on approval.

Condition and Cheapness our Speciality.

W e do not offer Bargains but sell at a uniformly low rate.

Collections wanted for prompt cash. References required.


inspection Invited.

GREAT BRITAINA recently-purchased and very FINE COLLECTION conUining with few exceptions, ail known stamps u n u s e d a n d u s e d , is now being broken up at low

prices.

The following “ ABNORMALS ” are included :—3d. "secret dot,” used ; 6d. chestnut, plate 12; 6d. buff, plate 13 (two copies);

90. "h a ir lin e s " ; tod. brown, plate 2. Selections can be sent to Collectors known to us, or against usual references; or "W ant Lists” made from any catalogue, can be

filled.

O h a a . m a a e n & O o .7 , Southampton Row, London, W .C .

THE DEALER WITH THE ------- STOCK. - - - - - - - -

A ll buyers interested in better class stamps should

call or write

GEORGE C. GINN,50, Bishopigate Street, Within,

London, E.C.“ C IT Y ” NOT “ WEST E N D ” PRICES.

A very fine lot o f old United States and British Colonials being dispersed.

No “ Given A w a y ” Rubbish Sold.

COLLECTORSO f Curios, Antiques, Books. Coins or anything else whatever, will find a first rate market for specimens they do not want in The Bataar. Exchange and Marl newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply & conveniently

I t la t h e G re a t P a p e r f o r In fo r m a t io n ,

P r iv a t e S a le e A B a rg a in s .Advertisements of Private Collectors (i.r. those who do not make a biwiness of purchase and sale) inserted at the rate of 3 words for

Id., minimum 4d.

TRY IT—QET A COPY.Price 2d. everywhere, or by post for 3d. in

stamps from theOffice* : BAZAAR BUILDINQS, DRURY U N E

LONDON. W.C.

POSTAGESTAMK J l

Founded byE D W A R D J. N ANK IVELL . Edited byFRED. J. M E LV ILLE .

Y.CJn Illu s tr a te d all Classes

tie d Weekly Jo u rn a l/o r y o f S ta m p C o llec to rs 4*

No. 4. Yol. 5. 23 OCTOBER, 1909. Price Id.'Whole Number 10* ____________________________________

Gossip of tl>e Weel$B Y C O R N E L IU S W R I N K L EAvery Collection 5 old for £34,500.

rO Mr. W. H. Peckitt

baa fallen the distinction of having bought the largest private general col

lection of the world's postage stamps in thia

country for the record cash price of £24,500. My eyes glistened at the Bight of a cheque for that amount which had been paid in one lump sum to the executors of the late Sir 'William Avery, Bart. Next to the Tapling collection in known to be the moat

Rarities by .the Score.The rare pieces in the collection are almost innumer"

able. Sir William once told me that he thought he had between 90,000 and 100,000 stamps, and the proportion of first-class rarities surprised me as Mr. Peckitt rattled off a list of some of bis newly acquired treasures. For years Sir William had practically the first pick of all the finest collections and the single rare stamps that came on the market.

A Very Voting Beginner.Sir William started stamp collecting at a very early

age— he was only eight years old at the time. But he kept on until he was seventeen without a break. Then there was an interval of seven years, from 1671 to 1878, when he did little or nothing in stamps, but he took up with the bobby again in 1878. Once after that date he half decided to give up the collection, and indeed, he sold a portion of the collection in 1887, but as the favourite stamps slipped away one after the other he began to regret his action. He stopped the breaking up process and began again with renewed zeal, compiling in the course of a quarter of a century one of the greatest philatelic accumulations in the world.

Scape of the Collection.The scope of the collection is wonderfully compre

hensive. Nearly every country is well if not fully represented. The period covered corresponds with that covered by the famous Tapling collection at the British Museum, from the beginning of postage stamps to 1890, and in some cases issues beyond the last-named date are included. There are in many countries highly specialised collections, some of which attracted much interest in International Exhibitions.

Investm ents for the W ealthy.I hope to be able to give my readers some further infor

mation regarding this remarkable collection in the next issue of The Postage Stamp. For the present I may content myself with pointing the chief moral in this

T he La te Sir W. b. A vert, Bart .


transaction. It must indeed be a gratifying thing to the many wealthy collectors as well aB to the thousands of others who have invested much of their resources in foreign and colonial Btamps, to find that there is so much money in the stamp trade that a collection of these great proportions could find a riady purchaser for cash. To the outsider, of course, it must come as a great surprise that any stamp collection could be worth £24,500 in hard cash to any dealer who has got to sell the stamps again to get his profit.

Then too, this announcement of the sale in England of the Avery Collection for £24,500 coming on top of the sale of the Paul Collection in America for £11,400, is almost certain confirmation of my prediction in the first Dumber of the present volume that the British stamp trade will this season experience a boom, no less far reaching than that which is already in full swing in America.5afe as Consols.

The importance of the security of one’s investments in stamps cannot be over estimated. It is a consideration which most of us have to take into account.

Such cases as the present sale of the Avery and Paul Collections must satisfy the rich collector that the advantage is not all on the dealers B ide . Many of the stamps in the Avery Collection were originally sold to the then Mr. Avery by Mr. Peckitt himself at prices which are mere fractions of the present value of the same specimens. Good stamps are os Bafe as consols.Stamp Exhibition at Brighton.

The Brighton Branch of the J.P.S. will be holding an exhibition on a small scale at the Hove Town Hall, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 25th to 27th, in conjunction with the Gentlewomen's Handicraft and Home Industries Exhibition whioh is being held from the 21st to 28th. The exhibits will be supplied entirely by the Branch and although the time is short— a fortnight is surely the shortest possible time in which to organise a philatelic exhibition— the Secretary has received several offers of exhibits, and it is anticipated that each member will show at least one country. The stamps will be shown in 28 large frames which have been kindly lent by the London Committee.

As this is Brighton's first attempt at an Exhibition, it will be interesting to see the result. A list of the Exhibits will be given in a future number of The Pottage Stamp.

The Exhibition will be open from 10.30 a.m. till 7.80 p.m. each day, and London collectors are reminded that an excursion is generally running to Brighton on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Visitors staying in Brighton till Thursday the 28th (the day after the close of the Exhibition) will be welcomed at the ordinary meeting of the Branch in the1 Boyal Hotel, the display on that evening being Trioidad, by M. P. Castle, Esq, J.P,A Newspaper Bubble that Burst.

A Dublin correspondent sends me an envelope received from Victoria, Australia, bearing two penny Queen’s bead stamps of that colony. Underneath the stamps is written, in the same handwriting as the address, " Cannot get stamps here with the King's head on them." My correspondent sayB: " It evidently shews that there must be some truth in the statement that the stamps of the late Queen were no longer to be used for franking letters when it was necessary to put the footnote to protect the letter from being surcharged." The curious cover is a sequel to the newspaper scare about the Queen's heads of this colony not now Wing recognised as valid for postal use. The writing on the envelope is evidently that of a lady who has read about the recent surcharging of a letter bearing such stamps, and has, with that implicit faith some people put in what they see in print, accepted it as a fact that only King's head stamps are accepted for postage. I am much obliged to W. R. S. (Rathmines) for sending the envelope for my inspection.Great Britain Control, I 9.

For those who are interested in Control Numbers the Great Britain Id. 1 9 has been issued for some days according to several correspondents.The Auction Fiend.

The Stamp Journal of Denver contains a shorts adventure Btory which savours of Kingston and Marryat, especially Marryat. Here it is :—

“ On a raft in mid-ocean after shipwreck a number of passengers and sailors were huddled together, some trying to slumber. Among the latter was a well-known stamp collector. At length the outlook shouted ' A Sail 1 . A Sail.'

i “ Up started the collectori “ • What ? ’ he shrieked 'A Sale, aud I haven't got a

catalogue 1 ’ "

Tl>e Jui>ctioi) of tly e EastOfficial Report of the Year's Worlj of the Straits Settlements Post Office

HE Annual Report of the Straits Settlements Post Office for the year 1908 is a orisp record of a good year’s work.Correspondence.

The estimated number of letters, postcards, printed papers and samples, and the actual number of parcels dealt with during the year amounted to over 19 millions, an increase of more than 4} per cent, over the figures for 1907. There was an increase in each class of matter except samples which showed a marked decrease.Malls.

The mails weighed 1,018 tons, and were enclosed in 88,533 bags, 8,608 packets, and 8,674 boxes. In addition about 50,000 bags of foreign transit mails were transhipped by the Department free of charge.The Mall Packets.

During 1908 the mails by the outward P. & O. Packet arrived at Singapore once on Thursday, on 22 occasions

on Friday, and on three occasions on Saturday. On no occasion was tlie contract time exceeded. The shortest time occupied by the mails in transit was 19 days, 18 hours, 30 minutes.

The British India Packets arrived regularly on Saturday morning. The new mail contract entered into with the British India Steam Navigation Co. took effect from the 12th February, 1908.

Fire on • Mall 5teamer.

On Thursday, 9th July, owing to a fire having broken out on the German Mail Packet, Sehamhorst, between Penang and Singapore, and to the consequent pumping of sea water into the hatches which resulted in the flooding of one of the compartments of the mail room, almost the entire mail for Singapore, Bangkok and Manila arrived damaged with water. As the bags did not reach the office till 6 80 p.m. no delivery of correspondence took place that evening, but the bags were opened and all postal articles, both ordinary and registered, were spread

THE POSTAGE STAMP

out to dry in the Post Office and carefully guarded through the night. All the letters and many of the papers were delivered early next day, but a number of the latter it was found impossible to deliver, owing to the addresses being undecipherable.

Registration.In 1908 the numbered of registered articles received and

despatched was 703,808 as compared with 647,503 in 1907, and increase of 8 per cent. Two registered articles were lost in Penang while in the hands of postmen.

Insurance.12,719 insured letters and parcels valued at 32,193,638

were dealt with, as compared with 11,685 valued at $1,329,965 in 1907. The amount of fees collected on insured articles posted iu the Colony waB $667'27 against $592*44 the previous year. The insurance system, both for parcels and letters, was extended during the year to several countries and administrations not hitherto included.

Parcels.The parcels received during the year numbered 65,882

and the parcels despatched 68,414. The corresponding figures for 1907, were 65,542 and 64,353 respectively. The total number reoeived and despatched has therefore increased by 3 per oent.

Chinese Sub-Post Oil Ice.869,235 letters were posted in •• clubbed packets”

during the year, a decrease of 51,724 on the figures for 1907, due chiefly to a large falling off in the number of letters posted in Penang. The decline may be ascribed to the depression in trade amongst the local Chinese throughout the year, as these •* letters ” are in reality advices of remittances sent to China through private agencies. The agencies in Singapore now number 95 and in Penang 47. Two agencies in Singapore failed during the year. The number of intiuerant collectors was 268 in Singapore, and 173 in Penang. *

Returned Letter*.85,031 articles were returned to Singapore from other

countries as undeliverable, and 84,701 articles posted in other countries were included iu the Dead Letter Mails from Singapore The number of registered articles which had to be dealt with in the Returned Letter Office was 559. Cash to the amount of $226, cheques and drafts to the value of $5,030*50, and Postal Money Orders to the value of $212 were found in the packets opened.

Postage Stamps for Telegram*.The system of prepayment of telegrams by means of

postage stamps was introduced on the 1st January, 1908.

Finance.The revenue collected amounted to $609,596*98, being

a decrease of 3} per oent. frqm that of 1907. A new item of “ Revenue Stamps *’ amounting to $79,185*02 appears this year, and accounts for the apparent large decrease in the amount shown uuder the heading of " Postage Stamps,” as this year, for the first time, a distinction has been made between stamps sold for postal or for purely fiscal purposes

The item “ Telegraphs " disappears this year owing to the new method of prepayment of telegrams by means of postage stamps. The value of such stamps used for telegraph purposes is estimated to amount to $27,037, and is included under *• Postage Stamps.” There has been an actual decrease in the value of stamps sold for purely postal purposes, which may be ascribed to the reductions in postage introduced by the Rome Postal Congress in the previous year. In his annual report for the year 1907, Mr. Bell estimated that these concessions

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would cost the Post Office about $20,000 for the first year. The decline in Postage Collections is due to the same cause, but in both cases the decrease may be regarded as purely temporary. A decrease under the head ** Foreign Postage ” is due to the Federated Malay States' share of the subsidy for the carriage of mails by the P. and O. Packets, being now pud direct by them to the Imperial Post Office.

REVENUE.

Postage Stamps1908.

430.010*751907.

J 488,956*91Revenue Stamps 79,185*0222,678*37Postage Collections ... 23,297 26

Miscellaneous 9,769*93 7,317*07Commission on M.O's 16,354*23 21,105*15Foreign Postage 17.006*70 24,660 12Telegraphs .............. — 28,894*68Telephones .............. 34,596*98 31,113-38

Total ... 609,596-98 624,844-57

Expenditure.The expenditure under *‘ British Postage ” showe a

decrease of over $4,000 partly due to the reduction made in the subsidy payable under the new mail contract with the P. and O. Steam Navigation Co.

A Local Postal Union.During the latter part of 1907 a Local Postal Union

was established between the Colony, the Federated Malay States, Johore, Sarawak and Brunei, by which the rates of postage on letters, post cards and other articles transmitted between these Administrations were made the same as those in force within this Colony. From the 1st January, 1908, the British North Borneo Government joined this Union in so far as they agreed to receive free of charge postal matter prepaid at these rates, although they were at present unable to adopt reciprocal rates.The Mall Coach Service.

In 1907 owing to the approaching expiration of the contract for the Mail Coach Service in Singapore, tenders were invited for a new service. The successful tenderer was Mr. H. Abrams, and the service under the new contract was started on the 1st January, 1908. Messrs. F. Clarke & Co. had up to that date held the contract for the Mail Coach Service continuously for a period of 29 years.Imperial Penny Postage.

It may be of interest at the present time to reoall the fact that from Christmas Day, 1898, dates the adoption of Imperial Penny Postage, and that therefore on Christmas Day, 1908, ten years had passed since the inauguration of this Postal Reform. On that day in 1898 the postage on letters was reduced to one penny por halfounce for all parts of the British Empire, and in this Colony four cents, was fixed as the equivalent of a penny. The Imperial Penny Postage Union now embraces all parts of the Empire except the Australian Commonwealth; and from the date of the Rome Postal Congress a further step was taken by which the unit of weight for letters circulating for one penny within the Empire was raised to one ounce. Mr. Trotter, the late Postmaster- General, in his report for the year 1898 in reviewring this measure of postal reform in its financial relationship stated that after two months' experience be was able to add ” that the results will probably surpass the most sanguine expectations.” If we compare the volume of business done for the years 1898 aud 1908 it cannot but be said that his words have been fulfilled. In 1898 the figures of the number of articles which passed through the post and of the revenue were 6,660,968 and $234,859, as compared with 19,202,460 and $609,597 the figures for 1908.

46 THE Po s t a g e stAMt>

Tfye New HebridesA complete account of tbeir Posts apd Postage Stanjps jB Y S I N G L E C.A.

Continued from page 33.

A third printing has apparently been recently made, for in The Postage Stamp for August 14tb, 1909, several new varieties are chronicled, including new shades of the coloured bars on several of the bi-coloured stamps, notably the 5d. in bright green instead of deep emerald, and the 6d. and Is. in a much deeper carmine, whilst the latter value of which the first supply was said to have been exhausted as far back as March last, is printed upon paper having the multiple instead of the single type of Crown CA watermark.

Shades.The £d. value of the above series is found in two differ

ent shades of green, the second having the name and value (which are inserted at a second operation) in blue green instead of pale green.

Jd. green and blue greenAs stated above, a recent printing of several values of

this issue has developed some distinct shades of the coloured bars.

5d. purple and bright green 8d ,, and deep carmine Is. green and ,, ,,

Varieties (Multiple wmk).Some sheets of the lowest denomination were included

having the old single instead of the multiple Crown CA watermark, and this variety is somewhat scarce and a good deal sought after. Three sheets with this watermark ware included in the first consignment, and sixteen in tho second, making a total of 2,280 copios.

Wmk. Crown CA. (Single).$d. greeo.

When first issued, these stamps were obliterated with a cancelling stamp consisting of two concentric circles inscribed in French round the circumference “ Port Vila— Niles Hebrides," with the date in three rows enclosed in a small inner circle of broken lines Later a new obliterator was introduced, taking the form of a single lined circle lettered iu English “ Vila— New Hebrides.” having the date in two lines in the centre. Although they were evidently originally intended for use separately in cancelling the stamps of the nation whose language they bear, these cancelling stamps are used indiecriminately upon cither tbe English or French issues, whichever comes handiest.

They are sold at tbe equivalent face values in French money of 5c., 10c., 20c., 25c., 50c.t 60c. and lfr. 25c. respectively.

A few weeks after the issue of the overprinted Fiji stamps, a second series, composed of five values of the current pictorial issue of New Caledonia (1905), were placed on Bale at the Condominium Post Office, overprinted with the legend, “ Nouvelles Hebrides.” They were issued at Port Vila on or about December 1st, 1908, and from that date came into concurrent use with the overprinted Fijian stamps already described.

Pursuant to the accepted policy of the French Government in respect of new issues of Colonial postage stamps, large supplies of this seri?B were delivered to tbe Colonial Office in Paris as far back as September 4th, 1908, and

they were placed on sale there to all and sundry, despite the fact that they were not actually available in the country of issue until some three months later. “ Specimen ” copies of this series were also distributed to tbe countries forming the Universal Postal Union in the same month (September, 1908).

The surcharging of these stamps was executed at the Administration des Postes, Boulevard Brune, Paris, in two rows of Roman type on the low values, aod a single line upon the 1 franc.

The overprint was applied to complete sheets, consisting, I believe, of 150 stamps, arranged iu six panes of twenty-five, five rows of five.

A fairly extensive supply was overprinted, the distribu-tions being as follows:—

Surcharged.Despatched to New Hebrides.

6c. 82,500 12,00010c. ... 133.500 ... . 30.00025c. ... 138.500 ... 80,00050c. 61.500 12,000lfr. 20.250 3,000

| Face value. Fr.101,845, or roughly £4,000.

• It

1 9 0 8 . (December 1st). Contemporary stamps of New Caledonia overprinted “ Nouvelles Hebrides ” as above in Paris. White and tinted unwatermarked wove paper. Perf. 14J x 13$. Surcharged in black or red ink.

5 centimes yellow-green (black surcharge),10 „ rose red (black surcharge).25 „ blue on greenish (red surcharge).50 „ red on orange (bLack surcharge).

1 franc blue on green (red surcharge).

I t will be observed that the quantities supplied of the various values of the French series were practically identical with those of the equivalent denominations of the British issue.

These stamps superseded the old unsurcharged stamps of New Caledonia in the some way that the surcharged Fiji stamps replaced those of New South Wales.

The word " Condominium ” was omitted in error from the surcharge on the New Caledonia stamps, and will be iuserted should a second printing become necessary.

It seems unlikely, however, that there will be further printings of either tbe British or Freuch surcharged stamps, as it is stated that designs for a conjoint series of permanent postage Btamps, with inscriptions in both languages, have already been approved mid forwarded to Paris for production.


Both of the High Commissioners in the meantime are doing their utmost to harvest their stocks of these stamps, in order that they may last out until the permanent issue is ready, and they have prohibited their sale to dealers in postage stamps, in wholesale quantities.

The New Hebrides have not as yet been admitted to the Universal Postal Union, but should a permanent series be issued they will need to be, before the stamps are available for the prepayment of international postage. At the present time the stamps of New Caledonia and Fiji, duly overprinted, respectively serve to frank correspondence to all parts of the world, both of these countries being members of the Union.

Letters from this country consigned to the New Hebrides cost 2Jd. for the first ounce, and 1 jd. per ounce afterwards, and cannot be registered. To the Australian continent the Commonwealth Inland Tariff applies, viz , 2d. per }oz. for letters and Id. each for postcards. The Parcel Post for this region leaves the Thames every Wednesday night by the Australian Packet, the charges being Is. Id. for the first lb., and 7d. for each additional lb., with a limit of weight of 111b. Transit occupies from two to three months, and is via. Sydney.

Bibliography.

G e n e r a l . Philatelic Journal of Great Britain (R eview of Reviews;, May, 1902; Monthly Journal (A. F Bassett-Hull), Pioneer Posts in the Western Pacific, December, 1898.

L o c a l s . Australasian New Hebrides Company; (A. F. Bassett-Hull) Philatelic Record. XIX, 163; Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, X II. 80; £ wen’s Weekly Stamp News, Nos. 134 and 146, 1902.

F r e n c h L o c a l s . Ewetts Weekly Stamp News, No 118, 1901; No. 216, 1902 ; No. 250, 1904 : Monthly Journal, X III. 136; he Circulttire Philaltliqw, No. 77, March, 1909.

Condominium. French Series; The Postage Stamp, Vol. I l l , October 3rd, 1908; Eweu’s Weekly Stamp News, Nos. 488. 490, 491; 1909. Surcharged on F ij i ; Ewen' Weekly Stamp News, Nos 486. 487, 491, 493, 497, 500, 513; 1909 ; The Postage Stamp, Vol. III. p. 274, Vol IV. p. 235,261; Gibbons’ Stamp Weekly, February 13th, 1909.

Tljosc Lovely Colour NarpesFrom a Letter to the Editor of “ The Postage Stamp "

Y OUR insertion of a letter from the Secretaiy of the Royal Horticultural Society is of interest to me in particular, as anyone may judge if they have a copy of the Colour Dictionary first issued ten years ago. In that little book I disclaimed any special

competence to write on the subject of colour naming— but suggested the formation of a committee of philatelists, horticulturists, and others connected with the use and preparation of colours— “ to meet together and compare notes as to the best names for about 100 distinct hues." The ohief object of that work was to get some authoritative body to consider the whole question of colour naming without the need for a chart, and to educate the present generation in the A B C of colour; and in the new edition last year a hope is expressed that our Royal Philatelic Society may do something that "w ill lead to an International Colour Standard," an no person or single body can dictate to the whole world.

The reason why Philatelists of all countries may well lead in such a matter is that in stamp collecting they have to do with coloured inks, on sheets of stamps, the value of which often depends ou the tint or shade of colour employed in particular printings, and no other hobby, business, or occupation requires such a knowledge of colours. Florists have to deal with masses of solid colour and many diverse tintB in their flowers that can scarcely be named, but all these are as nothing compared with the60,000 varieties of stamps listed and priced individually in our catalogues. The knowledge of colours possessed by horticulturists would be most useful in preparing a work for universal recognition as a " stan d ard ,bu t there is no necessity for a big book or expensive chart of even SCO different shades of colours. It is impossible to produce such a book cheaply, or if so issued many of the colours will have changed in a year or two of general use, and as it would no longer be reliable, besides which if only in the possession of a few hundred of persons scattered about the world, of what use would it be generally 7

Mr. Wilks, the R.H.S. secretary, says— " We determined . . . to establish an international code by which anyone, anywhere, could convey to anyone else precisely the colour

he is speaking of." but surely, the florists and others in the civilised nations of the earth needing a colour chan should have a voice in the preparation of a work to be internationally useful. In June last I heard of this Look and wrote to the secretary, who sent me a printed paper referring to the chart as "containing more than 1450 shades of colour," and I wrote a long letter with a copy of my Colour Dictionary, explaining my views, but received no acknowledgment. In the letter you print, he says their book "contains360colours with four shades of each colour." Remembering Scott’s " Standard Colour Chart” of 25 years ago with 142 colours printed witli a peculiar lined block which gave the effect of four shades each, it seems as if this was on the same lines, but the shades are a misnomer. If, as 1 assume, it is merely by the engraved lines of shading (as in Soutt), there is but one real colour represented by the supposed four shades. It is like the Cape stamps of that period, everyone of which seemed to be in two shades, or the current Siam stamps where the central portion being more finely engraved gives an apparently lighter tint and has deceived cataloguers into describing one as " carmine and rose" which is really all of the same ink, and done at one printiug.

It woutd be an easy matter for a committee to choose from three or four specimen books of printing ink makers 80 or 100 clearly distinct tones of colour, and to give a simple atid definite name to each. These would form the Alphabet of Colour, and by combination of the names as yellow-green, blue-green Ac., you would have 160 clear names of colours expressed, with which anyone having the 80 originals in his memory (just as the 26 letters of the alphabet are) can compound mentally most intermediate shades by prefixing pale, light, deep, dark, bright, dull, Ac., and so recognise (as I do) withouta chart close on 1,000 colour names. No chart can be of any good unless in the hands of everybody needing to use it— and Esperanto as a possible universal language will be of no practical use if auyone talking to another haB to have a chart of it in his bands for reference to eyery two or three words.

B. W. W.


Tlje World’s Starpp ErrorsThe Most Comprehensive and Entertaining Article on this Subject yet publishedBY MISS FITTE

This important article was started in No. 1 of the present Volume. The three instalments already published may be had from the Publishers in Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Vol. V., price l^ef each post free.

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ERROR.

1848, 2d„ blue—*' penoe.” (6).The native issues of this philatelically famous Island

were always of two values only, One Penny and Two Pence. The first issue is known as the “ Post Office," the stamps, whioh were printed singly, having those words as part of the inscription; the second issue is somewhat similar, but the well-knowu words are replaced by “ post paid ," and both values are in sheets of twolve — four rows of three— engraved on copper by Mr. J. Barnard, a watchmaker and jeweller.

The stamps, being separately engraved, naturally differ from each other in small details. There is a noticeable error on the seventh (t.e .the first of the third row) stamp on the sheet of the higher value, the word " pence " having been engraved " penoe " ; this incorrect spelling is found all through the life of the plate, and must not be confounded with that of the Btamp just above it on the sheet, worn copies of which show a similar misspelling.

As all copies, especially of the early printings, are very scarce, the error is naturally much rarer, as being of a type distinot from the eleven others.

New Republic, S .A .1887, l<f. and 2d., violet— Arms omitted (207, 208).

With all due respect to The Catalogue, which is areally wonderful production, I cannot understand why stamps issued by an independent State should be included in Part I., simply and solely because that independent State has subsequently become a part of the British Em pire: it is no business of mine, I grant, but in my humble opinion the stamps of the British Colonies include only those issued as such. Heligoland— quite rightly retained in Part I .— should, logically, have been transferred to Part II. when acqu ire by Germany in August, 18901 However, this by the way.

The handstamped rubber impressions of this ephemeral State, which dia duty as stamps, were completed and presumably authenticated by an embossed representation of the Republic's Arms ; but this was omitted from some (undated) copies of the One Penny and Two Pence impressed in violet on blue " granite” paper in February, 1887, whioh were apparently issued in an unfinished con

dition. Perhaps these, and the following alBo especially, are only printer’s waste.

1887,2d.,6d., 2s. and 10s., violet—Arms omitted (237-240).In March, 1887, there was a further issue of these

labels, this time on yellow paper, and again without date, the impressions being in violet. The values, from which the embossing of the Arms was omitted, are the Two Pence. Six Pence, Two Shillings and Ten Shillings; apparently, the lowest value (undated) is not known, no yellowish paper, witft’ombossed Arms.

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ERROR.

1850, 2d., blue— " c r b v it ” omitted (24).The first three stamps for this Colony were the well-

known line-engraved " Sydney Views ” — One Penny, Two Pence and Three Pence—there being as many varieties of each as there were stamps on the plate.

The only variety of the series, which is worth calling an " error,” is on Plate I. of the Two Pence, a second time re-engraved and oommonly called Plate II. The background is horisontally lined, the bale on left supporting the seated figure is dated, and there iB a dot in the centre of each corner star. The error consists in the omission of the last word of the motto “ sic f o b t is e t b u b ia c r b v it , ” which wag engraved in the lower part of the centra) design just above the fan, the stamp being the thirteenth on the plate, which oontaiued twenty-four stamps in two rows of twelve.

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1851, Id. red,—" w a l e" (44a).In the second issue—the line-engraved *' Laureateds ”

— there are several mistakes to be found. On the plate of the One Penny, which consisted of fifty stamps in five horizontal rows of ten, all differing slightly from one another, there is only one real error; it occurs on the ninth stamp in the first row, and consists in the omission of the last letter of the word “ walks.”

There were printings of this value on four papers— thick yellowish wove, bluish wove, bluish laid, and white wove watermarked with a double-lined numeral of value (1854), on all of which the error naturally exists.

ERROR.

1851, id . blue— “ waeeb” (62).Of the Two Pence, laureated, there were two plates and

a re-eDgraving of the first on e; fifty stamps on each, arranged as in the One Penny, and all varying in minor details. On the second plate, which has stars in the corners of the stamps, the word “ walks ” is mis-spelled '* wakes ” ; it is the twenty-third stamp, is . , the third in the third horizontal row. This particular plate came into use in November, 1853,

1852, 3d. green— " waives " (69).Of this value, of the same design as the preceding,

there was only one plate and on it only one error, or slip, the middle letter of the word “ walks ” being like a badly formed “ c " ; it is No. 37 on the sheet, all the stamps— 50, arranged as in the lower values— of which were separately engraved and consequently differ in details. It exists also on the watermarked paper (1854).

I insert this "error” because it is given the same prominence as the “ wale " and " wabes personally, I regard it as a " variety ” only.

error.1852, 6d. broum— " walls " (72).

For the Six Pence there was only one plate, of twenty- five varieties in five rows of five, and it was once reengraved ; the type is as before.

On the sheets from the origiual plate, the eighth stamp — the third of the second row— the word " walks " (which always seems to be the sufferer) was engraved as ” w alls” .

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1854, 3d. green— tomk. “ 2 ” (87).In 1854 watermarked paper came into use, the water

mark being a double-lined—or, properly, an “ outline ’ — numeral corresponding to the facial value of the stamp.

The only error m the Laureated series consists of the Three Pence printed on paper watermarked “ 2 "intended for the Two Pence value: it is very rare. As the original plate was used, the error •* waeeb ” has existed on this paper.

error and type.

1854-56. 2d., blue, 3d. green— wmks. (96-99).The smaller stamps of the Diadem issue of 1854-56

afford four errors of paper: the Two Pence watermarked •• 1 ," •• 5 ” and ” 8,” and the Three Pence watermarked *• 2,” all the figures being double-liued. The papers with watermarks of ” 5 ” and " 8,” (also of " 6 " and " 12 ") being made for the large square stamps of this issue, do not coincide with the smaller stamps.

The first and last errors of the Two Pence are very rare, especially the latter: they are all imperforate.

To be continued.

NOTE.Our thanks are due to Mr. W. H. Peckitt for the

loin of some of the ra ft stamps used in illustrating the article on The JFbrM’s Stamp Errors."

B ack Nos. of " T h e Postage Stam p.”Those of onr friends who are lacking an? back number*

of the present vol. will do well to write d ir e c t to c m r P v b t u h e n , Sir Isaac Pitman S t Sons, 1 Amen Corner, London, B.C., for whet they require. Many newsegenie do not oare to bother about back numbers. Any number still on sale may be had for the published prioe and postage, Ia , ltd.

T he Postage Stam p Binding Covers.Handsome dark bine oovers in buckram, gilt lettered side

and back, may be had from onr Publishers, Sir Isaac Pitman St Boos, Amen Comer. London. Price is. ad.

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Cur Library TablePublishers should send any books intended tor notice and review in “ The Postage Stam p ” 4o[ the Editor,

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The Three Cent* United States Stamp of the Issue of i 8j i .

Carroll Chase, M.D., Boston, 1909. Published by the Handbook Committee of the American Philatelic Society, Published for the Members,

This is a very readable little book on a specialised subject. It does credit to the American Philatelic Society, though for the purposes of propaganda the Handbook Committee would probably have been better advised to try a subject of more general interest, and one which would be more comprehensible at least to the 1700 odd collectors in the Society.

To attempt to lay down a soheme for the plating of a stamp of which there are probably eight plates of 200 stamps each in a handbook for popular consumption is, to say the least, ambitious, and to suoceed in making it interesting reading is no mean tribute to Dr. Chase’s lucid pen.

Dr, Chase says:" That the earlier plates at least can be reconstructed

is certain, and had the stamp been a German or English emission for example, it would have been plated years ago. Witness the way the one penny black of Great Britain has been studed. In a way the Sc, 1861 corresponds to this stamp, being the first low value largely used.”

Here perhaps Dr. Chase’s enthusiasm for his subject makes him rather over-confident. We cannot claim to have sufficient material to judge of the definition of many of the minor differences described by the authoiaof this little book, but even if possible, the task of plating is one that probably not more than two or three would ever attempt, and if they all succeeded, according to their lights, there would be many points of difference between their individual reconstructions.

“ Even my friend Mr. John N. Luff was pessimistic, to say the least,” says Dr. Chase. “ in regard to the possibility of plating, as witness the following quotation from his work ' The Postage Stamps of the United States,’ page 69 Very exhaustive lists of these (minor! varieties have been published, but when we remember tnat there were twenty-eight plates of this value, each containing two hundred stamps, the hopelessness of finding or correctly plaoing all the varieties is at once apparent, to say nothing of the lack of interest or value in such a restoration.’ He didn’t oonsider that twenty, in all probability, of the twenty-eight plates were type It, and practically a

separate stamp. In fact, had he made this statement regarding type I I only, it would have been very nearly true.”

We fear that in this opinion the writer of this firstA.P.S. handbook will have very few of his own countrymen with him, although a disagreement on this point does not make the book less valuable and interesting to the student as a peculiarly deep study of a notable stamp. The author’s analogy of the Id black of Great Britain iB not a strictly correct one. The eleven plates of the Id. black have been the subject of a great deal of painstaking study on the part of British specialists, but so far we have heard of no one of the enthusiasts who are plating that stamp, claiming to be within measurable distance of -his goal. Then, too, the eleven plates of 240 stamps each of the Id. black present a much more restricted difficulty than that of the 200 stamps in the plate of the 3c.U.S. of 1851, for the 240 positions on the plates of the former are readily identified by the comer lettering, and given the material the plating of the Id. black resolves itself into being able to allocate the stamps to their respective plates, in itself a task of sufficient difficulty and uncertainty as to attract but few to the attempt. On the 3c U S. stamp there are no corner letten so the 200 specimens of each plate have not only to be allocated to tneir respective plates, but also to two hundred different positions on each of those plates.

The booklet however will well repay the student for a careful reading, and the specialist will take pleasure in comparing his blocks and strips (of which the author laments tne inadequate supply) with Dr. Chase’s minute descriptions.

Poppea el the Post Office.

Mabel Osgood Wright, New York and London. The Macmillan Company. Price 6s.

The title of Mrs. Wright’s novel might suggest to the British reader that the heroine wsb one of those ladies of the post office whose type has been jocularly termed by Punch as a ‘ 'counter-irritant.” The story, however, has nothing to do with the British poet office lady ; it is an American yarn of a sentimental type, which finds many readers on both sides of the Atlantic.

Poppea is a foundling left on the doorstep of the little post office of the New England village of Harley's Mills in the days of the Civil War. At the age of nineteen she becomes Assistant Postmaster. The only person who objeots that “ the charge of the United States mails should not be left in hands that were only fit to tie ribbons” is the wealthy John Angus, who turns out to be -----well that is an important part of Mrs. Wright’s story.

To the reader on this side the story of Poppea will throw some light on an interesting and critical period in the history of the United States. Postmaster Gilbert is a hero worshipper of President Lincoln, and counts among his most saored treasures two letters the statesman is supposed to have written him. At a time of a double bereavement, Gilbert, already getting ob in years, had applied for the postmastership, and wrote a letter to Lincoln telling him that it wasn’t the money he wanted for be had a trade, but he was lonesome, with only the dead-aod-gone people in books for company, and he wanted something to keep him near his fellow-men.

f t i f e POSTAGE STAMP

Lincoln's reply:—Washington, April 2nd, 1861.

Mr. Oliver G. Gilbert,My Dear Sir,

Your letter is in my hands. I have been lonely and have lived in books. I was once a postmaster and 1 understand.

11 Faithfully yours,A. L in c o l n .

Illustrated Catalogue ol British Post Paid Stamps.

Compiled by A. E. Milner. Birmingham. Price 7d.We have bad on our table for some weeks the pamphlet

issued by Mr. A. E . Milner, of Birmingham, under the above title. It is a pioneer publication, and aims at listing all the handstamps used as “ Post Paid " marks presumably on correspondence and circulars which have beeu handed over the post office counter in bulk without adhesive stamps, official correspondence, Ac. In a subject which, though old. is in a sense a new candidate for semi-philatelic attention, it would perhaps have done the compiler's work more justico and created more interest had ho prefaced his catalogue with some brief uotes on the historical aspects of the marks, their origin, which might, I think, be traced to the Dockwra mark of 1681, inscribed " Penny Post Paid,” and perhaps even to the marks introduced by Henry Bishopp, the fanner of the Post Office revenues circa, 1660-1661.

Mr. Milner claims for the modern ” Post Paid ” mark that being used in the place of adhesive stamps they have have a Btatus much above ordinary postmarks We can quite understand that he has experienced considerable difficulty in getting the material for his compilation, ns he Btates that the later types are mostly destroyed with

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the covers on which they are impressed. Paid stamps prior to 1840 are generally priced much higher than any of the current types, although the old varieties are stowed away in multitudes amongst old correspondence.

The publication of this little work should bring forth the fresh information which the author solicits, and we shall be interested to see the progress made in this by-path of philatelic interest.

d e n t's C atalogue i g i o .

Gebruder Senfs Illustrierter PostwerUeichen Katalog 1910 (I.— Adhesive Stamps). This well-known German catalogue has been on our desk for some days, and a special article on the subject by Mr. 0. Reginald Gum has been crowded out of this issue. Extended reference on this page is therefore unnecessary.

The “ Postage .Stamp" on Sale.


Bright ft Bon, 164, Strand, W C.F . C. Ginn, 143. 8trand, London. W.C.Lewis May ft Co., 15. King William 8k, Strand, W.C.W. H. Peckitt, 47, Strand, London, W.C.James Rhodes, 62, Market Street. Manchester.W. Ward, Booth Street, Piccadilly, Manchester.And at all Newsagents and Booksellers

New Issues at>d OldThe Editor invites dealers and readers at home and abroad to give prompt information concerning Nero Issues All communications must be

sent direct to the Editor. U. Sndbonrne Hoad, Britton, London. S, H'.After the name of each country we give the page ol THB POSTAGE STAMP on which appeared the Iasi reference to that country.

A n tig u a .— (Vol. IV. p. 235) — The Id. stamps, printed entirely in red. to whioh we referred on page 188 of our last volume, have now been issued. The list of varieties issued to date on the paper with multiple watermark is as follows:—

H'mh. Multiple Cr. CA. Perf. lg.{d. green Id. carmine 2id. hlueli. purple and blue

Berm uda.— (Vol. IV. p. 188).— We learn from the Colonial Office Journal that a supply of 2)d. stamps printed entirely in blue has been despatched to the Colony.

B olivia .— (Vol. V. p. 21).— We have now seen the other three values of the commemorative set referred to on page 21. Each has a different border and ceutre piece, though the same inscription appears on all. The Arms of the Republic are shown on the 5c., and portraits on the 10c. and 2 bols. It is said that only 12,000 of each were printed, and by the end of August the three lower values were all sold.

Commemorative Issue. No wmk. Perf. //f.Sc. olive and black

IOC. green „Me. orange „2 bol. red „

B ra zil.— (Vol. V. p. 21),—Ewen's Weekly Stamp News, quoting from a foreign journal, states that the commemorative stamp described on page 21 ‘ ‘ did not appear as expected, its issue haring been countermanded on 6.9.09 by telegram." Smith's Monthly Circular, on the other hand, chronicles the Btamps as actually issued. Perhaps we shall learn which is the correct version later on.

China Expeditionary Force.—(Vol IV. p. 44).— Mr. W. T. Wilson has shown us the current fa. “ postage ft revenue" stamp of India surcharged "C.E.F." The complete list of King’s head stamps issued to date is as follows:—

Indian King's Head stamps surcharged “ C .E .F ."Inscribed "POSTAGE."

ta. carmine 12a. puiple on red

Inscribed " POSTAGE & REVENUE."la. green la. carmine

Congo.—(Vol. V p. 2).— It is rumoured that the set of pictorial stamps at present used in this country of fearful atrocities will be superseded later on by a new issue hearing the portrait of Leopold II.

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G a m b ia .— (Vol. V. p. 33).— The complete set of stamps in the new colours has now been issued. The colour of the Id. has also been ohanged, for the Colonial Office Journal save, “ Id. stamps have been supplied for the first time in the red colour generally adopted by the countries of the Postal Union instead of the carmine hitherto seen in these stamps.” These, however, have not been placed on sale yet. The colours of the stamps now in use are as follows:—

IVmi. Multipit Cr. CA. Perf. 14.id. greenid. carmine3d. grey2)d. blue3d. purple on yellow 4d. black and red on yellow 5d. orange and mauve 6d. purple 7id. brown and blue lOd. olive-green and rose n . black on green it. 6d. violet and green 3t. purple on blue 2a. fid. black and red on blue

. 3». bright yellow and bright green

G ib r a lta r .— (Vol. IV. p. 44).— The Colonial Office Journal tells us that 2d. and Is. stamps in the new colours have now been printed.

4.H u n g a ry .— (Vol. V. p. 2).— According to a German

contemporary the 60 filler and 2kr. stamps have been issued on the paper showing the new watermark. The list of varieties known to have been actually issued up to the present is as follows:—

New wmk. Perl. 1$.5 filler emerald

12 „ lilac 50 ,, lake

2 kor. blue

J a m a ica .— (Vol. IV. p. 177).— Evidently this Colony oannot make up its mind to discard the old Queen’s bead plates, for we learn from the Colonial Office Journal that " the last supply of stamps included 3d. and 6d. stamps in the new colours and printed from the old Queen’s bead plates."

L evant (Russian).— (Vol. IV. p. 307).— Ewen’s Weekly Stamp News records the issue of the new Russian Levant stamps specially overprinted for use in Constantinople and Jerusalem'.

Overprinted '* Constantinople ” er ” Jerusalem."5 para on Ik. orange.

IO • I 2k. green30 II 4k. m e

I Dial, on 10k. blue5 II 50k. violet end green7 »» 70k. brown and yellow

10 It Ir. brown and orange35 >» 3r. 5ok. brown and green70 tf 7r. roae and green

M alta.— (Vol. II. p. S3). - According to the Colonial Office Journal, new jd ., Id. and 2£d. stamps have been despatched to this Colony.

M auritius.— (Vol. V . p. 8).— We take the following from the Colonial Office Journal:— ’ ’ A supply of the new 1, 6, 8, 12, 23 and 60 oente and R 1, Re. 2, 30, and Rs. 5 stamps, referred to in our issue of October last, has been despatched, and in addition a supply of Re. 10 etampe printed from the old Universal King’s Head Keyplate in the colours appropriated to the 10s. value in the new oolour scheme.’ ’

Montserrat.—(Vol. n . p. 189).— The complete set of the ourrent stamps has just been issued iu the new colours conforming to the Crown Agents soheme.

Wmk. Multiple Cr. CA. Per/. 14. . -id . green Id. carmine 3d. grey2)d. blue - 13d. purple on yellow6d. purple ,Im. black on green <2s. purple on blue2s. fid. black and red on blue5s. red and green on yellow

N a ta l.— (Vol. V . p. 2).— The Colonial Office Journal states that in future the 2d. stamps will b e printed in grey.

S t . K itts -N e v is .— (Vol. IV. p. 236).— From the same souroe we learn that a supply of 6d. stamps on the multiple watermarked paper haB been despatched to the Colony.

S L Vincent.— (Vol. IV. p. 189)— We take the following from the Colonial Office Journal:— " With reference to the note in our last issue with regard to the colour of the 2d. stamps It of course followed that the 9d. stamps when required will be printed in the colour allocated to that value in the new oolour scheme, which is not sufficiently dissimilar to that in which the 2d. stamp is at present printed. A supply of the 3d. stamps has now been made, also of Id. and 6d. stamps with the stops under the * d ’ of Id. and 6d."

S o u th e rn N ig eria .— (Vol. V. p. 3).— We have now seen the £1 stamps in the colours conforming to the Crown AgeDts new scheme, making the list of those issued to date as follows:—

Wmk Multiple Cr. C.A. Per/. 14.| id . green1 id. carmine

3d. grey3d. purple on yellow4d. red and black on yellowfid. purpleis. black on green2a. fid. carmine and black on blue5«- red and black on yellow10a. green and red on green£ l purple and black on red

S t r a it s S e ttle m e n ts .— (Vol. IV. p. 249).— We learn from the Colonial Office Journal that supplies of the 30c. stamp iu purple and yellow, and the 82 in red and black on yellow, have been despatched to the Colony.

T ran svaal.— (Vol. IV . p. 286).— From the same source we understand that in future the 2d. stamps will be printed entirely in purple instead of iu purple and black as at present.

United S ta te s .— (Vol. V. p. 34).— Messrs. Whitfield King & Co. have shown us the new Hudson-Fultou commemorative stamp imperforate.

Wmk. " U J .P .S ." Per/. U . 2c. carmine Imperforate.2c. carmine.



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Programmes for 1909-10

JUNIOR PH ILATELIC SO C IETY.

President—Fred. J. Melville.Hon. General Secretary— Ralph Wedmore, 54,

Park Road, West Dulwich, S.E.Annual Subscription—2%. 6d.

On Saturday last, October 16th. Mr. Ralph Wedmore gave a paper on, and display of the Bordeaux Issue of France.

Mr. Wedmore explained that in 1870 the Emperor, having proclaimed war against Germany, he was badly beaten at Sedan, and two days later, on the 4th of September, France was again a Republic, with the enemy advancing on Paris I With admirable forethought the authorities sent large stocks of the Empire stamps into the provinces, and opened a General Poat Office at Tours, whence the postal service of the provinces was directed during the aiege of Paris, which commenced on September 18th, 1870.

Without losa of time a new issue waa produced consisting of ice. in bistre, 20C. in Mae, and 40c. in orange. These were printed at the mint from the platea used for printing the issue of 1849, and are therefore identical. Thay were perforated 14 x 13I, in spite of the fact that the city was besieged. These stamps served only to supply the needs ot the imprisoned Parisians whose letters were earned by balloons, some of which fell into the hands of the enemy, one into theses, and the remainder landed in safety, After the Germans bad left the country, these stamps were once more printed for use throughout France.

Meanwhile the stock o f stamps in the provinces having become very low, the authorities at Tours decided to manufacture a provincial issue at the mint in Bordeaux, copying at nearly as might be the issue then being printed in Paris. For this purpose a specimen of the 40c. stamp was sent to Bordeaux as a model. That very model is still in existence attached to the official letter, and in the collection of M. le Comte Dunieu, The aeries issued consisted of I, 2 and 4C. stamps o f the type of the laureated Empire stamps, but with the head of Liberty and 5. TO. 20. 30. 40 and 80c. stamps o f similar design to those of 184% the colours being the same as those for the same values o f theiaue of 1863.

The designs were executed by M. Yon, with the exception of what is known as the first type o f the 20c-, which was furnished byM. Dambourgei. A ll the stamps were printed by lithography. An unpaid stamp of l$c. was lithographed in black on white paper, the design being an approximate copy of the current typographed stamp. These stamps were put on sale in October or November of 1870, and were used for supplying the provincial poat offices. They were not officially perforated, but roulettings and perforations of all kinds were resorted to by private persona for their own convenience.

Mr. S. R . Turner and Mr. Sansorae also brought their collections o f these stamps for display.

ft was announced that eighteen new members had been approved Dy the Election Committee.

The next meeting which will be held in Prince Henry’s Council Chamber, 17. Fleet Street, on Saturday, November 6th, will be devoted to a Beginners* Night, the programme being provided entirely by young collectors among whom a re :—

C. W . Care. ’ * First Steps in Philately.” Frank Grundy. "Simplified Collecting.” H. W . Armstrong. "Common Sente

Philately."Alan Westlake (winner of the J.P.S. Gold

Medal). A Short Paper.D. B. Armstrong. " T h e Study of Stamps.” It was stated also that the Council would be

glad to hear from any members of any subject o f importance to collectors which the members would like to be brought before the Second Philatelic Congress of Great Britain.

CROYDON PH ILATELIC SOCIETY.

President—¥. G. Biog.Hon. Sec.—G. W . Shaw, 39, South End, Croy

don.Meetings.— Second and fourth Wednesdays,

7-10 p.m,, at the Y.M .C.A ., North End.1909.

Sept, 1. Annual General Meeting.Oct. 13. Paper and Display. '* St. Helena.”

H. H. Harland.Oct. 27, Paper and Display. “ Porte de Mar

iasuesof M eries " W . I. Holmes. Nov. to. Paper and Diaplay. Reprints

and Forgeries.’ ’ St. Lee.Nov. 24. Display and Notes. Stamps of the

United States of America as exhibited at the Golden West Exhibition. 1909, by members of the Junior Philstelic Society.

Dec. 8. Social Gathering. (Full details to be announced at a later date).

1910.Jan. 12. Single issue Displays. Miss Field,

Messrs. Ashby, Bing, Harland, Knight, Shaw, and Simmons.

Jan. 26. Display from General Collections with Notes. S. R. Turner.

Feb. 9l Paper and Display. " Some Islands of the Great Pacific.” A. Ashby.

Feb. 23. Philatelic Varieties. F. G. Bing. Mar. 9. Paper and Display. ” Colonies of

Holland.” B. B. Kirkby.Mar. 23. Paper and Display, " Guatemala."

H. J. C. Pope.Apr. 13. Social Gathering.

NORTHAMPTON PH ILATELIC SOCIETY.

President— H. E. Archer.Horn. Secretory—W . Nichols, 70, Simpson

Avenue. Northampton.Meetings.—Second and Fourth Wednesdays.

at 8.30 p.m., at the Divan Cafe.1909.

Oct. 13. Diaplay. Africa, America, Australia.” Dr. Percival.

Oct. 27. Display. ’’ Great Britain and Colonies,— unused.” Mr. A . Crick. Debate. “ Blank ». Printed A lbums.” AU Members.

Nov. to. Display with Notes. “ Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda.” Mr. E. Heginbottom, B.A., F.R.P.S.,

, Load.

Nov. 24. Diaplay. “ General Collection.” Sir. J. E. A . W yatt.

Dec. is. Display with Notes. “ Barbados.’. Mr. E. Heginbottom, B.A.

1910.Jan. 12. Ten Minute Papers. “ My Favour

ite Country.” A ll Members are asked to prepare a short paper for this evening.

Jan. 26. Display. ‘ ‘ General Collection.” M r.M Wetherell.

Feb. 23. Diaplay with Notes. ’ ’ Cayman Isles, Jamaica, Grenada.” Mr.E. Heginbottom, B.A.

Mar. 9. Display. “ General Collection.” S ir .B .A .S w ift. Paper. “ The Arrangement o f a Stamp Collection." Mr. W . Nichols.

Mar. 23. Diaplay with Notes. “ Jamaica, Leeward . Isles, Turks Island.” Mr. E. Heginbottom, B.A.

Apr. 13. Display. “ Victoria.” Mr. W.'* B. Shoosroith. Display. “ Gam

bia.” Mr. W . Nichols.Sept. 14. Annual General Meeting.

CITY OF LONDON PH ILATELIC SO CIETY.

President—]. R. Burton Secretary— D . H. Jackson, 80, Hanley Road.

Stroud Green.Nov. to. Paper and Display, “ Pictorial

Stamps o f Tasmania,” J A. Leon, B.A. Competitive Display, Any one West Indian Country or Colony.

Dec. 8. Paper attd Display, “ Jamaica,” W . B. Edwards. B.Sc.

191a Jan. II, Display, with Notes. ” India," J.

E. Heginbottom. B.A. Competitive Display, Fifteen Stamps issued prior to i860.

Feb. 9. Paper and Display, ” St. Helena,’ ’ J. Read Burton. Display, Australians, W . Phillips.

Mir. 9. Paper and Display, ” Cyprus.” P. L . Pemberton. Competitive Display, Twenty Stamps showing the greatest variety of perforation and other methods of stamp separation.

April 13. Display. “ German States.” A . H. L.Giles, R.N. Paper, “ Tragedy and Postage Stamps.” W7 E. Lincoln.

May 11. Annuil General Meeting.

JUNIOR PHILATELICSOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.

President—H. A . Wise.Horn. Secretary— Robert Borland, Lochaide,

Milngavie.Meetings—6 p.m., at Alexandra Hotel, Glas

gow.1909.

Oct. 6.

OcL 20.

Nov. 3.

Nov. 17.

Dec. I.

Dec. 1$.1910.

Jan. 5-

Jan. 19.

Feb. a.

Feb. 16. Mar. 2.

Mar. 16.

Apr. 13.

General Display. Members. (Imperforate Stamps, limited to 20 pieces).

” Line Engraved Stamps.” D. H. M’Pbenon, Eaq.

“ Great Britain,“ (with notes). H. A . Wise, Eaq.

“ Hong Kong and Straits Settlements.” J. E. Heginbottom, Eaq.. B.A.

’* Varieties of Paper.” John Muir, Eaq.

“ Venetuela.” J. L. Thomas, Esq-

Junior Display. F. Brace and G. Matbcwaon.

” Poat Marks on the Stamps of Hong Kong. J. M’Dougall, Eaq.

“ Cyprus and Gibraltar. J. E.Heginbottom, Esq., B.A.

“ Seychelles.” a TJ- Inrig. Esq.” Malta and Falkland Islands.” J.

E. Heginbottom, Esq.. B.A. “ U .S.A .” (with notes on early

issues). John Cook, Esq. Annual General Meeting.


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W an te d . C ollection or loose lots of Austria, Belgium, Egypt, Sudan and Crete. Stamford, Bingley.

WANTED. 2d. blue 1840, red cancellation in finest condition, A F , A L , BB, CB, OG, FE. IG, KC. K G . LI. L F . LJ. MA. MB, MJ, NC, RH, SC, T A . T L . and NC. black cancellation. N. Heywood, 3, Mount Street, Manchester,

SEYCHELLES, Etc.Now ready, fine selections of mint and used. West Indies, African-and general Colonials in superb condition (many blocks and pairs). Prices average 9 Gibbons, but Seychelles and Kings Heads in some cases reach i catalogue. Approval (against refer

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c UNUSED New Issues, id. Barbados, " Leewards, North Borneo, Bulgaria, Crete. 50 different U .S.A ., 6d. 500 Mounts id. All postage extra,—J, R. Morris Co., Leighton Buzzard. __________________

p i N E variety id. and id. stamps, Bargains, 1 no rubbish.— Jaques. 54, Antill Road,T ottenham.

A n DIFFEREN T JAPAN , mounted on sheet, 7d., rost free,— Stephenson,

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T3 EGINNERS’, South England, South Lon- don Clubs. Sales steadily increasing.

Rules—Secretary, 80, Richmond Road, Ley- tonstone, London.___________________

p R E E . Rare Mint Johore Provisional 1 given to all buyers off my " K in g s ” Approval Sheets. 50% discount. - Leonard Brand, 48, Keyea Road, Cricklewood.

P O S T A G E Stamp Gauges, for measuring 1 perforations. They are made in brass, and can be ■ arried in the waistroat pocket. Moat useful to all Collectors. Price !/• nett, by post l/l.—L Upcott Gill, Bazaar Buitd- inga, Drury Lane, London, W.C.

••GREAT" CO LLECTIO Ncontains 180 different stanlpt including the following s e t s 8 N ew fou n d lan d , 5 Japan, 6 Canada including M ap S tam p , 5 India, to French, to Belgium, P ic to r ia l C ongo, Jamaica, Egypt ana New New Zealand, Rare P e ru , oid Costa Rica, Venezuela (obsolete 25 years), Natal, Spain, Portugal, pictorial U .S.A ., and a S et o f 15 R o u m an la. This wonderful offer with a 72 page illustrated Guide to Stamp Collecting, will be sent free upon receipt of 2d. to cover packing and

postage (abroad 6d.)B U T L E R B R O S ., O L E V E D O N .

Scarce B .S .A ., 1808, o r Rare Portugal, 1870 (state which) to all applicants for list

of our genuine id. and 2d. bargains.W r ite a t O n c e .

Cheap Sets and Approval Sheets.

R O ST. NiXON & CO.,F oreign Stam p Im porters,

40, Greenfields Street, SHREW SBURY.

N E W F O U N D L A N D E R— In England for short time only- has rare and common stamps o f his country for sale at prices only possible Owing to the fact that the Stamps have been collected personally from all parts of the Colony itself and are not sold through a

regular dealer.Ualqai epyertaalty te ADVANCED k VOUNO COLLECTORS Etcelleat tavestment la view

el talked-ol C O N F E D E R A T IO N .

S p ecia l to A dvan ced Collectors.3 perfect mint of S cent brown seal

(18 6 6 ).........................................each 15/-Complete sheet of hundred mint u cent

red-brown (1866). Unique I ... £12Several used and unused copies and

block o f same stamp (12 cent red-brown) .........................each stamp 2/6

Block o f four, mint, unused .............. 12/-I block of four 3 cent, surcharged I

cent stamps (1897), showing two common type and two rarest type, (genuinely used and absolutelygu aran teed ).......................... £5

Unique block o f six similar surcharged stamps, showing three commontype, one of the second type, and two of rarest type (genuinely used and absolutely guaranteed) ... £10

Several tingle used copies of rarestsurcharged type .............. each 50/-

3 unused copies ............ . ... „ 40/-Singlc copies of tame stamp, used,

2nd type ............................ each 7/6Ditto, unused, ditto ................... 41-

Copies of same stamp, common type,used ............ . ... ... each 21-

l block of four, mint condition, 13 centorange (1866).......................... 187-

Strip of six 3 cent green, mint (i860) 30/-4 single copies of same stamp, superb,

mint .......................................each 5/-I copy, used, original coven ... ... 207-I 24 cent blue (1866), medium white

paper ............................................... 40/-Several copies 3 cent deep blue, re-

isue (1896-97)............................ each S/-Single copies (unused, used, and on original coven) of every stamp since 1866 to current

inue at bargains.EXTRA— I complete set (11 stamps) British Central African (1895) surcharged ” specimen,” and of face value Id. to (and including)

£25. Superb condition. What offen l

T o Young C o lle cto rs:A limited number of envelopes (containing approximately twelve different Newfoundland stamps — not generally found in the average collectioa, and nearly all obsolete) —

are offered at I/- and 2/- per packet.

Write, telegraph, or apply at once to M. ANDERSON, 6, Montpelier Row,

Blackheath, London, S.E._______

A P P R O V A L SH EETS, Foreign and Col- “ onial. — Adams, Bros., Old Colwyn, North Wales.

TTOREIGN and Colonial, 66 to 80 per cent A under catalogue ; Mulready; approval. —Rev. G. Bell, Lisburn, Ireland. _____

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TMPERF. U .S.A., Regular issue, 1 cent to 1 5 cents, Lincoln and Yukon Stamps atdouble face value, single, pairs or blocks, mint condition.— Edwin W.Fuas, 217 Summer Ave, Newark. N.J., U .S.A .

Ai aa AAvartlscaeat far Ibis week oal>.125 G en u in e S tam p s all different, from all parts of the world, including:— P e rs ia , Madagascar. Chili, Egypt, H a yti, Orange River Colony, Swan River, Columbus, H a- sh o n a la n d , Trinidad, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, U ru g u a y , Straits Settlements, Transvaal, Mauritius. N e w fo u n d la n d , &c., & c .,P e s t F re e 6 d . (Abroad 4d. extra). And to e v e r y P u rc h a s e r of the above packet I will g iv e a set of 6 M int H a yti, 1904 issue complete (catalogued 2/-), a duplicate book, perforation gauge, and 500 special stamp mounts a b so lu te ly g r a t is .

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In spectio n In v it e d .

GREAT BRITAINA recently-purchased ana very FIN E COLLECTION containing with few exceptions, all known stamps u nu sed a n d u sed , is now being broken up at low

prices.

The following “ ABN ORM ALS" are included 3d. * secret doL” used ; 6d. themt- nut, plate 12; 6d. buff, plate 13 (two copies);

9a. " hair lines” ; tod. brosrn, plate 2. Selections can be tent to Collectors known to us, or against usual references; or "W ant Lists ” made from any catalogue, can be

filled.

OliatM. XfflBBen dk O o. 7, Southampton Row, London, W.C,

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POSTAGESTAMR

Founded byE D W A R D J. NANK 1VELU Edited byF R E D . J . M E L V IL L E .

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L/Jn Illu str a te d Weekly Jo u m a ljb r^ l * all Classes o f S ta m p Collectors 4

No. 5. Vol. 5. 30 OCTOBER, 1909. • Price Id.Who)# Number 109

Gossip of tl>e WeebBY CORNELIUS WRINKLEBrighton’ s Philatelic Exhibition.

BRIGHTON’S first stamp exhibition has been got together at rather short notice. It

is common knowledge that an exhibition was being projected in Brighton for last year, but the Brighton Juniors gave way to the bigger branch of the Society in the North and dropped their own plans for the time being. Now the offer of a large part of the Hove Town Hall has given the officials

the opportunity of trying their powers of brisk organisation, and at the same time testing the possibilities of making a large exhibition successful in Brighton at some future date The Exhibition will be nearly over when tiieBe lines appear in print, but I wish the experiment every possible success. Possibly some late news in the form of a report of the opening of the Exhibition will appear in this issue of The Pottage Stamp.The Value of Small Exhibitions.

I wonder more of our provincial societies do not experiment in the matter of small exhibitions. Conducted with an eye to economy and on a modest scale, these events give Society organisers an opportunity of testing the philatelic resources of their vicinity in a more effective way than any other plan. I still await to see some of our societies take up the idea of shop window exhibition, similar to that held at Trenton (1T.S.A.). The word has been passed that one go ahead society outBide London is going to make the experiment.

The N ew “ Standard*' Catalogue.Messrs. Whitfield King’s catalogue for 1910 comes in

the new guise of a marone cloth cover with white foil lettering. The cloth cover is a decided improvement and makes a handy pocket volume of the latest standard catalogue well worth the alight increase of price to 2/-. The publishers give their usual statistics of the numbers

of postage stamps issued, which I quote from the preface to the tenth edition.

“ The total number of stamps issued to date, as included in this Catalogue is 22,926, of which 6,835 are apportioned to the British Empire and 16,091 to the rest of the World. Europe has issued 4,834. Asia 4,423. Africafi,154, America 5,034, the West Indies 1,856 and Oceania 1625.”

Argentine Currency to be changed.According to Le Timbre Paste the Argentine Republic

is proposing to change its currency. The frano is to be adopted iu lieu of the peso and tbe franc will be divided into 100 centavos. This will, of course, mean a change iii tbe stamps.

Turkey's Postal Progress.The same well-informed journal gives some particulars

of the progress that ie being made in the organisation on approved civilised lines of the Ottoman Post Office. A few weeks ago I hinted on this page that we should find the Turkish Government before long inviting a British i<ostal official to set the Turkish posts on a sound basis. The step has been taken sooner than we anticipated, but instead of a British officer M. Verpiu, the director of the Belgian Postal Administration, is to bring about the re-organisation. He has been released from bis duties in Belgium for four years to undertake this task. This step brings us nearer to the final closing of the foreign post offices in Turkey, and collectors will do well to get their sets of the special stamps for these offices in order before the end comes.

A Commemorative Postmark.Luxemburg collectors, says Le Colleetionneur de

Timbres Pastes, are in search of an obliteration which was in use between 31st July and 3rd August on the occasion of the 11th federal festival of the gymnastic societies.

A provisional post office had been installed on the site of the festival, and correspondence posted here during these four days received a special postmark, in shape somewhat elliptic, bearing the inscription *• Luxembourg Ville— IVe Toumoi Internationale de Gymnastique.”

W hat Stamp Collecting Teaches.How often are we to be reminded that stamp collecting

brushes up our knowledge of geography. In a recent


number of a weekly contemporary we find an advertisement of a 6et of philatelic maps. The advertisement in proper Yankee Btyle starts— “ Do you know where Maure- tama is ? ? ? ” Note the three question marks, which I suppose are meant to convey “ I don’t thiDk.” I t is probably an unkind fate which has led the printer to use an old heading to a new article in the self-same issue of the journal. The article is headed “ British Possessions in Africa—Johore.”

Of course these little accidents will happen in the best regulated printing offices. But in a new quarterly magazine under the heading “ Nyasaland ” we are told that the amalgamation of the Crown Colonies of Lagos and Southern Nigeria for administrative purposes under this new title rendered the special (Nyasaland) series necessary. And this when Gd. stamp bookB are so easily obtaiued!

A W avering Collector.A reader of The Postage Stamp recently wrote to our

Editor iu the following terms:—“ Dear/Sir.

11 In desiring to trespass upon your time and trouble for a piece of philatelic advice, it may ease your conscience to let you know that it was due to the fact of reading your article for young stamp collectors in the Boy's Own Paper some two years ago that I started stamp-collecting at all. Your new method appealed to me, and I have continued assiduous collecting ever since.

'* Moreover, I am becoming so keen that it is making great inroads upon my pocket money, and I should like

to know the answer to this question before proceeding any further.

“ Would the money a collector spends on stamps come back to him, say, ten years* time, if circumstances forced him to sell those stamps, or would the collector suddenly find out lh.it they were only white elephants after all, and the dealers would give but little for them ?

“ I collect Queen's reign Colonial stamps in mint condition chiefly, or good condition used, paying attention to such matters as full gum, light cancelling, centreing, etc.

“ By'careful perusal of dealers’ lists, I have bought at half catalogue.

“ Thanking you in anticipation for an answer to my query, I remain, etc.”

The Dealer as Buyer.The correspondent who is, I am glad to say, a reader of

The Postage Stamp, makes a very plain statement of the case from the younger collectors' point of view. “ Would the dealers give but little for them ? ” My own impression is that the dealer will give more for good stamps in fine condition than the collector can get by private treaty with other collectors. The reputable dealer is usually glad to give a good price for a well selected collection of fine copies. In the ordinary way of business where medium stamps are bought in bulk there must be an enormous waste of the copies that are not fit for the stock books of a first class dealer. The dealer has also the expense of time and labour iu weeding out the poor copies. The correspondent indeed seems to have been working along very sound lines.

Stan>p Exhibition at BrightonBY J. CORNER-SPOKES

TH E Exhibition which was opened on Saturday, at the Town Hall, Hove, is in many ways a new departure among philatelio exhibitions, for while previous Rhows have entailed many months hard labour, that of the Brighton Juniors has been

compressed into a fortnight. It was through the kindness of the promoters of the United Gentlewomen's Handicraft and Home Industries Exhibition that a large portion of the Town Hall was placed at the disposal of the Brighton branch of the Junior Philatelic Society, and the hard work of the Honorary Secretary, Mr. Ireland with the hearty co-operation of the other members of the committee, among which the name of Mr W. Cyril Owen deserves special mention, that the first exhibition held by this three-year-old branch was opened amidst a medley of trunks, baskets, carving and other handicrafts of the gentler sex.

The opening ceremony was performed on Saturday afternoon in the presence of a large assembly, by the President, Mr. Fred. J. Melville, the chair, in the unavoidable absence of the Chairman, being taken by Rev. H. C. Bond. After a brief introduction, Mr. Melville gave a lecture on “ Hobbies and their Riders,” a hearty vote of thanks being proposed by the Secretary, seconded by Mr. Leicester A. H. Paine and carried with acclamation.

The Exhibits occupied the whole of the platform of the Town Hall, and were continued in the body of the hall The following is a complete list of the exhibitors and their exhibits:—Rev. H. G. B o n d .— Bechuanaland Protectorate, British

Bechuanaland, Brazil, Curasao, Dutch Indies, Holland, Mafeking.

H. C l a r k .— British Officials, Cape of Good Hope (triangular), German States, Prince Edward Island. “ Queen’s Heads,’ ’ Commemorative stamps, and a selection of forgeries.

J. Corner Spokes.— Dutch Indies, Germany, Hungary, Prussia, and “ Pacific curiosities.”

J. C. Dallimore.— Alsace and Lorraine, Ceylon, New Hebrides, Sicily.

G. G. and C. E Duncombr.— Persia J. I reland.— Bermuda. Borneo, Brunei. Gambia, Gib

raltar, Jamaica, Malta. Natal, New Zealand, Papua, St. Helena, Sarawak, Solomon IslandR, Soudan, Straits Settlements, Western Australia.

G. L umoajr. - British East Africa, Mauritius (including 2d. blue, error “ pkhoe "), Madagascar, Seychelles, Zanzibar, Freuch, German and Portuguese Colonies, and a selection of entires.

W. Mead.— Egypt, Guatemala, Hanover, Virgin Islands, Wurtemburg.

W. Cyr il Ow en .— Great Britain (Id. black, 2d. blue, and Id. red with various postmarks).

L eicester A. B. Paine.—Great Britain (blocks of ten and eighteen of Id. black and of twelve of 2d. blue, on entires, the block of eighteen Id. block, being the largest in existence).As this report is written very shortly after the opening

of the Exhibition, it is impossible to give very full particulars. but judging by the attraction it has proved to not only the philatelic, but to the general public of Brighton and Hove, one may safely say that its sue/ ess is pretty well assured. On Saturday evening some pretty dancing by the pupils of Miss Egerton Welch was enjoyed by those present, the trie chic dresses, graceful movements and charming singing of the jeune demoiselles being appreciated by all.

On Monday the President returns to Hove to give a lantern lecture on “ llis Majesty's Mails,” in the Town Hall, and after the close of the Exhibition on Thursday, Mr. M. P. Castle, J.P. will give the members a special treat in the shape of a display of Trinadad at the Meeting

I in the Royal Hotel, Brighton.

XfrftE POSTAGE STAMP M

Tl>e St. Vipcept P.O. apd Staipp DealersCurious Set of Regulations for handling orders from stamp-dealing firms

E have received with the compliments of the : Colonial Postmaster, St. Vincent, British West I Indies, a remarkable document of which the following is a copy. The Government printer, insufficiently used to the spelling of the name

of the Colony, heads his print st. vincnkt :—SAINT VINCNET.

AD D ITIO N AL REG U LATIO N S made by the Governor in Council under the authority of section X X I of “ The Post Office Ordinance 1882."

(Gazetted 26th August, 1909).

1. The amount received from a dealer or other person for the purchase of stamps shall be brought to account in the Post Office Cash Book on the same day that it is received.

2. The sums received from each Dealer or other person shall be placed to the credit of his account in a book to be called the “ Stamp Dealers Subsidiary Ledger,” and the stamps supplied rhall be entered to bis debit under the dates of the transactions.

3. The Stamp Dealers Subsidiary Ledger shall be balanced at the close of each financial year. Balance Sheets shall be made out from this ledger at the end of each quarter, which must agree with the balances shown for the same period under the head ‘ Remittances for Stamps ’ in the principal ledger of the Department.

4. The orders or requisitions for stamps received from Dealers shall be submitted to the Colonial Secretary, and these, on being approved, shall be executed in the order of their receipt.

5. A foil or list showing the numbers, denominations, and values of stamps supplied shall be enclosed with the stamps to the Dealer or other person.

6. Should it be impossible to supply at the same time all the Btamps requisitioned for, then the unused portion of the remittance shall be placed to the credit i

of the Dealer or other person until the Btamps can be supplied or at the request of the dealer or other person the unexpended balance is returned.

7. No information as to new issues of stamps or contemplated changes in stamps shall be furnished to any Dealer or other person.

8. No obliteration or cancellation of stamps (whether of old or present issue) shall take place except in the ordinary course of correspondence transmitted through the post.

9. — Should, however, addressed envelopes, letters or any postal packet whatsoever bearing stamps of a sufficient value to cover the payment of postage be received from a dealer or any other person with the request that they be posted by the Postmaster, and no infringement of the postal laws or regulations in connection with the same would be caused thereby, the article or articles may be posted singly and transmitted in the ordinary course of the poet.

10. It shall not be permissible for the Postmaster to affix stamps to envelopes or other postal matter, with the object of having them cancelled.

11. After the stamps have been supplied and forwarded to the Dealer or other person, the responsibility of the Postmaster shall cease.

12. Any stamp or stamps whether of present or old issue forwarded to the Postmaster with a request for exchange shall be returned to the sender with a statement that such exchange is not permissible.

13. These Regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of October, 1909.

Made by the Governor in Council this 10th day of August, 1909.

C. LIVINGSTON WILSON.Clerk of Councils.

PRINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER AT THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT.

1909.

Tbe “ Daily Mail ” op tl>e Avery CollectionA Record Sale

THE Daily Mail has given considerable prominence

in its news oolumns to the sale of the Avery Collection with which we dealt in these columns

m i ________ a i _ i _ ___i _ i _ t _ __: _____ _______ „ j

the largest general collection of postage stamps next to that in the British Museum. It is rich in all the great rarities, comprises from 90,000 to 100,000 stamps, and

52 THE POSTAGE STAtyP

The Avery collection of three-cornered ieeuee of Gape of Good Hope in many respects is superior to the Vernou Hoberts collection, sold to Mr. Peclcitt in 1907 for £4,000. The original stamps were engraved in London, but during a temporary shortage in the Colony a local engraver had to provide an imitation. These are excessively rare. There are a unique block of four of the penny brick-red stamp and a pair and a single of the fourpence unused and five superb used pairs. Among the stamps of Ceylon the unperforated ninepence lilac-brown stamp is valued at £125. The collection also includes a copy of the three-lire stamp of Tuscany unused, worth about £100.

The pair of the twenty-seven paras Moldavian stamp are priceless, and in no other collection will there be found so large a number of the rare first stamps of Moldavia, for which Sir William Aveiy had a penchant. On one day he bought three complete sets, twelve stamps, for £2,000—a record deal in atiy single class of rarity.

FORERUNNER OF TH E STAMP.

The collection includes many rare stamps of Great Britain, among them being some of the parliamentary envelopes issued in January 1840, some five months before the issue of the first Btamp and the Mulready envelope. There is a part sheet of twenty of the rare penny black

V.R. stamp, worth about £10 a piece singly, and of almost priceless value in a large block as in this instance. Sir William has also an experimental stamp showing the first attempts to perforate postage stamps by Mr. Henry Archer.

There are of the famous circular British Guiana stamps of 1850 the four cents on orange paper, another on yellow paper, two copies of the eight cents on green paper, and five of the twelve cents on blue paper, some being valued at over £100. Of the 1856 series the one cent black on magenta stamp is missing, the only copy in existence being in the possession of a French collector. Of the companion rarity, the four cents on blue paper. Sir William possessed a superb copy valued at over £200. Of the next series of 1862 the four cents black on blue is shown in a complete reconstructed sheet, including seventeen unused and unsigned copies, each lacking the signature of the postmaster. Only three examples of such Bheets are known, the others being in the British Museum and in the Freuch collection referred to.

Unique again is the only word whioh will describe the beautiful unused pair of the 12d. black stamp of Cauada, of which the collection contains five copies in all. This stamp is worth £100 a copy.

t

Tl)c Stanjps of CreteB Y J. IR E L A N D

CRETE is a country now very much in the public eye, and as the public mind is fickle, eventB may happen which will bring this philatelically neglected country into prominence. In fact, there is no reason why it should not become dis

tinctly popular. The stamps of the Permanent Government are unique in design and are still cheap. He is a wise man that takes time by the forelock, and a collection of Crete on simple lineB will arouse the envy of many a philatelic friend. ThiB is only another way of bringing about a rise in the catalogue value. If, for instance, a huudred readers of The Postage Stamp were to set their minds on making a complete collection of these stamps the effect would be apparent when the next catalogue appeared, and the cost is by no means prohibitive, especially if a rule is made to purchase sets only.

Provisional Government.British Sphere of Adminstralion,

1898. November 25th.20p. violet.

(This is the only stamp which presents any difficulty in obtaining and forgeries exist.]

Square design. Figures in centre.lOp. blue (1898). 20p. green (1898)lOp. brown (1899). 20p. rose (1899).

Russian Sphere of Administration.First issue 1899. White ground.

lm . blue. lm . green. 2m. rose. 2m. black.

Second issue 1899. Ground of crossed lines. lm. 2m. lgr.

INoTE.—These stamps were printed in a great variety of colours, but I think I am correct in saying these had a purely local significance. One specimen of each value will therefore answer our purpose.)

Permanent Government.' | First issue 1900.

11. brown (coin). 20 1. yellow (1901).51. green (bead to left). 25 1. blue (as 10 1.)10 I. rose (Priuce George). 50 1. lilac (as 11.)20 1. rose (as 5 1) 50 1. blue (1901).

High values. Long rectangular. ldr. lilac. 2dr. brown. 5dr. green and black.

This issue was first overprinted “ P robinoron ” in native characters but they were also issued without the overprint, so take the latter.

Second issue 1905. Various designs.The third letter o f " lepta ” looks as though it is broken.

2 1. violet. 20 1. green.5 I. green. 25 1. blue10 1. red. 50 I. brown.

High values.ldr. sepia and carmine. 5dr. black and olive.Sdr. black and orange.

. 1907 New designs.25 1. black and blue. 5dr. black and green.

When this country is completed, by diplomatically bringing it before the notice of non-philatelic friends, several converts to philately should be made thereby.

Bargains in Stamps.If you want real bargains in Postage Stamps read the

advertisement pages of T h e P o s ta g e S ta m p every week. Bvery week there ia something new, and many special bargains. If you miss a week yon may miss the very stamp yon want to complete a seriaa

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New Issues ai>d CldThe Editor incites dealers and readers at tame and abroad to five prompt information concermnt New Issues. AU communications m u I be

sent direct to the Editor, 14, Sudbomme Road, Brixton, London. S. H\A tier the name of each country we five the pate 0/ THH POSTAGE STAMP on which appeared the last reference to that country.

Bulgaria.— (Vol. V. p. 33).— The 10st. on 50st. lias now appeared with the suroharge in black instead oi red. As was only to be expected, several errors have made their appearance, via., the “ 10 ” on the 15 Bt. of 1902 with inverted surcharge; the 1 st. and 5st. of 1889 with the “ 1900 ” overprint inverted : and the 1 st. with double surcharge, one of these being inverted. The list of provisionals, excluding the errors, now stands as follows :—

Issue of 1902 surcharged with new values." 5” in Hack on isat. lake and black.

" io ” in blue on Ijst. ,. ,," 2 5 " in red on JOst. b.stre-brown and black." 25 ” in blue on JOst. ,, ,.

Issue of 1889-90 overprinted “ 1909."Black surcharge.

1st. dull mauve.5»t. dull green.

5 ” on JOst. brown.“ i o ” on I5st. orange.“ 10 ” on sost. blue-green.

Red surcharge.“ 10” on $0st. blue-green.

C h in a (German).— (Vol. IV. p. 1401.— Ewen’s Weekly Stamp Ifews records the 20c. on 40 pf. on watermarked paper as a novelty, but we find this variety was chronicled in The Postage Stamp so long ago as June 19th last I

Jamaica.— (Vol. V. p. 46).— A correspondent has shown Gibbons' Stamp Weekly a letter “ posted at Kingston, on March 24th, 1870, and with the London postmark of April 13th, 1870, bearing a strip of four 3d. stamps watermarked Crown C C .; 1871 is the date given by all the author!ties for the stamps of Jamaica with this watermark, but it is evidently too late by a year, so far as the 8d. is concerned.”

New Zealand.— (Vol. IV. p. 307).— Several of our contemporaries report the discovery of specimens of the current }d. stamp entirely imperforate.

Northern Nigeria.—(Vol. III. p. 8 15 ).-Under this heading Mekeel's Weekly Stamp Sews publishes the following paragraph The New England 8tamp Co. has Bhown ub two new stamps from this distant Colony. The first is the 2Jd. ultramarine, which was listed nearly two years ago on the strength of Postal Union copies, but which has just come into use. The other is the £1 value, which has now been issued io the new colours. Both are on clialkly multiple paper.” As Northern Nigeria does not possess a £1 stamp, and has issued no values in Postal Union colours (nor, so far as we are aware, have *' specimens” been distributed) we Bhould imagine the above paragraph is intended to refer to Southern Nigeria If so, then the 2|d., all blue, is a novelty, but, as none of the present Colonial unicoloured stamps are printed on chalk-surfaced paper our contemporary must be in error on this point.

Papua. —(Vol. IV. p. 235).—The 2s. 6d. of the " permanent ” type has not yet been issued although it was chronicled many months ago.

The Australian Philatelist publishes official information verifying this fact.

Paraguay.— (Vol. V. p. M).—Even's Weekly Stamp Sews chronicles no less than six new varieties of the

stamps of the 1904 type surcharged " 1909 ” in script

numerals. Each of the values so treated appears in two colours, and we fear there are more to come. The list now stands as follows:—

Dated “ 1904” and overprinted “ 1909" in black. lc. greenish blue lc. red.5c. deep yellow-green.5c. orange.

IOC. carmine. •10c. brown.20c. orange.20c. violet, joc. blue.JOC. pale brown.

According to the same contemporary this country has invented a new torture for stamp collectors. “ Not content with printing each value of its set in all the colours of the rainbow, and then overprinting them with ' 1908,’ 1 1909,’ and other Buroharges, it is now starting to perforate them vertically so that each half counts as a whole stamp 1 ” What a pleasant prospect 1 So far only one value has been treated to this new form of mutilation.

Perforated vertically, so that each half can be used as a lc. stamp,2c. rose.

Q ueensland.— (Vol. IV. p. 287).—From the same source we learn of an interesting minor variety which has just beeu discovered in the new4d. grey stamp. This consists of a white line in the centre of the word ” four ” giving it the appearance of " fuiob."

South Australia.— (Vol. IV. p. 263).— From several journals we learn that the current Sd. stamp, with Crown ” A ” watermark, has been issued with a new perforation gauging exactly 12A. This is done with a single-line machine at the Melbourne Stamp Printing Works where, we understand, all future supplies of South Australian stamps will be produced.

Wmb. Crown A . Per}, t il .Qd. claret.

Tasmania.— (Vol. IV. p.307).— We take the following from the Philatelic Journal of Great Britain:— “ Mr. Leon has shown us a pair of 2d. mauve Crown A wink., perf. 11 all round, but faultily perforated between the two stamps The faulty line of perforation has been patched over with a narrow strip of paper and re-perforated, this time by the 12$ machine.

United States.— (Vol. V. p. 46).— Owing to the fact that the fee on registered letters has been raised from 10c. to 12c., a stamp of the latter denomination will be issued. It bas been decided that a portrait of Heory Clay shall occupy the centre of the new stamp. It will be remembered tbat Clay’s bust is shown on the last 12c. stamp of the United States, issued in 1870.

Uruguay.— (Vol. V. p. 34).— The Philatelic Journal of Great Britain reports the issue of two provisionals formed by surcharging the 10c. and 15c. stamps of the 1900-1 issue. Tbe former is surcharged ” 8— Centesimos — Proviaorio,” in three lines in red. while tbe latter has a similar surcharge, but with ** 20c. ” in place of the numeral “ 8,” in black. It is said that 800,000 of the 8c. aDd 100,000 of tbe 20c. were issued.

Provisionals. Stamps of 1900-1 surcharged.8c. in red on 10c. lilac.

Joc. io black on 25c. blown.

THE POSfAGE St Ait Pi4

TI>c World’s Stanjp ErrorsThe Most Comprehensive and Entertaining Article on this Subject yet publishedB Y M ISS F I T T E '

T h is im p ortan t a rtic le w as started In N o, 1 o f the present Volum e. T he fo u r in sta lm en ts a lready vu blislted m ay be h a d fr o m th e P u b lish e rs in N os. /, H, 3 an d 4, Vol. V., price l}d each post free.

New South Wales (continued).

TYPE.

1854-55. 6d ., p a le brow n, grey; Is. d u ll red— m n k s.(109-110).

More paper errors in the Diademed series, this time of the large square stamps. The Six Pence, in pale brown and in grey, and the One Shilling, in dull red, are all known printed on the paper watermarked “ 8 ” and intended for the E ight Pence value.

These particular errors are known only in an imperforate state, and are not particularly uncommon iu used condition.

ERROR AND TYPE.

1860. Id., r e d ; i d . , b lu e ; 3d., green ; Cd., d u ll p u rp le— wm ks. (137a, 144-148).

In 1860, while the.Diademed series was still in issue, perforation was introduced; and there were several more m istakes made in the paper.

The errors of which none except the first, is scarce, are as follows:— Two-pence, watermarked double-lined •• 1 ,’ perforated 11}, 12 ; and One Penny watermarked single- lined " 1 " (a paper supplied for the De L a Rue surface- printed One Penny); Three Pence, green and yellow-green, watermarked double-lined " 6 ” ; and Six Pence, dull purple, watermarked double-liDed " 5 " and double lined *' 12,” all perforated 121, 13. The Three Pence, green, exists overprinted " O.S.” in black.

ERROR. ERROR.

1863-68, Id . p a le r e d ; i d . b lu e - w m k s . (162-165).These are the first two of the De L a Rue types, the

proper papers being watermarked with single-lined numerals of value. The errors of watermark, all occurring in the Colonial printings, are as follows: One Penny, single-lined 2 ” ; and Two Pence, single-lined *• 1, ’ double-lined “ 1,” double-lined “ 2 ” and double-lined " 5,” all perforated 12}, 13; and Two Pence, double-lined “ 2,” perforated 11}, 12, and also perforated compound of 11}, 12 and 12}, 13.

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ERROR. ERROR.

1885, Id. deep red, 2d. blue ; 1885, Id. v io let, i d . blue— f isc a l pap er (298, 299, 350. 851).

The fiscal paper, on which these four postage stamps were, to some extent, printed, is a bluish wove, watermarked “ n .b.w.” in letters too large for one stamp. It was used in 1885 for the One Penny deep red, and the Two Pence blue and deep blue, of the De L a Rue type (see preceding errors) issued in the early sixties, and two perforations are known— 10 all round, and 11 x 12 comb- machine (for the larger perforation, only the lighter shade of the Two Pence), and the second occasion was in 1888, for the One Penny and Two Pence of the issue commemorative of the centenary of the foundation of the Colony, the perforation being 1 1 x 12 comb-machine.

They are not scarce, and, though incorrect in watermark, are perhaps more of the nature of variety than error. The One Penoy red, and the centennial One Penny and Two Pence are known with overprint ol •* 0 .8 ."

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TYPE.

1891, Id. grey— w ith ou t surcharge (374).

E arly in this year, there was a demand for a Ooe H alfpenny, and, as there was then no stamp of that value, a provisional was made by printing from the plate of the first De L a Rue One Penny in grey, and surcharging same “ Halfpenny ” in black, the watermark being Crown “ N .S .W ." As sometimes happens, copies of the stamps in grey, were inadvertently issued without having been surcharged— result, a very rare error.

1891-94, 3d. green, w m k. “ 10 ” (380).

The use of paper watermarked with numerals of value, went out of use when the Crown “ N .S .W .” paper was introduced in 1871, but in 1891, during a shortage of the proper paper, a large printing of the old Three Pence (see errors of 1854-56 for type) was made in green and deep green, on the paper watermarked " 10 ” formerly used for the Ten Pence, and of which some was still iu stock ; the perforation gauges 10. This error also exists overprinted ' O.S. ” in black.

It is said that a collector, hearing of the issue, bought up £95 worth, leaving £5 worth to be put into circulation ; but that the authorities a t once printed off another supply, twice as large as the original one I

BRKOR.

1897-1905, 10d. red-brow n— w ithout surcharge (453).

This is au error similar to that of the One Penny, grey.The Ten Pence, of the 1863-68 issue, of which the

normal colour was violet, was specially printed in red- brown and surcharged “ h in e p k h c e , ” the word measuring13) mm. instead of 14) mm., as in the earlier issues. The error, which consists in the omission of this surcharge, is printed in red-brown, on chalk-surfaced paper, watermarked Crown *• N .8 .W .,” and the perforation is 13 x 11), comb-machine; it is not very scarce.

ERROR.

1903-6, 9<f. brown a n d blue, w m k . V ” over C row n (455).

This, the first Commonwealth stamp for the Colony, was printed on Victorian paper, and is to be found perforated 12), perforated 11, and perforated 12) and 11compound.

This paper was intentionally used, as that watermarked Crown “ A ” was not ready, but as it was not the correct paper either for New South Wales or the Commonwealth, it was, strictly speaking, an error to print this stamp on it.

New Zealand.

BRROR.'

1898, 2i d . b lu e— " w a k it ipu ” (191).

Messrs. Waterlow & Sous, Ltd., in engraving the Two Pence Halfpenny of ttie 1898 pictorial series, made, tiirough the engraver, a mistake in the spelling of the name of the lake depicted on the stamp. The correct spelling is " W akatipu,” but the engraver made it “ W akitipu” ; it was subsequently corrected. The error, officially discovered on the 19th November, 1897, is known only as a London print, in sky-blue and blue, on unwatermarked paper, perforated 12 to 14, 14 and 15 ; the total printing was 325,000, of which at least 312,500 were issued, the authorities consenting thereto on the Pith January, 1898. This is about the commonest and cheapest of all the known errors— for it is an error 1

To be continued.

N O T E .

O u r tha n k s are due to M r. IP. H . P e c k itt fo r the loan o f som e o f th e rare stam ps used i n illu stra tin g the article o n •• T h e W orld’s S ta m p E rro rs ."

The Postage Stamp Binding Covers.Handsome dark blue covers in buckram, silt lettered side

sod back, may be bad from our Publishers, air Isaac Pitman a Sons, Amen Corner, London. Price Is. 0d.

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It> tl?e Starpp MarketThe V a i ? o f 1 9 1 0

B Y O. R E G I N A L D GUM

SOM E few weeks ago I essayed a sermon on the relative scarcities, of many receutly current Colonials. Since then the first Standard Catalogue to be issued for 1910, has made its appearance under the name of 8enf. This year, bound in a

most appropriately significant colour— red— casting as it does a forewarning of futures in a great many stamps from countries coloured red on the map.

However the red does not signal a warning against, but a forenote of advice, to be Been by those who wish to prepare sound foundations. To review the whole of the new Senf— one of the four recognised catalogues of the world— with its 1,000 odd pages of closely printed lists, is beyond the scope of a weekly article. True there is, and oan be, only one premier catalogue— Gibbons’, with its praotically complete lists, illustrations and typography, which seem to be unattainable by foreign contemporaries. However t Though printed in German, there oan be no difficulty to the philatelist in understanding this catalogue. A mark being exactly a shilling, the necessity for a piece of paper, or a foreign money table to reckon the English equivalent is rendered void.

The first thing that we observe is the pricing of practically all two-pence-half-penny bi-colored Colonials, multiple watermark. The following list will speak for itself.

Unused. Used.Antigua 2 Ad. bi-color multiple, 0-75 0.80B rit. Guiana 5c. 11 II 0.85 0.85E ast Africa 2Ja. M 11 0 50 0.60Gibraltar 2Jd. It i| 0 75 1.00Gold Coast 2Ad t| II 1.50 1.75St. Lucia 2Ad, yi H 0.80 0.90Sierra Leone 2 Ad. 11 1 I 0.80 100Leewards 2jd. 1 6 t| 1.25 1.25Montserrat 2jd. i| $1 0.76 090

It will be noticed that with one exception, the above quotations are much more for used specimens than unused. The cause is apparent. The trade can always get as many unused stamps as it desires, but the supplies of UBed are limited. This is the reflection throughout the latest catalogue.

Probably if I harp too much on tho subject that has often come in the scope of the " Stamp Market column " of the past few weeks, readers will tire of O.G.

L et us then take a run through other stamps of popular Interest. Messrs. Senf do a funny thing with some of the Austrian Levants. They price the 60 heller at 0.80 pfennig, the 60 heller at 15pf.,' and the 1 krona at 20pf. Surely the 60h. iB much the commonest of the three. Currant high value Persians present another like peculiarity . The 13 chahi is 20pf., the 1 kran at 16pf. and 26 chabi at 25pf. One may get fifty 13 and 26 chahi values to one 1 kran, on account of the change in Persian currency value.

Some of the high value U .8. have made substantial jumps, and we also see the 2c. Lincoln priced at 2Jd. unused, and 3d. used I The 3c. St. Louis is priced at 6d., a proper appreciation of this really uncommon stamp. The 10c. 8pecial Delivery of 1909 is quoted at about 8d , but this price will probably be already cancelled. The

one peso 1905 Dominicaua seems progressing as a rare stamp. The first issue of German Levant are not priced iu Gibbons, and no doubt the many people who are interested iu Levants will, to use a vulgar term “ have their peepers opened ” at the following quotations:— German Levant, 1884—

10 paras on 5pf. unused 10/-; used 5/- 20 ., „ 10pf. „ 15/- „ 7/61 piastre „ 20pf. „ 8/- „ 7d.1* „ ., 25pf, „ 15/- „ 20/-2* ,. 50pf, „ 25/- „ 30/-

One is sorely puzzled to fiud in most catalogues that the Id. Natal Official is always priced more used than the jd ., Seat's no exception. The latter value is just a quarter as common as the penny. W e now see the long list of Italian Foreign Post Offices. B u t these stamps are hardly as straightforward as the U .S . and Canadian precancels ? The 12c. OA. watermark Hong Kong Queen is priced near its true value, 3s. 6d.

Once more we see the Cretan stamps issued by the Austrian Authorities in 1898-9, described as " British Post in C re te "— about as English as their definition "Hochrechteck m itgriechischenlnschriften; Iu Handstem peldruck; geschnitten." U ntil we can have atruern am e, Gibbons styling is preferable, " issued by the Combine.” The notorious £1 Venezuela, still gloriously offered as a free gift by many dealers, is priced by Senf at |d . 111 The famous Swedish error, 20 ore with spelling " tb btio ," is priced £22 10s unused and £20 used.

The Canadian Quebecs are priced as follows :—4 cent, unused, 2d.; used, 2*d.1 .. 2d.2 cents 5 ,.7 „1015 „ 20

2*d.

8d.lOd.1/21/7

Id.6d.lOd.1/-1/9

The 8 cents Registered Stamp is well worth 13s. 6d., as also is the Transvaal £d. King, bi-color, multiple, worth 3d.

The Portuguese Colonial surcharges of reoent years are better reflected in accordance with their value and respective scarcity— though those stamps find, little interest in this country. L ittle remarkable occurs in the prices of British stamps, other than th at the penny black is quoted at Is. 2d,, the £5 at £3, and the 9d. green at the really cheap figure of 10s.

A mistake is surely made by pricing the 10,000 reis Brazil, 1906, at Is. 1 Other low va lu es, such as the 6100 Straits, and the £20 B.S.A., are priced fairly reasonable, considering how long the dealer would have to wait for a customer to make his mind up.

The Spanish Morocco Jc. (face value ^ t h of a penny) is priced at gd., and the $c. Spain (face value f 0th o f a penny) ia priced at Id. exactly— this stamp has evidently joined the rarities. The remaining low value, the £25 Northern Nigeria [face v a lu e 6,000lhs o f a p en n y) is however not priced 111

Anyway the 1910 Senf is good value for 3s. 6d.


Philatelic DictionaryB Y B. W . H. P O O L E(C o n tin u ed fr o m page 299J.

Pasco.— A surcharge found upon certain Peruvian stamps used in the district of that name during a revolutionary movement in 1884.

P. A. 5. D.— The letters shown in the corners of the stamps issued by New Zealand in 1887 for use on official correspondence.

Pataca.—The unit of value in the Portuguese colonies of Timor and Macao. A pataca is divided into 100 avos and iB worth about 1/9 in English currency.

Patiala.— A native state in the Punjab, India, having an area of 5,9dl square miles, and a population of well over l j m illions It is noted for its marble quarries and copper mines. The native army is nearly 2,000 strong and is well trained. Postage stamps were first issued in1884.

Pax et Justitla. - The motto shown upon several ol the stamps of St. Vincent meaning “ Peace and Justice.”

Paz y Justicla.— The Spanish rendering of the same motto as shown upon many of the stamps of Paraguay.

P. D.— I.— A postmark applied to many old letters on the address side both before and after the introduction of postage stamps. It means " Payee k Destination,” i .e „ paid to destination, and was, of course, only affixed to fully prepaid letters.

II .— These letters and the numerals “ S,” ” 10 ” or “ 15 ” struck on plain paper are catalogued as an issue for the French Colony of St. Pierre aud Miquelon. It seems more than probable, however, that these are merely marks applied to letters that were fully prepaid during a temporary shortage of ordinary postage stamps. They are really, therefore, only ” paid postmarks."

Pe.—A contraction for “ piastre ” shown upon some of the early stamps of Egypt

Peace an d Commerce Type.—The name by which the design of the French stamps used from 1876 to 1900 iB known. I t was drawn by M. J A. Sage.

Peking.— The capital of China, the name really signifying " northern capital.” Peking has, with short intervals, been an imperial residence for more than nine hundred years, and was an important place long before that date. I t has been known by many names, e g , Chi in the 12th century b .c ., Yen early in the Christian era, Yu-chou in the 7th century a .d ., Nati-ching in the 10th, Yen-ching in the 11th, Khan baligh in the 13th, and Pei- cbiug (Peking) in the 15th century, and its present official name is Shun-tien-fu. Peking surrendered to the Anglo- French force in 1860, and was taken by the allied forces sent in 1900 for the relief of the foreign legations Its population is variously estimated at from 600,000 to1.000,000. Provisional 2c., 4c„ 6c. and 16c. stamps were issued in 1901 at the French Consular Office established in the city, and in September, 1903, a number of provisional postage due stamps were issued by the same postal authorities.

Pella*.— An engraver and printer of Genoa who manufactured the first Egyptian stamps.

Pelure Paper.— A very thin transparent paper on which stamps have occasionally been printed. I t is as tliiu as ordinary tissue paper but much harder and tougher.

Pen.— A contraction for penni ” or ” pennia ” shown upon many of the stamps of Finland.

Pen Cancellation.—The early stamps of some countries were cancelled either by writing the name of the place of posting across them or merely marking them

with a few pen-strokes. This was the usual method of cancellation in Columbia in 1883. These were, of course, proper postal cancellations and the stamps must uot be confounded with those fiscally used, (bee also ” P en- m a r k e d . ” )

Pen).— The Tongan equivalent of ” penny ” as shown upon many of the stamps of that British Protectorate.

P en m a r k e d .— Stamps that have been fiscally used and cancelled with pen and ink are usually known as penmarked in contradistinction to stamps that have been used for postage and obliterated by the same means. (See also ” P en-cakcellation.")

Penni (plural “ pennia").— The value in which most of the stamps of Finland are expressed. A hundred pennia are equal to a mark and ten are equal to a penny in English money.

Penny (plural ” pence — The value in whioh most of the stamps of Great Britain aud Colonies are expressed. Originally the penny was made of silver, but in 1797 copper was introduced for this coin. Bronze (95 parts copper, 4 tin and 1 zinc) was substituted in 1860.

Penny B lack.— The popular name by which the first postage stamp ever issued— the Id. of 1840 of Great Britain— is knowu.

Penrhyn Island.—A famous pearl atoll in the South Pacific Ocean forming one of the Manbiki group. It was discovered in 1788 and since 1901 has been included in the Dominion of New Zealand, forming part of the Cook Islands Administration. Postage stamps were first issued in 1902.

P E 9 Y M N H 2 .— The Greek word for Rethymo as shown upon the Cretan Btamps issued under Russian authority in this province in 1899.

P erak.— A British protected state in the Malay Peninsular having an area of about 8.000 square miles, and a population of nearly 400,000. Postage stamps were first issued in 1878. and in 1900 the separate series was superseded by the general issue for the Federated Malay States.

Perce en arc. - A French term for a form of rouletting in which the stamps are separated by rows of small semi-circular outs.

Perce en croix.— Another form of rouletting iu which the cuts cross one another thus ” x x x x The ooly stamps I can call to mind as having been rouletted in this manner are some of the values of the 1866 issue for Portugal.

Perce en lignea.— This is roulettiDg in lines, i .e ., the style of rouletting most frequently met with in oonneotion with postage stamps. In this form the roulettes are short straight cuts appearing with the same regularity as the holes in machine perforation.

Perce en loaanges.—In this form the roulettes form a series of diagonal cuts which have a diamond shaped appearance or look like a number of lozenges placed end to end.

Perce en point*.— This is simply the French term for pin perforation.

Perce en *cfe.— This is zig-zag roulette— sometimes known to English philatelists as saw-tooth roulette.

Perce en s e r p e n t in e .— This is the French term for serpentine rouletting in which the cute take the form of a wavy line.

Perforation*.— These are the small holes or cuts provided between the rows of stamps so that they may be easily separated one from another. The earliest

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stamps of all were issued in an imperforate condition, for perforation was not introduced until some fifteen years after the first postage stamps were issued. A t the present time few stamps are issued without perforation of some kind or other. There are two chief kinds of perforation— those which cut small pieces right out of the paper, and those which merely make cuts but do not remove any of the paper. The first of these is machine perforation, and is the one now almost universally adopted. The other division, comprises rouletting in its various forms. (See “ Ro u le tte .” ) In machine perforation small circular pieces of paper are removed from the spaces between the stamps by rows of hollow punches. Various kinds of machines are employed, but there are only two it is necessary to refer to here. The first of these punches a single row of holes at a time, the sheets having to be passed through the machine twice— first for the horizontal rows and then for the vertical, or vice versa. This is known as “ single-line” or “ guillotine" perforation. By the other method three sides of a stamp are perforated at once, the machine producing one long row of holes and a number of short ones, equal to the length or width of a stamp, which are set at right augles to the long one. The sheets have only to be passed through the machine once, as the fourth side of each row of stamps is, of course, perforated at the same time as the three sides of the next row. This is known as comb perforation.

P erforated.— A philatelic term applied to stamps that have some Bort of perforation, in contradistinction to those issued iu an imperforate Btate.

Per go e t Perago.— The motto shewn under the “ Arms " of many of the stamps issued by the British North Borneo Company, meaning, “ I undertake and accomplish.”

Perkina Bacon & Co., Ltd.—A well-known London firm of stamp manufacturers, famed for stamps produced by the line-engraved process. All the }d., Id., l jd . , and 2d. stamps of our own country issued prior to 1380, and the h&udsome early issues of most B ritish Colonies, were engraved aud printed by thiB firm.

Periodicals.— An inscription shewn on all the special stamps of the United States which were at one tim e used for the prepayment of postage on newspapers and periodicals.

P enasaon.- A printer of Alexandria, E gypt, who lithographed the 1867 aud 1872-75 stamps for that country.

Perot, W .B .— The postmaster of Hamilton, Bermuda, in 1848, who issued special Id. stamps for the prepayment of postage, thus anticipating the regular issue by about seventeen years.

Persane (or Persanes).— The French rendering of ” Persian ” as shewn upon most of the stamps of Persia.

P ersia .— A country of Asia— called Ir&n by the natives— having an area of about 680,000 square miles and a population of about ten miliions, widely scattered. The country has an ancient history and formed the home of the Modes and Persians mentioned at an early period in Biblical history. The Shah has hitherto been an absolute monarch subject only to divine law. The law and popular education are based on the precepts of the Koran. Persia is divided into provinces of which the principal are under Governors or Governors-General. In August, 1906, the Shah, admitting the need for reforms granted a Constitution. The National Council (or Consultative Assembly) consists of 156 representatives of the princes, clergy, “ kadjars” (the royal tribe), nobles, merchants and tradesmen, who are elected by their peers The Council may deliberate on all important state affairs and have a right to free expression of opinion on reforms The results of their deliberations must be submitted for the Shah’s approval. Postage stamps were first issued iu1870.

P eseta.— The unit of value in Spain and the Spanish

Colonies, G ibraltar (for a time) and the foreign post offices in Morocco. I t consists of 100 centimes, and is equal to about lOd. in British currency. There was also a Peruvian peseta (1870-74), consisting of 2dineros, and equal to about 5d. in our mouey.

Peso.— This is the unit of value in most of the countries of Central and South America aud, as a rule, it consists of 100 centavos. Generally speaking, the currency of these countries is based on a silver standard, which is liable to fluctuations as the price of silver advances or depreciates. This fact, however, hardly accounts for the amazing differences between the value of the peso in the different States. In the following notes the average value of the coin is given, and, unless otherwise stated, it should be understood that the peso oonsists of 100 centavos:— A rgentine R e p u b lic : Prior to 1860 the peso was worth Is. 8d., but with the revision of the coinage at that period its value rose to 4s. A t the chief town, Buenos Aires, the peso (worth 2d.) was divided into 8 reales, but iu 1862 the town fell into line with the rest of the country. At Corrientes, beforeI860, the peso was also one of 8 reales, but it had a nominal value of 2s. 4d.— C h i l i : The average value of the peso has always been Is, 8d.— C olom b ia n R e p u b lic : Probably nowhere else has the value of the peso fluctuated to such an extraordinary extent as here. Its average value was Is. 8d., but there was a paper as well as a silver currency, and iu 1903 this fell so low as Id. In 1904, a gold standard, uniform with that of the United States, was adopted, so the peso is now worth 4s, 2d.— C osta R ic a : U ntil 1881, the peso, of 8 reales, was worth about 2s. 4d. The currency was then changed to a peso of 100 centavos, valued at Is. 6d., and recently it has appreciated, being Dow worth 2s. Id.— C ub a : Originally the unit of value was a peso of 8 reals- plata, worth 4s. 4d., but in 1878 it was reconstructed into a peso of 100 centavos, worth only lOd. Since 1899 the peso has corresponded with the United States dollar, viz., 4s. 2 d — D o m in ica n R e p u b lic : Prior to 1880, the peso of 8 reales was worth about 2s. 4d , and in th at year it was converted into a peso of 100 centavos with a nominal value of 4s.— E c u a d o r : Until 1881 the peso of 8 realee was nominally worth 2s. 4d., but in th at year it was divided into 100 centavos and reduced in value to Is. 8 d — G u a te m a la : The peso, at first 100centavos, then 8 reales, and finally 100 centavos again, has always had a nominal value of Is. 8d.— H on du ras : Until the end of 1889 the peso of 8 reales was worth 2s. 4d., but in 1890 it was divided into 100 centavoB with a nominal value of Is. 8d.— M exico: The peso consisted of 8 reales until 1866, and was worth about 2s. Id. I t was then reconstructed bo as to consist of 100 centavos, its nominal value remaining practically the same. — N ica ra g u a : The peso has always had a nominal value of Is. 8d.— P a r a g u a y : The peso was one of 8 reales and worth 2s. 4d before 1879, but since that date it has consisted of 100 centavos and has had a nominal value of only 8d.— P e r u : About 1866 the currency was changed from dineros and pesetas to centavos and pesos, the latter being worth about 28. Id. In 1874 the peso was replaced by a coin named a “ sol."— P h ilip p in e I s la n d s : The currency consisted of cuarlos and roales prior to 1864; then the metric system was introduced based on a peseta of 100 centimos, and this, in 1875, gave place to the peso, also of 100 centimos, and worth about 2s. 6d. Since 1899 the peso has had the same value as the United States dollar, viz., 4s. 2d.— S a lv a d o r: In 1879 the peso, divided into 8 reales and worth 2s. 4d., was reconstructed into one of 100 centavos, and it has since had an average value of Is. 8d.— U ruguay : Originally the currency was one of centesimos and reales, but in 1877 it was converted into a peso of 100 contesimoB with an average value of 4s. 6d.

T o be con tin u ed .

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Society NewsSecretaries o f Philatelic Societies are urged to send news items intended for publication as promptly as possible.

Programmes for 1909-10.CITY OF LONDON

PH ILATELIC SOCIETY.T h e opening m eeting o f the Session w as

held at M ills ' Restaurant in L iv e rp o o l Street, on W ednesday, O ct. 13th, the new President. M r. J. R . Burton occupying the chair fo r the first tim e. V arious form al business was duly carried through. T h e resignation o f M r. A . H . L . G iles o f the post o f Counterfeit D etecto r was rece ived w ith regret, M r. H . V . Brand being appointed in his stead, the F orgery C o llection by this new arrangem ent becom ing a va ilab le d a ily fo r M em bers' inspection a long w ith the L ib ra ry . S is new members w ere elected , and one resignation was received . M r. Eastwood produced his Treasurer ’s B alance Sheet show ing balance in hand £r2 12s. a id . an im provem ent o f o v e r £5 on a yea r ’s w orking.

T h e President g a v e an address coverin g a w ide area o f ph ila telic m atter interspersed w ith humour. H e suggested more sub-comm ittees on such lines as P h ila te lic Union. Public ity , Soc iab ility . Supprosson o f unnecessary Issues, Ph ila te lic study for Publica tion purposes o r the advancem ent o f the S oc iety itself, be liev ing that m ore work would have a v iv ify in g influence.

A rev iew o f the present splendid position o f ph ila te ly concluded w ith the rem ark that even P rov idence appeared to be on its side, see.ng that the Caym an Islands had recen tly been visited by a H urricane. S im plified co llec tin g cam e in fu r com m endation as encouraging to the beginner, p reven ting watertjgh t-com partm ents-ph ila tely in which one specialist took little interest in the work o f another, and lea v in g m inor varieties free and cheap to the real w orking specialist. C o llec tin g a la ca ta logue was condemned.. T h e first type o f N ew Zea land be ing taken as an exam ple, expanded to 105 varieties , va lue ove r £300. an impossible task fo r 999 co llectors out o f a IOOO. whereas sim plified ruthlessly, to stamps on ly w here needed at a

cost o f a little o v e r 3oi- o r sim p lified so as to show each va riety o f perf.,w aterm ark, colour, and paper and principal shades 14 stamps at about £24. Som e kind o f specialism , i f on ly on a s ingle stamp, was recom m ended to all co llectors as the on ly w ay to advance the science o f the hobby. T h e probab le even tual death o f the postage stam p in the m aw o f autom atic postal machines was referred to.

T h e d isplay by mem bers o f recent acquisitions and novelties included a ll the principal new issues o f the Summer months, a rem arkable assem blage o f th e Labuan and Brunei surcharges show ing all the rarities, (b y Mr. H ig ie t t ) and the fo llow in g interesting pieces mostly from M r Jackson's co llection

N ew Zealand first type unused perf. 10 on top and bottom and one side, and 12I on the left.

H a lf id . CC , G o ld Coast, used as Id ., on or ig in a l postmarked “ D ec. 20th, 1883, In land .''

T w o -a n d -h a lf 2d. CC d itto , used as Stl. postmarked “ B27.'’

A number o f th e last issues Q ueen 's H ead , G reat Britain postmarked “ Ascension .''

A N ig e r ia en ve lope stamped with h a lf (ve r tic a lly d iv id ed ) 2d. O il R ivera.

Id . blue and 2d. green and h a lf a penny red (d iagona lly d iv ided ) N ig e r Coast, equallin g l i d . postage and 2d. registration, postmarked " 25th O c t., 1894," and a fine pa ir o f id . red A n tigu a used in St. K itts (en tire, postmarked " A l l " and da e “ June 17. 1890."

It was unanimously resolved to support the P h ila te lic Congress now being prom oted under the auspices o f the H erts Society , and the Sm oking C oncert o f the I .P .U ., on N ov . 29th.

INTERNATIONAL PHILATELIC UNION.

O ct. tfith, 1909.T h e opening M eeting o f the season was

held at Essex H a ll, Essex Street, Strand, on Thursday, O ctob er 14th. Present—J. C . Sidcbotham (in the chair), L . W . Fulcher, W . Schwahasher, A . B. K a y , P . P . Burns, P . L . Pem berton, F . F . Lam b . G . E. S trong, W . E . L in co ln and the H on . Sec. M r. Fu lcher gave a d isplay w ith notes o f his fine specialised co llec tion o f the first tw o issues o f Japanese stamps which afforded much interest to a ll present. T h e exhaustive manner in which this co llection has been w ritten up and illustrated by carefu lly executed d ia gram s was much adm ired, and on the m otion o f M r. Pem berton .seconded by M r. L in co ln , a hearty vote o f thanks was accorded. Subjo ined is the program m e for the rem ainder o f the season.

T . H . H i n t o n , Hon. Her.

7.30 p m ., D isplay, with Notes, T h e Early Issues o f V ic to r ia .”

L . L . R . Hausburg.7.30 p m .. Sm oking Concert, at the

Horseshoe Restaurant. T o tten ham Court Road, W .C .

7.30p m., D isplay, ‘ ‘ P eru ,” J. C. Sidebotham . D isplay, J. E. Jose- lin. D isplay, "H o n g K o n g " T . H . H inton.

7.30 p.m .. Paper on a Subject o f Ph ila te lic Interest, P . L . P e m berton.

7-30 p.m ., D isplay, w ith Notes, “ S t. V in c en t," E . H eginbottom .

7 30 p .m .. D isplay, ‘ W estern Austra lia ,” R . B. Yard tey .

7 30 p.m. D isplay, " V en ezu e la ," T . W . H all.

7.36 p.m .. Annual G eneral M eeting and Displays o f 12 Stamps, w,th N otes by M em bers present.

BIRMINGHAM PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

Hon. Secretary and Treasurer— M r. G. Johnson, B .A .

O ffctal A ddress-308, B irch field Road , B irm ingham.

1909. N ov . I t .

N ov. 29.

D ec. 9.

1910. Jan. 13.

Feh. to.

Mar. 1 0 .

Apr. 1 4 .

May 12.

O ctober 7. Annual G eneral Business M eeting.

T h e Report, show ing a membership o f 226, and the Balance Sheet, with a balance in hand o f £85 3s. 3d., were approved , as was the programme-

V otes o f thanks w ere g iven to Messrs. F C. Henderson, J. and C . H aym an and M is. Lake , fo r recent donations to th e Perm anent C o lle c t io n ; to P. K oh l, fo r cop ies o f his G reat and N orm al C ata logues: to L . de R aa ij, for “ Forgeries o f the T ra n sv a a l” ; to J. M. Bartels and C . T . Reed , for Catalogues, etc. ; also to the fo llow in g publishers w ho have sent periodicals during the past y e a r M e s s r s . Stanley Gibbons, L td ., “ G ibbons’ Stamp W e e k ly ," H . L . Ewen, “ E w en 's W eek ly Stamp N ew s ," D . F ie ld , " W est End Ph ila te lis t," etc ., also to Messrs. P lum ridge and Co . Puttick & Simpson, V en tom . Bull, G albraith, Bethune St C o., J. C . M orgenthan fo r priced auction catalogues.

T h e fo llow in g w ere elected m em bers o f the S o c ie t y M e s s r s . H . E . Leisser, J. M a ckenzie, F . Cohen , A . E. Carter, H . W . A tch ley and D r. D . Buchan.

2,107 stamps w ere added to the Permanent C o llection during th e past session, m aking a total o f 27,033. made up as fo l lo w s :-6,862 British and British Colonials, 14,015 Foreign , 2,029 F iscals, 1,453 Locals, 97 R a ilw a y stamps, 471 Cut Envelopes, and 2,100 Entires.

T h e lis t o f w an ts as a lte red to a g r e e w ith G ib b o n s ’ 1909 ca ta lo gu es , w as in co rp o ra ted in th e R ep o r t, w h ich w ill be r e a d y sh o r tly , and w il l b e sen t to an yon e d es irou s o f jo in in g us.

T h e Exchange Packets have again been ve ry successful, and have aga in circulated w ithout any de lay. £29,472 Js. 9d waa the total amount circulated, o f which £2816 9s. 4d. was soldN ov . I t . PapeN "A r g e n t in e 1889-1909,"

F- T . Collier.N o v . 18. Paper, “ St. H elen a ,” etc., D r. T .

Groom .D ec. 2. A uction at Im peria l H o te l. Lo ts

to reach Hon. S ec. by N ov . 3rd. Dec. 16. Paper. “ Barbados, 1870-1882,"

Mr. C . A . Stephenson.1910.

Jan. 6. Lan tern Display. J. A . M argore- lies.

Jan. 27. Paper, " S t - L u c ia ,” W . P im m . Feb . to. D isplay. " C a p e o f G ood H o p e ,"

J. J. Knowles.Feb . 24. Discussion, " T h e C olou r P rob

le m ," by Members.M sr. 3. Auction . Lots to reach Hon. Sec.

by Feb. 4th.M ar. 17. D isplay, " South A u s tra lia ," Mr.

T . W . PeckA p r il 7. T en minutes w ith interesting

stamps by Mem tiers.M ay 5. Annual Dinner.

NORTH OF ENGLAND PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

T h e first G eneral M eeting of the new Seaaion was held at the Y .M .C .A ., N ew castle, on Thursday, O ctober 7th, at 7.30 p.m.

T h e V ice -Pres iden t, M r. T . D . Hume, was in the chair, and there w ere 25 members present.

A fte r form al business, Messrs. John C hapman, H . Dent, J. M. G len ton and Thos. Rutherford w ere elected m embers.

Mr. E. P. C row ther then introduced the question o f form ing a Perm anent C ollection to be the property o f the S oc ie ty , and after several members had spoken the m atter was adjourned till next m eeting fo r fu rther consideration.

T h e members present a fterw ards took part in a "G e n e ra l E xchange,” and a good many stamps changed hands.

T h e O ctob er packet started on the 2nd w ith 5* sheets va lue £142 7s. 5d. net.

CO THE POSTAGE STAMP

GIBRALTAR.1889, 25c.. iW . 40c., 4 id . 50c., 6d.1896. 2d., 4d. 4d., 6d. 6d.. 8d. 1 (-, I/J. 1903. K .S . , 2d . jd . 2 ld „ 2d. 6d .,8d . 1/-, 1/6 C ey lon , 1904. 15c., Id . 25c. o r 30c., 2d.

75c.. 7W .M alta . K .S . , I/-, I M u l t . 2d. o r 2 jd .. 2d.

I/*. 6d.H o n g K o n g , S in g le C A „ I2c., 3d.

A ll superb used copies.CLIFFORD MOSS. 31. Woo4kou*e Last. Leeds

PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.Prepaid Advertisements are inserted in

T he Postage stamp at the following rates:—I t words, la . ; and Id . for every additional word.

Advertisements can be received up to 5 o'clock THURSDAY for insertion <n the following week's issue.

fv J E W C O L O U R S . S . N ig e r ia . Gambia. 1 ^ G o ld C oast, T r in id a d and a ll new issues, 8% o v e r fa c e va lue (1/1 p er I/-). Russian L e v a n t Jubilee, com p lete set 25/2.— E w en ’a L td ., N o rw ood . S .E ,

T T N U S E D M auritius to applicants fo r A p p rova ls .— W r ig h t 81 C o., 9, M arket

Street, Southport.

■pM NE va r ie ty id . and Id . stamps, Bargains, no rubbish.— Jaques, 54, A n t i l l R oad .

To tten h am .

A P P R O V A L S H E E T S . F o re ign and C o l- * * on ia l, R e feren ces requ ired .— K . Foster, 25, G ren v ille P lace . B righ ton .

" " D A N S Y " Stam p E xch an ge Soc iety has 1 vacancies fo r a fe w good m embers.

Packets fu lly insured. S ecre ta ry— W . W ilson , “ B ee ch w ood ."W o lv is to n , S tock ton -on-Tees.

A 0 D IF F E R E N T J A P A N , mounted on sheet, 7d.. r o t t fre e .— Stephenson,

Greensend, W o o lw ic h .

' T H E R E L I A B L E E X C H A N G E C L U B fo r satisfaction. M em bers o f Ph ila te lic

S oc ieties and others w ish ing to acquire o r dispose o f good class stamps should join now. Particu lars J. G oddard , S tretton R oad , L e ic es te r. ________________

" T R Y T H IS . E v e ry stam p w orth having.50 se lected varieties , 4d. 1,000 best

mounts, ad .— R . W . A rn o ld , Lyndhurst, C hadw ell H eath .

T T O R F .IG N and C o lon ia l, 66 to 80 per cent 1 under ca ta logu e ; M u lready ; approval. — R e v . G. B ell, L isburn, Ire land.

A / IO V A B L E L E A F B L A N K A L B U M S , m lo in , by 7in., 40 leaves, 9 d .j postage 2d.— 20 leaves, 7ld — W ill ia m L ew th w a ite , E grem on t, Cum berland.

p 'R E E . R a re M in t Johore P rov isional 1 g iv e n to all buyers o f f m y " K i n g s " A p p rova l Sheeta. 50% d is cou n t.- Leonard Brand, 48, K eyes R oad , C rick lew ood.

P O S T A G E Stam p Gauges, fo r measuring A perforations. T h e y a re m ade in brass, and can be carried in th e w aistcoat pocket. M ost useful to a ll C o llec tors . P r ic e i f - nett, by post 1/1.— L U p co tt G ill, B azaar Buildin g !, D ru ry L a n e , L on d on , W .C .

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A PPROVAL SEI.F.OTIONS. Large var jety. Good copies at lowe-t prices sent

to responsible applicants. Loose stamps and Collections purchased tor cash I. W. Spowart, I.P.V.,409, Lord Street, Southport.

P R P . E , unused T ra va n co re , ask fo r sheets T and send p o s tag e .—Charles K en d a ll. 24, F u r lon g Road , G lou cester.

5 f ir m VAHIFTIES, from farthing; ap- l " V " proval 50 superb Colonials, 1/.

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ARNES' BOOKS FOR BRITISH BAR- u GAINS Example:— 3d plate ao. Crown, 1/4. Refer ences, iS, Kavetey Street, London, N.W.

P E R H A P S Y O U H A V E N E V E R T R IE D 1 an advertisement in our columns. Perhaps it has not occurred to you to tend your " Offers ” along to T hb Postage Stamp. The next time you want anything why not use our columns 7 For particulars and prices tee above.PUNCTUATION AS A MEANS OF EXPRESS. ION : It* Tkcery salt Practice. (P itm a n ). A com p lete M anual, b y A . E . LOVELL, M .A . , D irec to r o f Education fo r the C ity and County B orough o f Chester. A n in teresting and helpfu l manual o f the subject, that w ill g rea tly im prest the in te lligen t student and be much appreciated by a ll w h o va lue clearness and thoroughness in w ritin g . P r ic e It.M .

SOMETHING GOODS U D A N , 1888- 1906.

im„ 2m., 3m„ 5m„ ip., 2p., 6p. and 10 piastres, this fine and scarce set for 3 IS ,

postally used.The rare 4m. pale blue and brown, and $ m illiem e* surcharged on 5 piastres, the pair

mint for 9 d . , postage Id. extra.W . H . R E G A N , 124. Qaeex’s Roa4, Barawaier

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in “ M in t " condition for T d .Ilpat c lass se lection s on approva l i f d e s iie d .

P r ic e * end spec im ens w il l suit you.

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Cask wltk erdtr. Rajistralloa extra. Blocks and Pali a at same rates.

Selections of all Countt les against tefeience. Price List post fiee.

P. L. JAQUES,

W A N T S .Wanted . C o llec tion s o r loose lots o f

A ustria , Belg ium , Egypt. Sudan and C rete . S tam ford , B ingley .

1 8 0 R a re F o re ign Stamps, a ll d iffe ren t, w orut I/- Send ---------penny postage.'----------

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Books Ready.

All Copies Superb, and basis

Half Current Cata. logue.

ALL AUSTRALIAN COLONIESSitpeib Hooks.

Q It E AT B R ITA IN now ready.

V A N T S I want old Venezuela and R H l l l O , other South and Cennal Ame ica. Collections bought for ptoinpt

cash.O N L Y A D D R E S S A S A B O V E .

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LONDON, E.

Selections of Stamps sent on approval. Condition and Cheapness our

Speciality.We do not offer Bargains but sell at a

uniformly low rate. Collections wanted for prompt cash.


T e lep h on e 10361 C entral.

COLLECTORSO f Curios, Antiques, Books, Coins o r anyth ing else w hateyer, w ill find a first rate m arket fo r apecimens they d o not want in The B ataar, Exchange and Atari newspaper. In the sam e w ay they can purchase anything they requ ire read ily , cheaply & conven ien tly

It la tha (treat Paper fo r Inform ation,

Private Salaa A Bargalna.Advertisem en ts o f P r iva te C o llec to rs U s. those w ho d o not m ake a businen o f purchase and sa le ) inserted at the rate o f 3 words fo r

id ., m inimum 4d.

TRY IT—GET A OOPY.P rice 2d. everyw h ere , or b v poet fo r 3d. in

stamps from theOHIces: BAZAAR BUILDiNdS, DRURY LANE

LONDON, W.C.

Founded byEDWARD J. N ANKIVELL. Edited byFRED. J. M ELVILLE .

A n Illu s tr a te d Weekly Journal /o a ll Classes o f S ta m p Collec tor:

No. 6. Vol. 5. 6 NOVEMBER, 1909. Price Id.>Whol« Number 110

Gossip of the WeelfBY C O R N E L IU S W R I N K L EA Stamp Trade Amalgamation.

TH E following com

munication an nounces the amalgamation of two well known stamp

businesses. Messrs. Geo. Ginn <k Co. have our best wishes for their continued prosperity.

“ 1st O c t . 1909. Dear Sir,*' We have pleasure in

stating that the businesses carried on by G eoroe C. G in k , 50, Bishopsgate Street W ithin, London, E .C andE .B u h n k tG in n ,

16, Baronet Road, Tottenham, have been amalgamated, and will iu future be known under the name of G eorokC. G in n k Co., 50, Bishopsgate Street W ithin, London,E.C

” By the amalgamation of capital and our already large stocks, we hope to be better able to cope with the increased demand on the part of collectors for the better class Rtamps at reasonable prices.

“ Visitors to the City, and all who are interested in stampB, are invited to give us a call.

Every transaction will come under our personal supervision, and we trust to be favored with a continuance of your kindness as heretofore.

We are, Yours faithfully.G boroe C. G in n .E. B urnet G inn.

Cayman id. on 4d.My good friend Mr. A. Leon Adutt of Margate writes

me as follows:—“ In a communication I have just received from the

‘ Cavman Islands,' I hear that the Postmaster who succeeded Miss Parsons at * Grand Cayman ” resigned some time during this last August, and his successor is Mr. A. Hodden. It might interest some of your readers to know that 1 have in my possession the Id. on Id. with inverted surcharge postal I y used on entire, so whether the stamp was surcharged for fiscal purposes or not, they evidently also passed for postage use.

“ I have in addition five of the 2}d. on 4d. w ith the control num bers; as there were only 2 sheets of these stamps surcharged, 480 in all, 1 shall be glad to hear from any of your readers who may be in possession of the other 3 control numbers.”

The Jamaica Philatelic Society.I am glad to note that already our articles on •• How to

Start a Philatelic S ociety" have been effective in stim ulating some collectors to activity in the formation of societies. The newest recruit iB the Jamaica Philatelic Society, the formation of which has been carried out much on the lines indicated in T h e Postage Stam p, We wish the Jam aica Society a long, prosperous ana useful career. There are many collectors in the Colony and it should not be a difficult or a loDg task to make it a really strong society of active, student philatelists.Rather Misleading.

Mr. W. Ward, who is responsible for much of the gaiety of the philatelic nations, records the following little dialogue in the S ta m p L o v e r :—

Lecturer (describ in g the arrangem ent o f a collection) —— And let me further mention, gentlemen, that it

requires brains to mount stam ps.'’Visitor (w hisp ering to h is p h ila te lic fr ie n d ) — " You

told me hinges ! ”(treat Britain New <d. Stamp.

The D a ily E x p ress and several correspondents inform me that on November 1st, the fourpenny stamp of Great Britain will be issued in orange colour.

The existing stock of the present fourpenny stamps will, as a rule, be disposed of at each post office before the new stamps are sold to the public, but when specially asked for, the new stamps will be supplied.

The stamp which has already been issued (Oct. 30th) somewhat resembles the 3d. colour, and this latter value may consequently be changed.

Oreat Britain Watermark Curiosity.Mr. A. Ashby has drawn m y attention to a curious

watermark freak on the current stamps of Great Britain. The second stamp in the last row but one has the watermark raised considerably out of alignment from the other watermarks The S.W . corner block, control H9, of the \d . sent me by Mr. Ashby shows this

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curiosity clearly. A little search has revealed the variety on the Id. without control, and it no doubt exists on a considerable range of the current stamps of Great Britain.

U.S. Stamp Books.The modern issues of the United States stamps appear

to have quite captivated our confrires the philatelists of America. By special request the late issues of the great American Republic are included early in the programme of the second series of M elville S tam p B ooks, and by the courtesy of Mr. L . Harald Kjellstedt, the International Secretary of the American Philatelic Society, some interesting notes have been gathered on the subject of the little books of stamps sold in the United States and which are printed from special plates. As it will be some little time before the book in question can be issued, Mr. Kjellstedt’s article will be published in next week’s Postage S ta m p , with some lucid diagrams and hints on how to show the stamp books of U .S . aud other countries effectively in a specialised collection.

Mr. E. B. Power writes us that he is about to publish a work on U .S. stamps devoting particular attention to the private automatic perforations. A special ed itio n de lu x e is being issued of Mr. Power’s book at 21/- which no doubt the literaturists w ill be keen on.

The C ollectors' J o u rn a l of America is also contemplating handbooks on U.S. postage stamps, but none has so far eventuated.

It is highly gratifying to see this increase in interest in the stamps of the United States and to note the revival of literary activity among the American collectors, all of whose ventures I hope will have a successful accomplishment.

New Hebrides Difficult to Oet.Writing to the Editor of the L o n d o n P h ila te lis t , Mr.

Courtenay Smith gives some notes about New Hebrides, No doubt my readers who have recently had the pleasure of reading Single C .A .’s article on this colony w ill be interested in tho communication in question which I q u ote:—

“ S ir ,— I t may interest your readers to know that about the most difficult stamps in the world to be obtained are tho surcharged F iji, ‘ New Hebrides— Condom inium ' (joint control) especially in used condition.

“ in the first place, it was agreed between the British and French resident Commissioners at Port Vila, the capital, that the sale of the new stamps in large quantities should be prohibited, and instructions to that effect were issued. This prohibition is being rigidly carried out. The consequence is that a set of seven, m int, face value 2s. 5d., even after the currency of nine months, cost 4s. And I have no reason to think it will ever be less, but rather the reverse, ag changes are probable.

" Secondly the number of English inhabitants, mostly planters and traders, is very small, and but few use any

of the higher values. The missionaries and planters of m y acquaintance only use the Id. and 2d. values So that the supply of used ' New Hebrides ’ for philatelists is, from the nature of things, very limited.

“ B ut, thirdly, this small supply is Btill further contracted through the fact that the Postmaster a t Port V ila is a Frenchman, and, either from patriotic motives, or because it accords with his interpretation of the dual basis of government, he makes a9 much use as possible of the French issue (‘ Nouvelles H ebrides’ surcharge). And I find th at the English residents are supplied mostly with those of the 10 centimes value. I t is not unusual to see an envelope with both English and French stamps on it. While to see, let alone obtain, poBtally used copies of the fid , 6d. and Is. values is rare indeed.

“ Altogether, the situation is peculiar, not to say unique. And, seeing that the supply of the surcharged F iji is small, and purposely kept so, and that the present issue is not likely to last very long, m y advice to those collectors fortunate enough to possess these stamps, particularly iu used condition, is ' stick to them !'

Yours etc., Courtenay S mith.

Sydney, N .8.W . A u g u st, 1909.

“ N .B.— The Is. {Fiji, green on carmine, surcharged * New Hebrides— Condominion ’), of which only 1880 have been issued, is likely to be a rare stam p, as the new colour scheme is coming into force shortly in Fiji.*’

British Honduras Remainders,

The Crown Agents for the Colonies are inviting bids for a wholesale stock of remainders of the Victorian stamps of British Honduras. The Queen’s head key plate has been destroyed and the stamps represent the entire balance left in the hands of the Government. They are in sheets of 240 stamps, except the 25 cents values which are overprinted “ Revenue " and cu t into sheets of 60 stamps. The Colonial Government state th at the 25 cent stamps overprinted " Revenue ” were not considered locally as solely revenue Btamps, but were used for both Postal and Revenue purposes.

No offers for less than £50 worth of stamps will be considered, and offers m ust be in by the 30th November.

If any of the readers of T h e Postage S ta m p wish tobloat ” a collection of British Honduras there are —

Value.6 cents

10 „ 12 ., 25 „50 ., *1 92 95

No. of Stamps. 57,240 81,600 8.600

43,200 31,680

8,880 8,960 .

10.320Offers are to be for not less than face value and the

dollar is to.be reckoned as 4s 2d.

Tl>e Postage Starpp HaijdbootysH E first two books are now on b a le .

I . Jamaica and Cayman Islands, by Edward J. Nankivell. Price 4d. Post free 4$d.

II. Cape of Good Hope, by Edward J. Nankivell. Price 6d. Post free 6Jd.

The new books aro produced in a tasteful style, with specially designed cover printed in red and black, on a buff coloured art paper.

The continuation of the series, which is uuder the general editorship of Mr. Fred. J. Melville, Editor of T h e Postage S ta m p , will include:—

III. Niger Coast Protectorate, by Edward J.Nankivell. Price 6d. Post free 6jd.

IV . Dominica, by Bertram W. H . Poole. Price6d. Poet free 6Jd.

V. Abyssinia, by Fred. J. MelviHe. Price 6dPost free 6^d.

All orders for these books should be sent to— B aldw ins,

G robvenor Works,T unbridge Wells.


Carlist Stanjps of Spait)From L e Journal des Philatelistes ( August, igog)

TH E death of the Pretender, Don Carlos de Bourbon,

Duke of Madrid, on the 18th of July, at the age of 61, has called forth some interesting notes on the Carlist issues from L e Jo u rn a l des P h ila te lis te s , in which a complete list of the stamps is given.

The stamps were issued by the insurgent Carlists between 1873 and 1875, when their cause seemed to be prospering under the young Pretender, who inflicted several severe checks on the Government troops.

Before a regular post was organised in the revolted provinces, the stamps of France were used, surcharged by a “ fleur de lis " within a five pointed star.

The following values were used :—Issu e o f 1862. U nlavreated head o f N apoleon I I I .

5 centimes, green. Blue surchargeIssu e o f 1870-71.

1 centime, olive2 brown5 green16 bistre20 „ blue25 ,. blue40 „ orange80 „ rose

H ead o f L ib e rty .

All with blue surcharge.

1st M arch, 1875. Sam e head, to r ig h t, inscribed " Dios, P a tr ia , R ey ’ ’ at top, a n d " E sp a n a " and value at bottom.

L ithogra p hed , im perforate.

A . T h in b lu ish w h itep a p er.50 centimos, green

B . T h ic k w hite paper.

50 centimos, yellowish green 50 ,, deep yellowish green50 „ emerald green

1 real, brown 1 ,, deep brown

Province of Catalonia.

15<fc A p r il, 1874. H ea d o f D on Carlos to r ig h t, w ith in scrip tio n " I)io$, P a tr ia , Hey "

L itho g ra p hed , im perforate.

16 maravedis, rose 16 ,, bright rose

These stamps provide numerous errors, broken letters, defective stops, etc.

Province of Valencia.On the 1st of July, 1873, the provinces of Biscay, Navarre,

Guiposca and Aleva began to use the first stamps bearing the effigy of Don Carlos:1st J u ly , 1873. H ea d o f D o n C arlos, looking to le ft , in a n oval, " E s p a n a . " w ith ou t d ash ( t i ld e ) over the N .

L ith o g ra p h ed , im perforate.

A . Thin w h ite p aper. •1 real, blue 1 ,, pale blue

B . T h ic k w hite pap er.

1 real, blue 1 ,, bright blue

Septem ber, 1873. Sam e type, b u t “ E s p a n a " w ith the tilde over the N .

1 real, blue 1 ,, bright blue

In May of 1874, at the time of the siege of Bilboa, the town of Fortugalete, in the province of Biscay, ran short of btamps, and letters were franked by means of a round stamp bearing the word ’ ‘ Correos” in the centre, and “ Portugalete V izca ya ” around it. The colour of the stamp was black, and no value was inscribed on it. The envelopes bore the following note in manuscript on the o u t s i d e “ Correos— Vale por dos Bellos por falta de ellos," or else “ Correos— V ile por dos Bellos por no baberlas," signifying that the round stamp was equivalent to two of the regular iBsue.

In 1874 and 1875 there were two other issues for the same Provinces.le t J u ly , 1874. L a u r ta te d head o f D on C arlos, looking

to right. L itho g ra p hed , im perforate.1 real, lilac 1 ,, reddish lilac1 „ grey lilac

Septem ber, 1874. H ead to r ig h t in otiaf. Inscribed “ E sp a n a V alen cia '* above.

L ith o g ra p h ed , im perforate.

Two varieties ex ist:—

A . T h e ov a l contains 31 lines to the le ft a n d 29 to the right. B 34 32

4 real, roeej deep rose

M a y, 1875. Sam e type, but redraw n.

There are again two varieties

A . T h e o v a l containe 30 lines to th e le ft a n d 2d to the right.B . „ „ 43 ,, ,, 41 ,,

} real, claret. Type A. i „ pale vermilion. T ypeB .

E rro r: § instead of }

Besides the above stamps, there exists a franking stamp, which was used in the Province of Biscay. The design is a coat of arms within a double-lined oval, with the inscription " Diputacion General de Viscaya." The colour was blue, and no value was inscribed.

Numerous hand stamps also exist, representing a coat of arms, with the following inscriptions :—

Egercito Real— Columns General de Operaciou C. VII. Distrito Militar de Guernica, Carlos V II. Senor de

Vizcaya.Ejercito Real— Batallon Cazadorcs del Cid, etc., etc.

Various essays have been prepared, notably that shewing a three-quarter portrait of Don Carlos. None of these have served for the franking of correspondence; this also applies to a stamp of “ treB cuartos," bearing the Spanish arms in a circle, and the inscription “ Correos Carlos Septimo Rex de las Espanas.”

64 tHE POSTAGE STAMP

“ f i p d s ”BY LEONARD S. GOLDSMITH

TH E B E are some delights in this world of ours that

are too holy for our scribbling pen-points to profane. A mother’s joy in her firstborn, a schoolboy’s happiness in bis first Triangular, the perfect bliss on a poor specialist’s face when at last he has

found the Stamp to make the plating complete. These are too sacred; let us draw the veil. B ut there are also unholy joys of Philately, joys of which we may write and you may read, and so doing he stirred to envy, aye and incredulity. These are the joys of “ Finds.”

The only rule I have ever been able to formulate is that F inds come when you least expect them. You m ay search the most likely bundles of letters, the most inviting packets of documents and get nothing for your pains. Y e t on a day when Stamps and the Strand are far from your thoughts, Philatelia, who is a votary of the little god Chance, m ay drop into your lap stamps that your soul has long desired.

The nucleus of my present collection was a “ plum ” picked up on a stall by m y father, who was as ignorant of philatelic lore as a Zulu. I was 14 years old at the time, and in deep distress, my treasured collection having disappeared into thin air, thanks to some envious schoolm ate’s predatory fingers I was tearfully regarding a few duplicates left from the general ruin, when to m e entered m y father. Dropping a brown paper parcel on m y knee, he bade me see if it was of any use. The unwrapping of the paper revealed an old, solidly bound book of about 100 pages, entitled “ Stamps of all Nations ” and within were things for which my youthful heart had long yearned, all stuck down flat with brown gum. It was a bit of a job to soak 'em off, but you could almost boil the stamps of those days without harming the colours; collectors of my youth were not plagued with chalkies, fugitives and “ doubly fugitives” — I swear you’ve only to breathe ou some of our King's Heads for the colours to run.

There were only 245 of them but they were a beautiful lot. The 1st and 2nd issues of Ceylon were absolutely complete. There were 5 copies of the 4d. rose imperf.,

. iucluding a magnificent strip of three. There were four of the old engraved Queen's head Mauritius including the ” P E N O E ” error; a copy of the 12d. Canada as black as Erebus, but alas I minus a corner. Seven examples of the 1854 4 anna India, only two cut to shape ; and there was a really magnifioent lot of Qerman States and of the early Australian Colonies. 1 Bold a ll the duplicates and w sb of course horribly done, but the bulk still remains and forms the most “ gemmy ” part of my collection. And all bought for a “ bob " on an Aldgate bookstall.

I have had several finds Bince then but none so glorious as that. Once in the days when Triangular Capes were cheap, a friend of mine dropped into a little general shop th at was eelliug them at prices from 2d. to 1/- each— not so much under the current price either. Turning over the pages he found four stamps on one page, unpriced. On enquiring, the dealer told him that ho m ight have the lot for a penny, as they were forgeries. Not much I they were wood-blocks.

Another friend makes a practice of hunting through second-hand book-shops for old stamp collections. He never found any but once, and then he was not looking for them. He had really gone in to buy an edition of “ Burns’ L ette rs” and looking round, the words “ Postage 8tamps,” on the back of a book, caught his eye. The dealer knowing nothing about them, let him have them

Ifor a mere song. I saw them before they had been taken out of the album— as fine a specialised collection of the W est Indies as my eyes ever beheld. H e’s bunted bookshops high and low for years and years, but never again has be dropped on a Find.

As I said before, nothing comes when it is being looked for. A certain collector who now possesses one of the finest specialised collections of Victoria, was first induced to interest himself in th at colony through a lucky purchase. He was looking in a dealer’s window in the Strand, when he felt a tap on his arm. A young man stood there and timidly informed him th at be had some stamps for sale, but did Dot care to go in the shop, as he had been told that dealers did not give a fair price. Would the gentleman care to buy them ? He wanted— and here he hesitated, and a t last blurted out— five pounds. The gentleman did care to buy them. There were over six hundred Australians of sort6, all before1880. B u t the Victorians were nearly complete. The dealer had the pleasure of inspecting them soon after and liked them so much that he was moved to ofier £200.I wonder w hat he'd have given the young man 1

Dealers, of course, do in the way of business come across more fiuds than the private collector. There's that old but perfectly true tale, of a man coming into a Strand shop with a block of eight 10/- grey green. They’d been sent years ago to his father by way of a remittance and had got tucked away among some correspondence, whence they bad ju st been unearthed, The clerk a t the local post office would have nothing to w ith them and had sent him to the G P.O. He’d dropped in on his way there, to see if the dealer would lake them at face value. R e su lt: dealer's profit £100. The same man also bought 45 penuy black, m iut, at face value.

Dealers however are not infallible and many a fine bargain have I lifted from their sheets and stockbooks.

When the new King's Heads were issued I was too busy completing m y .Queen’s to be bothered with stamps that looked as though they had come to stay for years. E arly in 1904 I sent to several dealers for an exhaustive lot of the new Colonials. I pigeon-holed them for several months till I had time to attend to them. One breakfast tim e I was startled to receive letters from two dealers, followed in the evening by a third, asking for immediate return of stamps not bought. Inquiring I learnt th at the 10 centimes Gibraltar had been found with a m ultiple watermark, and that all Colonials were to follow suit.

I sent no stamps back. 1 bought the tot at a penny in the shilling over face, I often chuckle when I think of those poor dealers haviDg to part w ith their singles— Lagos, Cyprus, Caymans— at that price.

When the late Mr. E . J. Nankivell wrote bis famous treatise on Transvaal, be was taken to task by a certain dealer for overpricing. His answer was very characteristic. He called in during the day. “ You 6ay m y pricing is too h igh ,” quoth he, “ well, let’s see your stock book.” It was produced. “ W hat do you want for this ? ” he asked tapping an unpriced specimen. The dealer retired to oonsult. Twenty-five shillings was the price. “ I 'll take i t ” said E . J. N . He walked up the Strand and to the doors of another dealer, an authority on Trausvaals. ” Hello, old man, I've got something here that II suit you. W hat's it w o rth ? ” • 'Givo you ten pounds” said the authority. Verb. sap.

THE POSTAGE STAMP

It) tl?e Starpp MarketTl)e TradeBY 6 . R E G IN A L D GUM

Buslneu In Imperls.

DE S P IT E the semi-official notice given out from

the 3rd P.M .G .'s office at Washington, our weekend mail brings the Hudson Celebration stamp in imperforate condition. The U .S impelfs. are probably the finest current selling line dealers

have had for some time. Everybody is after them. The enthusiasm has spread so much, even to this side, for imperfs. that the British P.O. has been approached to supply penny stamps thus. The application has been refused, though the proposer offered to take up an enormous quantity. Had our P.O. not been so conservative, would there not have been a sensation ? I hear that there is little probability of the lc . Canadian being issued imperforate, though we must not be surprised if we see our next door neighbour— France—-following suit. Certainly there is much to be said against these imperforates, but to my mind a block of four stamps imperf. are shown to much better advantage than the same perforated. There is no doubt there is some fascination about non- perforated stamps.The New 13c. U.S.

The news of the change to take place on the 1st of November when we are in the midst of the throes of the petty municipal elections— of the new registration fee— 10c has made quite a lot of people look their U.S. up, and fiud that the recently obsolete foreign postage and registration value, 13c., is missing from their collections, at least several dealers of our immediate acquaintance arc experiencing a demand.

Two designs are in hand for the new 12c value, one of the illustrious George, and the other of his better half, Martha. These two will be placed before the Postmaster- General in Chief, and he will " pick.” The public opinion is that his choice should be the lady, as they have already enough of Georgo. Of course the ex-Postmaster-General selected the current U .S. series, but probably the present. Postmaster Hitchcock, will have wider views as far as variety goes. I t is about a quarter of a century since there was a 12c. value.Caught.

W hilst American collectors often indulge in a little speculation so kindly placed in their way by a philatelic post office, we here have had few opportunities One of the few was when most of us ” laid out ” in the 4)d. value in 1900, and did ourselves little good, if no harm. However, now, nearly ten years after, we find the 4$d. is at last gaining a little ground. The other night 1 had occasion to register a few letters, when I generally use l£d. values, especially if for abroad, since these are by no means as common as 2d., 3d. or 4d., and the following passed between me and a P.O- clerk at the registered letter counter at a General Post Office.

O.R.G. “ Ten three-halfpenuy stamps please."Clerk. " Stamps next counter 1 ”O .R.G. " Ten three-halfpenny stamps please l "Clerk. “ Are they for registered letters ? "O.R G. (showing same.) “ Looks like it .”Clork (inspecting a German letter), “ You don’t want

1 id. stamps for this, you w ant a 4Jit o n e ! "O .R .G . “ All right then, give me 4Jd. ones. I 'll take

a pound and threepence worth.”

Clerk (actually looking in drawer). “ None in stock at th is coun ter, you'll have to have a 4d. and a Jd. one.

L et it suffice to say that we leave this little account, by recording that 0 R G. gave this business-like clerk a little gratis education as to the recent postal emissions of Great Britain.

What is wanted in the Postal Examination of this country for applicants to the Service, is a little more question as to philatelic knowledge, than the inquisition into the past history of the applicant's great-grandmother, or the quantity of living relations.The Death el the “ Merry W idow ”

Has proved chat she is more popular with philatelists than postal officials. I allude of course to the 1909 10c. Special Delivery green, bearing the illustration of the hat of Mercury. Called several names as the Farmer’s Boy's Cap, and similar irreverent terms —the designation “ Merry Widow ” lias proved the most popular. The old “ Messenger Boy ” has been re-issued but in a lighter shade, and on paper more similar to that on which the Alaska-Yukon and Lincoln stamps were priDted. Though most American collectors will possess the green stamp in their collections, very few outside the States have yet secured. Those who do not will have a difficulty in securing, as comparatively a small issue was published. The chief reason of its discontinuance was because a great number of postal servants mistook same for an advertising label and treated express letters as ordioary I Boycotting the Cretan*.

Verily the French Postal Authorities at Constantinople have set an example that might well be followed by philatelists. The French Post Offices in Turkey now refuse to consider Cretan letters coming into their hands, as post paid, if they are franked with the Crete stamps overprinted " E llas,” and are treating them as unfranked letters. Unfortunately, from our point of view, the French Post Office in Turkey has hardly got a good character, so we can hardly accept this refusal as a sneer on the Crete surcharges— but more likely as a boycott upon Crete stamps to push the sate of the labels sold by . the French Offices in Crete. I t will be remembered that the Germans refused to accept the Greek Olympic stamps, as a little return compliment for Greek opinions on German tacticB.Another Southern American Spasm

Of publication of peculiar Commcmoratives, is being experienced this year. Two old offenders, Brazil and Uruguay lead, with another, Argentine, who so far good, seems to have got into bad company. These labels are of unwieldy size, poor priuting, and look very much like labels off cigar boxes, salmon tins, or fancy fruit from Spain. Anyway, any one who buys must be satisfied. Candidly, it must be confessed that the new U.S.A. Hudson stamp comes little above these. I t ’s enough to unrivet the cancelling stamp 1

Back Nos. of “ The Postage Stamp.”Those of oar friends who are Ucsmg any back numbers

of the present vol. will do well to write direct to our fublioheri, Sir Isaac Pitman A Sons, 1 Amen Corner, London, E.C., lor what they require. Uany newsagents do not care to bother about back numbers. Any number still on sale may be bad (or the published price and postage, i.t., ltd.

W5 THE POSTAGE STAMP

Tl>c World’s Staipp ErrorsTbe Mest:Coroprebet>sive and Entertaining Article on tbis Subject yet publishedBY MISS FITTE

T h is im p ortan t a r tic le w as sta rted in N o . 1 o f Ike p resen t V olum e. T h e fiv e in sta lm en ts a lrea d y p ub lish ed m ay be h a d fr o m the P u b lish e r s in N o s. I , 2 , 3 , 4 a n d 5 , V o l. V., p r ic e l ) d each post free.

North Borneo.

BLOCK SHEWING ERROR IN CENTRE.

1886-87, lc . p in k (33).I have always regarded this error with some suspicion,

not as to existence, but as to the amount of want of care which caused it.I rOn some— not all, I believe— of the sheets of the Four Cents pink, of 1686-87, " B r it is h North Borneo,” there was a stam p of the value of One Cent, due to the insertion of a wrong c lic h i, and one can accordingly obtain a strip or block of Btamps printed in pink, of which one is the error, the-others being each of the value of- Four Cents. As m ight be expected, it is not scarce or expensive.

1897, 18c. black a n d green— “ postal reven ue ” (99)On this stamp there is a mistake in the inscription on

the left-hand side, which reads “ postal ” instead of " postage & ” ; it was duly corrected.

The error also exists printed in black and olive-bistre, and overprinted “ l a b u a n " for use in that Colony, q. t>. su p ra .

1897, 24c. blue a n d la k e — “ postage & reven ue ” otniited (100).

This error consists in an omission, the words above-

mentioned having been altogether o m itted ; it was rectified in due course.

As in the case of the preceding value, the error exists printed in blue and grey-lilac, and overprinted •* labuan ” for use there, q. v . su p ra .

Queensland.

ERROR.1879-80, Id . brow n-red, d u ll orange, sca rlet— *■ q o e e n s-

l a n d ” ; 2d. b lue— •* p e n q e ” (94, 95).

These stamps were surface-printed in sheets of 120, made up of 30 blocks of four. On the sheet of the One Penny, the 48th Btamp is from a faulty electro, the name of the Colony reading “ qoeensland ” ; it is found in brown- red, watermarked Crown and “ Q ” (joined); in brown- red, without watermark, but with b urele band on back ; and in brown-red, dull orange and scarlet, watermarked Crown and “ Q " (not touching); also in brown-red, on the last-named paper, and surcharged "H a lfp en n y” in black— all perforated 12.

The Two Pence, reading " pen g e ,” arises from a similar cause, and is No. 116 on the sh eet; it is to be m et with in deep blue on the first two papers, and in blue on the last paper— all perf. 12.

ERROR.1882-83, i d . p a le yellow — " p e n o e ” (144).

This stamp is also in sheets of 120, and the error arises from a like cause, the denomination of value reading ” penge " ; the stamp is found on the third paper mentioned above, in pale yellow and perforated 12 ; also on the same paper, in yellow, orange and lemon, perforated 12$, 13 (comb-machine). All these stamps are catalogued as “ varieties,” but they seem to be as worthy of the word “ error ” as are many similar mistakes so olassed.


1903. 9d. brown a n d b lu e, w m k. “ V ” over C row n(223-4).

For the first issue of this Commonwealth stamp, Victorian paper was used, as in the sim ilar case of New South W ales; there are two varieties in the name of the Colony, the stamps being perforated 12}.

Sarawak.

ERROR.

1901, 2c. green, w m k. Q u atre/oil (68).

The only watermarked stamp of this Protectorate is the Two Cents green, issued first without watermark in 1899, but printed in 1901 on paper watermarked with a . Qua trefoil, on which De L a Rue & Co. printed the 1896-1904 issues of Johore (Straits Settlements), and that of 1896 of Zanzibar. I t seems that De L a Rue & Co. were printing some Johore stamps when they had the Sarawak order in hand, and they inadvertently used 1,020 sheets of the wrong paper for the latter.

South Australia.

TYPE.

1867-70, lQd. in b lu e on 9d. yellow ,

w m k. Croton ■ « S . A . " (67).

To provide a stamp of the value of Ten Pence, impressions, at first in orangered and subsequently in yellow, were taken from the plate of the line-engraved Nine Pence, and surcharged '* te n p e n c e " over the original value, in blue from 1866 until the end of 1869, when it was changed to b la ck : there are six varieties of the surcharge.

In November, 1868, a printing in blue on yellow of this somewhat permanent *' provisional ” took place, the paper being that w ith the Large Star watermark, supplied by Perkins, Bacon & Co. for their plates; but a small quantity of De L a Rue & Co.’s paper, watermarked Crown " S A " and made for the latter firm's surface- printed stamp of Two Pence (1868) was inadvertently also used: at present this error is known perforated 11} only, but possibly it m ay exist with other varieties of perforation. I t is a very rare stamp.

ERROR.1809, i d , orange-red, w m k. L a rg e S ta r (103).

That this Large Star paper was not correct for the Two Pence, orange-red, is proved by the fact that it does not fit properly; the paper supplied by De L a Rue & Co., who engraved this stamp, was that watermarked Crown “ S A” , The error which exists as follows, seems to be rarely met with, except in the first variety :— Rouletted ; perforated 11} ; perforated 11} x rouletted ; and rouletted all round and perforated 11} as well. The first and last varieties are known w ith Departmental overprints.

TYPE.

1870-71, 4d. b lu e — w ithout surcharge (131 j.In August, 1870. another long-lived provisional was

issued, the line-engraved Four Pence being printed in varying tones and shades of blue, and surcharged •• 3-pence ” at first in carmine (only one printing, the stamp being in slate-blue) and afterwards in black.

By some inadvertence— either, as the authors of the original Oceania put it, by use of the wrong colour, or by omission of the surcharge— there exist Four Pence labels, printed in deep blue, and also in a light shade of bright blue, on Large Star paper, and perforated 11} x 12}.

There is a note on page 170 of T h e L o n d on P h ila te lis t tor 1894, chronioling a copy, the watermark in which occupies a position different from that in the specimen in the Tapling Collection, and the shade varies somewhat a lso ; evidently, at least two sheets existed, but for all that it is an exceedingly rare stamp. I t is possible that the error was due to want of care in “ feeding ” the sheets into the surcharging press, and that the omission of the surcharge was from part only— say, a row— of a dheet, as has sometimes happened in the stamps of other countries, e .g ., Cape of Good Hope. Three Penee, dull rose, which exists in vertical pairs, one stamp only being surcharged '• 3 ” .

An unused mint pair, and 3 (or 5) used single copies are known.

1871, 2d. oran ge; 4d d u ll p urp le, w m k •* V ” over C row n (132, 133).

W e list these two stamps (whioh have just been illustrated) as errors, because the paper used was not the proper paper, although it was specially and intentionally

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obtained from Viotoria during a temporary lack of the Crown “ 8 A " paper. The Two Pence was chronicled in December, 1871, but the Four Pence not until August, 1874, the rarity of the latter doubtless accounting for its being overlooked; probably, both were issued towards the end of 1870, or early in 1871. The perforation gauges 10.

The Four Pence is known printed on both sides of the paper, and both values are to be found w ith Departmental overprints.

Straits Settlements.

ERROR.1892-94, 82c. carm ine-rose— surcharge omitted, (87).

I cannot do better than quote from a letter from Messrs. Whitfield King & Co. published in T h e L o n d o n P h ila te lis t , V ol. IV , p. 328, as to this error of omission : " Errors in the case of local surcharges are of only too frequent occurrence, but when the surcharging is dono in London, by De L a Rue & Co., how often is any mistake found? We have just discovered an am azing error perpetrated by this firm, consisting of a quarter sheet of Bixty stamps of Straits Settlem ents 32c. rose, which were specially printed in order to be surcharged three cents, but the sixty stamps in question— being the top left-hand corner pane— bave no surcharge whatever upon them, the machines having missed this quarter sheet altogether. The remaining three panes of sixty each were all properly surcharged ‘ th ree cents,’ and one of these panes is still

attached to the unsuroharged pane, making half a sheet of 120 stamps— sixty of 3 cents and Bixty of 32 cents.

“ The half sheet was purchased at the Singapore Post Office, and Has just beeu resold to us intact . . . .”

The error is somewhat rare. • (\

TYPE.1899, 5c. ca rm in e— surcharge om itted (lOOn).

This is another error of omission. The Five Cents was specially printed in carmiue, to be surcharged " four c u n t s” and from some of these stamps the surcharge was om itted; as to the number of the errors I cannot find any information.

Why it was considered necessary to obtain from De La Rue & Co. a specially printed provisional, when there was already in existence a Four Cents plate, from which, in the following year (1900), a supply was actually printed, passes my comprehension ; perhaps there was a reason, but, if so, I do not know it.

The error is very rare.To be continued.

N O T E .

O u r th a n k s are d u e to M r. W. H Peckxtt f o r the loa n o f some o f the rare stam ps used in illu str a tin g the a rtic le on “ Ttte W orld 's S ta m p E rro rs ."

The Postage Stamp Binding Covers.Handsome dark blue covert iu buckram. Rill lettered side

and back, may be had from our Publishers, Sir Isaac Pitmen & Bone. Amen Corner. London. Price Is. 6d.

Receipt “ paces’’ ip Colopial StaippsBy Bertram T. K . Smith, in “ The B a z a a r 16.10.09.

SOME important warnings have lately appeared in the

French philatelic press against the supply of bogus British Colonial stamps which is being placed on the m arket by various unscrupulous persons. The *■ f a k e s i n question are most skilfully m anu

factured, and, being made from genuine stamps, are far more likely to deceive collectors than downright forgeries. I t is highly improbable that the makers w ill confine their attention to the Continental market, and it is to be feared that specimens of their handiwork already repose in the albums of British collectors.

A specially dangerous one is the Cayman Islands 5s., salmon and green, made by taking a common value of some other colony and ohemically modifying the colour to the exact shade of the Cayman Islands stamp in question. The name of the colony and the original value are then erased, the words “ ca ym an isl a n d s ” and " 5s.” printed in their place, and the stamp obliterated w ith a forged postmark reading “ Georgetown, July 26th,1907.” Ail the specimens hitherto seen have that date,

but too much reliance must not be placed on this fact, as of course nothing would be easier than for the faker to vary it.

Another fake of the same stamp is said to bo made by taking the Is. orange stamp, painting over the name of the colony iu green, scraping out the original value, “ Is. ” and printing ” 5s. ” in green ia its place. This, of course, should not be so deceptive, as the result is an orange and green stamp, whereas it should be sa lm on and green.

Other examples include Lagos, 1882, 4d., carmine, made from the Id. carmine of 1884, by erasing the original value and replacing it by the new value printed on tissue paper and skilfully stuck iu its place. In the Bame manner are produced the Is. Lagos, K in g's head, green and black, from the Jd., green, and the 2a. 6d , green and carmine, from the same stam p; S t. Lucia 18 9 1,10s., lilac and black, from the Id., lilac of the same

I issue; and British Guiana, current issue, C0c., green and rosine, from the common lc ., green.

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New Issues apd OldThe Editor invites dealers and readers at home and abroad to give prompt information concerning Neto Issues. A ll communications must be

sent direct to the Editor, 14. Sudbourne Road, B ristm , London. S . W .A lter Ike name of each ceuntrv we give the page at T H E POSTAGE STAM P on which appeared the last reference to that country.

C u b a .— (Vol. I. p. 240).— According to (ribbons’ S ta m p W ie k ly a Dew issue is impending, and will probably appear on December 1st next, on which date the stamps now in use will be withdrawn from circulation. Our contemporary says “ The values will be the same as those of the current issue, with the addition of an 8 cents and a 1 dollar. The stamps from lc . to 10c. will be of the usual small rectangular pattern, and the 50c. and $1 the size of the present 50c. The 50c. will, in fact, be printed from the present plate, but the colour of the frame will be changed from 'slate to purple. The list is as follows, the first colour being that of the central portrait, which will be enclosed in an oval fram e:— lc. Geueral Bsrtholom6 Maso, lilac and o liv e ; 2c. General Maximo Gomez (not decided); 3c. General Julio Sanguily, blue and purple ; 5c. General Ignacio Agramoute, dark blue ; 8c. General Calixto Garcia, purple and olive green ; 10c. General M ayia Rodriguez, deep greeu and sepia; 50c. General Antonio Maceo, black and purple; and 91 General Carlos Rolofi, orange and black."

B o liv ia .— (Vol. V. p. 45).— E w e n ’s Weakly S ta m p Netos gives some information regarding the gentlemeu portrayed on the new 10c., 20c. and 1 bol. stamps listed on page 45. On the 2 bol. is a portrait of Ismael Montes, who is the present President of the Republic, while on the 10c. and 20c. are portraits of Murillo and Lanza respectively. These were the heroic leaders of the first insurrection against the Spanish yoke in 1809— tho revolution which the present set commemorates.

L e v a n t (Russian).- (Vol. V. p. 46).— As foreshadowed in receut numbers several other towns in the Levant at which Russia has Post Offices are to have their names surcharged on the current stamps, in addition to Jerusalem and Constantinople, which have already been chronicled. These are to be Jaffa, Kerasunde, Me tel in, Mount-Atbos, ltizech, Salonica, Smyrna and Trebizond.

N ew S o u th W a le s .— (Vol. V . p. 2 ).-M r. W. H. Peckitt has shown us the 2d. stamp on Crown A. paper, perforated 11 $ x 11. We gather that the perforation is the work of single-line machines, the old machine with the 11 gauge being used for the vertical lines, and a new machine gauging exactly 11$ being used for the horizontal lines. Collectors will find it an extremely difficult m atter to distinguish single copies from the stamp perf. 11$, 12, compound with 11.

S t . H e le n a .— (Vol. IV . p. 45).— A minor variety in the stamps of this Colony is described in G ibbons' S tam p W eekly— a variety which possibly existed in the Perkins Bacon plate from the time it was manufactured until it

was discarded, but seems only to have been now noted. This is the fid imperforate, wmk. Star, with the lower limb of the first “ £ ” in the name quite covered with colour so that it appears to read " h flen a ." In making some researches with regard to this small defect Major Evans found it occurs on the stamp in the extreme right- hand lower corner of each sheet, though it does not always appear so clearly as in the specimen referred to above. We make the following ex tra ct:— “ The majority of the impressions printed by Messrs. De L a Rue A Co. are very olear and distinct, apparently w ith less ink or thinner ink than some of those of Messrs. Perkins Bacon & Co., consequently the defect is not so marked ; and in the specimens we have examined of the $d. and Id. the line is not completely covered over, and the letter shows either as an E with a somewhat defective lower limb, or as a letter F with a stop after it. At the same time the variety is ' constant,’ and therefore of a certain amount of interest. I t should exist in all the values."

S ia m .— (Vol. V p. 34).— A new variety of the Sataug surcharges is recorded by E w en ’s W eekly S ta m p Netos, the 6a. of 1904 overprinted " 6 Batang." This is confirmation of the announcement made exclusively in T h e Postage S tam p of 21st August last, that a ll old stock was to be surcharged and used up. The list of varieties issued to date is as follow s:—

Stamp o f 1904 surcharged w ith new valne." 6 S a tin g ” on 6a. carm ine

Stamps o f 1906-8 surcharged w ith new values.“ 2 Satang " on la . orange and g reen “ ] Satang " on 3a. d eep v io le t and g rey “ 6 Satang “ on 4a. ca rm ine and roae “ 12 Satang ” on 8a. b lack and bistre “ 14 S a tang ” on 9a. b lue and p a le blue

S o u th e r n N ig e r ia — (Vol. V . p. 46).— Our surmise that the paragraph given under the heading of “ Northern Nigeria ” in our last number should, by rights, have been accredited to this territory is correct, and Mr.W. H Peckitt has now shown us the 2$d. printed entirely in blue. This completes the set in the new colours conforming to the Crown Agents schem e;—

Wmk. M ultiple Or. C .A . P erf. 14. id . green id . carm ine 3d. g rey a id . du ll blue 3d. purple on ye llow 4d. black and red on ye llow 6d. purple l i . b lack on green 2s. 6d. carm ine and black on blue S i red and black on ye llow 10s. green and red on green £1 purple and b lack on red

Tl?e Staipps of PapaipaAs Collected 117 tlje Sin?pie LifeB Y J. IR E L A N D

A N attractive new set of stamps for this Republic is being issued as the old stocks are UBed up, printed by the American Bank Note Co., and collectors will come into contact with them and possibly pass them by, not because they are not attracted

by them, but because they think such a country is too much to undertake.

I t is, however, only the surcharges which are responsible for the long uninteresting-looking list in the catalogue. Elim inate these, and the country becomes quite manageable. The first four stamps are the chief stumbling block to completion, but still there is no knowing when these m ay be picked up, as they are not stamps that the majority of collectors would know thq

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value of if they saw them, as follows:—

The reference list works oat 5c. blue. 10c. orange.

1 peso, carmine (1896).

1878. “ C orrect de P a n a m a ."

Be. green. 20c. red.10c. blue 50c. yellow.

1887. M ap . B la c k im pressions on tin ted papers.

lc . green. 10c. yellow.2c. rose, 20o. lilac. ,5e. blue. 50c. brown.

1892. M ap. C oloured im p ressions on w hite paper.

lc . greeu. 20c. lilac (1895).2o. rose. 50c brown (1896).

1905. M ap . “ R ep u b lica de P a n a m a ."

lo. green. 2c. rose.

1906. P o rtra its .

lo.2c.2Jc.5c.

M o stly bi-coloured.

8c.10c.25c. (1908).60o. (1908).

The last two values being only in issue about a year will probably be scarce. They should be worth securing.

LuxembourgB Y J. I R E L A N D

TH E stamps of Luxembourg I have never found at

all plentiful. W hy this should be the case it is difficult to say. I t is not, I think, because they are absorbed in collections, for anything approaching a complete collection of this country I have

not yet seen. A collector taking up Luxembourg w ill, I think, find he has a collection of stamps that others have not, which may be considered an achievement.

1882. H ead to left.

10c. black. 1 sgr., rose.1859. A rm s o f L u xem b ou rg .

lo . brown (1863). lc. yellow (1870). 2c. black (1860). 4c. yellow (1860). 4c. green (1871). 5c. yellow (1876). 10c. blue.

10c. lilac (1869).12Jc. rose.25c. blue (1865).80o. lilac.37Jo. green.40c. yellow.1 fr. on 37Jo. brown (1875).

1882. F ig u r e o f v a lu e in centre.

lo. grey. 2c. olive. 4o. yellow. 5c. green. 10c. rose, 12Jc. grey.

20c. yellow. 25c. blue. 30c. green. 50c. brown. 1 fr. lilac.5 fr. brown.

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1891.10c. rose.12Jo. grey.20c. orange.25c. blue.30c. green.

1891.lc . grey.2c. brown.4c. yellow.

1907.lc . grey.2c. brown.4c. brown.

F u l l face.

37Jc. green.50c. brown.1 fr. lilac.2J fr. grey.5 fr. rose.

P r o file to right.

Bo. green.10c. rose.

L o w va lu es. A rm s.

5c. green. 6c violet.

L o w va lu es.

H ead o f G ra n d D u k e W ilh elm .

10c. rose.12o. slate.15o. brown.20o. orange.25c. blue.90o. olive (1908).

37Jc. green.50c. sepia.87Jc. blue (1908).1 fr. lilac (1908).2J fr. rose (1908).5 fr marone (1908)

The current issue appears to be a little more plentiful than the preceding ones. Possibly commerce is improving over there.

Tljc Elusive VarietyHew to Get it

H E R E comes a time in the experience of every collector, whether specialist or generalist, when

certain much desired specimens seem to be out of stock everywhere. You send a carte b la n che order to every big dealer, but still the particular

varieties seem unobtainable.W hat does it mean ? DoeB it signify that all the

copies of such stamps are absorbed in collections, and that no more are to be had. More likely it is because the elusive varieties are reposing as “ unconsidered trifles ’’ in the duplicate books or among the “ unwanted " stamps of fellow collectors who would be only too pleased to hand them over for a consideration to a brother collector in need of them.

The very best way to procure “ difficult-to-get" stamps

is to advertise your wants in the small want advt. columns of T h e P osta g e Stam p . Other collectors have tried this plan with success. One well-known collector w rites:—

“ After hunting high and low, looking through all the leading dealers’ stock books, etc., and at last abandoning the hope of getting certain blocks that I wanted, I tried your new column for • Collectors’ Wants and Exchanges,’ and in a post or two I got a splendid selection, and have enriched my collection to the envy of my fellow specialists."

Collectors’ Wants and Exchanges are published in T h e Postage S tam p a t the normal rate of Jd. a word (minimum charge 6d.).



P u b lish *! Offices.— I, A KEN COEN EE,L ondon, E .C

Editorial Address.— F e e d J. M E L V IL L E , 14, Sudbourne Road. Brixton, London, S . W .

A rticles, Contributions and Correspondence, should be addressed to the Editor, and must be accompanied by the name and addrtss of the correspondent. A rticles, etc., not accepted, m ill be returned when postage is prepaid.

Business Communieations should be addressed to the Manager, and Advertisements to the Advertisement M anager, l , Amen Corner, London. E .C .

T H E P O S T A G E S T A M P may be obtained through Newsagents or w ill be forwarded from the publishing oftce to any address at the follow ing rates of prepayment: Yearly. 6s. 6 d .; H alf- Yearly. 3 s. 3d : Quarterly, is . A d.: Single Copt. lid .

CONTENTS.6 November, 1909. Page

Gossip of the W eek . 61

paid in advance w ith sufficient added to pay fo r return poetage and regiatration.

Stamps upon which an op in ion ts desired should be mounted on a separate sheet from the letter accom pan yin g them and addressed to " T h e E xp ert,” d o T h e E d ito r o f The Postage Stamp, 14, Sudbourne R oad , B ru ton , London, S .W .

"T h e Postage Stamp” on Sale.

The Postage Stamp is now kept on sale and may be had e v e ry w eek at the fo llow in g dealers ' establishm ents:—

B righ t St Son, 164, Strand, W .C .F . C . G inn, 143, Strand, London , W .C .L e w is M a y & C o., is . K in g W illia m

S tre e t Strand, W .C .W . H . Peck itt. 47, Strand, Lon d on , W .C .James Rhodes, 62, M arket Street,

M anchester.C heap Stam p C o ., 12, M a lvern Road,

Kilbum, N.W.T h e C ou rt S tam p Co.,

10. M arrio tt 's Court, M anchester,

T he Postage Stamp Handbooks - 62Carlist Stamps of Spain - - 63" F in d s” .........................................64In th e Stamp m a r k e t - 65t h e W orld ’s stam p Errors - - 66Recen t " F a k e s ” in Colonial

Society NewsSecretaries o f Philatelic Societies are urged to send news items intended fo r publication as promptly as possible.

STAMPS - 68New Issues and Old - 69The Stamps of Panama - . (9Luxembourg . . . - 70The Elusive Variety - - 70Editor's Letter Box . 71Society News . . . * 71

Answers to Correspondents.M . M . S . (O d e ss a ).-C h in a

centa— I d o lla r—about 2s, 3d.do lla r 100

J . W . S . (L e i th ) .— Y ou r co ve r is not o f any va lue w ithout the adhesive stamp.

Our Publishing Day and Advertisers.In order to m eet the requirements o f the

publishing trade our publishers now distribute cop ies to the N ew sagen ts on W ednesdays instead o f Thursdays as before. T h is com pels us to g o to press on Saturday m orning. H en ce it is absolutely n e cea a ry fo r our p r ir .e r t to have a ll advertisem ents at lateat on F r id a y m orning ; consequently, copy must be in the A dvertisem en t M anager’s hands not Inter than W ednesday , 5 o 'c lo c k p m

Advertisers' Proois.W e are anxious to consult our A dvertisers ’

conven ience to the greatest possible extent, but w here proois have to be supplied and returned our printers must have the " copy ” by Thursday morning at the latest, as w e now have to print o f f a portion o f our issue on Saturday m orning.

Examination of Stamps.S o m any o f our readers have asked us to

undertake the exam ination and identification o f their stamps that w e have m ade arrange-

Programmes for 1909-10.CROYDON

PH ILATELIC SOCIETY.Hon. Secretary— G. Shaw.F irst M eeting o f the Session .held at the

Y .M .C .A . , N orth End, C roydon , on W e d nesday, O ctob er 13th, 18 m em bers and tw o visitors be ing present.

T h e L ib ra r ian acknow ledges the receipt o f V o lt . 1 to 4 o f The Postage Stamp from the President.

T h e o ffice o f C urator to the S oc ie ty 's c o llections was fo rm a lly accepted by M r. W . J. H olm es.

T h re e new m em bers w ere elected .Form al business being concluded, a Paper

and D isp lay o f the Postage Stam ps o f St. H elena w a i g iven by M r. w . W . Harland.

T h e co lle c t ion shewn was com plete w ith the excep tion o f the three ex trem ely rare double surcharges. Proofs, co lourtria ls , specimens and fo rge ries w ere also sh ew n ; included in the first-nam ed was a copy o f the scarce sixpence carm ine, without surcharge.

Second M eetin g o f the Sesaion, held at the Y .M .C .A ., C roydon , on W ednesday , O ctober 27th, 12 mem bers present.

Donations to the L ib ra ry and to the S oc ie ty ’ s co llections w ere acknow ledged from the President and Mr. H . Simmons.

O ne new m em ber elected. Form al business concluded, M r. W . J. H o lm es gave hit Paper and D isp lay o f the P o rte de M ar Stamps o f M ex ico . Both w ere received w ith marked in te res t; the com position o f the sheets and the extraord inary m anipulations o f the toe. va lue o f the second issue w ere explained in a manner that waa c lear and convinc ing. M r. H olm es then expla ined to the m em bers those extraord inary provisionals o f Cam peche, show ing Mr. B ellow 's w onderful book on the stamps in question.

BOLTON PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

m enu to accede to th e ir wishes.W e lh a ll be pleased to express an op inion

as to the genuineness o r otherw ise o f any itam pa submitted to us, o r iden tify them accord ing to any ca ta logue at a ch arge o f6 d . p e r stamp (m in im um i/-). All fees must be

T h e fourth M eeting o f this new but progressing S oc iety w ss held on Thursday, O ctob er 14th. at the now permanent rooms o f the Soc iety , A r t Guild Building, M sw dsley S t r e e t M r. W a rd was in the chair. T h e H on. S ecretaries presented fu rther items ss to the g row th o f the new S oc iety . Proposals

o f v iew s as to the best m anner in which to still further prom ote ph ila te ly in Bolton and the adjacent towns, w erepresented by Messrs. M oscrop and Peaples. T h e latter gentlem an was authorised to keep the local press in form ed ; other proposals w ere le ft until next m eeting. T h e Chairm an read a le tter from the Congress Secretary o f the Second British Assem bly to be held in London in A p r il next. H e pointed out the necessity o f the co-operation o f ev e ry Soc iety , even the most new ly form ed. F o r once G reat B rita in was much behind, and undl this yea r w e had never had a rea lly national m eeting. G erm any and the United States had long had theirs. I f on ly from a social poin t these Congresses w ere a succoa. H e hoped yet to see a British N ationa l Soc iety , the nearest approach yet, i f not actually, being the J .P .S . It was agreed to send a letter o f support to the H e m Soc iety , but to leave the appointment o f a de lega te until a later date. O ther m atters o f opportune notice w ere la id before the m eeting, which i f not o f general interest, w ill Vet te e ou r Bolton friend* at once among the liv e ” Societies o f th is country.

A t the next m eeting, first in Novem ber, a paper on the ” L in e-engraved Stamps o f G reat B rita in ,” w ill be read by M r. C . Boothby, w ith Display, and visitors are invited . O ther im portant items and displays w ill be g iv e n at each m eeting. A l l local readers o f The Postage Stamp a re requested to w rite to e ith er M r. C . Boothby, L ym e- field. F a rn w orth ; M r. P . H . Constantine, Deansgate. Bolton ; o r Mr. H . O . Moscrop, Th icketforrt R oad , Bolton, when they w ill hear o f som eth ing to th e ir ph ilatelic interest.


B R IG H TO N BR A N CH .President—Fred . J. M e lv ille .Chairman - W . Mead.Hon. S ecreta ry -]. Ireland, 103, W estern

Road , H o v e , Sussex.Meetings -R o ya l H ote l, Second and Fourth

Thursdays, 7 till 10 p.m.T h e first m eeting o f the session was held

on 14th O ctob er at the Koyal H o te l, under the presidency o f the Chairm an, Mr. W . M ead. T h e attendance waa a record one and the fo llow in g new members w ere proposed and elected :—

Messrs. Le ices te r A . B. Pa ine, P. M . Sanger, A . D. Mason, J. B. Boulter, J. C . Dal 11 m ore, junr., W . B. L . Sm ith , J. W . Branwhlte and M ist F . Koenne.

T h e Chairm an, in a short opening speech, eaDrened his pleasure at the number o f new m em beis e lected that even ing, especia lly . w elcom ing M r. L e ices te r Paine, who was also show ing his co llection o f G reat Britain. Mr. Pa ine then ga v e his display, which waa fo llow ed w ith m uch, interest. T h e stamps w ere in superb condition and am ong them m ay be noted a strip o f eighteen Id . blacks in tw o rows on entire ; this is unique- A lto a beautiful mint copy o f the. 2d. blue, no lin e i, and a strip o f nine v io let blue on entire. T h e unissued 8a. lila c brown was also shown.

A hearty vo te o f thanks was proposed by the R ev . H . C. Bond and Mr. C y ril O w en , and carried by acclam ation.

M r. Paine responded in a b r ie f speech, e x pressing his pleasure at jo in ing the Brighton J .P .S . and his w illin g n ea to assist w ith the program m e at a future date, w h ich o ffer was greeted w ith applause.

T h e Chairm an announced that arrangements had been m ade to hold an Exhibition at the H o v e T o w n H a ll, and he hoped that each m em ber w ill d o his best towards making it a success.

C ircumstances having arisen w hich rendered it necessary to elect s new Exchange Packet Superintendent, Mr. J. C . D a llim ore w as proposed by M r. C. J. Sm ith, seconded by M r. J. M arkw ick , and adopted unanimously.

M r. D a llim ore 's address is 27, H igbdow n R oad , H o v e , and a ll correspondence relating to th e Packet should b e sent to him .

J IR E L A N D . Hon. Sec.

? 2 THE POSTAGE STAMP11. '

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Advertisements can be received up to S o'clock T hursday for insertion *n the following week's issue. __________

M E W C O L O U R S . S . N igeria . G am bia, 1 ” G old Coast, T r in id ad and a ll n ew issues, i% o v e r fa c e va lu e ( l/ l per i/ -). Russian L ev a n t Jubilee, com p lete set 25/2.— E w en ’s L td ., N orw ood , S .E .

APPROVAL SELECTIONS. Large variety. Good copies al lowest prices sent

to responsible applicants. Loose stamps and Collections purchased tor cash 1. W. Spowart, I.P.U.,409 Lord Street, Southport.

T T N U S E D M auritius to applicants fo r A p p rova ls .— W r ig h t St C o., 9, M arket

Street. Southport.__________ _____________________

T T O R E 1G N and C o lon ia l, 66 to 80 p er cent 1 under ca ta logu e ; M ulready ; approva l. — R e v . G. B ell, Lisburn, Ire land.______________

A / T O V A B L E L E A F B L A N K A L B U M S , 1T1 lo in , by 7in ., 40 leaves, 9d. j postage 2d.— 20 leaves, 7 id .— W illia m L ew th w a ite , Egrem ont, Cum berland. _________

A P P R O V A L S H E E T S . Fore ign and C o l- on ial, R e feren ces requ ired.— K . Foster,

25, G ren v ille P la ce , B righton . ______

t 0 0 ( 1 VARIETIES, fiom farthing; ap.pr0vBl. 50 superb Colonials, 1/.

— 141 Second, Manor Park.

SOME OF THE BARGAINSBechuanaland P ro tec to ra te , id . red , s. d .

id . , 2d., 3d. Q ueen , se t o f 4 . . . 0 8A u str ia Jubilee, Ih . to 2kr., set o f 15 — I 3Russian China, set o f 7 ...........................o 10D anish N ew spaper S tam p s set o f 6 ... 0 4 Ice land , Double H eads, se t o f 7 ... O 9Cyprus, K in g ’s H ead , $ par. to 2 pias.,

set o f 6 ................................................. 0 6U ruguay, set o f 8. includ ing litbos ... 0 7 Pers ia , 1907, tch . to 2 0 ch „ set o f 8 .... o 6

Postage extra on orders under 2/6.

OFFERED BY US.O v e r 150 c h e a p sets o f a ll countries. C a ll and see o r w rite fo r sp lend id se lec tion . S ta te requirem ents. Best prices pa id fo r

m ixed lots and co llection s .

CRAWFORDS,15.CROOKED LANE, CANNON ST. LONDON, E.C.

1/- CONDOMINIUM(M ULTIPLE )

Distributed to A LL my New Issue customers at 10% over

face (1/1J per 1/-)Write for Particulars o f Service.

t o D IF F E R E N T J A P A N , mounted on sheet, 7d., post fre e .— Stephenson,

Greensend, W o o lw ic h ._________________________

A P P R O V A L Sheets, excep tional va lu e, * * free packet to applicants, send stam p.— A rn o ld , Lyndhurst, Chad w ell H ea th .

P E R F O R A T I O N Gauges fr e e to app lican t! 1 fo r ou r A pprova ls . — T h e P h ila te lic A ccesso ry C o., 40, St. P e te r 's R oad , Hands- w orth . B irm ingham .

X O C O L O N IA L S . Bechuanaland, S o lo - o y j mons, Papua, Sudan. Falk lands. e tc ., 6d.— Druitt, 47, O rd e ll Road , B ow , London .

1 non M O U N T S to A p p rova l App lican ts . X . t i t l U — Jackm an, 15, G a yv ille R oad , N ew W a n d tw o ith , London , S .W .

13 A R N E S ' B O O K S fo r British used. E x - u a m p le : Id. L.C., p. 16.6d. R e ferences, 18. R a v e le y S tree t, London , N .W .

/ " 'O L O N IA L S , ca ta logued 2d. and above.C ata logue va lu e 5/-, 2/-.— S ew e ll, M o o r

lands, Salisbury.

C T R E E . Unused set o f Stamps to a ll a p p li- 1 cants fo r approva l sheets.— R . W ill ia m s & C o., 8, N o r fo lk R oad , Th orn ton H ea th .

T H IN G 'S (s in g le C A . wm k.) and Q u een ’s l v British C o lon ia ls in sets at c learance prices, list fr e e .— Baldw in , 38, S teyne G a rdens, W orth in g .

C T R E E . R a re M in t Johore Prov is ional 1 g iv e n to a ll buyers o f f m y " K i n g s ” A p p rova l Sheets. 50% discount.— Leon ard Brand, 48, K ey es R oad , C rick lew ood .

P E R H A P S Y O U H A V E N E V E R T R IE D 1 an advertisement in our columns. Perhaps it has not occurred to you to send your ■ 'Offers” along to T hk Postage Stam p. The next time you want anything why not use our columns! For psrticulars and prices see above.

W. H. PECKITT,47. S T R A N D , L O N D O N , W .C .

WATCH THIS COLUMN!73c. C ey lon . K ing. 5/. B .S .A ., 1897 ; .............................* 3S/- ,, Victoria Falls ............ j oujd. surcharged Kliodesia ............ o 26*1. ., ,. O 31 /■ .. .. — ... o 64d. Natal, Single CA. ... 1 01 /- .. o 76*1. „ M ult., 1909 ........................ o 2 }»/- •* o 51*1.1 R. Official (mint) cat. 6/-... ... 1 614 satang on 9 alts. Siam ............. o 4Ji Hong Kong, King, very fine ... o 9j/-N.S.W., very fine ..................... 1 72/6 ., ,. ... ............ o 8

Cash with order. Rcflslratlea extra.Blocks and Flit s at same rates.

Selections of all Count* ies against refei encc.P r ic e L is t post fte e .

P. L. JAQUES, iS W s BA0r

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B R IT IS H C O L O N IA L S , a ll d iffe ren t, includ ing P i c t o r i a l

. M O N T S E R R A T , Queensland, N a ta l, Jam aica , British Guiana, T ra n svaa l, Cape C o lon y , N ew Zea lan d , V ic to r ia , Straits Settlem ents, D eccan , C ey lon , N e w South W a les , O ran ge R iv e r C o lon y , set o f 6 Ind ia , 6 Canada, etc. P r ic e 8d, post free , A N D G IV E N F R E E to e v e ry purchaser s scarce e n t i r e s u r c h a r g e d B a r b a d o s e n v e lo p e , n eve r be fo re so ld under 6d. T h e w h o le lot post fr e e 4d. ■ * " W rite fo r our 73 page list.

B U TLE R B RO S ., C LE V E D O N .

P O S T A G E Stam p G auges, fo r m easuring 1 perforations. T h e y are m ade in brats, and can be carried in th e w a is tcoat pocket. M ost useful to all C o llec to rs . P r ic e I/- nett, by post i l l .— L U p co tt G ill, B a ia a r Buildings, D ru ry L a n e , L o n d o n , W .C .

Founded byEDWARD J. NANKIVELL. Edited byPRED. J. M ELVILLE .

No. 7. Vol. 6. 13 NOVEMBER, 1909. Price Id.'Whole Number 111’

Gossip of the WeelfBY C O R N E L I U S W R I N K L EA Society for doing flood Work*.

A lady collector writes

me a most interesting letter this week (Yes, I often hear from " The

Ladies, God bless them I ") Here is the dainty “ morsel.”

“ I thought I must just send up this morsel for your delectation,

“ Yesterday I went to call on a lady friend of mine in Brighton.

"S h e expressed great surprise on hearing that I intended to stay in the

country throughout the winter and inquired with what I should occupy my time. I briefly answered 1 Philately.’

“ Bhe then wished to know what brought me to Brighton always on Thursdays more than any other day of the week. I told her. ‘ To attend the meetings of the J.P .8 ., that is the Junior Philatelic Society you know.'

“ ‘ Oh,' said she, ‘ I know, th at is the society for doing good works, visiting the sick, helping the poor, etc., is'nt it ? ’

” I could scarcely keep a straight face while I told her our objects. I suppose she confounded the two words ' philately ’ and ' philanthropy,' perhaps, for she was an educated lady, an L .L .A . of Aberdeen, in fact.

” Not very complimentary to our gentle art, was it? Its very name unknown.”

A Lady writes " M y Favourite Country.Another lady philatelist has written this week on the

subject of " M y Favourite Country and W h y.” I t is interesting to note her reasons for selecting Heligoland, with its Red, W hite and Green colouring. The stamps are certainly very effectively coloured and they provide an excellent field for research.

Tbe sd. Orange Orent Britain.A number of readers have written me complaining that

they have been refused copies of the new 4d. orange Great Britain a t their post offices. In several cases the new stamps were admittedly in stock and the terms of the

Post Office notice were to the effect that the new stamps could be supplied if specially asked for though the old ones were to be supplied generally until the stocks were exhausted. Some copies of the new stamp got about on Oct. 30th, two days before the date appointed for their issue.

Referring to this stamp I can add to my note of last week that it appears to be very likely that we may expect a change in several or all the values from £d. to Is.

Procedure at the Congress.The Committee elected at tbe Congress at Manchester

to report on procedure has met and " after long discussions'' tbe following rules and regulations were unanimously adopted:—

1. Eaoh Society under 100 Members may be represented by two Delegates; each 8ociety of 100 to 300 Members by three Delegates; each Society over and above 300 Members by four Delegates.

2. E ach Delegate m ust register hie vote in person ; no proxies being allowed.

3. E ach subject for discussion must be notified to the Hon. Secretary of the Congress at least two months before tbe opening date of the Congress. I t is left to the discretion of the Executive Committee to make a selection from the subjects proposed.

4. Tbe Chairman of the Executive Committee appointed by the Society, under whose auspices the Congress is held, shall be the Chairman of that Congress and has the right to a casting vote, although he need not be appointed one of tbe Delegates of his Society. The other Members of tbe Executive Committee are admitted to tbe Conferences, but shall have no votes unless they are Delegates.

Opossum in President's Post Bag.President Taft evidently has some queer correspondents.

A newspaper reports that the other 8atnrday a number of youths a t Leesville, Louisiana, captured several opossums, and placing one in a package addressed it to President Taft.

It was left in tbe post office overnight, and yesterday morning it was discovered that the animal had chewed up all the letters in the bag in which it had been placed. The postal authorities declare their intention of arresting the offenders, and making an example of them as a warning to those who are constantly sending freak packages to the W hite House.


A Record Deal.“ The *Xtra " is a little supplement published by our

go-ahead contemporary. T h e H obby ist. I n a news letter from New Y ork City I find the following pathetic incident recorded:—

•' I t was a hot, listless day. Business for the poor stamp dealers was dead. M r. B -— sat in his office, looking into the throbbing street. H e was discouraged, despondent, disheartened. B en t due and the cash register empty, Just then an automobile came chugging down the street and stopped before the door. A liveried footman sprang down and opened the door for a begowned lady. The outfit showed every evidence of wealth.

" The lady entered the building, and in a few momentsopened Mr. B ----- 's door. Mr. B ----- jumped up.

* '1 Pardon me. Do you sell stamps ? ’“ Mr. B------reached for his Btock book of Capes and

BratrleboroB. Visions of a huge sale boomed before his excited mind.

“ ‘ Yes, m a’am. W hat kind, please ? ’“ Mr. B ----- allowed bis imagination full swing. He

would make the sale of his life. A Bmile crossed his lips as be waited her answer.

“ ‘ What country did you say, madam ? ‘“ ‘ Oh, I only wanted a 2o. stamp for this letter? ’“ Mr. B ----- was found prostrate across the desk.”

A Philatological Society.Evidently our Jamaican friends, Mr. Astley Clerk and

his confreres, are not content with the mere appellation of “ philatelists.” They have constructed a word for themselves. They are philatologists and members of a philatological society. Personally, I don't think it m atters much what we call our ology or ism, or our erudite communities of students ; it’s the work that tells. I quote the following report of the first meeting of the Kingston (Jamaica) Society from the Ja m a ica T im es :—

“ The Kingston Philatological Society held their first popular evening on the 6th October, when the writer of this column lectured on the Jamaica stamps of 1900 and 1901, proving by specimens that there were some 16 surface and watermark varieties. The Society meets on the first Monday in each month, at thoir Booms, 82, Duke Street, kindly loaned by Rev. J. L . Ramson. At the November meeting. Mr. Otto Eisner. ex-Secretary of the Bermuda Philatelic Association, will give a display of and lecture on the stamps of th at island. AH interested in philately are invited to attend."

The Stamp Books.Our article by Mr. L . Harald Kjellstedt in the present

number of T h e Postage S ta m p calle attention to an interesting and inexpensive phase of modern philately in the United States. The use of the little stamp books has been extended through a number of countries now, and Mr. Kjellstedt'sm ode of arranging these in an album may help specialists in other countries to an effective display of similar items.

The Interest In recent U.S. Issues.The U .S. post office has certainly been “ going it ” a bit

of late. And one cannot put down the number of varieties and new issues of the past few years to an improper desire to mulct the stamp collector of his coppers. The exposition and commemorative labels have been frankly issued for advertisement purposes, and indeed so far from m ulcting the stamp collector the Government appears to have recognised that there is a certain necessity for th e collector to keep up with the issues of new stamps, aod as a collector of U B. stamps I ’m personally very grateful for the gradual reduction from the sixteen stamps of the Columbus set in 1898 to the three James towns of 1907 and lastly to the solitary pen'north of the Hudson-Fulton. Possibly I ought to have grudged the great American Republic m y modest brown for this not too pretty production, but I can’t help feeling obliged to the Washington P.M .G. for letting us down lightly.

The stir caused by the issue of the imperforates has undoubtedly livened up things for American Philately, and the recent stamns offer quite an attractive field in themselves to the collector of modest means. If we can 't all afford early Hawaiians or Tuscans in imperf pairs we can at least m ake a nice show for ourselves of the 2 cents stamps of the U .S. and give ourselves a little practice in sorting out the separation varieties of the stamp vending machines which are almost certain to be an important official faotor in connection w ith the issuance of stamps in the future.

A Tatt Inauguration Label.A correspondent of M e k e e l's W eekly S ta m p N ew s has

shewn our popular American contemporary “ a curiosity in the form of a special stamp, evidently privately issued in honour of President T aft’s inauguration. The design is very simple, bearing two columns, resting on a base bearing the date * March 4th, 1909,’ and supporting a tablet w ith the word ‘ Inauguration.* The President's portrait appears in a large o v a l; the colour is a deep carmine lake. The size is the same as the current series, and the stamps are perforated.”

My Favourite Country apd WljyHeligolandB Y MISS M. G. H O A R E

TH E stamps of Heligoland I think, are among the

few that get any admiration I have collected now all my life, and I have come across stamps of every country, but to m y opinion none beat the Heligolands. They are often passed over on

account of being reprints, and also because there are rarities in the list, but if the collector does not mind leaving them out he will have, I think, some of the prettiest pages in his book. The stamps themselves are only little bits of paper after all, and if one puts one of them unde; the magnifying glass they will be surprised at the beautiful face of the late Queen Victoria, and the

colours are so beautifully blended. I think they look just like a lovely Cameo.

And another reason why I love them is that there are no new issues; the country always remains the same, hence*the rarities. I have some other countries, but none to m y opinion so beautiful as the Heligoland stamps.

When the English stupidly gave Heligoland to the Germans, m y father at once wrote off to Heligoland Post Office, and got a ll the stamps that were then in iBsue as well as wrappers, eto., I have every stamp, and also postcards, etc., so I am very proud of the perfect set of stamps of Heligoland.

t f lE Po s t a g e s t a m p n

Tlje Early Starpps of PeruTranslated from the '* Madrid F ila te lic o J u n e — July, igog

B Y F R A N K G R U N D Y , B.Sc.

BASIN G our information on official documents, we

shall deal with the stamps issued up to the year 1886, these being the issues offering some difficulty ; from this date onwards the Peruvian stamps are perfectly known and simple to olassify.

Seventeen years had passed since the first issue of stamps in England, and yet in Peru no thought had been given to the adoption of such an improvement.

There existed an English Bteamship company whiob made regular voyages between the Peruvian ports and the other ports of the P acific; this company was called the " Pacific 8team Navigation Company," and to it we owe the first Peruvian stamps

The Post Office authorities of L im a put into circulation on the 1st of December, 1857, two stamps which they had received as fine essays from the said company.

These stamps consist of a long rectangle enclosing an oval, drawn w ith the lathe, consisting of a design of interwoven curved lines,— which the Frenoh c a ll" guillochis.” — leaving in the centre another small oval in white, in which is drawn a steamboat with two masts.

In the four corners, on a background of vertical lines, there are four shaded white letters each followed by a stop, forming the initials of the English company : P .S.N O.

Over the interlacing lines already mentioned, and also in shaded white characters, the weight of the postal packet is given above as follows: los. or £oz., and below the value corresponding to these weights, 1 R l. (1 real) or 2 R ls. (2 reales).

The exterior frame as well as the two ovals are entirely separated from one another by perfectly visible fillets; both stamps are admirably engraved in “ taille-douce ” and unperforated ; on the 1 real stamp the ship points to the left aud on the 2 reales stamp it points to the right.

1867. Stam ps o f the P a cific S team sh ip C om p an y, on w h ile p ap er, engraved.

No. 1. 1 real blueNo. 2. 2 „ red.

These two stamps, the only ones circulated, were always sold from Lim a, Callas and C horrillos; consequently, they can only bear the cancellations of one of these three administrations, or that used by the Company, and the date only comprises the three months between 1st December, 1867, and 28th February, 1868, on which day they were displaced by the first really official issue of Peru.

Raving circulated for but 90 days, and over such a limited area, it ie not to be wondered a t that these stamps used attain prices of 250 and 800 francs.

In the philatelic market stamps of this type are usually offered in the following colours:— 1 real, blue, yellow, green, and carmine, on plain paper and carmine on laid paper; 2 reales blue, yellow, green and oarmine, and also blue on laid paper. All these have never circulated, and can pass as essays or tr ia ls ; nevertheless, their mean value is 15 francs apiece.

No errors or varieties of colour are known ; only the action of time, of gum and moisture of the coast have produced in the rad colour of the 2 reales a peculiar effect, very common in the 40o. orange Napoleon issue of France, changing the red into more or less dark brownish.

Needless to say that forgeries are abundant, badly lithographed, with their corresponding obliteration (without date or locality), good enough to deceive children.

On March 1st, 1868, the Peruvian government put their first issue into circulation.

These stamps are nearly square, lithographed in colour on white paper. The design consists of the arms of Peru in the centre above two branches surrounded by flags, in a circle of uniform colour. Four shaded bands form a frame round the circle, forming four little squares at the corners, where the lines of these bands cross.

The four spaces between the frame and circle are filled with vertioal continuous wavy lines. Across the bands the words “ Corraos," “ Porte Franoo,” and the value are written in colour.

The words *' Porte F ran co” occupies the top part in all the stamps. On the 1 dinero and 1 peseta values the word “ Correo ” occupies both sides, on the left reading from below, and on the right from above; on the half peso “ Correo” only appears on the lower part of the stamp.

The value in words is placed below on the 1 dinero and 1 peseta, and on both sides on the half peso, " Medio Peso appearing on the left and *' 0.60 centimes ” on the right.

An error exists, brought about by the inclusion of a drawing of the half peso on the stone of the 1 peseta during the transfer of the drawings to the stone. This results in a value of half peso carmine, its official colour being lemon yellow.

The llama in the arms has its front legs joined together.

1858. D esign s a s described. A U im perforate.

No. 8. 1 dinero, dark blue.„ 8(a) 1 „ light blue.„ 4 1 peseta, carmine.., 4(a) 1 „ rose.,, 5 4 peso, lemon yellow.„ 6(a) 4 ,, golden yellow... 5(b) 4 „ rose (error).

The value half peso was declared unnecessary, and consequently was suppressed by a decree of 18th June, 1858, having therefore been in circulation 110 days.

1859 (Jan uary). Type as above, but retouched.

The retouching consists chiefly in the inscription being made larger and the duplicating of the lines bounding the interior circle.

No. 6. 1 dinero blue.»t fi(t) 1 „ ,,„ 7. 1 peseta red.„ 7(a) 1 ,. carmine.„ 7(b) 1 „ rose.

To be continued.

B ack Nos. of “ The Postage Stam p.”Those of our friends who are lacking any back number'

of the present vol. will do well to writs direct to oer M IM m , Sir Isaac Pitman & Bona, l Amen Corner, London, B.C., for what they require. Many newsagents do not oar* to bother about back nambers. Any number still an sale may be had for the published price and postage. La, ltd.

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O.S. Stan>p BoclftsB Y L . H A R A L D K J E L L S T E D T , F.R.P.S.

T o m ount the b o ok i in an album ca re fu lly rem ove the stap le* and arrange the lea ve * o f itam pt, para ffin paper and c o v e n on a ground o f tinted paper.

T h e tinted ground ih ow s up the paraffin lea f.

WH E N working along philatelic lines which have

been drawn and determined by the fancies and the fashions of the day, we are liable to overlook certain things which some day may become of importance. How many collectors of or special

ists in the postage issues of the United States have paid any attention to that distinct and separate form of issue embodied in the little books of stamps which have appeared during the last decade? Has it been taken into consideration that those little leaves of 6 stamps each have been printed from plates arranged differently from those from which the regular stamp sheets are printed ? Have we thought of that the lo. and So. values of the series of 1908 were first issued in the form of books and for a short time did not exist, and were not obtainable in any other form. If we consider these facts it seems that the specialist at leaet can not very well afford to omit these stamp leaves from hie collection. The little books oan be taken apart and mounted so as to show to great advantage, and I will later refer to the method used by me in m y own collection.

The first official reference to the stamp books is found in the report of the Third Assistant Postmaster-General

stampm en."

for the year ending June 30th, 1900. where it sa y s :— " On April 16th, 1900, 2-cent stamps bound in books were first issued to postmasters for sale to the public. These books are issued in three sizes, containing, respectively, 12, 24 and 48 2-cent stamps, in sheets of 6 stamps each, with paraffined paper interleaved between the sheets to prevent premature adhesion, aod covers of cardboard, 3ft by lftft inches in dimensions. The books are sold a t an advance of 1 cent over the face value of the stamps contained therein, or 25 cents for the 12-stamp book, 49 cents for the 24-stamp book, and 97 cents for the 48-stamp book. On the cover is printed information as to domestic and foreign rates of postage, the money-order and registry systems. Since the first issue the Bureau of Engraving and Printing has been able to make considerable improvement in the manufacture of the books, and it is believed they are now as perfect as it is possible to make them ." In the same report the output for the coming year is estimated at20,000 books per day, and the charge of the Bureau for the binding is quoted a t 83.85 per thousand.

From Mr. John N. Luff's " T h e Postage Stamps of the United States ” we find that the first issue in book form consisted of the 2c. of 1895, Gibbons’ type 0 . Four plates, each with a capacity of 180 etampe, were prepared for the first printing. The plate numbers of these plates were 988, 989, 990 and 991, aud the arrangement of the 180 cliches ie shown on the accompanying diagram. The dotted lines indicate perforations and the solid lines show where the book leaves are cut. I t will be observed that on each leaf a margin is provided at the top for the binding. Each sheet provides for 30 book leaves, and conBiete of 3 horizontal rows with 10 leaves in each row. 240books of the first printing were delivered to the P.O. department as specimens, having the oover and each

surcharged Instead of

by han the 3ft

individualhand with the word " Speci-

by lftft inches stated in the Assistant Postmaster General's report the "S p e c im e n " book in m y collection measures 8 A by 1 A inches and subsequent issues measure 8 /j by lift- The paraffined separating sheet in the “ Specimen ’ ’ book is of a heavy dark yellow paper while an unsurcharged book of the same issue has a very thin and flimsy separating sheet of white paper which appears to be oiled and adheres slightly to the stamps. The improvements referred to in the official report quoted above were probably confined to the finding of a satisfactory paper for the separating sheets, because no material changes are to be found in other respects. I t should be mentioned that stamp bookB of different sizes *.«., containing different number of stamps are distinguished by differently colored covers, but ae long as the stamps are the same, it seems of little or no philatelic interest to collect such varieties. Covers are alBO found printed in different colors of ink.

From April 16th to June 30th, 1900, 2,263,040 stamp books were sent out to the postmasters, and of these 945,281 were sold to the public during the same period. They have beeu found very convenient and the yearly

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issues show a constant increase. During 1901 the issue was 4,698,423 books, and during the fiscal year closing June 30th, 1908, it reached 18,213,310.

On February 11th,1903, the first books were issued containing the first type 2 cent of series 1902, and on November 18th of the same year the revised type made its appearance in book form. In the third Assistant Postmaster- General's report for the fiscal year ended June 30th, 1907, we find the follow ing: “ The increased demand for 1 cent postage stamps resulting from the growing popularity of illustrated post cards led this office during the year to arrange for the issue of books of 1 cent stamps.These books are made in the same form as the books of 2 cent stamps and contain 24 stamps of 1 cent denomination, selling to the public at 25 cents per b<K>k. The first issue of books of 1 cent stamps was made nnder date March 1st,1907, and 1,077,100 of these books were supplied to postmasters to June SOtb, 1907." The stamps in this issue were tbe 1 cent of Beries 1902, and the covers of this as well as tbe subsequent issue of 1 cent books are of green colour and have tbe usual printed matter.

The new series of 1908 made its first appearance in the form of 2 cent stamp books which were issued November 16th, 1908, and were followed by stamp books of the 1 cent of the same series on December 3rd, 1908.

Only paying attention to the stamps themselves it will be seen that there are six distinct book issues with which the collector has to reckon, four of the 2 cent denomination and two of the 1 cent. On account of the way in

whioh collectors have heretofore ignored and neglected this line of American postage issues, copies of the issue of 1900 and the first issue of 1903 have become very scarce, and several that I have located are being held by their owners at 35 per book. I may mention that it took me over a year to find a copy of the first issue of 19C3 for my collection.

A book mounted intact on an album page will make a very poor display, and its philatelic features cannot be revealed without it being bandied and the cover turned back by every examiner. To avoid this I have followed a method which is clearly set forth in the accompanying illustration. The folded ends of the etaples holding the book together should be oare- fully raised so as to perm it the staples to be withdrawn without injury to the book. After this is done, take one of the paraffined separating leaves and insert it in the centre of the page so that its long sides run parallel with the side borders of the page. Leaving a space of about $ inch, mount

a stamp leaf on each side of tbe separating leaf. In the centre of and j inch above this row mount the front cover so that its outside page iB shown. The back cover, showing its outside page, should be mounted below the centre row in the same way. In order to prevent the covers from flapping when tbe page is turned over, it is best to binge each cover at both its upper and lower edges. The effect of this mounting is very pleasing, and reveals every feature of the stamp book of interest to the philatelist.

Tl?e Postage Staipp HapdbooljsH E first two books are how on b il e .

I. Jamaica and Cayman Islands, by Edward J. Nankivell. Price 4d. Post free 4Jd.

II. Cape of Good Hope, by Edward J. Nankivell. Price 6d. Post free 6jd.

The new books arc produced in a tasteful style, with specially designed cover printed in red and black, on a buff coloured art paper.

The continuation of the series, which is under the general editorship of Mr. Fred. J. Melville, Editor of The P o tta g e Stam p, will include:—

III. Niger Coast Protectorate, by Edward J.Nankivell. Price 6d. Post free 6jd.

IV . Dominica, by Bertram W. H. Poole. Price6d. Post free 6}d.

V. Abyssinia, by Fred. J. Melville. Price fid.Post free fijd.

All orders for these books should be sent to— B aldw ins,

G rosvinor Works,T onbridge W e l l s .

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Tl)c World?s Stanjp ErrorsThe Most Comprehensive at»d Entertaining Article on this Subject yet publishedB Y M IS S F I T T E

T h is im p ortan t a rtic le w as started i n N o. 1 o f the p resen t V olum e. T h e s i x in sta lm en ts a lready p u b lish ed m a y he h a d fr o m the P u b lish e r s i n N os. 1 , 2 , 8, 4 , 6 a n d 6, V o l. V .. p r ic e l}d, each post free.

Tasmania.

ERROR.

1869, Id . carm in e, tvm k. " 2 " (72),This error of the One Penny, carmine, perforated 12,

on paper watermarked double-lined " 2 " was perpetrated by the Government printer (Hardisty) who, since the middle of 1864, had printed the necessary supplies, on paper supplied by Peririns, Bacon ft Co. Very little care m ost have been exeroised, because, i f my'recollection is correct, the variously watermarked papers were bound in books of 260 leaves, eaoh leaf bearing a scroll of the colour to be used for the stamp, and green was n o t the colour of the then One Penny.

As to the degree of rarity of this error I m ust plead ignorance.

ERROR AND TV PE-

1870-71, Id. red, 2d. green, i d . b lue, 10d. b la ck — v m k s . (89-103).

The instructions to De L a Rue ft Oo. were to make the surface-printing plates of these values of such a size that the old Perkins, Bacon ft Co. paper could, after being out in halves, be utilised; but this point was entirely die- regarded. When the plates, ftc , arrived at Hobart Town, it was found to be quite impossible to print from the new plates on the old paper, so as to make the watermarks coincide with the stamps. Accordingly there was obtained from Sydney a supply of the New Bouth Wales paper then in use— 80 books of 160 leaves eaoh. and 6,000 sheets, the latter being for th e Two Pence stamps.

The watermarks of these papers w ere: a large single- lined " 2 " and small single-lined italic " 4 ” and " 10 **; on the first is found the Two Pence, perf. 12, perf. 11}, and im p erf.; on the second, the One Penny and the Four Pence, both perforated 12; and on the third, the One Penny and the Ten Pence, both perf. 12, perf. 11£, and imperf.

Whether these stamps should strictly be- classed as “ errors ” I am in some d ou b t; and it m ust be remembered that there was no epeoial paper provided for the platee.

ERRORS, i </. '

ffeLE POStAQfc STAMP 99

IU O S.

1902-3. )d. green, Id . rote, 2d. violet; 1903-7, 9d. blue, 1j . rose and green—all umkd. “ V" over Crown (199-216).

The original plates of these values were made by De La Rue £ Co. The three low values are shown here; the Nine Pence is of the type of the preceding error, and the One Shilling is illustrated. The error consists in printing these five values on Victorian paper, watermarked “ V ’’ over Crown, as, though intentional, it was on paper allocated to another Colony or State.

The varieties on this paper are as follows:—From London plate, wmk. upright; perf. 12), One Penny, rose red. From locally made plates, wmk. sideways exoept in the Penny, perf. 12), One Halfpenny, pale green, deep green, One Penny, rose rad. Two Pence, deep violet, dull purple: perf. 11, One Halfpenny, pale green. One Penny, rose red, Two Pence, deep violet, dull purple; perf. 12) and 11 compound, One Halfpenny, pale green, One Penny, rose red, Two Penoe, violet: watermark sideways, One Penny, pale red, perforated 12) and 1 1 ) ; the One Halfpenny and Two Pence are also known with wmk. upright.

The two high values are found:—Perf. 1 2 ) : Nine Penoe, pale blue, bright blue, deep bine; One Shilling, rose and green. Perf. 1 1 : Nine Pence, pale blue; One Shilling, rose and green.

Tobago.

TYPE.

1896, Is. orange-brown (37).The normal colour of the One Shilling stamps was, at

this date, olive-yellow, but, when these were exhausted on the 80th September, 1896, it was discovered that the new supply was In a wrong oolour, vis., orange-brown. The new stamps were issued on the 1st Ootober, but their issue was stopped on the 8th, and apparently remained in abeyance until after the 24th of the same month. Ultimately, orders were given that the stamps might be used, but, as some busy-body had made a formal com

plaint, a Government Enquiry was directed to be held; this, so bur as I have been able to ascertain, fell through, and nothing more was heard of the matter.

The value of this error has steadily declined, and its price is now 7s. 6d. unused.

Tonga.

1893, Id. ultramarine—surcharge omitted (24a).

In 1893, new values of One Halfpenny, Two Pence Halfpenny, Five Pence and Seven Penoe Halfpenny were required, and printings from four of the existing plates were made in special colours and surcharged. The stamp selected for surcharging u )d.” was the One Penny printed in ultramarina, the perforation being 12), and the oolour of the surcharge carmine.

The printing was exscuted by tbs New Zealand Government, and with their staff must lie the responsibility for delivering copies of the One Penny, ultramarine, without surcharge.

Transvaal.

1877, 6d. blue on rose ; fid. blue on blue—overprint omitted (191, 205).

During the first year of the first British oooupation, the authorities used only the four stamps of the South African Republio—the One Penny, Three Pence and Six Penoe in special colours, as well as in those of the original issue—after overprinting them, in various styles, '• V.B. Transvaal.”

The errors consist in the omission of this overprint from the following stamps, which ought not to exist without i t 8 i x Pence, blue on rose, imperforate; and Six Pence, blue on blue, imperforate, finely rouletted 15) to 16, and widely rouletted 6). Speoimens are exceedingly scaroe, the only one priced being that last-mentioned—£80 used.*

1879, 8d. mauve on green—overprint omitted (248).In the spring of 1879, further and speoial printings of

two of the old stamps took place, one of these was the Three Penoe, in mauve on green, intended to be overprinted as usual.

From a very small part of the printing, the overprint was omitted, the speoimens known being imperforate.

This error, too, is very rare.To be continued.

NOTE.Our thanks are due to Mr. W. H. Peckitt for the

loan of some of the rare stamps used in illustrating the article on “ The World's Stamp Errors."

Tbs "P os tage i U w p " an Sale.

The Postage Stamp is now kept on sale and may be had every week at the following dealers' establishments:

Bright & Son, 164, Strand, W.C.F. 0. Ginn, 143, 8trand, London, W.C.Lewis May A Co., 15, King William St„ 8trand, W.C.W. H. Peokitt, 47, Strand. London, W.C,James Rhodes, 62, Market Street, Manchester.W. Ward, Booth Street, Piooadilly, Manchester.And at all Newsagents and Booksellers.

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Ai> Exljibitiot) of Valuable Stan>psTbe Bristol? Exhibition fron? a Local Journalist’s Point of ViewFrom the “ Brighton H e r a l d O c t . 30th, 1909

WH AT ia believed to be the first public exhibition

of postage stamps held iu Brighton or Hove is that which has been on view this week at the Hove Town Hall. The local branch of the Junior Philatelic Society, a very enthusiastic

and flourishing branch, has held many an exhibition among its members, but in arranging for this exhibition and throwing it open to the general public it has done something which does not seem previously to have been undertaken. The fact is that the necessity for a public exhibition of postage stamps has not appeared to be pressing. As regards the postage stamps, the world is divided pretty strongly into two sections— those to whom a postage stamp is something to stick on a letter or a receipted bill, to be sent off as soon as possible, and those to whom it is an object of admiration, to be collected unwearyingly, to be preserved religiously, and even to be paid for exorbitantly. The first section do not demand the public exhibition ; the other section belong to clubs who arrange exhibitions among themselves.

All the same, there is no doubt that a very useful purpose has been served by this exhibition at the Hove Town H all. I t has aroused the admiring interest of enthusiasts, and it has, one can hardly question, helped spread the infection among the indifferent. A t first the non-collector looks quite unmoved at a sheet of white paper on whioh are stuck eight one-inch-square pieces of paper of a dirty nondescript sort of colour, smudged over w ith a black postmark. He would drop them on the fire and feel that the place was the cleaner for the process. B u t when he leams that there are a heap of people who would rather have those eight little pieces of dirty paper than a hundred pounds, then he begins to feel there must be something in it, and to give the subject a more respectful attention. If he should happen to come under the guidance of suoh an enthusiast as Mr. J. Ireland, the Hon. Secretary of the Brightou branch of the society and organizer of the exhibition, it is quite conceivable, indeed, that before long something of tne genuine fascination of the postage stamp will have fallen upon him. Mistakes, surcharges, peculiarities in perforation, and suoh oddities may not appeal to the novitiate. They belong to a later, and some fancy a decadent stage in stamp appreciation. B u t one can soon come to realize the postage stamp as invested with an interest amounting to fasoination, either from the artistic, the historic, the geographic, or the human standpoint. The stamp can come to symbolize tbe changeful doings of man in all parts of the world. You can see what it means to a collector to have the latest stamps from the New Hebrides. Here has been formed a “ condominium,” as it is called, a joint government between England and France, and letters can be sent from tbe New Hebrides bearing two kinds of stamps. The French use a New Caledonia stamp overprinted with the words “ New Hebrides” ; the English use a F iji stamp surcharged similarly. The fact of the two together on one envelope, as found in this exhibition, means a lot to the stamp collector, and is typical of the history of stamps

A Unique Exhibit.The gem of this exhibition was a unique strip of

eighteen “ blacks,” the very first English stamp made.

There is no other such strip in existence. The gentleman who in the early forties bought this eighteenpenny- worth of stamps and stuck them on this letter in a solid block probably grumbled at the cost. H e could not have realized that sixty or seventy years later each shillings- worth would have advanced in value to £100. The present owner, Mr. Leicester A . B. Paine, of Portland Place, Brighton, would not sell them at that rate.

In the same case were seen th e first twopenny stamp issued and the earliest postmarks. Mr. W. Cyril Owen, who with Mr. Ireland largely helped in arranging the exhibition, supplied a set valuable as showing the fitst cancellation m ark. This was in the shape of a Maltese cross, and was quite elegant. There were twelve offices in London using this mark, and Mr. Owen has one of each.

Mr. George Lumgair, of Hove, sent a remarkable collection of the much-prized M auritius. I t does not contain one of the first iBsne— these are rarer than the millionaires who are prepared to buy them— but it has an uncommonly fine set of the others. Some are worth £50 apiece.

Mr. Herbert Clarke, of Angmering, len t a fine set of the .scarce triangular Cape of Good Hope stamp, and some highly pictorial series commemorative of the death of St. Antony of Padua (these inscribed w ith a prayer to that saint) and the Jubilee of the Emperor of Austria.

Mr. J. C. Dallimore lent a complete set of Sicily, a handsome and rare issu e; the Rev, H. C. Bond showed numerous contrivances and surcharges made to do duty during the siege of Mafeking, and three British Bechu- analand overprinted for use in the Protectorate. These three stamps, sold not long ago a t their face value of Is., 2s. 6d., ana 5s., would now fetch £20—an example of the value of judicious stamp collecting as an investment. A change of government may make values leap from shillings to pounds. Mr. J. Corner Spokes,Ja former Hon. Secretary to the local branch, showed one of the greatest of rarities, a Queensland stam p that had been used in New Quinea, bearing the postmark “ N .G ." Only a few others are knowu. In the collection of Mr. G. G. and Mr. C. E . Duncombe was a fine set of Persia, some of the handsomest stamps ever issued, and some of the Djibouti stamps, the largest known, being almost ar big as postcards. Mr. W . Mead, chairman of tbe society, bad a valuable set of Virgin Islands and of Wurtemberg, complete.

Mr. J. Ireland was represented by one of tbe most artistic collections, with excellent sets of such picturesque Btamps as those, of tbe SolomoD Islands, British New Guinea, and New Zealand. M r. Ireland collects for tbe stamp and the stamp alone, not concerning him self about misprints and surcharges, and his collection is one that the average onlooker as well as tbe expert could appreciate.

A Humorous Presidential Opening.Opening tbe exhibition on Saturday. Mr Fred. J.

Melville gave a short address on “ Hobby Horses and their Riders.” He quoted Sterne's definition of a bobby hone as “ the sporting little filly-folly w hich carries you out for the present hour— a maggot, a butterfly, a picture, a fiddlestick— or an anything, which a man makes a shift to get astride on, to canter it away from the cares and solicitudes of life.” In this busy age, said Mr. Melville,

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when we take even our hobby hones at a gallop, we have abbreviated the term to “ hobby.”

I t was generally agreed to be a desirable thing for everyone to have a hobby, but there was no agreement as to the best pursuit in which to indulge. As philatelists most of h is hearers had their own views, which he need hardly remind them did not agree with the views of devotees of other hobbies.

An old countryman once said to a friend, “ If everybody had been of m y mind, everybody would have wanted to m arry'm y old woman.” H is friend promptly reassured him by saying, ” If everybody had been of m y mind, no one would have wanted to marry her.” I t was the same with the hobbyist. “ I m ight say, ' I f everybody bad been of m y mind, everybody would have collected stamps.' ”

There was, however, a great variety of hobbies from which everyone could select one to suit his or her own character and temperament. There was, the speaker feared, a slight tendency among hobbyists to establish a tyranny in prescribing tbeir own pet fads for everyone they m et. But he warned them that even the wife's pet dog m ight become the husband’s pet aversion if he got too m uch of it.

Although him self a philatelist, i t was not his intention to dictate to his hearers that stam p collecting was the one and only hobby in which they should indulge. He would only indicate some general lines on which to base the selection of a suitable hobby.

Change of occupation was one thing to be aimed at. The proverbial busman's holiday was not a complete change of occupation. A certain amount of discretion

was necessary in selecting a hobby. The editor of the W ar C r y once recommended his readers to have their hobbies; bat he advised them not to try to teach themselves the G trombone next door to an unconverted neighbour.

Ladies' collecting hobbies, the speaker ventured to think, were more subject to the changes of fashion than men’s. The man who took up stamps generally kept to them. W ith m y lady, however, it was old china one year, modern china the next. Another year everything hand-painted— except a discoloured eye— would be the vogue. Another year she would sell all that she hath and give to the Women's Social and Political Union.

He would urge those who were already supplied with all the hobbies they required to preserve an open mind as to tho utility and value of other hobbies, all of which have interest and importance to their special devotees. From the earliest days of stamp collecting there had been those who considered it a madness to devote time, energy, and money to collecting postage stamps. B ut only the keen collector could know the reality of philatelic ioterest, and he could afford to let the scoffer scoff. If they were indulging in a madness they would be content in subscribing to Dryden’e axiom that “ there is a pleasure in being mad that only madmen know.”

Mr. W . Cyril Owen proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Melville for his excellent address, and Mr. LeicesterA. B. Paine seconded.

The Rev. H . 0. Bond, who occupied the chair, in the unavoidable absence of Mr. W. Mead, the Chairman of the Brighton Branch, put the vote to the meeting, and it was accorded with enthusiasm.

New Issues ai>d OldThe Editor invites dealers and readers at home and abroad to fiv e prompt information comcermng New Issues. A ll eornmnnieations must be

sent direct to the Editor, 14. Sndbeurne Road, Brixton, London. S . W \A Her the name o f taen country we ttv e the page or T hb Postage Stamp on which appeared the last reference te that cornitn.

Bulgaria.— (Vol. V. p. 53).— Mr. W. Ward informs us he has an error of the recently chronicled “ 10 ” on 50st., with red surcharge, in which the date reads ” 1990” instead of “ 1909.” Our correspondent does not state the position on the sheet of this variety.

Ceylon.— (Vol. IV . p. 104).— W e gather from E w en 's W eekly S ta m p N ew s that there is some likelihood of Ceylon adopting the Crown Agents’ new colour scheme for its stamps.

Qreat Britain.—(Vol. V . p. 33).— A correspondent has shown ns the current $d. stamp with control letter “ 1 9 , ' ' and as the Id. with similar number appeared a few weeks ago, we bring our list up to date sis follows :—

W. dark green, A, B, C, Cg, Ds.id. yellow green, D4, D5.E 5. E6, F6, F7, G7. G8, H8, H9. I9.Id. icarlet. A, B, C, C4, D5, E5, E6, F6, F7. G7, G8, H8, H9, I9.

The 4d. stamp has now been issued in orange on white paper (see a rticle o n n e x t page).

G w a lio r .— (Vol. V. p. S3).— We take the following paragraph from G ib bon s' S ta m p W e e k ly :— ” We are shown a curious variety of the $a. green. No 41 in the Catalogue, with a very wide space between the last two letters of the word 1 qw alior ,' so that it measures fully lGmm. in total len gth ; the letter ' r ‘ is also slightly above the level of tho other lotters. We should suppose that thia may be a companion of the variety shown in

1 Fig. 13 of Mr. Stewart-Wilson’s book, in which the space is between the ‘ 1 ’ and the ‘ o ,’ both being presumably duo to loose type, not to spaces being set between the letters.1'

St. Lucia. -(V ol. IV . p. 189).— Messrs. Whitfield King & Co. show us specimens of the 3d. and Is. values in the new colours, conforming to the Crown Agents’ scheme, supplies of which were sent to the Colony some months ago. The list of varieties with multiple watermark is now as follows:—

Wmh. M yltiple Cr. C .A , Per/. 14.id . purple and green, id . green .Id. purple and carmine, id. carmine-a id . purple and ultramarine, std. blue.3d. purple and yellow.3d. purple on yellow .6d. purple and vio let.I t . g reen and Mack.It, S lack on green.5a. green and carmine.

Salvador.— (Vol. V. p. 3).— A provisional stamp, possibly the first of a series, is recorded in G ibbon s’ S ta m p W eekly. This consists of the lc . of September, 1907, overprinted with “ 1831— 15 septiembre— 1909," in three lines in red. Perhaps one of onr readers can tell us what wonderful event this is intended to commemorate

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Santander.— The P h ila te lic A d v is e r publishes some interesting notes regarding the provisional "M edio, centavo " stamps issued in 1906. We are told th a t the last stam p on the second row is quite different from ail the others on the sheet, th e word " P rovisional" being in taller and narrower letters, and the second 11 n ” of "S an ta n d er" having a ta il to the second lim b. Other varieties on the sheet are listed as follow s:—

1st R ev.1st and 4th statue*. T h e " 1" o f " P ro v is io n a l" is a

cap ita l " I , '*2nd Root.

1st stamp. " C o c r e o s " fo r "C o r r e o s . "3rd Row.

4tbstam p. N o s top a fter " P r o v is io n a l , " and the first " n o f " S a n ta n d e r " has ion s ta il to second lim b.

4th R ea.4th stamp. Sam e as the above and w ith lon g ta il to

second lim b o f the “ n " o f " P rov is ion a l.’ ’3th Row.

4th itam p . “ C orceos " fo r “ C orreos ,” and the “ n ” o f " P r o v i s i o n a l " has lon g ta ll to second lim b .

Unfortunately, our contemporary omits to tell us how many stamps there are in a sheet.

Slam .— (Vol. V. p. 69).— Messrs. Lewis May & Co. have shown us the 2 atts. green, of 1908, overprinted “ 2 Satang," making the list of varieties now issued as follow s:—

1904 Issue. Surcharged w ith new value." 6 S a ta n g " on 6a. carm ine.

1906-8 Issue. Surcharged with new values," 2 Satang " on la . orange and green " 2 Satang ” on 2a. green " 3 S a ta n g " on 3a- deep v io le t and g rey ." 6 Satang " on 4a. ca rm ine and rose.” 12 Satang ” on 8a. b lack and bistre.“ 14 Satang ” on 9a. blue and p a le blue.

T u rkey.— (Vol. V. p. 84).— Messrs. W hitfield King and Co. nave shown ns the 6 and 10 paras and 1 and 2 piastres stamps with the sign manual of the new Sultan, making the list of varieties issued to date as follow s:—

New design. P erf. compound o f 12 a n d ll3 l.

5 par. brown ochre.10 „ green .20 „ rote carmine.

1 pia. ultramarine.2 „ black.

We understand th at the higher values w ill not be issued until the corresponding values of the 1908 set are exhausted.

T u rks and Caicos Islands.— (Vol. V . p. 84).— Mr. E . Heginbottom points out that we are in error in listing the 2s. stamp as on green paper. I t should, of course, be 2s. oarmine on blue paper.

V ictoria.— (Vol. V . p. 221.— Mr. W. R. Stephens sends ns the 3d. perf. 12} with the Crown A watermark inverted, and tells us that he has the same value with watermark sideways. Inverted watermarks in Australian stamps are of little account, for the printers do not seem to take any speoial care to see that the paper ib run into the printing press right way up. The sideways watermark is, however, an interesting novelty.

Wtmk. Crown A sideways. P erf. t t j .

3d. orange brown.

Zanzibar.— (Vol. II . p. 177).— Some of our Continental contemporaries chronicle the lc ., 10c., and 75c. values with portrait of the present Sultan. Evidently this information is derived from " specimen " oopins, so it should not be long now before the stamps are actually issued.

Soipe Notes ot? tlje New 4,d. StaippB Y L . W . C R O U C H

BR IT IS H specialists have corns in for quite a sur

prise during the last few days. In L lo y d s ’ N ew s for Sunday, Ootober 31st, there was a paragraph announcing the issue on November 1st of a new 4d. stamp, changed only in oolour, from brown

and green to orange. Various other papers gave the same information. In last week’s Postage S ta m p , Cornelius Wrinkle called attention to the new issue, and stated that " the existing stock of the present fourpenny stamps will, as a rule, be disposed of at eaoh post office before the new stamps are sold to the public, b u t when specially asked for, the new stamps w ill be supplied;” it is also stated that the issue was made on October 30th.

Is th is the forerunner of a new Issue of the present bi-coloured values printed in one colour on ly? I t is quite possible, as the 4d. is the value most in use, and therefore likely to run ou t of etook first.• The new stamp, being printed in one oolour, orange, is printed from a single plate instead of from a “ bead ” plate and a " duty ’ ’ plate as heretofore. E vidently an entirely fresh die was engraved, for slight differences are apparent on a olose examination.

The ohief points of difference are as follows:—1. In the old stamp the lines of shading on th e K ing’s

cheek are broken in a great m any placeb to represent hair. On the new issue there are only one or two breaks low down on the cheek.

2. The lines on the K ing’s beard are different; there are three distinct lines drawn diagonally, where the beard meets the cheek, on the new stamp.

3. The wavy lines of shading in the circles containing numerals of value are much closer together and more numerous in the new stamp.

4. The centre portion of tbe design, which formed the “ head ’ ’ plate in tbe old stamp, is much nearer the frame in the new stamp.

There are various other email differences impossible to describe.

Tbe new orange stamp ie printed on ordinary paper without any chalk-eurfaoe.

B argain s in Stam ps.I t you want real bsurgains in Postage 8tamps read the

advertisement pages ot The Postage Stam p every week. Every week there is something new, and many special bargains. I f you miss a week you may miss the very stamp you want to complete a series

The Postage S tam p Binding Covers.Handsome dark blue covers in buckram, gilt lettered aide

sad back, may be bed from our Publishers, Sir Isaac Pitman fk Bon*, Amen Corner, London. Pries is. fid.

THE POSTAGE STAMP AS


Publishing Offices:— I, AK IN CORN**. LONDON. E.C .

Editorial Address.—FEED ]. MELVILLE,14, Sudbovrne Road, Bristom, Landau, S . W .

A rt k ies. Contributions and Correspondence.should i t addressed to the Editor, and mast he accompanied by the name and address of the correspondent. A rticles, etc,, not accepted, m ill be returned when postage it prepaid.

Business Communications should be addressed to the M anager, and Advertisements to the Advertisement M anager. 1, Amen Corner, London. E .C .

T H E P O S T A G E S T A M P map be obtained through Newsagents or w ill be forwarded from the publishing office to ant address at the follow ing rates of prepayment: Yearly, 6s. 6d .; H alf- Yearly, 3 s. 3d ; Quarterly.15. 8d.: Single Copy, ltd .

C O N T E N T S .

13 November, 1909. Page Gossip o f the Week - - - 73My Favourite Country and W hy 74 Early Stamps of Peru - - - 7JU.S. Stamp BOOKS - - - - 7$T he Postage Stamp Handbooks - 77THE WORLD’S STAMP ERRORS - 78Exhibition o f V alu able Stamps 80NEW ISSUES AND OLD * - - 8lSo m e Notes on New 40. Stamps - 82Editor 's Letter Box - - - 83Society News - - - - - 83

Answer* to Correspondent*.C a m b r ia n .— I should n o t advise you to

break the b lock* aod p a in o f the ea r lie r •tamps you m ention, and the Russian, E pypt, A ustra lian p iece* nam ed. In moat printed album* there i t c e n tra lly an a llow an ce o f •pace fo r the inc lin ion o f ch o ice ex tra p iece* w ithout rendering th e p a ge unsightly. M od ern issue* a re not to im portan t fo r p re te r- v at ion in b lock*, p a in , & c.

L . J . J - M .— Y o u r en ve lope i t o f no ph ilate lic value.

B r is t o l a n d C l i f t o n P h i la t e l i c .S o c ie ty . — W il l to m e reader k in d ly ob lige th e E d ito r w ith add re** o f the H on . Sec. o f this S oc ie ty I

H en ce i t i t absolutely necessary fo r our prin ter* to h a ve a ll advertisem ent* at latest on F r id a y m o rn in g ; consequently, copy must b e in the A dvertisem ent M an ager ’ s hands not la ter than W ednesday , 5 o ’ c lo ck p.m.


JUNIOR PH ILATELIC SO CIETY.

T h e th ird o rd in ary m eetin g o f the season (Saturday, N ovem b er 6th ) w as devoted t o a Beginners’ N igh t and a num ber o f young vis itor* w e re present from som e o f the lead ing Lon d on co lle g e * and schools

T h e President announced that since the opening o f the season on O ctob er 1st, I l8 n e w m em ber* bad been enro lled.

In introducing the fiv e Junior* w ho w ere to g iv e paper* on stam p co llec t in g fro m the young co lle c to r 's point o f v ie w , the President sa id that th e beginner ia the greatest fo rc e in ph ila tely . W ithou t h im there would b e no future fo r the hobby o r the study. W ith ou t him w e should lack the in cen tive to investment and research. I t w as expected that the Junior P h ila te lic S oc ie ty should d evo te its en erg ies ch ie fly to the beginner and the young co llector. T h e in fluence o f th e S oc ie ty upon ph ila te ly at present w as as noth ing to that w h ich it m ight y ie ld in the future.

T h e papers read b y the young lecturer* w ere o f a nove l character, and much caustic com m ent w as lev e lled at the hairsplitting specialist. R e fe ren ce w ill b e m ade elsew here in The Postage Stamp t o the genera l trend o f the papers read, the titles o f which, together w ith the names o f th e ir authors, a re a* fo l lo w s :—“ F irst Steps in P h ila te ly ,” b y C . W . C are .“ S im p lified C o llec tin g fo r Beginners,”

b y Frank Grundy. “ Com m on Sense Ph ila te ly ,”

tH . W . A rm strong.: Sp ec ia l om aniac,

b y A lla n W estlake. “ T h e Study o f S tam p*,” by D . B. A rm strong.

M r. G ibson sa id that as the oldest m em ber present he had especia l pleasure in m ovin g th e vo te o f thanks to the readers o f the papers, and Mr. B. B . K irb y seconding, the vo te warn ca rr ied w ith enthusiasm.

P . H . Y . — Y ea . the stamps are out, and w ere t o on O ctob er ^oth (Satu rday). H a v e had severa l com plain ts from readers that, though in stock, the Post O ffices would not supply them .

G m rd lv a n .— Y ou r stamps a re G erm an " facs im iles,” and o f no va lu e at a ll.

P . L S . (K e tte r in g ).— W o u ld you tend m e the stamps fo r inspection. T h e y m ay be co lou r changeling*.

R . V . R . (T o ro n to ).— Y o u r Canada va r ie ty is interesting- Should lik e to see it. T h e Bba too you m igh t send, though the va riety , not be ing iden tifiab le in any o f the known settings, m ay n ot be constant.

J , L e e , J r . — Thanks fo r goad w ishes tn d suggestion. W e shall b e g lad to publish details o f address from w h ich tickets m ay be obtained, and price fo r ou r E d itor ’s lecture at your Church Institute i f you w ill k ind ly procure sam e fo r us.

Oar Publishing Day aad Advertisers.In o rd er to m eet the requirem ents o f the

publishing trade ou r publisher* now distribute cop ies to the N ew sagen ts on W edn esday* instead o f Thursdays as be fore . T h is com pels us to g o to press on Saturday m orning.

H ERTS PHILATELIC SO CIETY.

T h e F u st G eneral M eeting o f the Soc iety , fo r the Season 1909-10, w as held (b y th e kind inv ita tion o f th e E a rl o f C raw fo rd ) a t N o . 1, Cavendish Square, Lon d on , W . , on Tuesday, O ctob er 19th, 1909, at 6.30 p.m .

P resen t: Messrs. F ran z R eichenbeim (P residen t). H . L . H sym an (V ice -P res iden t),R . F rentxel, T . H . H a rv ey , W . A . Boyes, W . T . S tandee. W . G . C oo l, C. R . Sutherland, J. A . L eon , W . H . Eastwood. A . L a n ge . J. H . Rosenheim , B . W . H . Poo le ,D . F ie ld , R . H . N ew ton , F . R ead , W . F . C larke, Baron A n th on y d e W orm s, B . W . A rn o ld , T . F . S ta fford , J . E . Booth. A . J. S6fi, J. R . L a in g . E . Bounds, F . J. M e lv ille , W . A . Gunner, M . W e in b e rg , J. W . Cam pion, K W teh en , H . J. B ignold, E . D. Bacon, W . Simpson, C . N issan, the E a r l o f C raw ford , J . G S idebotham (H on . L ib ra r ian ),H . A . S lade (H on . S ecre ta ry ), and one V is ito r.

T h e President took the Chair.T h e M inutes o f th e M eeting held on A p r il

aoth. 19091 w ere read and signed as c o r r e c t T h e fo llo w in g w e re e lected as ord inary

mem bers o f the S o c ie t y :— L t -C o lo n e l S . P . P e ile . J. H . Chapm an, D . R otbenr, D r . R . M elbourne W e s t , S . J. W e en in g , C . R e g e lt - berger, N e v i l le Stocken, A . W ilson , U m

Sanvfie, F . B. Sm ith, W , 1. G . Pu rnell, A . J. S6JL A . D . Ferguson and W . B . K irkpatrick .

T h e resignation o f M r . H . A . Fu lcher w as rece ived and accepted w ith r e g r e t

A letter o f congratu lation from Hauptmann W a gn er , o f W iesbaden , to the S oc iety on the arrangem ent o f the fo rthcom ing Congress was read, and the H on o ra ry Secretary waa requested to return a le tter o f thank*.

T h e in v ita tion o f the E xecu tive Com m ittee o f the In ternational P h ila te lic E xh ib ition , Berne, 1910, to inscribe the H erts Ph ila te lic S oc iety on the Com m ittee o f H onour waa du ly accepted.

A n in v ita tion o f the K ie l P h ila te lic Soc iety to their A nn iversary M eeting wax read , and th e H on . S ecretary w as requested to tend a suitable ackn ow ledgm en t

T h e H on . L ib ra rian ga v e no tice o f many va lu ab le D onation * to the L ib ra ry , w h ich he had rece ived since the last M eetin g from the President, M e w s . D . F ie ld , A . M ontader, L e o n de R a a ij. A . E . M iln er, P . K osack , A . Friedem ann , Gebr. Sen f, Pau l K o h l, W . H . P eck itt and the A m erican P h ila te lic Soc iety .

T h e President took the opportunity, on b eh a lf o f th e members, o f thanking L o rd C raw ford fo r the l iv e ly interest he had taken in the Soc iety , and fo r the va luab le assistance he had rendered to the forthcom ing Congress. T h rou gh him , a pow erfu l list o f Patrons and V ic e -P s tro n s had been obtained, and there was every prospect o f the Congress becom ing an em phatic success. T h is vote w as seconded by the V ice-Pres iden t, b r ie fly responded to , and carried w ith acclam ation .

A n adjournm ent was then m ade to inspect L o rd C raw fo rd 's w ell-know n and unique co llection o f the stamps o f G reat B rita in . T h is co llection i t so famous as to need no descrip tion ; needless to say, th e members spent a ve ry instructive and interesting hour in adm iring the treasures that w ere la id be fo re them , and in fudging fo r themselves the perfections to w h ich a specia lized co llection can b e broughL

A most successful M eeting term inated at8.30 p.m.


B R IG H TO N B R A N C H .T h e Second M eeting o f the present Session

w as held on O ctob er 28th, th e C ha ir be ing taken for M r. W . M ead.

M r. Ph il T . Dyson w as elected a member.A display o f th e Stam ps o f T r in id ad was

e v e n b y M r. M . P . Castle , J .P . (V ic e - President o f the R o ya l P h ila te lic S oc ie ty ). T h e ch ie f featu re was the fine display o f the lithographed issues, w h ich w ere printed In the C o lony , aad w ere used as provisionals when the supplies from Lon d on (printed by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon & C o .) g a v e out and until the next supply a rrived . A lthough printed ia various colours, the stamps w ere a ll o f the Id . denom ination. M r. Castle showed reconstructed p lates o f both the blue and red stamps, and i t the first philatelist to succeed in " p lating ” these stamp*. A sheet is composed o f $4 stamps. A hearty vo te o f thanks w as accorded M r. Castle on the motion o f the Chairm an and Secretary. In rep lying, M r. Castle mentioned inciden ta lly that it was h is sixtieth b irthday that day , ana a ll his l i fe he had found ph ila te ly a most entertain ing and fascinating hobby. N oth ing else but p h ila te ly would have taken him from the fireside that even ing. T h e Chairm an announced that the Exh ibition , w h ich .dosed that day, had been v e ry successful, ch ie fly ow in g to th e efforts o f Messrs. H erbert C lark. W . C y r il O w en , J. Corner-Spokes, aod the H on . Secretary, and he asked those present to accord them a ve ry hearty vo te o f thanks. T h is was carried b y enthusiastic acclam ation*

M r. I . W . Branwhlte showed a Id . T r in idad o f 1896 read ing ONE f e n n , w h ich i* b e lieved to b e unique.

M r. P a in e announced that the 4d. G rea t Britain would appear in new colours on N ovem ber isL

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PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.Prepa id A dvertisem en t* a re inserted in

T h k P o s t a g e stam p a t the fo i io w in i ra te* words, la . ; and Id . fo r e v e ry add itiona l w ord .

A dvertisem en ts can be rec e ived up to S o 'c lo c k T h u r s d a y fo r insertion <n the fo llo w in g w eek 's issue._________________

P E R H A P S Y O U H A V E N E V E R T R IE D * an advertisem ent in our columns. P e r haps it has n o t occu rred to you to send your " O ffe rs ’ * a lon g to T he Postage Stam p. T h e next t im e you w an t anyth in g w h y not use our colum ns ? For particu lars and prices see above.

H E W C O L O U R S . S . N ig e r ia . G am bia. 1 1 G o ld C oast, T r in id a d and a l l new issues, 9% o v e r fa c e va lu e (I/I p e r I/-). Russian L e v a n t Jubilee, com p lete set 25/2.— E w en 's L td ., N o rw ood . S .E ._____________________________

A P P R O V A L S E L E C T IO N S . L a rg e var.ie iy . G ood cop ies at low es t p rices sent

to responsib le app lican ts . L o o s e stam ps and C ollections purchased tor cash. ] . W . Spow art, J .P .U .,409. L o rd S tree t, Southport.

WANTS.'W A N TE D . G ood C o lon ia l C o llec tio n , also

C o lon ia l used h igh fa ce values, current issues. Particu lars, p r ice to W . Y a rd e , H illsborough , B ryn tea, A b e r t ille ry , M onm outhshire.

W a n ted . Caym an Islands, si- “ Posta g e .” N e w Hebrides, 1 /-, K in g , S ing le . M in t. C heap . O w en , 20, Church Road , H o v e .

T T N U S E D M auritius to applican ts fo r A pprova ls .— W r ig h t fit C o ., 9. M arket

Street, Southport.

1 n n f l M O U N T S t o A p p ro v a l App lican ts . .L fW ir u — Jackm an, 15, G a yv ille Road , N ew W andsw orth , Lon d on , S .W .

A P P R O V A L Sheets, ex cep tion a l va lue, free packet to applicants, send stam p.—

A rn o ld , Lyndhurst, C had w ell H eath ,

5 f l f i n V A R IE T IE S , from fa r th in g ; ap.l " " ’ ’ p rova l. 50 superb C olon ia ls, 1/.

— 141 Second, M anor Pa rk .

W. M. Peckitt’s New Issue Service10% (1/1 i per 1/-).

The follow ing New Issues have been distributed.T ra n sva a l lid., all b lu e ; S t L u c ia 3d., I/-,

new colours ; S . Austra lia 2/6, C row n and A ; T r in id a d id . , new sh a d e ; Barbados id . , new shade, etc., etc.

Particulars o f Service on application. W. H. PECKITT,

4T, Strand, London, W.C.

SOMETHING BETTER. JAM AICA.

T H IN G ’S (t in g le C A . w in k .) and Q ueen 's British Colon ia ls In sets at clearance

prices, list fre e .— Baldw in , 38, S teyne G ardens, W orth in g .

T7 0 R E IG N and C o lon ia l, 66 to 80 per cent i under ca ta logu e ; M u lre a d y ; approval. — R e v . G . B ell, L isburn, Ire la n d .

Queen's Head w ith Multiple w aterm ark , a ll fine, posta lly used and scarce.

3d. green , p r ic e 2d. 4d. brow n , p rice 3d.6d. y e llow , p rice $d. Postage id . extra .

T h ese Stam ps are lik e ly to be superseded by th e new colours at any m om ent.

W . H . R E G A N , IZ4, Quean’* Ra id . Bavawater, LeeSoe , W . (apposite W . Whltcley'a).

M O V A B L E L E A F B L A N K A L B U M S .lo in , b y 7in .. 40 leaves, 9 d . ; postage

2d.—20 leaves, 7 id .— W ill ia m L ew th w a ite , E grem on t, Cumberland._________________________

A P P R O V A L S H E E T S . F o re ign and C o l- n onial, R e fe ren ces requ ired .— K . Foster, 25, G ren v ille P lace , B righ ton .__________________

Office hairs— 9a.m , 7 p .m .. Sots. 9a.m . 2p.m

FREE. TH E JUBILEEE n v e lo p e w i t h C a r d , to a ll applican ts fo r

A ap p rova l sheet* (50% d iscount).— T H E L O N D O N P H I L A T E L I C C o .,

A p s le y , H em el-H em pstead .

P O S T A G E Stam p G auges, fo r m easuring * perforations. T h e y a re m ade in brass, and can be carried in the w aistcoat pocket. Moat useful to a ll C o llec to rs . P r ic e I/- nett, by post 1/1.— L U p co tt G ill , B azaar Buddings, D rury L a n e , Lou d on , W .C .

T 3 A R N E S ' British B arga in Books. Ex- tm p le ; 3d. p . 21 blue p ink, 1/3. R e fe r

ences.— 18, R a v e le y S treet, Lon d on , N .W .

r i R E A T B R I T A I N , id . reds in good condition . P la te Num bers 71 to 224,

com plete, 5/6, picked copies, 7/-.— K n igh t, § t . Sam pson’s, Guernsey.

T7 R E E . P ack et unused, approva l pur- 1 chasers.— D ruitt, 47, O d e l l R oad . Bow , Lon d on .

P O O N to Ph ilatelists. W a te rm a rk detect- 01s on ly Id . each , postage ex tra .— J. S.

Gibson, 31, M inard R o ad , S .S ., G lasgow , Scotland.

C U D A N S T A M P S . I I you sp ec ia lise in 0 th is country please w rite to m e.— E . L . A nge log lou s , P .O . B ox 873. C a iro (E g y p t ).

A C C U M U L A T IO N o ld stamps—scarce un- * * used. F o re ign -C o lo n ia l. S am p le so, l i t .— '" W a lte r ,” 9. A ven u e R o ad . L ew ish am , London .

Our Cheap Setsper set

IS A ustria Jubilee, 1908,1-2 krona ... 1 o3 ,, L e v a n t, 1908, 5, 10, 20 piastres 5 o9 N . Borneo , 1894. ic . to 24c................... 1 34 H o n g K o n g . 1905, 1 ,2, 3 fit 5 do lla rs IS 6 3 N a ta l, 1902. ;/•, lo t-, £1 (postally fin e ) 12 6

A fine selection sets, packets, etc., always on view .

WILLIAM STAMPOOMPANY128, Lsadeaball Street, Landau, EC.

COLLECTORSO f Curiae, Antiques, Books, C o in s o r anyth in g else w hatever, w ill find a first rate m arket fo r specim ens they d o not w ant in The B ataar. Exchange and M art newspaper. In the sam e w a y th ey can purchase anyth ing th ey requ ire read ily , ch eap ly fit conven ien tly

I t Is t h e Q ra a t P u p e r f o r In fo r m s t lo n ,

P r lv m ta t a la s A B a rg a in s .A d vertisem en ts o f P r iv a te C o llec to rs lix . those w h o d o not m ake a business o f purchase and sa le ) inserted at the rate o f 3 words fo r

id ., m in im um 4d.

TRY IT—OCT A COPY.P r ic e 2d. everyw h ere , o r by post fo r 3d. in

stamps from theOffices: BAZAAR BUILDINGS, DRURY LANE

LONDON, W.C.

BARGAIN8 IN SETS.Perak o r L c la n go r , 1891, ic . , 2c., 2c., a. d .

3c. on 5c. m i n t .................................... . 0 4M ozam bique C o., 1892, 5. 10, 20, 25, SO,

100, 200; cat. 416............. ............. 1 0M ontenegro , 1902, unpaid, 5 ,10 ,25 ,50 ,

ikr., and IO A.R.,cat. 2/9 .............0 10Peru, o ld issues, set o f to I .............. o 3Dutch Indies, on H o llan d , set o f 5 ... 0 2 )

D itto , surcharged ” JAVA,” set o f 5 0 2i G uatem ala, Jubilee, set o f II, c a t 3/3 I 0 D om in ican Repub. Jubilee, set o f 7, c.2/2 0 6 CLIFFORD MOSS, J l. Woodboasc U s e , Leeds.

BARGAINS | BARGAINS 11In tend ing purchasers a re advised to o rd e r early, as w e can on ly supply one cop y o f each o f m an y o f th e fo llow in g . A n y item w il l be fo rw ard ed on 24 hours’ approva l to responsible people g iv in g satisfactory references o r cash deposit, w h ich w ill be refunded should

stam p not be satisfactory.South Australia, 18879s, S .G . N o. 226, £3 sage green , pe rf. to, used. 861- ; N o . 519. w ink, la rge star. p e r f. H i x 12), ij- red -brow n, sur. O .S .. used, 12/-; N o . 534, w m k. broad star, perf. to x 11L 4d. dull putple, sur. O .S .,c a t . is/-, used, 7/6. Q u e e n s la n d , 1868-69, 1 /- m auve, used, cat. Si-, 2/-; N o . 84,1/- mauve, no w m k., used, cat. 20/-, 10/-; 1881, L ith o . 21- blue, used, c a t is/-, 91- ; 1882, thin paper, 101- brow n, N o . 121, mint, ca t. 20/-, 121- ; 1882, thin paper, £1 deep green , N o . 122, mint, 28/-; 1887-89, N o . 151,2/- p a le brow n, mint, c a t 20/- 10/-. T a s m a n ia , 1871-79. 5/- purple, used, cat. 12I-, 6/8. N e w Z e a ila n d , 1873, N o . 111, id . rose, no w m k ., perf. l l i x to, used, cat. 40/-, ID 'S ; N o . 492, 2/-, Law Courts, used, ca t. 30/-, 12/-. Western Australia, 1865, 1 /- sage green . N o . 62, C .C ., perf. 121, used, cat. 12/-, 8/-. New South wales, 1862. registered, N o . 507, used, ca t. 6/-, 8 i - : N o . 615A, I/- black, sur. O .S ., p e r f. 12), used, ca t. 7*6, 8/9. Br. Cen. Africa, 1897, to/- o l iv e g m ., wmk. C r. C .C ., mint. ca t. 25/*. 18/-. British Guiana, 187s. N o . 88 ,24c. a m ., perf. is , used, ca t. 20/-, 10/. Br. S . Africa, 1800, N o . to, £2 rose red, used, 20/- ; 1897. N o . 58A, W a te r - lo w prin t, £2 rosy red . p e r t 15. used, 40/. Nova Scotia, 1851, N o . 7, 3d. blue, used, ca t. to/-. 9I-. Perak, 189$, $3, used, ca t. IJ/- 8/6. Hong Kong, 1691, No. 302, 2c rose, sur. S .D ., used, cat. 10/0. 5j6 . Shanghai, 1873, N o . 50, 1 cau. on 2 cts. rose, m int, ca t. 7/6,1/9 ; 1889, N o . 134, 20 on 80 cash green , mist, ca t. to/-. 6/- U.S.A., 1873. ic . y e llow , agriculture, used. ca t. 12b , 91- Philippines on N .S ., 1899, J0c. orange, used, no wm k., M- ; 1 do l. b lack , used. 14/- Turkey, 1908, 25 piastres, used, 4i- Uruguay, 1884, N o . 153, i c . on toe . ver., in verted sur., mint ca t. 25/-. 12/6. P a r a g u a y , 1889, 15c. m arone, perf. i l l , used, 7/6. Argentine. 1869, sc-

rose-red, used, ca l., 25/-. 10/- Postage extra on ardors M ow fil-

Apprsrsl Seltctieni o l medtratsly-prlcs* Stamps is gsod canSlltoa is res passible posses.

V IC TO R IA S T A M P Oo.225, EU8TON ROAD, LONDON, N.W.

H .E .H A W O R T H & l ! '8 7 /9 , ALDCATE HICH STREET,

LONDON, E.Selections of Stamps sent on approval.


We do not offer Bargains but sell at a uniformly low rate.

Collections wanted for prompt cash References required.

T e lep h on e 10361 Central.

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Gossip of tl?c WccHBY C O R N E L IU S W R I N K L EKing Manoel 5 tamps to appear January l it .

BY the time these

lines appear we shall he haring the long-expected visit from the

)*an g King Manoel of Portugal. As mentioned in the Postage Stam p, proofs of the new issue of stamps for Portugal bearing the present king's portrait were shewn a t the Amsterdam Exhibition, and it had been understood that the issue would be made during the past summer. Now, however,

the series is not likely to appear before January 1st, 1910.

Other Prospective New Year's Day Stamps.New Year's Day, 1910, is likely to be an important

date for collectors of modern Europeans, for on that day, in addition to the King Manoel stamps of Portugal, the new stamps of Sweden (see P o tta g e S tam p , IV. p. 167) may be expected.A Roumanian Stamp Journal.

Roumania is to have another stamp journal, or perhaps it is already issued, being announced to appear on October 1st last, under the title, L 'A n n o n c e Intern ation al.

More Forgeries from Switzerland.L a Revue P o sta le (Beige) says that a certain " to o

celebrated Swiss house " has put on sale forgeries of the following countries’ stamps:—

Abyssinia, 11 different aeries.Hawaii.Honduras (looomotive series).Solomon Islands.Bremen.Bavaria.Wurtemburg.Mecklenburg.Hayti.Roumania.Servia (death mask series).

These forgeries, says our contemporary, are very well done, and consequently collectors should*be on their guatd.A Korean Stamp Book,

F .J .P . writes to The Journal of the Philatelio Literature Society that he has recently acquired a copy of an interesting publication relating to the stamps of Korea, the title of which— in Japanese " Kan Koku Yubin Kitte J o ” — is represented as "A lbum of Korean Postage Stamps " The book consists of nine leaves, within two thin grey boards, tied with ribbons in the customary Japanese style. It is printed throughout in Japanese, and is illustrated w ith the original stamps with the exception of the first issue, which is shewn b y means of process blocks. A short account with dates is given of each issue at the side of the stamps, and the reason of the absence of specimens of the first issue is stated as due to the demolition of the post office at the time of their issue, a fact already known to collectors.

All the stamps but two in F .J .P .'s copy are unused, and as far as he has been able to determine, the book was issued by the Department of Communications of the Japanese Resident in Korea, aud would accordingly rank as an official account of the stamps of Korea up to the time that the post office was taken over by the Japanese on their domination of the country. No place or date of publication ) b given.Philatelic Criticism.

Dr. Emilo Diena recently made some trenchant criticisms in the Literature Society's journal on the subject of the reviewing of philatelic publications. Serious philatelio criticism is at present lamentably looking in the philatelic press. Reviews are mostly either restricted to a few words of kind congratulation or else if the reviewer has a bee in his bonnet he makes a few— just a few— uncalled for and unpleasant remarks which are neither relative to the subject matter of the book under discussion nor to any serious philatelic purpose. Only now and again does an important work get an extended and critical notice, and the Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society may well lead the philatelio press to general improvement in respect of its critiques.The Editor's Difficulty.

It is of course easy to understand some of the ohief reasons for the general lack of real critioism. A book is


usually produced by a man who has specialised in his subject, and the review, to be equal in philatelio worth to the book itself, should be written by a specialist in the same country, or at least by one who has made researches along the same lines. Such a critic is not often available to the philatelic editor. Then a conscientious and oritical review takes an inconceivable amount of time, which is either not available, or, if available, can scarcely be adequately remunerated, for fortunes are not made every day by the editors and publishers of the journals devoted to our hobby.An Important Austrian W ork.

What brought this subject to my mind this week was the receipt of the new quarterly number of the journal already mentioned, in which Dr. Diena has backed up his former artiole by a specimen of critical reviewing. He has discussed in two large pages of print the ponderous work with the no less ponderous title, Die Postwertzeichen des Ka.itertum.es Oesterreich und der oesterreichisch- ungarischen Monarchic, by H. Kropf. This is a large 8vo. volume of 447 pages and 35 plates, published last year at Prague.The Negligence of Bibliography.

Dr. Diena opens his review with a critical comment in which all true students of stamps must acknowledge the Doctor is right. He says " While we who are amateurs of all that relates to the bibliography of stamps are engaged in noting even the most meagre publications—for even in little sheets of trifling importance some new or scarcely known fact may sometimes be recorded— there are authors who neglect the bibliographical side of their subject to a deplorable degree. Mr. Kropf is one of these; in going through his volume we have come across scarcely a single bibliographical reference, while in the 1902 edition there were a few to be found."When Specialists Ignore each other.

The prominent Italian philatelist recalls th a t; •' When Mr. L. Hanciau published in the Monthly Journal (Vol. X III. 1902-3) his interesting study of the stamps of Lombardo-Venetia, the late Mr. Fraenkel told me that this writer had ignored Mr. Kropf’s work. Mr. Fraenkel's statement was, I believe, correct, but what now seems certain to me is that Mr. Kropf, in his turn, in preparing this new edition, has taken no acoount of the researches of Mr. Hanciau. It iB useless to reply that, as Mr. Kropf was luoky enough to have access to official sources, through the influence of the Minister of Commerce, he oould well dispense with other people's studies. We know that even official information has to be used in the right way, cum grano salis, and that it is well to ascertain if a decree was really carried into effect, or if, owing to unforeseen circumstances, some different course was taken,

"N or ought the plea of ignorance of a certain language to be permitted in justification of such negligence ; when an important work is published on the subject on which an author is engaged, it is his bounden duty to take cognizanoe of it, even if merely by having a translation of the chief portions made for his use. If the work is so scarce that he cannot procure a copy. I think he should inform his readers to that effeot,"An Essential to Completeness.

Now in the first place it is conceivable that Mons. Hanciau wrote his articles published in the Monthly Journal 1902-3 prior to the publication of the first edition of Herr Kropf’s work. An author does not always get the opportunity of adding muoh to his MS. once it is in the publisher’s hands and the more particularly is this the when the author lives abroad and has possibly the disadvantage of language. But in regard to Herr Kropf’s work, the arguments by Dr. Diena must hold good. It is not

for a moment suggested that improper use has been made of the Belgian writers’ work— the complaint is rather that no use has been made of it and that Herr Kropf's work is consequently incomplete. We have -not the space this week to go further into the subject but there are books in our own language and important ones too yrhich are sadly lacking in respect of bibliography. There is little excuse in these days when libraries are being formed all over the country and most writers have little necessity to remain ignorant of the researches of their fellow-students.Poor Old France I

The official organ of the Socidte Fran^aise de Timbro- logie notes the number of congresses and exhibitions on the tapis for next year and 1911, and the general activity in philatelic society affairs in other countries than France. The London and German Congresses are mentioned. and it is said that Holland is to have an exhibition at the Hague in 1910, the Argentine Republic is to have its exhibition at Buenos Ayres, 1910, Spain will no doubt have its second congress, Vienna is to have an exhibition and congress 1911, and Berne is to have its exhibition in the autumn of 1910.

“ And what is being done in Paris? Wbat is on the tapis l Nothing— nothing at all," laments our contemporary.

" ds for France, i t does not want to know anything."Is Paris Lagging Behind?

The wPi ter in L a Revue quoted above is iio other than M. Albert Coyette, than whom no.man is in a stronger position to stir up his fellow philatelists from their inactivity. We have noted his pungent criticisms of his confreres for their neglect to travel to see the international exhibitions (a*which French visitors have been “ rare ” ), and as President of the great French Philatelic Society collectors in France ought to be aroused by his very proper criticisms. " France," says M. Coyette, " has perhaps the mostnumerous body of stamp collectors of any country in the world; in France the tn d e in postage stamps is the most prosperous; the greatest auction attendances are to be found in Paris ; for these reasons it ought to be in Paris that the most frequent exhibitions should be held, and yet it is PariB which obstinately lags behind in philatelic propaganda.When Parle Led the W ay.

France certainly has been a little slack of late in matters of philatelic propaganda, but we should perhaps regard it as temporarily resting upon its laurels gained by the leading place it has taken in the matter of exhibitions and congresses in the past. I believe I am correct in saying that it was at Paris that the first important congress of philatelists was held. I have the printed transactions before me. as I write, of the •• Congres International des Timbrophiles," held as far back as1878.A Great Congress.

That was a great Congress, and iu the transactions we find the names of most of the great philatelists of the world. The Central Organisation Committee had for President M. Donatis, the President of the French Philatelic Society; for Vice-President, Dr Legrand, who seems to have been the life and soul of the Congress; and the General Secretary was Pb. de Bosredou, who in the same year as the Congress, published, through M. Moene, of Brussels, his Bibliographic Timbrologique de la France et de la Belgique. On the Committee, 1e Comte Durrieu, Ph. de Ferrari, and Maury are the most notable names. Baron Arthur de Rothschild, author of an important " Histoire de la Poste aux Lettres," which ran through several editions, M. Caillebotte, and M. Ch. Roussin, editor of L 'A m i des Timbres, were among the French members of the Congress.

THE POSTAGE StAMP 87

117 tl?e Stanjp MarketB Y O. R E G IN A L D G U M

New Scott CatalogueIs juBt to band for 1910. This year the American

National Stamp Catalogue is sold bound in cloth at 75 cents, and in paper covers at 60o., post free. The get up is as in the past, including the text “ Hints for Collectors,” which have served to instruct a generation of novice collectors. This latter could do with revising, as could the tables of foreign money, and foreign philatelic terms.

American TradeAppears to have been a record during the last season,

for the Scott Catalogue was entirely sold out six months before expectation. The Scott Stamp and Coin Co., in company with their American contemporaries, predict a further record for the 1909-10 season. Here and there we discover some important changes in prices. For instance, the 1909 edition quoted the Siam 1907 set of tical values at 831 the three. These are dropped to 820 the set in the new catalogue. Surely these obsolete high values are worth more now than a year ago, I often wonder what these firms do who suddenly, in a few months, drop a price to such an extent as 40%. I should think that it is disheartening to a client who pays the original price—especially if the stamps are not remainders, or commoner by having a large circulation—or any other cause by which the dealer has no power to control.

Scott prices the following highest-value India Postage Stamps as follows :—

2 rupees Queen Is., King Is. 3d.3 „ „ 2s., ,, 2s. Gd.5 ,, ,, 6s., ,, 58.

As a matter of value the 2 rupees Queen is worthdouble that of the King's head, but the 5 rupee King isworth more than the 5 rupee Queen I The 3 rupee values are very reasonably priced.

Newfoundland, Canadian and all North American stamps generally, not forgetting the U.S. by no means the least, are priced as near to perfection as possible. At the same time I think the Newfoundland 5c. brown Seal is trebly as scarce as the 6c, black, and I am quite sure that the used 4c. Princess of Wales is a dozen times rarer than the 5o. Prince of Wales, though the former is priced at 5c. and the latter at 8c. The Canadian scarce 6c. Dominion (large stamp), and the 8 cents Registered are still very reasonably priced at 4s. and 10s. each respectively. The 69th edition of Scott is a welcome addition to the library of both dealer and collector.

A Cloth Bound KingIs, as already noted in our columos, ont for the new

Beason. In red cloth with white lettering the 1910 Whitfield King should prove popular among general collectors, even if at the advanced price of 2s. As they would say on the other side of the “ Herring Pond” — it is a well gotten up book, and a great help for those collectors who ignore varieties of nominally the same stamp. Before going any further I might quote Messrs. Whitfield King’s preface, by noting that they do not pretend that their prices shall be taken as the standard value, but only those at which they Bell the stamps. This is a fair and honest declaration. Messrs. W. K. & Co.’s latest statistics have already been quoted in our columns. Messrs. W. K. & Co. do not pretend to have all the varieties they price, in stock, as *’ in the case of great rarities, the prices are merely given for the information of the collector . . . .’*

Bargains.Messrs. W. K. & Co. state all stamps are quoted for in

good condition. That being so, they should have a “ run ” on the following small list of stamps

Great Britain, 1855, 6d emblems . . . 2d., , . , Is, ,, Is.„ 1884, 9d.................................. 8s. 6d

U.S A . 1890, 90c............................................ Is.1894,85 .............. .............. 6s.

, . 1904, St. Louis 3c............................ Id. 1 1 !New Brunswick lc. unused.......................... 3d.Newfoundland, I860, Gd. u n u se d .............. Is 3d.

,1 ,, Is. , , ... ... 2s. 9d., , 1866, 13c, , , .................... 8s.„ 1890, 12c...........................................

Tasmania, 1900, Gd wmk. t a s ....................Is. 3d.6d.

Hong Kong, 1863, 8c. .............. 3d., , K i n g , Single C.A., 81.............. I s .

Greece, 1896, Olympic, 401. .................... 4d.„ 1906, „ 301..................................... 2d.»t ,, it 401. ... 2d.t, ,t t. 501. . . . . . .

Holland De Ruyter Postage Due, 6}c.2d.3d.

, , ,1 , , 7jc. ... Sandwich Islands, 25c., 1899

2d.Is.

Over-prices,The following are however, rather bloated in com

parison with the general run of Messrs. W. K. & Co.’s reasonable quotations

Newfoundland, 2c. map nsed ................ 2d.Hayti, 1904. Exterior set ..........................3s. Id.U.S.A., 1903, 2c re d u c e d ............................ Id.

(The rejected type of 2c. 1902 is priced at }d.Denmark, King Frederick, 25 6. ... 3d.

,, ,, 50 o. ... ... 6d.„ .. 100 5................... 8d,

Holland, 1898, 1 gulden ..............................4d.(As a comparison the 2)gr is priced at 6d ) .

Holland, 1908, 20c. bi-colour ................ 3d.„ 1899, lc., 2)c....................................... Id.

German Levant, 1 pi as.. 1906, watermarked 2d.(Comparing with the 10par. or 20par. at Id .).

Crete, 1905,101................................................ 6d... 1907,251. ... ... ................ 4d.

(No mention whatever made of the surcharge •• Ettas ” on the 101. “ Prince George." Also Messrs. W. K. mention that the provisionals of 1898. Nos. 1 to 6, were issued by the British Authorities—this is a popular etror—they were promoted by the Powers “ in occupationand issued from the ” hlaison d ’ Aulriche")

I might also mention that Messrs. W. K. & Co. list the Bucharest Exposition 1906 stamps of Roumania. but ignore the Princess Marie Charity set. The former were not allowed to be used for postage, but the latter were permitted for a certain limited period, at their face value— though actually sold for 7 bani extra on the 3 bani, and 10 bani each extra on the 5,10 and 15 bani values— the differences being paid over to the various charities in which the Crown Princess Marie is, or was interested.

However, I am paid to criticise, and have to find the weakest parts. This I think 1 have done, and as the good firm at Ipswich are only human, their “ errs ” are few, and their latest produotion a credit— even if it will not give the trade a chance to sell at ” half catalogue.” This year the sale should bo enormous, since Gibbons will not appear till late next year.

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British New Guinea aijd PapuaSonje Notes op tlje New HapdbooH* <B Y H. H. H A R L A N D

THE completion of the first series of eight handbooks by our Editor is heralded by the publication of “ British Hew Ouinea and Papua ” (Melville Btamp Books Ho. 8). The book itself presents some new items in regard to these popular issues

which have been rendered somewhat complicated by the varieties of paper introduced into the last edition of Gibbons’ catalogue.

As the stamps are of recent issue, and are doubtless in the possession of many of our readers, we make no excuse for devoting further attention to them in these columns. Previous articles on the subject have appeared in The Postage Stamp, Yol. II. p. 209 and p. 303, Vol. III. p. 79 and Vol. IV. p. 71.

A good deal of attention has been paid latterly to the postmarks of Hew Guinea on the stamps of Queensland in use there from 1888 to 1901, when the lakaloi issue appeared. It will come as a surprise to collectors who have found these postmarks exceedingly scarce to learn that as early as 1888 the anuual postal business transacted amounted to—

, Received. Dispatched. Letters ... 2366 ... 2587Packets ... 93 ... 98Hewspapers ... 4071 ... 574

The varieties of postmarks are described as follows in the approximate order of their use:—(1) The letters " n .o .” in 8 bars probably used at Port

Moresby.(2) The letters “ b .n .g .” in tall capitals separated by

stops, in 8 bars, used at Port Moresby.(3) The letters “ b n g ” in tall thin capitals close to

gether without stops, and in 9 bars, used at Samarai.

(4) The circular town cancellation with names of town of use. These marks are only so far known of Port Moresby and Samarai.

All these marks are illustrated in the Melville Stamp Book, and as they are rare and copies may still be expected to turn up, readers should be on the look out for them. As a matter of fact a copy of the “ H.G.” on Queensland was actually found in an exhibit at the recent Brighton Exhibition. It had come ofi a letter from a Hew Guinea Missionary.

Of the first issue there is not a great deal to be said A description of the curious vessel, the lakatoi is quoted from Mr. A. E. Pratt’s important book, “ Two Years among New Guinea Cannibals.'' In the background of the stamp picture is Hanuabada, a village not far from Port Moresby. Hanuabada is the name of the village,

not of a district, as might be gathered from Mr. Jobson’s “ Papua: its Posts and Posts and Postage Stamps.”

A curious point is raised in the new book under notice. It concerns the manner of inserting the denomination of value in the oval spaces at the two lower angles. Mr. Melville suggests that Messrs. De L a Rue have adapted their well-known plug system for surface printed stamps to the line engraved stamps issued in recent years by this firm.

Plates 1 and 2 of the vignette plate used in this issue have been known to exist by the plate numbers, which are, however, usually cut away in the trimming down of the sheets. Points whereby the plates can be identified from the stamps are now given for the first time.

Of the white leaf varieties in this issue our author states:

“ T h ese, . . are most prominent on stamp No. 20 of the2Jd., where the leaves above the figures of value in the B E . corner shew thiB peculiarity, and also in stamp 27, where the leaves immediately to the right of the value in the S.W. angle are partly unshaded. In the case of Ho. 27 the inner line of colour at the bottom is broken off before it reaches the oval. The Jd. stamp shews somewhat similar varieties on stamps 20 and 28; the 2d., in late printings only, on stamps 20, and a faint trace on Ho. 27; and the Is. in late printings shews a faint sign on Ho. 28.”

It has. we believe, been thought hitherto that tho white leaf varieties on ail the values mentioned were identical, but this is not the case. A separate plate was evidently made for the frame design of each denomination, though from a single die pierced in the oval spaces to admit of the insertion of the values.

A good deal of information is tabulated for the first time in regard to the use of the single line and the comb machines for perforating these stamps. All the stamps of all values examined of the variety on thiok paper with horizontal watermark were found to have the single line perforation, whereas all on the thin paper with vertical watermark were found to be perforated by the comb machine. The natural deduction is that these are therefore separate printings, as also probably are the Id. and Id. on thick paper with vertical watermark (comb perf.) and the }d. and 2^d. which alone of the thin paper species were perforated with the single line machine.

The large “ Papua ” overprint which was necessitated by the change of the name of the possession from British Hew Guinea to Papua is the lesser of the two types of overprint in point of philatelic interest, as it has not

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yielded any varieties. I The note after stamp No. 34 in Gibbons' catalogue should come after No. 49 as the varieties occur on the small type of overprint, not on the large. No. 29b in the catalogue is queried as also are Nos. 33 and 34 by the writer of the work before our notice.

In the smaller type of surcharge we'get the well-known varieties with defective second p in Papua, and the raised Pa in Papua (not the *• pua ” dropped as usually described). Nos. 35 and 36 in Gibbons' catalogue have l>een omitted altogether as no undoubted copies have been forthcoming, and it would seem that they have been listed in error iu Gibbons* and priced as low as Is. 6d. and 5s. respectively. »C° ,ik

In procuring the illustrations for this portion of the book. Mr. Melville has been singularly fortunate in having the use of Mr. Albert Ashby’s superbly specialised collection of these stamps. The small Papua overprint is represented, in addition to a reproduction of a of a normal specimen, by a pair of the 6d. double surcharge, a single of the 2/6 with the surcharge reading downwards instead of horizontally, and a partly re-constructed sheet of this latter variety of which only one sbeet was issued. The re-construction and diagram has been made by means of a proof on transparent paper of the complete setting of the overprint, in itself an item of the greatest interest. The diagram shews exactly what varieties were produced by this sbeet being inserted in the printing press the wrong way.

Sumps I, 2. 3> 5. 21. 22. 23. 25, 26. 27. 28. 30 shew the complete word Papua once reading downwards.

Stamps 4, 24, 29, shew tbe complete word twice, readies downwards.

On all the sumps in the second row of the engraved sheet the word Papua runs over the perforations slightly on the row below.

Eartl?qual$e ii>

THE ISLAND OF HAYT1.

T HE position of the island of Hayti on the map and the distribution of the territory between two republics are matters on which the man in the street is ignorant, but which are current knowledge among collectors of stamps.

The Dominican Republic, which occupies the easteru portion of tbe island has contributed to tbe philatelists’ knowledge of this little-known island, by tssning the well-known map series of stamps of 1900.

In the early reports it appears that the recent seismic disturbances in the West Indies have been definitely

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The horizontal row* two and three have one urcharge between each vertical pair except the fourth damp in those row* which have two overprints between them.

In the lithographed Papua series the chief novelty is the retouch of the $d., which occurs on stamp No. 20 on the sheet. The white leaf varieties are. iu several cases, repeated in the same positions as they occupied on the engraved sbeetsof British New Guinea, and it is suggested that the frames for the lithographed set were copied by photography from the old set. But in tbe £d stamp No. 20. which was a white leaf variety on the engraved sheet, has been retouched, the lines of shading on the particular leaves not corresponding with those on the normal stamp.

There are in the book before us a bibliography and an exhaustive check list in which the main varieties are given in large type so that tbe beginner or simplified collector can ignore all paper, plate and watermark varieties which are appended in 6mall type for the benefit of the specialist.

But perhaps the most interesting chapter in the book is that given as un appendix contribute! by Mr. Albert Ashby on " The Postmarks of British New Guinea and Papua.” The postmarks are of importance to tbe specialist in his endeavours to fix the older and approximately the number and periods of the different printings. Mr. Ashby's study of the postmarks as printed will be found of considerable assistance to the collectors of these interesting stamps.

* British New Guinea and Papua by Fred. J. Melville, 63 pp. and plate*. Price 6 d .: post free 7d. Published by W . H. Peckitt, 47, Strand, W.C.

LLANDOVERY FALLS, JAMAICA.

Jamaica, too, although not experiencing an earthquake, has suffered much from rains and floods which appear to be associated with tbe catastrophe in the neighbouring island of Hayti.

Haytilocated to Hayti and that considerable damage has been done to property and probably there has been great Iosb of life in the Haytian Kepublio (occupying the western portion of the island). Cap-Haytien (30,000 inhabitants) has suffered very severely, and Gonaives (13,000) has been razed to the ground.

Hayti is next to Cuba the largest island in the West Indies, and is the neighbour of Jamaica and Cuba.

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Tl>e World’s Stan>p ErrorsT be M cst Com prehensive and E ntertain in g A rtic le on th is S u b je ct yet publishedB Y M ISS F I T T E '

This important article was started in No, l of the present Volume. The seven instalments already published may be had from the Publishers in Nos, l, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Vol. V., price 1 \d each post free.

Transvaal ( c o n t in u e d ) .

ERROR.

1906, Id. carmine, wmk. Cabled Anchor (577).Sometime early in 1906, there was sent to the Trans-

‘ va&l a supply of this value, amongst which were at least two sheets watermarked with the Cabled Anchor, manufactured for the Cape of Good Hope stamps, instead of with the usual and proper Multiple Crown " C A T h e earliest copy, so far as my knowledge extends, is postmarked " Middleburg, Nov., ’06” .

Only a few copies are known at present, but probably more will be found; so far they are all used.

Does any Cape of Good Hope 'stamp exist on Multip'e Crown " C A " paper?

Victoria.

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TYPE.

I860, “ — " grey lilac (16).In making up the Btone by means of lithographic

transfers taken from the One Penny plate, the workman omitted to insert the slip of transfer paper bearing the facial value, Two Pence; the result is a stamp without any expressed value,

The error is of the type having ooarse background and border, and With outer frame; it is, I- assume, a very scarce stamp, and was evidently soon corrected, as it is catalogued iu grey-lilac only,

TYPE.1854, 2d. mauve (25-27).

The stamps of this type are lettered in the lower corners, on a somewhat complicated system, so th at the position on the sheet of any particular copy can be ascertained therefrom. E vidently, tbe transfers od two of the stones used had to be patched u p : on one stone ” wa ” exists where “ gm ” should b e ; and on the other there are to be found ” o y ” for •' ae ” , “ tx " for •• l p " , ** di ” for ” vz ” , and “ CH” f o r ‘ ‘ Y v ” ; and there are doubtless other sim ilar instances. The stamps them selves are all right, but, cut from another transfer, they were placed in positions different from those which they originally occupied.

I mention these only to avoid an apparent omission, as I do not consider them to be errors.

ERROR.1860, 2d. slate-violet—wmks. (75, 75a).

The watermarks adopted in 1860 for the ” Emblems ” stamps, first issued in 1857, consisted of the value in words. The Two Pence, slate-violet, perforated 12, is known with watermark of " th ree pen ce " and of ” one p e n n y " ; of the former paper, it is said that 3,000 sheets were so used in December, 18G2, but it is rather scarce; and tbe latter I believe to be very rare.

As in some of the other Australian Colonies, the correctness of the watermark was apparently of a secondary consideration.

t h e po st a g e stam p 91

ERROR.

1860-69, id . rose—wmk. “ five s h il l in g s" (87).The above stamp is not exactly common used, but is

very rare in unused condition; and there is nothing to be obtained from single copies of this Four Pence, except that they are watermarked " five sh illin gs " in two lines, reading diagonally downwards from left to right; the last stamp in each vertical row of fifteen is so watermarked, as an indication of the price of the entire strip, the remaining fourteen being each watermarked “ fouk f e n c e Is it correctly classed as an error?

1860-62, id . rose—wmk. “ one p e n n y ” (87o).This stamp is of the same type as the preceding, and

the error consists in its being printed on the paper watermarked “ o n e p e n n y ” and intended for that value; it is very scarce.

1861, Id. green—wmk., double-lined “ 1 ” (96).This stamp, the One .Penny, green, is known on three

papers— watermarked “ one p e n n y" , double-lined " 1 " and single-lined “ 1 Of these, the first was just becoming obsolete and the last was coming into use. The second paper, double-lined " 1 " , was certainly incorrect, and had doubtless been borrowed, probably from Tasmania. The error, unused, is rare.

ERRORS AND TYPE.

1863-64, Id. green, 2d. lilac, id . rose—wmks. (99-103).1864, Id. green, 2d. lilac, id . rose— wmk*. (110-117).The stamps of this type appear to have been printed

on a very well-mixed lot of paper ; properly, they should be on paper watermarked with single-lined figures of value'; but some of the “ Emblems ” type paper Beems to have been used, as well as a supply of paper with

' double-lined numerals of value, obtained from Tasmania.The following combinations are to be found, of which

the One Penny, watermarked “ 4 ” (double-lined), is scarce and the last very rare, the others being more or less uncommon :— One Penny, green, watermarked double- lined “ 1 " and “ 4 ” , single-lined" 4 ” , “ 6 " and ,,8 ” and

“ bee pe n ce" ; Two Pence, lilac, watermarked double- lined “ 1 ” and “ 4 ” , and single-lined “ 4 ” , “ 6 ” and “ 8 ” ; and Four Penoe, in rose and oarmine, watermarked double-lined “ 4 ” , and in rose, watermarked single-lined “ 8 ” .

1878, 8d. brown on rote, wmk. 44 10" (121).In 1867, the stamps of the preceding type, which in

cluded one of the value of Eight Pence, began to be printed on paper watermarked " V " over Crown ; but in 1878, a printing of this value took place on the paper intended for a Ten Pence stamp, of a different type, issued some twelve years previously and then obsolete,; it bears, as a watermark, the figures “ 10” , single-lined!

The error is Dot scarce.

ERROR.

1865 67. 10<i. slate, wmk. 44 8 " (130s).This is the Ten Pence alluded to in the preceding

paragraph, but it apparently started ite career on paper watermarked with a single-lined figure " 8 " : it is not known in slate colour on paper watermarked with single- lined figures “ 10 " .

This stamp is slightly scarcer than the preceding. Possibly, when this value was created, there was not any special paper provided for it— the subsequent printing in brown on rose was on the properly watermarked paper, the ultimate balance of which was used for the 1878 printing of the Eight Pence, brown on rose: if so, the stamp cannot fairly be called an error.

1871, 6d. blue—wmkt. (136-141).This stamp, illustrated under the preceding error, was

first printed on the “ V ” over Crown paper, but in this year all the remaining odds and ends of the old papers appear to have been utilised. This Six Pence, blue, is known watermarked single-lined ” 4 ", double-lined “ 1 " , “ 2 ” and ** 4 ” and in words 44 t h r e e f e n c e ". 44 f o u r p e n c e ” and 44 six p e n c e ", of which the first and third are the scarcest two.

ERROR.

90 THE POSTAGE STAMP \

Tl>e World’s Staipp ErrorsT b e M ost Com prehensive and E n tertain in g A rtic le on th is S u b je ct yet publishedB Y M ISS F I T T E <

This important article was started in No. 1 of the present Volume. The seven instalments already -published may be had from the Publishers in Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Vol. V., price l jd each post free.

Transvaal ( c o n t in u e d ) .

ERROR.

1906, Id. carmine, wmk. Cabled Anchor (577).Sometiise early in 1906, there was sent to the Trans-

• vaal a supply of this value, amongst which were at least two sheets watermarked with the Cabled Anchor, manufactured for the Cape of Qood Hope stamps, instead of with the usual and proper Multiple Crown “ C A The earliest copy, so far as my knowledge extends, is postmarked " Middleburg, Nov,, ’06 ” .

Only a few copies are known at present, but probably more will be found ; so far they are all used.

Does any Cape of Qood Hope 'stamp exist on Multip’e Crown " OA ” paper ?

Victoria.

TYPB,

1860, “ — ’* grey lilac (16).In making up the stone by means of lithographic

transfers taken from the One Penny plate, the workman omitted to insert the slip of transfer paper bearing the facial value, Two Fence; the result is a stamp without any expressed value.

The error is of the type having coarse background and border, and With outer frame; it ie, I-assume, a very scarce stamp, and was evidently soon corrected, as it is catalogued in grey-lilac only.

TYPE.1854, 2d. mauve (25-27).

The stamps of this type are lettered in the lower corners, on a somewhat complicated system, so that the position on the sheet of any particular copy can be ascertained therefrom. Evidently, the transfers on two of the stones used bad to be patched u p : on one stone “ wa ” exists where “ on ” should be ; and on the other there are to be found •• o y " for “ a e ” , “ t x ” for *• l p ” , *• d i ” for " vz ” , and “ ch ” for “ yv ” ; and there are doubtless other similar instances. The stamps themselves are all right, but, cut from another transfer, they were placed in positions different from those which they originally occupied.

I mention these only to avoid an apparent omission, as I do not consider them to be errors.

RRROR.1860, 2d. slate-violet—wmks. (75, 75a).

The watermarks adopted in 1860 for the “ Emblems” stamps, first issued in 1857, consisted of the value in words. The Two Pence, slate-violet, perforated 12, is known with watermark of “ th ree pen ce ” and of ” one penny ” ; of the former paper, it is said that 8,000 sheets were so used in December, 1862, but it is rather scarce ; and the latter I believe to be very rare.

As in some of the other Australian Colonies, the correctness of the watermark was apparently of a secondary consideration.


ERROR.

1860-62, id . rose—wmk. “ fiv e sh il l in g s” (87).Tbe above stamp is not exactly common used, but is

very rare in unused condition; and there is nothing to be obtained from single copies oi this Four Pence, except that they are watermarked “ fiv e sh illin gs " in two lines, reading diagonally downwards from left to right; the last stamp in each vertical row of fifteen is so watermarked. as an indication of the price of the entire strip, the remaining fourteen being each watermarked “ four f e n c e '*. Is it correctly classed as an error 7

1860-62, 4d. rose—wmk. “ one p e n n y ” (87a).This stamp is of the same type as the preceding, aud

the error consists in its being printed on the paper watermarked “ one pen n y ” and intended for that value; it is very scarce.

1861, Id. green—wmk., double-lined “ 1 ” (96).This stamp, the One .Penny, green, is known on three

papers— watermarked “ o n e p e n n y ” , double-lined “ 1 " and siDgle-lined “ 1 ” , Of these, the first was just becoming obsolete and the last was coming into use. The second paper, double-lined " 1 ” , was certainly incorrect, and had doubtless been borrowed, probably from Tasmania. Tbe error, unused, is rare.

•* six pen ce ” ; Two Pence, lilac, watermarked double- lined “ l ” and “ 4 ” , and single-lined “ 4 ” , ” 6 ” and “ 8 ” ; and Four Pence, in rose and carmine, watermarked double-lined “ 4 ” , and in rose, watermarked single-lined “ 8 ” .

1878, 8d. brown on rose, wmk. “ 10 " (121),In 1867, the stampB of the preceding type, whioh in

cluded one of the value of Eight Pence, began to be printed on paper watermarked “ V " over Crown ; but in 1878, a printing of this value took place on the paper intended for a Ten Pence stamp, of a different type, issued some twelve years previously and then obsolete.: it bears, as a watermark, the figures “ 10 ” , single-lined.

The error is not scarce.

ERROR.

1865-67, lOrf. slate, wmk. “ 8 ” (180a).This is the Ten Pence alluded to in the preceding

paragraph, but it apparently started its career on paper watermarked with a single-lined figure “ 8 " : it is not known in slate colour on paper watermarked with single- lined figures ” 10

This stamp is slightly scarcer than the preceding. Possibly, when this value was created, there was not any special paper provided for it— the subsequent printing in brown on rose was on the properly watermarked paper, the ultimate balance of which was used for the 1878 printing of tbe Eight Pence, brown on . rose: if so, the stamp cannot fairly be called an error.

1871, 6d. blue— wmks. (135-141).This stamp, illustrated under the preceding error, was

first printed on the “ V ” over Crown paper, but in this year all the remaining odds and ends of the old papers appear to have been utilised. This Six Pence, blue, is known watermarked single-lined " 4 ” , double-lined „ i »i ..«, •* sn a « 4 >» j „ wonj8 « th be e pence ” , “ foub pence ” and " six fen ce ” , of which the firstand third are the scarcest two.

ERRORS AND TYPE .

1863-64, Id. green, 2d. lilac, id . rose—wmks. (99-103).1864, Id. green, 2d. lilac, 4d. rose— wmks. (110-117).

The stamps of this type appear to have been printed on a very well-mixed lot of paper ; properly, they should be on paper watermarked with single-lined figures of value; but some of the "E m blem s” type paper seems to have been used, as well as a supply of paper with

' double-lined numerals of value, obtained from Tasmania.The following combinations are to be found, of which

the One Penny, watermarked ” 4 ” (double-lined), is scarce and the last very rare, the others being more or less unoommon :— One Peony, green, watermarked double- lined *• 1 " and “ 4 ” , single-lined“ 4 ", ” 6 "an d “ 8 "and ERROR.

THE POSTAGE STAMP

1866-68. 3d. m auw , vm k . “ 8 ” ; grey-lilac, vm k . •• 1 ’* (161-162).

There was evidently some desire to distribute the wrong papers impartially amongst all values and types. To this intent, the printer used, for this Three Pence, some paper watermarked siDgle-lined figure “ 8 " the impressions being in mauve, and a smaller quantity of the Tasmanian paper watermarked double-lined figure " 1 " the colour of the stamp being grey-lilac: the latter is the soarcer, particularly unused.

ERROR.

1873-76, 9d. red-brown on rose, vm k . “ 10 ” (163). .

For this value, of an entirely new type, some of the paper made for the Ten Pence of 1865-67 was first used, in fact, to such an extent that the Nine Pence, red- brown, is scarcer on the paper watermarked " V ’’ over Crown, than it is on the incorrect rose-coloured paper watermarked with single-lined figures “ 10

In 1876, the Nine Pence was surcharged in blue with another value, Eight Pence; but it does not appear that

any sheets, other than with the normal watermark, were so dealt with.

ERROR.

1885, id . dull mauve (208a).All reasonable probabilities in errors of paper having

been exhausted, we have to content ourselves with a simple error of colour. The Two Pence of this issue was printed in shades of m auve; and the Four Pence in magenta.

By some inadvertence, the higher of these two values was printed, to the extent, it is said, of sixty sheets, in dull mauve, the colour of the Two Pence.

With such a printing, the error— unless there was an official holocaust—ought not to be very scarce.

To be continued.

I NO TE,Our thanks are due to Mr. W. H. Peckilt fo r the

loan of some o f the rare stamps used -in illustrating the article on “ The World's Stamp Errors.”

Oijdooley 017 Paijarpa[Apropos of Mr. Ireland's recent plea for the simplifi

cation of the stamps of Panama, we have resurrected the following account of a visit to Panama by Undooley, America's onief stamp colleotiDg jester. It appeared in the late Weekly Philatelic E ra .]

Panama, Jany. 20th, 1904.My D eab F inn,,

Did ye wonder, pretty one, where 1 had gone to? Well, me bhoy, I am on the Isthmus, an Irishman always loves a muss, so I kim down here.

Y e'll foind a full description av the place in that— Eocyolopena, I think it is called, that I giv ye last Christmas. Having read that, ye may be able to understand me betther.

I hav jist reviewed the Panama Army. It's a foine wan, so foine ye can hardly see it, but all very nice young fellows. I treated the army afther the parade— they almost filled the saloon, an’ it cost me nearly four dollars, Amerioan money, but I made mesilf solid wid the army, an' the people, an* I cud run for most anything down here.

I started to run last night as there were a story round town that the Colombians were landin' troops about a mile above the city. It turned out to b̂e a fisherman wid a lot av other lobsters, but no soldiers.

Spaking av the army reminds me av the old Irish woman who met a soldier on the street an wishin' to be polite to him says, " Good morning, Army."

The Commander-in-chief is the smartest lad I iver met, a little bit smaller than “ sawed off Maguire " av the sthook yards, but he makes thim troops stand round in great shape.

They hav a great miny revolutions here, an wan av thim is a very serious thing to hav’ happen on ye property. Sometimes people git hurt in thim revolutions.

In the last wan a great miny av the Boldiers were out all wan night chasing the inimy, an’ they caught it— whin they got home the next morning. I were told some aven had to go to work the nixt mom' wid out changing their clothes.

An’ thin whin they git to fitin they fire off real powder, an’ the balls go sailing round in ivery direction.

Spaking av sailing reminds me that the navy were here yisterday but left this morn early, under sealed orders. I hear it wint outside for deep sea fishing. There is a prize offered to the wan catching the biggest fish.

The other boat broke away wan stormy night from the post it were tied to an' driftMl out. It were never seen again, but they picked up a pair av oars in the bay the nixt day.

The olimate here is not uncertain, as some may till ye. It ’s certain to kill ye if ye stay long enufl. If ye hav' any bad frinds sind thim down here an’ I will git thim jobs diggin' on the Canal. No wan but nagurs kin do it an' liv.

There has been some little talk in regard to surcharging av Panama stamps an' some hav' aven gone so far as to

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gay that the Postmaster Gineral were speculating in thim, 1 an’ also that he were surcharging thim to order with a wonderful variation av surcharges.

I cud not belave this av so honorable an* warlike a nation, so I called on the P. M. Gineral mesilf.

The P. M. Gineral resaved me very kindly whin I told him I were from Chicagy, an’ I bad a foine call.

He showed me more things in Panamas than I iver dramed av. Said if I wud take the agincy for Chicagy an' the West he wud kape me supplied wid enuf new sthyles to stock a department sthore.

By invitation av the P. M. I followed him into the nixt room an' there spread out on tables an’ boxes were a great miny sheets av sthamps wid nice new surcharges on thim drying. A pad av red ink was nearby an’ it seems that the cat had sthepped into the ink an’ walked ucrost siveral av the sheets. ” The Lord be praised.” says the P. M., " there's a sinsible cat for ye.”

Tell the boys to look out for Panamas wid a cat's-foot surcharge on thim, they’ll be very valuable whin they git to the U.S.

There are no two alike, an’ the shades are wanderful.The P. M. Gineral in honor av me visit, kindly let me

put me thumb in the ink an’ surcharge siveral stamps.He is a very nice mon, the soul av honor an’ I belave

he wud rather die than do anything to impare the credit av the country.

1 have been told by eye witnesses that the country has no credit, but if it had a credit he wuddent barm a hair av its head.

I had a long heart-to-heart talk wid him, an’ can giv ye the whole truth av the matter. All other versions are made to order to suit the political or philatelical viewB av tbe paper which publishes it. It remains Finn, for ye to know the truth, the naked truth, wid out aven pjammers on.

This great uprising av a brave people was made for thim, in Washington, by some noble hearted politicians, an wan foine morning they were informed that they had revoluted in the night and the country were free. The chief-av-police immejiately hunted up tbe army, who had bin out all night to a dance at a nearby village, and informed him, thim I shud say, av the revolution.

“ But, we haven’t revoluted,” says the army." Ye hav,” says the chief-av-police, •• an’ I'll run ye in

if ye kick.”

'* I knew,” says the commander-in-chief, “ if the army wint to that dance something wud happen. Where was this revolution made, an’ who ordered it? ”

“ You’re all right, an’ ask no questions, an' the U 8. will back ye up.” says the chief-av-police. “ Now git your army together, an' whin the flag is histed ye giv three cheers for the new republic av Panama, an’ three for Pres. Roosevilt and thin fire a salute wid blank cartridges an’ the navy will respond if it gits back from the fishing trip in season. *' But I had ordered a revolntion • made in Germany,' ” says the commander-in-chief, ” an* it may be on the way over now.”

” I ’ll side track it, if it gits here,” says the chief, ** the U.S. express has the right av way, an’ they are going to dig a canal for ye too. How’s that, me fighter ? ”

“ Are we in it ? ” says the commander.” We will be seen an’ not heard when the paymaster

arrives,” says the ehief, and so were laid the corner stone av a new republic.

As soon as the U.8. heard av it. which were some time previous, she sint or had sint our navy to hail the glorious day av freedom. The rist is history, but av course they had to hav sthamps; these firery people made up their minds so quick afther our navy got there, there were no time to git out new designs.

Something must be done at wance. The discharging av the guns announcing the new republic had hardly stbopped before the surcharging av the sthamps began. It were perfectly honest an’ legitimate, I mane the surcharging. Av course in tbe hurry errors will rush in.

Were it the P. M.’s fault the cat walked over thim ? Wud ye brand the whole P.O. Department dishonest on account av wau cat? Shame on thim as wud say it’s a put up job.

Some may make money out av it. Ivery wan is not as honest as me an ye, Finn.

Say nothing an’ I ’ll bring ye some surcharges no wan Use can git. We’ll make a few honest dollars afther I githom e; but til thin lick ivery mon who hints at dishonesty in Panama surcharges. The people were crying for them, they wud hav thim, an’ bn hivina Finn they'll git thim as long as the ink holds out.

I shall be home soon, an’ I will not come empty handed. Burn this letther, an' if any wan asks ye, don't know anything— that will be aisy for ye.

Yours,U n d o o l b y .

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should be sent to the Editor, The Postage Stamp, 14, Sudboume Road, Brixton, London, and letters should also be distinctly marked i n s i d e with the name o f this journal.

To the Editor The Postage Stamp.Dear 8ir,

Re your remarks touching Victoria with Wmk. ” Crown A ” SIDEW AYS, which you make in allusion to Mr. Stephens' having come across the 3d. with Wmk. in this direction. You are quite right in saying that the wmk. in the " S ID E W A Y S ” position is an interesting novelty; in fact for all the ordinary sized stamps as regards Victoria, I consider it is also very uncommon. This applies also to the •' V A Crown ” wmk. as well as the ” Crown A ” one. Amongst my collection I have come across the 3s. " Stamp duty ” on blue paper with the wmk. V & Crown sideways, in this case with the “ V ” to the right; but in nearly all stamps I have seen, the " V A C ” is upright. Of course in the oblong stamps, such as the various jd., 1 jd. and Is. stamps in Queen’s Head design, the more normal position I S ” SIDEW AYS."

West Australia. In looking recently over a dealer's book, I further came across the 2s. on yellow “ Queen's

Head ” stamps with tbe wmk. " V A Crown ” SID E- WA Y8. Here again 1 have never seen this stamp thus wmkd. before as all the ordinary shape of West Australian Queen’s Head stamps have tbe wmk. V A C mostly UPRIGHT, the £1 of course being oblong, having it normally SIDEW AYS. I am giving considerable attention to the “ positions " of the wmk. “ V A C ” and ” Crown A " on certain Australian stamps, and since you inserted my table in yours of July 31st last, after going over many thousands of stamps, I have to make considerable additions and alterations, which I hope later on yon will be good enough to insert in your valuable journal.

Believe me, faithfully youre,E. H eqinbottom, B.A., F.R.P.S. Lond.

P.S.— As regards inverted wmks these are, I find, in many cases as common as normal ones, but Upright and Sidmoay ones are much more interesting in my humble opinion.

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Argentine Republic.— (Vol. V. p. 21).— Mr. W. McMillan tells us that he has the 20c. in the current type showing portrait of General San Martin, making the list of values now issued as follows:—

New design. No tvmk. Perf. 13 ,13i. ic. brown ochre sc. chocolate 3c. green 4c. pale purple Sc. dull carmine 6c. olive bistre ioc. slate green 12c. pale orange brown 12c. dull blue iSc. yellow green 20c. ultramarine 30c. claret 50c. black

Brazil.—(Vol. V. p. 45).— With reference to our paragraph on page 45, Messrs. Whitfield King & Co. write us as f o l l o w s “ A correspondent in Brazil informs us that the commemorative stamps, which were announced

.to be issued in August, were not put on sale, having been countermanded two days before the advertised date of issue; whether they will be issued at a subsequent date is not known.’’

Chill.— (Vol. IV. p. 211).— Some of our contemporaries report that a new issue is in preparation which will include $2 and 95 stamps.

Ecuador.—(Vol. V. p. 2 )— We gather from Mekeel’s Weekly Stamp News that some of the recently issued 50c. Exposition stamps have been surcharged “ Cisco c e n t a v o b ’ ’ in two lines in blstck.

Provisional Issue.5c. on 50c. red.

Levant (Russian).—(Vol. V . p. 69).— E ven's Weekly Stamp News, quoting from a foreign contemporary, states that in the set of stamps specially overprinted for UB6 in Constantinople the following errors have been found:— 10 pia,, " Constantinople ” ; and the $5 and 70 pia., “ Constantinople.”

Philippines.— (Vol. IV. p. 189).— We learn from MekeeVs Weekly Stamp News that the colour of the 1 peso stamp has been changed from orange to lavender. The new stamp was placed on sale about September 8th.

New colour. No wmk. Perf. 12.I peso, lavender.

Salvador.—(Vol. V. p. 81).— From the same source we gather that the current lc . stamp has been iscued on watermarked paper. The watermark is said to be like a

“ honeycomb ” the “ cells " being about three eights of an inch iu diameter.

Watermarked. Perf. III. ic . green.

Spain.— (Vol. IV. p. 236).— The issue of a new 15c. stamp is reported in E ven ’s Weekly Stamp News though our contemporary gives no particulars as to the design. We understand the other values of the set will be issued as the corresponding denominations now in use are exhausted.

New design.15c. violet.

_ Tasmania. (Vol. V. p. 53)— The }d. with perforation compound of 12} and 11 is chronicled in G ib b o n s' Stamp Weekly, making the list of varieties as follows:—

Wmk. Crown A . Perf. Compound o f 12l and II. id. green.Id. rote red.2d. dull purple, is. rose and green.

T ra n sv a a l.— (Vol. V. p. 46).— Mr W. H. Peckitt has shown us a copy oi the 2}d. printed entirely in ultramarine. This variety was listed on page 286 of our last volume, but though a few specimens were sold “ by favour " some months ago, we believe the Btamp has only now been placed on public sale.

Zanzibar.— (Vol. V. p. 82).— The three new values referred to in our last number have now been isBued and specimens have been sent ue by Messrs. Whitfield King and Co. The lc. and 10c. are of the same type as the 3c. already current, and the 75o. is the eame type ae the 50c. The complete set of stamps is now as follows:—

Wmk. Multiple ouatrefoils. Perf. 14.Ic. grey.3c. yellow green6c. carmine.IOc. brown.12c. deep lilac.15c. ultramarine.25c. sepia.SOc. blue green.75c. black.ir. yellow green.2r. deep lilac.3r. orange bistre.4r. vermilion.5r. deep blue.I Or. brown and blue green.aor. yellow green ana black.3or. sepia and black.4nr. orange brown and black.50r. mauve and black.ioor. deep blue and black.200r. black and brown.

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„ 18. Ceylon. Display by Messrs. Oxley. Feb. I. China. Display by Mr. H. L.

Hayman.„ 15. German States. Display by Mr. -

J. C. North.Mar. I. Auction.

„ 15. Display by Mr. F, A . Padgett.Apr. 5. Nevis. Display by Mr. W. W.

Sanderson.„ 19. Great Briuin Line-engraved

Stamps Display by Mr. W . M. Gray, F.R.P.S. Lon.

„ 27—29. Second Philatelic Congress, held under the Auspices of the Herts Philatelic Society.

May 3- Annual Meeting.

CROYDONPHILATELIC SOCIETY.

The Third Ordinary Meeting of the Session was held on Wednesday. November 10th, at the Y.M .C.A., North End, Croydon. 13 members being present. Donations to the Society’s collections were acknowledged from Messrs. Ebbutt, Harland, Knight and Simmons, and to the Library from Messrs. Bing, Ebbutt and Lines. The question of Delegates for the coming Congress in London was left to the Committee, Mr, Holmes shewed several blocks of French tumps used in Yokohama, and Mr. Ebbutt several new issue varieties.

Mr. H. Lee then gave a display with notes On Reprints and Forgeries. In addition to the common forgery, Mr. Lee dealt with several of the dangerous reprints, and explained clearly their minor differences. He also introduced many of the old time bogus issues, several of which had remarkable histories. The display was received with much interest, and the vote of thanks that followed was accorded with enthusiasm.

NORTH OF ENQLAND PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

The usual monthly meeting was held on Thursday, November 4th, at the Y.M .C.A., Newcastle. The President, Mr. M. H. Horsley, took the chair at 7.30 p.ra., and there were 28 members present. After formal business, Mr. H. G. Dodd was elected to the membership.

Mr. Horsley thanked the members for electing him to the office of President, and suggested that something might be done to cater for girl and boy collectors.

Mr. Heginbotlom's fine collection of Tobago, Trinidad, and Virgin Islands was then shewn and much admired. On the motion of Mr. Hume, a cordial vote of thanks was awarded Mr. Heginbottom for his kindness to the Society.

The November Packet started on the 3rd with 63 sheets, value £157 13s. tljd. net.

Pitman’s New Commercial Dictionary

OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

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Symbols.Crown tvo, 188 pp.

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Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d. net.

" A capital addition to the man/ books devoted to the outdoor life, and its practical utility is increased by the careful classification of the numerous points in connection with poultry keeping and the diseases to which the fowl is heir."— World.

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A Y E A R ’S SUBSCRIPTION to THE -rv Po stag e St a m p would be an excellent gift to any friend who is interested in stamu collecting. If you will send a postal order to the publishers (Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., i Amen Comer) they will tee that your friend gets a copy regularly, post free. You will thus be saved all trouble yourself, and have the satisfaction of knowing that your friend is reminded of your remembrance every week of the year. If you prefer to send the copy o f your first week’s subscription yourself, the publishers will send this to you gratia.

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You must have thisGrand Packet. 100 Stamps all different. Sea. post free, including Indore, Rhodesia, Iceland, Gwalior, Java, Charkari,Crete, Cyprus, Cayman Islands,

Hayti, etc., etc.

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cat. 31/-, 20/-.*' West Indian” Packet contains only m in t

unused stamps, including C a y m a n Is., first issue complete. Leewards, Provisional, Barbados, V ir g in Is. (Virgin), etc., catalogued over 4/-. No used, all mint No French or Spanish Colonies, tOd.W A D I) BOOTH ST., PICCADILLY, f ! M U / , MANCHESTER.


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Advertisements can be received up to 5 o'clock T h u r sd ay for insertion >n the following week's issue.

\ ]E W COLOU RS. S. Nigeria, Gambia, Gold Coast, Trinidad and all new issues,

8% over face value (i/i per I/-). Russian Levant Jubilee, complete set 25/2.—Ewen’s Ltd., Norwood, S.E.

A PPROVAL SELECTIONS. Large var- ieiy. Good copies at lowest prices sent

to responsible applicants. Loose stamps and Collections purchased tor cash. I. W. Spowart, J. P.U., 409, Loid Street, Southport.

A P P R O V A L Sheets, exceptional value, free packet to applicants, send stamp.—

Arnold, Lyndburat, Chad well Heath.

1 m m M OUNTS to Approval Applicants. 1 , 1 — Jackman, 15, Gayville Road,New Wandsworth, London, S .W .

A P P R O V A L SH EETS, Foreign and Col- onial, References required.— K. Foster,

25. Grenville Place. Brighton.___________

P O S T A G E Stamp Gauges, for measuring 1 perforations. They are made in brass, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. Most useful to all Collectors. Price 1 /- nett, by post l/ l.—L Upcott Gill, Bazaar Buildings, Drury Lane, London. W .C.

C U D A N STA M PS. If you specialize in u this country please write to me.— E. L. Angeloglous, P.O. Box 873, Cairo (Egypt).

IC IN G 'S (tingle C A . wink.) and Queen’s l v British Colonials in sets at clearance prices, list free.—Baldwin, 38, Steyne Gardens, Worthing.

z (W ill VA R IETIES, from farthing; ap.proval. jo superb Colonials, >/.


P E R H A P S Y O U H A V E N EVER TR IE D 1 an advertisement in our columns. Perhaps it bss not occurred to you to send your " Offer* " along to THE POST AG B STAMP. The next time you want anything why not use our columns? For particulars and prices tee above.

SOME OP THE BARGAINSBechuanaland Protectorate, Id. red, 1. d.

Id., 2d., Id. Queen, set o f 4 ... 0 8Austria Jubilee, ih. to 2kr., set o f 15 ... I 3Russian China, set o f 7 .........................0 10Danish Newspaper Stamps, set of 6 0 4Iceland, Double Heads, set o f 7 ... 0 9Cyprus, King's Head, 5 par. to 2 pias.,

set o f 6 ...............................................0 6Uruguay, set o f 8, including lithos ... 0 7 Persia, 1907, ich. to 20ch., set o f 8 ... 0 6ICIBIdi l*AY( JLU< IU mILIIi) SCI VI o ••• V v

Postage extra on orders under 2)6.

OFFERED B Y US.Over 150 c h e a p sets of all countries. Call and see or write for splendid selection. State requirement!. Best prices paid for

mixed lots and collections.

CRAWFORDS,IS, CROOKED LANE. CANNON ST. LONDON, EC.

D E N N Y RED, Plate 81, mint block twenty, 1 cat. 80/-, one stamp slightly scaled, lot 28/9.— English, 8, S l Mark's S t , Peterboro.’

A (| BRITISH Government Officials, indud- O U ing “ Arm y,” ’ ’ I.R .,” “ Admiralty,” 1/8, clearing.— ‘ Official,” 27, Mackenzie Road, Cambridge.

T TNUSED Packet.free, approval purchasers. — Druitt, 47, Ordell Road, Bow, London.

T iA R N E S ' Books for British Bargains.example : 4d. small garter, 2i9. Refer

ences,— 18, Raveley Street, London, N.W .

W ANTS.W a n t e d . Cayman Islands, Sl- “ Post

age.” New Hebrides, I/-, King, Single. Mint. Cheap. Owen, 20, Church Road, Hove.

S O M E T H I N G B E T T E R . JAM AICA.

Queen’s Heed with Multiple watermark, all fine, postally used and scarce.

3d. green, price 2d. 4d. brown, price 3d.6d. yellow, price Jd. Postage Id. extra.

These Stamps are likely to be superseded by the new colours at any moment.

W. H. REGAN, 124, Qseca's Rsa4, Bayswster, Loades. W. (opposite W. Whltdey'ol.

Office hours—9a.m. 7 P-m., Sots. 9a.m. 2p.m

FREE. T H E J U B I L E EEnvelope with Card, to all applicanta for

A approval sheets (50% discount).— TH E LONDON PH ILA T E LIC Co.,

Apoley, Hemel-Hempstead.

THIS WEEK’S BARGAINSt. d.

Brit. Guiana, 1889, 72c. (cat. 5/-) ... 1 4„ „ 1900. single wmk. .48c. grey 1 4„ .. .. 48c. pale grey 2 O

C apeof Good Hope, triangular 4d. blue 1 9 E. A frica & Uganda, 2 rupees, multiple I 3

.. 25c. „ 0 4G. Britain, Id. blk. and 2d. blue, the pair 0 6

„ 2/6 and SI- (Queen) „ 0 9Austria, 4 krona, 1899-92. perf. iz l x

lo i (cat. 1/9), the pair .............. 0 68 Soudan, complete ret, I mil. to topias. 3 o 13 Nyassa (giraffes and camelsl; com

plete set, 2) to 300 reis (cat. S/I0>... t II9 Labuan, 1901. " Postage Due,” 1 to

24c., complete... . .............. 1 oWrite for Bargain List and Approval Sheets.

Astonishing Prices.

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FoundedrbvE D W A R D J. N A N K IV E L L . Edited byFRED . J . M E L V IL L E .

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G o s s ip o f tb e W e e l$BY C O R N E L IU S W R I N K L E

T he I.P .U . " S m o k e r."

I AM nsked to remind my readers that the International Philatelic Union will bold its fifth annual

Smoki ng Concert on Monday, the 29th inst. The Horseshoe Restaurant, in Tottenham Court Road, has been chosen for the scene of this popular philatelic event this year, a hostelry which, if its name means anything at all, should mean good luck. My old friend Mr.J. C. Sidebotbam, makes

a capital Chairman, and there is an excellent programme. I gather that Mr. Thomas Noakes and a piano will play, Mr. Fido Ashton will blithely carol, Mr. Charles Cheshir proposes to warble, and Mr Sidney Gandy is going to perform feats of memory and to hold ventriloquial discourse with one Ebenezer Twiddlepump, who is surely one of those philatelic writers who disguises himself under such elegant pen-names in our contemporaries! Miss Haidee Hamilton is " to captivate the assembly,” and Mr. William E. Lincoln is to ” harrow the audience.” Mr. W. Myles will chant, and Mr. Fred Rome will “ insist on singing,” in which, of course, be will have his way, for audiences like it. Miss Ada Wheeler will coyly coo, and this lady and Mr. Rome will “ attempt a little harmony,” which rather suggests discord.How to get there (llhistrated).

In order that no oue shall have any difficulty in finding the place, the Concert Committee have taken a lent (or a

rise) out of the J.P.S. style of letting people know things. . For example, here is a map with the position of the Horseshoe indicated (possibly by a Wood Milne heel or something of the sort) A very old print, dating back to the time of Prince Henry shows the Horseshoe

in a fog of smoke, though I fear this is an anachronism. for tobacco was very young then. The cheapest way to get to the concert is the way the Philippine special delivery boys go aliout their business; but Mr. Fred Rome will go in his automobile, drawn by a spauking

pair of Herzegovinian horses. It is expected that he will get there in due course.

A chapter might be written on “ How to get Home in the Dark.”

Libels la Pictures.The photographs of the three members of the Concert

Committee I refrain from publishing fur they are distinctly libellous. Two of them are represented by weird

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beasties from Liberia or Borneo and the other is put down as cod, which of course must be the individual who got up the programme.

There is one suggestion I would venture to make and ; that ie-thfc. Host folk go to stamp smokers to meet

other smokers and to chat and it is well to have nice long gossipy intervals and not to overdo the programme. A little programme and a lot of talk (with accessories which

1 need not be detailed^ make a successful smoker.Tickets for the I P.U. Smoking Concert are to be had,

price 1/- each, from the Hon. Sec., Mr. T. H. Hinton, 26,' Cromford Hoad, East Putney.r

A do-ahead New Society.

The newly-formed Bolton Society seems to be making rapid strides, and is shewing some originality in its methods. At the next meeting, which is to be a public one, there is to be the adjudication of the entries sent in for a competition for the best collections shewn by boys and girls under eighteen, residing in or near Bolton. The committee has decided that no attention will be paid by the judges to the quality or the value of the

- stamps shewn, nor yet the costliness of the album. The arrangement and mounting of the stamps are matters on which every boy and girl stands an equal chance, and it ia on these points that the marks will be awarded. Fonr prizes value from £1 to 7s. 6d. have been presented for the Judge's awards. The competition, I am glad to note, has the approval of all the High Masters of the surrounding Schools.

A Sabject for the Congress.

It is always a good thing to try and secure the serious oo-operation of the schoolmasters. At the recent Beginners’ Night of the Junior Society in London, the headmasters of some of the most important schools and colleges responded to the invitation of the Reception Committee to send a few of their stamp collecting scholars. The old prejudice of schoolmasters against stamp collecting was entirely due to the evils caused by the promiscuous seuding of unsolicited approval sheets to boys at sohool, a system which is perhaps not so much in vogue in these days, yet sufficiently in vogue to demand the attention of the next Congress. I should like to see the Congress take up this matter and get the collectors' and trade orgaDisatious to bar from membership dealers who persist in seuding un solicited approval sheets to boys in schools. Approval sheets should only be sent to boys at school when they •re applied for with a written permit of the boy’s form or headmaster. Many masters very kindly undertake to procure selections for their scholars who are seriously interested in stamps, and by this meanB the boy is not only proteoted from unscrupulous vendors but gets the benefit of the master’s advice and encouragement in hiB pastime. The master thus takes the responsibility of the possession of the stamps which are not always safe in the

<t- custody of the boy or in that insecure miscellany the school locker.

In:.■ _ A Plea for Stamp Collecting In Schools.

The preceding paragraphs remind me that a correspondent Bent me this week a copy of The Teachers' Aid containing an interesting article by Mr. Leonard S.

.. Goldsmith, entitled " A Plea for Stamp Collecting in

.. Schools." Mr. Goldsmith, who is evidently a teacher, properly places the highest value in stamp collecting in

. schools, as the “ hand and eye training for children." Bpt he produces interesting evidence of the general knowledge acquired from the stamp album and gives a set of questions forming an examination paper set by him for

his own scholars. The answers given by boys ranging from 12 to 14 yeare of age are highly creditable. The article has been reproduced in this issue and is well worth the serioue attention of my readers.

His Majesty’s M a lls : Lecture In Islington.

At the request of a correspondent I give the following particulars of the limelight lecture on “ His Majesty’s Mails," to be given by the Editor of The Postage Stamp, in North London. The hall is thAt of the Church Institute, Islington, N ., and although the lecture iq for members, visitors can have admission cards for 3d each from Mr. W. Clark, 10, Canonbury Place, Canonbury Road. Islington, N. The lecture will be commenced at 8 o’clock sharp.

Like Father, Like Son.

Yet another correspondent, this time from Luton, sends me the following anecdote from the Johannesburg S ta r :—

" A story comes from Brussels to the effect that a letter arrived there from a Belgian village some monthB ago addressed’ To My Son, Brussels.’ It remained at the central post office till the other day, wheu a young peasant came in asking, ‘ Is there a letter from my father to me.’ • Perhaps,’ said the official. ‘ Whence do you ^ hail ? ’ • From X., in Brabant,’ said the lad. The letter, which bore the postmark of the place mentioned, was handed over to him, and he departed, unconscious that anything extraordinary had happened to him.

For the Oood of the Cause.

Two notices are to hand this week of funds required to carry through philatelic enterprises, both of them of’ an important character. The Organisatiou Committee of the Berne International Philatelic Exhibition invites guarantees to safeguard the organisers against a deficit. The guarantees are to be in parts of 50 francs each. Donations of 50 francs or less than that amouut will also be welcomed, and should be sent to the Secretary, Neuengasse 39, Berne, Switzerland.

The Herts Philatelic Society, which has invited the second British Congress of Philatelists to meet under its auspices in April next, appeals for contributions towards meeting the expenses of the Congress, which the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. H. A. Slade, says will inevitably be somewhat heavy. Mr. Slade’s address is Niue Fields, St. Albans, Herts.

Bargains in Stamps.If you waut real bergaius in Postage Stam ps read the

advertisem ent pages of Tht Pontage Stamp every week. E very week there is som ething new. and m any special bargains. If you miss a week you may miss the very stam p you want to com plete a series

The Postage Stamp Binding Covers.Handsome dark bine covers iu buckram , g ilt lettered side

and back, m ay be bad from onr Publishers. Sir Isaac ritm a n A Sons, Amen Corner. London. Price le. 6d.

Back Nos. of “ The Postage Stamp.”Those of our friends who are lacking any back numbers

of the present vol. w ill do well to write direct to our PeAiuteri, Sir Isaac Pitm an £ S on s, 1 Amen C orner,Loudoo, E.C., for w hst they require. Many newsagents do not care to botber about back numbers. Any num ber still on sale may be bad for the published price and postage, i.e„ IJd,

THE POSTAGE STAMP

Tljc World’s St a it? p ErrorsTl>e M ost Com prehensive and E n tertain ing A rtic le on th is S u b je ct yet publishedB Y M ISS F I T T E

•>r!This important article was started in No. J oj the present Volume. The eight instalments already published

finy be had from the Publishers in Nos. I, 2, 3. 4, 5, 6. 7 and 8, Vol. V., price 1 £d each post free.

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1899, JW. yellow-green, id . bn own—lettering (51-3).Although the Leeward Island Stamps were in use at

the above date, it was considered advisable, for obvious reasons, to have a special set of eight values for this group.

The name of the Colony and the indication of facial 1 value are in coloured capital letters of a somewhat fancy

type; and, the stamps being printed from line-engraved plates, it is difficult to satisfactorily account for errors of spelling, which, if tho stamps were surface-printed,.would be rightly attributed to broken letters. Though conversant with the various methods of stamp-production, I cannot give any explanation of such ** clean-cut ” errors— or varieties, if you will— apart from the untenable one th at they were not accidental.

The stamps are in sheets of 120, in two blocks of 60: in the left-hand pane of the lower value, the second stamp in the third row from the bottom is lettered “ h alfpenny ” , and the first stamp in the last row “ halfpenny One of the stamps on the F o n t Pence sheet is inscribed ” f o c b p k n c f ” , and is very scarce.-

I believe that, after a sufficient number of sheets bad been bought for the sake-of the errors, the mistakes were corrected; but I may be wrong on this point. *

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Western Australia.

TYPE.

1354, id blue—inverted frame (9). ;The first stamp (issued in August, 1854) 6f Western

Australia was, as oi Great Britain, the One Penny, black, engraved and printed by Perkins, Bacon & Co. For the other values, prepared and lithographed in the Colony and issued shortly after it, a transfer was taken from the One Penny plate, aud the central portions of the stamps, after being out out, were provided with new frames— oval for the highest and octagonal for the intermediate value.

There is an authoritative statement that the central portions were pasted on a sheet of stout paper or card, at equal distances apart, and that the borders were then placed round them ; aud, on consideration, I agree with this theory.

However, it does not much matter whether the central parts were pasted down before or after the frames: the tact remains, that the two component parts of one of the stamps were relatively inverted; and the transfer, with this error on it, was placed on the lithogiapbic stone.

In the Tapling Collection, the error is mounted so that the swan is shewn upright. The production of a pair, abnormal and normal se tenant, would solve the point. Cannot some philatelist oblige?

The error is exceedingly rare, only some seven or eight copies (all used) being known; it has realised £400 at auction.

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ERRORS.

1879, 2d. m auve; 1869, Is. bistre (05, 66).Both of these are errors of colour, the wrong ink

having been used ; they are on Crown " CC ” paper, and are perforated 12&.

The One Shilling, bistre, is the earlier (1869) of the two, and 1 know practically nothing about it, except that it is in the colour of the One Penny, after that stamp' change, in 1865, from carmine to bistre: it is rarer than even the “ inverted frame " Four Pence.

The Two Pence, mauve, came over in 1879. Mr. E . Stanley Gibbons received from the Postmaster at Albany a consignment of Btamps, amongst which was a half* sheet (120) of the Two Pence, printed in mauve, the then colour of the Six Pence, at which rate it was invoiced: evidently, Mr. Gibbons did not object to being charged three timeB “ face

The errors were at first sold at 5s., and subsequently at £2 each, at which latter price I could have had a copy— but didn’t I Nowadays, a mint copy fetches over £20.

This concludes the errors extracted from Part I of the Catalogue, a n d n e x t w e e k we pass to those o f

PART TWO

(Foreign Countries).

NO TE.Our thanks art due to Mr. TV. H. Peckitt for the

loan of sonte of the rare stamps used in illustrating the article on “ The World's Stamp Errors.”

How to Start a Philatelic SocietyV .—The ferip atiee of ll>e Society’s LibraryB Y T H E E D IT O R

The Importance of Philatelic Literature,

ON E of the most permanent and certainly a most valuable purpose in forming & Philatelic Society is to set up a centre of learning, a library of works which should be comprehensive of the knowledge of stamps up to date.

The day has now passed when the Society and its members too can afford to neglect the vast literature of stamp collecting in which is stored much valuable information, some of which information we may mention is constantly being “ discovered ” anew by collectors ignorant of the researches of those who have gone before.

The Extent of our Literature.Some collectors are not even cognisant of the extent of

the issue of printed papers and books on Philately, and if taken into a well appointed philatelic library would learu for the first time that you can have a couple of thousand volumes without being in possession of a complete library. The publishing of journals has been more prolific than that of complete books ; journals relating to the science and study of Btamps have emanated from the most Temote parts of the world.

The tiny Republic of San Marino has had two stamp journals of it6 own, Cuba and Porto Rico have each had stamp journals. Japan has we believe had one or two. though they are little known in this country Ail the lesser European states have issued papers which have had lives varyitig from a month or two to many years. So too have even the states of South America, and the Argentine Republic at present boasts one of the soundest scientific periodicals we know in the Jieoista de la Soeiedad FUaUlica Argentina, published at Buenos AireB and now in its thirteenth year of publication.

Our present article is intended primarily for the guidance of the Society organiser in the formation of the Society’s library. At the same time there are no doubt many readers who will like to form a small well-selected library for their private use and the list I am giving hereafter may be of service to them also. Specialists at any rate should not neglect to otvn copies of works relating to their specialities, without being dependent on the opportunities of borrowing them from the Society every time they want to refer to them. *

For the present we have only dealt with works in the English language, though at some later date we may give a selected list of standard works in foreign languages. The list does not stand for a complete library of works in the English language, but is a fairly representative set of all the standard works of reference, with the addition of a few books and pamphlets of curious interest which have been found in our own case to give a certain amount of information or else have provided a certain, pleasure in the perusal. *

The Acquisition of Books.The Society Librarian with funds at his disposal should

aim at getting all the more expensive standard works. The cheaper books can generally be acquired by donation from members who can be stimulated to take an interest in the growth of the library. In the case of sixpenny and shilling bonks of real value they should be purchased for the sake of reference, but members should as far as possible be encouraged to possess copies of their own, as the gradual growth of their interest in stamp books will ultimately serve to make them appreciate and assist the Society library to a greater degree than is at present customary even in Societies with extensive libraries.

f f le post a g e sfAitP tot

Once the library is started by the donations of members and some purchases, it is a very good plan to issue a list of speoial wants to members and friends who may be relied on to fill some of the requirements if they can. The list of books, Ac., at the end of this a tide will be of assistance to the Librarian in forming this want list.

The Loan ef Books.

The hooks in the Society library should under certain limitations be issued on loan to members to read and study at home. It is often found advisable in large Societies to issue in this manner only such books and periodicals as are bound ; unbound periodicals especially being particularly susceptible to damage or loss. Exceptions may sometimes be made in the case of members who require the books or journals to prepare papers for the Society’s meetings.

Following on the scheme of these articles I append a skeleton set of regulations for the use of Societies to control the lending of books from the library. The blanks are left to be filled in according to the special circumstances of the Society modelling its rules on this skeleton.

Library Rules.1. — Members wishing to borrow hooks, pamphlets,

periodicals, etc,, from the Society's Library must make written application* to the Librarian for the particular work required. The number of books issued to any member at one time shall he at the discretion of the Librarian.

2. — The time allowed for reading each book (or severalbooks if issued at one time) i s ----- days from the day ofissue ; borrowers keeping a book or books beyond that period (unless & renewal has been applied for and gran ted)will be fioed----- for each book so detained for the firstweek or part of a week, and-----per week (or part thereof)subsequently until the book is returned.

3. — Borrowers must pay postage on books both ways. I f the amount be not sent with the application it must be sent when the book is returned, and any fines due must be remitted at the same time.

[N o t e .— Where possible it is well to arrange some convenient place where the Librarian may leave books for members to call for them, and to which members can return them and thus save postages.]

4. — The Librarian shall send valuable books by registered post, and such books must be returned in the asms manner.

5. — Books must not be marked in any way, nor the leaves turned down. Borrowers shall be held responsible for, and required to make good, any book damaged or lost whilst on loan to them.

6. — The Librarian is authorised to take proceedings agaiust any member who fails to return a book or fulfil any other obligations incurred in respect thereof.

7. — It shall be at the discretion of the Librarian to withhold the privilege of using the Library from any member not comply with the Kales as set out above.

A S e l e c t e d C a t a l o g u e o f P r in t e d B o o k s , P a m p h l e t s a n d P e r io d ic a l s . (English Language)

G e n e r a l a n d I n t r o d u c t o r y .

A B C of Stamp Collecting. Fred. 3 . Melville. A guide for the beginner and the general reader. 1903.

How to Collect Postage Stamps. Bertram T. K Smith.1907. The title here is scarcely representative of the contents. The work is actually a rapid survey of postage stamps issued in a large number of countries and colonies.

* The written application ia held by the Librarian until the return ofthe book.

Our Young Philatelists and their Prospects. 3. E. Heginbottom, B.A. A Paper read before the Jun.Phil. Soc. 1904.

Papers for Philatelists 1885. Comprising twenty numbers of The Philatelist.

Philatelic Handbook, The.. A Guide for Collectors.Edward B. Evans. Major, Royal Artillery. 1885.

Postage Stamps and their Collection. Oliver Firth. 1897 An introductory handbook, comjiosed largely of a list of “ Stamps to Look For."

Postage Stamps and their Collection. Warren H. Colson.1907. Chiefly devoted to a description of the Bowers’ Collection.

Postage Stamps worth Fortunes. Fred. 3. Melville. 1st and 2nd editions 1908. Illustrated account of the Hundred Rarest Stamps.

Stamp Collecting as a Pastime. Edward J. Nankivell,1902.

Stamp Collecting considered ah a Science. A. N. Y . Howell

Stamp Collecting for Beginners. (" Hobbies ’ ’ Handbooks.) Anon.

Stamp Collecting Notes. W. 8. Lincoln.Stamp Collector, The. W. J. Hardy and E. D. Bacon,

1898Stamps and Stamp Collecting. Major E. I). Evans, R.A,

Second edition. 1898. A glossary of philatelic terms. Stamps worth Finding. B. C. Hardy. 1904,Standard Guide to Postage Stamp Collecting, giving the

values and degrees of rarity. Bellars & Davie. 1865. An interesting early catalogue.

Study of Philately, The. Arthur J. Palethorpe, 1886. Tapling Collection of Stamps and Postal Stationery at the

British Museum. Fred. J. Melville. 1905. A descriptive Guide and Index.

T h e M a r k e t .

A B C Descriptive Priced Catalogue of the World's Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Postcards, etc. In two parts. Bright & Sons. (I). Adhesives; (II). Eutirfefc

Auction Summary. Harry Hilken. 1891-95 -**Catalogue and Price List of British Railway Letter Fee

Stamps. Walter Morley. 1898.Catalogue and Price List of the Stamps of Great Britain.

Walter Morley Second edition, 1897.Catalogue and Price List of the Revenue Stamps of the

British Colonies. Walter Motley. 1895,Catalogue of the Telegraph Stamps of the Won#. Walter

Morley. 1900Field's Simplified Catalogue of the Stamps of the British

Empire. Second Edition. 1909.How to deal in Foreign Stamps. “ Mulready " (J. H.

Lacy).How to deal in Foreign Stamps. W. 3 Hall. 1895 Illustrated Priced Catalogue of Australasian Stamps.

T. H Nicolle. [? 1908].Scott’s Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue. The current

priced list issued by the leading stamp firm in the United States. ,

Standard Priced Cata’ogne of the Stamps and Postmarks of lb < United Kingdom. H. L'Estr.nge Ewen. 6th ed.. 18J8.

Stanley Gibbons. Ltd , Priced Catalogue. Current edition comprises: il). Stamps of the British Empire; (II). Stamps of Foreign Countries. The 1899 edition was in four pars, including the above, and (III). The Local Postage Stamps of the World ; (IV). Envelopes and Postcards.

Uuiversal Standard Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of the World. Whitfield King and Co. 1st ed.. 1899; 10th. 1910 (publiehed Oct., 1909) A simi'lifl d catalogue.

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Miscellaneous. (Year- Books, Almanacs, Directories.Fiction, etc.)

American Philatelic Blue Book. Albert R. Rogers. 1893. British and Colonial Philatelic Director; of Dealers and

Collectors. W. £ Barker and R. T. Morgan. 1900. British Stamp Directory (addresses of British Stamp

Collectors). F . A. Wickbart and W. O. Walton. 4th ed., 1901.

Garland of Philatelic Poetry, The. T. Martin Wears. Lady Forger, The. Fred. J. Melville. An original play

in one act. Twice performed by the Junior Philatelic Society.

Me and Myn. 8. R. Crockett. A novel. 1907. Philatelic Almanac. C. J. Endle. 1899-1905.Philatelic Annual. The. £ . R Aldrich. 1887.Stamp Collectors’ Almanac. 1897-1900. 8. Stewart. Stamp Collectors’ Annual. Percy C. Bishop. 1904 09,

currant. A review of the Philatelic year.Stamp Dealers of Great Britain, Nunn’s Directory of

i the. 20th edition. 1908-9. current.Stamp Fiend’s Raid (in Philatelia’s cause), a Philatelic

Fantasy. W. E. Imeson. 1903. A curious story in curious verse.

Stamp Hunting. Lewis Robie. 1898. Mr. Robie's experiences in search of specimens, chiefly Revenue Stamps,

Stamp King, The. A Philatelic Novel. Beauregard and Gorsse. Translated by Edith C. Phillips

Stamp News Annual. '1890 94. (5 Annual issues)( N o t e .— Catalogues of special collections, e.g., the

Winzer, Mirabaud, Schroeder (essays), etc.. Catalogues of the great Philatelic Exhibitions, etc., are well worth preserving, as they give much useful information for the student and the Philatelio writer.]

P e r io d ic a l s . (Current.)The figures in brackets denote the number oj volume now

issuing.Alfred Bmith’s Monthly Circular. 1875. (XXXV.) Australian Philatelist, (Monthly). 1894. (XVI.)Ewen’8 Weekly Stamp News. 1899. (Current.)Gibbons’ Stamp Weekly. 1905. (X.)

Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society (Quarterly).1908. (II.)

London Philatelist, The (Monthly). 1892. (XVIII.) Contains many of the highly valuable papers read before the Royal Philatelic Society, London, of whic)i institution it is the official organ.

Mekeel’s Weekly Stamp News. (XXIIl.)l The oldest established Stamp Weekly.

Metropolitan Philatelist, The. 1890-98, m onthly; 1898 to date, weekly.

Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, The (Monthly). 1891. (XIX.) The early volumes of this are especially useful for an ably conducted review of foreign periodicals, with translations of important articles.

Philatelic Journal of India (Monthly). 1897. (XIII.) Organ of the Philatelic Society of India.

Philatelic Record, The (Monthly). 1879. (XXI.) Good chronicle of new issues up to 1908. The specialist articles in this monthly have been valuable and highly scientific.

Postage Stamp, The. 1907. (V.) A weekly newsmagazine.

Redfield’s Stamp Weekly. 1907. (V.)Stamp Collector, The (Monthly). 1900. Continuing the

Junior Stamp Collector (1897-99). Official Organ of the Birmingham Philatelic Society.

Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly. 1894. With a break from June 24th to December 23rd, 1899. (XV.) A gossipy journal.

8tamp Lover. The (Monthly). 1908. (II.) A monthly illustrated magazine. Published by and official organ of the Junior Philatelic Society.. To be continued.I _______________ —i..

How to Start a Philatelic Society.The previous Article* oa thi* subject are

1. The Initial Meeting (Vol. IV., No. 2l).II. Constitution and Rules (Vol. IV., No. 22).

III. Preparing the Programme (Vol. IV ., No. 23).IV. The Exchange Packet (Vol. V ., No. 3>.

The issue* of The Postage Stamp containing the above Articles may be had post free, lid . each, from the Publishers, Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Amen Comer, E.C.

Sonje Notes 017 tfre Early New Zealand PerforationsB Y P E R C Y B. P H IP S O N , F.C.S.

From, “ The Australian Philatelist” n . 10.09S an enthusiastic collector of the early issues of this

colony, I have often thought it a matter for regret that more attention has not been paid to the varieties of perforation of those stamps issued before 1871.

Some time ago Mr. T. Acocks and myself were examining a number of copies of the 2d. blue for retouches of Plate I I , and were then surprised to find how much the perforation varied. I thereupon decided to go further into the matter, and found that they could be separated into four well defined types, v iz .:—

D, perforated by Messrs, Fergusson & Mitchell, of Dunedin, very small holes (13)

G l, perforated by N.Z. Government (large regular holes, 12J-12}).

G2, perforated by N.Z. Government (small somewhat square holes, 12J-13 bare).

G3, perforated by N.Z. Government (large irregular holes, 121-12J).

The above types are arranged in their chronological

order. As yet, owiog to the difficulty in obtaining dated copies, I cannot definitely state the exact date on which any one type superseded the preceding one, but roughly the dates for the various types are :—

D, December, 1862 to the latter part of 1864. G l, latter part of 1364 to end of 1866. G2, during 1867, 8, 9 and G3, from 1869 onwards; but, of course, this is only approximate.

The "Dunedin Perforation."The July number of the Atxtralian Philatelist contain

ed an article dealing with this perforation, but as the matter is an important one I may perhaps be excused for bringing it before your readers again on somewhat different lines.

The fact that stamps were perforated by Messrs. Fer- gusson & Mitchell, of Dunedin, for nearly two years before the New Zealand Government possessed a machine of its own has, thanks (1 believe) to the researches of Mr. A. T. Bate, long been known to collectors, but at the time the

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auuouuceiueut was made, |Kr[orwtiuus were nol considered of such importance as now, and this probably explains why such an interesting fact was practically lost sight of until Mr. Hausburg recently drew attention to it. From a collector's point of view, it is unfortunate that the gauge of the Government machine so closely resembled that of Messrs. Fergusson & M itchell; had the difference been more apparent those stamps perforated by the latter would no doubt long ago have beeu accorded that catalogue rank to which they are justly entitled.

Aocordingto our experience the Dunedin perforation always gauges exactly 13, the holes being very small and usually clean cut. If one bears in mind that this perforation can only be found among those stnmps issued before the end of 1864, then with a little experience it is quite easy to pick them out by their appearance alone. Judging by dated copies, this machine appears to have been id use from December, 1862. to the latter part of 1864. This agrees with Mr. UI pit's- statement in the July number of the Australian Philatelist that it was used for about one year and nine months.

Some time ago I wrote to Messrs. Fergusson A Mitchell asking them if they had any records dealing with the subject. 1 received a very courteous reply, stating that they were unable to help me, as their premises hAd twice been burnt down, consequently no records now existed that would be of any use to me.

This machine was, of course, only used for perforating those stamps received by the postmaster at Dunedin, consequently while residents of this town, or more probably of the provincial district of Otago, were indulging in the luxury of perforated stamps the rest of New Zealand had to be content with more primitive methods of separation. This, of course, as explained in your previous article, accounts for the rarity of the perforated copies of the 2d. no wink, and the '* pelures,” none of which were perforated by the Government; while re- gaiding the “ wink. large star" issue we naturally find the Dunedin perforation among those shades that are plentiful imperforate, but rare in a perforated condition, for example 3d. brown lilac, 6d. black brown,

As regards the relative rarity of the Dunedin ns compared with the Government perforation, this is entirely dependent upon the face value and shade of the particular stamp in question. As the matter is an important one I will consider each value separately, white for brevity’s sake I will call the Dunedin perforation 13 and the Government 12}.

Id. Red, wmk. Large Star.— Extremely rare 13. We only found one copy out of many hundreds of stamps examined. Shade was carmine.

Id. Red, wmk. N .Z .— No copies examined. According to Mr. Hausburg they are always 13.

2d. Blue, wmk. star, Plate I .— Found about one dozen copies out of perhaps 500 stamps. In nearly every case the 13 perf. was found among those stamps that were printed while the plate was in fairly good condition, a few only being from the *• worn plate,” while all those stamps printed from the plate at its worst stage are 12} (01).

2d. Blue, wmk N .Z .— Quite 25 per cent, of the copies examined were 13. These are all " from worn plate,” but as before, the worst copies are 121.

3d. Brawn-lilac.— Probably about 20 per cent, were perf. 13.

6d. Black-brown.— Every copy examined was 13. Apparently does not exist with the 12} perforation.

6d. Red-brown.— Although this stamp is included in Mr. Hausbuig's list, we have never seen perf. 13. If it exists it must be extremely rare, as a number of copies were examined.

Is. wmk. Large S ta r — Deep green, 13 only. Deep blue-green 13 or 12}, while, the later green and yellow- green shades are always 12}.

Is. (Jreen, wmk. N .Z — Found with 13 aud 12} perforations. As only a few of these stamps were examinA&j cannot say which perforation is the rarer.

The following stamps do not exist perf. 1 3 '— . -. r.«A2d. blue, Plate II., wmk. large star.3d. lilac „ „ 13d. mauve ,, „ <L4d. rose „ ,, - i.4d yellow ,, ,,Gd. red-brown (?) „6d. red-brown, wmk. N Z. :.tThe Government “ 12} ” Perforation.

The first Government perforating machine was installed in Aucktaud about the middle of 1864. Mr. Ulph’s copy of th» Gd. wmk. N.Z , dated September, 1864, being' the earliest dated copy I have beard of from this machine When new it gave a regular perforation of very .large holes, the gauge being 12}-12]. *cj

This perforation, O l on my list, was current from, say, September. 1864, to about tbe end of 1886. It is theree fore the only 12) ” perforation f< und among the stamps bearing the N.Z. wmk. (of 1864), alas tbe following wmk'. large star:—

2d. blue, Plate I.3d brown-lilac4d. rose

Now. it must be remembered that in a perforating machine the needles are cut off square and fit into holes in a plate. When the sheets of stamps are laid on this plate the needles punch out circular discs of paper corresponding to the holes in the plate, the sharp edges of which caure the clean cut perforation. _ ,‘f

The plate of the ” 12} ” machine was not bard enough, and after a comparatively short time the edges of t|>« holes became rounded, causing rough perforations. Finally this became so unsatisfactory that a new plate was made locally and fitted to tho machine.

The holes in this Dew plate were very small, and bf course the machine was fitted with needles of a corresponding size. This, then, accounts for the second type (G2j of the “ 12} ” perforation. It is usually very rough, and sometimes in single copies almost resembles a “ pin-perf.” Owing to the size of the holes it is easily identified, and no collector should have any difficulty in separating types D, G l, G2.

We now come to type G3. The email hole plate .sms in turn discarded apparently for the same reason afe-tge original one, and a third plate was fitted to the machine. This was also locally made, but by a different maker >to the last. The holes in this plate are Dearly as large as In the first, but are very irregularly spaced, and are frequently not in alignment. It can therefore be usually distinguished from G l when seen in strips or blockat but in single copies can only be identified by the fact that it is only found among the later printings; the particular shade of the stamp will therefore usually decide whether the perforation is G l or G3. This plate was in use when the colors of various valuos were changed iu 1871, and as far as I am aware lasted until the machine was discarded.

For tbe above information regarding the old 12} machine I am indebted to Mr. H. Hume, who was for many years in charge of the Stamp Printing Departmerit. Mr. Hume joined the staff in the 60'a, and distinctly remembered the machine, but could not call to mind tfie names of tbe makers of tbe plates.

I must also record my thanks to Mr. T. Acocks for his valuable assistance in examining the perforations of thousands of stamps.

In conclusion, I must draw attention to the fact that collectors often allude to tbe 12} ” as the •.* Auckland perf '* This is misleading, ae the machine wmatransferred to Wellington between January and March; 1866, tbe exact mouth being probably March. It was therefore in use in Auckland for only about six months.

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A Plea for Staipp Collecting ip SchoolsB Y L E O N A R D S. G O L D S M IT H

From “ The Teachers' A i d "

TH E latest pronouncement of the Board of Education of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy is that every school reading book shall contain a chapter devoted to the stamps of the world, illustrated by fac simile reproductions. Realising the immense value of

the postage stamp as an educational factor, the Minister for Education in Vienna has adopted this method for popularising the study of stamps, or philately, as its devotees love to call it.

1 have for several years past incorporated a brief study of the stamps of a country in my geography lessons and would like to appeal to teachers for a trial of the merits of the postage stamp as an educational agent.. Geography is not the only subject in which they can offer information ; the entire histories of many states and countries, their wars, revolutions and important epochs in their career can all be built up from a study of tbeir postal issues. The smatterings of language they offer, small though they be, are not to be despised, but above all these I place the value of philately as a hand a> d eye training for children.

Your small boy has his eye ever ou the main chance, and the slight, in some cases microscopic details that make all the difference between a valuable and common stamp will not escape him, once he is awake to the existence of these varieties, while the arrangement of his stamps in chronological sequence will train him in habits of neatness and order. Ho boy ever liked bis collection messy.

I have found that a collection of stamps brings to the study of a country that intrinsic interest that the average geography lesson so lacks, and have noted time and again the greater eagerness and alertness possessed by boys who collect. The very possession of stamps of a country, predisposes a boy to unearth for himself further facts about that country. Heceutly when taking an entirely new lesson on Germany, I was greatly surprised to find many of my boys able to give me many facts about the political divisions of the country— Saxony, Prussia, Wur- temburg— as each of these states issues, or has issued its own distinctive sets of Btamps. The names of many towns were known, and one boy was able to tell that Munclien (Munich) was in Bavaria, because he possessed a stamp of that state bearing the post-mark of that town. Another told me that Samoa was a German colony because all German colonies bore the design of a battleship travelling at full speed and because the value of the stamp was expressed in pfennigs, a purely German coin. One boy, indeed, was able to supply me with details of the unification of the German States and of the result of the war of 1870—details he -bad obtained from the headings of bis stamp album.

One could easily form a little "stam p atlas," as many countries— Newfoundland, United States, Hayti, Panama, Australia, etc.— have printed maps on their stamps, while in 1900 Canada issued a stamp bearing a map of the world, with the British possessions marked in red.. Stamps also afford an easy method of calculating the coinage of a country as by the new Postal Union Convention. all stamps of half-peuny values are printed in green, those of penny values in red, and those of twopence- halfpenny values in blue. Thus, a 10 centime stamp of France would give the approximate value of a centime as jlqth penny, or a six cent Bt&mp of Ceylon would give the value of a Cingalese cent as }lh penny.

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Although the first postage stamps were not printed till 1840, much ancient history cau be derived from tbeir study. Tbe United States of America issued a set of stamps in 1892 commemorating tbe 400th anniversary of the discovery of America, and bearing beautiful pictures of contemporary events. Columbus sighting land, bis fleet at sea, bis appealhnee before Isabella, the landing of Columbus, and bis subsequent disgrace, are all depicted on this wonderful set of stamps.

On tbe occasion of the recent visit of tbe Prince and Princei-s of Wales to Canada, a visit which coincided with the third Centenary of the founding of Quebec, tbe Dominion issued a set of stamps commemorative of the two events. Four of the stamps are double portraits, and the other four bear pictures of various events that play an important part in the history of "O u r Lady of the Snows.” Tbe Prince and Princess are represented on one stamp, the King and Queen, Montcalm aud Wolfe and Cartier and Champlain on others. The pictorial stamps show views of Quebec in 1700, its old town-hall, Cartier's arrival there in 1535, and a departure of pioneers for the West iu 1G00. Splendid material this for any teacher.

Newfoundland issued a beautiful commemorative set in honour of its discovery by Cabot, which combined pictures of thjs intrepid sailor with the views of tbe various occupations and industries of the isle— cod fishing, mining, caribou hunting, etc.

The issues of the Transvaal afford us a complete history of the colony. First we bad rough, clumsy stamps bearing the crest of the South African Republic, with the inscription in Dutch ; after the first British Occupation, in 1880, these stamps were overprinted Transvaal V.R They were then superseded by stamps bearing Queen Victoria’s bead. After Majuba the Boers, pending a new issue of their own, surcharged or overprinted thesequeen's bead stamps with the initials of tbe state, Z.A.R.

During the Boer War of 1899-1902, the South African Republic’s stamps were again overprinted V .R .I .; later, after the death of Queen Victoria, E .R.I. Then followed tbe present issue, bearing tbe portrait of King Edward.

A study of tbe early French issues throws interesting sidelights on the many changes of Government— the First Republic the presidency of Louis Napoleon, the Coup d'Etat, the fall of the Dictator, and the return of France to Republicanism once more.

The stamps of Chili, Peru, and Spain all show the changes and revolutions that have taken place in their careers, while many 6tanips bear excellent views of places of interest. The farthing stamp of Malta bears a fine picture of Valetta Harbour; the penny St. Helena shows us Napoleon's prison and the Government House; while each of the present issues of New Zealand and Tasmania bear beautifully engraved representations of the various show-places of the colony.

Watermarks and varieties of paper— i.e., wove ai d laid — can form a good introduction to a lesson on papermaking, while the varieties of printing— i.e., engraving, lithography, and surface-printing— offer material for a most interesting lesson.

About three years ago I began to try to popularise stamp-collecting iu tbe elementary school in which I am engaged, and at the present time there are about 50 keen collectors among tbe boys, two of whom are now busily engaged in constiucting a philatelic map of the world,

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the boundaries of each country being outlined in its own stamps. I am now able to give little lectures on stamps of various countries, and some short time ago set the following examination paper, which was very successfully answered;—

1. What is meant hy commemorative issues ? Namethree such, and give details of what they commemorate.

2. What distinctions can you draw between a colony,a dependency and a protectorate ? Give examples of each.

3. Name any six stamps that tell yon the productionsof their country, and say what those productions are.

4. Trace the history of Crete from its stamps.5. What country or countries rule in the following:—

Sudan, Ivory Coast.Uganda, Morocco, Cuba, JaVa, and say how you know.

6. What countries use the following coins?— Mark,heller, gulden, peseta, kopeck, anna, ore, para, millieme. Name another coin of each country and give some idea of the value of both in English money

I append a selection of answers to the above, given by boys whose ages range between 12 and 14, and feel that a very brief consideration of them will convince any teacher of the great educational value of foreign stumps:—

Answer.s.

1. A commemorative issue is one that is printed to bring to a nation's memory some event, war or person in that nation's history.

The Columbus issue of the United Slates commemorates the 400tb anniversary of itsdiscoverv in 1492 ; the large Swiss stamps of 1900 call to mind the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union at Basle, while the large Spanish Pictorials of 1905 remind us of the 300 anniversary of the birth of Cervantes, the author of “ Don Quixote,”

2. A colony is a territory ruled bv a country in which the majority of the inhabitants belong to the home country, i.e., Australia.

In a dependency the majority of the inhabitants are natives, t e.. India.

In a protectorate the native king still rules under the guidance of the country that protects it, i.e., Zanzibar,

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3. Bahama Id., pineapples; Lahuan 12 cent, crocodile skin ; Liberia 1 cent, ivory ; Guadeloupe 1 cent, bananas; Canada 1 cent, maple sugar : Perak 5 cent, tiger skius.

4. Crete was first ruled by Turkey, as Turkish stamps were first used there. In 189S the Powers took the island from Turkey on account of her ill-rute, and great Britain and Russia both issued stamps for use in Crete. In 1900 a new set of stamps was issued bearing a portrait of Prince George of Greece, who was called upon to rule the island. Last year all the Cretan stamps were overprinted with the word “ Hellas'' (Greece), and the island is now a Grecian colony.

5. (a) The Ivory Coast is ruled by France. Its stampsbear the initials R F. (Republique Frau^&ise) and the words ■ * Cote d'Ivoire."

(6) Uganda is governed by Great Britain. The head of King Edward is seen on its stamps.

(c) Morocco seems to be under the protection of several countries, as stamps of Great Britaiu, France, Spain and Germany have all been surcharged for use in Morocco.

(id) Cuba used to be ruled by Spain, as its old stamps bore the head of King Alfonso. After the Amcrcian War. stamps of the United States weie overprinted "Cuba.” It is now a republic under llie guidance of the United States.

(e) Java is a Dutch colony. Its stamps have on them the words “ Nederlandsche Indie " and a portrait of Queen Wilhelmina.

6. Mark worth Is., used in Germany. Other coin,pfennig, ^gd. 100 pfennig worth 1 mark

Heller worth ^ d .. in Austria. Other coin, kroner, lOd 100 heller worth 1 knoner.

Gulden worth £d.. in Holland. Other coin cent, £d. 100 cents worth 1 gulden.

Peseta worth 10d , in Spain. Other coin centime ^ d . 100 centimes worth 1 peseta.

Kopeck worth |d., in Russia. Other coin rouble, 2s. 100 kopeck worth 1 rouble.

Anna worth Id., in India. Other coin rupee. Is. 4d. 16 annas worth 1 rupee.

Ore worth d̂ , in Denmark. Other coin krona. Is. Id.. 100 ore worth 1 krona.

Para worth . in Turkey. Other coin piastre, 24d. 40 para worth 1 piastre.

Millieme worth $d., in Egypt. Other coin piastre, 2£d. 10 millieme worth 1 piastre.

CorrespondenceN .B .—Correspondence on all matters o) general philatelic interest is cordially invited. All letters for publication

should be sent to the Editor, The Postage Stamp, 14, Sudbonme Road, Brixton, Lonilon, and letters should also be distinctly marked inriok with the name of this journal. The Editor does not necessarily identify himself with opinions expressed by correspondents.

To the Editor “ The Postage Stamp."

*• Finds.”Dear 8ir,

As a collector I feel I can't let your Article ” Finds," by one “ L. S. G.” pass, without comment.

Does L. S. G. really think it & " find ” to get selections from several dealers, keep them inouths. and then, when through some change in paper they increase in value, buys the lot at Id. in Is. over face?

It may be very smart, but it is such people as L. S. G. that get collectors such a had name with dealers, and he certainly ought to be barred from having any more stamps on appro.

I enclose my card.Yours truly,

APP.R.O.

To the Editor The Postage Stamp.Dear Sir,

1 have just been looking through a number of stamps of the 1899 issue of the Argentine, and have been struck with the variation in size of these stamps. I refer, of course, to the size of the whole stamp, not merely to the size of the design The normal size is apparently 21 x 26 mill. The greatest variation I have seen is a specimen of the 24cts. violet measuring 24 x 29mm. The stamp is perforated all round and fairly well centred. There is no part of the neighbouring stamp shewing. There is a 3mm. margin on each side of the Btamp, 5mm. at the top, linm. at the bottom Can any reader account for this? 1 notice that several values of the 1888 issue are of the same size (24 x 29mm).

Yours faithfully, *■(Dr.) C. W . M a y s3rd Nov., 1909

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New Issues ai?d OldT h e E d ito r in v ite s d ea ler s a nd rea d er s at hom e and a broa d to g iv e prom pt in form a tio n concerning N ew Issu es, A l l com m unications must be

sen t d irect to the E d ito r , 14 , Sudbourne R o ad , B r ix to n , London. S .A f t e r the nam e o f each country w e g iv e the p a g e of THE POSTAGE STAMP on w h ich appeared the la st referen ce to tha t country.

Bulgaria.— (Vol. V . p. 81).— Some little tim e ago it -was reported that a complete new issue would be ready by the end of last September, but owing to some delay in the manufacture of the plates, Ewen's Weekly Stamp News now states that the new issue is not expected until1910. The numerous provisionals which have appeared recently proved an ineffective stop-gap, for the supplies were bought up by speculators almost as quickly as' they were issued. Consequently recourse has been had to the old plates, and fresh supplies of the 1, 5, 10 and 25 stot. of the 1902 type have been printed. The same journal, quoting from a foreign contemporary, gives the following list of numbers printed of some of the recent provisionals :—

I s s u e o f 1889-90 ov erp rin ted " 1 9 0 9 ."5»t. dull green ... ... ... 270 ,0 0 0

S" cm 30st. brown ... ... 450 .0 0 0“ 1 0 ” on I5»t. orange ... ... 2 9 5.00c“ 1 0 " on 50st. blue-green ... ... 560 ,00 0

Issue of 190S surcharged with new values.“ 5 ” on I5St. lake and black ... 1,100,000“ t0 ” o n l 5st. „ „ ... 1 ,10 0,00 0“ 2 5 ’ ’ on jost. bistre brown and black... 800,000

Ecuador.— (Vol. V . p, 94).— We learn from Mekeel’s Weekly Stamp News that the provisional recorded in our last number “ was printed with a rubber stamp, and very imperfectly done, the surcharge appearing to be dirty or smudgy.”

Gambia.— (Vol. V. p. 46).— Messrs, Whitfield King and Co. send us a copy of the following official notice stating that all the Btamps in the old colours have been burnt:—

No. 57a. 1909.PU BLIC NOTICE.

Tbe following statement is published for general information.

W e the undersigned Members of a Board appointed to destroy the entire stock of Postage Stamps in the Treasury and General Post Office of this Colony, which stamps were on sale up to and including the 30th September last, and which have since been superseded by a new issue in accordance with the British Colonial Colour Scheme, hereby certify that the aforesaid stock of stamps was this day burnt in our presence.

PO ST A G E STA M PS D ESTR O YED .T o ta l N um ber o f

D enom inations. S ta m p s Destroyed.Id. ... 38.372Id. ... 21,873

14,8392d. ...2j d . ... 9.8533d. ... ... 13.2344d. ... 3,753Sd. ... ... 6,643bd. ... 2.7877 !d. ... ..................... 7.838lo d .... 8,400IS. ... 11,773Is. 6d. 8.4562s. ... 6,8962*. 6d. 4,3443S. ... 4.241

S am . J. FORSTER, M em ber L e g is la tiv e C o u n cil.W . D A U t&KA>l»s 41 M I It O r ,

T. B. BRACKgN, A g . Sttp t. o f P o lice ,J. C. F r a n k l in , M ed ica l O fficer.

1st October, 1909.Our Ipswich friends point out an interesting peculiarity

regarding this notice, i e., the name of the Colony is not mentioned at all, and also add, “ it is difficult to understand why the'^d., Id. and 2Jd. stamps should be destroyed since they are in the Postal Union colours. Those last supplied ̂differ in the case of the jd . and 2Jd. only very slightly

in shade, whilst the change in the colour of the Id. stamp from red to carmine is comparatively insignificant.” Apparently, in their desire to make a clean sweep of all old stock, the authorities seem to have let their zeal outrun their discretion.

Honduras.—(Vol. IV. p. 104).— Ewen's Weekly Stamp News chronicles the 2c.. 6c. and 20c. stamps of 1898 and the 10c. of 1903 surcharged “ p k b m i t a s e ” and avers that ih:se are the first surcharged provisionals issued for 30 years. We note, bowever, that in Gibbons’ catalogue all the values of the 1903 set are recorded with this overprint which is stated to be only a control mark.

Jhind.—(Vol. IV. p. 93).— The same journal records the la, “ postage & revenue” as a novelty. This stamp was chronicled nearly two years ago but, possibly it bas only recently beeu actually placed on sale to the public.

Montserrat.— (Vol, V. p. 46).— We understand that the stamps in the colours conforming to the Crown Agents’ new scheme, fully listed on page 46, were placed on sale on September 18th last, and on the same date all stamps in the old colours were withdrawn from circulation.

Philippines.— (Vol. V p. 94).— A correspondent points out that we are in error in recording the new $1 stamp as on unwatermarked paper. This stamp, in common with the other values now current, is watermarked with a repetition of the letters “ u b p i ” throughout the sheet.

Roumania. — (Vol. V. p. 34).— According to Ewen's Weekly Stamp News the 15 bani has been issued in the same design as the 1, 3 and 5 bani and we presume that, like those denominations, it is produced by lithography. We therefore chronicle :—

L itho gra p hed . P e r f . H i , 7j|, o r Compound. lb. black 3b. red-brown Sb. pale yellow-green

I5b. violet

Salvador.— (Vol. V. p, 94). —Another value bas been issued on the new watermarked paper makiog our list as follows:—

W a term a rk ed . P e r f . l l \ .Ic. green and black 2c. carmine and black

V icto ria .— (Vol. V. p. 82).— Ewen's Weekly Stamp Nmos records the 2{d. of the current type on Crown A paper and in a very dark shade of blue and also perforated 11. This brings the list of varieties perf. 11 up-to-date ae follows:—

W in k . C ro w n A .Id. green Id. rose red 2d. mauve 2jd. black-blue 3d. orange-brown

Perf. 11. la. orange59. carmine and blue £t carmine £ 2 deep blue

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Gossip op the Week . . . T he World’s Stamp errors - »How to Start a Philatelic

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Road, Bolton), or to the Committee at the Club Room, Arts' Guild Building, Mavdsley Street on the night of the meeting, Thursday, December 9th—when all interested, senior and junior, are invited. The Competition has received the approval and encouragement of all the High Masteri of the surrounding schools. We appreciate this scheme fully as a grand encouragement for philately, and hope to see it taken up by older societies than our new but progressive and enthunastic Bolton frfires.

INTERNATIONAL PHILATELIC UNION.

The second meeting o f the season took place at Essex Hall, on Thursday. November n th . Present: J. C. Sidebotham (chair), W . Schwabacher, L. W . Fulcher, W. Schwaite, L, L . R. Hamburg, J. E. Joselin, F. F, Lamb, W. Hadlow, A . B. Kay, P. L. Pemberton,' W. E. Lincoln, Oswald Marsh, A. Levy, G. E. Strong, the Hon, Sec., and visitors, J. A . Leon, M. Z. Kuttner, andJ. R. Burton.

Mr. L. L. R. Hausburg gave a display of a portion of bis matchless collection of the siamps of Victoria.comprising the early issues from 1850 to 1862, accompanied by most interesting notes on his researches and discoveries in connection with these stamps. Mr. L. \V. Fulcher, in proposing a vote of thanks, truly remarked that the display represented the “ neplus ultra" of collecting. Mr. Joseltn, in seconding, and the President in sup.o. ting, voiced the satisfaction of all present, and a hearty vote of thanks was accorded. Smoking Concert, Horseshoe Restaurant, November 29th. Next Meeting, Essex Hall, December 9th.

T . H. HINTON,26, Cromford Road, East Putney.


in t e r e st in g Co m petitio n for JuniorsA t the Meeting of the above Society held

on Thursday, November 11th, with a presence of 30, Mr. C. Boothby read a paper on the stamps of Great Britain—accompanying with his specialised collection of that—or this— country.

He laid special slresa upon the collecting of the earlier stamps on entires as a means of detailing the earliest dates of plate numbers and watermark varieties. He thought that there were two objects specially prominent as to why collectors should lay themselves out to gather British stamps. Firstly because this was the first country to issue postage stamps—and therefore the pioneer, and secondly that all Britishers should collect tHc emissions of their own country. His discourse was carefully digested, and afterwards complimented upon his collection and being the reader of the first paper before the Society. The n- >t meeting will be a public one, when Mr. \V. Ward will give an illustrated lecture on *’ Varieties worth Finding." At this meeting will also be judged the numerous entries for the Competition promoted by the Bolton Society for the best collection shown by any boy or girl under 18 residing in Bolton and District. No attention will be paid by the judges to the quantity or value of the collections shown, nor to the make ofthe album — but only to the arrangement and mounting of the stamps. Four prizes as follows, will be awarded:—1st. Stamps value f 1 presented by

Mr. Moscrop, Bolton. 2nd. „ ,, 15s. presented by

Mr. Constantine, Bolton. 3rd. „ ,, tot. presented by Mr Ward.

Didtbury.4th. 1, ,, 7s. fid. presented by

Mr. Boothby, Famworth. A picket of stamps will also be presented as a consolation prize to every other competitor.

Entries are free, and may be made to the Secretary (Mr. H. O, Moscrop, Thicketford

NORTH LONDON PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

The 33rd Ordinary Meeting took place on Thursday, November 4th, at Headquarters, 17 members and I visitor being present. The chair was occupied by the President. Mr. Alex. J. Sefi. After the usual formalities. Mr. E. Heginbottom s collections with notes of Cayman Isles. Leeward Isles and Turln Isles were handed round for inspection. The first (Cayman Isles) contained all issues complete in a used condition, including the famous provisionals, jd. on 55. and Id. on 5s. used, and the 2)d. on 4d. unused. The Leeward Isles contained all issues complete, excepting the 1897 overprinted Jubilee issue, of which there were only the id. and Id. values in used condition. Mr. Heginbottom explaining his notes on their omission by the fact that very few were sold fur postal purposes, so that he does not collect the:e. The Turks Isles (Turks anil Caicos Isles, 1930), contained all issues complete, including the I 73-79, Is. plum (? lilac, in a very fine used condition. Of the surcharged issues, Mr. tfeginbottom only collects the id. on fid. black, id. on 4d. grey and the Id. on 2)d. red- brown, as he considers that the others were not issued for any legitimate postal purpose. At the conclusion of the display. Mr. A. W. Merrington proposed a very hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Heginbottom, thii being seconded by Mr. A . J. S .6 , was unanimously carried, the members present wishing that Mr Heginbottom be written to,expressing their great appreciation for his numerons displays to the Society.

Mr. Hignett then gave a supplementary display of the Cayman Islet, containing all imues, used and unused, including a pair of the Provisional td. on 5s, used, also one with double surcharge used, a 2)d. on 4d. used with two Id. values, a Id. on 4d. unused. A complete set of the new King’s Head Gambia, and a pair of the is. King’s Head Crown CA. Leeward Isles, one copy showing a dropped “ R " in ” Leeward ” \ unchronicled).

Mr. T . C. Cartwright also showed a block of twelve of the new Great Britain, 4d-

printed in deep orange, and a pair of the U.S.A, Hudson-Fulton commemorative stamp. The next item consisted o f a paper and display, by Miss M. E. Merrington, on “ Women as depicted on Postage Stamps.” This proved a most novel and interesting paper, and the display that followed being especially fine, as it contained numerous varieties of the late Queen Victoria’s Head, commencing with the Great Britain Id. black and 2d. blue (no lines), both in mint condition; a fine copy of the £5 on blued paper, postally used; and sets of practically every colony showing the Queeif’s head, in mint condition. Stamps showing portraits of Queen Alexandra, the Princessof Wales, on Newfoundland, Queen Isabella II. of Spain, Cuba, Philippine isles, and .Fernando Po, Queen Maria o f Portugal, Queen Wilhelmina o f Holland; Princess m m - malu, Princess Like-Like, Oueen Emma, Queen Liliuokalani, Queen Kapiolani, all of H awaii; Queen Makea Takau of the Cook Isles, Queen Maria Theresa of Austria (1908). Martha Washington, U.S.A. (1902). Female figures on Guatemala, Diego Suarez, French Congo, and French Guinea. ’ Allegorical figures of Britannia on Mauritius, Trinidad, and Barbados; Germania on Germany: Helvetia on Switzerland; Liberty on Spain, Cuba, Philippine Islea, Salvador, Nicaragua, Brazil, Guatemala, Peru, Uruguay, Argentine, Colombia, Hayti, Buenos Ayres. Liberia and San Marino; the figure of Justice on Spain. Honduras and Nicaragua (official); Ceres (the Goddess of Plcntyl on the issues of France and colonies; Peace (with commerce), Justice (1900), and the Sower (1903, etc.), also on the issues of France; Hope on the Cape of Good Hope. Female figures were a so shown on Nevis and Virgin isles; the Sphinx (one of the members queried the Sphinx representing a female, as he understood it represented secrecy] on Egypt, the Goddess Hera and Diana on Crete, the Mure of History on Portugal (Vasco de Gama), others on Urugua/, etc., and lastly the Dancing Nymph of the Hindu Paradise on the two stamps of Jhilawar. At the conclusion of the display, Mr. T . C. Cartwright proposed a vote of thanks to Miss Merrington for her splendid display, which was carried with acclamation.


BRIGH TON BRANCH.The third meeting o f the present session

was held on November nth. In the unavoidable absence of Mr. Mead, the chair was taken by Mr. W . Cyril Owen.

Mr. M. P. Castle, J.P., and Mr. Leonard Long were elected members. The programme, which was entitled “ My Favourite Country, and W hy." was sustained by the following:—Mr. J. C. Dallimore. paper and display, the Cape of Good Hope; Mr. J. Ireland, paper and display, the island of New Guinea; Mr. W. Cyril Owen, paper and display. Line-engraved Great Britain ; Mr. G. Lumgair, paper, Mauritius; Mr. B. Morley, paper. Southern Nigeria; Mr. Leicester A . B. Paine, paper. Great Britain. Mr. Castle, who had not prepared a paper, gave a most interesting discourse on the stamps of New South Wales, with special reference to the Sydney Views, which latter he had no hesitation in selecting as his favourite stamps of his favourite country. There were two plates of the id. stamp, five of the 2d., and one of the 3d., with 203 distinct varieties on each plate.

Mr. Castle also expressed his pleasure at joining theJ.P.S. and his satisfaction at the quality of the papers read that evening, which could only have been written from study of the stamps themselves. He was of the opinion that the members were doing sound philatelic work.

The Secretary announced that the membership reached 50 that evening for the first time.

J. IRELAND . Hon. Sue.,103, Western Road. Hove.


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Gossip of tbe WeeHBY C O R N E L IU S . W R I N K L E

Transvaal King's. Head ad. purple destroyed.

I AM informed that the Transvaal King’s Head 2d., printed in purple, a supply of which was recently

sent out to the Colony, was supplied in error, and that the entire stock has been destroyed without having been issued.

The Exhibition In Spain.From Valencia I have

received a souvenir postcard commemorating the first philatelic exhibition in Spain. The present

has been a fairly lively year for philately in Spain, as both the first congress and the first exhibition have been held. The message on the postcard reads :—

“ First Philatelic Exhibition in Spain.Philatelic Union of Valencia.

This Society, on the solemn occasion of the inauguration of the first Philatelic Exhibition held in Spain, tenders its heartiest greetings to its members, to the Philatelic Societies, to the Philatelic Press and to all who have helped towards the better accomplishment of the cask, and, as a souvenir of such, sends you this card with the commemorative postmark which has been granted for use at the Exhibition during the time it is open.

The President,Juan Draz de Biito.”

Valencia, October, 1909,There are two postmarks, both circular, one bears the

inscription " Correos ” round the top, and " Valencia,” the date and “ la . Exposicion ” across the middle in three lines, and below “ Filatelica en Espana.”

The second postmark bears the words “ Exposicion Regional ” (Local Exhibition) round the top and “ Valencia” at the bottom. The date appears across the oentre between two tines, “ Correos ” being written above the top line.

U.S. Special Delivery.

My friend Mr. Charles P . Morris, o f Washington, writes me some interesting particulars about the re-issue of the messenger boy type of U .S. stamps. I give his letter in full

“ In regard to part of the article in the issue nf The Postage Stam p of November Ctb, by 0 . Reginald Gum, in which he states that since the old Messenger Boy type of U .S . special delivery stamps have been put on sale again since the withdrawal of the green Merry Widow, it has been appearing on a different kind of paper, and in a lighter colour, I think that should be corrected slightly, or at least the impression it gives that it is passible to tell the new issue by that means.

“ I know first hand that no blue Specials have been sold since the withdrawal of the green ones that were not printed before the green ones were, and were on hand a t the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. If the colour is lighter it was due to a worn plate or the slight variation in colour that often happens any way, but the paper is ho different than any the Bureau has been using for the last five years.

“ A t the request of some of the specialists in U .S . stamps I had it arranged between the P.O. Dept, and the Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing that when they began printing the blue Specials again the plates which had been used before the green ones appeared and that would be used again should be designated by an “ 0 9 ” following the plate numbers. There are eight plates that have been thus marked. 5240, 52 4 3. 52 4 4. 5345, 5246, 5247, 5248 and 5252.Any plate numbers bearing a higher number than 5252 will, of course, be a new printing.

“ Thus you will see, that the only sure way of telling the old printing from the new, will be to have a strip of three showing the plate number with and without the ‘ ’09.’ ”

A Proposed Testimonial.Mr. Percy Bishop sends me the f o l l o w i n g I n

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The Chinese Temple of Heaven Stamps.

Discussing the new Chinese Commemorative stamps, a Shanghai correspondent writes—“ I suppose ,you have heard of these stamps already, so I won’t say very much about them ; there were only supposed to be a limited number issued, ho on the day when they came out, a ll the people in Shanghai made a rush for the post office, and I believe a ll the stamps in Shanghai were sold out in two days. Being in a smaller port up here, we were more fortunate, as 1 went to the post office and bought fifty sets a week after. I hear that Stanley Gibbons bought £500-worth, and that a German stamp firm bought even more than that, so there is not much possibility of them g etting very rare. I also hear that there might be another lot issued, but in that case, they Iwill have to be on the market before the end of this year, because they are only supposed to be used during the first year of the rsign of the Emperor Hsuan-Tung ; any way, all the stamps which were issued are all sold out now. My brother-in-law, who was in the post office here, told me that some wealthy person made an offer to the post office to buy up all the “ two-cents stamps ” before they were issued, but evidently he didn’t get his wish gratified.”

Stamp Gossip from.Canada.

I have to thank a Canadian collector for the following interesting stamp items for this week's goaBip.

" No more £ cent Canada Btamps are to be issued, as there is no rate of postage now lower than 1 cent.

There is considerable talk about a World's Convention of Philatelists and an International Exposition of Stamps, to be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, during the World's Fair, in 1912.

The recent exhibition under the auspices of the Winnipeg Philatelic Association, held in the Arts’ Palace was a great success. Twenty thousand people viewed and admired the exhibits. Four hundred feet of covered glass protected the exhibits. The principal exhibit was that of Mrs, L. Hooper, who exhibited British North America complete (including five of the shillings and 12d.) a fine lot of Great Britain and Oolonies. All of this notable collection (with the exception of three colonies) is to be shortly sold by auction.”

gd. Registration Fee

This came into force in the States on November 1st. Whilst all other countries dropped their registration fee with few exceptions, the U.S. Authorities kept theirs still at 8 cents. After November 1st, a U.S.A. inland registered letter will cost 12c. (10c. register fee. 2c. postage) making 6d. A letter from England, registered, will cost 3d. (2d. fee, Id. postage), or a letter from Germany 30pf., or a letter from any other part of the world 5d., excepting Holland, which would be 4|d., all for the first ounce weight.

Colonial Postages.Many people imagine that 2d. is the world-wide charge

for registration. Most Continental countries charge 26c. Our own Colonies have differereut rates. Take South Africa— the inland fee is 2d , but the overseas fee, even to Great Britain and to other Colonies is 4d. Postage rates also vary greatly. The islands of Malta, St. Lucia, and one or two other West Indian places, enjoy $d. postage for letters, and a Jd. or free rate for newspapers. The great Malaya Peninsular comprising the Malay States, Straits Settlements. Johore, British Siam and Sarawak, have a jd postage between sdl places on the Peninsular, and a Jd. rate for certain postal cards and newspapers. Cyprus and East Africa are reported to enjoy a Jth of a penny rate, but I have been unable to ascertain for what. For however, the cheapest international postage. Spain and Turkey, with possibly Portugal, enjoy the lowest fees at about ljd . per ounce. Colombia, Paraguay, and a few other South American Republics would enjoy an even lower rate, but for the fact that they have to affix stamps to foreign letters at the value of the current rate of exchange.Ocorge and Martha Washington on Oar Stamps.

One of Mekeel's correspondents reported recently that it is rumoured that the new United States 12c. is to have portraits of both George and Martha Washington. The correspondent goes on to suggest that it might be well to copy the Canadian 1897 Jubilee, ” though these were too big to lick.” The rumour has not been confirmed however, and the latest is that George is to figure od this value in common with the others except the lc .

A Portable Stamp Exhibition.If̂ there are collectors who cannot get to a stamp ex

hibition, the next best thing is for the stamp exhibition to go to them. As there were many collectors outside London who had no opportunity of seeing the splendid display of United States stamps at the Golden WeBt E x hibition at Earls Court, arrangements were made by a few of the Exhibition Committee to display the majority of the collections shewn at the Exhibition at Society meetings this winter. All but one or two collections, which bad had to be returned to their owners, were available for this purpose, and last week the Golden West Stamp Kx- hibiton was practically shewn in its entirety at the meeting of the Croydon Philatelic Society (Wednesday) and at the meeting of the Brighton Branch of the Junior Philatelic Society on Saturday A number of members of the Exhibition Committee went with the collections in each case.

Our Christmas Number.Next week’s Postage Stamp will be the special Christmas

num ber of thin journal, and as it will go to press rather earlier than usual, contributors, advertisers, and others should send in their copy immediately, to Becure insertion.

The “ Postage Stam p” on Sale.

The Postage Stamp is now kspt on sale and may be had every week at the following dealers’ establishments:

Bright A Son, 164, Strand, W.C.F. C. Ginn, 143. Strand, Loudon. W.C.Lewis May A Co., 15. King William St., Strand, W.C.W. H. Peckitt, 47, Strand, London, W.C.James Rhodes, 62. Market Street. Manchester.W. Ward, Booth Street, Piocadilly, Manchester.And at all Newsagents and Booksellers.


Tlje Early Starpps of PeruTranslated from the “ Madrid Filatelico,” June— July, 1909

BY F R A N K G R U N D Y , B.Sc.

(Continued from page 75)

I860 6t. Same type as previous but retouched.The inscriptions are in smaller letters; the linos be

tween the oircle and the frame are not wavy, but zig-zag from the top downwards ; the llama has its fore-feet separated ; the stone from which these stamps were piloted was not looked after, or else printings were continued too long, constant use wearing off certain details from the design, which gives rise to varieties in the stamps.

No. 8 1 dinero blue.„ 8 (a) 1 dinero bine, cornucopia on white ground.„ 8 (b) 1 dinero blue, cornucopia on white ground

and the zig-zag lines broken by white strips.„ 9 1 peseta carmine.„ 9 (a) 1 peseta carmine, cornucopia on white

ground.„ 9 (b) 1 peseta carmine, with the flags in white.„ 9 (o) 1 peseta carmine, arms on white ground.

In 1882 a certain wideawake operator placed on the philatelic market many genuine Peruvian stamps of all the previous issues bearing false and fanciful surcharges, which never were in official use or existence, but which provided a harvest for the operator at the expense of philatelists.

The principal'surcharges were :— •• Vale medio peso,-50 ova," in blue (three linesl ; " Certifdo” in red ; “ Habili- tado *’ in black ; " Moltada— U '\ ** 12 Rs ” , " Lima, 2 ̂", “ Deficit 10 oentavos” , “ 10 centavos", in an oval; D4- floit" over two stamps; •• Medio Peso ” , " Habilitado ", “ Dos reales " , " Fuera de valoya.”

These stamps were found by the Chilians at the Lima post office, and the individual alluded to, who at this time frequented these offices, not only made the above surcharges, but many others on the Chilian stamps, of whioh we shall deal when we come to 1882.

Among the early official issues may be found, as a rarity, a stamp out in two and used for half its faoc value ; but thie, as we say, is rare, although such a thing was evidently done, for there exists a Government Decree of 26th February, 1858, in which this form of franking is absolutely forbidden,

1862 (18 November). Square imperforate stamps.Printed in colour in relief on white ground. Arms in

white within a circle of white. The inscriptions are in a cirole round the white centre, The frame is formed by a tine of pearls.

These stamps were printed in Peru by a “ Lecocq" maohine acquired in Paris, which printed the stamps by two matrices, the first coloured for the frame and the other white for the centre ; this gave rise et one printing of the 1 dinero to an inverted centre, the arms being inverted with regard to the inscription.

The inscriptions and their positions are the same as for the previous issue : -

No. 10 1 dinero red.,, 10 (a) 1 dinero rose.,, 10 (b) 1 dinero rose, thick paper (perhapsan essay)„ 10 (o) 1 dinero rose, centre inverted (error).„ 11 1 peseta brown (15th January, 1863).

1866-67. Stamps printed in tailledouce at New York.Coloured impression on white, perforated; the frame

differs for each value; on the 5 ceutavos appears an AndeB landscape with a llama and a vicuna, and in the 10 and 20 centavos the landscape (also of the Andes) differs from this, as well as the auimals, whioh in this case are an alpaca and a vicuna.

No. 12 (5th January, 1866) 5 oentavos green.„ 13 (July, 1867) 10 centavos vermilion.,, 14 (July, 1867) 20 centavos brown.

This issue was brought into use again in 1875-6; but naturally the date of the postmark on used specimens is the period to which they belong.

Since 1866, when the first fiscal stamps of this oountry were issued, it is not unusual to find letters franked with fiscal stamps, either because stocks ran out, or for stronger reasons. An instance of the latter occurred during the dictatorship of Prado, when the use of fiscal stamps for postal purposes was the subject of a decree prohibiting such UBage. in spite of the fact that they had been specially qualified for such use by the authorities by means of suitable surcharges, as was the case with 10 cents yellow fiscal stamp of Ancash, qualified for use in August-October of 1864.

1868. Square imperforate stampPrinted by the “ Lecocq" machine in colour on a

white ground; type and inscription similar to the 1862 issue, but the circle and part of the arms are in colour.

No 15 1 dinero green (July).„ 15 (a) 1 dinero bluish green.„ 15 (b) 1 dinero bluish green, " diniro" for

“ dinero."„ 15 (c) 1 dinero bluish green, " diniro" for

" dinero."„ 15 (d) 1 dinero green, the entire arms in white

on a circle of green.1871 (April), Square imperforate stamp.

Printed by tl.e " Lecocq " machine in white relief on a coloured ground ; arms and locomotive in the centre ; " L im a" inscribed above, " Callao ” to the right, ” Chor- rilloB ” to the left aud the value below.

No. 16 5 oentavos vermilion.., 16 (a) 5 centavos pale red.,, 16 (b! 5 centavos pale red, " allao ” for " Callao.”

1873 (February). The same stamp as No. 11, but changed in colour.

No. 17. 1 peseta golden yellow.1873 (1st of March). Stamp intended for the local post

of Lima.Rectangular, perc6 by horizontal lines, there being no

vertical cuts; printed by the " Lecocq ” machine iu white relief on a coloured ground ; in the middle a llama in white relief; “ Correos " inscribed above, " Lima " below, “ Porte Franco ” to the left and the value to the right.

No. 18 2 centavos ultramarine.,, 18 (a) 2 centavos ultramarine, without the hori

zontal piercings. '„ 18 (b) 2 centavos light grey blue.


1874. Rectangular imperforate stamps.Printed in New York, in colour on white ; design : a

radiant sun ; in the 50 centavos, some mountains are in the foreground, and in the 2 centavos the Peruvian arms are over the sun.

The 1 boI. value has white figures in the four corners, the 50 centavos at the sides only.

All the stamps have a grille iu relief, like the stamps of the United States.

No, 19. 2 centavos light reddish violet (18} by22}mm.)

,, 20. 50 centavos Russian green 121 by 27}mm.)„ 21. 1 sol. flesh (20} by 26}mm.}.

1876 (15th November].The design of this Htamp is similar to that of No. 18,

but witli the figures of value in the upper comers only; grille iu relief; perforated.

No. 22. 10 centavoB green.,, 22 (a). 10 centavos green (imperforate).

A pretended error of colour of this stamp has frequently appeared, but in reality the variation in the colour was obtained by the action of an acid on the green colour, as occurs with mauy greou stamps, and especially with the last halfpenny stamp of Queen Victoria, which merely

under the action of the gum turn blue when many are placed together in water.

1877 (September). Same types as the previous.Perforated, with grille in relief.

No. 29. 5 centavos dark blue. („ 24. 20 centavos oarmiue (1878). |„ 25. 5 centavos ultramarine (1879).

1879 (January).Similar type to No, 21 for the 1 centavo, and the same

as No. 19 for the 2 centavos. Perforated, with grille in relief.

No. 26. 1 centavo golden yellow.„ 27. 2 centavos dark violet.

1880 (6th January).Stamps of the 1874-1879 issues, perforated, with grille,

hand surcharged with a double oval, in which is inscribed “ Uni6n Postal Universal" above, “ Perii" below, and " P lata" in the centre between two lines.

The origin and cause of this surcharge is that up to this time stamps were paid for in Peru by paper money, but a decree of 5th January, 1880 ordered that in future stamps should only be paid for by silver coinage and not by paper money.

The surcharges are in dark red and blue printing ink, i and seldom in black or fuachiue ink.

New Soutl? WalesB Y J. IR E L A N D

STRANGE though it may appear, with the exception

of the first eight stamps, New South Wales is not nt all an impossible country to complete. It is true there are over 600 varieties listed in the catalogue, without Officials, etc., but bow many of

these ate stamps, and, how many varieties? This puts a different complexion on matters It is a fact that there have been but 47 stamps issued in New South Wales, fifteen of these, moreover, are still current. Classified by the designs, the sets work out as follows :—

1850. View of Sydney.Id. rose. 3d. green.2d. blue.

Three stamps in set (G2 in catalogue).1851. Laurcated head.

Id. red (1852). 6d. brown (1852).2d. blue (1851). 8d. yellow (1853).3d. green 1852}.Five stamps in sot (52 in catalogue).

Iu 1853, a fresh pluto was made for the 2d. value with stars iu tho corners instead of the Maltese cross If considered of sufficient importance a space can be left forthiB in addition.

1855. Line engraved. " Diadem."Id. red. Gd gicy.2d. blue. Gd violet. (1R60).3d. groeu. 8d. oinngo5d green. Is. rose.Gd. brown. 5s purplo (18C0 to 1888,

re-issued 1890, and still current).

Ten stamps in set (130 in catalogue).1862. Surface printed.

}d. grey (1891l. 4d. brown (1867).}d. green (1891). Gd. lilac (1872).Id. red (1864). lOd. lilac (1867).2d. blue. Is. black (1876|.

Same tfesigiis. piinted in new colours, and surcharged— }d. on Id. grey (1891) 9d on lOd. brown (1871) 7Jd. on Gd. brown .1891). 12}d. on Is. red (1891).

Twelve stamps in set (155 in catalogue).1886. Allegorical designs.

Id. violet. Gd. yellow.2d. blue. 8d. lilac.2}d. blue (1891). Is. brown.4d. brown. 2b. 6d green.6d. rose 5s. purpleGd. green (1899). 20b. blue.Twelve stamps in Bet (67 in catalogue).

8ince 1897, three nondescript designs have been introduced, which may for convenience be arranged by themselves

1897.Id. rose. 2}d. purple2d. blue. 2}d. blue.Four stamps in set (39 in catalogue).

1903. Commonwealth.9d. brown and blue.

(6 in catalogue.)The numbers in the catalogue arc given beside the

number in the set as recognised by the Post Office in order that the reader may form his own opinion as to the ndvisability of swelling the catalogue with these varieties. For the information of the beginuer I append a reference list of the stamps ill use at the present time. 1 will defy anyono who is not well up in New South Wales to draw up such a list from the catalogue

}d. green (1891). 6d. orange (1900).Id. rose (1897). 9d. brown and lilac (1903).2d. blue (1897). lOd lilac (1867).2}d. violet (1897). Is. brown (1888).2}d. blue (1898). 2b. 6d. green (1903).3d. green (1856). 5s. purple (1860).4d. brown (1888). 20s. blue (1888).5d green (1855).

There is also a 10s. fiscal stamp iu use overprinted " Postage."

T H E POSTAGE STAM P 113

It) tl)c St a it) p MarketBY O. R E G IN A L D G U M

‘‘ B r l jh t ," 1910Edition, alter a deal of promises and put-offs, is at last

to band. In a " Bright ” Blue Binding, the new edition costs halfa-crown. Last year we got 744 pages in Bright for Is. 6d., but now wears levied Is. for a further 68 pages Messrs. Bright know their own business, but 1 must essay that a 6d. extra would be quite sufficient. However, we cannot find much complaint for so small a sum as 2s. 6d. and so excellent a book as the 1910 Bright.

The Prices,I must candidly say, show greater amount of attention

than Whitfield King. Take, for instance, the following stamps, picked at random for comparison :—

Whitfield King. Bright,s. d. 8. d.

U.B. “ Merry Widow ” ... 0 2 0 6Lagos Jd. Single ... ... 0 5 1 6Hong Kong 91 Single ... 0 9 3 6

And many others.

The Arrangement,

As in the past, is alphabetical, excepting Great Britain, which “ leads off." The British South Africa Company’s issues have beeu consigned to the E .’s at last. Messrs. Bright once more give the first issues of British Central Africa under Rhodesia as “ Surcharged for use in the Company’s Northern Territories,” with the following note in italics:—

“ The following stamps were used in Northern Rhodesia, not in the territory now known as British Central Africa ” I am afraid I am an agnostic— as I find it hard to believe some things. I would like to see Mr. Oliver's defence of above statement.

The 1902 issue of Greece, as in other catalogue?, are described as " Gold Currency Stamps.” This is literally correct, but why include in a Postage Stamp Catalogue? These stamps are for use ou money orders, etc., and should correctly be described as “ Timbres de mandat poste."

A most noticeable change is in the stamps of Holland, and the prices, which are much more sensible and approaching those ruling on the Continent. Far too many cataloguers leave the price of certaiu stamps they by no means understand, year after year, whether they have the stamps in stock or not, or can replace at the old trade prices. Messrs. Bright's prices for Dutch stamps seem very moderate all ronnd, but I cannot understand the following raising of price iu the current stamps :—

2} gulder, 1908, 9d.; 1910, Is.S ,, ,, Is. 9 d .; ,, 2s. 6d.

Surely they are commoner now than two years ago ?The lithographed current stamps of Roumania arc not

listed entirely, though the 5c. is under the definition of ” bead of King larger.”

A rather amusing error is made in Crete of the 1908 ” Ellas ” issue

101. scarlet of 1900 ... 3d.101. red (Hermes) ... 2s.

I would not mind a few dozen Prince George's at 3d. each, but should not care to be stuck for 2s. on the latter.

Those who doubt that the Austrian Levant are found on white paper should be interested at the following quotation:—

1908 Jubilee.1 piastre blue on blue, unused 6d., used ljd .1 piastre blue, ,, 4d. ,. Id.

I am greatly surprised to see that Messrs. Bright give and price the Argentine 1892 issue with ” impressed watermark.” Surely they have not got hold of a batch of the so-well-executed forgeries ?

What makes the ourrent 2 franc Belgium worth 9d. ?I wonder why Scott’s and Bright’s always place the

low value Continental and other stamps at the end of the list, under the heading, '* Newspaper Stamps.” Yet they don't do the same with the lc. U.S.A. or $d. Great Britain. They are only Postal Card Stamps as well.

Why is Malay always placed after the Straits Settlements? They have a separate post office and the stamps have—different to Indian States, Peraka, or Johores— Universal Postal Union power.

Why are the following stamps catalogued (both by Whitfield King and Bright) ?

Malay, 5c. multiple.Hong Kong 12c. multiple,

„ lc. ., (King only)If anyone has them, will they be as kind as to send for

inspection to me care of the Editor, who will return in course of mail.

I have given the several different catalogue quotations for Germau Levant first issue. Bright’s are as follows:—

10 para, unused 7s., used 4s.20 „ „ 6 s , „ 4s.

1 piastre, „ 7s., „ 8s.l j „ „ 12s. „ 10s.2} „ „ — „ 20s.

Canadians are very moderately priced up to about 1903, but the 50c. King is marked at Is. 3d. What can the cataloguers mean by—

Canada King’s Head.E rror: Imperforate.

2 cents carmine?I think that, so far as British collectors are concerned,

Bright’s catalogue will hold sway until the advent of Gibbons for 1911.

Provincial Prices.A kind correspondent has forwarded me the following

notes and prices obtained at the Manchester Junior Philatelic Society's Auction, held on Thursday, November 18th. They are accurately described, as my correspondent notes, and should prove food for reflection : -

s . d .

Tobago, 1880, 5s. CA mint ..............’ ... 3 0France, 1849, 15c. green, unused, with gum

perfect but not “ post ftesh," cat. £8 ... 14 0St. Helena, Gd., imperf., fair ... .............. 1 C

„ Is , 14 x 124, fine.......................... 1 3East Africa, King, 1 and 2 rupees, fine ... 2 6Southern Nigeria, 4 to 2s. 6d., mult, obs , used 3 9Great Britain, 6d., with hair lines, Gibraltar

postmark, very fin e ......................... 8 0N.S.W., la., 1854, larve margins, fine ... 5 0Newfoundland, Cabot Bet, mint.............. ... 9 6U.S.A., 5c., " Post Office,” mint ... ... 8 0

„ 10c., „ very fine used ... 8 0Gold Coast, both provisionals, mint .............. 0 8Canada, Jubilee 6c., mint .......................... 1 3

And several other items which go to show money must be a little scarce in Manchester. With one exception, I hear, all the bidders were collectors. What was the matter with the dealers ?

114 TH E POSTAGE STAM P' \

T1>e World’s Stan?p ErrorsT be M ost Com prehensive and E n tertain in g A rtic le on th is S u b je c t yet publishedB Y M ISS F I T T E

This important article was started in No. 1 of the present Volume. The nine instalments already published may te had from the Publishers in Nos. I, Z, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Vol. V., price l$d each post free.

ERROR.1896, 4jf., claret; 8g., mauve; lGj., black—overprint

omitted. (208-210).In the 1894 set for ordinary use, the values over Two

Guerche are of the “ L io n ” of the Tribe of “ Judah” type, but all the Postage due stamps of 1896 shew the Head of the N egus; consequently, the Four Guerche, claret, the Eight Guerche, mauve, aud the Sixteen Guerche, black, without overprint are errors in that they were issued in an imperfect condition. They are not even uncommon. ,

Argentine Republic.

ERROR.1892-95, be., green (m b) .

The proper colour of the Five Centavos stamp is rose- red ; but one (and I believe, only one) sheet, sold at the Monte Video post-office, waB printed in green.

The'error is known unused and fused, and is very scarce in either condition. ,1:; 5

1890, 2fcr., brown; 3hr., green; bkr., rose; lQkr., blue;12kr., lake—numerals (191-8, 212).

All these are imperfect stamps, which were duly put in circulation, one or more of the corner numerals (added by a second printing) being omitted, or (which is praotioally the same) being printed on the back of the stamp,

The errors at present known a re : partial omission— Two Kreuzer, brown; Three Kreuzer, green; Five Kreuzer, rose-carmine; Teu Kreuzer, blue; and Twelve Kreuzer, lake: numerals on back— the Three, Five and Twelve Kreuzer; and total omission— (Five) Krenzer. The perforation of these stamps, except of the last which is 11,12 , gauges 10, 10$.

They are all fairly expensive, used or unused.

Hungary.

ERROR.

1905-7, 50/., claret (139).The normal colour of the Fifty Filler is lake, but a

supply was printed in claret, the colour of the Five Koroua: the error is common, used or unused. The set to which this stamp belongs is perforated 12, and is watermarked with the smaller type of Crown, with the curved lower edge— one watermark for each stamp, not for blocks of four.

Bolivia.

TYPE TYPE.

TH E POSTAGE STAMP; 115

1894, 10c., blue (77).sry distinct sets of the 1894 issue: one ited by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., of rated 14, 14} ; the other on thick paper, md perforated 13.s unauthorised, having been made to fficial of the Bolivian Government on bility. Eventually, the stamps having llation (by irregular, and perhaps illegal, •a recognised by the Government. The lis issue is involved in great obscurity ts of a printing of the Ten Centavos in the Twenty Centavos, instead of in its

svn : it is on the thick paper of the Paris irforated 13.

Chill.

TYPE.

i r -t-̂ 7. Ota

' /«- V* .*

C-f

ERROR.

5jf., rose and pale rose (27). of printing, the Five Stotinki, normally

in or deep green, combined with pale d in the colours of the Ten Stotinki,

up, and is to be found both used and

ioUt and grey; 2st., slate-green—values 15, 36).ips are ofthe same type as the preced- elusion in the list is due to the way in values are rendered. As at first given, actively “ edin’ stotink' ’ * and • 'dva

the following year (1886) they were stotinka ” and " dv’ stotinki ". juite common.

1862,10c., deep bright blue, um k., " 20 ” (21).This value was issued in 1853, but the error did not

occur until some time in 1860, in the Autumn of which year a new value, Twenty Centavos, was prepared and printed on paper watermarked “ 20 ” : copies of the Ten Centavos, in deep bright blue, exist on this paper, and are very scarce.

The mistake must have been made by Perkins, Bacon and Co.'s workmen, as no Ten CentavoB stamps were printed in Chili after the arrival of the London supply of 1860, when for the first time paper watermarked ** 20 ” was sent out.

China.

TYPE.

August, 1897, 50c., deep green (120).In the " Imperial Chinese Post" set, printed from

Japanese plates, were two stamps, both of a green oolour — the Ten Cents in deep green and in green ; the Fifty Cents in yellow-green.

By some slip, easy to understand considering the similarity of colours, some sheets of the higher value were printed In deep green, a colour of the Ten Cents: judging by the price, the error is not very scarce.

NOTE.Our thanks are due to Mr. W. H. Peekitt far the

loan of some of the rare stamps used in illustrating the article on “ The World's Stamp Errors."

Bargains in Stamps.II yon want real bargains in Postage Stamps read the

adver semeot pages of T h e P o t ia g t 8 t a m p every week. Every week there is something new, and many apecial bargains. It you miss a week you may miss the very stamp you want to complete s series

118 THE POSTAOE STAMP

New Issues at>d OldT h e E d ito r in v ite s d ea ler s a n d rea d ers a t hom e a n d a b r o a d to g iv e prom pt in form a tio n concerning N e w Issu es . A l l com m unications m ust be

sent d ire ct to th e E d ito r , Id , S u d b ou rn e H oad, B r u t o n , London. S . W .A ft e r th e n a m e o f each country toe g iv e th e p a g e o f TKB POSTAGE STAMP on w hich appeared the la st re feren ce to that country.

Afghanistan.— (Vol. III. p. 296).— Quoting from a foreign contemporary E w e n 't W eekly Stam p N ew s announces the issue of the following new s e t :— 1 abasi, blue : 2 abasi, green ; 3 chahi, brown ; 1 urusun [rupee ?5, dark brown ; and 2 rupee, orange red. The last three are 6aid to be parcels post stamps and possibly the other two are also intended for use on parcels. The perforation is 13&, 14, but no particulars are given as to the design or designs.

Antioqula.— (Vol. II . p. 260).— From the same source we learn that two new stamps nave been issued for use in Medellin. The only details vouchsafed as to the designs are that they are “ small oblongs " and show the imprint “ J. L . Arango, Medellin.”

L o ca l fo r M ed ellin , P e r f , 12,

roc. green.50c. yellow brown.

Argentlne.Republic.— Messrs. Whitfield, K ing & Go. send us the Jo. in the current type showing portrait of General San Martin, making the list of varieties issued to date as follows :—

N e w id e iig n . N o w a term a r k .

}c. violet, ic. brown ochre.2c. chocolate.3c. green.4c. pale purple.Sc. dull carmine.6c, olive bistre.*

P r r f. I f , I j j .

toe. slate green.I2C. pale orange brown. 12c. dull blue.15c. yellow green.20C. ultramarine.30c. claret.50c. black. .

China.— (Vol. V . p 33).— We take the following from the P h ila te lic Jo u rn a l o f G reat B r i t a in :— “ Mr. R. J . W hite has kindly shown us a strip of three of the 4c. chestnut, of the 1898-1907 issue on watermarked paper, imperf. vertically ; also a block of eight of the 30c. rose- red, on unwatermarked paper, imperf. horizontally.”

Levant.—(Russian) (Vol. V . p. 94) — E v e n 's W eekly S ta m p N ew s reports the issue of the full set of Jubilee stamps specially surcharged for use in Mount Athos and Salonika. Our contemporary also publishes some in teresting notes regarding the Constantinople and Jerusalem overprints. We learn that the low values are in sheets of 100, divided into four panes of 26 (5 rows of 5) while the 10 pia. on 1 rouble is in sheets of 40 (8 rows of 5). and the two highest values in sheets of 25 (5 rows of 5).

In the case of the 10 piastres on 1 rouble each row of stamps is a different type, so that a vertical strip shows all eight types. The error “ Constantinople ” recorded on page 94 occurs on the 5th stamp in the top row. In the case of the 35 and 70 piastres each stamp in a horizontal row is different, giving five types for each of these two values. The error " Constantinople” mentioned on page 94, occurs on the second stamp in the top row.

Pajpua.— (Vol. V . p. 53).— According to the same journal the Id. and 6d. stamps of the current set are obsolete, and as it is rumoured that there will shortly be a new issue it is probable no more of these will be prioted.

Bermuda.— (Vol. V. p. 45).— E v e n 's W eekly Stam p New s chronioles the arrival of the 4d. stamp in the “ floating dook ” type. This makes the list of varietiesin this type as follow s:—

W m k. C r . C A . P e r f . Id . id. green end black, id. carmine and brown.3d. sage green and magenta.

W m k . M u ltip le C r . C A . P e r f . Id . id. lilac and brown.

id. green and black, id. carmine and brown, id. carmine, id. orange and grey.2)d. ultramarine and brown. 4d brown lilac and pale blue.

Bulgaria.— (Vol. V. p. 106).— We gather from Gibbons S tam p W eekly that the new Bulgariau stamps are being prepared by Messrs. Bradbury, Wilkinson A Co., Ltd., and that the work is already so well advanced that there is every proBpeot of the stamps being placed on sale early in 1910. The set will consist of 12 values and particulars of nine of these are given as follows :

1 atot. The " Czar," otherwise Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, on horseback.

1 atot. Profile portrait of Prince Ferdinand ; inscription at topBULGARIA,” colour, green.

3 stot. In the centre, picture of Tiraova, the capital of Bulgaria ;above the ancient “ Imperial ” Crown of Bulgaria, with inscription reading "BULGARIAN em pire" ; colour, red-brown.

5 stot. Portrait of Prince Ferdinand; colour, bright green.10 stot. Portrait of Prince Ferdinand in the uniform of an

Admiral of the Bulgarian Navy ; colour, red.15 stot. In the centre, a landscape; above the Imperial Crown ;

on the right, the Lion of Bulgaria: on the left, the Bulgarian Anns ; colour, orange yellow.

25 atot. Full-face portrait of Prince Ferdinand; colour, blue.30 atot. View of Monastery of Rila ; Colour, brown.2 lei. View of the celebrated Sv. Troitza Monastery of Timova,

with elaborate ornamentation round the central design.

Tchongldng.— The 2fr. and lOfr. stamps of the current issue of Indo-China have been surcharged in red for use in Tchongking, thus completing the set as follows :—

S ta m p s o f In d o C h iu a s u r c h a r g e s w ith “ TCHONGKING" and C h in ese ch a ra cters.

Ic. sepia and b ack : red surcharge.2c. brown »t ts4c. blue a» is5C. pale green

lt blueSt

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JOfr, violet tl s* IS

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British CreteT h e E d ito r o f T h e P o s ta g e S ta m p .

Ipsw ich, ‘N ov. 22nd, 190 9.

Dear Sir,W e thank you for your k in d ly criticism of our

new catalogu e. W e are a lw ays gra tefu l to friends who draw our atten tion to errors and omissions in the catalogue, but in regard to the Crete stamps, we sh all prove th at i t is you who have erred.

The 10 lep ta P rince G eorge stam p surcharged “ e l l a s ” is in its proper place in the catalogue, and is numbered 4 1 . The new “ Hermes ” ty p e is N o. 45, as shewn by the illu stra tio n .

W e are astonished that you should c a ll into question the undoubted fa c t th a t the first five stam ps of Crete were issued by the B ritish, as the history o f the stam ps has been published many tim es, both in the E nglish and the C ontinental jou rn als. As, however, you do not appear to be w ell inform ed upon this su b ject, we sh all have pleasure in im parting to you w hat we know about these stam ps, and which m ay also perhaps be new to m any of the readers of T h e P o s ta g e S ta m p .

D uring the C retan disturbances in 1898. the province o f which Candia is the ch ief town, was occupied and adm inistered by the B ritish under General (then C olon el) Cherm side.

A fter the expulsion of the Turkish troops and officials, M ajor Fairholm e, A ssistan t B ritish C om m issioner, was appointed to organise a postal service between Can dia and other parts of the island, and M r. Berinda, A ustrian V ice-C on su l and P o stm aster in charge of the A u strian Post Office at Candia w as asked to a ssist.

There being no other post office .available, Mr. B erinda allow ed his office to be used for th e B r itish Postal Service, and arranged for the issue of postage stam ps. The first issue was th e w ell- kuown 20 parades violet, m ade provisionally pending the arriva l o f the regular stam ps w hich had been ordered from A th en s.

This, and th e four succeeding stam ps, w en issued by the B ritish A uthorities only, by whom the postal service was carried on.

None o f the other Powers had an yth in g w h a tever to do w ith th e m atter as stated by 'you, it is indeed im possible that th ey could, as th e P ro vince o f Can dia was being adm inistered b y the British alone, th e Russian and French spheres of adm inistration being in other parts o f the island.

O f th e 3,000 stam ps of the first ty p e which were issued, 1,000 were bough t as a speculation by the C ap tain o f H .M .S. “ T h etis ,” who is now an Adm iral in th e B ritish N avy, and w ho kept the stam ps in his possession u n til 190 5, when wc became th e purchasers. W e then advertised them a t a price fa r below th a t a t w hich the stam ps had previously been sold, and as this did n ot suit certain interested parties in G erm any, th e y en- endeavoured to throw doubts on the stam ps, so in order to p lace the a u th en tic ity o f the stamps' beyond doubt, th e officer from whom w e bought the stam ps obtained tw o docum ents o f w hich we append copies.

The first is a report from th e B ritish Consul General o f C rete (M r. Esm e H oward) settin g forth

the circum stances under w hich the stam ps were issued, and a copy of the certiticate shewing that the block was destroyed on January 20th, 18 9 9.

The second docum ent is a copy of a certificate given by the Governor o f Candia, c ertify in g that the C aptain of the “ T hetis ” purchased from th e Post Office 1000 of the to ta l num ber of 3000 which were issued.

In both these docum ents it w ill be noticed that the stam ps are described as being issued by the B ritish .

The stam ps are on the same foo tin g as those issued by the British Post Offices in Morocco and the L evan t, and rig h tly belong to th e British se c tions o f the albums and catalogues.

Yours fa ith fu lly ,W h it f ie l d K in g & C o.

COPY.TH E 20 P A R A S M A U V E STAM P OF C R E TE,

18 9 8 .

In 1898, when the P rovince of C andia in Crete was tem porarily occupied by G reat B ritain, it was found that no postal service existed ^between the town of Candia (also called H erakleia, E rak- leon, M egalocastro), and th e interior of the is lan d. The B ritish officers in charge o f the a d m inistration ̂resolved to establish a post, and obtained the advice and assistance o f M r. Berinda the Postm aster o f the A ustrian P ost Office e x istin g a t Candia for th e service by sea between th a t town and foreign and C retan ports, M r. Berinda w as also A ustrian V ice-C on sul.

P ostage stam ps (1 0 paras blue and 20 paras green) w ere ordered a t Athens, but as some tim e m ust elapse before their arrival, M r. Berinda su p plied the provisional v io le t 20 paras stam ps, which were stru ck off as required w ith a hand stam p. A fter 3,000 of these stam ps had been printed the stam tis ordered fr e n Athens arrived, and the hand- stam p or b lock w as destroyed on the 20th of J a n uary, 1899, by M ajor (now C olonel) W . E . F air- holme, B ritish A ssistant Com m issioner and D irector o f th e Provincial P ostal Service o f Candia, in the presence of S ir Herbert Chertnside, British M ilitary Com m issioner, S ir A . B ilio tti, B ritish Consul G eneral, and M r. B erinda. The fo llow ing protocol w as drawn up a t the tim e :—

“ W c, th e undersigned, certify th a t the stam p, from which were struck th e provisional 20 para postage stam ps of the Candia P ro vince, issued first on the 28th November, 1898 has this d ay been destroyed in our

' presence, and th a t only 3,000 of the above postage stam ps w ere stru ck.

( S d . ) H e r b e r t C h e b m b i d e ,B ritish M ilitary Com m issioner.

( S d . ) A l f r e d B i l i o t t i .H .B .M . Consul G en eral.

( S d . ) J . B e r i n d a ,D irecteur des Postes A utrichienne*.

( S d . ) W . E . F a i r h o l m e ,Major, A ssistant Com m issioner, and

D irector o f the Provincial Postal Service. C an dia.

Candia, 20th Jan ., 1 8 9 9 .”

1 1 8 THE POSTAGE STAMP

M ajor F airholm e destroyed th e block, w hich was of b rig h t m etal, w ith a file.

A n exhaustive artic le on th is stam p, founded in p a rt on inform ation supplied by Colonel 'Fair- holme, appeared in the G erm an paper “ B erliner B riefm arken Z eitun g,” o f Feb ruary, 19 0 6 .

COPY.Candia, 20th October, 19 0 5 .

I, N icholas C on st. M alataki, Governor o f Candia (C rete) hereby c e rtify th a t durin g the Provisional B ritish Adm inistration in the C andia Secteur, a provisional stam p of 20 paras in vio let colour has been issued, w hich was in use between October, 1898, and January, 18 9 9, th a t the num ber issued

was three thousand on ly, and th e b lo ck w as A fte rwards destroyed. O f this issue th e C ap tain o fH .M .S . “ T h etis ,” th en in Candia, bough t 1,0 0 0 stam ps.

Seal of th e (signed) N . C . M a l a t a r i .Governor o f G overnor o f C andia.

C rete . 1I hereby c e rtify th e above to be the (signature

o f M r. N . M alataki, Governor o f C an dia.Seal o f the

B ritish (signed) E b m k H o w a r d .C on sulate H .B .M . Consul G en eral fo r C rete . G eneral 4th N o v., 19 0 5 .o f C rete.

CorrespondenceN .B .— Correspondence on a ll m atters of g en era l p h ila te lic interest is co rd ia lly in v ite d . A ll letters fo r p u b lica tio n

sh ou ld be sent to the E d itor, T h e Postage S tam p , 14 , S u d b o u m e R oa d, B r ix to n , L o n d o n , a n d letters sh ou ld also be distinctly marked inbide w ith the nam e o f th is jo u r n a l. T h e E d ito r does n ot n ecessarily id en tify h im s e lf w ith op in ion s expressed by correspondents.

Tasmanian Watermarks.

To the E d ito r “ T he Postage S ta m p ."

Dear Sir,I notice a few remarks in your issue for 11th inst. from

Mr. Jacklin with reference to my reoent lists of Tasmania stamps inserted in your paper. W ith reference to bis having come across the Tas. Id. stamps, wink. " Crown A ” sideways with “ A " to left, I may say that siuce 1 wrote these lists, I also have come across these stamps thus wmkd as well as wmkd. with the “ A " to right.

As noted already in your paper, 1 propose later on. sending you an amended list containing corrections as well as additions re these stamps, as I have since had opportunities of going over large lots and coming across varieties I had overlooked previously.

As regards Mr. Jacklin’s query re what I alluded to as “ Inverted W aterm arks” iu “ Sidew ays” position, etc., of course this w s b a slip on my part, aud I am obliged to Mr, J. for his pointing it out to me.

Of course either the wmk. to right must be the inverted neighbour of the one to left, or vice-versa. I may say however, that I had notioed this slip some time baok and it would have been, and will again, be made right, when my amended remarks aud listing are sent you, both as regards Tasmanian as well as West Australian stamps.

Faithfully yours,E . H bo in b o t t o m , B .A ., F .R .P .S ., L ond.

The World’ s Stamp Errors.T h e E d ito r o f T h e P o s ta g e S t a m p .Dear S ir,

W ith reference to the in terestin g series of papers now being inserted in your Journal e n titled “ The W orld ’s Stam p Errors,” by “ Miss r iT T B ,” I note a t the com m encem ent the rem arks th at these series of Papers w ill NOT in clude an y stam p which has h a d th e a d d it io n o f a n o v e r p r in t o r su r c h a r g e u p o n i t . P erm it m e to sa y I think th is is a p ity , because i t excluded som e o f the greatest errors ; I need only for exam ple nam e the D om inica Provisional “ one p e n n y ” on 6d. green. Here w as an en tirely un inten tional m istake on th e printers part (at least we m ust conclude i t w as unintentional, n ot know in g an yth in g to the contrary, further, a t th a t

tim e, p h ila te ly had not the various m ajor and m inor varieties, e tc ., e tc ., i t now h a s). T he printer m ade use o f th e 6d. green stam p in (mistake for th e Is . 'lilao-rose one. A p art from this being D om inica’s rarest stam p, i t is considered one o f the rarest of W est Indians and of C o lonials gen erally sp eakin g. O n ly a very few stam ps o f th e 6d. green were thus overcharged, or I rather, surcharged w ith a low er value <than the face one, and in consequence, copies are very rare eith er unused or u sed . S u re ly this should com e under “ b r r o b s ” s tr ic t ly sp eakin g ! I m erely nam e this as one exam ple.

F a ith fu lly yours,(signed) E . H j k j in b o t t o m , B .A ., F .R .P .S ., L on d.

A Proposed Walthamstow Society.

T o the E d ito r .

Dear 8ir.As I am a constant reader of your weekly journal T h e

Postage S tam p , and have taken same in regularly since the commencement of the 3rd volume, I shall be glad if you w ill help me by informing yonr venders th at a Junior Philatelio Society is about to be formed in January next a t Walthamstow, and that full particulars m ay be obtained from me.

This Society is to be formed on the same basis as your articles that appeared a month or so ago, and will commence with a Library, M onthly Magazine and Exchange Sectiou, whilst meetings will be held a t times for displays, etc. The magazine, which contains from 8 to 12 pages of reading matter, is only to be type-written, as we cannot at present afford to have it printed, but we are able to make four oopies that will be circulated during each month.

We have arranged for a friendly dealer to supply us with Btamps a t cheap rates and to examine stamps, give us advice, and write articles for our paper.

The annual subscription will be 2/6 or half-yearly 1/6, and no entrance fee, whilst the proposed name is “ Tiie Clarence Philatelic Society,” Walthamstow.

ThankiDg yon in anticipation of seeing a few lines in the “ P S ." re this matter,

Yours faithfully,U. H. Cla u k k .

Nov. 12th , 1909.


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CONTENTS.4 D B C B M B B R , 1909. P a ge

GOSSIP OF THE WEEK - 109

T he Ear ly Stamps of Peru - - inNew South Wa les - - - - 112In the Stamp Ma r k et - - - 113T he W orld’s Stam p Errors - - 114New Issues and Old - - - 116British Crete - - - - - 117 Correspondence - - - - 118Editor ’s Letter Box - - - 119Society News - - - - - 119

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ERamlnatlon ot Stamps.So many of our readers have asked us to

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We shall be pleased to express an opinion as to the genuineness or otherwise of any stamps submitted to us, or identify them according to any catalogue at a charge of 6d. per stamp (minimum 1 /-). All fees must be paid in advance with sufficient added to pay for return postage and registration.

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President—F. J. Melville.Hon. General Secretary—Ralph Wed more, $4 ,

Park Road, West Dulwich, S.E.The fourth meeting o f the session of the

above-named Society was held on Saturday, the 20th Nov., 1909, at Prince Henry’t Chamber, 17 , Fleet Street, E.C. After the usual bourse, the meeting was called to order by the President at 8 o’clock.

Upon the completion of the ordinary business, Mr. R. B. Yardley gave a display of his well-knovn collection of the stamps of Trinidad. The collection, which is a highly specialised one, was handed round, accompanied by some most interesting explanations by Mr. Yardley. He drew special at ten'ion to the fact that the various pigments used both by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon & Co. and by Messrs. De la Rue fit Co. on these stamps were alto used in the stamps of lother British Colonies. Among the special features of the collection were to be noticed, too, Lady McLeod’s locals on entires, and alio many fine early impressions of the lithographed series (1852-60).

The vote of thanks, proposed by Mr. F. J. Melville, seconded by Mr. S. T. Timms, was carried with acclamation.

SOUTH WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE

PHILATELIC SOCIETYThe above Society held its first General

Meeting for the season on Monday last 115th, inst). Mr. Walter Scott, the President, taking the chair. An interesting evening was anticipated and those present were not disappointed, as the members who responded to the invitation to display 20 of their most interesting stamps, provided good fare.

Mr. Scott displayed some rare British Entires, also a nice lot of Mulreadies used and unused. Mr. Ayres, Southern Nigeria. Dr. Fiddian. rare errors of surcharge. Alderman Trounce, the rare Zurichs and other interesting things. Mr. Woods, Ceylon Surcharges, including many Inverted (single and double) and a specimen of S.G., 160 with double impression of surcharge.

Mr. Gwilym Lougher, a comer pair of the Great Britain Id. lilac on laid paper, this is not listed, alto the 8d. New South Wales imperf. with wink. N.S.W. instead of the numeral, this was a fine copy with grand margins, he also showed us a set of the new Turks and Caicos.

Mr. E. Philpot-Crosrther was elected'an Hon. Member.

I will forward you the programme for the Season as soon as complete.

G. F. C. WOODS, Hon. Asst. Sec.

BIRMINGHAM PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

Nov. 18th. Paper: Barbados 1 8 7 0 -18 8 2 Mr. C. A. Stephenson.

Messrs. H. G. Green, T. H. K. Moulder and R. B. Sparrow were unanimously elected members.

Mr. L. L. R. Hamburg was thanked for coming to Birmingham on Nov. 15th, to shew hit magnificent collection of Victoria, a special meeting being hastily summoned to meet him.

Mr. C. A. Stephenson then gave his paper. The display of his superb and beautifully arranged collection gave great pleasure to the members. Every variety was shown in fine condition and in most cases by pages of unused and used copies. The varying shapes of the stars included under ” small stars ” were illustrated by diagrams.

Our next'auction will bi h:l J at the Imperial Hotel.Temple St., Birmingham, on Thursday, Dec. 3 rd. at 6 p.m. Catalogues can be obtained from the Hon. Sec.

CROYDON PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

The fourth ordinary meeting held at the Y.M.C.A., North End. on Wednesday, the 23rd, brought together the largest gathering of the session. The curator acknowledged donations from Messrs. Bing, Shaw& Wilder, and one new member was elected.

Mr. S. R. Turner then showed the collection of stamps of the United States put together by members of the Junior Philatelic Society for the Golden West Exhibtion. Mr. H. F. Johnson brought his fine collection of proofs, and Mr. Hadlow very kindly sent his large collection of the fiscals of the same country.

The exhibitors had a cordial reception and great interest was found in the splendidly written up collections, the meeting being extended well beyond the usual hour and closed with an enthusiastic vote of thanks to the contributors to the programme. * **

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\An Illustrated WeeklyJoumaf/or all Classes o f Stomp Collectors

No. 11. Vol. 5. II DECEMBER, 1909. Price Id.Number 115 ____ ____

G o s s ip o f tb c W e e bBY CORNELIUS WRINKLEHere we are again.

“ At Christmas play and make good cheer For Christmas comes but once a year."

SO wrote the sixteenth

century poet, and even in these modern times there is no one of the Five.

H u n d red F a in ts o f Good H u sband ry that u c observe with more cheerfulness.

Christmas means much to all of us and amongst other things there are those keen old stagers among us who relish the extra opportunities for 8 tting in our pyjamas till the sun is high above us,

arranging our stampr. glad of the chance to catch up with some of cur constantly increa-ing heap of unmounteds. The Youngsters, too. fiud that Santa Claus has not forgotten that they want albums and packets, and the good wife who has been silenced with a diamond tiara or a brick-red Cape, is content to stir puddings and prepare the goose which is to stuff the gander, so she leaves us to our tweezers and our stamps. If stamps are to be indulged in at Christmas time it must be in the morning, that is to sav, before dinner, whether you feast at the plebeian hour of one, or in the high bon ton hours of evening.

Cornelius Qreets you.The best wishes of the season are yours, m y good read

ers, and I only regret that I cannot give them to you in | person instead of transmitt- i i g them by the alloyed means of type-m etal. I should just like to spend Boxing Day with a crowd of you and smoke a pipe of peace and goodwill with the I old 'uns and to join Thomas j

a Didvmus and the rest of the youngsters playing oranges and lemonB or postman's knock, lint I should have to draw the line at Sir Roger de Coverley, at which energetic pursuit a little Miss of seven nearly killed me last Christmas.

My Christmas Presents. -Before I pass on from this Christmassy frame of mind

which has been induced by hanging a bunch of mistletoe from the gas bracket and accidentally sitting upon a bunch of holly, and all because the Editor said “ you m ust be Christmassy this week,” I have some little presents to offer to those who will be so obliging as to accept them with my Yuletide greetings:—Dr. Georges Brunei— A volume of the P h ila te lic Journal

o f G reat B rita in bound in l a m b sk in .Mr. Percy Bishop— A Brazil nut.

POSTAGE £̂ 3 STAMP.

CHRISTMASGREETINGS

To every reader of The Postn<je Stam p

* at home and abroad.

From

THE EDITOR. CORNELIUS WRINKLE. O. REGINALD GUM

’ X m a * , 1909.

“ We hold a vaster circulation than has been."


Major E B. Evans— A good Confederate.Mr. W . H. Peckitt— A-very big collection.Mr. A. J. Sefi— A larger sphere.Mr. Angeloglous— A Sudan boom.Mr. W E . Lincoln— A bunch of Holies.Mr. Franz tteichenheim— The K ing of Herts.Mr J Ireland —" H ow to be happy though sim p le "Mr, F. J. Peplow— Boku “ K a n K o k u Y u b in K itte J o ."Mr. C. J. Phillins— A “ sharp clear impression " of Buenos

Ayres.Mr.* H J. Crocker— A well preserved Missionary for

Christmas consumption.The Haytiau President (whoever he may be)— A Port de

Paix.The Caymanians— A tax on unearned increment.Mr. I. J. Bernstein— Emblems of Joy.Mr. Harte Lovelace— A “ Temple of Heaven," inverted.

The American Christmas Stamp.Mr. Jos. A. Steinm etz the chairman of the stamp committee of the American National Red Cross Society, seuds me a few of the new issue of labels in the form of stamps which have been prepared for sale at Christmas and New Year for the benefit of the Red Cross Society. The " stam ps" are printed in red and green, the Red Cross which is a geometrical design, composed of five cubes, is printed in red, and the holly leaves to right and left are printed in green with six red berries on each side of the cro<«. The inscription reads, " American Red Cross S ici-iy 1903 Merry Christmas Happy New Year " The design has been obtained by open competition, and the first printing order was fifty m illions; as the sum ps are to sell for one cent apiece this represents a pos-ible retorn of 500,000 dollars or £100,000.

The Coming of the Coloured Paper*.The forthcoming introduction of the use of coloured

papers fur printing several of the stamps of the United States (announced in this week's Postage Stam p ) will give an additional fillip to the already booming interest in the modern stamps of the American Republic. It is curious to note that a little movement—or a lot for that m atter— helps to create a philatelic popularity in the case of the stamps of the more important countries. The adoption of the issue of the lutv value stamps, both perforated and imperforate, and the issue of various low value special stamps, has probably played no small share in the philatelic revival of America. For myself 1 welcome the revival of interest in the=e beautiful stamps of the U .8.A. We were all getting too much tied up in the cheap and nasty typographed stamps of the British Colonies, and our colonies (some of them) have been showing us their gratitude anil appreciation of our devotion by mulcting us for a lot of rubbishy tr.ish.

The I.P.U. Smoker.The International Philatelic Union held its Smoking

Concert at the Horseshoe Restaurant, Tottenham C >urt Road. As regards attendance, there was a goodly number of collectors and others. The programme was quite excellent. Mr J. C. Sidehntham, as Chairman, carried the programme through briskly, and Mr. T. H. Hunton, the Hon. Secretary, proposed the Chairman’s health in an admirable speech The treat of the evening was Mr. W . E. Lincoln's recitation of " I low we Saved the Barge.'

A Rare Shade (Very I).Mr. A. J. Barnes writes me th at:“ A rather amusing printers error crept into my

advertisemeut in '/'tie Postage S tom p of 13.1109 I advertised for sale 3d. plate 21 blue postmark, and abbreviated postmark to 1 pmk.’ The offer appeared as

3d. p. 21 blue p in k . I trust this will not bring me the undeserved honour of discovering a new shade or of adding to the difficulty of the colour problem. I

Ah, Lydia I Lydia I ! who knows but that in printer’s error liea the secret of the purple which has been lost to us for ages. jCorrection. |

On this page last week a paragraph heading referred to “ George and Martha W aihingtun on O u r Stam ps,” It should have read " on one stam p."

Christmas at the .Stamp Shops.In the course of a run ro md the stamp shops we found

many of them preparing for the Christmas trade. Mr. W. H. Peckitt's window as usual contains a very attractive display of stamps, packets and bo -ks and a frame of photographs of th - great rarities from the Avery Collection recently purchased for £24,500. There is a Urge variety of stamp publications from Gd. upwards. No. 47. Strand is an excellent emporium for the purchaser of philatelic Christmas gifts, and those who cannot pay it a personal visit sh mid write to Mr. Peckitt for his prict list, which is sent post free.

L ike Mr. Peckitt. the Ewen’s Colonial Stamp Market L td . of 31. Palace Square, Norwood, makes a speciality of supplying New Issues at a small percentage over face value Tne Colonial Stamp Market has also the “ Good Old T im es” and " Our Own T im es’’ Albums to suit the two schools of collectors favouring old issues and new issues respectively.

Mr W. T. Wilson, who lias recently moved to 18, Livingstone Road. Handsworth, sends out a bi-monthly circular, in which he gives an interesting list of some stamps on entire originals, the inclusion of which in speciatis d collections is a mode, the permanence of which is assured by the undoubted value of Buch copies as evidence regarding dates. To a specialist, whether interested in Mexico or not, I can imagine no more ravishing Christmas present than a copy of Mr. W alter Clarke Bellows' " C a m p ech e,” which Mr. Wilson offers to supply at 30s. post free.

Messrs Bridger A K ay. of 17. Fleet Street, E C ., tell us with pardonable pride that they have just had the good fortune to acquire a superb general collection, and from the details appsaring in our advertisement columns this week the collection appears to have been strong in British and British Colonials, Europe and European Colonies and Foreign Count' ies.

Messrs. Whitfield King & Co.. of Ipswich, are confident thnt the best Christmas present for a stamp collector is a Standard Album, and we are inclined to agree, provided that Mr, Stamp Collector is not already the fortunate possessor of the aforesaid popular and extensively used volume, in which case probably an Acme or a Paragon Album bv the same firm would suit for countries which are being tackled in a more specialised form.

Messrs. Charles Nissen A Co., of 7. Southampton Row, announce some very nice acquiMiinns to their s t e k n f the stamps of Great Britain. We have 6een portions of the specialised collection nf Great Britain lately acquired by this firm, and can testify to its richness in fine copies of the out-of-the-wiy varieties.

The Victoria Stamp Co. of 225, Euston Road, advertise a list of special bargains this week, Messr-i. Geo. C. Ginn and Co., of 50. Bishopsgate Street Within, offer some special things in West Indians at moderate prices. Mr.H. McCraighr., of 2. Norland Road, N W., offers to send our readers some bargains on approval (nr three days, and 'Messrs Hamilion A Co , of Preston Park, Brighton, advertise a special cheap packet.


G h o s ts[Not a Yuletide Story, nor yet at»ei)t Julia’s Bureau.]BY CORNELIUS WRINKLE

NO, it is not o f J u lia and spirit-converse

th at we w rite w ith the glam our o f the Christm as bazaars in our eyes, th e shouts o f the street hawkers in our ears, and the scent o f ye puddings in our nostrils.

These are elem ents too m a terialistic to bring our thoughts to sp iritualism . B ut over the im aginary yule log which blazeth upon the hearth ( ’tis but an odoriferous gas stove w ith a tan talizin g little m eter affixed which is exceeding th e speed lim it) we are going to have a litt le confab you and I about the past—about people who are past, but who have left us som ething for which we remember them w ith gratitu d e.

*-J * * '— Z Com e and s it on th e m agic 4carpet a lo n g w ith m e. It

] Jw on't h u r t y o n a s w e I * s h a n ’ t g o near the po- K p u la t io n o f B agdad. W e’ll

iHy up to London town and ‘ stra ig h t over the S t r a n d , (a lo n g F l e e t S treet, dodge

over C opthall. where, i f yout h e m a g ic c a r p e t . l o o k h a r d enough, you’ll

see a b ig queue of youngsters (including some em inent ph ilatelists) w aitin g to get the Stock E xchange list for the d a y . T h a t’s Cullum Street, and yonder’s the Mint where they m ake the money that we buy our stamps w ith , and over th ere ’s the Tower which has had so m any centenaries that the Governm ent doesn’t just know which w ill be the best for a com m em orative issue.

B ut here we are, this o ld place is A ll Hallows, Staining, and here we have com e to witness the birth of ph ilately as an in tellectual cu lt. Charles Dickens called the Church “ a stuffy little p la c e ’’* but the upper room of the Rectory is a place that is hallowed to us, for here the R ev. F . J . Stainforth acted as host to the little band of men who were to lead P h ilate lia to the im portant position of popular favour and scientific knowledge that i9 hers to -d a y .

Mr. S tain forth was the perpetual curate of A ll Hallows, Staining, a church which (all except the tower), has been dem olished, the livin g being united to that o f S t. Olave, Hart S t. There is not a great deal of inform ation rem aining to us of this gentlem an, but we can gather som ething of his influence on the beginnings of p h ilately . He died in September, 1886, and an obituary notice in the S ta m p C o l le c t o r s ' M a g a zin e of that tim e states that

“ B y a ll who had the pleasure o f his acq u ain tance, he was esteemed, and w ill be deeply regretted for his invariable kindness, libera lity, fund of inform ation, and a m iab ility of tem per. In the early days of stam p co llectin g , in London, he was one of its m ost zealous promotors, assistin g the movement by his w ell-know n readiness to bid high for an y real or supposed rarity . U tterly devoid of gu ile him self, he frequently became the prey of m uch younger, but more w orldly-w ise heads. His rich and varied collection was ever accessible

fo r comparison or reference, and our earliest cataloguer was principally indebted, to i t . for a ll the atta iu ab le correctness possible in the then in fan tile condition of p h ila te ly . Som e eighteen months previous to his decease, the lon g cherished album o f this tforthy embodiment o f Christian and gentlem an, [Missed from his hands, and enriched w ith the choicest pick o f its contents, w hat has now become the m ost valuable collection of p o stage stam ps in the w orld .”

I am not positive, but I take the last re ference to “ what is now th e most valuable c o llection ,” to be th at o f Judge Philbrick who. together with M r. M ount Brown, the “ earliest cataloguer ” referred to, are both happily s till in the land of the liv in g . Mr. Mount Brown was thfe source from whom th e reverend gentlem an obtained many of his rare United States locals, w hich I believe w ent to the then M r. P hilbrick. as also probably did the first known “ p a tim u s ” B ritish G uiana.

One of the R ev. F . J . S tain forth ’s frequent visitors was Sir D aniel Cooper, B a rt., the first Speaker o f the L egislative Assem bly o f New South W ales (18 5 6 -18 6 0 ). On his resignation in I860

“ Dombey and Son." A l l H a l l o w s s t a in in g , a n d R e c t o r y .

124 TH E POSTAGE STAM !

i

A Stam p Chart of the ’Sixties.

be returned, to England, and becam e associated with our l it t le band of stalw arts a t A ll H allow s’ R ectory. He am assed a collection p articu larly strong in A ustralian s, as was natural for one so in tim ately connected w ith A u stralian affairs, and became the first President of the P h ilate lic Society which was form ed in 18 6 9 . His collection passed to the then M r. Philbrick for £ 3,000 in 1878.

In an obituary notice in the P h i la t e l ic R e c o r d . 1902, i t is very properly put on reoord t h a t “ It it is not so m uch, however, as the owner of a col* lection w h ich w ould to-day. rank am ongst the finest in the land, th a t Sir D aniel Cooper w ill be ever rem em bered b y ph ilatelists, but rather as being the first to raise stam p co llectin g from being considered a pastim e of schoolboys, to a hobby w orthy o f the atten tion of men of m ature years, thereby tak in g the first, and, by no means the least, im portant step towards placing ph ilately in the high position w hich to -d a y it deservedly occupies am ongst scientific pursuits of a sim ilar character.

“ In those tim es it m ust not be forgotten that stam p co lle ctin g was in its very in fan cy, and was threatened w ith an un tim ely end, the daily press, led b y P u n c h , doing its best to laugh it out o f ex isten ce. No more effective answer, therefore, to such press comments could be conceived than th a t a m an of the calibre of Sir Daniel Cooper, not only w as a ctiv e ly interested h im self in the pursuit, but was not a fra id of th e world know ing i t . ”

A nother o f the early stalw arts was M r. H ughes-

Hughes, a m ember o f the le g a l profession, who has gained im m ortal fam e as the early collector who kept a str ict accoun t o f his expenditure, and found th a t he expended £ 6 9 on his collection w hich w as sold in 1896 for about £ 3 ,0 0 0 . Mr. IIughes-H uglies started his album ih 1859, and stopped co lle ctin g in 18 74 . He had m anaged to get some very ohoice item s am ong the 3,000 stam ps in the co llectio n . T here was an u n u s e d 4d. red woodblock error o f the Cape of Good Hope, the 81 paras M oldavia, the Id . red o f Great B ritain , plate number 77, of which the Tapling collection contains a second copy, and other n otable rarities.

D r. V iner was y et another of the se lect coterie, who for the most part (a ll except their genial c lerical host) lived to a ripe old a g e . He, Moens. Berger L evrault, W . E , Im age, W . A . S . W estoby, Sir Daniel Cooper, M r. H ughes-H ughes, A . Maury, and possibly a few more who have escaped our m em ory a t the moment, have a ll passed into the great beyond w ith in the past few years. And we have several of the giants o f those days w ith us y e t.

To return to D r. V iner. In some rem iniscences in the S ta m p .Verov (December. 1889) he lifts the v e il. For some years in the fifties he assisted a lady friend who was form ing a sort o f chart of postage stam ps, on a plan probably sim ilar to th at illustrated from a very early photograph.

“ It was not u n til 1850 th a t I took the in fe c tion, and yielded en th u siastically to the m ania. I rem em ber counting my stam ps w ith much glee when th ey readied a hundred ! . . . I sa w some collection s w ith tw o or three hundred, and h e a rd of one w ith five hundred. These I understood to have been sold for ten pounds . . . . C an celled specim ens were principally seen ; but I can reca ll one collection, rich in unused Naples,

J o h n Ed w a r d Gr a y , p h .d ., p.r .s ., f .i .s., e t c . Of the British Musnitn.


S icily , Tuscan y, and other Ita lian States, purchased a t their several post offices b y a young traveller.

“ A bout this tim e, 18 6 0 -1, large additions a c crued. M any C ontinental States, W est Indians, South and N orth Am ericans and A ustralian s joined the stam p producing countries ; and great rivalry took p lace am ong collectors w ho should be the first to exh ib it a h itherto unheard o f specim en. There w ere no regular dealers ; office boys and junior c ity clerks disposed of a ll the stam ps of which th ey could get possession. Som etim es the postmen would abstract stamps not too tig h tly fastened and these could be identified in album s from th eir im perfect s ta te . E xch an gin g was chiefly practised, stam p fo r stam p ; but one early co llecto r’s ru le was to give on ly one for tw o desiderata. T he humours of the “ C hange ” in Change A lley are s till a pleasant rem iniscence to fn few old stagers, and m any a rarity now worth its w eight in gold passed from hand to hand for a tr ifle . . . . In the Cham ps Elys^es at Paris I w ell remember the sensation excited there in 18 6 1, by a lady producing letters on which were six of th e 6 reales blue of oue of the early Spanish em issions. I got one m yself in exchange for a new sixpenny N evis. Seven of the latter, according to catalogue prices, w ould not p u rchase one now (1 8 8 9 ) .”

In a later part o f his a rtic le Dr. Viner uses a curious expression in reference to the w ell-know n Rainbow series of proofs of G reat B rita in :—

“ Am ong the curiosities eagerly coveted by am ateurs, especially on the continent, were stam ps of the accepted type, printed in blue, pink, grey, red, lila c , b lack, and several shades of brown, w ith the c o lo u r e x t r a c t e d fr o m th e r ig h t - h a n d u p p er a n g le ." The ita lics are the D octor’s own but th e y ju st em phasise the definition of a point which has puzzled the B ritish sp ecia lists. The corners have been described as produced by “ w axin g ’’ the p late to prevent the corner from printing, and others have said the corners were cut off on the transfer taken, others say they have been deleted from the p la te . B u t certain ly the colours were not extracted from the proofs a fter being printed.

L e t us float now w estw ard over Cheapside and Holborn to the B ritish M useum . Here we find that venerable zoologist Dr. G ray, who wrote the first catalogu e of postage stam ps for the boy readers of Y o u n g E n g la n d in 18 6 2 . In the year the first adhesive stam p was issued he took up his residenoe a t the museum and was s till there in 18 6 2 when he w ould be ju s t s ix ty -tw o years of a g e . I t was “ no mean testim ony of the sc ien tific possibilities o f the hobby that D r. John Edward G ray was one of its earliest exp on en ts.”

His catalogue was printed in book form and ran through six editions though G ray h im self did not personally ed it the fifth and s ix th . In his c o llection D r. G ray w as strong in the possession of early B ritish proofs and essays. These, too, passed into the a ll-en com passing co llectio n o f the tim e, th at o f Judge P hilb rick .

I f space d id perm it I should like to take you down to Birm ingham to see M r. Edward Loines Pem berton, who, born in Am erica in 1844, produced before he w as y e t nineteen (1 8 6 3 ) the very in te restin g and valuable' w ork “ Forged Stam ps and how to D elect them .” com piled in collaboration w ith M r. Thornton L ew es. M r. Pem berton w as the keenest o f the keen students o f stam ps of

his time, and the readiest and ablest of w riters, but this man w ith the powerful pen had a d elicate constitution, and he died a t th e beginning o f his th irty -fifth year (December 12th, 18 7 8 ). Hisw ritings in m any cases are the m ost precise and accurate authorities ou many early issues to this d ay.

Then we m ight look in a t Bath, and call on the Sm iths— A lfred and Stafford, the m ost su ccessful o f the early ph ilatelic publishers.

We could go on paying m any visits and finding much to interest us a t m any other homes of the p h ilatelists of the early sixties, but though we could ta lk of these m atters for hours over the Christm as fireside, there m ust be a lim it to what goes in to the cold lim itation of print.

In conclusion I should like to say that there are ju st a few of the men of that tim e of whom we should like to know m ore. Their works are fam iliar, but of their estim able persons we know nothing. There is, for instance, Dalston, and John Marinadiike Stourton, both authors of works on forged stam ps. Then there are Bellars and Davie, the oollaborateurs of a catalogue published in the sixties, but subsequent to that o f Mount Brown. Messrs. Young 6c S tockall, th e dealers, and Mr. Thornton Lewes, the collaborateur of Mr. E . L. Pemberton in F o r g e d S ta m p » a n d h o w to D e te c t t h e m . If any readers have recollections o f any of these gentlem en or portraits, the Editor would be glad to hear from them .

The Late Dr. V iner .


TI)C World’s Statpp ErrorsThe Most Comprehensive and Entertaining Article on this Subject yet publishedBY MISS FITTE

This important article was started in No. I of the present Volum-. Th- ten instalments already published m ry te had from the I’ublishers in Nos. I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 9 a>ul 10, Vol, F , price I jd each post free.

Colombia (Granada Confed).

F.RROR.

1860, 5c., blue (22).

The second issue includes a Twenty Centavos, lithographed in blue on white wove paper, the sheet consisting of fifty stamps m five horizontal rows of ten each. The second stamp of the fourth row is from the die of the Five Centavos, which value was in the ordinary course

rioted in slate, violet, lilac and (curiously enough) blue, ut of a different shade ur tone lrom that of the

Twenty Centavos.On the stone, as originally made up, there was another

impression (the third in the third row) from the Five Centavos die, but this %vas more or less clumsily corrected, probably before any printing took p la ce; the original mistake and its correction are quite distinct. Entire sheets, shewing the altereJ ana unaltered errors, are known, and both are of great rarity ; but I have never heard of a sheet, or block, shewing the two errors, both unaltered.

I860, " 60 ” c.. lilac (23).

This is a curious error : the transfer for the fifth stamp in the fourth row of the sheet of Five CentavOB— which consisted of five rows of eleven stamps— was taken from the die of the Twenty Centavos, the mistake being discovered only after the stone bad been completed ; but, before printing took place, the figures ' ‘ 20 " were partly erased and replaced by figures •■ 5". The correction was, however, made so carelessly that the figures are olearly " 5 0 ” , though the cypher at the top is more distinct than that at the bottom : the alteration in the lower part of the frame seems to have been properly made. There ia no doubt that the transfer in question was from the Twenty Centavos die, as there are 14 beads in the circle, instead of 48 as in the Five Centavos.

When the faulty correction was officially notioed, some sheets had been issued, but the stamp in each of those remaining in stock was cancelled by punching out the Bhield— sheets in both states are known : the type is similar to the preceding. This is a very scarce error.

Colombia (U.S. of).

TYPE.

11 1863, 50e., red (45).

The issue of 1863, when this country had for over a year been known by its new name of United States of Colombia, included two values— Twenty Centavos, red, and F ifty Centavos, green; and they exist, as do all the values, in two principal varieties.

The stamps were lithographed, and in making up the stone for printing the Twenty Centavos value, two transfers of the F ifty Centavos were used, with the result that the higher value is kLown iu the colour, red, of the lower: the error is rare.

In tho Tapling Collection are the following copies of this stamp : an unused vertical pair, the error being the upper one ; and a used horizontal strip of three, postmarked " Rio N egro” under date of “ 1 8.63 ” , the left- hand stamp being the erro r: these are marked as ” Variety 1 ” , Also, two used singles of the F ifty Centavos in red, which are stated to be of the second variety. In a famous Collection, there exist two vertical strips of seven unused stamps, the centre one of each being the error. As the sheet (eight horizontal rows of seven, p lu s four sideways at the bottom) was made up of repetitions of the two varieties together, it is clear, from the copies mentioned, that the first or second pair in the fourth or fifth row must have been the two varieties of the error.

Colombia (Republic of): Cartagena.

1902, 5c., v io le t; 10c., brow n— overprin t om itted (816, 317, 822).

These two values of the 1902 set of stamps, issued provisionally in Cartagena during the Civil W ar, were supposed to be overprinted with a five-pointed star in magenta. Copies of the Five Centavos, violet, pin-perf., and of the Ten Centavos, pin-perf, and peri. 13, are known* without the star, and are therefore errors of omission.


Antioquia.

E R R O R .

1886-87, 60c., rose-carm ine on b u ff (75a ).

In preparing the stone for printing the Ten Centavos, a transfer from the die of the F ifty Centavos was accidentally laid down ; and the latter value consequently exists in the wrong colour, rose-carmine (iustead of ochre), but the paper, buff coloured, is correct for both values: the error, which is not very scarce, is the fourth • stamp in the second horizontal row.

The error was not discovered until some sheets had been sent out, and the stamp was then erased from the stone— not very carefully, as parts of the stamp can be seen on the sheets subsequently printed, and identified by the remains of the figures “ 50 " in the right upper corner.

1889-90, 20c., brown (100).

The sheet of the Fifty Centavos, brown, should have consisted of fifty stamps of that value in five horizontal rows of ten, but the last stamp was one of Twenty Centavos, the usual mistake of laying a wrong transfer on the lithographic stone having been m ade; we thus get the Twenty Centavos in brown, instead of blue. It is said th at 250 sheets containing the error were issued, all being bought up by a collector.

In consequence of this mistake, the Fifty Centavos, brown, was withdrawn and, the error first being corrected, a fresh supply printed in green; but, though unused copies of both values in browu are known, I cannot say whether used specimens exist as well.

E R R O R .

1892-98, 2Jc., black (113).

Still another error, produced the same way as in the preceding cases. The proper colours of the Two*and-a. Half Centavos are violet on lilac, and afterwards green on white ; and the Five Centavos, in the sheet of which the

error occurs, was issued first in black and then in red As the error is known only in black, the necessary correction was evidently made on the stone, before the colour of the higher value was changed to red

ER R O R .

1902, Sc., bhte (162).

This is, at present, the last of a very creditable number of errors, all of the same kind.

On the sheet of the Two Centavos there occurs a stamp of Three Centavos, the printing being in blue, whereas the proper colour of the higher value is green. Later on, the colour of the Two Centavos was changed to dull violet, but the mistake had evidently then been corrected.

The error cannot be called scarce, os its Curreut price is only 12s.— unused: it is not priced in used coudition.

To be continu ed.

N O T E .

O u r tha n ks are d u e to M r. IT. I I P e c k itt fo r the

lo a n o f some o f the rare stam ps used in i llu stra tin g the

a rticle on “ T h e W orld’s S ta m p E rrors.”

Back Nos. of “ The Postage Stamp."Those of oor friends who are iaCRing any back numbers

of the present vol. will do well to write direct to our Publichert Sir Isaac Pitman a Sons, 1 Amen Comer, London, E.C.. for what they require. Many newsagents do not care to bother about back numbers. Any number still on sale may be bad for the published price and postage. 1(4.

The Postage Stamp Binding Covers.Handsome dark blue covers in buckram, gilt lettered side

and back, may I* had from our Publishers, Sir Isaac Pitman A Sons. Amen Corner. London. Price Is. 6d.

Bargains in Stamps.If you want real bargains in Postage ft letups read the

adver semen! pages of The Portage Stamp every week. Every week there is something new, and many special bargains. If you miss a week you may mist the very tum p you want to complete a series


New Issues apd OldThe Editor invites dealers and readers at heme and abroad to five prompt information concerning New Issues. A ll communications must be

sent direct to the Editor, 14. Sudbourne Road, Briston, London. S. W. (After the name of earn country we give the page of THE POSTAGE STAMP on which appeared the last reference to that country.

Bulgaria.— (Vol. V. p. 116).— Messrs. Whitfield KiDg and Co. write as follows:— "O u r correspondent at Sophia writes us that the new stamps which are being engraved by Bradbury, Wilkinson & C o. will be of exactly the same colours as the current set, but that they are not likely to be ready before next March. The following are the designs:—

1 stot. Ancient Bulgarian Fortress.2 „ Portrait of King Ferdinand.3 „ View of the ancient capital, Timova.5 ,, Portrait of King.

10 „ Portrait of King in naval uniform.IS .. Railway tunnel.25 „ Portrait of King.30 „ View of Varna Harbour.50 .. A View (our correspondent does not say what view).1 leva. Portrait of King.2 „ View of Rilo Monastery.3 Picture of Holy Trinity Monastery.

I t will be noted that this list differs in m any particulars from the one published last week.

Levant (B r it is h )— (Vol. I. p. 216).— Messrs Whitfield King & Co. inform us that the current l£d. British stamp has been surcharged " 30 pa r a s ” for use in the offices maintained in the Levant Our correspondents also tell us that 50 and 70 paras, 24 and 5 piastres stami s have been or are about to Ire issued. E w e n 's W eekly S lu m p New s adds the 3d. surcharged " 1 piastre— 10 paras” in two lines. Perhaps this is the way of representing the 50 paras referred to above. The list of K ing’s head stamps surcharged in Turkish currency now stands as follows:—

British Stamps surcharged in Turkish currency.30 par. on lid. purple and green. 2 pia. on jd. purple and blue.40 par. on 2id. blue. 4 pia. on lOd. purple and carmine.

I pia. on 2)d. blue. 12 ,. on 2/6 lilac.80 par. on 58 . purple and blue. 24 „ on $/- carmine.

Levant (Russia?!.)— (Vol. V. p. 116).— According to the L o n d on P h ila te lis t , all the five stamps in the fifth horizontal row of the sheets surcharged for Constantinople show the error, ” Constantinople," referred to on page 116, and all the five stamps in the second vertical row on the 8£ and 7 roubles show the error, " Constantinople.” E w e n 's W eekly S lu m p N ew s, from which we quoted last week, stated that the errors only occur once in each sheet. Are thero two separate printings ? The L o n d o n P h ila te lis t also says that on the sheets of the 3̂ and 7 roubles all the stamps in the fourth vertical row have a mis-shapen “ i,” which looks very much like a " j.” From the same journal we learn that the surcharges on the Mount-Athos and Salonica sets are " Mont-Athos ” and ” Balonique ” respectively. The low values, 1 kop. to 70 kop., were overprint! d in entire sheets of 100 at a time, and in these the fifth stamp in the second row of the left lower pane has the *‘ s " omitted, so that the overprint reads, “ Mont-Aibo.”

M e d e llin .— W e learn from M ek eel's W eekly S ta m p New s that of the two stamps mentioned last week (under the lieadiug of “ A utioquia") the 20c. is in the same design as the old stamp of corresponding value, hut is printed in green insteud of red. The 50c. is in quite a new design, “ being a small horizontal oblong, with ” 50 c e n t' in the upper left corner, and a postman at the right. ‘ bmp ’ and * Medellin ’ are the inscriptions."

N ic a r a g u a .— (Vol. IV . p. 249).— G ibbon s’ S ta m p W eekly records the set of stamps in the new colours over

printed “ C — Dpto-Zelaya " in two lines,- for use in the proviuce of Zelaya.

New Series. No wmi. Perf. 12.Surcharged “ C—Dpto Zelaya ” iu two lines in black.

IC. bright green. 10c. deep brownish lake.2c. vermilion. 15c. slate.3c. reddish orange. 20c. olive brown.4C. violet. 50c. myrtle.5c. deep steel blue. ip. orange yellow.6c. sepia. 2p. rose carmine.

Roumatlia.—(Vol. V . p. 106).— We understand from E w e n 's W eekly S ta m p New s that the colour of the 15bani stamp, recorded on page 106, has been changed from violet to greenish grey We presume this new label is also a lithographic production.

Lithographed. Perf. I t 1, or Compound.1 bani black. 15 bani violet.3 „ red brown. 1$ „ greenish grey.5 „ pale yellow green.

'IRussia.— (Vol. IV . p 236).— We take the following

paragraph from Sm ith 's M on th ly C ir c u la r :— " T h eD .B .- Z , points out the interesting fact that in the earliest printing of the 7 kop. stamp three specimens on each sheet differ from the normal type in the following d etails: (i.) in the white spaces shaped like elephant's trunks to the right and left of the medallion, the projections of the upper ornament are further entrenched upon by the outline, rendering them less white; (ii.) to the right and left, below the medallion, there are three pearls instead of four; ( i i i ) ‘ kop ’ is followed by a double dot instead of a single one. I t appears that the three cliches were from the earlier state of the die. and were iueerted by accident. As soon as the discrepancy was noticed they were replaced.”

S a lv a d o r .— (Vol. V , p. 106).— Two more values— the 3c. and 5c.— have been issued on the new paper watermarked w ith rows of dots, making the list to date as follow s: —

Watermarked. Perf. ll\ .Ic. green and black. 3c. yellow and black.2c. carojine „ 5c. indigo „

S o u th A u s t r a l ia .— (Vol. V . p. 53).— The 8d. perforated exactly 12£ by a Bingleline machine, similar to the 9d. recorded on page 53, is chronicled in G ib bon s' S tam p W eekly .

W m i. Crown A . Perf. I2t.8d. ultramarine. 9d- claret.

Spain.— (Vol. V, p. 94).—We have now seen the new 15c. stamp listed on page 94. In the centre is a wreathed medallion, surmounted by a crown, containing a profile portrait of King AlfonBO with head to right. Below this is “ kbpasa ” in large white letters, lower still is " cokrkor ” in coloured letters, aud in the upper corners are small uncoloured shields containing “ 15 ” and “ Cs” at the left and right respectively.


Coloured Papers for U.S. StaippsAqctber Novelty for An^ericap Collectors

THE news is not y e t published in th e States,

but we have reason to believe th a t it w ill be in th e course of a week or so, th at several o f the postage stam ps of the United States a re to be printed on c o l

oured papers.T h e recen tly issued 10 cents (W ashington)

stam p printed in yellow is to be w ithdraw n, and w ill be re-issued in brown on yellow paper.

The 10 ccdIs brown on yellow will be quite an innovation for th e U nited States, and w ill herald

the beginning of a colour schem e.The new 12 cents stam p, when it does appear

w ill bear th e portrait o f W ashington, and w ill be printed on coloured paper.

A t the tim e of our inform ation the Postm aster- General being aw ay from W ashington the com bination of colours for the 12 cents had not been decided.

It is also on the cards that the 8 cents and 15 cents w ill be changed to conform to the coloured paper arrangem ent.

Mi$l?t Have BeepsTwo Curious Issues Prepared for British Colopial Slaipps

IT w ill come as a surprise to m any of our

readers to learn that stam ps are, and have been recen tly prepared, accepted and printed in large q uan tities for use in B ritish Colonial possessions, but have been destroyed in bulk

w ithout having seen the ligh t of d ay.L a st week we stated on excellen t authority

th at the 2d. K in g ’s Head Transvaal printed in purple and supplied in a large q u an tity to the C olon ial P ostal Departm ent was supplied by m istake, and th at consequently the entire stock had been destroyed w ithout being issued.

This week, on no less reliable an authority, we learn of a h itherto unknown issue prepared for the Caym an Islands, an issue which (in the ligh t o f the speculation w hich has since taken place in the issues for these insignificant islands) it is surprising never got into circulation, though

I printed in large quan tities.This “ m ight have been ” issue consisted of the

I then current stam ps of S t . Vincent (Queen’s head) overprinted w ith the name of the lesser islands “ c a y m a n i s l a n d s ." This would have been the first of the series of stamps for use in this Jam aican Dependency. The most extraordinary part of the projected issue is that S t. Vincent stam ps were used and not Jam aican stamps, according to our inform ant. Jam aica, to which the Caym ans are attached for purposes of ad m inistration, is w ithin a distance of 200 m iles, while S t. Vincent is about 1,400 m iles d istant from Grand Caym an.

N evertheless, the stam ps prepared were undoubtedly those o f S t- V incent overprinted as already sta ted . A t the last moment however, the High Com m issioner refused to sanction the issue, and the whole lot has been destroyed.

’Mid Spew apd IceA Suggestion for a Form of Collection wbicb should be Popular in tbe Frigid Zone; a Pastime for Winter Evenings elsewhere; and for all tbe year round in tbe English ClimateWith apologies to Ike Philatelic Comic Papers.

TAM P co lle ctin g not only suits a ll classes and conditions but a ll clim es.

W hen the la te M r. D an L eno was given the ed itoria l charge o f a journal he brought out his Christm as number in M id-Snm m er

so as to be in tim e before a ll (or nearly a ll) his r iv a ls . He put an ice bag on his head and im agined th at it was bleak Decem ber.

W e have go t our stam ps of the frig id zone. P u t on your m otor cap to keep out th e cold and com e w ith me to see w hat an interest there is in snow and ice stam ps.

P assin g the cold storage on our w ay down to th e dock, w e take ship for Newfoundland, and sig h t an I c e b e r g o ff 8 t . J o h n s , subsequently jo in ing a g r o u p o f s e a ls s ittin g w arm ing them selves upon an ice-flo e .

W e n ext c a ll a t Greenland, and p ick up som e D anish stam ps used there by the tru th fu l E sq u im aux, and in course o f tim e ca ll a t the N orth Pole, which is the on ly pole w hich has n o poet. T he South Pole is o f course supplied w ith both

a post and postm aster. Returning southward, for tbe road is not very clear over the edge of M e rcator’s projection, and D r. Cook hasn’t published a map yet, we come to Spitsbergen w ith its tw o stam ps shew ing the Polar bear. T akin g our bearings S .S .W . we come to Iceland, where we specialise for a b it as they would say, in the Danish W est Indies.

W e leave the ship at Hammerfest, where we pick up a batch of Norwegian locals, m issing the m id n igh t Sun through our regular practice of going to bed ea rly . The post office a t Archangel was frozen up, so we go on to Vladivostock, c o llectin g some Russian locals on our w ay, and developing a violent sneezing fit a t Irkutsk.

Our la s t point o f c a ll is K in g Edward V II. Land, w here much to our disappointm ent the penguins had assim ilated a ll the remainders o f the surcharged N ew Zeal an da and were eagerly w aitin g a fresh supply per C aptain Scott, who is preparing an expedition for this and other purposes.

130 TH E POSTAGE STAM1


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CONTENTS.11 December, 1909. Page

Gossip op the W eek - - - 111gh osts - - - - - - 123T he W orld 's Stam p Errors - - 126New Issues and Old - • • 128Coloured Papers for U. S. Stam ps 129 Might Ha ve Beens - - - 129Mid Snow and Ice - - - - 129Editor 's L etter Box - - - 130Society New s - 130

Answer* to Correspondents.P Cambrian.— Yours Is a nice long epistle for a winter evening. Begret I cannot reply at same length. Most of the points yon raise are extremely minute and would not be taken Into account by a general collector which I take it you are. Srvchtllee — Your diagram suggests a blurred overprint, rather than a double. Many of the overprints were very badly printed, though, curiously enough, this particular one was better than some. Belgium.— There are many minor varitles on these Issues. There was an article in the Postage .Vtanip a few months back on the subject. F ance — Better let me see it. Harbndns,— Ditto. New Honth <1 ales, — These watermark varieties are interesting but where described as marginal it must be taken that they are from the watermarked margins Wlteren the panes across the centre of the sheet. You will And also In the 8d. value. Queensland.— You have not fully grasped the meaning of Gibbons’ footnotes. All these values were made up in groups of four varieties which are, I imagine, the varieties In your diagrams, on nth Australia.— First and second points are matters of printing, neither being of any interest unless you can find similar copies shewing some constancy In the defects. The " very mixed " parts, you describe are very nearly " the limit." Quarters are not much worried about here and when you get three different" quarter” measurements along one side of one stamp, my gauge trembles with suppressed emotion. Now having taken me naif round the world with you, you will excuse me if I drop off for a while to answer some other correspondent.

8.A. (Cannock).— The stamp yon are evidently thinking of Is plate 77 with the letter B in the left hand bottom comer and the right hand corner blank. The letter A appears on your stamp In the right hand bottom comer. The other specimen lettered AB Is still more wide of the mark. See illustration In Vol. V„ No. 1 of The Postage •Stump page 4. M

W.M. (Edinburgh).— Thanks for cuttings.H.W. (Basingstoke).— Yes, W.K.'S is as

good as any for beginners. Your suggestion for an article is a capital one. Many thanks,

M.H. (Newport). — After reading Miss Fitte's Introduction to the article on Errors on page 4 of this volume of The Posiaye hi.imp can you really seriously suggest that the jd. on Is. grey Bermuda should have been included with the letter C instead of G In Pa r t h i.no ? This is not an error in any case. It would only be considered as insignificant variety by a specialist In the stamps of Bermuda, and it certainly Is not a C at all, but simply a defective G. (Itoocurs on the last stamp in the third horizontal row of the right hand pane). The letter G has got slightly battered, that’s all. Had Miss Fitte included Buch trifling varieties (not “ errors ” ) her article on ” The World's Stamp Errors " would have been like Tennyson’s brook, Jamdyce v. Jarndyce, or the " Type Collection " article in one of our contemporaries. Read Miss Fitte's introduction (page 4) again, and think It out.

Society NewsSecretaries o f Philatelic Societies are urged to send nejes items intended fo r publication as promptly as possible.

BRADFORDPHILATELIC SOCIETY.

President— W. M. Gray. Esq., F.R.P.S.L.Vice-Presidents— A. H. Stamford, Esq-

Dr. SutherlandHon. Sec. and Librarian— A. J . Foulger.

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Meetings— Every Third Thursday, September to May. Time, 7 .»>. District Bank Chambers, Market Street, Bradford.

1909.Dec. 2. Visit by Bradford Members to

Huddersfield.Dec. 23. Display by J. H. Schwab, Esq.,

Old German and the States.1910.

Jan. 13. Display by A. H. Stamford, Esq. Austria, Ac.

Feb. 3. Display by W. Doming Beckton, Esq., Roumania.

Feb. 24. Visit by Huddersfield to Bradford— Display by W. M. Gray, Esq., The Embossed Stamps ot Great Britain.

Mar. 17. Display by H. E. Sugden, Esq., United States Stamps.

April 7. Display— Twelve “ Interesting Stamps " by Members.

April 28. General Display by I. Townend, Esq.

May 19. General Meeting.


The 34th ordinary meeting of the above Society took place on Thursday, November 16th, 19 members and visitors being present.

The chair was occupied by the President., Mr. Alex J. Seftl.

After formal business, the Chairman announced that the first Item consisted of a paper by Mr. Karl WLehen, on " Should Completeness be Sacrificed for Condition.'’

Mr. Wiehen questions whether too much stresB is not laid on condition nowadays by the philatelic paper*, to the great disadvantage ot the young collector for on

^ k ln g through the catalogues it will be found, such things as cut to shape, cancelled, pen-marked, perf. with hole, barred, etc., In which are practically common stampa while in the rarer stamps, such as pence Ceylons, etc., they are only priced in good condition, so that the novice, not being up to the vagaries of the condition monger, would find that in the event of him being obliged to realise on his collections, that they were practically unsaleable, owing to them not coming up to the standard- which the condition cranks seem anxious to fix. Messrs. P. J. W. Deverell, A. J. Sefti, C. S. Mura tort, etc., also spoke on the subject, after which a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Wiehen for his interesting paper, on this most Important topic.

The next item consisted of a blackboard lecture, on the “ Silk Thread Issues'' of Switzerland, by Mr. Alex J. Seftl. ThisSroved most instructive, as full explana-

ons were given as to the way to distinguish the various printings of these stamps, and also the several NEW discoveries Mr. Sefti has made In them, although they have been so greatly studied already. At the conclusion of the display, among which must be Doted a mint block of nine of the & rappen stamp, a hearty vote of thanks was proposed, and seconded by Mr. K. Dingwall, and unanimously carried. A vote of thanks to the chair, closed the business of the meeting.

IMPORTANT.—In the last report of our meeting, appearing In this paper, regarding Mr. Heglnbottom's display ol Turks Islands, It was stated that "o f the surcharged Issues, Mr. Heglnbottom only collects the Id. on &d., Jd. on 4d , and the Id. on 2Jd., as he considers that the others were not Issued for any legitimate postalSurpose." As this is entirely Incorrect. I

ere give Mr. Heginbottom’s note on this early provisional Issue, thus " As I do not collect these, few being met with postally used.’ 1 am pleased to make this correction, in Mr. Heginbottom’s interest, and trust that no erroneous idea may have been formed through this wrong Interpretation of bis notes.


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The fourth meeting of the session wa* held on November 25tn, at the Royal Hotel* Mr. Mead being In the chair. The Chairman introduced Messrs. H. Lee and 8. R. Turner who had come from London to contribute to the programme. Mr. Lee showed how (a) on single issue ot stamps could be specialised, and(b) a single stamp. Mr. Lee took as his first example the 1872 issue of Uruguay and the 3c. Holland of 1891, as an illustration of specialising In a single stamp. Mr. Turner showed several countries treated In a similar manner and carefully written up, the Republican issues of France being particularly noticeable. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded the visitors on the motion of Messrs. Leicester Paine and G. H. Type.

On Saturday, the 29th. Messrs. Turnerand Lee, together mth Mr. H. J. Johnson again visited Brighton, bringing with them the tl.S.A. exhibits from the Earls «ourt exhibition. Mr Johnson showed his fine collection of proofs which were much admired. Mr Hadlow’s collection of U.8.A. fiscals was also shown. These are believed to be the finest collection In England.

Mr Herbert Clark and Mr. J. B. Boulton voiced the thanks of the meeting to the visitors in brief speeches, and this war carrted.by acclamation, j _


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BRITISH EMPIRE STAMP EXCHANGE ** CLUB. One Colonial and two general packets monthly. Purchasing members s% com mission on sales. No subscription. Rules from Secretary, W. H. Rawdon Smith, East- field, Iron Bridge, Shropshire.

T2ARGA1NS, clearing medium stamps, finest condition, quarter catalogue.—

Hyslop, Langley, Newport. Essex.

TTNUSED Madagascar to applicants for Approvals.—Wright & Co., 9 , Market

Street, Southport.

■ RRITISH LEVANT, three different, to -LJ Approval Applicants. — Jackman, IS, Gayville Road, New Wandsworth, London.

FOREIGN Stamps. Unpicked, lilbs. 1/8 . A postage 4d. 1,000 United States, well- assorted, tod. JO different U.S., 6d. 5,000 Stamp hinges, 6d.—William Lewthwaite, Egremont, Cumberland.

C O L L E C T O R SOf Curios, Antiques, Books, Coins or anything else whatever, will find a first rate market for specimens they do not want in The Butaar. Exchange and Marl newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply St conveniently

I t I* th e G r e a t P a p e r f o r In fo r m a t io n ,

P r iv a t e S a le s A B a rg a in s .Advertisements of Private Collectors (i-e. those who do not make a business of purchase and sale) inserted at the rate of 3 words for

Id., minimum 4d.TRY IT—GET A COPY.

Price 2d. everywhere, or by post for 3d, in stamps from the

Offices : BAZAAR BUILUINQS, DRURY LANE LONDON. W.C.

P e n n y B a r j L i r a s .Unused Venezuela. 50c. or lb., 1896 ; Transvaal,'Id . commemorative; Transvaal, V.R.I, id., O.F.S. Id.; Dominica, 190a, I or 2c .: Queensland, l895> id .; Nabha, ia., 1 8 8 5 ; used W.A., 1885, Sd.: N.Z., birds, jd. & 6d .; Queensland, 1897. Sd.; N.S.W., Kangaroo, I/- ; Newfoundland, 1897, 3c.or5c .; Jamaica, 3d. green ; Puttiala, la., service, 1887 ; Natal, id. on Id.: Japan, 50 sen.. 1899. The lot (20) I/6 postfree. BAKER, Heanor Rd..ilkeston.

F i e l d ’ s

S i m p l i f i e d C a t a l o g u eO r T H I S T A M P S O P T H K S R I T I S K M M P l B B .

P r ic e "fi- P o s t P ro s 1/3.New Edition Superbly Illustrated.O I V I I T H K R E A L v a l u e O F Y O U R S T A M F S .

O. FIELD, 4 A t , T h e R o y a l A r c a d e O ld B o n d S t r e e t , LO N D O N , W.

WILLIAM STAMP COMPANY.1 2 0 , Leadenhall Street, London, E C.

ca t. p r ic e oursBrazil, 1906, 5.000 reis ........ 4 0 1 4Br. Central Africa. 1897. 6d.... 2 0 0 10

‘ Ceylon, 1903, Sc., CA............. 0 6 0 2 )* „ „ 30c., CA............ 1 6 0 8* „ .. 7SC......................... S O 2 0‘ Natal, 1902, 4d. CA...............3 6 1 39 N. Borneo, 1894 or 1897. Ic. to 24c. I/- per set 9 Labuan, 1894 or 1897, ic. to 24c. 1/- „

• Unused, cash with order.A fine selection Sets, Packets on view.

S O M E T H IN G B E T T E R . JAM AICA.

Queen’s Head with Multiple watermark, all fine, postally used and scarce.

3d. green, price 2d. 4d. brown, price 3d.6d. yellow, price $d. Postage Id. extra.


W . H. REGAN, 124. Queen's Read. Bayswstcr.London, * . (opposite » . Whitcley'si.

Off a hours—9 a.m, 7 p.m., Sals. 9 a.n1. 2 p.m

H.E. & C ° :87/9, ALDGATE HIGH STREET,

LOHDOH, E.Selections of Stamps sent on approval.


We do not offer Bargains but sell a t a uniformly low rate.

Collections wanted for prompt cash References required.


APPROVAL SHEETS.— Breaking col- ^ lection. Bargains. No rubbish.—Nixon, 40; Greenfields Street, Shrewsbury.

B A R G A I N S !CHINA, t l superb, used ... .......... 7d.

1 2 superb, used ................. 1/816c. olive ......................... 8d.1909 Commemorative, set of

3 used, 2, 3 and 7c. per set 1 /- 1904, Postage Dus, 2c. or. 4c.

each Id.SIAM, Jubilee, 18 atts, brown.......... 6d.

1909,14 Batangs on 9 atts ... Bid.GAUTEHALA, 1907, 12«c..................... lid.GERMAN 1897,3pf., mint .......... Bd.CHINA, 5 or lOpf. ...each 3d.

2 0 pf. blue .......... 4d.50pf. brown .......... 8d.

1900, no wmk., 5 or lOpf. Id.2 0 p f........... Bd.40pf............ Sd.50pf........... 3d.

KIAUT8CH0U, 1900, ship, no wmk.,5orl0pf....................... ...each Bd.2 0 pf ....................................... 3d.

RUSSIAN, 1899,1 kopec (mint 4d.) Id. CHINA, 2k., used or mint ... Id.

3k. used or mint ... 3d.5k. (unused 3d.).......... Bd.7 kopecs ................. 3d.

1 0 kopecs, m in t......... . Sd.1907, 4 kopecs................. 3d.

FRENCH 1894,5c. deep green ... 3d.CHINA, 5c. yellow green ... lid.

25c. ver. or car., sur.each Id.

50c. pale carmine, cat1 / 6 3d.1 franc, olive .......... 6d.

CANTON on Indo-Chlna, 1901, red sur.set of 10,1, 2, *, 5, 10, 15,15, 25, 75, and If., mint... 8/8

1 or 2c., mint ..........each id.4c., mint ......................... Id.5c., used ......................... Hd.10 c., used ......................... Sd.15c. blue, used ... ... ... , 4d.1903-4, 25c. blue, black sur.

u sed ................................ 3d.VICTORIA STAMP CO

225, EU8 TON ROAD. LONDON. N W

L O O K H E R E !You do not have the chance of securing these

WEST INDIAN every day.AN tins and poetally used copies at excep

tionally low prices.Barbados, 1892, 2/6 black and or. 4/6 each Leeward Is. 1890,1/- green A red t l - „Jamaica. 1897 5/- violet .......... 3/- „Trinsdad, I860, 5/- rose lake, perf.

1 2 > .................................. 15/- „Ditto, 1894, b! marone, perf. 1* 7/6 „Ditto, 1896, 8/- green ana brown 6/6 „ Order at once— We expect a rush tor these

as they are bign-class stock

G£0. C. GINN & Co.The “ City ** Sump Dealer* A Expert*,

S9, Bisboptfate Street Within, London. E.C.

FREE. THE JUBILEEEnvelope with Card, to all applicants for

A approval sheets i$o% discount).— THE LONDON PHILATELIC Co.,

Apsley, Hemel-Hempstead.

RELICS OF PAST 'XMAS'S.France, I8S3, 10, 20 or 40c......................... id.

,, ,, 80c., cat. i/- 2d.,, 1862, S. 10, 20 or 40c..................... id.„ 1863, 10, 20 or 40c.........................id.„ 1870, 10, 15, 20, 30 or 40c. ... id.„ 1862, '6 3, or '70, 80c...................... id.

1876. 15 grey. 25 yellow or blue id.SARDINIA 46o. USED..................... Bd.Denmark, l8S4 or ’58, 4 sldl.................. id.

BOSNIA PICTORIALS.t, 2 , 3, 5 or ioh., each id.; 6 or 2oh., each id. Set 14 , ih.-lkr., 2/3 ; complete set. ih.-skr. 61- Mixture, I -1 oh., fine. 4d. dozen, 2/6 100. Unique ’Xmaa Present.

SHEET OF Id. BLACKS.-Magnificent full size photo reproduction. When framed difficult to distinguish from originals. Shows 120 varieties and margins. Should be po»- seased by every philatelist. Price 2/6 sheet.

W A R D , 9, Booth 8treet, Piccadilly, Manchester.

0/- C a t a l o g u e f o r 1 B“ W.I." Packet contains only mint unused West Indians Stamps including First Issue Cayman Islandi Complete, Virgin Islands (Virgin). Barbados, Provisional Leewards, &c. Catalogued over 4/- for lOd. No French

or Spanish Colonials.6 6 United States Postage Stamps only, including i860. l870.Columbus. Omaha, Buffalo. St. Louis, Jamestown, Lincoln. Alaska, Hudson, Express, Post Due, and Official Issues,

&C. 7d. All post estra.

Founded'byEDWARD J. NANKIVELL Edited byFRED. J. MELVILLE.

No. 12. Vol. 5. 18 DECEMBER, 1909. Price Id.i Whole Number 116 ___________________________________

Gossip of tl>e Weel$Copcerpipg Ccn?n?en>crativesBY CORNELIUS WRINKLE

The Postmaster-General's Reply.

TH E latest effort to I push the petition ! of the Manchester Congress through seems to have been

as illfated as the effort with Berne. The following letter has been receiv. ed by the Committee appointed to draw up and present the petition :— i

"G eneral Post Office, |London, i

80th November, 1909. j “ S ir,— The Postmaster-

General has had before him your letter of the

10th of this month, in which you ask him, on behalf of the Congress of Philatelic Societies of Great Britain, to bring to the notice of the Universal Postal Union a petition having for its object the prevention of the issues of Commemorative and other postage stamps which, in the opinion of the Congress, are not necessary for the public service.

*• The Postmaster-General desires me to say that as he reserves to himself the absolute right to decide whether any particular issue of postage stamps in this country is necessary for the public service, he could not well be a party to an international arrangement which would tend to lim it his powers in this respect.

“ I am, Sir," Your obedient Servant,

“ (Signed) A. P . K ih g ."

A Much-discussed Subject.The Postmaster-General has given the only answer

that could reasonably be expected Mr. Buxton is well known to have no sympathy with the prolific philatelic countries in the matter of these stamp emissions, but be (and no doubt many stamp collectors and_ dealers with him) declines to be dictated to. The subject of speculative issues is always an interesting one when well discussed, and it no doubt gave a fillip to the work of the first Congress when the proposal to form a National Society and other motions had fallen to the ground.

The Origin of Commemorative*.The idea of the petition to Berue to control the output

of postally unnecessary issues owed its origin to some philatelists who had the interests of their fellow philatelists a t heart. But the wisdom of taking this step in the names of the collectors and dealers of the world was perhaps more questionable. In the first place, collectors themselves initiated the idea of com m em orative stamps, and they have themselves made it possible (or impecunious Governments to issue many unnecessary varieties without even the excuse of commemoiating anything. Perhaps the best illustration of the inconsistency of collectors in tiiis matter is to be got in one or two recollections of commemoratives

The First Commemorative Series.Practically, if nob actually, the first series of com

memorative adhesive postage stamps was the "o n e hundred years " issue of New South Wales. This issue was suggested to the New South Wales Government by the Philatelic Society of Australia. " To Mr. Thomas P u gh ," says Dr. Andrew Houison, “ belongs the houour of first suggesting this [appropriate method of celebrating the centenary of New South Wales].’ ’ Mr. Pugh’s idea having been warmly taken up by the Society, a deputation, consisting of the Ven. Archdeacon King, Dr. Houison. Mr. Pugh and Mr. Hagen, was deputed to call on the Premier. Sir Henry Parker. Ultimately their proposal was adopted, and resulted in the series which struck the spark which ultimately set ablaze the fire of speculative and commemorative issues which the first Congress fondly hoped to extinguish.

Argentine Society Asks for Commemoratives.I t may be suggested that the philatelists who suggested

the Centennial Series of New South Wales may have since regretted their action. But it remains a well-known fact that philatelic societies in other parts of the world, with the full knowledge of the growth of unnecessary issues, have still continued to stimulate their Governments to further speculation and commemoration. N ext year there will be issued in the Argentine Republic a Centennial series of stamps, which the Government agreed to issue on the request of the Sociedad Filatelica Argentina. This at least is evidence that it is not the consistent desire of philatelists (and the Argentina


philatelists are. some of them, of the highest philatelic repute) to shut off the commemorative idea as applied to the issue of postage stamps.

Independence of the Young Collector.What is the idea of the young collector ou the topic

I wonder? I t is he (or she) who is to be taken paternally in hand by the gentlemen who would ban the oommemoratives “ to protect the young collector.’ 1 Unfortunately here we are dealing with an element which few philatelists have estimated with any degree of exactness. The generous minded senior says “ The young collector needs protection, he must have it .1’ The independence of youth promptly responds by saying he wants free trade ana that he refuses to be tied to the seniors’ leading strings.

Knowledge Qained from Commemorative*.We must make allowances for the point of view. The

young collector has a totally different outlook on things philatelic to that of the hardened specialist. The youthful point of view is broader and more tolerant. A postage stamp is a postage stamp to him whether it comes from New South Wales or Paraguay, and the latter would probably be the more wonderful to him because it opens up a remoter and a more romantic field of knowledge. Stamps as instructors in matters of definite knowledge would lose the greater part of their value at one fell swoop were commeraoratives to be barred entirely, and it is not unpleasant to think that the hobby which the schoolboy takes up of his own free will quietly inculcates, in addition to habits of order and observation, a fair amount of general information of a very broadly distributed character.

The Specialist’ s Limited Vision.I have suggested that the senior, more especially the

type of senior who takes a public part in the politics of philately, under-estimates the strength of the young collector. We are apt to think that while stamp collecting has grown into a science for the adult it has been abandoned by the boy. This is by no means the case. But it is nevertheless the view of a considerable body of scientific enthusiasts whose sphere of vision is limited to the few hundreds (at the most) of collectors who have attained their own level, comparatively, in philatelic research. An enquiry from a number of schoolmasters would speedily dispel the idea that stamp collecting had passed out of tho schoolboys’ hobbies.

The Democracy of Stamp Collecting.Hut there is yet another body of collectors which vastly

outranks the scientific collectors and medium collectors who belong to the philatelic societies. I refer to the body of stamp collectors from 18 to 90 years of age, who interest themselves quietly iu forming stamp collections without saying much about it, and certainly without coming out into the flare of public philatelic work It is to this body of collectors that we owe the larger circulations of our less technical philatelic journals ; it is to them that we must suppose, the issue of a limited editiou of sixty million Chinese oommemoratives must be largely disposed. They may be smatterers as regards the depth of their philatelic knowledge hut they represent the populace, the democracy of stamp collecting, and they along with the youngster are not likely to allow themselves to be d ictated to by an aristocracy of advanced specialists.

How Many Collectors Begin.This large body of collectors of whom I write, forms a

very big part of the clien tele of the stamp trade. Their numbers are largely recruited by commemorative stamps. A man sees such an issue as the Chinese Temple of Heaven stamps (sold for a mere song, 5d. or 7d the set of

three) illustrated in a newspaper and buys a set for curiosity. He has on previous occasions bought say the Pan American, or the Canadian Jubilee and map issues, and the Quebec set. In time be finds that his purchases should be put into an album to show them off and having bought a cheap album he is led to go on [filling up the other spaces. This is the very elementary stage, but every science must have a beginning in each individual student. One cannot absolutely begin where the last specialist has left off.

Specialism a Final Stage.Specialism is dependent on the democracy of stamp

collecting as I have called this large body of collectors for want of a ready-made definition. Many of the units in the democracy grow in interest and knowledge, and discover that there is a keener satisfaction in specialising in one group and working it out (in the philatelic sense) as thoroughly as they can. B ut that is an after-stage ; indeed it is a final stage.

National Pride Demonstrated by Postage Stamps,Then to return to the question of commeraoratives, I

venture to think that the desire for celebrations is as much part of the character of nations as it is of individuals. We celebrate many inconsequent (?) anniversaries in private ; we need not therefore grudge the nation that is proud of its Lincoln or of its ludependeuce (the latter so essential to so called “ democracies ” ) its occasional outbursts of pride in a glorious past even though the channel of its ostentation be a postage stamp

Precept v. Practice.I t iB an ideal of human nature to take a pride in doing

things pro bono p ub lico . But it is nevertheless a practice, almost universal, to lose sight of the ideal where it is diametrically opposed to the good, real or fancied, of the individual. We had a special postmark to commemorate the stamp exhibition in connection with which the Congress which “ filed ’’ the petition was held One ebullient Manchester specialist (a delegate) took off bis collar and sent it through the Exhibition post office to get a “ durable linen ’’ souvenir of the occasion A commemorative postmark has very much the same appeal to collectors of used stamps, or collectors of postmarks, as the commemorative adhesive stamp has to stamp collectors generally. B ut collectors are free to take or leave them.

Modern Stamps Necessary to the Democracy.The wholesale condemnation of the commemorative

does not interfere with the interests of their ceusors who are already mostly absorbed in the more serious cult of the old issue. Bub if stamp collecting is to maintain its position as the most popular of collecting hobbies it must not be limited to what can ouly be enjoyed by the few, viz , the amassing of collections of the old issues which are already extensively absorbed in collections. It must be thrown open to the wide variety of more modern stamps (together with such of the old ones as are available)*amongst which the young collector and the “ democracy ” can roam and pick up the groundwork of knowledge which is afterwards to lead them on to higher things.

Suggested Remedy for the worst Speculative*.I have entered upon this subject this week with no

intention of carping at the work of the first Congress The Congress had to have its beginnings, as I maintain the specialist philatelist has to have his. And I am aware that I have not suggested any remedy that could have been applied more efficaciously to the " speculative and commemorative difficulty " than the Congress petition. I should certainly not like to see any control exercised upon Governments as to what stamps they should or should not issue. The only control which


would be justifiable is that which could be exercised by the Governments themselves on their respective officers and departments. Most if not all commemorative stampe are issued w ith the full authority aud sanction of the Government of the country of issue. This is not, however, the case with some of the purely speculative surcharged emissions, and this is a point on which philatelists in Congress may very well take steps without assuming a dictatorial position. It should be possible in cases of flagrantly speculative overprinted stamps (dits provisionals) for philatelists to accumulate evidence to lay before the Government concerned, of the manner in which the postal arrangements are being conducted in out-of-the-way dependencies This would speedily upset the game of the unscrupulous official, whose productions are the bane of philately, because the collector who wants them is made to pay highly artificial prices for his productions. The unscrupulous official is nearly always

dependent on dealers or collectors for disposing of his wares at prices which suit his mercenary demands. Therefore, if something like combined action can be promoted through the Congress between dealers and collectors, these factitious products of post office corruption might be wiped out from the philately of the future.

A Palliative for Commemorative*.If some such remedv as I have suggested could be

applied to the overprinted stamps produced for sale at en hanoed prices to collectors by understrappers the subject of commemoratives may safely be left to the old doctrine of education. Let us enthu«eover our pet countries, write about them and demonstrate to the democracy " what we believe to be their superiority in interest and value over the more sui«rficially attractive stamps of the commemorative class. L et us educate, cajole if you will, but never dictate.

My favourite Country apd Wl>yGreat Britaip (Lipe-Epgraved Starpps)BY W. CYRIL OWENNotts of a paper read before the Brighton Branch of the Junior Philatelic Society,

MY choice is G reat B rita in , b u t I have taken th e liberty to confine m y few notes to the early line-engraved issues of this country, as these appeal more to m e than the later surface-printed series.

I w ill now proceed to explain w hy these stam ps interest m e more than others. In the first p lace , it seems to me th a t the stam ps o f one’s own country have a greater fascin ation for the p h ilatelist than those of other nations.

Here, numbers o f us specialise in G reat B rita in . To our neighbours across the C hannel the stam ps of France appeal m ost stron gly, and so on in each country. This, o f course, is not to be wondered at, and it is only p a trio tic .

W e in England, have a double incentive, for not only is it our own country, but to us belongs the honour o f first introducing the Postage Stam p to the w orld .

B eferrin g more p articu larly to the stam ps which form the su b ject o f this paper, the Id . and 2d. o f 1840, and the Id . and 2d. of 18 4 1,I am sure you w ill a ll agree w ith me th at they are splendid exam pise of the engraver’s art, and from a purely a rtis tic point o f view , are pictures in them selves. The design is sim ple and elegant, and the cam eo-like effect o f the head on the b lack or dark b lue background is tru ly b ea u tifu l. No stam ps o f th e present day, when cheapness and econom y seem to be the only aim , can a p proach th em . . M

A g a in .— In these stam ps one is not worried by various perforations which,, in many cases, try the co llecto r’s tem per anil exhaust his patience

F u rth er. — They are an endless source of study aud research. Fresii discoveries are fr e q u en tly being made, and you are never able to say that you have exhausted a ll their possibilities.

Take for exam ple the Id . red, of 1 841 . T his is a stam p w hich can be purchased for a few sh illin gs per thousand, a sum which even a junior collector would not begrudge when lie, or she, realises w hat a num ber of m ost interesting varieties can be found. I enumerate a few.

(o) Worn P lates.Due to wear o f th e surface o f the p late through

constant use, and the ink being therefore unevenly distributed over th e stam p.

(6) Ivory Heads.Caused througli th e action o f chem icals in the

printin g ink a ctin g on the paper, causing the part m ost heavily covered to turn blue, and the head— on which little ink w as used (only in the lines o f shading)— to show through w hite a t the b ack.

( e ) Double letters in Corners.Due to carelessness on the part o f the w ork

men who punched each letter separately by hand, on the p la te . In doing so th ey sometimes used a w rong letter; when this w as the ease the m ark m ade had to be removed as w ell as possible, and

I


th e correct le tter punch u9ed. T h e-w ro n g le tte r o ften not bein g com pletely erased showed on the stam p, and thus caused this v a rie ty .

(<2) In verted W aterm arks.O w ing to the paper being put to press upside

do.wn.>e) Engravers* guide _ lines, (com m only, though w rongly, called hair lines), through th e words of

value and a t side of stamps.(/) Re-entries, e tc., etc.

So m uch fo r the stam ps.

T he postm arks are q u ite a stu d y in them selves. Startin g w ith the first obliteration used, th e M altese Cross, w hich w as struck in red in k ; th is cancellation i t w as found, could be rem oved from the stam ps. So^ jin F eb ., 18 4 1, the colour o f the ink w as changed to b la ck . Then in M ay, 18 4 3, a special tyj>e o f M altese Cross w ith num ber in the cen tre was introduced for th e ch ief London offices. The numbers ran from 1 to 12 . I m ay sa y in passing th a t these numbered obliterations are rare on a ll stam ps excep t the I d . red.

' In 1844, th e M altese Cross w as done a w ay w ith, and special can cella tion m arks were a llo tte d

. to E ngland, Ireland, Scotlan d, London C ity and London suburbs.

M any of these postm arks, both th e Maltese Cross,

and those o f 1844, are to be found stru ck in coloured ink by m istake, som e of w hich are e x trem ely rare .

T u rn in g to the financial s id e .N one o f these fou r stam ps in used condition

are h ig h ly priced, th e m ost expensive bein g the 2d. b lue o f 1840, good copies of w hich, however, can be obtained a t from 3s. to 4s. each, for th e others th e Id . b lack a t 6d., and th e 2d. b lu e of 18 4 1 a t Id ., are su rely w ith in the r e a c h o f a ll, and as I have b efore said, th e Id . red can be purchased fo r a few sh illin gs per thousand. And so I m ain tain th a t a m ost in terestin g and in s tr u c tiv e collection can be go t together a t the cost o f a sm a ll o u tla y .

I have touched on only a few points o f in terest in these stam ps.

I m ig h t go on to te ll you the know ledge one can gain o f the old m ethods o f paper m aking, o f the com position of the in k used fo r prin tin g these stam ps, and the gum ; (or “ cem ent ” as it was then q u ain tly te rm ed ),u sed to co a t the back. I m igh t a lso speak o f the differen t alphabets used for the corn er letters of th e Id . red ; b u t I do not w ish to w eary you . I have said enough, however, to g ive you an id ea o f th e very great in terest these fou r stam ps have, and w h at can be learned from them , and I therefore em p h atic a lly declare th at G reat B rita in is m y “ F avou rite C o u n try .”

T h e b lo c k s u s e d to i l lu s t r a t e t h e fo r e g o in g a r t ic le h a v e b e e n k in d ly le n t b y M r . W . H . P e c k i t t , 47 , S tr a n d , W .C . , P u b lis h e r o f t h e M e lv i l l e S ta m p B o o k , " G r e a t B r i t a i n : L i n e E n g r a v e d

• S ta m p s ," i 'd . . p o s t fr e e 7 \ d .

How to Start a Philatelic SocietyV. The porn>atioi> of the Society’s LibraryBY THE EDITOR(C o n tin u e d fr o m page 102).

P e r i o d i c a l s . (O bsolete),Adhesive, T h e. 19 0 0 -19 0 4 . ( V .) . A n Am erican

M onthly, useful for papers entitled “ S tray Notes on Sheets of S ta m p s.”

Am erican Journal o f P h ila te ly . 1st series.18 6 8 -78 . V o ls . I .- X I I .

Am erican Journal o f P h ila te ly . 2nd series.1888. ( X I X ,) , “ C atalogu e for A dvancedC ollectors,” first appeared in its pages.

Am erican P h ilate list, The. Issued b y the A m e rican P h ila te lic A ssociation . 18 8 7 -9 3 . C on tinued as the Year-book of the A ssociation . B y a resolution of the A tla n tic C ity C o n vention, 190 9, the Am erican P h ila te list is sh o rtly to be re-issued as a q u arterly .

Am erican Stam p M ercury. F . T rife t, B oston .1 8 6 7 - 7 1 . V o ls . I . - I V . 39 num bers.

A ustralian Journal o f P h ila te ly . 190 0 . ( V .) .B oston Stam p B ook. 18 9 5 -9 8 . V ols, I .- I V . F ila te lio F acts and F a lla c ie s . 18 9 2 -19 0 0 . V ols.

I . - V I I I . .Junior Stam p C ollector. 1 8 9 7 -9 9 . V o ls. I . - I I I .

Continued as T h e S ta m p C o l le c t o r .M ekeel's Stam p C o llecto r. 19 0 2 . ( X I X .) . A

W eekly M agazine, con tin u in g the P h ila te lic . Journal of A m erica.

M orley’s P h ila te lic Journ al. 19 0 0 -19 0 8 . ( I X .) .larg e ly devoted to the study o f fiscal and telegraph stam ps.

P h ila te lic In ter-O cean. 18 9 9 . A smh.ll but useful Am erican M onthly L eafle t for P h ila te lists .

P h ilatelical Journal, The. E . L . Pem berton,1 8 7 2 -7 5 .

P h ila te lic Journal o f A m erica. 18 8 5 -9 5 . V ols.I . - X I V . Continued as M e k e e l ’s S ta m p C o l le c t o r , which see .

P h ila te lic M onthly R eferee. 19 0 1-0 2 . 1 7 num bers.

P h ila te lic R eferee, T he. 18 8 3 -8 5 . V o ls. I. and II .

P h ila te lic Review, The. 3 vols.P h ila te lis t , The, and Illu strated M agazine for

Stam p C ollectors. 18 6 7 -7 6 . V o ls. I .- X . contains im portant papers by E . L . Pem berton on F o rg eries .

Stam p C o llecto r’s M agazine. 18 6 3 -7 4 . V ols. I . - X I I . A cla ssic o f E nglish P h ila te lic lite r ature. Vols. I ., V II., V l l l . and IX . are rather rare .

Stam p C o llector’s M agazine (title a ltered to Stam p C o llecto r ’s M onthly a fter fo u r issues). 18 9 0 -9 3 . 4 vo ls., 46 numbers.

TH E POSTAGE STAM P 137,

Stam p L over’s W eekly . 190 4. ( I V .) .Stam p News, T h e. 18 8 2 -9 5 . V ols. I .- X I .

A m algam ated w ith T h e P h i la t e l i c ' R e c o r d . C ertain early volumes scarce.

Stam ps. 1 8 9 7 - 1 9 0 1 . V ols. I .- V . A useful m on th ly . The beginner’s section was ab ly d ealt w ith .

Stan ley Gibbons’ M onthly Jou rn al. 1890. ( X V I I I .) . The m ost valuable feature of this publication was the exhaustive manner in which it coped w ith new issues and discoveries. Its editorials arc trenchant, and its articles a u th o rita tive .

Young Stam p C o llecto r. 190 0. S ix m onthly p arts.

P o s t O f f i c e .A ccount of th e Celebration of the Jubilee of

Uniform Inland Penny Postage, 18 4 0 -18 9 0 . P rin ted for th e Ju b ilee C elebration Com m ittee, G eneral P o st Office, 1 8 9 1 .

A Penny a ll th e W ay ; th e Story o f Penny P osta g e . F re d . J . M elv ille . (4 ed ition s). 1908.

C halm ers-H ill C on troversy. P am phlets. 188 0-90. Forty Years a t the Post Office. F . E . Baines,

C .B . 2 v o ls . 18 9 5.Her M ajesty ’s Mails : A H istory o f the Post Office

and an H istorical A ccount o f its Present C ondition. W illiam L ew in s. 18 0 5.

Indian P ostal G u id e. Sp ecial Coronation edition, w ith specim ens of Indian postage stam ps.19 0 3 .

London Postal Service of T o -D a y . R . C . Tom bs. 1 8 9 1 .

On the Track o f the Mail C oach. F . E . Baines,C .B .

Post in G rant and Farm , T h e. J . W ilson H yde. . 18 9 4 .

Queen’s Head, T h e. A rtic les, tales and poems relatin g to P ostal and Telegraph L ife and W ork. W ritten by G lasgow Post Office O fficials. W ith an introduction by Richard Hobson, Postm aster and Surveyor, G lasgow . 18 8 7.

Report o f th e P ostm aster-G eneral on the Post Office. 1 - 5 5 .

Romance of th e B ritish P ost Office, its inception and wondrous developm ent. Archibald G rainger B ow ie. 1 8 9 7 .

Royal M ail, T he : its curiosities and rom ance. J . W . H yde. 18 9 3 .

S t. M artin ’s -le-G ran d . 18 9 0 . ( X lX i) . A m a gazine o f in terest to students of postal h istory and postal m atters of current interest.

S ir Rowland H ill, L ife of, and the H istory of Penny P o sta ge . S ir R ow land H ill and George B irkbeck H ill. 1880. 2 vo ls.

Statutes R elatin g to the P o st Office. V arious. S p e c i a l i s t W o r k s .

(i.e ., W orks on sin gle countries, and groups of countries, a lso on special phases of «ph ilatelic

know ledge).Afghanistan, T h e P ostage Stam ps o f. D avid P .

Masson and B . Gordon Jon es. 190 8.A fr ic a : The P ostage Stam ps, Envelopes, W rappers,

Postcards, and Telegraph Stam ps of the B r itish Colonies, Possessions, and Protectorates in A fr ica . P a rt I ., 1 8 9 5 ; P art II ., 190 0 .Com piled b y th e P h ila te lic Society , London.

A ustralia and the B ritish Colonies in Oceania, the * P ostage Stam ps, Envelopes and P ostcards o f.

Com piled b y th e P h ila te lic Society , London. 18 8 7 .

Australia, S o u th . F . jH . N apier and Gordon S m ith .

— 18 9 4 .Austria, T he Stam ps of. (The Stam p C ollector’s

L ibrary, No. 2 ). Robert Croom e. 18 9 6. Barbados. E . D . Bacon and F . H . N apier. 18 9 6. B ritish C entral A frica and N yasaland P ro te c to ra te .'

F red . J . M elviUe. 190 9.B ritish Em pire, Postage Stam ps of th e . H . M ack-

wood M illington and G ilbert L ockyer. 18 9 4 . B ritish Empire, C olonial Stam ps, including those

of G reat B ritain . G ilbert L ockyer, 188 7. B ritish N ew Guinea and P apua. F red . J . M elville .

190 9.C am p ech e: some notes oh the most rem arkable

stam p ever issued. W alter C lark Bellow s.19 0 9 .

C atalogue for Advanced C ollectors of Postage Stam ps, Stam ped Envelopes and W rappers. Henry C ollin and Henry C . C aim an. R eprinted and revised from the Am erican J o u r n a l o f P h i la t e ly . 18 9 0 -19 0 1 .

C aym an Islands {s e e J a m a ic a ).China, T he Postage Stam ps of, w ith an account

of Chinese Im perial P ost. Fred. J . M elville.190 8.

[Colours.] A Colour C h art. Dcsignod to illu strate and iden tify the colours of postage stam ps. N ational P h ilate lica l Society, U .S .A . 1884.

[Colours.] A Colour D iction ary. Specially prepared for Stam p C ollectors. B , W . W arhurst. 18 9 9 . Second edition 1908.

E gypt, The Stamps o f. (The Stam p C ollector’s L ibrary, No. 1 . ) . W . 8 . W arburg. 18 9 5.

Europe, T h e Adhesive Postage Stam ps of. W . A . 8. W estoby. 2 vo ls. 18 9 8 -19 0 0 . Treats of the stam ps of each division of the Continent of Europe separately.

F iji Islands, Stam ps of th e . Charles J . P hillips.190 8.

[Forgeries]. Album W eeds. R ev. R . B . Earee.18 9 2.

G am bia. Fred. J . M elville . 190 9.G reat B rita iu . A H istory o f the Adhesive Stam ps

of th e B ritish Isles, com piled from original sources. H astings W right and A . B . Creeke, Ju n . Introduction b y Gordon Sm ith. 1899.

----- M ulready Envelope and its Caricatures, The.E . B . E vans. 1 8 9 1 .

----- M ulready Envelope, H istory o f the. T . Martin W ears. 1886.

-----Postage and Telegraph Stam ps of Great B r itain, The. F . A . Philbrick, Q.C., and W . A . 8. W estoby.

---- - P ostage Stam ps of G reat B ritain, T he. Fred.J . M elviUe. W ith an Appendix, u Notes on the P ostal Adhesive Issues o f the U nited K in g dom during the Present R eign ,” by H .R .II. The P rin ce o f W ales. 190 4.

----- L in e Engraved Stam ps. F red . J . M elville .19 0 9 .

Grenada. E . D . B acon and F . H . N apier. 19 0 2. Griqualand West, The Stam ps o f. L ie u t. F . H.

N apier, R .N .Hawaiian N um erals. . Henry J . C rocker. 190 9. Hawaiian Postage Stam ps in the C ollection o f '

H enry J . Crocker, E sq., o f San Francisco. Fred.J . M elville . 190 8.

H ayti, T h e Postage Stam ps of. F red . J . M elville. 19 0 5 .

H olland. Fred. J . M elville . 190 9.India. The Postage Stam ps, Envelopes, Wrappers,

Postcards and Telegraph Stam ps of British In dia and C eylon, Com piled by the P hilatelio S ociety , London. 189 2.

I


In dia, The Postage and Telegraph Stam ps of B ritish------L . L . R . Hausburg, C . S tew art W ilson andC . S . F . C ro fton . Issued by the P h ila te lic S o ciety of In d ia . 19 0 8 .

In d ia . B ritish Indian A dhesive Stam ps surcharged for N ative S ta tes . F ive parts issued under the auspices o f the P h ila te lic Society of In dia

I . Chamba, F aridkot, G w a lio r. C . Stew art W ilson .

I I . Jhind, N abha, P a tia la . C . Stew art W ilson.

I I I . B hopal. G . A . Anderson.I V . k V . Jam m u and K ashm ir. D . P . M as

son.----- P ortuguese In d ia* G ilbert Harrison and F . H.

N apier.Jam aica and Caym an Islan ds. E dw ard J . N an-

k iv e ll. 19 0 9 .Modena, The Stam ps of the D uchy o f. D r. Em ilio

D ien a. 19 0 5 .N evis . F red . J . M elv ille . 19 0 9 .[N ew South W ales]. The Sydney V iew s. T .

M artin W ears.N iger Coast P ro tecto rate . Edward J . N an kivell.

19 0 9 .N orth Am erican Colonies o f G reat B ritain , The

P ostage Stam ps, Envelopes, W rappers, and P ostcards of the. Com piled by th e P h ilatelic Society , L ondon . 18 8 9 .

N yasalan d { s e e B r it is h C e n tr a l A fr ic a ') .P ap ua, {s e e B r i t i s h N e w G u in e a ) .P o rtu g a l. R . B . Y a rd le y . Treats of th e Reigns

of Donna M aria I I . and Dom Pedro V I. P ortuguese In d ia . { s e e I n d ia ) .Postcards, A ll abou t. W . J . S co tt. 190 3. P ostm arks, A H istory o f B ritish . J . H . D aniels.

18 9 8 .----- A H istory o f th e E arly Postm arks of the

B ritish Isles. J . G . H endy.R a ilw ay L e tte r P ost Stam ps, R eference lis t o f.

H . L ’E stran ge E w en . 18 9 8 -9 9 .----- P riced C atalogu e o f . H . L ’E stran gc E w en.

(4th e d itio n ). 19 0 6 .R ailw ay L ette r Stam ps, A H istory o f. H .

L ’E stran ge E w en . 1 8 9 1 . A n elaborate tre a tise on the L e tte r Stam ps issued b y the R a ilw ay Com panies o f G reat B rita in in agreem ent w ith th e P ostm aster-G en eral.

R eprints o f P o sta l Adhesive Stam ps, and their ch ara cteristics. E . D . B acon . 190 0 .

R eprints, Illu strated C atalogue of a ll known. From the Germ an o f D r. K alck h o ff. T ran slated and en larged b y H arry H ilckes. 18 9 2.

Russian Rural Stam ps, C atalogue o f th e . W . H errick. 18 9 6 .

Uniform A ustralian Stam ps.Action is about to be taken by the Australian Post*

mas ter-General towards the issue of a series of Commonwealth stamps of uniform design. The competition for designs will be open to the world. The prises to be offered will be of sufficient value to attract the world's best artists. The stamps will be of 18 denominations— Id., Id., ltd .. 2d., 21d., 3d.. 4d., 6d . 6d.. 8d , 9d., lOd , Is . , 2s., 2s. 6d., 5s., 10s., and 40s. They w ill be divided into three groups. In order to secure variety in design, colour and size, and with the object of making the denominations easily distinguishable from each other, the competition is likely to be in two divisions. The first division will be open to any person with artistic ideas ; the second will be confined to experts— A u str a la s ia n W orld, N ov. 25, 1909.

Sain t V in cen t. F . H . N apier and E . D . B acon. 18 9 5 .

Saraw ak, The P ostage Stam ps o f. F red . J . M elv ille . 1 9 0 7 .

Shanghai. W . B . Thornh ill. 18 9 5 .Siam . A le x . H olland. 19 0 4 . |Siam , its Posts and Postage Stam ps. F red . J .

M elv ille . 19 0 6 .S ic ily , A H istory o f the P ostage Stam ps of.

D r. E m ilio D ien a. Translated b y M ajor E . B . E van s. 19 0 4 .

South A frican Provisional W ar Stam ps. Bertram W . H . Poole. 1901.

S tra its Settlem en ts, The Stam ps of th e . W . B row n . 18 9 4 .

Sweden, P ostage Stam ps, P ostcards, L ette r Cards, official -and local issues o f . Sven L in d h A 18 8 7.

Sw itzerland, The P ostage Stam ps o f . P aul M ira- baud and A . -de R euterskiold. 18 9 9 .

------ Forgeries of T h e Cantonal Stam ps. A . deReuterskiold.

Tasm ania. A H istory of the Postage Stam ps, Envelopes, P ostcards, A dhesive and Impressed Revenue and E xcise Stam ps of Tasm ania. A . F . B asset H u ll. 1890.

Tonga. F red . J . M elv ille . 19 0 9 .U nited States o f Am erica, H istory of the Postage

Stam ps o f the. John K . T iffan y. 1887.----- The Postage Stam ps o f. John N . Luff.

19 0 2 .----- The P ostage Stam ps of th e . F red . J . M el

v ille . 190G.----- Postage Stam ps 1 8 4 7 -1 8 6 9 . F red , J . M el

v ille . 19 0 9 .---- T h e ' 3 cents stam p of 1 8 5 1 . C arro ll Chase.

19 0 9 .----- A T en tative C heck L is t o f th e Proofs o f A d

hesive P ostage and Revenue Stam ps o f the. G . L . T op pan. 19 0 4 .

----- T he N esb itt Stam ped Envelopes and W rappers of th e . T he late G ilb ert H arrison. E d ited and com pleted by E . D . B acon. 18 9 5.

----- H istory and C atalogue of th e Stam ped E n velopes o f th e . W . E . V . Horner, M .D ., M .A . Second ed ition . 1884.

----- The Stam ped Envelopes, W rappers, and Sheetsof th e . J . K . Tiffany, R . R . B ogert, and J . R ech ert. 18 9 2.

W est In dies. T he Postage Stam ps, Envelopes, W rappers, Postcards and Telegraph Stam ps of th e B ritish Colonies in th e W est Indies, to gether w ith B ritish Honduras and the Colonies in South A m erica. Com piled by the P h ilate lic Society , London. 1 8 9 1 .

Im portant Stam p Sale.There waif a large attendance of philatelisrs a t Messrs.

Puttick & Simpson’s rooms. la»t night, at the sale of Colonel Croft L yo n ’s scarce collection of European, British and Colonial postage stamps Bidding was keen, especially for the unuved s p e c im e n s G r e a t Britain, 1840. Id. black, '• V .lt.,” unused, £8; Oldenburg, 1861, 4-gro*. chestnut. a superb pair, £5 ; Saxmiy, 1850, 3pf red, ou piece of original, £ l 1 5 s .; Spain. 1852, 2 reales red, a superb pair, £ 15 ; Switzerland, Geneva, 1843, 5 x 5c. black on yellow-green, a superb lightly cancelled pair, £21 10 s .; Ceylon, 1857-59, 4a. rose. £12 ; another, 8d. brown, £ 11 ; Tuscany, 1860, 3 lire yellow, £40, the last specimen sold fetched £42 ; Mauritius, 1859. large Fillet, 2d. deep blue, £13; Sierra Leone, 1893, wmk. CC, halfpenny ou l§ d . lilac, unused and mint, £3, Ac . A c .— G lobe, D ec. b, 1909

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Tlje World’s Staipp ErrorsTl>e Most Comprehensive and Entertaining Article on this Subject yet publishedBY MISS FITTE

T h is im portan t a rtic le teas started in S o . 1 o f the present Volum e. T h e eleven instalm en ts a lready p ublished m a y be had fr o m the Publish ers in S o s . 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 7, 8. 9 ,10 a n d 11, Vol. V ., price 1 J'i each post fr e t .

Bolivar.

ERROR.

1879. 20c., greett (17a).A printing in the wrong ink is, as a rule, of the same

colour as one of the other values of the issue. The Twenty Centavos of the 1879 set is properly red, but the previous stamp of that value, issued in 1872, was green ; and it is possible that the printer was under the impression that thiB colour was 11 be continued : if so—and it is only a theory— the Twenty Centavos, erroneously printed in green, antedates the same stamp in its authorised colour of red.

The error, which is found on white wove paper only, is somewhat scarce, but can be obtained either used or unused.

ER R O R .

1880. 20c., green (27a).It makes one suspicious, for here is a similar error—

same value, same colour and (but for the date) same design I The only good point in the printer’s favour is that there is. in this issue, a green B tam p , E igh ty Centavos: it would, however, have looked better if he had selected another value with which to experiment.

This error is scarcer than the preceding one, and is priced ouly in an unused state : it also is on white wove paper only.

Boyaca.1903, 5p.. b la ck on b u ff; 10p., black on rose (23, 24).

Most of the stamps of this issue are to be found, in used as well as in unused condition, both perforated aod imperforate. The Five Pesos should be on rose-coloured paper, and the Ten Pesos on buff, the impressions of both being in b la ck ; but the papers were interchanged, aud we accordingly have the lower value on buff, and the higher on rose, but imperforate only.

I believe that these errors are to be met with genuinely U 6 e d , and that in either state they are not particularly scarce.

Santander.

ERROR AND NORMAL STAM P St tenant.

1886, b e., in d ig o-lilac (13. 14).There is a curious error on the sheet of the Ten

Centavos, indigo.lilac. In making up one of the lithographic transfers, a slip, bearing the value, Cinco Centavos, instead of Dies Centavos, was inadvertently used for the lower part of the stam p: consequently, we get a stamp bearing two values— 10 " in figures and five (” c i n c o ") iu letters. It is a fairly scarce error, but can be obtained, used or unused, in pair with the normal stamp : in the Tapling Collection it is shewn as the centre of a strip of three.

Tolima.

T V P B .

140 THE POSTAGE STAMP1884. “ ----- ” , violet (54).

Tbe m ajority of these Columbian stamps are made up by transfers from the die of a particular value, or from a stock die, the value being altered or added as the case m ay be. Judging from its colour and surroundings, this stamp would, if complete, be of the face-value of Two Pesos : evidently in making up the stone, the lithographic transfer bearing the value was inadvertently omitted, leaving a white space in the design.

The incomplete stamp is known in pair with a normal.■ 1884, 2c., slate-blue (54a).

This stamp, of the same type and issue as the preceding, should always be in rose, but a supply was printed in slate-blue, the colour belongiug to the Ten Centavos.

The error, which is fairly scarce, is by sonle authorities looked upon as a colour-trial.

Denmark: Iceland.I

ERROR.

New Stanjps forIIE 11 E c o P o s t a l quoting from a local paper,

gives some inform ation regarding postal reform s in Cuba, and the fo llow in g notes upon a proposed new issue.

‘‘ E arly in Jan u ary of 1 9 1 0 the P ostm aster-G eneral expects to circu late a new issue of postage stam ps printed by ‘ The Am erican Bank Note C o .,’ and which wi l l consist o f the values of one, two, three, five, eight, ten, fifty and a hundred cen tavos. These stam ps w ill be printed iu tw o colours, and a ll of them w ill bear the busts o f deceased Cuban P atriots. The one cen tavo w ill represent Bartolom d Mas6, M&ximo G6mez, on the tw o centavos, Ju lio S au g u iley , on the three centavos, Ignacio Agrarnonte, on the five, C alix ti G a rcia on the eight, Juan Bruno Zayas on the ten (special or b icy c le p ost) M a yia Rodriques on the ten (ordinary post), Antonio Maceo on the fifty , and Carlos Roloff on the h u n dred cen tavos.

The colours w ill be as fo llo w s :— green and black, i centavo red and dark green, 2 centavos vio let and turquoise blue, 3 centavos blue and dark brown, 5 centavos olive and lila c , 8 centavos sepia and green, 10 centavos (sp ecial) orange and lig h t blue, 10 centavos (ordinary) lila c and b lack, 50 centavos b lack and orange, 100 centavos

Proofs o f the stam ps bearing busts o f Juan Brum Zayas, MayiA, and Maximd Gom ez have alread y been received a t the Head Office, but th e y have been returned to the printers, for there are slig h t

1902-4, 20 a u r, blue— “ p j o n o s t a ” (144)The stamps of this issue, which were intended for

public use, oear the inscription '* fbim erxi ” on the right, and those for official use, though printed in different colours, were similar in design, except that they had the word “ P Jo n u s t a ” on the right,

Through want of care, two c lic k is of the official Twenty Aur were inserted in the forme for pointing the ordinary stamps of that value ; atid so we get the official stamp in blue, instead of in green, and se tenant with an ordinary stamp of the same va lu e: the errors were Nos 2 and 52 in the sheet of 100.

The error is not scarce, either used or unused.To be con tin u ed .

N O T E .

O u r tha n ks are due to M r. \V. H. P e ck itt fo r the loan o f som e o f the rare stam ps used in illu str a tin g the a rtic le on “ T h e W orld's S ta m p E r r o r s ."

The “ Postage Stam p” on Sale.T h e Postage S ta m p is now kept on sale and may be

had every week at the following dealers’ establishments: Bright <fc Sou, 161, Strand, W CF . C. Ginn, 143, Strand, London. W.C.Lewis May & Co., 15. King Wil l iam St., Strand, W.C. W. H. Peckitt, 47. Strand, London, W.C.James Rhodes, 62, Market Street. Manchester.W Ward. Booth Street, Piccadilly, Manchester.And at all Newsagents and Booksellers

Cubadeficiencies in the featu res.

T h a t known as the b icyc le stam p has a t the le ft side a m essenger m ounted on his machine, and, on the righ t, the bust o f Juan Brum Zayas, th e unhappy Cuban general who died fa cin g his en emies in 190 6. Beneath these tw o figures there is the fo llo w in g inscription “ D eliver Im m ed ia te ly .”

E ach stam p w ill have a d ifferen t border. An issue o f telegraph stam ps w ill a lso be m ade. D urin g th e first Republic, and up t i l l the present, telegram s were paid for by curren t stam ps, w hich resulted in confusion in the accounts, and w ith the o b ject of rem edying th is these telegraph stam ps w ill be issued.

T he colours, values and portraits on each w ill be as follow s :—

1 centavo, vio let, Bionabg B oza centavos, ligh t olive, Jos6 L acret

„ - dark olive, F lo r Crom bet„ orange, Andres Moreno de la

Torre„ blue, O scar Prim elles,, scarlet, Jos6 M ana Aguirre„ - b lack, N arciso Lopez

T h e scarlet colour o f the 20 centavos stam p has the sam e tin t as the 190 4 issue o f V irg in Isles, and 19 0 6 issue o f th e R epublic o f N icaragua.

T h e paper used for the stam ps w ill be w hite, th ick and plain, with a w aterm ark formed b y an B and C interwoven, which w ill appear on each stam p.

F in a lly , there w ill be an issue o f stam ped en velopes o f tw o sizes.

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New Issues ai>d OldT h e E d ito r in v ites d ea ler s a nd rea d er s a t hom e a n d a broa d to f i v e prom pt inform ation con cern ing N e w Issu e s . A l l com m unications m ust 6e

sent d irect to th e E d ito r . Id . Sudbourne R o ad , B r isto u , London. 5 . H\A lt e r th e n a m e of each country w e f i v e the p a t e o! THE POSTAGE STAMP on w hich appeared the la s t reference to th a t country.

B o l iv ia . - (V ol. V . p . G9) — H a rd on th e h ee ls o f th e f o u r s t a m p s c o m m e m o r a t in g t h e r e v o lu t io n o f J u l y 1 8 0 9 , r e f e r r e d t o i n r e c e n t n u m b e rs , c o m e s n ew s

o f a n o th e r c o m m e m o ra tiv e i s s u e . T h is n e w s e t is in h o n o u r o f t h e W a r o f In d e p e n d e n c e o f 1 8 1 0 w h ic h r e s u l t e d i n B o l iv ia th r o w in g off t h e S p a n is h y o k e . W e ta k e t h e fo l lo w in g p a r t i c u l a r s f ro m J lekeel’s Weekly S ta m p S e w s :—*• T h e n e w s ta m p s a r e s m a l l e r t h a n t h e J u l y s t a m p s , a b o u t t h e s iz e , in f a c t , o f t h e 1 9 0 1 i s s u e . T h e p o r t r a i t is c o n t a in e d in a c i r c le w i th t h e n a m e in t h e s a m e c o lo u r . ‘ CENTEXARIOS DE LA Gl'ERUA I>E IN D E- PKXDENCIA ’ is in s m a l l l e t t e r s a r o u n d th e u p p e r h a lf , * c .p .tt. ’ in e a c h o f t h e u p p e r c o rn e r s , a n d * BOLIVIA ’ a n d * CORBEOS ’ a p p e a r i n tw o c u rv e d l in e s a b o v e th e p o r t r a i t . A c u rv e d l in e b e lo w th e p o r t r a i t h a s ‘ 14 d e S e p te m b r e d e 1 8 1 0 ’ . T h e v a lu e is p r in te d in a s t r a i g h t l in e a t t h e b o t to m ‘ 2 0 CENTAVOS 2 0 .’. "

Commemorative Iss u e of the War o f tStO.20c. violet and black.

C a n a l Z o n e .— (Vol. IV . p . 2 98).—T o th e sam e jo u rn a l w e a r e in d e b te d fo r th e fo l lo w in g p a r t i c u l a r s o f a n e n t i r e ly n e w is s u e T h e v a lu e s th u s f a r se e n a r e th e l c . , 2 c ., 5 c . a n d 1 0 c . T h e 8c . h a s n o t y e t b e e n is s u e d , a n d D r . E v a n s s u g g e s ts t h a t i t is l ik e ly t o be r e t i r e d , s in c e th e r e g i s t r a t i o n fe e h a s b e e n in c r e a s e d to t e n c e n t s . T h e 9t a m p s b e a r a n e n t i r e ly n ew s u r c h a r g e , t h e ty p e b e in g s m a l le r a n d h e a v ie r , a n d th e s u r c h a r g e re a d s u p in s te a d of d o w n a s in th e p re v io u s i s s u e . T h e 2 c ., 5 c . a n d 10c . , a r e o f th e n e w is s u e , a n d h a v e p re v io u s ly b e e n c h ro n ic le d w i th th e o ld s u r c h a r g e . T h e l c . v a lu e is n e w , b o th s t a m p a n d s u r c h a r g e , a n d has n o t p re v io u s ly b e e n n o te d e i t h e r w i th o r w i th o u t s u r c h a r g e . T h e s ta m p is e n t i r e ly r e -e n g r a v e d , th e p o r t r a i t h a v in g m o re l if e , a n d th e f r a m e b e in g a ls o s o m e w h a t im p ro v e d f ro m th e p re v io u s i s s u e . T h e in s c r ip t io n ‘ relpu blica d e p a n a m a ’ is in a s in g le c u rv e d l in e o v e r th e p o r t r a i t , th e ' c o h u e o s ’ b e in g l a r g e r a n d b o ld e r . T h e f ig u re s o f v a lu e a t th e b o t to m a r e o f m o re a r t i s t i c d e s ig n , a n d th e w o rd s e x p re s s in g t h e v a lu e , s m a lle r , th o u g h s t i l l in s t r a i g h t l in e s , a s in th e p re v io u s i s s u e . T h e new s u r c h a r g e s w e re p r in te d b y th e A m e r ic a n B an k N o te C o ., a n d th e n e w s ta m p s w e re is s u e d N o v e m b e r 8t h . "

Surcharge reading upwards. N o W m t. Perf. 13.ic. deep green and black. 5c. deep blue and black.2c. carmine ,, 10c. violet „

O u r c o n te m p o ra r y a ls o m e n t io n s th e fo l lo w in g e r ro r s th e l c . o f 1 9 0 6 - 7 w ith d o u b le s u r c h a r g e ; t h e 8c . o f th e s a m e i s s u e in a p a ir im p e r f o r a te b e tw e e n a n d a t t h e le f t ; a n d th e 5 c . o f 1 9 0 6 w ith th e s e c o n d “ a " o f “ c a n a l ” o m i t t e d . T h is l a s t v a r ie ty is s a id to o c c u r on th e f o u r th s t a m p o n th e s h e e t .

C h in a . — (Vol. V. p. 116).— T h e V ic to r ia Stamp Co. ah ew s us th e current 4c. in deep scarlet, i.e ., t h e c o lo u r o f t h e o ld 2 c . T h e l i s t o f v a lu e s in P o s ta l U n io n c o lo u rs is n o w c o m p le te , v iz

N ew C olours. N o w m k . P erf. 14 to 16 2c.'green. gc.'tcarlet. 10c. green

F re n c h S o m a li C o a s t .- ( V o l . IV . p. 14 0 ).-T h e new stamps referred to on page 14 0 of our last volum e were issued on November 27th, according to E v e n 's W e e k ly S ta m p N e w s . Our contem pora ry describes them as follow s

N ew desig n s.ic. red and brown. Mosque design- 2c. violet ,,4c. brown and blue „5c. green and olive „

10c. rose and red „20c. grey and brown ,.25c. blue and pale blue, Mihari design.30c. brown and red „35c. violet and green ,,40c. rose and violet „45c. brown and green50c. red brown and brown „75c. red and green

lfr. violet and brown. Warriors design.2fr. brown and rose5fr. violet brown and green „

L e v a n t ( B r it is h ) — (Vol. V p. 128).— The same journal records the three new values we m entioned lust week, v iz ., the 4d., 6d. and Is.B ritish stam ps surcharged “ 1 piastre 30 PARAS." “ 2 piastres 20 paras,” and " 5 piastres " resp ective ly . I t is said th at th e en tire stock of the overprinted 4d. was bought up a t Constantinople d irectly the stam ps were issued. The list of K in g ’s head stam ps overprinted in Turkish cu rrency now stands as follow s :—

B r itis h S ta m p s su rcha rg ed in T u r k is h currency3 0 par. on lid. purple and green.40 par. on 2|d. blue.I pia. on 2)d. blue.)1 pia. 10 par. on >1. purple on yellow.1 p ia . 30 p a r. on 4d. b ro w n a n d green.

80 par. on 5d- purple and blue.2 pia. on 5d. purple and blue.2 p ia . 30 p a r. on 6d. purp le.4 pia. on tod. purple ana carmine.5 pia. on L- green and carmine.

12 pia. on 2,6 lilac.24 pia. on 5;- carmine.

N ic a r a g u a .— (Vol. V. p 128) — G ibbons' Stam p Weekly lists the 50c. fiscal stam ps surcharged “ COKUEO 19 0 9 ,” and new values reading upwards, v iz :—

1909. F is c a l S ta m p s su rch a rg ed “ C O R R E O ,” 1909.2c. on 50c. green : orange turcharge.4c. o n 50c. „ g re e n . ,

10c. on 50c. black „U n ited S t a t e s .— (Vol V p. 53). - It has now been

finally decided th a t Henry C la y ’s portrait is not to be used on the new 12 c. stam ps, but like most of the others of the current series, it w ill be adorned w ith W ashington’s portrait. T hat Am erican opinion is not a ltogeth er com plim entary regarding the current series m ay be gleaned from the follow ing paragraph taken from the N e w Y o r k S u n “ F o r the convenience of the public the Governm ent is to issue a tw elve cent stam p, which can be used to pay postage and registration fee under th e new regulations by which the cost of registry was raised to 10 cents. The stam p w ill bear the head of W ashington, and the colour has not y et been selected . No one w ill be bold enough to look for an artistic stam p ; the post office authorities seem to be violently prejudiced again st good designs and pleasing c o lours. A ll that the most optim istic can hope for is that the stam p w ill not be a positive horror.”

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CONTENTS.18 December, 1909. Page

Gossip of the W eek • • - 133My Favourite Country and W hy 13s How to Sta r t a Philatelic

Society - - 136T he W orld 's Stamp Errors - - 139New Stamps for Cuba - - 140New Issues and Old . - 141Edito r 's L etter Box - - 142so cie ty New s - - - 142

Our Publishing Day and Advertisers.In order lo meet the requirements of the

. publishing trade our publishers now distribute copies to the Newsagents on Wednesdays instead of Thursdays as before. This compels us to go to press on Saturday morning. Hence it is absolutely necessary for our printers to have all advertisements at latest on Friday moming ; consequently, copy must be iu the Advertisement Manager's hands not later than Wednesday. 5 o'clock p m

Advertisers' Proofs.We are anxious to consult our Advertisers'

convenience to the greatest possible extent, but where proofs have to be supplied and returned our printers must have the " copy ” by Thursday morning at the latest, as we now have to print off a portion of our issue on Saturday morning,

Bum lnatlon of Stamps.So many of our readers have asked us to

undertake the examination and identification of their stamps that we have made arrangements to accede to their wishes.

We shall be pleased to express an opinion as to the genuineness or otherwise of any stamps submitted to us, or identify them according to any catalogue at a charge of 6d. per stamp {minimum I/-). All fees must be paid in advance with sufficient added to pay for return postage and registration.

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H E R T SPHILATELIC SOCIETY.

The Second General Meeting of the Season, 1909-1910, was held at No. i , Southampton Row, W.C., on Tuesday, November 16th, 1909, at 6.30 p.m.

Present— Messrs. Franz Relchenheim (President), H. L. Hayman (Vice-President), T. H. Harvey, W, G. Cool, C. R. Sutherland. R. FrentzeL W. T. Standen, L. E. Bradbury, W. A. Boyes, W. A. Gunner, E. W. Arnold. J. R. Laing, E. Bounds, L. Sauvfie, R. H. Newton, W. H. Eastwood,J. A. Sell, J. A. Leon, A. J. Warren, W. A. Appleton, P- Ashley, D. Thomson. T, E. Saneom, S. Chapman, J. C. Sidebotham (Hon. Librarian) and H. A. Slade (Hon. Secretary). Mr. Ivan Chen (Secretary to Die Chinese Legation), Mr. J. Hennlker Heaton, M.P., Mr. G. B. Burgin, the popular novelist, Mr. A. Bruce Joy, the celebrated sculptor, and Mr. A. 1). Sander son, attended as visitors .

The President took the chair!The Minutes of the Meeting held on

October 19th, 1909, were read and signed as correct.

The following were elected as members of the Society :— Messrs. R. S. Jacobs, T. E. Saneom and C. Whitfield King Ordinary Members, and the Ordinary Member M. S. Chapman, Life Member.

A letter from the American Philatelic Society was read announcing that the Herts Philatelic Society had been elected a corresponding member of the American Philatelic Society and the Hon. Secretary was Instructed to write and thank the American Philatelic Society for the honour they had conferred upon the Herts Philatelic Society.

A “ Presto Blank Album " was presented by Messrs. Paul Kohl, Ltd., of Chemnitz, and was handed over to Mr. Cool for the Forgery Collection.

Publications for the Library were presented by the President, Messrs. Stanley Gibbons, Ltd., Fred. J. Melville and W. H. Peckltt.

StampB and Forgeries were presented to the Society’s Collection by the President and Vice-President, respectively.

All there donations were acknowledged with thanks.

On the invitation of the President, the Vloe-Presldent (Mr. H. L. Hayman) then gave a display, accompanied by explanatory comments, of the Postage Stamps of China. The Collection, which was practically complete, embraced essays, varieties of type and errors, together with a number of very Interesting entires. Mr. Hayman also showed a ret of the original designs for the 1894 issue, color proofs, ana a number of 'photographs of earlier designs which had not been accepted; for these as well as for much information on the subject, he expressed his indebtedness to Mr. C. Whitfield King.

Between the display of the stamps and that of the entires, Mr. Percy Ashley gave a short address on " China," dealing briefly with the extent of Its population.

the general character of its civilisation, and its contributions to the world’s commerce, art and sdenoe, and dwelling especially upon the relations between the British and Chinese Empires,

A hearty vote of thanks to the Vice* President and Mr. Percy Ashley was proposed by Mr. A. J. Warren, and seconded by C. R. Sutherland. Needless to say. It was carried with acclamation and suitably responded to.

In reply to a few words from the Chair thanking the visitors for their presence at the meeting, Mr. Ivan Chen commented Id an eloquent speech on the inventions that came from China, and the improvements on them that had been made in England

1 and he expressed his pleasure in being among the members of the Herts Philatelic Society.

Mr. Hennlker Heaton hinted that Universal Postage might soon become an accomplished fact, and took to himself the credit of being the means of making millionaires of collectors. He also commented on the use some Pacific Islands had made of the sale of unnecessary issues In clearing oil the debt and erecting Government buildings.

A most successful and enjoyable evening terminated at 8 .2 0 p.m.

NORTH OF ENGLANDP H I L A T E L I C S OCI ETY.The usual Monthly Meeting of the

Society was held on Thursday, December 2nd. at Y.M.C.A., Newcaatle-on-Tyne.

The Vice-President (Hr. T. D Hume), took the chair at 7.30, and there were 22 members and 3 visitors present.

Messrs. David Dickson, Jas. Durrant andE. Clayne were elected tb the membership.

The Chairman then called upon Mr.E. P. Cmwther to give his lecture on the Stamps of Finland and for nearly an hour the audience -listened attentively to a masterly description of the various issues of this straight stamp Issuing country. The lecture was fully Illustrated by a specially prepared series of lantern slides, as follows:— 1856 Issue, no pearls, small pearls, Urge pearls In post horns; Copenhagen print, 1875, two copies, black and blue cancellations ; 1881, 2 0 penni, a tete- beche pair ; Group of compounds, perforated 1 1 by 13j, showing overlapping lssueB ; group of compounds perforated 1 2 J by 1 1 , showing overlapping issues; rare compounds showing comb arrangement, one double perforation and one error of perforation ; group of three showing cut " 5 error; the rue " Rennia ’ error ; group of 1 0 penni, showing broken corner and repaired comer; the 1 0 penni plate error with long “ p ” ; group of six, showing “ O. O.U.H.I. error, two overprinted or coloured Hons, separation lines on " 6 " and ‘‘ 10” penni of 1886 Issue, and a rare ship cancellation on 1889 Issue; 1895 Issue, 10 marks; and was, while exhaustive, far from too much technical detail and was delivered In a racy style.

Mr. Crowther’s splendid collection of mint and used Finland stamps was also shewn, this added considerably to the Interest. Practically all the errors were represented and fully described, some varieties formed by Mr Crowther being previously uncatalogued.

At the end of the lecture a hearty vote of thanks to the lecturer and Mr. Husband (the laatemlst) was moved by Mr. R. Wilkinson, seconded by Secretary, supported by the Chairman and carried with acclamation.

Mr. Crowther in reply hoped that his paper would be the means of stimulating interest in the stamps of this somewhat neglected country.

The December packet will heat allTpre- vious records, some £176 net, being the total at the time of writing.


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Beyond the snccess that has already attended the above Service, a guarantee of.its continuation is that afforded by a world wide business, the satisfaction of my customers and an active direction.

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TTOREIGN Stamps. Unpicked, itlbs. 1/8, x postage 4d. 1,000 United States, well- assorted, tod. SO different U.S., 6d. 5,000 stamp hinges, 6d.—Willism Lewthwaite, Egremont, Cumberland.

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POSTAGE Stamp Gauges, for measuring x perforations. They are made in brass, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. Mott useful to all Collectors. Price 1/- nett, by post I/I.—L Upcott Gill, Bazaar Buildings, Drury Lane, London, W.C.

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•i 1 J HUDSON-FULTON, 3 pictorial “ 5 U Bosnia, Cuba on U.S.A. and ten others.—North & Co.. Back Albert Terrace, Blackpool.

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CHI LIThe scarce SOo. rose-carmine of 1892-

1900, used, P rlo« O d . A Bargain.Postage Id.

This stamp was very little used and the remainders were used up for the surcharged stamps of 1900.

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EVERYBODY READS THEN IA stamp dealer has lately estimated that out of 500,000 stamp collectors 10,000 sre ( active enthusiastic philatelists. If that estimate be correct practically every keen I collector reads the Small Want Advta. in The Postage Stamp. Are you on the look out for some variety I It only costs you Id. a word to advertise for it in The Postage Stamp.

Y O U W R IT S T M I AD.—W R OO T H I R I8 T .

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No. 13. Vol. 6. 25 DECEMBER, 1909. Price id.Number 117' ____ ___________________________________________

Gossip of tl>e WccHBY CORNELIUS WRINKLE

It iB a trifle early to think about n ext summer holidays b u t a notice ju st r e c e i v e d f r o m Berne intimates

th a t the organisation Com m ittee of the forthcoming Philatelic E xh ibition has fixed a very suitable holiday time for the show n ext Autumn.

*' The Organisation Committee has fixed the date of the International Philatelic Exhibition for the days from 3rd to 12th September, 1910.

This date m ust be considered as favourably chosen as many friends o f Switzerland, travelling a t th at time in our country will have the opportunity to see the exhibition. The lists of the members of the different committees are formed and the subscription for the E xhibition founders, which we recommend heartily to all friends of Philately, is going on very well.

Messrs. E . R u fly , Director of the International Postal Union ; Colonel E . F re y , Director of the Inter- national Telegraph U n io n ; A. Stager, Postmaster- General ; A . Hocher, Postm aster a t Berne ; C. Deles- Bert, Postm aster a t Lausanne, have kindly accepted our invitation to be the Vice-Patrons of the Exhibition.

The Official Programme will be published in some days and w ill be despatched as soon as possible, a t all events in the course of this month.

International Philatelic Exhibition, Berne, 1910.T h e S e c re ta ry , F r it z T u b e .

International Philatelic Exhibition, Vienna, 1911.Another International E xhibition is on the tnpis.

Vienna is to be the meeting ground for 1911.The Oesterreichischer Philatelisten-K lub “ Vin-

dobona ” and the Tauschvereinigung fur Postwert- seichen have suggested a Committee consisting of representatives of a ll Vienna Philatelic Societies to realise the long cherished in ten tion ! of|hold in g an

International Philatelic Exhibition in Vienna, which would take place from 12th to 26th September, 1911, following the X X I II . Deutschen Philatelistentag, invited to Vienna a t about the same time.

I t is expected th a t this exhibition will be a grand one, for i t is the intention of the Committee not only to rouse the interest of the wider public b y pointing specially to the artistic views of this branch of collecting, but also by giving wide room for junior collectors alongside the prominent scientific philateliste.

This Exhibition will also be a Jubilee Exhibition, for in 1911 it will ju st be 30 years that the first P h ilatelic Exhibition ever held took place in Vienna with splendid success.

Chairman of the Executive Committee, Dr. Hans von Woerz. Hon, Secretary, Mr. Adolf Passer. A ll Communications to be addressed to the Office of " Internationale Postwertzeichen Ausstellung, Wien 19 11 ," 9, Himmelpfortgaese, Vienna, I.

The First Delegatee.A circular from the new Congress Committee states

that Mr. Heaton is to give the closing addreBS. Up to the time of going to press the following Philatelic Societies have informed the Committee of the names of the Delegates appointed by them to attend the Congress:— The Royal Philatelic Society, London— Messrs. E . D. Bacon, M. P. Castle, L . W. Fulcher and J. A. Tilleard; Chums Society of Stamp Collectors— Messrs. Ernest H. Robinson, L . S. Goldsmith and Percy C. Bishop Croydon Philatelic Society— Messrs. Albert Ashby and H. H. Harland; Portland Philatelic Society— Mr. W , Haworth ; South Wales and Monmouthshire Philatelic Society— Mr. Walter Scott and Col. G E . Petty ; Swadlincote Philatelic Society-M essrs. W. Oakley and W . Hilton ; the Philatelic Students' Fellowship— Messrs.B. B . Kirby and S. R. Turner.

The Indian Postal ServiceMy correspondent, W. F., sends me an interesting

cutting from The T im es (December 1st) dealing with the latest report on the Post Office of In dia: —

“ The annual report of the Indian Post Office for the year ended March 31st last shows that the number of letters and packages of all kinds delivered amounted to 865 millions, being 58J millions in excess of the number

Where to Spend your Holidays.


In the preceding year. The redactions in rates made in October, 1907, have given India the -cheapest letter postage in the world. The unit of charge is 4 anna (the equivalent of a halfpenny) for 1 tolah (9-24the oz.), and 10 tolahs are carried for an anna. One effect of this cheapened rate has been to increase greatly correspondence conducted by letter, instead of by postcard, the charge for which is the equivalent of a farthing. In1907-8 the number of postcards exceeded the number of letters by 1} millions. Last year there was a difference of 10 millions in favour of letters, which were 9 per cent, in excess of the number of the previous year. There were 35 highway robberies of the mail, attended in seven cases with loss of life. The year being one of great trade depression, the balance a t the credit of depositors in the savings banks rose by only a very sm all amount. It stands at rather more than 10 millions sterling, and there are 1,318,632 depositors.

Oil with their Heads!

A discriminating reader of the S u rre y E v e n in g E ch o (Dec. 6th, 1909) sends me a cutting relating to the purchase by a stamp dealer of a “ little barber.” W hat a stamp dealer wants with a guillotine we cannot say for certain, but it might perhaps be with some evil designs on K ing’s heads. A n y of the dealers' debtors who may have been quaking in their shoes m ay be re-assured by the intimation that the stamp dealer has re-sold his gruesome toy.

" Number 553, one guillotine," called the auctioneer st the Hotel Drouot, In Paris, and two men brought a genuine guillotine, about 12ft. high with sculptured caps of liberty painted in red, but without the knife In view of the public- " One hundred bancs 1" " 2001" “ 600 I" were the first bids.

But an unkind antiquary had written to the papers to say that, contrary to what had been stated, the guillotine In question had never cut any heads off for the good reason that the revolutionist of the Terror, Javoguea, for whom the Instrument had been made, bad never used i t but bad had the * enemies of the fatherland * shot Instead (n the country town In which he was commissioned by the of Public Safety to operate.

The guillotine never having been used, bids went up rather slowly, and never passed £30 17s., at which price the Instrument was knocked down to a postage stamp dealer. What the latter wanted with It is not clear His only reason, apparently, for buying It was that he lives In the Rue de la Koquette, where, until the last few years, the guillotine of to-day used to * perform its function "

But the postage stamp dealer did not long remain In possess’on of the instrument. A Montmartre musk hall keeper purchased It from the postage stamp dealer, and will set up the guillotine tn his music hall at Montmartre.

A Postmark Curiosity.

A freak of postmarking has been sent for m y inspection this week. I t is a curiosity that would puzzle the student of postmarks, without the explanation, which I append in m y correspondent's own words.

*' I send you for inspection, a pair of stamps which at the first glance appear to have been through the poet, and so they have, but not for franking purposes. Th e y were enclosed in an envelope to pay return postage from a place called Banteer, in the South of Ire la n d ; the envelope was rather thin and the date stamp appears to have gone through the envelope and so postmarked one of the pair, but there is more than this in it, for if you observe the m ark, it reads backwards, as if read in a mirror, and I think the explanation is ‘ that whoever was stamping the letters in the post office at Banteer must have had a strong arm , andin stamping a series of letters, came down so hard on

this particular one that the date stamp of preceding letter, which must have been still moist, came through from underneath and so cancelled the stamp inside

the letter.’ I t is a curiosity to me so thought you m ight like to see it .”

Yours truly,J W. R. Bm u i m .

The Prices of New Hebrides.A n Ialeworth reader writes me as follows:—

P Dear Sir,— For the benefit of readers of T h e P o tta ge S ta m p who, like myeoif, confine themselves to Messrs.------------- 's catalogue, can you find space in your valuablepaper to quote what you consider the present values of each and all of the “ New Hebrides Condominium.’1 on F iji both used and unused.

I have written to ask Messrs.,------------- , but theysay they do not know, aa they have none of theee stamps in stock.

Yours truly,W il l ia m J . G a r d it e r .

T he present buyin g prices o f N ew Hebrides fo llo w s;—

are aa

S in g le C .A .Unused. Used.

d . green - - - 7/6 to 12/6 —2d. purple and orange — 8/- —2 id . purple and blue on blue 6/- —5d. purple and green - l/« —fid. purple and carm ine — 4/- —Is. green and carm ine - — —

M u ltip le C .A .id . green - — - 4d. —Id. carm ine - — - 3d. —Is. green and carm ine - — 2/-Next Week’s “ Postage Stamp *•

W ill be a number that you .will want to keep by you for frequent reference. Indeed it would be a good plan to secure an extra copy to keep separate from your file so th a t you can always keep it handy. Among other items will be a review of the past year, an extensive diary " W hat’s on iu 1910,” an article on “ The Rise in Stamp P rices," and ether useful reference features.

Primitive Posts la Mexico.Mr. H . G. Jobson's paper " The Carriage of the Mails

as shewn on Postage Stam ps," before the Juniors at Princs Henry’s Counqil Chamber on Saturday night last, contained some interesting notes on old postal systems. Mexico’s 1895 issue of stamps, it appears, shews all her means of postal communication. Incredible though it may seem, Mexico from as early as the tim e of Mahommed possessed au organised system of runners, who were, however, only employed in carrying Government despatches and priestly documents. The men, in order to increase their speed, were exceedingly tightly belted, so m uch so, indeed, that when they fell they experienced great difficulty in rising again. Along the fine tree-bordered roads they bad no difficulty in keeping up the speed by means of relays, to ISO miles per day, and it was tbs proud boast of the Aztec Emperors that fish could be brought from the sea in twenty-four hours fit for the Royal table.

The “ Postage 5 tamp” on Ssle.T h e Postage S ta m p is now kept on sale and m ay be

had every week a t the following dealers’ establishm ents: B right & Son, 164, Strand, W C.F . C . Ginn, 143, 8trand, London, W.C.Lewis May & Co., 15, K ing W illiam S t., Strand, W.C. W . H . Peckitt, 47. Strand, London, W.C.James Rhodes, 62. Market Street. Manchester.W. Ward. Booth Street. Piccadilly, Manchester.And at all Newsagents and Booksellers.


MauritiusB Y J. IR ELA N D

RE A D E R S o f T h e P o t t a g e S ta m p m ight be interested to know the means adopted for sim p lify in g this cou n try o f confusion as i t certain ly is in S tan ley Gibbons’ c a ta logue. I t looks hopeless fo r a junior to

attem p t to g e t together an yth in g like a com plete collection, b u t the reader m ay take i t from m e th a t i t is n ot a t a ll im possible to get the best p a rt of th e D e L a Rue issues com plete, a t le a st. The c h ie f reason for the uninteresting lis t in the catalogue is the change of currency from pence to cents, which occurred in 1878, and consequent overprinting o f the pence set w ith cents fo r using up the form er. Some o f the stam ps on hand w ere overprinted “ can celled ,” and sold to dealers— I believe U essrs. S tan ley Gibbons, L td .— o f course m uch below f a c e 'v a lu e . The origin al stam p, however, is ju st as m uch cancelled w hether overprinted w ith “ cen ts," “ c a n ce lle d " or th e o b literatin g stam p a t th e post office. It is ju s t as w ell to bear these fa cts in blind, or, a t least to give them consideration. The fo llow in g then is the lis t fo r M auritius for the sim plified co llecto r.

18 4 7 . I n s c r ib e d *’ P o s t O ffic e ."Id . verm ilion 2d. blue

18 4 8 . I n s c r ib e d " P o s t P a id ."Id . verm ilion 2d. blue

18 5 3 . “ M a u r itiu s ’* r e a d in g d o w n .2d. blue

18 5 9 . G r e e k b o r d e r .Id . verm ilion 2d. blue

18 5 8 -9 . B r ita n n ia . M o v a lu e e x p r e s s e d .(4 ) green (6 ) verm ilion (9 ) m agenta

No t e .—The above design printed in blue or brown-red were never issued. T hey m ay be found overprinted l .f .b ., and p erfo rated . This was done a t the London P h ila te lic E xhibition in 1890, and th e stam ps sold as souvenirs. These stamps, however, have no philatelio in terest.

18 5 9 . B r ita n n ia . *6d. blue 6d. grey 6d. brown-red I s . verm ilion I s . green

18 6 0 . Q u e e n 's H e a d .I d . lilac-brow n 2d. blue 3d. red

^ d . rose6d. green (18 6 2 )6d. lila c 9d. d u ll purple 9d. green

lO d . marone I s . vellow 0 8 6 2 )Is . srreen (18 6 3 ) la . b lue

• 5s. vio let

In 18 78 a provisional 2c. stam p was m ade by printin g the lO d. p late w ithout th e value, and overprinting it tw o c e n t s . A provisional 25c. stam p was also m ade b y printing the sixpenny value in blue and overprinting i t 25 c b n t b .

18 7 9 .

18 78 . P r o v is io n a l I s s u e .2c. on lO d.26c. on 6d. blue

Q u e e n 's R e a d . C e n ts 1l c . vio let (18 9 3 )2c. brown2c. green (18 8 5 )4c. orange4c. rose (18 8 5)8c. blue

13 c . slate16 c . brown (18 9 3 )15 c . blue (18 9 4 )16 c . brown ( 1 8 9 1 )1 7 c . rose26c. olive yellow38c. lila c50c. green50c. yellow (1 8 9 1 )2r. 60c: brown purple

18 9 3 . P r in t e d in n ew c o lo u r a n d s u r c h a r g e d . l c . on 2c. v io le t.

This com pletes the Queen’s head cents issue. The 1 3 c . and 38c. are, perhaps, the m ost elusive values, but, if desired, th ey m ay be taken w ith the overprint tw o cen tb , in w hich condition they are m uch cheaper. The 17 c . unsurcharged is probably worth every penny of th e 6s. a t which it is priced. The n ext issue is th e current Arms design. The early colours of these are not nearly so com m on as th ey were, and w ith the advent o f the redrawn design, there w ill probably be a rush to fill up blank spaces.

18 9 6 . A r m s. l c . lila c and blue l c . black (19 0 0 )2c. lila c and orange 2c. lila c (19 0 0 )3c. lila c3 c. green and red on yellow (19 0 3 )4c. lila c and green4c. lila c and rose on yellow (19 0 0 )4c. green and lila c (19 0 3 )4c. b lack and rose on blue (19 0 4 )5o. lila c on buff (19 0 2 )6c. lila c and b lack (19 0 4 )6c. green and red6c. lila c and red on red (19 0 4 )8c. green and black (19 0 4 )

12 c . b lack and carmine (19 0 5 )1 5 c . green and orange (19 0 0 )15 c . black and blue on blue (19 0 5 ) 18 c . green and blue 2 5 c . green and rose on green (19 0 5 ) 5 0 c. green on yellow (19 0 5 )

R l . black and rose (19 0 5 )R 2 j. green and black on blue (19 0 5 ) R 5 . lilac and rose on red (19 0 5 )

C o m m e m o r a tiv e I s s u e s .36c. orange and blue (18 9 8 )16 c. blue (19 0 0 )


The dates g iv en o f the changes in co lou r are ap p ro x im ate . E ven w ith S tan ley G ibbon s ’ C h ro n o lo g ica l a rran gem en t it is o ften im possib le to te ll w h en certa in changes occur.

The 1860—pence— issue is d ifficu lt to o b ta in in fine cond ition . T h e ob literations are, as a ru le , very h ea vy . T h e question here arises w h eth er a “ can ce lled ” s tam p is not better than a b a d ly postm arked copy . P e rson a lly , I used not to th ink so, b u t a fte r a va in search fo r fine copies a t “ h a lf -c a ta lo g u e ,” I am com ing to the conclusion

th at the “ can ce lled ” fo rm of ob lite ra tion is no w orse th an the postal one . T h e Id ., 2d ., 3d., fid . green, 10 d ., I s . y e llow , an d 5s. va lues are obta in ab le in th is cond ition a t a frac tio n o f the price o f unused or used cop ies. Those readers o f The Postage Stamp w h o subscribe to a N ew Issue S e rv ice w i l l sh o rt ly be rece iv ing the re d raw n d es ign . T h is w i l l aw ak en fresh in terest in M au ritiu s , an d I \~rx. s tro n g ly recom m end c o llec tin g th is coun try i th e sim plified p lan .

My Favourite Country at>d WljyM auritiusBY G. LUMGAIR

Notes of a paper read before the Brighton Branch of the Junior Philatelic Society

TH E in v ita tion to con tribu te fo r this even ing 's

proceed ing, a paper on the above sub ject has u n dou bted ly been w elcom ed by those m em bers w h o have spec ia lised in acq u irin g th e ir postage stam ps w h ich now constitu te

the b eau tifu l d isp lay s w ith w h ich w e have from tim e to tim e been favou red in th is room .

M y ow n co llec tin g has, however, been one w h ich in c luded a l l coun tries . The co llec tin g w as started m any years a g o to m eet dem ands from friends w h o h ad been a ttra cted to the joy s o f becom ing p h ila te lis ts . I have accord in g ly been m ore active in find ing and p ro v id in g stam ps fo r m y friends than fo r m y se lf . Thus I rem em ber p iok ing up in Seychelles m an y sp lend id M auritiu s stam ps a t a tim e w hen these is lands w ere not fin a lly sep arated from the C o lo n y . Subsequen tly , w h en S e y chelles h ad their ow n stam ps, I aga in secured a t M ak6 a la rg e num ber o f specim ens. A lso in R odriques, w h ere the stam ps o f M au rit iu s w ere an d a re used fo r the p repaym ent o f le tters , m any good copies w ere acqu ired fo r such fr ien d s . A nd also in Reunion , T am ative , in Ind ia , Zanzibar, C apeports, N a ta l, S t . H e lena , an d A zores.

O n ly a fe w years ago d id I re a lly b e g in to keep stam ps fo r m y se lf . I first put them in an In te rn a tio n a l P o sta ge S tam p A lbu m , an d o f course, th ey w e re a l l in the w ro n g p laces— colours, perfo ration s a n d w aterm arks b e in g beyond m y k n ow led ge . T h en I th ou gh t f. w o u ld g e t another

a lbu m — Im p eria l A lbu m — and in m y attem pt to p roperly c la ss ify the stam ps, and w ith m uch kind assistance from an expert, I have overcom e m any o f the d ifficu lties in vo lved in a gen era l co llection , an d am try in g g rad u a lly to com p lete the sam e.

M y favo u rite country, how ever, is M auritiu s , “ the S ta r an d K ey o f the In d ian O cean—Ste lla Clarique U a r-a Indies, an d I have succeeded in m ak in g a very fine co llec tion o f a l l th e postage stam ps issued in the C olony , a t least, you w ere good enough to so desoribe th e sheets thereof I had the p leasu re o f su bm ittin g to your inspection . T h e possession o f the stam ps a lon e w o u ld , I su b m it, be a sufficient reason fo r d escrib in g them as M y F avo u rite C ountry , w h ich com bined w ith m y lo n g residence in the Is lan d , w o u ld a lso g ive th e an sw er to— w h y Theodore H ook , w r it in g to a friend , sa id th at in M au ritiu s you an d I (u tc I ) w ou ld a lw ay s be u n ite d . I am im bu ed w ith s im ila r sentim ents fo r th e C o lon y .

M oreover, s ince the first issue in 18 59 to the present d ay th e stam ps, w ith fe w exceptions, are a l l o b ta in ab le a t a m oderate cost, th e ir design an d co lou r a re p leasin g to th e eyes, an d any difficu lties in re ga rd t o , w aterm arks a n d p e rfo r ations a re eas ily overcom e. A n ew issue is a n nounced fo r th e end o f th is y ea r o r beg inn ing o f next, in w h ich th e A rm s o f the C o lon y have been m odified, a specim en th ereo f is show n in acc o m p an y in g ' envelope. *

‘ Shewn at the meeting after the reading of the paper.

Tl>e Sidney ViewsTranslated from the “ Madrid F ila telico” Sept,, 1909

AL T H O U G H they a re g en era lly know n under

the nam e o f S yd n ey V iew s, the first stam ps o f N e w South W a le s contain no m ore than a n a lle g o r ic a l p icture, ce rta in ly v e ry e x p ressive .

A portion o f th e c ity is shew n in the design , but th e characters fo rm the tru e ob ject o f the p ic tu re .

T h is is w h a t it s h o w s :—In a square fram e, an d w ith in a c irc le , the

b e lfry o f a church an d the gab les o f tw o or three

houses a r e seen h a lf h idden b y a h ill, w h ich gen tly slopes dow n to the sea occu py in g the centre o f the d es ign . T o the r ig h t is p a rt ly seen a sh ip ; not one o f those p roducts o f m odern industry , bu t one o f those heavy and cum brous boats o f a cen tury a go .

F in a lly , in the fo regrou n d there a re fo u r p e rsons, tw o m en and tw o w om en .

L e t us n ow see w h a t is the apparent m ean ing o f th is scene.

O ne o f the w om en is seated on a bale , w h ich


has the date 1788, in her h an d she has a caduceus, an d she is su rrounded b y ag r icu ltu ra l im plem ents. W ith these a ttribu tes it is evident that thiB w om an personifies A g r ic u ltu re . T h e date given is that o f the fo u n d in g o f the C o lo n y . The people in fron t o f th e goddess a re som e o f the early Colon ists, she is shew in g them the ad van tages o f husbandry , in v itin g them to take possession o f the so il.

Th is is ra th er an a lle go ry th an a landscape .F o r th e rest, there is a m otto on th e d raw in g

which confirm s the above e x p la n a t io n ; th is m otto, taken from the O e d r g i c a a o f V irg il , is to the fo l

lo w in g e ffe c t :— 8 io Fortia E tru ria C revit (so grew the m ight o f E t r u r ia ) . B y th is it is m eant to s ig n ify that the C olony ow es its p rosperity to ag ricu ltu re .

T h e rem ainder o f the inscription , in a circle, is as fo l lo w s :— “ S ig illu m N ov . Cam . A u s t .” w h ich means “ Stam ps o f N e w South W a le s . "

T h e bo rder o f the stam p fo rm s a fine ornam ent. In the m idd le a re tw o v e rtic a l lines, an d z ig -z a g lines a t the sides, in each co rn er there is a rosette. “ P o sta ge ” is in scribed a t the top, and the va lue, in letters in fu ll , a t the bo ttom . As these stam ps appeared in 1850 , they a re n a tu ra lly im perfo rate .

Notes froip tlje NewspapersPostage Stamp Cancellation.—Labour-Saving Device

Installed at Haddersfleld Pest Office.The fam iliar round cancelling stamp impressed by hand

on letters and postcards passing through the Huddersfield General Post Office w ill in a few days cease to be largely used. In future the stamps on letters and postcards w ill be cancelled by means of an automatic electric stamper, which w ill also rule lines across the top of the envelope or postcard in the same w ay as communications passing through the large offices of London, Manchester, etc., are dealt w ith at present.

The machine for accomplishing th is purpose is intended to dispense w ith the necessity of hand stamping, which, comparatively, is a slow and expensive process. By the courtesy of the postal officials an “ E x a m in e r" representative was allowed to see the m achine in experimental operation this m orning. I t is known as the •' E rage ” stamper, is of the latest type, and cancels about 700 letters or postcards per minute. Driven by a

h.p. alternating current motor connected with the orporation mains, the machine deals w ith the corres-

ondence in an efficient and very speedy manner. Letters and postcards are fed stamp downwards in bundles of about fifty w ith backs against a stationary face plate, and the operator with his fingers pushes the letters past the face plate on to two rubber friction rollers. These press the letter against a circular upright spindle on which the type giving the name of the office, time of posting, and date has been fixed. The spindle is inked by a revolving pad, and as the spindle revolves it > cancels the stamps on the letter, which is then passed on to an automatic stacker, where the letters accumulate. The letters are then removed by another operator, and sorted in the usual way.

In view ol the near approach of the Christmas season, the machine has been installed at an opportune time. The general public w ill greatly assist the postal officials in m aking use of the machine if they w ill place the stamp as near as possible to the right hand top corner of the envelope or postcard. I f there is more than one stamp they should be placed in a row along the top of the envelope, and not in a column down the right band side.

Huddersfield Examiner, Dee. 2. 1909.

Dispute about a Bradford Stamp Collection.At the Bradford County Court yesterday his H onour

Judge Graham , K .C ., w as oocupied m ost of the day in hearing the case in which M r. T . C . Appleton, stamp dealer, Ben Bhydding, claimed £27 damages from M r.C. Penningroth, a yarn merchant's clerk residing in Agar Street, Bradford, for detinue in respect of a collection of postage stamps formerly the property of the late M r.

C . E . Penningroth, dealer in m usic and foreign stamps in N o rth Parade, and afterwards in Manningham Lane, Bradford. M r. R . A . Shepherd appeared for the plaintiff, and M r. H . M arshall for the defendant.

The evidence showed that in 1908 M r. Penningroth, Ben., decided to give up business on account of advancing years, and the plaintiff agreed to purchase his stock of stamps on the understanding that the transaction in cluded the handing over to h im o f the whole of the stock, and M r. Penningroth agreed, saying he did not intend to deal any more in stamps. The plaintiff gave £162 10s. for the collection, getting an assurance from M r. Penningroth that if any more stamps turned up he would send them ou to him . The o ld gentleman died in March last, and in October the defendant, his son, wrote to the plaintiff offering a collection of stamps for £100. W hen the plaintiff exam ined them be declared that they should have been included in the stock he bought from the defendant's father when he gave up business. The defendant contended that the stamps concerned were purchased by his father after the transaction with M r. Appleton, and that the contract betweon M r. Penningroth, sen., and the plaintiff was not intended to include the stamps in dispute. The plaintiff, in his evidence, said that he bid for the stamps a price which would leave a margin of 60 per cent, profit.

H is Honour gave judgm ent for the plaintiff, the am ount of damages to be fixed later.

Yorkshire Daily Observer, Dee, 4,1909.

Back Nos. of "T h e Postage Stamp."Those of our friends who are lacking any back numbers

of the present vol. w ill do well to write d ir e c t to o u r P u b l i t b e r t , Sir Isaac Pitman A Sons, 1 Amen Corner, London, E.C., for what they require. Many newsagents do not care to bother about back numbers. Any number still on sale may be had for the published pries and postage, <•»., ltd.

Bargains in Stamps.If yon want real bargains in Postsge Stamps read the

advertisement pages of T h e P o t ta g e S ta m p every week. Every week there Is something new, and many special bargains. It you miss a week you may miss the very stamp you wsot to complete a series

The Postage Stamp Binding Covers.Handsome dark bins covers In buckram, gilt lettered side

and back, may be had from our Publishers, Sir Isaac Pitman A Sons. Amen Corner. London. Prioe Is. 6d.

I

ISO TH E POSTAGE STAM P

Ii? tl?e Staipp MarketBY O. REGINALD GUMChristmas Week

Creates a brisk demand for packets— an especial sideline wbioh the dealer finds very appreciable, making up as it does for the loss of those olients who “ run a w a y ” on the least holiday excuse. The Christmas and N ew Y ear Packet buyers are generally fond parents, uncles or aunts, who buy on behalf of some youngster juBt smitten with the taste for stamp-collecting. Though they (the parents, uncles or aunts) consider the hobby a childish one. they are not slow to make a sure point of getting the scarcest stamps at the lowest prices, and querying as to whether all the contents of the packet are “ guaranteed genuine.’1

PacketsAre an indispensable line of the Stam p Dealers’ stock-

in-trade, just as the grooer Bells sugar, o r the newsagent sells the Pottage Stamp. I rather think that the average continental dealer can show the average British dealer a few tips in packet m aking and showing. O f courae, I am now dealing with packets sold by legitimate members of the stamp trade,— not those paokets sold by newsagents, tobacconists, art dealers, Ac., in themselves an individual trade.

H ow often does one see transparent envelope packets in this oountry ? Y e t here alone lies a novelty that compels the packet to sell. Certainly it is also a means of further misleading the purchaser who imagines that the packet contains altogether stamps l l le those that show through the transparency of the envelope. “ W h a t the eye doesn't see— ," t i l l the packet is opened.

However, honest packets m ade up in transparent envelopes w ill enjoy a fifty per cent, better trade than sim ilar honest packets offered for sale in “ non-peep” covers.

To-day and Twenty Years age.A ll good 'X m as numbers of all eorts of periodicals

love to publish stories of Christmases of long ago— with their little items of Qretna Oreen fiction (a most bleak and unromantic looking place by the way).

M any philatelic magazines follow suit at this Dickens’ period with beautiful stories of the bargains of long ago. The reader pays his money, and. the E ditor gives h im as much as he can in fictional value, and everybody’s satisfied.

I hold that the dealer of to-day has as m any, if not greater opportunities than his “ ancestor ” of twenty years ago. F o r the first reason he can offer a greater variety of stock at lower rates— thus appealing to a greater clientele. Twenty years ago ? No, fifteen, twelve, ten years ago 1 I o a n . well remember paying joyfully, and writing for more, for many stamps which I could quote to-day, retail, at less.

The Most Popular CountriesIn demand by collectors generally are not Papua, Cay

m an, or Solomon Islands, but the following— of course so far as Great Britain is concerned

1. United States.2. Southern N igeria,S. Chile.4. France.

5. Greece.6. Scandinavians.7. Germ an States.8. Germ an Colonies.9. H olland.

10. Belgium .

This list is not a mere guess, but oompiled from half-a- dozen separate dealers’ lists of demands, and buying accounts of the past year. I t is worthy o f mention that curiously G reat B ritain does not appear in the first ten.

A n American friend sends me the list o f ten most popular countries “ across the pond.” They are

1. United States.2. Revenues and Entires.3. Canadian, with Newfoundland,4. British.5. Germans.6. U .8 . Colonies.7. Mexico8. Levant.9. Cayman Is.

10. Jamaica.

The Most Popular on the ContinentAppear to be mostly as follows.

1. Native country,2. G reat Britain ,9. Siam.4. Balkan States.6. Levant.6. Southern N igeria7. N ew Hebrides.8. Sicily.9. Naples.

10. U n ited States.

So that it w ill be seen that taking the voting all round, the three most worldly popular countries, philatelically, are U n ited States, Southern N igeria , and Levant. These notes should be of use to those having deals abroad

Tho Rise la Stamp Prices.D u rin g the past y ear ou r esteem ed contem porary

Madrid PilaU ltco has been publish ing som e interesting com m entaries on the high prices ru lin g fa r ra re stam ps in fine condition, a point w h ich is th e outstanding feature an d the m ost im portant lesson gained from the great stam p ' sales o f the past tw e lv e m onths. 1909 has been a m em orable y ea r in Ph ila te ly in m ore senses than one, an d the fact th a t 8 pain hae com e in fo r a strong sind vigorous philatelic rev iv a l is not the least prom ising sign o f th epossib ilitie s o f P h ila te ly fo r u n lim ited expansion . T n e next num ber, w hich w ill be partly devoted to a rev iew o f the yea r ju s t concluding, and p a rt ly to a p rogram m e fo r th e N e w Y e a r , w ill contain a translation o f “ T h e R ise in S tam p Prices,” articles from our tw e lve y ea r o ld Span ish Contem porary which is, w e are are g lad to note, itself reap in g much benefit in advertising and in the im portance o f its literary contributions from the g row th o f Spanish philatelio activity. The articles h ave been specially translated fo r The Postage Stamp b y M r. F rank G rundy , B .Sc.


Tlje World’s Staipp ErrorsTl>e M ost Com prehensive and E ntertain ing A rtic le on th is S u b ject yet publishedBY MISS F IT T E i

This important article was started in No. 1 of the present Volume. The twelve instalments already published may be had from the Publishers in Nos. 1 to 12, Pol. V., price l j d each post free.

Dominican Republic.

TYPE.

1900, 20c., carottne (229).

There are several errors of inscription in the stamps of this issue, vis., the Two Centavos with •• H a i t i ” on right, instead of on le ft; the F ive Centavos, w ith " a t l a n t i c o ” and “ m a r c a b i b b ” transposed; and the F ifty Centavos inscribed *' c i n c o ’’ instead of *• c i n c u e n t a ” at fo o t; these were purposely made, and are mentioned only in ordor that they m ay be ignored.

The only real error is one of colour, some impressions from the Twenty Centavos stone having been printed in carmine, the colour of the H a lf Centavo; it is not uncommon, and is to be met with used and unused. I t was once believed that this error was oaused by the imposition of a wrong transfer on the stone used for the low value, but the Twenty Centavos, carmine, being known in large blocks, disposes of that theory.

Ecuador.1867, “ Unreal” and “ ------- " , black on b lue ; 1871,

“ ------- ’’ blue on rose; 1873-74, “ -------- " black onyellow, “ ------- ’’ black on lilac (14, 15, 28, 32, 33).

The issues from 1866 np to the middle of 1879 are all of the same design, and are typographed in black or blue on variously coloured papers, the word " c o r r e o s ” and the value being subsequently printed on the blank tablets left for that purpose : the sheets consist of twenty-one stamps in three horizontal rows of seven.

As m ight be expected, mistakes occurred ; and, as they are all of a sim ilar kind, I group the most striking of them together, as fo llow s: —

1867. U n real in one word, " Unreal ” , black on blue (14).

(U n real) w ithout the inscriptions, black on blue (15).

U n real, inscriptions interchanged, black on blue (— ).

I 1671. (M edio real), w ithout the inscriptions, blue on rose (28).

1873-4. (M edio real), w ithout the inscriptions, black on yellow (82).

(U n real), w ithout the inscriptions, black on lilac (33).

These errors (of which the first was N o . 16 on the sheet) are naturally scarce, and run in price from £5 upwards.

ERROR.

1892, 5s., green (36a)

The Five Sucres o f this “ 8eebeck ” set seems to have been printed— perhaps, intentionally— in green, the colour of the Ten Centavos, instead of in its proper colour, violet: some catalogues give it as an essay, or rather a colour trial

The error, though not priced in the .Catalogue, doe not appear to be rare, but I have not heard of it otherwise than unused.

E g y p t .

ERROR.TYPE.

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1866, 6 pias., rose— overprint o f 10 pins. (8).

The Btamps of the first issue would be incomplete without the black Turkish characters: it therefore seems only reasonable to exclude them from m y list of exceptions. I f the stamps be placed correotly, the loop o f the central character (M a s r= E gypt) is uppermost, and then the lowest group of characters indicates the facial value in Turkish currency; the other characters, constant for a ll values, being— at left, Masrtje= Egyptian ; top, Busta = Postage; and at right, Tam gai= Stamp.

The value on the F ive Piastres, rose, should read Beech Orousch ( = five piastres), but the plate used for the printing in black was, in the case of a very few sheets, that belonging to the highest value, and the Turkish inscription accordingly reads On Orousch (= t e n piastres): the error is known unused, both perforated an d imperforate, and also used (perforated) on original letter.

The corresponding error o f Betch Orousch on the Ten Piastres, slate-blue, is considered to exist on ly as a forgery.

ERROR.

1872-76. 5 paras, brows—end labels interchanged (44).

The 1872-75 issue was surface-printed, the central portion of the design, together with the upper and lower

inscriptions, being from one and the same die for all the values, but the end labels and figures were from different dies for each value, that on the left being inscribed in Turkish characters.

In m aking up, late in 1874, the composite die to strike the m oulds for printing a further supply of the Five Paras, brown, the side labels (inoluding the adjacent parts of the frame) were incorrectly placed, that w ith the Turkish inscription being placed at the •* pyram id ’’ end, and the other at the " sphinx ” s id e : consequently, the corner numerals are inverted. Curiously, the error (which exists tite-btche) is commoner than the normal stamp.

The entire sheet oonsisted o f 200 stamps in 20 horizontal rows o f 10: and every stamp - t h e plate being an electro or stereo from the faulty m oulds— is incorrect as above described; but the stamps themselves are somewhat mixed. I f I term “ A ’’ the error so plaoed that the centre is inverted, and " B ” the error so placed that the centre is upright, the arrangem ent on the sheet is as fo llow s:— 1st and 5th rows each 9 " A " and 1 (the last) “ B ” ; 2nd., 4th.. 8th., 10th., 12th., 14tb., 16th., 18th. and 20th. rows, all “ B ” ; and 3rd., 6th., 7tb., 9th., 11th., 13th., 15th., 17th. and 19th. rows, a ll “ A " .

The error is usually described as having the middle portion inverted; but, though the result is the same, it would seem more natural to place the labels at the ends of the central part, than the latter between the ends.

W h y is this issue always described as lithographed ? To me the stamps seem, and I feel sure they are, un doubtedly surface-printed.

To be continued.

' N O T E .Our thanks are due to M r. W. H . Peckitt fo r the

loan of some of the rare stamps used in illustrating the article on “ The World’s Stamp Errors.”

CorrespondenceN .B .— Correspondence on all matters o j general philatelic interest u cordially-invited. A ll letters fo r publication

should be sent to the Editor, The Postage Stamp, 14, Sudboume Road, Brixton, London, and letters should also be distinctly marked inside with the name o f this journal. The Editor does not necessarily identify himself with opinions expressed by correspondents.

"F in d s . '’

The E d ito r o f The Postage Stamp.D e a r Sir,

“ A ppro 's ” le tte r in The Postage Stamp o f the 27th u lt ., is a perfect specim en o f the euppres- s io veri that is equ iva len t to a suggeetio fa lsi. H e omits to state that the new K in g 's H eads w ere deta ined only w h ile the o ld Queen 's w ere being arranged , and then proceeds to su ggest that the ap p ro va l sheets w ere kept so le ly fo r the purpose of. find ing out an d pu rchasing those that w ou ld ap prec ia te in v a lu e . M ig h t I enquire o f " A pp ro ” w h ich course o f action he w o u ld pursue in s im ila r circum stances 7 W o u ld he buy the stam ps a t the prioee gnarked on the sheets (sham e 1) o r w ou ld he send them back an d then purchase them at th ree o r fo u r tim es face value? 1 pause and w onder I

Y ou rs tru ly ," O n e L . S . G . "

The E d ito r o f The Postage 8tamp.D e a r S ir,

O n read in g a .f . f .r .o . ’b . le tter to y o u a b o u t

“ L .S .G . ’s ” find, I cannot help fe e lin g surprised by the m anner he takes.

M r. G o ldsm ith sent fo r the stam ps and got them on approval, a t I d . in the I s . over face va lue . The dealers apparen tly d id not m ind him keeping them fo r m onths, o r else they w o u ld have sent fo r th em . H ow ever, w hen they d id send, only those n o t b o u g h t were to be sent back . Su re ly “ L .S .G , ” cou ld keep w hat he w an ted . I f those stam ps had been sent to h im on ly a week or two previous to the change in the w aterm arks it w ou ld have been ju s t the sam e.

I congratu la te M r . G o ldsm ith on his good fo r tune an d consider that a . p . p . k .o . is far too con scientious.

T o tu rn to a to ta lly d ifferent snbjeot.M r . C ornelius W rin k le in V o lu m e I . and I I . o f

Stan ley Qibbon's W eekly , sta rted the idea (a n d I believe carried it o u t ) o f h av in g a badge fo r a l l p h ila te lists . The design w as a sm a ll S tar w ith a “ C row n C .C . " on one side, and a “ C row n C .A . ” on the other.

M ay I ask, i f these are s t ill to be obtained?


T h e idea is certa in ly good, an d it is a p ity that it is not th orou gh ly carried o a t .

H op in g I have not trespassed too m uch w ith your space. I rem ain,

Y ours tru ly ,M id d le sb ro ’, H .C .

D ecem ber 4th, 1909 .

British Crete (?).To the E d ito r o f The Pottage Stamp.D ea r Sir,

M essrs . W h it fie ld K in g k C o ., in th e ir rep ly to m y c r itic ism o f their c a llin g the first C retan issue “ B rit ish ” have eviden tly th ou gh t that I w as “ ru n n in g dow n ” the issue, fo r th e ir le tte r an d copies o f statem ents s ign ed by the fo u r officers g o to p rove only th at the issue w as bona-fide. T h is I have never d isputed— hut the issue was n ot solely a B ritish one, bu t m ade a t the in stan ce o f th e In terna tiona l Commission, and prin ted on behalf o f the In ternationa l C om m ission at Athens.

The tw o previous issues have no dou bt con fused M essrs . W . K . & Cor., like m any another p h ila te lis t— though the first issue is not cata logued and the second is .

The true (an d o n ly ) fac ts are as fo llo w s :— T h e sm a ll P o sta l Com m ittee (com posed m ostly o f B ritishers— hence the reason that som e people im ag in e is a B ritish issue I ) o f the In ternationa l Commission, le ft the w hole m atter in the hands o f H err B erinda, C h ie f o f the A u strian P .O ., and au th orisation to issue a p rovisiona l fran k fo r le t ters, until the receip t o f the I . P . issue. U n

aware o f the m ove by the Com m ission ’s C om m ittee, the B ritish fo rce abou t the sam e tim e prov ided them selves w ith a couple o f handstam ps to m ark prepaid letters com ing into th e ir h aacb . T h ey w e r e :—

( i ) . C irc le bearing U n io n Jack on S tandard over the nam e o f the d istrict in w h ite letters, an d above w hich the am ount o f postage in T u rk ish currency w as g iven . These franks were in itia led b y th e ac t in g c lerk .

( t i ) . E v id en tly fo r official use. C irc u la r in tw o rings, a fte r bearing words “ In ternationa l O ccupation ,” and the inner tw o lines “ G overnor ” an d nam e o f d istrict.

These w ere issued by the British, bu t N o . 1 w il l be foun d cancelled w ith the A u strian postm ark as used to -d ay — “ Oesterrend P o s t .”

T h e 20 paras (2 n d issu e ) m auve w as m ade by H e rr B erinda, and on ly issued fo r the A ustrian D epdt— b u t a t the instance o f the Internationa l Com m ission— w ho w ere som ething like B roker's m en . T h e 3rd o r 1st re gu la r issue, bearin g the erro r o f spe lling parades instead o f parales (p a ra s ) in G reek was an International issue.

I f these w ere B ritish issues w hy w ere fo re ign officials a llo w ed to take a p a rt in them , let alone their m ak in g and s a le ! P ro bab ly w e B ritish are ra ther too qu ick in tak in g credit—b u t this tim e w e m ust share it w ith A ustria , Ita ly , R ussia and France .

W ith the exception o f the Russian official issues— the early stam ps o f C rete shou ld be d e s c ribed as “ P rov isional In ternationa l A dm in istra tion ” stam ps.

” 0 . R e g i n a l d G u m .”

A Million forged Starpps.1 6 c e n t i m e s S o w e r typ e o f France forged to defraud tbe Governm ent and others

r-tlS correspondents o f several newspapers refer to an arrest in Paris o f a n Ita lian nam ed Cappellan i on a charge o f fo rg ing the current 10 centim e (S ow er typ e ) stam ps o f France.

In the “ M orning Lead er ” the stam p design is described a s a “ w om an sew ing.” A s collectors k n ow the design is thread -bare, and the statem ent th a t the forgeries ” are superior in engraving and co louring to the genuine stam ps,” is a striking com m entary on the poverty o f recent French productions in the stam p line.

T b e ” M orn ing Leader ” in ite issue fo r D ecem ber 13th, s a y s :—

* A n Ita lian nam ed Cappellani has been arrested in P a ris on a charge o f forging postage stam ps. N early a quarter o f a m illion 10 centime stam ps have been found in his possession. W arran ts are out against tw o other Ita lian s w h o were his accomplices.

“ T h e vignettes o f the stam ps which bore the im age o f the w om an sew ing are superior in engrav ing and colouring to the genuine stamps.

“ T h e prisoners go t rid o f the forgeries by taking sheets o f 2,000 to the tobacco shops (which are the recognised depots in France for stam ps) and asking fo r the loan on them o f ha lf their face value.

“ I t is believed th at the m en have abou t a m illion forged stam ps.”

T h e “ D a ily E xpress ” o f the sam e date adds a few further p a rt icu la rs :—

“ A n Ita lian nam ed Cappellani w as arrested in Paris yesterday w ith 231,000 French penny stam ps o n him.

“ A ll the stam ps were forged, and so well forged th at they are, if anything, better than the real ones. T h e authorities have arrested two accomplices o f Cappellani, and have reason to believe that the gang has disposed o f m ore than a m illion o f these forged stam ps in cafte and tobacco shops in Paris-

“ T h e ir m ethod w as to borrow certain sums o f m oney from the shopkeepers and to leave stam ps as security, pretending to be Governm ent servants.”

T h e even ing newspaper, “ T h e W estm inster Gazette” (D ecem ber 13th) adds yet further d e ta ils :—

“ Three Ita lians are under arrest in Paris on a charge o f hav ing forged and put into circulation m ore than a m illion ord inary ten centimes postage stam ps since the beginning of A ugu st last. F o r several months the authorities have been try ing to discover the origin o f certain stam ps, the fau lt o f which w as that they w ere, both in colour and in design, m ore perfectly prin ted than the genuine ones ; end a t last they succeeded in obtain ing evidence b y means o f a ra id on a large num ber of * d ib its de tabac,' where stam ps are a lw ays sold. In every case Hie tobacconist on whose premises an y o f the forged stam ps were sold explained th at he h ad taken them— of course, w ithout an y right w hatever— believing them to be genuine, from charitab le m otives, from a m an w ho had offered a few thousand o f them as security for a loan o f fifty o r a hundred francs, to enable him to hasten to the bedside o f a relation in the country, w ho w as either dead or dying. One o f the m en arrested recently returned to P aris from B ologna, and nearly a quarter o f a m illion forged stam ps were found am ong his luggage.”

154 THE POSTAGE] STAMP

New Issues at)d OldI The Editor invites dealers and readers at heme and abroad to five prompt iujermation concerning New Issues. A ll communications must be

sent direct to the Editor, Id, Sudbourne Road, Brixton, London. S.W .After the name of each country we give the page of T H E P O S T A G E S T A M P on which appeared the last reference to that country A

Argentine Republic.— (Vol. V . p. 116).— W e gather from several sources that the 21c. has been issued in the current type, m aking the list to date as fo llow s:—

New Design. |c. v io le t i c . b ro w n och re 2c. ch o co la te 3c. g re e n 4c. p a le p u rp le Sc. d u ll c a rm in e 6c. o liv e bistre

No wmh. Per/. 13, 13}. io c , state green 12c. pa le o ra n g e b ro w n 12c. d u ll blue 15c. y e llo w gree n 20c. u ltra m a rin e 24c. re d b ro w n 30c. c la re t

50c. b lack

Mexico.— (Vol. IV . p. 141).— According to Ewen's Weekly Stamp Newt, a new issue is being prepared com memorative of the Centenary of Independence. The stamps have been designed by looal artists, but the work of engraving and printing is being carried out in London. The subjects of the designs for the different values are said to be as fo llow s:— lo., portrait of Leona Oicario, a heroine of the W a r of Independence; 2c., portrait of Quintana R oo ; 8o„ portrait of Ignacio R ayon ; 4o.t portrait of Josefa Ortez de Dom in iguez; 5c., portrait of H id a ly o ; 10c., portrait of A llen d e ; 15c., portrait of A ld a n a ; and 50c., Ip ., and 5p., historical scenes of the period.

New South Wales.— (Vol. V , p. 69).— W e take the following from the Australian P h ila te lis t:— 11 O ur attention has been directed to the improved appearance of the current lOd. stam p as compared w ith the first issue thirty years ago. These stamps have always been printed from an ‘ electro,' and only one plate has been used since the beginning. W e presume better paper, better ink, better appliances, and better methods are the factors which have produced better results.”

O ur contemporary lists the 2s. 6d. perforated by the 11} and 11 single-line machines w ith the 2d. recorded on page 69. These varieties are, in the case o f single copies, alm ost indistinguishable from the stamps perf. 11 }, 12 compared w ith 11.

Wmh, Crown A ■ Per/, t t i by It.2d. u ltra m a rin e 2a. 6 a . em e ra ld

New Zealand.— (Vol. V . p. 58).— According to the Australian Philatelist, the new stamps were issued on Novem ber 8th. The following extract from our contemporary is o f interest:— “ W e are indebted to M r. Fhipson and other correspondents for cuttings from newspapers, from which we learn that the Btamps of the new issue range from }d . to Is ., eaoh value excepting the Id . bearing the K in g ’s head. The penny stam p is of the same general design as heretofore, exoept that ‘ d o m i n i o n o f n e w Z e a l a n d ’ is substituted for ' n e w Z e a l a n d , ’ and the value appears in Arabic numerals in addition to the value in words. The halfpenny stamp ib prepared for printing by the surface process, and bears an excellent portrait of H is M ajesty the K ing. The fact is not m entioned, but we presume the penny has also been prepared for printing by the surface process, as of late (in issue since January of this year). The stamps at 2d., 3d., 4d., fid , 6d., 8d. and Is . are engraved by the recess process of printing, and are said to be specimens of very fine workm anship, the portrait of the K in g being believed to be the best that has yet appeared on any postage stamps. The plates for all the stamps were prepared in London, the printing being done in N e w Zealand. I t is also stated that the perforation .'gum m ing, and general appearance of the sheets of stamps reflect oredit on the Govern

ment P rin ter and his staff. W ith the exoeption o f the 4d., which is now orange, all the stamps are the old colours. The 2 }d ., 9d., 2s., and 5s. value rem ain as before in design.”

New designs. Wmh. N .Z. and star. Perf. 14 by IS. id . green ■ 4d. orangeid. carmine Sd. chocolate2d. purple 6d. rosine3d. yellow 8d. Prussian blue

Is. vermilion

N o r w a y . ------- (Vol. IV . p. 104).— Ewen's Weekly StampNews states that as the 35 ore stamp is in such little demand no more w ill be printed after this year.

S t . Vincent.— (Vol. V . p. 46).— Messrs. W hitfie ld K in g St Co. send us specimens of the re-drawn Id ., 3d. and 6d. stamps, showing a dot under the “ d .” in the value, to which we referred on page 46.

Re-drawn. Witkdot under ” d ."Wmk. Multiple Cr. CA. Perf. 14.

Id. red3d. purple on yellow 6d. purple

South Australia.— (V o l. V . p. 128).— W e take the follow ing from the Australian P h ila te lis t:— *• W e have before us the 8d. value, thick * p o s t a g e ,’ wm k. Cr. andS.A., perf. 11} x 12, but w ith value in a m uoh deeper shade of blue than the remainder of the stamp. W e have also seen the Is w ith the value in very deep Drown. The question arises is the value printed at the same tim e as the rest of the stam p or at a subsequent period.”

In any case this perforation is a new variety of the 8d. with the o ld waterm ark.

S p a in .— (V ol. V . p . 128).— A correspondent sends us the 5c. value in the new type, sim ilar to the 15c. recorded on page 94.

New design. No wmk. Perf. 13.Sc. green

' ' IK- violetStraits Settlements.— (Vol. V . p. 46).— The 30c.

and f5 stamps in the new colours mentioned on page 46 have now been issued, m aking the list o f varieties on the paper w ith m ultiple waterm ark, as fo llow s:—

Wmk. Multiple Cr. A . Perf. 14. lc . green ioc. purple and black on yellow3c. purple ioc. purple on yellow3c. plum 25c. purple and green3c, rose 25c. purple4C. purple and red 30c. grey and carmine 4c. carmine 30c. purple and orange4c. purple 50c. green and carmineSc. duH purple $t green and blacksc. oripge $2 purple and black8c. purple on blue S5 green and brown orange 8c. ultramarine Is green and red on green

$25 green and black

Turkey.- (V o l . V . p. 82).— Messrs. W hitfield K ing and Co. have shown ns the 10, 25 aod 60 piastres stamps with the sign-m anual of the new Sultan, thus completing the set.

New design. Perf, compound o f is & /_?!.5 par. brown ochre 2 pia. black10 „ green 10 „ red20 „ roae carmine 2S „ greenI pia. ultramarine . so „ brown

Victoria.— (Vol. V . p. 106).— The Australian Ph ila telist records tbe Id ., 2 }d . and 4d. of the ourrent issue in new shades, i.e., rose-carmine, very deep bine, and olive respectively.



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Answers to Correspondents.AJLJL. (Ctspham). The new td . Great

Britain was mentioned In T he P ostage S tamp, November 6th, an article on the stamp by Hr. L. W. Crouch appeared a week later, November 13th (page 82). I t has also been mentioned under the beading New Issues.

M.A.L. (Salop). Thanks for rending stamp. It was, however, chronicled at the time of issue which was September, ISOS.

W A S . (Rathmines). T h an k s; the postmark Is certainly a curiosity. Re

t timed 11.12.0S.

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above society was held In the Rooms of the Y.M.C.A.. on Friday evening, 10th Inst., a t 8 o'clock. Mr. Martin occupied the chair and conducted the ordinary routine business. The President expressed his gratification with the Increase In membership and the Improvement in attendance as well as with the renewal of enthusiasm displayed In the district in matter* of philatelic interest, and trusted this would further Improve and long continue.

Thereafter the member* spent a pleaaant and highly Instructive evening In the Inspection of a magnificent display of the stamps of Malta and the Falkland Isles, kindly lent for the occasion by J. E. Hegin- bottom. Esq., B A ., of Woodlleld, Rochdale This waa the second display of a series to be submitted by this gentleman, to whom this Society Is deeply Indebted for bis unvarying courtesy.

A cordial vote of thanks nnanlmmuly voted to Mr. Begin bottom brought to a termination a very happy gathering.

1010.Jan. 14. Debate, Mr. David v. Mr. Mar

tin. (Subject to be Intimated.)

„ 28. Display, with notea, “ Newfoundland," Mr. J. R . Hen , derson.

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„ 25. Paper, " Who Invented theAdhesive Postage Stamp 7 " Mr. T. M. Wears.

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„ 25. DU^lajr^" Chile," Mr. O. H.

April 8. Display, with Notes, "W e st Australia *' Mr. j T e . Heglnbottom, B.A.


The first social gathering of the season took place a t the Social Room. Wellesley Road, on Wednesday the 8th Inst., doe* upon 100 members and friends being present, and a most enjoyable evening resulting.

The programme Included recitation* by Miss Muriel Sankey, tongs by Madame Hopwood, Messrs. Bullen and Quarter- m am a and the Philatelic Quartette, Violins and Piano trio by Mr. C. P . Williams sod friends, and a musical monologue by Mr. Simmons. There were also two grama- phone recitals of exceptional Interest, the first on the basis of a stamp tour exhibit, under the title of “ Music In many Lauda, and later one Introducing new records of the great artistes of the day, Caruso, T etnx- zlnnL Clara Butt, Evans, Ac., Ac.

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The refreshment arrangements were In the capable hands of the Dame President of the Society, and received full Justice.

A t the close a vote of thanks for the members and friends assisting In the entertainment was passed with enthusiasm.

The next meeting of the Society will be bald on Wednesday, January 12th, a t the Y .M .C .A , North End, Croydon, the programme Include* " Single Issue Displays,'* by various members. Visitors are Invited and will receive a hearty welcome.

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Gossip of tlje Year1909—1910BY CORNELIUS W RINK LE

The Passing: o l 1909.

TH E passing of 1909

has witnessed an other of those events o f in ternational im port

that m ust needs be reflected in the m irror o f the stam p album . W h ateve r change the death of K in g Leopold n . m ay effect in the affairs o f the Belgian nation wo m ay be sure that there w ill be interesting changes in the postage stam ps of B e lgium , and possibly also

of the Congo. W e m ay expect that, possib ly within the tw elve m onths o f 1910, new stam ps bearing the portrait of K in g A lb e rt w ill supercede those now in use in Belgium . I t is scarcely likely in v iew o f the character of the late K in g that there w ill be any sentim ental desire on the part of the people o f the Belgian nation to retain his effigy on their stam ps fo r an unduly prolonged period.

New Year's Qlfts.

T h e new year m ay in one respect be a record in that there w ill be m ore new K in gs o f E u rope to be portrayed on their postage stam ps than in an y previous year. The portra it stam ps o f the present K in g of

Sw eden after the designs o f O lle- H j orteberg 'm ay j be expected a t an early date. ‘ (Those o f K in g M anoel o f Po rtuga l are also due to arrive soon. These together w ith K in g A lbe rt o f Belg ium w ill make a trio o f new E uropean royalties to figure on postage stam ps in1910.

Sensations of the Past Year.In the early p art o f the year (January ) the Jam aica

Gleaner published the rem arkable correspondence concerning the provisional Btamps of the Caym an Islands, reprinted an d discussed in The Postage -stamp ( I I I . p. 223 et seq.) A further sensation was created b y the announcement in The Postage Stamp ( IV . 142) that a re-inquiry on oath had been ordered in connection w ith the G am bia provisionals. In A ugust this journal a lso sprung the surprising news o f the com ing o f a flood o f new surcharges from Siam due to the change o f cu rrency from “ atts ” to “ satangs.”

Leases of the Year.The losses of the year include the late E dw a rd J.

Nankivell, E d itor of The Postage Stam p ; W illiam Moser, and John F. Seybold, o f the United States.

Postal C hanges.The most notable changes in the postal services have

been the transfer o f Sir H enry Babington Smith to an appointm ent in Turkeyand the arriva l o f ------------N athan to sucoeed him as Secretary to the Poet Office. In Am erica the change o f Postm aster-General M eyer to the Treasury and the introduction o f Postm aster-General H itch cock were occasioned by the form ation o f the T a ft administration. P .M .G .M eyer, whom w e have to thank largely for penny postage with the U n ited States, w as also the responsible authority for the issue o f the Lincoln com mem oration stam p and for the preparation o f the A la s ka -Yukon -Pacific stam p,

T he latb King op the Belgians


part o f the design o f w h ich he approved while y e t a t the P ost Office. T h e H udeon -F u lton stam p is a creation o f P .M .G . H itchcock ’s. I t is perhaps due to the difficulty o f crow ding so m uch m aterial into the lim ited space of a postage stam p th a t the last nam ed stam p is not so p leasing in arrangem ent as the L incoln and the A la sk a issues.

The story o f the year w ou ld be incom plete w ithout a reference to S ir E rn est Shack leton s tem porary service a s a postm aster o f the Antarctic. H is report on his duties to Sir Joseph W a rd , the P .M .Q . of N e w Zealand w as published a t length in th is jo u rn a l.

Books pi the Year*T h e chief books o f th e year w ere M r. W a lte r C larke

Bellow s’ delightfu l w ork on Cam peche and M r. H en ry J. Crocker’s H aw a iian Islands. S ixpenny handbooks have been issued rather freely, fortunately for those collectors w h o are not the h appy possessors of a philatelic library .

Philatelic journalism has witnessed no startling new arriva ls in this country, bu t the boom in Am erican stam p m atters has led to the rev iva l o f tw o im portant Am erican journals. T h e twentieth volum e of M r. C. H . M ekeel’s Philatelic Journal of America has m ade its

TH E HON. IGEORGE VON LENGERKE MEYER.1Posl master-Gent rat toy* the UnitediStatesriniPresidenfl Roosevelt's Cabinet;

'Promoted to the Treasury by President Taft.

appearance a fter ly ing dorm ant for som e years. The rev ived issue is a ve ry creditable production an d w ill be referred to in an early num ber o f The Postage Stamp. T h e other A m erican jou rna l o f note is the quarterly issue o f the A merican Philatelist which is still in course o f preparation. I t w as decided upon a t the Convention of th e Am erican Philatelic Society du rin g the summer.

A t the sam e tim e A m erica has experienced a renewal of the epidem ic o f the “ boys ” stam p papers which publish from 4pp. upw ards o f advertisem ents and ask you in their editorials to “ please read through this first num ber an d see i f you can suggest an y im prove* m enta.” I f the productions rea lly d o em anate from boys (which in m any cases I am inclined to d ou b t) it w ou ld b e un k in d to suggest that incineration before publication w o u ld be a d istinct im provem ent. There are, however, several excellent m inor m onthlies now en joy ing popu larity in the States ; and it need hardly be said that the weeklies are flourishing.

Specialised Collectors' Catalogues

A practical suggestion has arisen and been taken up for the preparation by specialist collectors in the U n ited States, Sweden and B ritish G u ian a of a specialised catalogue o f each of these three countries. Th is idea if extended w ou ld largely cover the much debated bu t precarious ground of the collectors’ catalogue.

A m ong th e S o cieties .

A new society has been started at Bolton , and another w hich has adopted the designation o f a “ philatological society ” at K ingston , Jam aica. The old philatelic society of R an goon has been revived . In London there has been started a “ Ph ilatelic Students’ Fellowship ” limited in num bers for purposes o f peaceful b u t thorough study. Another society is abo u t to em bark upon its career a t W a lth am stow in N o rth London . The Jun ior Philatelic Society celebrated its tenth ann iversary year in M ay b y a banquet, and b y a w eek -end visit to M argate. T h e spread of activ ity am ong junior societies in the provinces and in bonnie Scotland has m ade their activities m ost notable du ring the year.

A s distinct from the abundance o f societies in London there is no “ c lub ,” and a com m ittee w as form ed to consider the desirability of form ing a c lub where philatelists could have m ost o f the good things which delight the inner man. I t w as proposed to start the c lub a s a com pany w ith a nom inal capital o f £500 in £1 shares bu t the proposal was not taken u p w ith any enthusiasm .

E x hib itions of th e Year.A n exhibition w as held in B irm ingham from J a n

u a ry I2th to 15th, and w as attended by 6,000 visitors. A still larger num ber attended the exhibition in the H u lm e T o w n H a ll, M anchester in February . Th is latter w as open concurrently w ith the holding o f the first British Congress. N ew caatle -on -Tyne had a highly successful exh ibition in M arch. F o r the first time a large section o f one o f Lon don ’s public entertainm ent exhibitions w as set ap a rt for a stam p show, the D u cal H a ll a t E a rls ’ C ourt being devoted to collections o f the stam ps o f the U n ited States. The international exhibition held a t Am sterdam in June, attracted a large num ber o f British visitors. Spain ’s first exh ib i. tion which w as to have been held in the sum m er w as delayed*till October. T h e last o f the series o f exh ib i. tiona w as th a t a t Brighton^at^tbe^latter end o f October


Philatelic Politic*.I * The phraae ” philatelic politics,"^w as freely used at the Manchester Congress, held J in February . The phrase is not open to objection so Longjae the politics do not bring in their train any o f the sordid features of political cam paigns. A t present in great; B ritain a t any rate as collectors w e are not a divided band, we know no parties and no o ld age pension “ frigidities.” I t w ould appear as though the promoters of the Congress considered its chief achievem ent the celebrated petition concerning commemorativee. H ere I m ust agree to differ. The achievement o f the Congress w as to successfully bring together a num ber of public spirited collectors who in com bination w ill doubtless be ab le to check more abuses o f a domestic order than they can poeaibly check in international affairs.

T h a t the first Congress is to lead to a second is in itself an achievem ent. I only trust that the tendency on the part of the second Congress Committee to overdo the celebrity and the entertainm ent m ay not frighten other societies from carry ing on the Congress for m any years to come. One point I am a little dubious abou t is whether the philatelic delegatesjwho will p robab ly be m odest and “ backw ard in com ing fo rw ard ” w ill be intim idated by the presence of practised orators, statesm en and politicians who seem to be gathering roundfthe Organising Committee. F ew o f us philatelists w ho are likely to be delegates have, methinks, m uch oratorical skill.

Auction Sale*.The m ost notable B ritish sale o f the year has been

the d isposal by Messrs. Ventom B u ll & Cooper of the R eid Collection, w h ich began on F ebruary 18th and 19th. Considerable interest attached also to the sale of the collections form ed by the late E d ito r o f The Postage Stamp, whoee philatelic properties cam e under the ham m er a t Messrs. G lendin ing’s.

H igh prioesjjhave ruled throughout the year for early British and E uropean s ta m p s ; a Germ an collection sold in Paris in 1908 having opened the eyes

o f m any as to the developm ent in the esteem in which old Europeans are held. H e r r K och ’s unused blooks o f six of the 1, J, $, 1, 2, and 3 groschen stam ps of Oldenberg realised £244, and his pair of the j nsu- groschen on pale blue paper (error) fetched £220.* * The auction of the year, however, w as the M ira baud sale in Paris. This lasted abou t three weeks, bu t it d id not represent the entire collections form ed b y the late millionaire banker. H is m agnificent collection of Swiss stam ps wbioh was very strong in the cantonal issues w as sold e>t bloc to H e rr Zumstein, for, I believe, something like £8,000. Another collection brought £4,000, while the total realised w as in the neighbourhood of £30,000. The prices a t the public Bale were high, but the stam ps were fo r the most part in superb condition. A 2c. H aw a iian M issionary fetched £1,021. There were nine “ Missionaries ” altogether. A n unused 12d. black Canada realised £112. The 6d. orange, beaded oval, of Victoria, fetched £130. The result o f jh e g a le n a s m ade a starting point for m any articles on the im portance o f “ condition ” in the philatelio press.

C ollection*.

The year has been a rem arkable one for the sale of b ig collections. In the m ost notable cases the sales were occasioned by death. In great B ritain the A very Collection realised £24,500, and about the sam e time the late J. W . P a u l’s Collection realised £11,400 in the U n ited States. The G rey Collection o f V ictoria passed to Mr. C. L . Pack early in the year, and more recently an im portant and w ell-know n collection of U ruguay liaa been sold.

In the Courts.

In legal circles philately has been rather prominent in 1909. There have been a num ber o f cases o f m ore or less importance. The cause c tl ih re however, was th at w hich had a three days ’ hearing at the O ld Bailey and w hich resulted in the acqu ita l o f tw o stam p dealers w ho had been arrested on a charge in connection with forged stamps.

My favourite Country at?d Wl?yGreat Britaii?BY LEICESTER PAINE

GR E A T B rita in is m y favourite fo r m any reasons,

bu t chiefly perhaps because I am an Englishm an, ao d they are the stam ps o f m y own country, and a lso because this w as the first country to issue postage stam ps.

T h e stam ps o f G rea t B rita in form an ideal field fo r the co llector, an d to get every genuine variety in a s ta le o f abso lu te perfection is the work o f a life t im e .

These stam ps are som e o f the m ost d ifficu lt to obtain in rea lly superb condition, especia lly the issues com m encing in the year 1866— the surface prin ted issues. These are usu a lly found heavily obliterated and off-oentre.

T h e line engraved stam ps are beau tifu l in d e sign , and are re a lly works o f a r t . I t is m ost in teresting an d in structive to co llect them on orig ina ls as a m eans o f sh ow in g the earliest dates o f postm arks, p la te num bers an d w aterm ark v a r ieties. T h e shades are a lso very num erous. Take the first stam p, th e I d . b lack , m ost catalogues g ive

on ly three co lou rs. In tense b lack , b lack an d g rey - black, b u t i f one form s a p late the shades are m any.

A ll who collect these stam ps find on ly honest and genuine issues, not issues m ade fo r the p h ilatelist, nor postm arked to order.

The co llector i f he decides to specialise w ill find the stam ps o f his own country most in teresting, but he m ust be carefu l and on ly take superb used copies or m in t. W ith o u t dou bt they are a sound investm ent fo r the m oney spent, and i f he w ishes to realize he w il l have no difficulty in finding a purohaser.

In m y experience o f 20 years I have a lw ays found num bers o f collectors eager and anxious to buy, and good collections a lw ays com m and an excellent price.

Lastly , these stam ps are m ost interesting, n pleasure to collect, and a good and sound in vestm ent.

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Philatelic Novelties of 1909A Review of the njore Notable Stan?p Issues of the Year,BY D. B. ARMSTRONG |

AL T H O U G H the past year cannot b e said to

have been unusually prolific in the m atter of new issues, the num ber o f new stam ps issued durin g that period has been sufficiently up to the average to bring gladness to the heart

o f the N e w Issue Service prom oter and a m oderately bu sy tim e fo r the apostles of the twentieth century collecting school.

I t is a m atter fo r regret, however, th a t 1009 has witnessed a strong rev iv a l in postal emissions o f the com m em orative order.

In the early days o f the Philatelic Record the first J an u a ry num ber used to contain a sum m ary o f the postage stam ps issued during the previous year under the title of “ Ph ilatelic G ains o f 18— .,” Th is has a lw ay s appeared to us in the light of a ve ry excellent an d useful feature, sav in g as it doee the nerve try ing ordeal o f hunting th rough a large num ber o f back num bers o f the jou rna l in order to find the reference to a particu lar issue. W e therefore propose to re suscitate th is custom in a condensed form , fo r the benefit o f the readers o f The Postage Stamp an d to pass before them in a brie f rev iew the m ost notab le additions to our a lbum s, brou gh t to u s b y the year 1009.

January saw ” us in- the throes o f the struggle to secure the now fam ous N e w H ebrides Condom inium series, and during the same m onth the first values o f the new general issue o f the United States were received (P .8 I I I . 107).

A b o u t th is time also the French W e s t Ind ian Is lan d o f M artinique* sent us som o) large rectangular labels of no particu lar artistic m erit (P .8 . I I I . 179).

Consequent on the Congo F ree State becom ing a fu ll fledged Belg ian Colony the current stam ps received the overprint “ Congo Beige ” an d these were received in England early in the present year ( H I 190)

A series o f large rectangular labe ls show ing a statue o f K in g C hulalongkorn com m em orative o f the com p letion o f a 40 years’ reign, an d a m ultitude o f p e rp lex ing surcharges cam e to h an d from Siam abou t this time ( I I I 191).

Som e special stam ps issued in com m em oration o f the Opening o f the F irst Turk ish P arliam en t on D ecem ber 17th, 1908, which were in use fo r one m onth on ly were chronicled in The Postage Stamp o f J an u a ry 30th, 1909.

F rom H o ly R u ss ia came also several va lues o f a new postage stam p series, w h ich d id not tak e the form of the long prom ised portra it series, illustrative o f the R om ano ff dyn asty (P .8 . I l l 228).

Several new provisionals surcharged “ E lla s ” (G reece) were added to the lon g list o f these stam ps issued b y the C retan G overnm ent fo llow ing the unratified declaration o f un ion o f O ctober 8th, 1908.

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M ore French Colonials, this time from the islands of St. P ierre et M iquelon a t the m outh of the St. Lawrence R iver. A fu ll series o f sixteen pictorial stam ps em body in g three separate designs, a local fisherman, a seagull and a sailing vessel J i l l 261).

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On” the 12th February , 1903, the cen ten ary 'o f the birth o f A b rah am L incoln , a single postage stam p of the va lue o f 2 cents, w as issued b y the United States Governm ent in com m em oration o f this event, and had fo r its design a profile portra it o f the fam ous L aw y e r and President ( I I I . 274).

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In 'A p r il a new series o f lithographed stam ps em anating from the Ind ian N ative S tate of Charkhari appeared (IV , 44).

The m ost im portant new issue of the first quarter of the year w as undoubted ly the surcharging of the complete series o f the British South A frica Com pany with the name “ Rhodesia ” the official designation o f the territory ( IV . 67).

N a ta l having found it expedient to have separate btam ps fo r both postage and revenue purposes, issued as a resu lt several stam ps in the current typo inscribed “ Postage ” only instead o f Postage and R evenue as previously (IV . 08).

The M aidive Islands, which since the exhaustion of the surcharged Cingalese issue o f 1906, had been w ithout a separate postage stam p issue of their own were provided in the early part o f the Sum m er w ith a special perm anent issue o f distinctive design (IV . 116).

A byssin ia h av in g becom e a’ m em ber o f the Un iversal Postal U n ion , a new series of stam ps,* show ing the portrait o ffithe E m pero r M enelik, w as prepared in Paris, the first va lues reaching E ng land in F ebruary 1909 (P .8.‘ m 202).

On the occasion o f the A laska-Yukon -Pac ific Exposition at Seattle, W ash ., U .S .A . a com m em orative stam p of the value o f 2 cents bearing a portrait o f W H . Sew ard , Secretary o f State, w as issued in the U n ited States ( IV . 162).

A fte r a period o f philatelic quiescence N o rth Borneo launched forth in to another attractive issue o f twelve values, which, i f anything, is o f even greater beauty than its predecessors ( IV . 262).


TYPE.

It) A ugust a stam p o f th e face va lue o f id . w as aide<i to the current aeries of the Leew ard Islands Colony (TV. 286)

T o com m em orate the accession o f th e new Em peror, three handsom e pictorial stam ps w ere issued yby the Chinese G overnm ent, show ing a v ie w o f the fam ous

I Tem ple o f 'H eaven ’’ a t Pek in (V . 22). sw O n account o f currency changes a num ber o f

fresh provisionals were issued in Siam , abou t A ugust, 1900 (V . 3).

A full series o f K in g ’s H e a d stam ps, resem bling som ewhat the current issue of the F a lk lan d Islands and printed b y the taille douce process w as issued by the T u rk s and Caicos Is lands at the com m encem ent o f the A u tum n (V . 34).

A nother com m em orative stam p hailing from the U n ited States w as th at issued on the occasion o f the H udson -Fu lton Celebrations in N e w Y o rk in Septem ber 1909 (V . 34)

In the British E m p ire there have b een } m any changes during the past year, chiefly resu lting from the adoption b y the issuing Colony o f the new Colonial Colour Schem e and the bringing in to line o f certain values in conform ance therewith.

The 4d. stam p of t h ' m other coun try w as suddenly changed from brow n an d green to a m ono-coloured orange.

In consequent of the adoption o f the colour scheme stam ps o f certain va lues h ve been issued in new

colours b y the fo llow in g B ritish C o lo n ie s :—St. V incent (H I . 251, IV . 45), G o ld C oast ( IV . 93,

105, 117), S ierra Leone (IV . 9, 106, 202. 223), Som aliland Protectorate (IV . 116), Br;tieh H on du ras ( IV . 162), Southern N igeria ( I V . 177, 272, 307, V 3, 46, 69), St. K it t s N ev is ( I V . 236), Straits Settlem ents ( IV . 249), B arb a d o s (IV . 285), D om in ica ( I V . 298), T rin idad ( IV . 299, V . 34), G am b ia (V . 46), A n tigu a (V . 45), M ontserrat (V . 46), St. L u c ia (V . 81), B erm u da (V . 116).

W ith the vagaries o f A ustra lian perforation varieties we d o not propose to concern either ourselves or our readers, being o f opinion th a t these are o f interest on ly to the specialist in such countries.

W e find that w e h ave om itted to m ention the very handsom e series of p ictorial stam ps issued b y L iberia early la st year ( I V . 66).

Forjthe^restjthere have been com m em orative issues from -E cu ador, B o liv ia , B raz il, U ru g u ay , etc., surcharges from P a ra g u a y an d B a lvador, new issues "for the Spanish Colonies on the G u lf o f G u inea , and fo r the Ita lian and R ussian L e v a n t Offices, the varieties issued b y the tw o latter com prising a sm all collection in them selves each series being overprinted w ith the nam e o f each to w n in w hich there is a Russian or Ita lia n post office.

Superficial though this short rn u m i m ust necessarily be, it serves to dem onstrate that F ath er T im e has during the course of 1909 bestowed his philatelic g ifts upon the stam p w orld w ith no n iggard ly hand either a s regards quan tity or interest.

T h e W o r l d ’s S t a m p E r r o r s .

T h e fourteenth instalm ent of Mien F ltte ’s im portant illustrated article on ‘ T he W orld's Htanip E rrors ie crowded out of the present issuo T h e Instalm ent next week will deal with the errors of France and (he French possession", and will, as usual, be full? Illustrated in m ost oases by actual photographs of the errors.

B a r g a in s in S t a m p s .

If you want re s ' bargains in Postage Stam ps read the advertisem ent pages of TKt Postage Stamp every week. Every week there is som ething new, an d m any special bargains. If you m iss a week you m ay tnies the very (lam p you w aul to com plete a series

The Postage Stamp Binding Covers.Handsoma dark blue covers in buckram , gilt lettered side

and back, may be bad from onr Publishers, Bir Isaac Hitman a 8ons, amen Corner. London. Prioe le. fld.


Tfye Rise ii> Stanjp PricesTRANSLATED BY FRANK GRUNDY, B Sc.

[O u r Spanish Contemvorary “ ilad ru l Filatelico,” has, during 1909. publish'd tome interesting notes on this subject, whtcll is admittedly one of the most important factors in the development of Philately in 1909. We gne below a translation of the. two articles oj January and September, 1909. and in passing may point with p easure to the notable progress of Philately in Spain during the year just terminated. As our readers have been tnjormed this progress has materialised in the holding of the first Spanish Philatelic Congress, and, perhaps still mote important, the first Philatelic Exhibition in Spain.— E ditor.]

The Upward Trend.

HIG H prices still continue to rule in Ph ilately ,

this being reflected in all the reoently pu b lished catalogues. This m ovem ent began some considerable time back, and as we said a t the time, the auction sale ,of the ,Le R oy

d ’E to iles oollection, ^ in which Atb e _ prices paid all exceeded catalogue quotations, considerably increased the tendency in^this direction.

The Expansion of Philately.A t th a t time w e also pointed out the rising expansion

o f philately, which gain ing.great n u m bers/^ fo llow ers d ay by day , considerably increased the demand. T h a t is to say , the dem and became re atively greater than the supply , and this, in all commercial transactions and quotab le values, m ust give rise to an increase in price in a forcible and quite logical manner.

T he k ite Maintained.The m ovem ent which we referred is not onlyjupheld

to -day , bu t rather is more m arked, since the im portant sales held in London and the recent auctions a t the H ote l D rou ot, in Paris, have caused a considerable rise in the actual va lue of stamps.

Th is induces us to return to the 'subject, which we consider of great importance.^ T o the argum ents previously p u t forw ard we must add others w orthy of attention, which satisfactorily exp la in and justify the general increase o f prioes.

The Stages of Collecting.In every science one begins by elem entary ideas bo

as to reach step b y step the final scientific conceptions, In mathem atics, fo r instance, one begins with a rith metic and m ay go as far as the differential or integral calculus.

I t w ou ld be just for us to say that Philately offers an analogy. W e have Elementary Phnatety and we m ay go further to higher Philately.

Beginners commence their collections în a ^simple manner, being content w ith one or more types of each country. These are they who utilize low values in large numbers.

Higher Philately.B u t the older philatelists, those who m aster the

study o f higher philately, clearly cannot now lim it themselves to this, and they search for those specimens which g ive real character and value to a collection. u^This is indeed one o f the lessons learnt from the more recent auctions and sales of which we have spoken.

j^T he^rarit iesâre jsou gh t^ fo r^very assiduously, and alw ays get more valuable while fresh ones arejîis- eoveredândjSought.after by philatelists, causing their price to increase ; the study o f varieties oxtends and becomes more profound, varieties which appear in all issues, past as well as present, and consisting of shades, waterm ark, perforation, inscription, and even to the quality o f the gum , etc., etc. Then comes the study of surcharges, postm arks, and a host o f other details, all constituting H igher Pnilately.

A n d as there are now m any philatelists devoted to these investigations, these stam ps, every day more sought for and courted, m ust increase in value on the philatelic market.

The Collector Makes the Prices.B u t it is not really the trade which fixes this value.

The trade only follows this m ovem ent in attending to the requirements of the m arket. The price is fixed by the dem ands and bids of the philatelists themselves.

W e do not here close our remarks, but withhold them to exam ine if this increase.of prices redounds to the benefit or the prejudice o f philately. W e m ay here state that w e propose shewing that the form er is the case.

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Are High Prices Prejudicial.In o u r ja s t article^we.e xamined^the'cauaes.infi uencing

the rise which has recently occurred in philatelic prioes, and w e proposed studying whether thu^was beneficial o r prejudicial to philately. __ ^

There are those w ho think the latter, supposing^ that the excessive prices, not being w ithin the reach of all, would militate against collecting.

I t is m any years ago a sim ilar argum ent w as used, and events have since proved the contrary. In those young days of philately, w hen certain values began to increase, an illustrious E nglish collector said, “ Th is will be the death of stam ps.” A n d as we see, he was wrong.

T lx Complication of Varieties.There are also those who grum ble a t the complication

in nomenclature by the inclusion o f ao in an y .varieties, rarities, surcharges, etc. Concerning k this w e shall continue the sim ile we used in m aking the division between E lem entary Ph ilately and H igher Philately. W hoever in studying arithm etic goes no further than the simple rule of three, either for lack of interest or because it is unnecessary cannot complain o f the difficulties which arise, for exam ple, in the solution of an equation o f the second degree, or the abstruse calculus of higher m athematics. In like maim er whoever does not of his own free w ill go beyond elementary,philatoly, can have no righ t to oppose himself to the investigations of those desirous of go ing deeper into the study of this historical science.

High Prices Uphold Philately.N o w w e oome to the question, is this trend of in

creased prioes prejudicial to the oolleotor T A s we have previously stated, it is the very collectors who uphold them.

In the first place,.the increased prices,.whatever.tliey m ay be, denote the prestige, appreciation and esteem

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o f the article. In th is light, ph ilate ly w ith its high prices is m uch better than if its em blem s were lightly va lued , for then indeed m ight w e prophesy its extinction.

Publicity given to High Prices.I t is ju st because the very high prices of certain

stam ps com ing to the notice o f the public , the latter h ave bad their attention d raw n to philate ly , and m any recruits gained.

New Issues atjdThe Eiiter invites dealers and readers at heme and abroad to give

sent direct to the Editor, 14, Sudbourne Road, Brixton, London. S.W . After the name of each country we give the page of T he POSTAGE !

The Collector’s Investment.In the second place, and this is the p rincipal argum ent

w hilst the prices of stam ps increase, the collector sees his a lready form ed collection m ultip ly in value, to -day it represents five, ten or tw enty times yesterday’s value, and continuing the progression, the sam e w ill happen to-m orrow to the collector o f to -day . F o r a ll these reasons w e do not lam ent the rise in prices, w h ich in every case, as has been shewn, serves to sustain and augm ent P h ila te ly ’s prestige.

Old■ ompt information concerning New Issues. A ll communications must be

AMP on which appeared the last reference to that eeuntrt.

Antiguft.— (V o L V . p. 46).— Ewen’s Weekly Stamp News states th at current supplies of the jd . and 2 jd . stam ps are printed on thinner paper than before. I t appears that the thicker paper em ployed for certain A n tiguan stam ps w as used b y m istake as w as explained in the Colonial Office Journal m ore than eighteen m onths ago, v iz :— “ I t m ay have been observed th at some stam ps are printed on thicker paper than others. Th is 1b on ly supposed to ap p ly to stam ps printed b y the steel o r copper plate process, as it has been found that the w etting necessary in p rinting b y th is process triea the thinner paper too much. The paper referred to is abou t 2 6 % thicker than the ord in a ry paper, an d it has been inadvertently used for prin ting the last tw o issues^ o f^ th e^ large A n tigu a stam ps.” ~

Bolivia.— (V o L V . p. 141).— From the sam e contem porary w e gather that the Bet of four com m em orative stam ps, issued in honour o f the R evolution of J u ly , 1809, were intended fo r use in the L a P a z d istrict only. T h e new stam p described on page 141, is one of a series o f four com m em orative of the W a r o f Independence an d these are issued for the exclusive use o f Sucre. T h e 20c. we have a lready described an d of the others the 6c. showB a portra it o f Ped ro D om ingo M urillo , w ith the date “ 16 de Julio de 1809 ” b e lo w ; the 10c. has a portrait o f B ernardo M onte- agudo, and is dated “ 26 de M ayo deJ1809 ” ; w hile the 60c. bears a portra it o f A n ton io Jose de^Sucre and has the date “ 9 de Deciem bre de 1824 ” , a t the base. In each case the central portra it is in black.

Commemorative Issue of the War of 1810.Sc. red and black.10c. blue and black.20c. violet and black.50c. olive and black.

China.— (V o L f V . p 141).— A correspondent has shown us the current 10c. stam p in qu ite a new shade. T h e new variety is du ller and has a tinge o f lilac in it. W e are told that the stam ps o f the first printing — bright blue— are likely to be scarce as not on ly w as the supply a com paratively am&lHone bu t very few seem to have been im ported.

Oreeoe.— (V o L IV . p. 140) — Six m onths ago w e m entioned th a t a com m ittee had been appointed to choose the designs fo r a new set of stam ps and we now

learn that the new stam ps are being prepared by a firm of lithographers a t Corfu.

N ew H ebrides Condominium.— (V o L V . p. 33 ).— W e take the fo llow ing interesting paragraph from Ewen’s Weekly Stamp News :— “ I have been exam in ing m y surcharged N e w H ebrides an d find a sm all va r ie ty I have not seen noted. I have tw o copies each o f the 2d, and 6d. In the first 2d. the ye llow ba r a t top is divided lengthw ays b y a fine line, as if the b a r consisted of tw o para lle l p rinting blocks, the u pper one being thicker, ratio abou t 3.2. In the second, w here the yellow is rather paler, the upper b a r is the th inner in the same ratio. In the first 6d. (o ld shade) there are no signs o f this line, the thick b a r being undivided. In the second specimen, the second printing, there are tw o bars, m ore pronounced than the 2d., th e upper being thinner. In the 2Jd. an d 6d. th e b a r is undivided bu t in the 1b. m ultiple the line is qu ite pronounced the upper being the thicker. I h ave not been ab le to exam ine an y other copies b u t perhaps you w ill be able to find more varieties.” I t is h igh ly p robab le that a ll these varieties exist on each value and in both printings. T h e bars seem to have been m ade by printer’s “ turned ru les,” tw o be in g used to obtain the necessary w idth . In som e cases the rules are so close together or the in k is so thick th at it is im possib le to detect any space betw een w h ile 'in * others the sm all space d iv id in g the ru les shows onfthe stam ps as a thin w h ite line. _

Spain.— (V o L V . p. 164).— A ccord ing to the Monthly Circular the new 10c. stam p has been issued m aking the list o f varieties to date a s fo llow s :—

New design. No wmi. Perf. t jjc- sreen.ioc. red.■ Sc. violet

Tasmania.— (V ol. V . p. 94).— T h e Philatelic Journal o f Great B rita in describee a m inor variety o f the current Jd stam p as follows :— “ M r. Leon has shown us tw o specimens o f a m inor variety o f the £d. Tasm an ia pictorial, from the local p late, in which the ‘ 1 ’ in ‘ * a t the left has a coloured line on it, appearinglike a line o f shading. T h e line is evidently due to a flaw on the plate. T h e stam ps show ing this peculiarity are a lso distinguished b y a break in the coloured line o ve r th e . w a rd T asm an ia between^ the letters

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What’s Ot> it? 1910A Calendar of Ccn?ii?$ Evcpts

The dates and events are given from notices supplied by the Hon. Secretaries. While every reasonable care has been taken to ensure the accuracy o f dates and information in the following Calendar the conductors o f T h k P o sta g e St a m p do not hold themselves responsible fo r the accuracy o f the Calendar.

Names in italics refer to London Auction Sales held a t :—Puttick & Simpson, 47, Leicester Square.Plumridge & Co., 63/64, Chancery Lane, W C-, 4-45 P-m. Glendlning & Co., Argyll Galleries, Argyll St., W ., 4.30 p.m. Ventom, Bull 8t Cooper, Loudoun Hotel, Surrey St., Strand, 4-30

Other events are chiefly Society meetings; places o f meeting:— Royal Philatelic Society, 4. Southampton Row, 6 p.m.J.P.S. = Junior Philatelic Society, 17, Fleet Street, 6-10 p.m. Herts Philatelic Society, 4, Southampton Row, 6 p.m.J.P.S. o f Scotland, Alexandra Hotel, Glasgow, 8 p.m.Croydon Philatelic Society, Y.M .C.A ., North End. Croydon,

7-10 p.m.Northampton Philatelic Society, Divan Cate, Northampton.

8.30 p.m.Brighton J.P.S., Royal Hotel. Brighton. 7-10 p m.North of England Philatelic Society, Y.M .C.A.,

> Newcastle-on-Tyne.Bradford Philatelic Society, Bank Chambers. Bradford, 7.30p.m. Leeds Philatelic Society, Mechanics' Institute. Leeds. 7. IS p.m. Portland Philatelic Society.City of London P.S., Mills’ Restaurant, Liverpool Street. I.P.U.—International Philatelic Union. Essex Hall, W .C. Dundee and District Philatelic Society, Y.M .C.A ., Dundee, 8. Birmingham Philatelic Society, 308, Birchfield Rd., Birmingham

JANUARY.1, Saturday— J .F .8 .— 6.0, A uction ; 8.0, Display with

Notes, " Complete Sheets,” Douglas E ll is ; 8.40, Paper and Display, “ China,” 1st and 2nd issues specialised, with stories from the designs of all issues,C. L . Harte-Lovelace.

3, M onday— Plumridge.4, Tuesday— Leeds— “ Ita lian States on Entires,” M r.

W alker ; Puttick (M cH utch in Sale.)5, Wednesday— J .P .S . o f Scotland— Junior Display, P .

Bruce and G . M athew son ; Puttick (M cHutch in Sale).

6, Thursday— Royal— H arvey R . G . Clarke, D isplayof Transvaal with. N o te s ; N orth of England— T .D . H um e, France and G riqua lan d ; B irm ingham — Lantern Display, J. A . M argoschis; Ventom.

7, F riday— Ventom.10, M onday— Plumridge.12, Wednesday— Croydon— Single Issue D isp lays; Miss

Field, Messrs. Ashby, Bing, Harland, Knight, Shaw and Simmons ; Bristol— Annual General M eeting; Northam pton— Ten M inute Papers: “ M y Favourite Country." All members are asked to prepare a short paper for this even ing; City of London— Display with N otes : “ India,” J. E . Heginbottom , B .A ., Competitive D isp lay : Fifteen Stamps issued prior to 1860,

13, Thursday — Brighton— Some Little-known Reprintsaud How to Detect them : Herbert Clark ; I .P .U ., 7.30— Paper, P. L . Pemberton ; Bradford— D isp lay : “ Austria,” A, H . Stamford. Portlaud— Display with Notes : “ Barbadoes,” J. E . Heginbottom ; Plumridge.

14, Friday— D undee—D eba te : M r. David v . M r. M artin ;Plumridge.

15, Saturday— J.P .S .— 6.0, Bourse ; 8.0. Paper and D is play, “ H o lland ," W . J. W arren. (The Society’s Permanent Collection of Stamps and the Forgery Collection w ill be on view this evening.)

18. Tuesday— Leeds— Display, " Ceylon," Messrs, O x ley :Herts— Display of Forgeries, C. J . P h illip s ; Puttick (Palliser sale).

19, W ednesday— J.P .S . o f Scotland— Postmarks on theStamps of H ong Kong, J. M 'D ou ga ll, Esq ; Puttick (Palliser collection).

20. Thursday— Royal— M . P . Castle. Hon. Vice-President, Notes on the Types o f the 1853 Issue of British Guiana, with D isp lay; Plum ridge; Ventmn.

21, Friday— Ventom.26, Wednesday— Croydon— Display from General Collec

tions, with Notes, S. R . T u rn e r; Northam pton— Display, “ General Collection," M . Wetherell.

27, Thursday— Brighton — Paper and Display, “ Sarawak,*,Fred. J. M elv ille ; Birm ingham — Paper, “ St. Lucia ,” W . Pim m ; Portland—Ten M inute Papers.

28, Friday— Dundee— Display with Notes, " New foundland ," J. R. Henderson.

29, Saturday— J .P .S .— E xtra Meeting, arranged byLibrary Committee, C.O Bourse, 8.0 Form al,

31, Monday— Kent and Sussex (Tunbridge W e lls )— D isplay, “ Sarawak,” Fred. J. Melville.

FEBRUARY.1, Tuesday— Leeds Display, “ C h ina," H , L . Haym an

Puttick (Ham es Collection).2, Wednesday - J.P.S. of Scotland— " Cyprus and G ibra l

tar,” J. E . Heginbottom, Esq., B A .; Bradford— Display, “ Roum ania," W . D . Beck to n ; Puttick (Ham es Collection).

8, Thursday— Royal— R. B Yardley, Display ofAzores and Madeira, with notes ; North of England — M . H . Horsley, J, P , ( " V ic t o r ia " ; Vtntom

4, Friday— Birm ingham — Lots for Members’ Auction onMarch 3, due to reach Hon. Secretary; Ventom

5, Saturday—J.P .S .— 6.0, Auction, 8.0, Display, " T h eStanley Gibbons' Reference Collection " (portion), Frank Ph illips; 9.0, Display, “ Great Britain ,” J. H . Tite.

9, Wednesday— Croydon— Paper and Display, " SomeIslands of the Great Pacific.” A. Ashby ; Bristol— Cyprus and M a lt a ; City of London— Paper and Display. " S t . Helena,” J. Read Burton ; Display, Australians, W . Phillips.

10, Thursday— Brighton— Display, W . Mead, Display,.“ Great Britain Postcards," J. C. Dailim ore; I .P .U . — 7.30, Display with notes, “ St. Vincent,” J. E . Heginbottom, B .A . ; Birm ingham - Display, “ Cape of Good H o pe ," J. J. K now les; Portland— Display, “ Caymans. Dominica, Grenada,” E . Heginbottom.

11, Friday— D u n d e e - Display with notes, “ Tasm ania,”J. K Heginbottom, B .A .

15, Tuesday— Leeds— Display, “ German States," J. C,North ; Herts - Display with notes, “ V ictoria ,"L . L . R . H ausburg; Puttick

16, Wednesday— J.P.8. of Scotland— “ Seychelles," A. J.In r ig ; Puttick

17, Thursday— Royal— B . W . W arhurst D isplay (byMembers also) o f E n tires ; N orth of Eoglaud— Sale by Auction ; Ventom


18, F riday— Ventom19, Saturday— J .P .8 .— 6.0, Bourse, 8.0, Paper and Display,

“ B ritish N ew Gu inea,” A lbert A sh by ; 9,15, Paper,D . B . Armstrong.

28, W ednesday— Croydon— Philatelic Varieties, F . G. B in g ; Northam pton— D isp lay w ith notes, “ Caym an Isles, Jamaica, G renada,” E H egin - botlom , B A.

24, Thursday— Brighton— Display, “ Great B rita in ,” Baron Anthony de W orm s; B irm ingham — D is cussion, " The Colour Problem ” ; Bradford— D is play, “ G reat B ritain embossed,” W . M . G ra y ; Portland— Paper and Display, “ Dorset Postmarks of to-day,” J. de G rueby , “ Philatelic Scraps,” by W . Haworth.

26, F riday— Dundee— Paper, ” W h o invented the Postage Stam p,” T . M . W ears.

MARCH.1, Tuesday— Leeds— M em bers’ Auction ; Pultick.2, W ednesday— J.P .S . of Scotland— “ M a lta and Falk land

Islands ” J. E . Heginbottom . Esq ., B .A . ; Pultick.8, Thursday— R oyal— M r F . W . Edwards, Notes on

Local Stamps, with D isp la y ; N orth o f England— R . W . W ilkinson, “ H o lla n d " {w ith notes of new discoveries); B irm in gh am — Auction Sale ; Ventom.

4, Friday-— Ventom.6, Saturday— J .P .S , - 6.0, Auution ; 8.0, Paper w ith D is

play, ” Notes on the Status of Various Classes of Stam ps,” H . C la rk ; 9.0, Illustrated Paper, “ The Coloured Papers for B ritish Colonial Stam ps,*’ J. Ire land. (Both item s for this evening are provided by members of the B righton Branch, it is hoped that other members of the branch w ill accompany tbeir colleagues on this oceaBiou.)

9, W ednesday— Croydon— Paper and Display, “ Coloniesof H o lland ,” B . B. K irby ; Northam pton— Display, “ General Collection,” M r. B . A. Sw ift; Paper, “ The Arrangem ent of Stam p Collection,” M r. W . N ichols ; City of London— Paper and Display, ” Cyprus,” P. L . Pemberton ; Competitive D isplay : Twenty stamps showing the greatest variety of perforation and other methods of stamp separation ; Bristol— F iji, Queensland, Tasmania.

10, Thursday— Brighton— Paper and Display, ” St.H elena,” H . H . H a r lau d ; Paper and Display, “ British N ew G u inea and Papua,” A. Ashby; I .P .U .— 7.80, Display, “ Western Australia ” R . B. Y a rd ley ; Portlaud— Display, ” Jamaica, Leewards, Turks,” E . Heginbottom .

11, F riday— Dundee— Disp lay of notes, " V ictoria ” J. E .Heginbottom , B .A .

12, Saturday—15, Tuesday— Leeds— Display by F . A. Padge tt; Herts—

General D isp lay ; Puttick.16, W ednesday— J.P .S . of Scotland— “ U .8 .A ” (with

notes on early issues), John Cook, E s q . ; Puttick.17, Thursday— Royal— H .R .H . the President, Display of

the Issues of British Guiana between I860 and 1890 (exclusive of the type-set issues of 1662) with N otes ; B irm ingh am — Display, “ South Australia,”T . W . Peck ; B radford— Display, ” U .8 .A ." H . E . Sugden ; Ventom.

18, Friday— Ventom.19, Baturday— J.P .S ,— 6.0, Bourse, 60 , Paper and D is

play, “ Venezuela,” T . W . H a l l ; 9.10, Paper and Display, ” Cook Islands,” D 8. Darkin

3, W ednesday— Croydon— Paper and Display, “ Guatem a la ,” W . J. C . P o p e ; Northam pton— Display w ith Notes, ” Jam aioa, L eew ard Islands, Turks Is land ,” M r. E . Heginbottom , B .A .

24, Thursday— Portland— Paper and Display, ” Later issues of Cauada,” J.* de G ruchy ; Paper and D isplay, “ Bordeaux issues of France,” W Haworth.

26, F riday (Good F riday )— Dundee— Display, “ Chile,"G . H . W hitaker.

28, M onday (Bank Holiday).31, Thursday— Brighton— Display, “ Cape of Good Hope.

Gam bia, Gold Coast, Lagos,” E . Heginbottom ,B .A .

APRIL.2, Saturday— J .P .S .— 6.0, Auction ; 8.0, D isplay of

portions of Collection, “ France, French Colonies, N ew Caledonia, various Germ an States, Roumania,U .S ., States of the Church, etc.,” A. H L . G ile s ;9.0, Display, “ Russian Locals.” B . B . K irby.

5, Tuesday— Leeds— Display, “ N ev is ," W . W .Sanderson .

7, Thursday— Royal— M . P Castle, Hon. Vice-President, Paper on the Advisability of Form ing a Universal Philatelic Union of Philatelic Societies to discourage unnecessary or speculative issues.; Display by Mem bers of such issues N orth of E ngland—-Charles L . Bagnall, “ Papua and K ing's Heads ” ; B irm ingham — “ Ten M inutes with Interesting Stamps ” ; Bradford— Display. Twelve Interesting Stam ps” ; Ventom.

8, F riday— Dundee— Display with Notes, " W est Australia,” J. E . tyjgiubottom , B .A . ; Ventom.

12, Tuesday, Puttick.13, W ednesday— P u ttick ; City of London— Display,

” Germ an States,” A. H . L . G iles, K . N . ; Paper,| “ Tragedy and Postage Stam ps,” W . E . Linoolu.

Northam pton— Display, “ V ictoria ," M r. W . B. Shoosmith ; Display, ” G am bia,” Mr. W . Nichols. Croydon— Social G ath erin g ; J .P 8. of Scotland— Annual General M eeting; Bristol— “ G ibraltar, Straite Settlements.”

14, Thursday— Brighton— Display, “ Spain andColouies,”A. H . L Giles. R .N ; I .P .U . -7 .3 0 . Display. *■ Venezuela,” T W . Hall,

16, Saturday— J .P .S .— 6.0, Bourse ; 8.0, Display, “ British Colonials, ' J. C. Sidebotham ; 9 0 , Paper and Display, “ Sarawak,” A. G re ll ie r ; 9.80, Display, •• Seychelles,” S. C. F . Harris.

19, Tuesday— Leeds— Display, “ G reat Britain L ine - engraved,” W . M G r a y ; H erts— Display with Notes, “ Dutch Ind ies," A. J. W arren.

21, Thursday— Ventom.22, Friday— Ventom.26, Tuesday—Puitick27, W ednesday— Pu ltick ; P h ilatelic C o n g r e s s , Caxton

H all, Westminster. 4, Public Meeting, Address by M ajo r E van e ; Paper. The Manufacture of Stamps, J. D unbar Heath. 8, Reception of Delegates by H . L . Haym an at Highfield, Hampstead.

28, Thursday— Brighton— Display, Some W est IndianStamps, C. J. Smith ; Bradford— General Display, J. Tow nsend ; Philatelic Congress— 11 a.m ., V isit of delegates to Tapliug collection ; 3 p.m , Conference of delegates; 7 30, Banquet at Caf& Monico.

29, F riday —Philatelic Congress— 11 a.m ., Delegates vieit2, Cavendish Square by invitation of the Earl of C raw ford ; 2 p.m., Conference of delegates; 8 p m ., Closing m eeting; Papers by M r. M . P . Castle and J. Henuiker Heaton, M .P .

30, Saturday (Afternoon)— Conversazione of Junior Ph ilatelic Society ; (Evening) Special meeting of Junior Philatelic Society (Further particulars to be an nounced).


MAY.3. Tuesday— Leeds— Annual General Meeting.5, Thursday— Royal— T. W . H a ll, Paper on the 1864-7

Issues of the Argentine Republic, with D isp lay ; Birm ingham — Annual Dinner ; Ventom.

6, F riday— Ventom.7, Saturday— J .P .S .— 6.0, Auction, 8.0, Paper and D is

play, “ Sudan.” F . B in g ; 9.0, Paper, '• Catalogues, Simplified and Otherwise.” C. W . Care.

10, Tuesday— Puttick.11, Wednesday— Puttick ; City of London— Annual G en

eral M eetin g ; Bristol— “ Victoria, N ew South W ales,”

12, Thursday— Brighton— Paper, The Present Positionof Ph ilate ly : Notes on some of its Aspects, H e rbert Clark ; I .P .U .— Annual General Meeting.

16, Monday (Bank Holiday).17, Tuesday— Herts— Annual General Meeting.19, Thursday— Royal— L . L . R. H ausburg, Paper on

the Perforations of Queensland, with D isp la y ; Bradford— Annual General Meeting ; Ventom

20, Friday— Ventom21, Saturday J P .S .— 6.0, Bourse.8.0, Paper aod Display,

“ St. Helena,” H . H . H arland, 9.0, Paper and D isplay, 11 Locals.”

24, Tuesday— Puttick25, Wednesday— Puttick26, Thursday— Brighton— Annual General Meeting.

JUNE.2, Thursday— Royal— Annual General Meeting.7, Tuesday— Puttick.8, W ednesday— Puttick.9, Thursday— Ventom.10, Friday— Ventom.

SEPTEMBER.9, Saturday— Berne International Philatelic Exhibition,

3 -1 2 .14, Wednesday— Northam pton— Annual General Meeting.27, Tuesday— Puttick.28. W ednesday— Puttick.

OCTOBER.11, Tuesday— Puttick.12, W ednesday— Puttick.25, Tuesday— Puttick .26, Tuesday— Puttick.

NOVEMBER.8, Tuesday— P u ff ick.9, W ednesday - Puttick.22, Tuesday— Puttick.23, Wednesday— Puttick.

DECEMBER.6, Tuesday— Puttick.7, W ednesday Puttick.

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No. 15. Vol. 5. 8 JAXUAHY. 1910 Price Id.Number 119)________________ ______ = ____ _______

G o s s ip o f th e W c c HBY CORNELIUS W R IN K LE

Enter the Clown.

(H A V E been too bu sy

to ge t u p to L o n don tow n to aee Peter P an o r Pinkie and the Fairies, so

have h ad to rest content w ith the m odest efforts o f ou r coun try town theatre panto. I suppose there is scarcely any hum our th a t is quite so wholesom e as that of the clown in the harlequinade. T h isgenial soul comes in— you, m y friends, have seen him and laughed

with him often— and his h obby a ll the time he is on view is tickling people w ith a red hot poker on that part of their anatom y w hich can offer the least resistance.

The Red Hot Poker.

One of ou r contem poraries has seen fit to designate certain o f m y rem arks in m y article “ Concerning Com m em oratives ” as “ puerile and ridiculous.” Th is is tickling w ith a red hot poker w ith a vengeance, bu t it is not argum ent. T h e alleged ridiculous puerility is contained in the fo llow ing sentences o f mine :—

“ The Postm aster-General has given the only answer that could reasonably be expected. M r. B uxton is well-known to have no sym pathy w ith the prolific philatelic countries in the m atter o f these stam p emissions, b u t he (and no d ou b t m any stam p collectors and dealers w ith h im ) decline to be d ictated to .”

What** the Word?

The w riter who criticises these rem arks under the nom-de-plume “ Ph ilate l " asks

“ N o w w h o is attem pting to ‘ dictate ’ to M r. BuxtonT

The suggestion is puerile and ridiculous, and Mr. B u xton himself— adm itted ly a strong m em ber of one o f the strongest governm ents of modern times— would be the first to laugh a t the bare idea o f such a silly notion.”

I am qu ite as m uch an adm irer of the Postm aster- General as Ph ilatel, though 1 m ust suppress at present an y expression as to the strength of the Governm ent. B u t let us exam ine the reply given b y the 'Secreta ry , which w a s :—

“ T h e Postm aster-General desires me to say that as he reserves to himsel f the absolute right to decide whether an y particu lar issue o f postage stam ps in this country is necessary fo r the public service, he could not well be part;/ to an international arrangement which would tend to lim it his powers in this respect.”

In the petition it w as subm itted that such issues 11 could be discouraged and restricted b y some ruling o r recom m endation o f the Universal Postal U n ion .” H a d M r. Buxton sent the petition forward and supposing he had been successful in obtaining a “ ru ling ” it w ou ld certainly have enabled the Universal Postal U nion to say to present or any future British, Colonial, or Fore ign P .M .Q .’s “ you m ust not issue stam ps to com m em orate so-and-so, or i f you do the stam ps w ill not be a llowed to pay international postage.”

I have no intention o f wearying m y readers with responding to criticisms of this sort in contemporaries. B u t it is perhaps a point that should arise early in the h istory o f the British Congress that if a m atter be controversial both sides shall be heard. I endeavoured to present some of the argum ents against presenting the petition as worded in the name ” not only o f the British Philatelic Societies assembled in Congress, and of the leading m em bers of the stam p trade in th is country b u t o f the societies and dealers in a ll parts of the w orld .”The Suggcstio Pelel.

“ Ph ilatel ” however has endeavoured to find for his tickling the point o f least resistance. H e suggests that I have become a party to “ a tendency in certain quarters either to pooh-pooh or belittle the movem ent


in itiated a t the M anchester Congress.” Th is is a deduction which cannot honestly be m ade from m y article on Com m em oratives, nor from any rem ark uttered or published by m e since the Congress.

I should say that others have disagreed w ith some of m y rem arks on the subject o f Com m em oratives. F o r this I w as qu ite prepared. B u t they are w illing to express their v iews as their personal v iew s and have not endeavoured to deny me the righ t to state the views of “ the other side ” Others have in form ed me that their opinions coincide w ith those expressed in m y article, which m ark you was not in the nature of a glorification of com m em oratives o r speculative issues as one or tw o have thought. N e ith er w as it a pooh poohing or belittling o f the Congress or its w ork . Th is is the point o f least resistance for it is a statem ent which w ou ld arouse in som e readers o f m y contem pora ry a false im pression that I w as not in the fullest sym pathy w ith the hopes and prospects o f a great career for the Congress in itiated last year a t M anches ter. I t is to be rem em bered that criticism and debate w ill not harm or prejudice Congress, rather it w ill give its m em bers greater care and deliberation in the execution o f their duties as delegates and thus w ill Congress flourish.

" S ta m p e d on M em ory and Kem em bered on S ta m p s.”

A Scottish correspondent very k ind ly sends me the fo llow ing extract from the Christm as supplem ent to the World.

“ F eb ru a ry 12th. T h e Centenaries of A brah am Lincoln an d D arw in were celebrated. The D a rw in ians met, in theory, at the m onkey house in the Zoo, and bew ailed tho m issing link. T h e Am ericans in Lon don assem bled in large num bers a t L inco ln ’s, the w ell-know n philatelist’s, and bew ailed the m issing Lincoln. The form er President, as the gentlem an in the shop so nicely said , is stam ped on m em ory and rem em bered on stam ps. A good deal o f business w as done.”

Very Much In the Air.A soi-disant jou rna l fo r the elite say s th at H .M . the

K in g is anxious fo r a new issue o f postage stam ps to

com m em orate the tenth ann iversary o f his accession to the throne w hen this takes places in 1911.

H is M ajesty , the journal continues, has never been pleased w ith the present issue, and considers the likeness of him self to be very poor, wh ile the whole design o f the stam ps has never pleased him . U n de r these circumstances the suggestion has been brought forward that com petitive designs should be invited fo r this new issue w ithout further loss of tim e, and it is highly probable that th is w ill be done, du rin g the early part of next year (i.e., the present year, 1910).

K in g E d w a rd , it is said, desires to be portrayed w earing his crow n in this issue, and this w ill p robab ly be done. Som e little time ago H is M ajesty called the attention o f some of the chief officers o f his Court to the new A ustrian stam ps, and expressed a desire that som ething equally free and dignified m ight shortly be adopted for our own stam ps.

Poems of Passion.

Some of our tiny Am erican Contem poraries (they are not a ll tiny b y any m eans) seem to recognise a good th ing w hen they see it. Several have commented upon the im passioned ba llads o f an un laureated scribe whose chief claim to fam e is that he has indited the fo llow ing ode to De Kay’s Stamp Journal:—

“ H e re ’s to De Kay's Stamp Journal W ith its read ing clear an d rich.

I t delights in re form ing the A .P .S .,A n d is g iv ing Mekeels the fits.”

T h e “ verse ” orginally published in the Collectors’ Own Magazine, is quoted in the Smtiherti Philatelist, w hich jou rna l sweetly a d d B : “ T h e w riter o f thisrem ains anonym ous, b u t w e hope to see more o f his work in future numbers

W e m ay n o t have m uch sou l fo r poetry in this E nglish clunate, b u t oh to th ink th a t there are stam p folks w ith souls so desd th a t they th ink to conquer the severe ascent o f h igh Parnassus w ith balderdash like this.

Forgeries it) Stanpps

A B E G I N N E R in stam p collecting is som etim es

distressed as to the likelihood o f his acqu iring forged specimens, bu t it should be som e com fo rt to him to reflect that it is not u sually w orth a fo rger’s time and trouble to m ake

im itations o f iv e ry com m on stam ps and the p ro ba bility is greatXthat the first 2,000 stam ps a beginner is likely to 'gather^w ill p rove to be genuine specimens. Spurious copies ex ist chiefly am ong the ra rer kinds o f stam ps, an d b y the tim e the beginner has entered this field he w ill have p robab ly becom e sufficiently ac quainted w ith the look o f a genuine stam p to be ab le to detect a forgery a t its first appearance. A collector usually studios his stam ps w ith a oertain am ount of zeal, an d this zealous study is certain to b e o f use to him in tim e to come. T o an eye th at has been accustom ed fo r some tim e to the sight o f genuine stam ps a forged specimen w ill a t once stand o u t as being ** som eth ing different,” and since a good percentage o f forged

stam ps are b u t clum sy im itations, their detection should be sw ift in the hands of a collector w ith , say, a couple o f years ’ experience.

Still, it has to be rem em bered that dangerous forgeries o f better-class stam ps d o exist. Recently the w rite r lias handled tw o beau tifu l triangu lar Cape stam ps, a p a ir o f copies possessing every appearance o f genuineness, b u t an expert to w hom they were subm itted declared them to be “ no good.” A con es pondent also ruefu lly announces th at he has come in to possession o f a sheet o f spurious Japanese. W here a collector is p lunging in to deep w aters and adding things o f unusual value to his store, he is w ise in buy ing w arily , an d w here the slightest suspicion exists as to the genuineness o f any contem plated purchase, the safest p lan is to send the specim en to an expert for exam ination .— J .W .H .H . , in the Bazaar, 10th Dec.,1909.

TH E POSTAGE STAMP 171

Jatpaica Gfleai?it>gsBY ASTLEY CLARK

From the “ Jamaica Gleaner," 27. 11.09

The New Jamaica 6d. Introduced.

O we have got a new 6d. stam p, bu t we are d isappointed in it, fo r it is only another “ Q ueen ’s H ead ,” and we, not only stam p collectors, bu t stam p users are all heartily sick o f Queen’s H eads. W h y cannot w e have som ething d iffer

ent T Even a K in g ’s H e a d Vfould be m ore welcom e than this nightm are of a Q .H . This is w hat The Postage Stamp o f O ctober 23rd says abou t the m atter : “ E v iden tly this colony cannot m ake up its m ind to discard the o ld Queen's head plates, for w e learn from the Colonial Office Journal that the last supp ly o f stam ps included 3d. an d 6d. stam ps in the new colours and printed from the old Queen’s head plates.” Y o u are correct, Postage Stamp, bu t if you people in the big Isle had had such a Queen as w e of the little Isle, you too, w ould never w ish to see her juvenile profile rem oved from your stam ps—

A n d so w e keep her m em ory green,Despite collectors’ cry,

A Queen w ho left us years ago A n d yet w ill never die.

“ Lon g live our Queen 1 G od bless our Queen,” W e m urm ur as w e’ see

Jam aica’s stam ps transm itting still H e r youth fu l effigy.

The 1909 Jamaica 6d. Described.

" H a v e you seen the new 6d. stam p T W h a t is it like T ” are the questions that I have answered again and again— a t last I w en t “ on strike ” and advised m y questioners to send to their post offices and buy the m arvel. H ow ever, as there m ay be a few of m y readers w ho are “ hard u p ” for the spare am ount, I give herewith the Official Notice which appeared in the advertising colum n o f the Gleaner o f N ovem ber 17th :—

Stam p Office,15th N o v ., 1900.

The fo llow ing is a description o f a new design o f a Sixpenny Postage S tam p which w ill be pu t in circulation on the 19th inst.

" T h e design o f the stam p is denoted b y a laureated profile o f Queen V ictoria to left on a ground o f horizontal lines, enclosed in a hexagonal fram e follow ing the shape o f which are w hite labels above and below with the inscription “ Jam aica Postage ” above and the w o rd “ sixpence ” be low in sm all coloured block letters. The corners are filled in w ith arabesques. The colour is lilac and the paper is waterm arked m ultiple Crown CA.

A . H . M i l s s ,Stam p Commissioner.”

Y o u w ill note that the Stam p Commissioner calls the s ta m p }” a new design,” bu t if you w ill com pare the earlier issues of the same denom ination you will also find that the only th ing new about this latest fid. a the change of colour. “ Design ,” therefore, I take

it, means change of colour, which is miles in advance of the philatelic acceptance of the meaning o f the word, but the Stam p Commissioner is not a philatelist. I congratulate him , however, on hiB minute description o f the stam p, it is not only interesting, bu t the only w ay to safeguard the public. Since writing above I learn from the post office that they have no intention of pu tt in ’ the fid. stam p on the m arket before the 1st Decem ber. The unfortunate w indow clerk is getting cross, if she can get cross, because of the m any enquiries she receives and her inability to supply. Q uery— w hy were the stam ps authorized as from the 19th N ovem ber if there was no intention to sell them to the public before the 1st Decem ber ?

The F irst Stam p Journal,

The follow ing, told by Mr. Thom as K itt, in The Philatelist o f J an u ary , 1867, is the story o f the first English philatelic jo u rn a l:—

** Tow ards the m iddle of the year 1862, when Ph ilately w as becom ing very popular, appearances led me to conclude that a periodical entirely devoted to that subject w ou ld prove a great boon to collectors, and also a lucrative investm ent to its proprietors. Accordingly, in the sum m er of the year nam ed, I inserted an advertisem ent in the Bogs' Own Magazine, requesting an y gentlemen who were o f a sim ilar opinion to join me in the undertaking. Th is advertisement w as productive of innum erable replies, requesting further information bu t so m any as half a dozen of them spoke favou rably o f m y scheme. In order to ‘ leave not a stone unturned ’ for the attainm ent of the end in view , I had personal interviews with m any o f the leading English collectors residing in o r near London, and in consequence o f its being ‘ Exh ibition year,' I was enabled to m eet several from the country ; b u t ' ‘ public opinion ’ seemed so much against m e that I reluctantly abandoned the enterprise, th inking it fo lly to undertake w hat m y superiors in the knowledge o f Philately thought so unpromising. M y volum inous correspondence on the subject and earnest endeavours to bring abou t the consummation o f m y wishes were, however, rewarded with success, fo r M r. A . Perris o f L iverpool (one o f the few gentlemen w ho thought favou rably o f m y plans) entered w arm ly into the m a tte r ; bu t from reasons above stated I declined rendering him any pecuniary assistance, although I placed m y pen at his service, o f which he availed himself. H ow ever—‘ finis coronat opus *— on 15th Decem ber, 1862, the harbinger o f a new style of literature made its appearance in the shape of the Monthly Advertiser, after* wards known as the Stamp Collectors' Heview. This publication, after having proved of great service to philatelists, and as an investment tolerably successful, died out in 1864, the last num ber having been issued on the 15th June o f that year. Such is the history of the first philatelic periodical published in England, and of which I must, w ith pride, claim to be the prim ary originator.”

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172 ' TH E POSTAGE STAM P

Tl) c Fretjcl) National CatalogueBY O. REGINALD GUM

(O F T E N w onder w h ich o f the th ree g reat

C ata logues, G ibbon s ’, S en f or Y v e r t has the greatest c ircu la tion . T h e fo rm er is the s tan dard o f the E n g lish -sp eak in g race ; S en f that o f E astern and N orth e rn E urope ; w h ils t the

latter c ircu lates am on g the entire p art o f the Latin nations— French. Spanish and Ita lian . The Y v e r t and Tellier Catalogue dom inates the whole o f Sou thern Europe, N orth A fr ic a from Fez to Port S a id and A lexandria , and the Continent o f South A m erica from D ev il’s Is land to C ape H orn . Thus I sh ou ld say it is a toss up betw een G ib bons’ an d Y ve rt— w ith a pu ll in favou r o f the la t ter, since the French and Span ish speak ing people equal those whose tongue is E n g lish .

A n y w ay , w e have be fo re us the IX t h ed ition o f the Y v e r t and Tellier— Cham pion C atalogue fo r the year 19 10 . This tim e bound in the s im ila r cloth o f yore, w ith silver lettering, but in b ro w n . W e are m uch suprised to find out o f com m on w ith its fo re ign contem poraries, w ho are a ll en larged , the new Y v e rt has 2J pages less than last year 1 The reason o f this w on d erfu l squeezing is because several series have been consigned to the degree of m in or varieties. A s is w e ll known, the French C ata logu e sets an exam ple that cou ld be w e ll fo llow ed b y E n g lish C ata logu es. The leg it im ate variety as issued an d understood b y the P osta l A uthorities, is set in o rd inary type, bu t s u b varieties o f perforation , shade, A c ., a re set under in m in ute le tters. The fo llo w in g is a good exam ple .

Oreat Britain, Large Crown, perf. 14.

Ip . rouge-carmine a. rote-roufe fr. rouge-bnque

2p. blue ... a. bleu fonce

0 40 0 050*40 o'osroo d o2 50 0 105C00 0*25

T h u s the C ata logue appeals to the busy m an w ho w ants the gen era l va lue o f any stam p, o r the person w h o desires to accum ulate a l l know n v a r ie ties.

W it li G ibbon s one has to w ade th rough a mass of perforation varieties like finding the p roverbia l needle. Bosn ia, M ontenegro an d N e w South W a le s are pood exam ples o f the deficiency o f arrangem ent in Q ibbons.

W h en I reviewed the Sen f -C ata logue, I noted the representative va lu e o f the first issue G erm an L evan t am on g other stam ps. M y la s t cata logue notes w ere on the 1910 W h itfie ld K in g C ata logue , w here I noted again the low price o f these s tam p *— especially the low values. T h e new F ie ld prices are as fo llo w s :—

German Levant 1 at issue, 1 8 8 4 .

10 para unused 8s.20 „ „ 9s. 8d.1 piastre ,, 6s. 6d.H „ 12s.2$ f. £ 1

used 3s. 3d. „ 4s.

6d.14s.

.. £ 1

O f course, these are very reasonable quotations, bu t fa r m ore representative . Som e cata logues r e peat prioes year a fte r year, possib ly from the cause th at the colum ns are stereoed .

IIn the L evan t co lum ns I notice th at the re

pu ted lim ited issue o f 4 8 0 1 p iastre on 2d. L e v a n t has gone up 5 0 fran cs in unused con d ition, being now £ 2 0 unused an d £ 1 0 used . A go o d litt le L evan t stam p, th e A u str ian erro r of 1888, 10 paras on 3 so ld i in stead o f 3 kreutzer seem s to stick at th e ra ther low figu re o f 4 0 cen tim es . M an y a com m oner stam p is p riced in h a lf as m an y francs, yea, even sh illin g s .

I t m ay be o f in terest to note th at the tw o rare provisiona ls o f C an ad a 1899 are priced as fo l low s :—

lc . on Jrd 8c. £10 unused, £8 used 2c. on §rds 3c. £7 „ £6 ,,

an d the 2c. on 3c. sam e year, both varieties in verted a t £ 2 8s. each respective ly .

Co llectors su bscrib in g .to new issue services, an d w ho m an aged to g e t th e ir supp ly , w i l l be in terested to know th at the Id . a n d 2d. stam ps o f M auritiu s , 1847, have gon e u p from 5,000 an d 10 ,000 francs each, b e in g now £ 1 ,2 0 0 against on ly £ 1 ,0 0 0 each respective ly la s t y ea r in used condition , and £ 1 ,6 0 0 each unused, against £ 1 ,2 0 0 .

A stam p that is b e in g extensive ly o ffered in the States a t sum s va ry in g from 2s. to 3s. each— P e rs ia P a rce l P o st 26 ch .— is quoted fo r the first tim e in th e cata logu e at 4 d . I l l

S ince fo r som e reason the T ran svaa l Officials a re le ft out o f our E n g lish cata logues, they m ight be o f in terest to co llectors w h o take this country .

1905. Surcharge at bottom. Surcharge at top.jd . ... 12s. ... 20s.Id. • s. 8s. ... 12a.2d. 32s. ... 32b.

3d. ... 60s 60s.4d. ... 40s. 40sCd. ... 40s. ... 40s.Is. ... 80s. ... 88s.

T h e O ran ge R iver C o lony set o f the sam e value* a re not p riced . A ltogeth er, w h ils t o f course not so deta iled a s G ibbon s, the cata logu e o f Messrs. Y v e rt et T e llie r— C ham pion—contains m uch that, is m issing from other sources, an d q u ite readily understood b y peop le unacquain ted w ith French.

The “ Postage Stam p" on Sale.

77m Postage Stamp is now kept on sale and may be had every week at the follow ing dealers’ establishments:

Bright A Son, 164, Strand, W C F . C. G inn, 148. 8trand, London. W .C .Lew is M ay A Co., 15, K ing W illiam St., Strand, W .C. W . H . Peckitt. 47. Strand, London, W .C .James Rhodes. 62, M arket Street, Manchester.W W ard . Booth Street. Piccadilly, Manchester.And at all Newsagents and Booksellers.


TrinidadBY,, J. IRELAN D

TH IS country h av ing jo ined the oolonr scheme

d raw n up by the C row n A gen ts , N e w Issue subscribers w il l be receiv ing the new stam ps, an d w il l p robab ly not quite know w h at to d o w ith them , as it is un likely

they have a stra igh tfo rw a rd arrangem ent in their a lbu m s. Th is m ay therefore be an opportune m om ent fo r b r in g in g the sim plified fo rm o f co llec tin g T rin id ad be fo re them .

T h e stam ps are o f an in teresting nature as, w ith the exception o f the Perkins Bacon issue, the design is not a hackneyed one.

T h e first issue exists in innum erable shades, an d m ay be foun d lithographed as w e ll as en g raved . The lithographed stam ps w ere printed in the Colony, an d used a s provisionals when the supp lies from London ran short.

A gen era l co llector, however, need not trouble to d istingu ish betw een these varieties.

1851, Britannia (n o value').( I d . ) b row n ( I d . ) grey

• ( I d . ) b lue( I d . ) rose

1879, New value, made bp p rin ting from same plate in a new co lour and euroharging.

|d . lilac

1869, Value* engraved on plate.4 d . lilac 4 d . grey 6d . green I s . b lue I s . purple I s . ye llow

F in e used copies o f this issue m ay be obtained w ithout very m uoh d ifficu lty .

1884, Queen'e Head.|d . green I d . rose 2 *d . b lue 4 d . grey fid. b row n I s . red 5s. rose

In 1896, the B ritan n ia design pecu liar to T r in idad w as in troduced, an d various changes o f co lo u r h ave taken p lace . T h ey are o f a confusing nature in the cata logu e . I w il l g ive the m ethod I have adopted fo r a rran g in g these stam ps m y se lf, a n d I th ink it w ill be better understood.

1896, Britannia.i d . lila c and greenId . „ „ rose2$d. ,, ,, b lue4d . „ „ orange6d . „ „ m auve6d . „ „ blackI s . green and brown

8ame. Coloured paper*.Id . black on red (1 9 0 1 )2Jd. lilac and b lue on blue (1 9 0 2 )4d . green and b lue on buff (1 9 0 2 )4 d . b lack and red on ye llow (1 9 0 9 )I s . b lack and b lue on y e llow (1 9 0 3 )I s . lila c and b lue on ye llow (1 9 0 7 )Is . b lack on green (1 9 0 9 )

Same. Unicoloured.id . green (1 9 0 2 )Id . scarlet (1 9 0 6 )2 id . b lue (1 9 0 7 )6d . lilac (1 9 0 9 )

JSeme. Larger.6s. green and b row n (1 8 9 6 )5s. lila c and m auve (1 9 0 1 )10s. green and b lu e (1 8 9 6 )£ 1 green and rose (1 8 9 6 )

I t w il l be fo u n d a good p lan to w rite the date o f issue above each stam p as it gives one an idea o f the re lative value, w h ich can be gau ged a p p rox im ate ly b y the time the stam p has been in use

The current id . , Id ., 2Jd. values w il l shortly be changed as the design has been re -d raw n to include the value in A rab ic num erals. I t is possib le th is w ill be extended to the 4d., 6d. and Is . values, but no official statem ent has yet been m ade.

1898 . Com m em orative.2d . brow n and purp le

I am unable to say w hether the above is still current or not. I have noticed no reference to it hav ing been w ith d raw n . S tan ley G ibbons, h ow ever p rice it 6d . in their catalogue, so its looks as though it m ay be obsolete.

The I s . va lue o f 1907 shou ld be a good stam p. I t was on ly in issue tw o years, and has never been very p len tifu l.

Bargains in Stamps.It you want real bargain* in Postage 8Unape read the

advertisement page* of T h e P o t ta g e S ta m p every week. Every week there is something new, and many special bargain*. If you mis* a week yon may miss the very sum p you want to complete a series

Back Noa. of “ The Postage Stamp.”Those of our friends who are lacking any baok numbers

of the present vol. will do well to write d i r e c t to our P u b l i t h t r t , Blr Isaac Pitman A Sons, 1 Amen Corner, Loudon, E.C., for what they require, Many newsagents do not oare to bother about back number*. Any number still on u le may be bad for the published prioe end postage, i.a, ltd.

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TIy c World’s Starpp ErrorsTl>e M ost Com prehensive apd E n tertain ing A rtic le on th is S u b je ct yet publishedBY MISS FITTE

This important article teas started in No. 1 o f the present Volume. The twelve instalments already published may be had from the Publishers in Nos. 1 to 13, Vol. V., price l j d each post free.

France.

ERROR.

1853-60, 20c,, yellow-buff (62a).

Th is is a recent addition to the catalogue, and in m y i gnorance I a t first passed it over ; from this confession it m ay be safely assum ed that I know noth ing abou t this T w en ty Centimes stam p, except th at it appears to have been w rong ly printed in ye llow -bu ff, one o f the colours of the Ten Centim es o f the same issue.

A s the error is fifty years o ld, and has (presum ably ) only ju st come to light, it is safe to assum e that it is rare.

ERROR.

1872-76, 16c., bistre on rose (184).

In 1874, a new p late from the die o f the “ Ceres ” type, w ith larger figures of value w as prepared fo r the Fifteen Centimes ; and , in the year fo llow ing, a sim ilar p late w as m ade fo r the Ten Centimes.

Som ehow or other, in m aking u p the forme o f m oulds, from w hich the final electrotype w as to be taken fo r m in tin g the Ten Centim e* stam p, one struck from the Fifteen Centimes d ie w as included and w e thus get these tw o values se tenant, and both in bistre on the rose coloured paper. The error is the last stam p (righ t-hand lower com er) on the sheet, and is usually found when unused, in a pair w ith the lower value. I t is sa id th a t m ost o f the errors were cu t out officially and destroyed, henoe the scarcity and prioe (£16) o f the stam p.

Y ea rs ago , I h ad tw o pairs, which cost mo under tw en ty -five shillings the l o t ; tim es have changed and so have prices t

French Colonies: French Congo.

TYPE.

1892, 4c , purple-brown on grey— name in black and also in blue (43 ).

T h e nam e “ Congo Francais ” should be in b lue on the F o u r Centimes, p u rp le -b ro w n : b y m istake it w as prin ted in b lack, and corrected b y another prin ting in the p roper colour, b lue— a course sometimes, b u t not a lw ays, adopted in like cases.

T h e error is obtainable used o r unused a t the price o f 10s.

ERROR.

1900, 2c., red and pale red (68).

Th is particu lar va lue of a n o t very handsom e series is norm ally printed in brow n and yellow , the latter colour being that o f the background ; and the stam p is w aterm arked w ith w hat is term ed a B ranch of Thistle— p robab ly , som e huge, unpleasant tropical variety o f one of our com m on weeds.

T h e error, which is anything bu t rare or interesting, is printed in red on a pale red background, these being the colours o f the Ten , not o f the Tw o , Centimes.

TH E POSTAGE 8TAM P 176

French Somali Coast*

ERROR AND NORMAL STAMPS se tenant.

1902, 2 fra., carmine and green : 1903, 2 fra., black and green~~with engraver's name omitted (17 , 48).

Madagascar and Dependencies.

BRROR.

1896-99, 2c., brown on buff—name in black (17).

Accord ing to the colour scheme o f these “ Commerce and N av iga tio n ” issues, the nam e o f the Colony printed in the b lank space just below the figure o f value, should b e in blue fo r the T w o Centimes stam p.

B y some inadvertence, the nam e “ M adagascar et Dependences ” w as printed in black, a colour not applicable , under the scheme, to an y one o f the various values.

T h e large p icturesque u p righ t stam ps o f the values o f One, T w o an d F iv e F rancs, bear the nam es o f the designer (P au l M erw art) and o f the engraver (B . D am * m an), inserted on the extrem e bottom e d g e ; an d in these tw o instances the nam e o f the engraver, A c ., has been om itted, leaving an uncoloured space.

O f the colours above given , the first in each case is that o f the central portion.

N e ither of these errors o f omission is muoh m ore than common.

Indo-China.ERROR.

1904, lc., deep lilac on bluish (76 ).

Th is is one o f the zoological series representing a Lem ur, apparently watch ing over the top of a tom b* stone a harm less looking Bu ll, which is evidently quite unconscious o f the form er’s presence ; it should have been printed in deep lilac on w hite p a p e r ; bu t by som e inadvertence, a supply w as printed on a bluish paper.

A s m ight be expected, the error can hard ly be considered as rare, its retail price being 4d.

To be continued.

TYFB.

1892-96, 26c., black on rose— name omitted (26).

M ost o f the French Colonies used, for the stam ps issued about this period, a stock design allegorically representing Com m erce and N av igation , a space being left be low the tab let o f va lue for the reception o f the name of the particu lar Colony, printed in a specified colour according to the facial va lue o f the stam p.

In the case o f t h iB T w enty -five Centimes, b lack on rose, the nam e o f the Colony is conspicuous b y its absence.

N O T E .Our thanks are due to M r. W. H Peckitt fo r the

loan o f some o f the rare stamps used in illustrating the article on “ The World's Stamp Errors."

The Postage Stamp Binding Covers.Handsome dark bins covers io buckram , gilt lettered side

sod back, m ay be bad from our Publishers, S ir Isaac Pitman A Boos, Amen Corner, London. Price Is. Ad.

176 1 TH E POSTAGE STAM P

My Favourite Country ai?d WljySouthern Nigeria iNotes of a paper read before the Brighton Branch o f the Junior Philatelic SocietyBY B. MORLEY

IF it is possible fo r a G en era l C o llecto r o f the

stam ps o f G rea t B rita in and Colon ies to g ive preference to the stam ps o f an y p a rt icu la r Co lony over the stam ps o f the other Colonies, then m y choice w o u ld fa l l on

Southern N ig e r ia . B u t be fo re I give you the reasons fo r m y choice, I w ish to m ake it c lear that m y rem arks are in tended chiefly to re late to the stam ps issued by that Colony d u rin g the 20th century, com m encing w ith the first issue under the new designation o f Southern N ig e r ia as d istinct from the N ig e r C oast Protectorate, and that I am not a ttem ptin g to com pare these stam ps w ith the o lder issues o f the other Colonies, which have a charm and attractiveness w hich is d istinctly their own, and w hich w e cannot hope to surpass or even approach in the stam ps o f the present d ay .

I g ive preference to the stam ps o f Southern N ig e r ia because o f the excellence of their design, a design which is separate an d d istinct from the design adopted by any other C o lony .

A t the tim e w hen these stam ps w ere issued some o f the Colonies w ere su ffering, from a p h ilate lic point o f v iew (as they s t i ll are n o w ), from w hat m ay be described as a m onotony o f design, nam ely that o f the G o ld C oast type, w here the m ain co lou r o f the stam ps up to the sh illin g va lue w as purp le, w ith a variation o f co lou r fo r the nam e o f the C o lon y an d the va lue o f the stam p, th is type o f stam p b e in g adopted by at least seven o f the Colonies, an d a lso b y T rin id ad and L ago s as regards colour, b u t w ith a m odification o f design , and except that L ago s issued the 2Jd. stam p in b lu e . I w as not m yse lf a stam p co llector a t the tim e, b u t I shou ld im agine that the first issue o f Southern N ig e r ia bearing the p o rtra it o f the la te Queen V ictoria , cam e to the stam p co llector as a very w elcom e change from the stam ps o f the G o ld C oast typ e o f that period .

Even i f w e go back to the period w hen the tit le o f the C olony w as changed from O il R ivers P ro tectorate to N ig e r C oast Protectorate, w e find a m ost attractive set o f stam ps h ad been prepared, but, un fortunate ly , ow in g to the change in 1 8 9 3 , in the designation o f the C olony from O il R ivers

Protectorate to N ig e r C oast P rotectorate , and to save tim e in en g rav in g new dies, the w ords “ O il Rivers ” h ad to be lined over, an d the words “ N ig e r C oast ” added in b lack letters across the upper edge o f the stam ps o f that issue, which som ewhat m arred their beau ty . Th is defect was, however, rem oved by the issues o f 1894 and 1897, and these issues, in m y opinion, stan d out as som e o f the most beau tifu l exam ples o f the m odern art o f stam p production as app lied to B ritish stam ps.

B u t to re tu rn to the first issue o f Southern N ig e r ia . T h e design , though not perhaps so strik in g as th e last issues o f- the N ig e r C oast Protectorate, is nevertheless a very p leasing one, and it has an a ttraction about it that im m ediately appeals to one as b e in g som eth ing fa r in advance o f m ost o f the last issues of the V ic to rian stam ps. This issue hod a l i fe o f on ly eighteen m onths, w hen it w as superseded in 1902 by the issue o f stam ps o f th e sam e a ttractive design , bu t b ear in g the head o f K in g E d w a rd V I I . , w ith s in g le C .A . w aterm ark , an d these in tu rn w ere superseded b y a change to paper w aterm arked m u ltip le C .A . The o n ly d raw bac k to the stam ps o f Southern N ig e r ia appears to me to be, from a pecun iary point o f v iew , the various changes h av ing f o l low ed each other w ith such rap id ity th at m any o f th e values have becom e very scarce.

Southern N ig e r ia is up to the p resent entire ly free from surcharges, w h ich I d o not consider lend attractiveness to the stam ps o f any coun try .

N o w that Southern N ig e r ia has com e into line w ith the o th e r Colonies in ad o p tin g the co lou r schem e, w e m ay expect som e o f th e stam ps o f that C o lony to lose som e o f th e ir attractiveness, as a un ico lou red stam p can never equ a l a b i co loured s tam p fo r appearance.

T ak in g Southern N ig e r ia on its m erits as a stam p issu in g country , I th ink you w il l agree w ith me th at it is a ve ry desirab le coun try to co llect. I t is a com in g coun try o f g rea t prom ise. Its stam ps are handsom e, an d have a m ost p leasing appearance in any co llec tion . T h ey are o f so lid and in creasing value, an d there a re no surcharges, and those a re m y ch ie f reasons fo r favo u rin g Southern N ig e r ia .

Farm, Field avd Fireside has revived the o ld stam p licking scare in a recent issue This is w h at our alliterative contem porary says on the subject

“ L ick ing postage stam ps is a very com m on practice, and one that b u t few people would associate w ith danger of disease o f an y sort. O f course, illness traceable to this cause is rare, b u t that it does som etim es occur no one can doubt. B u t aside from the disease-germ theory o f absta in ing from th is practioe, it certainly is not a cleanly h ab it nor is it a necessary action. I t is a good deal easier and safer to lick the envelope, or, w hat is better, m oisten the corner of it w ith the finger tips and w ater, and then app ly the stam p. A w et handkerchief w ill dam pen the envelope sufficiently to m ake the stam p adhere. W h ile great care is taken in p reparing the m ucilage th at is p u t

upon postage stam ps, it is im possible to insure the perfect health o f the persons w ho handle them. A n em ployee w ith an inoculable disease m ight spread his ill condition through a whole country. I t m ay not be necessary to w arn everyone, b u t those w h o have never h ad their attention called to the subject w ill not fa il upon a m om ent’s reflection, to see the fo lly o f lick ing postage stam ps.”

O f course stam p licking is not to be recom m ended. I t is an unpleasant hab it— so is the licking o f stam p m ounts though we fear com paratively few collectors use L ’Auto -M ou illeu r philatelique, k ind ly provided b y our F ranco-C hannel friend, M . Lem aire. Personally I find the “ A uto , e tc ." works adm irab ly and when I have not one handy I keep a gu m bottle w ith a thin cam el hair brush fo r m ounting.

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CorrespondenceN .B .— Correspondence on all matters of general philatelic interest is cordially invited. A ll letters fo r publication

should be sent to the Editor, The Postage Stamf, 14, Sudboume Road, Brixton, London, and letters should also be distinctly marked i n s id e with the name of this journal. The Editor does not necessarily identify himself with opinions expressed by correspondents.

The Argentine •• Peso."

The E d ito r o f The Postage Stam p.D ear S ir,

In the num ber o f The Postage Stamp fo r O ct. 30th, 1909 , regard in g the v a lu e o f the peso in the A rgen tin e R epublic , M r . Poo le says '* P r io r to 1860 th e peso w as w orth I s . 8d ., b u t w ith the revision o f the co inage a t that period its value rose to 4 s .”

Th is w o u ld g ive the im pression that the peso as know n to the ph ilate list is w orth 4s., w h ich is not the case. I t is the go ld peso, very litt le used, w h ich is w o rth 4s. T h e peso used fo r every d ay transactions an d genera l business is the paper peso, w orth betw een Is . 8d. and I s . 9d., and it is this w h ich is used fo r the A rgen tine stam ps. Thus the 5 centavos, one-tw entieth o f a peso, is worth approx im ate ly one penny.

Y o u rs sincerely.F . G r u n d y .

C ariou s P ostm ark.

To the Editor The Postage Stamp.

D ea r Sir,Y o u m ention in your “ Gossip o f the W eek ” in the

current num ber of The Postage Stamp a certain postm ark curiosity.

I h ave an envelope in m y collection which was posted in Po rtland last spring. T h e cancellation consists o f a num ber of lines scraw led across it in copying-ink pencil.

I can ’t m ake ou t w h y it should be so cancelled as it waa posted a t the head office in Portland , which is quite a large bu ild ing specially built fo r a poet office. I f it had been a sm all shop w here greengroceries or other things m ight be obtained one could suppose that the date-stam p wasn ’t handy. B u t in a large office o f course this is impossible.

Can you or any reader o f The Postage Stamp suggest a solution t

Y o u rs faithfully,W . H a w o b t b .

New Zealand Perforation*.To the Editor The Postage Stamp,

D ea r Sir,I w a s m ost interested to read M r. Ph i peon’s article

on N .Z . perfs. in your issue o f the 27th Novem ber. Curiously enough, I had been m aking a few notes on the “ Dunedin ” perf. m yself, in a small w ay . M y estim ate as to the dates w as exactly the same. N ow fa r be it from m e to attem pt to correct one so much m ore skilled than I. B u t I should like to offer a few suggestions in respect o f his list. F irst, I have seen four specimens of the 3d. brow n-lilac 13, to every one 124, I d id not differentiate a t all in the 124, or Governm ent perfs. I m easured one specimen of the 4d. ye llow as 13. B u t I rem em ber that the holes were quite unlike the usual 13, so possibly it w as a 12}, m ade b y the th ird , and irregular, machine. O f the 6d. red-brow n, I have seen four specimens, undoubted ly perf. 13.

N o w , as you m ight think, it is scarcely possible for a boy a t school to ge t together a va luab le collection from his own pocket-m oney. B ut to the beat o f m y know ledge, a ll the moat notable collections were started when their m akers were a t an early age— which is the age o f taking a ll one can get, w rappers and postcards included. Th is iB the most necessary stage, it is, so to speak, the gram m ar o f philately. Once the collector is past this stage, he rarely discontinues collecting of his own free will. F o r if he is keen enough and tenacious enough to pass the critical point, say approxim ately 1,000— 2,000, he is certainly tenacious enough to go on.

N ow , w hen the young collector has learnt the gram m ar, and begun to appreciate condition and m inor varieties, then let him start to specialise in a small w a y — Ita ly , for instance, offers an easy field, no ** very m in o r" varieties, and nearly every stam p attainable even by the m ost slender pocket. O r even let him lim it himself to a group, British Colonies, a Continent, or let him lim it himself in value, or point o f time. N o w the foundation is laid, he m ay build d son gout. I personally have chosen N ew Zealand , because I happened to write to a dealer for a few stam ps to complete the pictorial types. I waa fascinated b y the beauty o f the stamps. A lso for one of less aesthetic and im pulsive temperament, N ew Zealand recom m ends itself. The older issues are as safe as Consols, I am sure, while the “ get-rich-quick ” can speculate freely in the id . and Id . issued since1900. In these the specialist w ill a lw ays find someth ing fresh, while he w ho is inspired b y the teachings o f Mr. E w en can com plete his collection o f N ew Zealand w ithout trouble. F inally , the m ost telling argum ent a “ condition specialist ” could bring forw ard , is an array o f spotless and unim paired beau ty o f the first issues, one o f the trium phs o f stam p production.

M ay I offer a sm all h int to those unversed in the variations o f paper in the Id . “ Un iversal.” The Basted (o r is it Bearsted T) Mills production, and the unwaterm arked Cow an are difficult to distinguish, if the w ink, on the form er is not clear. O n looking through the stam ps in front of a strong light, the Basted paper shows no sign o f design, whereas the Cow an has row s o f tiny diam ond-shaped spaces running in row s parallel to each direction of the aides o f each diam ond, and thus cutting each other a t an angle o f 120*.

I am , w ith apologies,Y ours sincerely,

. C. S . J e w e l l

Concerning Commemorative*.To the Editor The Postage Stamp.

D ear Cornelius,Y ou have written and published m any good things,

but I think one of the best is your article '* Concerning Com m em orativee ” in the last Postage Stamp.

I like and appreciate specially w hat you say on the “ Independence o f the Y o u n g Collector ” and on the “ D em ocracy of Stam p Collecting.”


I w rote a short contribution on th e first o f these tw o subjects to the Sym posium appearing in Gibbons’ Weekly during the autum n o f 1906, and which w as printed in the num ber o f Ootober 27th, over the nam e o f S tuart instead o f K art W iehen . M r. H osken kind ly called it m ost ludicrous an d M r. H a rry J. M aguire said on the 17th N ovem ber, 1906 : “ I think that M r. S tuart W ieh a n has m ade, perhaps, the m ost va luab le contribution to the Sym posium . ’ 1 am still of the opinion th at it is a m istake to try to dom ineer over and dictate to B o y or Jun ior Collectors w h at they are to collect and w hat not.

A n d in w ritin g the little paper on the subject, “ Should Collectors in a ll cases Sacrifice Completeness to Condition,” an d which I had the honour to read before the N o rth London Society on the 16th o f N o vem ber last, I had in m y m ind besides B o y and Junior Collectors, that vast arm y o f collectors, whom you so ap tly call the “ D em ocracy o f Stam p Collectin g ” and w h o after all g ive perhaps the greatest support to our hobby.

L e t every collector decide for him self w h at he w ill collect I an d if someone wishes to m ake a collection of the m uch despised Com m em oratives only, let him do so. I t w ill look w ell and m ay g ive him m uch pleasure. A dv ise and help where advice an d help is asked for, “ educate and cajole i f you w ill, b u t never d ictate.”

W ith best w ishes for a happy Christm as, believe m e, dear Cornelius,

Y o u rs tru ly ,K a r l W ie h b n .

M auritius.The Editor The Postage Stamp.M y D ear E d itor,

lie Mr. Ire lan d ’s article on M auritius in last num ber of your paper. Th is has much interested me, bu t I cannot agree w ith all the dates nam ed b y M r. Ire lan d as to w hen certain of the M auritius A rm s, 1st type w as issued. I a llude now entirely to the “ A rm s ” type. I m ay ad d that ray collection consists of practically a ll values issued to date and further m any o f m y copies are dated ones, and I agree w ith E w en in his Reference L ist dealing w ith these stam ps, in which he nam es approxim ate dates o f issue for them. Thinking it w ill prove of interest I enclose you herew ith a com plete list o f them w ith dates of issue as far as can be known, in some cases only the year is known, in others the m onth of that year also, and in others again the actual date of the month.

K in d ly insert this in a future n u m ber as soon as convenient and oblige,

V e ry tru ly yours,E . H e o i n b o t t o m , B .A ., F .R .P .S .L o n d .

In com paring m y list w ith M r. Ire lan d ’s you w ill see where the dates differ. M r. Ire lan d o f course does not nam e the various printings, not the varieties of w m k. an d paper, b u t enclosed list gives you a ll these.

Mauritius Arms, type one, date ol Issue, etc.

W m k d . C A . S IN G L E N O N -su rfa c ed paper, un icolored on w h ite : 3c. du ll and deep purple (shades),

. N ovem ber, 1896 ; 2c. du ll and brigh t purple, Ju ly ,1901.

W m k d . an d paper as last, b u t B I-co lou red on white : 4c. du ll purp le and em erald (shades), M ay , 1897; 2c. du ll purp le and orange (shades), Ju ly , 1897;

18c. green an d ultra, (shades), J u ly , 1897; lc . du ll purp le and u ltra , (shades), D ecem ber, 1897 ; 6c. green and rose red (shades) during 1900; 16c. green an d orange, Ju ly , 1901; lo . grey an d b lack (shades), A ugust, 1901; 12c. g rey b lack and carm ine, : Ju ly , 1902;4c. g rey green an d v io let (shades), Decem ber, 1903;

W m k d . as last, bu t B l-co lo u red on C O L O U R E D p a per : 4c. purp le and carm ine on yellow , during 1901 ; 8c. green an a b lack on buff, J u ly , 1902 ; 26c. green and carm ine on green, October, 1902; 6c. du ll and bright purple on buff, du rin g 1903 ; 6c. purp le and carm ine on red , during 1903 ; 3c. green and carm ine on yellow , A p ril, 1904; 4c. b lack and carm ine onblue, 22nd O ctober, 1904; 16c. black and b lue onblue, Decem ber, 1905.

W m k d . as last, bu t U N I-c o lo u re d on Coloured pape r : 6c. du ll and brigh t purple on buff, October, 1902 ; 60c. green an d deep green on yellow , October, 1902.

L a rge r stam ps, W m k d . C A . S I N G L E 8 ID E W A Y S , bi-coloured on coloured non-surfaced paper ; 2r. 60c. green and b lack on blue, O ctober,1902 ; 6r. purp leand carm ine on red, O ctober, 1902.

A lso larger stam p, W m k d . CC. Upright, on non- surfaced paper, bi-coloured on w h ite : l r . grey black and carm ine, October, 1902.

Sm all stam ps, W m k . C A . M U L T I P L E , on N O N - surfaoed paper, bi-coloured on coloured : 6c. purp leand carm ine on red, Ju ly , 1904 ; 4c. b lack and carm ine on blue, du ring 1906. W m k d . and paper as last, bu t uni-coloured on white : 2c. d u ll and b righ t purple,M ay , 1906.

W m k d . C A . M U L T I P L E on C H A L K Y paper, u n icoloured on w h ite : 2c. lilac an d m auve ( le t p rin t),16th F eb ru ary , 1906 ; 2c. lilac and violet (2nd p rin t), later in 1906.

W m k d . an d paper as last, b u t B l-co lou red on w h ite : lc. grey and b lack , 30tb Septem ber, 1907.

L a rge r stam p, w m kd. as last, b u t bi-coloured on white: lr . grey b lack and carm ine, 8th M ay, 1907.

W m k d . as last, b u t B l-co lo u red on C O L O U R E D : 4c. b lack an d carm ine on blue, J u ly 1906 ; 6o. purp le and carm ine o n red, 28th M ay , 1907 ; 16c. b lackan d blue on b lue , 14th A ugust, 1907 : 3c. green and carm ine on yellow , 16th F e b ru a ry ,* 1908.

W m k d . and pape r as la st,bu t un i-coloured on coloured: 60c. green an d deep green on ye llow . F eb ru ary , 1908.

W m k d . C A . S IN G L E on C H A L K Y paper, b icoloured on coloured : 26c. green an d carm ine on green, 2nd D ecem ber, 1908.

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W e regret th a t ow ing to the illness o f the contributor in charge o f this feature, N e w issues are un avo id ab ly om itted this week. T h e feature w ill, how ever, appear as usual next week.


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Mr. Lovelace, who is a fluent speaker, after a most interesting specialist discourse, entertained the company with soma stories from the designs of the stamps of China and the Treaty Ports.

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Second. Manorpark.

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1.2,4.4,5.6.8,10,10.12.20,30 and jocts. I o Ditto ditto, set o f 14-with $1.00 ... I 6

SA R A W A K , 190^8, set of 4 ,1.2.3&4CU.0 4 JOHORB, 1904, set of 3, I. 2 8c 3cts— 0 3 SIAM, Jubilee, I stt. used ... ... 0 1

„ i8atts. used .............. 0 61909. 6 satangs on 4 alts, used... o 2l

12 „ Satts. „ ... o 2i14 ,, 9*tts. .......... 0 2|

PED. M ALAY STATES.Mul., $1.00, large stamp ............. I 0

„ $2.00, „ .............. 1 8

PH ILlP& N feS. 1909.1 peso, lavender I 0d u t c h In d i e s - J a v a .

SOcta., cat. 1/3 .......................................O 51 gulden, cat. 2/6 I 6Butten Bexit, 22icta.. cat. 9d. ... O $

CHINA, t6cts., olive ............................ o 3

STRAIt I s ETTLBMKNTS, Sets. brown 0 1 A ll superb used copies.

Orders under 2/6 postage extra.

V IO T O ftIA S T A M P CO.226. E U 8 TO N ROAD, LONDON. N W.

COLLECTORSOf Curios, Antiques, Books, Coins or anything else whatever, will find a first rate market for specimens they do not want in The Bazaar. Exchange and Mart newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply & conveniently

It la t il* Great Paper fo r Inform ation,

P rivate Salem S t Bargalne.Advertisements of Private Collectors (r>. those who do not make a business of purchase and tale) inserted st the rate of 3 words for

Id., minimum 4d.

TRY IT—QET A CO PY.Price 2d. everywhere, or by post for 3d. in

stamps from theOffices : BAZAAR BUILDINGS, DRURY LANE.

LONDON, W .C

Foaadcd'by *E D W AR D J. NANK IVELL. Edited b yPRED. J. M E LV ILLE .

No. 18. Vol. 6. 15 JANUARY, 1910. Price Id.Thole Number 1?0)

Gossip of the WeeHBY CORNELIUS W RINKLE

Kins Albert Stamps for the Congo.

THE Belgian newspa' pera state that the new stamps for Belgium with the portrait of King Albert will

not be put in circulation until 1911, but M. Tbiriar the philatelist has information which leads him to expect the issue during the present year.

In any case says L ' An- nonce Timbrologique the stamps of the Congo with the new King's portrait will be issued first.

Two Prospective Issues lor Argentina.I gather from L a Revue Philatelique F lH ttfaise that all

the stamps of the current series of the Argentine Republic of the San Martin type will be superseded on May 1st next, on which date there will be issued the jubilee series The coming series is being made at the suggestion of Argentine philatelists in connection with the coming Centennial Exposition, and the Expositiou series will only be available in use until the end of December, when Another new “ permanent " series will in all likelihood be i-sued instead of making a return to the rather cheap San Martin-stamps now in use.

" Might-Have-Been*.”“ If Dr. Cook or Commander Peary had been up to

solid, philatelically speaking.” says the American Stamp Collector, “ either would have clinched his proof of presence at the pole by getting out a provisional issue of stamps.” Just think what the Danish Geographical Society would have made of a few original covers with special stamps dated from ETOOKISOOKVILLE- XOKDPOL. But it would scarcely have paid a genius like the famous Cook to frivol away his time ou issuing cotnmemoratives or provisionals, for those New York newspapers pay much better.

St. Louis* Phllattllc Fame.

Mekeel’s Weekly Stamp Newt in a number devoted to philately in St. Louis, recalls someiuterestmg particulars of the St. Louis “ bears" and of the sensational find in 1895. The claims of St. Louis to philatelic fame are varied and numerous, says our American contemporary. First of all, its celebrated provisionals have given the city an honoured place in the annals of our pursuit. These fascinating stamps of striking desigu have beou in the minds of collectors for many years although they have been but sparsely represented in albums. In the early days the existence of the 20-cent St. Louis stamp was unsuspected but in 1870, J. W. Scott announced two dies of tbis denomination, contending that the newly discovered stamp had beep made from altered dins of the 5-cent; the 20- cent stamps were issued in 1845-48. The plate, in its original shape, from which the St. Louis stamps were printed, consisted of six stamps engraved on copper, two vertical rows of three stamps each,—the 5's at the left and the 10‘s at the right. Later, two of the 5-cent impressions were altered to 20 cents, but ultimately, the 20's were erased and the 5's restored ; R is seen that there were three stages of the plate of six stamps, the 20’s having beeD printed from tne plate in the second etsge. As each impression was separately engraved, J. M. Kershaw, the most prominent engraver in 8t. Louis at the time, having executed the task on copper, each stamp shows small differences from its fellows. In 1871, three copies of the 20-cent. were available and although that philatelic genius, E. L. Pemberton, England, espoused the claim of the 20-cent for recognition, yet there was no degree of unanimity on the part of students to accept his finding as absolute. In 1894, the late John K. Tiffany, St. Louis,


authenticated the 20-cent to his own satisfaction and that of other investigators.

Treasure Trove.

The sensational find of St. Louis stamps at Louisville, in 1895, consisting of seventy-five 5-cent; forty-six ten - cent and sixteen 20-cent 'stamps made possible infallible reconstruction of the plates and* removed all indecision from the minds of doubters *s to the genuineness of the 20-cent. The find included a number of strips of three, one of which was composed of two 20’s and one 5-cent; and there were pairs in which all the denominations were represented. The story of the find has become one of the classics of philately and it was the reigning sensation for a long time afterwards. I. A. Mekeel was successful in purchasing the stamps for his firm and his recital of his adventures and negotiations In acquiring the stamps is one of the most engrossing of narratives. The story of his " bear hunt ” was published as a brochure in handsome form and reality is reflected by the talented writer in a way to make romance pale. No attempt will be made

here to supply the details of the story with which older collectors are familiar ; the tale is one that deserves careful and extended treatment. Suffice it to say that the newspaper press vied with the philatelic journals in heralding the Jbcount of how the Louisville janitor stumbled upon the purse of Fortunatus.

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The "P o stage S tam p" on Sale.


Bright & Bon, 164, Strand, W.C..F . C. Ginn, 143, 8trand, London. W.C.Lewis May & Co., 15, King William St., Strand, W.C.

* W. H. Peckitt, 47. Strand, London, W.C.James Rhodes, 62, Market Street. Manchester.W. Ward. Booth Street, Piccadilly, Manchester.And at all Newsagents and Booksellers.

Tljc Seybcld Collection SoldA Cast) Deal of $26,000

THE tragic death of Mr. John F. Seybold announced in our columns somfe weeks back is now followed by news of the sale of his fine collection of stamps, mostly on original covers. Mr. Seybold bad a strong penchant for stamps on covers and latterly

he restricted himself almost entirely to copies in this condition.

The purchaser of the Seybold collection is stated by Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News to have been Mr. John T. Coit, a prominent banker of New York City. The sale was a cash transaction and the purchase price was 926,000 or about £5,200. gi

Mr. Coit who is to be congratulated on a very fine acquisition, has for many years taken a strong interest in philately, and he has been tbe owner of more than one fine collection in the past.

He became interested in the Seybold collection at tbe beginning of December last and opened a correspondence with Mr. John B. Howe of the Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald. this gentleman being the agent with power of attorney of Jacob Seybold, father of tbe late collector and the administrator and sole legatee of the son who died intestate.

As a result of the negotiations Mr. Coit went to Syracuse, accompanied by J. 0. Morgenthau of New York city, one of the leading stamp dealers and

experts of the country. One whole day was spent in an examination of the collection, and the next morning tbe iSelling price was agreed upon and the transaction completed.

The purchaser is a resident of New York city, but lives with his family half of the year at a beautiful home in Bennington Center, Vt. Stamp collecting has beeu one of his favourite pastimes, and he has loug been familiar with the Seybold collection, having inspected it during the lifetime of its owner.

Tbe sale of the Seybold collection will be regarded as an event of interest in the philatelic world. Since Mr. Seybold's death, Mr. Howe has received a large number of inquiries concerning its disposition, and several prominent dealers in the large cities have gone over it with a view to purchase. Not only from various sections of the United Stfttea, but from England, Germany and Switzerland, letters have come from dealers and wealthy collectors asking for the conditions and terms of sale. It was Mr. Howe's intention to oiler the collection at auction, through one of the large stamp auction agencies, if be could not dispose of it advantageously in a single transaction; but the private sale now effected, with satisfaction to both parties, makes that alternative unnecessary.

Alleged Starpp Fraud(At Bow Street.— Before Sir A. de Rutzen).

Sydney Reginald Edmunds, a well-dressed yonng fellow, was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour for attempting to obtain stamps by fraud.

It was stated that the prisoner recently wrote to Stanley Gibbons (Limited), stamp dealers, of the Strand, and representing himself to be secretary to Mr. J. H. Whitley, M.P., requested them to send him a selection

of stamps for his inspection. The address given was a tobacconist's shop in Chelsea. It was stated that he was not connected with Mr. Whitley, M.P., in any way.

Detective-sergeant Budge said the prisoner's real name was Goode. He bad been fined for defrauding his landlady at Ipswich, and was suspected of having obtained stamps by false pretences in Hampshire.

— The Standard, 5.1.10.


Berpe Ipterijatiopal Philatelic Exhibitionfu ll Pre$ran?ipe aijd Rules for Exhibitors

THE i Organisation Committee of the Berne International Philatelic Exhibition has now completed its Programme and Rales, and early publication is made in The Postage Stamp so that our readers may have the fullest opportunity of

winning some of the awardB. As the Exhibition is not to take place till September Borne collectors may think it early to issue this important paper, but the time is none too long for those who wish to re-arrange, modify or add to their collections before forwarding them to the Com- rnittee.

We hope that the importance of this Exhibition will be readily recognised by collectors in this country, and indeed in America. There are collectors in both countries who have an objection to showing at exhibitions. Some fear that their collections may suffer damage from transit, exposure or other causes. But actually the risks are reduced to a minimum in all important philatelic exhibitions, and occasions like the coming Bertie International Exhibition call for the display of a generous public-spirited support. We know there are many who have turned out their collections before who will do so again. But it is important that others should come along with collections that have not been exhibited in public before.

We bave much pleasure in giving the particulars contained in the Programm und Bestimmungen and collectors who are disposed to enter for the competitions should keep these rules and other particulars by them for ready reference. Strict attention to the letter of the rules is important.

Patron ;H. Jagoli-Weber. Winterthur, President of the Union

of SwisB Philatelic Societies.

Honorary Presidents :E. Ruffy, Director of the International Bureau of the

Universal Postal Union ; Oberst E. Frey. Director of the International Bureau of the Telegraph Union; A. Stager, Postmaster-General of Switzerland; A. Kocber, Postmaster of Berne; G. Delessert, Postmaster of Lausanne

Jury :E. D. Bacon, South Croydon; Dr. E. Diena, Rome;

Hilmer Djurling, Stockholm; Franz Hasler, St. Gallon; Kaiserl. Rat Hans Kropf, Prag; Maurice Langlois, Paris; Landgerichtsprasideot Lindenberg. Berlin; H P. Manus, Amsterdam; A. de Reuterskiold, Lausanne.

Committee o f Honour (Societies) :The Royal Philatelic Society, London; American Phila

telic 8ociety, Scranton, U 8.A .; Briefmsrkensammler- Verein " Union,” Strassburg; Briefmarkensammler- Verein *' Suevia,” Schwabmflnchen ; The Birmingham Philatelic Society,Birmingham; Deutscher Philatelisten- Verband, Gossnitz ; Federation des Philatdlistes Beiges, Anvers; Hamburg-Altonsr Briefmarkensammler-Verein, Hamburg; Herts Philatelic Society, London; Internet. Postwertzeicheohundler-Verein, Berlin ; Internet. Phila- telisten-Verein, Dresden ; Junior Philatelic Society, London; Kopenhageuer Philatelisten-Klub, Kopenhagen; The Leeds Philatelic Society, Leeds; The Manchester Philatelic Society, Manchester; Neederlandsche Vereeni- ging Van Postzegel-Verzamelaars, Amsterdam; Oberel- sassischer Philatelisten-Klub, Mulhausen; Osterreich

Philatelisten-Klub “ Vindobdna,’ ’ Wein ; The Philatelic Society of India; Sociltd Fran^ais de Timbrologie, Paris; Sooieta Filatetica Lombards, Milano; Sociedad Filatelica Argentina, Beunos-Aires; Sveriges Filatelist Fbreuing, Stockholm; Union Philatdlique de Marseille, Marseille; Verein Fur Briefmarkenkunde. Kiel; Vereiu F. Brief- markeukunde Z. Hamburg Von 1885, Hamburg; Phila- telisten-Verein Bern, B ern; Briefmarken-Tauschklub, Bern; Club Philatdlique de St-Imier. St-Imier; Phila- telisten-Verein Aarau, Aarau; Pbilatelisteu-Vereiu Basel, Basel; Philatelieten-Verein Bellinzoua, Bel I in zona ; Philatelistan-Verein Glarus, Glarus; Pbilateiisten-Verein Luzern, Luzern; Philatelisten-Vereiu "R hatia,” Chur; Philatelieten-Verein Solothurn, Solothurn ; Philatelisten- Verein St. Gallen, St. Galleu; Philatelisten-Verein Winterthur, Winterthur; Philatelisten-Vereiu Zurich, Zurich ; Socidtd Lausannoise de Timbrologie. LausaDne ; Society Pbilatdlique de Bienne, Bienne; Sociltl Phila- tliique de Geneve, GenAve; 8oci£t£ Philatilique de la Chaux-de-Fonds, Cbaux-de-Foods; Society Pbilat£lique du Locle, Le Locle; SociiW Philatelique de Neuchatel, Neuohatel; 8oci£t< Timbrologique de Geneve. Geneve; Union Timbrologique Fribourgeoise, Fribourg; Verband Schweiz, Poetwertzeichenbandler, Bern.

Committee of Honour (Collectors):E . D. Bacon, South Croydon; Carl Beck, Berlin;

L Doming Beckton, Manchester; Dr. jur. Berchelmann, Darmstadt; F. Breitfuss, St. Petersburg; M. P. Castle, Brighton ; Adolph Choliua, Miinchen ; Dr Achill Chiesa, Milano; Albert Coyette, Paris; Earl of Crawford. London ; Dr. E. Diena, Rom e; Ernst Doule, Wunsiedel; H. v. Doring, Kammerherr, Gera; H. J. Duveen, London ; H. A. Elias, Arnheim ; Joh. Elster, Berlin; Major Edw. B. Evans, London; L. W. Fulcher, London ; Ed. FiireteDau, Kohn; Carl George, Lissabon; J. Goossen Czn, Amsterdam; C. Hamburg, Frankfurt a M.; L. L. Hausburg, Wey bridge; Consul H. L. Hay man, London ; Major Ad. von Holbach, Frankfort a. M .; Henry Hoore- man, Antwerpen; Wickham Jones, London; Dr. F. Kalkhofl, Berlin; Consul Sixteen Keyser, Stockholm;G. Kirchner, St. Petersburg ; Dr. jur, P. Kloss, Dresden ; L. H. Kjellstedt, Scranton, U S .A ,; Dr. A. Kunkler, K ie l; Maurice Langlois, Paris; Baron R. Lehmann, Amsterdam ; Pierre Mahi, Paris; Dr. May, Amstrichter, Dresden; H. P. Manus, Amsterdam; Fred. J. Melville, London; Dr A. Moschkau, Oybiu; Lieut. F. H. Napier, London; Hauptm. P. Ohrt, Dusseldorf; H. R. Oldfield, London ; F. H. Oliver. London ; Charles Lathrop Pack, Lakewood, U .8 .A .; F . Peplow, London; Charles J. Philipps, London ; Dr. med. Paul Pirl, Charlottenburg ; S. Pollatsek, Budapest; Dr Marco del Pont, Buenos- Aires; F. Reichenbeim, London; Ritter H. de la Renotiere. Wieo ; Leopold Rivolta. Milano; J. B. Robert, a’Gravenhage; Ad. Rosenberg, Frankfurt a. M ,; Ritt- meister a. D. von Scherff, Berlin; Ibr. J. A. A. v. Schmidt, Amsterdam ; Dr. A. Schmidt. Leipzig ; Schmidt de Wilde, Paris; Adolphe Schoeller, Montmorency; A. J. 8efl, London ; Paul de Smeth, Bruxelles; A. Ste finer, Mulhausen ; Victor Sunpantschitsch, Graz; J. A. Tilleard, London; Ernst Vicenz, Hamburg; Hauptm. C. Wafel- bakker, Amsterdam ; Ralph Wedmore, London ; Baron A. de Worms, Eg bam ; Geo. Worthington, Cleveland, U .S .A .; Ritter von Woers, Wien ; R. B. Yardley, Surrey;G. Apostoll, Lugano; A. Becker, Basel; L. Blanchard, Lausanne; R. Ellenberger, Bern; Dr. J. Epper, Bern

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M. Frey-8ebindler, Aarau ; Th. Frey, St. Gallon ; BaronC. von Gireewald, Lugano; F. Glasson, B u lle; F . de I'Harpe, GenJve; F. Hasler, St. Gallon; J. Henberger- Fischer, Aarau; L. Hirschland, St. Gallon; J. Jenny* Hassig, Ennenda; J. Joorin-Snter, Basel; A. Keller- Wirth, Winterthur; Th. Kiing, Chur; C. Lamp, Bern; C A. Lienhard, Beilin zona; Ch. Merkt, St-Imier; A. Muller, Bienne; G. Perrett, Chsux-de-Fonds; C. Pett- mamn, Genfeve; F. Reinhard, Bern; St&nderat A. Robert, Chaux-de-Fonds; G. Kossel, Solothurn; 0. Soaber, L ocle; J. Schilliger, Luzern; F. Semminger, B ern; E. Sigerigt-Moser, SchaSbausen; J. Spaelty- Gallatin, Glarus; J. Speiaer, Peseux; A Vulliemin, Lausanne; E. Weinmann, Zurich.

PROSPECTUS.Class I.— Switzerland.

Section A— General collections of Cantonal.Transitional and Federal issues.

Section B —Specialized collections of Cantonal and Transitional stamps.

Section 0 — Specialized collections of the Federal issues, from 1850 to the present day.

Section D — Collections of Postmarks on stamps and letters.

Section E — Collection of Entires.Seotion F — Collections of official Proofs and Essays.Section G — Collections of Fiscal stamps.

The best Swiss collection will obtain a " Grand Prix."

Ula88 II.— Championship.Collections of the stamps of any country, which have

already been awarded a Gold Medal at an International Philatelic Exhibition.

ONE Prize : Grand Prix or Gold Medal.

Class III — Europe.

Section A— Collections of the stamps of Germany with StatPB and Levant, France with Levant, Great Britain with Levant, Italy with States and Levant.

Section B— Collections of the stamps of Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Finland, Greece, Luxemburg, Montenegro, Holland, Austria-Hungary with Levant, Portugal, Roumania with Levant, Russia with Levant and Poland, Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Ioeland), Spain, Turkey.

Section C Collections of the stamps of one European Country, which iB not olassed alone in Sections A or R. Examples: Oldenburg, Wurtemberg, Sicily, Modena, Sweden, Crete, Monaco, etc.

C l a s s I V , — Colonies.

Section A— General collections of the stamps of the German, French, Dutch, Spanish or Portuguese colonies.

Section B— Collections of the stamps of one of the English oolonies in Asia, or Afrioa, the Philippines or Portuguese Indies.

Seotion 0— Collections of the Btamps of one of the English oolonies in America or the West Indies.

Section D— Collections of the stamps of one English colony in Australia and New Zealand.

Seotion E — Collections of the stamps of one colony of Class A, or of Cyprus, Gibraltar, Heligoland, Ionian

Islands, Malta, Danish West Indies, Erythrea, Italian Somaliland.

Class V.— Foreign Countries.Section A—Collections of the stamps of an Asiatic or

African State—not a European colony. Example-: China, Japan, Persia, Egypt, Abyssinia, Congo, Liberia, etc. 1

Section B — Collections of the stamps of the United States of America, the Confederate States, Columbia, Brazil, Argentine, Buenos-Ayres, Mexico, Uruguay or Hawai.

Section C— Collections of the stamps of Chili, Peru, Samoa, Tonga, etc., v iz .: any other state in America or Australia—not a European colony— and not classed in Section B.

Class VI.— Rarities of any country.(Postage stamps, Entires.)

Section A— 25 to SO rarities exhibited by a collector.Section B —25 to 30 rarities exhibited by a dealer.

Class V I I General Collectiont.Section A General collections of postage stamps con

taining at least 20,000 specimens.Section B —General collections of postage stamps con

taining at least 10 000 specimens.Section C— General collections of postage stamps con

taining less than 10,000 specimens.Seotion D— General collections of the postage stamps

of Europe.Section E — General collections of postage stamps con

taining at least 4,000 specimens exhibited by collectors under 18 years of age.

Class V III.— Entires.Section A— General collections of entires of all

countries.Section B — Collections of entires of one country or s

group of countries— with the exception of Switzerland.

Class IX .— Proofs.Collections of official proofs and essays of one ciuntry

or a group of countries— with the exception of Switzerland

Clabs X .— Postmarks.Collections of the postmarks of one country or a group

of countries, with the exception of Switzerland.

Class XI — Forgeries, Curiosities, etc.Collections of philatelic or postal curiosities, forgeries

(with study) or of any objeots of postal or philatelio interest, not to be found in the previous classes.

Class X II.— Literature and philatelic accessories.Section A— Philatelic works and handbooks published

since 1905 exhibited by the author, catalogues and journals published in 1909— 1910.

Section B — Printed albums.Seotion G— Blank albums and philatelio accessories.The Committee will furnish the Judges with two

Grand Prix, one for the finest colleotion of Switserlaud, the other for the finest colleotion of any other country, also Gold, Silver-gilt, Silver and Bronse Medals and Diplomas.


RULES.A rt. 1 .—The Exhibition will be held in the

Halls of the new Casino at Bern from September 3rd, to September 12th, 1910.

A rt. 2.—The Exhibition will comprise in addition to postage stamps, “ entires,” philatelic literature, albums, and a ll other articles relating to philately.

Art!. 3.—Every person accepting the present regulations w ill be entitled to exhibit and compete. The Organizing Committee, however, reserves to itself the right to refuse any exhibit (without assigning any reason) in the interest of (he Exhibition.

A rt. 4.—No lim it is fixed as to the number of Exhibits. Each article can, however, only be entered once, and in one class o nly, to be chosen by the Exhibitor. With the exception of the general collections, exhibited in Classes V II., VIII. and X I., all exhibits should be mounted on cards or loose sheets of as uniform a size as possible.

A rt. S.—The charge for space in the Exhibition, for Collections on cards or sheets is 8 frs. per square m&tre for the first 5 square metres, and 5 frs. for each extra square m&tre ; for albums, 3 frs. per volume for the first 4 albums, and 3 frs. for each additional volume ; and 5 frs. per square mfetre for “ entires " mounted on cards.

W ith regard to the Charges under Class 12 for literature and other philatelic accessories, application should be made to the Secretary of the Exhibition.

A rt. 6.—Exhibitors are particularly requested to make use, as far a s possible, of cards measuring 24 to 27 centimetres in breadth, and 32 to 35 centimetres in height (say 11 to 12 inches wide by 13 to 14 inches high). Nevertheless, other sizes will be adm itted.

The cards w ill be displayed during exhibition under thick glass, and the albums w ill be exhibited, open in locked cases, which will be opened only in the presence and under the supervision of at least 2 members of the Organizing Committee or the Exhibition Committee. A special supervision during the whole duration of the Exhibition is also guaranteed.**'

A rt. 7.— Medals w ill be awarded to the Exhibitors in each Class. The Jury w ill have the power to award in the same section, if they think fit, more than one gold, vermeil, silver, or bronze medal with a diploma, or diplomas only.

A rt. 8.—No Exhibitor shall receive more than one Medal in the same section, or more than two Medals in the same Class.

A rt. 9.—A ll Exhibits will be insured against fire and theft. The charge, payable by the Exhibitor, will be 2 frs. per 1,000 frs., with a minimum charge of 3 frs. The insurance w ill commence from the receipt of the Exhibit by the Secretary, and will remain in force until its re-expedition, or its delivery direct to the Exhibitor.

A rt. 10.—The charges for space and for insurance are payable in advance, and no articles w ill be exhibited until after payment of these charges.

The Organizing Committee accepts no responsibility for any damage sustained by any article before the payment of the insurance charge.

A rt. 11 .—Exhibitors are requested to forward to the Secretary, as early as possible and at latest, before June 1st, 1910 , the Application form, duly

filled in and signed, and accompanied by a fu ll description for the Catalogue.

A rt. 12 .—The Swiss Customs authorize the entry, exempt from duty, of a ll articles addressed to the Exhibition from foreign Countries and will issue permits for the same.

A ll parcels sent by ppst or rail should be prepaid and addressed to the Secretary of the International Philatelic Exhibition, 39, Neuengasse. Bern. They should arrive in Bern from August 20th to August 3 1st. From the Swiss frontier they will be forwarded under leaden seals to the customs office in Bern, which w ill deliver them after due registration to the Secretary of the Exhibition.

The opening of the parcels and the Customs inspection w ill be madet in the Exhibition Building in the presence of at least 3 members of the Organizing Committee or the Exhibition Committee. A fu ll description of contents should accompany each parcel, and a duplicate of this should, before despatch of the goods, be forwarded to the Secretary of the Exhibition, who will duly acknowledge its receipt.

In case of the sale of a collection coming from abroad, to remain in Switzerland, the seller will have to pay the Customs Duty as per tariff. (40 frs. per 100 kg., say 10s. per cw t.)

A rt. 13 .—A ll Exhibits from Switzerland should also be sent prepaid to arrive in Bern from August 28th to August 31st, addressed to the Secretary of the International Philatelic Exhibition, 39, Neuengasse, Bern, who will immediately acknowledge their receipt.

Art. 14 .—A ll Exhibitors w ill receive, a few days before the opening of the Exhibition an invitation to assist at the opening of their parcels. In their absence, this w ill be effected in the presence of the respective Committees, who will verify the contents.

Art. 15 .— All Exhibits for competition must be the bona-fid6 property of the Exhibitor.

Art. 16.—The Members^ of the Jury may exhibit “ Hors Concours,” without taking part in the competition.

The Organizing Committee places at the disposal of each Member of the Jury, free of charge, a space of 5 square metres for his exhibits. Any additional space to be paid for in accordance with the Tariff already fixed under Rule 5.

Art. 1 7 .—No price or notification of sale may be affixed to any exhibit. Exhibitors desirous of selling a collection should advise the Secretary in writing of their wishes. A Commission of OBe per cent w ill be charged towards the general expenses of the Exhibition, on any sale effected.

A rt. 18 .—The Organizing Committee and the Exhibition Committee will undertake the placing of the exhibits. By Art. 5 space must be paid for the whole of the exhibit taking part in the Competition. Should want of space prevent the Committee from exhibiting the whole of a collection, the undisplayed section which will of course be submitted to the judges must be paid for at the rate of 4 frs. per album or per 80 sheets. No exhibit may be removed before the olose of the Exhibition.

A rt. 19 .—Stalls for dealers will be established in the corridor of the building during the Exhibition, the price will vary from 100 frs. to 1 5 0 frs., according to their position. Each Stall will be provided with a small table and two chairs. The


Stallholder w ill not be allowed to sell anything not connected with philately.

The Members of the “ Propaganda ” Committee w ill bare the right of priority for the hiring of these Stalls. For charges and all further information hereon, application should be made to the Secretary. ^ ,

A rt. 20.— Commercial transactions are absolutely forbidden in the building of the Exhibition except for the Stallholders in the places allotted to them. A day w ill be officially appointed for a “ Stamp Exchange ” in the Exhibition Building and dealing in Postage Stamps w ill be authorized only on that occasion.

A rt. 2 1 .— The Jury will take specially into consideration the following points :—

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(а) The condition of the specim ens;(б) Their arrangement and scientific classifi

cation. cPhilatelic etft^y and research w ill also be liber

a lly taken into' account.

A rt. 22.—A fter the closing of the Exhibition, a ll exhibits which have not been withdrawn by the Exhibitors personally, w ill be returned by the same route as on arrival, and a t the cost, risks and perils of the owners. The Secretary w ill undertake the insurance thereof a t owner’s cost.

A rt. 23.—The Organizing Committee has the sole right of decision in a ll cases not provided for by these Rules.

Tlje World’s Stan>p ErrorsTl>e Most Comprehensive ar>d Entertaining Article on tbis Subject yet publishedBY MISS FITTE

This important article was started in No. I of the present Volume, The fourteen instalments already published may be had from the Publishers in Nos. 1 to 15 (except No. UJ, Vol. V., price 1 jd each post free.

Martinique.

ERROR.

Nov. 1902, le.. black on azure— name in blue: 10c., black on HUic— name in red (55, 55a).

These are two more uninteresting errors of colour in the name on the stamps of the Commerce and N avigation type.

The name on the One Centime is in blue instead of n red ; and that on the Ten Centimes is in red, but should be in blue.

Reunion.

1862, 50c., carmine on rose— name in red and in blue (64).

This F ifty Centimes, carmine on roee-coloured paper, ie also of the Commerce and Navigation “ tablet , type and should havefthe name in blue only. This portion* lar error has thejname in red, with a further printing (poeaibly as a correction) in blue, its proper colour.

The error seems to'be somewhat scarce.

ERROR.

1906, 2c., chocolate— name in blue (75).

This isjone of the large oblong stamps, with portrait of General Faidherbe, and the name of the Colony printed below ; this for the Two Centimes should be m red ; but by some slip, a small quantity was printed with the name in blue.

In the catalogue, the stamp appears as a “ Varietyj” , but it seems to be in the same category as some of the other French Colonial stamps already chronicled.

THE FUSTAGE STAMP 187

Germany: Baden.

ERROR.

1861, 9 kr., black on green (7).

This is an exceedingly rare error, only one sheet, it is believed, having been printed on the green paper intended for the Six Kreuzer.

I have a note of two used copies of this Nine Kreuzer, black on green on the original letters ; one postmarked 27th July, and the other 25th August, 1851. A t a recent auction, a copy of this error fetched £198.

I t is said that the rose-coloured paper'of the normal Nine Kreuzer can be chemically changed to a green approaching that of the real stamp.

Lubeck.

ERROR.

1869, 2 (2J) sch,, brown (8).This is a curiosity. One of the values of thejfirst

issue of Lubeck, lithographed on thin white paper watermarked with Small Flowers (of the genus Myoeo- tis 1— a great American Catalogue for Collectors says “ Myositis ”— inflammation of the muscles I) is the Two Schillings, brown, the sheet consisting of 100 stamps, in ten rows of ten, of which the sixth and seventh stamps in the lowest row have the usual figure “ 2 ” in each corner, but, instead of “ zwra ” (“ two ” ) on the left-hand part of the scroll, bear the inscription “ zwra raw h a lb ” (“ two (and) one half ” ).

The error occurred th u s:— For each of the five values an original die was prepared, the design being the same but each differing from the others in certain minute details; and the requisite number of lithographic transfers was taken from each die to make up a sheet.

By some slip, two transfers from the Two and a Half Schillings die got n ixed with those of the Two Schillings, and, in making up the stone for the lower value, were used far the 96tn and 97th impressions.

The mistake was discovered apparently at the last moment, and, as time was then pressing, the figures of value were entirely erased and numerals “ 2 ” substituted : evidently, it was considered impossible to satisfactorily correct the inscription of value in the left part of the scroll.

I t is quite clear, apart from the numerals, that both the errors are from the 2jach. die ; they shew all the minute peculiarities of that value ; and it is equally clear that the^&nires “ 2 ” were separately drawn and specially insffted, the figures, in any one corner of the two errors, differs not only from the others, but also from the figure “ 2 ” in the corresponding corner of the 2 sell, stamp.

Thirteen hundred and ninety-two sheets of the brown stamps were printed, so there have been 2,784 errors.

To be continued.

The Postage Stamp Binding Covers.Handsome dark blue covers In buckram, silt lettered side

and back, may be bad from onr Publishers, Sir Isaac Pitman a Sons, Amen Comer. London. Prior la. Ad.

CorrespondenceN .B .—Correspondence on all matter* of general philatelic interest is cordially invited. All letters for publication

should be sent to the Editor, The Postage Stamp, 14, Sudboume Road, Brixton, London, and letters should also be distinctly marked inside with the name of thie journal. The Editor does not necessarily identify himself with opinions expressed by correspondents.

"Cnrloos Postmark.”To the Editor o f The Postage Stam p.Dear Sir,

Regarding your correspondent's letter re the above, I have come across several cancellations of a similar nature.

In each case they have been where circulars bearing a penny stamp have been posted in thonaands, and these particular ones have been returned through the dead letter office.

I concluded they had been passed over without being postmarked at the posting office (which was a bead district office in London), and the omission was subsequently discovered at the destination offioe, where, being without the correct stamp, they were canoolled in the manner named.

To the Editor of The Postage Stam p.Dear Sir,

I do not think that your correspondent, Mr. W. Haworth, need look far for an explanation of his ” Curious Postmark.” I suggest that the postman, noticing that the stamp had missed being cancelled at the office, drew his panel) through it. I received a parcel with a fid. stamp marked similarly to W .H.’s, and I saw the postman mark i t ; in fact, he sept me waiting on the doorstep while he did it.

Mr. Haworth came off better than me. You see, I missed 5d., while he only missed-(the chanoe of) Id.

Yours sincerely,Jan. 6,1910. FRANK E . SAN DRY.

Jan. 6.1910.Yours faithfully,

P e r c y L. Jo r d a n .

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Famous CollectionsNo I.—Tbc Avery CollectionBY T H E EDITOR

R. P e c k it t , who, it is .veil remembered recently surprised the collecting world with the news of his purchase of the Avery collection, has given his clients a further surprise this Christmas. Tins is in the

form of a handsome illustrated souvenir book, in which Mr. Peckitt tells the story of the Avery collection. The book tells a ll about the most notable items in the thirty odd albums, though of oourse, it would o n ly 'b e possible to deal *with the minor rarities in a rapid review in a book of sixty pages or so.

The charm of the book however, is in the recounting of some of the experiences of the late Sir W illiam Avery in the pursuit of his stamps, and Mr. Peckitt is w ell qualified to discuss the history of this collection as he says

“ 1 was glad to have the opportunity of acquiring this collection, for 1 had the privilege of being a friend of the late owner, and had had no sm all share in procuring, for him many of the choicest treasures it contains.”

Sir W illiam as an Exhibitor.

Mr. Peckitt goes on to tell us that Sir W illiam ’s collection and his time were very generously placed at the service of many philatelic societies, and his name on the programme of a meeting invariably ensured a crowded attendance. A t philatelic exhibitions he was no less generous. His name does not appear in the catalogue of the London 1890 International Exhibition, but in 1897 he made a gigantic show, though he considerately marked his displays as “ not for com petition.”

There he displayed his magnificent Mauritius for the first time at a public exhibition, and he had the field here a ll to himself, as bis was the recognised premier collection of these most v a lued stamps. He also shewed his British Guiana, confining his grand display to the issues of 1850, 1862, 1853, 1856, and 1862, these being the most difficult for anyone else to shew, and needless to say this was one of the most valuable groups in the Exhibition. In Australians Mr. Avery shewed various colonies in extenso. His Cape of Good Hope display, which was perhaps the most popular in the show at the galleries of the Institute of Painters in W ater Colours, was limited to his extremely choice lot of triangular issues.

In the 1906 Exhibition he shewed his superb collections of Switzerland and Nevis.

The Philatelic “ Mine Host.”

On several occasions Sir W illiam entertained parties' of philatelists at his beautiful country * house, Oakley Court, Windsor, and the visitors to the 1906 Exhibition w ill always retain pleasant memories of the delightful visit paid to Sir W illiam Avery during the coarse of the last great International Exhibition.

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Sources ol a Great Collection.

“ Sir W illiam made several notable purchases during the formation of his collection. The a cquisition of three complete sets of the first issue of Moldavia in one transaction is, I think, w ithout a parallel in the annals of our hobby. In addition to the Bullock Collection of Australians he purchased the Blest Collection, which was a fine general one of British Colonials, but was particularly strong in stamps of the W est Indies, and the Mackenzie Collection of Nevis. The Blest C ollection, I believe, cost Sir W illiam about £5,000. He also bought Lieutenant Napier’s specialised Collection of Greece.

“ Then he had the pick of most of the big collections that came on the market for many years past, and many of his choicest gems came from such collections as Mr. Hastings J . W right’s ‘ Great Britain,’ Ehrenbach’s ‘ German Empire,' and many others.”

Mr. Peckitt is a t his best when he is “ reminiscin g .” Possibly % journalist would have spun out the following excellent yarn about the 4d. W estern Australia with inverted frame to much greater length, though it is perhaps a ll the better for being told in a crisp business-like fashion.

W n te ia Australia. fd. blue, error—frame inverted.

The Avery copy^qf the 4d. with inverted Swan is probably the fidest copy extant of this excessively rare stam p. Sir W illiam purchased it from Mr. W . P. Rodd, of Hamburg, in 18 9 5.

I well remember the day on which he secured this stamp, says Mr: Peckitt. He was just setting out for the Riviera.,when it arrived, and he had very little titne to' catch his train. He rushed into my office on his way to Charing Cross to ask me all about it and what it was worth. He clutched me by the arm, and almost carried me off with him into the train, and on the way to Cannon Street we discussed this very fine dew a c quisition, of .which he was always justifiably proud.

Among other notable rarities represented in the collection are the Moldavias.


Unique pair of the j j p am .

Here the Avery collection stands unrivalled in the possession of the first circular type. These stamps, as the experienced collector is fu lly aware, are luxuries, their extreme rarity having placed them in the first rank of philatelic gems. For these stamps Sir William had quite a special fondness, as witness the number he acquired of stamps which even the wealthy collector is generally content with single copies.

There are three magnificent singles of the 27 paras, with red and blue postmarks and the pair (illustrated) the latter being an acquisition of which its late owner, Mr. Peckitt tells us, was justifiably proud.

Of the six copies of the 54 paras, one is on the original cover.

There are four of the rarest stamp in the series, the 81 paras, including an exceptionally fine one which came from the Westoby collection.

Of the 108 paras there are six specimens, one of which is unused, and another is on the entire original envelope.

It must seem surprising, th a t even a man of Sir W illiam ’s keenness and wealth should have been able to amass so many of the very limited number of copies known of these stamps.

On one occasion, Mr. P aA dtt thinks it was on the 26th May, 1896, he trought from Monsieur Dorsan Astruc three complete sets of these rare stamps, and the Strand dealer has the memorandum of the deal which give»-£2,000 as the price paid for the twelve stamps.

Canada I Sd. black.

Canada is represented by some very choice stamps, including a pair of the rare 12d. black. This, although exceptionally good, is not unique

as appears to have been suggested in a recent newspaper report. Mr. C . L. Pack, the well- known specialist, possesses a superb unused vertical pair with the sheet margin, and this gentleman has also two used pairs, besides an unused and a used single. Mr. Pack’s twelvepenuies were much admired at the London Exhibition. He possesses in a ll eighi copies, while Sir William Avery had five, a goodly number indeed for a big general collection.

Woodblock id. brick-red.

In the Cape of Good Hope album Mr. Peckitt finds many things to whet our philatelic appetites. The woodblocks are among the chief gems. These comprise some magnificent copies, in singles and pairs ; in fact, the condition of the “ Woodblocks ” is finer even than that of these stamps in the famous Vernon Roberts’ Collection, which the same dealer acquired in 1907.

There are two unused Id. •” woodblocks,” a block of four of the Id. brick-red, unique in its perfection of condition. The 4d. is in a pair and a single unused, and five superb used pairs iu different shades. Of>the deep blue 4d. there are twelve copies and one magnificent unused stamp. In printing these stamps from a number of separate electrotypes, one of the cliches of the Id. value got in with the set prepared for printing the 4d. value, and one of the 4d. cliches got amongst the Id. cliches. The result was that in printing the sheet of 4d. blue stamps one of the Id. cliches was printed in blue instead of red.

Sim ilarly, one of the 4d. ones got printed iu red instead of blue.

These errors are of great rarity, and the copies of them in this collection could scarcely be surpassed in their condition. There is a very fine Id. blue, and a pair shewing the error Id . blue and the normal 4d. blue se tenant. There are also two brilliant copies of the 4d. red.

Another rare stamp is the 4d. with retouched right-hand corner. This is shewn in a pair with the normal stamp se tenant.

But, of course, the Mauritius are the great wonders of the collection. It is whispered that they are already sold, and sold for record prices. The Id . Post Office unused is the rarest of stamps, only one other unused copy being known, it being in the possession of M. la Renotigre, the owner of the world's greatest collection. The Avery

I ld . stamp is reported to have fetched £2,000. The 2d., which also was unused and in superb state, is said to have brought £1,600, just £50

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more than the Prince of W ales’ copy produced at auction some years back.

The matchless unused copies of the id. and Id. " Post Office ” Mauritius. The Id. is said to have bnea soft! for £2,000, and

the 2d. for £1,500.

Both of these highly-treasured stamps Mr. P eckitt relates, were found in the correspondence of a big firm in the armament business at Bordeaux. They were acquired by Mrs. Dubois, who had the m ajority of the known “ Post Offices ” through her hands. These two were sold to Mons. E . Lalanne about 1867.

to Mons. P iet. Lataudri^ an avocat of Niort, France, who, not desiring to keep the four Post Office Mauritius, commissioned Moni. Marcel Pouget to sell the two beautiful unused ones for him, retaining the' used ones for his collection. In this way, Sir W illiam Avery became possessed of these incomparable copies of the best known of philatelic rara avea. i

Another rare Mauritius stamp in the collection which our illustration shews to be a large copy, is the error p e n o b for p e n c e in the p o s t p a i d issue. M

Ceylon 9d. imperforate. The unwed 3 lire (tamp of Tuscany.

The *' Pont Paid ** error, FRNOK for fr n c b .

M. Lalanne also acquired'tw o used copies of the stamps. In 1893, the collection Lalanne was sold

One might go on with extracts from Mr. Peck- it t ’s souvenir book, but exigencies of space must be our excuse for but briefly referring to the last two illustrations. The imperforate first issue of Ceylon contains some of the finest stamps ever produced by the Perkins Bacon firm. The unused 9d. is one of the best of the Avery copies of this issue. The 3 lire Tuscany stamp, too, is one of the grand old Europeans which maintains a high price, and is never lacking a purchaser.

No doubt some of our readers w ill be interested to have the souvenir book of which no price is given, but which can no doubt be had by interested collectors from the author at 47, Strand, W .C .

4d. red error. Id. blue error with 4d. blue » (Mont. (d. red error.


New Issues at>d OldTke Editor invites dealers and readers at home and abroad to give prompt information comermog Now Issves. A ll .................i . , mhi/ V

sent direct to the Editor, tg, Sudbourne Road, Briztoa, London- S. H\After Ike name of each country me give the page of T h e POSTAGE STAMP o» which appeared tbe last reference to that country.

Bolivia.— (Vol. V- p. 161).— We gather from several sources that a 2c. commemorative stamp has also been issued, so that our list to date stands as follows:—

1 Issue Commemorative of the War el l8tO.No wmk. Per/. //).

2c. green end black. 20c. violet and black.Sc. red and black. Soc. olive and black.

10c. blue and black.

French S o m ali C o a st.— (Vol. V . p. 141).— We learn from Gibbons' Stamp Weekly that the designs of the new stamps recorded on page 141 are, so far as the cents values are concerned, enlargements of the two types previously in use, while the design for the frano denominations has been re-eogiaved. The Mosque design is a large oblong, exactly tbe same length as the old franc stamps are high ; while the 20c. to 75c. values, showing mounted Somalis, are now of the same size and shape as the higher values. All three types were designed by M. P Merwart, and the dieb'jwere engraved by M. Puyplat. The names of these gentlemen will be found in small letters at th9 base of the design on every stamp. As the description of the colours given on page 141 is hardly correct, we revise our list as follows:—

New designs. No wmk. Per/. It.IC. raarone and biatre brown. (Mosque o f Tadjourah.)2c. violet and olive. „ „4c. olive brown and pale blue. „ „5c. green and olive green.

10c. roaine and scarlet. ,. ,,20c. black and chestnut. (Mounted Somalis.)2}c- deep blue and blue. „ ,.30c. pale brown and scarlet. „ ,.35C. violet and green. ,. „40c. rosine and violet. ,,45C- brown and myrtle. „ „SOc. marone and brown. ., ,,75c. vermilion and green. „ ..Itr. violet and bistre brown. (Somali Warrion.)2fr. brown and rose. „ ,,5fr. purple-brown and blue-green. ,. ..

Holland.— (Vol. IV, p 44).— Mr. W. Ward informs us that the colour of the 10 gulden stamp has been changed from orange red to pink. We presume the perforation gauges’ 11, as before, but our correspondent gives no information on this point.

Change i f colour.10 gulden, pink.

Jamaica.—(Vol. V. p. 53).—Mr. W. H. Peckitt sends us the 6d. stamp in the old Queen'a head type in purple instead of orange. This change of colour, which of course conforms to the Crown Agents* new scheme, was foreshadowed on page 53. The list of Queen’s head stamps with multiple watermark is now as follows:—

Wmk. Multiple Crown CA. Per/ tg.}d. pale olive green. 6d. orange.4d. red brown. fid. purple.

Is. brown.Levant (firifuh).— (Vol. V . p. 141).—‘The 4d. brown

aud green stamp surcharged “ 1 piastre 80 paras,” which we chronicled only a fevf weeks ago, has had a very short life, for it has already been replaced by the orange stamp similarly surcharged. We are indebted to Messrs. Whitfield King & Co. for a specimen of the new variety, and also for thtfinformation that all the series overprinted ” levaht ” only, with the exception of the id., Id., and 2d., have been withdrawn from circulation and returned to the <3.P.O-, London. The following is a lilt of King's head stamps overprinted in Turkish currency which have been issued to date:—

British Stamps JRkarged in Turkish currency.30 par: on i l | purple and green.40 par. on 2td. blue.

I pis. o^JiA. blue.I pia. 10 par, on 3d. purple on yellow.l pia, Jo par, on 4d. brown aad green.1 pia. 30 par,on 4d. orange.

So par. on 5d. purple and blue.2 pia. on 5d. purple and blue.2 pia. 20 par. on fid- purple.4 pia. on lod. purple and carmine.5 pia. on is. green and carmine.

12 pia. on 2s. fid. lilac.24 pia. o a a . carmine.

Morocco (Spanish).— (Vol. IV. p. 201).— The 2c. in the new type for Spain has been sent us by Messrs. Whitfield King & Co., surcharged ” correo ebpanol marroecos,” for use in the Spanish Post Offices in Morocco. This stamp without surcharge has not been issued yet.

New design. Surcharged in red.2c. black-brown.

New Zealand.—(Vol. V. p. 154).— Messrs Whitfield King & Co. send us the full set of King’s head stamps referred to on page 154, and we have little to add to the information already given. The (d , being surface printed, has a slightly different portrait to that on the other values. The border differs on all, and a prominent feature in each case ana the tablets showing the value in figures as well as wordK i h e portrait of His Majesty is certainly an excellent one, Dut the designs as a whole are somewhat disappointing, certainly nothing like so neat aud attractive as, s&y, the type for Southern Nigeria.

Philippine Islands.—(Vol. V. p 106).— Gibbons' Stamp Weekly records the 1 peso lavender as a novelty, which is certainly a little belated considering this variety was issued more than four months ago I

Southern Nigeria.—(Vol V. p 69).— The same journal is somewhat behindhand in chronicling the 2)d. “ all blue ” of this Colony, considering we had specimens early in November last.

Trinidad.—(Vol. V. p. 34).— Mr. W. H. Peckitt sends us three novelties from this Colony— the jd., Id., and 2jd. in Postal UnioD colours in modified designs. In the case of the Id. the old design is fairly closely copied, but in each of the lower corners the numeral *• 1 ” is shown on a tablet of solid colour with " penny ” on a straight label between. The $d. and 2Jd. are alike, and have undergone considerable alterations, numerals being placed io all four corners, and the centre-piece, containing Britannia, being of quite a new shape.

New designs Wmh. Multiple Croau CA. Per/. Id.Id. green, id. carmine. t|d. blue.

United States.—(Vol. V. p. 141).— On page 93 of our last volume we chronicled the 1c. and 2c. on paper having a distinct bluish tinge, and Gibbons' Stamp Weekly now adds tbe 8o.

Bluish paper. Wmk. " ( I S P S ." Per/. 12.IS creen . .2c. carmine.Sc. yellow.

Uruguay,— (VoL V. 53).— Messrs. Whitfield Kingand Co. point out that the 20a. provisional stamp chronicled on page 53 does not exist. The stamp aotnally issued was 23c. on 25o.7the fewer value being reqnirsa owing to a readjustment of the postal rates. The same correspondents show us tbe current 5c. stamp in a shade quite distinct from that previously in use. We should term the new variety bine-green.



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C O N T E N T S.15 J a n u a r y , 1910. Page

Gossip of th e W e e k ............................181T ub Seybo ld C ollection Sold - 162A lleged Stamp Fraud - - - 182B e r k s I nternational P hilatelic

E x h ib it io n ........................................183The W orld 's Stamp E rrors * 188Co r r e s p o n d e n c e ..................................187F amous Collections - - - - 188New I ssues and Ol d - - ■ * 101Editor ' s L etter B ox • - • • 192Items in B r i e f ....................................... 102So c ie ty Ne w s ................ 192

Iteips ip BriefThe Rhode Island Philatelic Society cele

brates its 25th anniversary in February.

It is an R.l-P. Society in initials only, so it is going to make things hum.

Mr. Cornelius Wrinkle is disappointed to learn that the Argentine Society’s Exhibition will be held in September, the same month at the Berne Philatelic Exhibition, This being so he cannot go to both; which shall he choose ?

Go to— Argentine, says the Editor.

The early hiatory of Kashmir has yet to be written, says Mr.Sefi in the Philatelic World. Local tradition has it that the whole valley was once a vast lake, wherein dwelt a wicked demon who laid waste the shores.

One day a kindly sage came by, who reeling grieved at the sight o f 10 much wanton havoc, piously did penance for a thousand yean . . . . after which he overcame the demon.

Philatelists who have a thousand yean to spare are recommended to study Kashmir stamps, after which they will have the strength o f Atlas supporting the (philatelic) world.

Mr. Sefi tells us *' Kashmir has been called th e ' Garden of Eden.’ ”

1 low does he account for the name "Anna " on the stamps 1

The " Mar " canal of which a full page plate was given was surely named after the mother o f men—Eve, but perhaps they called her Anna in the Hindu mythology.

W e suggest that Kashmir henceforward be called the " Garden of Evans.”


urged to lend news items intended for publication as promptly as possible.

JUNIOR PHILATELIC SOCIETY-

BRIGHTON BRANCH.Chairman—W . Mead.Hon. Sec. and Treasurer—J. Ireland, 103,

Western Road, Hove.The second “ Ten Minute Paper” Night

given by this Society was held on December 30th. at ihe Royal Hotel, Brighton. It was considered a success on the first occasion, but such was even more the case on this one. The attendance, too. was much larger and the audience most appreciative.

The subject of the programme gave members an excellent opportunity of expounding their individual vicars on philately in general, and the different methods of collecting in particular ; for the latter was certainly the most popular subject.

The titles of the papers and names of the writers were as follows :—

" The Humours of the Post Office," Miss Olive Woodley.

" T h e Collection o f Types,” the Rev.H. C. Bond.

" A Criticism of the Simple Life in Philately,” Mr. J. B. Boulton.

” On the Collecting of New Issues,” Mr.J. C. Dallimore.

** A Review of the Stamps of Persia,” Mr. G. G. Duncombe.

" A Simple W ay to Reform the Catalogue,” Mr. J. Ireland.

“ The Postal Service of Paris under the Siege." Mr. W. Mead.

Mr. Mead was unfortunately prevented rom attending, and in his absence the meet

ing was presided over by Mr. Owen.At the close of the meeting, the Chairman

expressed the indebtedness of the company present to those who had so ably contributed to the programme that evening, and he was sure they were all wiser for what they had heard. The papers read reflected great credit upon the writers.

The Secretary presented a balance sheet of the income and expenses of the recent Exhibition, which showed that rather an inroad had been made on the fundi of th e ' Branch.

At the suggestion of Mr. Duncombe a . shilling fund was opened on the spot and l ib was subscribed there and then, and several promises of support were also received.

CHEAP SETSA L L D IFFEREN T.

Argentina, 12 3d .; Austria, 30 6d .; Bavaria, 12 3d .; Belgium, 25 Ad.; Greece, 12 3d.; Hayti.20/-; Japan, g ) U . ; Mexico. S2 6d.; New South Wales, 12 g d .; New Zealand, 12 4 d .; Queensland, 10 3d .; Russia, 20 6d .; Spain, 25 6d.: Transvaal, 12 6d .; Victoria, 2t> t/-; and hundreds of other cheap sets from 2d. per set. Price list post free. H. CHILD, 293, Sooth Boulevard, Hull.

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p O S T A G E Stamp Gauges, for measuring 1 perforations. They are made in brass, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. Most useful to all Collectors. Price I/- nett, by post l/t.— L Upcott Gill, Bazaar Buildings, Drury Lane, London, W.C.

TF you want to know where to get New * Issues at face value, write the number 1339 on a postcard with your name and address (nothing else) and post to Ewen's Subscription Stamp Collecting, 32, Palace Square, Norwood.

'T R Y the new I91O Colonial and Foreign x packets, post free, id. Mounts, id . per

thousand, post free.— W. F. Godwin, 15, Johnson Road, Croydon, Surrey.

A l i n CO LO N IA LS (Vandiemens. Mont- u y j' eerrat, Tonga, Caicos). I s .— 141 Second, Manorpark.

("LREAT Britain Officials, 30 different,''■ * used and unused, 5/- Selections of Officials sent on approval at half catalogue. A , Whaley, Bourne Avenue, Salisbury, Wilts.

p R IN T IN G Press, metal type, accessories,1 10/- Great Bargain. Particulars—Webster, Stanton Street, Derby.

M E W HEBRIDES, id. C .A . single, for which up 10 50/- is asked elsewhere,

used, only 12/6, Large stock Foreign and Colonial.—Zivsler, 98, Charing Crmt Road, London, W .C----------------------------------------------------C ftEJSTS on Approval. References re- 0 quired. — Coraldo Co.. 12. Westwick Gardens, Shepherds Bush.

Q J J U iP S on Approval' References. Apply w C. Nicholls, 40. Cornwall Road, Bayt-

water, London.

S t a y !I have some more BARGAINS.

Great Britain, 1841, 2d„ grand strip of3. fine used ...................................o 9

Straits Settlements, 1902, King, 5 dollar, fine used ... ........................ 8 o

D tto, 1904. ditto, 5 dollar, drtto ... 3 6 Tasmania, 1908, 6d, lake, fine used,

(scarce) ....................... . ... 0 5Transvaal, King, mult., 2d., 3d., 4d.,

or 6d. (e a ch )...................................0 IDitto, ditto, l/-, fine used .............. 0 3

Brazil, 1906, 400 & 1000 reis, fine used(cat. 1/-) ................................... 0 }

Russia, 1890, 7 rouble, horizy. laidpaper (cat. mb) ........................ 3 3

Ditto, 1902-4,3 roubles 50 kop. (c. 3b) I 0

Stto, ditto, 7 roubles........................ 0 9tto, 1906,10 roubles (cat. 6/-) ... I O

Postage extra.My Approval Selectless Defy CeapstHlsa.

T ry them and judge for yourself. Bargala List grails sad past fret.

W R C D D V 31, Ryecrofl Street, Panees • J r L n n 1 1 _ Qrota, Leads*. S.W. —

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Tbe[jjPOSTAG1E5 TAMpji

Founded byE D W A R D J. N A N K IV E LL Edited byFRED. J. M E LV ILLE .

A n Illu s tr a te d Weekly Joum aiybr a ll Classes o f S ta m p Collectors

No. 17. Vol. 5. 22 JANUARY, 1910. Price Id.* Whole Number Itl)________________ ___ ________________________________ ______________ ____

Gossip of tl>e We el}BY CORNELIUS W RINK LE

Another International Union Monument.

TH E monument to commemorate the Universal Postal Union has scarcely been unveiled

a couple of months when the Swiss Federal Council announces the intention of commemorating the foundation of the International Telegraph Union. The Council has issued the programme of a competition, open to artists in all countries for the design of the

monument.The cost of the monument is not to exceed 170,000

francs or about £6,800 and there is to be a further sum of 20,000 (£800) to reward deserving competitors.

Sir George Frampton of 90, Carlton Hill, St. John's Wood, N.W ., is the British representative on the jury and will give all information to intending competitors.

The question naturally arises amongst collectors as to whether after the precedents already established in regard to Postal Union celebrations the Telegraph Union movement will give the Swiss authorities another opportunity for issuing commemorative picture card* or stamps.

The last conference of the International Telegraph Union by the way was held a t Lisbon in 1908 and on that occasion both Australia and Belgium invited the next Conference to meet in their territories. B ut a* 1916 will be the Jubilee year of the Union which was established in 1866 in Paris the French Government expressed, through the celebrated M. Simyan, a desire that the Jubilee should be celebrated in the city in which the Union had its foundation.

The proposed monument was suggested by the Portuguese delegation and it was a t first suggested

that the monument should be unveiled at Paris during the 1916 Conference. This, however, on the representation of the French Government was modified and it was decided that like the Postal Union monument the Telegraph monument should be at Berne.

The Tenth Commandment, •

The Daily Chronicle has developed an idea (Ifshall not say whether rightly or wrongly) that philatelists are in danger of setting the tenth commandment at naught 1 1 am indebted to a correspondent for sending me the following verses from that journal of January 6th :—

TH E TENTH.

(Only an enthusiastic collector knows what covetousness really is.— Mr. George Miles.)

I loathe my neighbour’s tenement;T is with no beauty graced,

It seems to me like many meant For folks of little taste.

Nor could I once desire I vow,His ox— which is an ancient cow.

His ass, that is, his bicycle,Is not the sort for me.

And towards his wife no iciele A s cold as I could be ;

And were they mine, I'd sack his man And prosecute his Mary Ann.

B ut though I old all them in hate,A t him I daily feel

A longing to ingeminate With philatelic zeal—

“ Keep maid, man, ox, ass, house, and wife.But give me— quick I your stamps or life I *'

M.8.


Those Mystic Initials.

In the same daily contemporary we find an interesting anecdote of Thackeray.

“ The ambiguous letters * P.M.G.* have puzzled most of us at one time or other. The kindred* G.P.O.* confounded Thackeray. For during his Irish tour he was continually encountering pillar-boxes labelled * G.P.O.’ He asked the meaning, and on being told that ‘ G.P.O.’ was short for * God Fraaarve O’Connell' he went home and wrote about i t : ‘ So blind and extravagant was the devotion of the people to the great demagogue that they had actually erected along the highways pillar-stones with the inscription, ‘ G.P.O.’ which means 1 God Preserve O'Connell.” However, his final * Irish Sketch Book * appeared without the

' note. The blunder, notes Mr. MocDonagh, being discovered in the office of the publisher! A triumph for the Correctors of the Press, who, in the Aldine days of printing, had their names published on the front page.”

N icaraguan Prospects.

The (U.S.) Stamp Collector laments “ And now Uncle Sam is about to wallop Nicaragua, as if it was’nt enough for that little country to be afflicted with Zelaya and 13 pages in the catalogue at the same time— to say nothing of a bunch of cast-off politicians in the shape of American Consuls, most of whom are busy feathering their own nests at the expense of the Nicaraguans. Zelaya is about as bad as they make ’em, but the Lord deliver us from the average U.S. Consul to Central America.”

This is plain speaking for an American stamp journal, though it iB pretty generally known that the U.S. Consular Service in the Latin Republics is not a brilliant one, thanks, largely, no doubt to the meagre payments with which these positions are remunerated. But will the U.B. S t imp Collector tell us if this Nicaraguan squabble is going to add another thirteen pages of affliction to the catalogue in the course of the next few years ?

More C ongress D elegates.

In addition to the list of delegatee to the forthcoming Congress already given in The Postage Stamp we have to add the following :—

Bath Philatelic Society— M. B. D. Pope ; Birmingham Philatelic Society— Messrs. R. Hollick, G. Johnson,T. W. Peck and W. Pimm ; Bristol and Clifton Philatelic Society— Mr. Henry A lsop ; City of London Philatelic Society— Messrs. J. R. Burton, W. B. Edwards and J . A. Leon ; Fiscal Philatelic Society— Messrs. P. F. Evans and A. B. K a y ; Herts Philatelio Society— Major E. B. Evans, Messrs. W. H, Peckitt, Chas. J. Phillips and W. T. Standen ; Huddersfield and District Philatelic Society— Dr. T. S. Adair and Mr. Charles Greenwood ; Hull and East Riding Philatelic Association— Messrs. R. W. Dewing, A. R. Hebble- thwaite and H. Immencamp ; Kent and S usbox Philatelic Society— Messrs. J. C. Rix and E. G. Stone-Wigg ; Manchester Junior Philatelio Society— Messrs. I. J. Bernstein, J. J. Darlow and J. S. Higgins, Junr.

Stamp* lor all Creeds.

A yarn is going the rounds of the American press to the effect that a oertain young lady insists on using 3 cents stamps on her correspondence (instead of 2 cents) in order to harmonise with her lavender stationery. This is an excellent idea which Mr.

Buxton should encourage with a view to extra revenue to the British Poet Office. I t would be quite appropriate, for instance, for suffragettes to use the British three-halfpenny stamp, which is purple and green on white, thus shewing the colours of the Women’s Social and Political Union. The candidates of one party in the present General Election should use 2|di blue stamps on all their correspondence, while the other party might be referred to the recently issued 4d. orange.

( N o t e t o G o v e r n m e n t s .— IF this idea be taken up we shall expect a royalty of 25 per cent, on the profit.—C.W.)

A P h ilate lic C h ristm as T ree.

A philatelic Christmas tree was one of the Yankee novelties of the last Yule-tide season. About forty members of the Philadelphia Stamp Club met on December 21st, 1909, to celebrate their Christmas meeting. The Entertainment Committee had provided a Christmas tree beautifully decorated with a number of coloured electric lights and glass ornaments, and over the whole was arranged a shower of favours, one for each member. The favours consisted of a card bearing an embossed wreath of holly, enclosing the date 1906, and below the wreath in Old English type “ Greeting from the Philadelphia Stamp Club.” on the opposite side each card bore a stamp covered by a band oi holly paper bearing an appropriate Christmas stamp. The cards were all numbered and the members drew lots for the stamp prizes, which were valued a t from a few pence to five shillings each. Mr. J. A. Steinraetz in return evidently acted the part of Santa Claus to the Club for he made a valuable presentation of a number of important philatelio works for the Society’s library.

A Hero ol th e Pony E xp ress.

MtkeeVs Weekly SUiviv Newt chronicles the death of John Hopkins, who is stated to be “ the first man to drive the historic pioneer pony express that carried the mail overland from St. Louis to San Francisco.”

F orth com in g Auction*.

Messrs. Harmer Rooke A Co. are to the forefront in activity in this season s stamp auctions. Last year they handled no fewer than 20.27G lots. The sales conducted by this firm are held twice weekly, and for some time the firm has tried the experiment of holding one of their weekly sales on a Saturday afternoon, to give collectors tied up in business during the week the opportunity of attending the sales personally. la the catalogue for this Saturday’s sale iJan. 22) we find an extensive variety of miscellaneous lots, remainders, and collections including some nice things in early Europeans and Colonials, United StateB, eto. I am told that Messrs. Harmer Rooke & Co. have a treat in store for collectors of Australians shortly, for they have had sent to them for disposal by auction the collection of a prominent Australian collector. This collection, the stamps of which are said to be in superb condition, will be sold at a special sale on Monday, January 31st, when, no doubt, there will be a large attendance. The. Saturday sales commence at 2 o’clock, other days at 4 15 p.m.

The Postage Stamp Binding Covers.Handsome dark bine cover* in buckram, gilt lettered aide

and bank, may be had from oar Publishers, gir Isaac Pitman A Sons, Amen Corner. London. Prloe la. 6d.


My Favourite Country ai?d WhyNew GuiqeaNotes o f a paper read before the Brighton Branch o f the Junior Philatelic Society

BY J. IREL A N D

BEIN G of a somewhat philosophic nature, 1 prefer to keep an open mind on most subjects—including stamps. However, as one must sometimes depart from one’s principles, I have selected the Island ol New

Quinea as my favourite couutry.I refer to it as the Island of New Guinea in

order to form a peg on which to hang a little argument which I hope may prove of interest. Stamp collectors are rather apt to imagine that * the 8tamps inscribed Papua or British New Guinea are the only postal emissions of this Island. This is not the case.

W ithout wishing to weary the reader w ith historical or geographical information, the following details are necessary in order that the purpose of this article may be clearly understood. From various sources I have gleaned the following in formation :—

The Island of New Guinea in the Eastern Archipelago, is divided between G reat Britain, Germany and Holland. Great Britain holds the southern and south-eastern portion, Germany the northeastern, and Holland the western half of the Island.

This being the case, it is evident that other stamps than those issued by the British— or Australian— Administration must be in use. I t is with the idea of calling attention to this point that I have put these few notes together.

The earliest stamps listed in the catalogue for use in this Island are the 1889 issue of G ermany, which, in 1897, were overprinted Deutsch— Neu— Guinea. The following values were so t r e a t e d 3 pf., 5 p f ., 10 pf., 20pf., 25pf., 50pf. These remained in use for three years, and in 1900, the first special stamps were issued.

First Isam , 1900.Q em utn Adm inistration.

D esig n : B attleship , Rectangular. Inscribed Deutch Neu— Guinea.

3 p f. brown 5 p f . green

10 p f. carmine 20 p f. blue25 p f. black and red on yellow 30,p f. black and orange on buff 40 p f. black and carmine 50 p f. black and purple on buff 80 p f. black and carmine on rose

High Values. Larger. Oblong.1 mark carmine 2 mark blue 3 mark violet-black 5 mark carmine and black

F or the information of the specialist it may be mentioned that these stamps were printed on unwatermarked paper and perforated 14, and are still in use.

In 190 1, the British Government issued a special set for their portion of the Island. (Be

fore then I believe Queensland stamps were in use). These new stamps were printed by Messrs. De La Rue. No doubt, owing to their handsome appearance, the stamps were looked upon as speculative, and therefore were neglected by collectors in conseqnence. This is an instance of the fo lly of allowing prejudice to influence one’s mind in stamp collecting. There are many collectors now who would like to possess this set of stamps. (There are two other countries to which I believe this w ill apply in the near future).Sccood Issu e , 1901.

British Adm inistration.D esign : Native Canoe. Inscribed “ Britieh New

Guinea."|d . black and green Id. black and red 2d. black and violet

2$d. black and blue 4d. black and sepia 6d. black and green Is. black and orange 2s. 6d. black and brown (1906)

As these stamps were printed by Messrs. De La Rue, it may be taken that this territory was administered through the Colonial Office in London.

In 1906, however, the British portion of the Island was incorporated in the Australian Commonwealth, and the stamps, when taken over, were overprinted “ Papua," which is, I believe, the correct title for this Island as the inhabitants are known as “ Papuans.”

The 2s. 6d. value was not issued, it will be noticed, until 1905, so being overprinted in 1906, it had a very short life. (By the collector in the Simple Life the overprint may be ignored, and the stamp taken w ith the surcharge. This however, is a matter of opinion 1)

Since 1908, as the old stamps are being used up, a new set, the design adapted from that of the second issue, but lithographed, being printed in Melbourne, and inscribed “ Papua," is being introduced.

Third Iu m , 1908.Design: As before. Inscribed "P apua.”

Id . black and green Id . black and rose 2d. black and violet

2§d. black and blue 4d. black and sepia 6d. black and green Is . black and orange 2s. 6d. black and brown

(not yet issued) This paper w ill be dubbed incomplete if I do

not include the specialist varieties, so I give a reference list of these.

The second issue, then, was printed by Messrs. De La Rue It Co., watermarked quatrefoils, and perforated 14. It is interesting to note that these stamps may be found printed on two thick


nesses of paper. Messrs. De La Rue use a thin paper for surface-printed stamps, and .th ick for line-engraved, so it is probable that the thick paper is the correct one. The existence of the thin paper is difficult to account for, as no surface-printed stamps have appeared on the m ultiple quatrefoil paper. Johore. and Zanzibar are the only stamps printed on “ q u atrefo il” paper, and the former are surface-printed on “ single wm k,” and the latter are line-engraved, and thus printed on the thiok paper—w m k. m ultiple.

Reference L ist.Thick paper. Thin paper.A ll values exist. A ll values exist.

W ith Large Surcharge.2|d., ad., 6d,. is., 2s. 6d. Id., id., 2d., 4d„ 6d.. is.

W ith Sm all Surcharge.'id ., Hd., is., 2i. £d. A ll values exist.

I am of the opinion that this point is o f more

importance than the question of the “ upright ” and “ sideways ” watermark, which after all is only a question of feeding the paper into the printing machine.

Third Issue, w m k. Croton " A .” Lithographed in- Melbournei

Varieties: Perf. 1 1 . A ll values up to la . exist.Perf. 12 }. 2d., 2}d., 4d., 6d.; Is .

These particulars are given on the authority of Gibbons catalogue. I have only seen the 2d. and 4d. perforated 12} m yself. '

I cannot profess to have given any fresh in formation regarding the stamps of this Island, and I shall be glad to know m yself the stamps used by the Dutch Administration, but I think I m ay claim to have introduced the stamps of New Guinea—or Papua^-to you from a fresh standpoint.

W h y I selected this country for the subject of this paper is—because I thought nobody else would.

(NOTE.—'T h e Id. on thick paper is not known to us with the small surcharge, though catalogued and priced at 1/6. Mr. E. B. Power notifies Gibbons' Stamp Weekly that he has seen the 2s. 6d. large surcharge on thin paper, with the horizontal watermark.— EDITOR.]

Sorpc Notes op tl>e Spapisl? Exl>ibitiopBY FRANK GRUNDY, B .Sc.

THE following notes'are culled from the November number of the Eco Postal, in which is given a very full account of the E x hibition at Valencia.

This, the first Philatelic Exhibition held in Spain, was opened on October 30th, in the Palace of Industries a t the Local Exhibition, and remained open to the public for a period of ten days.

Various persons of note were present a t the opening, including the President of the Executive Committee of the Exhibition, and the Director of the Postal Museum of the General Post Office.

These were received by the Organising Committee on behalf of which Benor Pallard6 read an address, to wnich the Marquis of Turin replied in very cordial terms.

The large hall, about 200 square metres, in which the exhibits were arranged, presented a fine spectacle to the visitor.

On the main side of the hall a large shield of Valencia, about 9ft. by 8ft., claimed first attention. Both the shield and its artistic background were made up entirely of used stamps bearing the bust of King Alfonso, 13,000 specimens being used.

This w&b the work of the wife of the Senor Llorca, the leading spirit in the organisation.

The decoration of this wall was completed by groups of fings on each side, corresponding to the countries of the exhibitors.

Centrally on the opposite side, and on a ground consisting of the Spanish flag, surrounded by a gilt frame, was another shield of Valencia, about 50 cm s. high, also made up of postage stamps, but cut into small pieces to suit the design, heraldio colouring and characteristics of the local arms.

B y the side of this were four decorated plates, the decorations consisting of garlands of flowers, plants and sea-scapes, built up of very small pieces of stamps. On the walls in various positions, were artistic and original designs made up with philatelic journals from various countries.

The stamps were displayed in glass show oases with walnut fram es: these were arranged along

the sides of the hall ; a double-sided case running down the centre, while several glass topped tables occupied the lateral spaces.

In two recesses in the main wall were placed the letter box intended for visitors’ correspondence, and the charity box for donations to the Red Cross Hospital.

The exhibits themselves, though not so numerous as anticipated, were not lacking in merit, and many were of considerable note and value.

M. Isaac Blanco, of Paris, showed his valuable collection of Spain and Colonies ; this included a block of four of the 3 Cuartos first issue, unused: copies of the 12 Cuartos, 1865, with inverted centres on original covers ; the 2 reales error of 18 5 5 ; pairs of the two reales 18 51, 1852 and 1853, and the light blue of 1854, and also the } centimo tSte-beohe.

D . Juan Vidal, of Tarragona, showed some splendid British Colonials, and a collection of fo rgeries.

The Count of San Romkn showed his magnificent collection of Spain and Colonies, which is complete ; all the specimens are unused and in perfect condition.

D. Miguel Blanes exhibited a collection of Spain, which included a block of 8 of the 1 real light blue of 1854.

Mr. Leon de Raay, of Amsterdam, showed a complete collection of the forged stamps of Transvaal.

There was a separate olass for collectors under the age of 18, for which several juniors entered. The Exhibition ab o included a display of philatelic literature, albums, etc.

Finally, there was shewn a selection numbering about 800 from the extensive collection of postmarks in the Postal Museum ; these included the most interesting and rare varieties, dating from the sixteenth century.

The special postmark granted for nse at the Exhibition, did good service. No figures are given as to the number of cancellations on the low valrfbs, but the small numbers ou the high values are given as M2 on the 1 peseta, 7 on the


4 pesetas, and 5 on the 10 pesetas.King Alphouso’s Prize went to Bona Antonia

Rodriguez de Llorca, a lady whose activities seem to have been particularly prominent in connection with the Exhibition. Q allant Spain is to be congratulated on giving “ place aux dame*.”

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New Issues at>d

The Junior Philatelic Society’s Medal (the only one offered by a British Society) went to D. Miguel XimAnez de Embun, a young junior of Saragossa, for his general collection. This medal was given for the best collection, general or speoial, shewn by a collector under eighteen years of age.

OldTke Editor m itts dealers and readers at hame and abroad It give prompt information concerning New Issues. Alt communications must be

sent direct to the Editor, 14, Sudbourne Road, Brixtm, London. S . W\After the name of each Canute* we give the page at THH POSTAGE STAMP an which aepeared the last reference to that cenutr).

B ritish Honduras.— (Vol. IV. p. 162).— The Colonial Office Journal (states that " 1 cent, stamps have been supplied on unsurfaced paper " This stamp was originally issued on ordinary paper, and later supplies were printed on chalk-surfaced paper, so that the present change is simply a reversion to the original state of affaire.

B r itis h Solomon Islands.— (Vol. III. p. 202).— From the same source we learn that this Protectorate has been supplied with 2s.. 2s. 6d. and 5s. stamps. The design corresponds with that of the values already in use, and, as the stamps are printed by the copper-plate

Erocess, the colours are purple on blue for the 2s., red on lue for the 2s. 6d., and green on yellow for the 5s.

FIJI.— (Vol. IV. p. 68).— According to the Colonial Office Journal this colony has been supplied with Is. stamps in the new colours. black on green paper.

Holkar.— The }&. stamp showing the portrait of Holkar Tukaji Rao is recorded by Gibbon*' Stamp Weekly. Hitherto this value has only been known with the " service ” surcharge. The values now known in this type are :—

Inscribed “ in p o s b s t a t s p o st a g e .”No wmt. Per/. I3l, 14.

is . lake. 3a. violet,la. green. 4a. blue.2a. Brown.

Hong Kong.— (Vol. IV. p. 82).—The Colonial Office Journal informs us that new 92 stamps have been supplied "w ith black border and carmine centre on surfaced paper." This ia an exact reversal of the colours previously in use, for, up to the present, the 92 stamp has had a carmine border and black centre. From the same source we learn that the 5c. stamp will be discontinued as soon as the present supply is exhausted.

L evan t (Italian) — (Vol. III. p. 311).—We gather from Eteen’s Weekly Stamp New» that the current Italian stamps have been surcharged for use in the Consular offices at Tripoli. The surcharge le, "Tripoli— di Barber is." in two lines. On the lo. to 60c. stamps it is in ordinary lettering, while on the 1 and 5 lira values it is in sans-serif capitals. The overprint is in black on all exoept the 16c. stamp, on which it is in violet. The list of varieties is as follows:—

new issue. They are to be manufactured by the chromo- lithographic firm of Aspioti & Co., Corfu, and are to be placed on sale in July. According to information already published, the colours and designs will be as follows:—

I lepton blue, 3 lepta brick.

10 „ red,2 lepta brick,

20 „ blue,25 „ dark blue,5 lepta green,

30 „ red,50 „ dark green

1 dr. blue,2 ,, brick,3 .. red,5 blue.

. /)f

Illustrated with the Hermes of Tanagra, taken from an ancient coin.

With Iris, the goddess of mails: copied also from an ancient coin. The goddess Iris will stand between two Doric columns.

Hermes, the courier, ready to execute an order.

Hermes at a carrier.

M a lta .— (Vol. V. p 46).— We learn from the Colonial Office Journal that " the Jd. stamp is now printed at one operation, but this produces little, if any, difference in its appearance."

P o rtu g a l.— (Vol. V. p. 22).— The long-expeoted stamps bearing King Manoel’e portrait were issued on January let. and we are indebted to Messrs. Whitfield King A Co. for specimens of all values. The portrait of the King is shown on an oval in the centre, and in the oaee of the two highest values this is in a colour quite distinct from that adopted for the border. All values are on chalk- eurfaoed paper, and in the case of the 100. 200. and 300 reis stamps the paper is also surface-tinted. The list of colours and values is as follows:—

Portrait o f King Manael. No Wmk. Per/. 111.

2i reit violet. 5 .. black. £

10 ,, elate green. 100JS ,, pale brown. 20020 ,, carmine. 30025 M chocolate. 50050 „ blue. 1000

reis brown... slate.„ brown on green.„ black on brick-red. „ black on blue.„ olive and brown.„ blue „ black.

S ie rra Leone.— (Vol. IV. p. 223).— We learn from the Colonial Office Journal that this colony has been supplied with l|d. stamps In the new colour.

S tr a it s S e ttlem e n ts.— (Vol. V. p. 154).— From the same journal we gather that a supply of 50o. stamps in the new colours has been despatched to this Colony.

Current Stamps e f Italy surcharged “ Tripoli—di Barberia."

Wmk. Crown. Per). Idle. brown.2c. brown-red. 5c. green.

ioc. rose.15c. black.

25c. bine.40c brown.50c. Ulac.I i. brown and green. 5 l. blue and rote.

G reece.— (Vol. V. p. 164).— The London Philatelist gives some more particulars regarding the forthcoming

Venezueln.— (Vol. IV. p. 290).— Gibbons’ Stamp Weekly records ths issue of a new 16c. stamp for foreign postage. It is in the same design as the others now in use, and bean a portrait of General Sucre. The list of values in this type now stands as follows:—

Per Foreign Postage. Na Wmk. Perf. 12.5c. green. 2JC- bloc,

ioc. carmine. 50c. claret.IJc. violet. I bo!. „


Tl>e World’s Stanjp ErrorsTl>c Most Comprehensive ai)d Entertaining Article on this Subject yetjpublisbedBY MISS F IT T E 1

This important article was started in No. I of the present Volume. The fifteen instalments already published may be had from the Publishers in Nos. 1 to 16 (except No. 14), Vol. V., price l \ d each post free.

XBBOB.'

4 ngr., black on pale blue (1 2 ) .On the 22nd August, 1861, at Leipzig, there

were found a number of stamps, amongst the Two Neugroschen, blue, of the facial value of Half Neugroscben, though printed in black on blue paper. It appears that 120 were so printed: of these 63 were Bold over the counter, presumably as of the higher value, and 67 were returned to Dresden. In the summer of 1891, twenty-four copies were discovered, leaving 33 to be accounted for, of which some have turned up during the last few years.

The error is, as m ay be imagined, very rare, though it is known in both used and unused condition : a copy recently brought £220 at auction.

Qreece.

T T P B .

1861, 10 Z., orange on blu ish . 1862-77, 1 0 1., orange on blue ; 20 1., blue on bluish ; 40 (., purple on pale b lu e ; 8 0 1., rose on c re a m - errors o f figures (9a., 80, 81, 83, 86, 87, 89).

In order to assist in the identification of the - facial value, the m ajority of the old Grecian

stamps have at the back large figures, corresponding with the very small numerals of value on the fr o n t ; and, as may be expected, there are a few mistakes, which (except the first which is Paris-printed) the Catalogue conveniently groups together a t the end of the Athens prints to which they b elo n g: whether I ought to include all, or

only some, is difficult to decide, for a few appear to be just beyond my arbitrary definition of “ erro r" for the purpose of this article.

However, here are those selected, and they all seem fairly expensive— the figures given in quotation marks are those which appear on the back of each _ value, and the particulars in which they are incorrect are obvious :—Ten Lepta (P a ris): ** Iq ” ; Teu Lepta: " 0 " and “ 0 0 "; Twenty Lepta: " 80", and “ bo” ; Forty Lepta: “ 4 " correcting " 20"; and Eighty Lepta: “ 8 " (normal and inverted).1876-78, 1 0 1., bright orange-red; 20 Z., ultra-

marine—errors of figures ( 1 1 1 - 1 1 3 , 116,117 , 118 ) .

There are some errors also on the new printings of the same type, as follows Ten L e p ta : '■ l", " 0 0 " , " 0 " , and “ 110 ” ; and Twenty Lepta: "60 " end " 0 2 ” .

These, too, seem uncommon.

Holland.

ERROR.

1891-96, 5c., orange (— ).This Five Cents, in the colour of the Three

Cents, is most probably a co lo u r-tria l; but, as a sheet got mixed up with a supply of the lower value and copies were issued and postally used, it must be considered as an error, and so I chronicle it.

BBBOR.


1898, 6c., dull purple-, 6c., orange-red (116 , 1 1 7 ) .

I put these two together, because they both be* long ■ to the same issue and are not sufficiently interesting to warrant separate n otice: they are errors of colour.

The Five Centavos is printed in dull purple, the colour of the Six Centavos, instead of in pale blue ; and the S ix Centavos, instead of being in dull pur* pie, is in the colour of the F ifty Centavos, an orange-red.

The lower value is fa irly common, but the Six Centavos appears to be scarce.

Italy.Modena.

T Y P E .

1862, 6c. and “—'* black on green, olive-green ; 10c., black on ro se ; 16c., black on ye llo w ; 25c. and black on b u ff; 40e., black ondeep blue—errors of figures (14 -17 , 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30-32, 36, 37, 4 1-4 5 ).

These stamps are printed from electrotypes, made from a die on which a blank space was left for the value which was added in type on the forme.

There are numerous errors in the setting-up of the values, and some of these are very scarce: none appears to be common.

They are given as follows, the mistake in each being obvious— the number after an error denotes its place on the sheet:— Five Centesimi: " e r t . 5,” ,■‘ CHET 5.” (198), •‘ CHHT. 5. ” (226), ••-----" ••------”" cent 6." (230); Ten Centesimi: “ e e h t IO” (198), " CEHT 10 “ CB6t . 10.” (82), "CERE. 10." (114),“ cnet 10.” (121, 195), " c b z t . 10." (213); Fifteen Csntesimi: " ckth 1 5 ” (231); Twenty-five Centesimi: ” c ” , " cent ” ; and Forty Centesimi: ” cert. 49.” (19,38), '* ce6t. 40.” (82), “ cere 40." (114), “ cnet 40." (121, 195, 235), “ cent. 4c .” (219).

I ought to mention that of the two “ C H E T " errors on the Ten Centisimi, No. 121 has no stop after the figures " 1 0 " .

T Y P E .

1869, 16o., brown ; 20c., li la c ; 40c., ro se ; 80c., buff, orange-brown—errors o f figures (60, 63, 66, 67*69).

The first error in this issue is not one of colour, as might be th ough t: they are a ll of the same kind as those of the preceding issu e; and like them are not c o m m o n F ifte e n Centesim i: “ c e n t . 5 ." ; Twenty Centesimi: “ kcnt. 20.” (88); " ceht 20." (60); Forty Centesimi: " scent. 40.” ; and Eighty Cen- tesimi: " cent, o.", 11 cent. 8.”— the first of the last two is in buff; the last is in buff and in orange-brown.

Neapolitan P rovince*.

ERROR AND T Y P E .

1861, J tom ., b lack; 2 gr., black (38a, 385).These two errors are only somewhat uncommon,

if unused; but are very scarce in used condition. The stamps of these Provinces are produced by two processes—first, the frames axe lithographed, and then the head (often inverted) is embossed without colour. The Half Tornese was printed in black, the colour of the Oue Grano, instead of in green, and the Two Grana, which should be in blue, also appears in the same colour, black.

It seems that these errors were issued, and in some cases used, as of the value of One Grano. All these stamps were in sheets of one hundred, cut into half sheets before delivering to the Controller of Stamps. Three lots of errors were returned to Turin: 300 on 13th March, 1861 ; 200 on 1 1th A p ril; and 60 on 6th November.

Both errors are to be found not only with head inverted, in which condition they are not much scarcer than with the head normal, but also with the beads tite -b teh e .

To be continued.

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United States “ Separation Varieties ”Ai> Illustrated Record of tbe Government Part Perforate and tbe Patent

Stamp Vending Machine Perforations

THE first number of tbe new Philatelic Journal of

America is to hand, and is quite up to the standard maintained by this journal and the allied publications, of whioh nineteen volumes were issued between the years 1885 and 1905.

By the favour of advance sheets of the most important article in this first number, by the request and permission of the publisher, Mr. C. H. Mekeel, we have made some notes and reproductions of the highly interesting matter of the Government part perforate, and the automatic stamp vending machine perforations now attracting much atteution in the States.

While many of these varieties are not strictly official, and will therefore not be given much general attention in this country, the subject is by no means without considerable importance as shewing the tendency to make stamp vending a purely mechanical and labour-saving operation, the development of which tendency iB already having its effect on such specialistic matters as plate arrangement

The first announcement quoted in The Philatelic Journal of America is as follows:—

Tbe Maroroeter (formerly the Schennack Mailing Machilne).

" STAMPS IN ROLLS.“ December 23, 1908.

" Tbe Department is now prepared to issue limited quantities of postage stamps in rolls of 500 or 1,000 for use in stamp-vending and stamp-affixiug machines. The stamps will be coiled ou paper cores, one half-inch in diameter. To secure stamps in this form postmasters will make requisition on Form 3201, and attach to it a letter stating:—

“ 1. Whether the stamps are desired for use iD a stamp-vending or stamp-affixing machine.

"2 . Whether the stamps are desired in coils of 500 or 1,000 stamps each.

“ 3. Whether the strips should be arranged with stamps endwise or sideways.

“ 4. Whether the blank margin between the stamps Bhould be perforated or unperforated.”

Thus it will be seen that two of the perforation varieties produced for these machines are official. It need scarcely be said that these varieties when shewn in collections should not be shewn in less than pairs. Our illustrations shew the two styles of perforation, sideways and endwise, necessitating a horizontal pair to shew the former, and a vertical pair for the latter.

U. S. G overnm ent P a rt P erforate,

Perforated vertically, between stamps.lc . 1908, green.2c. 1908, carmine.4c. 19C8, brown.5c. 1908. blue.

10c. 1908, yellow.

l l i S . G overnm ent P a rt P erforate.

Perforated korieontally, between stamps.lo. 1908, green.2c. 1906, carmine.5o. 1908, blue.

Mr Mekeel givea an illustration of the Automatic Envelope Sealing and Stamp Affixing Machine handled from Providence Rhode Island, for which the sideways strips were made. This ingenious machine ie said to be capable of sealing, stamping and oounting 4,600 envelopes


per boar, doing the work of six clerks, and merely requiring a boy to operate it.

Tbe lengthwise strips were made for the Elliott Postage Stamp Affixer.

There are now from forty to fifty different makes of machines using U. S. Government part perforated stamps.

The imperforate stamps, as is now well known, are supplied by the Post Office both in imperforate sheets and imperforate strips. The sheets, when used for automatic machines, are first cut into strips.

The means of separating the stamps supplied by machines using tbe unperforated strips or sheets, vary considerably in appearance, and Mr. Mekeel is to be congratulated on having brought together so much information on this subject while the matter is still fresh, and definite information therefore accessible.

At the same time we may express the opinion that it is not wise to lay too much stress of philatelic importance on these varieties, and as they all appear to us to be very easy of imitation, it may be well not to tempt the unscrupulous to turn attention to these stamp perforations for “ cuts") by putting high valuations on them. For our part, we may confess to an interest in tbe productions, but we limit our requirements to copies used on original.

Mr. Mekeel himself warns collectors against “ fancy perforations applied by those wbo seek to devise new varieties for stamp collectors, listing only those that have been originated by patented machines without suspicion of speculation, issued for legitimate postal purposes. We may mention here, the Slewing Machine Perforations, that have been applied unofficially to most of tbe varieties of U. S stamps that have been issued unperforated in sheets.

“ Collectors should avoid paying fancy prices for varieties of this kind. This perforation originated with a postage stamp broker, who came into possession of some unperforated stamps which were unsaleable to his customers, and he had the sewing machine perforation applied to make them saleable.

“ The stamps soon attracted the attention of collectors, and accommodating varieties were the result."

Of the patent machines, the Schermack ones have been among the most extensively used We give a copy of tbe illustration of the Schermack Mailing Machine, now known as tbe “ Mailometer "

In these machines several perforations have been used. The first was originally applied to sheets of unperforated stamps, the size of perforation being the same as tbe Government perforation, but with only eight boles, the idea being to leave an unperforated margin above and below to strengthen the strip.

With this perforation the following stamps are known :—

Schermack No. i.

lo. 1909, green.2c. 1909, bright light carmine.9o. 1902, dark carmine lake.

The second of the perforations it similar, but with only six holes, and these holes are considerably larger It is said that towards the end of 1907 over 60,000 of the

lc. and 2c stamps were issued to business houses in Detroit, Michigan, with this perforation.

Schermack No. a.

lc. 1909, green2c. 1902, bright light carmine.‘2c. 1902, dark carmine lake.

The new Schermack perforation is the " hyphen hole,” as it is appropriately styled, and came into use in January, 1908. It is said that in preparing tbe stamps with this perforation, 60,000 are put through the perforating machine at one time. One hundred and fifty unperforated sheets of 400 each are attached sideways and run through the machine, which perforates and strips the stamps, rolling them into coils of 3,000 each sideways. In this way they are supplied to tbe users of the machine at 60 cents (2s.) over face value per coil of 3,000

Schermack No. j .

lc. 1902, dark green.lc. 1902, light yellow-green.2c 1902, dark carmine lake.2c. 1902, bright light carmine.4c 1902, dark orange brown.6c 1902, blue,lc. 1906, green.2c. 1908, carmine.3c. 1808, violet.4c. 1908, brown.6c. 1906, blue.2c 1909, (Feb. 121 stamps 2mm. apart.2c. 1909, (Feb. 12) stamps 3mm. apart

The Mailometer Company, which has succeeded the Schermack Mailing Machine Co. is making an effort to get the Government to adopt a different perforation for the "p a rt perforate” rolls, as the present Government part perforates, they state, " are not adaptable to our machine or to any machine doing rapid work."

The first Mailometer perforation resembles tbe Schermack No. 2. but the six holes are still larger.

Mailometer No. l.

2c. 1908, carmine.

An objection was raised at Washington that it would be necessary to perforate the Government strips to ths


edge if the Bureau put perforatiug wheel* on their machines to cut this size of holes. Bo we get the second Mailometer perforation, extending from edge to edge.

Mallemeter No. j .

2c. 1906, carmine.

Another company, styled the U.8. Automatic Vending Co." of New York, use what is known as the “ Notched ” rouletter. •'

U.S. Auto Vending.

lc. 1902, green.2c 1902, bright light carmine.5c. 1902, blue, le. 1908, green.2c. 1908, carmine,Sc. 1908, violet.4c. 1908, brown,5c. 1908, blue.2c. 1909 (Feb. 12), Lincoln.2c. 1909 (June 1) Alaska.

Another machine, the Brinkerhoff, invented by Mr.F. H. Brinkerhoff, of Sedalia, Mo., is both a stamp vendor and money changer, Of this Mr. Mekeel Bays ;—

" It is a stamp seller and coin changer, and discriminates against foreign and spurious coin.

" It does a strictly cash business— collects its own fees — keeps its own accounts— strikes its own balances, and registers its sales and profits. In pushing out coin for coin, or stamps for coin, it always retains its own uniform service fee of one cent.”

The first perforations used for this machine consisted of four large holes between stamps arranged lengthwise.

Brinkerhoff No. ■.

lc. 1902, green.2c. 1902, bright light carmine. 2c. 1902, dark carmine lake.

The first perforation was experimental in character, and was soon replaced by another composed of two perforated holes and three cuts, as in the diagram.

BrlnlcerlivH No, i .

lc . 1902, green.2c. 1902, dark carmine lake.2c. 1902, bright light carmine,lc. 1908, green.2c. 1908, carmine.3c 1908, violet. ,4c. 1908, brown.5c, 1908. blue.2c. 1909 (Feb. 12), Lincoln.2c. 1909 (June 1), Alaska.

The illustration of a vending machine and letter box gives but one of several types of these machines which sell the stamps to the public, a considerable variety being illustrated in The Philatelic Journal o f America.

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HERTSPHILATELIC SOCIETY.

President—F n x a Rcichesheim.* The third general meeting of the Session IQ09-IO was held at No. 4. Southampton Row, London W .C., on Tuesday, December 21st, 1939, at 6.30 p.m.

Present: Messrs. Franz Reichenheim (President), H. L . Hayman (Vice-President),T H. Harvey. A. H. L . Giles, W . T . , Standen, C. R. Sutherland, W. G. Cool, I P. Ashley, L . Sauvee, A . D. Sanderson, W. A. Gunner, D. Thomson, A. J. Sefi, T . E. Sansom, Baron Anthony de Worms, R. H. Newton, R. B Yardley. J. C. Side- botham (Hon. Librarian), H. A. SladefHon. Secretary), and one viaitor.

The President took the chair.The minutes of the meeting held on

November 16th, 1909, were read and aigned as correct.

The following were duly elected as members of the Society:—A s life members: Messrs. A . D. Sanderson and W . J. G. Purnell. As ordinary members: Mr. Ivan Chen, J. Henniker Heaton, M.P., CapL G. F. Napier, and Messrs. Guy Semple, W, V. Morten, A . L . Adutt, and C. A Cole.

As delegates of the Herts Philatelic Society to the Second Philatelic Congress o f Great Britain, London, 1910, Mr. W. T . Standen was elected as representative o f the Herts Philatelic Society Committee, Major E. B. Evans aa representing the ordinary members and also as being the doyen of British Philately, and M ean. Charles J. Phillips and

W . H. Peckitt as representatives o f the members of the Society who are dealers.

Donations for the Library were received from Messrs. Gebnieder Senf, Bright & Son, Whitfield King A Co.. W. T . Wilson. D. Field. Percy C. Bishop and Cbaa. Nissen. Rudolf Friedl, and tne Junior Philatelic Society.

Mr. L. Sauvee presented some Forgeries for the Society's collection.

The Vice-President (Mr, H. L . Hayman) passed round a set of the new New Zealand stamps, consisting of the following values id. green, Id. red, 2d. lilac, xjd. blue, 3d. light brown, gd. orange, 5d. dark brown, 6d. carmine, la. salmon.

The die of these stamps has been engraved in England, but the stamps have been printed in Ihe Colonies. The id. value seems to be surface-printed, the other values to be line- engraved.

The Vice-President further showed a id. starnpof the last issue apparently re-engraved with the word " dominion" added at the' top of thestamn.

At the conclusion of the formal business, the President called upon Mr. R. B. Yardley for the promised display of his collection of the stamps of Portuguese Indies. As the tumps were being passed round, Mr. Yardley gavesome most precise and detailed information of this interesting but little-known country, which was much appreciated by the members present. Naturally, in the hands of such a thorough specialist, the collection is almost as perfect as it is possible to make it, and at the conclusion of the display Mr. J. C. Sidebotham proposed and Mr. A. H. L.Giles seconded a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Yardley. tor the courtesy he had shown and the trouble he had taken in placing his treasures before the Society.

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Gossip of tl>e Weel)BY CORNELIUS W R IN K LE

U It a Joke?

R( ECOLLECTION8 • of a now famous

literary joke ̂ makes me wary

of new philatelic journals of the type of Billikins’ Philatelic Magazine. It is now some years ago since Mr. E. W. Wetherell issued a little paper purporting to be the product of an Indian native whose English was flavoured with Oriental colour. I think amongst other wheezes perpetrated in that not

able budget of jokes was the description of our late editor as a “ littery ” gentleman, a joke which Mr. Nankivell appreciated ss well as anybody. But “ Billikins ” comes from the States and it is queer (I use the word in the English sense) but not exactly funny. It is printed on yellow-brown wrapping paper. That would not be so bad, but it is Bpeckled in a way peculiarly unpleasant to the sight. I was favoured with two copies of No. 1, and so I take up the cleaner looking one of the two.

Pernicious Pen-names. ,Billikins is to be “ published every now and then by

Wm. I. Kin, and sold by him at 12c. a yesur.” That is I presume supposing that there an those to whom the 12c. a year is no consideration 1 “ Should youleel interested, address Wm. I. Kin, 1649 Worthington Street, Columbus, Ohio.” I am glad to find the admission that “ Then is absolutely no crying need Of this publication,” though ” Bill " claims that he is an “ absolute ‘ dyed-in-the-wool' Philatelist from Stampville, and has taken this means of allowing some of his surplus enthusiasm to escape.” “ This little maglet is entirely Bill’s and Bill intends to have his say in this and future issue of the Mag.” Billikins invites you to laugh ” Can't you smile—Billy Kin ”

so without wishing to be unkind I may laugh and hope * that Billikins is really intended as a joke, or that if it be right down serious it will turn over a new leaf and print on clean white paper so that all who value their eyeeight may not be debarred the pleasure of Billikins’ acquaintance.

A notice which having just escaped a blotchy disfigurement on page 4 and is consequently legible intimates that Mr. Pernicious Penslip will contribute to the next (February) number, and I note that the craze for unpleasant-sounding noms de plumes is not alone an English trait for here in Billikins is a contributor styled Pork town Bazoo !

The Philatelic Journal si America.The second number of the new Philatelio Journal

of America is to hand and it maintains the promise of number one from which the notes on U.8. automatic machine perforations in last week’s Postage Stamp were culled. Dr. Carroll Chaee write* on “ Cracked and damaged Plates used for the 1861 and 1867 United States Adhesives.” The editor in reprinting my notes ” Concerning Commemorative Stamps ” from the December 18th issue of this journal expresses 'his complete accord with the opinions expressed therein.

Philatelic 3 tat I »t Ice (or 1909.Our French contemporary and namesake, L t Txinbrt-

PosU. gives a prominent position to its annual statistics | of new issues, and even indulges in a diagram on the I lines of meteorological tablee showing the rise and fall of

the totals of stamps issued each year from 1840 to 1909.There were issued in 1909, says our contemporary, 766

postal and telegraph stamps. This total does not include varieties of watermark and perforation or minor varieties.

These 766 stamps are disposed amonget the five geographical groups as fallows: —

Europe «*e ... 146Asia **♦ • §« ... 10#Africa ... 808America • •• . .. 866Oceania ... ... ... 44

764Total


Issues Under the Various Powers.A variation in the mode of classification gives us the

issues of the political groups :—Portugal and Dependencies Great Britain and Dependencies

... 0... 201

Spain ... ... 25Germany ... United States ...

0... 29

Holland ... 11Russia ... ElFrance ... . .. 67Various ... 866

Total ... 766

The “ various'" heading includes Siam 20, Liberia 21, Nicaragua 51, Paraguay 42, and the Italian group with 76 stamps made up of Crete 3, Somali 11, Eritrea 3, Italy 1, and the remainder for the offioes in the Levant.

The Issues Analysed.A more detailed classification shows us in what part of

the world the colonies have been most aotive.Total

for eachE u ro p e . A s ia . A fr ic a . A m e r . O c e a n ia , p o w e r .

P o r tu g a l . — — — — — 0G r e a t B r ita in .. 7 43 73 39 39 201Spain ............... 2 50 52G e rm a n y , ■— — — — — 0U n it e d S ta tes — i — 28. — 29H o l la n d ............... 5 — — I 5 IIR u s s i a ............... 4 * 9 — — 51F r a n c e ............... 3 5 17 32 — 57V a r io u s ............... 86 Si 63 165 —• 365

T o t a ls .. 145 109 203 265 44 766

In this table the abnormal output on the part of Russia is explained by the issue of 45 of the stamps (in the total of 51) for the offices in the Levant. Tne numbers of United States Issues inolude sis corn- memo ratives, tbe Lincoln. Alaska aud Hudson Fulton issued both imperforate and perforate, and also several of the values in the regular set issued likewise in both states.

Comparisons In Ten Years.Then our contemporary proceeds to show that tbe

total of 766 is below the average of the total of issues for the previous ten years. The table is interesting and valuable as showing a decided tendency to reduction in the number of stamp issues since 1903.

1900 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 T o t a l

P o r tu g a l 3 36 240 >34 102 23 21 '3 2 574G r e a t B r ita in ... '7 6 '3 6 295 376 185 140 76 166 201 1916Spain ... 24 35 17 $8 6 85 I 68 13 52 359G e rm a n y U n it e d S ta tea

222 is 10 59 IS 10 33 '2 13 2 18 25 16 14 11 17 29 147

H o l la n d 17 7 11 3 11 8 5 31 25 II 129R u s s ia ... 3 7 5 4 8 8 2 2 5< 90France.............. 132 47 '32 237 126 94 136 28l 183 57 1425Various 366 267 305 342 307 264 306 318 346 365 3186

T o t a l ... 945 548 £017 1183 766 697 582 889 764 766 8157I1900 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 os 09 T ots

Europe.............. 168 139 168 142 47 151 14a 158 I 60 145 1420A s ia ................ 189 57 182 225 219 93 68

i l z 217 109 1546A f r i c a . . . 220 106 412 386 189 187 179 288 107 >03 2277America 217 163 188 298 297 198 162 198 230 265 22<6Oceania 151 83 67 132 14 68 31 58 So 44 698

Total 945 548 1017 1183 766 697 sea 889 764 766 8157

Jswlsh Philatelists.An interesting paragraph from the Jewish Chronicle

of 31.12 09 is forwarded by a correspondent. The phrases " of alt times.” and " of all ages,” may lead us to think philately a good deal older than it is, but they are, perhaps, only to be taken as figures of speech :—

" P h i l a t e l y — Stamp-collecting has always had a peculiar fascination for our ooreligionists, aud many

Jewish names appear among the greatest philatelists of all times. At the present day one of the most enthusiastic collectors is Barou Anthony de Worms, who is the possessor of a valuable collection of stamps, some of which are the rarest in tbe world. Much valuable literature.bearing upon stamps of all ages has been contributed to the philatelic world by Jews, notably among them being Baron Arthur de Rothschild, whose ‘ Hisboire de la Poste aux Letters et du Timbre ’ fetched a high price at a recent auction sale. Others who have also conveyed valuable information to stamp-collectors through works and contributions to magazines devoted to philately are Mr. I. J. Bernstein (President of the Manchester Junior Philatelic Society) and Mr. H. L . Haymau, who witli Baron Anthony de Worms are on tbe Executive Committee which has undertaken the arrangements of the second Philatelic Congress of Great Britain that will be held at Caxton Hall a few months hence."

One might add a great many names to the list given by tbe Jewish Chronicle. America can claim several no less distinguished Jewish philatelists, and no doubt tbe Continent can claim many more.

The *• Governmental” Style la Philately.

The Editor of the Stamp Collector’s Fortnightly has a merry wit and makes some trite allusions to the development scheme recently inaugurated by the Junior Philatelic Society. The miniature editorial reads :

" A new ‘ Stamp K in g ’ has been proclaimed, Mr. Charles J. Phillips being raised to that exalted rank by a writer in the Australian Philatelist. This, of course, is mere journalistic picturesqueness, but in otber directions we observe a tendency to assume quite a governmental style in matters philatelic.

" The Propaganda Committee of the Junior Philatelic Society, for instance, has just appointed a Consul-General for America 1 And a right good Consul General be should prove, seeing that he is no less a i ers--n than Mr. Harald Kjellstedt, of the American Philatelic Society. It is now America’s move. We must have reciprocity nowadays, to say nothing of retaliation. It is up to the American Philatelic Society to goone better than tbe J.P.S by appointing an Ambassador for Philatelia (American Section) at the Court of St. James’ . Doubtless be would liegranted permission by King Charles the First of Philau-lia (Seven- oaks Division) to wear the J.P.S. Badge and any other Orders and Decorations he might fancy. Really we are a-going it, we philatelists

“ The time may come when dictating to a Postmaster-General will seem a mere nothing............ J. sting apart,we wish all success to the work of the J .I’.S. 1 ropaganda Committee, which is making a bold effort to i-pr-ad the light of philately farther afield. In addition to the appointment already referred to, Mr. Wilmot Gorfield has consented to represent the Society in India, while Mr. Harald Zschaul, of Libau, is the Consul-General for Russia. A capital beginning i ”

Good humofir needs no bush, but perhaps it is juBt a wee bit dangerous to put " ambassadorial " id as into the beads of Society officials who may b»ve a desite to "sincerely flatter” the J.P.S. by going on<- better. Perhaps some day we may read in the Dnitu Tale a news message:

(PROM our ow n corrbspondbnt).Buenos Aires, April 1st, to a-tn.

An unprecedented hitch has occurred in the diplomatic relations between the Arcentine Republic and the Court of St. Philatelia. The Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary has handed in his papers to the Arcentine President as a proteat U s Inst the issue of a special series of stamps to commemorate the centennial year of Argentine independence. The newspapers here are filled with alarmiat reports ahowinc the strength of the Philatelic N ary, and pointing out the enormous increase in the navy estimates passed in the fifty-second Congress.

THE POSTAGE STAMl 207

Sorpe Additional Varieties of apd Errors on New Soutl? Wales Laureated StarppsBY P. MALONE

A Paper read at tbe Sydney Philatelic

From the u Australian P h i l a t e l i s t D e c .

IT is a recognised fact that the most interesting stamps for study of the whole world are the first and second issues of New South Wales, so well-known as the “ Sydney Views " and the “ Laureated” series. There have

heen from time to time some most valuable papers 'written by the leading philatelists of the world on these stamps ; and it is a remarkable fact that although they have been studied to such an extent, there is yet a great deal to be brought to light concerning them.

I only intend in this short article to refer briefly to some varieties of the “ Laureated ” series that have come under my notice.

In The Australian Philatelist of August 10th, 1909 (V ol. 15, No. 12), we are informed of a variety of the Id . value of the “ Laureate ” series w ith a triple triangle on the right of “ South,” which is certainly very interesting. 1 venture to say it is not known to so many collectors as the editor im agines; and it should undoubtedly receive a place in the catalogues.

It is a great pity that collectors who are plating these stamps do not make known prominent varieties when they come under their notice.I have not been fortunate enough to get sufficient stamps to reconstruct all the plates ; but in placing the specimens in my possession I have noted the follow ing varieties, which should be equally as interesting as the one above referred to, as they are also peculiar to the particular etamp only.

I. 2d. Laureated. (Stars) Plate No. 44. Showing pen d for pence in the value.

II. 3d. Laureated. P late N o. 2. Showing T with right top only in three pence.

III. 3d. Laureated. Plate No. 4. Showing two vertical lines at the base of triangles on each side of “ South ” and extending to the solid background below “ Postage.”

IV . 8d. Laureated. P late N o. 1 7 . W ith the two sm all dashes forming the Maltese Cross in the background of the le ft upper corner missing, showing only a portion of the Maltese Cross.

Variety I .The editor of The Australian Philatelist

(Vol. V ., No. 3, 1898), in referring to this stamp sta tes:—

“ Mr. P . Malone has shown us a specimen of the 2d. laureated (stars) of New South Wales in which the final e of “ Pence ” is wanting in the two upper strokes, thus forming an exact L . 'As we know this error did not exist on the plate, it is probably due to defective printing.”

In examining an autotype of the original plate I was rather surprised to find this variety showing in its proper place very conspicuously, being No. 44 on the plate, which clearly proves that the error was not due to defective printing. The plate, however, shows signs of considerable wear, and m y opinion is that the error is due to that

Club, 15.9.09.

io//z, 1909ca u se ; the two upper strokes of the letter E being only faintly engraved on the original plate, and soon disappeared after the plate was put into use.

Being printed from a worn plate, it was in due course issued in that condition, and should therefore be a recognised variety.

Variety II.This is undoubtedly a variety engraved on the

original plate, as the left portion of the letter T in “ Three Pence ” was never added to the other half, dne probably to the fact th at there was not sufficient room for the engraver to complete the letter.

Variety III.This is also a variety of the original plate,

and is rather conspicuous, showing as it does the two lines, or double lines at the base of the (triangles on each side of “ South," and extending to the solid background below “ Postage.” This is not to be found in any other stamp of the whole plate of 60 varieties, its position being No. 4 on the plate.

Variety IV .Although perhaps this variety is not so prom

inent as the others, it is nevertheless very interesting, and equally so as the variety on the same plate, N o. 12, showing no lines in corners over " P ’’ and “ E ” of " Postage,” which is catalogued.

It is also a variety of the original engraving, its position being No. 17 on the plate, and the peculiarity is to be found on this stamp only, although there are several varieties on the same plate with one dash only missing in the corners. These may not be of so much importance as the one above referred to, but they are noticeable varieties a ll the same, and in reality an incomplete kind of “ Maltese Gross ” is shown in the background in each case through the dash being omitted.

A ll the above varieties are easily discernible without the aid of a glass, and i t is hard to understand why such prominent varieties are not catalogued, when a place is given to such a stamp as the 3d. ” Sydney View *' without whip, when it is a difficult matter to find the whip a t a ll in the m ajority of specimens seen, even with the aid of a glass.

There seems to be of late a great deal of attention paid to provisional issues, especially surcharges, “ etc ." The least discrepancy is taken note of, and in due course catalogued, even if It be only a stop out of its proper position; or perhaps it may be square instead of round, or vice-versa, or missing altogether; while we find that these very interesting stamps of New South Wales are now very much neglected in this respect. I t behoves Australian collectors to give them the proper attention which they deserve, and, as I stated before, to make known any prominent varieties that may come nnder their notiss.


CorrespondenceN .B .— Correspondence on all matters of general philatelic interest w cordially invited. All letters for publication

should be sent to the Editor, The Postage Stamp, 14, Sudboume Road, Brixton, London, and letters should also be distinctly marked in s id e with the name of this journal. The Editor does not necessarily identify himself w ith opinions expressed by correspondents.

The Editor of The Postage Stam p.Sir,

SOUDAN FORGERIES.Some time ago you warned your readers against

forgeries of the F irst Issue of the stamps of “ Soudan.”

These forgeries appear to be on the increase, and their authors are attem pting further varieties.

Among the peculiarities of this issue is one in which, through the m isplacing of the stamps in the printing apparatus to print the overprint, the word Soudan alone appears on the stamp, the Arabic word being on the m argin. This occurred in the bottom row of the pane, of course. D uring the last few weeks I have s een quite a number of forgeries of thiB particular bottom row stam p. The main points of difference between the real and the forged copies are as fo llo w s:—

In the forgeries I have seen, the English word

is right at the top of the stamp, and no sign of the Arabic word appears. In the real stamp the English word is not so far up the stamp. The test to apply is to measure the distance between the word “ Sudan ” and the Arabio surcharge on the 8tamp next below it . I f the E n glish word came where it does in the forgeries some part a t least of the Arabic would fa ll on the stamp.

In the forgeries a slightly sm aller and finer type is used than in the real stamp surcharge.

I have, during the last three weeks seen specimens of this forged overprint a t prices varying from a few pence to six shillings, and the very variety in price seems to infer that there is doubt in some quarters as to the genuineness of the stamp.

Yours truly,T . F r e d M a r r i m e b ,

Carlisle.

Lancashire’s Philatelic Progress1HAVE pleasure in here

with giving a photograph of Mr. Harold

O. Moscrop, one of the joint Secretaries of

the Bolton Philateiio Society— a Society that owes its origin to the work of its Secretaries, Messrs. Moscrop and Boothby. Mr. Moscrop is a well-known northern philatelist,though by no means a beginner.

The manner inrwhjeh he - has promoted andJaunohed ]the new Society has shown ' 1to his numerous friends in Ithe North, that his services Iare indispensable. His " Imanagement of the Soo- Iiety’s Exchange: Ticket Iwould well be followed by 1others— for he does not . Iallow himself first pick over the sheets— but last of all.This keeping back of his extensive knowledge of the values of stamps for the benefit of the members has been in no little way appreciated. So far as wo nave watched the rise of the new Society in the heart of the most densely populated area in the world, we cannot help but notice that the Bolton Philatelic Society has come at onoe to the front.

Mr. Ha r o l d O. Mo scro p.

In publishing Mr. Mos- crop’s portrait, I am introducing to my readers one of the most energetic of the workers in the cause of philately f< up North." Additional interest may be noted that Mr. Moscrop, along with Mr. W. Ward, of Didsbury, have been unanimously elected as the Society's Delegates to the Philatelic Congress.

To this I can add that Mr. Moscrop is a well- known member of the Tobacco Trade, but that his attentions at present, after business, are divided between philately— and the lady who before this year has gone very far, will become his partner for life. Naturally the Society is rather jealous of these divided attentions, amid which it certainly has to take a second place— but nevertheless. every member is at present wondering whether he must congratulate the lady on her choice, or their Secretary on his good luck. We wish Mr. Moscrop and his bride every fortune, success and happiness, and loDg may both grace this Northern portal of British Philately. STYCOJ 8 WO


Tfye World’s Staipp ErrorsTbe Most Comprehensive at)d Entertaining Article on this Subject yet published

BY MISS FITTE

This important article was started in No. 1 of the present Volume. The sixteen instalments already published may be had from the Publishers in Nos. 1 to 17 (except No. 14), Vol. V., price l id each post free.

P arm a .

TYPB .

1869, 10c., brown—figure inverted (37),The inversion of the figure “ 1 ” might well be

considered aa indistinguishable from the normal placing of that figure; bnt this “ 1 " is a plain vertical stroke with a serif at top on the left only, which at once betrays the mistake,

I take it that, in making-up the Ten Centesimi forme, the figures were inverted in the common die, and tbe error arose from want of care.

.Sardinia.

ERROB. ^

1861, 1 ( 2 )0., black; 2 ( 1 )0., black (106, 106):These “ figure" stamps, intended for use on

newspapers, were surface-printed aa regards the frame, which contained at the foot the indication of vaTne; and a corresponding fancy numeral was then embossed in plain relief in the oantral oval.

Both stamps are printed in black, and each value is known with the wrong figure embossed, i .e . , tbe Centeeimo Uno is embossed with a figure ** 2 ", and the Centesimi Due with a figure “ 1 ’’ : the errors are common.

Both the correct stamps and the errors are known with the numerals inverted, but even in that condition the latter are not scarce.

S ic ily .

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ERROR.

1869, i gr., deep cobalt (21).There were two plates of the Half Grano, which

should be found only in tones and shades of yellow, the first being in four groups of 26 stamps, about 2mm. apart; and the second in 100 reproductions of the die, spaced about 1} mm. eaoh way. On the first plate there were six retouches, on the second none.

The error is one of colour, the Half Grano being printed in cobalt, one of the oolours of the Two Grana: it can be distinguished from the colour trials in milky blue and dull blue, not only by the colour, but because the error was printed from Plate II., the trials being from Plate I.

I cannot say anything as to the degree of rarity of this stamp.

Italy {Kingdom of).

TTPB .

1866, 16o., dull blue-12 dots (41a).This is really an imperfect stamp which, being

issued, becomes an error.In 1866, a stamp of the value of Twenty Cen

tesimi was made by surcharging tbe Fifteen Centesimi, blue, in brown, the original valne being covered by a thick bar, and “ C ” “ 20” being printed in the upper corners, and “ 20 ” “ C ” in the lower. There were three varieties of the stamp so surcharged—as originally (and solely) issued as a Fifteen Centesimi; with four white


dots added in the fra m e ; and with twelve white d o ts : it is the last-mentioned variety which is known without the surcharge.

It is said that the omission was from part only of a sheet, pairs, one with, and the other w ith out, the surcharge, being known.

I remember seeing a copy (unused) some 35 years ago, in a sm all collection.

Turkish P.O .’ s.

ERROR AND T Y P E .

1874, 1o„ bronze-green ; 6a., greenish grey ; 10c., orange ; 30c., brown—comers incorrect ; 1 c., bronte~green ; 2c., brown—overprint om itted(813-816, 817, 818, 820, 8 21).

The stamps overprinted “ e s t e b o " for use in the Italian post offices situate in the Turkish Levant, were similar to those of the regular Italian issues, but distinguished by the removal of some of the details of the d esign : when the alteration is incomplete, errors are produced. Sim ilarly, the altered types without overprint are errors of omission ; but the regular stamps (i.e ., without modification) overprinted do not come within the limits of my article, although such overprinting was obviously incorrect.

The errors are as follows (the 6c., 10c. and 30c. being of the type of the 10c. “ e s t e r o ” illustrated a b o v e ) O n e Centesimo, bronze-green— tw o square dots in right lower corner ; three square dots in right upper corn er: Five Centesimi, greenish-grey—right lower corner not altered: Ten Centesimi, orange—left upper corner not a lte re d ; two lower corners not a ltered : Thirty Centesimi, brown—right lower corner not altered. A ll but the second one mentioned are rare.

The errors of omission are :—One Centesimo, bronze-green, and Two Centesimi, brown, both of the altered types, but without overprint. They too, seem to be scarce.

The two low. values are of the large figure types of 1863-65.

Liberia.

ERROR AND TYPE.

1892, lc . , b lu e ; 2c., verm ilion (87, 88).These are the lowest two values of this coun

try ’s first, but by no means last, pictorial is s u e ; and I have grave doubts as to whether they do not come in m y second main division of errors— in ten tion al: they m ay be a ll right, even at seven-and-six each I

The One Cent should be in vermilion, and the Two Cents in b lu e : the errors shew these colours transposed.

Luxemburg.

ERROR.

18 9 1-96 , 20c., brown (12 6 a).Perhaps, one should be suspicious of this error

also, as its cost is only ten shillings, but the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg is surely like Caesar’s w ife . The Twenty Centimes, of which the proper colour is orange, was printed in brown, the colour of the F ifty Centimes. There are several perforations for this issue, but the error is known perforated 1 1 } only ; it appeared in 1892.

To be continued.

Jottings fron? Otljer JournalsDeath st Oldest Postmaster.

Mr. W illiam JCenward, the oldest Postmaster in England, has died a t Wivelsfield, near Haywards Heath. He was in his eighty-ninth year, and had been Postmaster for sixty-three years. His assistant was his wife, who is in her ninety-first year. In his early days Mr. Kenw&rd used to collect and deliver letters in. -a cart drawn by dogs.

—Evening Netos, 1 9 .1 .1 0 .

King Oscar's Beard.Illustriertes Brief markon Journal relates that re

cently the Royal opera at Stockholm presented for

the first time the new play "O scar I . ” The actor Ferrasi, who was given the title role, was ordered by the director of the opera to make up w ith a fa l l beard. During one of the intermissions Ferrasi hunted up the director and remarked that Oscar I . never wore such a beard.

"W h a t kind of beard did be use th en 7" "M oustache and goatee, like Napoleon 111 .”" Ah, go on I How do you know that for sure 7” “ From my postage stamp collection.”A change had to be made, and at the second

performance the public observed with astonishment that K ing Oscar had altered the style of his


beard. To stam p collectors it is hardly necessary to point out that Mr. Ferrasi obtained his information by looking up the issue of Norway of 18 56 -57.—Jfekeel'a W eekly Stam p N ew t.

The Largest British Mall ever delivered la Cansila.M o n t r e a l , Dec. 26th.—The largest British

mail that has ever been delivered in Canada arrived in Montreal this morning with the old country Christmas mails, which came on the Sardinian. A special train was chartered to rush the m ail to Montreal, and it took 12 cars to hold the sacks of letters and baskets of parcels. A ll the mails for Toronto, and W estern points was sent forward by the evening trains, and should be distributed during Monday.

I t was stated b y the postal authorities here that the m ail business this Christmas was generally about 40 per cen t, ahead of any previous record, the Canadian m ails being especially large. The good times were reflected in the great increase of the parcel post business, which was nearly half as big again as ever before, a large percentage of this probably comprising g ifts .

In order to handle the big British m ail in the c ity to-morrow the postmen w ill be reinforced w ith 130 cabs, carrying their load s.

[The correspondent who sends the above news paragraph from the London (Ontario) Free Press, adds, “ these express cars are our standard gauge 60 foot cars, so you can imagine the immense amount of mail m atter this Christmas has brought from home to the “ Kin beyond the seas.”]

Franking.The franking of the letters of Peers and M .P .’s

is a privilege never likely to be revived. It was reckoned in 176 3 that the loss upon this was

£200,000, and in 1839 more than £300,000. A t one time even a pack of hounds and furniture enough for a whole room were sent free under this system . A century ago the daily allowance to each member of either House was ten letters sent by himself and fifteen received by him . It was under Charles II . that the privilege had its origin. The Commons carried a franking clause in the Post Office Act, and the Lords, after much debate, threw it out. B ut the Crown then granted a lim ited form of the privilege, which, however, did not receive legislative sanction until 176 4 .

The franking of letters was one of the old abuses which aroused M r. Gladstone’s indignation in ^retrospect, as illustrating class favouritism , “ Se e l" he said to Lord Morley in 1 8 9 1 ; " th e sons and daughters went forth from their homes ; the cost of postage was so high that correspondence was practically prohibited; yet the rich a ll the time, by the privilege of franking, carried on a really immense amount of letter-w riting absolutely free. Think what a softening of domestic exile ; what an aid in keeping warm the feeling of fam ily affection, in m itigating the rude breach in the circle of the hearth." Unprivileged people were driven to a ll sorts of devices. Em pty letters, which were regularly refused at .the door, commonly intimated that the sender was flourishing. Rowland Hill used to underline words in newspapers, a W hig politician’s name, to intimate that he was well, a Tory’s that he was ill .

Were the privilege of franking letters still enjoyed by M .P .’s, it is probable that candidates for election, even in these d ays of cheap postage, would like it extended to them during the campaign. A C ity official states that to send out a halfpenny circular to the electors of the City costs something like £ 75 in postage.—

—Daily Chronicle.

Philatelic Traipii>£ for YouthsHow the Future of Philately is beip$ looked after ip the Fathcrlapd

M R. L . Ha r a l d K j b l l s t e d t , whose portrait we had the pleasure of publishing in a recent issue of The Pottage Stamp, is by reason o f his linguistic capabilities and his untiring enthusiasm, doing excellent

work in keeping the English speaking philatelic world in touch with what is being done by the Continental stamp collectors and dealers.

In some recent notes he draws the attention Of the readers of M ekeeVt W eekly 8 tam p N ew t to the activ ity among German collectors in the y n y of training the youth in philatelic knowledge and wisdom. The importance of this class of work cannot be over-estimated. It is the remedy for most of the abuses that exist in connection with our hobby.

There is no country, says Mr. K jellstedt, where greater attention has been given to the encouraging of stamp collecting, and the fostering of philatelic tendencies amongst the school boys than in Germany. A t the last German National Convention of Philatelic Societies a t Carlsbad, Mr. Franz Balke, a well-known pedagogist and writer, read an excellent paper entitled, “ Philatelic training for youths.*’ The author relates that in 1899 the Revue Philatelique Francaite addressed to a

number of philatelists a few questions of which the first and most important read : W hat must be done, and what must be avoided in order that the collecting of postage stamps may be continued in its present flowering state f

There is as much reason for a serious consideration of that question to-day as there was ten years ago, and to us (in America), who have given so little thought to the subject, it may be of interest to learn the views of a German teacher and educator. W ith “ philatelic training for youths ” the author means a systematic training of youngsters having the collecting instinct, so that they may become reasoning, order-loving and thinking postage stamp collectors. In his opinion there are two kinds of philatelic training fo r youths. One is a training from a strictly philatelic point of view. The other is a creation of interest in philately by its introduction in the school work and its treatment from a pedagogic point of view. The latter method is more preparatory, and suitable for school boys up to 14 years of age. The strictly philatelic training is tnore concerned with the modern knowledge of postage stamps, with skilled philatelists as teachers, and boys of from 14 to 18 years as pupils.

212 T H E POSTAGE STAM P

During the last four years special stamp exhibitions for young collectors, with liberal prize awards, have been held at Mulhausen, Basel, Leipzig, Hamburg, Meerane, Augsburg, Erfurt, Regensburg, Munich, Hanover, Stuttgart and Cologne. Most of the exhibitions took place between N ovember and January. The number of entries a t the Munich exhibition was 80, at Leipzig 61 and at Hamburg 60. The age of the exhibitors varied from 10 to 18 years. Neatness in mounting and carefulness in arrangement carried most weight in the awarding of the prizes. The la tte r consisted of money, albums, catalogues, good stamps, nicely engraved diplomas, etc. At Leipzig, 200 marks were divided between nine prize winners. I t should be mentioned that a ll these exhibitions have been arranged by the local philatelic societies, and have been accompanied by series of lectures suited to the youthful audiences.

The philatelic societies of Erfurt and Mulhausen

arranged philatelic lecture courses for boys with an attendance at the former place of 64, and at the latter of 40. The subjects treated upou in cluded the principles of collecting, the treatment of the stamps, varieties and most renowned stamps of different countries, history in philately, geography in philately, etc. After the lectures the boys were invited to ask questions, and each session closed with a free distribution of stam ps.

Enough has been gathered from this first part of Mr. Balke’s paper, reprinted in the 111. B rie fm . Journ., to indicate why there are more stamp collectors, more dealers and more philatelic societies in Germany than in any other country of the world. The seriousness and thoroughness with which every branch of the sciences is being treated in Germany are also extended to philately, and as long as this is the case, there is no need of questioning the fntnre of philately in the German Empire.

New Society for Essex

A SPECIAL Meeting, convened for the purpose of considering <( the advisability of forming a Philatelic Society for W althamstow and districts,” was held on Tuesday last, 11th inst., a t W althamstow. Mr. A . H. Clark

took the Chair at 8 p.m ., and after submitting the proposition to the meeting, it was resolved “ that a Philatelic Society be formed, having its headquarters in Walthamstow, such Society to be known as ' the South Essex Philatelic Society.’ ”

An election of officers then took place, which resulted ae follows

President—A . H. Clark.Vice - Presidents—D r. 8. Jackson and D . B . Arm

strong.Secretary and Librorian—R . H . Clarke. Treasurer— North.Exchange Superintendent—M. J . Elsbury.Mr. Elsbury also consented to have temporary

charge of the Society's Permanent and Forgery Collections, pending the election of new officers, to be appointed a t a meeting convened for such purpose.

The Stam p Collectors' F ortn ightly having been adopted as the “ official organ,” it was then decided that the following be the amounts of Subscriptions

Entrance Fee, 2s. 6d.Annual Subscription, 2s. 6d.L ife Membership, £ 1 Is, Od.

Ladies and juniors having the privilege of joining the Society without payment of entrance fee.

The Chairman then informed the m eeting that he had hoped to have been in a position to announce that a meeting place had been decided upon, but that at the last moment he had received a letter, stating that owing to severe booking and press of meetings, the hall would be unavailable. A fter discussing the matter it was decided to accept the offer of the Chairman, namely, that until suitable premises be obtained, all meetings, etc., shall be held at “ Ivydene,” 27, Rec

tory Road, Walthamstow, whereupon the following programme was arranged:—

Thursday, February 1 0th—8 p.m . Ten minute papers. Optional subjects.9 p.m . General display with notes, A . H.

Clark.

Thursday, March lOtA—8 p.m . Debate, Old Issues v . N ew : Old Issues

M. J . Elsbury, New Issues A . H.Clark.

9 p.m . Display w ith notes: “ Hong Kong P ostmarks,” M . J . Elsbnry.

It was decided to arrange the programme for the April meeting a t a future date.

Messrs. A . H. Clark and D . B . Armstrong were elected as the Society’s Delegates a t the forthcoming Congress.

The Chairman then made an appeal on behalf of the Library Permanent and Forgery Collections, saying that he hoped that any member having duplicates would place them with the Society. A ll common stamps were needed as much as uncommon ones, a t the present tim e. He hoped that non-members would also assist the Society, by sending any literature to R . H, Clarke, 290, Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow, or any stamps and forgeries to M . J . Elsbury, 8, Coppermill Lane, W althamstow, he also thanked those present for attending, and paid special comment to Mr.R . H. Clarke for having started the movement, due notioe of which had appeared in The Postage Stam p.

Mr. R . H. Clarke replying, said, “ he hoped the Society w ould prove a success, and that he was w illing to forward any particulars to those applying to him for sam e.”

The meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

R. H. C l a x k k ,Seerstary.


Philatelic DictionaryBY B. W. H. POOLEContinued from page 58.

Peru.— A maritime republic of South America, part of whose territory is still occupied by Chili. The question of the provinces of Tacua and Arica is to be settled by a plebiscite, which will determine to which of the two countries these territories are to belong. It is customary to estimate the area of Peru at about 500,000 square miles, but if its extreme claims are also included it is, of course, infinitely larger. The population is estimated at four millions but no census has been taken since 1876. Peru, the kiugdom of the Incas, was conquered by Francisco Pizarro (1531-41) and remained a dependency of the Spanish crown until 1821, when it asserted its independence. The government is republican, and the executive consists of a president (elected for four years), two vice- presidents, and a cabinet of six ministers. The Chamber of Deputies consists of one member elected for every 30,000 inhabitants and there is also a Senate of 48 members. Postage stamps were first issued in 1857. (See also M P acific Steam N avigation Co.")

P o m . —The value in which most of the stamps of German East Africa were expressed prior to 1000. A pesa is the 64th part of a rupee and is roughly equal to Jd. in English money.

P e te rs b u rg .— A oity in the State of Virginia, U.S.A.. having a population of nearly 25,000. Prior to the introduction of the general issue for the Confederate States the Postmaster of this oity issued a special So. stamp to facilitate the prepayment of postage.

Petersen.— I.— A Brunswick engraver, who designed, engraved, and printed the stamps forming the first issue of the Duchy of Brunswick.

II .— A firm of printers of Christiania, who from 1867 until 1883 printed all the stamps of Nor-w&y e

Petit, Charles.—A Trinidad engraver who manufactured the temporary penny stamps issued in that Colony at various times between 1862 and 1860.

Pfennig (or Pfennige).— The value in which most of the stamps of the German Empire, and many of those of the German States are expressed. At the present time 100 pfennig are equal to a mark or about Is . in English currency.

P.G.S.—A surcharge fonnd upon certain Straits Settlements stamps which were issued for use as official stamps in Perak in 1890. They mean u Perak Government Service."

Philadelphia.—A city in the State of Pennsylvania, U .S .A ., having a population of over 1J millions A semi-official post, in connection with which various l c . stamps were issued, was established here in 1849 for the delivery of letters to persons residing in the c ity or its environs. At th at period the dnty of the post ceased with the arrival of the letters at the Philadelphia Post Office and letters had to be called for unless arrangements were made for their delivery by the local post. The charge for this service was lo . per letter.

Philately.— The term by which the pursuit of stamp collecting is now almost universally known. The word is derived from the Greek philoe, fond, and ateleia, exemption from tax. so that its con

nection with stamp collecting is not too obvious. The word was invented by M. Herpin, of Paris, about 1865, and, in its literal meaning, would appear to be more applicable to those gentlemen who have an aversion to taxation of any kind. Stamps upon a letter or document denote that the postage tax has been paid and that the article is thus exempt from further taxation. By a slight stretch of the imagination the term can thus be construed to mean "fondness for stam ps." It is certainly obscure and ill-chosen, but it is now so generally used that it is too late to enquire whether a more suitable term could not be invented.

Philatelic.— An adjective used in relation to anything connected with the hobby of stamp collecting, such as “ philatelic literature,” i.e ., articles, m agazines. etc., dealing w ith the study and collection of postage stam ps.

Philatelist.— This, in its widest sense, means anyone who collects stamps, though its use should perhaps be restricted to those who collect and stu d y stamps.

Philippine Islands.— A group of over 1,700 islands in the East Indian Archipelago, h avin g ' an area of 115 ,0 26 square miles and a population rapidly approaching eight m illions. A ll the islands are mountainous, and most of them are volcanic in origin. The natives of the islands may be roughly divided into those of Malayan origin, Indonesians and Negritos, the latter probably being the aborigines. The great mass of the population are of Malayan race. The Tagalogs of Luzon and Mindoro are one of the most important Christian peoples. O f long-settled Malay stock, they had, before the coming of the Spaniards, attained a considerable degree of civilization. The Portuguese navigator, Magellan, was killed on the island of Mactan in 1 5 2 1 . In 1565 the islands were invaded by the Spaniards under Legazpe, and in six years most of them were in Spanish possession. The preaching friars then made the Malayan natives nominal converts. Manila was refounded in 15 7 1 as the Spanish Capital. Mindanao was nominally conquered in 15 9 7. The large Chinese population revolted, and were massacred at Manila in 1603, or expelled, but they soon returned. In 1762 Manila was captured by the British and held until 176 4 . There were revolts against Spanish rule in 1872, and in 1896. The Aguinaldo took the field, but after the pacification in 1897 retired to Hong Kong. In 1898 the Spanish fleet was destroyed in Manila Bay, the Capital surrendering to the Americans on August 13th. By the treaty of Paris (Deo. 10th, 1898) the Philippine Islands were awarded to America. Aguinaldo, however, proclaimed a "Philippine Republic,” and kept up a guerilla warfare, which did not entirely end with his capture on March 23rd, 19 0 1. Postage stamps were first issued on February 1st, 1854, during the reign of Queen Isabella II., of Spain, while the first issue under United States authority was made in April. 1899.

To be continued'

I


New Issues ai>d OldThe Editor invites dealers and readers at home and abroad to true prompt information concerning New Issues. AU communications must be

sent direct to the Editor, 14, Sudbourne Road, Britton, London. S.W . |A Iter the name of each country we give the page of THE POSTAGE Sta m p on which appeared the last reference to that country.

B r a z il.— (Vo). V . p. 94).— We gather from lln m 'i Weekly Stam p News that the 400 and TOO reia stamps are in such little demand that when present supplies are exhausted the use of these values w ill be discontinued.

P e r s ia .— (Vol. IV . p. 268).— Several of our contemporaries announce that “ specimen ” copies of a com plete new set of no less than 16 values have been distributed. W e w ill give fu ll particulars when the stamps are actually issued.

B ritis h H o n d u ras.— (Vo). V. p. 197).— We learn from the S tam p Collector's F ortn igh tly o f an interesting variety on a ll the 5o. stamps of the King’s head type. The fourth stamp in the top row of each pane has a larger letter “ c ’’ and dot in the value. As the variety is not found in the corresponding denomination of the Queen’s head stamps (which were printed from the same duty plate) it is evident that the plate m et w ith some sligh t accident between the diate of the last printing o f the Queen's and the first printing of the K ing’s head stamps, and the necessary repairs were made by hand. The variety is very distinct, and i t is surprising i t has never been ^mentioned before.

Congo.— (Vol. V . p. 46).- O iibons’ Stamp Weekly records four new stamps but, instead of bearing the portrait of the late King, as rumoured some months ago, the designs are similar to those previously in use with the name added at the foot in Flemish, i .e . , “ b b lg isc h com oo .” Our contemporary adds that when the period of national mourning is over the whole series of pictorial stamps w ill be superseded by a new set bearing the portrait of King Albert, and possibly some values w ill show portraits of Queen Elisabeth and the Crown Prince Leopold.

Inscribed-in French and Flemish,No wmh. Per/, i s l to 13.

- Jc. freed and blackIOC. carmine „I$c. ochre „35c. blue „

Gwalior.— (Vol. V. p. 81).— Ewen’s Weekly Stamp News announces the iBsue of 2a., 3a. and 4a. stamps with a Bpace of 2$ mm. between two lines of the surcharge.

Surcharged on Indian Stamps.Urns o f overprint l) mm. apart.

3a. violet 3a. orange 4a. freea

N ew Z e a la n d .— (Vol. V . p. 191).— According to the Australian P hilatelist the new stamps are not a ll perforated 14 x 16 as recorded on page 164. Our contemporary gives the following lis t of varieties showing that three machines were employed in the production of this issue.

Id. frees.Id. carmine,3d. purple,3d. yellow brown 4d. o ranft, jd . chocolate, od. m in e ,8d. Praeaian blue la vermilion,

pcrf. 14 .. 14

>4141414

.. 14 „ 14 ,, >4

IS

icomb-machine

tinfle-line .machine

14I comfc-mechlne tinfle-line machine

S a lv a d o r . -(Vol. V . p. 128).— We learn from Mtekel's Weekly Stamp News that the plates for the new stamps have been engraved in Salvador, and are now in the hands of the N ational Printing Office. It is said th at the new issue 'w ill soon be ready, and that a ll the stamps w ill bear the portrait of President Fignera.

U ru g u a y .— (Vol. V. p. 128).— A correspondent informs Gibbons' S tam p W eekly th at “ the low values of the new set of Uruguayan stamps, which is being printed by W aterlow & Sons, of London, w ill bear a portrait o f General A rtigas, and the high values w ill have an allegorical pioture of the Republic.” Artigas is affectionately known as the “ father o f his country,” and his portrait is already shown on several Uruguayan stam ps. I t i s ' Baid that for the new issue a new portrait taken from a recent painting by Blanes, is to be used. |

P a ra g u a y .— (Vol. V. p. 63).— We take the following interesting item from Gibbons' S tam p W e e k ly :— “ Several paragraphs have recently appeared in the philatelic journals expressing doubts as to the genuineness of certain Paraguayan stamps, and I am enabled through the kindness of a correspondent in that country, to forward you the follow ing particulars of stamps which are undoubtedly bogus. Many of these stamps have been chronicled from time to time, and some of them even appear in the catalogues. It seems that a regular factory exists in Asuncion for the m anufacture of stamps which have never been seen in any Paraguayan post offices, and some of them are offered for sale in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. The following surcharged stamps are bogus productions :— 20 centavos on 1 centavo, greenish- blue ; 20o. on 2c. carm ine; and 20c. on 2o. rose- red. Of the high values, above $2, only the $6 black and red, <10 black and orange, and <20 black aod olive-green, are genuine, although a t least three colours of each value have been chronicled a t different times. The 2c. olive does not exist in the unsurcharged state, nor have the 6c. on 10 c. deep lilac, or the 6c. on 20c. pink, been issued. The revolutionary stamp of 1904 (there is only one) has now appeared with a spurious surcharge. I t behoves collectors to be on their guard against Paraguayan surcharges, because many other spurious varieties are floating about, but as they do not appear to have been chrou- ioled it is unnecessary to specify them .”

T h e P o s ta g e S ta m p B in d in g C overs.Handsome dark blue oovara in buckram, gilt lettered aide

and back, may be had from oar Pabliahera, Sir laaao Pitmen a gone. Amen Corner, London. Price la. 6d.



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Business Communications should be addressed to the Manager, and Advertisements to the Advertisement Manager, 1, Amen Corner, London. E.C.

T H E POSTAGE STAM P may be obtained through Newsagents or will be forwarded from the publishing office to any address at the lollowing rates of prepayment : Yearly, Be. 6 d .; Half-Yearly. 3*. 3d. Quarterly, Is. 8 d .; Single Copy, l id .

C O N TE N TS.29 J A AC AST, 1910. Page

Gossip op tee Wis e - • • • • 205Some Additional Varieties o r and

Errors os N'iw south Wales ’La created Stamps - - - 207

CORRESPONDENCE - - - - - - 208Laxcaseirx s Philatelic Prossers 208 The Woeld’s Stamp Eeroes > • 209 Jottings froh other journals - 210 Philatelic Training for Y ouths ■ 211 New Society fob Essex • • - • 212Philatelic Dictionabt • • • • 21snew Issues and Old........................ 2UEditob'b Letter Box • - - • 215Society Ne w s ......................... 215

OUR PUBLISHING DAY AND ADVERTISERS.

In order to meet the requirements of the publishing trade our publishers now di-tribute copies to the Newsagents on Wednesdays Instead of Thursdays as b-fore. This compels us to go to press on Saturday morning. Hence it Is absolutely necessary for our printers to have all advertisements s t latest on Friday morning ; consequently, copy must be In the Advertisement Mans- ger*s hands Dot later than Wednesday, 5 o’ clock p.m.


urged to send news Items Intended for publication as prom ptly aa possible.

in t e r n a t io n a l PHILATELIC UNION.

T bs fourth meeting o f the see son was held a t Esaex Hall, on Thursday, January 13th. Present— J. C. Bidebotham (chairi, W .Schwa bacher.W . Schwalte,W .H adlow,A . B . K ay, F . P . Lamb, W. K . Lincoln, G uy Semple., P L. Pemberton, W . S. K ing,

R . H. Whapbam (visitor) and the Hon.000,The minutes of the last meeting were

rend and confirmed, and three delegates ware appointed .to represent the Society a t the forthcoming Congress, Messrs. W . Hadlow, W, E . Lincoln, and T. H. Hinton. Mr. P . L. Pemberton, then reed an internet log paper on Forgeries and Frauds to dOOOfvE post offlOMt

The Hon. Bee. In moving a hearty vote of than Ire Doted UkB fSCL that thla natMT farthered one of the objects of this Society; ‘ ‘ The detection and prevention of forgerm and frauds,'’ which also mentioned the Society's Collection of forgeries ae being formed to this end. Mr. W, Bchwaite ably seconded and the vote was carried unan- mooalj, together with thanks to the Chairman oondodlng a pleasant evening.

Next meeting a t Ssasx Hall, Thursday, February 10th. Display by Mr. 1 Hegto- botham, Bt. Vincent.

T. H. Hinton, Hon. See.

JUNIOR PHILATELIC 50CIETY.

BRIGHTON BRANCH.The eighth meeting of the session was

held a t the Royal Hotel, on Thursday, 13th January. Twenty members w an present and two visitors, in the unavoidable absence of Mr. Mead the chair was taken by the Rev. H. C. Bond. Badness being completed, the chair'nan called upon H riH . Clark to reed his paper on " Little known reprints and bow to detect them.”

Mr. Clark dealt with this difficult subject tike u w Dad-master be is. Hiving mnch Interesting and Instructive Information to those present. The conn tries touched upon were Roman States, Modena, H am burg, and New South Wales, in each case a display aooompanied Mr. Clark’s notes ee a rule an original being placed ride by side 'with a reprint, thus giving the 00m- pany an opportunity of comparing them personally. Among the most interesting items shown were, In the Roman States, a 10 oenteslmo b|ack on vermilion, postally used, w h ch (according to Messrs Stanley Gibbons’ Catalogue) was prepared for use but never issued; and, in Modena, a 00mpiste sheet of reprints of tbs 5c value aooompanied by a single copy of the original; the most notable distinction in this ease was a full stop after the A gon of value In the original, and no stop In the reprint.

Mr. Clark next banded round a portion of bis famous forgery collection, some of Which be informed the oompany bad been " made in Brighton." On the motion of Mr. Leicester A. B . Pains, reeonded b y Mr.J . B . Boulton, a hearty votei.oi thanks was accorded Mr. Clark for hie moat excellent paper and display.

Donations to the library wen acknowledged with thanks from the Rev. Wilmot Corfleld.

J . B . Boulton, Asst. Sec.

NORTH OP ENOLAND P H I L A T E L I C S OC IETY.The usual monthly meeting c l this

Society was held a t toe Y .M .C A , New- castle, on Thursday evening, January 6th.

The Vtee-Pierident, Mr. T . D. H u m , took the chair a t 7.30, and there were 27 members and one visitor present.

Messrs. R . B . Ord Bell sad 8. O. Bmfth w an elected to the membership.1 Mr. T C. Oiaham then proposed that the President, Mr. W. H. Horsier, and Messrs. W . J . Cochrans and W. Waits Sanderson, who represented ua a t Mannhester last ysar, be our delegate* to tbs Oougm s to be tieid In London next April, this waa seconded b y Mr. Whlllis and unanimously agreed to.

The Chairman then showed his One collections of France and Griqualand which proved {highly .Interesting. A t the close of the display a hearty vote of thank* waa awarded to Mr. Hume to which he replied.

The January Packet started on 8th, with 42 sheets, value £138 8a Od. net


The monthly meeting of this Soolety was held on Thursday, January 13th. a t the Society's Rooms, Bradford Buildings.

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed.

The Hon. Secretary read a letter from the Secretary of the Seoond Philatelic Congress of Great Britain, asking lor the appointment of Delegates.

On the resolution of Mr. P. H. Constantine, and seconded by Mr. Harold Holt, Mr. W. Ward and Mr. H. Moecrop were elected.

The display for the evening was Antigua, Bahama, and Bermudas, the first of e series of displays granted the Society by Mr. E. H ruin bottom, B.A.

Great admiration was expressed a t the choice collections and notes, which shewed such painstaking study and research.

A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mr. Hegtnbottom for the interest he bad so kindly taken in the Bolton Society, and tor the treat he bad given to the members on this occasion.

The Society's Exchange Packet is slowly growing— and there are still vacancies for oorraspoodlog members who can contribute good sheets.

The subscription is 2/6 per sonum, and copies of the rules may be obtained from the Secretary, Mr. H. O. Moecrop, 9L, Thicketford Road, Bolton.


The first meeting of this Society in the New Year was held at the Y.M.C.A., North End, Cyoydon, on Wednesday, January 12th, 21 members and two visitors being present

The Secretary gave his report of the last half-yearly social, the great success of which has already been reported, and

S reduced a balance sheet, shewing that nanclally it was equally as successful. 3 It was decided that the profit should be

handed over to the Library Fund.The Curator acknowledged a donation

to the Society's collection, and one new member was elected,

Formal business being over, a single issue display by members of the Society followed The idea, which was originally Introduced by the President with the object especially of encouraging the beginners, was s great success, and arrangements already are being made for another In the near future, the meeting dosing a t a late hour with a vote or thanks to the members assisting in tbs

Brogramme, which was carried with en- lustaam.The following were the ‘ Issues" dls-

Pl¥alkiend Islands, 1891-96. nnd Niger Coast, 1897-1898, by Miss Florence Field.

Great Britain, 1840, by Mr. Albert Ashby.

F ( f u 1007’ 1“ rae*’ byPeru, l f 66-fl7, by Mr. H. H. Harisnd. Holland, 1852, by Mr. B. B. Kirby. Great Britain, "K in g Heads," by Mr.

G. Knight.British Sooth Africa, 1896, by Mr. H.

Simmons.O. S haw , Hon. See.


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C TAM PS on Approval. References. Apply 0 — C. NicholU, 40, Cornwall Road, Bayi- water, London.

P O S T A G E Stamp Gauges, -for measuring * perforations. They are made in brass, and can be earned in the waistcoat pocket. Moat useful to all Collectors. Price 1 /- nett, by post i l l .— L Upcott Gill, Bazaar Buildings, Drury Lane, London, W .C.

T F you want to know where to get New * Issues at face value, write the number 1339 on a postcard with your name and address (nothing else) and post to Ewen’s Subscription Stamp Collecting, 32, Palace Square, Norwood.

A N unusually fine Collection of BRITISH A COLONIAL STAH PS is offered for sale at a price which makes it a desirable acquisition from both Philatelic and Investment points of view. It consists o f nesrty 5,900 stamps, mainly of the older Colonies, issued during the Victorian era and is strongest in the Australian Colonies tome o f which have been more or less specialised. Omitting from calculation all stamps pricted at less than 6d. each the catalogue value approximates £2,700, of which amount more than one third is represented by unused stamps. It includes over 700 stamps priced at 20/- or more each, these accounting for over £1,650—more than three-fifths of the total value of the Collection. It is neatly mounted, and written up, in twelve moveable leaf Albums thus forming a really substantial nucleus for a front-rank collection. Price and further particulars will be supplied on application, and arrangements can be made for an inspection in London.—Apply to "Cornubia,” c/o Pestage Stamp.

TTRANCE, 1849, strip of three one franc, 1 red brown, lightly cancelled, £35 ; many others priceless, £50. — Ewens, Cavendish Avenue, Malden, Surrey.

'D A PU A N , Jaipur, Papal Statea, etc., 5/- A No approval. G. Sewell, Moorland, Salisbury.

'T R Y the new 1910 Colonial and Foreign A packets, post free, 4d. Mounts, 4d. per

thousand, post free— W . F. Godwin, 15, Johnson Road, Croydon, Surrey.

p O R E IG N Stamps, unpicked, iilbs. 1/8, 1 pottage 4d.. 1,000 U .S.A., good, lOd. — William Lewthwaite, Stationer, Egrenoont, Cumberland. ,

K f lf) CO LO N IA LS (Vandiemens, Mont- d U U serrat, Tonga, Caicos), i s . — 141 Second. Manorpark.

"pR IM R O SE Stam pE xch an ge." Vacancy L for a few good members.— Yeadon.

Froghall, Warrington.

C H E A P S E T SA L L DIFFERENT.

Any of these at 4d. per s e t:— 12 Chili, 6 China, 12 Cuba, 12 Dutch Indies, 12 Brazil, 12 Bavaria, 25 German, 6 Barbadoes, 20 Japan, 25 Belgium, 6 Hayti, 10 Italy, t2 New Zealand.12 New South Wales, 15 Switzerland. And 1,000 stamp mounts free with orders I/- and upwards. Price List Free.—H. CHILD, 288, South B o u lev a rd , H ull.

RBEE. T he SCARCE BRITISH Ju bilee E n velo p e an d C ard , to each applicant

A for approval hooka (50X discount).—t h e L o n d o n p h i l a t e l i c r

Apsley, Herael-Hcmpstead.:co.,

GET THIS PACKET TO-DAY.Merely send a postcard and I will send on approval for 3 days, BOO d i f f e r e n t p o a t a £ s s t a m p * f o r S 1 9 , from which any too may be selected for 1 /•, or ISO for * / • . If you buy the complete packet 2,000 stamp hinges wilt be presented free. Read what cuetotnen say concerning this packet: Mr. Norman Drake, 103, Willow Mount, Sheffield, writhe, Dec. 10th. — " l a m highly satisfied with the packet, and although I have traded with tome of the largest dealert in England, I have never had such good value." Mr. M. E. Turner, Purbeck.” Blandford, writes, Dec. iotb.— “ I am very pleated with the selection and can thoroughly recommend your packets. I have a collection o f over 5,000 varieties, but found 63 varieties I did not have, which I think is a very valuable addition." I hiy arid exchange your duplicates. H. M oCR AIQ HT, 2, NoHwnd Road, N o ttln* Hill* W.

A Novelty— Loose-Leai Album for the Breast-Pocket.T fra Co n n o isseu r Po c k e t A lbum , Bound in dark red or dark green cloth; size over aU 8x4) laches; containing 75 leaves, size f itx z f inches. The leaves are held together on the

tpring-btek principle. P r t o * 1/ 8 p o e t f r e e , rIn bringing out this neat little Album, wo believe we shall be meeting the requirements of *a great many collectors. It will appeal specially to those who are making specialized collections which they like to carry about with them, either for the purpose of shewing to others, or for comparison when buying. Each page will hold eighteen ordinary sized stamps comfortably,

or fix blocks o f four, and when filled the book will contain welt over 1,000 stamps.P. L . PEMBERTON * CO., 88, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W .C .

Founded byEDW ARD J. N A NK IV BLL Edited byPRBD. J. M E LV ILLE .

y/Jn lllnsirH fpii WeeklyJoumal/ur f\ all Gosses o f Stum p Collector>

No. 19. Vol. 5. S FEBRUARY. 1910. Price Id.■ Whole Number H I)______________________________________

Gossip of tl>e Weel$HY C O R N E L I U S W R I N K L E

Concerning Catalogue*.

THE pages of The Postage Stam p have lately testified lo some activity on the

part of catalogue publishers. We have now got probably a ll the catalogues we are going to get until the Gibbons’ production in the autumn. I get so many requests from readers to advise them as to the most su itable catalogue for their particular re

quirements, that perhaps a few notes on some of the distinguishing features of the leading catalogues w ill be of service. They have air early been reviewed by Mr. 0 . Reginald Gum, who as The Postage Stam p authority on market matters, takes the first opportunity of discussing the important feature of pricing.

The Primary Purpose ef the Modern CatalogueIt is well to remember in regard to current ca t

alogues that they are mostly issued as priced lists of dealers stocks. They serve a much wider purpose, but primarily their object is to let you know what the dealer has for sale, and what he wants for the stamps in stock. The leading catalogues give, in many instances, highly specialised lists of varieties in some countries, bnt not by any means in all. The countries selected for the morespecialised lists depend no doubt, in some way on the nature and extent of the dealers stocks of various countries.

British and Foreig n Catalogs**.It would rather surprise some keen specialists

to know how many collectors there are who are quite content to jog along with only one ca ta l

ogue. The specialist and many advanced generalists work by half-a-dozen catalogues—and consult many more. These will include the chief British, Continental and American works. One can scarcely imagine any advanced student or any writer of authority rubbing along without Kohl’s big catalogue, which, while it may never attain a wide circulation in this country, on account of the language in which it is written (German), is nevertheless a repository of much philatelic erudition, which is not easily accessible elsewhere. In regard to prices, Gibbons of coarse, comes first in our own country, bat one finds in enthusiastic buying circles that Senf is very largely consulted on the prices of Continental stamps, and Scott on the issues for North and South America. Yvert and Tellier, and the Catalogue Officiel de la Society Francaise de Timbrologie, are the catalogues of France, and Galvez is probable indispensable to students of Spanish stamps.

The Specialist'* CatalegueiFor specialist purposes the following is a list of

tlio- ĉ which will be found most generally serviceable :—

Catalogue for Advanced Collectors (Collin and Caiman), 2 vols., not priced.

Moens Catalogue.Catalogue Official de la Society Francaise de

Timbrologie, <1 fr. 25 (1904) (priced by a committee of philatelists).

Gibbons’ Catalogue. 2 vols. (I. British Empire,II. Foreign Countries). 2«. fid. each. 1909.

Bright’s ABC Catalogue. 1910. 2s. 6d.Bright’s ABC Catalogue of Postcards, Envelopes,

Wrappers, etc., 1910, Is. fid.Kohl’s Grosser Katalog, 1909.Scott’s Standard Catalogue (New York), 1910,

65 cents.Senfs Illnstrierter Postwertzeichen Katalogue,

2 vols., I. Adhesives, II. Entires, 1910 .Yvert and Tellier's *' Catalogue Timbres Poste,"

4fr., 1909.

218 THE POSTAGE STAMPPoints ot Distinction about the British Catalogues.

'A part from the question of pricing, the current British catalogues are nearly a ll in distinctive classes. Gibbons is the most advanced. But for the general collector, B right’s is the most convenient and comprehensive. Whitfield K in g’s ca talogue (2s., 19 10 ) is popular with the general collector and the beginner, its arrangement being j on simplified lines, thus doing away with all the > perplexities of the premier catalogue. The Whitfield - K ing deals w ith the stamps of the entire world, •' and this I should imagine, is a necessity to the catalogue for the sim ple life collector who has retained the literal significance of the old-tim e style of “ foreign stamp collecting ” more than many of his advanced fellow collectors. Gibbons we may therefore class along with Bright's as the specialist’s catalogues, Bright’s gives us most nearly the requirements of the moderate specialist and unlimited generalist, and W hitfield K ing meets the needs of the collector who is generalising on lines which do not admit the complications of multitudes of minor varieties, and also the needs of the beginner.W hy Bright's Catalogue Is Popular.

To the collector who is of a roving disposition, and like9 to dabble in the side lines of philately, Bright’s catalogue stands out unique in the inclusion of several features not to be found in other British catalogues. The list of British stamps used abroad, i f not absolutely exhaustive, is the only handy priced li9t of these interesting philatelic item s. The locals which are excluded from QibboDs’ are included by Bright, though it is not quite easy to understand why all the Moroccan localsi should be classed under “ Morocco,” while the Chinese are distributed in alphabetical order under the headings o f; the treaty ports for whioh they were issued. Then , part II. of Bright m ust be indispensible to the collector who still retains and adds to his col- 1 lection of entires, and to many specialists who I are beginning again to recognise that a special- f ised study of the stamps of any country is incom- : plete without representing the impressed stamps, j Probably too, the rise in popularity of adhesive stamps used on entire original has largely done away with the old complaint that entires are too bulky and troublesome for inclusion in a stamp collection.A Proposed “ Thanet Philatelic Society.”

The following notification of a proposal to form a Thanet Philatelic Society reached me too late for inclusion in my last week’s Gossip. But no doubt any of my readers residing in Margate, liamsg&te, or Broadstairs, and the surrounding district w ill be able to get any particulars they desire from Mr. A . Leon Adutt, at the Queen’s and High Cliffe Hotel, Cliftonville, Margate

The Queen's and High Cliffe Hotel, C liftonville, Margate.January 21st, 1910 .

Dear Sir,I beg to inform you that a Meeting will be held

at this Hotel to-morrow (Saturday) evening, at 8 p .m ., to consider the proposal to form a “ P h ilatelic Society ” for Thanet, and if approved, to take immediate steps to form the same. I shall be pleased if you can make it convenient to a t tend and bring any lady or gentlemen friends interesting in stamp collecting.

Yours faithfully,A . L h o n A d u t t , Hon. 8eo. vro. tem .Fellow of the Boyal Philatelic Society ■

The President of the New Thanet Society.

From further particulars just to hand as we go to press we learn that Mr, A . Leon Adutt has been elected President of the new “ Isle of Thanet Philatelic Society." Mr. Ad.i t is .a keen collector of Caymans, of which he possesses the most extensive collection that has been brought to gether of these much discussed stamps. He is anF .R .P .S .L . and a J .P .S ., and at his beautiful hotel at C liftonville is constantly meeting numbers of philatelists who are delighted to have a chat on philatelic matters with their genial host a t Merry Margate. The Vice-President of the new Society is D r. Nichol, and the Hon. Secretary and Treasurer is Mr. D . B . Armstrong, who is well- known as a contributor to the philatelic press. The subscription has been fixed at 2s. 6d., a modest enough sum, and there is to be no entrance fee in the first year. The first ordinary meeting was called for last Saturday.

Strange' Port Stamp* far Sale >

Messrs. Bright & Son send me a curious and interesting letter just received from a would-be correspondent at M alta. Needless to say business is not likely to result.

19 th January, 19 10 .Dear Sir,

I am very glad, that I heard, that you have the strange post stamps, and you send them, to sold them on your account.

Dear sir, i f you please can you send me two sheets of strange post stamps to sell them on your account, and when I sold them I w ill send you the money ~back. BntT I keep 3d. per sh illing like the others aud you send me the prize, and besides this, I make you Correspondent with Malta, and we stay work, you send me, and I sell you.

Tours faithfully,

Paper id. “ Stamp Doty.”

A correspondent writes to tell me that he has received the current Papua $d. stamp overprinted “ Stamp Duty ” in the same type as the large “ P ap u a” surcharge. This is presumably for fiscal use, but may be of interest to some of my readers.

A Quarter ol a Century ol Philatelic Journalism.

I would like to tender the heartiest congratulations to my esteemed confrire Mr. Percy C. Bishop on the completion on Tuesday of the current week of a quarter of a century of association with philatelio journalism. Mr. Bishop, born in 1869 produced his first stamp journal The Philatelic Exchange List in 1885 at the tender age of fifteen. In 1891 he became associated with Mr. William Brown and Mr. Stacey Skipton in the work of the new Philatelic Journal oj Great Britain, which he edited for a time later in its career. In 1894 he ’joined with Mr. Harry Hilches in starting the Stamp Collectors Fortnightly and be told the Jnnior Philatelic Society on Saturday evening (January 29th,) that of the 388 numbers of that journal published to date all but one number (issued while he was abroad) had been " put to bed ” by himself. I shall hope to have the privilege of felicitating my friend on his jubilee in 1935 A.D.


Our Library TablePublishers should send any books intended tor notice and review in “ The Postage Stamp " to the Editor

14. Sudboume Road. Brixlcm. “

United States Stamps. Eustace B. Power. NewY ork and L o n d o n : S tan ley Gibbons, L td .Price II.

Mr. Power has written a very practical guide to the stamps and stamp values of the United States. Mr. Power is a Briton born, but long residence in the States has developed in him some traits usually identified with the Yankee.

If you were to visit the Broadway, New York, branch of the Gibbons* firm almost any day between 9 a .m . and 7 p .m ., you would find him in his shirtsleeves, a jacket being possibly an obstacle to his energy. He is blessed with a knack of getting through things quietly, quickly and thoroughly w ithout giving his customers an impression of having been dealt with too sum m arily. You ask him for some stamps to look over, he has them out of the safe in a trice, during the moments you are poring over the book be is entertaining you with the latest yarn, and casually sorting out original printings of Nicaragua or Salvador at the same time, and we guess there are few pleasanter ways of spending a thousand dollars in five minutes.

B ut when it comes to book-writing it is a weighty matter, and one to which we would hesitate to say that the same brisk plan of campaign has been employed.

It may be a common fa llacy aroused or stim ulated by uninformed critics that under modern conditions a book can be written and completed by the evening of the seventh day, or, at any rate, that a month of evenings w ill suffice to prepare study, write, pass for press and publish a book. Almost any form of book work is a serious strain to the constant and practised writer ; it must inevitably be a far greater strain to the student who is not habitually engaged in book work.

Mr. Power has compressed a great deal of in formation, a great deal of special knowledge into the compass of 118 octavo pages, and this represents work that the average reader and many critics wot not of. The information in its printed form reads characteristic of the author. The sentences are short, sharp and incisive. One sentence very much to point w ill suffice to say a ll Mr. Power wants to say about some issues. For example, the Jamestown series, o f 1907, is d ismissed in one four-line sentence. Historical in formation and documents are not d eta iled ; the author’s desire being to give the guiding points for the collector, “ a guide to shades, and a kind of warning to collectors what to avoid and what not to avoid ” in the numerous varieties of United States postage stamps.

With regard to the yellowish white paper varieties of the first 1847 issue, Mr. Power says, they have in his opinion been reduced to this state by discharging the blue from the original paper. The 10 cents exists with a shifted impression.

Some of the most valuable information in the book deals with the frauds and fakes which have been prepared to mulct the collector, and the result of Mr. Power’s experience, as given in his

book, should be of the highest value to the collector. Regarding frauds of the first issue he sa y s :—

"T h e favourite pastime for unscrupulous people is to take those two stamps, wash off the pen cancellations with eradicator, apply a nice clean and generally very white gum to the backs, and pass them off as bargains at half catalogue. The operation is : cost of one oopy, one dollar—wash, re-gum, sell at half catalogue for unused, five dollars, which makes the gum work out at about four dollars profit per application.

“ Cancellation dies were uncommon in 1847, and pen struck copies are plentiful, but the cleaned stamps usually show a faint yellow-brown mark where cleaned, and if one trains the eye to look for it one can often see the two parallel scratches in the paper made by the two sides of the pen point."

A useful guide is given in the matter of values of the stamps ia pairs.

In the issue of 1851-60, Mr. Power describes a fourth type, which is Gibbons type C ., but with the broken circle re-cut. The re-cutting is apparent in the heavier line of colour, which very often does not precisely join the old line. The variety is not rare, in fact it ia quite os common, if not commoner, than Gibbons type B-

Red cancellations on the 3 cents red are said to be uncommon, and should be worth about 25c. (Is .) each. Pairs of this stamp hitherto plentiful arc now becoming scarce, " since one specialist absorbs a ll that are offered in his attempt to reconstruct the p lates."'

It is of course difficult for anyone to lay down hard and fast rules with regard to values of pairs and strips, but the indications as to the frequency of the stamps in these conditions are excellent guides. Of the 5c. of the same issue, we are told that pairs unused are very rare, but used pairs and even strips are not uncommon, and should not command more than " a reasonable premium."

Of the 10c. "pairs are not rare, and cancellations seem equally divided between red or black." This stamp along with most of the others, has been a prolific source of “ cleaned ’’ copies, and Mr. Power points out that green stamps when exposed to acid or ammonia nearly always assume a bluish cast.

The arrangement of the two issues of 1861, and the re-issue a ll in one group, is quite a successful one, and we thus get the following range of (to take one value only) the printings of the 3 cents. The August stamp is of coursethe premiers gravure,

L'nund. Pine Used. Old. 3c. elaret. Allgtiat ... ( 10.003c. pink, {September ... 335 00 $6.00 $4.003c. deep rose, Septem ber ... $13.303c. deep terra-cotta, Septem ber 36 .04 .033c. brown roee. September ... .36 .04 .03Sc. pale brownlih roar. S e p t .... 35 .04 03Sc. roee (iinperf.). S eptem ber... $7.90 $3.00 $1,00Sc. roee. on laid paper ... 150 oo $600 $t‘Q0So. brown-red. refttue 1875 ... $17.60

* See foA iqt Stan p, Vol. V . p. 44.

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THE POSTAGE 8TAJ4P

With regard to the famous 3c. pink, H r. Power says it “ has always been v e ry ' highly p rize! and sought after—why, I do not know—there sure many shades so close to it and so many shades almost as uncommon, that I personally am in clined to call this shade the most over-rated United States stam p." The 3c. scarlet is separated from the other 3c. colours, and dealt with under the 1862-6 issue. The price put upon this last-named stamp is, unused $90, penstruck $35.

It would not be fair to follow Mr. Power as fu lly as we should like to do in the present notice. The reader must refer to the book itself for other “ tips " along the same lines, and in concluding our notice we should like to say that the invasion into the literary domain of several of our prominent dealers is a m atter for mutual congratulation. Mr. C . J . Phillips gave us an excellent sample of what a dealer philatelist could do in the w ay of a specialist monograph on F iji ; now his American representative has filled a very useful gap in the published information on United States stam ps. Shortly we may look for another important work a t the hands of Mr. Hugo Griebert, on Uruguay.

The Connoisseur Pocket A lbum . L ondon: P. L . Pemberton A Co., 68, High Holborn, W .C . Prioe Is . 6d.

Quite one of the handiest little publications in the album or duplicate book line is this Connoisseur Pocket Album, published at Is. 6d. It is on the spring-back plan, oblong in form, and the outer measurements being 7} x 4|, it w ill slip readily into a jacket pocket.

Nunns Directory. The 8 tam p Dealers of Great Britain.. Boscom be: Charles J . Endle A Co. Prioe 6d.

This useful Directory of Stamp Dealers is now in its twenty-first edition, and being the only

publication of its kind in the brisk and growing trade of postage stamp dealing, should have a good sale amongst a ll who have many dealings with the stamp trade. An useful addition to future editions would be a list of trade organs, and of journals accepting advertisements. At present the list of “ publishers of philatelic works ’ ’ does not include the publishers of The Postage Stam p, nor even Mr. Peckitt, the Philatelic Record, the Philatelic W orld, etc.

The S tam p Collectors' Annual. L o n d o n : Charles N issen A Co., 7, Southam pton Bow , W .C . Prioe I s .

The Stam p Collectors' Annual for the current year contains the usual number of interesting items, the most useful being the index to the philatelic periodicals from October, 1909, to O ctober, 1910 “ The philatelic societies of the English-speaking world ” is another list of reference value. Mr. Leonard Goldsmith's article “ A Plea for Stamp Collecting in Schools,” which was printed in The Postage S tam p of the 27th November, 1909, is reprinted in this year’s Annual, and there are articles on recent issues of Venezuela, the Compound Envelopes of Great Britain, and the early Liberian stam ps.

New Issues and Old.Correspondents are desired to send early information of

new issues and discoveries. All communications should be addressed direct to the Editor.

The Postage Stamp Binding Covers.Handsome dark blue covers in buckram, gilt lettered side

and back, may be had from our Publishers, Sir Isaac Pitman A Sous. Amen Corner Tiondon. Price Is. Ad.

Tljc World’s Staipp ErrorsThe M ost Com prehensive and E n tertain ing A rtic le on th is S u b je ct yet published

B Y M IS S F I T T E

This important article was started in No. I of the present Volume, The seventeen instalments already published may be had from the Publishers in Not. 1 to 18 (except No. 14 j, Pol. V., price l£rf each post fret.

Mexico.

■RBOK AMD TYPE BBKOB. CKUOB.

THE § POSTAGE STAMP 881

1868, 12«., black on brown; SOe., bin* on pink: 1872, 60e., blue : 1884, le., blue: 1898, 2c.. green (78-80, 100, 161, 327a).

I group a ll these errors of colour together, because I cannot ascertain anything about them, beyond the fact that they do exist, and that only two of them are priced— No. 78 a t £ 10 , and No. 60 at £ 2. The errors a r e o f the first type, Twelve Centavos, black on brown (imperforate and perforated), instead of black on green ; and F ifty Centavos, blue on pink (only imperforate) instead of black on y e llo w : of the second type, F ifty Centavos, blue, imperforate, instead of y e llo w : as the third illustration, One Centavo, blue instead of green, no watermark, perforated 1 2 : and of the fourth type, Two Centavos, green, instead of carmine-red. no watermark, perforated 12. Is it a colour-trial on ly!

There are two other errors of colour catalogued (No. 135 and 136), but, as they are without overprint, I omit them.

Monteaegro.

EBBOB.

1902, 2h., blackish brown (16 6 ).In view of this Country’s philatelic record, do

not errors become reasonable objects of suspicion? There are a good many of one kind or another, but a ll the others are errors of inversion or in the spelling or colour of overprint or surcharge, with a few double prints thrown in.

The Two Heller stamp, of which the proper colour is mauve, was wrongly printed in blackish brown, a colour which does not seem to be peculiar to any other of the values.

1892, 60e., moron#; 2p., verm ilion: 1893, 2e., deep brown (60a., 506., 6 1).

Some of us can remember Nicaragua as a nice little Country—philatelically speaking—but that seems many years a g o : since it got into the hands of Mr. Seebeck, very little good can be said of it.

It seems that stamps of these designs, differing in colour from those intended for postal use, and overprinted “ t b l e g b a f o s ” , exist with genuine postal cancellations. From some stamps of F ifty Centavos, marone, and Two Pesos, vermilion, of the first type, and of Two Centavos, brown, of the second type, the overprint was om itted: result, errors of colour, in consequence of the bmission. They are apparently not scarce.

BBBOB AND T Y P E .

1903-4, lo ., orange; 2c., b lue; be., dull red ;10e., green (centres in black) (2 4 1-4 ).

This is an accommodating quartette, which has indulged in a little interchanging of colours. The One Centavo, which should be in green, and the Ten Centavos, the normal colour of which is orange, have reciprocated; and the Two Centavos and Five Centavos (the respective colours of which are properly dull red and blue) have also effected an exchange.

None of these eccentricities is priced, and I neither know nor care what they are worth I

To be continued.

Nicaragua. Back Non. of "T he Postage Stamp."Those of oar frieads who ere iscaing sa y back number!

of the present vol. will do well to write direct to our Publisher!, Sir Isaac Pitman * Sons, 1 Amen Corner, London, E.C., for what they require. Man newsagents do iioc ca re to bother about back uuiii) era. Any number skill on sale m ay be bad for the published prioe and postage, <•«.. 1 f t .

Bargains In Stamps"If you want raai bargains in Postage Htemps read tb<

advertisem ent pages of i l k Postage Stamp every week. Every week there U something new, and many special bargains. If yon miss a week yon m ay miss the very etamp yon want to complete a aeries

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My Favourite Country apd Wl>y“ Locals ”BY FRED EDWARDS, F.R.P.S.L.

WHEN a true philatelist comes across an in tractable, nondescript, puzzling specimen uf a stamp which neither he nor his friends can solve what it is and what it's worth, and the catalogues give no clue by pur

posely excluding everything that resembles it in the remotest degree, is there not a special interest attached to that stamp, and an extra special pleasure in the solving of the m ystery 1 To the keen philatelist there is indeed a peculiar pleasure and satisfaction in the solving of such philatelic puzzles.

Hence it is that my fondest philatelic love is for the little-know n and even less loved “ Local ” stam ps.

Nomenclature and classification have always presented special difficulties in the science of philately ; hence there does not appear to exist a tru ly scientific definition of “ Locals.”

We therefore enjoy the liberty and privilege of being, in this respect, a law unto ourselves, and taking the broadest and most comprehensive definition we could possibly give of the term “ L ocals,” we regard all stamps which can be classified in any of the following classes as “ Local ” stamps

I .—Stamps issued by business firms, private individuals, or municipalities ;

I I .—Stamps issued by a post office, official or unofficial, to frank letters within a lim ited area ;

III .—Provisional “ w a r ” stamps, “ departmental " stamps, issues of foreign P.O .'s in a country,

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and “ returned letter ” office labels.We justify the inclusion as “ Locals " of the

stamps of Class 111., on the ground of their being issued locally, even though the franking power m ay not be restricted to the lim ited area in which they were issued.

Leaving aside this debatable point of classification and nomenclature, we m ight point out that practically the whole of the vast host of stamps falling in classes. I. and II., and many of those in Class III., are not included in British catalogues ; and we positively enjoy the laborious study and research necessary in the collecting and classifying of this vast host of little-know n and less- loved stamps ; and we were amply repaid our learning of French and German in order to study the fascinating Continental literature of Local stamps.

Moreover, judging our choice from a mercenary motive, “ Lacal ” stamps are now at a considerable discount, and their market prices are in nowise a measure of their rarity ; hence, as the prudent purchaser never follows the fashion when buying, now’s the time for laying up “ Locals ” !

, jAnd we firmly believe that just as the “ Postmaster ” stamps of the United and Confederate States (purely “ Locals ” ), were long neglected, and practically rejected, but are now “ gems of the purest ray serene,” so also many of the stamps <tf like nature which are despised and rejected to-day, w ill become the prizes of future p h ilatelists.

CorrespondenceN .B .—Correspondence on all matters oj general philatelic interest is cordially hunted. All letters/or publication

should be sent to the Editor, The Postage Stamp, 14, Sudbovme Road, bructon, London, and letters should also be distinctly marked i n s i d e with the name of this journal. Ths Editor dots not necessarily identify himself with opinions expressed by correspondents.

Windermere,21 at Jan ., 19 10 .

S t NEW HEBRIDES CONDOMINIUM.

The Editor of The Postage S tam p.

Dear Sir,I am pleased to send you the following notes

as am addition to those in your issue of 1st Jan., 1910 , page 16 4 . I have three copies of each value used and unused except the jd . single C .A . and Is. Sea.

I have examined them, and classify the varieties aa follows :—

lit Printing.2d. (olid bar.2d. divided bar. thin at top.2d. divided bar, thin at bottom i(d . solid bar..Sd. divided bar, thin at toped. divided bar, thin at top.Is. single C A ., solid bar.

2nd Printing.2d. divided bar, thin at bottom. 2id. solid btr.jd. divided bar, thin at bottom. Sd. divided bar, thin at top.6d. solid bar.6d. divided bar, thin at bottom, la. sold bar (mult., chalky), l i . divided bar, thin at top.

The two bars used to make up the thickness vary very much. 1 have the 6d. and Is . Becond with a wide one and a very thin one (not i mm.) to make up with, and on some values they are almost equal thickness. I do not know if the above is of any use to you for your journal, but I thought it m ight interest your readers as an addition to the previous notes, and an addition list of these minor varieties.

Yours faithfully,* • IB A M a y .


Billions of' Postage StaippsTlje Postage Stan?p Output of a Great Natiop

IN the old days the British Postmaster-General

used to tell os a lo t more interesting and curious facts about his department in his annual report than he does to-day. Nowadays we get none of the humorous little

tit-bits of quaint addresses, though we do not miss these so much as the particulars of the annual output of postage stamps.

We have just received the Annna.1 Report of the Third Assistant Postmaster-General of the United States, dated from Washington, October 30th, and covering the year ending June 30th, 1909.

It is in the province of the Third Assistant amongst other duties to supervise the manufacture and issuance of postage stamps, stamp books, stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers and postal cards, the keeping of the accounts involved, and the redemption of stamped paper.

British and (J.S. Postal Revenues Compared.

The report therefore deals with these matters and in a manner which is highly interesting philatelically. The financial statement of the Department shows

Receipts—$ 203,662,383,07 Expenditure—3221,004,102,8 9

making an excess of expenditure over receipts of $ 17 ,4 4 1,719 ,8 2 .

I f we compare this with the British Post O ffice: Receipts—£ 18 ,126,364 Expenditure—£ 13,373,9 37

we find that during a sim ilar period the BritishP.O. nets a profit of £4,751,427, and the United States Fost Office lores nearly as much as we gain.

184 Milllen Dollars worth ol Stamps.

The item in the revenue covering sales of stamps amounts to $184,967,815,46, while the postage paid on journals sent under the “ second class rates," that is by the pound weight at 1 cent per pound regardless of the number of diderent addresses, amounts to nearly seven and a quarter million dollars.

Eleven Billions of Stamps.

The output of postage stamps for a great nation in these days is simply stupendous. We have no figures of the current British output, but we should think that with a total of5,035,920,000 British postal packets (delivered) in the year ending March 31st, the output of English stamps would possibly not reach quite the American total of over eleven billions.

■48,000,000 Lincoln Commemorative*.

The numbers of the Commemorative stamps, the 2o. Lincoln and 2c. Alaska, afford an inter-j

eating object lesson in shewing us that there can scarcely be any question of their being issned for philatelic purposes in quantities like 145,850,400 Lincolns, and 70,753,200 Alaskas.

The following particulars and statistics are a ll that relate to stamp matters, and as the headings to the paragraphs readily shew they include many points of most curious and valuslble interest to students of stam ps:—

Division ol Stamps.

As predicted in the last Annual Report, the total issue of postage stamps of a ll kinds crossed the ten billion mark in the fiscal year 1908-9. The exact number is 11,2 19 ,5 78 ,4 4 1, an increase of 1 ,4 4 7,519 ,777 ; books of stamps, 20,186,880, an increase of 1,972,570 . The total value of postage-stamped paper and stamp books issued was $199,007,307,49, an increase of $22,423,476,56. The rate of increase was 14 .8 1 per cent, in number, and 12.7 per cent, in value.

Statements of the issues in detail follow.

Portage ttam pe, stam p books, postal cards, stam ped envelopes, and newspaper wrappers, bp denominations, issued during the fiscal pear ended June 304A, 1909.

Commemor* Postage-Postage Stamps ative. Ordinary. due.1 cent .............. 222,494 3,167,652,300 9,271,6001 cent, iu

stamp books 88,251,1202 cent,.............. 217,762,394 4,609,422,400 23,642,1002 cent, in

stamp books 281,511,3603 cen t.............. 67,568.500 623,7004 c e n t ............. 76,097,0005 cent... 316,494 100,300.100 1,410,2006 c e n t ............. 26,889,9008 cent.............. 37,023,100

10 cen t.............. 54,667,200 4,304,85013 cent.............. 6,079,40016 cent .............. 8,436,06030 cent .............. 89050 cen t.............. 658,732 902

1 dollar 91,9742 dollar 1,8645 dollar 8,001

10 cent, specialdelivery 12,390,910

Toth, 218,321.382 8,525,944,921 39,154,242

Vxlub 94,373,697.62 163,760,506.40 1,082.982.00

Note.— The 1 cent and 5 cent commemorative ' stamps were all of the Jamestown issue of 1907 ; : the 2 cent commetnoratives comprise 1,178 ,794. i Jamestown, 145,850,400 Lincoln, and 70,753,200 | Alaska-Yukon-Pacifls.

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Stamp Book*.Deuomi nation.

Books of 24 1-cent stamps each Books of 12 2-cent stamps each Books of 24 2-cent stamps each Books of 48 2-cont stamps each

Postal Cards.Denomination.

A, 1 centD, 1 cent, double (reply)E, 2 centF, 2 cent, double (reply) K , 1 cent McKinley, 1 cent

..............

. Number. 3,677,180

11,881.540 3,465,650 1,161,660

T o t a l 20,185,880

V a l u e *6,714,697.20

• 4 « - •

Number.212,000

28,678,500983,400201.500

1,177,500900,326.000

T o t a l 926,478,900

V a i .u k *9,516,453 00

Stamped Envelopes and Newspaper Wrappers.

Denomination.

lc. envelopes 2c. envelopes 4c. envelopes 5c. envelopes lc wrappers

Ordinary envelopes and

wrappers. 102,208,933 329,496.599

179,725 155,244

46,480,606 3.627,250

Return - card

envelopes.66,095,784

960,581.849494,256

'303,000

Total168,299,717

1,290,078.448 I 673,981

458,244 46,480,606

3,627.250. wrappers 8,000 8.000

T o t a l 482,151,357 1,027,474,889 1,509,626,246

V a l u e *8,787.662.70 21,280,922.07 30,068.584 77

Increases and decreases in issues of postagestam ps, stam p books, stam ped envelopes, newspaper wrappers, postal cards, and international reply coupons, for the fiscal year ended June 30tA, 1909, as compared w ith the issues of the previous year.

Value. Per cent, of increase.Items. 1908. 1909. Inorease. 1908. 1909.

Postsge stamps ... *188,468,753 00 *146,008 677 00 *12,539,924.00 6 51 940Stamps in books .......................... 5.953,060 00 6,512,738 40 554,678 40 206 9.31Jamestown commemorative stamps 1,411,811.00 41.625.52 o l 870,185 48 o47.95 a97 05Lincoln memorial stam ps............... 2.917,008 00 2,917,008 00 WAlaska-Yukon-Paoific stamps *«« 1,415,064 00 1,416,064 00 wSpecial-delivery-stampB .............. 1,211943 00 1.239,091 00 27,148.00 al2.53 2 24Due stamps ... ............. . 1.084.698 00 1.082,982 00 48,289.00 .51 4.67Ordinary stamped envelopes C7.473,874.96 8,215,004 49 741.129.54 05 28 9.92Return card stamped envelopes ... ... el7,248.793.07 21,280,922.07 4,032,129 00 ol3.12 23 38Newspaper wrappers ..............Postal Cards............... .............

C429.493 21 572,658 21 143,165 00 a2fi.55 33.33c8,150,552.00 9,516.45300 1,366,901.00 0.99 16.76

International reply coupons 18.725.60 * 8,225.00 al0.500 60 W a76 50

Total .............. ... 176,401,698.88 198,805,448.69 22.403,749 86 207 12.70Add stamp books 182.133.10 201,858.80 19,726.70 297 1088

Grand total ... 176,583,831 93 199,007,307.49 22,423,475 66 2.07 12.70

a Decrease.b No iaane in previous- year.c To conform to the new system of accounting in the Division of Stamps, the figures for 1909 represent actual

issues instead of orders drawn as in previous reports. To admit of comparison with 1908 on the same basis, these items (o) are revised to show the actual issues for that year.

Requisitions Pilled.The average issue of stamp supplies per poet

office was 93,308.84 in the fiscal year 1909, as compared w ith 92,893.72 in 1908 ; per requisition, 9232.81 in 1909, as compared with 9223.83 in 1908. Postmasters are being encouraged, through instructions in the department’s official publications and by correspondence, to draw their requisitions for as large quantities as can be given adequate protection. While the number of

Stock.Stamps, including commemorative issues .............Stamp books ............. ... . ...Postage-due stamps .................................... .International reply coupons ... ..............Plain stamped envelopes and wrappersReturn-card stamped envelopes .........................Postal Cards ................................................ .

1 otal ... ... ... ...Net increase ... .........................

pieces of stamped paper and stamp books issued increased 14.8 per cent iu the paBt year, the number of requisitions increased b at 8.6 per cent. Larger requisitions greatly sim plify and facilitate adm inistrative and aooonnting work, and reduce the labour incident to packing and transportation.

The num ber' of requisitions filled during the past year, compared with the number filled in the fiscal year 1908, follows :—

1906. 1909. Inorease. Decrease 1 Vr cent172,118 177,636 5,418 3.15

52,005 52,768 763 1.4715,874 17,925 2,551 16.59

1,319 645 674 51.1053,536 59,281 5,745 10.73

423,340 482,071 58.731 13.8771,211 66,402 4,809 6.75

788,903 856,628 73.208 6,48367,726 8.68

THE POSTAGE STAMP

Stamp Books.The number of stamp books issued was

20,185,880, or 10.83 per cent oyer the issue of1908. The profit accruing from the 1 cent, at which the book is sold over postage value of the stamps contained therein amounts, on this number of books, to $ 144,357.0 6 after paying cost of manufacture. The grand total profit to the department from this source on the 118,561,097 stamp books issued since their introduction in 1900 is $ 8 19,198 .32.

For the first time since their initial issue the number of books of twelve 2 cent stamps shows a slight decrease, amounting to 139,670. On the other hand, the number of books of 1 cent stamps more than doubled, the increase being 1,898,490 over the issue of 1908.

stamped Envelopes.Of the 1,509,626,246 stamped envelopes and

newspaper wrappers issued in the fiscal year 1909, 1,027,474,889, or 68.06 per cent, were return-card (“ special-request” ) envelopes, and 4 8 2,151,357 envelopes and wrappers, or 31.94 per cent, were unprinted.

The gross selling value of stamped envelopes and wrappers issued was $30,068,584.77, and their postage value $28,072,108.63, leaving $ 1,996,476 .14 to defray cost of manufacture and distribution. The contract cost of manufacture w as$l,2G 4,677.54, leaving $ 731,798 .60 to defray cost of distribution. This is the largest amount that has ever been applicable to that purpose. In 1908 it amounted to $ 614,58 2.91.

Compared with the fiscal year 1908 the issues of 1909 increased 19.24 per cent in number of envelopes ; compared with 1907, when more normal conditions existed, the increase was 6.39 per cent.

Ii i m of i cent Stamped Envelopes with Qumined Plop.During the year the department began the

issuance of No. 6 and No. 8 1 cent stamped envelopes with gummed flap. This was done iu response to a demand for these envelopes for the mailing of sealed drop letters to local addresses at oion-free delivery post offices, on which the rate of postage is 1 cent per ounce.

New Postal Card Coo tract.

The contract for the manufacture of postal cards for the four-year term, beginning January 1st, 1910 , has been awarded to the Public Printer. The formula fixing specified percentages of ingredients has been dispensed with, the new specifications simply calling for paper “ made of bleached chemical wood or of m aterial of equivalent quality, with not more than 10 per cent loading and mineral residue." This is a broad specification, which w ill obviate the difficulties and annoying controversies attending the enforcement of fixed percentages.

To meet a demand for a card of suitable size for card-index filing purposes, provision is made in the new contract for a card 3 by 6 inches in dimensions, which is a standard size of index card.

In the new specifications the weight of the paper was reduced from 150 to 130 pounds per ream of 500 sheets 24 by 36 inches. W ithout reducing the serviceability of the cards, this change materially affects the first cost of paper, transportation of the finished cards by freight and by

ass

mails to postmasters, and transportation in the mails when used by the publio. The saving is estimated to amount to $150,000 for the contract term.Reply Postal Cards la Sheet*.

For some years single postal cards have been issued in uncut sheets of 40 and 60 cards, to facilitate economical printing by purchasers. Reply cards were not issued in that form until this year, when an order was received from a Buffalo concern for a carload of 2,500,000. The value of this carload was $50,000, and it is the largest single order for postal cards ever filled.

Government Manufacture of Postage Stamp Paper.

In his report for the fiscal year 1908, the Postmaster-General suggested the advisability of Government manufacture of stamped envelopes and postal cards. The contract recently awarded to the Public Printer for the manufacture of postal cards is an important step in the right direction. It is greatly to be hoped that some arrangement may be possible for Government manufacture of stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers after the current contract expires.

Changes In Postage Stamps: Special Issues.In the latter part of 1908, it was decided to

change the designs of the regular issue of adhesive stamps, known as the “ series of 190 2." The past year has also been prolific in special issues. D escriptions follow

Series of 1 9 0 8 For the sake of unifovmity of artistic effect, the head of W ashington (a profile from Houdon’s bast) was adopted as the subject of all the denominations except the 1 cent, which bears the head of Franklin (the first Postmaster- General). The border designs are identical on all the stamps, the head appearing w ithin an ellipse on end, with laurel leaves on either side of the ellipse. Above-the head are the words “ U.8. Post age,” below it the denomination. The aiae and shape of the stamps are the same aa of the eeriea of 1902. The denominations and colours a r e : 1 cent, g ree n ; 2 cent, r e d ; 3 cent, p u rp le ; 4 cent, brow n; 6 cent, dark blue ; 6 cent, orange ; 8 cent, olive ; 10 oent, yellow ; 13 cent, sea green ; 16 cent, light b ine; 60 oent, Lavender; $1, dark slate.

Some of these stamps, particularly the green 1 cent, 8 cent, and 13 oent, the blue 5 oent, and 16 cent, the purple 3 cent, and lavender >60 cent, are not sufficiently distinctive, and a rearrangement of the colours is now under consideration.

The $2 and $5 denominations are not represented in the series of 1908, as there is little need for these high denominations since the reduction of rates of letter postage to certain foreign countries, and the increase in the unit weight of International postage.

A marked departure was made in the special- delivery stam p of the series of 1908. It is described below.

Special-delivery stamp, series 190 8:—Sise, 1-01 by 0.84 in c h ; colour, green. In the upper left corner is the denomination, 10, in figures enclosed within a circle . Running diagonally from the lower left comer appears an olive branch entwining the winged hat of Mercury. In the lower right-hand portion of the stamp is the inscription “ U .8. Postage Special D e live ry" in a reotangolar panel.


This design is artistic, bat many complaints were received from the public and from postmasters that letters bearing the new stamp were escaping special-delivery treatment on account of the mitered shape, design, and colour. It was hoped that as employees of the service became m ore. fam iliar w ith the new stamp this difficulty would cease, but, on the contrary, it increased to such an extent that it was -finally deemed imperative to resume the issuance of the stamp of the

ri. ' ■-

series of 1902. Poet office employeee are so fam iliar with this latter stamp that it attracts instant attention, and insures prompt service. The importance of the special-delivery service is such that, in my opinion, no change should be made in the stamp which by any possibility could tend to defeat its purpose.

The number issued of green specihl-delivery stamps of the series of 1908 is 3 ,876,651.

To be continued

New Issues at?d Old:V*Ji«KU.ri7.T ie Editor tnvttes dealers and readers at heme and abroad to gate prompt intermatieu concerning New Issues. A lt communications mast be

sent direct la thf Editor, 14, Sudbourne Road, Brixton, Landau, S , IT.A tier the name of itacn country we tree the page of THE POSTAGE STAMP an which appeared the last reference to that country.

Argentine Republic.— (Vol. V. p. 164).— W e takethe following from Gibbons' S tam p W eekly “ We have received a new 1 peso stamp to add to the San M artin set, which has been appearing in driblets. The stamp is larger than the centavo values,- and of different design. In addition to the General's portrait, there is a classically attired lady, presumably ‘ Argentina,’ seated holding a ploughshare, whilst a lamb stands by." The list of new stamps now stands as follows :—

New designs. Wmh. Sun. Per/. 13, Jjj.

)c. violet, ic. brown ochre. 2c. chocolate, je . green.*c. pale purple. Sc. dull carmine. 6c. olive bistre. 10C. slate green.j

12c. pale orange brown. 12C. dull blue.15c. yellow green.20c. ultramarine.24c. red brown.}tic. claret.Sac. black.1 peso, rosejand slate.

Canada.— Vol. IV. p.£235).— Eioeris Weekly stamp News reports the arrival of the current 7c. in a much deeper Bh&de of yellow than before.

China (Japanese).—-(VoL;lIII. p. 260).— The game journal records the issue of the current Japanese 1 sen. stamp, overprinted for use in the post offices maintained in China, perf. 13 x 13* instead of 114, 13 as before. .This makes the third value now known with this perforation, viz.

Japanese stamps overprinted with native characters. j

Per/. 13 X J3i (comb machine). |

1 sen, Venetian red. j16 sen, purple. I3isen.tro*ine.

C ongo.— (Vol._V. p.^214).— Mesers.^Whittield^King and Co. point out that the new stamps mentioned last week not only differ from the previous ones in having the name in Flemish as well as French, but that the new stamps also have the value in Flemish, viz., “ OBNTIMb n .”

Levant^ Russian).— (Vol. V . p. 128).— Ewen's Weekly S tam p Netos informs us - that the set of Jubilee stamps has been specially overprinted for two more towns, so we now have to record the fo llowing :—

jubilee issue surcharged " TREB1ZONOB."s para on I kop., orange.10 „ 2 ,, green.20 „ 4 „ rose.I piastre on 10 kop., blue.5 „ $0 violet and green.7 ,, 70 „ brown and orange.10 ., t rouble, brown and orange.35 „ 3) „ brown and green.70 „ 7 rose and green.

Jubilee issue surcharged " KBHAsu n d B.”5 para on I kop., orange.10 „ 2 „ green.M to 4 t) * V*c.

. 1 piastre on 10 kop., blue.. 1 S „ so „ violet and green.

7 „ 70 ,, brown and orange.to „ I rouble, brown and orange.35 „ 31 >• brown and green.70 „ 7 „ rose and green.

North 4Borneo.— (Vol y . t p. 262).— We gatherfrom several of our coulemporaries that current supplies of the new 1 0 c . stamp have the border in a much paler and duller blue than before.

P ersia .— (VoL IV . p. 214).— The new stamps briefly referred to last week have now been issued a ccording to Gibbons' Stam p W eekly. The design is typically Persian, and shows the usual Lion and Sun on a central oval surrounded by a highly ornate frame. At the top is “ fobtbs p k b s a x e s ,’’ and at the base the value is shown on small discs. All are printed in two or three colours, and they form a very handsome set.

New design. No wmh. Per/, 12 x 12\.1 chahi, orange and marone.2 ,, violet and marone.3 yellow green and marone.b „ scarlet and marone.9 . „ slate grey and marone.10 . ,. magenta and marone13 „ deep blue and marone.26 „ blue green and marone.2 krans, deep green, silver and sepia.3 » grey, silver and sepia,4 „ blue, silver and sepia.5 „ chocolate, gold and sepia.10 „ orange, gold and sepia.20 „ sage green, gold and sepia.

Spain.— (Vol.^V. p. 164).— Messrs. Whitfield K ing and Co. send us the 2o. in the new type, making the list of values issued to date as follows :—

New design. No wmh. Perf. 13.2c. brown.5c. aiccft.10c. red.ISc. violet.



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P A U S E I!E re * y o u l o o k a l a o w h e r e .G t. B rita in , 1887-93, Aid., mint ... 0 6

„ „ Ajd. mint, bile, of 4 2 0,, 1902, King, Govt. Par

cels, 6d. (cst. 1/-) 0 4„ „ King, Govt. Par

cels, 9d. (cat. 37-) I 0C ap e, Triangular 4d.. used, on piece

of original .........................................1 6B . S . A fr ica , 1890, 6d. blue, fine wed

(cat. lib) ... 0 6„ „ Cl blue, fine used,

(cat. 50/-) ... 15 0„ 1891-4 3d. »ea green ... 0 3,, „ ad. chestnut ... 0 3

N ew S. W a le s , si- purple, fine used... 1 9 ,. I90J. 2/6 emerald ... 0 6

P eru , 1909,1 peso, rose 4 blk. (cat. I/-) 0 4 POSTAGE EXTRA.

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1889. Si- mauve and blue ... ... 3 9,, to/-mauve and red .............. 3 9

1898. 5/-green and mauve ............. 6 0„ 10/- green and brown .............. 3 6

1901. Id. on 2id...................................... t o„ id. on 6d........................................I O

1902. 1 /- King, single wmk...................0 6,, 3/- ,« ,, i, ... *»« 8 O

A ll fine used.

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A to /- Stamp Collector’* Outfit.Containing the Guide ” to Stamp Collecting, a book q u ite unique in the annals of Stamp Collecting, already,, eagerly sought tor, and called by collector* whohave already seen it the “ B ook o f B a r m in s .” It is handsomely bound and richly embossed, p ro fu se ly I llu s tra te d th ro u g h o u t w ith e n g r a v in g s o f R a re S ta m p s, end contains a condensed P rice d C a ta lo g u e o f th e W o rld ’s P o sta g e S ta m p s (a limited number of these books only are available). Also included in the Outfit it A S ta m p A lbum , fully illwtrated, bound in stiff red cover o f artistic design. T h e “ S u p e rb ” Duplicate Pocket Case, fitted with linen pockets for stamps and embossed in gold. T he ’ R o y a l" Packet o f 180 D iffe re n t S tam p s (catalogue value over to/-) from Indo C hin e, new issue, u n u s e d ; P r u s s ia , scarce Official issue, u n u se d ; Transvaal, obsolete; Canada, 1869, scarce and obsolete ; Japan, new issue; Queensland scarce obsolete issues; New Zealand. Pictorial; India. U.S. A . 4 c. A packet o f the celebrated “ S u p erb ” Stamp Mounts and a Perforation Gnuge.

The a b o v e m a g n ific e n t O utfit will be sent ABSOLUTELY F R E E on receipt of TW O PENNY S tam p s (Abroad id .) to nay for postage and packing. D on’t m iss th is c h a n c e . Send n t o n e s .HENRY ABEL A Co., W h its ta b le .

M E W Hebrides Condominium (on Fiji), 1 ’ Caymans, etc., etc., quoted on my list King’s, Queen’s head sets.—Stanley Baldwin, 381 Steyne Gardena, Worthing.

C T A M P S on Approval. References. Apply 0 —C. Nicholb, 40, Cornwall Road, Baya- water, London.

TDOSTAGE Stamp Ganges, for measuring 1 perforations. They are made in brass, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. Moat useful to all Collectors. Price 1 /- nett, by post 1/1.— L Upcott Gill, B u a a r Buildings, Drury Lane, London, W.C.

I F you want to know where to get New 1 Issues at face value, write the number 1339 on a postcard with your name and address (nothing else) and post to Ewen’s Subscription Stamp Collecting, 32, Palace Square, Norwood.

’p O R E IG N Stamps, unpicked, itlbs. 1/8, x postage 4d.. 1.000 U.S.A., good, lOd. — William Lewthwaite, Stationer, Egremont, Cumberland.

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] F you wish to obtain Highest Possible 1 Price for your collections or for loose stamps send to us. State price, and If accepted we remit same day or make best offer.— Bradleys. 31/33, High Holbom, W.C.

(C O L L E C T O R , having acquired brother's ^ collection, is selling own at half catalogue. Send for sheets o f unused Id. to fid.— Baldock, Princes Street, Newark-on-Trent.

HA VS YOUINDIA, 16 rupees, King’s PA very fine and scarce stamp, we can supply

specially picked copies used at 18/6 each.p u I M A March, 1904, Postage Due, the V n I n A , complete set of six values, 1, 2, 4. 5 and to cents, in mint condition. Price 8/6 the set. This it a genuine bargain. (Gibbons’ or Scott’s price is over 30i- a set).

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IPOSTAGESTAMPS J]

Founded byED W A R D J. N A N K IV E L L Edited byFR E D . J . M E L V IL L E .

./In illu stra ted Weekly Journal foi )j all Classes of'S ta m p Collectors

No. 20. Vol. 6. 12 FEBRUARY, 1910. Price Id.iWholt Number 1M)_______________________________________________________________________________

Gossip of tfoe WccHBY CORNELIUS WRINKLEBritish Slam.

A X inters-ting postal announcement appears in a recent issue of the Daily

Mail (2 .2 .10 ).The P o s t m a s t e r -

G e n e r a l announces that the postage on l e t t e r s from the United Kingdom to the States of Kelan- tan, Kedah, Perlis, and Trengga na, in the Malay Peninsula, has been reduced to 1<1. an ounce, some lii.OOO square

miles in extent, were placed under the suzerainty of Great Britain by the Anglo-Siamese treaty of last year.The Acybold Collection for the Auction Room.

From Bed field's Stam p W eekly I gather that the collection formed by the late Mr. John F . Seybold, of Syracuse, U .S .A ., is after a ll to come under the hammer. It is stated that the purchase of the collection by Mr. John T. Coit was widely heralded in the newspaper preas as the purchase of an enthusiastic collector. Now, however, it appears that Mr. Coil’s purchase was made with a view to re-sale. Messrs. J . C . Morgenthau and Co., who have attained of late years an enviable distinction in the handling of large collections at auction, announce that they are to sell the entire Seybold Collection at auction in three parts, the first part to be sold early in March.

The First Part of the Sale.The first part of the sale will include the

stamps of the United States, Confederate States, Hawaiian Islands, Philippine Islands, British North America, and South America. It is expected that the sale will attract world-wide interest. I think

I am correct in saying that no collection of the importance and extent of the Seybold one has come under the hammer in America, a t least for many years past, and Messrs. Morgenthau are fortu-

' nate in having been able to secure the sale of lit in their business.

More Congress Delegates.

Another list of delegates appointed to represent various societies at the forthcoming Congress is to hand from the Executive Committee

Bolton Philatelic Society—Messrs. William Ward and H. O . Moscrop ; Bradford Philatelic Society— Messrs. W. M. Gray and A . H. Stam ford; Burton and Derby Philatelic Society— Messrs. W. H. Mijnes M&rsden and E. M artin; International Philatelic Union—Messrs. W. E. Lincoln, W , Had- low and T. H. H inton; Irish Philatelic Club— Messrs. Wm. Lane Joynt and Thos. H. Leviug- ston ; Isle of Thanet Philatelic Society—Mr. A. Leon Adutt and another gentleman to be appointed later ; Leeds Philatelic Sociely—Messrs. W . Denison Roebuck and Walter Oxley ; Liverpool Philatelic Society— Messrs. W. G ill and W. Wood- thorpe ; Manchester Philatelic Society—Messrs.J . 11. Abbott, W . D. Beckton and G. Fred H. Gibson ; North of England Philatelic Society— Messrs. M. H. Horsley, J .P ., W. J . Cochrane and W . Waite Sanderson ; North London Philatelic Society—Messrs. P . J. W . Deverell and Alexander J . S6fi ; South Essex Philatelic Society—Messrs.D. B . Armstrong and A . H. Clark.

A Stamp Dealer'* Little Worries.Mr. A. Iferbst, writing in the Stam p Journal,

gives some examples of the queer questions propounded to the fraternity of the stamp trade in New York. Our home dealers will recognise some old friends, and could doubtless add a few more.

Do you buy cancelled two cent stamps?What will you give me fo r a collection of 742

stamps I have at home?Please give me a list of stamps you buy and

price you will pay for each stamp.

230 TH E POSTAGE STAMP

W hat does a catalogue price mean?What is an old revenue stamp worth?And one fussy old lady is reported to have

asked, just as a dealer was closing up his shop,“ Axe a ll cancelled stamps valuable, and what

do you do with them when you have a complete collection?”

A New Stamp Business.

Mr. David B . Ellis is one of the latest additions to the ranks of the stamp trade in London. The increasing activ ity of philatelic life in North London should provide considerable support for Mr. Ellis, who has opened a shop at 323, Euston Road, N .W ., where he w ill be glad to welcome any readers of The Postage Stam p. His advertisement on another page of this issue makes some interesting offers to our readers.

Stamp Collecting In .Schools.

Mr. Percy C . Bishop, to whose quarter-centenary of philatelic journalism 1 referred in my Gossip last week, writes me to point out that some of our readers might misconstrue a reference to the Stam p Collectors' Annual, of which he is co-editor. A short notice of this publication appeared under the heading “ Our Library Table.” Our reviewer s a id : “ Mr. Leonard Goldsmith’s article * A Plea for Stamp Collecting in Schools,' which was printed in The Postage Stam p of the 27th November, 1909, is reprinted in this year’s Annual."

It was not intended to suggest that the article was “ lifted ” from The Postage Stam p, as Mr. Bishop points out might be inferred from the sentence in question. Both The Postage Stam p and the Annual had the article (which was in both cases reprinted from and acknowledged to The Teachers' A id) sent to them by the author, Mr. Leonard S. Goldsmith, with an invitation to use it in drawing attention to philatelic work in schools. I am sorry that Mr. Bishop should have thought there was any unfair suggestion in the review, and can assure him that the reviewer never supposed for one moment that The Postage Stam p was the source of the article in the A nnual.T h t Lincoln Stamp Catalogue.

The Lincoln Postage Stamp Catalogue* is to hand since I wrote my notes on catalogues, which appeared in last week’s Gossip. It is now in its fifteenth edition, and is a quarto publication of 240 pages, and 16 coloured maps. The ca ta logue proper is arranged in alphabetical order, and the 4,835 illustrations enable one to readily find anything one is looking for. The notes, which are fa irly copious, and which cover numerous geographical, historical and philatelic d etails, appeal to me as the most notable feature of this catalogue. Much curious and abstruse information is given in them. The greater proportion of the stamps are priced both unused and used, and the prices are those at which the veteran dealer, Mr. W . 8 . Lincoln, is prepared to supply the stam ps. The cost of the catalogue is 3 s , or post free 3s. 4 d , and the fact that it has gone through fourteen editions, and entered upon its fifteenth, is a sufficient assurance that the catalogue has attained a deserved popularity.

* The Lincoln Sump Catalogue, isth Edition. 1910. London: W . S. Lincoln, 3, Holies Street W. Price 3*.; post free 3s. sd.

Papua a 1 6 at last.A t last the oft-announced 2s. 6d. Papua per

manent type has been issued, and is chronicled in our new issue columns this w eek. Mr. Peckitt favoured us with a copy of the stamp, which came to hand February 5th. Mr. Peckitt appears to have had another good stroke of luck over the 1 piastre 30 paras Levant on the old 4d. brown and green, as he was able to issue it to his new issue clients at ten per cent over face. He tells me that he has since had to pay 5s. each for further supplies.

The Gibbons’ Reference Collection.Mr. Frank Phillips gave a very fine show of

the Stanley Gibbons reference collection a t Prince Henry’s Council Chamber on Saturday night last. The portions displayed were those of Great B ritain, and some of the Italian States, which proved a very popular selection. The opportunity of a sight of this collection attracted the largest a ttendance of the season, and Mr. Frank Phillip.-, who is the eldest son of Mr. Charles J . Phillips, Managing Director of Stanley Gibbons, L td ., extended an invitation to the members of the Junior Philatelic Society to visit the establishment of the firm at 391, Strand, in sm all parties, and inspect the wonderful organisation. The first party w ill be personally conducted by Mr. Frank Phillips, on Wednesday, February 23rd. A high t r ibute was paid to the firm of Gibbons by the President and Mr. Percy C . Bishop (in proposing and seconding a vote of thanks) for the public spirit and generosity displayed by the firm in

I compiling the reference collection and placing it freely a t the disposal o f students of philately. The collection is contained in about seventy a lbums, has been in course of compilation for six teen years, and bas cost the firm between five ami six thousand pounds.

M . Mahe Is awarded the Llodenberg Medal.The Lindenberg Medal has this year been be

stowed on that veteran French philatelist M. Pierre Mahe, and the honour thus conferred by the Berlin Philatelic Club is everywhere signalled as a most deserved one. Mons. Mah£ is familiar to the philatelic reading public from his delight - ful reminiscences of his early philatelic day-, his “ souvenirs” having been published in several languages. A book by which this distinguished philatelist w ill always be remembered amongst lovers of stamps is his account of the early stamp dealers of Paris and their catalogues, published in 1908 by Yvert and Tellier.

M r. A. Leon Adult.Mr. A . Leon Adutt, who was prevented from

occupying the presidential chair at the second meeting of the newly constituted Isle of Thanet Philatelic Society, as a result of a recent accident, is, I am glad to hear, making good progres- towards a speedy and complete recovery.

Back Nos. of “ The Postage Stamp."Those of our friends who ere lacawg anr beck number*

of the present vol. will do well to write direct to oer rtM iScn. Sir lee so Pitman a Sons, 1 Amen Corner, London, E.C., for what they require. Men newsagent# do not oere to bother about back numbers. Any number still on sale may be bad for the published priee and postage. <«.. lid.


Notes oi> tl>e Stanjps of SarawakBY FRED. J. MELVILLE

t

Author of ** The Postage Stamps of Sarawak, with a history of the Post Office in Sarawak from 1869-1906.”

WE have dealt a t some length with the stamps of the British Protectorate known as Sarawak* in a handbook published in 19 0 7. It is not oar present purpose therefore to deal with the matters already

published there, and now generally known, but to discuss a few points of new interest in connection with these not uninteresting stamp issues.

The early lithographed stamps provide the chief interest involving as they do the process of lithography with its innumerable tiny flaws and defects, and some perforation varieties which have not yet been thoroughly fathomed.

W ho Produced the S ta m p s?

A ll the lithographed stamps were manufactured by Messrs. Maclure k Macdonald, of Walbrook, London, and of Glasgow. We are definite on this point, though an interesting question was raised by Major Evans in reviewing our book along with that of Mr. Bertram Poole. Major Evans wrote in Stanley Gibbons' M onthly Journal, October 31st, 1 9 0 7 :-

“ There is one point, and we think one point only, upon which the two writers are manifestly at varian ce; it relates to the manufacture of the first two [three] issues. Mr. Melville is of opinion th at the work was done by Messrs. Maclure & Macdonald. Mr. Poole sa y s: 'm odern investigations have proved that Mr. Charles Whiting, of London, was their m anufacturer.’ Where two authorities differ we hesitate to express an opinion, but we venture to make a su ggestion which may reconcile the conflicting views. There appears to be no doubt that the stamps were ordered from and supplied by Messrs. Maclure and Macdonald, but it is quite possible that they were manufactured by W hiting ; sim ilar cases still occur.”

Where D ees M r. W h itin g Ceme In ?

We must confess that we fail to see where Mr. Charles W hiting came into the question at a ll. The only statement, other than Mr. Poole’s, that we have been able to trace, is that which appeared in Gibbons’ catalogue for several (recent) editions, and which has since been corrected, that the stamp was “ engraved by Charles W hiting.” The Philatelist, which journal appears to have been well-informed regarding the first stamp of this country said, in September, 1868, prior to the issue of the stamp in March, 1869, that it “ is the work of the well-known firm of Maclure, Macdonald and M acgregor."

The present Rajah, w riting to the Philatelist in 1874, said the stamps of this and the subsequent lithographed series were “ produced by Messrs. Maclure & Macdonald, 37, Walbrook, E .C .,” and iu 1906 the firm of Messrs. Maclure and Co. wrote to the late Mr. Nankivell that about the year 1868 “ we engraved and printed Sarawak stamps to the order of Rajah Brooke.”

We can further add that the possibility of Mr. Charles W hiting having, as the catalogue formerly had it, “ engraved ” the stamp is quite out of the question as Mr. Charles W hiting was no t an engraver.

Conflicting Dates.

This was not the only point on which we were at variance with Mr. Poole. Amongst other points we could not accept the idea that Sarawak’s entry into the Postal Union coincided with the first Oe La Rue issue in 1888. M r. Poole says :

” In 1888, the year Sarawak was proclaimed a British Protectorate, this country joined the Postal Union, with the result that it3 postal system was greatly extended and thoroughly revised.”

Sarawak did not join the Postal Union until nine years later, the date of entry being July 1st, 1897. Nor can we find any trace of the great extension or thorough revision of the postal system, though we have searched all the available documents. The only development of any kind, apart from the issue of the stamps late in 1888, was the establishment of a Money Order service between Sarawak and the Straits Settlements, which came into operation from November 1st, 1888. The whole system had already been re-organised in 1887, on the basis of the original organisation of 1869.

T he F tret Stam p Engraved.

The first, stamp, as is well-known, exists in an engraved state, although the copies generally seen are lithographed. A very few copies have turned up since we last wrote, and the following is a complete list of those we have seen, or of which we have heard

Unused.British Museum .............. 1A London Dealer (this copy

has changed hands sincewe last w r o te ) .............. —

Melville Collection.............. —A German Dealer (we have

not seen this, but understand it is used).............. —

Bennett collection.............. 1

Used.

1 (postmarked)1 (pen-cancelled)

11 (postmarked)

Pronounced S l-r l-* lh . 2 4

232 T H K POSTAGE S T A M P

Pen cancellations were the order of the day when the 1869 stamp was issued, though the stamp was used for both postal and fiscal purposes. A lithographed copy used in the firsty6ar of issue and bearing the written initials s.P .o . (Sarawak Post Office) was sold to us as a fiscal by an obliging dealer.

The engraved stamp is perf. 12, and is on surface coloured paper, while the lithographed stamp is perf. 11 , on paper coloured all the way through.

If these engraved stamps had been sim ply given away to collectors in or about 1869, as Gibbons’ catalogue suggests, it would be strange that the six known copies should be in three states, viz., unused, postmarked and pen cancelled. We think their early date, their extreme rarity, and the preponderance of used over unused should preserve them from the suspicion the catalogue throws over them.

The Size ot the Sheet*.

The largest block we have seen of the lithographed stamp was of 50 stamps, 5 horizontal rows of ten. The stamp is generally supposed to have been printed in sheets of 100 ten by ten, but we think it not improbable that it was produced in sheets of 200, divided in two panes of 100 each. Our reasons will appear later. We have not found any watermarked letters on these stamps, but the paper is very similar to that of the next issues, and might have had the w atermark L N L once or twice in the sheet.

The Second Issue Engraved.

Of the engraved variety of the next issue (3c. portrait of Sir Charles Brooke) no further copies have been reported. The known copies therefore a r e :—

Unused. Used.British Museum — 1 (postmarked).M elville Collection — 1 (postmarked).

2Here the only evidence on which the catalogue

condemns the stamp is that of two used copies. The perforation and paper of this engraved stamp shew the same peculiarities as the 1869 variety.Printed In Sheets of zoo.

This stamp was undoubtedly printed in sheets of 200 stamps divided into two panes of 100 (ten by ten) each, separated by a space of 17$ millimetres. What Mr. Poole describes as “ printings ” A and C are parts of the same original sheet. The sheets with the well-known (and catalogued) variety with stop after t h b b e are left-hand panes, the sheets without this variety being the right-hand complementary panes.The Puzzle ol the Perforations.

Mr. Poole gives us three perforating machines for the first two stamps a ll gauging 11 , v iz .:—

A . Perf. 1 1 . Medium holes, fairly clean cutB . Perf. 1 1 . Smaller holes, rougher and some

times alm ost pin perforatedC . Perf. 1 1 . Large holes, clean cutA and B he finds were used for the 1869 stamp,

and C only for the 18 7 0 -71 stam p. We think these m ay not prove to be different machines, but more probably different stages of the same' machine. In the case of the 18 7 0 -71 stamp the line of punches was at least 19$ inches, as it perforated across the two panes.

Of this 18 7 0 -71 stamp, we have two copies perf. 10J, both used, one on piece *with a Straits Settlement stamp, which was a necessary accompaniment to a ll issues of Sarawak stamps on letters going beyond the -Straits up till 1897. This 10$ variety is fu lly confirmed by its d iscovery on the later surcharged issues of this 3c. stamp.

The Mystery ol the Watermark.The watermark I h l occurs once, sometimes

twice in a pane of 100 stamps. The significance of this watermark has puzzled us for a very long time, and we searched in vain among paper- makers’ lists to identify the initials. At last, in the present year, we believe that we have settled the point. We believe that the paper was made in Holland by the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Papierfabriek, and that it was made to the order of their agents, Messrs. L . Newell & Co., the initials evidently being obtained thus: L N[ewel]L.

18 7s Issue. Sheets of zoo.

In the next issue, 1875, we have five values (each in five types), which were a ll printed in sheets of 200 in two paues, and here again what we find differentiated as printings are panes.

Mr. Poole’s perforations now give us “ at least three single line machines ’’ a ll gauging 12 . They are described by him as

“ D . Perf. 12. Large holes, clean cut perf.“ £ . Perf. 12. Sm all holes, clean cut perf.“ F . Perf. 12. Small holes, rough and almost

pin-perf.”We do not contest the existence of these differ

ences, but would not go so far as our confrere in saying “ there can be no question that ‘ E ‘ and * F ’ are different machines,” for the same reasons as we differ on A B and C.

We find some interesting perforation varieties of another order, the fu ll range of which is as follows :—

Peri. l l j .Peri. 11J x 12.Peri. 12 x 114.

. Perf. 12 (normal)

zc. Blue-Iliac on Lilac.

Of the 2c. blue-lilac on lilac, the colour origina lly intended by the printers appears to have been of a very deep strong colour of the shade of an imperforate sheet in our collection. There are five shades of this stam p. The colour goes off to a dull grey in the specimens most commonly met with, the two dark shades being quite scarce.

This paper is watermarked L S I as on the 3c- of 18 7 0 -71, and we have noted no perforation varieties,

Mr. Poole's printing A is the left half of the sheet.

To be continued.

THE POSTAQE STAMP 233

Philatelic DictionaryBY B. W . H. P O O L E

Continued from page 213.

Piastre.— The unit ot value in Roumania until about 1868. A piastra consisted of 40 parales, and was worth about 3 jd . in English money.

Piastre.—The uuit of value in Egypt, Sudan, Turkey, Crete, Cyprus, etc. Its nominal value is 2§d. in British currency, but while in most of the countries named, it is divided into 40 paras, in the Sudan and Egypt (since 1882) it consists of 10 milliemes.

Pice.— The value in which some of the stamps of the Indian N ative State of Dhar are expressed. Four pice are equal to an anna so the value of a pice is Jd. in English money.

P lc h in c h a .— A province in the Republic of Ecuador famed for its volcano of the same name. The crater of this volcano has the reputation of being the deepest in the world. The stamps issued in this district in 1902 were overprinted with a special control mark consisting of the date “ ju l— 29— 1902 ” in three lines. This was done in consequence of a fire in Guayaquil during which a large quantity of stamps in the Government stores there were either destroyed or stolen. Apprehending the latter might be the case, and to prevent the stolen stamps being brought into use, the Government ordered the Governor of each province to see that a ll stocks of stamps on hand were surcharged with a special control mark before being sold. But, as the officials were given an entirely free hand as to the form these control marks should take, and as no list seems to have been made of these a t headquarters or anywhere else, this precaution would seem to have been of little practical value.

Pie (plural, “ pies” ).— The value in which some of the stamps of India and its native States are expressed. There are 12 pies in an anna which is equal to Id. in our money.

Pietersburg.— A district in the north of the Transvaal in which special stamps were issued by the Boers during the last South African War. The issue was made about the middle of March and as the British troops occupied the district on April 9th, it had a short life. There are doubts as to the bona-fides of this issue—at best it was of a purely speculative nature.

Pineapple Watermark.—The watermark shown in the first stamps issued in Jamaica.

Pin Perforation.—This is a form of rouletting— sometimes known by its French name, perca en points—in which round holes are pricked in the paper, sharp points being used in the place of the punches employed in ordinary machine perforation.

Plntelli.—An Italian engraver who engraved the design for the first stamps of the State of Parm a.

Pisco.— This word, enclosed in an ovat frame, forms a surcharge upon a 6c. stamp used in the Peru

vian district of that name during a revolutionary movement in 1884.

Pittsylvania.—A county in the State of Virginia, U .S .A ., having an area of 986 square miles, and a population of about 64,000. Prior to the introduction of the general issue for the Confederate States in 1861, the Postmaster issued a speoial 5c. stamp to facilitate the prepayment of postage.

Plura.—The Capital of the department of the same name in Peru, having a population of about 12,000. The first Colony founded in the country by the Spaniards was established here. During a revolutionary movement in 1884 several of the stamps of Peru were surcharged with the name of this town fo r local use.

Pjon.— A contraction for “ Pjonustu " shown upon the first official stamps of Iceland.

Pjonustu.— The local rendering of “ official" as shown upon a ll the official stamps of Iceland issued since 1876.

P.L.—The initials of M. P. Lemaire. of Ghent, who designed the postage due stamps of Belgium issued in 189S. These initials are shewn in microscopic letters a t the left-hand end of the upper tablet.

Planol, L. — A Spanish engraver who engraved the Jo. stamp issued in Spain in 1872.

Plate Number.— The number assigned to any particular plate from which stamps are printed. A ll the earlier plates from which British stamps were printed were numbered in the margin in the order in which they were made, and a record was kept of the time in which the plate was in nse. At first these numbers were only shown on the margin, but about 1858 they were also engraved upon every stamp that helped to form any particular plate. The practice was discontinued about 1880. (See also “ M ARGINAL P L A T E N U M B ER S.’ ’ )

Plate Proof. - A proof impression taken from the whole or part of a finished plate as opposed to a die-proof, which is an impression from the die used in making the plate (see also “ p r o o f .")

Plate Variety.—Any variety caused by an accident or retouch to a plate as distinct from any varieties of more importance, such as types of stamps of the “ Sydney View ” order, or of such minor varieties as guide-dots or guide lines.

Pleasant S h a d e .- A village in the State of Virginia, U .S .A ., a t which a special 6c. stamp was issued by the Postmaster in 1861, prior to the introduction of the general stamps for the whole of the Confederate States.

P. L. Teheran.— A surcharge found upon certain Persian stamps for use in Teheran only.

P.O.— A surcharge found upon certain South Austral* ian stamps used during the period 1868-74 upon the official correspondence of the Post Office Department. These stamps were superseded in 1874 by the general official series surcharged “ O .fl”


Tlje World’s Starpp ErrorsThe M ost C cm prebeifsive and E ntertain in g A rtic le on tb is S u b je ct y e t published

BY MISS FITTEThis important article was started in No. 1 of the present Volume. The eighteen instalments already published

may be had from the Publishers in Nos. 1 to 19 (except No. 14), Vol. V., price l jd each post free.

Peru.

EB B O B.

1868, } peso, rose-red (7 ) .The 1858 issue, the first made to the order of

the Peruvian Government, was lithographed, the design consisting of the National Arms in a circle, w ithin a square frame, each side of which is a straight inscribed label. On the 9tone of the One Peseta, “ one or more blocks of the | peso were made up with those of ” that value, resulting in the well-known error of the Half Peso, rose-red.

Pairs, one of each value, are known, and an unsevered pair of the error, se tenant, with a double strip of the One Peseta, has been seen.

How many errors there were, or what their positions on the sheet were, w ill probably never be know n: they are rarities, even used.

The Half Peso value was in use for only four months.

ERROR.

1896-1900, 5c., black (16 7 * ).I do not wish to lay it down as an axiom, that

rarity in the case of an error presupposes bona tides; but this error, evidently printed in 1900, is far scarcer than the general run of intentional mistakes, its price being £8, used.

The Five Centavo, w ith portrait of Pizarro, was issued first in Prussian blue, and subsequently in green (18 9 7) and blue-green (1 8 9 9 ): the error is in black, the colour assumed by the Ten Centavos in 1900.

Portugal.1895-99, 25r., orange (369a).

Issues of stamps, in which the facial value is indicated by means of a second printing, are a lways liable to error. In the present instance, a sheet (or sheets) of this type was printed in orange as part of a supply of the F ive Reis ; but, through carelessness, it received the figures “ 25 " on the blank tablet, thus becoming an error of colour—orange, the Twenty-five Reis having been printed first in blue and subsequently in carmine.

1895-99, “ — ” r ., pale grey, pale brown-orange, green, fawn, blue-green, lilac, green, carmine, blue; 1905, “ — ” r., pale ultramarine— figures om itted (370-76, 389).

These stamps, of the type of the preceding, are all errors of omission, having been issued for use without the figures of value in the ta b le t : certainly, four of them are not even uncommon, bnt I can say nothing as regards the scarcity of the others.

The stamps, i f completed, would b e : Two and a Half, Five, Ten, Fifteen, Fifteen, Twenty, Twenty-five, Twenty-five, F ifty and F ifty Reis respectively. As regards the lowest “ value ” (ttit., the grey stamp), it seems that part of the overprinting plate was missing, so the error appeared in part sheets only.

Portuguese Colonies.Cape V trd .

1877, 40r., blue—" M ocam bique“ (23).This stamp, unless se tenant with a Cape Verd

stamp of sim ilar value, or overprinted " o u ix s ," has nothing to distinguish it horn an ordinary copy taken from a sheet of F orty Reis, Mozambique ; but the mistake was of so extraordinary a character that I include it .


A ll the stamps for the Portuguese Colonies are prepared in the Mother C o u n try; and, in making up the plate of the Forty Reis (18 7 7 ) for Cape Verd, a c lich i of the same value intended for Mozambique was inadvertently inserted: we can thus get from a sheet o f Cape Verd two Forty Reis stamps, one lettered “ c a b o v e r d e ’’ and the other “ m o c a m b i q u e .” The wrong c lic h e was the second in the fifth horizontal row.

This value was printed in blue (18 7 7 ) and in orange-yellow (18 8 1), but from many of the sheets the error was removed prior to despatch of the stamps from Lisbon: the later printings of the F orty Reis, orange-yellow do not contain the error, and an entire sheet in blue, perf. 13}, has been found in similar condition the error with this perforation being unknown except when overprinted “ QU i n e " (in large letters), and this was probably not issued officially.

The issued errors are, I believe, as fo llo w s:— In blue: perf. 1 2 } ; in orange-yellow : perf. 12} and 13 } ; and in blue, overprinted “ Q u i n e ” , in sm all letters, perf. 12}—a ll other varieties, overprinted or otherwise, are probably printer’s waste.

T Y P E .P o rtu gu ese India.

1876, rose-figures om itted (17 a ).The 1876 issue is described as being from Die

II., first re cu t; background of 41 lines above, and 43 lines below, “ b e i s " ; letters of inscription re c u t; “ s e b t i c o ” with barred “ V ” (“ v ” )

The figures were to be inserted by a second printing, but, as sometimes happens, this was

I occasionally overlooked.

( Stamps printed in rose, and intended for Fifteen Reis, are known with figures of value omitted.

To be continued

New Issues ai>d OldTht Editor invites dealers and readers at home and abroad to give prompt information concern!me Mew Issues. A lt commuaocations must be

sent direct to the Editor, 14, Sudbourne Road, Brixtan, London. S. H'.A iter the name of each country me give the page of THB POSTAGE STAMP on which appeared the last reference to that country.

C h ili.— (Vol. V. p, 94)— We are indebted to Messrs. Whitfield K ing A Co., for particulars of two new series of postage stamps which are to be issued

. in Chili during the present year. The first, comprising fourteen values, is intended to replace the present permanent issue, whilst the second, of thirteen stamps, w ill commemorate the Centenary of Chilian Independence.

It is considered improbable that either w ill be ready for issue before the summer, when the Centenary fa lls . The following are the designs, colours, and values of these impending issues :—

General Issue. Centres in black ter all va'nes above $ centavos.ie. green (Columbus) sc. red (Valdivia)3c. brown (Toro Zambrano) jc . blue (O’ Higgins)

ioc. grey iFriere) isc. carmine (F. A . Pinto) ISC. purple (J. Prieto)

20c. light blue (Manuel Montt) 30c. senna (J. J. Perez)Soc. dark green (F. Errazurig Z.) I l emerald green (A. Pinto)S i vermilion (D. Santa Maria) {S bronze (J. M. Balmsceda) tro golden (F. Errazurig E.)

Commemorative Issue. Ceulres in black.ic. green (Oatb of Independence)2c. rose (Battle of Chacabuco)5c. blue (Battle of Maipo)

ioc. senna (Sea fight between the ** Lsntaro ” and “ Esmeralda ” ) tsc. carmiae (Capture of the “ Maria Isabella ’ ’ ) soc. orange (Abdication of O ’Higgins)25c. light blue (First Congress)30c. lilac (O’Higgins’ Monument)50c. bronze green (Carrera's Monument)

$1 yellow (San Martin’s Monument)$2 vermilion (General Baines)SS green (General Zenteno)S10 dark violet (Admiral Cochrane)

Hongkong.— Mr. Peckitt Bonds us the.62 stamp with block frame and carmine centre. I t is printed on chalk-surfaced paper.

L eva n t (Austiian).— (Vol. IV. p. 286).— The publishers of the Philatelic Journal of Oreat Britain announce that they have discovered a copy of the

8 para on 2kr. brown of the 18 9 0 -92 aeries perforated 12}, 13, thus completing the set with this perforation. Previously this stamp was only known with the perforation 9-9} and 10-10}.

Montenegro.—8omewhat similar discoveries have been made in this country by Messrs. Bright and Son, who inform us that they have found copies of the 3 novcics value of the first issue of the Principality with the compound perforation 11 X 10}, and the 2 novcics of the 1893 series perf. 1 1 .

M orocco (Spanish Post Offices).— (Vol. V. p. 191).— On the authority of a Tangier correspondent. Die Post chronicles the following denominations in the new Spanish type overprinted for use in the Spanish postal agencies in Morocco.

No* design. Surcharged " Correa Espanol M am eces."2c. Mack brown SC green

IOC. red 15c violet 20c. bronze green 25c. ultramarine

)0c. turquoise blue 40c. rose Soc. Mue

1 peseta carmine 4 pesetas violet

to pesetas yellow brown

New Hebrides.— (Vol. V. p. 164).— According to Ewen's W eekly Stam p News the 'stock of }d. and Id . surcharged F ijian postage stamps was exhausted at Port V ila on November 11th , last, and fresh supplies of these values were being printed. For the present no change is anticipated.


Papua.— (Vol. V. p. 116).— We learn from Gibbons' Stam p W eekly that their New York representative, Mr. Eustace B . Power, has recently found a copy of the 1 2s. 6d. large overprint, on thin paper with th e ' horizontal form of waterm ark.

A t last the 2s. 6d. denomination of the Papua permanent type has been issued, and Mr. W . H. Peekitt sends us a specimen. It is perforated 1 1 . Our list o f this issue up to date is as fo llows :—Permanent series. Lithographed. Centres in Haek. Watermarked

Crown ever A , Perforated II. Iid. yellow green 4d. sepiaid. carmine 6d. myrtle green2d. violet 11- orange2|d. ultramarine 216 brown

Perforated I2i.2d. violet 2)d. ultramarine 4d. sepia

6d. myrtle green 11- orange

R ussia — (Vol. V. p. 128).— Various of our contemporaries report the issue of the 35 kopec value on white unwatermarked paper with varnish lines like the current low values.

Unwatermarked. Varnish lines. Perf. I4i.35 kopecs lilac and green

New Issues and Old.Correspondents are desired to send early inform ation of

new issues and discoveries. A ll com m unications should be addressed d irect to th e Editor.

Fron) tlje Newspapers"T h e Lyons M ail."

There is a fine smack of romance about the adventure that befel the mail-coaoh which plies between Aix and Junirs-Ries, in the Department of the Basses-Alpes The incident, which recalls the story of “ The Lyons Mail,” occurred about three kilometres from the first- named of these towns. Suddenly from out the darkness appeared a man, who seized the horses' heads. Then ten others emerged from the shadow of the wood lining the road at this point. It was at two o'clock iu the morning, and a heavy rain was falliug. The newcomers commenced a fusillade in response to a certain movement of opposition on the part of the passengers of the coach. Happily for the latter, two detectives were of their number. The latter quickly seized the situation, and, drawing revolvers, fired in their turn upon the bandits. The assailants, however, dropped to the ground to avoid becoming a mark for police bullets. The battle ended iu an orderly retreat on the part of the coach, which contained the mail as well as half-a-dozen passengers. The coachman whipped up his horses and disappeared into the night, leaving the highwaymen baulked of their prey.— Daily Chronicle.

Pistols (and a Coffee I) tor the Editor.The Perthshire Christmas Annual is a bright and

seasonable booklet worthy a hearty welcome. It is cheering to note that the Annual devotes special attention to picturing and describing Perth's living industries. Like the Edinburgh laddie, the Perth folks seem to be crying out "W e're no’ deid yet." " The Story of Penny Postage" as told by Mr. Fred J. Melville, President of the Junior Philatelic Society, is good reading, but I feel inclined to call upon Mr. Melville to meet me on the South Inch early in the mornrag with pistols for two and coffee for one. Why should the President of a Philatelic Society, in writing the story of penny postage, ignore the invaluable service of James Chalmers, of Dundee? Has Mr. Melville come under the official-spell

which'mskes the name of Chalmers invisible and that of Hill very fine and large.— Dundee klvening Telegraph.

High .Stamp Price*.

The Postage (stamp has recently published a translation of an article in the Madrid FilaUlico dealing with the question whether high prices are good for the hobby or the reverse. The writer, it is well to note, comes to the affirmative conclusion, since he says that they denote prestige. He gets on firmer ground, however, when he points out how the obtaining of a high price advertises our pursuit and attracts attention to it. They do undoubtedly sustain people in it from greed of gold, hoping to gain an appreciation of their treasures. For ourselves, we are not so much enamoured of the purely moneymaking hobbyist, but we have a notion that many more people oome in owing to high prices than arc kept out by them, always supposing that any are kept out, which we take leave to douDt. — R P J., in the Bazaar 4 2.10.

The Hamet Stamp Collection.

At their rooms. Leicester Square, last evening, Messrs. Puttick & Simpson concluded the sale of British, foreign, and colonial postage stamps formed by the late Mr. G. H. Hames, F.K.C.S. Upwards of £1,000 was realised. Newfoundland, 1860, 4d. orange, fetched £9; St. Vincent, 1880, watermark star, 5s. rose, in mint state, £10; 1881, 4d. on Is vermilion, lightly cancelled, £10 10s.; New South Wales, 1850-51, Sydney Views. Id., rose-red. £2 8s ; On Service, 1888, 5s. purple and 20s. blue and four others, £3 12s. 6d.; New Zealand, 1862, Id. carmine, fine block of four, unused, in mint state, £4 5s.; collection of New South Wales (183). £7; Tonga, 1896, Halfpenny on l jd . on 2d. blue, inscription downwards, scarce, £3 ; collection in Standard album, £24; old collection in Lallier’s Album, £17; and collection in Vol. 1 Imperial Album, £18.

Globe, 3.2.10.


Billions of Postage StartupsTbc Postage Staipp Output of a(Continual from page 2*26)

T w e lv e Cent Stam p.

The registry fee having been increased, by order of the Postmaster-General, taking effect November 1st, 1909, from 8 cents to 10 cents, the necessity arises for a postage stamp of 12 cent denomination to cover the registry fee, and a single rate of letter postage. Such a stamp is now in course of preparation.D iscontinuance of 13 C en t Stam p.

This denomination was adopted in the series of 1902, to cover registry fee, and a single rate of International letter postage. With the increase of .the registry fee to 10 cents, the 15 cent stamp is the denomination suited to this purpose on registered letters despatched to countries to which the 5 cent letter rate prevails, and the 13 cent stamp will be discontinued.Lincoln M em orial Stam p.

On January 22nd, 1909, Congress adopted a joint resolution, reading

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled : That the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized to design and issue a special postage stamp, of the denomination of two cents, in commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.

Under this resolution a postage stamp was prepared and issued to Postmasters in time for sale to the public beginning on Lincoln's birthday, February 12th. Description:—

Size and shape, the same as of the regular issue of postage stamps ; colour red. The subject is a profile, within an ellipse on end, of the head of Lincoln from Saint-Gaudens’ statue. A spray of laurel leaves appears on either side of the ellipse. Above the subject appear the words “ U .S . Postage.” Below, the ellipse is broken by a ribbon containing the dates of Lincoln’s birth and of its one-hundredth anniversary (1809, Feb. 12th, 1909), with the denomination in words (Two cents) beneath.A la sk a -Y iik o n -P a clfic S tam p.

To commemorate the development of the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific territory, which was celebrated by an Exposition at Seattle, Washington, this year, the department issued a postage stamp of special design, described as follows :—

Size, j|3 by 1 ^ inches; shape, rectangular; colour, red ; denomination, 2 cents. A t the top and bottom are panels containing, respectively, the words “ U .S . P ostage" and “ Two cen ts.” In the centre the larger part of a circle rests on the lower panel, and encloses a ribbon bearing the words “ Alaska-Yukon-Pacific, 1909," and in the centre of the circle appears a portrait of W illiamH. Seward, who as Secretary of State, conducted the negotiations for the purchase of Alaska from Russia. The name “ William H. S ew ard” appears under the portrait. On either side is an ellipse containing the Arabic numeral 2, with laurel branches as a background.

Great Natici?

Hudson-Fulton Stamp.

The tercentenary of the discovery of the Hudson River, and the centennial of its first navigation by steam, which were celebrated this year, have also been commemorated with a special postage stamp. Description:—

Size, about j by lg inches; shape, rectangular; colour, red ; denomination, 2 cents. At the top appears the inscription “ Hudson-Fulton Celebration,” with the years 1609, and 1909, immediately thereunder on either side. Below this inscription in a curved line are the words “ U .S.

i Postage.” At the bottom on each side is a prom- ' inent Arabic numeral “ 2 ” with the words “ Two

Cents ” in a panel between the figures. In the centre is engraved a picture showing the Palisades of the Hudson River in the background, with the Half Moon sailing up the river, and the C lermont steaming in the opposite direction. In the

' foreground is an Indian in a canoe, and in the i distance, just discernible, is a canoe containing ! four other Indians, the canoes representing the

first means of navigating the river.I S tam p s In (Colls.

Recognizing that a field exists for stamp affixing and vending machines, and that coiled stamps are needed for the successful operation of many of

: these devices, the department has undertaken to supply stamps in coils in limited quantities. The

I coils contain 500 and 1,000 stamps, arranged endwise or sidewise, and are issued with or without

I perforations between the stamps, as preferred by ' purchasers. The rolls are made by cutting sheets : of stamps into strips, pasting the strips together, j and coiling them upon pasteboard cores one-half

inch in diameter. This method is laborious and expensive, but it is the best that can be done with present facilities.

The demand for stamps in coils w ill increase. Usefulness of the coils is not confined to vending and affixing machines. It would be a great convenience if they could be produced in sufficient quantities to supply post offices for retail sale at the stamp window.

The coils would also be a convenient form for sale of stamps to business houses for general purposes. I recommend that steps be taken looking to a change in the method of printing our postage stamps, which will enable the department to provide this improved service.U nperforated Stam ps.

Another new form of issue is the unperforated stam p. Certain types of vending and affixing machines cut the stamps apart instead of tearing them. Perforated stamps are not suited to such machines, and the stamps are issued in .fu ll sheets or in coils without the perforations. The denominations thus far issued imperforate are :—

1 cent, 2 cent, 4 cent, 5 cent, series of 1902 ; 1 cent, 2 cent, 3 cent, 4 cent, 5 cent, series of 190 8 ; 2 cent Lincoln; 2 cent Alaska-Yukon- P acific; 2 cent Hudson-Fulton. The quantities


from the initial issue down to October 9th, 1909, are

l cent. 2 cent. 3 cent. 4 cent. $ cent,Series of—

1902 .............. 5.OI5.5O0 10,675.000 10,000 13,0001908 .............. 12,449.300 25.005,000 121,700 311.700 123,700

Lincoln ............. 1,273.900Alatka-Yukon-Pacific 422,660Hudson-Fnlton ... 216,480

.Saving ol W aste In the Perforation of Stamps.

The intaglio plate-printing process by which our postage stamps are produced necessitates apreliminary wetting-down of the paper, which isbleached chemical wood stock. This w etting causes a varying shrinkage, which has resulted in heavy waste from the cutting of the perforations into the stamp design. The Bureau of E ngraving and Printing experimented with a paper made of about 30 per cent rag stock, in the hope that it would show less shrinkage, but this paper did not overcome the difficulty, as it was found to shrink very unevenly. Some of the stamps printed on this paper, which was of a slightly bluish tinge, were issued to the Postmaster at Washington, D .C ., the quantities being 1,480,000 one cent, 1,494,000 two cent and 673,000 Lincoln memorial. Some of the Lincoln stamps on the bluish paper were issued to other postmasters, but no record was kept of the quantity.

As the part-rag paper did not reduce the waste, the chemical wood-fibre stock will be continued for the present, two per cent of China clay being added to improve the colour and surface of the paper.

The Bureau has accomplished the desired result, however, by the use of printing plates having longitudinal margins of varying widths between the stam ps. The width of the horizontal margins remains uniform, because the shrinkage is not perceptible with the grain of the paper (which is endwise of the stamps), but only across its grain. The shrinkage being greater on the outside of the sheets of paper than in the middle, the outside margins have been slightly widened to give more space for perforating. By this means the waste from imperfect perforation has been reduced from about 9 per cent to less than 1 per bent.

Packing of Sttm pi.

Until this year it has been the practice to pack ordinary postage stamps, due stamps, and books of stamps in separate packages. Recently arrangements have been made at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to pack them together, thus effecting a saving of labour at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and in transportation of the stock, and a simplification of shipping records in the division of stamps.

Stock of Postage Stamp*.The Bureau of Engraving and Printing has ac

cumulated the largest stock of postage stamps in its history. The total amounts to considerably more than a billion of stam ps. This is in marked contrast to former conditions, when it sometimes happened that shipments were so close to manufacture that stamps had to be taken directly from the perforating machines and packed for immediate shipment. The larger stock is advantageous in minimizing the danger of a shortage of postage stamps from any temporary failure of paper supply. Stocks of stamped envelopes and of postal cards have also been increased largely,

affording the department a very considerable m argin of safety.

Philatelic Demand for Postage Stamps.The department profits very largely from the

sale of postage stamps to collectors, as few stamps bought for this purpose are redeemed by the department in service. The collecting of stamps seems to be considerably on the increase. Large sums, even considerable fortunes in some in stances, are invested in collections. The issuance of the new stamps of the series of 1908, the Lincoln, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific, and Hudson-Fnlton Commemorative issues, as well as of the various unperforated stamps, has apparently contributed in no sm all degree to the increased interest in philately, judging from the increasing inquiries and orders received from collectors and dealers.

Change In Covers «f Stamp Books.A change in the cover design for books of

stamps is now in course of preparation. The old covers are exceedingly plain. The new ones w ill bear the department’s official seal, and w ill be artistica lly lettered. On the back cover w ill appear a model form of address.

Freight Shipment.The New England and Middle Atlantic States

have been added to the territory to which postal cards, stamped envelopes, and newspaper wrappers are supplied by freight. The cards and envelopes are shipped in carload lots to centrally located distributing points, from which they are supplied to postmasters by registered m ail.Additional Stamped Envelope Sah-Agenclce.

To facilitate the distribution of plain stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers, sub-agencies have been established a t Troy, N .Y . ; and W ashington, D .C ., under the supervision of the postmasters of these cities. The W ashington subagency supplies neighbouring territory in M aryland, Virginia and the district of Columbia ; the Troy sub-agency supplies envelopes and wrappers in less than case lots to the New England States, New York, and New Jersey.Accounting at the Agendo*.

During the year the double-entry system of accounts, which had been adopted in the division of stamps, a t the Dayton Stamped Envelope Agency, and the Saint Louis Envelope and Card Sub-agency, has been established a t the Rumford (M e.) Postal Card Agency, and the Cincinnati, Troy, and Washington svb-agencies. This completes the installation of the system as applied to the manufacture and issuance of postage stamp supplies, except that it has not been extended to the postage stamps manufactured and carried in stock at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. That Bureau maintains its own system, and accounts to the Treasury Department for stamps produced, carried in stock, and issued. The Post Office Department does not assume custody of, or responsibility for, adhesive stamps until they are received from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for issuance to postmasters.

The Postage Stamp Binding Covers.Handsome dark bias covers In bnokram, gilt lettered aid*

and back, may be bad from oar Pabliabert, Bir Uaae Pitman A Bone, Amen Corner, London. Prioe le. 6d.

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Publishing Offices:—1, A r a l COMTEK. LONDON, E.C.

Editorial Address:— FEED. S MELVILLE, 14^ Sudbourne Road. Brixtou, London,

Articles, Contributions and Corraspon- danoo should bo addnaaad to the Editor, and must be accompanied by the name ana addnes of the correspondent, Articles, etc., not accepted, will be retained when postage Is prepaid.

Btulneea Commnnieatlona should be addressed to the Manager, and Advertisements to the Advertisement Manager, 1. Amen Corner, London. E.C.

TH E P08TAGE STAMP may be obtained through Newsagents or wUl be forwarded bom the publishing office to any address at the loilowtng rates of prepayment : Yearly, 0a. 8d.; Half-Yearly, 3a. 3d. Quarterly, la. 8d.; Single Copy, lid . .

C O N T E N T S.12 FURCiET, 1010. Page

S ow ? ov ras Wi s e ....................... 220Noras on TKi Stamps or Sarawak- 231 PHOATELIO DICTIONARY - - - - 233 Thx World's Stamp Errors ■ • 234Nrw Issues ahd Ol d ......................... 235F rom the Newspapers - - • - 230 B iixiohs ov P ostagr Stamps • 237E ditor ’ s Lit t e r Bor • • - 236

o u b p u b l is h iu g d a y a n d a d v e r t i s e r s .

In order to meet the requirements of the publishing trade our publishers now distribute copies to the Newsagents on Wednesday* Instead of Thnrsdays'as before This compels us to go to preee on Saturday morning. Henoe It I* absolutely necessary for our printers to have ail advertise menu at latest on Friday morning: consequently, copy must bo in the Advertisement Manager's hands not later than Wednesday, 6 o'clock p.m.


BRIGHTON BRANCH.

The ninth meeting o f the session, and incidentally the fiftieth meeting of the Branch, was held at the Royal Hotel on Thursday,

isnuary 27th. The President. Mr. Fred J, telvitle, took the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Mr. W . Mead and Mr. H. Clark were appointed delegates to the second

Philatelic Conanm of Great Britain. Messrs. W . A. Oram. E. E: Jea, and R. E. Jex were elected member* o f the Society. A letter from Mr. Comer-Spokes was retd, stating that he was leaving the district, and that indisposition prevented his attend ince that evening to make his adieu. The Hon. Secretary was requested to convey the members* regrets to Mr. Spokes, and best wishes for his

speedy recovery. Mr. J. B. Boulton was appointed Hon. Asistant Secretary.

The display, "Saraw ak," given by Mr. Melville, was moat interesting. The collection was divided into three sections— it) Documents relating to postal matters of Sarawak; (a) proofs sod unperforatedcopies; (3) original stamps, in shades, blocks, and sheets. The stamps were arranged according to perforation, from low to high.

The collection included two used copies of the 3C- stamp of the first and iccond issues, printed from engraved dies on surface- coloured paper, perf. 12 instead of II. Of the second issue (1871), only one other specimen exists, namely, the one in the British Museum. Tw o copies of the 3C. (1871) perforated lot were shown. Both specimens were on pieces of original; in 'one case the 3c. Sarawak was used in conjunction with a Straits Settlements stamp, proving beyond doubt the former's authenticity. Also a most valuable and interesting item, namely, a sheet of fifty 4c. on 8c. on laid paper, Mr Melville also pomeases two copies of the so-called bogus stamp. T w o Cents on 3c. U«7i)

The above oniy touches very lightly on some of the most interesting inclusions. The collection is rich in complete sheets and blocks even of some of the rarer stamps, and is probably the largest and most valuable collection of Sarawak extant.

In proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Melville, Mr. Mead expressed the members’ gratification at having their esteemed President once more with them, and hoped that he would find time to give the Branch another display next session. The motion was seconded by Mr. A . E. Anthony and carried unanimously. In replying, Mr. Melville made a humorous allusion to simple life collecting, which "brought down the house.*’

The names of four new members were omitted from the last report, Messrs. G. H. Bos wood, A. N. G. Forbes, W . E. Smith, and Basil Stranack being elected at the meeting held on Unitary 13th.

J. B. BOULTON,Hon. Assistant Sec.


The seventh meeting of the session was held at the Y.M .C.A., North End. Croydon, on Wednesday, January 26th, Mr. H. H. Harland in the chair. The ordinary business of the Society being completed, Mr. S. R. Turner gave a display of sections from his general collection, with notes. The sections shown were those of Belgium, Bulgaria, Chili, France. Roman States, Spain, and Turkey. Mounted on plain album sheets and beautifully written up, this display of semi or medium specialized collections was received with marked interest. Mr. Turner seems to have hit upon the real secret of an interesting stamp exhibit, the happy medium between the highly specialized and the too simple simplified systems; without the mania of running after quantities of the highly priced varieties, and yet without fear in building up with sufficient numbers a clear cate for the variety of a really interesting nature. The meeting closed with a hearty vote of thanks to the eihibitor.

G. SH AW , Secretary.

ISLE OF THANET PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

This Society held its inaugural meeting at the Queen's and Highdiffe Hotel, Margate, on January 22nd, 1910. when the following officers were appointed

President—Mr. A. Leon Adutt, F.R.P.S.L.Vice-President—Dr. F. E. Nichol.Secretary—Mr. D. B. Armstrong.Meetings of the Society will in future be

held on the second and fourth Saturdays in

each month from October to May, at 8 p.m., a handsome meeting-room in the Queen's and Ilighdiffe Hotel having through the kind new of its President been placed at the dimosal of the Sodety for this purpose.

The rate of subscription was fixed at 2s. 6d. per annum, and it was decided that from collectors joining during the first session no entrance fee should be required. Ladies will be admitted to the Society’s meetings free.

A general desire having been expressed that this Sodety should Be represented at the forthcoming Philatelic Congress, the President and one other member were appointed as delegates.

A t the dose of the formal business of the meeting, the President showed a portion of his general collection, which was much appreciated by thore present, the fine condition of the stamps being much commented on.

The officers of the Isle of Thanet Philatelic Society desire to extend herewith a very cordial invitation to ail stamp collectors residing in or about the late of Thanet to attend at the Society’s meetings, and by becoming members contribute towards its success.

Local stamp collectors who are interested in the project should place themselves in communication with the Secretary, who will be happy to afford them all possible information regarding the Sodety. Communications should be addressed to D. B. Armstrong. Llanadem, Broadstairs.

Another meeting of the Society was held at the Queen's and Highcltffe Hotel, Margate on Saturday, January 29th, at 8 p.m.

In the absence of both President and Vice- President. the Hon. Secretary took the chair. The minutes 01 the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, the Secretary read a number of letters which h: had received from local philatelists asking for particulars of the Society. A letter was also read from Mr. Norman Craig, M.P., the Member for Thanet, in which he signified his willingness to become a Vice-Patron of the Society; and one from Mr. A. Wolfers, regretting his inability to act as a delegate at the forthcoming Congress. None of the members present being in a position to take Mr. Wolfers’ place, the business of electing a second delegate was deferred. After some discussion, a set of Rules for the administration of the Society was formulated.

It was announced that there were eight meetings in the present season for which items had to be provided, and three of the members present—Rev, P. Wolfers, Mr. A. Wolfers, and Mr. D. B. Armstrong—promised to contribute papers and displays to the programme.

The meeting being informed of the President s inability to attend owing to hit having met with an accident, a vote of condolence was passed, and. at the request of the members, a letter expressing their grief at the news was written, and despatched by the Secretaty.

A collection of the stamps of Great Britain, the property of Mr. A. Leon Adutt,F.R.P.S.L., was then passed round, and was studied with much interest. It was mounted In a sectional Imperial album, and contained mint, unused, and fine used copies in about equal proportion. The collection was limited for the most part to single copies, and contained amongst others a magnificent unused copy of the O.P.P.C. error, a plate proof of the id. of l8$8 in black, the Prince Consort essay, an imperforate copy of the Id. Venetian red 1880. J*., lot., and £t 1883 on Nfutr in superb used condition, and a “ specimen" copy of the I s on ditto, also a choice array of used “ officials.'’

A hearty vote of thanks was accorded the President for his delightful display.

The next meeting of this Society will be held on Saturday, February 12th, at the same time and place, when Mr. Armstrong will give an illuttrated paper on " The Post in Morocco."


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Gossip of tl?e WeeHBY CORNELIUS WRINKLELooking Ahead.

I T scarcely seems more than a fortnight or so since we were sending o u r hundredth

number of The Postage Stam p to press. But it seems that we have already completed a quarter of the second hundred. And soon we shall be embarking upon VolumeVI. I am reminded of these little matters by the noise and bustle the chief is makiug

over some new notions he is going to surprise us with in the opening numbers of the new volume. I mustn’t even whisper what they are, for that would be taking the gilt off the Editor’s gingerbread.B rito n s over th e S e a s .

A Canadian publisher writes me a very interesting letter, and says that he does not feel that he has been treated exactly right by some of his English contemporaries, especially in view of the fact that, being a Canadian, he and his enterprise are so closely allied to the Mother Country. “ I feel ” he says “ that we should receive a boost, rather than a knock, especially as we are doing as well as we know how. 'What say you 7 ’’Canada’ s Only S tam p Journal.

From the charming letter I have received I cannot feel that my correspondent is blaming tne for w riting rather severely on an article by an English writer in which some very unpleasant, and to my mind, fallacious statements were made about stamp collecting and the stamp trade. The Hobbyist is quite an excellent paper, and is the best philatelic journal that Canada has produced for many a long day. The publication of the

article of which I wrote seemed to be an indiscretion, as of course no philatelic publisher would he in the business if he thought and said such things of the dealers who support his publication. But 1 am sure that the publisher o f the Hobbyist will find that his British contemporaries are really glad to see a sustained and original attempt to re-establish the philatelic journalism of Canada, and that they will readily accord him his mead of praise in due course. The journal is quite a small one, but some of the articles in it have been of considerable interest, notable Dr. Chase’s articles on the varieties of United States stamps. The current issue contains an interesting article by Mr. Henry J . Crocker, which is reprinted in this issue of The Postage Stam p. The subscription to the Hobbyist is 60 cents (2s.) per annum, and no doubt my correspondent, Mr. Original Kendall, of Winnipeg, Canada, w ill gladly send a specimen copy to a ll interested in philately in the British Dominions over the sens.

Esperanto: I* It ol Practical Value to Philatelists?That is the question, asked in our contemporary

the Australian Philatelist recently. A lady correspondent of the journal has answered in the affirmative. I suppose most collectors occasionally have the experience of c ommunicating with other collectors who write in a language unknown to them. The successful pursuit of philately often necessitates a great deal of correspondence with collectors in foreign countries, and obviously the subject of au International language is one that should have an important bearing upon our hobby. The lady who writes to the Australian Philatelist says that the query is answered by the fact that Esperanto is, and has been for some time past, a means of universal communication between those who do not understand any but their mother tongues.The Spread of Esperanto.

“ Notie of my foreign correspondents ” says the lady “ speak English. The use of Esperanto was sanctioned in Russia as far back as 1904. The

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International Pharmaceutical Association (A ntwerp), Psychical Research Group (Belgium), Prin-

• ters’ Co-operative Society (Paris), Teachers’ Association (Magdeburg), and many other bodies connected with various branches of science, use Esperanto, simply because Esperanto is now an International language, and renders their associations far more useful than they otherwise could possibly be. During the Esperantist Congress in Dresden last year the members of the Esperantist Freemasons’ Club were received officially at a special meeting, the proceedings were conducted in Esperanto, and live nationalities were represented."

It* Philatelic Uae*.

The writer goes on to apply the use of Esperanto in philately. Referring to the publishers of the Australian journal, Messrs. Fred Hagen, Ltd., she s a y s : “ It appears to me that if your firm would undertake to correspond in Esperanto it would mean a considerable increase in business. All my correspondents want Island and Australasian stamps, and some at least are w illing to pay cash for them, but none understand English. It is a usual thing for magazines now to publish an Esperanto stamp news column, and at least one Esperanto stamp monthly is in existence. You w ill see that to be in any doubt as to the

practical use of Esperanto as an already existing International language is to confess yourself a ’ back number ’ ” .

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Now I have no doubt that many pf my readers have made themselves fam iliar with the “ International language ’’ in question, and it would be highly interesting, and probably of practical value at the same time, if they would relate a few of their experiences in the philatelic use of Esperanto for the benefit of their fellow readers of The Postage Stam p. I suppose the greater number of us share the conservatism of our race, and have classed Esperanto among the fancies that pass. But if we can learn that others have put their knowledge of this language to the practical use claimed for it, and particularly in connection with stamp transactions, well there will be some more converts to the ranks of the Esperantists.

Stamps of Sarawak.

As we go to press, gome interesting correspondence is to band relative to the Editor's notes on the stamps of Sarawak. The Editor wilt be obliged if any render of The Postage •'■tamp, who has interesting items in the way of stamps or proofs of this country, and especially stamps ou original covers, will kindly forward them to him for inspection or for purchase.

Receipt St a rip p forgeriesB y Bertram T . K . Smith in “ The Bazaar ”

OF foreign philatelic magazines Le Postilion and V ertr. K orrespondem -Blatt are always among the first to warn collectors of new forgeries and “ fakes,” and we are indebted to them for information of the

following unwelcome “ novelties ”A u s tr ia and Bosnia.

The rare “ compound perforations ’’ of Bosnia, 1879 and 1900, and of Austria and Austrian Levant, 1867 and 1890-1900, have been imitated with the utmost skill by taking specimens with extra wide margins and re-perforating them. Oerman Empire.

The “ large e a g le ” 18kr. of 1872-3, unused, has the eagle pressed out and a “ small eagle ” embossed in its place, raising the catalogue value from 6d. to 3s. 6d.O r eat B ritain .

The scarce 9d. green of 1883 is made from the 2$d. lilac by taking out the impressiou in fugitive ink and printing a forged impression of the 9d. in its place, the watermarked paper and the perforation remaining, of course, in their genuine condition.L u xem b u rg.

Certain stamps of the unused remainders lately placed on the market have had forged obliterations applied to increase their value. The ornamental " Officiel ” overprint of 1908 has also been forged.H onduras.

The “ locom otive” set of 1898 has been forged. The imitations are slightly larger than the originals, and are on softer and whiter paper.

The colours of the Imitations also differ from those of the originals, the 5c., for instance, being in dull blue instead of pale ultramarine, and the 50c. and 1 peso being in brighter tints than the genuine.Nova Scotia.

The issue of 1860, engraved by the American Bank Note Co., has been imitated by photo-lithography or else by lithographic transfers. In the forgeries, which, it is said, have not yet actually been placed ou the market, there are “ numberless little defects, which, though very trifling, are still to be detected. In the lc ., for instance, the lines of the chin are different from those in the original, and on the exterior of the scroll-shaped ornament on the left, a t the side of the * n 'o f ‘ NOVA,’ there is a sm all three-pointed ornament which does not exist in the genuine type.”P a ra gu ay .

The plates of the Service stamps of 1886 have been sold to a South American dealer and reprints made from them. The reprints have a forged overprint “ o f ic ia l " added, and the fancy pattern on the back of the paper is also forged. In the genuine 20c. stamp this pattern consists of the words “ As u n c i o n 1886 " in au oval ou a ground of wavy lines (illustration No. 157a in Gibbons’ catalogue), but in the forgeries only the “ 18 8 6 " is clearly visible, the oval and the word “ As u n c i o n " having failed to reproduce properly. I have seen no description of the other values of the “ forged-reprinted ” set, but probably they also have the background reproduced in a sim ilarly defective manner.

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Notes ©i> tl>e Stanjps of SarawakBY FRED. J. MELVILLEAuthor of “ The Postage Stamps of Sarawak, with a history of the Post Office in Sarawak from 1869-1906.”

(Continued from page 232)

4C. R ed-brow n on Yellow .

In the 4c. red-brown on yellow onr imperforate sheets are in a dark brown colour on deep yellow paper. The pane with the variety with the crossed T in CBNTS (sixth s t a m p , top row) is probably the left pane, the right-hand pane being probably the one without this variety.

Here we find all our four varieties of perforations :—

4c. perf 11$.4c perf 11} x 12.4c. perf. 12 x 11$4c perf. 12. Normal.

The watermark is L X t , and there are two different shades of paper, one being identical with that described as used for the imperforate sheets, and the other a pale yellow .A cents f reen on green.

In the six cents green on preen we come to an interesting point. Mr. Poole lists this as on paper “ watermarked with parts of the letters ' l s i ' " . We have never seen this stamp so watermarked. A ll our copies, and we have the watermark often repeated, in blocks and sheets, are watermarked t .k .l . This, of course, was a m ystery which, although chronicled in our book in 1907, we could not explain. If our belief be correct with regard to the meaning of the initials l n l , then we may be prepared to accept the explanation that at one period in the career of the Newell firm it was styled “ T . F , Newell and C o.,” thus we g e t : T[F]N [ew el]L. All the green paper appears therefore to have been made for Messrs. T . F . Newell & Co., while the other coloured papers are a ll for Messrs. L . Newell and Co., or, possibly, for Mr. L . N . Newell.

In connection with this stamp there is another point on which we differ from Mr. Poole. This is 'in regard to the order in which the five types occur. The natural arrangement seems to be the order in which the types occur on the sheets. Our types a b c d e occur in that order, Mr. Poole's types, as illustrated and described by him as types 1 2 3 4 3, occur in the order 4, 5, 1, 2, 3.Hunting ter Flaws.

Here the various flaws by which many of the positions of the stamps are said to be identified are rather misleading, partly, perhaps, owing to

the error of arrangement of the types by Mr. Poole. In examining lithographed stamps for the purpose of reconstructing, it is always necessary to take precautions not to describe flaws which are not permanent. And when a flaw is d iscovered that appears to be permanent, every other stamp on the sheet must be scrutinised to see i f it is not repeated on the same sheet.

Mr. Poole’s “ Printing A,” stamp No. 3, has a “ large flaw on the left lower corner of the name tab let.” This might be our (J) left pane, stamp No. 6. But it is not number 3 on any of our possessions.

Then, in his printing A. stamp 4, “ has a line extending from the centre of the top of k of SAKAWAX nearly to the end of the tablet.” No, 59, we are told, has a similar mark. Both these stamps would occur in type 4. But we do not find them on that type. As a matter of fact this peculiar K is common to all the forty types 2 on the sheet, in some cases the line not being quite so exaggerated as in others, owing probably to the inking.

Another peculiarity which (our) type 2 shews is a short coloured line across the white space between the top of the name tablet and the little rectangle encloeing the letter B. Now this which is nearly always present in the forty types 2 is given by Mr. Poole as a distinguishing feature of No. 94 iu “ Printing a " a stamp which is obviously type 4. It would be interesting to know why our friend should say that “ Printing A ” is “ the commoner one.” We are unable to say with certainty which pane A was, but that it was one of two panes printed side by side jwe have no doubt.Ac. Perforation Varieties.

In the matter of perforations Mr. Poole finds this value with (1) F, (2) e by D, and (3) f by d , that is to say all 12, but with different sized holes. We have not found this stamp perf. 11}, but we have'the follow ing:—

6c. Perf. 11} x 12.6c. Perf. 12 x 11}.6c. Perf. 12.

There are also imperforate copies, and here we get some of the carious unofficial perforations, including

Roulette.Pin-perforation.Perf. 9.Perf 6} x 6.

The latter is an extraordinary specimen with large holes somewhat resembling a Susse perforation, and our copy has a double perforation along the bottom.8 c e n ts blue on blue.

Now we come to the rather awkwardly coloured 8c. blue on blue. The blue paper has the l n l watermark. Mr. Poole says, “ I fancy there was

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only one printing of this type, and the number of flaws is extremely sm all.” There were nevertheless two panes, the left one being readily distinguishable in complete panes by the presence of a short uncoloured line joining the OH of e ig h t in the last stamp in the bottom row. This does not occur in the right-hand pane.

This value exists as a variety on a kind of laid paper.

In perforations we have8c. Perf. 12 x 114, wove.8c. Perf. 12 x l l j , laid8c. Perf. 12, wove.8c. Perf. 12, laid.

There are imperforate copies and a “ freak ” perf. 7J.

I a cents red on rose.The next value is less diilicult to examine. The

colour of the imperforate pane may be taken as a deep red, closely resembling that of the issued stamp. Our particular pane, however, is printed also on the reverse in a totally distinct salmon pink colour.

Mr. Poole only mentions one printing, but there were the usual two panes, and the differences b etween them are, in this value, of a peculiarly interesting nature. In the le ft-hand pane the types in the bottom row occur in the following order (or disorder) :—

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 1 2.In the right-hand pane the types in the top

row occur thus1 2 3 1 3 1 2 3 4 5.

and in the third row they a r e :1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 3.

In the proof pane already described both the impressions on back and front are of the left- hand pane, the impression on the back being in

verted in relation to the one on the front.In the matter o f. perforations we have only

found the perf. l l j on the “ la id " paper. The perforations are

12c Perf 1 1 4 , laid12c Perf. l l j x 12.12c. Perf. 12 x l l j , wove.!12c. Perf. 12 x l l j , laid. I12c Perf. 12, wove.12c. Perf. 12, laid.

There are imperforate copies on the rose co loured paper, and one specimen we have is on a bluish paper.The Bogus Tw o Cents.

The bogus “ tw o c e n t s " on 3 cents scarcely calls for any additional comment. It has been dropped from the catalogue, and is not likely to crop up again. Most of the known copies (they are quite scarce) bear the postmark I Sarawak p.o. I in a single lined rectangle impressed in black, and in addition, the circular London arrival postmark in red. Both these postmarks were forged, and no doubt Mr. Poole has revised his opinion that “ there can be no doubt that both these postmarks are quite genuine, and as they coaid not have been impressed ‘ by favour,’ it seems to prove that both these ‘ tw o c e n t s ’ provisionals

the two copies be examined) passed through the post."

We shall discuss in our next notes some of the later issues. It will be obvious that with the turn out of the old stock of lithographed stamps for the provisionals of 1899, we get some interesting complications with the overprints on each of two panes of all the values. In addition the perforation varieties are repeated, and the complications of settings occur.

To be continued.

It) Praise of PhilatelyE VERY reader of The Postage Stam p w ill

agree that to those who know the pleasures of stamp collecting our hobby needs no apology. But to many an outsider philately is a mysterious cult which is

inane, or at least, inexplicable. We should like to see M. le Comte Durrieu's address to the Paris Historical Society oiroulated in the widest possible manner, for a lecture given before one of the leading learned societies of Paris muBt command the serious attention of many of those who have hitherto remained in ignorance of the fascination and value of the stamp album.

We have already drawn attention to this address elsewhere, but we do not hesitate to give it wider publicity iu these columns, on account of its importance as a pronouncement on the h istorical value of philately. We should like to see some of our leading dealers who circulate vast numbers of pamphlets and price lists (many of which get into the hands of the uninitiated) print this address by way of an introduction to the hobby. In any other pastime or cult with which a prosperous trade is associated, so valuable a recommendation would have been immediately u tilised for propaganda work. It should devolve in

no small measure upon the trade to hold up to the general public the distinction of philately, to advertise its educative, scientific and recreative value. In these respects our hobby has decided advantages over many other popular pastimes, and there are plenty of good customers waiting to know something about the best way to invest their capital safely and in a congenial pursuit.

The translation of the address is by Mr. Ralph Wedmore, Hon. Secretary of the Junior Philatelic Society, and is as follows

M. Le Com te D u rr le u 't A ddress.

M. Paul Mirabaud, who died on May 12th, 1908, a t the age of fifty-nine, found time in the midst of his multifarious occupations to devots himself to authorship. But the book by which his name will be best remembered is his work on the “ Stamps of Switzerland,” which appeared in 1398.

Many of you w ill smile at my assertion. The collecting of stamps, the “ stamp m an ia " as it is often disdainfully designated, does not enjoy in France, it must be admitted, a very brilliant reputation. Most people look on it as an amusement for schoolboys or an occupation for the idle. M. Paul Mirabaud’s book is evidence to the con


trary. It proves that the little square pieces of paper, which the professional scholars would a lmost blush to notice, can furnish material for critical discussions and for memoirs which call for quite as much knowledge, perspicacity, and keenness of vision as is necessary to the numism atist or the bibliophile. It has been too much forgotten in France that one of the first to collect stam ps was M. De Saulcy, a celebrated archaeologist. It is not sufficiently known that in other countries philately is looked on as a true science, and one worthy to be ranked with the other sciences. In the British Museum, for e x ample, a collection of stamps is accorded a prominent place, is frequently consulted, and continually added to. [The Tapling Collection is unfortunately not added to, but we can well understand that an intelligent foreigner would jump to this erroneous conclusion.—E d i t o r .] In Berlin, on the other hand, the State does not hesitate to spend large sums for the purpose of completing its collection, and thinks it quite as legitimate to pay a high price for a rare stamp as for a medal or a print.

Moreover, the objects which are included in this category are not only interesting in themselves—they awake historical memories just as much as does a coin or an inscription.

In a very important collection of French stamps, which m y father le ft to me, there are pieces which are worthy of consideration by our Parisian Historical Society. Does not this letter that I hold in my hand recall days of popular excitement ; this letter bearing the Paris postmark dated September 5th, 1870, franked with a stamp current at the beginning of that month—that is to ' say, with the portrait of Napoleon I II .—but with the head of the sovereign cut out by the scissors of the sender (a modification which the postal authorities allowed to pass) in order to remove the effigy of the deposed ruler 7 And these other letters, despatched by balloon during the siege, which brought to my mother, who had remained in the provinces, news of my father, who had hastened to Paris a t the news of the first disasters, in order to assist, a t the risk of his life, in the’ defence of one of our great discounting houses of which he was the head 1 Then, look at this letter 1 It was one of those conveyed by the balloon “ Le Jacquard,” which left Paris on November 28th, 1870, but sank in the sea, causing the death of its pilot, a sailor named Prince. One at least of the postal bags was recovered, however, and the contents delivered to the ad dressees. But the Postal Department never abandons its rights. Owing to the long immersion in the sea, the stamps had. floated o ff, and, in order to obtain possession of the precious communication from Paris, my mother had to pay excess postage on an unfranked letter 1

I have already detained you too long, but I should like to recall one more souvenir of those days. The balloons to which the Parisians confided their news and their hopes were not, of course, assured a safe journey. Some of them, as it was feared they would, fe ll into the hands of the enemy. It occurred to certain persons that advantage m ight be taken of these probable accidents by using them as a means of influencing the spirits of the Prussian soldiers into whose hands the letters might fa ll. My father was born at Strasburg, and for over twenty years held the post of receiver-general, which brought him con

stantly into communication with officials who knew no French. He was therefore fam iliar with the German language. During the siege, Arthur Maury, a leading dealer in postage stamps, who has left us a justly-honoured memoir, called on my father, and between them they thought out the idea of writing on the address side of the “ balloon letters ” four sentences in French and in German, These inscriptions, which were in tended to discourage the Prussian soldiers, or to inoculate their minds with disturbing ideas, were as follows Madmen that we are, shall we continue for ever to cut one another’s throats for the pleasure and pride of K ings! Glory and conquest are crim es: defeat means envy and desire for vengeance.” “ One fight alone is just a n d ' holy, the fight for independence.—Paris defies the enemy : France, arise and destroy the invaders !”

To think that these objurgations, if read by the enemy, might influence them and perhaps tend to the cessation of • hostilities, was a pleasant i l lusion. To-day we can smile at their ingenuousness. But are they not touching recollections of those days of siege 7 Do we not hear the echo of the spirit which reigned in the capital then, when every method was sought—desperate, even foolish, methods—which might aid Paris—Paris surrounded by steel and by fire, disgraced and bombarded!

Poor little letter, composed in those days of supreme patriotic anguish, you are indeed forgotten, and you were never of much importance I I dare flatter myself, nevertheless, that my fellow- members w ill not contradict me too strongly if I hazard the suggestion that you have not been unworthy of attracting for a moment, by the vision of the past which you recall, the attention of our Parisian Historical Society.

Russia's New Psstage 5 tamp*.Only a few months ago a new issue of postage stamps

was put in circulation in Russia. Another new issue is now announced, and the stamps will commemorate the three-hundredth anniversary of the accession of the Romanoffs to the Russian Throne in 1613. Hitherto the ordinary Russian postage stamps have been rather small and of delicate workmanship; the forthcoming commemorative issue, however, will resemble the larger type of postage stamp issued by Austria-Hungary recently, and they will bear the portraits of some of the leadiug eighteen members of the House of Romanoff, male and female.— Globe, 8.2.10.


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Tl>e World’s Starpp ErrorsThe M ost C om prehensive and E n terta in in g A r t ic le on th is S u b je ct yet published

BY MISS F ITTEThis important article was started in No. 1 of the present Volume. The nineteen instalments already published

may be had from the Publishers in Nos. 1 to 20 (except No. 14), Vol. V.. price l id each post free.

Roumania

ERROR.

1876-78, 5b., blue on pale yellow (17 3 ) .I feel suspicious as to whether this was or was

not an “ error.” The plates, for the stamps of this type were surface-printed, were first (18 72 ) put to press in Paris, and subsequently (18 76 -78 ) a t B uch arest; but the error, (“ officially removed ” from the sheets, and therefore rare used or in pair with _ normal) is only to be found in the locally printed edition, and was issued probably in September, 18 7 7 . It consists of the inclusion, in the plate of Ten Bani, of a clichd of the F ive £ani, resulting in copies of the low er value in blue, instead of bistre, on the pale yellow paper, the perforation gauging 11 all round, the holes sm all and irregularly placed.

In 1880, the error was reprinted in entire sheets, in dark slate-blue on the proper paper, and perforated 1 1|. According to Herr von Horrak, 600 sheets with the error were p rin ted: it is scarce.

1879, 5b., rose on pale yellow (19 1b ) .The _ above plate-error was still uncorrected

when, in 1879, changes of colour took place in m ost of the values ; and we thus get the Five Bani printed in rose-red, the new colour of the Ten Bani, instead of in green, its proper new colour.

W ith regard to this error, a high Roumanian official wrote to the late M. Moens : “ The 5 bani, rose, has had a tendency to go wrong, but, unfortunately, it has been observed by a stupid e m p lo y i ; and he had to destroy them before the Inspecting Com m ittee." Comment is somewhat superfluous.

Until com paratively recent times, it was thought that nearly a ll the “ rose ” stamps were marked “ annulato ", those which escaped this cancellation being looked upon as merely perforated colour- trials ; but it is now known that they are genuine errors, as used pairs of the Five and Ten Bani, so tenant, have been found. The perforation is given as 11 , H i ; but whether it also exists with the other perforation of 13i, and compounds of the two gauges, 1 cannot say.

The reprints were in bright rose-red. and are to be found marked “ annulato.”

ERROR.

1893-96, 25b., blue (356 ).The unfortunate F ive Bani is again involved,

but this tim e it is sinned against, not sinning. The issue o f 1893-96 includes a Five Bani, blue, and a Tw enty-five Bani bright - m au ve; and in the sheet of the former was a clichfi of the higher v a lu e : it is not much more than common, being priced a t £ 1 , presumably se tenan t w ith the Five Bani.

In the Catalogue, the error is given as w atermarked “ P R ” , and perforated 13 J : it possibly exists w ith the earlier watermark of “ P R ” , though I have not heard of i t .

Russia.

ERROR.

18 6 8 -71. 3k., black and deep oreen—baokground o f 6*. (3 5 ).

The background of the low values is composed of sm all figures corresponding with the facial value of the various stamps ; and, through some mistake, the Three Kopecs was printed on paper with the background (a repetition of the Roman numeral “ v ” ) of the Five Kopecs, instead of figures " 3 ” . The colours, however, are c o rre c t- black and deep green, the paper is horizontally laid and the perforation is 14J x 15 .

The error is common used, and is priced at £ 2 in unused condition.


1873-79, 74,, carmine and grey—on fiscal paper (52).

The Seven Kopecs, oarmine and grey, is norm ally on paper laid horizontally or vertically, and watermarked with wavy lines so far apart that only sm all portions shew on most of the stamps. Part of a printing of this valne appears to have been on a fiscal paper, ordinarily used for a revenue stamp of E ighty Kopecs, and having a watermark of sm all hexagons : the error is said to have been used in Perm.

I have never seen the stamp priced, and assume it is a rarity.

T Y P E .

TYPE .

1889, lr ., orange and brown—centre o m itte d ; 1890-92, 5k., du ll purple', 1902-4, 24., green, 3k., carmine, 7k ., b lue—all background o m it

ted ; 1905, 254;., mauve and dull g reen -centre om itted (87b, 99b, 1 15 -1 16 6 , 124).

The One Rouble is the first; the Twenty-five Kopecs is of the type of the third illustration ; and the other values are of the second— but, for the Twenty-five Kopecs, the thunderbolts must be assumed to have been added across the post- horns.

1 know absolutely nothing about these imperfect stamps, most of which are, if not recent productions, at least recent discoveries : they may be perfectly bond fide, and may have been inadvertently issued for public u s e ; but . . . .

Wenden.1875, 2Ar., blue-green and red—" £ " (1 5 ).Presumably, the lithographic transfer yielded

an imperfect impression on the stone, and it b ecame necessary to touch up the upper right-hand corner of this stam p: however this may be, the

1 figure in that corner is a most unmistakeable figure “ 3 ” inverted (“ g " ) . The error, or variety, is somewhat scarce.

T Y P E .1884, 2k., black and red—green arm om itted (20).

The frame is in the first colour, the background of the centre in the second colour, and there should be a mailed arm holding a sword, in green, printed on the red ground.

A sheet, or sheets, escaped the third printing, and the stamp is left minus the arm, though showing a white space for its reception. This is an old error, of twenty-five years’ standing, so I assume it is a ll right.

To be continued.

CorrespondenceN .B ,— Correspondence on all matters of general philatelic interest t* cordially invited. All Utters for publication

should be sent to the Editor, The Postage Stamp, 14, Sudboume Road, Brixton, London, and Utters should also be distinctly marked i h s id e with the name of this joutnal. The Editor dots not necessarily identify himself with opinions expressed by correspondents.

“ E N V E L O P E " OR “ IM PR ESSED " STAMPS. The Editor o f The Postage 8tam p.Dear Sir,

I was very pleased to see in the Gossip of the Week, of The Postage 8 tam p for the 5th inst., a sympathetic reference to "im p ressed ” stamps.

I have alw ays found it difficult to account for the almost hostile, or at any rate, the contemptuous attitude which has been adopted by co llectors towards this branch of the postal issue. Philatelists in, I suppose, 99 cases out of every 100, confine themselves rigidly to the collection of the adhesive labels, totally ignoring the existence of the very beautiful stamps which have been impressed npon envelopes and “ letter sheets," and that these stamps are really beautiful, both as to design and colour, must be admitted.

I have m yself made a considerable study of these works of art—for such they are, and they

I seem to me to be quite unapproached in beauty by any other stamps issued for Great Britain since

I the excellent line-engraved series of 1840.1 can promise any collector a very large amount

of pleasure if he is fortunate enough to get to gether a representative series of these stamps,

1 and I would recommend that they should be sought for and abtained without delay, as they are rapidly becoming very scarce, the reason for this doubtless being that a few years ago the post office authorities sanctioned the use of cut-out unused specimens as adhesives.'

Should this letter be the means of stimulating interest in the collection of envelope impressed stamps, 1 shall be very happy to give, through your column if desired, snoh information as I have obtained in the forming of my own collection.

Yours truly,1th Feb., 19 10 . GERALD C . C o l m a n .

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248 THE POSTAGE SI'AAir

New Issues at>d OldI The Editor invites dealers and readers at home and abroad to give prompt information concerning flew Issues. A ll communications must be

sent direct to the Editor, 14, Sudbourne Road, Briston, London. S. H\Alter the name of eacn country we give the page of THK POSTAGE STAMP on which appeared the last reference to that country.

British Colonial Stam ps.—We learn from the Colonial Office Journal that, in view of the fact that a number of Colonies whose stamps are produced from line-engraved plates have decided to adopt the Crown Agents Colour Scheme, a supplementary table of colours specially applicable to line-engraved stamps has been formulated of which particulars are given below. The em ployment of two colour printing entering largely into the former schedule it was of course impossible for it to be followed out in stamps printed by the copper-plate process on account of its in volving the dampening of the paper.

The following is the colour standard which has been adopted in this instance

Value. Colour of Ink. Colour of P3d. Brown. Yellow.4d. Red. Yellow.4id. Orange. m ite .5d. Sage-green. IV kite.21- Purple. Blue.2/6 R ed Blue.31- Violet. White.Sh Green. Yellow.10/- Red. Green.£1 Black. Red.

Barbados.— (Vol. IV. p. 285).— Gibbons'Stamp Weekly chronicles some shades of the current Id . and 2$d. stamps of this Colony, the former being rose-red,, and the latter pale blue , instead of rose and bright blue, which are the only colours at present listed in the catalogue.

British Solom on is la n d s .-(V ol. V. p. 197).— The Colonial Office Journal announces that the new high value stamps reported in our issue of January 22nd, have now been issued.

(ilbraltar.—(Vol. V. p. 46).— The 2d. and 1/-stamps printed in accordance with the Colonial colour scheme are chronicled in Gibbons' S tam p W eekly, as is also the $d. printed all in one colour at a single operation. We do not gather from our contemporary whether or not these stamps have actually been issued.

New colours. Multiple wmk. Perf. 14.id . fr e en .2d. g rey .1/- black on green.

Holland.— (Vol. V. p. 191).— From the same source we learn that the 2} gulden value of the current series of the Netherlands has been discovered with the perforation 11$ a ll round. The other forms of perforation with which this value is known are 11 x 11$, 11 , and 11$, 11, and 12$ compound.

Honduras.— (Vol. V. p. 107).— From various sources we gather that the 1 centavo value of the current lithographed series is now being printed from a new stone from which much better and clearer - impressions are obtained.

Hong Kong.— (Vol. V. p. 235).— Mr. W. H. l’eckitt has kindly shown us a specimen of the new $2 stamp referred to in our previous issue with the colours reversed in accordance with the Colonial Colour Scheme.King’s Head. New Colours. Multiple wmk. Chalk-surfaced paper.

Perf. 14.(2 b lack and carm ine.

L e v a n t (British).— Vol V. p. 191).— The manner of expressing the values in Turkish currency on the new surcharged series for the use of these Offices having proved somewhat cumbersome, a slight revision of the form of some of these overprints has been effected. Messrs. Whitfield K ing A Co., to whom we are indebted for the sight of the current 3d. stamp surcharged “ 1$ p ia s t r e ” in place of “ 1 p ia s t e r 10 pa e a s " as formerly, in form us that the stamps with the latter overprint have suddenly been withdrawn from sale, and those now listed substituted. The following are the stamps on which this change has beenm ade:—

Revised surcharge in Turkish currency.i ) piastre on yd. purple on yellow.If „ 4d. orange.2$ 6d. purple.

Morocco ( Spanish Post Offices).— {Vol. V. p 235).— We learn from Mr. W illiam Ward, of Manchester, that the series of surcharged stamps for theseOffices chronioled on authority of Die Post in our last issue, have now been received in England.

Northern Nigeria.—Mr. W H. Peckitt informs us that he has received the Id. stamp all in carmine.

Rhodesia.— (Vol. IV. p, 82)— Mr F. H. Melland informs Ewen's W eekly Stam p News that the 2$d. and 6d. values of the current series also existwithout the stop, in addition to those mentioned in our former list.


St. Vincent.—(Vol. V. p. 46).—The Id., 3d., and Gd. stamps printed from the new die with the dot under the “ d ” of the value are now reported by several contemporaries as having been issued.

New die. Do! under “ d."Id. carmine.3d. purple on yellow.(id. violet.

Transvaal.— {Vol. V.,p.46).— The following is chronicled by Qibbonn' Stam p W eekly, but we do not gar her whether or not it has actually been issued.

New colour. Multiple wmk. Perf. 14 2d. grey.

News ii> BriefA C hange of A ddress Card.

In the Dutch Indies a form of postcard is to be introduced, of low value, probably 1 cent olive- green, for use in notifying changes of address. The “ Verhuiskaart," as it is to be called, w ill enable moonlight flitters to communicate with their late creditors with a minimum of expense— perhaps IDeath ol au Ita lian P h ila te lis t .

L ’Annonce Timbrologique announces the death of a well-known Italian philatelist, M. Salvatore Frascati, of Trieste. He died on November 25th, at the age of fifty-eight.Seebecks to r Sale.

The stock of the Seebeck series of stamps of Central America is said by the same journal to he up for sale. £12,000 is said to be the price required. Meanwhile, specialism in Central Americans is on the increase.G overnm en t S u b s id y for P h ila te lic E xhibition .

Congratulations. to the Argentine Philatelic Society on having induced the Argentine Centenary Commission to give a subsidy of 5,000 pesos to the Philatelic Exhibition to be held in Buenos Ayres this year.Cons pen ra tio n .

Those 5,000 pesos w ill be some compensation for the philatelists of the Argentine having a commemorative series of stamps foisted upon them to advertise the Centenary.N ikita to Ju b ila te .

More “ centenaries” are in the wind. They are as common as comets. Montenegro is the culprit this tim e. According to L'Annonce Timbrolooique, there is to be an issue to commemorate the centenary of Prince N ikita. Probably “ jubilee ” should be the word, as old N ikita succeeded his uncle Danilo (not the wooer of the Merry Widow) in 1860.E ng lan d E x p ec ts-----

To have its Congresses a ll to itself. A t least,

h o w to Collect New Issues.The system atic collecting of New Issues is an

important development of Modern Philately. Even in these up-to-date times there are stamps being issued occasionally which never get a chauce to become common, and it is important to the co llector who wishes to keep right up-to-date to watch the New Issue column in The Pontage Stam p, and keep in touch with the advertisements of New Issues in The Pontage Stavtp. Many of the readers of The Pontage Stam p, by putting themselves in communication with some of the dealers who advertise New Issues in this journal, have had some exceptional bargains of late.

It is too late now to secure the 1 piastre 30 paras Levant for less than sixpence. It now realises 7s. 6d. But you can be in time for the next scoop. Consult our advertisem ent. pages. There are several excellent services for the supply of New Issues advertised from time to time. Make your choice and join—soon.

Mr. \V. Ward tells LAnnoitce Timbrologujue that he got into trouble with the authorities of the first British Philatelic Congress for inviting foreign philatelists to be present. “ Done, mes chers lecteurs, si vous n’Stes pas Anglais, vous nc pouvez pas venir a nos CongrAs."Hot Stuff.

As the Congress was expressly one of delegates of British philatelic societies, there seems to have been little reason why foreign societies should send delegates. But foreign philatelists would no doubt have beeu welcome as visitors. Our Manchester friend has some resemblance to the rare shade of the U .8. 5c. buff. He is “ mustard.” M r. W a r liu rs t 's E n tire s .

This week (Thursday) the Royal Philatelic Society is to have a display of Mr. B. W . War- hurst’s collection of entires. Mr. Warhursi has been an unflinching exponent of the value and collectability of entires.T h e B aron de W o r m ' “ G re a t Britain.**

Next Thursday (February 24th) the Baron do Worms is to give a display of his fine collection of Great Britain to the Brighton J .P .S ., at (he Royal Hotel. Time 8 p.m .My P a v o u rlte C ountry an d W hy ?

Several philatelic societies have adopted some of the suggestions made in our articles “ How to Start a Philatelic Society,” particularly in regard to the subjects for the programme. One of the most noticeable items on several programmes have been “ My Favourite Country and W h y? " And why we wonder don't some more of these societies send along their papers for publication in The Postage S tam pl We are always glad to have them.T h e P h ila te lic S tu d e n t* ' Fellow ship .

We understand that this little band of enthusiasts is preparing a second budget of its transactions. It is nearly a year now since the fellowship sprung its first “ Record ” upon an unsuspecting but limited number of outsiders.


A Rare pit)d ii> HawaiiapsBy Henry J . Crocker in “ The Hobbyist ” (Jan., i g i o j

S INCE my book on Hawaiian Numerals was published I have been in receipt of many letters from various portions of the globe ; many containing congratulations on my establishing the status of the so-called

re-issues of the 1853 type.Many of the letters are very interesting, and

there are incidents arising from the publishing of this book which may prove interesting to my readers.

I received one letter which I quote, “ I have just come across three plates of the Hawaiian Numerals, if you are interested in them they w ill be for sale at the best offer ” etc. ; I answered asking for a chance to inspect the plates and they were forwarded.

The plates of the one cent numeral consisted of two horizontal rows of five each, a solid electro of ten reproductions of one die, they a ll being placed closer together than our U .S . postage stamps. The two cent numeral plate consisted of three horizontal rows of five stamps each, and are made up the same as the one cent.

The five cent numeral plate consisted of one horizontal row of five stamps, and the plate is made up the same as the preceding two. As w ill be seen by the illustration in my book, a ll Hawaiian Numerals were type sets and a plate consists of two vertical strips of five each ; hence these faked plates proved of little interest to me. I have had, however, several stamps printed from these plates submitted to me for my opinion and would advise any person issuing them to cease at once for the m atter w ill be exposed).

Another experience nearly gave me heart disease, for it was almost too good to be true. It came about as follows : Mr. H. M . W hitney was the first Postmaster of the Hawaiian Islands, and was the man who issued the rare Missionary stam ps. He also designed and had engraved in Boston the 5 cent and 13 cent issued in 1853, on thick white paper: now catalogued at 850 and $18 respectively. In the ordinary course of events his son became the possessor of his estate, and amongst other things, o f his early correspondence and papers young W hitney made up a bundle of them and sent them to San Francisco for s a le ; and, his agent knowing of my great interest in these things brought them to me, and I soon effected a purchase to be closed on in spection. Glancing through the various envelopes bearing old Hawaiian stamps I found one with no stamp on it, but bearing the following in scription : “ One complete sheet a ll genuine not to be c u t.”

830 to $50 each.13 cent stamps.

Inside the envelope were the twenty stamps, and the following docum ent:—

Island of Oahu. i g g■ Hawaiian Islands. (

Personally appeared before me, H. M. Whitney, of Honolulu, on the Island of Oahu, Republic of Hawaii, who being duly sworn deposes and says That the thirteen cent Hawaiian postage stamps annexed hereto are genuine stamps of the issue of 1853, and that the same have been in his possession for over forty years, and are part of

the first edition issued of the said (Stamps.H. M. I W hitney.

[ Seal, ] Subscribed and sworn 1 before me this 19th .

day o f June, A .D ., 1897.W m . J . Forbes.

Notary public for the First Judicial circu it.

This unique sheet now graces a page in my collection, but notwithstanding the instructions of the old man, someone had cut the sheet into ten p a irs ; even in this condition the sheet is unique. Then I came across a package of envelopes each bearing a copy of the two cent lithographed of 1861 on both the horizontal and vertical laid papers, catalogued from $5 to $15 each.

I selected the finest and added another magni - ficent page to my collection. These envelopes were a ll addressed to H. M. W hitney, but in some cases the natives spelled the name H. M. Wini : that being their pronunciation of the name. I then found an envelope endorsed as follows

“ Old Stamps Used and Unused not cancelled.

Sent some of the oldest toG . D. Gilman and sold w ell.Not used or assorted. Rare old 13 cent very valuable Hawaiian stamps. H. M. W hitney.

This envelope contained one copy of the 2 cent Missionary, a copy of which recently sold in Paris for $4,600. Four copies of the 13 centH. I . & U . S- Postage Missionary worth $1,000 each, and one copy of the 13 cent Hawaiian Postage worth $800. How m y eyes glistened and my heart beat as I gazed on this magnificent lot. I w ill refer to them later on.

Another lot of stamps consisted of a set of six each of the 18 7 1-7 6 issue in mint condition. The best on each sheet being the 5 cent blue, bluish, catalogued at $ 1.5 0 and the 18 cent rose $2.50. There were ten of these cards.

Then there were two envelopes addressed toH. M. W hitney, Boston, with Pomeroy’s Express stamps on them in fine condition.

Another envelope contained some fractional currency issued in 1863, and the balance of the bundle was an assortment of various used stamps of later issues than those mentioned. .

A second look at the Missionarys showed me that th ey, were printed in black on thin white ' paper, and I became convinced that I had before me the original proofs of these rare stamps, but a careful comparison with my original copies convinced me that Mr. W hitney had probably received them from some party in early days who desired to get his opinion as to whether they were near enough like the original to stand m uster or that they had been made for illustration purposes. To those fam iliar with the genuine stamps these forgeries could be easily detected, but to the inexperienced they would have proved dangerous. I do not remember of having seen any other copies of these dies except in the Descriptive Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of Hawaii, published many years ago.



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CONTENTS.19 F ebruary, 1910.

G ossip oy t h e W r r k ...................Receipt Stamp Forgeries - - .Votes or the Stamps or Saraw ak - Ik Praise or Philately • ■ - - The W orld 's Stamp Errors

CORRESPORDRROE.......................

New Issues a ed Ol d * - • -N ew s i s Br i e f ..................................

A Rare Find ir H aw ahars - • • Editor's Letter box ■ - •Society N ews - - -

OUR PUBLISHING DAY AND ADVERTISERS.

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tisers’ convenienoe to the greatest possible extent, but where proofs nave to be supplied and returned our printers must have the "copy" by Thursday morning at ths blast, as we now have to print off a portion of our Issue on Saturday morning


undertake the examination and dentlflca- tk>n of their stamps that we have made arrangements to accede to theli wishes

We shall be pleased to exp seen opinion aa to the genuineness or at rwlse of any stamps submitted to us, or identify them tkocoraing to any catalogue at a charge of 6d. per stamp (minimum 1M. AN fees must be paid in advance with sufficient added to pay for return postage and registration.

Stamps upon which an opinion b desired should be mounted on a separate sheet from toe totter aeoompsnying them and addressed to " The Expert,” e/o The Edito. „• " T he Postaqe s ta m p , 14. Sudbo* 1 Road, Brixton, London, S.W. Qrn®

THE KENT AND SUSSEX PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

The Annual General Meeting of the above society was held at tbe President's house on January lis t, 1910. Present: Mrs. Collins, Rev. D. J. Stather Hunt, Miss M. R. Rix, Mr. Dalwigk, Dr. Harmer. Dr. Cecil Rix and Mr. Fred J. Melville.

The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the President, tbe Vice-Presidents and all other officers, except the Hon- Secretary were re-elected. Miss M. R. Rix. the Hon. Sec. unfortunately, however, found it necessary to resign, which resignation was accepted with regret by the members present. On the motion of the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Dalwigk was elected to fill the vacancy.

The Hon. Treasurer then read the balance sheet for the past year. The Hon. Sec. read a letter from Major Evans thanking the Society for their donation to the Bernstein testimonial.

The next item on the programme was a display of the stamps of Sarawak by Mr. Melville, who had very kindly come down from London to show his collection. The collection is very complete, and rich in panes and large blocks, among the more noticeable items being the first stamp issued by Sarawak mgraved plate. Of the stamp issued in 1871, Mr. Melville showed another engraved specimen. The rarer shades of the various issues are shown in large unused blocks. Among the Perkins, Bacon & Co. printing, are a large number of proofs, both perforate and imperforate. also sheets showing various " pence " surcharges, which were fully explained by Mr. Melville. At the termination of the display, the Hon. Treasurer proposed a hearty vote o f thanks to Mr. Melville for his kindness in specially coming down to show his splendid collection.

All amateurs interested in Philately in the vicinity of Tunbridge Wells, who are not already members, are invited to write for

Particulars of the above Society to the Hon. ecretary, R. E. R. Dalwigk. 1 9 . Claremont

Road, Tunbridge Wells.

NORTH OF ENGLAND P H I L A T E L I C S OC I ET Y.The usual monthly meeting of the Society

was held at the Y.M .C.A.. Newcastle, on Thuriday evening, the 3rd of February.

The President, Mr, M. H. Horsley, took the chair at 7-30. and there were 31 members present.

After formal business. Messrs. T. F. Mar- riner and Thos. H. Seed were elected members, bringing the membership ud to tot.

The Chairman then lhowed a portion of his superb collection of Victoria. Among many fine stamps were the following: A brilliant unused copy of S.G. 2. Ham's first printing, 10 or 12 unused copies o f Campbell 8t Ferguson's printings, to unused copies of the later printings of the 2 l , and a block of 6 used, two beautiful print copies of No. 17, an unused pair perf. 12. 15 unused copies of 2d. Queen on throne, mostly with gum, and 3 pair used shouting errors of lettering, a superb used copy of is. octagonal rouletted. Tbe emblem aeries complete, used and unused including the Id. star; an unused pair of the 2d. lilac serrated, two used copies of the 2d. lilac perf. 12. In the Beaded oval series he showed two copies of the 3d. blue on laid, a superb unused copy of fid. orange. The rarest Australian stamp, an unused block of 9 pale blue, and two copies of the ad. rose, wink. 5/-. Among those o f the Laureated

series, a large variety of perforations, and beautiful set of unused copies of the varieties of watermark were shown. The 5s. V and Crown wa* represented by brilliant mint copy on yellow paper and 8 mint copies of other varieties.

At the conclusion of the display, a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Horsley for his kindness was moved by Mr. W . Waite Sanderion seconded by Mr. Hume and carried with acclamation. Mr. Horsley in his reply promised to show the balance of his Victoria next Session.


The thirty-ninth ordinary meeting took place on Thursday, February 3rd. Mr. Alex. J. Sefi occupied the chair.

/liter the usual formalities. Mr. E. Hegin- bottom's collection of St. Vincent with notes, was passed round for inspection. Among stamps specially noticeable, was a copy of the 1886 Id. rase red. compound perf. 11 to I2j, by 14 to 16, also a well centred copy of the [880 5s. rose red. In the Provisional issues were included two separate halves of the 1880 id. on half of fid. blue green, an unsevered pair of the id. on half of 6d. yellow green, the "O N E PENNY ’ on 6d. yellow green, and the 4d. on Is. vermilion. All the other issues to date, being well represented by fine used copies.

The next item consisted of a display by Mr. D. H. Jackson of the stamps of Nigeria. This included the stamps of Lagos, Niger Coast, and Northern and Southern Nigeria. Very few stamps being missing from any of the countries, excepting Niger Coast, in which Mr. Jackson does not include the provisionals. The King's Head issues were complete in all values, in the single and multiple watermarks, and also the ordinary and chalky papers, most of them being in mint condition.

After the display, votes of thanks to Mr. E. Heginbottom and Mr. D. H. Jackson, brought a most enjoyable evening to a dose.


BRIGHTON BRANCH.On Thursday the 10th inst., Brighton mem

bers gathered together in goodly numbers to enjoy a double-barrelled programme, Mr. J. C. Dallimore giving a paper and display of Great Britain post cards; and Mr. W. Mead a display with notes of the stamps of France. Mr. Dallimore pointed out that entires and post cards were usually neglected by the ordinary philatelist, he personally thought they were more worthy of attention, in this Mr. Dallimore was supported by several present. The paper, which was excellent, gave * brief account of all the post cards of Great Britain in the order of their issue, and the display, which was practically complete, was thoroughly enjoyeJ. Mr. Mead followed with hit display of France. This collection contain* many rare stamps, the folipwing call for special mention 1-1849 issue, the ifr. orange-brown, and the 40c. with the variety " wider 4 in 40." 1861 issue, a complete set of the Susse perforations, and a pair of the Ifr. (1849) carmine-brown on piece o f original, this latter, though not ths rarest, was certainly the finest piece in the collection.

Mr. Mead has done much useful philatelic research rt the various obliterations, and showed stamps of nearly every issue bearing curious postmarks.

Mr. G. Lumgair proposed a vote of thanks to the two gentlemen who had so kindly given much time and trouble towards making the evening a success. This was ably seconded by the Rev. H. C. Bond and carried unanimously.

J. IRELA N D .Hon. Sec. and Treasurer,

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1898. 5/- green and mauve ... 6 0• P 10/- green and brown ... ... 3 6

1901s Id. on 2id....................... ... I 0id. on 6d............................ ... 1 0

1902' 1 /- King, single wmk. ... ... 0 6f* 2 / - ..............................

A ll fine used.... 2 0

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T 1NDER half to one-tenth Catalogue. ^ Fine selections, prime stamps (all

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T-IRITISH Id., 1858. stara, 1/3 1,000 — Barnes, 18, Raveley St., London. N.W.

(T R E A T BRITAIN, on approval, references please.—Miss Alice Nicot, P.i,

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SUPERB PO STALLY USED COPIES. Br. Hast Africa, 1896, 2as. or 2)as. ...

,, „ 3 or eas................., „ $or8as....„ ,, 2 Rupees,, 1897, Ir. (blueor ultra

marine),. ,. 2r. scarce value

French Madagascar, 1895, Sfr.. scarceLiberia, 1881, 3c. b la c k ........................Levant, French P.O., 1902, 40c. scarce

value„ Brit. P.O., Qeeen, 4 piastres ...„ ., King, 3d., obsolete

Mauritius, 36c., orange and blue„ 1902, 12c. on 36c....................

Nyassa, 1901, 2)r. to 300 reis, setNiger Coast, 1893, 2d. green .............Nicaragua, 1907, Costa Atlantica B or

Costa Atlantiea C, lc. to 5 pesos,scarce, each s e t ...................................

Suriname, 1893, 15c. 2d,. 20c. 5d.. 25c.Id., 30c.

•• 1899. 2 gulden 50c. lilac, cat. 7/6 3:6Swiss, 1905, 20,30,40, 5«c., I or 3 francs id. Senegal, 1892, lfr„ scarce, fine ... 9<l.Seychelles, 1893. 3C./4C. (block of four

li-) 3d... „ 12/16. 15/16, cat. 31-... qd.

„ 12c. sepia and green 8(1.Br. Somaliland, King, la. mult bi-col.) id.St. Kitts, 1904, Single CA , 2d................ 6d.Roumania, 1906, S.G., type 26, I. 3. 5,

10 bani Id.„ „ ,. I leu fid. 2l. 1/3

„ S.G., 27/36,1,3, s, 10b. td „ 15 or 25 bani 2ld.

., ■> 25b. green"and blk. error 6d.

,, ,. .. 40b. or 50b. 4d.„ ,. „ I Ieu7d.,2l. 1/3„ ,, ., complete set

SPECIAL BARGAINS IN UNUSED (Mint?Canada, 1897, 8c. or toe. .............. 8d.

„ 1908. Quebec (blocks 25 percent less) ic. id.

„ ,, „ toe. (block offourt/H) 6d.

1 Lagos, King, mult., 2d. (block of four 1/3 4d. . Straits Settlements, Queen, 2C. CC 6d. 4c. 8d.

,, on Labuan, id. to$i set £1 | Wanted:— Old issues Great Britain, Natal,

King, I /- mult., etc. High prices paid.J ames Rhodes, 62.market s r mahghester

4d.

IS:33

2/641- 2; 6 6d.

4d-

1 /- Jd. 1/8 3.‘3

to-

6d.

THESE OFFERS C A R E FU LLY. G r e a t B rita in , 1847, 1/- octagonal a. d.

(not cut out) ................................... 1 9B ritish S o m a lila n d , set of 6 King’s

Head, complete, used .............. 2 9B ritish S o m alilan d , Queen, 2)a.,

mint ....................... ; .............. 0 3T u rk s Is la n d s, 1882.4d. grey, mint

(cal 3/-)....................................1 3(Block or pair at same rate).

A u s tr ia n L e v a n t, 1888. 2pi. on 20kr.mint (cat. 1/6)................................... 0 5

H ay ti, 1898-1900.1 to ior., set of 8 used 0 8 P e rs ia (Shah’s Head!, 1903-4.1. 2, 5

and 10 kran (cat. I/10) ..............0 6P e rs ia , 1903, surcharged ’ ’ Provl."

complete set of o (cat. 4/4).............. 1 0P e rs ia , 1906. complete set o f 6 (c. 2/9) 0 8 R oum an ia, 1906, commemorative, set

of 5 (cat. 1/ 1 ) ................................... 0 6POSTAGE BXTRA.

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ST. VINCENT.1862. Id. rose red ............ 2 0

6d. green ......................... 3 01863- Id. rose red ............ 3 0

„ 6d. green ......................... 9 01869. I/-blue ....................... 12 6

,. I/- b r o w n ........................ 161871. Id. black ........................ 2 O

,. 6d. g r e e n ....................... 5 o1877. I/- vermilion ............. 8

C A N A D A 1897. ic., 2c.. 2c.U n l i A U H . (map), and 3c.. in mint con

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J U S T A F E W !cat. s. d.

Gibraltar. 1889, Ipi. bistre, mint to 0 4 0Grenada, 1883, 8d. brown, mint 5 0 2 0Natal. I867. CC, li-green ... 7 6 2 6

,, 1874. CC, 6d. lilac . . . 2 0 0 8S. Australia, 1867, 21- carmine

S.G. 64 8 6 3 0., 1892, do.. S.G. 292 to o 4 0,, 1891. O.S. on id. gm &2d. or.

bothwithdotafterSom itted.pr. 3 o Approval Selections against references.

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Founded byE D W A R D J. N A N K IV E LL Edited byFRED. J. M E LV ILLE .

No. 22. Vol. 5. 26 FEBRUARY, 1910, Price Id.Whole Number 1?6)____________________ _______________________________________ _____

Gossip of the WeelfBY C O R N E L IU S W R IN K L EA Vm I Circulation.

T HE Postage Stamp has the largest circulation o f any print in the W orld. Don’t

think I ’m boasting. I leave that to advertisement gatherers and chanticlers. Over e leven thousand millions were sold in America alone last year. (These figures are certified by the Third Assistant Pistm aster-Oeneral of the I'nited States). The English copies sold

were nearly as numerous. Returns from the rest of the world are not yet to hand.

Those Baffling " Billions.”By the way, mention of those figures reminds

me of a letter from a correspondent relative to the extracts we recently printed from the U .S. report.

14<A Feb., 1910 .

Billions of Postage Stamps.

Dear Sir,In The Pottage Stam p of the 5th February,

you say “ As predicted in the last Annual Report, the total issue of postage stamps of all kinds crossed the ten billion mark in the fiscal year1908-9. The exact number is 11 ,2 19 ,5 7 9 ,4 4 1 .” Should not this read eleven thousand, two hundred and nineteen millions, five hundred and seventy-nine thousand, four hundred and forty- one ” 1

M ultiplied by 1.000 11,219 ,579 ,4 4 1,0 0 0 thisreads eleven billions, two hundred and nineteen thousand, five hundred and seventy-nine millions, four hundred and forty-one thousand.

W ishing you every success, and hoping you may live to be a billionaire,

Yours faithfully,O l i v e r G o l d s m i t h .

Cornelius Wrinkle, Billionaire.The use of the term billion was that of the

official report. Strictly speaking an English billion is a m illion m illions, but the French use the term to define a thousand m illions, and possibly this is an accepted meaning of the word in the United States, Miss F itte also treated us to dissertation on this subject, and went on to dilate on trillions (a billion billions) and the weight of the earth. I should have printed her letter but for the risk of a famine of O’s a t the printers. But Mr. Goldsmith’s letter very properly calls attention to the differences in the use of the word billion, and his good natured wishes call for Retaliation, Billionaires may have to stoop to conquer, and that of course would put me out of the question 1 But if I live long enough my stamps may be worth a trifling trillion or two, especially as I am thinking of joining a new issue service. But one good wish deserves another, and I wish my correspondent A Haunch of Venison whenever he wants one, and everything else that is palatable and good.

Catalogues and Prices.Another collector has discovered some anomalies

in the dealers’ catalogues, and is kicking agaiust the pricks. W riting on February 14th, he says:—Dear Sir,

1 think it is about time, in the interest of philately, that something was done by the powers that be towards the issuing of a catalogue which shall be an accurate guide to the prices, or more properly speaking, to the values of the stamps one get so wrapped up in.

To my mind at present the m atter is utterly misleading. I pick up one catalogue and find Ceylon. 1855-7, 4 rose, £9, 8 brown, £9, 2s.


blue, £5, the uext catalogue gives for the same stamps the prices £ 16, £ 1 5 aud £8 respectively.

W hich is right, either one man is selling to fools (it seems as if dealers thought a ll p hilatelists to be fool3), or the other man is giving his stuff aw ay. 1 know that dealers have to live, so has philately. Personally, I think that this huge difference in catalogue values compared with the prices one can buy at, are more likely to stamp out and disgust one for one’s fancy to the little bits of paper than anything.

Can nothing be done in the m atter? 1 am sure if the m atter were tackled in a proper m anner a catalogue could be put on to the market which would be more fa ir than any at present.

Yours fa ithfully,C . B o o t h u y .

W hat Is the Real Value?I am afraid it would serve no useful purpose

to open up the old old question of the collectors catalogue a t this juncture. It w ill doubtless provide occasion for many long screeds from writers and speakers for years and years and years. But it may interest Mr. Boothby and other readers to note some comments on the pricing question published some time back by Mr. Ewen in his journal. He says

“ Here is another remarkable instance of varying catalogue prices.

Porto Rico, Baby-head, 1690, 40c., Orange.Seuf, Germany (1908) ... Cat. price used 20s.Kohl. ,, ............... „ „ 20sYvert & Tellier ,. ,, 12s.Catalogue, Official (1908) .. ,. 12s.Scott, U S A . (1908) ... ,. „ 8iGalvez, Spain (1906) ... ,. ,, 7s.Stanley Gibbons (1908) ., 4s.Whitfield King (1908) , ,, 3s.Bright & Son (1908) .. 2s, 6d.

“ The collector who buys at ‘ half-catalogue ’ in Germany will thus be paying 2J times the English catalogue price. It is again noticeable how the catalogues of each country follow one another in the matter of pricing.

“ The Colonial Stamp Market’s buying rate for ■ this stamp is 2s., but, perhaps, it is needless to state no transactions have taken place. The collector or dealer who has any naturally sends them on to the continent, where he w ill do much better, even if he gets only a third or a quarter of the quotations ruling there. On the other hand, if an English dealer attempts to compete with the continent by offering say 3s. or 4s. apiece for the stamp, how is he to m ake a profit? If he attempts to sell i t in this country he w ill be told it is too dear for his clients, whose complete ignorance of its international market value does not prevent them from expressing a very decided opinion. Their only argument is that it is catalogued so much by so-and-so, and they seem to think that is the beginning and end of the discussion.

“ It will be seen from the above example^ that a collector may often make a better bargain by paying full catalogue price than by buying at h a lf. In the case o f the above stamp the English collector buying at “ fu ll catalogue ” is better off than the German collector paying half, yet the latter is probably pleased with his “ bargain ” w hilst the former is grumbling at the dearness of his acquisition 1

“ It is very often a fact that a collector who only buys at half-catalogue makes a worse in vestment than one who pays fu ll price. It stands to reason that a dealer who sells a t a big reduction must stock in a large proportion those stamps which are fa llin g in value or stamps which are quoted above their international market va lu e : stamps which he knows to be rising in value he keeps in his safe w hilst those which are quoted higher in foreign catalogues he sells abroad. The collector who buys a t a big discount off catalogue is thus filling up his collection with stamps which are fa llin g in value, i f only he knew it . The collector who only asks a moderate discount from catalogue gets a much wider choice of stamps, if he is w ide-aw ake. But as few collectors are competent enough to know what is going up, they can only be sure of not missing the good ones by insisting on com pleteness.”

U.S. Collector* on U S. Commemorative*.

Under the title o f “ A Defence of Commemor- atives,” Redfielde S tam p W eekly recently published m y notes entitled “ Concerning Commemor- atives.” Mr. Louis G . Quackenbush, the well- known American writer, and editor of Redfield’s. has followed this w ith an able editorial article discussing the subject, in the course o f which, he throws some fresh light on the subject. 'Not having commemorative stamps of our own in Great Britain it m ay come as an interesting novelty to some of us to learn that “ there is seldom much ill-feelin g against the commemorative stamps of one’s own country. We are apt to be rather fond of them than otherwise. Most American collectors, when they declaim against commemorative stamps, have in their mind’s eye the issues of countries on the other side of the world, and would be somewhat surprised to learn that in England the United States is considered one of the most hardened and flagrant commemorative offenders.”

“ The Postage Stam p” a * Official Organ.The Isle of Thanet Philatelic Society, of which

particulars are given elsewhere in this issue, hits appointed The Postage Stamp to serve as its official organ. In future notices and announcements of the Society w ill appear in The Postage Stam p, as well as reports of its m eetings. Owing to the publication of this journal every week we are able to give prompt publication to secretarial notices for Societies which we serve as official organ. To be able at a few days notice to publish an announcement in The Postage Stamp to reach every member of a Society is an advantage worthy of consideration to society secretaries. It saves * much circularising, and gives a wide publicity to the doings of live philatelic organisations .

The J.P.S. “ At Home.”The first thing that happens after the Congress

is an “ A t Home,” given by the Junior Philatelic Society. On Saturday, April 30tb, the J .P .S . will be “ At H om e” from 3 till 5 p .m .. a t the Victoria Station Restaurant (S.E . St C . Railway) to a ll philatelists and their friends.

In view of the large number of collectors who w ill be in town for the Congress, this function w ill doubtless be well attended.


A band w ill play while the visitors are taking ̂afternoon tea.

Tickets, price one shilling, which indodes re- j freshments, m ay be obtained from the Hon. Secretary, M r. Ralph Wedmore, 54, Park Road, West Dulwich.

I hope that m y readers w ill make early application for tickets for themselves and their friends and not miss what promises to be a very enjoyable entertainment.

How to S ta r t a P h ilate lic S ociety .The Editor’s recent articles on “ How to Start

a Philatelic Society ” having proved of service to a number of honorary secretaries and others interested in active philatelic organisation work, arrangements are being made to reprint these articles, by request, in the convenient form of a Postage S tam p Handbook. Further particulars w ill be announced shortly.

Tbe Philatelists’ Pcstmaster-GetjeralThe Right Hot>. Sydney Buxtoq,BY FRED. J. M E L V IL L EA Orest Poitma*ter-General.

T HE promotion of Mr. Sydney Buxton to the Presidency of the Board of Trade removes from the Post Office tbe most notable chief that department has known since Mr. Henry Fawcett occupied the office of Postmaster-

General. Philatelists may regret the change, as Mr. Buxton a t the Post Office was always ready to give attention and support to matters brought to his attention by philatelists, but they will nevertheless be delighted that the distinguished work of the philatelists’ Postmaster-General has been recognised and marked out for the rewards of political life.

Mr, Buxton’s parliamentary career extends over twenty-seven years, and next year should be his twenty-fifth successive year in the representation of the Poplar division of London. Mr. Buxton is a Trinity College, Cambridge man, and was probably a contemporary there of the late M r .T .K . Tapling, M .P., who was his junior by two years.

It is however, with his career at the Post Office that we are chiefly concerned. Mr. Buxton took up his duties at the Poet Office in 1905, succeeding Lord Stanley. The period 19 0 6 -19 10 has been marked by several reforms of first importance and numerous minor, but interesting innovations.

A Record of Refora.The most important introduction of his was the

reduction of the nnit rate of postage on letters to the United States of America, on October 1st, 1908, to one penny. This step completed the penny postage link with the English-speaking peoples of the world. That the reform was financially sound there can be no question. The increase of .correspondence between the two countries was about 25 per cent in the first year.

The State system of radio-telegraphy is another achievement of Mr. Buxton's term of office, anQ the introduction of the Id. per lb. rate on newspapers and magazines to Canada has given the British publisher a chance of competing with the United States publisher, who has hitherto had the field to himself in the Dominion. The 8£ millions of British journals sent into Canada last year under this new rate must also have served in no small measure to strengthen the bonds between Canada and the Mother Country.

Newfoundland, our oldest Colony, seems to be on the eve of great prosperity, due no doubt largely to British journalistic enterprise, and the extension of the Canadian magazine post rate to Newfoundland will be highly advantageous to the

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British publishers and to the Colonists themselves.The practical philanthropy of the reduction of

the postage on journals and books in the various systems of printing literature for the blind has been widely recognised and a great increase in the production of such papers has resulted.

O f international importance was the increase of the unit weight on foreign and colonial letters from J oz. to 1 oz., and the lowering of the rate per oz. over and above the first unit to l|d . per oz. instead of 2|d. per i oz. To philatelists and all who have correspondence with the Colonies and foreign countries this double benefit must have been a great boon. A 2oz. letter to a foreign country cost under the old rate 10d., while under the new rate it costs only 4d.

We could go on to detail important extensions of the Parcels Post both at home and abroad, the Cash on Delivery system, and other of the varied operations of the Post Office.

In tbe Department Mr. Buxton has been w ith out question a very popular Postmaster-General. He has been very attentive to the grievances, real and fancied, of the postal staff throughout the country. He has probably visited more post offices and addressed more of his staff than any other Postmaster-General of recent times. He has recognised the various organisations of the post office vvorkers, and has been ready to meet and discuss questions relating to their various demands.

“ The Thin End ef tbe Wedge.*’As a speaker, both in Parliament and out of it,

Mr. Buxton was always entertaining, and although a good deal of a statistician, invariably imparted a redeeming atmosphere of humour into his ad dresses. His speech on tbe Post Office Vote last April was one of the most enlivening discourses of the cession. On that occasion he told his critics that “ anybody can find Genesis, but it takes an able-bodied man to tarn up Hosea. Nothing is easier than to suggest reform, but it is much more difficult to carry it out.”

Mr. Buxton has destroyed quite a little of the superfluous red tape of the department. He once chaffed an assembly of postal officials on tbe arguments put forward, often enough, in opposition to reforms of a ll kinds. “ When I do want to introduce a really good reform into the Post Office the argument, and the only argument used by these permanent officials is the argument of the thin end of the wedge. B at as regards the permanent official, I will say this, that he is often put up as a sort of Aunt Sally, against whom


anyone can throw a cocoanut, or something harder.”

There were some probably who thought the introduction of advertisements into the little stamp books was the thin end of the wedge which should lower the dignity of the department. But this was a good business scheme, and is open to considerable extension in the post office department. Sweet are the uses of advertisement and great the power. A vast circulation has its value in the commercial world, and it is difficult to see any just cause or impediment why, when the Post Office has a commodity of such value, it should not be made productive. Although a wide departure from precedent in the case of the British Post Office, it is not so long since the New Zealand Post Office let the backs of their postage stamps for advertising the news that “ Gold Miners use only Sunlight Soap.”

P h ila te lic S y m p ath ies .As we have said, to philatelists Mr. Buxton has

been a sym pathetic Postmaster-General. In 1908 he personally opened the Caxton Hall Exhibition organised by the Junior Philatelic Society. On that occasion he shewed little sympathy with the extravagant issuance of stamps by insignificant countries and colonies.

He spoke of Brunei having issued stamps w ithout having post office, postmen or Postmaster- General, and later when answering a philatelic correspondent, produced a rough drawing of a specimen of the early bogus stamps, though Brunei has now attained all the accessories mentioned, including, no doubt, a chief of the postal department.

“ I should think ” said Mr. Buxton in his opening speech, “ that the collectors who happen to collect any of the Central American States’ stamps, and stamps of that kind, m ust regret very much that Columbus ever discovered Am erica.”

Mr. Buxton began his official career at the Colonial Office as Under Secretary for the Colonies 1892-18 95, and a little bit of Colonial post office history related by him is worthy of repetition.

“ I remember a good many years ago, when I was at the Colonial Office, a certain person (I won’t mention his name) ram out of 2 id . stamps, and in collusion with four or five friends, got about two hundred of the one shilling stamps and overprinted them 2Jd. His friends came into the office, bought up the whole of the two hundred, and had them put on envelopes, and stamped over the counter so as to make them appear as a genuine issue. That gentleman le ft the Post Office I ”

Mr. Buxton is not an enthusiastic believer in the artistic excellencies of our current English stamps. “ I do not thing the English stamp either in design or in artistic merit, is worthy of this great nation ” he has told us, and most p h ilatelists w ill cordially agree. But as he also in formed us, any alteration in our stamps would, of course, be an expensive m atter.

Twelve Peony Stamps for is . M .1

It is perhaps only in the nature of things that a man of humour should at time3 be misunderstood. A number of newspapers mistook Mr. Buxton’s laughing suggestion to issue a mourning stamp as a serious proposition. And no doubt when the Postm aster-General chaffingly offered his philatelic audience to sell them penny stamps at Is. 6d. the dozen he little expected that numbers of members of the general public would send him orders for the stamps at that rate. Vet they did 1

But that sense of humour so rarely absent from his public utterances really did much to interest the outside world in the work of the Post Office, and if he did not find on coming into office that “ either from outside or inside the Post Office is altogether a Mutual Adm iration Society,” he has certainly le ft it in a state of internal peace and in high favour with the outside public.

The new Postmaster-General is Mr. Herbert Samuel, who attained Cabinet rank last year. Mr. Samuel represents the Cleveland division of Yorkshire.

Con?n>en?crativesNew furore 017 at> Old Ouestici?By Louis G. Quackenbtish in “ Redfield's

W E do not doubt that most of our readers will have perused with much interest the article “ A Defence of Commemoratives,” reprinted from the English journal, The Postage S tam p, in our issue of January

22nd. It has been a long time since any writer for the philatelic press on either side of the ocean, has expressed views on any public philatelic question that have attracted such general notice and aroused so much discussion, Cornelius W rinkle’9 intrepid presentation of a new side of the commemorative question—or, at least, of a side of that question that has hitherto been much neglected—has, in fact, created no little furore in England ; and his position is being attacked by numerous influential critics. He is accused of belittlin g the attempted efforts of the British Phila-

Stamp Weekly ”

telic Congress in the direction of restricting unnecessary issues, of treating with too much levity a decidedly grave and serious matter, of distorting, not to say falsifying many aspects of the question, and of general high treason to the cause of philately.

Cornelius Is Acquitted.

We think the jury of fair and unbiassed philatelic readers everywhere w ill readily acquit him of these charges. And we, ourselves, believe that this gifted writer (whether it is Mr. Melville who now writes under this nom de plume, or another, we know not—but the ability of the present Cornelius W rinkle is beyond question) has done a great philatelic service in presenting with, to our mind, the utmost moderation and fairness


the unpopular side of one of the greatest and gravest o f philatelic questions. The commemorative stamp has long been the target of unlimited philatelic abuse. And nothing is surer than that, in some respects, it richly deserves a ll the ill things that have been said of it . It has indubitably belonged as a rule to the great and growing class of unnecessary issues—that i3 to say, it was not born of actual postal necessity—as, for in stance, the necessity of issuing new stamps, because the old designs have become unsuitable or unpopular with the public.

T he C a u se s of S tam p Issues.

The study of the causes which produce new stamp issues is a curious and interesting form of enquiry. There are many legitim ate reasons why a government should desire to change from time to time its stamp designs. Change of ruler; d issatisfaction of the ruler with his or her portrait, as at present in use ; utility of conforming with Postal Union Colours ; desire of better workmanship, or greater economy in production ; these are but a few of the reasons that suggest themselves on a moment’s thought. Even surcharging for emergency purposes is entirely defen sible; and temporary issues produced on that account are scarcely open to criticism . The temporary issue as a class, however, is, it cannot be denied, in bad odour. Many sins have been committed in its name. There is no manner of doubt that three-fourths of the temporary issues of the past dozen years lay under considerable suspicion of motive. We would not even attem pt to deny that a great m ajority of recent commemorative issues owe their existence largely to the voraciousness of the philatelic market for just such things. But we maintain, with Cornelius Wrinkle, that the evil bred by these issues is a good deal exaggerated ; and they possess a compensating measure of good which ought certainly to be taken into account.

S ow in g th e C ollectin g In stin ct.

Commemorative issues are, undoubtedly—and this is the point on which Cornelius W rinkle chiefly bases his argument—a great factor in the making of new collectors. They are as a rule, somewhat more beautiful, novel and interesting than ordinary issues. We go so far as to believe that any new issue, in any highly civilized country, w ill be the means of starting, more or less, people to collecting stamps. The change of design or colour w ill be rem arked; curiosity will cause comparison to be made between the new issue and the old ; and here and there persons of fitting temperament— predeslined philatelists, as it were—w ill find their interest thereby insensibly aroused to the subject of postage stamps in general. In the case of commemorative stamps the amount of casual public interest engendered is tenfold greater. The very circumstance that they celebrate some anniversary of national note gives them a passport to public attention, and very few persons, indeed, will fa il to pay them the tribute of a rather interested examination. If there happens to be about them something peculiarly piquant and fascinating—as there is in the case of many picture stamps—this examination may w ell lead, and undoubtedly does lead in a great many cases, to the saving of the stamps and the sowing of the collecting instinct. Picture stamps are long grown oorumonplace enough to

the experienced collector. But it must not be forgotten that to the general public the picture stamp is a decided novelty and curiosity ; and that really they are as a rule sufficiently unique and curious to deserve the attention they attract.

The International Inflnenca.

Apart from the proselytising influence of a commemorative issue on persons in its native land, is the further factor of its international influence. Such issues play a large part in the displays in dealers’ show windows or sidewalk cases ; and they there form au exhibition of much more interest to the passer-by than would a much finer showing (philatelically speaking) o£ ordinary issues. Sets of commemorative stamps are bought in their country of issue by tourists and sent home as gifts, when ordinary stamps would hardly strike the tourist as picturesque enough for the purpose. Everywhere that stamps are sold, in fact, whether at the post office or in the dealer's shop, this class of stamp is carefully thrust to the front—because it is good business both for government and stamp dealers to do so.

C om m em tratlves n et D istastefu l te the A ve ra ge C ollector.

Of course, not all commemorative sta m p are picture stamps. Our own commemoratives in this country (United States) have latterly been almost entirely of the portrait type. But they have been special portraits appropriately illustrative of special historical epochs, and equally fitted to attract special interest at home if not abroad. The fact is, that there is seldom much ill-feeling against the commemorative stamps of one’s own country. We are apt to be rather fond of them than otherwise. Most American collectors, when they declaim against commemorative stamps, have in their mind’s eye the issues of countries on the other side of the world ; and would be somewhat surprised to learn that in England the United States is considered one of the most hardened and flagrant commemorative offendors. To sum up the whole matter, we all of us will and do collect some commemorative stamps ; and doubtless a lways w ill to the end of the chapter. And all the agitation in the world will not alter human nature or make the commemorative issue distasteful to the general run of beginners and average collectors.


new issues and discoveries. Alt com tnunicat'ons should be addressed direct to the Editor.

The Postage Stamp Binding Covers.Handsome dark blue covers in buck{am , g ilt lettered tide

and back, m ay be bad from our Publishers, S ir Isaac Pitman * Sons. Amen Corner. London Price Is. Sd.

Bargains in Stamps]If yon want real bargains in Postage Stam ps read tbs

advertisem ent pages o f Iht Pottage Stamp every week. Every week there is something new, and many special bargains. If you miss a week you may miss the very stam p you want to complete a aeries,


Notes oi) tl>e Stan)ps of SarawakBY FRED. J. M E L V IL L E (Author of “ The Postage Stamps of Sarawak, with a history of the Post Office in Sarawak from 1869-1906." (Continued from page 244)

The First De La Rue leeue.

On November 4th, the 4 cents stamp of a new series was issued at the General Post Office at Kuching, heralding the arrival of the set produced by Messrs. De La Rue. The appearance of the fam iliar style of surface printing employed by this firm in lieu of the quainter lithographs, which had previously done service, led one writer to arrive at the conclusion that Sarawak must have joined the Postal Union at this juncture. But as we have already pointed out, this was not the case.

The stamps are not uninteresting. They provide a sm all variety of shades, and the postmarks employed in cancelling them are worthy of notice. A ll the stamps were bi-coloured, the head plate in a ll values up to and including the 6c. being in fugitive lilac, and from 8c. to 23c. in fugitive green, the stamps being intended and used for both postal and revenue purposes.Dates of Issue.

The dates of issue given us by the Postmaster- General were :

lc . June 6th, 1892 2c. November 11th , 1888 3c. 1 November, 1888 4c. November 10th, 18886c. June 12th, 1891 6c. November 11th, 1888 8c. November 11th , 1888

10c. June 12th, 1893 12c. November 11th, 1888 26c. November 19th, 1888

Shades.In the m atter of shades there is a pale and a

dark lilac of the 1 cent lilac and black.The 2 cents is catalogued by Gibbons in two

colours for the duty plate, viz., carmine and rosine, the latter name being obviously applied to the colour printed in aniline ink. The fact th at Gibbons use this term to describe the aniline colour is confirmed by the application of the name to the 1 cent dull blue and rosine of 190 1 (S .G . No. 66). Mr. Poole apparently reverses the colour names.Carolina and Rosine.

On this point we submitted copies of the stamps (S .G . 12, 13 and 66) to Mr. B . W . Warhurst who is well-known to have made a speciality of the colour nomenclature, and h e s a y s : “ If looked a t through a magnifier, the first 2c. (S.G . 12) w ill be found of as deep a tone as the others,

but of a different t in t such as is commonly associated w ith the name carmine. Rosine is short for ‘ roseaniline,’ and the tin t is of the ‘ rose * class deepened in effect by the saturation of the paper which makes the w hite lines of paper really pink. The eye takes in all the red m odified or reduced by the w hite lines of first stamp equal to reducing tin t one h alf, while the pink saturation increases apparent depth of the * rosine.’ ”

The colour in which the aniline die has been used, that is to say the rosine, is always recognisable by the colour shewing through to the back of the stamp, and should be distinguished from the deeper of the two shades of carmine, which are to be found on the earlier printing. Double Jubilee Lines.

When the aniline ink was introduced the jubilee line was added to the d uty plate (there was already one on the head plate), and so we find the sheets of this printing a ll have double jubilee lines. We should not Uke to say, however, as Mr. Poole says, that "apparen tly a new [duty] plate was employed for printing the value tablet,” as probably the jubilee line could be added to the existing plate. This however should be a scertainable by a comparison of sheets of each printing.

O f the 3 cents only one shade is given in the catalogue, but there a r e :

3c. lilac and blue3c. lilac and ultramarine3c. pale lilac and ultramarine

Two shades of the value tablet in the 4 c e n ts : 4c. lilac and orange4c. lilac and pale yellow

The 4 cents is the second in point of scarcity of the low values (up to 8 cents). There were 877 sheets printed of this value.

In the 6 cents we get two shades of the head p la te :

6c. lilac and green5c. pale lilac and green

The 6 cents, which is the scarcest of the series, was only printed to the extent of 214 sheets (12,840 stamps), and there is no marked shade variation.8c. w ith Double Jubilee Line*.

In the 8 cents we get a recurrence of the carmine and rosine colours for the duty plate. The aniline colour is here also distinguishable as before by the colour shewing plainly through to the back of the stam p. Mr. Poole obviously cannot mean that this stamp " was probably also printed from th ie new * d uty plate ’ ” referring to the “ new duty plate ” for the 2 cents value.

There are two shades of the carmine, both being distinct from the aniline colour, rosine, as they do not shew through the paper.

The 10 cents and 25 cents do not present any marked shade interest, but the 12 cents has the duty plate impressed in the blue and the ultramarine.

THE POSTAGE 8TAM

P M tm r lu .

The stamps may be found used together with Straits Settlements stamps, a stock of the . latter being maintained in the post office at Kuching for Bale for use on letters passing beyond the 8traits.

The postmarks we have noted on this issue are the diamond shaped lines enclosing the initial “ 8 ” in black ; the “ Sarawak ” circular dated mark in black, blue and v io le t ; “ Kuching ” circular in black ; “ Brooketon," “ Muka ” and “ Sadong ” circulars, a ll in black ; “ Simanggan ” circular in v io let; and the oblong “ Sarawak R egistered” in greenish blue. Baram and Sibu, and other town marks should also be found.Provisional* ol 1889. 9a.

The stamps of the issue just described were overprinted during the years 1889-1892 with new values for provisional duty. The overprinting was done at the Government Printing Office, Kuching.

The order of issue of these provisionals wasAugust 3rd. 1889. “ 2G ” on 8 cents of 1888.February 17th, 1891 •• 5C.” on 12 ,, ,,

• '5 0 .” on 12 ..January 12th, 1892. One Cent ” on 3 cents of 1888.(Shortly »fterwards) "o n e cent” .,

Date of the aC. on 8c.

Mr. Poole ascribes a ll these to “ the years 1891 and 1892.” So far as he can trace he says “ none appeared before May, 18 9 1.” The Postmaster-General, to whom we were indebted for the dates given above says the “ 2C ” on 8 cents was issued in August, 1889, the date now given in the Gibbons catalogue, but which we find was not given there previous to the edition for 1908.

It is not inconceivable that the 2 cents stamp without overprint was the first denomination to run short. It was issued on November 11th, 1888, and was the rate for Joz. local letters, and between the different stations and districts of the territory of Sarawak, it was also the fee for newspapers ; and the §oz. rate on packets, of printed matter, papers or books.

In any case, the stamp offers an interesting search for dated copies.

This stamp is to be found on both shades of the first (carmine) colour used for the value tablet. Really good double overprints are scarce, but defective overprints are numerous.

The gC. on 1

In the found w itl blue and let. Doub have one ' the handsl it did not

Tho gC. on 1In the !

blue and t The variet more impo printings f the period, seen no dc

Both thi the first re not make

“ One C en t”The stai

capital init lilac and b lilac and of this ovi teresting h setting of sheet at 01

“ one cen t"The ovei

found on b blue, and 1 iety withou the last st some of th<

We have this overpri

These tw it w ill be regular one first one ce June 6tb,


Tl>e Isle of Tbapet Philatelic SocietyScben?e to Read? 10,000 Scholars ip Healthy Margate

T HE recently constituted Isle of Tlianet Philatelic Society is making- excellent headway. It caters for the stamp collectors of that populous district of Thanet, and it is centralising the enthusiasts of Ramsgate,

Broadstairs and Margate. Every second and fourth Saturday meetings are held at the last-named resort, where Mr. A . Leon Adutt, the President, has placed at the Society’s disposal accommodation in the beautiful Queen’s and High Cliffe Hotel.

The President, Mr. Adutt, tells me that he and his colleagues are hoping to get collectors from the district extending as far as Canterbury, 16 miles from Margate. The Editor of The Portage Stam p has consented to give a lantern lecture at Margate this season, and in due course the Society w ill take up that part of its programme which involves the giving of lectures and displays at the numerous schools in the neighbourhood. There are no fewer than 400 schools in and around Margate, and as many as10,000 children are living as boarders in these schools. The children come from all parts of the Kingdom, and numbers of them come from abroad.

We have no doubt that the lectures in schools w ill meet with the success that the promoters o f the Society confidently anticipate. It is comparatively new ground, and must prove instructive and interesting to the children if conducted on bright, popular lines, and should certainly be widely beneficial to the spread of philately.

It will be something too to secure the co-operation and interest of headmasters and their coworkers. No district offers better opportunities for the philatelic missionary to the schools, and we wish the Society’s venture every success.

For the benefit of collectors not already in touch with the new Society, we give the fo llowing particularsOfficer*.

President— A. Leon Adutt, F .R .l ’ .S .L . Vice-President— Frank E . Nichol. M .B., M .A. Secretary and Treasurer— D. B. Armstrong,

“ Llanadern," Broadstairs.Committee— Rev. P. Wolfers, A . Wolfers, F.

Devon.Constitution and Rule*.

1.—The Society shall be called T h e Is l e of T h a n e t Ph il a t e l ic S o c ie t y , and its headquarters shall be situate in Thanet.

2.— Its objects shall be the bringing together of local stamp collectors with a view to the study and practice of a ll matters appertaining to p hilately .

3.— The entrance fee shall be 2s. 6d., and the subscription 2s. 6d. per annum, payable to the Treasurer after election.

Ladies shall be eligible for membership w ith out payment.

Collectors under 18 shall be adm itted upon payment of an annual subscription of Is., and w ill not be required to pay an entrance fee.

4.—The Officers of the Society shall consist of a President, Vice-President, Secretary and T reasurer, and the Officers and three other members shall constitute the Committee.

а , —The Annual General Meeting of the Society shall take place on the first Saturday in Ootober, when the Officers and Committee for the ensuing year shall be appointed.

б. —At a ll meetings of the Society, four shall be considered to form a quorum.

7 . —The ordinary meetings of the Society shall be held ou the 2nd and 4th Saturdays in each month, from October to May, at 8 p.m.

8. —If the conduct of any member, shall, in the opinion of the Committee be contrary to the interests o f the Society, such member shall be requested to resign, and his name deleted from the Register. Appeal against such actiou of the Committee may be made to an Extraordinary General Meeting convened for the purpose.

Programme, Season 1910 .January 29th.—Display, ‘ ’ Great Britain,’’ A .

Leon Adutt, F .R .P .S .L . February 12th .—Illu strated Paper, “ The Post in Morocco,” D . B. Armstrong. February 26th.—Paper and Display, “ British New Guinea and Papua," A . W olfers. March 12th .—Display with Notes, “ Cayman Islands,” A . Leon Adutt, F .R .P .S .L . March 26th — Easter Saturday. No Meeting. April 9th.— Display with Notes, “ British West Indies, Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda and Cayman Islands," E. Hegin- bottom, B .A ., F .R .P .S .L . April 30 th .—Paper and Display, “ U .S. used Abroad," D. B . Armstrong. May 14th .—Display with Notes, “ West Indies, Barbados and Dominica,” E. Heginbottom, B .A ., F .R .P .S .L . May 28th.—Paper and Display," Rarities,” Rev. P . Wolfers.

M eetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays in the month from October to May, at 8 p.m., at the Queen’s and High Cliffe Hotel, C liftonville, Margate.

On the small subscription it is impossible for a special advice of every meeting to be sent to members by post. Members should therefore preserve this programme, and also watch such notices as may be issued from time to time in The Postage S tam p.

The Postage Stam p is the official organ of the Society, * and should be ordered by every member from his bookseller or stationer, who will make a charge of one i>enny per week. Or it may be procured by members, through the post, at the special society rate. Society subscriptions should be sent to Messrs. Baldwin, Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge W ells.

Back Nos. of “ The Postage Stam p.”Tboae of oar friends who are I acting any back number*

Of tbs present vol. Will do well to write direct to our P u b l is h e r s , Sir Isaac Pitman i t Bona, 1 Amen Corner, London. E.C., for what tbey require. Han newsagent* do not care to bother about back numbers. Any number atilt on sale m ar be bad for the published price and poetage. i.*.. I4d.‘


New Issues at>d OldT h t E d ito r i n v it e s d e a le r s a m i r e a d e r s a t h o m e a n d a b r o a d la f i v e p r o m ft in fo r m a tio n c o r n e r m u g M e w Iss u e s A l t c o m m u n ic a tio n . m o d V

t e n t direct to t t u E d i t o r . 14. S u d b o n r n f R o a d , b r t n o n , L o n d o n . S.H'.A t t r r t h t n a m e «■ e a r n co u n t rv w e g i v e t h e P a g e o> THE POSTAGE STAMP o n w h ic h a p p e a r e d th e la s t r e fe r e n c e to th a t co u n tr y .

Crete.— (Vol. IV. p. 286).— Messrs. Whitfield King & Co. have kindly shown us three values of the current series, which they have recently received, surcharged “ H e lla s” in a new type. These are the 10 lepta (1908 ), and the 20 and 25 lepta (.1905). The new overprint is in large Grecian capitals, perfectly plain and with a right angled “ E,” in place of the fancy type and curved first character employed in the last surcharge.

Overprinted “ HELLAS " in large Greek capitals.10 lepta red (black overprint).20 lepta blue-green (red overprint).25 lepta ultramarine (red overprint).

Dutch Indies.— (Vol. IV. p. 104).—On the authority of Mr. H. Ahrens. Gibbons' S tam p W eekly chronicles a variety of the recent “ j a v a ’ ’ surcharge on the current stamps of the Netherlands Indies. It consists of the omission of the final “ A “ from the surcharge, and occurs on the 10 cents value.

New Hebrides.— (Vol. V. p. 235).— Some interesting statistics of the latest consignments of F iji stamps surcharged “ New Hebrides Condominium ” are given by Evien't W eekly Stam p .Yetea, from which we gather that a third supply despatched on May 10th, 1909, contained the following quantitiesand values :—id ., 7,200 (including 1,920 with the single watermark) ; 2d., 7,200 (second shade) ; 5d., 7,200 (second shade) ; Ixl.. 7,200 (second shade); Is., 7,200 (multiple waterm ark); whilst the fourth consignment on August 27th, 1909, was composed of 12,000 each of the Id . and 2d., and 6,000 of the 6d. and Is. values. In the face of the information given in a recent issue, it would appear that a fifth supply has been prepared. The same journal prints the follow ing extract from a letter written by the Resident Commissioner under date of November 10th, 1909 : “ it is intended to replace the present provisional issue by a permanent one of joint Anglo-French design, which is at present under consideration ; but I am unable to give even an approximate date for its appearance."

Northern N igeria.— (Vol. I l l p. 215).— The Id value printed entirely in carmine briefly referred to in our last issue, is the first of the three values in Postal Union colours, which have been prepared for this Colony, to make its appearance, although both it and the Jd. were chronicled from “ Specimen ” copies more than a year ago.

Mew colour. Multiple xrmk.Id. carmine.

Norway.— (Vol. V. p. 154). — Particulars are given by Gibbons’ S tam p W eekly of a change in the 1 krone stamp with the portrait o f King Haakon, which is now being printed from a plate prepared from the new die already used for the 2 krone, to which reference was made on page 105 of volume IV . of

The Postage Stam p. Supplementing the inform ation there given it may be well to note the fo llowing principal points of difference between the two dies :—

DIE I.Design measures 20 x isiram.There are eight lines of shading

across the forehead.There is a single line of (hading

on the button.Pillars supporting arch have )

lines of shading on the left and two on the right-hand side.

DIE II.Design measures 2li x 17mm.There are ten lines of shading

across the forehead.There are two lines of shading

on the button.Pillars have only two lines of

shading both on the right-hand aide.

Papua.—(Vol. V. p. 236).—The newly issued 2s. 6d. Papua ts,- Mr. A. Ashby points out, watermarked sideways. It is not in the same style as the Id., 2d., 2Jd., Gd. and Is., but resembles the $d. A sheet in the possession of our correspondent shews the perforation rough and clogged, and is partly doubly perforated. Other blocks, etc., are clean cut.

Mr. Ashby also informs us that he has the Id., perf. 12$, not included in our previous list, and expresses doubt as to the authenticity of the 2s. 6d. large surcharge, horizontal watermark, thin |>aper, which wc recently chronicled from Gibbons' S tam p W eekly. He suggests that it may be a used ordinary copy on rather thinner paper than usual. The fact that this variety is not known unsurcharged will be considered against its existence surcharged.*

P a ra g u a y . (Vol. V.-p. 214).— The current 1 peso official stamp has received the surcharge “ Habili- tado." and a black bar obliterating the word Official on the original inscription, thus converting it into an ordinary postage stamp. We have been shown a copy of this novelty by Messrs. Whitfield King k Co.

Surcharged ’ ’ HABILITADo " for use as ordinary postagr stamp.I peso carmine and black.

Siam. - (Vol. V. p. 82).— We quote from Gibbons' Stam p W e e k ly :—Mr. W. We. C . Teau, of Bangkok, writes us as fo llo w s: “ It may interest you and your readers to know that the official quantities of Siam provisional surcharged stamps are as follows ” :—

King's Head with Pagoda.2 aatang on 1 att. yellow and green ............. 1.056,426.2 2 atts. green ................................... 1.000.000.i i .. grey and deep violet -782,685.6 A ,. rose and carmine .............. 55T.J61.6 S .. rote and carmine ............. 28.531.

12 8 .. olive and dull black............. 919, 197.14 9 .. blue ................................... 941.467.6 6 „ carmine, profile, 1904 issue... 160,752.

“ It appears from this list that we have stillchronicle the 6 satang on 5 atts., which we

have hitherto not seen.'

• W e now learn from our contemporary that the watermark of this stamp it vertical and not horizontal as first announced.


South Australia.—(Vol. V . p. 154).— Two new valuesare reported, perforated by the new 12 x 11} comb machine, the 4d. by Ewen's W eekly Stam p N ew t, and the 9d. by that journal and Gibbons' Stam p W eekly . This brings the list o f values issued with this perforation up to six as fo llows :—

Wmk. C r o w n A . Ptrf. 12 X 111 (comb matkint).Id. pale green, td. mine, ad. bright violet.4d. orange-red.Sd. brown-violet.9d. claret.

Uruguay.— (Vol. V. p. 214)— Mr. A. H. Davis, writing in Gibbons' S tam p W eekly, mentions the existence of an error on the sheetB of the recently- issued “ 8 centesimos ” provisional. I t occurs as the first stamp in the fifth row in each pane o f 100, and consists o f the word “ centesim os" m isspelt '* conte8imos.” There were 800,000 of this provisional printed, so that there are thus 8,000 of these errors in existence.

How to Collect New Issues.The system atic collecting of New Issues is an

important development of Modern P hilately. Even in these up-to-date times there are stamps being issued occasionally which never get a chance to become common, and it is important to the co llector who wishes to keep right up-to-date to watch the New Issue column in The Postage Stam p, and keep in touch with the advertisements of New Issues in The Postage S tam p. Many of the readers of The Postage Stam p, by putting themselves in communication with some of the dealers who advertise New Issues in this journal, have had some exceptional bargains of late .

It is too late now to secure the 1 piastre 30 paras Levant for less than sixpence. It now realises 7s. 6d. But you can be in time for the next scoop. Consult our advertisement pages. There are several excellent services for the supply of New Issues advertised from time to tim e. Make your choice and join—soon.

Tl)c World’s Stanjp ErrorsTbe M ost Com prehensive and E n tertain in g A rtic le on th is S u b je c t yet publishedBY MISS F ITTE

Continued from page 11*1Finland.

ERROR AMD TYPE .

1866, & pen., black on buff ; 10 pen., deep brou-n on pale lilac, purple-brown on grey, deep brown on grey (23-26, 32, 33).

These errors are given in the catalogue as “ errors of co lo u r", but, from the portion of an article on the stamps of Finland in Stanley Gibbons M onthly Journal for April, 1906 (page 210), I gather that they arose from the fact " that in each case there were two copies of the error in each half-sheet of fifty stamps ” ; i.e ., four stamps of Five Peunia in the Ten Pennia sheet, and four stamps of Ten Pennia in the sheet of Five Pennia.

Another account says there was one error in the sheet of each value.

A great deal has, in the remote past, been said against these errors, but there is no doubt as to either their genuineness or their bona fides. The stamps of this period were “ serpentine ” rouletted, with a varying depth of tooth: (1) l j mm., (2) 1} mm., (3) 2} mm.

The Five Pennia, black on buff, thick, vertically laid paper, is known with the second and third varieties of roulette ; the Ten Pennia, deep brown on pale lilac, and purple-brown on grey, are known on the same paper, and respectively

with the second and third roulette ; and the Ten Pennia, deep brown on grey, and purple-brown on grey, thin, vertically laid paper, are found, the one with the second, and the other with the third variety of roulette.

The errors did not occur in a ll the printings of the other values ; and it is said that there were altogether 2,000 of the lower value, and4,000 of the higher.

The Ten Pennia, of the 1871 issue, is chronicled in the colours of the Five Pennia, but there is some doubt as to authenticity, so I omit more than this bare mention.

ERROR.

1891, 3r. oQk., yellow and black (14 6 ).A supply of the Three Roubles F ifty Kopecs

(of which the proper colours are grey and black) was, in 1897, printed in yellow and black, the colours of the Seven Roubles.

This error was given in the London Philatelist for April, 1904, as the “ fifth ra re st’1 error: whether, when it is a little more matured, it will continue to hold that place, is, at least, problematical. It is said that only part of a sheet was issued, but that there was (and perhaps is) at St. Petersburg a stock of these errors, which were intentionally (7) printed in the wrong colours.

To be continued.


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President—Mr. A. Leon Adutt, F.R.P.S.L.Secretary-M r. D. B. Armetrong.The second ordinary meeting of the season

war held at the Queen's and High Oiffe Hotel, Cliftonville, Margate, on Saturday, February 13th, 1910.

The Hon. Secretary and Treasurer took the Chair at 8 p.m., and after the formal business of the meeting had been dispensed with, proceeded to read his piper on “ The Post in Morocco,” in which he outlined the rite and development of the postal se vice in that country, and traced the histories of the various postal undertakings, both official and private. Hit remarks were illustrated by specimens of the actual stamps referred to in his text, which were passed round on loose sheets and examined with much curiosity by the members present. The collection was strongest in the little known and picturesque private local issues, but contained also a representative display of the various stamps issued by the foreign postal agencies in Morocco.

On the proposition of Rev, P. Wolfers, seconded liy Mr. A . Wolfers. the meeting accorded Mr. Armstrong an enthusiastic vote of thanks for his contribution to the programme, with which motion the President expressed a desire to associate himself.

-In a brief reply Mr. Armstrong stated that he hoped shortly to see the Society in a much stronger position.

The President, who had been prevented from attending at the early part of the meeting, assumed the chair about io o'clock, and on his recommendation Ths Posing* Stamp was unanimously adopted as the official organ o f the Society.

The announcement that Mr. Fred. J. Melville. the President of the Junior Philatelic Society, had kindly promised todeliver one of his popular lectures on philately before the Society at an early date was received with acclamation.

At the next meeting, which will take place on Saturday, February 36th, at 8 p.m., Mr. A. Wolfers will give a paper and display of " British New Guinea and Papua.”

SOUTH ESSEX PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

The first meeting of this Society was held on Tbunday. loth inst., at “ Ivydene,” Rectory Road, Walthamstow, at 8 p.m.

The President having taken the chair, donations to the “ Forgery Collection ” were acknowledged from Messrs- J. Minner and A . H. Clark, and a “ Even's Album” in which to house the Society’s Permanent Collection from the President, together with Index Box for Forgeries from Mr. R. H. Clark.

Formal business having been completed, Mr. R. H. Clarke then read a paper on “ Gambia: My Favourite Country and Why.” which was followed by M. J. Elsbury, on ” Why 1 collect.”

The President then gave a very interesting display, which he showed to the meeting, accompanied with copious notes on ’ ’ The Bye-Paths of Philately.” in the course of which subject he treated fully-. —Essays, Die and Plate Proofs. Colour Trials, Imprimatur Sheets and Specimens (on Production of a ” Postage Stamp” ), Postmarks,Control Letters, Fiscals, Entires, Postcards, Stationery. Forgeries, Locals, College and Telegraph Stamps, etc., concluding his display by showing a partly reconstructed sheet of the English One Penny Red, which he had plated specially for the occasion, A slight delay then occurred, owing to Dr. S. Jackson not having arrived, and pending his arrival the President stated that the programme revealed the fact that he was down for a ‘ General Display.” but Dr. Jackaon having arranged to show his superb collection of ” King's Head Colonials, he would carry hit display forward until the April meeting. In introducing Dr. Jackson, who arrived shortly after 9 p.m., he stated in a few well-chosen words, that it waa very appropriate that the Vice- President should be present at the Society's first meeting.

The members then availed themselves of the opportunity to study some of the treasures and gems contained in the collection. During the inspection the Vice-President kept the meeting interested by relat ng many little episodes which had occurred during his ’ ^philatelic career.” some of which showed how keenly he was absorbed in his hobby. His collection is practically complete in alt known “ King's Heads,” and the superb con-

i dition of his collection, which c intained only mint stamps, was much admired by ail present.

Mr. A. H. Clark proposed, and Mr. Elsbury seconded, a hearty vote of thanks to the Vice- President for having shown his collection, in resoonse to which members were cordially invited to visit Dr. Jackson, who will conduct them through his various collections.

The next meeting will be held on March roth, when a debate has been arranged on “ Old Issues versus New Issues.” to be followed with a paper and display on ” Hong Kong Postmarks.” by M. J. Elsbury.

R. H. C LA R K E,Hah. Secretary.

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Thu fifth meeting of the season was held at Essex Hall, on Thursday? February loth. Present: J. C. Sidebotham (in the Chair),J. E. Joselin, Guy Semple, A. B. Kay. W. Schwart, A. Levy, and the Hon. Sec. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the Hon. sec. displayed Mr. Heginbottom's collection of u<ed5t. Vincent, a fine and complete lot including all the rare provisionals, and the 5s. Star watermark. The display was accompanied by very interesting notes, and a hearty vote of thankiConcluded the meeting.

A t the next meeting, to bu held at Essex Hall, Essex Street, Strand, on Tbunday, March 10th, at 7.30 p.m., Mr. R. B. Yardley will give a display of Western Australia. All mem ben and any visiton will be welcome.

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Gossip of the WeelfBY C O R N E L IU S W R IN K L EA Congress Chat.

Til K time is drawing on towards the assembling uf the second liritish Congress

of Philatelists. There are good indications of it being representative of most of the philatelic societies in the liritish Isles. A lr e a d y t h i r t y-s i x societies are represented by eighty- four delegates, and t here may be a few additional ones yet to

be notified to the Organising Com mittee. Last year thirty-tw o societies appointed sixty-tw o delegates .

The Future of the Congress.

The future of the Congress, I think it will be generally agreed, very much depends on what is done a t the coming meetings. An examination of the programme shews that six hours is about the time lim it which the Organising Committee has fixed for the deliberations, and if I may make the suggestion without being misunderstood I should say that with the limited time at its disposal the Congress would be serving its best interests if it placed the subject of the proper constitutional organisation of the assembly first upon the agenda paper. It is true that a Committee appointed " to lay down rules and regulations of procedure and voting ” met and " after long discussions.” four 11 rules and regulations ” were unanimously adopted by that Committee of four. These rules, serviceable enough in bringing together the second Congress, can not be expected to adequately cover the contingencies of a long succession of Congresses, and no doubt others like m yself would like to see the institution on a sound and permanent footing.

Those Rule* and Regulations.

Let us consider the four rules and regulations. They a r e :—

1. Each Society under 100 Members may be represented by two D elegates; each Society of 100 to 200 Members by three Delegates ; each Society over and above 200 Members by four Delegates.

2. Each Delegate must register his vote in person ; no proxies being allowed.

3. Each subject for discussion must be notified to the Hon. Secretary of the Congress a t least two months before the opening date of the Congress. It is left to the discretion of the Executive Committee to make a selection from the subjects proposed.

4. The Chairman of the Executive Committee appointed by the Society, under whose auspices the Congress is held, shall be the Chairman of that Congress, and has the right to a casting vote, although he need not be appointed one of the Delegates of his Society. The other Members of the Executive Committee are admitted to the Conferences, but shall have no votes unless they are Delegates.Is th e R epresen ta tion R ep resen ta tiv e ?

In considering rule 1. which is pretty generous in its allowances for representation, it ought to be borne in mind that the smaller societies overlap each other considerably more in proportion than the larger societies. That is to say, in a society of fifty members you will often find that practically all belong to other and bigger societies and are thus doubly represented. Yet a society of fifty members gets two Delegates, while a society which is 199 only gets three. Probably four Delegates may be considered ample representation for any existing society. The second rule relates to voting, and here some provision might be made as to the manner of recording the votes.W a n t e d - A P e r m a n e n t C o u n c il.

Now to set the Congress upon a permanent basis it would seem to require a permanent representative body—a Council—to maintain consistency of organisation. The Council could be elected at


the Congress for a period of years, and the President of the Council should change each year, the Society inviting the Congress to their town having the right to name the President for the year, which would terminate with the conference. Thus i f the 19 11 conference were to be in the Isle of Man, the Isle of Man Philatelic Society should name the President to hold office from the end of the 19 10 Conference until the end of the Isle of Man Conference.And a Permanent Secretary.

Such a Council would enable the successive Congresses to maintain continuity of action. There would be a Secretary to the Council, who would have charge of the records of proceedings, and would be able to advise and assist the secretaries of the local Reception Com m ittees. When a com paratively sm all society in a provincial town in vites the Congress to meet under its auspices such assistance and information as the permanent Secretary would be able to afford would be of the greatest value. In itiative is not to be depended upon everywhere and at a ll times. Half the problems with which future hosts w ill be faced could be at once settled by an answer to the question “ W hat is usually done in such cases ? ” The representative Council would probably be a more suitable body to make the selection of subjects sent in for discussion, than the Executive Committee, which, under m y suggestion would become a Reception Committee.Looking Ahead.

I cannot too strongly assert that these remarks are more in the nature of suggestions for the future, and are not intended in any way to disparage the present agencies a t work on the Congress. I am looking ahead, and the second Congress I think could make it a less serious and uncertain undertaking for the smaller provincial societies to invite Congress to meet under their auspices in years to come. Up to the present I have heard no statement as to where ’next year’s Congress is likely to be. But I have heard of several societies which would not be unwilling to take up the work, if they could know something of what their invitation would be likely to in volve. At present they are in the dark.W h a t la a S o c i e t y ?

Returning to the question of representation.I think it should be clearly deiined in the future constitution of tlie Congress, exactly what is a “ S o c ie ty " within the meaning of the rule. At present the rule (No. 1) sim ply states “ Each Society," but I 'gather that this has been read by the Executive Committee as to mean “ Each Society which hold* regular or occasional m ee tings for ih e study of phila tely . . . If this idea is the correct one it should be incorporated at the first opportunity in the rules.

Next there should, I think, be some lim itation of the entry of newly formed philatelic societies. A philatelic society should have ju s tified its claim to be regarded as a possibly permanent institution by an existence of say, at least six months (or one year) before it should be adm itted to representation at Congress.A 5u((lclent Task for Second Congress.

It is likely that if the coming Congress were to set itse lf the task of establishing itself on a firm basis without hampering future Conferences by unnecessary red tape regulations, most of the

time a t the disposal of the second Congress would be taken up. But it would be worth the while, and the societies introducing subjects of discussion would no doubt readily waive them for a time to allow the Congress to be established on a footing that would ensure its permanence as an annual institution.

Fourth List ol Dalegates.From the latest notice issued by the Organising

Committee of the Congress, I learn that the fo llowing Societies have now appointed their Delegates :—

Dundee and District Philatelic Society—Mr. E. Phiipot C row ther; Junior Philatelic Society— Messrs. Fred. J . Melville, Douglas Ellis, E . 31. Gilbert Lodge and Ralph Wedmore ; Junior Philatelic Society (Brighton Branch)—Messrs. \V. Mead and Herbert Clark ; Junior Philatelic Society of Scotland—Messrs. J . L . Thomas and H. A . Wise ; Northampton Philatelic Society—Messrs. Huni- phery Bennett and W illiam Nichol ; Oxford Philatelic Society— Messrs. F . A . Bellam y and W. II. Tarrant ; Philatelic Literature* Society— Messrs. F . J . Peplow and B . T . K . Smith.Hotel Arrangements.

The Executive Committee have made arrangements with S t. Ermin’s Hotel, Westminster, London, S .W ., for the benefit of Delegates and otiiers attending the Congress. This Hotel, which is practically next door to Caxton Hall, is now under the Management of Mr. A . Wolff, formerly well- known Manager of the Caf6 Monico, Piccadilly, W.. and the following terms to visitors to the Congress are offered :—Accommodation, attendance, light, bath, table d’hdte breakfast, luncheon and dinner 12s. 6d. per day each person, or if a stay of more than four days is made 12s. per day each person; or. Accommodation, attendance, light, bath, and table d’hote breakfast 7s. per day each person ; Small Luncheon 2s. 6d. ; Table d’hote Luncheon 3s. ; Table d ’hote Dinner 5s.T hose 'l ll lo n i.

I have- already referred once to those baffling 'iliions. and should not have reopened the subject, but that I have an interesting letter from nil old correspondent friend whose schooldays must in deed be blessed memories. Here is his le tter:— Dear Cornelius,

I am glad that reference has been made to those “ billions,” chiefly associated with our Yankee cousins' loose methods of expression, in many things at absolute variance with our old English, that they claim to know so much of. In the arithm etic books of my schooldays (I refer to 60 years ago) there were given up to sixty figures in a row, with explanations as to Numeration and Notation, %nd my old schoolmaster every springtime had every boy up, whether 6 or 16 years of age, to write down correctly, 20 to 40 figures, and everyone who failed was put back to simple addition, subtraction, 4cc„ to work his way up again in arithm etic.

It is very simple—every six figures, after first seven, necessitates a change in first letters—m illions, billions, trillions, up to decillions. Miss F itte is equally wrong with the U .S. people, if she thinks a trillion is “ a billion billions.” such a phrase is not correct, a million billions is a trillion. Any good English dictionary should make this d ear.

Yours numerically.B e x .

THJ5 POSTAGE STAMP 267

Experiences of a Philatelic EsperantistBY G. W. W R IG H T

M R. Cornelius Wrinkle recently invited stamp collectors who had found Esperanto of eervioe to them in the pursuit of their hobby to give the readers of The Postage Stamp the benefit of their experiences. Mr. G. W

Wright, of Olive Bank, 35, Dick Place, Edinburgh, has responded with a most interesting letter, which we have much pleasure in publishing below :—M r . W r i g h t ’ s E x p e r ie n c e s .

To the Editor of The Postage Stamp.My Dear Sir,— I have read with much interest Mr.

Wrinkle’s notes in the current issue on Esperanto in relation to philately, and may perhaps be allowed to give my own experience— the more because, if it had not been for that international language, I should not now be a reader of The Postage Stamp.A n U n w i l l in g D is c ip le .

Somewhat unwillingly I came under the spell of the new speech about 2 years ago, 1 say unwillingly because my studies of French and other Continental tongues had not been eminently successful— read them I f could with sufficient ease, speak them a little 1 thought I could, but understand them when spoken by the ̂native I certainly could not.” Kolektas Postnurkojo.”

Beginning Esperanto in March, 1908, I was sufficiently advanced in June of that- year to follow the speeches made a t the first British Congress held in the Scottish National Exhibition in this city, and in August I accompanied about 40 of the local group to the 4th International Congress at Dresden, where some 1,500 persons of many nationalities foregathered. Unfortunately I had not at that time been smitten with the charms of Philateleia, I wish now I had been, for the opportunities were great. For example 1 well remember, on one of the Elbe excursions, receiving in one of the little autograph albums with which visitors to such Congresses provide themselves, the signature of the Secretary of the Berlin Esperanto Group, with the legend below “ Kolektas postmarkojn ” (collects postage stamps).W orld-w ide Correspondence.

Some ten months ago, however, I began correspon ing by means of picture postcards, getting addressee for the most part from the various Esperanto gazettes, of which over 100 are now in circulation, and in the interval have received fully 500 cards from all parts of the world— from Yenieeysk to Madagascar, and from Vladivostok and Japan to the Western States of America. I t was not long before I began to get frequent requests for stamps, and having raked together some British I succeeded in receiving in return a number of foreign stamps, of course, more in the spirit of good fellowship than on any strict basis of exchange. No later than this morning a card came to me from a remote village in Bohemia saying that the writer bad got my address from his national society (I visited Prague by means of Esperanto after leaving Dresden) and wanted a correspondent— winding up with the statement “ La postmarkojn mi ankau povus intersangi — postage stamps also I would exchange).

Interest Aroused in Philately.

In the result, my interest in philately was roused. As a boy, I suppose, I must have had a slight attack of the stamp fever, for on dipping into the proverbial old school exercise book I discovered 50 stamps or so, of issues prior to 1878, some of which appear to be of quite respectable value. With these for a nucleus I began, and my stock has been augmented by 60 from Roumania, 100 from Finland, 50 from Sweden, 40 or 50 each from Germany, Spain (twice), Austria (three different correspondents), and Russia, as well as from Turkey, Asia Minor, U.S.A., etc., all obtained by means of the auxiliary language.

“ The Postage Stam p” and “ Tra la lllatelle.”

Consequently I am now in possession of about 1,500 different varieties, without being able to say that I have made any great effort or have been very keen, as I^do not number any philatelists in my immediate oircle *of friends. Being handicapped to this latter extent^ turned to the literature of the subject to pick up some crumbs of information, mid on enquirykat the railway bookstall for papers on the hobby was forthwith introduced to The Postage Stamp, of which I have since sent copies to all parts of Europe to correspondents who chance to have a smattering of the English language. I also subscribed to the EsperantoAStamp Journal referred to by the writer in the Australian Philatelist, and it may interest you, if you havejnot already seen the paper, to have the copy of Tra la filatelio which I send under separate cover along with a specimen of L’Annonoe Philatelique in which it has lately been merged.

Esperanto as an Accessory to Philately.

To any of your readers, then, who wishes to extend the area of his operations I can cordially recommend Esperanto as a most useful accessory. It has tbs merit of being simple and precise, and so readily learnt, especially for purposes of correspondence— about two-thirds of the vocabulary being readily recognisable by English people in some form or another. There is a strong British Association (the B.E.A.) for propaganda of the language with an excellent gazette, over 120 affiliated groups in most of the large centres, and text books good and cheap. I shall willingly supply any of your readers on request with the address of the nearest group, or full particulars can be got from the B.E.A., Museum Station Buildings, 133-6, High Holborn, W.C.

| The Universal Esperanto Association.

There are many and varied specialist societies (science, peace, teachers, socialist, free thought, etc.) in connection with the movement, and among them one that is worthy of mention as likely to be of use to the average collector, viz. :— the Universal Esper-

| anto Association (U.E.A.). Though it has not been long in existence it possesses an organization of dele-

, gates like the C.T.C. all over the world. The oonsuls | lay themselves out to give information on business,

tourist, and other topics, and would, no doubt, readily


put collectors into touch, one advantage being that relations could be opened up with a little more confidence than in the case of a total stranger picked up perhaps through an advertisement. On the continent, at all events, it is the custom among more advanced collectors to deal on the basis of one or other of the well-known catalogues, such as Senf and Tellier, which reminds me also that Esperanto has its own monetary (decimal) system, the invention of Prof. R£n6 de Saussure, of Geneva, the unit being the spesmilo, equivalent to our florin, and readily referable to jth e leading national money tables.

Subscription to the U.E.A. costs 9d. a year only,

the enquirer of course prepaying the cost of a reply by means of an international reply coupon. I have not myself used the services of the Association for stamp collecting ends, but last summer, for instance, on behalf of a friend, I was able through its officials, to get full and most useful details about an out-of-the- way French “ cure,” train times, lodgings, and so on, and,'all being well, I hope to visit Denmark this year by its agency.

Please excuse the length of my epistle, and believe me,

Yours very truly,G. W. W right.

British ai?d Colonial Starpps ct) Coloured PapersA Reference List w ith Dates of IssueBY ERNEST HEGINBOTTOM, B.A., F.R.P.S., L ond.

To the Editor of The Postage Stam p.Dear Sir,

As it may possibly be of interest and of service to your numerous readers to see before them a list of the various English and Colonial postage stamps which have been issued on CO LO URED PA PER S, I send you herewith the first portion of that list. Having many of£m y stamps bearing ‘ ‘ dated ” postmarks, I am enabled to make that list fairly complete, especially as regards the later, or “ King’s Heads,” etc., stamps. In this I must add I have further been considerably helped by the various “ Reference Lists ” published in Ewen’s Weekly Stamp News.

These latter, give the approximate dates of issue where known as regards the year and often the month, in that year, and with most of these dates I agree but in many cases I am enabled to also give the day of the month. Where no month, or day of month is given, it roust be taken to mean that no definite information is forthcoming at the time of writing, as regards authentic date of issue. The latter, however, applies mostly to the earlier stamps, for as previously

remarked, as regards later King’s Heads, etc., I have more definite details to work upon.

I divide m y list into throe main divisions :—i. “ Queen’s Head ” stamps on CO LO RED

PA PE R S1 2. “ K ing’s Head ” stamps on CO LO RED

PAPER S.3. Stamps bearing “ Arms ” and other devices

on COLORED PAPER S.Finally I would add that in these lists I have NOT

included stamps on papers such as “ blued,” “ bleutA," “ bluish,” “ yellowish,” etc., except in cases where the color is a solid one throughout the stamp. Nor^again have I listed minor varieties, inverted surcharges,\but simply the stamp in a normal condition,\that is with

I normal surcharge (where the actual surcharged is a I variety), or again where unsurcharged, etc., etc.I Believe me, faithfully yours,. (Signed) E rnest Heoinbottom, B.A., F .R.P.S.L. ' Woodfield, Rochdale, 21/2/10. 1

DIVISION I.— 1‘ QUEEN’S HEAD” STAMPS ON COLOURED PAPER8.GREAT BRITAIN.

Values.— 2id . purple on blue ; 3d. purple on yellow, on orange; 6d. purple, deep purple, on rose-red. All issued on 1/1/87, and perf. 14.

COLONIALS.In Europe.— Nil.In Asia.

Colors ofName. Value. Wmk. Perf. Stamps. Paper Issued.

Ceylon ... 2r., 50c__ C.A.S. 14 ... purple ... red ... 1899Hong Kong ... 10c. ... C.A.S. 14 ... purple ... red ... 1890

31 on 90c. C.A.8. 14 ... purple ... red ... 1/1/91India ... 4an. ... No wmk. ... 14 ... black ... blue ... 15/11/55

San.(die I.) No wmk. ... 14 ... carmine ... blue ... 15/11/5612an. ... Star 14 ... purple ... red ... 1/4/88

Also the last named 12an. stamp for the Native Indian States of Chamba, /SO— /9 5 ; Faridkot, /86— /0 0 !Gwalior, /85— /03 ; Jhind, /86— /98 ; Nabha, /87— /00 ; and Patiala, /92—/99.

THE POSTAGE STAMP

In Africa.Br. Beobuanaland (on Eng.) 6d. • •• Crown ... 11 ... purple rose-red /91Beoh. Protectorate 3d. . . . Crown ... 14 ... purple yellow ... /91—m

(on English) 6d. ... Crown 14 ... purple roee-red /97— /98Br. East Africa (on Indian) 12an. ... Star 14 ... purple ted Nov., 1905Br. Somaliland (on Indian in

two types) 12an. ... Star 14 ... purple red 1903Gold Coast £1 ... C.A.S. 14 ... dull mauve and black red April, 1894Mauritius Id. ... No wink. Imperf. ... vermilion blue May, 1848

2d. ... No wink. Imperf. ... deep blue blue May, 1848Oil Rivers (on English) 2}d. ... Crown 14 ... purple blue July, 1892S. Leone £1 ... C.A.S. 14 ... purple red Oct. 1896South. Nigeria 10b. ... C.A.S. 14 ... purple yellow ... 1901Zululand (all on English) ... 2}d. • •• Crown 14 ... purple ... blue Sept., 1891

3d. ... Crown 14 ... purple yellow ... 1/6/18886d. ... Crown 14 ... purple roee-red 1/5/1888£1 ... C .A S. 14 ... purple •red Feb. 1896£5 ... C .A S. 14 ... purple and black on red 1894— 1896

In America.Canada 5c. ... No wink. 12 ... deep blue blue 1897— 1898

So. . . . No wink. 12 ... deep blue blue 1898— 1899Nova Scotia Id. ... No wink. Im perf.... red-brown blue 12/6/1863

In W est Indians.— Nil.In Australia.

New South Wales 10s ... N.S.W. ... 11^, 12 ... violet and carmine ... blue 23/11/188620b ... N.8.W. ... 10 ... violet and carmine ... blue 23/11/1885

New Zealand Id. ... nil ... Im perf.... red blue 18662d. ... nil • • Im perf.... blue blue 1866Is. ... nil • . Im perf.... green blue 1866

Queensland 2|d. ... Q A Crown 12}, 13 ... purple, brown-purple blue 1906— 190South Australia.— NiLTasmania.— Nil.Victoria ... 2s. ... “ 2 ” ... 12, 13 ... blue, deep blue green ... 22/11/1864

Is. ... «t i n ... 12, 13 cp. blue blue 10/4/186610d. ... “ 10 ” ... 12, 13 cp. brown rose June, 18662d. ... V. and C. ... 12, 13 cp. lilac lilac 1867— 18828d. ... V. and C. • * 12, 13 cp. red-brown, dark-brwn. rose 1867— 18825s. • •• V. and C. . • 12, 13 ... blue yellow ... Jan., 1868

9d. on 10d. “ 10 ” ... 12, 13 cp. brown rose May, 18719d. “ 10 ’ ’ ... 13 ... red-brown rose March, 18739d. ... V. and C. ... 12 ... brown-pink rose Aug., 1875Is. • •• V. and C. 12 ,13 op. blue blue Aug., 18768d. on 9d. V. and C. ... 12 ... brown-pink rose Aug., 1876Is. • •• V. and C. ... 12, 13 cp. bright blue, deep blue blue 4/10/18768d. “ 10 ” ... 12, 13 ... red-brown rose 1878id- . . . V. and C. . . . L2,13 cp. rose rose 1878id. ... V. and C. 12, 13 cp. green yellow ... 1878

' Id. . . . V. and C. . . . 12,13 cp. green drab 18782d. . . . V. and C. ... 12,13 cp. mauve green 18782d. ... V. and C. ... 12, 13 cp. mauve blue 18782d. ... V. and C. ... 12,13 cp. mauve buff 18782s. ... V. and C. ... 12} ... blue, deep blue green June, 1881iki. ... V. and C. ... 12} ... roeine, scarlet rose 1886Is. ... V. and C. ... 12} ... blue lemon ... Dec., 18862s. ... V. and C. ... 12} ... green green July, 18862s. ... V. and C. ... 12} ... green blue July, 18862}d. ... V. and C. ... 12} ... brown-red lemon ... Jan., 18912pL . . . V. and C. . . . 12} ... pale brown-red yellow ... Jan., 18912 Id. . . . V. and C. ... 12} ... red or. yellow Jan., 1891Id. . . . V. and C. ... 12} ... brown rose July, 1891lid . . . . V. and C. ... 12} ... red yellow ... 1898— 18992s. . . . V. and C. ... 12 by 12}

or 12} ... blue rose Feb., 1901l id . ... V. and C. ... do. ... red mar one yellow ... June, 19012s. ... V. and C. ... do. ... blue rose June, 1901

WestJ Australia 2s. . . . V. and C. ... do. ... carmine yellow ... 1902— 19062s. ... V. and C. ... d a ... orange yellow ... 1902— 19062s. 6d. ... V. and C. ... d a ... deep blue rose 1902— 19062s. V. and C. ... 11 ... red yellow ... 1902— 1006

To be continued.


Tlje World’s Stanjp ErrorsThe Most Com prehensive and E ntertain ing A rtic le on th is S u b je ct yet publishedBY MISS FITTE

This important article was started in No. 1 of the present Volume. The twenty instalments already published may be had from the Publishers in Nos. 1 to 22 {except No. 14), Vol. V., price l j i each post fret.

Salvador.1907, 1 o., green; 2c., red ; 5c., ind igo; 6c.,

orange-red ; 12c., bright m auve; 13c., se p ia - overprint om itted (590 -596).

On these stamps, ftie view of the Palace and the label containing the value are in black, the rest of the design being in the colours given above.

With Salvador’s fondness for overprinting and surcharging, emphasised in endless variety over several pages of Catalogue, we can safely accept as perfectly bond fide the above errors of omission—the overprint, in black, of a small shield (.Type 81) having been accidently forgotten.

Salvador was a nice little country to specialise in when I first collected in 1869 ; but now 1

Samoa.

XBBOB.

1896, 2 id., black (5 1 ) .The proper colour for the Two Pence Halfpenny,

first issued in 1892, is rose; but, in 1896, a supply was accidentally printed in black, which was not the colour of any other value. The stamps, although incorrect, were sent to Samoa, and regularly used till exhausted: the watermark is “ NZ ” over star, and the perforation 10 X 11.

There must have been a large printing of this error, as it is quite common, whether used or unused.

Scrvia.

ERROR

April, 1866, 2p., dull green on lavender (6a).

This Two Paras, looked upon by some authorities as an assay, is a scarce stam p : it is printed on the paper properly allocated to it, but in a colour which is apparently only som ewhat sim ilar to that o f the One P ara. I t is possible, however, that the same colour would appear very different on a lavender paper from what it does on a bright rose p ap er; and I therefore feel justified in including this stamp as an error.

T T M .

1866, 20p., rose—letters m isplaced (16 a ).It seems presumptuous to differ from a ll the

catalogues, but were not the stamps of this issue lithographed? This is a well-known error, and was apparently caused by the tearing, and m isplacement, of the particular transfer of the Twenty Paras, the letters “ o k '' being as a consequence out of place and in verted: if the stamps are surface-printed, it is difficult to account for the error, as it is impossible to knock a piece out of a oliohA, and then replace it upside down and out of position, vis., within and at the top of the oircle containing the head of Prince Obreno- wich.

The error, “ variety " as the Catalogue puts it, is extremely rare.

1903-4, lp ., dull rose; 5p., pale green; 10p., rose; 1 5p., drab; 2Op., orange; 2&p., b lu e - overprint om itted (178 -8 3 ).

This set of stamps, shewing Head of King Alexander I., was not issued during that unfortunate Monarch’s re ig n ; and his successor (King Peter Karageorgovic) had it overprinted with the Servian Arms, as a m akeshift issue until the new set (with heads of Kings Milan and Peter) was prepared. The errors, without the overprint, are: One Para, dull rose ; F ive Paras, pale green ; Ten Paras, ro se ; Fifteen Paras, d ra b ; Twenty Paras, orange ; and Twenty-five Paras, b lu e : they seem to be somewhat uncommon.


EB B O B.

1896*1904, op., carmine (306).

It is an almost welcome change to have an error in a “ Postage D ue.” The only (so far) set includes a Five Paras, rosy-mauve, and a F ifty Paras, carmine. The former is found printed in two shades of the colour of the higher value, the paper being that known as “ gran ite" and the perforation 13 x 13$.

The error is priced only unused, and is hardly uncommon: it is said that eleven sheets were printed.

S h a n g h a i.

1865, 4e., yellow ; Sc., deep green—“ m a c e ”(21, 22).

The facial values of this set of stamps are shewn in English a t the bottom, and in native characters at the le ft side, of the large rectangular frame.

Ten Candareens are equal to One Mace, and the indication of value reads downwards: e .g ., for the 2 candareens, “ 2-candareens-silver ” : for the 12 candareens, “ l-m ace-2-candareens-silver ” .

In the two instances given, the second character indicates “ candareen” and “ m ace” respectively.

The errors consist in the use of the wrong character, so that they read—for the Four Candareens, ye llo w : “ Four-m ace-silver ” ; and for the Eight Candareens, deep green: “ Eight-m ace- silver .” They are only found with “ candareens ” —English—in the plural, and on pelure paper: they are fa irly scarce.

EBBOB.

1867, 6 c„ orange-yellow (48).

The large stamps were native productions ; those of the smaller type were printed by Messrs. Nissen & Parker, of London, whose reputation is a sufficient guarantee against intentional errors.

On the sheet of the Three Candareens, there was an impression from a cliohi of the Six Candareens, which is accordingly to be found in orange-yellow, as well as in its proper colour, slate.

Being unpriced, I presume it is a rarity.

1876, le ., rose (76 ).

Is this an error? If 1 remember rightly, Pemberton’s Handbook states that 170 copies of the One Candareen were printed in rose, on an emergency ; but nowadays it is given as an error.

The stamp, whatever it is, was printed on an almost glaci paper quite different from that of the issu e; and, moreover, it is perforated 12$, not 15 . It is rare.

I f "printed on an emergency,” it could hardly have been produced in London ; if an error of Messrs. Nissen & Parker, why perf. 12$?

Siam .

EB B O B.

1900, 3a., red and green (136 a).

I insert this because it appears in the C atalogue ; but it is only a comparatively recent ad dition thereto, and is rather doubtfully chronicled as “ Error of colour ( 7 ) ” . The proper colours of the Three Atts are red and blue, and this error is in red and green: that is absolutely a ll I know about it 1

To be continued .

N ew Issues and Old.Correspondents ere desired to send early inform ation of

Dew issues and discoveries. All communleet'tDS should be addressed direct to tbs Editor.


Apotheosis of Red TapeBeii?$ the Roipaptic History of a Baba apd a Postage StaippBY E. A. MORPHY

From the London “ Daily Express ” 21.2.10

W ITH OUT 'wishing in any way to deprecate the deliciousness of the Btory concerning the pet Malay bear of the 2nd Life Guards, it m ay be timely to outline briefly the true history of Babu Tara Chand (late of the Subordinate

Branch of Her Majesty’s Indian Civil Service) and the three pies postage stamp, over which he waged long but successful war with the mighty forces of the Indian Administration. The story is a true one.

Babu Tara Chand was a deputy sub-assistant-acting clerk in the Cutcherry of Mr. Deputy Collector Smith (or Jones), in the Swankibagh District of Southern Bengal, and the principal duty which it fell to his lot to perform was licking the postage stamps and affixing them to the letters which emerged from the Deputy Collector’s office in time to^catch the four o’clock “ dak ’ ’ each afternoon. The inland postage rate in India at that period was three pies, or about one farthing, for each letter weighing one tola or less— a tola being the weight of a rupee, which is about the same size as an English florin.

One fine day when the high officials from the Audits and Accounts Department had concluded the annual or biennial overhaul of the books of the Cutcherry, it wae discovered that, by some unheard-of turpitude, one stamp of the value of three pies (one farthing) had been unaccounted for. The stamp could be clearly traced to the desk and control of Babu Tara Chand. Thence it had disappeared, vanished into the Ewigkeit.

K in d ly O f f ic ia ls .

NowJ there is one good thing about the gigantic machinery of our Indian Administration. The most essentially equitable and bureaucratic Administration in the world, as it is justly reputed to be, it is nevertheless humanly merciful even to the humblest of its million employees and officials. Babu Tara Chand was not summarily dismissed; neither was he made the target of a criminal prosecution. Instead of being thus victimised, he received a lenghty letter on blue foolscap paper, pointing out in detail how certain property of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen Empress, to wit, one Indian postage stamp of the value offthree pies, had been committed to his care on the lOth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-dot, and that up to’ the date of writing no proper or adequate explanation had been forthcoming, as to the disposal, loss, or destruction of the said postage stamp, of which he (the Babu Tara Chand) was the recognised and official custodian and bailee.

This communication fell upon the luckless Tara Chand like a bolt from the blue.

I t left but three courses open to him, viz. :—(a) Resign from the service.(b) Explain the disappearance of the farthing

postage stamp in a manner deemed satisfactory by the Auditor-General.

(e) Recoup the farthing.

M a s t e r ly D e fe n c e .

Of these three courses it will be obvious to any person with the shallowest knowledge of the Bengali character that the third one (c) was from the outset beyond the pale of consideration. The first (a) was also too terrible to contemplate. Therefore Babu Tara Chand sat down and composed a letter which was a masterpiece in its way, and in which he requested to be seconded from routine service for a period of four weeks to enable him to make such a search among the records of the department, etc., as might enable him to trace the missing postage stamp.

This reasonable request was readily granted.Four weeks later Babu Tara Chand applied for a

further term of two weeks wherein to draw up a report upon the results of his investigations in pursuit of the errant postage stamp. This, having passed through the eighteen or nineteen different hands necessary for Buch an application, was in itB turn duly granted, and a t the end of the fortnight Tara Chand submitted a report of 216 foolscap pages explaining that despite the most diligent efforts and enquiries on his part he had been unable to secure the slightest clue to the cause of the deficiency.

When the Department of Audits and Accounts had fully digested this document and presented a report of the same, in official precis, to the Auditor-General the Auditor-General, through the Secretary of the Assistant Auditor-General of the Presidency of Bengal, notified Babu Tara Chand that it was not wholly satisfactory, and that the circumstances bearing upon the loss of the stamp would have to be definitely explained and proven or tne deficit of three pies would have to be made good.P e r s is t e n c e . ,

Babu Tara Chand stuck to his guns, and wrote again. He wrote many times. As often as he wrote his explanations the Auditor-General wrote signifying his official dissatisfaction with the same.

Eventually one fine day, about nine months subsequent to thediscovery of the loss, and some two years subsequent to its alleged perpetration, the Auditor- General— his interest in the matter of a farthing postage stamp being overwhelmed in a Frontier War Budget— sent' an ultimatum to Tara Chand : The loss of the postage stamp would have to be definitely explained, or its value, the sum of three pies, be duly refunded to the Treasurer of the Swankibagh District in the Province of Southern Bengal.

Then Babu Tara Chand became possessed of an inspiration, which, even to this day, is pointed to with pride and complacency by even the most circumlocutory of the Red Tape Departments within the purview of the Government of India.

Babu Tara^Chand wrote to, thej Auditor-General as follows :—

Re Loet£Poatage Stamp of Three (3) Pies.Sir,— In reply to your memo, of the 7th inst., I

have the honour to state, terrible conflagration in my


cookhouse on 5th inst. hopelessly annihilated all documents in the case of lost postage stamp of three pies, property of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen Empress. Therefore by grace of God and under Regulation Para. 13,459, Section C X X X IU L , of Departmental Regulations, Vol, 87 (Bengal), I request you forward for my information complete copies of entire file of correspondence in this case, so that I

can report again upon same to your satisfaction.— I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,

T a r a C h a n d .(Deputy Sub-Assistant Acting Clerk to the Deputy

Collector, Swankibagh).The Auditor-General never replied. Tara Chand

had won his case.

New Issues ai>d OldThe Editor invites dealers and readers at heme and abre-td to give prompt tn’ormatttn cancer sine Xrw Issues. At! communications mast b*

sent direct to the Editor, 14, Sudbourne Road, Brixton, London, 5.H'.Atter the name ot each country tor five the pate ot TKB POSTAGE STAMP on which appeared the last reference to that country.

British Solomon Islands.— (Vol. V. p. 248).— The addition of the three high value stamps recently chronicled brings the total number of the current aeries up to ten, as follows:—

Native Canoe, Line-engraved. Multiple watermark. Perf. 14.id. green id. carmine 3d. grey.2id. ultramarine 5d. olive 6d. claret u . black on green 2s. purple on blue 3s. 6d. red on bine S». green on yellow

Cook Islands.— (Vol. IV. p. 307).— We are informed by Messrs Whitfield King & Co. that the rumours current in several of our contemporaries of the impending issue of a new series of stamps for these islands are without foundation, and they have ascertained from official sources that no change is contemplated.

Crete,— (Vol. V. p. 261).— Supplementing the three new stamps chronicled in our last issue Ewen’s Weekly Stamp News lists a further three low values which we gather are overprinted in red but with the old type having the curved “ E ” in “ Hellas.” They are said to have been issued on February 19th. The 50 lepta value is also reported with the new surcharge in red.

Surcharged Hellas."1 lepton brown (Red overprint)2 lepta violet (Red overprint)5 lepta green (Red overprint)

10 lepta red (Black overprint)30 lepta green (Red overpnot)

- 25 lepta ultramarine (Red overprint)

warrior. They are inscribed “ Poe tea— Congo— Frau- caise— Gaboon ” and were issued on or about February 5th.

,\'eto design. Native Warrior. Perf.tc. brown and orange 2c. black and brown 4c. brown and green

ioc. red and pink

Holland.—-(Vol. V. p. 248).— We learn from several contemporaries that no official change in the colours of the current 10 gulden stamp has taken place, from which it would appear that the variety chronicled on the authority' of a correspondent was merely a colour- changling.

Hong Kong. —(Vol. V. p. 248).— By the addition of the new $2 stamp recently chronicled, the current series of this colony is comprised as follows :—

2c- greenjc . orange and green 8c. grey black and violet

12c. green and marone 00 yet lose 30c. grey-green and black

Jr purple and sage-green j j black and blue Jto grey-black and orange on blue

4c. rose6c. violet and vermilion

10c. ultramarine 20c. black and chestnut 50c. grey-green and magenta

J l black and carmine JS purple and green

Straits Settlements.— (Vol. V. p. 154).— Ewen’s Weekly Stamp News a nnoimces the addition to the current series of the S2 stamp printed in new colours in accordance with the Colonial Colour Scheme on chalk- surfaced paper. Our list therefore now stands as follows:—

King's Head. Multiple watermark. Perf. 14.tc. green x . rose4c. purple 5C. orangeBe. ultramarine 10c. purple on yellow

25c. purple 30c. purple and orange50c. green and carmine St green and blackJl red and green on yellow green and red on green

$25 green and black

h ow (o Collect New Issues.Eritrea.— (Vol. IV. p. 177).— The long promised

seriee of pictorial stamps is expected to be issued here a t the end of the present month. The first value to be issued will probably be tlte 25c. showing a view of the Government House, a t Maesowah.

Gaboon.— (Vol. IV. p. 272).— The appearance of the first values of the new pictorial seriee for this French West African possession, the preparation of which was announced in the last reference in this journal, is reported by Ewen’B Weekly Stamp News. They are large rectangular stamps in the prevailing French Colonial style, and bear the portrait of a local native

The system atic collecting of New Issues is an important development of Modem Philately. Even in these up-to-date times there are stamps being issued occasionally which never get a chance to become common, and it is important to the co llector who wishes to keep right up-to-date to watch the New Issue column in The Postage Stam p, and keep in touch with the advertisements of New Issues in The Postage Stam p. Many of the readers of The Postage 8tamp, by putting themselves in communication with some of the dealers who advertise New Issues in this journal, have had some exceptional bargains of late.


Tlje Collectors’ CatalogueThe re-opening of th is old question was not

asked for. I t has been thrust upon us. Mr. Boothby’s le tte r published last week has brought several correspondents to the fray, and as The ,"Postage S tam p is conducted for the benefit o f th e readers, our obvious d u ty is to give them a hearing.

To th e Editor o f The Postage Stam p.Dear Sir,

There is an old axiom which says “ Live and learn,” may I venture to propound a new one? “ B u y The Postage S tam p and pick up w rinkles.” I have found many from your valuable paper. But I have yet to find the wrinkle which w ill explain to me the reason why two presumably standard catalogues, emanating from the C ity of London, should catalogue the same stamp at prices diverging so widely as £9 and £ 16 . Is it possible that the worthy firm who quote the lower price would be unable to s e ll a t the price stated ? I f this is so, then this would explain what to me is an absurdity,

I may possibly be like the early issues of the Id. black are in colour, d e n s e , o r possibly, I am lacking in my perforations. But I certainly have Gum enough to buy where the stamps are cheapest, having due regard to condition, and so on.

Are the stamps of Ceylon, Triangular Capes, etc., falling in value, for I note they are advertised for sale in your current issue at prices under half to one tenth catalogue?

I trust you will pardon m y troubling you again, but I am like many an other perplexed philatelist, a seeker after knowledge.

Yours faithfully,C. B o o t h b y .

Lymefield, Farnworth, R .S.O .,February 22nd, 1910 .

The Editor o f The Postage Stam p.Dear Sir,

We notice in your issue of the 26th inst. a paragraph on page 253 headed “ Catalogues and Prices,” and which contains a letter signed by Mr. C . Boothby, in which letter he makes a complaint about the prices given in our C ata logue for certain Ceylon stamps as compared with the prices in Messrs. Gibbons’ Catalogue for the same item s. He mentions no names, but there is no doubt which catalogues he is referring to.

He says it is about tim e something was done towards issuing a catalogue which would be an accurate guide to prices. M ay we point out that in this particular instance we have done our best to carry out Mr. Boothby’s suggestion.

It* is well-known that the prices for these stamps, and in fact for a ll early imperforate stamps, depends entirely upon condition, margins, e tc., and if he had really read the Catalogue be would have seen a note a t the end of the list of the imperforate stamps, which is as follows

“ Prices quoted for Nos. 1 to 16 are for specimens ordinarily met w ith. Specimens

showing a m argin around each yide can be supplied at increased rates.”

The great m ajority of the particular stamps mentioned are found either with sm all margins a ll round, or with two good margins, but cut into the print on the other two sides, and we do not think that anyone will dispute that the prices we have quoted are fair rates for such specimens, and that such stamps could be supplied to order at these rates. This gives the collector a basis on which to work when purchasing specimens which are fine or more or less immaculate, and we have carried out this system in most instances where the same conditions apply, as w ill be seen by reference to the lists of Baden, Belgium, Swiss thread issues, Tuscany, Wurtemberg, and many others.

No doubt, if Mr. Boothby could see Messrs. Gibbons' stock books, he would a t times find specimens, say of the Id . imperf. a t prices considerably below their Catalogue quotation, and also much above.

We also uotice that in the next paragraph a list is given of prices in various catalogues for the Porto Rico stam p. We m ay remark that this is very ancient history, and that our price, in stead of being 2s. 6d., is a t the present time 10s. j for this particular stamp.

Yours faithfully,B r ig h t & S o n .

164, Strand, W .C.,February 23rd, 1910 .

The Editor o f The Postage Stam p.My Dear Sir,

The letter in your issue for Saturday next written by Mr, Boothby, touching on the question of the issuing of a catalogue which shall be as accurate a guide as possible to the prices of stamps, is one which 1 think should be taken Up by collectors generally speaking. 1 am in every way “ at o n e" with Mr. Boothby in his remarks ; the various d if f e r e n t prices for similar stamps in the catalogues are not only misleading, but do not in any way help to form a fair value ofsuch stamps. I think it is admitted most, ifnot absolutely a ll catalogues, price according to the stock held by the Publishers, who are Dealers, but I ask does this mean that t h e ir price for a stamp a s p e r t h e ir s t o c k is an average market price ? Far 'from it ; the fact is we have not a single catalogue of really true value to collectors as regards the f a i r prices of stamps, treating them as a whole. What we want is really ACOLLECTORS* CATALOGUE OF STAMPS W ITH THEIR PRICES AND NOT A DEALER’S ONE. I question if any catalogue is published which does not emanate from Dealers' hands ; hence prices a re ’ in THEIR interests. I admit we cannot do without these valuable philatelic necessities, but what we want f u r t h e r , as Mr. Boothby says, is a Collectors’ catalogue with prices. The difficulty is greathowever to get this, for one thing, it would take a large amount of time to compile same, for another, leading collections would probably have


to be gone over, and again, the services of our “ Great Moguls ” would have to be asked for, as without them, nothing in this direction could, I think, be attem pted. I w ill give my humble support to any project which could be proposed towards this object in view .

It is of course ridiculous on the face of it to see, say a certain stamp quoted in one catalogue at £9, and a similar stamp in another at £ 16 ; something is radically wrong somewhere or other, but when you remember that some dealers have at times more of one stamp than other dealers have of the sim ilar stamp, do you wonder at it ? The catalogue we require in collectors’ interests pure aud simple and q u i t e a p a r t f r o m d r a p e r s a t a l l , is one giving the true market value according to condition, in both mint and used state. With this before one it would be much easier to come to a value of one’s collection, also if ever wishing to dispose of same, how to go about it as regards prices to be offered.

Another difficulty of course would be that at certain intervals such a catalogue would have to be reprinted, as prices naturally vary, a ll of which means a tremendous amount of labour and time, and also not a little expense, and I feel it might not perhaps pay for labour and time taken up, though of course this m ight not be the case, at any rate, the expense, etc., of the first issue of this catalogue would be a sort of “ feeler ” as it were as to how the book “ took," and whether it were advisable to continue it in the future with alterations. The actual “ w a n t” of such a catalogue however, is clear enough to my mind. I am repeatedly told this by my numerous collector friends, both those well up in philately and experienced having large collections, as well as the junior philatelists.

Yours faithfully.sd. E . H e g i n b o t t o m , B .A ., F .R .P .S ., Loud.

Woodfield. Rochdale.February 2 Hit. 1910 .


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CONTENTS.5 Ma r c h , ioio. Page

Go ssip o f th e W e e k - 255Ex p e r ie n c e s o f a p h il a t e l ic

Espe r a n t ist - - - - - 257Br it is h a n d Co l o n ia l Sta m p s o n

c o l o u r e d Pa p e r s - - - - 268T hb w o r l d ’s St a m p e r r o r s - - 270A po th e o sis o f R e d T a pe - 272Ne w Issues an d O ld - 273T h e C o l l e c t o r s ’ C a t a l o g u e - 274E d ito r ’s L e t t e r Bo x - 275So c ie t y New s - - - - 275

Answers to Correspondents.Cambrian (Cockcrmouth).—1 regret to

hear o f your illoeaa. Personally I think you are j o t as well to keep Mock of four Straits Settlement* gc. intact, but this i* quite a matter of opinion. The Barbados penny •tamp certainly baa the appearance o f being on laid paper, but thi* ha* probably been caused by the stamp haring been atuck down on tome ribbed surface which has caused this effect If you found a number of copies like this instead of one. there might be aomc occasion for chronicling i t The French stamp with the very slight scratch near the

top of the 3 of 35, is a very minute hairsplitting point, but if it interests you, you should try and find out'from a mint sheet) if you can identify any particular stamp on the sheet by this tiny scratch. There are. however, 300 stamps on the sheet.

Your Brunei postmark with the date 2 Sep. corrected to 2 Nor. is interesting, but that is all that 1 can say for it. The U.S. corer should be mounted in your album intact, I should not break it up. I should think that Messrs. Whitfield King could supply you with protecting sheets to the size you require. Long letters (as yours generally are) take a little digesting, and where they inrolre 20. or 30 different specialist subjects, you must not expect a reply in the next week’s issue o f the paper. Replies are published at the first possible opportunity. The stamps hare been returned by post.

J .F .C . (Aylesbury).—I note that you hare a copy of the t2c. black United States, 1867, with a clear double grill 10 by 13? mm. iu size of each grill, and with 13 by 17 points, a size not listed by Luff for the I2C. Many thanks for the information.

A Reader of P .A (Bath).— The plate of the Sd. New South Wales was too large for the watermark of the paper, consequently specimens are found which, like yours, hare portions of the outline letteis N.S.W . from the marginal watermark inscription.

H .B . (Winchester).—Stamps are being returned by post this week.

Q .W .W . (Edinburgh) —Many thanks for letter of 23rd inst., and for printed matter received.

E .B .M . (Arizona).—Thanks for letter 10.2.10. W ill write you after making enquiries desired. Glad to know your good opinion of The Postage Stamp.

J .T . 'Huddersfield). - I am obliged to you for the suggestions contained in yours of the 18th inst. The articles in question will be continued at opportunity affords, and the rise and fall in prices will as usual be noted.

5 .N .M .W . (Madras).— You must give further particulars of your *' Murtioua 3d. stam p" before I can tell you its value. Do not send your album, as 1 do not undertake sale of stamps for readers. W hy not advertise it in The Postage Stamp.'

E .C .— Your Sarawak tumps are all normal. You price S.G. No. 24 (cat. 4d.) as S.G. No. 23 (cat. 10/-). The difference is in the initial letters of the overprint, which in No. 23 are capital* “ One Cent ” and in No. 24 are amall letters "on e cent.”

" Runny m ede.” — Yours of 22nd to hand only on 16th. Will publish next week, spscc permitting.

o u b POBuaaura d a y a i d

ADVERTISERS.In order to moot tho requirements of the

EabHshlng trade oar publishers now districts copies to the NewstgenU on Wednes

day* Instead of Thursdays as before Ibis compels us to go to press on Saturday morning. Hence It Is ibeolately necessary for our printers to have all advertisement* et latest on Friday mom.ng: consequently, oopy most be In the Advertisement Managers bends not Inter then Wednesday, & o’clock p.tn.


urged to send news items Intended for publication as promptly as passible.

CROYDON P H IL A T E L IC SO C IE T Y.

The eighth general meeting o f the present season was held at the Y.M .C.A., Croydon, on Wednesday the 9th inst, the President, Mr. F. G. Bing in the chair. After the minutes were read and confirmed and the usual business completed, the Chairman called upon Mr. Albert Ashby to give the display for which he was down on the programme for that evening, " Some Islands of the Great Pacific." The stamps shown were those of German New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, Samoa, and a few rare items from Mr. Ashby’s well-known collection of Papua. The special ftature o f the exhibit was the interesting entires used locally and between the islands named, and including those to and from Thursday Island. Among the Papuan entires we noticed that every one of the eight post offices were represented by envelopes used locally upon the island. A large number of entires with Queensland stamps used in British New Guinea prior to the special issue called for special attention. He also thoweJ an entire with the unique stamp Type 11. 6d. with doable surcharge (No. 10 on the sheet).

Amongst many interesting pieces of unused Mr. Ashby showed an uttcuronicled variety of the 2jd. first issue of Solomon Islands, v iz .: complete double vertical rows from two sheets imperforate at margin.

The members present showed great interest in the collections, and at the close a hearty vote of thanks was accorded the exhibitor.

G. SH AW . Secretary.


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No. 24. Vol. 5.J Whole Number l?fl)

12 MARCH, 1910 Price Id.

Gossip of tl>e WccHBY CORNELIUS WRINKLEThe Baron de Worms* Great Britain.

Br i g h t o n p h ila te lists had a field day on Thursday, F eb- r u a r y 2 4 t h ,

when Baron A nthony de W orms displayed his m agnificent co lle c tion of Great B rita in to the B righton Branch of the Junior P h ila telic S o c iety . A ll p re vious attendance re cords of the Branch were eclipsed. The stam ps (excepting the errors) were in m int

condition, and the only stam p not represented, was the lO d. red-brown, w aterm arked Emblem s, everything else was com plete, including a ll the plate num bers. Specialists w ill therefore understand w hat a vast and valuable display was given . Space w ill not a llow a com plete list of a ll the finest item s, but the fo llow ing ca ll for special m ention. A ll, as before-m entioned, are in m int state

Id . b la ck . B lo ck of s ix . B lock of four (worn p la te).

Id . b la ck V .R . Pair and sin gle.2d. b lue (18 4 0 ). Superb strip of four, w ith

side m argins.Id . red-brow n. Pair (Archer roulette), pair

(perforated by Archer) C ardiff penny.2d. blue, L arge Crown, perf. 1 6 . S ingles of

both p lates.Embossed series in pairs and strip s.

2s. b lu e . Several, and one copy in th e very deep blue shade.

2s. brow n. T w o copies.£ 1 lilac-brow n on blued paper.£ 6 orange on blued paper.3d. ( 1 8 8 7 ) on orange. B lock o f four w ith

side m argin .Mr. M . P . C astle , J .P ., proposed a vote of

thanks to Baron de W orms, for show ing his m a g

nificent collection, and expressed his hopes that the younger members present would not be d iscouraged b y th e d isplay, b u t rather th at it would fill them w ith fresh zeal and en ergy . M r. L eicester A . B . Paine seconded the proposition, and rem arked upon the splendid condition, not only w ere the specim ens m int, but th ey were also w ell-cen tred and carefu lly selected copies. The m otion was en th u siastically carried.

Baron de W orms in replying, a fter thanking Messrs. C astle and Paine fo r their rem arks, said that m any of the rarities had been procured by him personally over th e Brighton Post Office counter.

A Recruiting Agent for Sump Collecting.

Many o f my readers w ill have read w ith much interest M r. G . W . W righ t’s account o f his experiences as an Esperanto philatelists published in last w eek ’s P o s ta g e S ta m p . Another correspondent, M r. James Blenkie, te lls me th at he became a stam p collector b y means o f E speranto. As this was M r. W righ t’s experience too, we have it brought home to us that Esperanto should be an im portant recruitin g agen t for p h ila te ly . Mr. B lenkie w rites

Dear Sir,A year ago I did not possess a sin gle stam p.

Some youn g Bohemian students, having seen my address in an Esperanto newspaper, w rote to me and asked me to exchange stamps w ith them. It then occurred to me th a t it m ight be a good practical proof o f the re a lity of Esperanto as a means o f International com m unication, i f I were to m ake a collection of stam ps by its a id . I have now upwards o f 5,000 stamps, and their number increases every d a y . I find fellow Esper- antists in France. Germ any, Austria, Russia, B e lgium , Holland, Spain, F inland, Brazil, and m any other countries prepared to exchange stam ps in the m ost generous manner, and th at m any Esper- antists in foreign lands who do not them selves collect are w illin g to send me the stam ps of their co u n try . Esperanto a lso opens up means of buying stam ps a t cost price a ll over th e w orld.


Therefore I sa y to a ll ph ilatelists, “ I f you wish to have a good collection of stam ps learn E sp era n to .”

B elieve me,Youra tru ly,

J a m b s B l b n k i e .F ellow of the B ritish E speranto A ssociation.

A Great Show of Sydneys.

A t a recent m eeting of the R oyal P h ilate lic S o ciety no few er than 2,363 Sydney V iew s were on view . The occasion w as one on which the members were a ll invited to bring their Sydney Views, and the aggregation m ust have been a w onderful sight, especially as the great proportion o f the copies were fine. The 2,353 stam ps w ere divided am ongst fourteen exhibitors, some of whom being unable to atten d the m eeting sent their stam ps for the inspection of their fe llow mem bers.

His Royal Highness, the President 180M. P . Castle, Hon. V ice -President 350M r. H arvey Clarke 490M r. T . W . H all 32M r. L . L . R . Hausburg 600M r. M . H . Horsley 300M r. R . M. R . Milne 31M r. C . L . Pack 254Mr. D . E llis 4M r. C . N . B iggs 28Mr. H . M . Hepworth 7M r. A . S . Bates GM r. H . Chaplin 38M r. J . R . L ain g 43

2,363

Plenty of Purchasers for Sydneys.

M r. C astle in an editorial tribute to these “ Old Favourites ” in the L o n d o n P h i la t e l i s t , says th at, “ un fortu n ately ow ing to th e absence of one m ember who is abroad, and of tw o others who were ill, three o f the m ost im portant c o llections were n ot available, or the d isplay w ould have been increased b y , m any hundred sp ecimens . . . . There was n ot o n ly q u an tity , but q u a lity . The stam ps of H .R .H ., the P rince o f W ales, M essrs. H arvey C larke, L . L . R . Hausburg, and m any others, included unused specim ens— of w hich probably there were in a ll tw o hundred shown. . . . It was rem arked th a t Sydneys ought to be cheap having regard to the q u an tity on view , but we are rath er inclined to the opinion that, had one of the exhibitors been able to dispose o f his stam ps then and there, h is comrades w ould have eagerly purchased them a t record p rices.”

The Fascination of Sydney View*.

M r. C astle goes on to explain a little of the fascin ation of these rem arkable first adhesive stam ps of New South W ales. As he has alw ays been th e fortun ate possessor of m any of them, and has contributed m uch to the ph ilatelic un derstanding o f them, his rem arks w ill be fo llowed w ith the keenest interest by his fe llow p h ila te lists .

“ The popularity and valuation of Sydney Views ” he says, “ stands higher to -d a y than ever it did before, nor so long as p h ilately exists are they lik e ly to depreciate. H aving regard to the vast number o f copies extan t, this is a rem arkable assertion, but i f w e glance for a moment

a t the fa cts of the case it w ill n ot be difficult to vin d icate th e ir apparently anom alous popula r ity . . . . In the first place, the design of these Bt&mps is abso lu tely unique, is redolent of the early h istory o f the Colony, and is a hand-

. some and creditable exposition of the earliest C olonial efforts in hand en gravin g . ’(

Permanently Popular “ Old Favourite.”

. Secon dly M r. C astle places their freedom from the p o ssib ility o f reprinting, th e p lates having been destroyed. T h ird ly the stam ps havin g been engraved sep arately by hand and consequently varyin g in the printed design of each stam p on the plate, “ th e advanced p h ila te list has to acquire— in order to com plete th e eight plates and the tw o p a rtia lly re-en graved lower rows o f plates1 . and I I . of th e twopenny value— no less than 229 specim ens.”

F o u rth ly there are paper varieties and shades, and M r. C astle has him self enum erated seven ty- e igh t such varieties. Then there are the prom inent p late varieties, e . g . , c r e v it om itted, no whip, h ill unshaded, etc.

“ It is therefore abundantly clear ” says the H on. V ice-P resid en t o f the Royal, “ th a t these stam ps present so m any points o f in terest as to invest them w ith a favour th a t is fa r higher than th e y apparently deserve in re latio n to the num ber o f copies ex istin g in relatio n to other stam ps. Their popularity therefore rests upon solid ground, and w e see nothing th a t can in terfere w ith i t in the fu tu re .”

Philatelist and Dlrector-Oeneral of Po»t».

M ajor Evans, in G ib b o n s ' S ta m p W e e k ly , conveys the in terestin g and h igh ly accep tab le news th a t M r. S tew art-W ilso n , the D irector-G eneral of th e P ost Office o f India, has been appointed a m em ber o f th e V icero y ’s C ou n cil. Says the M a jo r :— “ W e have known M r. S tew a rt-W ilso n as President o f th e C oun cil o f th e P h ila te lic Society o f India, as P ostm aster-G en eral o f the Punjab, and m ore recen tly as Head o f the P ost Office D epartm ent o f the Indian Em pire, in a ll o f which cap acities we are assured th a t his services to th e P ost Office have been no less conspicuous than his services to p h ila te ly . From th e p h ila te lic .point o f view he is a m odel o f w hat a high official o f his D epartm ent should be, ever ready to s im p lify the task o f co llectors (and, it m ay be said, a t the sam e tim e th a t o f h is own officers) b y d iscouragin g in every w a y th e issue o f un necessary varieties o f stam ps and o f the overprints im pressed upon them . N o one has done m ore tow ards spreading the advantages of a regu lar postal system throughout India, by substitu tin g Im perial P ost Offices for those o f the N ative States, the lis t o f S tates u sin g special postage stam ps havin g been reduced to a very large extent durin g recent years, to th e great advantage both of the inhabitants o f th e States and of the collectors o f the stam ps.

“ W e offer our h earty congratulation s to the Honourable C . S te w a rt-W ilso n ; m ay he succeed in abolish in g a ll the stam ps issued b y the N ative States o f In dia from D an to B eersheba—w e should say, from page 108 to page 14 7 in th e C a ta logue I ”

P h ilate lists everyw here w ill jo in the M ajor in a chorus of congratulations to the President of the P h ila te lic Society of India.


Starpp RustA D a g g e r t e ' t l j e L i f e c f S t a m p s

BY CHARLES SCOTT[M r. A s t le y C lerk, w ho conducts a regu lar w eekly

p h ila te lic colum n in th e J a m a ic a G le a n e r , sends us th a t jou rn al for F eb ru ary 12th , w hich contains a paper esp ecially in terestin g to C olon ial p h ila te lists, on “ Stam p B u s t .” The paper was read b y M r. C harles Sco tt before the K in gston P h ila - te lo g ic a l S ociety , on F eb ruary 3rd.— E ditor.]

1 have been asked to lecture to -n ig h t on a m a tter o f w eigh ty im portance, a m a tter which c lo sely concerns a ll local p h ilatelists, fo r a t som e tim e or other, sooner or later, we learn fromexperience the seriousness of the attacks of our arch-en em y, Stam p B u st. I do wish, however, th a t th e su b ject had been placed into other hands than m ine fo r 1 feel m y in a b ility to do it ju stice,s till a lth o u g h I cannot give you a learned essayon th e su b ject I can and w ill give you som ethoughts th a t have com e to m e w h ilst brought into p a in fu l experience w ith this curse of the p h ila te list’s l ife .

M any of you, collectors, m ight have noticed a sm all brown spot w hich is first seen on the back, or gum m ed side of som e of your stam ps, and, u n fortu n ately , often, too often, some o f our best stam p s. In appearance it is not unlike the p arasitic coatin g to be found on our scissors and penknives, to m ention tw o fam iliar artic les— to b etter illu s tra te w hat I m ean. I w ould ask you to c a ll a t the Post Office and ask for the current green 2d. Jam aica stam p, issued in 1889, and w hich, un fortunately seem s sp ecia lly susceptible to the trouble in question— I have seen sheets and panes (and place a h a lf sheet for your inspection) — as w e ll as blocks, strips and singles of this issue suffering from th is stam p lep rosy. Thew ord “ leprosy ” w ell defines the nature of this m ost horrible o f stam p diseases, w hich not on ly disfigures the specim en and destroys its p h ila te lic value, b u t is h ig h ly infectious, so much eo th a t the instan t it is noticed th at m om ent should the in fected stam p be removed, otherwise the trouble spreads to its health y neighbours—h o w ever valuable the diseased label m ay be, once a speck o f “ rust ” has appeared, it m ust be taken out o f you r album . You w ill n otice in the h a lf pane of 2d. stam ps before you (they came out of an iron safe in the G .P .O . w herein the office sup ply is k ep t) that the rust is confined alm ost en tire ly to the perforated edges of the stam ps— th is is a characteristic o f the disease, very s e ldom have I m et w ith a stam p w hich shows th a t ta in t anyw here else b u t a t the edges.

Its Origin.

One n atu ra lly asks w h at induces this " r u s t ” and can its origin be accounted for 7 I w ish 1 were in a position to sa tisfa cto rily answ er these questions. I can, however, m ention one or tw o facts w hich I have gathered by observation. Our clim ate, for instance, m igh t be burdened as the cause i f i t w ere not th a t I have heard th at p h ila te lists in cold clim ates lose stam ps from the sam e d isease. I w rote to an E nglish librarian for inform ation on the m a tter and he acknow ledges

i p T r o p i c a l C l i i p a t e s

the presence o f “ rust ” on books and papers in E ngland, and further inform ed me that in that oountry it is com m only called “ foxin g ,” and is due he “ believes ” entirely to damp w hich, he suggests, m ust be a t times m uch worse in Jam aica than in E ngland. I w ill ad m it that the disease developes very rapidly in our tropical clim ate, for havin g noted it a t its early stage the student is surprised to find how q u ick ly it grow s. This last word reminds me th at I have heard i t spoken o f as a parasite, a liv in g organism subsistin g on the paper or gum of which the stam p is made— I am not prepared to argue this assertion for I know nothing about its pros or cons, b u t I certa in ly would like to be enlightened, and shall be gratefu l if any of m y hearers can help me to the truth.

I have insinuated, in m y prefatory remarks, th a t the gum is the source of the nuisance, for 3 have been much impressed w ith the fa c t that the m a jo rity o f these “ lepers ” are to be found in m int condition, very seldom do you m eet w ith rusted used stam ps (*.e., stam ps from which, having done d uty, the gum has been entirely cleaned) in fa ct so deeply w as I impressed with this fa c t when first I commenced to look into this su b ject th a t I was prepared to assert that ungummed stam ps were im m une from the d ise a se ; and although I am not now so positive in m y opinion yet I have never had i t disproved. Here then arises a question, i f i t is the gum would i t n ot be fa r w iser of tropical collectors to wash th e gum off their m int stam ps, although some sa y this means p h ilatelic depreciation, rather than risk to ta l loss by probable a tta ck of rust?

The Paper.

Th‘e m ajo rity o f local ph ilatelists blam e the paper used by stam p m anufacturers, but I do not think th a t this is fa ir to th e sp ecia lly prepared paper used for this purpose, esp ecially i f one looks over the pictures in the G a llery of the In stitute o f Jam aica to find th at prints of celebrated pictures, and old books, also, bear the rust m arks. I have seen w ater colour paintings disfigured by it and I understand that to avoid it, a good m any w ater colour paintings in the E nglish G a lleries are mounted between tw o sheets o f glass and the edges o f the glass closely sealed. C a r tridge paper (illu strated) is quick to catch the disease, and the very tissue paper (illustrated) w ith which we interleave our stam p album s or p icture album s becomes tarnished w ith the d etestable species of iron-m ould, so that p h ilatelists cannot ju stly blame the paper on w hich their stam ps are printed.

Can the trouble be overcome or lessened? In answer to the first part o f this question my E n glish correspondent, already quoted, w rites, “ I t can be and is, I believe, a t times removed from prints by chem icals, but the result so far as I have seen, is not very satisfactory, as it m akes the print grin, i .e .. the w hite becomes too w hite.


Y o u w ill therefore see th a t resorting to chem icals w ill never help p h ila te lists to overcom e this trouble, for a ru sty stam p is bad enough, but to add a ‘ grin ’ to i t m igh t so upset our m ental equilibrium as to m ake us destroy our entire co llectio n . Others say th a t rust can be en tirely avoided i f th e stam ps a re kep t in an a ir-tig h t tin case, but I h ave n ever seen sa tisfa cto ry resu lts . To the second part o f th e question I would sa y th a t I have heard, b u t never dem onstrated, th a t m oun ting diseased stam ps on w h ite b lo ttin g paper, a lth o u g h i t does n ot cure the trouble, stops it from sp readin g. W hether m ounting on w hite b lo ttin g paper w o u ld prove a certain cure again st th e appearance o f rust is an experim ent w hich i t w ould be worth w hile m akin g. I do not see why it should not answ er, fo r gran tin g, fo r Argum ent's sake, th a t rust is caused through dam p then the b lo ttin g paper w h ich is a quick absorbent, w ould a ttra c t th e floatin g damp lo n g before eith er stam p paper or gum, w h ich are greater resistenta could find th e op portun ity . O f course some w ill Suggest, and r ig h tly so, th a t when the b lo ttin g paper b e

com es ch arged w ith dam p there is a likelihood o f th e overflow a tta ck in g th e stam ps on its su rface. This is a p o in t w hich 1 m ust leave to the sc ie n t is t or exp erim entalist to an sw er. In fa ct, I w ould su g gest th a t experim ents be m ade by our mem bers— g e t h ea lth y used and unused specim ens o f those stam ps w hich w e know are m ost liab le to the troub le— and I h ave noticed th a t it is not a l l our Jam a ica stam ps th a t produce ru st spots, on ly certa in kinds, b u t for th is experim ent I w ould su g g est th e 2d. stam p alread y m entioned, a stam p w h ich appears, from th e num bers o f in fected copies to be foun d to be sp ecia lly liab le to th e disease— good specim ens should therefore be w orth m uch more than th e catalogues c a ll f o r - le t them be placed, a se t each, under th e m ost favou rab le and unfavourable circum stances, in the one se t w e w ou ld do everyth in g to p rotect the stam p, fo r th e other, a lth ou gh using th e sam e m ethods o f protection, w e w ould d elib era te ly p lace th e stam ps under those conditions w hich w ould prove th e m ost lik e ly to induce rust— the resu lts ■ would c e rta in ly be in stru ctiv e .

Colonial Post Offices of To-DayS i d e - L i g b t s o p P o s t a g e S t a i p p P r o f i t s

BY FRED. J. MELVILLE

A F E W notes on the postal finance o f the various B ritish possessions throw an in teresting ligh t on the su b ject of modern stam p issues. The notes are not presented as a com plete statem ent, as in some

cases there is nothing of interest to record, and in other cases th e particulars are en tire ly lack in g .

It seem s curious th at the N atal P ost Office m akes a sub stantia l profit (though it is d ecreasin g) w hile the Cape P ost Office makes a m uch more sub stantia l loss. The O range River C olony P .O . is also conducted a t a loss. The Transvaal, B echuanaland P rotectorate, and Southern Rhodesia a ll m ake profits.British New Quince and Papua.

Papua’s postal officials are officials of the T reasury, and their salaries do not come into the postal expenditure. B u t i t is h igh ly instructive to note th a t a sum of £ 4 9 invested in P ost Office expenditure in 190 8 is w e ll repaid by an income of £ 2 ,3 3 9 . The figures throughout in th e case o f B ritish New G uinea are interestin g.

In 1900 and 19 0 1 £ 5 0 a year was the expenditure o f the P ost Office. So m uch for cap ital sunk iu the enterprise. The n ext year things begin to m ove. Stam ps have m eanw hile been issued. The absence of revenue iu the tw o previous years is treated in business-like fashion, more cap ital is put in, stam ps issued, and we f in d ;—

R evenue. E xpen diture.190 2 ... £ 8 2 9 ... £ 3 3 71903 ... 10 9 4 2521904 332 1 1 21906 4 16 1 1 7190 6 6 12 19 2190 7 ... 1 3 1 8 1661908 ... 2339 49

Here indeed is a profitable concern, and i f there w ere an op portun ity fo r p u ttin g m oney into i t in a p rivate sort o f w a y i t should be as good as rubber. C ou n tin g th e tw o £ 5 0 item s for 190 0 and 19 0 1, £ 1 ,3 2 6 w as spent in nine years, y ie ld in g £ 6,840, or a profit of £ 6 ,5 1 5 .

A d eta iled enquiry shews whioh were th e m ost profitable sp eculation s. P art o f the £ 3 3 7 e x pended in 19 0 2 was probably for the engraved De L a R ue first issue. Once you have got your dies and your plates your expenses drop, and if your stam ps are p retty th ere’s no reason w hy your sales should n ot grow to over a thousand pounds as happened in B ritish N ew G uin ea in 19 0 3 . I t was la te in 190 6 when the overprin tin g o f the name Papua began, and th e sales jum p up a gain in s t i ll b etter s ty le to £ 1 ,3 1 8 in 19 0 7 .

As happens often enough iu com m ercial e n te rprises when b ig profits are being made, the p ro prietors im agin e that th e y can s till fu rth er fill their pockets by cheapening the class of goods. W e now get p a ltry lithographs in place o f the handsome en gravin gs. T he expenses go down, and w ith the varieties w hich the eagle-eyed p h ila te list discovers on lithos, sales n early double and we get th e phenomenon of a £ 49 expenditure and a £ 2 ,3 3 9 revenue.

In sp ite o f the successfu l p h ila te lic finance o f the P apuan authorities, collectors are, I b e lieve, very satisfied w ith new issue purchases, and have som e occasion to con gratu late th em selves on the rise in p h ila te lic m arket value of a num ber of their acq uisition s.British romallland.

The P ost Office iu this P rotectorate was estab lished in June, 1903, and there was a roaring trade done stra ig h t aw ay in the overprinted stam ps. The figures for 19 0 3 (representing only the m onths June to D ecem ber) am ounted to


£ 7 ,2 3 4 . K in g ’s Heads raised the incom e high again in 190 5, but the fo llow in g figures shew how artific ia l this revenue is to the P ro te c to ra te :

Revenue. E xpenditure.190 3 ... £ 72 3 4 ... £ 9 18190 4 ... 2460 ... 122419 0 5 ... 5764 ... 1586190 6 ... 2 1 9 1 94519 0 7 73 7 ... 10 731908 77 9 ... 1032

B ritish Som aliland, i t should be m entioned, is one o f the instances w hich provide the new issue collector w ith m atter for se lf-con gratu lation . Canada.

W h at Canada m akes on s tr ic t ly postal b u siness is p a rtly sw allow ed up by losses on the telegraphs. The revenue, w hich dropped £ 17 0 ,0 0 0 to £ 1,0 4 0 ,4 9 3 in 19 0 7 , increased h eavily in the year o f th e Quebec Centennial issue to £ 1 ,4 6 1 ,0 3 9 . Of th is increase o f £ 420 ,646, over one h a lf is represented by the face value of the 62,634,200 Quebec Centenary stam ps issued to postm asters, the fa ce value of which was £ 2 4 0 ,4 2 8 . The expenditure was increased from £ 8 17 ,6 0 9 in 190 7 to £ 1 ,2 3 4 ,5 5 2 in 190 8 .Cay Ion.

C ey lo n had a net loss of £ 1 3 ,1 6 6 in 1908, and a loss has been usual to the C olon y’s postal operations. W e are not inform ed as to the profits accru in g from the sales of the stam p issues fo r th e M aldives.Falkland I (lands.

There has not been the fluctuation here due to stam p dealers’ purchases th a t has been n oticeable in other o f the sm aller possessions. The highest point o f revenue is 190 8, £ 1 ,3 0 3 against an expenditure o f £ 3 ,3 0 1 , the deficiency in clu d ing, no doubt, a fa ir ly substantial m ail subsidy.H|l Islands.

F iji , w hich supports an interin sular m ail service a t a an n ual co st o f £ 3 ,6 5 2 , loses h eavily on its postal organisation . A gain st an expenditure o f £ 8,686 th ere is o f revenue £ 4,88 6 in190 8. The K in g ’s head series being issued early in 19 0 3 is doubtless the cause o f an increase in that year from £ 3 ,4 8 4 in 190 2 to £ 4 ,8 0 9 .Gambia.

T h e com ing of th e K in g ’s Head issue for G am bia, in 1902, n early doubled th a t C olon y ’s posta l incom e from £ 7 7 0 in 19 0 1 to £ 1 ,4 6 3 in 1902, and o n ly increased expenditure by £ 80 . The appearance o f th e 6d., 7$d. and lO d . stam ps in 19 0 6 , and the introduction o f th e m ultiple w aterm ark n early quadrupled the revenue o f 190 4

year of the issue o f those noveltiesfigures are n ot u n in te restin g :—

R evenue. E xp en diture.190 0 £ 2 9 6 ... £ 3 7019 0 1 770 46019 0 2 14 6 3 63019 0 3 663 620190 4 696 6 7119 0 5 2730 808190 6 1 3 1 7 7 1 319 0 7 746 7701908 C84 757

Hoag Kosg.F o r the first few years o f K in g's heads Hong

Kong has shew n an increase o f revenue, but this has dropped in 190 8 from £ 4 7 ,7 9 0 to £ 3 5 ,6 6 8 .

India.

In B ritish India, which follow s the Home Governm ent closely in its avoidance of anything in the n ature of speculative p h ilately , and whose D irector-G eneral of Posts is a p h ila te list of the first order, w e find the enormous postal business yields a revenue of £ 1 ,8 2 1 ,1 7 8 , being a profit o f £ 20 3,644 .

Labnaa.

Labuan appears to have alw ays conducted a fa ir ly large postal business, but the figures are som ewhat m isleading a t first sight, as up t ill 19 0 5 the returns include a very large proportion of North Borneo m ails, which were sorted in L abuan . In 1905, 138 ,423 letters and postcards were dealt w ith, and the previous tw o years the number had run into s ix figures. B u t in 1906, a fter the exclusion of the N orth Borneo m ails the number has dropped to 38,096. Parcels, of w hich there were 72 ,4 3 2 in 1905, fire only returned as 1 6 ,1 8 1 in 19 0 6 .

There has long been a substantial profit on the post office, a m atter which w ill probably not surprise the stam p co llector. I put the figures side by side o f revenue and expenditure from 1900 to 1907

Revenue. E xpenditure.1900 ... £ 708 ... £ 2 1 519 0 1 434 220190 2 469 269190 3 692 3 5 51904 632 29219 0 5 780 3 7 11906 732 18 6 J19 0 7 ... 3298 13 6

The revenue for 1900 probably included a large revenue from the variety o f 4c. overprints of18 9 9 . A fter a drop fo r tw o years we find a recovery in 19 0 3 . In this year w e find also th e expenditure increased by £ 96, which m ay have been due (ch iefly) to the production of a series o f stam ps sp ecia lly for use in Labuan, produced by M essrs. W ater low tt Sons, and issued 1 9 0 2 -3 . The sales o f these and o f the 1904 and 190 6 overprints w ill accoun t for the con tinued increases in 19 0 4 -19 0 6 . B u t the most profitable deal was the conversion o f the 190 2-3 set into S tra its Settlem ents stam ps b y overprintin g in 19 0 7, the stam ps thus overprinted being reserved in Labuan for use in th a t C olony a fter incorporation w ith the S traits Settlem en ts. L ater sta tistics are included w ith those o f the S traits.

F or several reasons the returns from the Straits Settlem ents fo r 1908 afford no guide to the state o f affairs in Labuan.

Mauritius.

M auritius loses on its postal operations. B u t for the sales to collectors of postage stam ps a s tr ic t ly postal (i.e ., not including telegraphs) loss o f n early £ 2,0 0 0 per annum w ould be very considerably increased.

Newfoundland.

N ew foundland loses heavily on its postal arrangem ents. Its incom e (postal) has flu ctu ated between £ 14 ,0 0 0 and £ 16 ,0 0 0 during the past four years, w hile th e expenditure has each year been in excess o f £60,000.

T o b e c o n t in u e d .


TI>e World’s Starpp ErrorsTbc Most Comprehensive and Entertaining Article on this Subject yet publishedBY MISS FITTE

T h is im portant a rtic le was started in N o. 1 o f the present Volum e. T h e tw enty-tw o in sta lm en ts a lready p u b lish ed m ay be had fr o m the P ublishers in N os. 1 to 28 (except No. 14), V ol. V., p rice l| d each post free.

Spain.

ERROR.

1 8 5 1 , 2 r ., b lu e ( 2 4 a ) .

D uring 18 8 1-2 , a fierce controversy raged in the p h ila te lic press, as to the tru e s t a t u s of th is stam p, w hich was then know n sim ply as “ th e 2 reales, b lue, Spain, 1 8 5 1 ,” some w riters contending th at it was an essay, others th a t it w as a tr ia l-co lo u r ; and the theory th a t i t m ight have been an error on the plate of th e S ix Reales,, was raised only to be discredited, because the su rvival o f the one copy then known, o u t o f a possible hundred or more, seem ed unaccountable.

Tim e, however, has solved th e d ifficulty, as a used v ertica l pair of stam ps of th e 1 8 5 1 issue is known, one bein g of the value o f S ix Reales, and the other o f Two Reales, and printed in b lu e ; tw o sin gles also are known, both used. T he error arose, of course, from the insertion of a o l io h i of the Two Reales in the p late of th e higher v a lu e : the m istake w as discovered and rectified, so the “ possible hundred or more ” m ust be considerably discounted. It is a fam ous error, and of the very greatest ra rity ; probably, unique s e te n a n t w ith the S ix R eales.

Unused copies o f the Two Reales, on thin paper and of a blue differing from th at of the S ix Reales, are sometimes m et w i t h : th ey are eviden tly trials of colour.

EBROR.

18 5 5 , 2r., b lu e ( 7 7 ) .I t is curious th a t there should be another error,

o f th e sam e fa c ia l value and colour as those of th e 18 5 1 stam p . In this case, th e Tw o Reales

c lic h d was inserted in the plate o f the One Real, b lu e ; and, although it is sufficiently scarce to be priced a t £ 1 6 (used), its rarity is sm all com pared w ith th a t of th e earlier error.

In th e T ap lin g C ollection are tw o blocks from th e p late of the One Real, each shew in g the e r ro r : one a pen -can celled block o f six, in three horizontal rows of two, the le ft-h a n d stam p of th e m iddle row being a Two Reales ; the other a fine postm arked block of sixteen, four b y four, the last stam p in the second horizontal row being the error.

The One Real was printed in blue, on bluish paper w aterm arked Loops (18 5 5 ), on w hite paper, w ith w aterm ark of Crossed Lines (Jan ., 18 56 ), and on plain thin and th ick w h ite paper (A pril, 1 8 5 6 ) ; but the error is known on the first paper only, so presum ably w as discovered and rectified .

EBBOB.

18 76 , 5c . d e p ., b lu e , u ltr a m a r in e (5 8 7 ) .Spain seem s to have a fondness fo r W ar Tax

stam ps, w hich are issued to c o lle ct a fe e in addition to the ordinary postal r a t e : i t certain ly is an expeditious and cheap w ay o f raisin g funds.

W hat possibilities i f w e ever have a p h ila te lic C han cellor o f the E xchequer I T h e p late o f the Ten C . de P eseta contained one or m ore c l ic h e s of the F ive C . de Peseta, w ith th e resu lt that the la tte r is found in blue and ultram arine, as w ell as in green, its norm al co lou r. T h e error is com m oner in ultram arine than in b lu e .Spanish Colonies.Philippine lelands.

TYPE .

THE POSTAGE STAMP 8831b

1854, l r . , b lu e — “ CORBOB " (9)*The stam ps o f the first issue were line-engraved,

the sheets shew in g forty varieties, in e igh t horizontal rows of five.

On the plate of the One Heal, the first stamp in the sixth row has “ c o k r o s “ at foot, instead of “ CORREOS.”

The error was never corrected, and therefore exists in a ll the shades of the normal stamp, and also (in bright bine) overprinted HAb il it a d o POB “ LA NACION " dnring the Provisional Government of 18 6 8 -70 : it is very rare so overprinted.

Porto Rico.

ERROR AND TYPE .

18 7 7 , ;»c . c a r m in e ; 10 c. brow n (14 a . 15 a ).This is not the only instance o f tw o stam ps

b ein g printed in each other’s colours. The F ive C s. P eseta w as norm ally printed in brown, and th e Ten C s. P eseta in carm ine.

Through some m istake, the colours were in terchanged, and w e get the F ive C s. Peseta in carm ine, and the higher value in brown, N either error is priced, and I have no inform ation as to ra r ity or otherw ise.

1882, 8c, y e llo w (7 2 ) .W ith the issue (1 8 8 1) preceding this there was

a change of currency, the value being given in m ilesim as and centim os de peso.

A n error occurs on the sheet of the Three Cs. de Peso, in consequence of the inclusion of a c l i c h e from the die of the E igh t C s. de Peso, w hich we therefore get in yellow , the colour of the low er v a lu e . It is uncommon, used or unused.

1882, 20c. o liv e -b r o w n (7 2 a ).( i O f the sam e type as the preceding, there is an error o f colour, the T w en ty C s. de Peso being found in olive-brow n, instead of slate, its proper colour. The Catalogue does not mention any stam p, the norm al colour of which is olive-brown : the nearest is brown for the Six Ms. de Peso, or o live-bistre for the E ig h ty C s. de Peso. It seem s to be scarce.

18 8 4-8 5, 8c. brow n (7 9 ) .This is sim ply a continuation of the plate-

error o f 1882, the c l ic h e of the E ight C s. de P eso not havin g been removed from the plate o f th e Three C s . de Peso. It is to be found in brown and in pale brown, th e price in either shade b ein g 6s. unused. 7 s . 6d. used.

Ulo de Oro.

19 0 7, 4j>. b lu e -g r e e n (3 3 a ).P h ila te ly certain ly assists in th e teaching of

G eography, for how m any non-collectors have ever heard o f " R io de Oro ” , or, havin g heard of it, can sa y w here i t is 7

In th e sheet o f the Three Pesetas, blue-green, th ere is, or w as, a stam p o f the valu e o f Four

Pesetas, the proper colour of w hich is d u ll b lu e.E vid en tly the error is scarce, as i t is priced a t

£ 1 2 .

Sweden.

BBROB.

18 7 2 -7 6 , 20c. v e r m ilio n — “ TBETIO ” (8 4 ).This is a rare and curious error, o f the sam e

kind as the 2 (“ zwer ein halb ” ) L u beck . One of th e c l i c h e s in the plate o f the T w en ty Ore was a ccid en tally broken or damaged, and it b ecam e necessary to replace i t . To save time, an old c l ic h e o f the T h irty Ore was used, the cen tral figures being rem oved and replaced by “ 20 ” ; but, eith er b y m istake or because i t w as found im possible to m ake a further alteration, the in scription of “ t b e t io o r e ” was allow ed to re main— the correct w ording for the T w en ty Ore is “ t j ijg o o r e .” The stam p is perforated 13 .

I find the position of the error on the aheet described as “ the fourth stam p on the fourth row to the le ft from the to p .” Four good fo r geries o f this stam p have been discovered and described.

Switzerland.

e r r o r a n d t y p e .

18 5 5 -5 9 , 5r . b r o w n ; lO r. b l u e ; 15 r. r o s e ; 20r. o ra n g e ; 40r. g r e e n . 1862, 2r. g r e y — w rong th r e a d s (49-62, 74, 7 5 ).

As every p h ilatelist is aware, the issues of this type o f stam p were printed on a paper, in the substance of which was a coloured silk thread.

The follow ing stam ps are known printed on the w rong papers Yellow th read : 2. 10, 15, 20 and 40 H appen; Blue th read : 5, 10, 20 and 40Rappen ; B lack thread : 15 Happen ; W hite thread : 2, 6, 10, 20 and 40 Rappen.

In the C atalogue, is a N ote a fter the 18 5 5 -5 9 issue : “ There is no doubt th at the w h ite threads are due to the colour having faded or having been orig in ally defective ; some of the errors w ith y e llo w or b lu e threads m ay also be copies in w hich the g re e n colour has changed. I t is w orthy o f note th a t no errors w ith c a r m in e or r e d threads are k n o w n ; the b la c k thread known in the 16 rappen m ay be extrem ely deep b lu e , b at it is probably a real erro r.”

T o b e c o n t in u e d .


New Issues ai?d OldThe Editor invites dealers and readers at home and abroad to give prompt information concerning New issues. A ll communications must b*

sent direct to the Editor, 14, Sudbourue Road, Brixton, London. S . W\A fter the name o f each counter we give the page ot TH E POSTAGE STAMP on which appeared the last reference to that countn.

Afghanistan.— (Vol. V. p. 116).— On the authority of D e r P h i l a t e l i s t , E w e n 's W e e k ly 8 ta m p N e w s lists the following addition to the current postage stam p series of this country.

Per/. t3 l.

l rupee violet-brown

Bermuda.—(Vol. V. p. 116).—Mr. W. H. Peckitt kindly sends us the 2Jd. value in the current Dock type printed entirely in ultramarine.

Bock Type. Work. Multiple Crown C A . Per/. 14.2id. ultramarine.

Canada.— (Vol. V, p. 226).— Our Canadian contemporary, the H o b b y is t announces that the current 1 cent stamp of the Dominion exists on three separate varieties of paper, thin, medium, and thick ; the thin paper being sligh tly ribbed.

Cuba.— (Vol. V. p. 69).— Various of our contemporaries report the issue on or about February 1st of the new series of Cuban postage stamps mentioned in our last reference to this country. The respective designs and colours are as u n d er:—

Ic . dark g reen and purple (G en era l B a rth o lom f H aso )3 c . dork red and g rey -g re en (G en era l M a x im o G om ez)3c. purple and blue (General Julio Sanguily)Sc. blue end green (General Ignacio Agramonte)8c. dark o liv e -g reen and v io le t (G en era l C a lix to G a rc ia )

10c. black, brown and dark blue (General Mayia Rodriguez)50c. purple and black (General Antonio Maceo)

$1 Blue-black and b lack (G en era ) C ar lo * R o lo ff )

Guatemala. (Vol. IV. p. 140).— Mr. Peckitt sends us the first of a new Centenary issue for this Central American State. Its inscription conveys the in formation “ CENTENARIO DE MIGUEL GARCIA GRANADOS—23 DE SBPTIEMBKE — 1809— 1909—BEPUBLICA DB GUATEMALA.” The stamp, the denomination o f which is 6 centavos, bears a portrait of the gentlem an in the centre in steel black, w ith a frame design in yellow-brown.

Centenary Issue, I80P—19O9. Per/. 14.6 centavo* yellow brown and black.

Klautachau.— (Vol. III. p. 262) .— D ie P o st chronic le s th e 4 cents valu e on w aterm arked paper, m akin g th e lis t o f w aterm arked K iautsch au stam ps a s fo l lo w s :—

Skip design. Wmk. Loteuges. Per/. 14.

1 cent brown2 cents green4 cents carmine

20 cent* black and carmine I dollar carmine I dollar blue t i dollars violet-black 21 dollar* carmine and black

■ MPT-

Papua.—(Vol. V. p. 261).— We gather that the follow ing values of the current series have been is sued w ith the w aterm ark Crow n over A s id e w a y s like the new 2s. 6d., th e Jd. value being brought into line w ith the rem aining denom inations by having the word “ P A P U A ” inserted in sm aller ty p e .

W m k. Crown A . sideways.

id- carmine and black I 6d. dark green and black

“ PAPUA " in sm aller tellers.

id . green and black

Q u e e n s la n d .— (Vol. V. p. 53;.— The 5d. value has been added to th e curren t series w aterm arked Crow n over A, and the i d . denom ination of the sam e issue has appeared in a new shade, viz., deep b lu e-green . This series now com prises fifteen stam ps, as under

W mk. Crown A . tsingle-lined).

id. green 2d. blue4d. greenish-yellow Sd. dull brown 1*. mauve 2s. 6d. vermilion 10*. deep brown

Per/, i t i, 13.id. vermilion 3d. brown <d. grey6d. yellow-green 3s. turquoise-green 5s. rose£1 bluish-green

Wmk. DoiM e-iined Crown A . Per/. I t X u f . 9d. brown and ultramarine

Salvador.— (Vol. V. p 214).— G ibbons' S ta m p W eekly lists tw o new provisional stam ps surcharged on the 19 0 7 series, w hich are said to h a re been in use for s ix days on ly.

Surcharged in red on stamps 4f 1907. Per/. //(.3c. on 13c. black and sepia 3c. on 26c. black and bistre

M essrs. B rig h t t t Son inform us th at th e y have received th e first stam p o f the new Salvador issue, w hich has a lread y been announced as fo rth com ing in T h e P o s ta g e S ta m p (p . 2 1 4 ) . The first stam p to hand is the 1 centavo, brown and b lack, w ith bust o f G eneral Fernando Figueroa, President of th e R epublic. The stam p is on w hite paper, w aterm arked honeycom b, perforated

THK POSTAGE STAMP 285

11 X 1 l j , date o f issue February 7th, 1 9 1 0 . We understand th at the stam ps of this new series have been engraved and printed in Salvador, their production being in the charge o f the N ational P rin ting Office. A ll the stam ps are to bear the same portrait.

id . green l id . orange 2jd . u ltram arine

. black and red on yellow ■ purple and m auve

2s. purple and blue on blue

Id . carm ine ad. g rey3d. purple on ydlow Jd. v io le t and o liv e la . black on m e n S». g reen ana red on yellow

Feb. 7, 1910— W hite Paper. Wmk. honeycomb. P tr f. i t x //l.

I cen tavo, brown and b lack . How to Collect New Issues.

S la m .— (Vol. V. p. 261'.— We gather from D ie P o st that a new series is in preparation for this country, the design of which is to consist o f a m edallion enclosing a p ortrait of the K in g, supported by an id o l.

T he system atic co llectin g o f N ew Issues is an im portant developm ent o f M odern P h ila te ly . Even in these u p -to -d a te tim es there are stam ps beiug issued occasion ally w hich never get a ohance to become com m on, and it is im portant to the c o llector who w ishes to keep r ig h t up -to-date to w atch the N ew Issue colum n in T h e P o s ta g e S ta m p , and keep in touch w ith the advertisem ents o f N ew Issues in T h e P o s t a g e S ta m p . M any of th e readers o f T h e P o s ta g e S ta m p , by p u ttin g them selves in com m unication w ith Borne of the dealers who advertise N ew Issues in this journal, have had some exceptional bargains o f la te .

S ie r r a L e o n e .— (Vol. V. p 197).— The new l jd . stam p for this Colony has now been issued, and copies have been shown us by both M r. W . H. P eckitt and M essrs. W hitfield K in g & C o . The com plete list o f Sierra Leone stam ps printed in accordance w ith the C olonial colour schem e to date is therefore as follow s

Bargains in StampsI f y o u «>Dt r e a l b a rg a in s in P o s t ^ e S ta m p s re a d l b *

a d v e r t is e m e n t p a g e s o f 'the Pottage Stam p e v e r y w eek . B v e r y w e e k t b e r e is s o m e th in g n ew . a n d m a n y s p e c ia l b a rga in s . I f y o n m i n a w e e k y o u m s y m iss th e v e r y s ta m p yo u w a n t t o c o m p le t e e s e r ie s

CorrespondenceN .B .— Correspondence on a ll m atters o f gen eral p h ila te lic in terest is co rd ia lly invited. A l l U tters /or publication

should be sent to the E d itor, T he Postage S ta m f, 14 , Sudbourne R oad, B r u to n , L ond on , a n d U tters sh ou ld a lso be distinctly marked i n s i d e w ith the nam e o f th is jo u r n a l. T he E d ito r does not n ecessarily id en tify h im se lf w ith op in ion s expressed by correspondents.

C H A L K Y P A P E R IN THE C A T A L O G U E S.

T h e E d ito r o f T h e P o s ta g e S ta m p .Sir,

When ch alk-surfaced paper first made its a p pearance in connection w ith B ritish and Colonial adhesive stam ps there was much discussion am ongst ph ilatelists as to whether the d iffurence between it and the ordinary paper was sufficient to con stitu te them d istin ct varieties, and considerable speculation as to how th e catalogue issuing firms would deal w ith the m atter in their ensuing editions. To m yself, and doubtless to m any other medium collectors, i t was a g rea t re lie f when “ opr o n ly G ib b o n s” in their 1908 catalogue som ewhat “ dam ned w ith fa in t praise." so to speak, th e differen tiation by m erely denoting the two varieties o f paper, where issued, w ith the letters o and c respectively, w ith a sin gle price, which of 'course, as explained in th e preface, applied to the com m oner of the tw o . T his system entailed a m inim um o f trouble to the com pilers o f th e catalogue, caused no confusion w hatever to those w ho arrange their collections by it, and did not increase its bulk by the thickness of a single page. I t was continued in their 1909catalogue. As this firm did n ot publish a c a t alogue for 19 10 , I, for the first tim e, purchased

B rig h t’s A .B .C . C atalogue, and w hilst 1 find it a m ost carefu lly compiled, and in other respects m ost useful volum e, to m e th e recent issues of B ritish and C olonial stam ps are rendered ipost confusing by reason of th e separate listin g and pricin g of the tw o descriptions of paper. Seeing th at the am ount of su rfacin g varies considerably, and th a t even in the case o f unused stamps, it is difficult to distin guish betw een the two papers w ith ou t using a silver coin, which, to eay the lea st of it, does not im prove a stamp, w hilst in the case of used stam ps even experts are fr e q u en tly unable to d istin guish them a t a ll, does i t n ot seem unnecessary and absurd to encumber catalogues (excep t those intended for specialists o n ly) w ith such distinctions 1

S u rely new issues are pourin g forth w ith suffic ien t rap id ity w ith ou t m u ltip ly in g them unnecessa r ily in this w a y 1 Sooner or later, ju st as w hat is now known as “ P h ila te lic L ite r a tu r e " had to be removed from the catalogues to dim inish their bulk, so w ill such m inor distinctions as surfaced and unsurfaced paper have to be om itted, and the sooner this fa c t is recognised and acted on the better pleased w ill be 99 o a t o f 100 collectors, including

Yours, e tc.,“ Ru k n t m e d x . ”


P H IL A T E L Y A N D E SP E R A N T O .

T o t h e E d ito r o f T h e P o s ta g e S ta m p .

14, Sudbourne Road, B rixton .Dear Sir,

I have read w ith keen interest in the “ Gossip ” o f your issue for th e 19 th u ltim o., the re fe rence to E speranto and its value to p h ilatelists ; and I cannot refrain from w ritin g you to bear witness o f its extrem e u tility to anyone engaged in the collection of stam ps.

Personally, I have been a p h ila te list for m any years, in a q uiet sort o f w ay, and have been an E speran tist n early three years. I f I say that during those la s t three years I have gained more p ractical enjoym ent and more practical results w ith m y stam p co llectin g , I sh a ll in no w ay lay m yself open to reproaches of conscience. E speranto is th a t means o f inter-com m unication between us and the peoples of foreign lands which has in the past been lacking, b u t w hich now enables the co llector to deal w ith ou t trouble or undue expense d ire ctly w ith those persons in other countries who, like him self, are interested in p h ila te ly . B y a person o f ju st average education, the International lan guage can be learned in two or three months for a ll practical purposes, and then im m ediately he can get in touch w ith .a n y one abroad w ho is interested in his hobby. When it is remembered th a t Esperanto is in a much

more advanced sta ge o f evolution abroad than it is in our Islands of conservative ideas, i t w ill b e understood th a t no difficu lty o f p ractica l co n sideration exists to prevent the fa c ile in te rchange o f stam ps, or, for th at m atter, o f a n yth in g else, b y means o f E speranto correspondence. A t any rate, I find no obstacles m yse lf in th e w ay of g e ttin g inform ation about, or in a c tu a lly procuring, stam ps b y its medium ; and from E speranto correspondents in far countries I derive very real pleasure b y exchanging w ith them p h ila te lic thoughts, when an exchange of a m ore p ractica l nature for the stam p a lb u m 'is not possible 1 The E speranto p h ila te lic journal, T ra L a F i la t e l i o , to o , contains much m atter o f in terest. It is published m onthly from France, and enjoys a fa ir ly wide c ircu latio n .

In conclusion, let me endorse a ll th a t your correspondents have said upon this su b je c t. The possibilities o f the lan guage are m a n ifo ld ; th ey are, o f course, in a yo u th fu l sta ge now, but as they fee l the support o f the ever-in creasin g ranks o f Esperanti8t8 th ey w ill un question ably, in m y opinion, become m anifest as necessities in a united w orld.

B elieve me to be,Yours tru ly ,

C . E . B o a r d m a n .

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CONTENTS.12 M a r c h , i?to. Page

Gossip o f t h b W e e k - - 277Stamp Ru s t ..................................279Co l o n ia l Po s t O f f ic e s o f T o -d a y 280 T h e W o r l d 's St a m p Er r ors - - 282N e w Issu es a n d O l d - 284Co r r e s p o n d e n c e - - - - 285E d it o r 's L e t t e r Bo x - - 286So c ie t y N e w s ......................................287

Answers to Correspondents.T.F. (Lytbam). 1. The die for the first

type of New Zealand w » b engraved on steel by Wililam Humphrys, the same individual who was responsible far strengthening the die of the first Id. British stamp (Dlell.—

Humphrys' retouch) and for engraving several of the most handsome early stamps of Messrs. Perkins Bacon A Co.'s printing.

2. The portrait was not an original one. It was, I believe, copied from the Coronation portrait of the Queen painted by Mr. Alfred Chalon, R.A. Mr. Chalon painted several portraits of the Queen, but there can be no mistaking this one. Engraved prints of the picture are In existence.

3. The printer of the first Colonial printings, 1860— 1862, is believed to have been a Mr. Richardson, of Auckland. After February, 1802, they were printed in the department of the Postmaster- General at Auckland, under the superintendence of a skilled printer, John Davies, sent out by Messrs, Perkins Bacon A Co. at the request of the New Zealand Government. The unwatermarked issues were long supposed to be the first Issues. There Is still much that remains to be discovered concerning the Colonial printings and the origin of the earliest perforations. The Koyal Society’s new work on Oceania may, however, clear up many of the remaining points.

4. The Id. newspaper stamp is said to have been designed in the Stamp Printing Office. One can eee that its design owes something to the Great Britain id. of 1870 current at the time (1873).

6 . The 1874 issue wee engraved and electrotyped by Messrs. De la Rue and printed In the Stamp Printing Office of. the New Zealand P.O. Department. One rarely learns the names of the individual engravers of work produced by Messrs. Do la Rue, and so far as I am aware they are not known in the instances you mention.

6 . Nor do I know the Individual designers and engravers of the pictorials, 1808, 1 0 0 0 —0 1 .

7. I t is understood that Mr. (now Sir) Joseph Ward who Is Prime Minister, Colonial Treasurer, Postmaster-General, and Commissioner of Electric Telegraphs and has several other offices) combined in one, had invited the assistance of Sir Edward Poynter, Kt., President R.A. (now Baronet) in preparing the design for the Universal Penny Postage Stamp. But as this could not be we do not know

who was the artist. Several firms! have constructed plates for printing’, the stamps since 1 0 0 1 .

Remarks. I agree with you tbat£lt is interesting to know the origins of stamp designs, but in arguing that it is^more Important to know the designer and engraver than to puzzle out', the perforations you must bear in mind that it is often only by reaeon of the specialists’ minute enquiries into these details that the facts which Interest yon'become known st all.

C.FJ. (Brisbane). Your letter undated to band. Thanks for good wishes. The matter was a trifle. Am always gladj to assist readers when possible.

■ in R.Y.R. (Toronto).* Youif British East Africa (8 .G. 70) has had the bottom stroke of the E scraped away to make It appear British Fast Africa. You can clearly see that the fine has been removed and with; it a portioi^oUthe shadin£onlthe cheek.■ L.B.G. (8 .E.). Sorry the slides were not available. 1 know of no others at the moment but let me know when you would be likely to require them. A Little later on I may be able to assist you. I note you have Persia (8 .G. No. 300) 0 ch&hl on 1 kran with the overprint inverted. There are heaps more of Persia varieties not) yet catalogued. The country already occupies an appalling ten pages of the catalogue however.

A.C. (Dublin). ’* The rarest stamp in the world ? ” I t is a distinctions that might perhaps be applied to each of several “ unique“ Items. But the generally accepted ” rarest stamp " is the one cent British Galana, black on pale red paper, 1860. Only one copy is known, namely the one in the possession of M. la Renotiere. The unique distinction of this copy has not been altered by the press cutting you rend for the second copy turned out to be a facsimile. The one and only known copy was found by a Mr. Wyatt, of Dem- erara, in 1B77 or 1878 and was'offered) to the late Mr. E. L. Pemberton along with several other stamps (four circular* of

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1860) for £110. Unfortunately for Mr. P. be did not accept at once and the opportunity slipped by.

2. Otner rarities I have dealt with In Postage Stamps with Fortunes, but it should be noted that degrees of rarity and high prices do not necessarily go hand-in- hand. The stamps dealt with there are what might be termed the popular rarities Ho doubt other stamps of equal or greater rarity exists, but they are not perhaps generally known, or so much sought after. There are many considerations to take into account In considering the value or selling price or whatever you like to call it of rare stamps.

W. (South London). I know no books published on stamps of Monaco or Tunis. Hr. Westoby treated of the former In Adhesive Stamps of Europe (Vol. II, p. 76-78) See also article by the late editor In Postage Stamp (Vol. III. p. 123).

Philatelic Journals.— Can any reader favour the Editor with copies of any of the following?: Welter 's it eektjt Stamp Nc-os March, 27th, 1808; Smith'* UonthlitCircuinr.Nos. 397, 398, 399; L t " " lle t iu I ’hilatelique. S o . 6 (November, 1908); let < iieulaire PhilnMique. 56 ; Australian Philatelist. Vol. in .. No. 119.

N.B. (West Didsbury). Glad you have been able to make some satisfactory exchanges with the South African correspondent. He France : Maury’s Histoire dee Timbres Poste Franca is, 2 vols., published at 6 francs, should interest you as It is mainly historical and anecdotal. Glad you stUl continue to enjoy reading the journal. Thanks for suggestions which I will bear In mind. like you I favour the historical, but a majority of readers favour the market side of stamps, and although we may concur with the Ibsen dictum that the majority is always wrong we have, to satisfy the majority In a popular journal.

W.L.( Edmonton, Alberta).— The Canada 10c. Prince Albert Is catalogued 22/6 by Gibbons, 18/- by Bright. The latest catalogue quotations on the Jubilee series unused are Bright’s, as follows:— )c. 1/3; lc. 2jd.; 2c. 3d.; 3c. 4d.; 5c. 8 d.; 6c. 2/6; 8 c. 1/3; 10c. 1/3: 15c. 1/9; 20c. 2/6; 50c. 4/-; 1 dollar 8/6 ; 2 dolls. 12/6; 3 dolls. 18/-; 4 dolls. 24/-; 6 dolls. 30/-. In selling your set you must not expect to get more than a proportion of the prices quoted.

D.H.B. (Bexhill).— Thanks for varieties forwarded to our new issue chronicler. Stamps will be returned In due course.

C.H.R. (Darlington).— Your interesting note of March 1 to band. I note the Postmaster of Turks Islands has informed you (February 4) that the 3d. multiple ship design was first placed on sale March 20, 1908, and that there has only been on- printing. Also that there will be none left very soon as they are being rapidly told, etc. Also that he has reason to believe the printing was not a very large one. The tact that your correspondent misdates his letter 1909, instead of 1910, need not trouble you concerning 1908 aa the year of Issue of the stamp, which was announced in The I o'oiiial Office Journal In April Of that year, and was referred to then in The Hostage Mump; it was also chronicled as Issued In our issue for May 23, 1908.

L. Ant (Southend).— No stamps received to date tMarch 4). To whom were they addressed at Tunbridge Wells ? All editorial correspondence should be sent to 14, Sudboume Road, Brixton.

A. H. H. (Brixton HUI).— Postcard to hand and contents noted.

A Cepe Correspondent.— I am sorry I cannot undertake sale of your entires. Some are interesting, bat there it no philatelic value in a postcard that has been round the world. The more often it has been totud the world the leas fit ta It for

inclusion in a collector’s album. I note with some little sympathetic satisfaction that some of the many bank officials who have been asked to assist the postcard in Its progress round the world have given the originator something to ponder upon when it at last accomplished its Journey. Somebody had interposed the words “ The Cheerful Idiot" in the final “home" address. Other Inscriptions added in the oourse of journey a r e I s there an asylum in Capetown?” (Doubtless there is. but lt may be full up). “ A little less of this'' writes another. “ Are you sure you are quite sane ?’’ “ This sort of thing is becoming a nuisance” (I gather that this gentleman had heard something of the wheels before). “ A little of this goes a long way” (which may be a double entendre). “ I've got a looney pal,” to which Is appended a long arrow pointing to the name of the original sender of the card. Finally we get “ Of ail the dashed tomfoolery” (both expressive and polite— for a Colonial official). The card is quite interesting, but not pnUatell- caily. I hope your friend (If indeed he were such) has learned his lesson, and will remember that postal officials as well as bank officials have something else to do beyond attending to useless whims and fancies of this order.

S o c ie ty N e w sSecretaries of Philatelic Societies are

urged to send news Items Intended for publication as promptly as possible.


The principal feature of a meeting of the Isle of Thanet Philatelic Society, held at the Queen's and High CUffe Hotel, CUf- tonvllle, Margate, on Saturday, February 26th. at 8 p.ra., was a paper and display on the stamps of British New Guinea and Papua by Mr. Abraham Wolfers. This proved highly Interesting and instructive and was greatly appreciated by a large attendance of members anil visitors. Having briefly outlined the topographical position and resources of the country, Mr. wolfers passed on to a very lucid and entertaining description of its various postal issues, with special reference to the surcharged stamps. His paper was accompanied by a small but choice display of the postage stamps of this popular country, including a complete sheet of the 1/- small ” Papua * surcharge, on which the various varieties were pointed out by the author and also sheets of the current lithographed Issue, referring to which Mr. Wolfers stated that every stamp on the sheet differed in some respect from its neighbour, thus rendering the plating of these stamps possible.

Id asking the meeting to accord Mr. Wolfers a very hearty vote of thanks for his contribution, Mr. Adntt remarked that the paper which had Just been read showed them very clearly where the true science of philately really commenced.

Messrs. H. F. Johnson, J. M. Munos, G. R. Hewett and R. E. R. Datwigk were elected to the membership of the Society, and Mr. Johnson was nominated to serve with the President as the Society's Delegate to the Second Philatelic Congress of Great Britain.

A bourse and general social discussion which followed the formal business of the meeting was much enjoyed by those promt.

At tbs next meeting, which takes place on March 1 2 th, Mr. A. Leon Adntt, F.R.P.8 .L., will show his famous collection of the stamps of the Cayman Islands

which is well-known as the finest oollection of these stamps extant. The display will be accompanied by some interesting notes, and it la hoped that all members and visitors who ean possibly do so, will make a special effort to be preeent on that occasion, as there 1* undoubtedly a great treat In store for them.

Secretary and Treasurer—D. B. ARMSTRONG.

HERTS.PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

The fifth general meeting of the session1909-1910,was held at No. 4, Southampton Row.W.C., on Tuesday, February 15th, 1910, at 6.30 p.m.

Present: Messrs. Frans Reichenheim (President), T. H. Harvey, W. G. Cool,R. Frentsei, A. H. L. Giles, W. T. Standen, A. G. Wane, F. Read, W. A. Gunner, L. Sauvee, S. Chapman, J. A. Leon, Guy Semple, J. E. Booth, Huron Anthony de Worms, Messrs. J. A. S6fl, D. Thomson,T. E. Hansom, E. Bounds, L. L. R. Haus- burg, J. C. Sldebotbam (Hon. Librarian),H. A. Slade (Hon. Secretary) and one visitor

The President took the chair.The minutes of the meeting held on

January 18th, 1910, were read and signed aa correct.

The President Informed the members that the Vice-President expressed his regrets, that through indisposition, he was unable to be present at the meeting, and tlie President was requested to forward the hopes of those present for Mr. Hay- man's speedy and complete recovery.

During the last month donations for the Library were received from Messrs. Bright and Son, The Melville Stamp Books,” Messrs. W. H. Pockitt, Fred. J. Melville, The Junior Philatelic Society and Inter- natkmaler Phllatellsten Vereln, Dresden, and for the Society’s Collection from the President and from the Vice-President.

All these donations were acknowledged with thanks

The President passed round a copy of “ The Connolsaeur Pocket Album ” with moveable leaves published by Messrs. P. L. Pemberton A Co., for the inspection of the members present.

At the conclusion of formal business Mr. L. L. R. Hausburg, who was received with quite an ovation, gave a display

Victoria.At the end of the display Mr. Alexander

J. 8411 In a few well-chosen words, proposed, and Mr. W. T. Standen, seconded, a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Hausburg for his courtesy in giving members an opportunity of examining nis magnificent collection of treasures. This vote was carried with acclamation and modestly responded to by the recipient.

The meeting terminated at 8.10 p.m.H. A. Sladi, Hon. See.


At the meeting, February 6th, Mr. Freak Phillips, of the firm of Stanley Gibbons Ltd., displayed a portion of their well- known Reference OoUnction. Apart from a few Interesting forgeries of Great Britain, the display consisted of the stamps of the Italian States, Neapolitan Provinces, Romagna, and Roman States. Side by sue with the original stamps large numbers of more or leas well executed forgeries were shown, and It wee comforting to reflect that to many should now be In safe keeping, and no longer at large aa snares (or tire unwary.


Mr. J. H. Tite’t splendid collection of used stamps of Great Britain was then Inspected. The superb condition of the copies was much remarked on. The collection includes many pairs, strips and large blocks of the Imperforate stamps all In a state of perfect preservation, and complete sets of the plate numbers of the surface printed stamps, as well as many re-constructed sheets.

On February 10th, Ur. Albert Ashby save a display of the stamps of British New Guinea, shewing his specialised collection, which u the most complete collection of that country In the world.

Mr. E. W. H. Bo we next read a paper on “ Slam,” and displayed his collection of that country so prolific in surcharges.

Both collections were greatly admired, and the knowledge and research exhibited in the papers received full acknowledgment.

E. WEDMORE,Eon. Secretary,

54, Park Road, West Dulwich.

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T7oREIGN and Colonial, 56 to So% under 1 catalogue; approval.-- Rev. G. Bell, Lisburn, Ireland.

IF you want to know where to get New 1 Issues at face value, write the number 1339 on a postcard with your name and address (nothing else) and post to Ewen’s Subscription Stamp Collecting, 32. Palace Square, Norwood.

OOSTAGE Stamp Gauges, for measuring 1 perforations. They are made in brass, and can be tarried in the waistcoat pocket. Most useful to all Collectors. Price I/- nett, by post i l l .—L Upcott Gill, Bazaar Buildings, Drury Lane. London, W.C.

Xli DIFFERENT Colonials. Bechuanaland, ,JW Falklands, Montserrat, Zanzibar.Caymans, etc., fid. — Druitt, 4 7, Ordell Road. Bow, London.


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value 51-2nd Prize—Ditto, ditto, ditto, value 2/6

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CONDITIONS :—(!) To the two Collectors who purchase from our Approval Sheets the greatest number of stamps in the week we will forward FREE one if- and one 2/6 album.

(2) To the Collector who makesthe laigest purchases from our Sheets during month we will forward a cheque of ONE POUND. Write us at once, giving your wants, and have

your name entered as one o f the competitors

Hayden & FreemanIT, New Oxford Street, Landes. W.C.

G E T T H I S P A C K E T T O - D A Y .Merely send a postcard and I will send on approval for 3 days, BOO d l lT . iw n t p o s t a g a • t a m p s f o r S/S, from which any 100 may be selected for 1/6, or 150 for 8/-. If you buy the complete packet 2,000 stamp hinges will be presented free. Read what customers say concerning this packet: Mr Norman Drake, 103, Willow Mount, Sheffield, writes, Dec. 10th.— " I am highly satisfied with the packet, and although 1 have traded with some of the largest dealers in England. I have never had such good value.” Mr. M. E. Turner, “ Purbeck," Blandford, writes. Dec. loth.—” I am very pleased with the selection and esn thoroughly recommend your packet*. I have a collection of over S.< 00 varieties, but found 63 varieties i did not hare, which I think ia a very valuable addition.” / but and exchange your duplicates. H . M o C R A I Q H T , 2 , N o r l a n d R o a d , N o t t l n c H i l l , W .


B Y S E N D I N G F O R P A R T I C U L A R S OF

W . H. P E C K I T T ’ S N E W I S S U E S E R V I C E ,

4 7 S T R A N D , L O N D O N , W .C .

D o Y o u ?Require these, If so they're cheap.

Great Britain, 1880, id. lilac, I.R.unused (cat. 9d.) ... ............0 3

Ditto, 1887, id. vermilion. I.R. unused(cat 1/6 ) ...............................0 6

Ditto, 1902, id. scarlet, I.R. unused(cat 3/-1 ...............................1 o

Ditto, id. verm., id. grn., Queen, and id. grn., King. “ Army Official,” unused (cau 1/4) ... 0 5

New South Wales, 1905, tod. violetteat. I/-) ...............................n 4

North Borneo, 1888, 50 cent., unused 1 0Canada, 50C. violet. King ............0 6Ceylon, 30c., “ On Service,” King,

(cat. i l - ) .............................. I 0Persia, I9Q7-8 (Shah), 1 kran, used o z

Austrian Jubilee' , '5 krona ” ... 1 04 Ceylon, King, 12, 15, 2S and 30 cent 0 5 8 Chili, 190s. 10, 1 5 , 20. 30 and 50 cent

(cat. 1/6 ) ............................. 0 66 Crete, 191®, “ Prince George,” 5I.

to 2 drac., rare ..................... 2 9Poatage Extra.

W rite for Approval Selections. Bargain List gratis and post free.

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SUPERB POSTALLY OSED COPIES.Each.

Austrian Levant, Jubilee, 2 pi.3d... „ 5 pi.6d.,lopi. I I-,. „ set I pi to 20 pi. i l -

British East Africa 1896, 2 r. 3/3 , 3 or4r, 61- Bosnia, 1906, fine complete set, ih. toslcr. Si-Brazil, 1900, 200 rcis ..................... jd.Br. Levant, 1910, Ip. 30, brown green... 10/6

Ip. 30. orange............10/-,. ., 2p. 20 on 6d., rare ... 10/-

E.A. & Uganda, King, single CA, id. 3d.la. Id.

>• „ .. 2 or 4a. 1 /-,3 or 8a. i l -

ii ,, 3a., very rare 4/6,1 .1 ,, ,. CC, I or 2rs.

fineFr. Somali, 1902, 40 or 50c....................

„ .1 75c. or ifr... .. 5fr..............................,, 1903, 40c. or SOc.

7 5c. or Ifr. 2fr.5fr.

*/36d.

tod.3/66d.

tod.1/431-

Hayti, 1904, sur. Post Paye, I, 2, 5 , 10c.each 2d.

20C. or 50c. 4d. .. „ (bi-col.) 1 ,2,5 7 ,IOC. 2d.

„ 20c. or 50c. Sd.Nicaragua, 1904, official, Ic. to 5 pesos,

setPerak, 50c. green 81 black, undercatalgd.

„ 50c. lilac 8t black, ,,2 or 3 dollars, „5 dollars

. Malay on Perak, toe., rareFedPersia, 1908, Ich. to 3okr, set

1909. 5 0 krans tri-coloured il, King, CC, 5/-, 2/-, 10/-, scarce

21-3/-21-

10/-

ttS?

£

Natal,.. one pound, good invest.

„ „ CACA, 21-1/-, 2/6 , scarce...................... 5/- 3/-, 101-..................... one pound, very special 12/6

Suriname, 1893, 15c. 2d., 20c. sd.,2 ;c. lid.10c. 6d»

., 1900. 2 gulden 50c. on 2 )g.,fineZanzibar. 1904. 71 or 8as......................

RARITIES IN UNUSED (Hint O.G.) New Hebrides on Fiji, id. to 1/-, set... 7 /- Orange R. Colony. 1900, V.R.I.. fid.

carmine, cat 25/- 7/6 Papua, amall surcharge, i, 1 , 2 ,1 ), 4 .6d.

l l - and 2/6 , special price for completeset 15/-

Perak. Service, mint, Jc. blue rarity ...IS I- 11 » >• 5c- bi-col. „ ... 2/6

Rare stamp* wanted, especially Old Great Britain, recent Br. Levants. I will pay 21- each for Natal, tat muit.. I/-, unused, and

8d. used.James Rhodes,62 marketst,Manchester

Founded byEDWARD J. NANKIVBLL Edited byFRED. J. MELVILLE.

No. 25. VoL 5. 19 MARCH, 1910. Price Id.(Wbdt Number Ii9) __________ _______________________________________ ________________

Gossip of tl?e Weel$BY CORNELIUS WRINKLESeeds of Tronble.

AN illum inating paragraph in the New Y ork H era ld informs me that oar friends across the

pond have found the post- tage stamp microbe. Of course the L a n c e t has made profound enquiries into the bacteriology of postage Btamp mucilage, and other phases of possible danger in the ubiquitous postal label, but the New York idea has some philatelic possibilities in it. Here is the

P ost Offic e s to Se l l Stam ps G um m y S id e u p .

As a precaution against the spread of disease germs the New York Poet Office employes are delivering all postage stamps face down on the counter.

The measure is taken because of the m any complaints from health boards and from individual pbysioians that when the stamps are pushed across the counter with the gummed side down they pick up many germs which are lioked off by the persons who put the stamps on envelopes.

It was stated ny clerks in the post office that many persons moistened their fingers w ith their lips before picking up stamps, and this, the postal authorities said, was a direct way of carrying germs to the counters, which in many cases were made of wood and held the germs.— New Y o r k H era ld . 12 .2 .10 .

"F a c e * ' Value on the Back.

We have lately seen the postal authorities of the United States adopt the Greek notion of issuing stamps perforated and imperforate. I f it ever became general for theU.8. postal clerks to sell stamps face downwards we m ight well anticipate a revival of the Greek practice (but best expressed in terms of an Irishism) of printing tho “ face ” value in figures on the “ back.”

The nimble microbe has become a veritable Gorgon of terror to all in authority. But it is scarcely conceivable

that it is safer to sell stamps one way up than the other. The stamp lying face downwards on the counter presents its filmy surface of gum as a trap for the falling impurities in the atmosphere of the post office, probably no less a danger than the other way. In fact we would suggest that the only safe way of avoiding postage stamp microbes is to encourage the use of a pad for moistening, or make it an offence to lick a stamp with the tongue.

Stamp Printer Rewarded.

The G lobe informs us that the Australian Government have awarded £250 to Mr. J. B . Cooke, the Commonwealth stamp printer, for services rendered by him in connection with the reduction in the cost in the supply of postage stamps to the Postmaster-General's department. As the result of Mr. Cooke’s recommendations, the cost of printing stamps in Victoria was reduced from 5d, a thousand to 8|d., in New South Wales from 7$d. a thousand to 4£d., and in Queensland from lOd. a thousand to 6d.

Where some of the Avery Qems have gone.

The C om m ercial, a journal of Bangor, Maine, U .S.A ., in publishing some notes ou the Avery collection gives some particulars of the destination of several of the most notable rarities in the collection. Says that journal

" I t is an interesting fact about the Avery collection that some of its greatest rarities have been secured by well-known American philatelists. Henry J. Duveen of Duveen Brothers, art dealers of this city, who in August last purchased the Maurioe Kann paintings for 92,500,000, and in 1908 the Rodolphe Kann collection for 95,000,000, has now, among other Avery rarities, unused copies of the one-penny and twopence Postoffice Mauritius. Of the 26 known copies of this issue, there are only two of the one-penny, unused, and only five of the twopence, unused. The Avery copy of the one-penny value, now owned by Mr Duveen, and the one in the collection of M. la Renotiere, the noted French philatelist, are the only unused one-penny Postoffice Mauritius known. A New York stamp dealer reccutly estimated the two Mauritius secured by Mr. Duveen from the Avery collection to be worth 915,000. A. H. Caspary, another American philatelist has secured the Avery eopy of the Millbury (Mass.) postmaster 5-oent stamp. I t is one of the rarest of all American stamps. I t is a fine specimen on the entire envelope.


A Pari* Flood 5tamp.

A proposal has been made to augment the fund for the sufferers in the Paris floods by the issue o f a n '" inundation stamp.” says the G lobe (8.3.10). I t is suggested th a t the stamp Bhall bear a design emblematical of the disaster, and that it shall be sold for twenty-five centimes. The actual value of the stam p' for franking purposes w ill be ten centimes, so the relief fund would benefit to the extent of fifteen centimes for each stamp sold. The sale to collectors alone would, it is computed, produce a goodly sum for the distressed, and many philanthrophic persons would not object to overpay the postage of a letter when the relief fund would benefit.

A Stamp Magnate In a Land of Locusts.

Mr. Charles J. Phillips, writing to G ib b o n 's S ta m p W eekly of .his combined business and pleasure trip to South America, tells how be was held up in a train by a swarm of locusts. I t was on January 18th that he left Buenos Ayres at 8 a m . for Mendoza, at the foot of the Andes, a hot and tiresome journey of twenty-one hours. “ Near Makanna, about eleven hours from Buenos Ayres, we had an unusual experience; our train was stopped for an hour by a great swarm of locusts. They were so thick that they clogged the wheels, and the engine could not get a grip on the rails. Messengers were sent to the nearest station, and gangs of men came out on trolleys. They cleared the wheels with brushes and shovels and laid sand on the rails; we then did about fifty yards, when the same proceedings had to be repeated, and this went on for over half a mile. The locusts were the young ones, about an inch to an inch and a half long, and are termed * voladora.’ They are trapped in the following w ay. A trench is dug about two feet across and three feet deep, and sheets of corrugated iron are laid down, projecting a few inches over the edge of the trench ; in their passage the locusts fall in and cannot jump out from such a depth. When half full, naphtha is poured in and the locusts burnt, or the trench ib filled up and another made alongside. The Government wages ceaseless war with this pest, but the locusts breed in countless millions in the barren swamps of Central Brazil, and are a terrible curse to the northern portion of the Argentine Republic.”

A Famine of Stamp Mounts.

On the way back Mr. Phillips experienced a hindrance of another order. Having purchased at Mendoza the fine collection of Dr. L u is Goldeack. who is giving up stamps for vine and fruit culture, C. J. P. set about mounting the loose stamps on the journey back to Buenos Ayres. He used up all his mounts, and then made fresh ones from the margins of sheets of common Btamps, but ran out of these at last and had to stop work. This collection, valued by the [purchaser at £10,000, is the fourth he has purchased on the trip, so that South America w ill be to C. J. P. a veritable land of locusts and— money.

U.S. Postal Official to Address Philatelic Convention.

I learn from the S ta m p C ollector of Columbus. Ohio, one of the best of America's Stamp Monthlies, that the U .S . Post Office Department is to be represented at the next Convention of the American Philatelic Society. Secretary H. S. Adair, of the A .P.8 ., has been advised that the Post Office Department will be represented at the Detroit Convention, in acceptance of an invitation extended by resolution of the Society adopted at Atlantic C ity last summer. The Department advises Secretary Adair that il he will notify it two weeks in advance of the date of the Convention, it wilt detail a representative to attend and address the members.]

A Turkish Trap.L ' A n non ce Tim brologique says of the so-called com

memorative stamps (overprints). of Turkey issued last year a t Jaffa, that they have no official character, as has already been indicated in T h e P o tta g e S ta m p . Onr Belgian contemporary adds the information that of the

- overprints which were applied to the 5, 10, 20 paras and 1 piastre there were in all 2,000 stamps overprinted. The possessors of this little stock invoke the evidence of a high official as to the bona f id e s of the stamps in order to dispose of them a t the highest possible price, but the m atter is now fully known and there is no occasion for falling into what our contemporary aptly describes as a trap.A Stamp of 1,000,000 Reis.

A correspondent of the same journal says that the next issue of Brazil will comprise twelve postage stamps : 16?20. 50,100, 200, 300, 500, 600, 1,000, 2,000. 5 000 and10,000 reis : ten postage d u es: 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 400, 600, 1,000, 2,000 and 5,000 r e is ; and seventeen officials : 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 600. 1,000, 2,000, 6,000, 10,000,20,000, 60.000,100,000, 200,000,600,000 and 1,000.000 reis.

The last named denomination is a bit of a stunner for the would-be collector of complete sets. The highest denomination in Brazil heretofore was the 10.000 reis official stamp of 1906 which Gibbons price unused a t 26s. The face value of the new stamp w ill be about £70.Pricing According to Condition.

It was only a month or so ago that the L o n d o n P h i l a te lis t dilated on the relative condition of UBed stamps. The remarks were apparently suggested by Mr. Power’s notes on this aspect of United States postage stamps, and I have this week a letter from m y good friend, Mr. G. P , Rothfuchs, of Boston, enclosing a little booklet which should| be of considerable use to the student of United States stamps. In Mr. Rothfuchs’ opinion all stamps ought to be priced according to their condition. In his handy little retail price list No. 20, he gives as many as sixteen prices for some stamps, eight for unused, and eight for used. For example, the 30 cents orange of 1860 is priced unused in eight grades, ranging in price from eight dollars for a very fine copy down to a couple of dollars for a somewhat defective copy. Used, the prices run from six dollars down to one dollar w ith six intermediate prices.

As a dealer Mr. Rothfuchs tells me th a t he findB a demand for stamps in damaged condition i f p rices are very low, as well as for those in very fine condition, and consequently he has in his list endeavoured to cover the whole field of condition. He considers that sixteen prices for one stamp should be sufficient. Of course, that is very well for a specialised price list, but it would be a m ighty cumbrous idea to introduce into a catalogue of the world’s stamps. Nevertheless, readers who have been interesting themselves in United States stamps, which are among the most variable as regards their condition, will learn much from a study of the prices in vogue in the StateB, and few men understand the Amerioan m arket better than the old-established philatelist-dealer whose booklet is now before me. Mr. Rothfuchs will no doubt favour any reader of T h e Postage S ta m p with a copy on application. H is address is 379s, Warren Street, Roxbury, Boston, Mass.Messrs. Samuel and Nathan.

Among Post Office employees the Post Office is now dubbed as the Firm of Samuel and N athan. This is the first time that both the political head and the administrative ohief (of a State department happen to be Jews. None can doubt their being men of brilliant talent, who m ay do m uch to improve the efficiency of the Post Office as a public service.— T h e E n g lish m a n .


Colonial Post Offices of To-DayS id e - L i£ i? t s o p P o s t a g e S ta n p p P r o f i t s

BY FRED. J. MELVILLE(C o n tin u ed fr o m page 281)

Barbados.

This C olon y has a very considerable postal traffio, han dlin g n early tw o m illions o f letters, and three quarters o f a m illion newspapers per annum . Up t i l l 19 0 5 there has been a postal deficit, to w hat cause it m a y be due I am not able to say, though in a ll islan d Colonies there are gen era lly substantial subsidies to steam ship concerns to be reckoned w ith . The C olon ial P ost Office was ju st begin nin g to turn th e corner in th e Tercentenary year (1 9 0 5 ), and in the year o f issue of the O live Blossom -stamp (19 0 6 ) and of th e N elson series the first profit is shewn :—

R evenue. E xpenditure.1900 ... £ 5 5 6 6 .... £ 8 8 2 119 0 1 ... 6 2 13 ... 9209190 2 ... 6228 ... 9027190 3 ... 6024 ... 9 6211904 6665 ... 9208190 5 ... 7 1 7 2 ... 77441906 ... 8590 ... 73 53190 7 ... 8248 ... 6 8771908 ... 8106 ... 7 5 14

British .Solomon Islands.

T h e B ritish Solom on Islands do not favon r us w ith a dissected statem ent of their revenue, which has grown considerably since the stam ps came along, though in 190 8 their expenditure has o u tgrow n the incom e. - N ot th e postal alone, b u t the en tire revenue and expenditure for these Islands in three years is as follow s :—

Revenue. E xpen diture.1 9 0 6 - 7 ... £ 4 6 1 8 ... £ 2 8 5 51 9 0 7 - 8 ... 7430 ... 592319 0 8 - 9 ... 10604 ... 12 6 18

W e m ay look in to the p h ila te lic affairs o f these Islands in a different w ay how ever. The foreign population is sm a ll. In 19 0 7 i t w as 2 0 4 ; 1908, 2 1 5 ; 190 9, 24 7. The n ative population is estim ated a t 150,000, but th ey scarcely com e h eavily in to the count o f users o f the stam p s. The a vera g e m on thly m ail w as recen tly stated to be 1,000 le tte rs . I f w e doubled th a t num ber to include oth er m ail m atter (an outside estim ate) w e get24,000 pieces of m a il m atter in the y ea r.

In February, o f 190 7, w e go t the lithographed stam ps in a to ta l edition of 330,000 stam ps, yet in June, 190 8, “ th e authorities w ere com pelled to harvest their s to c k s " a ph ilatelic w riter in form s us, “ o f the lithographed issu e.” In June there were on h a n d :

Id ., Id . and 2d. P ra ctica lly n il—n early a ll sold2Jd., 42,0005d., 6d. and Is ., about 18,000 of eachIn October, 1908 (although i t is said th a t n um

bers o f th e lithographed series w ere then d estroyed officially) w e get a huge edition, 505,680 stam ps, o f a new series.

Jamaica.

Up to 19 0 1 the Jam aica Post Office was, I b elieve, carried on a t a loss. B u t since then there has been a profit, which is, however, difficult to analyse, as w hile the revenue is shewn sep arately for postal business and for telegraph operations, the expenditure of the tw o is lum ped together. P h ila te lic speculation cannot be said to have been rife in the C olony’s postal arrangem ents, and we find no surprising fluctuations in the revenue. In counting Jam aica’s postal profit consideration should be taken of the com paratively sm all sum, £ 2 ,0 6 7 in 19 0 6 -7, charged against the departm ent as its share of the ch ief steam ship subsidy of £20,000, the m ain object in which subsidy how ever, is the developm ent o f the fru it industry. Ocean postages collected in that year am ounted to £ 7 ,6 6 9 ; inland postages amounted to £ 24,40 0 .

Cayman I •land*.

W e have only to turn to one o f the least of Jam aica’s dependencies to find th e exam ple of the M other Colony set entirely a t nought. W hile Jam aica has observed an alm ost unbroken firmness in adhering to its old fam iliar designs, w ith as little deviation in m atters o f ph ilatelic deta il a s possible, the Caym ans have given us in th e ten years o f its stam p issuing career sufficient food for p h ila te lic discussion to enable our friends, M essrs. Arm strong, B ostw ick and W atkin, to produce their exhaustive treatise during several months in the 8 ta m p L o n e r .

The grow th of the profits shewn in the fo llo w ing figures is continuous, and m ay point a litt le lesson for those who would raise their voices high and loud over scandals in postage stam p issuing. It w ill be fa ir ly clear—if not im m ed iately obvious— th at the growth in the postal revenue o f the C aym an Islands has been due more to the detractors o f these stam ps than to tho more tem perate p h ilatelists who have been con tent to pass them b y w ith ju st a word or tw o of w arning to the w ould-be speculative p h ila te list.

I t has been w ell said th a t if you w ant to sell an artic le a ll you have to care about is to m ake people ta lk about i t —i t m atters litt le w hat they say—whether their ta lk is favourable .or otherwise. B y this same token, in beating the b ig drums o f denunciation some w riters have played m usic that m ust have been a sw eet sound in the ears of those interested in Caym anian finance. A nd a ll the tim e no doubt (their intentions being beyond question) th ey thought they were p la y in g a d irg e .

T he figures are :—Revenue. E xpenditure.

19 0 4 -6 ... £ 30 7 £ 7 6190 6-6 282 8819 0 6 -7 806 . 8019 0 7-8 ... 2 19 2 —

The sales o f stam ps represent n early the w hole o f the revenue, v iz., £280 in 1 9 0 4 -5 ; £ 2 6 0 in 190 5-6 ; and £ 2 ,14 1 in the m ilk and honey year.

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North Borneo.

The p o sta l affairs, or rath er th e p h ila te lic affairs, o f the p ro tected S ta te o f N orth Borneo have been ve ry m uch in the p u b lic eye o f la te . T he post office revenue shews a very handsom e profit, b u t w hether th is shews profits a risin g from th e sa le o f stam ps sold a t the London headquarters I am n ot able to s ta te .

figures are given as fo llo w s :—R evenue. E xpen diture

19 0 0 . .$ 1 2 2 5 1 ... $ 7 7 1 51 9 0 1 . . 1 4 7 9 6 ... 7 6 7 519 0 2 . . 10 7 5 9 ... 6 12 719 0 3 . . 1 1 9 6 7 ... 8 5 5 319 0 4 . . 17 8 0 7 ... 7 1 9 719 0 6 . . 14 2 2 7 ... 9 19 319 0 6 . . 10 4 9 5 ... 6 0 1519 0 7 . . 1 1 3 1 4 ... 6 38 7190 8 . . 124 0 6 ... 6801

St. Melon.S t. H elena appears to have done b etter on its

sim ple C olo n ia l key p la te designs than w ith the more elabo rate p icture stam ps. T h e cost o f the dies and p la tes was a b ig item , w h ich is m a in ly responsible (togeth er w ith the p rin tin g from the new p la te s) fo r increasing th e expenditure from £ 6 1 3 in 19 0 2 to £ 1 ,4 2 2 in 19 0 3 . The figures are

R evenue. E xp en diture.190 0 ... £ 1 4 7 0 .. . £ 3 2 819 0 1 20 90 .. 45219 0 2 • • i 20 30 .. 5 1319 0 3 ♦ ♦ ♦ 14 8 9 .. . 14 2 2190 4 1 7 0 1 .. 4 1 519 0 5 7 6 7 .. 400190 6 • • » 629 .. 36219 0 7 5 5 9 .. 328190 8 ... 1290 409

The increase in 190 8 is i heavy one. Thea ctu al revenue was £ 1 ,2 9 0 0s 3d., being an in -crease o f £ 7 3 1 4s. 5d. over 19 0 7 , and is a t-tributed a lm o st en tirely to the sa le of stam ps to non-resident stam p collectors, consequent on the issue o f th e 2 jd ., 4d., 6d. and 10 s. values of the K in g ’s heads. The am ount o f the to ta l sales o f stam ps and postcards was £ 1 ,2 0 1 93. Id ., o f which stam p dealers and collectors provided £ 7 6 6 16 s . 3d. The previous year only £ 1 7 6 l l s . 2d. had been n etted in the p h ilatelio m arket, so th at these fo u r new values were responsible for an increase o f £ 60 0 in 19 0 8 . I gather th a t the Postm aster gets a com m ission of 2} per cen t on sales o f stam ps to collectors outside the Islan d. There w as an increase in th e postal traffic in 1908, b u t i t was o n ly o f a tem porary and e x ception al nature, due m ain ly to the despatchin g o f the C hristm as m ail o f th e officers and m en ofthe Second C ruiser Squadron o f His M a jesty ’s N avy from th e Island.

St. Lada.This Isla n d Colony probably d id very w e ll out

o f its K in g 's heads and its effective “ Bitons ” stam p, b u t w e find th e Island tran sactin g a very su b stan tia l p o sta l b usiness. T h e b ig gest yea r of postal business was 1 9 0 4 : 36 0 ,78 9 letters and cards, 1 3 9 ,8 3 7 newspapers, e tc ., and 4,201 p a rcels, y e t the revenue th a t yea r w as only £ 2 ,6 2 9 . A m uch s m a lle r p o sta l business w as done the previous year, but the revenue w as £ 6 ,7 6 2 .

R evenue. E xp en diture.190 0 ... £ 1 5 2 6 ... £ 2 2 6 719 0 1 ... 16 8 9 ... 2 3 6 1190 2 ... 3087 ... 2607190 3 ... 6 762 ... 2782190 4 ... 2629 ... 2069190 6 2 0 19 ... 13 5 6190 6 ... 13 3 0 ... 10 1419 0 7 ... 13 6 9 ... 10 78190 8 ... 16 2 2 ... 1 7 1 1

St. Vincent.

U p to the present th e new a lle go rica l design for th is C olony does n ot seem to have enjoyed the success w hich greeted the K in g ’s head series on its first appearance in 1 9 0 2 :—

R evenue. Expenditure1900 ... £ 1 2 6 3 ... £ 1 3 6 119 0 1 .. . 12 2 1 ... 1 2 1 2190 2 ... 2 14 5 ... 130619 0 3 824 ... 12241904 906 9 73190 5 ... 10 9 1 7 1 91906 884 76819 0 7 ... 1 0 1 1 9 571908 ... 12 3 2 ... 12 4 7

Sarawak.

Saraw ak fo r a considerable tim e p a st has not been encouraging the a rtific ia l revenue to be got from pandering to p h ila te lic dem ands.

In 19 0 1 the revenue from the sale o f stam ps dropped to $ 7 ,6 16 .6 7 from $ 9 ,0 6 8 .16 in 1900, and th e Treasurer of Saraw ak stated in h is report “ stam p sales to ph ilatelists m ore than accoun t for th e decrease under th is head ( i.e ., 'S a le of S ta m p s ') , foreig n purchases in 19 0 0 h avin g am ounted to $ 4 ,9 9 5 .3 5 as a gain st $ 2 ,7 6 7 .8 8 in the yea r under review ( i .s ., 19 0 1) ; t h i s s o u r c e o f r e v e n u e b e in g n e it h e r d e s ir a b le n o r r e l ia b le w ill , l t r u s t , s h o w a fu r t h e r r e d u c t io n in 1 9 0 2 ."

T h e drop in revenue during 1904 is attributed to the stoppage o f the sale of old issues of stam ps to p h ilatelists w hich took place J u ly 1st, 1904, w ith the sanction of His H ighness the R ajah .

T he figures for Saraw ak areRevenue. E xpen diture.

1900 ... £ 12 6 0 ... £ 7 4 119 0 1 1 1 4 5 ... 75 71902 1 1 2 3 747190 3 1 1 9 5 ... 10481904 * * • 1060 ... 1025190 5 10 1 5 8801906 120 7 ... 1078190 7 12 6 1 ... 10 9 11908 1 1 4 1 979

Seychelles.Seychelles is an in terestin g exam ple

p h ila te lic pandering C olon y. The figuresR evenue. E xp en diture.

1900 £ 10 0 3 ... £ 4 4 519 0 1 • • • 15 6 9 ... 263319 0 2 • •• 198 4 ... 2 5 13190 3 • •• 2346 ... 2838190 4 850 ... 2 19 319 0 5 • • • 1 1 5 1 ... 26211906 14 6 9 ... 2 7 1819 0 7 . 4 1 1 4 7 ... 2 6 771908 1228 ... 3 13 9

THE POSTAGE STAMP 2B3

I t is notew orthy that in 19 0 3 th e K in g 's head issue m ade its appearance, and w as responsible for the b ig increase, and the 3 cen ts provisionals o f J u ly and Septem ber o f th a t y ea r. The p h ila te lic m arket w as ad m itted ly sa tia ted b y 1904, and w e g e t down to an approxim ate leg itim ate revenue from p o sta l business. I t is deplored th a t “ D epartm ental receipts v a ry very grea tly according to the orders from stam p dealers. P u rchases b y dealers fe l l from Rs 10 ,16 6 in 190 6 to Rs 2 ,24 0 in 19 0 7 , b u t the leg itim ate revenue from stam ps rose from Rs 1 1 ,8 6 7 to Rs 14 ,9 6 6 ."

Turks sad Caicos Ulaads.

Here w e find how the p h ila te lic m arket can become sa tia ted w ith a C olonial stam p design a fter a few yea rs. In 190 0 a cap ita l business in the then new ship design yield ed som e grist to the postal m ill, and th e fo llow in g year a high revenue w as obtained. T hen there is a ste ad y drop w ith a slig h t reviv a l in th e year o f th e m ultiple w a te rm ark. D uring several o f th e lean years th e post office show ed a loss, the heavy expenses in some years being probably due to the expense in m a in ta in in g in ter-islan d m ail services.

f r o n t } t l j e N e w s p a p e r sNatteaal Portrait dallerUa n Staaips.

T h e H udson-Fulton centenary com m em orative postage stam ps, whioh are ju s t now reachin g this country in increasing numbers from th e U nited States, have nothing to do w ith Hendrik Hudson, of “ Rip V an W in kle ” fam e, b u t w ith the river named a fte r him, upon w hich N ew Tork stands, and F ulton 's steam boat that first sailed upon it . No one in this country w ould dream of S t. M artin ’s-le-G ran d proving itse lf so im aginative as to issue com m em orative stam ps of T revith ick or Murdoch or Stephenson’s connection w ith the locom otive ; w h ile our ow n authorities do n ot even rise in th is regard to the h eigh t o f the Russian postal a u th o rities. These contem plate a new issue o f stam ps com m em orative of th e tercentenary of the accession of th e Romanoffs to the M uscovite th r o n e ; and as certain o f th e m ost forcefu l of these m onarchs have been women, this sort of w idely diffused N atio n al P ortra it G allery should prove in terestin g as w ell as in stru ctive. The exam ple of th e U u it e d States is obviously to be follow ed, th at country having alread y presented letter-w riters w ith a fa irly com plete set o f its Presidents ; but w hat a m uch m ore picturesque co llectio n m ight be afforded i f we were g iven a lik e num ber of glim pses of our form er k in gs.

W e s t m in s t e r G a t e t t e , 1 1 .2 .1 0 .

Su m Rm w S Ancttaa Prices at Vm Im m .

Good prices w ere secured for rare B ritish , Foreign, and C olon ial postage stam ps last night, a tw o d a ys ’ auction o f w hich was com m enced a t th e Loudoun H otel, 8urrey S treet, Strand, by M essrs. Ventom , B u ll and Cooper. G reat B ritain . 18 72, 6d. chestnut, plate 1 1 , a reconstructed p late o f 240, £ 6 1 0 s . ; 18 6 7-8 8 , £6 orange, unused, in m int state, £ 4 16a. ; A dm iralty, typeII ., 2}d. b righ t blue, a scarce specimen, used on piece o f official envelope, w ith an ordinary Jd. green, £ 2 6 s . ; B oard of Education, Queen’s head,

R evenue. E xpen diture.1900 ... £ 12 8 3 ... £ 7 4 919 0 1 869 5331902 493 529190 3 3 6 1 5401904 3 1 1 5 7219 0 5 433 6 39190 6 406 2 5 9190 7 34 1 15 81908 432 18 5

Zanzibar.

Zanzibar's post is profitable, and i t has aconsiderable legitim ate business to tran sact.figures are given thns

Revenue. E xpenditure.1900 ... £ 2 9 5 4 ... £ 19 8 619 0 1 ... 2837 ... 19 0 5190 2 ... 3 2 17 ... 2 1 5 5190 3 ... 4 2 15 ... 18 7 71904 ... 3 792 ... 24 93190 5 ... 30 9 1 ... 2004190 6 ... 2849 ... 2 1 5 219 0 7 ... 3045 ... 2 18 61908 ... 4486 ... 350 1

I s . green and carmine, £ 3 10 s. ; Telegraphstam ps, Post Office, 3s. g rey blue, an entire u n used sheet of 20, in m int state, £ 4 1 0 s . ; T u scany, 18 6 1, 60 crazie brick-red, used, £ 2 12a. ; Hong K on g, 1883, 10 cents blue-green, unused and m int, £ 2 10 s. ; B ritish Bechuanaland, A ugust, 1888, “ P rotectorate,” Id . lila c and black, the v a riety w ith em ail figure 1, unused, £ 4 7s. f l d . : Cape o f Good Hope, M afeking S iege Stam ps, a rare set of 14, £ 4 7s. 6d. ; M adagascar, 1884, inscribed “ L etter,” fid. m agenta,' hand-stam ped in vio let, unused, £ 2 1 0 s . ; another, inscribed “ P ostal P ack et," 4d. m agenta, th e “ 1 ” of “ 1 o r.” a ltered b y pen to “ 4 " in b lack ink, the scarce type w ith hollow sto p a fte r “ B ,” rare. £ 4 12a 6d. ; 1886, “ B ritish V ice-C on su late,”hand-stam ped in violet, w ith period a fte r “ P o sta ge ” and value, 8d. rose, unused and u n ca ta logued, £ 3 l ? s . 6 d . ; and another, w ith ou t period a fte r “ P ostage,” but period a fte r value, 8d. rose, unused, £ 3 15 s .— G lo b e , 4 .3 .1 0 .

At Puttlcks.

A t M essrs. P u ttick and Sim pson’s Rooms y este rday £86 was paid for a H awaii, 18 5 1, 13 c . blue, type 3, cut a litt le a t the sides. T u rk ’s Isla n d s: 18 7 3 -7 9 , Is . lilac, £ 16 10 s. ; a 2J on Is . d u ll blue, type 13, unused, in m int state, £ 1 6 1 0 s .; a 2 i on I s . lilac, type 1 1 , £ 8 . B ritish G u ia n a ; I8 60, 12 c . b lack and blue, £ 1 0 ; 1860, 4c. blue, £ 7 I Q s .; 1862, 4c. b lack on blue (N o. 6 on p late), £ 6 1 0 s . ; a N ew Brunswick, 18 6 1, one sh illin g m auve, £ 8 1 0 s . ; one N atal, 18 5 7-6 8 , 9 d . blue, £ 6 ; one Cape of Good Hope, 18 6 1, Id . scarlet, unused, £ 1 4 10 s. ; one Spain, 18 6 1, tw o reales, unused, £ 1 4 1 0 s . ; one G reat B rita in I .R .. official, 1892, £ 1 green, unused, £ 9 ; one G reat B ritain , 1840, Id . black, V .R ., unused, £ 6 ; and one Bulgaria, 1884-85, 5 in black on 30 stot, blue and brown, £ 7 . The to ta l was £ 1,6 0 0 .

M o r n in g P o e t. 3 .8 .1 0 .

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Tlje World’s Starpp ErrorsTl>e Most Comprehensive and Entertaining Article on this Subject yet publishedBY MISS FITTE (

T h is im p ortan t a rtic le was started i n N o , 1 o f the present Volum e, a n d w ill be conclud ed in the la s t kum ber o f the V olu m e n e x t week. T h e tw enty-three in sta lm en ts a lrea d y p u b lish e d m ay be h a d fr o m the P u b lish e rs in N os, 1 to 24 (excep t No. 14J, Vol. V., price l£d each post free.

Turkey.18 6 3 , 20 p a r , y e llo w X 1 p ia s . s la t e — d e s ig n r e v e r s e d

(18 , 1 9 ) .The T w en ty Paras 1 have know n lo r n early

tw e n ty years, but the One P iastre* I have never m et w it h : on the assum ption th a t th ey are both in the sam e category, I ta k e th em H o g eth er.

The stam ps of this issue w ere lithographed, the design being “ positive ” on th e transfer, “ n e g a tiv e ” on the stone, and, o f course, “ p o sitiv e ” on the stam p its e lf . In th ese tw o cases, th e e n tir e stam p (not the S ign ature, or Thougra o n ly) is reversed, th e design appearing e xa ctly as does the reflection of a norm al stam p held up b efore a lo o k in g -g la ss.

How th is cam e about is not q u ite c le a r ; the origin al draw ing was m ade (“ n egative ” ) on m eta l or stone, and from it the transfers w ere ta k e n : these w ould be quite correct. But, i t is, I believe, possible to take an im pression from the origin al d irect on to the lith ograp h ic stone, w ith ou t an interm ediate tr a n s fe r : th is would be “ positive ” on the stone, and “ n e g a t iv e " in th e stam p.

I t is a u th o rita tive ly stated that there w as one error on each of tw elve sheets o f the T w en ty Paras ye llo w ; and th at th e stone was then c o rrected . T h e copy in the T ap lin g C ollection is on th ick paper, and has the usual red band b e lo w : i t is used.

As before stated, I know nothing of the One Piastre, s la te , w hich is a recent d isc o v e ry : p erhaps, some one w ill k in d ly oblige w ith a litt le inform ation.

TY P S.

186 5, 1 (0 ) p a r , g reen ( 3 1 ) .A lth o u gh the low est o f this issue is the Ten

Paras, green, there exists on th e sheet o f th at va lu e a stam p o f apparen tly One P ara—the num erals in th e corners should be a down stroke (like a figure “ 1 " ) follow ed b y a “ p o in t " ( .) sta n d in g for “ 0 ” , but the “ point " is en tire ly o m itted .

N atu ra lly , the b lack overprint reads, a t the foot, “ Ten P a ra s .”

In th e T ap lin g C ollection, is a double horizonta l strip o f three, the centre stam p in the top row being the error.

1866, 1 p ia s . o r a n g e -y e llo w (3 2 ).A stu d en t o f Turkish stam ps inform s m e that

this is probably “ a departm ental essay, printed in 18 78 from th e old p lates, for one o f th e six L andschaks or divisions- o f T urkey, b u t which was never put in to circu lation ” ; and h e adds th a t he has never seen a p o sta lly used co p y .

Therefore, a lth ou gh catalogu ed as an error, I include w ith a ll reserve th is One P iastre printed in th e colour o f th e T w en ty P aras, instead of in m auve or g re y - lila c .

18 6 9 , 10 p a r . d u l l p u r p le — o v e r p r in t o m it te d (5 6 ).T h is stam p is o f the sam e typ e as th e pre

ceding, though the overprint should be different from th a t o f 18 6 5— it was, however, om itted from som e copies o f th e Ten P aras, d u ll purple, and th e incom plete stam ps were so issued.

1 8 7 1 , 1 p ia s . y e l lo w — o v e r p r in t o m it t e d ( 7 4 ) .T he issue o f 1 8 7 1 differs from th a t o f 1869

m a in ly in the perforation, w hich now gauges 7 to 1 1 , instead of 13J. T h e One Piastre, yellow , exists w ith ou t th e b lack overprin t. *

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ERH OH ,

18 76 , 25 p ia s . red a n d p a le b lu e ( 1 2 8 ) .This issue is an en tirely new departure, being

b i-coloured, and w ith ou t the b lack o v e rp r in t; the values are also given in E n g lish . In th e sheet of th e F ive P iastres, red and pale blue, was a stam p of the va lu e of T w en ty-five P iastres— the norm al colours o f w hich are plum and m auve— due to the inclusion of a w rong c lic h d .

1880, 1 p ia s . b la c k an d s la t e — “ p ia s t r e s ” (1 3 0 ). In M ay, 1880, a stam p of the value of One

P iastre, printed in black and slate, was added to th e p reced in g se t. In the first edition, th e denom ination of value was in th e p lural, instead of the s in gu lar. The error is quite common, used or unused. »

18 8 1, 1 p ia s . b la c k a n d b lu e — " BOUHELIB OKIEN-T A L B ” (1 3 3 ) .

As I chronicled th e “ M ocam bique ” stam p on the sheet o f F o rty Reis, Cape Verd, I m ust in fairness include th is error, w hich consists of the inclusion in th e sheet o f the One P iastre, black


and blue, o f an im pression from a w rongly- inserted c l i c h e o f tbe One P iastre E astern Rou- m elia . A s can be seen from th e illu stration , the error is o f a ty p e som ew hat sim ilar to th a t of th e T urkish s ta m p : its proper colours are also b lack and b lu e.

18 8 4 -8 6 , 5 p ia s . d u l l y e llo w ( 1 4 8 ) .O f the sam e design as the 18 7 6 issue, the

F ive P iastres, norm ally printed in brown, appears in d u ll yellow , th e colour o f the Tw o P iastres.

18 9 2 , 6 (60) p io e . d u l l p u r p le (2 0 0 ).T ru ly , the reign of S u ltan A bdul-H am id II .

was one o f errors, not even the postage stam ps e sc a p in g : probably, however, he was n ot to blame fo r p h ila te lic vagaries.

The F iv e P iastres, o f this new and p lain type, and printed in d u ll purple, is known w ith the num erals in th e upper r ig h t corner readin g “ 60 ” instead o f " 6 ” : i t is som ew hat scarce. The error also exists w ith overprint o f “ Imprim6 ” and Turkish characters w ith in a rectan gular fr a m e ; also w ith a character s ig n ify in g “ m a l- b o u t e " : these overprints denote th a t th e stamps were fo r printed m a tter.1869, 20 p ar., 1 p ia s . a n d 5 p ic a , b is tr e — o v e r

p r in t o m it t e d (4 3 2 e-4 3 2 e ).— The P ostage Due stam ps—these are o f the 1865 ordinary type— w ere a ll printed in one co lour ; and these three should have had a border and overprint (as in the postal series) in red- brown or g re y -b ro w n : ow ing to w an t o f care, this second p rin tin g was om itted.

The errors are scarce.

United States.

ERBOB.

1893, 4c. d e e p b lu e (290a ) .This set was U ncle Sam ’s first a ttem p t a t a

Com m em orative s e r ie s : i t w as issned d urin g the Colum bian E xposition, and serves to rem ind people th a t the discovery of A m erica is an accom plished fa c t . The F o u r Cents, n orm ally in b righ t or pale blue, w as printed a lso in deep bine, one o f the shades o f th e One C en t. I t is scarce.

18 9 6 -9 9 , 8o. p u r p le -b r o w n — fis c a l p a p e r (3 4 0 a ).

The proper w aterm ark of th e set to w hich this stam p belongs is “ tJ .s .P .s ."

The error consists o f the paper used fo r part o f th e supply o f the E ig h t C ents, purple-brow n: it was a fiscal paper, w aterm arked “ O .8 .I.R .” (U nited States Internal R even ae). T h is stam p can on ly be identified, when sufficient parts o f the letters “ l " or “ B ’’ can be seen to distinguish! them from portions o f “ u " or '* p ."

EBBOB.

18 7 3 , 2o. g re e n (8 4 6 ).

A n o ld ph ilatelic journ al—its name is not given — is quoted as sayin g th a t this was n ot a N avy error o f c o lo u r , but a S ta te error of d e s ig n .

The story goes th at there w as a shortage of, and a dem and for, Tw o Cents S ta te stam ps ; th at the p la te could not be fo u n d ; and th a t a supply w as printed, for the S ta te Departm ent, from the N avy D epartm ent’s Tw o Cents plate, in green, th e “ S t a t e " colour.

The error is rare, as, except for a few Bheets, the sto ck was destroyed.

T o b e o o n t in u e d .

Tbe “ Postage S tam p" on Sale.The Postage Stamp is now kept on sale and may be

had every week at the following dealers’ establishments: Bright A Bon, 164, Strand, W.C.F. C. Ginn, 143, 8trand, London, W.C.Lewis May A Co., 16, King William 8t., Strand, W.C. W. H. Peckitt, 47, Strand, London, W.C.James Rhodes, 62, Market Street. Manohester.W. Ward. Booth 8treet, Piccadilly, Manchester.And at all Newsagents and Booksellers

Back Nos. of “ The Postage Stamp.”Those of oar friends who are lacking any back numbers

of the present rol. will do well to write dirtet io on- Publishers, Blr Isaac Pitman A Sons, 1 Amen Corner, London, R.C., for wbat they require. Many newsagents do not eare to bother about back number*. Any number still on sale may he bad for the published prloe and postage, Ia , ltd.

The Postage Stamp Binding Covers.Handsome dark bine covers in bnekram, gilt lettered side

and back, may be had from our Publishers, Sir Isaac Pitman A Sons, Amen Corner. London. Pries Is. Bd.

THE POSTAGE STAMPAAflZ90

Ar£et>tipe Philatelic ExhibitionO f f i c i a l P r o $ r a n ? n ? e

H E S ta m p C ollector of Columbus, Ohio, U .S .A ., publishes a translation of the official announcement of the Philatelie Exhibition to be held by the Argentine Philatelic Society in Buenos Ayres in September next. The translation is by Mr.

Henry S. Adair, the energetic Secretary of the American Philatelic Society, and we reproduce the details here so that any readers of T h e Postage S ta m p desiring to exhibit may have the necessary particulars.

The Sooiedad Filatelica Argentina w ill celebrate during the month of September, 1910, w ith a Universal Philatelic Exhibition in oommemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Revolution de Mayo. This exposition will be held in Buenos Ayres, the capital City of the Argentine Republic. *

The Exposition is open to all Competitors, and will consist of the following classes :—

1. Postage stamps.2. Cancellations used to indicate prepayment of

postage before the use of postage stamps.3. Telegraph stamps.4. Fiscal stamps.C. Envelopes, wrappers and postal cards.6. Private post cards and picture post cards.7. Philatelic publications.8. Graphic arts used in the maaufhoture of postage

and revenue stamps.The classes for competition are divided and sub-divided

as follow s:—

Class 1.G en eral C ollection s.

(а) Collections of unused and used stamps.(б) Collections of used stamps.

Prises— One grand prize, two gold medals, four silver medals, and four bronze medals

C lass I I .G eneral C ollections o f the A rg en tin e R ep u b lic .

P rizes-O n e grand prize, two gold, and three silver medals.

C i -abs I I I .C ollectio n s o f B u en os A yres.

Prizes— One gold and two silver medals.

C lass IV .A m erica .

(a) General collections of America. ifi) Group of several American countries.(c) Collection of a single American country.Prizes— 8ix gold, six silver, and four bronze medals.

C lass V .E u ro p e.

(a) General collections.

E Group of several European countries.Collection of a single European country,

zee— Six gold, six silver, and four bronze medals.

(t ^

C lass V I.Other Countries.

(а) General collections of one or several from othercontinents.

(б) Collections of groups of countries.(e) Collections of one single country.Prizes—Six gold, six silver, and four bronze medals.

Clash V II .Collections of Rarities.

Prizes— One gold, one silver, and one bronze medal.

Class V II I .Postal Cancellations used before the introduction of ,

Postage Stamps.(а ) Collections from one or more countries.(б) Collections from the Argentine Republic and com

prising the ancient Vice-royalty of Buenos Ayres. Prizes— Tw o gold, four silver, and one bronze medal.

C lass IX .Telegraph Stamps from one or more Countries.

, Prizes— Two silver and two bronze medals.

C l a s s X .Envelopes, Wrappers, and Postal Cards.

(а ) General collections.(б) Argentine Repubiio.(c) One or more countries.

Prises— Two silver and two bronze medals.

C l a s s X I.Fiscal Stamps.

(а ) General collection.Prizes— One grand prize, one gold, one silver, and two

bronze medals.(б) General collection oi Argentine Repnblic.

Prizes— One grand prize, one gold, two silver, and threebronze medals.

(c) Collection of one or more sections of ArgentineRepubiio.

Prizes— One gold, two silver, mid two bronse models.(d) Collection of one or more countries.Prizes— One gold, two silver, and two bronze medals.(e) Collection of m m single stamp*.Prizes— 6ne gold, one silver, aud one bronse medal.

Class X I I .P r iv a te P o e t C a rd s.

(a) Collection of oerds with autographs.\b) Collection of cards with views of Argentine

Repnblic.(c) Collection of cards with views of foreign countries.

Prizes— Ten silver and five bronze medals.

Class X I I I .

G ra p h ic A r ts sued m the M a n u fa ctu re o f S ta m p s

Prises— One gold, two silver, and two bronze medals.

297THE POSTAGE STAMP

Class XIV.P h ila te l ic P u b lic a t io n t .

ta\ Philatelic works.\b) Philatelic journals.(c) Albums for postage or revenue stamps

Prieee— Tw o silver and two bronse medals for each subdivision.

iThe Ju ry of Award will consist of as great a number as

possible, and will be divided into groups of three or four persons, each to one division of the Exhibition. The

members of the jury can only exhibit in those classes or divisions where they are not called upon to make awards. The jury will make all awards, and may reject any exhibit as unworthy, according to their judgment Their decision is final.

The decisions of the jury will be made the evening of the closing of the Exposition, and all awards made at ouoe.

Any communications relative to the Exposition should be sent to the President of the Sooiedad Pilatelioa Argentina. D r. Jose Marco del Pont, 1103, Casilla de Oorreo, Buenos Ayres.

New Issues at>d OldT ke E d ito r in vites dealers and readers at hem e and abroad to f ia t from pt inter station coocorning New Issues- A ll eom m m eattom s most bo

seat d irect to t ie E d ito r, 14, Sndbonrne R oad, Brixtom , London. 5 . H".A fte r tk e aam e o f eaca conm ry w e m e tk e page a) TU B POST AGS STAMP 00 w hich appeared the la st retereace to that country.

Albania.— A provisional stamp issued for use in the Italian P ost Offices in A lb an ia in M ay, 1907, but w hich is _ not listed in a n y o f the standard c a t alogues, is recorded by the “ B e r lin e r B r i e f m arkers Z e itu n g ,” and com m ented upon b y th e M o n th ly R e p o r t o f t h e H e r ts P h i la t e l i c S o c ie t y . I t co n sists o f the 5 centesim i value o f the Ita lia n series of 1906, surcharged “ Al b a n ia — 10 P ara 10 .’’ The R oyal D ecree a u th orisin g its issue w as dated May 7th , 1906, and the issue is believed to have been a very sm all one.

Provisional. Surcharged on Italian issue o f /90i.10 pars on $ centisiml green

Canada.—(Vol. V. p. 284).— T b s current King's Head stamps are coming over in much deeper shades than heretofore. The 7 cents is chronicled by B u te n 's W eekly Stam p New s in dark yellow, and we have been shown the 5 oents in very deep blue by Mr. W illiam Ward. The other values also show considerable variation.

Canal Z o n e .— (Vol. V . p. 141).— A correspondent in forms M ekteV s W eekly Stamp N ew s that he has discovered a postal ly used copy of tbs 1 oent green and black, of 1906, surcharged “ canal son* ," on the contemporary issue of Panama with the z missing from the word son* .”

Cook Is la n d s .— (Vol. V. p. 278).— Mr. D . H. Ben- w ell k in dly sends for our inspection a block of four o f the current Id . stam p in the new shade, having the w aterm ark n z and S tar s id e w a y s .

Crete [I ta lia n ).— (Vol. IV , p, 140).— We learn from M essrs. W hitfield K in g k C o . that the current Ita lian 60c. stam p has been added to the series overprinted fo r use in the Ita lia n postal agencies in C rete, m aking the stam ps thus surcharged as fo llo w s :—

Contem porary Ita lia n Stam ps. O verprintad LA CANKA in M art.

SC. greeniec. rose <■S c, btne 50c. mauve

Cuba.—(Vol. V. p. 284). - M oke*V s W eekly S ta m p New s is informed of the existence of the 2 cents of the recently obsolete issue in an imperforate oondition.

Jaipur.— The Ipswich firm informs us that the current 1 rupee stam p o f this S ta te has been received printed in yellow instead of orange as previously.

N ew H e b rid e s .— (Vol. V. p. 261).— A correspondent w rites L 'A n n o n c e T im b r o lo g iq u e to the effect th a t th e current Mew Caledonian stam ps overprinted “ Nouvelles Hebrides ’ ’ are to be w ithdraw n from circulation to receive an additional surcharge of the word “ Condom inium .”

P a n a m a .— (Vol. IV . p. 272).— We learn from M ek etl’s W eekly S tam p New s that Mr. Harry Leonard has found an unsevered pair of the lc . on 20c. lilac of

1906, with a full stop between the *' c ” and “ t ” — thus •• o .t."

P e r s ia .— (Vol. V. p. 226).— G ibbon s' S ta m p W eekly chronicles th e 2 oh. value o f the 19 0 7 series w ith the special local Teheran overprint.

Surcharged V. L. TBHSKAN diagonally in Hack fo r local use in Teheran.

2 ch. bluish-grey on blue

Philippine*.— (Vol. V . p. 191).— t fe k e e l’ s W eekly S ta m p New s reports that the 2 cents value of 1898, surcharged on the contemporary issue of the United States, has been found with the overprint inverted.

S ia m .— (Vol. V . p. 285).— Three new provisionals from this country are chronicled by G ib b on 's S ta m p Weekly.

Provisional lin e . Surcharged with new value is English and M alar in Hack.

3 satangs 00 3 atts green (issue 1906)12 „ on 12 atts blue and p i le blue (issue 1906)14 on 14 atts dull blue (usue 1904)

How to Collect New Issues.The systematic collecting of New Issues is an

important development of Modern Philately. Even in these up-to-date times there are stamps being issued occasionally which never get a chance to become common, and it is important to the collector who wishes to keep right np-to-date to watch the New Issue column in The Postage Stamp, and keep in tonch with the advertisements of|New Issues in The Postage Stamp. Many readers, by putting themselves in communication with some of the dealers who advertise New Issues in this journal, have bed some exceptional bargains of late.


CorrespondenceE N T IR E L Y A B O U T E N T IR E S .

T h e E d ito r o f T h e P o s ta g e S ta m p .Sir,

N ot entire sheets or panes o f labels, b u t p o sta g e stam ps im pressed on en tire envelopes and postcards, is th e subject I w ish to in terest your readers in . The best p h ila te lists are agreed th a t th e m ost exclu sively postal issues acre th e stam ped envelopes, as th e y cannot be used fo r fiscal p u rposes w hich m ost adhesives o f the B ritish E m pire are a vailab le fo r . The adhesives h a ve increased so enorm ously sin ce 1890 th a t few gen eral c o llectors a ttem p t to go in for a ll , b u t se le ct sp ecial groups o f Colonies or S tates, or a p a rticu la r C o n tin en t as q u ite sufficient. W h y n ot add thereto th e postcards and envelopes o f yo u r p articu lar section for a change, and a t least g e t a rep resen tative set o f them i f y o u do n o t g e t every variety , seein g th at on a general average the entires a re b arely o n e-sixth the num ber o f a d hesives, and o f recent years abou t on e-ten th o n ly . Dealers h a vin g tabooed these for so lon g i t is not so easy for buyers to g e t w h at th e y . w ant, and it is proposed to form a P osta l E n tires S o c ie ty to take over the organisation o f the ex istin g E ntires E xchange, which I founded te n years ago to keep th e few en th usiastic collectors together, but ill-h e a lth now com pels m e to retire a fte r havin g d istributed som ething like 36,000 pieces to fresh ow ners. I f anyone is in terested in this m atter, or w ishes to begin co llectin g , 1 sh all be glad to hear from them, a n d put them in com m unication w ith others, so th at th e y m ay have a voice in th e form ation of the new A ssociation .

Yours fa ith fu lly ,B . W . W ABHURST.

15, P aulton Square, C helsea.

C H A L K Y P A P E R AN D T H E C A T A L O G U E S .T o th e E d ito r o f T h e P o s t a g e S ta m p ,D ear Sir,

Touching the letter in your issue fo r 12th in st. from “ Runnym ede," perm it m e to m ake a few rem arks h erew ith .

As lon g as there be “ v a r ie t ie s ” o f paper, e tc., officially recognised and authorised, such fo r e x am ple as c h a lk y and n on -ch alky , so lo n g should th ey be “ lis te d ," or a t lea st, “ a llu d ed to ,” in som e w a y or other, in a ll catalogues w hich are supposed to be " te x t ones ” so to speak, and to be as com plete as possible. B rie fly I w ould say there are t w o sort9 o f Stam p C ata lo g u es.

1 . Those lis tin g m ost varieties, and therefore o f service to “ sp ecialists,” as for exam ple, G ib bons’, B rig h t’s, etc.

2 . Those w hich om it en tire ly varieties, lis tin g on ly th e norm al stam ps as i t w ere, as, for e x am ple, W hitfield K in g ’s cata lo g u e . I f " R ” does not co llect “ varieties ’’ o f papers, su ch as ch alk y then surely he could m ake u se o f W h itfie ld K in g ’s catalogue or even th at o f G ibbons' and B righ t's, w ithout trou b lin g about th e ir “ l is tin g ch alk y ” papered stam ps at a ll ; I consider th a t B rig h t’s catalogu e esp ecially , is a v e ry good one, for both sorts o f collectors, for th e clear fa c t th a t they do divide these tw o papers into separate divisions and it is an easy m atter to either take note of

them or discard them , bein g so c le a r ly separated. W h ilst I, a lo n g w ith probably m ost collectors, d islike so m uch “ v a riety ” now prevalen t in our “ hobby,” a t the sam e tim e, i f one b e a “ sp ecia lis t ” in m odern stam ps, th e y m ust be c o lle c te d ; i f one be n o t a “ sp ecia list,” th e n don’t collect them, b u t I consider B rig h t’s catalo g u e a very c lear and help fu l one fo r b o t h classes o f co llectors, fo r w ith th eir separation of the two papers i t is quite a n easy m atter, as before said, fo r co llectors o f both, to “ m ake th e ir c h o ic e .”

F in a lly , as regards “ R ’s ” remarks* r e d istin gu ishing th e tw o papers, I ad m it there Ib at tim es som e d ifficulty esp ecially in m i n t copies, buC I w ould point out, th a t fo r collectors of USED stam ps, th is d ifficu lty is m uch reduced by securin g d a t e d copies, it seldom happens that a stam p o f the sam e fa ce value i9 current a t one and the sam e tim e on b o t h non-surfaced as well as surfaced paper, and as the dates o f issue are o ften now known, som etim es to th e day, and at tim es to th e very hour, I consider this a great help in d istin gu ish in g these papers. F u rth er, I find th e s h a d e s o f th e stam ps considerably vary in degrees o f eith er dark or l ig h t .

F a ith fu lly yours,(sg d .) E . H b q in b o t t o m . B .A ., F .R .P .S . Lond.

1 0 .3 .1 0 .

C H A L K Y P A P E R AN D T H E CATALO G U E S.

̂ T o t h e E d i t o r o f T h e P o s t a g e 8 t a m p .D ear S ir,

We notice in your issue of the 12th inst. a letter from ” Runnymede ” in which the writer expresses his objection to the inclusion in our Catalogue of the recent Colonial stamps on coated paper.

May we point out that the coated paper varieties of Portugal, New South Wales, etc., have been included in the leading Catalogues for many years, and though other Catalogue publishers may include the one and reject the other, we cannot see our way to be so illo g ica l; either all should be included, or all out out.

In the old days the principal reason given by advocates of the inolueion of perforation varieties in the Catalogues, was that a variety of perforation generally denoted a different printing, and the separation of the perforations therefore made the division of shades owing to different printings more easy.

The same argument holds good w ith the coated papers. They are different printinge and are in different shades, most being very distinct.

We also notice your correspondent states that experts are frequently unable to distinguish th e different papers. We have_seen such statements before, and in our opinion any " expert ” who is unable to tell the difference between ordinary and coated had better relinquieh his claim to the title as quickly as possible. So far as we can remember, the only lea d in g Philatelist who has made such a statement was notoriously a “ crank.”

Furtherm ore we m ay say that no collector is bound to collect paper 'Varieties of any kind because they are included in a Catalogue. He should use his own judgm ent; but we certainly hold to the opinion that it iB to the advantage of the collector to know th at such varieties do exist, and their separate valuation,

We are, Sir,Yours faithfully,

M arch l l t h , 19 10 . B b i g h t f t B o n .


E d it o r ’sL e t t e r B o x

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Editorial Address:—F*xd. J m e lv u ix , 14, Badbonrae Bead, Brixton, London, S W •

Article*, Contrlbationa and Correepon- denoo should bo addressed to the Editor, sod must be aooompanled by the name and address of the oomsponaent. Articles, etc- not accepted, will be returned when postage Is prepaid.

Bosineee Communications should be sddntssed to the Manager, end Advertisements to the Advertisement Manager,I. Amen Corner, London. B.C.

TH E P08TAGE STAMP may be obtained through Newsageuta or wul be forwarded from the puboshlng office to any address at the tollowfng rates of prepayment : Yearly, da. dd.; Half-Yearly, Sa. 3d. Quarterly, la. Sd.: Single Copy, lid.

CONTENTS.19 M a r c h , io io . Page

Go ssip o f t h e W e e k - 389Co l o n ia l Po s t O f f ic e s o f T o - d a y 291FROM TH E NBWSPAPBRS - 293T h e W o r l d ’s St a m p E r r ors - - 294A r g e n t in e Ph i l a t e l i c E x h ib it io n 2gb Ne w Is su es a n d O l d - - • 297Co r r e s p o n d e n c e - 298E d it o r 's L e t t e r Bo x - 299So c ie t y n e w s - - - - - 299

Anewere to Correspondents.B.K.P. (Birmingham).—The variations

you point out in the 40 pfeninge German are of no philatelic interest. They are due to the printing of the stamps in two colours or rather in red and black. To register the plates for the double operation requires a very nice adjustment, and 1 should not consider that the one you send me, in which the left hand 4 of 40 nearly touches the frame, is even out of register. There is barely half a millimetre difference. I am obliged for your good withes, and am interested to know that you have taken in the journal for over too weeks.

L, Aret.—Your letter, wrongly addressed, is now to hand. In reply to your question re British New Guinea ; you will find the vignette plates I. and II. in both the vertical and horizontal watermarks, thick and thin papers.

L.W.C. (Ipswich).—The specimens you tend purport to be local stamps of the United Slates ; the Boyds City Express and Han- fords Pony Express being conducted from New York City in the middle and later 'forties; the Floyd Penny Post was a Chicago concent, date unknown.

R.S.R. (Ls CrosK, Wi*.).-The first work on U-S. stamps by the Editor is quite out of prinL A new work is in progress in three parts, all three of which will be ready by the time you read these lines in America. The divisions are 1647-1869 (6d.), 1870-1893 (6d.) and 1894-1910 (6o.). They can be procured, postage extra id. per book, from Mr, W. H. Peckitt, 4 7 , Strand, W.C.

K.T. (Bromborough). — The reference numbers after the name of the country in the New Issue column indicate the volume and page of The P M axe Stamp where the last reference wsa made to the same country. To dispose of your duplicates, why not advertise them in the Collectors’ Offers column of The Postage Stamp, at a cost of halfpenny per word) You might join an exchange club, or possibly you are already a member of a society which conducts an exchange packet Ifso, consult the Exchange Superintendent at to whether the class of duplicates you have would find favour with ha other members. Yes, the Whitfield King Catalogue is quite good for your purpose.

Philatelic Journals Wanted.—The Editor will be obliged if any reader having copies of ReifieUfs Stamp weekly to spare will kindly communicate with him. The numbers wanted are 1 to SJ. 57. 63, 7 1 ,7 2 and 129.

Novice (Southport).—I am afraid I cannot assist you much in the matter of control numbers ; but the varieties you enquire about are all, 1 imagine, due to the manner in which the sheets are inserted in the comb perforating machine. It is quite possible that four post office sheets are inserted at one time, in which case you would probably get all your four styles during the passage of the four sheets through the perforating machine. The comb appears to be arranged lengthwise, and consequently works sideways, perforating three sides of each stamp in a vertical row at one descent of the punches. The four sheets, if done together (i.e. before cutting up), would then probably give you the control numbers with :—

1, Imperforate margin.2 . Perforated margin.3- Perforated at sides only.4 . Perforated aides and bottom only.

If you are keen on solving the puzzle, get the stamp edging from complete sheets and try to reconstruct the sheets, which with a little patience should tell you the whole story. Remember—(1) the perforations must always begin with a blank margin ; (2) between any two sheets or four sheets perforated at one time the perforation will run through the intervening margin; (3) the last descent of the perforating punches must perforate through a margin. This, of course, only applies to comb machines.

L.A. (Southend-on-Sea).—I now have the whole of your stamps, tjd. Papua small overprint. Those on the left-hand page are on thin paper with the horizontal watermark. The block o f four is also horizontal thin. The variety raised ” ua '* in “ Papua '* is evidently caused by the type becoming looee. for it does not always show on No. 4 on the sheet; sometimes it is only very slightly out of alignment; and occasionally is found as much out of alignment as in your copy (which, by the way, is thick p«per, vertical watermark). I illustrated a proof impremton of the thirty overprints in my book. British New Guinea and Papua (p. 40 ’. where you will also find a copy of the 2s. fid. illustrated with the word " Papua " reading downwards. This is also a No. 4 (of the overprints), and shows the “ ua ” slightly raised (p. 39).

S o c ie ty N e w sSecretaries of Philatelic Societies an

urged to tend news Rems Intended foe publication ae promptly aa powlbte.

THE KENT AND SUSSEX PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

The second meeting of the current year was held at the Hon. Secretary’s house on February 28th.

In the abeence of the President, the Hon. Secretary took the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the Hon. Secretary announced an application form for membership from Mr. Leon Adult of Margate, who was duly elected a member of the Society. Mr. Percy Bishop had sent an album leaf for signatures of suen members as had subscribed to the Bernstein Testimonial., Major Young then displayed his very fine

and interesting collection of U.S.A. The collection is strong in shades, choice single specimens and card proofs; containing moreover many very rare stamps in fine condition.

Major Young explained how Mr. Luff’i classification differa from that of Messrs. Stanley Gibbons' catalogue.

Especially interesting were the following specimens:—t86t. Proofs with postmarks. I

(873, Proofs and stamps overprinted SAMPLE and SAMPLE A. Imperf. examples of a number of tbe early general issues. 1883. 4c. bisected on piece of original.

The Hon. Secretary showed a few interesting proofs.

On the motion of Dr. Harmer and Mr. Scott, the Society accorded Major Young a hearty vote of thanks for hu instructive display.

R. E. R. DALWIGK, Hon. Srcretary.

CROYDON PHILATELIC SOCIETY

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Society was held on Wednesday, February • 23rd, at the Y.M.C A-, Croydon. The President in the chair.

The Curator acknowledged donations to the Society's Collection from Messrs. Fox and Harland and the Librarian, Parts 1 and 2 of their Record from the Philatelic Students’ Fellowship, Formal business being concluded, the President, Mr. F. G. Bing, gave a display with notes entitled " Philatelic Varieties. The display consisted principally of entires that have been received by the exhibitor direct from his brother officials abroad. Outside of their philatelic value, many of these were exceedingly interesting, being decorated with original and characteristic sketches of a very high order. Mr. Bing supplemented tbe exhibit with numerous anecdotes connected with them; many of the anecdotes being exceedingly interesting from a stamp collector's point of view as well as amusing.

The meeting closed with a hearty vote of thanks to the exhibitor.

G. W. SHAW, Secretary.

NORTH OF ENGLAND P H I L A T E L I C SOCIETY.The usual Monthly Meeting of this Society

was held at the Y.M.C.A. Newcastle, on Thursday, March 3rd.

The Vice President, Mr. T. D. Hume, took the chair at 7.30 and there were 28 Members and 4 visitors (including 3 ladies) present. The Chairman moved 'TThat the Secretary be instructed to forward a letter of sympathy with Mrs Baras in the Ion sustained by the death of her husband one of our early Members" this being carried in silence

Mr. Hume called upon Mr. Wilkinson to show his “ Holland ’’ and to give hit lecture on the first inue of this country.

Mr. H. W. Wilkinson in response showed his highly specialized collection including 1200 copies of the first itsue >852-1864 in singlet, pairs, strips and entires, arranged in order of plates and printings. This display represents three years careful study of one issue of three stamps.

The lecture was illustrated by numerous lantern slide enlargements, and diagrams, by means of which the lecturer very clearly described his original discoveries of the retouched plates, "Horn” plate, etc., announced last year. Amongst many varieties shewn were printings from ten plater of the 5 and 10 cents stamps, a re-constructed retouched pane—and others partly complete— of plate J of the to cents and many retouches previously unchronicled.

Altogether in the amount of original research shewn, the paper was the most important yet given before the Society. As Mr. Wilkinson said in concluding it was all spade-work but he hoped something had been brought to light from tbe excavation.”

A novel feature was introduced consisting of a series nf beautiful viewa of Holland, which were much admired and at the conclusion of the lecture a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. Husband, the official lanternist,was moved by the Secretary and enthusiastically carried. Mr. Wilkinson in reply thanked the mseting for their careful attention and expressed his indebtedness to Mr. Husband for his valuable assistance.. March packet will exceed all records there being 73 sheets of e net value of £178.


INDIA, 16 RUPEES, King’s bead,fine used ............................... 13/6

Ditto ditto J rupees............. t / tDitto ditto 2 ...................... 44.Niger Coast, 1893, the scarce ad.

green, very fine, used ............... 4/9

The “ Connoisseur,” Pocket Album, containing 70 quadrilli lined movable leaves, in cloth cover (dark red or green), wilt hold over 1,000 stamps.Price 1/01 poet free 1/0.


Thk Postage stamp at the following rates:—tl words. Is. ; and Id. for every additional word.

Advertisements can be received up to 5 o'clock THURSDAY for insertion e the following week’s issue.

1~)EAL STAMP. EXCHANGE.—Vacancy for few good members. Good sales.

Rules—Pain, Gables, Deal.

ANTED. Approval Sheets of cheap " Fiscals from dealers or collectors.

Single stamps, no quantities.—Rev. Kelly, Atbeodon, Bury Street, Edmonton, N.

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G E T T H I S P A C K E T T O - D A Y .Merely send a postcard and I will send on approval for 3 days, BOO different p o s t a g e S ta m p s for 3/3, from which any loo may be selected for 1 4 , or I SO for 8 /-. If you buy the complete packet 2,000 stamp hinges will be presented free. Read what customers say concerning this packet: Mr. Norman Drake, 103, Willow Mount, Sheffield, writes, Dec. 10th.— ’ ’ 1 am highly satisfied with the packet, and although I have traded with some of the largest dealers in England, I have never had such good value.” Mr. M. E. Turner, ’ Purbeck.” Blandford, writes, Dec. 10th.—“ I am very pleased with the selection and can thoroughly recommend your packets. I have a collection of over 5,000 varieties, but found 63 varieties 1 did not have, which I think is a very valuable addition." J tmy and exchange your duplicates. H. MoCRAIQHT, 3, Noriand Road, Nottlng Hill, W.


B Y S E N D I N G F O R P A R T I C U L A R S O F

W . H. P E C K I T T ’ S N E W I S S U E S E R V I C E ,

4 7 S T R A N D , L O N D O N , W .C .

S E T O F T E N M A U R I T I U S F R E E .This fine SET OF TEN MAURITIUS from 1885 to 1904, including the scarce id. on rod. rose, 1877, obsolete Queen’s Head issues used and unused

■ - — --------- given away to purchasers op the following barg ain--------- --- ------------ ~__ ____ ________ ____________ j 73 STAMPS ALL DIFFERENT including the following sc.LEEWARD ISLANDS KIND'S HEAD I9R9 ONE FARTHlNO BROWN, NEW ISSUE COCHIN 1989, 3 ON 3 PIES MAOENTA, Trinidad 1907 rose-red_on

and other ei FOR APPRO AL SHEETS.

PACKET (Ns. 7Z P.) WHO ASk scarce :-VIRQIN ISLANDS KINO'S HEAD.

ood stamps, WILL ONLY BE

Bwhite, fine set of 3 Canada King, Barbados Britannia, Orange River Colony, Jamaica Arms Issue, Great Britain Army Official King. ERATED MALAY STATES 1919, NEW ISSUE 3 CENT CARMINE, SOUTHERN NIGERIA KINO’S HEAD, NICARAQUA 19*9 ARMS, unused PrussianOfficial, Bosnia 1900, Luxemburi____ ________ _____ .irg 189S (Adolf of Najsau), high value Egypt 1892 Two Piastres oralimperf. Unpaid Austria, high value GermanySopf., BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA (RHODESIA), LARdE PI UNITfcb STATES ST. LOlllS EXHIBITION, NEWFOUNDLAND KINO EDWARD. Ac.. *c. Prtow o n ly O d 98. past free. Please scad Pasts) Order. H A M I L T O N Sc C O . , P R U

ante-brown, old issue Dutch Indies, scarce PICTORIAL MARTINIQUE (HEAD OP CREOLE),

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Founded byEDWARD J. NANKIVEL Edlted byFRED. J. MELVILLE.

No. 26. Vol. 5. 26 MARCH, 1910. Price Id.(W h o le Num ber 180)________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________

Gossip of tl>e WccHBY CORNELIUS WRINKLE1,000 Not Out.

A R E M A R K A B L E record in the m atter of p h ila telic jou rn alism has been

established by our Am erican contem pora ry M e k e e l ’a W e e k ly S ta m p H ew e, from which we publish M r. B artels ' in terestin g description of a n o table collection of U rugu ay t h i s w e e k . M e k e e l'a has attained its one thousandth number, and is, I b e

lieve, the first p h ilatelic publication to have issued that grand to ta l o f consecutive w eekly num bers. I tender it the congratulations it deserves, and trust th at it m ay lon g continue to be the m edium for keeping us “ right there ” on m atters of news concerning Am erican stam p co llectin g .

Philatelic Long Runs.M e k e e l 'a W e e k ly is not th e oldest current p h il

a te lic periodical, a lthough its w eekly publication gives it the advantage o f num bers. T w en ty years have passed since the first numbers a p peared in a larger and m ore cumbersome new spaper size than now prevails. M ons. M aury’s C o lle c t io n n e u r d e T im b re a P o a te is in its fo rty - s ix th year, and S en f’s U lu a tr ie r te a B r ie f m a r k en J o u r n a l is in its th irty-seven th year o f publicatio n . O f our B ritish journals,, tw o have a lready attained the thirties, A lfr e d S m ith 'a M o n th ly C ir c u la r (36 years), and the P h i la t e l ic R e c o r d (32 yea rs). The now discontinued L e T im b r e P o a te issued by the late M . Moens, of Brussels, was concluded in its th irty-e igh th year.A Wealth of Book-knowledge.

These are a few of the notable instances of lo n gevity in the p h ilatelic press, and they m ust serve as a d istin ct evidence o f the v ita lity of the stam p co llectin g hobby. In G reat B ritain,

Am erica, Fran ce and Germ any, we have examples o f journals m aintaining successful careers for n early four decades, and a large number o f e x cellen t periodicals which are com paratively young in their ’twenties 1 M r. C . A . Howes, in the souvenir thousandth number o f M e k e e l'a W e e k ly S ta m p N eioa , gives a list o f fifty-n in e journals which have issued over one hundred numbers, the great m ajority o f them a ll flourishing to this d a y . I t has been w ell said th at no other c o llectin g hobby hns such a voluminous literature as ours.

The Literature Society's Success.

W ritin g of literature reminds m e that the P h ilate lic L iterature Society has ju st held its second annual m eeting. When the proposal to form this Society was first mooted there were m any who thought it would get no considerable support. That th ey were wrong is abundantly proved by the success this Society has achieved, a success not alone measured by numbers (there are over s ix ty m em bers), nor yet by the b alance of over tw en ty-eig h t pounds in hand at the close o f the second year. The foremost claim to a very high position am ong the in stitu tion s associated w ith our hobby lies in its c a re fu lly edited and elegan tly produced quarterly jo u rn a l. This journal d e lu x e is gradually gatherin g together the history and know ledge of stam p literature, and although prim arily designed for the bibliophile, has a strong appeal for the ph ilatelic d ilettan te.

Mr. Caiman's Library to be Sold.M essrs, the Sco tt Stam p and Coin C o., of

N ew York, send me the catalogue of an auction sa le to be held on Thursday, M ay 12th, the lots, over two hundred in number, being made up o f the works in the library of M r, Henry L . Caim an. It w ill doubtless be a notable sale iu the annals o f ph ilatelic literature, and most o f the standard works are w ell represented, though there are few ou t-o f-th e-w ay literary curiosities. I cannot commend the practice o f cataloguers in breaking up com plete sets o f one publication


in to several lo ts . In. th is respect how ever the A m erican cataloguers are fo llo w in g an exam ple s e t on th is s id e . The n atural d ivision fo r lots o f periodicals is in to sets of a sin gle jo u rn a l. T o g iv e b u t on e instance from the Caim an c a t a lo gu e , i f you w anted to acq u ire th e un iform ly bound s e t in French M orocco o f th e M o n th ly J o u r n a l you have to b id on five lots for the s e t o f eleven vo lu m es. T h e v a lu e o f th e work is in th e uniform set, a n d th e co lle cto r is ap t to be frig h ten ed off b y th e obvious likelihood

that in b iddin g for the five lo ts he m ay only succeed in g e ttin g four or less, b u t the chances are a ll a ga in st his securing th e com plete set. Therefore i t is n ot an advantageous p o licy for the a u ctio n eer. P ast experience of ph ilatelic literatu re sales has shew n th a t the best prices are g la d ly given b y collectors fo r com plete seta. The set o f th e P h i la t e l i c R e c o r d up to th e eigh teenth volum e is sp lit up in to nb less than e igh t lo ta .

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Tljc World’s Stanjp ErrorsThe Most Comprehensive and Entertaining Article on this Subject yet publishedBY MISS FITTE

T h is im p orta n t a rtic le w as started in N o. I o f the p resen t Volum e , a n d is conclud ed in th is num ber. T h e twenty- fo u r in sta lm en ts a lready p u b lish e d m ay be h a d fr o m the P u b lish ers in N o s. 1 to 2ft (except N o. 14J, V ol. V ., price l$d ea ch post fr e e .

Uruguay.

18 5 7 , 18 0 c. v e r m ilio n (2 0 ).

K on e of th e stam ps o f this issue are common, and the lo w est valu e is rare . I t can th e re fore w ell be im agined th a t an “ error on th e sheet " is a very g rea t r a r i t y : i t was caused by the old trouble of m ix in g up the lith ograp h ic transfers, and u sin g one of the 180 Centesim os in m akin g up the stone fo r th e 240 CenteBimos, verm ilion .

The sheet contained 304 stam ps, m ade up as fo llow s :— a b lo ck o f th irty , in five rows of s ix , was p u t on th e stone, and this b lock was, b y transfers from it , repeated, so th a t u lt im a te ly there were tw o vertical rows of three groups each ; and below the le ft-h a n d row were p laced the first two rows o f a block, and below the other v e rtica l row, th e second and third rows of the same b lo ck . As the 23rd stam p ( i.e ., the fifth in the fourth row) o f th e b lo ck was o f the valu e o f 180 C en tesim os, i t follow s th a t there were seven' errors on th e entire sheet— N os. 4 1 , 47, 10 1 , 10 7 , 1 6 1 , 16 7 and 2 0 3 : when the error was discovered the im pressions w ere rem oved from the stone, leavin g blanks on the sheet, w hich acoounts for its g rea t r a r ity . Though I have

' spoken of th e s t o n e , the a r ran gem ent above in d icated is th a t o f the sheets when printed .

Reduced Illustration of a complete eh eet of the zjd centavoe stamp of Uruguay, showing the position from which the errors sre believed to have been removed.


Venezuela.1896, lO o. b l u e ; 16 . m a u v e — errora o f s p e l l in g

(2 3 5 -2 3 7 ).The set to which these stam ps belong was

issued in m em ory of G eneral M iranda, and m igh t w ell be ig n o re d : however the stam ps were issued and used.

On one Ten Centim os, blue, “ o o r b b o s ’ ’ is to be found spelled “ c o b b b o s ”, and on another the le tter “ c ” is substituted for the figures “ 1 0 ” in th e le ft low er c o m e r ; and on the One B olivar, the sam e word is m is-spelled “ coBOEOa ” , and (on the sam e stam p) “ B ” appears in the righ t lower corner.

*Quay ana

t y p e a k d e b b o b .

1903, 10 c. o r a n g e ; 5 Do. d e e p r e d (3 19 , 3 2 0 ). The vessel depicted is said to be the revo lu

tion ary steam er B a n k ig h , and the stam ps are prin ted in b la ck on variously coloured papers.

The proper paper for the Ten Centim os is o f a deep red, and th a t of the F if ty Centim os of a p a le b lu e : the low er value is found on orange coloured paper, and the higher valu e on a deep r e d : the latter w ith , and w ithout, a hands tamped con tro l-m ark impressed once on each block of fou r in b lu e.

Maturin.

190 3, 5 0 c. o r a n g e -v e r m ilio n (3 8 4 ).This is another o f the large flood o f provisionals

issued fo r various districts and States in V en ezuela. The F if ty Centimos, n orm ally printed in black on deep red, is found on an oran ge-verm ilion paper. T h e error is also known overprinted w ith a control— 1* Correos M aturin ."

As m igh t be expected, neither is much more than common.

THE E N D .

ADDENDUM:British Oulaita.1852, l c . , b la c k o n m a g e n ta ; 4c., b la c k on d e e p

b lu e (9, 20).These tw o stam ps disclose an error, n ot of

colour, paper or value, b u t in the sp ellin g of the C olon y’s m otto, which, so fa r as th e s ta m p is concerned, is superfluous. T he error, which was never corrected, lies in the sp ellin g o f the second word o f the m otto—” patim us ” instead of “ p atim us.”

Farpous CollectionsN o. I I . — M r. C h a r l e s L a t b r o p P a c l j ’ s C o l le c t io n o f U r u g u a y

Described by J . Murray Bartels in ** M ekeel's Weekly Stamp News ”

FE W collectors not connected w ith a p h ila te lic society have an y idea to w hat exten t a specialized collection is carried b y some o f our noted co llectors. I t was indeed a treat to th e Boston P h ila te lic S o ciety

on Jan uary 18th, to have the privilege o f a thorough inspection o f M r. Charles L ath rop P ack ’s w onderful collection o f U ru gu a y. This has been recen tly remounted by a w ell-kn ow n p h ila te list, who has been spending several hours a d ay for several m onths, arran gin g and le tterin g this w on derful lo t o f U ruguay stam ps, w hich now fill no less than seven album s, contain ing a to ta l o f about 420 pages. C ollectors w ill a s k : “ How is i t possible to fill so m any w ith the stam ps of one country T” B u t i f th ey could see thePack co llection i t w ould be p la in to them a t once. One o f the features in th is m ounting is the g iv in g o f p len ty o f apace to everything th a t warrants i t . E very Scarce stam p has a row to i ts e lf . There are five lines o f stam ps on apage and sometim es scarcely more than th a t m any specim ens, as a ll o f them are rare and gen erally require some s p e c ia l ‘ rem arks to indicate a v a rie ty or som ething else o f in te r e s t . ' This m ost effective letterin g is done b y pen, in In dia in k . The le tters are a l l one m illim eter in heigh t, and consist o f upright capitals, a l l o f th e sim

ple b lo ck -le tte r typ e . C ollectors have frequently looked carefu lly to see w hether the inscriptions were re a lly m ade b y pen or printed, and it can n ot be em phasized too stron gly w hat a great gain i t is to a oollection to have i t properly m ounted and lettered .

M r. P ack has been co llectin g U ruguay fo r a number o f years and had a splendid lo t o f them . L a st year he had the opportunity o f b u yin g the co lle ctio n of an E n glish sp ecialist, a lso some superb ea r ly U ruguay stam ps from the T iffany C ollection, w h ile before and sin ce then he has bought m any others from dealers and a t auctions, so th a t now his collection is certain ly w ithout a r iv a l.

L e t ns run briefly through the various issues, and p o in t out the principal item s of interest, including as th ey do varieties th a t have not been heretofore m entioned or listed .

18 6 6 . “ T h e D ilig e n o ia I s s u e ," 60e. B lu e .—eleven copies in a ll, three shades o f b lue ran gin g from pale blue to a deep b lack b lu e. There is a lso the va riety w ith the figures " I " and “ 0 ” one m illim eter apart instead o f clo se to geth er. W ith one exception a ll are unused. The rare va rie ty of this stam p w ith the aide ornam ents consisting o f vertica l lines instead of the G reek border is also represented. This stam p


is listed b y Gibbons, who states th a t “ Unused copies have been found on old letters ; it was therefore probably issued fo r postal u se ."

80c. G r e e n — tw en ty-seven copies, including a splendid b lock of four, a ll unused. The shades range from a very pale to a dark green, and a lso a ve ry m arked copy of d u ll b lue-green . There are q u ite a num ber o f line varieties, especia lly show ing double lines som ewhere in the d e s ig n . V ariations in the spacing o f the figures “ 8 ” and “ 0 ” as w ell as the letters, are q uite num erous. T he b lock of four is undoubtedly the on ly one in this cou n try .

l r . V e r m ilio n — tw en ty-th ree copies, a ll unused. A w onderful arrangem ent o f shades and num erous varieties of lines and spacings. M r. Pack expects sh o rtly to reconstruct the p la te .

1 8 5 7 . This issue begins w ith a se t o f essays sim ilar to th e regu lar design, but w ith in scrip tion “ D iligen cia ” a t top and ornam ents a t sides.

18 0 c. G r e e n — shown in a b lock o f four, and 240c. V e r m ilio n —seem to com plete the set of tw o.

1 8 5 7 . The scarce 12 0 c. B lu e stam p is rep resen ted by fourteen unused and fou r used copies w hich are described as pale blue, blue, deep blue and s la te b lu e. Here w e find not only the grea t ra r ity of the collection , b u t one of the greatest rarities in a ll th e w orld—a td te b S c h e p a ir o f t h e 120c . b lu e . This is the on ly copy known to p h ilately , and valued approxim ately a t * 1 ,5 0 0 to *2,000.

18 0 c. G r e e n —A w onderful range o f shades em bracing tw en ty-five fine unused and four used copies, w hich vary in colour from a very pale d u ll green to a deep dark shade. Som e of them are worn im pressions, w hile others are early p rin tin gs.

240c. V e r m ilio n — These fill four pages, and are divided into pale verm ilion, verm ilion, dull red, deep verm ilion and brow n-red ; of the latter, five fine copies. There is a very str ik in g square block o f e igh t stam ps w ith a blank space in the centre, show ing the place where a c l i c h e of the error 180 had been rem oved. Each p la te 'o f the 240c. should have contained 204 stam ps (1 2 x 17 ), but was a ctu a lly composed of 19 7 stam ps, ow ing to seven blan k spaces as in this instan ce.

There is also a t H e b ic h e b lock o f the essay or proof very sim ilar in design, but the type of letters is s lig h tly d ifferen t. T his block had been cu riou sly folded in centre and afterw ards punched w ith tw o c ircu lar holes on each stam p.

18 5 9 . T h in N u m e r a le . Numerous shades, pairs and blocks o f four or m ore of a ll stam ps ; also a fine lo t of used show ing in terestin g can ce llations, several o f them on entire envelopes. This set takes in tw en ty pages. O f the 180c. there is a pair on blue paper believed to be a proof ; also an unofficially perforated copy of th e same stam p. An en tire sheet consisting o f 204 stam ps has been m ounted in s ix sections, show ing the m ake-up of the p late in repetitions o f 20 v a rieties .

18 6 0 . T h ic k N u m e r a te . 60c. L i la c — Three pages o f singles and pairs, a lso three b locks of fou r unused and a page o f used copies. The shades are here described as d u ll purple, sla te purple, brow n purple, p a le brown, purple brown, and gra y purple. These m ust be seen to be ap p reciated . T he other values o f th is se t are sim ila r ly represented. O f the 18 0 c. there are several types show ing num erals placed low in

the label, others placed high, and somff- others show ing various distances from fram e lin e a t le f t .

18 6 4. 6c—T here are fu lly as m any shades inthis stam p as an y other o f U ruguay ; a row or tw o of each of the fo llo w in g colours, a ll u n used : pale red orange, red orange, pale rose, rose, dull rose red, deep rose, deep rose red and brick red . These are follow ed by h sim ilar lo t o f used stam p s. A tten tion is called to num erous varieties, th e dam aged “ L ” in Republica, the difference in w idth o f the sp acin g in fron t o f “ 0 6 ” w hich seems to vary from $ to 1$ m m . ; a va riety w ith a flaw resem bling a sm all “ y ” over “ ri ” o f O rien tal appears several tim e s . *

8c. G r e e n — There a re m any fine shades o f th is stam p. The t i l e b S c h e is show n in a b lo ck o f fo u r. The 10 c. and 12 c . are sp lendid ly re p re sented b y num erous shades, pairs, e tc ., unused and used and on orig in al covers. S im ilar v a r ieties o f spacing as described in the 6 c. are found throughout this set.

18 6 6 . This issue ocoupies fou rteen pages, and is com plete in th e varieties w h ic h . are g e n e ra lly lis te d . These include double and treble s u r charges o f the new values, t t t e b S c h e pairs, several b locks o f four and a com plete pan e of 56 o f the 20 on 6 c. The p ecu lia rity in the tS te b 4 ch e pairs o f th e 10 c. is th e printing o f the surcharge to correspond w ith the inverted p o sition of the stam p, so th a t th e inverted s u r charge is not foun d on the stam p w hich appears t i t e b S c h e .

18 6 6 . N u m e r a l I s s u e . N o stam ps o f U ru gu ay are m ore prolific in varieties than th is design, which appears im perforate and perforated .

5 c .—S ix shades each represented b y several u n used and several used copies w hich m igh t be called the norm al stam p. E ach variety is then sim ilarly depicted b y a num ber o f copies in cludin g shades. A n in terestin g v ertica l p air shows num eral w ith w h ite flag a t top and the v a riety “ Entesim os " on the bottom stam p . A n u n listed v a riety i s ' the " S ” o f Cente9im os larger and apart from the “ O ." T h is appears on N os. 4 and 14 in the tenth row . W e find a p a g e of the v a riety showing a dash instead o f the “ S ” in C entesim os. The v a rie ty w ith no shading under the horse is listed b y Gibbons ; these are Nos. 1 and 11 in the tenth row . A n other un listed va riety is the m issing inner curved line of the num eral in centre o f stam p over the arm s, N os. 2 and 12 in s ix th row . T h is same inner curved line is m erged w ith the outer line on N os. 2 and 12 in the te n th row . 'N os. 8 and 18 in th e 19 th row show a short oblique line over the horse’s head. T h e v a riety “ I ” for “ T ” in .Centesimos in la s t line o f background on le ft appears in N os. 7 an d 17 in fifth ro w .

10 c .— I t *is dem onstrated th a t the colours of these stam ps can be divided into pale green, pale ye llo w green, yellow green, green, deep green a n d blue green. A ll o f them are w ell represented in th e co llectio n . Most o f them in clude pairs, strips and a b lo ck . The com m only listed varieties a ll appear in several copies. Am ong those un listed we find a m issing “ E ” from b ackground a t righ t o f castle . ’ (N os. 46, 56, 134, 14 6 ). T h e short oblique line under the ox and letters m issing under the horse appear on N o. 2, w hile N os. 4, 5 and 6, show a double line over M ontevideo. Three instead of tw o lines under th e horse appear m any tim es on a p la te .


On N os. 64, 74, 152, 163, 174 , the dash a fter Centesim os in the “ 0 ” has been o m itted . There is no shading under the serif o f th e large figure “ 1 " in N os. 9, 109, 1 1 9 and 12 0 . A nother m arked v a riety is portrayed b y tw o lines o f in scrip tion in th e background under the num erals instead o f one.

1 5 c .— T h is value, like the 5c., w as printed in sheets o f 19 0 <19 x 10 ). S ix shades o f y e llow are noted in th e, co llectio n .

20 c.— These a re divided into pale rose, dull rose red , b rig h t rose red, rose lake, d u ll rose, and d u ll la k e . The principal varieties a r e : No dash in “ O ” below ox ; no dashes in “ O ” eith er below ox or above castle ; and “ I ” m issing from background a t right in n ext to bottom lin e.

lc . B la c k — There are tw o pages show ing shades o f b lack and g ra y black, unused and used. An in terestin g cardboard proof shows a sm all circle in the design to the le ft of m ountain. This variety is listed as a stam p, and would be worth finding. This issue is a lso shown in cardboard proofs in the regular colours as w e ll as the 5c. and 10 c. in black.

18 7 2 . L a r g e N u m e r a ls . P e r fo r a t e d . 5 c .—Nineteen pages o f the 5c. stam p begins this issue. F irst o f a ll we have the norm al stam p divided by perforations into 11} , 12, 12} and 13 . Then we find the num eral w ith w hite head in four p e rfo ra tio n s. These are fo llow ed by theother varieties as listed in the catalogu e, some of them appearing in b locks and pairs. Am ong the varieties not already m entioned under theim perforate stam p we find the “ O ” m issin g in lower lin e of background on righ t, N o s. 7 and 17 in 6th row . There is a sm all flat-bottom ed “ S ” a larger distance from the “ 0 ” in N o s . 4 and 14 in the 3rd row . The “ S ” is verysm all and fa r from the “ O ” in N os. 2 and 12in the 5th row . The “ S ” o f Centesim os is en tirely m issin g in Nos. 1 and 11 in the 7throw. There is an extra line o f shading under the head and along the stem of the num eral in N os. 8 and 18 in the 10th row . The outer line a tthe le ft of the scales is en tirely om itted in N o s. 3 and 13 in the 3rd row . The inner line o fshading under the num eral a t the le ft of thehorse is om itted in N os. 2 and 12 in the 9th row. There is a line som ething lik e a flag pole extending d iagon ally to the r ig h t from th e centre- of the castle group on N o s. 1 and 1 1 in the 2nd row.

The p ecu lia rity about the 5 c. and 1 5 c . values is the rather odd number o f 190 stam ps to the sheet, bein g composed o f ten horizon tal rows o f 19, w h ile the 10 c . stam p was printed in sheets o f 200 ( 2 0 x 10 ).

10 c .— B esides a com plete sheet w hich has been divided into sections fillin g four pages we find six pages o f th e stam p in the co lle ctio n . The colours e r e green, ligh t green, deep green, pale yellow green, and deep yellow green. T he perforations are noted as 10, 12, 12}, 13 , and 13}. The principal varieties o f this denom ination are as follow s, each of which are found several times on a s h e e t :—

a . — No shading under the tip o f large num eral 1 .

b . — H alf letters a t bottom of background.c . — Double' lin e a fter M ontevideo.d . — Three lines under horse.e . — “ R ” in stead of “ E ” in C entesim os.f . — “ i ” in stead o f “ T ’’ in C entesim os.

g . — “ I ” of Centesim os m issing.h . — “ E ” m issing from background a t rig h t of

castle .i . — B roken panel in " O " under o x .j . — Tw o lines o f inscription iu background over

M ontevideo.k . —O blique dash under ox.l. — No dash a fter Centesim os.m . — Double inner line a t top.n . — H alf letters at top of background.o . — L etters m issing under horse.V — H orizontal line jo inin g tops of large num

erals.1 5 c .— Here we find several shades ranging from

pale yellow to orange yellow . The perforations are given as 9 x 10, 9J, 10}, 12} and 13.

20c. B ose—The perforations are the same as b e fo r e ; the colours, deep rose, rose lake, pale rose, rose, bright rose, dull rose, dull rose red. deep rose red and dull lak e. A variety appears several times showing no dashes in “ O ” above castle or below o x . Another one is the same variety, but with the usual dash above the castle .

The 10 c. stam p is shown in several copies cut d iagon ally in halves and used as 5 c., while a sim ilar page 9hows th e im perforate 10c. stam p used th e same w ay ; a lso one-quarter o f the 20c. stam p and one-third o f the 15 c . stamp, used for the same value. T his set is follow ed by some interestin g essays made by M . W elker, of M ontevideo, in im itation o f the 1864 issue of the Germ an Em pire.

18 7 7 t o 18 7 9 . A page o f each denomination is shown including numerous shades, pairs, e tc. O f the 10c. there is a vertical pair, im perf. h orizon tally and of th e lp . an im perf. horizontal pair.

L a te r I s s u e s .— The issues from 1880 to date not including officials, occupy over three vo lumes, and are replete in shades, perforation varieties, pairs, blocks, and alm ost everything that m ight be im agined. There are quite a number of part perforate and im perforate pairs and others which are im perforate between, but perforated on a ll sides. It would lead too far to attem pt a fu ll l is t o f these m any interesting stamps, but we m ust not fa il to m ention the two fine used copies of the 2 5 c. red brow n a n d b la c k o f 1896 w ith c e n t r e in v e r te d . These are very rare, and scarcely known in an y Am erican collection, not even the largest.

O fficia l S ta m p s .—These form an extensive group and are being arranged in sim ilar manner accordin g to varieties of perforation, inverted and double surcharges, e tc . These are not absolutely com plete in a ll m inor varieties according to Scott, but the gaps are not num erous.

I t w ill be readily seen that scarcely a n y other U ruguay collection could be favourably compared w ith th e oue which has been described in this a rtic le . I t is certain ly a strik in g exam ple of how fa r specialism cam be carried along certain lines, and also how m any new discoveries in a chosen direction can be made by a careful student o f p h ila te ly . Even now more remains to be learned. Some questions are s till unsolved. It is said that in England an attem pt is being made to reconstruct original sheets of the D ili - gencia issue, and as i t progresses further a work is expected from the pen of M r. Hugo Griebert, who has been a sp ecialist in studying the stam ps o f U ruguay, having h im self form ed a large c o llection .


New Issues at>d Old■The Ed itor invites dealers and readers at Heme amt abroad to give prompt information concerning New Issues. A ll communications must be

sent direct to the Editor, J4, Sudbourite Road, Brixton, London. S .W .A fte r the name o f each country we gtve the page of T he POSTAGE STAMP on which appeared the tost reference to that country.

C h in a (F ren ch P o st Offices).— (Vol. IV . p, 128).— Several recen tly discovered varieties o f French stam ps overprinted w ith the w ord c h i n s and Chinese inscription are noted by G ib b o n s ' S ta m p W e e k ly . The first consist o f th e 1 and 40 cents values o f 190 2, surcharged w ith the Chinese in scrip tion only, the word c h in s being om itted, the second o f th e 10 cents o f 1904, w ith a double surcharge, one o f th e overprints being inverted, and la s tly the 2c. and 1 5 c . denom inations o f the 19 0 4 -0 5 series w ith ou t the Chinese overprint, and surcharged w ith th e w ord c h in e on ly.

China (R u ssia n P o st O ffices).— (Vol. IV . p. 298).— The 4 and 10 K opec stam ps in the ourrent R ussian type are chronicled b y E w e n ’s W e a k ly S ta m p N e w t w ith th e sp ecial overprint for use in these offices. T hey were issued early in Feb ruary.

Overprinted " KETA! " diagonally.4 kopecs pink (blue surcharge).

io kopecs blue (black surcharge).

Dutch In d ie s .— (Vol. V. p. 261).— The 1 and 2 cents stam ps overprinted “ B u iten B e z it,” are noted b y G ib b o n s ' S ta m p W e e k ly as ex istin g w ith th e overprint reading downwards instead of upw ards.

Finland.— (Vol XV. p. 140).— W e learn from various of our contem poraries th a t sin ce Jan u ary 1st, o f this year, no Finnish stam ps have been issned, their p lace b ein g taken by th e ordinary ourrent R ussian issue, and on and a fte r M ay 14th , th ey w ill cease to be va lid for postal purposes.

Gaboon.—(Vol. V. p. 278).— Messrs. W hitfield K ing and C o . inform us th a t th ey have received the 1, 2, 5 and 10 cents in' th e new typ e, but b elieve th at w e w ere in error in chroniclin g a 4 cen ts value, w hich w as listed on a u th o rity o f a contem porary. W e therefore revise our l i s t as follow s

AVtr design. N ative W arrior. P erf,ic. brown tnd orange.3c black and brown.$c green and olive,

toe. red and pink.

German South-West Africa.—From the same firm we learn th a t th ey have received th e 10 p f. value o f this Germ an C olon y printed on th e new w aterm arked paper.

Ship design. W mk. lonenges. lopt. carmine.

Klautschau.— (Vol. V . p. 284).— They likewise call our atten tion to the fa c t th a t our l is t o f w aterm arked stam ps of this C olon y given in a recent issue was incom plete, as i t did not include the 40 cents b lack on rose.

Ship design, Wmh, looongos.40c. black on rose.

Italy.— (Vol. V. p. 22).— We gather that there is to be an issue of com m em orative stam ps on the occasion of the G arib ald i C entenary, w hich w ill be lim ited to the Islan d of S ic ily , and rem ain in issue from A p ril 1st, to June 30th, o f th is y e a r.

M o ro c c o (F r e n ch P o s t Offices).— A variety of tiie curren t issue has been shown us b y M r. D . B . A rm stron g. I t consists of a broken B in the w ord C entim os, m akin g it read c f n t i m o s . Fairs of the 3 and 4 cen ts values w ith one stam p havin g this va r ie ty are in M r. A rm stron g's sp ecia lised co llectio n of th is cou n try .

N o r th B o r n e o .— (Vo). V. p. 226)— From announcem ents in several o f the C on tin en tal p h ilatelic journals i t w ould appear that th e 18 oents value o f the current p ic to ria l issue has been re-issued w ith o u t the surcharge of 20 cen ts.

P a c k h o i .— (Gibbons’ S ta m p W eekly chronicles the 10 cents rose o f 1 9 0 3 -4 , w ith th e w ord Packhoi om itted from th e surcharge, and th e 20 cents o f 19 0 6 w ith the overprint in verted .

R o u m a n la .— (Vol. V . p. 128).— A number of new varieties o f th is co u n try are noted b y our co n tem poraries. T he 1 5 bani in th e curren t type su rface-p rin ted in v io le t is chron icled b y G ib b o n e ' S ta m p W e e k ly , w h ils t both th e 1 bani and 1 leu values have been foun d perforated 13 | a ll round.

S a lv a d o r .— (Vol V . p. 284).— Gibbons’ S ta m p W eekly chronicles tw o shades o f the 5 c . va lu e o f 19 0 7, b ein g d u l l u ltr a m a r in e and P r u s s ia n b lu e resp e ctive ly .

S la m .— (Vol. V . p. 285).— Messrs. Whitfield King and C o . have k in d ly shown us a specim en o f the new 14 Satan gs on 14 a tts surch arge, w hich they inform ns was o n ly issued a t a few o f the up- cou n try P o st Offices, and w as never on sa le in B an gkok its e lf .

T c h o n g k ln g .— (Vol. V . p. 116).— A new variety is lis te d by G ib b o n s ' S ta m p W e e k ly w ith the word T ch o n gk in g om itted from th e overp rin t. T h e 5 and 10 cents values o f th e 19 0 3 -0 4 series have been seen in this condition.

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GOSSIP op the Week - jotThe World's Stamp Errors - - 302Famous Collections - 303New Issues and Old - 306Editor's Letter Box - 307Society News - 307

Answers to Correspondents.TA Hampstsal Oorrsipinlent— who has

omitted to sign his typed letter, asks lor information ss to the doles ot the remoral of the London G.P.O. from Sherbourne (should be Sherborne) Lane, to Cloak Lane then to the Black Swan in Bishopsgate Street, then to the Black Pillars in Brydges Street. Ae a matter of fact the history of the " Chief Letter Office ” is wrapped in mystery, and there are very few reliable records to go upon, and practically no dates. In giving the Sherborne Lane address as the first location what Is your authority? Stew's Survey gives Cloak Laos near Dowgate Hill as the first, though?lt is probable that several temporary positions were occupied at various times not mentioned In the standard post offloe histories. I have a contemporary Aiote somewhere that Crosby Hall was actually used (the historian of the Hal] Itself has found no trace of this, although It It hinted at by Mr. Joyce in his HW ory'Jpl the Pof. Ofhce). The removal to the Black Swan waa in the early part of the seventeenth century, where the office remained till the fire of ISM. Qresham (College Is said to have been utilised temporarily after theflra and the IBiydgea Street, Coveut Garden office would be a more permanent place. Crosby Hall possibly was In the later 'seventies, and may have been only a ’atage la the return of the office to the City.

The removal to Lombard Street may have been any Urns between 1870 and 1878 Sherborne Lane Joins Lombard Street and was connected np by a passage with the court of the office In Lombard Street. Here (la Sherborne Lane) was established the Dead Letter Branch of the Lombard Street G.P.O. The sublect Is a very big one ana I fear I cannot go ioto It more folly to this column, bat trust these points may be of service. Have yon oonsultcd 3tow*s Survey of London, and Ackerman's Uieroetmm of London T The varions editions ot Stow may yield a little. Strype'e edition Is the only gone V ffiiave found helpful. The -Microcosm nas an aquatint by Pugin and Rowlandson, shewing pnterior of Lombard

Street P.O. In 1782; which Interior was considerably altered before the removal to the present site. Messrs. Methuen have published a reprint of the Micrxxoem, with coloured plate ot this picture,*

S o c ie ty N e w sSecretaries of Philatelic Societies are

arced to send newt Items Intended for publication as promptly as possible.


The meeting on March 5th commenced with the usual monthly anctlon sale. An unusually lam number of lots had been entered and the attendance being good the bidding was brisk and good prioee were realised. The papers and displays which oocupted the Utter part of the evening were both {provided by members of the Brighton Branch.

Mr. Herbert Clark's paper was'entitled “ No tea |on (the Status of Various Classes of 8tamps,” Ja title sufficiently mysterious to Arouse cariosity and scientific enough to uphold philately's claim to .be classed as a science. The display which illustrated the {papers was unusually Interesting as It comprised many varieties of stamps with which the average collector is only slightly, If at all familiar. Postage stamps (were Illustrated by stamps ot our Colonies, showing Queen Victoria full (aoe, (three (quarter face, and in profile. Official stamps were represented by various types of " Officials " used by different countries, registration, parcel posts, express, too late, newspaper, commemorative, and other sub-dlvlstone of the postage stamp ware similarly dealt with. Railway stamps of various colonies ,ware shown, also a collection ot the Railway stamps of Great Britain, complete with the exception ot three stamps. |

Mr. J. Ireland contributed a paper on " The Coloured Papers for British Colonial Stamps,” (which contained a vast amount of Information with regard to tbs stamps that have (been Issued on the coloured papers. (The display In Illustration ot the (paper consisted of mint copies of all the stamps arranged chronologically.

Votes of thanks to both the members were passed with acclamation.

ffR. WEDMORE, Hon. Sec.BRIGHTON BRANCH.

A very ̂ successful meeting was held on Thursday, the 10th Inst., at the Royal Hotel, when two promloent members cams dowa from London to give displays. Mr. A. Ashby showed a portion ot hli collection of British New Gaines, and Mr. H. H. Hariand displayed St. Helena.

Mr. Ashby's New Gnlnea collection is undoubtedly the most complete and comprehensive eocnmnUtlon of the stamps In existence. Before showing the regular issues, Queensland stamps Were passed round bearing the postmarks “ N.O.” and “ B.N.G.” the former being exceptionally scarce. (The stamps proper were shown complete In mint condition, a notable feature being the vertical surcharges. The (explanation given for distinguishing between the two plates used for printing the (central design, was followed by the company with much interest.

Mr. Harland’s St. Helena alto proved moit enloyable, the condition throughout eft nothing to be desired. This eollectloo includes the fid. lake (1883) without surcharge (only seven copies have up to the present been located), also many scarce proofs and interesting entires. Owing to toe late henr^the jWhole collection could

not be examined, and, aa it was. many sheets had perforce to be circulated soms- what hurriedly. However, Mr. Hariand kindly promised to show toe remainder on some fnturaoooaeloa.

On the proposition Df Mr. Herbert Clark, seconded by Mr. B. Morley, a vote ot ♦ .hanks wee passed to Messrs. Ashby and Hariand, who had provided the material for a most enjoyable evening.

At the conclusion of the displays Mr. Morley showed the Id. Revenue (Ape of Good (Hope, postally need, dated 27th Mar. 1000.

Donations to the library were acknow (edged with thanks from the Philatelic Students' Fellowship, and bom Ur. Charles Nissan.

J. B. BOULTON, Hon. Assist. Sec.

SOUTH ESSEXPHILATELIC SOCIETY.

The second ordinary meeting of the season was held on 1 0 th March, at President's house, who took the chair at 8 p.m.

The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, the Librarian acknowledged donations to the library from Messrs. C. Nissan and Oo., W. H. Peckitt,J. North, M. J. Elsbury, B. H. Clark, Anonymous, and A. H. Clark. Forgeries from Mr. Darby, 0. Broeklebunt, B. H. Clarke and A. H. Clark, aad donations to permanent collection from Aoonymona, A. B. C. Dyer. J. North and A. H. Clarke.

The Preddent then Informed the meeting that the Society was making rapid progress. The annual subscription for jaolors under 17 years of age had been red need tole. fid., and a lantern lectors had been arranged for April 9th, at the Walthamstow Public Library when Ur. W. E. Lincoln has kindly consented to lecture upon " Philatelic Monuments to War.” The Hon. 8 00 , would willingly lend a complimentary programme to any applicant, and a programme prioe 2 d., could be obtained from the Public Library or Hoo. Secretary, entititag bearer to reserved seat. The Committee have also decided to hold future meetings nt tbs Pioneer Institute, Hoe Street, North Walthamstow, Essex, where any visitor will be welcome at the next meeting on April ltth, at 8 p.m. He said that the Society were Indebted to an anonymous person in *' W.C.” district of London for donations to Society's library and permanent collection, end he wished to thank such person, and Invite him to attend a meeting when he could sac his donations mounted up. The Society would be very pleased If Anonymous or aoy other kind person would send the Society an album In which to monnt the collection prior to 1900.

The President then called upon Mr. Elabury to open the debate upon “ Old fesues c. New ” who In an able speech defined his reasons for speaking on behalf ot old irnnee. The President stated In opening on behalf of new Issues that he was at a disadvantage Inasmuch that he could not conjure up any Interest In new Issues, but having to defend them, for the sake of debating, ns commenced his defence on behalf of them. His great point appears 1 to be, not In setting forth aay view or paint from which one could gather why he was In favour of them, but In picking to pieces everything that Mr. Blsbnry had said, but Mr. EUburv score a great point when he tried to draw the President to discuss new Issues of Bosnta, etc., who in replying said that he bad Manned hts field to Issues of Colonial ■ tamps since 1909. An interesting discussion was then taken np by those present and It was the opinion of the meeting that M nothing could be pat forward In favour of either class of collecting, to prove conclusively that the other was entirely 1 not philately.* ”

308 T H E P O S T A G E S T A M P*

Mr. Elabury then gave a very Interesting display upon Hong Kong Postmarks. He dealt w ith the eatlier cancellations, B 62 and 62 B , etc., and all postmarks of all the ” treaty ports." His collection was in fine condition and was much admired by all present.

Mr. E . Small moved a hearty vote of thanks which was seconded by Mr. Davis a visitor.

Mr. Elabury in responding, said he was very pleased to show bis collection, and hoped it had proved of Interest to some present. He would willingly show it again next season, when it would be more complete. He moved a vote of thanks to the President for having allowed the Society to hold its first meetings a t liiB house, ana was convinced that had It not been so. and for the interest the President had taken, and the work he had done, the Society would not be in the position which it was in.

The President in reply stated that be wae only too pleased to be in a position to help the Society. A very promising future was ahead of it, and if he could do anything to assist he would willingly do so. He stated th at lie had just received a letter from Mr. Fred. J . Melville setting forth his reasons for being unable to lecture for the Society, and he hoped that at a future date Mr. Melville would be able to come, when a hearty welcome would be accorded liim,

The meeting terminated a t 10.30, after a discussion had taken place upon the forthcoming Congress and it was decided to discuss the matters coming up for discussion st such Congress a t the next meeting, when fuller particulars would also be forthcoming concerning the exhibition of Postage Stamps which the Society had beer, invited to arrange early next season.

B. H C LA R K E , Hon. Sec.

THE INTERNATIONAL PHILATELIC UNION.

The sixth meeting of the season was held a t Essex Hall, od Thursday, March 10th.

P resen t: J. C. Btdebotham (chair), L. W. Fulcher, J. E . JoBelin, A . B. Kay, Guy Semple, P, L. Pemberton, W. £. Lincoln, G, E. Strong, the Hon. Sec., and visitors, R. B. Yardley, J . E. Leon, andD. Jackson.

The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed Mr. R . B . Yardley gave a display with notes of his fine specialised collection of Western'Australia. In addition to very interesting die proofs and essays, the collection includes pairs, strips, ana blocks, used and unused, stam ps on entires, and all the rarities amongst which may be mentioned 1854 Id. blue lithographed, a fine block of 100 unused, and the very rare error inverted swan, used, the Is. In fine shade, a pair o f these rouletted, a used block of five of the sixpence black bronze, the scarce perforations of various issues, the very rare error 2d. mauve, 1876, all the surcharged provisionals and a fine lot of all recent Issues to date. The Interest of the display was greatly enhanced by Mr. Y ardley’e valuable notes, and Mr. Joselln seconded by Mr. Lincoln, voiced the satisfaction of all present in a hearty vote of thanks

The next meeting takes place at Essex Hall, on Thursday, April 14th, at 7.30|p.m. when Mr. T. W. Hall will give a display of Venezuela. Any visitors heartily welcome. T , H. H INTON, Hon. Sec.

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S p e c ia l B a r g a in P a c k e t of 25 choice Colonials and New Issues, mostly unused. Price only l/io complete.

IOO varieties South America, 2l- 100 varieties Asia, 2b. 100 varieties Africa, 2/9.

too varieties Central America. 3/6.

SAMOA. S p e c ia l O ffers a t h a l f fa c e v a lu e . 1887-90, complete set 13. mint unused, id. to 2/6. for 3/- only. 1899. surcharged ' ' Provisional G ovt." complete set of 8 for 2/9 only. Guaranteed gd u in e originals. Both sets for 5/6.

Stamp Mounts, warranted peelable, ad. per I.ooo; ll- for 7,000. None better at treble the price.

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t Unused. Used. No. in set. Per set.

t Abysinnia, 1908, } , { , 1, 3, 4, 8, & 16 piastre* t Afghanistan, t88s, a abasi and I rupee, purple t ,, 1892,1 and S abasi and I rupee, slate on rose ...t ,. 1893-99, l a , black on colort Albania on Italy, 10, 35, and 40 para* t Antigua, 1903, C.C., ordy., Jd* id ., ad., a^d* 3d., 6d., 1 /- t „ .. , i */-, */6, and 5/- ... .* Argentine, 1873.1908. including 60c. 1873, 1 peso, &c/ t Bahamas, 1884-98, id., a^d* 4d., 6d* and is.' Barbados, 1891, Id., jd * id., ad., 23d., Ad.. 6d.. 8d„ & iod* C.A. single

„ 1897, Jubilee, jd „ id ., id., aid., $d., 6d„ 8d., iod* a*. 6d.,. 1906, Nelson, fd., id., id., ad., a ]d * 6d* and lic/C.C.„ 1907, Nelson, |d. ad., aid., C .A * mult....

Bcchuanaland (on English), 1893,id., id., ad., 4d., 6d* and is.Belgium (Antwerp), 5, io, and 23c.Benadir, 1903, 1, a i, 3, and 10 annas

„ 1908, surcharged, a, 3, 10, 13, 23, and 30c. and 1 liraBermuda, 1873-1901, id., id., id., ad., a$d* 3d., 4d., 6d., and is.

„ 190a, Anns, i<W Id., 3d., C.A., single ...■ Bolivia, 1894, I, a, 5, 10, 20, JO, and looc.* Bosnia, i , 1, l , 3, 3, io, 13, ao, and 25 novcica■ ,, 1900,1, a, 3, 3, 6, 10, ao, and 23 fil* Brazil, 1830to 1903, Io reisto 1,000rei* ...•T „ unpaid,' 1889, IQ, 2q, 30,100/^00 and 300 reis, scarlet* ,, provis,, 1898, on newspaper, 200, 300, 700, a,006; 20, aoo,

1899, on postage, 30, loo, 300, 700, 1,030, and a,000 reis ... t British Central Africa, 1891, id., ad* 4cL, 6d* 8d., and is. ...+ ,, ., „ „ a*., as. 6d., 3*., 48* and 3*. ...t „ „ ,. 1891, Id , 2d,, 4<L, 6d.and is* no w'mark ...t „ „ „ 1896, id,, ad., ed„ fid., and la , w’mked C.A. ...t „ „ „ 1896, as. 6d* 3s* and 5s* w'raked C.C.t „ ,, ., 1897, id., *d* 4d., 6d* and Is., w’mked C.A. ...+ „ „ ,', n 6d„ 3*., 4*-i and IOs., w’mked'C.C. ...t „ ,. „ 1901, Id., 4d. and fid.t „ ,, ,, 1903, id * ad., 4d*6d., and i/-t King, C .A * singlet „ „ „ ,, a/6,4/-, and 10/., King, C.C.* British East Africa Company, t, 1, a, ah, 3, 4, 4|, 3, 7§, and t annas ...or * „ „ on B.E.A.C0* 3,4,8 anna and 1 rupee ...+ ,, „ „ on India, i , 1, i i , a, a|, 3, 4, 6, 8, iaa* 1, a, 3, 8c 3^* *4+ 1896, i , I, a, aj, s ,4» 4*. 3, 7i» »nd 8 annaat ,. „ „ „ I, *, 3, 4. " " I 5 rupees (small) ...* „ „ „ „ 1. a, 3, and 5 rupee* ....................4 „ „ „ 1897, on Zansibar, i , a, 44, 3 a , and a i on 1 a. ...T „ ,, ,, I9<», I, *. and 3 rupee* (large) ..........+ „ „ „ „ 1, a, 3. 4, S, *®d »o nipees (Urge)

4 British Guiana 1898, Jubilee, 1, a, 3,16 and 13c + «♦ *»♦ •••t „ „ 1899, Jubilee, a on 5, on 10, fit on 13 cents ...

t „ „ 1890-1903, C .A . single, t, a, 4, S,(JS, 8, 1* and 24c. ...4 British Honduras, 1891-98, Postage, 1, a, 3, 3, 6,10, is , and 24c. ...4 „ ,, 1899, 3, 10, and 23c. surcharged Revenue

4 „ „ 1900, Post and Revenue, 5c., 40c., and 30c.t ,, „ 190a, C.A., single, 1, a, 3 and aoe.4 British Levant, on Great Britain, 1903, |d., id., l id * ad., ajd ., 3d., I

(d ., jd . ,6 d * and I/- ... ... I4 „ „ „ /„ „ 1907-8, I, a, 4 and la ptrea.4 British Morocco, 1898, 3, ro, ao, 33,40, 30c., 1 and a pesetas, local snr.t „ „ 1899, 5, 10, ao. as, 40, 30c., 1 and a pesetas,London „t „ „ 1903-3, C.A. single, 3, to, ao, and 23c. ...4 ,. „ „ „ 50c., t pta, and a peseta** „ „ 1903, 30c., mult* 5, 10, as, 30c. t & a ptas, chalky

+ „ „ 1907, on Great Britain, 3, 10, 15, ao, 25,40, 50c, I ptas4r „ „ n. on Great Britain, |d* id., 3d.,4d.,6d., I/ -& 2/6f British New Guinea, 1901, |d* id., ad , 2)d., *d., 6d* and I/- t British Solomon Isles, 1907, 1st issue^jd., id., ad., ajd., $d., 6d. & 1/- 4 British Somaliland, on India Queen, name at top, first print, } , 1, a,

14. 3, 4, 6, 3, and la s .1, a, 3 and 3 rupees, name at top, first print 24, 6 and ra a., name at foot, second printon India King, 4, >• *» 3, 4and 8 a. on H .M .S ., on India Queen, 4, I. a, 8 a., and t R. Service, on India King, 4, 1, a,and 8a*on Queen, 1 R O .H .M .S ., C.A., single, j * . it 3/9 ea* ts. at }/-«*.

t British South Africa Co* 1891-4, |d* id * ad* 3d* 4d* 6d.,8d. k 1/-• „ ,, » 1891.4, 4d* id * ad* 3d., 4d* fid., 8d., and is.4 „ ,, „ „ 1896, 4d* id* ad* 3d., #d* fid., 8d* and is.4 „ ,1 ,» ,, ,, as., as. fid., 3s., 4s* 5s.,and 10s.4 „ * „ „ 1898, 4«L, id * ad* 3d* 4d* 6d- sod 8d.4 „ * ,,, „ (on Cape), t<L. id* ad* 3d* 4<L, 6d* and is.4 ,1 „ „ * 1005, Victoria Falls, id * 24d„ 5d* and I*. ...

4 B runei on LA B U A N , red surcharge, ic* a on 3c* 4 on iac* 3 on 16c. 18c* toe. on 16c. /

* Bulgaria, 1881 to 1907, including provis....4 Busmhir, 1898, 1st type, |, 4, 1, a, 4, 8, iaa., and 1 rupee ...4 Cameroon*, 1897, 3, 5. 10, ao, 23 and 30 pf.4 Canada, 1868, 13c. violet, 13c, red lilac, and 13c. grey blue...4 • 1897, Jubilee, 4, t, a, 3, 3,6, 8,10, 13, 20, 30c* and 1 dol....t ,, 1898, 4 leaves, J, 1, a, 3, 3, 6, 8, and ioc....................

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1898, l/-,(!.A.,bluegr*ert,5/-ea. a/6 black a nd orange at jyfi each 1903, a/6 1 lac & green at 4/- ea.

a/- at a/4 teh, a/6 at a/i 1 each

10/- at 11/6 each

t 1 rupee, IGREY, at ao/- each. |a. st 5/- esc I, 3 R. at 25/- each

I R * gray at rt j - each.

1 rupee, di II blue, S/6 each

| 1890 4*0.11 3/9 each, 1890 72c. I at 4/3 ea :h, 96c. at 6/9 each.

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( 11 at 6/6,1 5 • •< 3<> * each

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1898,23c., msurcharged,at7/-ca.

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2/6, ordy., at 2/6 each, on 3/-, at 4/8 each.

f 3 ptaiat a,6 nch,6 ptas at 54. each, I to/- each,

each

C .A * mutt* 2a. at 23/- each.I J/- at 4/6, a/6 at 5/-. 3 /- at 3.6, I 4/- at 7/6, sod 3/- at 12/6 each.

*Used, 2/- se t of 8. i 89J, A t at 25/- each. ,

Set of 7 ui ad, 18/- 2/6 at 2/tl eadi. $ / r at 3; 10 each

{ 50 on 16c. at 7/6 each,' 1 f on ' rfic. at y;o/- each, 3 on 16c* LIGHT blown, 4/6 each

Foi 8 E T 8 O F 8 T A M P 8 — q o n ^ l n u e d .t Unused. • Used.

+ Canada, if ^ - 2 lf J(. j ^ ?i gt IOi and J0C,)• .j* 60 to 1899, Jc. to goc., including Provisional and Jubilees

* l° 8> Q uebec> t> *■ J» 5. 7t JO, is , and 20c.t K T 1 rfor ; I d ‘ 4d., <&„ and+ . I1” ’ 18981 3l S' ,0 ' 30> *3 and 50 pf.+ r t J X V 'including Service), Ja. ,0 4a. ...I „ ? French), 5, 10, 15c., 1, a, and 4 piastresT caym an Is |tJj 1902, King, C .A ., single, Jd., id., a jd ., 6d., and 1/-

* " \ .. 190S-7, mult., Postage, |d ., id ., 2 jd ., 4d., 6d. olive,

1/- violet

* ” ,, 1905, m ult., 6d. brown'and 1/- orange

* Ceylon, l8< j j .g (on Service), 2, 3, 5, 15, 25, and 30c.

.to sec. Per set. t. d.

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t ̂ .. i8 ‘ jg-1900, a, 3, 4, 3, 6, 12, 15, as, 30 and 75c. ................... .

+ 19 33-4, K in g, C .A . single, 2, 3, 4,-5, 6, 12, 15,25,30 , and 75c.t Chamba, ; 886-1900, ^ j t 1, 2, 3 ,4 , 6, 8, 12a. and 1 rupeeI r k . r l « •• Service, J, 1, 2, 3, 4 ,6 , 8 a . and 1 rupee ...

\ r h !n ? \ s !93’ * - I’ :,-5 - i,nd,oc............................................................. China, 188 6> lf and 5 ....................

• ” >» r* 2' 3 '4 . 5. 6 ,9 , t* . and 24 can d ............................................11 *®9 7 provl. on 1886 I and 2c., on 1894 small figures 2, 4 & 8r.,

. . . larger figures J, t, 2, lo c. on lac., on Revenue 1. 2 and 4c.+ ” *7i Japanese print, J, 1, 2, 4. 5, 10, and 20c.

, 8 , J, 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 30, and 50c. .....................,V„. French}, s, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50,7Sc-, and 1 franc

+ rn'r-Mn*"^ lS 94> f C 3. 4, 5, 6. and IOC. t Cochin, IS g8> 3 pies, 4, 1 anj a putuns ...I ^ on,®<i , =* State, 1894, 5c. blue and 10c. brownt Cook Isles 1892 ( le t issue), id., 1 Jd., a id ., and rod. (used at 6/- set) 7. ’ ’ >> 1893 (and issue) id., i jd . , a jd „ sd „ and lod.J p ” ” 1902, Jd., id ., 2jd., no w'mk ...; Crete, 1891 |.'Brjtish Occupation, 10 and 2op., 2899, 10 and aop,

1, l89‘ > & liaataffs f\̂ HMSIAs* !«•«# tuns v awA* UI„a ♦) , Russian Occupation, first type, 1 m et., b lu e; 1 met.,green ; 2 met., black

>’ Russian Occupation, second type, 1 met., b lu e; 2 met., b lu e;1 met., rose; 2 met., green

I90t >, black surcharge, 25 and 50 lepta, 1 drachma » red surcharge, 25 and 50 lepta and 1 drachma ...

*9® t, unpaid, 1, 5, 10, 20, 40 and 50 lepta, 1 and 2 drachmi 190 8, surcharge, KAAAX, an black, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50 lepta

” , , ,, „ 1, 2, 3, and 5 drachmi>• provl., 11. red, a on 20 1. red, U rge, 2 on 2 0 1. red, small,

. „ . „ 11. olive, 3 on 20 L orangeT Cuba, 189: ̂1 I( 4t and s mils, violet

• ” b *' ’ • *> 3* 4i »nd 8 mils, kose+ ” ,S , ’ • * ’ *• *• 3> 4. *»d 8 mils, greenI ’ ’ I* *> 3, 4. *nd 5 rails, brownt „ , s 9’ l , on United Sutes, 1, 2, 2j, 3 ,5 , and ioc.+ " c ’JL •» •> >• unpaid, 1, 2, 5 and ice.r „ oep 1899, 1, 2, 3, 5, 10c., and 10c., special delivery

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, I 18 82, J, | , 1, 2, 4, 6, and 12 piastres (used at 7/6 set)I " *9®, 4, 6, 9 and 1 a piastres♦ I W , s 1 ®3> C A - »!D8 le- I . ! . 1. ♦ . 6 ,.9. t l , 18, and 45 P1 >• * ’ 3. 4, 8, and ra, annas .....................v". |l *1 41 «» a"u Ml

ueac*gn v. ju French), 5, io t 15c., I, 2, end 4 piastres

t Dominica, I90J( C C ., ordy., Jd., id ., 2 |d .,6 d ., and i/-

̂ >> 1906, C .C ., chalky, |d ., 2d., 2|d., 3 d ....

ptres

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88845 8

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I Jd. on 5/-, 10/- each, id . on 5.'., ( 15/- each. 5

5/- at 10/. each.I 1908, 1/-green, C A ., single. 2/6 | ea.. 4d. on yellow,chalky,3 9 ea ( Rs. 15 0 on Rs. 2* so at 4/. each] J Rs. 2-25 on Rs. 2-50 at 7/. each ' I R . 12c. a t 5/- each, I R . J0C

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!2 a . at 7/6 each.

•a dr. at 3/6 ea ., 5 dr. at 7/6 e».i

1 drachma black surch. 1/. each.

18 ptra. at 3/9,45 ptrs.at 10/- each.

f */- at 3/- each, j/6 at 3/6 each, l S '* at 7/- each.

»/- at 5/- each.C .C .. 2 R . at 5/« each, 3 R . , t

7/6 each, 4 R . at 10/- each,5 R. at 13/6 each,

2/6 at 5 / -each, s/-a t 9/6 each, v

5/- at 7/6 eaclt

I ^ K ,i!!£' c -a ,» ,m K*e> I/6> 3/* ....................I OmeUI, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 25,40, and 50 pf. ...T German Jj/dtocco, 1899, 3, 5, 10, 25, 30, and 60c....' SI «W fSllinM rRnft 4 nf t nf Irtftf AAisf <1 rn( anrl r

Great I

2S.ts„ 21., ss., ice., and 20e.

1898, Jd ., Id., 2 jd ., 3d., 6d., I/- aud 2/-1898, Jd., :d ., 3d., 6 d „ t/-, 2/-, 5/-, and 1 0 / . ....................1901, id . on 2jd^ id . on 6d.

„ v j 190*, C .A ., single, Jd., id ., 2d., j jd .. 3d., 6d., and 1/-... " n niD, 1888-97, Gov. Parcels, id ., ijd ., 2d., a jd ., 6d-, and is.

• cv” ,»!• J*8*-9*, l .R . OSicial, Jd., id ., a jd ., fid. and is., ~ rettc*I ‘ “ re to 1398, 1 . 2, 5, 10, 20, 30. 40 lepta and t drachma• Grenada, ldi> Jdif and 3d-< black ......................................................

T •» |I895-9, Jd-. id-. *<•-. a j i . 3d-. fid-, 8d., and is . ...

+ " 11902, C .A . single, Jd., id ., 2d., 2jd., 3d., 6d. and 1/-

f " 1908. K in g, multiple, Jd., td „ 2d., 2|d ., 3d^ 6d., and i/- ...+ Guam on h .S ., 1, 2, 3,4 , s ,6 , 8, to, 15c. • ...

8668765 9

1278276 5

2038

013 5 5 54 8

13752 4 4 3 2 1 7

39ooo6o0

66ooo66oo6

8 6

; 5/- each.

5 pesatas at 5/. each.

a/* at *>/- ea., 4/. at 6/- ee. a/- at 3 6 each.1894 5/*ililac and blue, 7/. each

Ss. at to/- each, 10s. at iS/- each

t 1902, 2d. Queen at 2/6 each.2/- at 2/4 each

718

| J/- at s/- each, 5/- at 10/. each,I 10/- at 20/- each j 5/* •* 7/* each, 10/- at 25/- each. \ 2/- K in g , chalky, at 7/- each.

* Unused

O f S T A M P S r ^ s o n t i n n e d .

F o r c u r r e n t I s s u e s o f C o lo n ia ls , A c . ( a t t o p e r c e n t , a b o v e f a c e ) , s e e s e p a r ic l i s t .Used N o . in set. P er set. H igh \ u j e s , S c .

t. A.* Guatemala, 1894, 1 on sc., 2 on looc_, 6 on l$oc„ to on 200c.* „ 190 2,1, 2, s , 6, io , I2|. 20, 50, 75 e ., t and 2 pesos+ Gwalior, 18*5-9, i . • . t j , 2, 3. 4, 8. 8. i* * ., and 1 R. . ..

„ 1902, Queen, J, 1, 2, i ja . , b b tt ...t Hawaii, 18 93,1, 2, 5, 10, t i , and 25c. —t „ 1899, 1, 2, and $r.t Hajrti, N ov., 1898,1, 2, 3.4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 15, 20. 50c., and 1 gourde t 1, * , , „ unpaid. 2 ,5 , i a and 50c.t „ 1903, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50c.t Hotkar, 1889, J, J, 1 and 2 annas t H ongkong, 1900-2. 2 ,4 , 5. 10, and 12c. ... t „ 1904, C .A . single, 1, 2, 4, 5 . 8, 10 ,12 , 20, 30, and 50c.t Jaipur, 1904, 1st issue, J, I, and 2a. t ,. 1905. i , J, I. 2, 4. 8a., and I rupee* Japan, 1894, Silver Wedding, 2 and $ sen.t Johore, 1892, 1, 2, 3, 4, $,and 6c,, and I dollar

t

N o . in set.

4 1111 4 63

124 6 43

103 7 2 7

1 >894, 3 on 4c., 3 on $c., 3 on 6c. ...

t „ 1903, 3 on 4c., 10 on 4c. green, 10 on 4c, yellow, $00. on 3$,I* on 2$, 1904, to on 40. green ...

t Labuin 1892, no w‘mk engraved. 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, and 40c.t „ 1894, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 12 ,18 , and 24c. ...t ,, 1893, 4, 10, 20, 30, and 40c., on 1 dollar ...t „ 1897-02, 1, 2, 3, 4. 5, 6, 8, to, 12, 16, IS, and 24c.......................t Lagos, 1882-4, id . lilac, 6d. sage, I/- orange

t v 1887-94, J d - id., 2d., 2jd., 3d- 4d-. Sd-i 6d., 7 jd - tod., and is.T 11 1903, C .A . single, is . at 15 /-each

t „ 1904, C .A ., mult., Jd., id ., id ., 3d., 6d ., and 1 /-

t „ 1905, C.A ., chalky, Jd., id., 2d., 2 jd ., 3d., 6d., and 1/-t Leeward Islands, 1890, id ., id., 2jd., 4d„ 6d., 7d. and is.+ .1 1, 1903. C .A . single, Jd., id ., ad., 2jd., 3d., 6d. and 1 -J 11

6795

123

190S, C .A ., chalky, Jd., id ., id ., a jd ., 3d., 6d. and I -* M a f e k in g , on Becbd. Prot., id. on Jd., 3d. on id ., on Cape, id .o o jd -

' id . on id ., 3don id.t Malay Federated States, 1900, surcharged, 1,2,3,10, j$c.on N .Sem bilan,

Jc., 1 dol., 2 dol. and 5 dol on Perak 4 Malaya, 190:, C .A ., single, 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20 and 50 c. . . t M alta, 1885, Jd., id., 2d- 2J<L, 4d., is., 55.+ >• 1903, C .A . single, Jd., id., 2d., 2 jd „ 3d., +d., and is.t Mauritius, 1895.99, i , 3, 3. 4i 6, «5i 18c. arms. ... t „ 1902, provl. surchd. Postage and Rerenue, 4, 6, 15, 25 & 50c.* „ 1882-1908, including provls. ...* Mexico, 1866 to 1899, variousiisues* „ 1856 to 1899, 1 real to I peso ... ... . .. *"t Monaco, I, 2, 5, 10, is , 25, 40, 50, 75c- and 1 franc ...t , , 1906, Chiffie Taae, 1, 5, 10, 15, 30, and 50 c. ...t Montserrat, 1903, C A . single, Jd., td ., 2d.. 2 jd ., 3d.. 6d., and is . ... t MozambiqueCo., 1894, 2 j, 5 ,10 ,15,20 ,25, 50 ,75, 8o, 100,150, 200,300 rei* 13 t Nahha, 1887-1900, J , J, I , I j , 2, 3, 4 ,6 , 8, 12a. and I R . ... . . . t ,t Nabha Service, 1887-90, J, 1, 4, 8 annas ... ... ... . .. .* Natal, 1883, Queen, Jd., id ., 2d., 2Jd., 3d., 4d., 6d., 1/- and 5/- “ * 9(■ „ 1902, C .A . single, Jd., id ., l jd . , 2d., 2jd., 3d., 4d., 5d., 6d. & 1/- 10

98777S

24S°75106m7

1907, King, mult., Jd., id ., 2d , 4d., sd., and 1/-

,, blue,4c.on 3c .4 c.o n 8c.t Negri Sembilan, 1899,4c, on ic., 4c. on Jc.* Nepaul, 1, 2 and 4 anna*t New Brunswick, 1, 2, 5, io , I2 j, and 1 7 c .... ...t New Caledonia, 1893, 1, 2,4 , 5 ,10 . 15, 20, 25, 30,40, 50, 75c.,& 1 fnne t Newfoundland, 1897, 1, 2, 3> 4, S. 6, 8, 10, t i , IS, 24, 30, 35, and 60c. T New Hebrides on t i j i ,C .A . , m ult., |d ., id ., C .A ., single, 2d., i jd .

v td ., 6d., chalkv I /-t New Zealand, 1898, London Print, Jd., id ., 2d. aid ., aid ., id ,d ’cA

6d., 8d., gd. and I/- ..................... ’ 4 ’ ’ ’t 1, » 15CO-3, Colonial Print, *ow m *k.,Jd .. id., 2 Jd., 3d., ad *

‘ „ , 5d., 6d., 8d., 9 / and i/-t , , „ >906, Christchurch, Jd ., id ., 3d. and 6d.t N iger Coast, 1893, pro*!., id ., id - 2d., 2 jd „ td. and I, - t 1. 1894, no w’mk., Jd., id ., 2d., 2 Jd., jd . and is. ...t ,i .. 1897-1898, w ’inked C .A ., Jd.. id - id .. a jd ., sd., 6d., is .. ”f North Borneo, 1894, 1, 2, 3, $, 6, 8, 12, 18 and iae. t „ „ 189s, 4. t ° . 2° . 3° . and 4®c. on 1 dollar+ .. 1897, 1 ,2 , 3, s, 6, 8,12, 18 and 24c. ...+ Northern Nigeria, 1900, Queen. Jd., id ., id ., i jd . , 5d.t 6d., and i/l“♦ .. •« 1902, C .A . single, Jd., »d„ id ., i jd . , 5d.. 6 d „ and is.t .. .• 1906. C .A .,m u lt., Jd., ld .,2 jd „ sd -6 d ., and t/-t O il Rivera, on Great Britain, 1892, Jd., id ., ad., i jd . , $d. and i l l t O range River V . R . I . , 1900, and print, thick V .,Jd„ id., ad., 3d.,6d.& i 'I t •# .» 1* .« •* n Raised dots, Jd., id .f id .,

3d., 6d. and 1*-t Orange River on Cape, Jd., id . and ajd. t Pahang (on Perak), 1898, 10c t PaptSU on Brit. New Guinea, t „ „ „ „ „

Paraguay, 190a, tc . on ip ., 5 on 60c., 5 on 80c., 20 on 24c. ..*/ ’ * n<* 1907, provls. on ic . red, ic . olive, J0c.,_3O e.,& on 60c. J

, id . and ajd ioc , 25c., and I*

a, brtt type, Jd ., id ., id ., aid., 6d„ , & j ' 6second type, Jd., id ., id . , i jd . , 4d., 6d..

436

>3•4

1046679

'5977666

6337

Patiala, 1891-9, J, 4. 1 , 2, 3 ,4 , 6, 8, 12 a , and i R. Service, 1892, J, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 a., and I

4 t t4 , , service, 1092, J , 1, 2, 3, 4i ®i *i 12 a., and 1 rupee, greyt Perak, 189s, 1. 2, 3. 4. 5i 8, 1 0 ,1 5 . and 50c.t „ 1900. t on i t - on 4c., on jc .. 3 on 8c.,on 50c. on 1 dol,, on 2 dol

Pereia, 1876-1907, 1 ch. to 5 krans, including provls.„ 1898, I , 2, $, and to krans ... ... ...f , 1899, surcharged, 1, 2, 5, 10, 12, sbabi, and I krtn ...•t 29°o, I , 2, 3. Si 8 ,10 , ia f t l6 sh ah i, ran d 2 krans ..., . 1902, typfc set provls., 1, 2, 3, 5 . 10 ,12 ch., 1 and 2 hr.

t Philippines, 1898, 1 ,2 , $, 4, and 5 mils ... t ,, 1890, on United States 1 , 2, 3 , 5, ioc.f Port L ay os (on French), $. IO, 15c- 1, 2 and 4 piastres • Porto Rico, 18(2 to 1898, J m il. to 10c. de peso ...

9TI997

3°4 6

108556

30

327o5 o72 o01

6 13 o7

845 3 3

•3

2o3 3

10

61

>556733

25778 8

io

1517

8 14

.1

1897 C .C .. i* h t* . sage, at 7 ’ ■ ea. 2$ at 10/- e * , 3J at 13/- each.

f 1896, 21 •at y - each, 3$ at l each, 4 ( a fay. each.

19041 Soe. 015J at 6/. each.■ I

9/-

7 0

58434

35405 8312 25

to3 146 9 445

I 2.6 at 4/6 eah, 5/. at 9,6each,| IO/-at 176 each.

I(.2/6 at 5/6 ea|i, 5/. at 6/- each.) 10/- at I t i each.

2/6 at to/- eah, 10/- at 14/. each.

J

C .C . i* at 6/*ach, 3% at io/6ea.

4jd . C .A . siiwle at 1/3 each. 1880, 2 R , Je, at 4/- each

O6 6 6 6 6o Io

” I2 13 C A . single J -ht 3/.ea., 2/6 at 4 -o fea , C .C . 5;- at 6.3 ea.o6 6 o

1

4 ^

o9988.

*/- 11 4 - «>jh, 2/6 at 5/. each.( ,9? A C'A* "n8l«i 4/- at6/- ea.; v C.C.,51- tt 7/. ea.; 1907,mult. ( 2 - at 3,6}*., */6 at 4 6 ea.

8 o

12 9

IIC .A ., single, Jd. at 15/. each.

2/- at $ - ea*h.

I « at 3 - ea<^, 5/. at 7/- each.

2s.6d.at6/- ich, tos.at 17/15 each

ol- ̂ ach.10/- at 50/- 2,6 at S. * ea- h. JO/- at 1 1.6 each.

5$. at 8 • eat :hjI4d. blue at i/-each, 5s. at 5 to ) each.

Vertical roseth a 6d. at 3/. ea.- Horitontal roe- sues Jd. i t i,6 ea. o Doiiim.k surch arge 5d. at £% ea.

6

Used, at 4/c 1 set of 9.

\

P iK cu rren t Issues o f C o lon ia ls , A c . (a t 1 0 p er cen t, above face ), see sepa ra te lis t .t Unused ♦ Used. No. inset. Per set H ick Valu es,, Ac.

t rono Rico, 1891-3, } , 1, 3, 4, 6, and 8 mil.+ . 1. i. 1894, j , i ,a , and 4 mil. ... ... ... ,...t „ ,, 1898, I, i , 3 ,4 and 5 mils. ...* ....t „ ,, 1899, on United States 1 ,1, 5, 8 and 10c.t Portugal, 1893, provl., 5, 5, 10, 10, 20, 30 on 1$, 15 50 on 80, 75 on 80,

and 80 reis* Queensland, 1881-96, |d., Id., id., Id., id., ad., ad., a}d., ajd.,3d..4d„ 3d,

f fid. and is.* „ 1899,4 finires, 4d., id., 2d., ajd., 3d., 4d., 5d.,6d. and 1/-* Roumania, 187a to 1894, 1 bani to a lei ... ...

St. Helena, 1884, id., id., ad., a4d., 3d., ^ d , 6d. and is.., 1896, |d , Id., i$ d , Id., aid., 3d., and lod. ...

St. Kitts Nevis, 1903, C.A. single, i d , id., ad., aid., 3d., 6d. and 1/.„ ,, 1906, C.A., mult, uicolor , fd„ ad , 2fd„ 3d, 6d.& 1/-

St. Lucia, 1891-8, Id., id., ad., a^d., 3d., 4d., 6d., and la. ... .„ 1903, C.A., single. Id., id., aid., 3d., and it. ... *,, 1905,7, C .A ., chalky, BICOLOR, Id., id., 2§d., 6d. and !/•

St. Vincent, 1886-97, t L id., aid., 4d., $d., 6d. and if.„ 1899, id ., id., aid., 3d., 4d., cd, 6d. and is.„ 1903, C .A , single, Id.; id., ad., a}d.t 3d., 6d., and is.„ 1903, C.A., chalky, bICOLOR, Id., id., aid., 6d.,and Is. ...

Salvador, 1893, 1 on iac„ 1 on 24c., 1 on 30c., a on aoc., 3 on 30c. ...San Marino, a, 5, 10, ao 15, 30, 40, 45 aqd 63c.„ „ 1894, 25, 30c. and 1 lire

o r * „ Unpaid, 5,10, 30, 50 and 60c., and I liraSarawak, 187.1, a, 3, 4, 6, 8 and iac. ...

„ 1889-97, 1, a, 3, 5, 8, 10, ta, 16, as, 32, 30c. and 1 dollar ...it 1695, a', 4, 6 and 8c. ...„ 1899, a on 3c., 1 on iac., 4 on 6c., 4 on 8c.

Seychelles, 1890-3, 2, 3, 4,8, 10, la, 13, 13 and 16c.

149

40877 68 5 578 75693 6 6

1a4 4 9

r. d,o 6

190a, C . A , single, I , 3 ,4 , 5, 8, 10, a s , 30, and 50 c. on L A B U A N , 1907, i c , 30,400 tae., 400 16c., 400 18 c, 8 c , 10c,

119

tt*

tttt

25c., 30c, and 1#Swatieland, Id., i d , i d , a d , 6d. and 1 /-...Tasmania, 1900, f d , id., a d , a id , 3d , i d , 3d. a n d 6 d , w’ rakd. T A S * Tobago, 1886-94, I d , i d , a i d , 4 d , 6d. and is . ( if- brown at 3/6 each) Tonga, Official, G .F .B , id . 00 i d , a id . on a d , 3d. on 4 d , 7 ld . on

8 d , and lod. on 1/-T ransva I, 1887, I d , i d , a d , a ) d , 3 8 , 4 d „ fid , 1 /-, a/6, 3 1 0 / - . ..

„ V .R .I . , 1900, I d , t d , a d , a i d , 3<L, 4d -. 64., and 1/- ...

E . R . I , j d . green, Id . on a d , i d , 3d. and 4d. ...1903-4, C !A , single, I d , i d , a d , a i d , 3 d ,4 d , fid. and 1/-

1 Travancore, 1, 1 , 1 and 4 chuckram

T rin id a ., 1883, I d , i d , a id , 4 d , 6d. and is . ... ...

Tunis, 1 908, ioc. on 13 c , 33c. on l ( r , 40c. on a (r , and 75c. on sfr. Turkt’ l ties, 1887-94, I d , id ., a id ., 4 d ,5 d ,6 d , and is .

Uganda,. 1898, 1, a, 3, 4 and 8 annas

United States, 1831 to 1907, including i f 11 ii 1893 (Columbus), T, a, 3, 4, 3, 6, 8 ,10 , 15, 30, and 50c.,, „ 1898 (Omaha), I, a, 4, 3, 8 and ioc.

U ruguay, 1860,60 and ia o c , 1864 6 and 8 e „ 1866 5«.1884-1900, including provisionals and high values

t Wurtem jurg, Official, 2, 3. 5,10, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50-pf., and I mark I.. Service, 2, 3. 5, 10, and 23 pf. ... ... . f "*

• t Zaniibari{cm lndfa), 4, 1 , 1) , 2, a f, 3, 4 ,6 , 8, 12a., and 1. 2, 3 ,and 5 R t „ ((Sultan), 1896-98, 1, I , 2, 21, 3, 4, 4l i 5. 71 8 annas ...t 11 ii *1 3.4 *«<i 5 mpe*»+ ?• ii i«99i 1, 1, a, «1, 3. 4. 4i, 5. 7i. »nd 8a.\t Zululand

.+ o r*

(on French), 1894, it 1. * ii 5 and 10 annas

(on English), 1888, I d , i d , 2 d , 2 fd .,3 d .,4 d ,3 d ,6 d ,9 d .,ls .

1894, i d , id , 2 ld , 3d, 6d. and 11.For ALBUMS, PACKETS, & COLLECTIONS

0 21

i 9

„ 1896-1900, 2,6,13, 18c. ... ... ... ... 4•• ,, 7Sc., J R $oc, and a R 25c. ................. 3„ 1901, 3 on ioc., 3 on 16c, 3 on 36c, and 6 on 8c. ... 4„ 1902, 2 on 4c, 30 on 73c, 30 on 1 R , 45 on 1 R ,

45 on J R 50c. ... 5» 1903, King, C .A , tingle, 2, 3,6, 13,13, 18, 30, 45 and 75c. 9

Shanghai, 1893, provl. i on 13c, 1 on aoc, 1 on 3c, 1 on ac. brown,1 on 2 c. green 3

ti 1893, 1, j, a, 4. 3, 6, 10, 15 and aoc........................ ... 9,1 1893, Postage due, 1, I, a,S, !Ci 15 and aoc. ... ... 7

Sierra Leone, 1897, id , id , l i d , ad , a id , 3d, 4d, 3d, fid , and 1 /- 10„ „ 1904, C .A , single, I d , id., I fd , ad , a id , 3d, 4d, 5d, I

1 and 6d. ) *,, ,, 1903,'C .A , chalky,Id, id., l id .^ d , , !^ . ,3 d , 4d, 3d, 6d.& I/- 10

Sirmoor, 1883, 3 pies, brown, 3 plea, orange, 6 pies, 1 and a anna ... 3h 1893, 3 and 6 pick, t and 2 annaa ... ... 4„ _ 1899,3,4, 8 a. and t rupee (Elephant). (Rajah set same price) 4

Somaliland Protectorate, 1903, C.A. single, 1, 2, 2l, 3, 4,6, 8 and 12a. 9 Soudan (on Egjrpt), 1897, Unpaid, a and 4 mils, 1 and 2 piastre* . , 4

„ 1898, tingle w’mk, I, a, 3 and 5 m ils, 1, a, 5 and to piastres 811 190J, O .S .G .S , 1, 3, and 3 mil, 1, a, and 3 pure. ... . , 6

South Nigeria, 1901. I d , id , ad , 4d, 6d. and is. ... ... 6„ ^ 1903 (C .A . single), id , id , ad , a id , 4<L, 6d. and 1 /- 7„ „ 1903, C .A , m olt, i d , id , ad , aid. and 1/- ... $

„ „ 1906, C .A , chalky, b ico lo r , i d , i d , 3d , 4<L and 6d. 5* Spain, I(J t to I900,6c. to lopeaataa . , . , ... . , 30t Spanish Morocco, 1903, Jc, 3, 10, and 23c. ... ... ... 4t Straits, 1892-99, ic. on 2c., on 4c., on 8c, on 12c, 3c. on 32c.,

puce and rote, 4c. on 3c. (3 var.), 4c. on 8c.

102s4444$25 5 9 41a12 2

18144

116

1

106

5H

5

846475

50 11

65

348979

I5-

»410

5105

106

74

3 o 04 94003516a7

12a

3a0

38

1a953

169a1So

■ 1 11 o 6 o 6 6 9 9 8 o 6 6 6 o 4 o. 4 o 6 8 6 o

a69

6o

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6876o9o36•66

a34

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555

ai3S

394

see

I tl8 8 a , 2/6, small Q & crown, at I 7/6 each. «

5s. at 7/6 each.

5/-at 7/6 each.

5s. at 8/6 each. .$a. at 10/-each. a/- at a/9 each, 5/- at 6/9 each. Mult, f d , i d , & 1/-, 3 for 3/9

t 16c. at 1/3 e a , 32c. at 2/6 ea.

t i8 9 l ,5 o n ia c ,la r g e C ,a t 6/-ea. 43c. at 4/6 each, 48c at 3/6 each.

18 on 4 $ c, l/ -e » , 3 6 o n 4 3 c, 3/6ea.

| 36c at 4/6 e a , 1 rupee, et 3/6 ea.

1 R 50c. at */6 ea, aR 25c. at3/9ea.

2/- a t 4/6 each.1 •/* «* 5/- each, $/- at 15/6 each, ( 20/- at 23/- each,

3/- at 3/- e a , 5/. at 8/- ea.

3 mil. on $ piastres 9d. each.

j 2s.6d.at6/. each, 5».at I5/-each, | 10s. at a$/- each.

5/- at 13/. each..1 1/-»» 3/- e a , a/6 at 3/9«a, 5/- at 1 7/6 ea , io/- at 13/- e a , £ 1 at

[30 -ea.

r 1867, a r. on India la. at 8/- ea. 18 at 6/- e a , a f at 9/- ea , s f at

[33/fieach.ac., v e r y r a r e , 10'/- each.

1871, $/• mauve at 14/- each. 1883, aid. on 6d, stone, 3/6 each.

9o

66 o 6 69 8 9 6 t

6 o

j a i. 6d. at 3/6 each, 5*. at t6/- I each, 10s. at 14/- each,

a*. 6d. at 4/6 each, a/- brown a t 10/- ea.

| 1894 5*- at 8/- each, 1896 sd. at ( */6 ca ch es, at 6/6 each.

tS8a, 4d. grey at a/3 each, j 1 R pale blue at a/6 each, 1 R 1 ultra at 7/6 ea , 5 R at lo/-.ea.

a/- at 6/g each. Sh *t 7/* each.

1 R . grey, at 13/- each.

I 1/- * t 13/- each, on Natal id. at 1 3/* each, 6d. at 7/6 each.

2a. fid. at 3/6 each, 4*. at 8/- each.Separate List.

•• «• •- y,*~V>TrrrA...

* r * f $

S W *CTItfi8 i K r tfK -T( i ^ t » »»* «gn*r»te Hot..« '•:■• •• <*••*-»>* tJjj»USfc« . . “. Vû. '•'>• : - • 3*cr̂ C‘,

>; 4 . * , and S mil.1894, & I, * ,an d 4 mi!.

v-! ft ifils^ IH l1 $ ewMli1 • 1 . ■ •** » .'1809, oHtfiilted State9T, r ; s r t a n d 16c# ••• v ^ ■,. $ '■$-*.

i^ 3 , pfoyl^j,*, it, io> so, soon 2 5 , 25 5 0 on sc, 7 5 on|o.

o f t0 - 1

d ,i8 8 M ^ ia\ r ' ■ '■ " ■ •" • w s w w f .VP'*:. f ' : 9 '

id*, id., id * I # * 2d;, ***-8a» * /4 «n a il (i " & ft*?!, ftd i-and • 7/6 . each. ,% V -

1899. 4 fi&ures, Jd., X&V t d . / i ^ . ^ d . , jd i, 5<!.,6d. and T/«" ' f t ' ‘ O H 872 to 1894, 1 teni to 2 lei ... ... “ *

:, 1884. tfd .i1896, |d., rd.,

40 2 06■ .$*• a i 7/6 each.

7 4 0

, 2872 to 1894, 1 Cani to 2 leiId ;, 2$d.,‘3 d * lp c tv «d .* n * j i . ..<-:~v^ .wi jd . , 2d,, a jd ., 5d.t and iod. ... ...

J fc riM S P ** C*A. i<*#> x i * ad,* a|d., 3d., fcd.;*oA*/* . |>w* 'i9o6 ,-C *A .t malt., m cotofc, id .. ̂ s *<U 3d.* 6<L& i/*P ^ 3 %iv l, Id., 2d., did., sd., 4d-, 6d:, nr'd ?•.

C .A ., single, $u., i<i., J$4 ., 3<L, ̂ uid u . ... ' -S.j t f C A * cballty, * ic o i.05k fd ., rd., a jd ., W ood r/*

T w *S7i id ., id., 2*d., 4d., 5d.f 6a. and is.I g ^ 7 & s | * ! 5d . :6d . w d » . . . -ooj, C .A . , single, ftdd id., 2d., a$d.« j d M 6 d - r.bd If.

JO, 2, S, IOi 20 25, 30, 5c, 4$ and 65c. ... ... 91894, 2$, 50c. and I lire — -»• — 3Unpaid, 5t ô, 30, 50 and 6oc., and 1 lira 6

l 87Jt *» h 4 » $ r 8 and 12c. V/, ^ 4 r. ^6 . ^ O V .680-97, x» a,'3, $* 8. id, ia, 16,^5* 3*t $ 0 c .a n d rdd fiat . . . f ra i t ' 6 1 t t t e sK'f/3 6*-,

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5$. at 3/6 each. 5*. ft* 10/- each

7003, U.A., single. ^04 ia., aa., 24a., 3d., Od.. r.bci If. ... 7 9 0 2/- at 2/9 each, 5;* at 6>ft ftftcb* r:*8$&. <*-*** cha.Uy, W<AMA>̂ j |4^td., a ^ 6d.,and is. ... , 5 4̂ 6 . MttU* id., id., & I/*» 3 3/918 9 5 * 1 °ft liCn I on 240., 1 oft iOc., 4 oet itoc., 3 oin 30c .: v«« ' * 5 ; l . O ^ ,̂ --

7 4 I O. * 4

1805, 2, 4, 6 and 8c.1899, 2 on 3c., * <*n rac., 4 on 6c., 4 on ftc.

I-. 1890-5 , a, Si 4 ,4 , 15 and̂ i 6c*>v

,^90-4900, 2, 0, 15, la c .,. .1 f je ., « R 50c., and 2 R 25c.

1901, 3 on ioc,f 3 cm 16c., 3 on 36c., and 6 on 8c.1901, t on 4c., 30 on 75c., 30 on 1 K., 45 ® » t ft**

45 on a R 50c.ipoh King, C A ., single, a, 3, 6« 12 , IS* U . ^ 4 4 and 75c.

* 1893. prert iftti 15^ 2 on soo., i oft-3f., I on hsowr.,t on 2<. green

! Vr<3. }. *, a. 4, 5,6, to, T5 and 20c.Pc

1st */6’e»-1 . 84 6 t iitU jO D iac.»W g«C,ai6/-«*.

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5 7 69 r'v 4 ft -I ft 50c. at 2/6 ea., 2 R 25c. »t 3/9

by>. Postage due,. 4, I , 2,5, i«X <5 and 20c.

3 -a .•ft* fto 6

one* 1897* 14* ld ^ led., 2d^ 7 id - «A ^ 4 d ^ $ d * , 6d .,nnd H - 10 - ^ 4 I© t/- at 4/6 each., 1904, W i . , aiogle, id.* itL, a jd .. 3d., 4^.? 5a.. I - '■ ' l l/- at 5/- e»ch. 5/- ot 15/6 each,

*./ Sra • • «• • f V ‘.4* jg /■ *y * ^ 4<ii *9®5 i^ '•A .,c lu lky ,4*i., I1I.1 4^ * , l/r 10 ,4 6 3/- at V;- fa,. : a:1 S3s. 3 pies, hrowft,’ 3 pies, orange, 6 pies, 1 and 2 anna ... 5 0 8 * -*^9>t 3 4.0*1 u gies. 1 «nd - auût ... ̂ ^1899,3,4, 8 a,»«4 trupee(Etepbam ).. (R a )ah ^ o m e p r lc e ) 4 , r

r̂ d Protectom ej T90?, C .A .s ing le , |. t , » , 3, 4 ,6, 6 and r**, -9 ^ 400 f-gypt), 1897, Unpaid, 2 arai 4 nub., 1 and 2 piastre? ... 4 1iS98, single w’ tnk*. 2, 3 5 m ils., f , 2 , 5 and TO piastres - 8 61903, 0.S.G .5., i, s, and 5 mil, 1 , a, and 5 ptra.

igcrh* T9CT, 'Jd., id, 2d., 4d., 6d. n̂d i«.1̂ - iV®3 i P ‘A , id., id., id., 2^J.. 44., 6u. uud i.'-

8> t o -- W . J —' -- * i --* )-!/ - ■ ■54 o 74 i $ .-/

ft.’v- » ••9 5 mil. on 5 piastres 9d* each* .

6 0 Aa ..3 .*...... , ..v*.. / • •* -

j 3a* 6d. at 6/- each, 5a.1t 15/' aft®* I*. 10s. at 33/- each.

12 'ja 6 5/- at x$/ ̂each^ - .

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1906, C.A.* chalky, btcoLOK, jw., id ., id .. 4 ^ ia d 6d. /

' 5 i ^101906, iSc. t> l b i^ sitas ' " ... ... - Z*. <ftMorocco. 1003, Jo., 5. JO. and 25c. ... ... . ... 41892-99, IC. on s c ./ o n 40-, on *c., od i *c., jc. on 32c.,

puce and rose. 4c. on $c. ($ var.)f 4c. on 8c. 1 ji f ta a tJ ^ a u ftW * * 3rdr 5*-8r ̂ ^ ^ «.on J .A B ltA N , 1907, ic..5c., 40a J2r.. 40 s ifte.,4.on i 8c .t He., ioc.

jftc.. and i| ^.,ud, i<U id ^ 4 d ^ 2dM,6d.t aad X/-... ... . 5

: 750ft, ed.VTd.,*2d., 3d., 4d., $d. and 6il., T A S . c a886-94, t l-f ; d-- 2 jd " *J ,. !'»!■ ^rown it wrh3 5

|d. w i id,, i jt i , o n -d ., jd. on ^d., i j d. vliV ; ^ . - . y ' • W., and tod* o» it*-. - * ' v -•

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^ »«• .t » » ’ . a-i f>"h

3 9 7 1867,2 c. on Ind ii ia - » *.4 « 4*a • *fc ft*-

It 6 2CVTEHT RAKE, IO'- caA i9 o ,• o - *8 7 1, oauve »t 14.#-

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THE P08TAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS, Hi.

FREDK. R. GINN143, STRAND, LONDON, England.

Telephone No. 893 Gerrard. Established 1880.Silver Medal, London Exhibition, 1897.

The Hoese (or Oenulne Bargains C o n pa re my price* before purchasing elsew here. B a r il la s lor every (r id e *1 Collector. SP E C U LIT Y - F l l l l s g W n t L ists i t specially re iso sa h lc prices. Sapcrb sp ec ln en s o i ly se o i. Correspondcace

from reliable Collectors u llc ile d .

THREE IMPORTANT PURCHASES.1. —EG YPT. A superb Specialised Collec

tion in singles, pairs and blocks. Strongest in the first three issues. Large blocks showing border design in many shades. Tete beetle pairs and blocks in many different shades. Proofs, essays,&c in great variety. A ll unused

2. —CHINA. A very fine collection of the Imperial Issues from the first to the latest, alto many provisional varieties of great rarity. This collection was made by a Missionary on the spot.

3. -B R IT IS H GUIANA. A very fine Specialised Collection, containing a large number of the older issues.A ll are inperject condition. Want Lists filled.

On approval with pleasure. SPECIAL BARGAINS. unused used

CBYLON. s. d. s. d.1863-67. Wmk. CC., id . lilac ... 3 6 3 0

„ id. b l u e .............. 3 9 0 8., „ 2d. green............... 7 6 3 0„ ,, 2d. emerald ... 4$ 0 20 o., „ 2d. maize or yel. 8 6 3 0., „ 4d, r o s e ..................6 0 3 9„ „ Sd. purple brown 60 0 25 o.. „ Sd. green................. 10 0 3 9„ „ 6d, brown ... 7 6 2 6„ ,, 8d. red brown ... to o 4 9,, ,, 9d. brown . . . 9 0 4 0

A ll post free far cash with order. Every StampGuaranteed Genuine and in perfect condition.

tty oily Address—Fredk. R. O ils, f t n y rinertDealer A Publisher. M3. Strand London, W C.

“ V E R Y " V E R Y FINE USED COPIES.each.

Bolivia, 1901/4, 1, 2, 5, 10or 20c. ... Id.Costa Rica, 1907, 25c. myrtle & lavendr. ltd.Chili, 1892, I pest brown ami black

„ 1901, 30c. violet and black.. 1905, IS. 30C. or 50c.........................

Canal Zone, 1909. 10c. violet & bile. Denmark, 1905, 1,2,3.4.15c. (set id.) ... Hast Africa & Uganda. King, CC. Ir....

.. ,, „ ,, 2 r ....France, 1906, 10c. ground under feet,

dozen 3d., per hundred 1/10, a goodinvestment, each .........................

Greece, 1901, I, 2,3 or 20 lepta, each ...„ ,, S.G. 35la., 51. (cat. 4/-each)dozen 9d., each...................................

Guatemala, 1902, 2 pesos, scarce„ 1908. l/toc.. 2/12!c., or 6/20C.

Germany, 1902, no wmk., 3 marks German Morocco, 1905, no wmk. 30c. or

35C..........................................................Italian Levant, 1906, obs., to, 20 or 40

para ....................................Liberia, 1903, toe. violet and black Mexico. 1899. I peso blue & blk. (view) Roumania, 1906, S.G. Nos. 461/470, set

.. .. .. 472/481, setSudan, 1897, I or 2m. (blocks of 4 4d.)...

Army Service, scarce, 3m. or ipi.

2>d.id.2d.

f t2/-2/6

f tId.5d.id.2d.

3d.

2d.4d.3d.

2/8Id.3d.

S p ecial B a r g a in s in UNUSED (Mint).Canada, 1897,6c., leaves in 4 corners .

., „ Jubilee, i cent, scarce

.. ,. 1 .2 or 3c....„ ,. ., 8 cents ...„ Quebec, 1908. J, 1 or 2c.., .. ,. 5C... .. „ 10c.„ ., „ Set, ic. to 20c.

Orange River Colony, 1900,6d., V .R .I., carmine, a rarity, 9/• each, pair 17/6, Block of 4

Siam. 1909, provisionals, just out,2satang on la. II906>, or3s.on 3a.violet&blk.

Siam, 1909, Prov.. 6 sa tangs on 4a. car.The Canadian, O.P.C., and Siamese can be supplied in pairs and blocks at the same rale.

James Rhodes,62, MARKETsr.jAWGHfSTER

£}- ... 9d.... 2d. ... 8d. ... Id, ... 3d.... $U

3'6

35/-

Id.id.

Revised Scilc far Advertisements in The Postage Stamp.. r__ ...... 6 Insertions. 13 Insertions 26 Insertions.per insertion. ptr instrtttn. Ptrtn&rtion.£ d. £ 3. d. £ s. d. £ %. do

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C olu m n s........................ 1 12 6 I 10 0 1 7 6 I S 0Half Column* .............. 17 0 :6 0 14 0 12 6Quarter Columns 9 0 8 6 7 6 6 6

Inches ..............■ ... 4 6 4 3 4 0 3 6Sm all Prepaid A d vertisem en ts. Twelve words for one shilling, and one penny for

every additional word; four insertions at the price of three.

The Qaeen’s and High Cliffe Hotel, Cliftonviile, Margate.P H I L A T E L I S T S will find this an ideal Hotel for a holiday and often meet many other 1 Collectors. Grand situation in own private grounds. Over 100 sunny Bedrooms looking

over the sea. Lecture and Recreation Room. Private Orchestra. Complete installation of Electric Baths, etc. Renowned Cuisine and Choice Wines. Electric Light and L ift Hairdressing Saloon. Dark Room. Library and Reading Room, principal Philatelic Papers taken. Tennis and Croquet Lawns Billiards. Adjoining sands and sea bathing. Near three Golf Links. Inclusive terms from 10/6 per day.

Tariff from the Managing Director, A. LEON ADUTT, P. k .P .S .L .

SE LE C T IO N S o n APPROVALI have a fine series of Approval Books arranged in Countries, and will send any Country on approval. Prices: Q u a r te r to H a lf C a ta lo g u e . References required.

The following books are now ready.Br. New Guinea & Brunei ArgentineLeeward Islands BelgiumIndia FranceNew Zealand GermanyNorth Borneo German StatesS. Australia HollandQueensland NorwaySeychelles RussiaSierra Leone UruguayHong Kong BulgariaCanada ChiliNew South Wales ChinaOthers in preparation Greece

JOHN JAM ES CO A TE S,It, BOROUGH HIGH ST , LONDON, S.E.

Telephone 13882 Central. Established 1879.

G ifts fo r S tam p C o llecto rs.

W e will present g r a t is either one of the following gifts to responsible collectors,

sending id. for postage.a. 100 DIFFERENT STAMPS.b. 800 STAMP MOUNTS (best quality).c. SET OF 8 OLD CUBA (1878-0).d. SET OF 8 MEXICO. 1890-03 (1. 2. 5.

10. 15, 20c.)e. SET OF 6 AUSTRIA JU BILEE./. 20 DIFFERENT KING'S HEADS.* . SET OF 8 PORTO RICO.h. SET OF 20 SPAIN. *Only one gift lo each applicant. If al eight are wanted 21- should be sent

Mention gift 982.S p ec ia l O ffe r! 60 different unused

Spanish Colonials (Gibbons' 28 •) only 3/6.BRIGHT A SON. t84. STRAND, W .C .

T a s m a n i aPICTORIALS.

LONDON PRINT—id., id., 2d.. 2)d.. 3d.. 4d.. Sd.. 6d..

full set of 8 ................................... 1/3Wmk., Cr. A -

P. 12). 3d., 4d. and 6d., set of three l/o P. II, 3d.. gd. and 6d. .. I/O

A ll Post Free.

P . L . P E M B E R T O N & C o . ,

SB, High Holborn,London, W.C.

LEVANTS.Austrian Jubilee, 08, I0-20p.. Ipi. id. each

.. .. 2 piastres ... gd. „

.. .. 5 piastres ... lod. .,Italian, 08,10,20,40 p a ra s .............. 3d, set

.. 09, 30p. gd. ; ipi................. 2d. eachEnglish. 05, jd „ Id., Ipi., assorted gd. doz.

l i d . and 2pi. ... ... gd . setgpi. on 10a................... 6d. each

German, ropi. on 2 m arks............. 1/9 >•French, assorted, 2d. d o z.; German 3d, doz.

Alt postally used. Pottage extra,J a m e a A C a l l n g a ,

78, Faulkner 8trcet, M anchester.

BARGAINS ! BARGAINS ItBril. Levant, sur. LEVANT, King. id.... id.

., Id.... Id.„ .. .. lid.... 2d.„ sur. 1 pias. on 2jd. ... id. .. 2 pias. on $d. ... 2]d.

Morocco, sur. on British, King—5 or 10 cent............................... each id.15 centimos ............................... 2d.25 centimos ............................... 2d.

Bulgaria, 1902, set o f 8 complete, l-3ostot. gal. ,, „ 50slot., blue and black... 2d... 1909 provs.. 5 on 15. 10 on 15 or25 on 3 0 ..................................... each 2d.

Pereia. 1891, S.G. 143, loch, mint (ct. 4!-) 9d.............................45.1 kran „ let. 1/3I gd........................147. Skrans .. (ct. 7,6) 2/6„ 1894, 10 krans rose and gold ... 5d.

Turkey. 1908, sur. for foreign, No. 258,to paras g ree n ..................................... lid .

Ditto, No. 259or26o, 2opi. or 1 pias, each Id.Servia. King Peter, set of 7 complete.

tp. to 30p. ................................... lid.Ditto, 5op. (cat. 4d.) ... ... ... lid .Ditto, I dinar (cat. I/-)........................6d..

Unless mentioned to the contrary all are superb used copies. Postage extra under 2/6.

approval Selections to kespossible Persons.

VICTO RIA S T A M P Co.225, EU8TON ROAD, LONDON, N.W.

^ RARE STAMP, C a la - logued 20/-, to all appl icants for approval

0% discount).—T H E LONDON P H IL A T E L IC Co., Aptley,

Hemel-Hempstead.

toafare wtll frattty hstp by moettoalsg “ Tbo Postage Stamp" wbea repiylaf te aay of tbaae Sfranlseaeaii.

IV. THE POSTAGE 8TAM P—ADVERTISEMENTS.

The Purpose ofIs to sell you a “ Longshort" Stylo; you will find it convenient, reliable and lasting. It has many features which will appeal to you, the chief of which is, that it is

LONG FOB THE HAND yet SHORT FOR THE POCKET, PURSE, or HANDBAG.

hence the name

“LONGSHORT”Made in' Black,VTarvorMottled Vulcanite. Open for Uae. Length tiiiu .

Size A. 3/6

Size B. 5/=(5iin. open, Jjin. closed.);

Closed forfpocket. Length >2}in».

THE LONGSHORT STYLO S MAQlE TODD 8.C? z BPA T[ ST l9g7*'0T SiOOO1 F

W R IT E S P E R F E C T L Y —! A L W A Y S & IN S T A N T L Y

Fitted with smooth point aitT spring needle. May be carried in any position without fear of leakage.

G E T O N E T O - D A Y !

Sold b y a l l S ta tio n e rs ,or poat free from Manufacturer*.

»/ T and B/1.W rite (or Pree Catalogue.

MABIE, TODD & Co.," Swan " Fount pen Makers.

79 & 80, HIQH HOLBORN, London, W.C.

93. Oheaptlde, E.C 95a, Regent 8t., W.3 . Exchange St., Mancheeter. 10, Rue Neuwe, Brussels. Brentano’s, 37, Avem e de

I’Opera, Part*.And at Bale. New York

Chicago and Sydney.

Printed by Baldwins. Philatelic Printen, Tunbridge Weils. and Published for theiProprietoixby'SIr Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.,a f t Amen Comer, London, E.C.

T H E W O R L D ' S S T A M P E R R O R S ( a a a P a g a I S ) .

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i P O S T A G E S T A M P i il

X/Jn Illu stra te d WeeklyJounwl/br 7 all Classes o f'S ta m p Collectors ^

E D I T E D B Y F R E D . J . M E L V I L L E .

No. 2 . Vol. 5. 9 OCTOBER. 1909. Price Id.Number 106*

S T A M P C O L L E C T IN G IN V E S T M E N TIf your collection is to be an investment for the future you must

purchase in the right market. T o purchase stamps offered at a fraction of catalogue value is almost invariably to lose. In most cases these are only offered tow as the market is flooded and prices soon drop. It is only necessary to compare most of the special offers and so-called bargains of the past season, and the present prices at which they can be purchased, to see the folly of throwing away money in this manner —many stamps catalogued as high as £ I each being given away by small dealers as a means to tempt collectors to get their approval sheets.

On the Other han d to get stock books of countries and compare prices enables collectors to form a much better idea of value. Our stock books are by now too well-known to require much description and we are anxious for comparisons. W e sell thousands of pounds worth annually from these book to dealers and if they can afford to pay our prices and make a profit collectors cannot do better than send for the stock book of their favourite country and see for themselves.

Our Stock B oob are oftener re-made than those of any other large dealer, and

W E HOLD ONE OF THE FINEST STOCKS IN ENGLAND, and are always purchasing and adding to this.

TH IS W EEK’S OFFER s-

GR. BRITAIN. King’s Head, O .W . Official, ad. superb.used, for ... ................................... 2/6

SEYCH ELLES. 36 on 45c.. mint, for................................... 3/0

BRIDGED & KAY, 71, Fleet Street, London, E.C.

HARMER, ROOKE & Co.P H IL A T E L IC AU CTIO N EER S.

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High Prices o bta in ed in A u c tio n fo r Good C o llec tio n s , S in g le R a r it ie s ,

' an d m iscellaneous lo ts .We are the ONLY FIRM offering lots within seven days of receipt, no tedious delays, prompt settlements. Cash

to any amount immediately advanced on valuable lots Terms for Selling—1 0 % on amount realised

minimum charge 1,6 per lot.Catalogues sent gratis. Country buyers can have lots sent tor inspection prior to Sale, and are thus on an equality with

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JO Insertions, per insertion.

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These have only been wry hurriedly looked through for plates. The majority of which are

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JAPANESE PO ST OFFICES IN CHINA I, 2, 3. 10, 15, 20. 50 sen and I yen.

Set of Eight Fine Used Copies, 1/6, post freeCatalogued from 7/15 upwards in various

Catalogues.

The Queen's and High CliHe Hotel, Cliftonville, Margate.P H IL A T E L IS T S will find this an ideal Hotel for a holiday and often meet many other 1 Collectors. Grand situation in own private grounds. Over too sunny Bedrooms looking over the sea. Lecture and Recreation Room. Private Orchestra. Complete installation of Electric Baths, etc. Renowned Cuisine and Choice Wines. Electric Light and L ift Hairdressing Saloon. Dark Room. Library and Reading Room, principal Philatelic Papers taken. Tennis and Croquet Lawns. Billiards. Adjoining sands and sea bathing. Near three Golf Links. Inclusive terms from 10/6 per day.

T u rin from th e M an agin g D irector, A . LEON AD U TT, F .R .P .S .L .

P. L. PEMBERTON ft Go.,68, High Holborn, London, W.C.

TO “POSTAGE STAMP” READERS.

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EVERYBODY READS THEM 1A stamp dealer has lately estimated that out of 500.000 stamp collectors 10,000 are active enthusiastic philatelists. If that estimate be correct practically every keen collector reads the Small WantAdvts. in The Postage Stamp. Are you on the look out for some variety ? It only costs you id. a word to advertise for it in The Postage Stamp.

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stamps from theOffices: BAZAAR BUILDINGS. DIURV LANE,

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T he Junior Philatelic Society, which was Fred. J. Melville in 1899 with a member! the most important Philatelic Society in Era occasion for mock modesty. When we j important Society we mean not only the strt but the one which has done more for the pd hobby than any other. We can say this witj because our work in this respect has beet has been outside the scope of other Sociei individual members have given us moral and.

The object of the J.P.S. has always been 0 for the hobby in those who have not hit! fascination. It has been missionary— or ■ recruiting work. In our early days many rei by the simple process of presenting the pr« with a packet of stamps. The youths t since grown to be men and have t enthusiastic recruiters.

In those days the J.P.S. was not known t philatelists, but the Exhibition promoted 1905, held in Exeter Hall and visited 1 brought it into prominence. This Exhibiti! only of increasing the membership but,!, greater importance, of adding to the |l collectors. We emphasise this latter point so frequently overlooked. Stamp collecting If we were to make no recruits the hobb; generation.

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|iT he Stamp Lover alone is univt

worth the amount of the subscriptioi the Society for the sole purpose of « having no desire to participate in tht1'

We want every stamp collector, w a Philatelic Society or not, to join th Apart from the actual and obvious a ship entails, there are other indefi reasons for becoming a member c influential Society.

Membership of the J.P.S. puts ’ If you are unable or disinclined meetings of the Society or to contrib yet you will be so satisfied with yo’ interest in your hobby will be so r will induce others to take it up, and the most important of the Society’s an_____________________________ li

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B y RALPH WEDMORE.

T he Junior Philatelic Society, which was founded by Mr. Fred. J. Melville in 1899 with a membership of 29, is now the most important Philatelic Society in England. This is no occasion for mock modesty. When we say it is the most important Society we mean not only the strongest numerically, but the one which has done more for the popularisation of our hobby than any other. We can say this without fear of offence, because our work in this respect has been of a nature which has been outside the scope of other Societies, although their individual members have given us moral and material assistance.

The object of the J.P.S. has always been to create enthusiasm for the hobby in those who have not hitherto yielded to its fascination. It has been missionary— or let us rather say— recruiting work. In our early days many recruits were obtained by the simple process of presenting the prospective philatelist with a packet of stamps. The youths thus recruited have since grown to be men and have themselves become enthusiastic recruiters.

In those days the J.P.S. was not known to the great world of philatelists, but the Exhibition promoted by the Society in 1905, held in Exeter Hall and visited by 11,000 persons, brought it into prominence. This Exhibition was a means not only of increasing the membership but, what was of even greater importance, of adding to the number of stamp collectors. We emphasise this latter point because its effect is so frequently overlooked. Stamp collecting lives by its recruits. If we were to make no recruits the hobby would die out in a generation.

During the three years following the “ 1905 Exhibition” our energies were concentrated on the internal development of the Society and in founding provincial branches. It was during this period that the displays and papers contributed by members at the meetings reached the high standard of excellence which they have since maintained.

The next occasion on which the Society made a bid to secure the suffrages of stamp collectors is such recent history that a brief reference suffices. The Imperial Stamp Exhibition, held in Caxton Hall, in March, 1908, was opened by the Postmaster- General, the Right Hon. Sydney Buxton, and attended by 27,500 persons, among whom were the Prince of Wales and other leading philatelists.

The Exhibition, which received the whole-hearted support of other Philatelic Societies, had similar results to the former one, and was immediately followed by the publication of T he Stamp Lover, which, since June of 1908, has been a welcome monthly visitor to the homes of our members.

This summer, a splendid collection of stamps of the United States has been on exhibition in a large annexe of the “ Golden West ” Exhibition at Earl’s Court.

T h e S t a m p L o v e r .

By means of this publication every member of the Society is kept in touch with the doings of his fellow-members. Many of the most ardent and— if one may say it— most learned philatelists live in villages or small towns where there are no Philatelic Societies, and often not even another collector known to them. To such T he Stamp Lover opens its pages. Those collectors who are unable to attend the Society’s meetings in the historic

Prince Henrj s Council Chamber, and there display their s mps an rea papers, can publish the latter and show their treasures bymoms of photographic illustrations in T he Stamp Lover. The Society bears the cost.

On the other hand, the illustrated publication of such papers, and of those read at meetings of the Society, enables those who cannot be present to participate either as lecturers or as audi- tors, as the case may be. Illustrations have always been a striking feature of T he Stamp Lover, the editor realising that good illustrations add enormously to the interest of an article and are of the greatest assistance in elucidating the text. Many American members have seen the stamps of their country illustrated for the first time in the pages of our journal, as their depiction in catalogues and hand-books published in the States is forbidden.

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T h e S t o r y o f t h e J . P « S .

T h e S t a m p L o v e r is entirely the product of honorary effort. The editor receives no pecuniary reward for his services, and the articles are contributed by members of the Society. Those who have had the first volume, with its 324 pages, in their hands will realise what a remarkable record of voluntary work this represents.

By means of T he Stamp Lover the meetings of the Society are brought into the homes of its members.

The key-note of the J.P.S. is enthusiasm. There are thousands of stamp collectors to-day who have never seen a philatelic journal nor attended a meeting of a Philatelic Society. Such collectors are following the hobby half-heartedly, fearing to spend money on what their friends tell them is merely a passing craze, and entirely ignorant of the great pleasure afforded by the intelligent study of stamps and matters pertaining to them. To collectors such as these, membership of the J.P.S. opens up new and undreamed-of vistas. They find themselves united to a body of enthusiasts, and become filled with a desire to extract from the hobby all that it has to give.

To the established philatelist, membership of our Society is equally attractive. The atmosphere of eagerness and progressiveness prevents him from falling into a groove and stimulates him to honourable competition in research and study.

For collectors in either of these categories, T he Stamp Lover is the medium through which they can derive inspiration and relate their discoveries, or promulgate their theories for the advancement of the hobby.

Thus far, the moral advantages accruing to members have been mainly touched on. It is right that these should come in for primary consideration, for it is out of them that a desire for material advantages must come.

T h e J . P . S . L i b r a r y .A layman who visits a picture gallery without a catalogue

undergoes a disappointing experience on seeing persons and scenes depicted without knowing whom or what they represent Even if provided with a catalogue he can leam little more than

the names of the artists, the titles of the pictures, and, perhaps, the prices at which they may be purchased. But if he should revisit that gallery in the company of a connoisseur, the canvasses would seem imbued with life and meaning as their story was unfolded. , I

So is it with stamps.“ A primrose by the river's brim,

A simple primrose was to him, And nothing more.”

Does not this represent the attitude of the unlearned collector when he regards in his album, let us say, a set of U.S.A., 1902, or even a "Hawaiian Missionary,” if he is lucky enough to possess one? But give him a book which tells him the story of the stamps he possesses, and informs him in various ways regarding them, and they become, so to speak, living entities, with a life history at least as fascinating as, and frequently more romantic than, that of his mortal friends.

To those who have never had in their hands a book treating of the stamps of a country this

may appear too high-flown, yet it is no more than sober truth. The J.P.S. Library contains several hundred volumes, all of which are at the disposal of members, both town and country, for the purpose of reference and recreation. The Library is kept up-to-date by frequent purchases and donations, no fewer than 147 books having been added last season. The Honorary Librarian is always ready to give members any assistance in his power.

T h e J . P . S . F o r g e r y C o l l e c t i o n .

This valuable property of the members has been formed— need we say it— by donations. Its value lies in the fact that it is accessible to all members of the Society. The usefulness of such a book as the Rev. R. B. Earee’s “ Album Weeds” is vastly increased if the collector has before him an attested specimen of a forged stamp which he can compare with the copy whose genuineness he doubts. The collection, which is mounted in a loose-leaf album, is particularly strong in those much-forged stamps, the old "European issues, and any country is sent to members on payment of postage. Large as the collection is, it does not yet contain specimens of every forgery, and, moreover, there are many forgeries so well executed that only experts can pronounce on them.

T h e J . P . S . E x p e r t C o m m i t t e e .The Society has met this difficulty by forming a committee

of experts who examine stamps for members free of charge. If any member is so unlucky as to need to send more than one dozen stamps for examination in the course of a season a small fee is payable. The Committee also undertakes the valuation of collections if desired. For this service a small fee is charged. All these fees go, of course, into the funds of the Society, and it may be mentioned that although the fees are much lower than those usually charged, the judgment of the Committee may be thoroughly relied on, as it is composed of expert amateurs and professional experts who give their services gratis.

3T h e S t o r y o f t l & e J . P . S .

J . P . S . E x c h a n g e B r a n c h .Many collectors regard duplicates as an

unmitigated nuisance, others are happy to possess them, but all are agreed that the sooner they are got rid of the better. Our Exchange Branch offers an excellent medium for the disposal of duplicates and the acquirement of desirable stamps. The percentage of sales is higher than in other Exchange Packets, because the membership is very large, and consists of all grades of collectors. In order to conform to their requirements, the monthly packets are divided into two sections, one containing stamps suitable for advanced collectors and the other containing medium stamps. Every member can see either or both the sections at his pleasure. There is no entrance fee, but a commission of 5*/. is charged on sales in the usual way. The money thus realised goes into the funds of the Society.

T h e B e g i n n e r s ' E x c h a n g e .This section appeals to the younger

members, only those under 19 years of age being permitted to contribute sheets or to see the monthly packets. The stamps on the sheets are priced by the contributing members in the usual way, but no money passes, the transactions being limited to exchange, pure and simple. It is, in fact, an organized system of “ swopping ” on a large scale.

II.R.H. THE PRESENT PRINCE OF WALES’ ARMS IN THE ROYAL WINDOW OF THE J.P.S. MEETING ROOM.

and has proved very popular under the able management of the Honorary Superintendent o f the Beginners’ Exchange, who is himself under the age limit.T h e J . P . S . A u c t i o n s .

These form an excellent means of realising stamps more rapidly than is possible by means of the Exchange Packets, and particularly of obtaining high prices for especially choice specimens under the stimulating influence of the competition engendered by the bidding. Like everything else undertaken by the J.P.S., these auctions appeal to a wide range of collectors. At the public auctions even the cheapest lots are mostly only for those with fairly long purses, whereas at our monthly auction sales even the most modest purchaser can find many lots to suit him. Another feature which tends to make these sales popular and successful is that it is permissible to mark the catalogue values against the stamps in a lot. Experience has shown that this does not prevent stamps which are under- priced in the catalogues from fetching their real value. The sales are always well attended, and exciting scenes are frequently witnessed as the hammer falls on some coveted lot. In addition to the foregoing, there are minor benefits attaching to membership, but lack of space precludes their mention.

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W h y Y o u s h o u l d J o i n t h e J . P . S .

If you have read the preceding pages you will surely be impressed with the many advantages which the J.P.S. affords to its members, and you will probably have been thinking that to obtain so much a large subscription will be requisite. It will, therefore, come as a pleasant surprise when you learn that, apart from a nominal entrance fee of half-a-crown (and even this is not payable by those under 21 or by ladies), a yearly subscription of 2/6 entitles you to all the privileges of membership, including the receipt of T he Stamp Lover, which will come to you post free month by month.

T he Stamp Lover alone is universally admitted to be well worth the amount of the subscription, and many collectors join the Society for the sole purpose of receiving it, being unable or having no desire to participate in the other advantages.

We want every stamp collector, whether he is a member of a Philatelic Society or not, to join the Junior Philatelic Society. Apart from the actual and obvious advantages which membership entails, there are other indefinable yet no less cogent reasons for becoming a member of a large, successful, and influential Society.

Membership of the J.P.S. puts you under no obligations. If you are unable or disinclined to take any part in the meetings of the Society or to contribute to its official journal, yet you will be so satisfied with your membership, and your interest in your hobby will be so much intensified, that you will induce others to take it up, and in this way aid in one of the most important of the Society's activities.

P o r e i g n M e m b e r s .

The J.P.S. has a particular interest for Britons living in foreign lands and for peoples of other nations, because it brings them, by means of T he Stamp Lover, into close connection with all that is best and brightest in the English philatelic world Moreover, the J.P.S. is always ready to assist them in forming branches and thus creating new centres of activity.

A m e r i c a n M e m b e r s h i p .

The Society has a very large membership in America, and its beautiful souvenir of the introduction of Anglo-American penny postage, in October, 1908, is a treasured postal record of an important reform which must strengthen the bonds of union between the English-speaking nations. A new American souvenir of a much more costly character is in preparation, and American collectors will find it distinctly to their advantage to join early this season to participate, without any expense to themselves, in one of the most valuable brochures which the American philatelist could desire.

N o w i s t h e T i m e t o J o i n

Do not spend time weighing the pros and cons or speculating whether the membership is worth half-a-crown or not. Some members get less value out of their subscription than others, and some members do more for the Society than others, but all are united in declaring that the amount of the subscription is trifling compared with the satisfaction it brings. So take our word for it that you will be equally satisfied, and fill in the application form below and send it, together with the amount of your subscription and entrance fee (if any), to the address printed on the form.

S U B S C R I P T I O N S P A I D N O W E X P I R E S E P T E M B E R 3 0 , 1910.

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T H E J U N I O R P H I L A T E L I C S O C I E T Y .Annual Subscription, . . . . . . 2s 6d.Entrance Fee (for Gentlemen over 21 years of age), 2s 6d.No Entrance Fee for Juniors under 21 years of age, or for Ladies.Life Membership (no Entrance Fee), . . . . -Two Guineas

Every Meml>er shall be considered a subscriber for the ensuing year, unless his resignation in writing has been tenderedto the Secretary on or before the 1st of September.—Articlt V.

I beg to offer myself for admission as a u p e bm b m b b r o f the Junior Philatelic Society, London. I agree to conform to the rules governing the Society, and undertake to give the Hon. Secretary due notice if at any time I should desire to resign my membership of the Society.

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THt 4.P a. u o a a is very popular, and worn by moat members, because, although incoaapicuoua, it catches the philatelic eye trained to notice details, and leads to pleasant introductions when travelling.

T h e S m all S u b scr ip tio n to th e S o c ie ty in c lu d es “ T H E STA M P L O V E R ” Free. NOTK.-IF YOU AM ALMAOY A MEMBER, KINDLY HAND YNI8 FORM TO A STAMP COLLECTOR FRIEND.

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y Y o u s h o u l d J o i n t h e J . P . S .

vges you will surely be im- hich the J.P.S. affords to

I have been thinking that to will be requisite. It will, rise when you learn that, of half-a-crown (and even

2 1 or by ladies), a yearly 1 the privileges of member-

Stamp Lover, which will nth.

*rsally admitted to be well i, and many collectors join iceiving it, being unable or ; other advantages.

hether he is a member of e Junior Philatelic Society, dvantages which member- nable yet no less cogent l*f a large, successful, and

/ou under no obligations, to take any part in the

'ute to its official journal, ur membership, and your nuch intensified, that you in this way aid in one of divides.

F o r e i g n M e m b e r s , j

The J.P.S. has a particular interest for Britons living in foreign lands and for peoples of other nations, because it brings them, by means of T he Stamp Lover, into close connection with all that is best and brightest in the English philatelic world Moreover, the J.P.S. is always ready to assist them in forming branches and thus creating new centres of activity.

A m e r i c a n M e m b e r s h i p .

The Society has a very large membership in America, and its beautiful souvenir of the introduction of Anglo-American penny postage, in October, 1908, is a treasured postal record of an important reform which must strengthen the bonds of union between the English-speaking nations. A new American souvenir of a much more costly character is in preparation, and American collectors will find it distinctly to their advantage to join early this season to participate, without any expense to themselves, in one of the most valuable brochures which the American philatelist could desire.

N o w i s t h e T i m e t o J o i n

Do not spend time weighing the pros and cons or speculating whether the membership is worth half-a-crown or not. Some members get less value out of their subscription than others, and some members do more for the Society than others, but all are united in declaring that the amount of the subscription is trifling compared with the satisfaction it brings. So take our word for it that you will be equally satisfied, and fill in the application form below and send it, together with the amount of your subscription and entrance fee (if any), to the address printed on the form.

S P A I D N O W E X P I R E : S E P T E M B E R 3 0 , 1910.

D R M O F A P P L I C A T I O N F O R M E M B E R S H IP .

ption, 2» 6d.or Gentlemen over 21 years of age), 2 s fld.iie for Juniors under 21 years of age, or for Ladies, p (no Entrance Fee), • -Two Guineasisidered a subscriber for the ensuing year, unless his resignation in writing has been tendered fto the Secretary on or belore the ist of September.— Artitfe V.ssion as a l i ! b Bm b m b e r of the Junior Philatelic Society, London. I agree to conform to nd undertake to give the Hon. Secretary due notice if at any time I should desire to ty-

,niy) I want a {Nickel (id), Bronze (6d) )Silver (i/j), or Gold (to/6) f Badge.

THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS. i l l

FREDK. R. GINN143, STR A N D , LONDON, E n glan d.

TAt phone No. 893 Gerrard. Established 1880.Silver Medal, London Exhibition, 1897.

Tke Hone lor Qcaolnc Baryslns. Compart ay prices before psrcltislof elsewhere. Baifaiosfor every pride of Collector. SPECIALITY—Filling Win! List! it speclilly reisosible prices. Ssperb spedaess osljr sent. Correspondence

Iron rtllsble Collectors solicited.

THREE IMPORTANT PURCHASES.1. — EGYPT. A superb Specialised Collec

tion in singles, pairs and blocks. Strongest in the first three issues. Large blocks showing border design in many shades. Tete beche pairs and blocks in many different shades. Proofs. essays,8tc. in great variety. A ll unused

2. —CHINA. A very fine collection o f the Imperial Issues from the first to the latest, also many provisional varieties of great rarity. This collection was made by a Missionary on the spot.

3-—BRITISH GUIANA. A very fine Specialised Collection, containing a large number of the older issues.A il are in perfect condition. Want Lists illed.

On approval teith pleasure. SPECIAL BARGAINS.

Revised Scale for Advertisemeats in The Postage Stamp.6 Insertions. 13 Insertions. Jb Insertions.per insertion. per insertten. per insertion.t s. d. £ s. d. £ 1. d. £ k. d.

Pages ........................ * 10 0 4 0 0 3 IS 0 3 10 0Half Pages 2 $ 0 2 0 0 I 17 6 I 15 0Quarter P a g e s .............. I 2 6 1 0 0 18 9 17 6Eighth Pages ............ . 12 6 11 0 10 0 9 0

C olu m n s......................... I 12 6 I 10 0 I 7 6 I 5 0Half Columns .............. 17 0 16 0 14 0 12 6Quarter Columns ... 9 0 8 6 7 6 6 6

Inches ......................... 4 6 4 3 4 0 3 6

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. unused used1853. blue paper— s. d. s. d.

Id. brick red, shades . 70 0 8 04(1. blue....................... . 60 0 3 6

1855-58. white paper—id. rose-red .. 15 0 5 04d.b )ue..................... . . 17 6 1 66d. lilac.................................. . 55 0 8 fifid. slate-lilac ... ............ . 80 0 16 0I/- yellow-green ............ 120 0 12 6I /- deep ye low-green .. 70 0 ■ 5 0

1861, woodblocks—Id. scarlet ...................... — so 04d. blue................................. „ — 45 0

1863. De La Rue—Id. red ................................ .. 24 0 8 6

PREE.

Sm all Prepaid A d vertisem en ts* Twelve words for one shilling, and one penny for every additional word; four insertions at the price of three.

The Queen's and high Cliffe Hotel, Cliftonville, Margate.P H I L A T E L I S T S will find this an ideal Hotel for a holiday and often meet many other 1 Collectors. Grand situation in own private grounds. Over too sunny Bedrooms looking over the sea. Lecture and Recreation Room. Private Orchestra. Complete installation of Electric Baths, etc. Renowned Cuisine and Choice Wines. Electric Light and Lift. Hairdressing Saloon. Dark Room. Library and Reading Room, principal Philatelic Papers taken. Tennis and Croquet Lawns Billiards. Adjoining sands and sea bathing. Near three Golf Links. Inclusive terms from 10/6 per day.

T ariff from tb e M an agin g D irector, A. LEON AD U TT, F .R .P .S .L .

1 0 0 , 0 0 0Gt. Britain, Id. red, p late numbers,

1/1 per 1,000, post free.These have only been very hurriedly looked through for plates. The majority of which are

very late numbers.

SHILLINGS.Great Britain, King, ............. Td. each.Great Britain, Levant ... ... 9d. „Cape of Good Hope ................ifd. „Natal, single, 8d.; mult., 1909 ... 9d. „Canada, 20c..................................... 3d.Northern Nigeria, single............. t/6 ,,India, I2a. or Ir..................................id. .,Straits, 50c., mult............................. 4d.Hong Kong, 50c.. mult................... 4d. „Malta, mult.........................................fid. „Transvaal, single, 1/9; mult. ... 4d. ,,

A ll postally used. Postage extra.J a m e u a l l z a g a ,

78. Faulkner Street, M anchester.

CHRISTY & CO.W ill send absolutely FREE-100 STAM PS, fine condition. Egypt, Mexico. German Empire, C o sta R(c&, Japanese Empire; C an a d a , Q ueen, M aple L e a f, all good condition. To Applicants for N ew S ea so n ’s

L ist. P o sta g e td.The Stam p Importers, Bilston.SOMETHING GOOD

SUDAN, 1898- 1905.lm., 2m., 3m., $m., ip., 2p., 6p. a n d 10 p ia s tre s , this fine and scarce set Tor 3 /0 ,

postally used.The rare 4in. pale blue and brown, and 5 milliemes surcharged on $ piastres, the pair

mint for O d . , postage id. extra.W . H. REGAN, IK. Qaeta’s Read. Bavtwafer

Loodoa. W. (apposite W. Wbltcley’s). Office hours—9a.m. 7 p.m.. Sals. 9 a.m. 2p.m.

RARE STAM P,CATALOGUED 20 -,to all applicants for

M approval sheets (50% discount).— TH E LONDON PH 1L A T E 1

JAPANESE PO ST O FFICES IN CH INA I, 2. 3. 10, 15, 20, SO sen and I yen.

Set of Eight Fine Used Copies, 1/6, post free.Catalogued from 716 upwards in various

Catalogues.

ILICCo.,

P. L. PEMBERTON A Co ,68, High Holborn, London, W.C.

B A R G A I N S ! B A R G A I N S ! !Straits Settlements, sur. on India 32c.,

No. 9 (cat. 12/-)... ... ... ... 4lbDitto, ditto, vertical p a ir .........................to/-Canada, Jubilee, 1897, SOc. blue.............. 8d.Canada, Quebec, 1908, 7c. olive..............3)d.St. Vincent, 1890,6d. dull purple (cat. 2/-) tod. Liberia, 1906, 5c. blue, postally used ... 3d. Paraguay. 1907, 5 on 2c., No. 133 ... Id.Paraguay, 1908, 5c. yellow, sur. 1908 ... Id. Dominica Republic, 1906, 5c., No. 309... lid. Dominica Republic, 1906, I0c., No. 310... 2fd. Dutch Indies, 1899. 2) gulden. No. 94a .. I/- Brazil, 1906. 100, 200 or 300 reis each id.Brazil, 1906, 1,000 reis (cat. 6d.)..............ljd.Servia, 1894. ■ dinar, dp. green (cat. I/-) 4d. Denmark, 1907, too ore, orange buff ... 2d.Austria, Jubilee, 2 kronen .............. 4d.Siam, Jubilee, 18 atts, brown ... ... 5d.Victoria, 1901, 2/- blue on r o s e .............. sd.Victoria, 1901, 5/- red and b lu e ............. 1/6Indo China, 1907, large, 75c.or lfr„ each fid. German East Africa, 7l hellers, rose ... Id.

. Kiautschon, 2C. green or 4C. row, each id. Unless mentioned to the contrary all are superb

used copies. Postage extra under 216. approval M ln lln i tv RcspeasiMc Persoat.

VICTORIA STAMP Co.225. EU8TON ROAD. LONDON. N.W.

£ 2PAC KE T OF

S T A M P S FOR 6 d .Packet No. 984 contains 206 different foreign and Colonial stamps, including the following varieties :— Rare unused Z a n z ib a r (cat. fid.), P o rto Rico P ro v isio n a l (cat. 20/-), P e rs ia 12 eh. on 1 k r . (cat. 2/6), two Philippine s. 2-4/80. on sc., 2-4/Sc. on 50m. (cat. tod,), a set of 15 Austria, Japan, Hungary, Costa Rica, Holland, Germany high

values, Italy, Sweden old issue, etc.Price 6d., post free 7d. (abroad gd.f.

Only I packet sent to each applicant.Look ou t fo r n e w 8th ed . “ A .B .C .” C a ta lo g u e , ready end October. Orders now being booked. V ol. 1, Adhesive Stamps, 800 pages, 2/10 post free. V ol. 2, Entires, 1/9 post free. The 2voIs bound together 3/10 post free, abroad 41-BRIGHT & SON, 164, STRAND, W.C.

S E L E C T IO N S o n APPROVALI have a fine series of Approval Books arranged in Countries, and will send any Country on approval. Prices: Q u a rte r to H a lf C ata lo gu e. References required.

The following books are now ready.Br. New Guinea 8t Brunei Argentine Leeward Islands BelgiumIndia FranceNew Zealand GermanyNorth Borneo German StatesS. Australia HollandQueensland NorwaySeychelles RussiaSierra Leone UruguayHong Kong BulgariaCanada ChiliNew South Wales ChinaOthers in preparation Greece

JOH N JAM ES OOATE8,19. BOROUGH HIGH ST.. LONDON, S.E.

Telephone 13882 Central. Established 1879-

POSTAGE STAMP SMALL ADS.pay both Collector and Dealer over and over again. They are read by several thousands of active collectors every week so it is no wonder that the advertisers get their wants filled quickly and their stocks sold off rapidly. The circulation tells and replies come from the most f ir away parts of everywhere. The advert, only cost you

a penny a word.


Reeders will (ra tty M p I f a ee tlss le i “ TW Pwttep Stamp’ wfeea rsptyUi te any at fhsw Advartlaamaatt.

THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS.w .

The Purpose of thisIs to sell you a "Longshort” Stylo; you will fin<f it convenient, reliable and lasting. It has many features which will appeal to you, the chief of which is, that it is

LONG FOR THE HAND yet SHORT FOR THE POCKET, PURSE, or HANDBAG.

hence th e name

“LONGSHORT”i l . LONG Si-lOPT ^Tvi_nr

MABIE t 6 0 D5 C° ^ =N£W YORK &r LONDON —

Made in1 BIsck.'Tsp or Mottled Vulcanite. Open fot Use. LengtKtJins.

Size A. 3/6

Size B. 5/=(Slin. open, 3iin. closed.)

iJMC. LONGSHORT STYLQ: -=^'MABIE TODDfrC? V-" £ 3

Nt-W YORK iLONDON -

Closed^forTiocket. Length'jJinr. .

rt-E LONGSHORT 5TVL0 S 1 M~3iE TODD !.:? jl)

*ATfcMT 'OOTf/ 07 R< Y? c.

W R IT E S A L W A Y S & IN S T A N T L Y .

G E T O N E T O -

S old b y a l l S ta t io n e rs , MABIE, TODD & Co.,or poet free from Manufacturers,

S/T and B f t . i

(W rite lor Free Catalogue.

'S w a n " Fountpen Makers,

79 & 80, HIOH HOLBORN, London, W.C.

Fitted w ith smooth point and spring needle. M ay be carried in any position without tear of leakage.

93, Cheapslde, E.C.95s. Regent St., W.3 . Exchange St.. Manchester. n , Rue Neuve, Brussels. Brentano's, 37, Aveni e de

I’Opera, Paris.And at Bale, New York

Chicago and Sydney.

Printed hr Baldwins. Philatelic Primers, Tunbridge Wells, and Published tor the'Proerieton'bytSir Isaac Pitman & Seas, Ltd.,st* I Amen Corner, London. B.C.

Stamp Collection sold for £24,500 cash.ifb e

I P O S T A G E S T A M R A

X/Jn Illustrated Weekly Journal /or r{ )| all Classes o f Stamp Collec tors A

E D I T E D B Y F R E D . J . M E L V I L L E .No, 4. Vol. 5. 23 OCTOBER, 1909. Price Id.

(Whole Number 108'

HAVE YOU SEEN OUR STOCK BOOKS?If not. you are probably paying much higher price* without getting

such a fine selection. If you specialise yo u ca n n o t a ffo rd not to see them. Many uncatalogued and minor varieties are included and they are, on the whole, more complete than those of any other dealer. W e have included in these books the contents of two very fine collections of Colonial stamps recently purchased and have also re-made several countries. W nte to us for the book of any particular country in which you are interested.

Among others we might mention: Cape o f Good Hope including about 250 Triangulars, fine lot of unused in pairs and singles, and several Woodblocks. Gibraltar, a very fine lot. including a good selection of Morocco Agencies, errors, etc. India, many fine early issues. Lagos, practically complete, with several early dated postmarks. Mauritius. New South Wales, some very fine Sydneys. South Australia, including many scarce perforations and varieties. Straits Settlements and Native States, a very fine lot, including a specialised collection recently purchased, with many of the great rarities, and several other books too numerous to mention.

TH IS W EEK'S OFFER l -

NEWFOUNDLAND, i8q6-7, re-lssue, 4c. vermilion, 2c. green, 3c. deep blue, and 3c. brown. Cat. 18/6 for 8.0.

Purchasing.—W e are always open to purchase for cash any large collection, specialised or otherwise. W e are also pleased to receive on approval from dealers and others good single stamps, especially

rarities.

BRIDGED & KAY, 71, Fleet Street, London, E.C,

IM PO RTANT.

YOUB COLLECTION!It ts our Interest to get good prices a* we are paid

by results.We have buyers for Mint Colonials, Rarities,

Wholesale Lines, etc.Our Auction Sale* are held EACH WEEK.

• Last week we told 1083 lots and have held over 300 sales.

All lots are offered SEVEN DAYS after receipt, no tedious delay*. Send us a trial consignment.

CASH ADVANCED on Good Lots.N E X T S A L E S - O c t . 26, 30: Nov. 1. Catalogues free. Lots valued out and sent for country

collectors* inspection prior to Sale.

Writi for Particulars toHARMER, ROOKE & Co.Offices A Asctles I m s s . **. FLEET STREET, LONDON. E.C. Tcleyk.se I22M Ceslral. Teltgraars— ** Phllat.rt, Lead**."

CURRENT COLONIAL STAMPS8% O V E R F A C E V A L U E .

For Particulars write, ’Phone ($79 Sydenham), or Telegraph ('* Regardless, London,” ) to

30 & 32, PALACE SQUARE, N0BW00D, LONDON, S.B.OFFICES OF

EWEN’S COLONIAL STAMP MARKET. Ltd.EWEN’S WEEKLY STAMP NEWS (Specimen Free).EWEN’S NEW ISSUE SERVICES.EWEN’S SIMPLIFIED STAMP COLLECTING.

trsdses will graatly kelp fey ■eaUsslag “ Tfcs Psstkgs

ii THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS.

“THE POSTAGE STAMP”

HANDBOOKSI. JAMAICA AND CAYMAN ISLANDS.

By Edward J. Nankivell.Price 4d. Post Free 4 $d.

II. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.By Edward J. Nankivel).Price 6d. Post Free 6Jd.

III. NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE.By Edward J. Nankivell.Price 6d. Post Free 6Jd.

IV. DOMINICA.By Bertram W . H. Poole.Price 6d. Post Free 6Jd.

V. ABYSSINIA.By Fred. J. Melville.

Price 6d. Post Free 6$d.

Or the 5 Books sent Post Free for 2/6 .

A d d r e s s :

D A I n W I N Q GROSVENOR WORKS, D A L U n i n g , tunbridoc w ells,

N O W R E A D Y .

THE TENTH <1910) EDITION OP THE

STANDARD CATALOGUE OF POSTAGE STAMPS

Complete to September, 1909. Bound In ftill cloth and greatly Improved.No minor varieties or perforation measurements. Good Illustrations.Neat and clear printing. Strong and handsome binding. Best Catalogue

for the genera l Collector.

Price 2/- post freeANYWHERE.

Edition de Luxe, thick paper, Interleaved with white w riting paper, 8/6

Monthly Philatelic Novelty List.6d. per annum post free.

WHITFIELD KING & Co.IPSWICH.

Income-Tax, Law & Practice PITMAN'S_______PITMAN’S

I N C O M E T A XA C C O U N T S .----------------- « v ----------------

AND HOW TO PREPARE THEM.In crown 8vo, cloth gilt. So pp.

m -“ The Pitman firm has made a special feature of

business books, till now it issues an almost complete business library. It publications generally are to the point, practical, and sound, and the latest addition has these characteristics in a full degree.. . . The book is entirely practical, and covers the ground well. We can recommend it with confidence.” — Sheffield Independent.

" Many commercial people will save themselves a vast deal of trouble if they spend an hour over these elucidating pages.” — T.P.'s Weekly.

“ Deals with all the chief points that need to be borne in mind in endeavouring to ascertain the amount of income on which tax is payable by business firms.”— Modem Business.SIR ISAAC PITMAN * SONS. Ltd.. Leads*. Bath A New Yark.

BUSINESS MAN’S 6UIDE6th Edition Revised.

Contains Mailers oj Every-day Import-wee which^iveri/^lHstnei^

Edited by J. A. SLATER, B A., LL B. (Load.)

Crown 8vo, S00 pages, cloth, 3s. 6d. Net.

“ An admirable tpecimen of the new type o f buaineaa init ruction book. In 500 cloacly printed page*, with mubjects arranged alphabetically. it packs away a great amount of information of the kind frequently required and not easily obtained by business men of many kinds. The fulness o f the technical phraseology, with foreign equivalents, is one of the best features of the book. Alto-

Sether it is a book that can be cattily recommended. ” — Daily Mail.

Sea the '• B.M.Q.” for the new Companies Act.

LO ND O N: SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LTD.

Meaty Order* steal* b« a id e yaygtle to Sir liaac Pitaaa ft Sm s , Ltd

tH E POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS. m.

Revised Scale for Advertisem ents in The Postage Stamp/ Insertion.£ s. d.

Pages ........................ 4 10 0Half Pages .............. 2 5 0Quarter P a g e s .............. I 2 6Cighth Pages .............. 12 6

C olu m n s......................... 1 12 6Half Columns .............. 17 0Quarter Columns 9 0

Inches ... ... 4 6

6 Insertions. 13 Immrtms. JO Insertionsper insertion. per insert ten. per insertion£ s. d. £ t. d. £ s. d.4 0 0 3 IS 0 3 10 02 0 0 S 17 6 [ 15 0I 0 0 is 9 I? 6

11 0 10 0 9 0

I 10 0 I 7 6 1 5 016 0 14 0 12 68 6 7 6 6 6

4 3 4 0 3 6Sm all Prepaid A d vertlaem en ta. Twelve words for one shilling, ancl one penny for

every additional word; four insertion* at the price of three.

Are you interested in scarce old A ustralian Stamps?

The following are a few of the many BARGAINS we can offer:—

NEW SOUTH VALES.1853 6d. brown ............ ..................... 40/0i860 5d. green ... ............. 2/6

8d. yellow ............ ............ . 4/0I/-carm ine............ ... ... 2/0ERRORS OF WATERMARK.

3d. green (wmkd. 6) ...................... 2/36d. purple ( „ 5) ...................... 8/96d purple ( ,, 12) ............. 4/0

The Queen's and High Cllffe Hotel, Cliftonvifle, Margate.T> H ILA TE LISTS will find this an ideal Hotel for a holiday and often meet many other 1 Collector*. C.rand situation in own private grounds. Over too sunny Bedroom* looking

over the sea. Lecture and Recreation Room. Private Orchestra. Complete installation of Electric Baths, etc. Renowned Cuisine and Choice Wines. Electric Light and Lift. Hair* dressing Saloon. Dark Room. Library and Readihg Room, principal Philatelic Papers taken. Tennis and Croquet Lawns Billiards. Adjoining sands and tea bathing. Near three Golf Links. Inclusive terms from 10/6 per day.

T ariff from the M an agin g D irector, A. LEON A D U TT, F .R .P .S .L .

I EVERYBODY READS THEMft) A stamp dealer has lately estimated that out of 500,000 stamp collectors 10,000 areI I active enthusiastic philatelists. If that estimate be correct practically every keen

1 collector reads the Small Want Advts. in The Postage Stamp. Are you on the look out for some variety ? It onty costs you id. a word to advertise for it in The Postage Stamp.

YOU WRITE TH E A D .- W E DO T H E REST.

H. E. HAWORTH & C°:87 /9 , ALDGATE HIGH STREET,

LONDOH, E.

S election s o f S tam p s se n t on a p p ro v a l. Condition a n d C h ea p n ess o u r

S p e c ia lity .W e do n ot o ffe r B a rg a in s b u t se ll a t a

u n ifo rm ly lo w r a te . C ollectio n s w a n te d fo r prom pt c a s h .



SOMETHING GOOD•SUDAN, 18B6- 1B05.

lm., 2m., 3rti., Sm„ ip.. Ip-, Bp. a n d 10 p ia s tr e s , this fine and scarce set for 3 /0 ,

postal I y used.The rare 4m- pale blue and brown, and 5 milliemes surcharged on 5 piastres, the pair

mint for N . , postage Id. estra.W . H. REGAN, Iff. Qaet.’s Rasi. Btvswjlcr

l.aadaa. W. (apynalie W Wbllclcy's). Office hours—9a.m. 7 p.m..Sats. 9 a.m. 2p.m.

COLLECTORSOf Curios, Antiques, Books. Coins or anything else whatever, will find a first rate market for specimens they do not want in The Bazaar. Exchange and Marl newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply & conveniently

I t I* t h a Qrw ait P a p e r f o r I n f o r m a t i o n .

P r i v a t e S a l a s * B a r g a in w .Advertisements of Private Collectors tie. those who do not make a business o f purchase and sale) inserted at the rate of 3 words for

Id., minimum 4d-TRY IT—GET A COPY.

Price 2d. everywhere, or by past for Jd. in stamps from the

Offices: BAZAAR BUILDINGS. DRURY LANE LONDON, W.C,

1B O Rare Foreign Stamps, all different, worth 1/- Send------- penny postage.--------

500 Best Mounts, id.

EMPIRE STAMPGo------T H O R N T O N H E A L T H ------

KEEP YOUR COLLECTION UP-TO-DATE BY SENDING FOR PARTICULARS OF W. H. PECKITT’S NEW ISSUE SERVICE, 4 7 STRAND, LONDON, W.C.

P. L. PEMBERTON ft Co.,68, High Holborn, London, W.C,

Gibbons’price.

• 3 6ANTIGUA.1863 Id. rose.............

6d. green1873 Id. lake b f. 12J)

6d. green1873 Id. lake (pf. 14)

6d. green1879 4d. blue CC. ...1882/6Id. green CA...

Id. red .............2id, brown ...2jd. blue 4d. blue 4d. brown 6d. green 1/- mauve ...

or the representative collection for £ 1- 16-0, cash with order.

This offer is a bargain of the right class, and only my immense slock enables me to

sell such good stamps at the price.GEORGE C. GINN,

Si, Bishepstate Street Wlikla, LssRsa, E.C.

3 unusd 0 6 00 26 06 I8 o0 40 . IS

My price. Fine copies.

1 9 each 0 ,.6 ,.0 ,.(i ,,0 „9 ..2 „4 .,3 ..4 „G pt 6 s.0 0

The “ Two Guinea” Packet of 2 6 0 Stamps for 1 / -

Thi* packet contains a fine collection of 280 different stamps, including the following G erm an y oOpf. unused, Indo C hin a lfic. ob so lete. P o rto Rico p rov isio n al. an d 20c. p in k (baby head), T ra n s v a a l E.R .I. used, rare unused Philippine Island s, 1880 Issue 60 m ils. Chile, Queensland, Portugal, Costa Rica, Swiss, Roumania, Austria old iaue, Italy old, Sweden, Victoria, U .S.A. Columbus issue, and a fine set ol 4 Mexico 1, 2, $ & 10 cents, and many other stamps. Mention Packet No. 1014. Price 1/- post free, abroad 1/4. The catalogue value o f thii packet is 42/- Only 1 packet sent to each

applicant.BRIGHT t SDN, 1M. Street Leads.. W.C.

Used English OnlyT ry my books for good copies. No damaged or repaired stamps mounted. Examples of Pricing : - ld . L.C. p. 16, 6d .; id. L.C. 14. inverted wink. 8d.; 4d. small gar., 2/9; id. p. 21, I/-; Id. 1841, large selection of fine copies at id. & id . ; special for plating id. L.C. 14 on white, no bad copies, 6d. too; 4/-

l.ooo; references.BARNES, II. Rtvcley Sir et. lONOON, W.C.

w < a n i? r t h i JUBILBEI a * K C i C i . Envelope w ith C ard ,■ v * * “ • * * • to all applicants for M approval sheets (50% discount).—

TH E LONDON P H IL A T E L IC C o.. Apsley, Hemel-Hempstead.

Reader. will grawdy help hy Tha N a u n S n a p " whta raHytaf h W •* thaae A«vwH— aasa.

THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS.

T h e P u rp o s e o f*', -i

Is to sell you a “ L o n g sh o rt” S ty lo ; you w ill find it convenient, reliable and lastin g. It has m any features w hich w ill appeal to you, the chief of w hich is, th at it is

LONG FOB THE HAND yet SHORT FOR THE POCKET, PURSE, or HANDBAG.

hence the name

“LONGSHORT”Made in1 Black..YTar. or-Mottled Vulcanite. Open foi U*e. Leogtb'tlins..

Size A. 3/6

Size B. 5/(5lin. open. 3iin. closed.)

-=̂ _ 1 H L LONG,£tiQHT OTYLp* MAB12 T0HO A

NtA VOR b LONDON

Cloaed for pocket. Lenith ajins.

THE LONGSHO^I STYLO S •-latjiE TODD -n z B

p.,-£\T P: j '09̂ -1 L

W R IT E S P E R F E C T L Y — A L W A Y S & IN S T A N T L Y

Fitted w ith smooth point and spring needle. M ay be carried In any position without fear of leakage.

G E T O N E T O - D A Y S

Sold by all Stationers,or postfree from Manufacturers,

S/T and B/1..W rite for Free Catalogue.

MABIE, TODD & Co.,“ S w a n " Fountpen Makers,

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iPOSTAGESTAMPiL^n Illustrated Weekly Journal/or |a// Classes o f Stamp Collec tors


No. 5. Vol. 5. * 30 OCTOBER. 1909. Price Id.(Whole Number 109»

GREAT BRITAIN.I w an t to buy for

prompt ca sh :Superb Uied Copies. Rarities.Varieties.High Values.Mint Early Issues. Blocks.Proofs.Essays.


Cash par return sent for all suitable lots.

I OfferIs . salmon, wmk. spray,

mint, well centred ... 17/64d., plate 18, mint ............... 3/66d., plate 18, mint ... ... 3/6id., plate I I , m in t block o f

s ix sh o w in g e n t ir e w a te r mark t w i c e .............................4/-

Board of Education, id., id.,2id„ mint set ................39/-

Admiralty Official, type I, complete mint set................35/-

18S0-1, id., id., l id . ,2d., $d.. mint set ........................ 7/-

Selections sent on Approval to any part o f the globe..Sptcim tn copy o f my Weekly Circular poll fr e t oh application.

OSW ALD MARSH,P, BELVEDERE ROAD, NORWOOD, LONDON, S.E.

N EW FO U N D LA W D ER -^,^^ran ^ r ^stamps of his country for sale at prices only possible owing to the fact that the slamps have been collected personally from all parts of the Colony itself, and are not sold through a regular dealer. Unique opportunity to advanced and young collectors. E x c e lle n t In vestm en t In v ie w o f ta lk e d -o f C on fed eration .

To advanced collectors the following unusual items, amongst other rarities, are offered

NEW FOUNDLAND STAM PS.Unique S h eet o f 100 12c. red -b row n stam p s (1868 Issue,

w h ite p ap er), m int.One only p a ir. Sc. b ro w n sea l (lb86). su p erb m int.One b lock o f 8 su rc h a rg e d stam p s (1897 Issue, ic . on 8c. g r e y -p u rp le ) showing three of ordinary type, one second issue, and two of rarest type, genuinely used, and absolutely guaranteed.

Sheet o f 100 6c. dull ro se <1870 Issue), m int.Stamps may be seen, or complete List of Prices obtained by

applying at once to —M. Anderson, Adelphi Hotel, I, John St., Strand,

LONDON, w.c.Hours Daily: 10 a.m. lo 6 p m., or iy appointment.

SPECIAL TO YOUNG COLLECTORS.A limited number of envelopes containing t2 different Newfoundland stamps (dating from 1870) not generally found in the average collection, and toof which are obsolete, are offered for sale at 2s, per packet. Each stamp is in perfect condition and guaranteed.

A M E R IC A N P H I L A T E L I S T SW ill find that the brightest and m ost up-to-date Stamp W eekly published

in Europe is . . .

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A R E C O R D

M r . W . H . P E C K I T TBegs to inform his clients and stamp collectors generally that he has purchased the collection of the World’s Postage Stamps formed by the late . . • .

S ir W IL L IA M B . A V E R Y , B a r t .This is the largest general collection ever sold outright, and it constitutes a record in Philately, being the greatest single cash transaction in Postage Stamps. The collection is replete with nearly all the great rarities in fine condition The price paid for the collection was . . . .

In addition to the notable rarities, the collection is strong in medium stamps in exceptional state, e.g., blocks, panes, settings shewing type varieties, many of which are nowadays only accessible at the breaking up of a great collection. Portions of the collection will be sent as usual to responsible collectors . . . . . . . . . .IM P O R T A N T .— Mr. P e c k i t t would remind collectors that although rare stamps are one of his specialities, he gives every attention to the requirements of all customers, whether for R a r e or M e d i u m Stamps, P a c k e t s or S e t s . Any collector can have New Issues supplied through Mr. P k c k i t t ’ s N e w I s s u e S e r v i c e at 1 0 % over face. Albums of all grades. The M e l v i l l e S t a m p B o o k s at 6d. each ; post free, 7d.........................................................................

W . H . P E C K I T T47, STRAND, LONDON, W.C. ’sss tss ’

l i r t m will i n M i k*lp k? a M t U il i f " Tk* P w a p Snap ‘ wkM raplytat m «ay d ikt** AdvvtliM M tt.

tH E POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS. ill

FREDK. R. GINN■ 43. STR A N D , LONDON, England.

Telephone No. SQ3 Gerrard, Established 1880.Silver Medal. London Exhibition, 1897.

The Noose lor Geoulac Btrfalnt. Compare m7 frier* before parcbaslag elsewhere. Bargaias lor every trade al Collector. SPECIALITY— Fllllaf Weal Date al specially rcaiaaaMe prices. Sapcrb specimen oaly acal. Carreapoadcace

trail reliable Collectorfi solicited.

THREE IMPORTANT PURCHASES.T.—EGYPT. A superb Specialised Collec

tion in singles, pairs and blocks. Strongest in the first three issues. Large blocks showing border design in many shades. Tete beche pairs and blocks in many different shades. Proofs, essays,&c. in great variety. All unused

1.—CHINA. A very fine collection of the Imperial Issues from the first to the latest, also many provisional varieties of great rarity. This collection was made by a Missionary on the spot.

3.—BRITISH GUIANA. A very fine Specialised Collection, containing a large number of the older issues.All are in perject condition. Want Lists Med.

On approval with pleasure.SPECIAL BARGAINS.

NICER COAST AND unused usedOIL RIVERS. s. d. t. d.

1892, id. red .................... . 0 6 0 5„ id. lilac .................... . 0 S 0 6

2d. green and carmine ... 0 8 0 6,, 2 'd. purple on blue . 0 6 0 S,, Sd. lilac and blue........... . 1 3 1 0,. 1 /- green ....................

1893, id. red ..................... 7 6 6 0. 1 0 1 0

,, Id. blue, two shades . 1 0 1 0„ 2d. green .................... . 4 8 4 6„ 2 id. lake .................... . 0 9 0 9,, Sd. lilac, two shades . 4 0 3 9„ 1/- black .................... . 4 6 3 9

My Only AddressFREDK. R. GINN. WJ. Sira ad. L«n4*n, w.C.

Are you interested in scarce old Australian Stamps?

The following are a few of the many BARGAINS we can offer

NEW SOUTH WALES.1853 fid. brown .............................. . 40/0i860 Sd. green 2/6

8d. y e llo w ..............................1/- carmine............................. .

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ERRORS OF WATERMARK.3d. green (wmkd. 6 ) .................... . 2/36d. purple ( 5) .................... 8/9fid. purple ( „ 12) .................... . 4/0

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The Queen's and High Cliffe Hotel, Cliftonville, Margate.PHILATELISTS will find this an ideal Hotel for a holiday and often meet many other

Collectors. Grand situation in own private grounds. Over too sunny Bedroom, looking over the sea. Lecture and Recreation Room. Private Orchestra. Complete installation of Electric Batha, etc. Renowned Cuisine and Choice Wines. Electric Light and Lift. Hairdressing Saloon. Dark Room. Library and Reading Room, principal Philatelic Papers taken. Tenm* and Croquet Lawns. Billiards. Adjoining sand, and sea bathing. Near three Golf Links. Inclusive terras from 10/6 per day.

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SELECTIONS on APPROVALI have a fine series of Approval Books arranged in Countries, and will send any Country on approval. Prices: Quarter to Half Catalogue. References required.

The following books are Br. New Guinea St Brunei Leeward Islands IndiaNew Zealand North Borneo S. Australia Queensland Seychelles Sierra Leone Hong Kong CanadaNew South Wales Others in preparation

now ready,ArgentineBelgiumFranceGermanyGerman StatesHollandNorwayRussiaUruguayBulgariaChiliChinaGreece

JOHN JAMES COATES,I*. BOROUGH HIGH ST.. LONDON. S.E.

This Week’s Bargains. PriceBritish South Africa, 1806. 3/-, fine

used (cat. 4/-) .............................. 1/6British South Africa, 1896, 10/-. fine

used (cat. 10/-) .............................. 3/6Great Britain, id. black and Ad. blue

the pair ...................................... 6d.Great Britain, 2/6 , King’* head ... 3d. C eylon , King, set of 8 including 12, 1$

and 30c............................................ fid.Ecuador, 1897 (Eagles), I, 2, 10, 20 and

50c., mint (cat. 1/5) gd.Ecuador, 1899 (Heads), 1 , 2 , 10, 20 and

50c., mint (cat. 2/3) gd.North Borneo, 1894. ■ to 2gc., complete

set of 9 ....................................... 1, 3Malta, 1885. i, 1 , 2, 2}. g and 1/-, set of

6 (cat. g/g)...........................................1/6Labuan, l89g, 1 to 2gc., complete set of 9 1/3 Labuan, 1897, t to 2gc., complete set of 9 1/- Unltod States, 1909. 1 . 2. 3. g. 5. 6. 8

and toe., set of 8 ............................. 6d.Telephone IJ882 Central. Established 1879-

5 FREEThe above beautiful set of 5 unused Zanzibar i,i,2,2i and 3 annas Old Sultan’s Head issue (usually sold at 2s. the set) is given free to al) purchasers of Packet No. tots, containing 160 different stamps, including amongst others the following rare varieties:—Peru scarce overprint (cat. 1/-), Greece 1st type, rare old Imperf. Issue, unused (worth fid.) Mauritius 4c, green and lilac, unused single wink, Porto Rico provisional, Venezuela 1 bolivar (oat. 1 /6), etc., etc. The catalogue price of this packet is 97/6, our price 1/*, postage id. extra (abroad 4d.) Only t packet

to each applicant.JUST OUT!! 8th edition “ A B C ” Catalogue for 1610. 820 pages, 5,000 illustrations, 2/10 post free, contains all varieties of wink, perf., type, paper, etc., without which any catalogue is useless.

BRIGHT Jt SON, 164, STRAND. W.C.

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BARGAINS I BARQAIN8 11Philippine, 1899. surcharged on U.S. ic.

green, id. ; 2c. red or jc. blue, each, Id.; 3c. violet on gc. yellow-brown, each. Ad.; 6c. red-brown. 9d. ; 8c. purple-brown, 8d.; toe. brown, lid. i toe. yellow-srown. 2id .: IK- olive-green, gd.; IK. sage-green, 6d.; 50c. orange-red, 1/3; 50c. orange (no wk.L 5/-. Hong Kong, 1898, toe. on 30c. green, mint, cat. 1J6, 8d.; 1900, 12c. blue, C A „ mint or used. 9d.; [903, K., single CA., 20c„ cat. fid., 2id. ; 30c., cat. 8d., 3 id ; 50c.. cat. 2/6 , t/-. Panama, 1892-96, 20c., cat. fid., 2d.; 50c.. cat. 2/6 . if 1 ; t peso. cat. $/-, 2/3. Canal Zone, t9og, on U.S. 5c. blue. No. 709, I/-. Johore, 1896." provisionals. Coronation issue, set of 6 , I - 6c. mint, 1/9 .Unless mentioned to the contrary all art superb

used copies. Postage extra under 2/6. Apprsval Select lets to Responsible Psrsoai.

VICTO RIA S TA M P Co.225. EU8TON ROAD, LONDON, N W.

This fine SET OF FOUR UNUSED SEYCHELLES, all in pe> feet mint condition, WILL ONLY 6 E GIVEN AWaV TO PURCHASERS OF THE FOLLOW. INO PACKET (No. 60 F| WHO ASK FOR APPROVAL SHEETS. The Packet contains 7$ STAMPS ALL DIFFERENT, including the following rarities: RHODESIA SURCHARGED ON BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA (SCARCE NEW PROVISIONAL). CAYMAN ISLANDS NEW CROWN ISSUE, ORANGE FREE STATE IMS FIRST ISSUE. QUEENSLAND SIXPENCE GREEN, British Guiana (obsolete, on red paper), Tasmania Pictorial Mount Wellington Bai. bados. Old Transvaal. Orange Kiver Colony King. Great Britain Army Official King. CANADA TEN CENT DULL PURPLE (KING'S HEAD), RARE OLD UNUSED CURACAO 1884 ISSUE TWO CENrS MAUVE. UPPER SENEGAL NIGER (GENERAL FAIDHERBE). scarce unused Prussian Official, tine set oT Five Spanish Colonial*, ail nnuseA and including early issues, unused imperf. Columbia Republic, scarce mint Ecuador 1806 (cat. *d.) CANADA QUEBEC CENTENARY (LONG DOUBLE PORTRAIT STAMP), CARTAOENA CIVIL WAR PROVISIONAL NEW PICTORIAL PERU (EQUESTRIAN

STATUE), SHANQHAl MUNICIPALITV, Ac., 4c. PRICE ONLY 8d. Postage Id. extra ( 7d. la all). Plcaic Mad Festal Order. HAMILTON Sl Co., PRESTON PARK, BRIGHTON.

Reeders will greatly kale by aaatloaiig ** Tbe Peetege Stamp* wfeea raplylag la eay al these AdvcrHeeaeata.

IT. THE POSTAGE STAMP-ADVERTISEMENTS.

A SU M PTU O U S W O RK ON C O L LE G E S T A M P S O IV E N F R E E .

THE COLLEGE STAMPS OF OXFORD & CAMBRIDGE— Their History & Use.B y REV. H AYM AN C U M M IN G S, A .K .C ., Lond., F .R .H Is tS o c ., Ac., & c ., &c.

Demy 8vo., Ari Paper, Cloth Gilt. 1,000 Copies only issued.H.R.H. THE PRINCE OK WALES lias accepted a copy of the hook, and been pleased to express his interest therein,

L ITE R A R Y NOTICES AN D O P IN IO N S .“ Mr. Cummings has made a patient and exhaustive study ot the 'Varsity issues, both historically and philatlcally, and this well-

written and well illustrated volume represents practically tire last word on a fascinating branch of British philately. The story of tire College issues is mod interestingly told, the list of emissions and varieties are most carefully compiled, and at the same time a number of mistaken theories and mis-stated facts regarding the stamps are investigated and exposed. . . He has done Biitisli philately goon service by the publication of this beautifully printed handbook.”—.Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly.

F A L C O N E R M AD AN , E sq ., M .A ., Sub Librarian," Rodteian" Oxford. " T h e book Is really a classic from the day it was published, and can hardly ever be superseded . . . It is really a first-rate piece of work.”

T h e R t. Hon. th e E A R L O F C R A W FO R D AND B A L C A R R E S , K .T ., V, Pres. London Philatelic Society. "You have made an admirable guide and text book for collectors ol these interesting issues."

A copy of th e above su m p tu o u s w o rk w ill be P resen ted Free w ith a ll C a sh O rders o v e r so /, received ,su b je c t to fo llo w in g c o n d itio n s:

i. Orders must be for goods from this advert. 2. Cash must accompany order. 3. Book must be applied lor at the same time as order ia sent. 4. This offer expires on the 15th of November. 5. Clients abroad must add 1 /• to pay extra cost of postage.

C A Y M A N IS L A N D S . Soundest Country for Investment.H avin g Just secured a sm all parcel of th ese stam p s w e offer a t a ttr a c tiv e ra te s. 5 tam p s w ont

la s t lony a t th ese p rices. So don’ t be left The rare 1907 mult bi-col. issue, Gibbons, Nos. 13-16.

These stamps are very scarce now arid mind there are no remainders.

4d. brown and blue, mint, 3/6. Block 14/• Doz. 40/- 6d. olive and rose do 3/. do 12/- do 36/-1/- violet and green do 4/. do 13/- do aj/-5/- salmon and green do 20/- do 8./- do £12

Only 30 sheets of the 5/- were printed, of which 34 wer e surchgd.

Single CA. Chalky Issue, i/.on green, mint 2/- Blocks/- 1)02.24/-

Entire pane of 60. mint. 120/-1/- do, used block of 4. Bargain to/- 10/• on green, mint, 11/6

Mult. CA. Chalky Issue.3d on yellow, mint 3id. Block 1/1. Doz. 3/3.

Kane of 6a, 16/- Sheet of tzo, 32/- 6d. violet, mint, 7d. Block 2/3. Doz. 6/6.

Kane of 60,33/.t/. on green, mint, t/z. Block 4/6. Doz. 13/• Pane of 60,65/-

A b o v e O f fe r s e r e e l l B a rg a in s

In th e cold. R eal B arg ain * w h ile th ey la st.Mult. Old. Post and Revenue Issue.

$d. green, mint, id. Block 3d. Doz. 7ri. Pane ol 60, 2/9.• Sheet ot 120, 3/5,

id. carmine, mini. ijd. Block sd. Doz. 1/1.Pane of 6o, 3/5. Sheet of 120,10/9.

aid, blue, mint. 3d. Block 1/. Doz. 1/9. Pane of 60, 13/6. Sheet of 120, 26/9.

id. brown, mint, Id. lilock ■ id. Doz. 4d.Pane of 60,1/0. Sheet of 120, i/to.

id. brown, used, id. Block 3d. Doz. 8d. 100,4/-THE GEM OP THE PARCEL LAST.

The Rare Chalky ,d. on Yellow.Only 2,400 of ibis stamp printed, of which 396 were sur

charged, leaving only 1,004 This stamp has been obsolete now for about 12 months and no further supplies will be issued, as it has been decided to discontinue the 4<f, value.

4d. chalky, mint, to/- Pair so/- Block 40/- 4d. do fine used, to/- do 20/- do 40/-

Should be a f t stamp before the winter is out.B u y b e fo r e p r lo e a r i s e !

£3 Bargain Parcels.We have made up a num

ber of parcels consisting of (he following scarce stamps:HONG KONO. 1879.

je. on 18c, S.G. 232 10 o MOROCCO. 1898,

20c. error for A,S.G. it ........... t o o

FIJI. 1893, 6d„ 2 shades, per f. 11x10 3 o

NBPAUL. ta ttte Mche, fine used pair. S.G. to ... 3 o

SORUTH. S.G. 31.la. sht. of20, entire 13 o

S.G. 33.4a. sheet of3, entire ............ to o

STRAITS. King.Single OA..30C 41,ft. mint ........... 1 it 6

LAGOS. King. Single CA., 6d., fine used..................... 4 o

Total Cat. Value £5 0 6

All stamps are in good condition and of a total cat. value of fj4>4i. We oiler as a special bargain at a quar ler of catalogue prices.

C a t. £ g . O ur P rice, p ost tree, 25/-

T h # S o u th P o l * S ta m p .K INO ED W ARD V II. L A N D Oh N E W ZEALAND .

id. carmine, mint, 30/- id. carmine, used flue, on piece, 3/6.

PANAMAtc., S.G. 292, but with centre inverted. Only one sheet issued. _________________ Bargain 32/6.__________________

SUDAN ARMY SERVICE.tm.. zm , 3m., jm.. tpl. Mint tel. Bargain 3,-

Minl set, tm to api. Bargain 10/- 3pi„ mull wmfc., mini, ao/- topi, single wnik., mint. 30/.___

RUSSIAN CRETE.tin., S.G. 32, mint, 1/9. am.,S.G. 62, mint, 1/9. tgr., S.G. 60,mint, 2/-

V aritlits without Control.tgr., S.G. 63. cat. 7/6. mint, 2/6. tgr., S G. 54. cat. 7/6, mint, a/6.do. do. 60, do. do. do. do. 37, do. do.

anr., do. 36, do. 6/- do.______ am., do. 6a. do. 6/- do.U.8.A. IMPERF8. Sing. Pr. Blk.

1907. 2C. Washington, obsolete.....................1909 Issue, tc., ic., Washington, zc. Lincoln,

Id. 4 d. 8d.

3c., 4c., jc.. s e t ........................................M ailing Machine Perforation.

I/J -a/6 5/*1907. tc F ian klin ............................. . 4 d. 8d. —1907. ac., pale shade .............................. 9 d. 1/4 —1909. 2c. Washington 4d. 8d. —1907. 2c. Washington .............................. 6d. ■ /• —1909. ic. green ........................................ 3d. 6d. —1909. ac. 1 incoln, rare ....................

All in mint condition.M-

K E W K I A N O .ic„ 2C. sc.. 6c., toe.. 13c., 20c., 40c. Mint set of 8. cat. 4/5. Bar

gain, 1/6. Blocks 6/- Shades in each value can be supplied.

BRAZIL.36 all diflerent, cat. 5/.

Bargain t/9.

E C U A D O R ,1 8 0 8 .

5 sucre and 10 sucre, cat. by Yvert tk Tellier at 8

francs. Mint. Only 1/.ic. on 3c., 2c., 4c. on 20c., toe., toe. on joc.. and t sucre, set of six. Cat. by S.G. at 3/- Mint. Only 1/-

EOYPTOFFICIAL.

Surcharged O.H.H.S., Mint set of 3, tm to ipi.. bargain 9d.. blocks 3/. tm. to 3pi„ a/-, blocks 8/

These stamps are now obsolete and should be secured before prices 1 Ise.

POSTAGEEXTRA.

MGREAT BRITAIN OFFICIALS.

23 entirely different. Including unused, cat. at/9. Bargain, 716.

Ask to t copyAPPLETON'S REEKLV.”

T . C. APPLETON, Ben Rhydding, EnglandPrinted bv Baldwins. Philatelic Printers. Tunbridge Wells, and Published for thelProprietois'bytSir Isaac Pitman A Sons, Ltd..

i l l I Amen Corner. London. R.C. *

“ F I N D S . ” (see page 64).

IPOSTAGESTAMPI\/ln Illu stra ted Weekly Journal/or

all Classes o f Stam p Collec tors A


No. 6. Vol. 5. 6 NOVEMBER 1909. Price Id.(Vbole N m nW 110t ____ ______

Important Purchase.W e have Juet acquired a line collection of British Colonial Stamp* la S U P E R B condition, used and unu.ed. Thla we have priced and have on view . Hr. Oulana, Canada, Cape, Ceylon, Hong Kong, and New South W ale* are exceptionally •trong, and there are also some scarce unused

Australians.W e have also the following rarities for disposal, all in v e r y fine

condition, prices on applicationRoumania Moldavia, 37 and 54 par. used; Zurich 4 rap. used;

Russian Levant 3k. an absolutely superb pair with large margins; Tuscany 3 soldi, do crazie, 3 lire (two copies, one with dated postmark) ; Gt. Britain, 10/- King, I.R. Official, mint, with Expert Committee's opinion, £5 on blue, e tc .; Barbados, id. on 5/- pair, and single, shewing all three types; Newfoundland, 11- carmine; St. Helena, id, with b lu e surcharge; West Australia, ad., 1857, two unused copies; Sydney Views, a fine lo t; etc., etc.

T H I S W E E K 'S S P E C I A L O F F E R 1—NEWFOUNDLAND, 5d. brown, mint ............. 4/- each

We have this stamp in three distinct shades (S.G. N&s. 13, X Sr xa .) , also in blacks.

BRIDGED & KAY, 71, Fleet Street, London, E.C.

HARMER, R00KE & Co.P H IL A T E L IC A U C TIO N E ER S,

Have instructions to offer for unreserved sale,

On November 1Bth & 16th,

A Superb Private CollectionContaining many very rare stamps.

Lots on view at Manchester. Nov. 4, 5 and 6. at the premises of Mr. D. Ostara, 34. Corporation Street.

Catalogues free.S a le D a t e s - N o v . a, 11, 1S, 16.

Collectors having Duplicates, Collections, etc., can obtain good prices by selling through auctions. Lots o ffered

w ith in seven d a y s.

HARMER, ROOKE & Co.Offices t Asctlss Rosas. 49. FLEET STREET, LONDON. E.C. Tclcyk.se 12244 Csstral. Telcfraws—“ Phllatvrs, L s if ts .”

C U R R E N T C O L O N IA L S T A M P S8% OVER FACE VALUE.

For Particulars write, 'Phone (579 Sydenham), or Telegraph (“ Regardless, London,” ) to


EWEN’S COLONIAL STAMP MARKET, Ltd.EWEN’S WEEKLY STAMP NEWS (Specimen Free).EWEN’S NEW ISSUE SERVICES.EWEN’S SIMPLIFIED STAMP COLLECTING.

Mssty Orftn ihssM he mat* payable h Sir lease Pitas* A Seas, U4

u THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS.

SU D A HDo you specialize in Sudan stamps?

if so, please apply to me as I have everything you may want at moderate prices.

Sudan Stamps are my speciality since many years, and I always keep in stock all the good errors and varieties of this country.

My Wholesale Price List of all the Sudan 8tamps will be sent to any Dealer free on application.

E. L. ANGELOGLOUS,P.O. BOX 873, CAIRO (EGYPT).

Member American Philatelic Society.Y i Member Int Philatelic Society, Dresden.

N O W R E A D Y .

THE TENTH (1910) EDITION OP THE

STANDARD CATALOGUE OF POSTAGE STAMPS

Complete to September, 1909. Bound In full cloth and greatly Improved.No minor varieties or perforation measurements. Good Illustrations.Neat and clear printing. Strong and handsome binding. Best Catalogue

for the general Collector.

Price 2/- post -freeANYWHERE.

Edition de Luxe, thick paper, Interleaved with white writing paper, 3/6

Monthly Philatelic Novelty List.8d. per annum post free.

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AND HOW TO PREPARE THEN.In crow n 8vo, c loth gilt, So pp.

2 h" T h e P itm an firm has m ade a special feature o f

business books, till now it issues an a lm ost co m p lete business lib ra ry . It pub lications gen e ra lly are to the point, practica l, an d sound, and the latest addition has these characteristics in a fu ll degree .. . . T h e book is entire ly p ractica l, and covers the gro u n d w e ll. W e can recom m end it w ith confidence .” — Sheffield Independent.

" M a n y com m ercia l peop le w ill save them selves a vast dea l o f trou b le if they spend an h o u r o ver these eluc idating p a g e s ,"— T .P .’s Weekly.

" D e a ls w ith a ll the ch ie f points that need to be bo rn e in m ind in endeavou ring to ascerta in the am ount o f incom e on w h ich tax is p a y a b le by business firm s ."— Modern Business.SIR ISAAC PITMAN • SONS, Ltd., Load.., Balk k Ntw York,

P ITM A N ’S

BUSINESS MAN’S GUIDE5th Edition Revised.

Contains Matters o) Every-day Importance

which Every Business Man Ought to know.

Edited by J. A. SLATER, BA., LL B. (Loud)

Crown 8y o , 500 pages, doth, 3s. 6d. Net.

“ An admirable specimen of the new type of business instruction book. In 500 closely printed pages, with subjects arranged alphabetically, it packs away a great amount of information of the kind frequently required and not easily obtained by business men of many kinds. The fulness of the technical phraseology, with foreign equivalents, is one of the best features of the book. Altogether it is a book that can be heartily recommended. ” — D a ily M a i l .

8ee the “ B.M.G.” for the new Companies Act.

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Save MoneyBy buying your stamps from

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L o n d o n , W . C .

APPROVAL SELECTIONS OP ANY COUNTRY, FOR BEGINNERS OR

ADVANCED COLLECTORS.

The Queen’s and High CHffe Hotel, Cliftonville, Margate.TD H ILA TE LISTS will find this an ideal Hotel for a holiday and often meet many other 1 Collectors. Grand situation in own private grounds. Over too sunny Bedrooms looking over the sea. Lecture and Recreation Room. Private Orchestra. Complete installation of Electric Baths, etc. Renowned Cuisine and Choice Wines. Electric Light and Lift. Hair* dressing Saloon. Dark Room. Library and Readihg Room, principal Philatelic Papers taken. Tennis and Croquet Lawns Billiards. Adjoining sands and sea bathing. Near three Goif Links. Inclusive terms from 10/6 per day.

T ariff from th e M an agin g D irector, A . LEON A D U TT, F .R .P .S .L .

EVERYBODY READS THEMA stamp dealer has lately estimated that out of JOO,000 stamp collectors 10,000 are active enthusiastic philatelists. If that estimate be correct practically every keen collector reads the Smalt Want Advts. in The Postage Stamp. Are you on the look out for some variety f It only costs you id. a word to advertise for it in The Postage Stamp.

Y O U W R I T E T H E A D . - W e D O T H E R E S T .

Write for Specimen Copy of the“ P h ila te lic Jo u rn al o f G reat B rita in .”

FROM SPECIAL PURCHASEWe can offer this week

C A P E O F GO O D H O P E

T R IA N G U L A R S ,A Fine Sei 0(4.

A BARGAIN,

17/6 cash.Id. ROSE ... 4d . BLUE ... 6d . LILAC ... 1 - G R EE N ...

C A N A D A —Inliilee. 1807. ic., ic . & y .in ” Mint " condition for T d , post free.

Best class selections on approval if desired. Prices and specimens will suit you.

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Inches ........................ 4 6 4 3 4 0 3 6Sm all Prepaid A d v e rtisem en ts . Twelve words for one shilling, and one penny for

every additional word ; four insertions at the price of three.

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W e do not ofTer B a rg a in s b u t se ll a t a u n ifo rm ly low r a te .

C ollectio n s w a n te d fo r prom pt cash .References required.


FREE G IF T S IAs an Advertisement for this week only.

125 G enuine S tam p s all different, from all parts of the world, including :— P e rs ia , Madagascar, Chili, Egypt, H aytl, Orange River Colony, Swan River, Columbus, Ma- sh o n a lan d , Trinidad, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, U ru g u a y , Straits Settlements, Transvaal, Mauritius, N ew fou n d lan d , &c.. & c„ Post F ree 6 d . (Abroad gd. extra). And to e v e ry P u rc h a se r of the above packet I will g iv e a set of 6 M int H aytl, 1904 issue complete (catalogued 2/-). a duplicate book, perforation gauge, and 500 special stamp mountsa b so lu te ly g r a t is .

THIS IS A MARVELLOUS OFFERand is made for this week only to circulate my new bargain list. Send your 6d. at once.

Do not miss it.

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CO LLE CTO R SO f Curios, Antiques, Books, Coins or anything else whatever, will find a first rate market for specimens they do not want in The Basanr. Exchange and Mart newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply & conveniently

i t is t h e B ra n t P a p e r f o r In fo r m a t io n ,

P r iv a t e 8 a fe e dk B a rg a in s .Advertisements of Private Collectors (/.*• those who do not make a business of purchase and sale) inserted at the rate of 3 words for

Id.,minimum 4d.

TRY IT-QET A OOPY.Price 2d. everywhere, or by post for 3d. in

stamps from theOffices : BAZAAR BUILDINGS, DRURY LANE

L0N00N. W.C.

W M . H A D LO W12, ADAM ST., STRAND,

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S P E C IA L .CAPfi OF GOOD HOPE Books Ready. I.AGOS .............SIERRA I.EONE ... I All Copies Supetb,GAMBIA ...........t and basisG O 1.!) COAST .. Half Curient Cata.M AURITIUS ... logue.N ATAl..........................IALL AUSTRALIAN COLONIES

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W A N T ^ j. 1 waih old Venezuela ami ™ A H * O# oilier Soitih and O n tia l Ame ic*, {'olleetioiiH bouKlit for |iioinpt

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A

GRAND SETOF NINE DIFFERENT

J A M A I C A

Including 3d. green, Queen’s Head, pictorial issue (Llandovery Falls), new Arms type, etc., etc.Send Id. for postage, and mention Gift No. 1,038. On.y one to each

applicant.8BIQHT k SON, 1*4. STRAND. W.C.

SO M E T H IN G B E T T E R . (J A M A IC A .

Q ueen’s Head with M ultiple watermark, all fine, postally used and scarce.

3d. green, price 2d. gd. brown, price 3d.6d. yellow, price 3d. Postage id. extra.


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leader* will inailT half ky itioalaf “ The Parage Strap” wfees replying to nay of fkeea Advert leraoata.

iv. THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS.

T h e P u rp o s e o fIs to se ll you a “ L o n gsh o rt” S ty lo ; you w ill find it convenient, reliable and lastin g. It bas m any features w hich w ill appeal to you, the chief of w hich is, th a t it is


hence the name

t h is ‘A d .’

“LONGSHORT”Made in 'B lacloT ar. orMotlled Vulcanite. Open:foi Use. L e n g th e n s .

Size A. 3/6 HMi. wONti .SjTYLflfMABIE TOODACO

NEW YORK fcLO*NDON

Closed for pocket. Length 2]ins.

Size B. 5/(5|in. open, 3iin. closed.)

t h £ • LONGSHORT STYLO $

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W R IT E S P E R F E C T L Y - A L W A Y S & IN S T A N T L Y



Sold by all Stationers, MABIE, TODD & Co.,or po»t free from Manufacturer! "

3/T and S/1.Write for Free Catalogue,

" S w a n ” Fountpen M a k e r!,

79 & 80, H1QH H0LB0RN, London, W.C.

93, liheapsida, E.C. *95a, Regent 8t., W.3, Exchange 8t„ Mancheater. 10, Rue Neuve, Bruaaelt. Brentano’s, 37, Avam a de

1‘Opera, Paris.And at Bale, New York'

Chicago and 8ydney.

Printed be Baldwin!. Philatelic Printen, Tunbridge Wells, and Published for theiProprietonibytSirilsaac PitmanTA Sons, Ltd.,i f i Amen Corner, Loudon, E.C.

U.S. Stamp Books (see page 76). ;Tb?

iPOSTAGE5TAMPi 4

Z /fo I llu s tra te d Weekly Jo urnal/br V jg oil C/asses o f S tam p Collectors

E D I T E D B Y F R E D . /. M E L V I L L E .

No. 7. Yol. 6. 13 NOVEMBER, 1909. Price id.(Whole Number 1111

GREAT BRITAIN P I T M A N ’S

I w an t to buy for prompt c a sh :

Superb Used Copies Rarities.Varieties.High Values.Mint Early Ismes. Blocks.Proofs.Emayv


Cash pep return sent for ell suitable lots.

I Offerlv salmon, wink, spray,

mint, well centred ... 17/64d„ plate 18, m i n t ...... 3/66d„ plate 18, m i n t ...... 3/6Id , plate II, mint block of

six showing entire water* mark tw ice ........................41-

Board of Education, id., Id., aid., mint set ............. 39/-

Adm irilty Official, type 1, complete mint set............. 35/-

I880-I, id., Id., lid ., ad., 5d., mint set ............................j l -

Selections sent on Approval to any part of the globe.Sptdm n copy of my Weekly Circular post fret on application.


W h e r e t o L o o kAn easy Guide

to Books of Reference.

*' This handy little Book will tell you at a glance which are the best books of reference dealing with almost any subject under the tun . . . . In no way supersedes any existing reference book, but is an invaluable addition to one's library, as it intimates at once the best source of information not only on general subjects to be found in the familiar ‘ Whitaker ’ or ‘ Hazel!,' but also on little-known matters as to which the plain man is often at a lota where to turn for reference. "—Bystander.


SIR ISA A C PITM AN & SONS, L t d ., i AMEN CORNER. E.C.

A M E R IC A N P H I L A T E L I S T S —-W i l l f in d t h a t t h e b r i g h t e s t a n d m o s t u p > t o - d a t e S t a m p W e e k l y p u b l i s h e d

in E u r o p e i s . . . ■

T H E P O S T A G E S T A M P ,Edited by FR ED . J. M ELVILLE.

T h e e a r lie s t p u b lic a tio n o f a ll S ta m p N e w s ; th e b e s t N e w Is s u e S e r v i c e ; th e m o st p o p u la r

I l lu s tr a te d S p e c ia l A r t ic le s ; fu ll a tte n tio n to A m e r ic a n P h ila te lic m a t t e r s ; th e fin e st illu s tra tio n s .

N O A C T I V E P H I L A T E L I S T S H O U L D B E W I T H O U T I T .

A N N U AL SU B SC R IP TIO N (post free to Am erica) S1.56.

S u b s c r ip tio n s a n d A d v e r t is e m e n ts sh o u ld b e se n t to

T H E M A N A G E R , T H E P O S T A G E S T A M P , i , A M E N C O R N E R , L O N D O N , E . C .

Maaay Order* ibaaU bt mad* pnyaMt ta Sir laaac Pttaaa ft Saaa, Ltd

H THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS. '

M r. W . H . P e c k it t A R E C O R DBeg* to inform his clients and stamp collecton generally that he has purchased the collection of the World’s Postage

Stamps formed by the late

S I R W I L L I A M B . A V E R Y , B a r t .This i* the largest general collection ever sold outright, and it constitutes a record in Philately, being thejjreatest singlecasluiansaction^t^jjostaj^^taiim s^ The collection is replete with nearly all the great rarities in fine

condition. The price paid for the collection was

£ 2 4 , 5 0 0

NETT CA8H.In addition to the notable rarities, the collection is strong in medium stamps in exceptional state, e.g„ blocks panes, settings shewing type varieties, many of which are nowadays only accessible at the breaking up of a great collection.

Portions of the collection will be sent as usual to responsible collectors.IMPORTANT.—Mr. PECKITT would remind collectors that although rare stamps are one of his specialities, he gives every attention to the requirements of ail customers, whether for Rare or Medium Stamps, Packets or Sets. Any collector can have New Issues supplied through Mr. Peck itt ’s New Issue Service at 10Z over face. Albums

of all grades. The MELVILLE STAMP BOOKS at 6d. each ; post free. 7d. *

W. H. PECKITT, 47, Strand, London, W.C.Telephone— 3204 Gerratd. Telegrams and Cables— "Peckitt, London.*’


PITMAN’S________

INCOME TAXACCOUNTS.

----------------------- — ............

AND HOW TO PREPARE THEM.In cro w n Svo, c lo th g ilt , So p p .

* / -•• T h e P itm a n firm h a s m a d e a sp e c ia l fea tu re o f

b u sin ess b o o k s , t ill now it issu es a n a lm o st co m p le te b u sin e ss lib ra ry . I t p u b lic a tio n s g e n e ra lly a re to th e p o in t, p r a c t ic a l, a n d soun d , and th e la test ad d itio n h a s th ese c h a r a c te r is t ic s in a fu ll d egree.. . . T h e b o o k is e n tire ly p ra c t ic a l, a n d c o v e r s the gro u n d w e ll. W e c a n reco m m en d it w ith co n fi. d e n c e . ” — Sheffield Independent.

*• M a n y co m m ercia l p e o p le w ill sa v e th em se lv es a v a s t d e a l o f tro u b le i f th e y spen d an h o u r o v e r th e se e lu c id a tin g p a g e s .” — T .P . ’s Weekly.

” D e a ls w ith a ll th e c h ie f p o in ts th a t n eed to b e b o rn e in m in d in e n d e a v o u rin g to a sc e r ta in th e am ou n t o f in co m e on w h ic h ta x is p a y a b le b y b u sin e ss f irm s .” — Modern Business,SIR ISAAC PITMAN t SONS. Ltd., Leedea. Bath R Ntw Verk.

N O W R E A D Y .

The 8th Edition

‘A B C ’ C a ta lo g u eVOL. I -

Adhesive Stamps of all the World.812pp. and 6,000 illustrations. Varieties of Paper, Perforation, Watermark, Type, etc., including Great Britain used Abroad, Colonials on coated paper, are listed and priced, without which a Cata

logue is useless.

Price 2/6Post Free 2/10, Inland or Abroad. *

VOL. II.Envelopes, Postcards, Wrappers, etc.

About 800pp. and nearly 2,000 illustrations.Price I /6

Post Free 1/9, Inland or Abroad.The 2 V o ls, bound to g e th e r , P r ic e 36.

P o st F re e 310 ; A broad H-

Selections of all classes of Stamps sent on approval. W ant Lists solicited.

B R IG H T & S O N , « • T o Z » . w.c.Telephone: 6534Central.

8safari *■ greedy help hr ■ eadeeleg “ The Peerage Sraap" wS«a reptylef re sap el rhea* AfrerttMaiteu.

THE POSTAGE STAMP-ADVERTISEMENTS. iii.

FREDK. R. GINN143, STRAND, LONDON. England.

Telephone No. SftJ Gtrrard. Established tSSO.Silver Medal, London Exhibition, tSg7.

The Hobm for Genuine Bargains. Compare a y prices before purchasing elsewhere. Bargain* for every trade of Collector. SPECIALITY—Fllllat Want Lieu at specially reisoneble prices. Superb specimens only sent. Correspondence

froa reliable Collectors solicited.THREE IMPORTANT PURCHASES.1.— EGYPT. A superb Specialised Collec

tion in singles, pain and blocks. Strongest in the first three issues. Large blocks showing border design in many shades. Tete beche

Fairs and blocks in many different shades, roofs, essays.&c. in great variety. A ll unused 2.—CHINA. A very fine collection of the

Imperial Issues from the fin t to the latest, also many provisional varieties of great rarity.

This collection was made by a Missionary on the spot.

^.-BRITISH GUIANA. A very fine Specialised Collection, containing a large number of the older issues.A ll are in perfect condition. Want Lists filled.

On approval with pleasure. SPECIAL BARGAINS.

NEVIS.1861. Perf. 13. Id. rose (shades)

,. 4d. rose „„ 6d. grey,. I/- green

1867. Perf. 15, Id. red (shades) 4d. orange „

,. I/- blue green ...., 1/- yellow green

1878. Perf. 15, id. red (shades) „ 4d. orange „„ 6d. grey

A ll post free for cash with order. Guaranteed Genuine and m perj

My only Address—Frefk. R.Ginn Dealer A Publisher, M3. Strand.

used s. d. 10 O *7 6 18 o 24 o 10 0 12 6 12 O36 0 6 0

12 0 „ 75 0

Every Stamp condition.

.Stamp Expert London, W.C.

unused s. d.4 6

30 0 27 6 37 65 0

25 0 60 0

J g 85 0 80 0

WATCH THIS COLUMN!5/- B.S.A., 1897 2 35/. ,, Victoria Falls ........... 5 oajd. surcharged Khodesia ........... □ z6d. „ „ ............ o 31/- „ „ ............ 0 66d. „ Mult., 1909 o aj1/......................................... ° 5]d. I K. Official (mint) cat. 6/-... ... t 6$t Hong Kong, King, very fine ... o 72/6 N.S.W., very fine ..........................o 810/- Great Britain..............................2 olid . Sieira Leone, blue........... . ... 0 11/. Gibraltar, King ..........................o 7S. Australia, 3d., cd., 6d , set ol ] ... o 4Paraguay. 1 peso. 1908. blue ............ 0 6

Cash wltb or4«r. Registration extra.Blocks and Piiis at same rates.

Selections of alt Count) ieiagainst refei ence.Price List post ft ee.

PI J A O I I P ^ ANT,LL H0AD>• L . O R y U M , So. TOTTENHAM.

130 GENUINE STAMPS.From all parts of the world, including P e rs ia , Argentina, Columbus, M ad ag asc a r fpictotial), Servian, Cuban. Egyptian (Sphinx, etc.). Transvaal. Javan. Chilian T asm a n ia n (Queen, old) Brazilian. Orange River, Southern Australasia, M ashonaland etc. Post F re e 3d. (abroad 6d.) And to e v e r y purchaser who asks to tee my new B a rg a in L ist 1 wil' p re s e n t g r a t is a set of 8 M int P ru ssia n (catalogued i;->, a duplicate book, a perforation gauge, 000 S tam p M ounts, and a set of 6 United S ta te s

(warahips).THIS IS A UNIQUE OFFER,

and I make it to circulate my new Bargain List, which is a revelation of cheapness.

See It and Ju dge fo r y o u rse lf.

WRRDDV 21, Kyecrnlt Street, Parsons • D E r H I f I y — Green. London. S.W, —

Revised Scale for Advertisements in The Postige Stamp.I Insertion. 0 Insertions,

per insertion.13 Insertions. Per insertion.

26 tnsem tJTper insertion.

Pages ........................£ s. d. £ s. <L £ *. d. £ a d.4 to 0 4 0 0 3 15 0 3 10 0

Half Pages .............. 2 5 0 2 0 0 I 17 6 J IS 0Quarter P a g e s ..............Eighth Pages .............

I 2 6 12 6

I 0 011 0

18 910 O

17 6 9 0

Columns ... ..............Half Columns .............Quarter Columns

1 12 6 17 0 9 0

1 to 0 16 0 8 6

1 7 6 14 0 7 6

1 5 2 12 66 6

Inches ........................ 4 6 4 3 4 0 3 6«StUfi1l Prepaid Advorttafezntntfs Twelve words for one shillings and one penny for


The Queen’s and High Cliffe Hotel, Cliftonvilie, Margate.P H IL A T E L IS T S will find this an ideal Hotel for a holiday and often meet many other 1 Collectors. Grand situation in own private grounds. Over too sunny Bedrooms looking over the sea. Lecture and Recreation Room. Private Orchestra. Complete installation of Electric Baths, etc. Renowned Cuisine and Choice Wines. Electric Light and Lift. Hairdressing Saloon. Dark Room. Library and Reading Room, principal Philatelic Papers taken. Tennis and Croquet Lawns. Billiards. Adjoining sands and sea bathing. Near three Golf Links. Inclusive terms from 10/6 per day.

Tariff from the Managing Director, A. LEON ADUTT, F.R.P.S.L.

SELECTIONS on APPROVALI have a fine series of Approval Books arranged in Countries, and will send any Country on approval. Prices: Q u a rte r to H a lf C a ta lo g u e . References required.

The following books are now ready.Br. New Guinea & Brunei ArgentineLeeward Islands BelgiumIndia FranceNew Zealand GermanyNorth Borneo German StatesS. Australia HollandQueensland NorwaySeychelles RussiaSierra Leone UruguayHong Kong BulgariaCanada ChiliNew South Wales ChinaOthers in preparation GreeceJOHN JAMES COATES,

T9. BOROUGH m oil ST.. LONDON, S.E. Telephone 13882 Central. Established 1879.

CO M PLETE S E T OP

4 5 Handsome CHUNGKING STAMPS FREE.

- 2, 4,8,16, and 24 Candarins (cat. al 2 9). ̂1 To all collectors purchasing Packet No.

1,039 which contains Itsdinerent Foreign.* and Colonial Stamps, including Unused : Zanzibar (Sultan’s Head, cat. fid.), G uat-'1 emala bird, unuaed, Rare old Philippines,,

T 1880. 20c. (this stamp alone ia worth 6d.), L v Reunion 2c. on 20c., Octagonal Thessaly, * j Austria 1904, 35 heller green, a scarce J value. German 2mka.. Roumania Unpaid 4 10 and 30 bani, rare Unused Ecuador (this 1 stamp alone is cat at I/-) and many other , 9 gcod stamps. r

1 P r ic e 1/- p o s t f r e e ( o a t 14/-)c BRIGHT & SON. 134, STRAND, W .C .

CHEAP SETSGAMBIA, 1883, Em bossed S eries.

|d., Id., 2d., 2id., set of four, mini (catalogued 2/8) ........................ 1/6

ICELAND, f902-4, obsolete.3, 4> 5,6 . 10, 20 Are, set of six, used 8d.Ditto, 1907-8, t, 3 ,4 .5.6 , to, is, 20,

25 and three official!, fine used set of tw elve.................................. 1/6

P. L. PEMBERTON ft Co.,68, High Holborn, London, W.C.


W e can sell this week a few fine copies of the

1st Issue, 1851, NOVA SCOTIA3d. blue (diamond), for the low price of 61- each, or two distinct shades for

8/9 the pair; and ditto

NEW BRUNSWICK,3d. red , (diamond) for the exceptional

price of 9/- each.These are standard stamps of great interest and

every rollretor should possess them.

All buyers interested in better dam stamps should call or write

GEO. C. GINN & Co.The " CUy " Stamp Dealer! A Expert*.

59. BUhspsgale Street Within, Loedea, E.C.

N.B.—Interesting Bargains always on hand.

J U S T G I V E M E Y O U R W O R Dto return those lots not required within 3 days, and I shall be happy to send on approval post free to bona fide applicants any of the wonderful bargains listed below. Stamps are a ll diffe re n t, and in b ea u tifu l condition. Please read every item carefully and then tend me your wanta. Rem em ber, I g u a r a n te e to p lease you, favour me by writing, postcards welcomed. 500 varieties, 2/10, a fine lot, any hundred may be chosen for 1/4 ; 300 choice varieties, without. European, an exquisite packet, any too for 2/6; any 50, 1/6; your own selection, a ll th e best If you w a n t 'em I too South America, 1/9 ; 20 Nicaragua. Salvador, or Hor.duras, 7d .; 40 France, 4d.; 22 French Colonies (unused) ic. sd.,2c. 9d„ 4c. 1/4. Sc. 1/6; 30 India, 4d.; 40 japan, 8d.; 50, all unused, I/-; 20 Spanish Colonies. 4d., 40, l t d . ; Triangular Cape, yd.; 1000 mounts, 2d. Stamps purchased.—PHILATELIST, 2, N orland Road, London, W . NOTE.— Overdue Selections charged id. per day.

l o f m will frsmly help hy M s U n ig “ Tbe Parnate Stamp * when replying t. say of these A fn r t u e w n .

T h e P iirp o s e o f t h isIs to sell you a “ L o n gsh o rt” 5 ty lo ’; you w ill find it convenient, reliable and lasting. It has m any features w hich w ill appeal to you, the chief of w hich is, th a t it is

LONG FOB THE HAND yet [SHORT FOR THE POCKET, /PURSE, or HANDBAG.

hence the name

“LONGSHORT”

iv. _ THE POSTAGE 8 T ^ P —-ADVERTISEMENTS

Made inf Black. T»p. or Mottled Vulcanite. Open foi Use. Lentthtaim-

Size A. 3/6

Size B. 5/= ■(5lin.’open, 3}in. ctoaed.)

M mL t.ONr,SnORi STvuO;' MAQie T0L3DSC'*"

NLw vG«* b uONOOts

JOoaed for poekeuGLengthittins. <,,




Sold by all Stationers,orp o itfree from Manufacturer*.

U/T and S/1.W rite lor Free Catalogue.

MABIE, TODD & Co.,"S w a n ” Pountpcn Makora,


93. Uheapeido. E.C.95a. Regent 8t„ W.3, Exchange St., Manchester. 10, Rue Neuve, Brussels. Brentano’a, 37, Aveni e do*

1‘Opera, Paris And at Bale, New York'

Chicago and gydnay.

Printed b» Baldwins. Philatelic Printen, Tunbridge Well*, and PublUbed for the Proprietorx'byiSir'Iaaac Ptanao!& Sons. Ltd.,atf i Amen Comer, London. B.C.

The Errors of Victoria (see page 90).5 5jPOSTAGESTAMPfc

1L/Jn Illustrated Weekly Journal /or W ) j all Classes o f Stamp Collec tors ^


No. 8. Vol. 6. 20 NOVEMBER, 1909. Price Id.(Whole Number 113‘

P I T M A N ’S

W h e r e to L o o kAn e a sy Guide

to Books of Reference.

" This handy little Book will tell you at a glance which are the best books of reference dealing with almost any subject under the sun . . . . In no way supersedes any existing reference book, but is an invaluable addition to one's library, as it intimates at once the best source of information not only on general subjects to be found in the familiar ‘ W hitaker’ or * Haaell,’ but also on little-known matters as to which the plain man is often at a loss where to turn for reference.”— Byslander.


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A ll lots a re offered in Auction Seven D ays a fte r receipt. P ro m p t Settlem ents. Satis

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H ig h P r ic e s realized fo r S in g le R arities .

IM P O R TA N T N O TIC ET h e S a t u r d a y A fternoon Sales, com m encing at 2 p .m and la stin g till 5, w ill be held

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i i THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS.

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WEST AFRICANSIncluding all the rarities, provisionals, and scarce shades in Gambia. Lagos, Niger Coast, So. Nigeria, No. Nigeria, and Sierra Leone, practically complete. The Condition throughout is magnificent :: :: :: :: ::

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published of used King’s Head stamps.POST FREE ON APPLICATION.

F R E D E R I C K G U T H R I E ,19, WATERLOO STREET, GLASGOW.

STANDARD CATAL06UE OF POSTAGE STAMPS

1910 E D IT IO N N O W R E A D Y .

CLOTH BOUND 2/- Post Free.Edition de L uxe, In te r le ave d . a/B.

SPECIAL OFFERS.s. d.

CHINA, commemorative, 3c., 3c., and 7c., set of 3,unused ......................................................................... 0 6

BRUNEI ON LABUAN, ic. to Si. set of 12, unused 85 0Ditto, postaily used ............................................... 50 0

STRAITS ON LABUAN, lc. to (1, set of It, unused 20 0Ditto, postaily used .................................... ... 27 6

ITALIAN SOMALILAND. Postage Due, 5c. to lolire,set of II, unused.......................................................... 22 8

GW ALIOR, King, 2l annas blue, unused .................. 0 5

Monthly Novelty List, 6d. per annum,Post Free.

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ON NOVEMBER 23rd A nd 24thWILL BE OFFERED T H E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

L A R G E G E N E R A L C O L L E C T I O NFormed by the late Dr. S. J . MANOOK, Member of the Philatelic Society of India.______________________________ C A T A L O O U E R E A D Y ._______________________________

ON DEOEMBER 7th and 8thWILL BE OFFERED THE -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fine Collection of Europe, Great Britain and ColoniesFormed by Col. CROFT LYONS, containing many One Colonials, and especially strong In WEST INDIANS. C A T A L O Q U K R E A D Y .

ON JANUARY 4th and 5thWILL BE OFFERED -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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N.B.— Two Extra Sales have been fixed to take place on November 29th and December 13th.

DATES FOR 1910-Jan. 4th ft 5th, 18th ft 19th ; Feb 1st ft 2nd, 15th ft 16th; March lgt ft 2nd, 15th ft 16th; April 12th ft 13th, 26th ft 27th; Hay 10th ft 11th, 24th ft 25th; June 7th ft 8th.

Baadan .will irsstly M , by aaadaalag ■* Tba Paatafa Staay'' e t a raplylat ta M y af tbaaa Aivarttsaaaais.

THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS. Hi.

Revised Scale for Advertisements in The Postage Stamp,6 In sertions, 13 Insertions Jo Insertions.

d.p er insertion . per in s e rt!**. per in s e rt!**.

£ 8. £ *. d. £ d. £ ». APages .............. ... 4 10 0 4 0 0 3 15 0 3 10 0Half Pages ... ... 2 s 0 2 0 0 I 17 6 l tS 0Quarter Pages ... Eighth Pages ... ... 1

212

66

t O11

00

1810

90

17 69 0

C olu m n s.............. t 12 6 I 10 0 I 7 6 I S 0Half Columns ... _ 17 0 16 0 14 0 12 6Quarter Columns ... 9 0 8 6 7 6 6 6

Inches .............. ... 4 6 4 3 4 0 3 6Sm all Prepaid A d v e rtise m e n ts . Twelve words for one shilling, and one penny for


CHEAPSETSGAMBIA, 1886, Embossed Series.

id., id., 2d., 2)d.,set of four, mint (catalogued 2/8) ........................ 1/6

ICELAND, 1802-4, obsolete.3, 4, 5,6 ,10 ,20 ore, set of six. used 8d.D itto. 1907-8, l , 3. 4, $, 6,10, IS, 20,

25 and three officials, fine used set of tw elve................................... i/6

The Queen's and High Cllffe Hotel, Cliftooville, Margate.P H I L A T E L I S T S will find this an ideal Hotel for a holiday and often meet many other 1 Collectors. Grand situation in own private grounds. Over 100 tunny Bedrooms looking over the sea. Lecture and Recreation Room. Private Orchestra. Complete installation of Electric Baths, etc. Renowned Cuisine and Choice Wines. Electric Light and L ift Hair* dressing Saloon. Dark Room. Library and Reading Room, principal Philatelic Papers takeo. Tenon and Croquet Lawns. Billiards. Adjoining sands and sea Bathing. Near three Golf Links. Incluive terms from 10/6 per day.

Tariff from the Managing Director, A. LEON ADUTT, P.R .P .S .L.

EVERYBODY READS THEMA stamp dealer has lately estimated that out of 500,000 stamp collectors 10,000 are active enthusiastic philatelists. If that estimate be correct practically every keen collector reads the Small W ant Advts. in Ttu Postage Stamp. A re you on the look out for some variety I It only costs you Id. a woid to advertise for it in The Postage Stamp.

Y O U W R IT S TH E A D .-W B DO T H E REST.

I

H. E. HAWORTH & C°:87/8, A LOCATE HIGH STREET, LOHDOH, E.Selections of Stamps sent on approval.


We do not offer Bargains but sell at a uniformly low rate.

Collections wanted far prompt cashReferences required.


F R E E .-IS RO U M ANIA .“ E x o O l n l o r " C o l l e c t i o n

containi ISO different stamps Including the following s e t s 8Newfoundland, 5 Japan, 6 Canada including Map S tam p , 5 India, 10 French, to Belgium, Pictorial Congo, Jamaica, Egypt and New New Zealand, Rare Peru, old Costa Rica, Venezuela (ob.olete 25 years). Natal, Spain, Portugal, pictorial U .S.A., and a S e t of IS Roumanla. This wonderful offer with 72 page illuatrated Guide to Stamp Collecting, sent free for 2d. to

cover packing and postage.BU TLER BROS , CLEVID O N .

CO LLECTO R SO f Curios, Antiques, Books, Coins or anything else whatever, will find > first rate market for specimens they do not want in The Bataar. Exchange and Marl newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply & conveniently

I t 1* ttim Qrmat P a p e r f o r In fo r m a t io n ,

P r iv a t e S a le s & B a rg a in s .Advertisement* of Private Collectors (<•*. those who do not make a business of purchase and sale) inserted at the rate of 3 words for

ld „ minimum 4d.T R Y I T — G E T A C O P Y .


Offices: BAZAAR BUILDINGS. DRURY LANE LONDON. W.C.

ELECTRIC OOODS.Nickelplated Torch (6jin. long) s. d.

with press switch and refil ... 2 6Ditto larger size ........................ 4 0Pocket Lamp, 4I volt bulb and refil 1 6Ditto for field or Scout work ... 3 0Complete set o f motor parts for

making reliable electric motor for driving model*, fans, &c., only ... 5 0

Three arm fan for working with above motor, iod. each.

NIXON « Ce., 48, Oreesflelds SI., Shrttrebsry.


B Y S E N D I N G FOR P A R T I C U L A R S OF

W. H. P E C K I T r S N E W I S S U E S E R V I C E ,

4 7 S T R A N D , LONDON, W.C.

P. L. PEMBERTON A Co.,88, High Holborn, London, W.C._______Telephone 6647 Central.

W e can sell this week a few fine copies of the

1st Issue, 1851, NOVA SCOTIA3d . blue (diamond), for the low price of Sh each, or two distinct shades for

8/9 the pair; and ditto

NEW BRUNSWICK,8d. re d , (diamond) for the exceptional

price of 91- each.These are standard stamps of great interest and

every collector should possess them.

All buyers interested in better class stamps should call or write

GEO. C. GINN & Co.The “ Clly " Slaws Dealers A Experts,

S8, Blehspsgate Street Wltkls, Lsados, E.C.

N.B.—Interesting Bargains always on hand.

a a D i f fe r e n t BRITISH a j DU COLONIALS o n ly UUsPacket No. 1087 contains 60 different British Colonials, including * Icteris 84. brews (postage). Bahamas (King’s Head), Oreiaba King. Fiji id. King. N.S.W. (Capt. Cook), Traaivaal 44 Ktag. India I rape* King (on H.M.S.), O. R, Colony King, New Zealand 34. yellsw 1M2 8 34. (Bird*) 18*8. *» wwk., Cyprus, Tasmania (two handsome pictorial stamps) view of Mount Wellington and Hobart, Transvaal, Barbados, Jamaica (Falls) 34. Qsees's Head, and a set of 12 different Indian. Tbfa Let It ssaally said at b/4. Our price B e l . , postage extra. Only 1

packet to each applicant.New Ready! 8lh Edltlsa “ A B C.” Catalogue

sf all Stamps, BIZ pages, 3/18 past free.BRIGHT 8 SON, 144. Stra.4, Les4ee, W.C.

BARGAINS.t. d

British Guiana, 1876, 4c. perf. 12), Gibbons’ No. 98 Catalogued £3/10/- 26 0

Orange River Colony, l900,2d.V.R.|. thick V and inverted 1 for I, No.■ 90d C at £2 ............. ... ... 12 6

Sierra Leone, 1896-7, £l mint No. 53 22 0New Zealand, 1864,1/-green W .M .K,

(NZ) perf. 12) No. 73 Cat. £3 ... 20 0Mauritius, 1860-3, No W .M .K. 6d.

slate unused, Cat. £1/15/-No. 52... 10 0N.S.W . Sydney view, 3d. green No.

38, C at £3 cut cloee........................ to 0St. Vincent, 1872-3, perf. is W.M.K.

star Cat. £l No. 17b. .............. 7 0

The London Philatelic Co.,APSLBY, HEMEL-HBMPSTEAD.

tender! will (realty balp by mas tta star - The Peetege Stamp .".whan reptytaf » tar ef tbsse Adveettasmeatt.

THE POSTAGE ST AM P—ADVERTISEMENTS.iv.

T h e P u rp o s e o f t h is ‘A d . ’ / >I s t o s e l l y o u a “ L o n g s h o r t ” S t y l o ' ;

y o u w i l l f i n d i t c o n v e n i e n t , r e l i a b l e a n d l a s t i n g . I t h a s m a n y f e a t u r e s

w h i c h w i l l a p p e a l t o y o u , t h e c h i e f o f w h i c h i s , t h a t i t i s

LONG FOB THE HAND yet SHOBT FOB THE POCKET,PUBSE, or HANDBAG.

hence the name

“LONGSHORT”Made.in1 Black,iTar\ orMottled Vulcanite. Open:foi Uae. Lengthi'tJins.

Size A. 3/6Cloeed for pocket. Length'2}inF.,

Size B. 5/=(5lin.*open, 3}in. closed.)

THE ' LONGSHOflT STYLO i MAS3IE T0DD&C9 iB

"--tMT '037' 07 BPNf S'C9?I E


Fitted with smooth point and spring needle. May be carried in any position [without fear of leakage.

G E T O N E T O - D A Y S

Sold by*all Stationers,or post free fr o m Manufacturer*,

3/T and 8/1.W rite for Pree Catalogue.

MABIE, TODD & Co.,11 Swan " Pouotpen Makers,


03, Uheapside, E C 95a. Regent 8t.. W.3. Exchange 8t.. Manchester. TO, Rue Neuve. Brussels. Brentano's, 37, Aveni e ds

I'Opera, Paris.And at Bale, New York

Chicago and 8ydnoy.

Printed br Baldwins. Philatelic Printers. Tonbridge Welle, and Published for theiProprieton'by^SirHuac PitmanlA Sons, Ltd.,»tT i Amen Corner, London, E C

The Phllatette Library: What It should contain <sk PACE 1IM».T h e

POSTAGESTAMPik i l

lA n Illustrated WeeklyJoumal/hr 7 )| all Classes o f Stamp Collectors


Xo. .9 Vol. 5. 27 NOVEMBER. 1909.■ Whole Number 1131 Price Id.

GREAT BRITAIN ON VIEW.I w a n t t o b u y f o r

p r o m p t c a s h :

Superb Used Copies. Rarities.

• Vaiieties.High Valuer.Mint Early Issues. Blocks.Proofs.Essays.


Cash p a r re tu rn se n t fo r a l l su ita b le lo ts.

1 have J u st P u rch a se d a magnificent collection of the P r iv a te T e le g ra p h Com panies'stam ps of Great Britain alio of Circular Delivery Companies’ stamps. This collection contains many of the G re a te s t R a rities such as the 59. and 10s. Electric Telegraph Co., the Directors’ frank of the same Company, South Eastern Railway Telegraphs. London District Co.’s 4d. Full Details and Prices on Application.

I have also recently purchased a very fine and valuable collection of used early ad. blue stamps, including several blocks and strips.

Selections sent on Approval to any part of the globe. Specimen eopy of my Weekly Circular pest free on application.

A fine collection of Colonials recently purchased, pricing to over fl.OOO. Also practically everything in British Colonial Stamps to

£5 each.

SEND US YOUR W AN T LIST.

T H I S W E E K ' S O F F E R S 1 -

G IB R A L T A R — July, 1889— 5c. on id., toe. on Id., and35C. on 2d. Set of 3 . -1 / B - t

7 U L U L A N O — 1894-96— Id., Id.. rid., and Jd.. unused.Set of 4 - 1 .4 .

Our new Price List wilt shortly he ready.May we send you a copy t

OSW ALD MARSH,P. BELVEDERE ROAD. NORWOOD. LONDON. S.E.

BRIDGER & KAY,71, FLEET STREET, LONDON, E.C.

A M E R IC A N P H I L A T E L I S T S■ W ill f in d t h a t t h e b r i g h t e s t a n d m o s t u p - t o - d a t e S t a m p W e e k l y p u b l i s h e d

in E u r o p e i s . . .


'■ *•«The earliest publication of all Stamp News; ihe best New Issue Service; ihe most popular Illustrated Special Articles; full attention to American Philatelic matters; the finest illustrations.

N O A C T I V E P H I L A T E L I S T S H O U L D B E W I T H O U T I T .

A N N U A L S U B S C R IP TIO N (post free to Am erica) *1.(16.*■

Subscriptions and Advertisements should lie sent toT H E M A N A G E R , T H E P O S T A G E S T A M P , i , A M E N C O R N E R , L O N D O N , E t C .

Many (M o t thsalfi b* aafi* payaklc 11 Sir Isaac Pltaaa ft Saat, Ltfi

H THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS.

T H E AVERY C O LLE C TIO N .Recently Purchased by Mr. W. H. PEOKITT for £ 2 4 ,5 0 0 nett cash.

8YNOPSIS OF CHIEF COUNTRIES REPRESENTED.NOTE. Nearly every country and colony is represented in the collection formed by the late Sir William B. Avery, though in

varying degrees of completeness. Some of the more important countries are highly specialised.The following list is of countries and colonies of which there are notable collections, or in which there are outstanding items of

high interest or rarity. Countries in which the collection is just ordinarily represented are omitted.PART I.-BRITISH EMPIRE.

Great Britain. Barbados.British Columbia and

Vancouver Island. British Guiana. Canada.

Cape of Good Hope. Ceylon.Fiji.India.Ionian Islands. Mauritius.

Natal.Nevis.New Brunswick. Newfoundland. Nova Scotia.Oil Rivers.

St. Christopher.St. Helena.St. Vincent.Straits Settlements.Tasmania,Trinidad.

Turks Islands. Victoria.Virgin Islands. Western Australia.

Argentine Republic. Austrian Italy. Belgium.Brazil.Columbia.Dominican Republic.

PART II.-FOREION COUNTRIES.Greece.Hawaiian Islands. Italy & States, notably

Tuscany.Naplea.Sicily.

France.

Germany and States, notably

Bavaria. Brunswick. Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Oldenburg Saxony. Thum and Taxis. Wurtemburg.

Mexico.Paraguay.Peru.Portugal. Roumania and

Moldavia.

Switzerland (notably strong in Cantonais).

United States, General Issues.

United States Postmasters* provisionals, notably— Brattleboro’, Millbury, SL Louis.

Confederate States, Uruguay.

Portions of the Collection will be sent as usual to responsible collectors.

IMPORTANT, Mr. P E C K IT T would remind collectors that although rare stamps are one of his specialities, he gives every attention to the requirements of all customets. whether for R A R E or MEDIUM Stamps, P A C K E T S or SETS. Any collector can have New Issues supplied through Mr. P E C K IT T 'S NEW ISSUE SER V ICE at 10% over face. Albums of all grades.

TH E M E L V IL L E S T A M P B O O K S a t 6d. each ; P o st F ree, 7<1.

W. H. PECKITT, 47, Strand, London, W.C.Telephone—8204 Gerrard. Telegrams and Cables— " Peckitt, London."

P ITM A N ’S

BUSINESS MAN'S GUIDE5th Edition Revised.


w k ich E v e r£ j3ustnKs_Mau^^^

E dited b y J. A SLA TE R , B A ., L L.B . (Lond.)

C r o w n 8y o , 500 p a g e s , c lo t h , 3 s . 6 d . N e t .

" A n admirable specimen of the new type of business instruction book. In 500 closely printed pages, with subjects arranged alphabetically. it packs away a great amount of information of the kind frequently required and not easily obtained by business men of many kinds. The fulness of the technical phraseology, with foreign equivalents, is one Of the best features of the book. Alto-

Rether it is a book that can be eartily recommended. ” — Daily Mail.

8ee the '■ B.M.Q.” for the new Companies Act.

LO N D O N : SIR ISA A C PITM AN & SONS, LT D .

N O W R E A D Y .

The 8th Edition

‘A B C ’ C a ta lo g ueVOL. I.—

Adhesive Stamps of all the World.812pp. and 6,000 illustrations. Varieties of Paper, Perforation, Watermark. Type, etc., inclining Great Britain used Abroad, Colonials on coated paper, are listed and priced, without which a Cata

logue s useless.

. Price 2/6Post Free 2/10. Inland or Abroad

VOL. II.

Envelopes, Postcards, Wrappers, etc.About 800|>p. and nearly 2,000 illustrations.

Price 1/6Post Free 1/9, Inland or Abroad.

The 2 Vols. bound- together. Price 86.Post Free 8.10; Abroad */-

Selectiont of all classes of Stamps sent on approval. Want Lists solicited.

B R IG H T & SO N ,w' STRAND>t m i v i u i a o v r n , Lo n d o n , w . c .Telephone: 6534 Central.

I seders will greedy M y by ■eetteeleg “ The Peetege Staap * wbee reylyiif te aey at tksee Atvwdeeeeea.

THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS. m.

FREDK. R. CINN143, STR A N D , LONDON, E ngland.

Ttit phone No. 893 Gerrard. Established 1880. Silver Medal, London Exhibition, 189?.

The Itoase fsr Ocnnlne Bargalni. Conger* mj prices before purchaslsg elsewhere. Baristas for every trade of Collector. SPECIALIIV- Filliat Waal Lists at specially reasoosble prices. Sapcrh speciaeas oaly scat. Carrespoodeace

froa reliable Coflcctors solicited.

Wanted to Buy for Cash Down.I have received instructions from a Client

to invest

£ 1 0 , 0 0 0for him in early Imperforate Rarities of

Colonials.Especially Wanted, used and unused

SYDNEY VIEWS, Lasreated Issues ol New "■ 'oath Wales. Early Mauritius, Ceylon, New Zealand,

Tasmania, Cape of (iood Hope, etc, etc.Fine Copies only, in Singles, Pairs & Blocks.

A ll the G reatest Rarities W an ted .Cash sam e day as received .

All Dealers and Collectors are invited to submit on approval ically floe pieces of Rarities.

Unique opportunity to realise for cash down. No waiting and no commission top a y - __________________

Note Name and Only Address—

FREDK. R. GINNStaap Eipert, Vainer aod Publisher,

1 4 3 , S T R A N D , L O N D O N , W .C .

H. E. HAWORTH & C ° :87/9, AID GATE HIGH STREET,

LONDON, E.Selections o f S tam ps sent on ap p ro va l.

Condition a n d Cheapness our Speciality .

We do not o ffe r B a rg a in s but sell a t a un ifo rm ly low rate .

Collections w an ted fo r prom pt cash


_______ Telephone 10361 Central.______

BARGAINS) BARGAINS IIB rit. G uiana, 1898. Jubilee, 2c. (cat.

I / - ) .............................................................4d-Brit. Honduras, 1891, Jc. Queen

(cat. 1/-) 4d.C eylon , 1903, King, l£c., single ... 3d.J a m a ica , 3d., Queen, mult. (cat. 4d'.... IdA u str ia , 1908. Commemorative, I and 2

korona, the p a ir .......................................4d-A u s tr ia (T u rkey), Commemorative.

2 p ia s tr e s ..................................................2d.G reece, tcoi. 50 lept. (cat.dd.).............. 2d.G u a tem ala, 1902,1 peso, (cat. 8d.) ... 3d.U .S .A ., Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 2c.

m int........................................................... lid.China. March. 1904, lurch. " Postage

Due. I, 2, 4, $ and 10c.. only in use $ months, the set of 5 .............. ... 2/-

C h in a , Nov., 1904, “ Postage Due,'* i , I,2, 4, 5. 10 and 20c., the set of 7 ... X/3

Postage Extra.Thousands of other Bargains. See my List.

W -B E B B Y .^ R S ^ S S K T !

Revised Scale (or Advertisements in The Postage Stamp.A insertions. 13 Insertions. JO insertions.per insertion. , per insertion. per insertion.

£ tn d. £ «. d. £ a. d. £ a. d.Pages ....................... 4 10 0 4 0 0 3 IS 0 3 10 0Half Pages ............. 2 5 0 2 0 0 t 17 6 1 15 0Quarter P a g e s ............ l 2 6 l 0 0 18 9 17 6Cighth Pages ............. 12 6 It 0 10 0 9 0

C olu m n s........................ l 12 6 I 10 0 I 7 6 I 5 0Half Columns .............. 17 0 16 0 14 0 12 6Quarter Columns 9 0 8 6 7 6 6 6

Inches ........................ X 6 4 3 4 0 3 6Sm all Prepaid A d vertisem en ts. Twelve words for one shilling, and one penny for


The Queen's and High Cliffe Hotel, Cliftonville, Margate.P H IL A T E L IS T S will find this an ideal Hotel for a holiday and often meet many other L Collectors. Grand situation in own private grounds. Over too sunny Bedrooms looking over the sea. Lecture and Recreation Room. Private Orchestra. Complete installation of Electric Baths, etc. Renowned Cuisine and Choice Wines. Electric Light and L ift Hair- dresaing Saloon. Dark Room. Library and Reading Room, principal Philatelic Papers taken. Tenm« and Croquet Lawns. Billiards. Adjoining sands and sea bathing. Near three Golf Links. Inclusive terms from 10/6 per day.

T ariff from the M anaging D irector, A. LEON AD U TT, P .R .P .S .L .

SELECTIONS on APPROVALI have a fine series of Approval Books arranged in Countries, and will send any Country on approval, p rice s:.Q u a rter to H alf C ata lo gu e. References required.

The following books are now ready.Br. New Guinea & Brunei ArgentineLeeward Islands BelgiumIndia FranceNew Zealand GermanyNorth Borneo German S'.atesS. Australia HollandQueensland NorwaySeychelles RussiaSierra Leone UruguayHong Kong BulgariaCanada ChiliNew South Wales ChinaOthers in preparation Greece

JOHN JAMES COATES,1*. BOROUGH HIGH ST.. LONDON, S.E.


BARGAINS! BARGAINS f tSlam , 1899. i-face. 3 atts. used, 15/- ; i89‘ -98. Ii' atts on 24 atts. No. 108, with inverted ' S.’ ’ uncat. used.scarce, 3 A ustrian L ev an t, Jubilee, 2 piastres, used. 41!.: 3 piastres, used, 9d.; 10 piastres, used, 1/6 ; 2d piastres, ureel, a-. Ph ilippin es. 19 9, > peso, lavender, used, if-. Hong K ong. 1891. Jubilee, block of 4 showing scarce variety, ipace between HO NG. unused, 40 -; 1891. Jubilee, single copy of scarce variety, space between HO NG, used with B62 cancellation, 22 -; 1891.J jbilee, short U. unused. SI- ! 1898. tec. on 30c. green, unused, 7d. (blocks of 4 at same rate) ; 1903, King, single C. A., $10, used, fair copy, 18 - : t88r, I2r. on $10, ro,e, used, 10 -; 1897. $[1 n $3. wed or unjsed. 5 - ; 1891, 2c. rose, sur. S.D., No. 312, used, 5/6.

Post tcc extra on orders below 5 - Approval Selections of MoJera'rly priced slumps

in good coiidi.'ion lo rtspon 1 bit persons.V I C T O R I A S T A M P CO

2 2 5 , EU STO N ROAD, LONDON, N.W.

I Save MoneyBy buying your stamps from

P. L. PEMBERTON & CO.,88, High Holborn,

London, W.G.

A PPR O VA L SELECTIONS OF A N T

COUNTRY, FOR BEG INNERS OR ' ADVANCED COLLECTORS.

Write for Specimen Copy «/ the“ Philate lic Jou rn a l o f G reat B rita in . ’

We can sell this weik a fuw fine copin of the

UNITED STATES1869 ISSUE (p ictu res).

2c. brown teat. 9d.) ............. 4d. each6c. b lu e tea t . 2/ - ) ............................. l i d . ,,10c, yellow (cat. 26) .............. 1/3 „12c. green (cat. 2<6I .............. I I - ,,ISC. blue and brown (cat. 5/') ... S I - .. 24c. green and brown (cat. 15.-) 8/- ,,A nice Selection of G re a t B rita in and

United S tates on Show or Approval.All buyers Interested in better class stamps

should call or writeGEO. C.GINN & CO.,

The 11 City M Siaanp Dealers 4 Llperd.50. B lsh op ffateS t. W ithin* London* E*C*

N.B.-^Interesting Bargains always on hand.

12/6 Packet of Stamps for 4d.Packet No. 1089 contains 105 different stamps (cat. 12,6), including unused V enezue la

(cat. 6d.); Austria ; r a r e P e rs ia 12ch. on 1 k r . (ca t. 2,8) ; J am aica 8d. Queen s H ead ; Servia old Issue (imperf.); obsolete Zan z ibar , unused (worth 6d .); Argentine, Swiss. Japan, etc., etc. Price 4d ., postage extra.

B R I G H T & S O N , 1 6 4 , S T R A N D , W .C .mlag " The .Peetafe S o a p " wtes raplylai te say if tbeee Advewl— eats.

t ot'lS:

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T 1 1E P O S T A G E S T A i^ P — A D V E R T I S E M E N T S .m m

P u rp o s e o f t h is ‘A d . ’15 t o s e l l y o u a " L o o g s h o r t ” 5 t y I o ; y o u w i l l f in d i t c o n v e n i e n t , r e l i a b l e

* a n d l a s t i n g . I t h a s m a n y f e a t u r e s

w h i c h w i l l a p p e a l t o y o u , t h e c h i e f o f w h i c h i s , t h a t i t is


o hence the name

“LONGSHORT”Made in Black. T ar. or Mottled Vulcanite.

iJHL LONS S h o p T S1»lQ- M ftB lE TO D D S C "

NEW YORK %i LONDON

Open foi Use. Length 4}ins.

Size A. 3/6

Size B. 5/-(S lin . o p e n . 3 ) in . c lo s e d . )

tlML 'LONCtShORT STYLO M A fllE TODOftCO

NEW VO RK S.LONOON

Closed for pocket. Length aiios.

THE L0NGSHO2T 'STYLO s mab 1E TODD 6rC? Z s

PATfNT 1D97 r/GTRON* 5IQ99' E

W R IT E S P E R F E C T L YA L W A Y S S t IN S T A N T L Y .

M'*]'

J i . v : G E T O N E T O - D A Y !

Fitted with smooth point and spring needle. May be carried in any position without fear of • leakage.

Sold by all Stationers,Si dr post free from Manufacturers,

i f v - , ! ..: N tf/r a n d S fl .W rite lor Free C atalogu e.

MABIE, TODD & Co.," S w a n " Fountpcn Makers,

79 & 80, HIGH HOLBORN, London, W C.

93, Cheapside. E.C.*95». Regent 8t.. W.3. Exchange 8t.. Manchester. 10. Rue Neun, Brussels. Brentano's, 37; Avem . da

I’Opera, Paris And at Bale. New York

Chicago and Sydney.

Printed 'be Baldwins. Philatelic Printers, Tunbridge Wells, snd Published for the rroprietors'by'Sir'Isaac Pltpianlft Soot, Ltd.,U I Amen Comer. London. K.C.

{The

POSTAGE5TAMPI\An Illustrated Weekly Journal fo r | a// Classes o f Stamp Collec tors ^


No. 10. Vol. 5. 4 DECEMBER. 1909. Price I<1(Whole Number 1141_________________________________________

P I T M A N ’S

Where to LookA n e a s y Q u id e

t o B o o k s o f R e f e r e n c e .

" This handy little Book will tell you at a glance which are the best books of reference dealing with almost any subject under the sun . . . . In no way supersedes any existing reference book, but is an invaluable addition to one's library, as it intimates at once the best source

. of information not only on general subjects to be found in the familiar 1 Whitaker * or ‘ Hazell,' bat also on little-known matters as to which the plain man is often at a loss where to turn for reference." — Bystander.


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C U R R E N T C O L O N IA L S T A M P SB S OVER FACE VALUE.

For Particulars write, ’Phone ($79 Sydenham), or Telegraph (" Regardless, London,’’ ) to


EWEN’S COLONIAL STAMP MARKET, Ltd.EWEN’S WEEKLY STAMP NEWS (Specimen Free).EWEN’S NEW ISSUE SERVICES.EWEN’S SIMPLIFIED STAMP COLLECTING.

Weekly Stamp Auction SalesC O LLECTIO N S IN U R G E N T DEM AND.Those contemplating selling should realisse

while competition is keen.All lots are offered in Auction Seven Davs after receipt. Prompt Settlements. Satis

faction guaranteed.High Prices realized for Single Rarities.

IM P O R TA N T N O TIC EThe Satu rd ay Afternoon Sales, commencing at 2 p.m and lasting till 5, will be held

Saturday. Nov. 20th and 27th.Valuable unreserved lots included. Catalogues Free.

HARM ER, R OO KE & Co.omen ft Auction Rooms. *♦. FLEEf STREET, LONDON, E C. Telephone I I IN Central. TelegramsPhilatora, Leaden.”

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it THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS.

S U D A NDo you specialize in Budan. stamps ?

if so, please apply to me as 1 have everything you may want at moderate prices.

Budan Stamps are my speciality since many years, and I always keep in stock all the good errors and varieties of this country.

My Wholesale Price List of all the Sudan Stamps will be sent to any Dealer free on application.

E. L. ANGELOGLOUS,P.0. BOX 873, CAIRO (EGYPT).

^ ^ Member American Philatelic SaclelyT ? Member 1st. Philatelic Society, Dreedee.

STANDARD CATALOGUE OF POSTAGE, STAMPS

1910 EDITION NOW READY.

CLOTH BOUND 2/- Post Free.EDITION DB LUXE, INTERLEAVED, 8/8.

BRITISH CRETEs. d.

1898, Provisional issue, 20 paradesmauve, used....................................26 0

1899, 10 and 20 parades, two coloursof each, set o f 4 u n u s e d .............. 1 0

The above stamps were issued by the British Authorities during the provisional occupation, and rightly belong to the British section of albums and catalogues. See our article on another page of this week's issue

o f “ The Postage Stamp,"M onthly Novelty L is t , 6A. per annum ,

Post Free.


Collectors desirous of keeping their Collections up to date with the least trouble and at the lowest cost, should consider the following points and Join my

I0 PER GENT NEW ISSUE SERVICE(1/1J IN THE 1/-)

ECONOM Y*. A uniform charge of 10% is made upon actual face value.E F F I C I E N C Y . My customers have received various provisionals of recent dates, and other

stamps showing a considerable rise in value.P R O M P T IT U D E . It is my object to effect a supply with the least possible delay after

hstie ; stamps are generally sent out simultaneously with their announcement in the Philatelic Papers.

S IM P L E A C C O U N T S . Detailed and plain.C O M P L E T E D IS T R IB U T IO N , Every subscriber to my New Issue Service receives

their full supply at the same time. 1 indent for my complete requirements, and, on receipt, the stamps are sent out at the above uniform rate, irrespective of any rise in value— everyone is treated equally.

S C O P E . British Colonies, either in the simple form of “ King's Heads ” only, or with varieties of shade, perforation and paper. Pairs, blocks, etc , supplied.

Circulars with further particulars tm application.

W. H. PECKITT, 47, Strand, London, W.C.Telephone—8404 Gerrard. Telegrams and Cablet— " Peclritt, London."

Bugera will (really M t By natl.a lag “ The Paanga Snap * wbte replying w aay at thaw Adverttaemsis.

THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS. lii

Revised Scale for Advertisements in The Postage Stamp.A insertions. 13 Insertions 40 Insertions.per insertion. per iiv n iM . per iusertiem.

£ is d. £ ft. d. £ ft. d. £ ft. d.Page* »o* ..* *0. 4 10 0 4 0 0 3 15 0 3 10 0Half Page* ............. 2 5 0 2 0 0 1 17 6 I 15 0Quarter P a g e s ............. I 2 6 I 0 0 18 9 17 6Eighth Pages .............. 12 6 11 0 10 0 9 0

C olu m n s......................... I 12 6 I 10 0 1 7 6 1 5 0Half Columns .............. 17 0 16 0 14 0 12 6Quarter Columns 9 0 8 6 7 6 6 6

Inches ........................ 4 6 4 3 4 0 I 3 6Small Prepaid Advertisement*. Twelve words for one shilling, and one penny for


The Queen’s and High Cliffe Hotel, Cliftonvllle, Margate.'P H IL A T E L IS T S will find this an ideal Hotel for a holiday and often meet many other 1 Collectors. Grand situation in own private grounds. Over ioo sonny Bedroom* looking

over the sea. Lecture and Recreation Room. Private Orchestra. Complete installation of Electric Baths, etc. Renowned Cuisine and Choice Wines. Electric Light and Lift. Hair* dressing Saloon. Dark Room. Library and Reading Room, principal Philatelic Papers taken. Tenni« and Croquet Lawns. Billiards. Adjoining sands and sea bathing. Near three Golf Links. Inclusive terms from IO/6 per day.

Tariff from the Managing Director, A. LEON ADUTT, P .R .P .S .L .

I EVERYBODY READS THEM( > A stamp dealer has lately estimated that out of 500,000 stamp collectors 10.000 are

[ active enthusiastic philatelists. If that estimate be correct practically every keen 1 collector reads the Small Want Advts. in The Postage Stamp. Are you on the look out

for some variety ? It only costs you id. a word to advertise for it in The Postage Stamp. Y O U W R IT E T H E A O .-W E DO T H E REST.

H, E. HAWORTH k C ° :87/9, ALDGATE HIGH STREET,

LONDON, E.S electio n s o f S tam p s se n t on a p p ro v a l.

C ondition a n d C h eap n ess ou r S p e c ia lity .

W e do n o t o ffe r B a rg a in s bu t se ll a t a u n ifo rm ly low r a te .

C ollectio n s w a n te d fo r prom pt cash References required.

Telephone I036I Central.

CO LLECTO R S01 Curios, Antiques, Books, Coins or anything else whatever, will find a first rate market for specimens they do not want in The Basaar. Exchange and Mart newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply Sc conveniently

It Is t h s G re a t P a p e r f o r In fo r m a t io n ,

P r iv a t e S a la s A B s rg a ln s .Advertisements of Private Collectors {ig. those who do not make a business of purchase and sale) inserted at the rate of 3 words for

Id., minimum 4d.'TRY IT—QET A COPY.


Offices : BAZAAR BUILDINGS. DRURY LANE LONDON, W.C.

RACKET OF STAMPS FOR Gcfl-

Packet No. 1090 contains 206

different stamps, Price 8d., Postage

Id . extra. (Abroad 10d. post

free).

BRIGHT

This packet contains 206 different Foreign and Colonial Stamps, including the following grand varieties: S c a rc e J a m a ica 3d. g r e e n , Q ueen ’s Head, with multiple wmk; A u str ia , s c a rc e 2 k ro n a valu e,South A u stra lia , V iew o f G en eral Post Office, A d e la id e ; P e rs ia , 12 ch . on 1 k r . (cat. 2/6), lndo-Chine, obsolete 15c. blue, Austria, Hungary, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Swiss, Argentine, Japan, Holland, etc., and many others.

Only one of these packets sent to each applicant.St SON, 104, STRAND, LONDON,

TheCatalogue value

of this packet is about

£ 1

w c .

K E E P Y O U R C O L L E C TI ON U P - T O - D A T E

B Y S EN D I N G FOR P A R T I C U L A R S OF

W. H. P E C K I T T ’ S NEW I S S U E S E R V I C E ,

4 7 S T R A N D , LONDON, W .C.

Save MoneyBy buying your stamps from

P. L. PEMBERTON & GO.,S8, High Holborn,

London, W.O.

APPROVAL SELECTIONS OF ANY COUNTRY, FOR BEGINNERS OR

ADVANCED COLLECTORS.

Write for Specimen Copy o f the “ P h ila te lic J o u rn al o f G re a t B rita in .’

We can sell this week a few fine copies of the

UNITED STATES1880 ISSUE (pictu res).

3c. brown teat. 9d.)6c. blue (cat. 3/ - ) ........................10c. yellow (cat. 3/6)12c. green (cat. 216) ..............15c. blue and brown (cat. 5/-) ...34c . g r e e n an d b row n (c a t . IS/-)

A nice Selection of G re a t B rita in and U nited S ta te s on Show or Approval.

All buyers interested in better class stamps should call or write

GEO. O.GINN & CO.,The “ City ” S tM f Dealers A Experts,

GO, B lsh o p g a te S t. W ith in , London, E.C. S ,B ,—Interesting Bargains always on hand.

4d. each ltd. ,,

2,000 STAMP HINOE8 FREE.Intending buyers from my Approval Sheets (6d, in the 1/- discount) receive gratis 3,000 best quality Stamp Hinges, large size. Send a postcard to-day for a selection.— H. McCraight, 3, Norland Road, Shepherds Bush, W.

S O M E T H I N G B E T T E R . JAMAICA.

Q ueen’s Head with M ultiple watermark, all fine, postally used and scarce.

3d. green, price 3d. zd. brown, price 3d.6d. yellow, price 5d. Postage Id. extra.


W . H. REGAN, l24,Qseca'sR*a4, Bsyawatcr, Loodoa, W. (opposite W. Whlteley'lt.

Office hours—9a.m, 7 p.m,, Sats. 9a.n1. 2p.mBARGAINS! BARGAINS 11B rit. G uiana, [898, Jubilee, 3c. (cat.

I / i ) ........................................................4d.B rit. H onduras, 1891, 3c. Queen

(cat. I/-) ................................................. 4d.C eylon , 1903. King, 15c., single ... jd. J a m a ica , 3d., Queen, mult. (cat. 4d)..,. Id. A u stria , 1908. Commemorative, I and 3

korona, the p a ir ...................................... 4d.A u str ia (Turkey), Commemorative.

3 p ia s tr e s ................................................. 3d.Greece, toot. 50 i=pt. (cat.6d .).„ ... 3d.G uatem ala, 1902, 1 peso, (cat. 8d.) ... 3d. U .S.A ., Hudson-FultonCelebration, 2c.

m int...........................................................ijd.C hin a, March, 1904, surch. ’ ’ Postage

Due, I, 2. 4, 5 and toe., only in use 5months, the set of 5 21-

C hln a, Nov., 1904. “ Postage D u e,"), 1,2, 4, 5. 10 and 30c., the set of 7 ... 1/3

Postage Extra.Thousands of other Bargains. See my List-W R P D D V 21. Ryecreft Street. Parson

• D E i l U f I s _ Greeo. Loo4*a, S.W. -

uVoodirs will froarir halp by Medsatag ** Tho'.Footage Stamp'.whaa replying to aay at tbeae Advortli


\

T h e P u rp o s e o fI s t o s e l l y o u a “ L o n g - s h o r t *' S t y l o ;

y o u w i l l f in d i t c o n v e n i e n t , r e l i a b l e a n d l a s t i n g . I t h a s m a n y f e a t u r e s w h i c h w i l l a p p e a l t o y o u , t h e c h i e f o f w h i c h is , t h a t i t is


hence the name

\\

“LONGSHORT”Made, in'Black.’T a r . or Mottled Vulcanite. Open:fotJUse. L e n g th e n s .

Size A. 3/6♦ -

T 'wonc»smioft" ' M ABIE TODOSC^ i

---- _ N E w VO RK %, LONDON

Ckaed for pocket Length 2f ins. ,

Size B. 5/»(S)in. open. 3lin. closed.)

THE LONGShOST STYLO S TMa DiE. TODD icC9

PA T £ Is T l9C7r/CZ R?N« 510591zBE

J


Fitted with smooth point and spring needle. May be carried in any position* without fear of leakage. ?J-

g e t o n e : t o - d a y t

Sold by all Stationers,orpostfree from Manufacturer*,*

»/ T and B/1.W rite for Free Catalogue.

MABIE, TODD & Co.,‘ ’ Swan” Fountpen Maker*,


93* Cheapsids. E.C.95a. Regent 8t., W.3, Exchange 8t., Manchester 10. Rue Neuve. Bruiaela. Brentano's, 37, Avem e de

1'Opera, Paris And « t Bale, New York

Chicago and Sydney.

Printed *bv PalHwiw. Philatelic Printer*, Tunbridge V ell*. and Published for thelProprietonibyiStDluaac PitmanjA Son*. 1 tc.at r Amen Comer, London, F.C.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER-ONE PENNY.

V IM .IPOSTAGESTAMPI 1 3

* [ rM

\/ln Illustrated Weekly Journal/ur all Classes o f Stainp Col he / ors


No. II* Vo| 5. 11 DECEMBER* 1909 l>rice Id*Whi.ii* N«j" h** IH

GREAT BRITAIN.I w a n t t o b u y f o r

p r o m p t c a s h :

Superb Used Copies. Rarities.Varieties.High Values.Mint Early Issues. Blocks.Proofs.Essays.


C ash pep re tu rn se n t fo r a ll su ita b le lo ts.

I have Ju st P u rch a sed amagnificent collection of the P r iv a te T e le g ra p h Com p an ies’ stamps of Great Britain also of Circular Delivery Companies' stamps. This collection contains many of the G re ate st R a rities such as the $s. and 10s. Electric Telegraph Co., the Directors' frank of the same Company, South Eastern Railway Telegraphs, London District Co.’s 4d. Full Details and Prices on Application.

I have also recently purchased a very fine and valuable collection of used early 2d. blue stamps, including several blocks and strips.

Selections sent on Approval to any part of the globe. Specimen ropy of my Weekly Circular post free on application.


JUST PURCHASED.

BRITISH USED ABROADW e h a v e Ju st p u rch a se d a line co llectio n c o n ta in in g a good m a n y on

*. e n t ire en v e lo p es. S election s w ill be se n t on a p p ro v a l. Send W a n t List.

Id . BLACKS, 1840On e n tire c o v e rs , v ario u s d a te s , from M ay 8th, 1840 (F irst D ay o f issue).O v e r 1,000 in sto c k , from 1/- each .

A

Fine Specialised Collection of Great B rita in

C o n ta in in g , w ith fe w e xce p tio n s, a ll k n o w n S tam p s, unused and used.A ll S tam p s a r e n o w p riced se p a ra te ly .

S election s se n t on a p p ro v al.

C H A S . N I S S E N & C O .7, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON, W 0.

Purchase of a ............Superb General Collection

W e h a v e Just completed th e purchase, for n early £3,000 cash , of a re a lly fine co llection form ed by a w ell-kn ow n collector.A L L C O U N TR IES ARB INCLUDED and some h ave been specialised. W e m ay mention a few Item s to g iv e an Idea of

th e scope of the collection.

GREAT BRITAIN AND COLONIES.Gt. Britain— a very flue lot, including moat of the Officials; Barbados— including Id. on 5/-, 3 unsevered pain and 4 singles; Br.Columbia— complete; B.C.A.— including £25 CC. unused; B .E.A.— fairly complete; Br. Guiana— very fine lot of all issues; Br. Honduras— including Inverted surcharges; Ceylon-lndudlng 4d .,8d. and 2/-imperf.,8d. perf.(4 copies)and a fine lot of pence issues; Lagos— complete ; Mauritius— Including many superb earliest state of plate, etc., e tc .; N.S.W.— very floe lot of Sydneys; O.F.8.— a specialised lo t ; St. Vincent— practically complete; Straits and Native States— very fine ; Turks Island— Including 2 d. on 1/- blue, 2|d. on 1/- lilac, 4d. on Id., 4d. 00 1/-, various ty p es; Uganda — very fine: Victoria— a fine lo t; West Australia— including 2a. (two upused); and most of the smaller countries complete, used and unused.

EUROPE AND EUROPEAN COLONIESA very complete lot. France and Germany are fine and Include good collections of all the Colonies and States of both countries; Portugal and Colonies— well represented and exceptionally strong In Portuguese Indies; Spain and Colonies— very strong, including a fine lot of Philip, pines ; Tuscany—3 lire, 2 copies; Moldavia, 27 and 54 par., etc., etc.

FOREIGN COUNTRIES-A very mood lot. South Americans with Argentina complete ; Buenos Aires— including first issue 4 and 5 pesos e tc .; Brazil— lncludng severaj sets of first Issue and slanting figures, used and unused; Columbia— practically complete ; Antioqula— first issue complete; Bolivar first 10c. green, and other States fine ; Uruguay— a fine lot, etc., etc.

Let us know what you require and we will send a selection.

SEND US YOUR WANT LIST.These are all filed and any stamp out of stock is procured If possible. _____

to K i t e m s . " All collectors should have a copy. Free on application. It will keep you up to date in what

we are doing.

BRIDGER & KAY, 71, Fleet St., London, E.C.^ - r )

Hioejr Orders ibiild be Made payabl# to Sir Isaac Pitman it S«*a, Ltd

THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS,ii

W . T . W IL S O N ,Stamp Dealer & Expert,

18, Livingstone Road, Handsworth,B I R M I N G H A M .

(30 Y e a p s ’ E x p e rie n ce .

THE NEW 1910 SCOTT CATALOGUEj u s t a rr iv e d , ALL THE W ORLD, 809 i llu s tr a te d p a g e s ,

PRICE 3 /- POST FREE.A Single Reference will Repay YOU the Outlay many times

over 11

My Bi-Monthly Circular No. 54 has jnst appeared and will be sent Free to any collector on request.

I t le full of Bargains in Old and New Issues, contains Special Price Lists of Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and " The Classical Issues ” of Australia, also the first instalment of a new List of

Stamps Used on Original EnvelopesA SPECIAUTE— Very Large Variety of same on hand.

Special and Choice Selections of an; particular Country or Issue

are the most Important branch of m y business.

“ Difficult” Want Listsrequested and these receive prompt personal attention.

European Set Price List,Of 550 different, at Bargain Prices, sent Free on requestThe following are Sample Seta (every stamp different, noduplicates):—120 Austria .......... 6 0 35 Luxemburgh ... 2 6

9 Austrlan-Italy . 0 0) 10 Monaco .......... 1 025 Austrian-Levant 3 0 20 Montenegro 1 910 Baden .......... 1 5 35 Norway .......... 1 1130 Bavaria .......... 1 6 50 Portugal .......... 2 960 Belgium (no Parcet 7 Prussia .......... 0 8

Post) .......... 2 0 9 Roman States ... 1 030 Bosnia ..........35 Bulgaria ..........

21

a»

50 Roumania, including Moldo Wallachia 2 6

16 Crete................. 2 0 30 Russia .......... 1 640 Denmark.......... 1 3 10 San Marino 1 05 Eastern Roumelia 1 51 10 Saxony .......... 1 520 Finland .......... 1 3 30 Servia .......... I 900 France .......... 3 6 80 Spain (none pun50 German Empire 1 3 ched or barred) 4 940 Greece .......... 2 O 60 Sweden .......... 1 862 Holland .......... 2 0 60 Switzerland 4 042 Hungary .......... 1 3 55 Turkey .......... 4 040 Iceland .......... 7 0 30 Wurtemberg ... 1 665 Ita ly ................. 2 0W 1WMJ ... ... ... A. VOr the whole of the above Fine Collection, containing 1,350 different European Stamps, offered together for only 70s.JUST THE THING TO START A COLLECTION WITH I

Postage extra on ordera under 5a.

Philatelic Literature“ Campechet, ’by W alter Clarke Bellows. The unique

Handbook. Edition 100 copies only. Pries 80/-,’ post tree, and mostjrapldly incrsasslin valns.Mr. FRED. J.'M ELVILLE’says

“ Campeche" by Bellows is a contribution'to the Belles- Iettres of PhUately, (See “ The PoetagelStam p ’’ of June 25th last.

PUBLICATIONS of the PHILATELIC SOCIETY of INDIA.Sole European Agency— Stock held a t Birmingham.

"In d ia n Convention States— Chamba to Patiala," Pries 10/- “ Jammn and Kashmir " (in 2 parts). Price 10/- “ Indian Fiscal and Telegraph Stamps.” Pries 10/- Afghanistan.” Pries 20/-

“ The Philatelie Journal of lndiz.” £ B /- per annom. Nearer^Particulars on application.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED?-

The BestChristmas Present

FOR A STA M P C O LLE CT O R 1 IS A

STAN D AR D :: ALBUM ::cither bound in cloth ar leather in one or two volumes or with linen h in g ed interchangeable leaves for use in Paragon spring back binders.

The Standard Albums are arranged and illustrated on a novel principle, and every space is numbered to correspond with our catalogue.

For those who prefer a blank album with interchangeable leaves, the -Acme ’ and ‘ Paragon ’ are still the best.

T h e ‘ A cm e’ Album at 5,6 post free is a marvel of cheapness; it is not a temporary collecting book but a substantial album for permanent use.

The ‘ Paragon’ Albums are supplied in a variety of style of binding, and with either paper or card linen- hinged leaves. Avoid imitations.

Write for free booklet containing particulars of all our publications, also our new price list of sets for 1910 which is now ready.

WHITFIELD KING & Co., IPSWICH

N O W R E A D Y .

The 8th Edition

‘A B C ’ C a ta lo g u eVOL. I . -

Adhesive Stamps of all the World.812pp. and 5.000 illustrations. Varieties of Paper, Perforation. Watermark. Type, etc., indud.ng G re a t B rita in used A broad , Colonials on coated paper, are listed and priced, without which a Cata

logue is useless.

Price 2/6Post Free 2/10, Inland or Abroad.

VOL. U.

Envelopes, Postcards, Wrappers, etc.About 800pp. and nearly 2,000 illustrations.

Price 1/6Post Free 1/9, Inland or Abroad,

The 2 V o ls. bound to g e th e r , P r ice 3 6.P o st F re e 8,10; A broad */-

Selections of ail classes of Stamps sent on approval. W ant Lists solicited.

B R IG H T & S O N , 184Telephone: 6534Central.

Readers will greatly help hr •a a tle iis f “ Ths Psett|s Stamp" whse replylag is say at that* Advtrttaaaats.

THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS. in

FREDK. R. GINN Revised Scale for Advertisements in The Postage Stamp.■ 43. STR A N D , LONDON, England.

Telephone No. 893 Gerrard. Established 1880. Silver Medal. London Exhibition, 1897.

The Howie far Genulae Bargains, Compare my prices before purchasing elsewhere. Bargains tor every grade of Collector. SPECIALITV— Filling Waal Llsia at specially reasonable prices. Superb specimens only sent. Correspondence

from reliable Collectors solicited.


to invest

I Insertion. 0 insertions. 13 Insertions. JO Insertions.per insertion. per insertion. per insertion.

£ ft. d. £ ft. d. £ ft. d. £ ft. d.Pages ........................ 4 10 0 4 0 0 3 15 0 3 10 0Half Page* .............. 2 5 0 2 0 0 I 17 6 1 1$ 0Quarter P a g e s ..............eighth Pages ..............

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Inches ........................ 4 6 4 3 4 0 i 3 6Sm all Prepaid A d v e rtisem en ts . Twelve words for one shilling, and one penny for

every additional word; four insertions at the price 01 three.



SYDNEY VIEWS, Laureates Issues ol New -oulh Wales. Early Mauritius, Ceyiun, New Zealand,

Tasmania, Cape of (food Hope, etc. elc.Fine Copies only, in Singles. Pairs & Blocks.

The Queen's and High Cliffe Hotel, Clifiunville, Margate.T3H IL A T E L 1STS will find this an ideal Hotel for a holiday and often meet many other 1 Collectors. Grand situation in own private grounds. Over 100 sunny Bedrooms looking over the sea. Lecture and Recreation Room. Private Orchestra. Complete installation of Electric Baths, etc. Renowned Cuisine and Choice Wines. Electric Light and Lift. Hairdressing Saloon. Dark Room. Library and Reading Room, principal Philatelic Papers taken. Tennis and Croquet Lawns Billiards. Adjoining sands and sea bathing. Near three Golf Links. Inclusive terms from 10/6 per day.

T ariff from th e M an agin g D irector, A . LEON ADUTT, F .R .P .S .L .

A ll th e G re a te s t R a rities W an ted. SELECT IONS on APPROVALC ash sa m e d a y a s re c e iv e d .

A ll Dealers and Collectors are invited to submit on approval really Hue pieces ofRarities.

Unique opportunity to realise for cash down. No waiting and no commission to pay. ____________________ ,


FREDK. R. GINNStamp Expert. Valuer ant Publisher.

1 4 3 , S T R A N D , LO N D O N , W .C .

S E A S O N A B L E G IF T S .100 different British Colonials...........MO „ „ .........................800 .......................................................500 „ „ ........................." Universal ” Stamp Cabinet, with 12

drawers, l ' l , post free ....................Cloth Bound Interchangeable Album,

(In dark green nr royal red)

l l -t l t7/6

22/6

1/10

mCLIEFUkll MUSS, II, Wuoimi>use Lane. Leeks.

I have a fine series of Approval Books arranged in Countries, and will send any Country on approval. Prices : Q u a rte r to H a lf C ata lo gu e. References required.

The following books are now ready.Br. New Guinea & Brunei ArgentineLeeward Islands BelgiumIndia FranceNew Zealand GermanyNorth Borneo German StatesS. Australia HollandQueensland NorwaySeychelles RussiaSierra Leone UruguayHong Kong BulgariaCanada ChiliNew South Wales ChinaOthers in preparation Greece

JOHN JAMES COATES,19. BOROUGH HIGH ST.. LONDON, S.E.


p I N E old Colonial, British and European, 4 used and unused.— Wright, Ivycot, St. Neots.

A GRAND SET OF NINE DIFFERENT

N E W Z E A L A N D r K t tIncluding 3d. (Huia Birds), Id. (Mount Cook). Id. (Lake Taupo), id. (White Terrace', scarce Official, and Life Insurance, etc.Send Id. for postage, and mention Gift No. 1091. Only one to

each applicant.

B R I G H T & S O N , 1 6 4 , S T R A N D . W .C .J U S T G I V E IVIES Y O U R W O R Dto return those lots not required within 3 days, and I shall be happy to send on approval post free to bona fide applicants any of the wonderful bargains listed below. Stamps are a ll d iffe re n t, and in b ea u tifu l condition. Please read every item carefully and then send me your wants. R em em ber, I g u a r a n te e to p lease you , favour me by writing, postcards welcomed. 500 varieties, 2.10, a fine lot, any hundred may be chosen for 1,4 ; 300 choice varieties, without. E uropean , an exquisite picket, any 100 for 2/6; any so, 1/6; your own selection, a ll th e best i f you w a n t ’em I too South America, 1/9 : 20 Nicaragua, Salvador, or Honduras, ?d. ; 40 France, 4d.; 22 French Colonies (unused) Ic. 5d., 2c. 9ri„ 4c. I 4, 5C. 1/6 ; 30 India, 4d.; 40 Japan, 8d ; SO, alt unused, 1/-; 20 Spanish Colonies, 4d., 40, icd. ; 1000 mounts, 2d. Stamps purchased — H. McCRAlGHT, 2, N orlan d R oad, London, W .

C H I L IThe scarce 30o. ro se -ca rm in e of 1892-

1900. used. P r io n 6 d . A B a rg a in . Postage Id.

This stamp was very little used and the remainders were used up for the surcharged stamps of 1900.

Collectors interested in the stamps of Chili should write for a selection from our large stock of this country

P. L. PEMBERTON k Co.,68, High Holborn, London, W.C.


And Read this, it will Repay you.Rhodesia 00 B.S.A. 2id., fine .......... 2d.

9d. 4d.

British South Airies, Itet, 'it- ...* ... 2/8 Hawaii, 1871,18c. rose, mint (cat. 5/-) II- Cyprns, Ring, 5, 10, 30 pa and dpi.... 3di Hong Song, 1 to 10c. Ring,act o f 6 ... 8d. Sudan. 2, 5 and 10 piastres (cat. 6/6) 2/6 Canada, Quebec Comment., set of 3 . .. 2d. Ityassa (Giraffes dt Camels), complete

set of 13 (cat. 5/10) .................... 1/8(POSTAGE EXTRA.)

COLLECTORS should writ* tor my APPROVAL SELECTIONS

BARGAIN PRICE L IST FREE.

W R P D D V 21. U.ecraft Street. Parsons • 4 7 l i f t 11 ■ | Grets, London, S.W.

(CO LLECTIO N . 2178stamps, including $0!v~• old and rare Colonials, catalogued £45. Accept£5 5s. Bargain.— W. Yarde, Hillsborough. Brynteg, Abrrtillery.

F I V E S O U D A N C A M E L F R E E .This handsome Set of Hve'Sondan Picture Stamps (all the Fine Camel Trooper Issue), Including rare surcharged officials will only b* GIVEN AW AT to purchasers of the following Bargain Packet (Ho. 71 PL who ask for Approval 8beota. The Packet contains 76 stamps all different. Including the following rare : Abyssinia 1959 Snares Large law Pictorial, Seychelles King's Head, Unused British East Africa and Uganda law Central Value, Straits Settlements King, obsolete British Guiana, Jamaica Tel. stamp one shilling, Tasmania Picture stamp view of Hobart, New Zealand Pictorial Lake Taupo. Egypt Official surcharged O.B.H.S., Ceylon King (obsolete), New South Wales Fourpence Captain Cook, St. Pierre and Hlqnelon 1999 Fisherman (Large Handsome Pictorial), Rare Old Unused Curacao 1889 Issue Two Cents Mauve, Bolivia obsolete issue, old Philippine Islands 1880 2c. crimson, mint Veneruela, old United 8tate* 1861 Issue, Two rare high-value Austria F ifty He ler and One Krone, large high-value Belgian Parcel Post 70c. (cat. 2d.), Mexico Eagle 1903, Mozambique Company Pint Xiane Surcharged on King’s Head, Large Pictorial Guadeloupe (Mount HouDemont), Pandkot (Bara Indian Hstive State), lew Bi-colonrsd Iceland with Heads ofjHings Christian and Frederick, dW;, Ac. Pries Only 6d. Postage Id. Extra (7d. in all). Flsase send Facial Order. |

H a m i l t o n S t C o . , P r o a t o n P a r k , B r l g / h t o n .

Isodera will gnatlr Sdp ky aeatlealtt “ Thk^Pascaf* Stamp." •hes roptylaf la aay et tees* AkvertlMmoou.

IV, THE PubTAUE STAMP—ADVEKTISEMENTb.l

A 10°/° New Issue ServiceAND ITS ADVANTAGES.

A uniform charge of 10% (i/ij in the i/-) is made upon a c t u a l face value from fractions to pounds.

My customers received Morocco i and 2 pesetas, various Brunei and Straits, a provisional Cayman, the set of Fiji Condominium, and the 1 /- Condominium (multiple) at above rate.

It is my object to effect a supply with the least possible delay after the stamps are issued.

Detailed and plain.

Every Subscriber to my New Issue Service receives their full supply at the same time. I indent for my complete requirements, and on receipt, the stamps are sent out at the above uniform rate, irrespective of any rise in value.

British Colonies, either in the simple form of “ King’s Heads only,” or with varieties of shade, perforation, and paper.

• i

New Issues require systematic collecting. T he philatelist who purchases them haphazard, is sure to find later on that some of the items which appreciate most in value and in interest have been missed by him.

The only systematic way of taking New Issues is to subscrilre to a prompt and thorough New Issue Service.

I make a speciality of such a Service, and endeavour to supply my clients with a c o m p le te service of all new stamps of the British Colonies.

Mine is a " S t a n d a r d " N e w Is s u e S e r v ic e , by which I mean it includes all straightforward varieties, but not the unimportant varieties of shade, flaws, etc., unless they are specially required.

Economy -

Efficiency -

Promptitude -

Simple Accounts

CompleteDistribution

Scope

Circular with further particulars on application.

W. H. PECKITT, *T- «TRAND-= — - -■ - = 1 LONDON, W.C.

Telephone— 3204 G enard. Telegrams and C ables— “ Peckitt, London."

Printed 'bv Unlaw inn. 1 himtelic Printer*. Tunbridge V ell*, ana Fublirhed (or the! Proprietor*1 by tSirlnnnc Pitman & Soon. Ltd.at 1 Amen Corner, Irmrinn. F.C.

Concerning Commemoratives— By Cornelius Wrinkle (see pace iss)

i.The

/A] \ = iPOSTAGE5TAMP|\/ln Illustrated Week!)' Journal fo r fi ) l all Classes of'Stamp Collectors J


No. 12. V ol 5. 18 DECEMBER. 1009 Price IdlWbol« Number 116’

P I T M A N ’S

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Auction Sales Twice WeeklyNext Dates—Dec. 21, 22, Jan. 3.

High Prices obtained for Collections, Duplicates, and Mixed Lots of Stamps. Cash

Advances promptly made on same.We are the only firm of Auctioneers exclusively devoting themselves to the sale of stamps on commission, and are the only Auctioneers who

can offer lots within seven days of receipt.Commission 10 percent, on amount realised,

minimum charge 1/6 per lot.Philatelists can have catalogues sent post free Valuations given free o f charge for country buyers and Lots sent fo r their inspection. For further particulars

address—

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i i THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS.

P ITM A N ’S

BUSINESS MAN’S GUIDEBth Edition Revised.


w h ic h E v tr ^ B u s in e s s M a n ^ u g l^

Edited by J. A. SLA TER , B A ., L L .B . (L o n d )

G r o w n 8 y o , 500 p a g e s , d o t h , 3 s . 6 d . N e t .

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See the “ B.M.Q.” for the new Oompanies Act.

LO ND ON : SIR ISA A C PITMAN & SONS, LT D .

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STANDARD CATAL06UE OF P0STA6E STAMPS

1910 E D IT IO N N O W R E A D Y .

CLOTH BOUND 2/- Post Free.Edition de Luxe, Interleaved, 3/6 .

A U S T R A L IA .Pottage Due, lint Issue, with blank space at foot, id. to 1/-, catalogued by Gibbons at 26/-. our price for the complete set of eight, unused, only 14/-.

New Hebrides Condominium.id. to 1/-, set of seven, unused, 7/6.

la your Album a “ PARAGON,” or only an Imitation?


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THE PRAOTIOAL WI8DOM OF THE BIBLE.

Edited, with an Introduction, by J. S. LO E STR A C H E Y .In demy l6mo., cloth gilt, gilt top, 3s. 6d. n et; leather 3s. 6d.

net.

THE FIRST GEORGEIn Hanover and England. By LE W IS M E L V ILL E .

T H E CRISIS IN TH E B A L K A N S.SERVIA AND THE SERVIANS.

By M. CH EVO M IJALOVICH.In demy 8vo., cloth gilt, gilt top with 16 Illustrations. 16s. net.

A fascinating history of a very interesting section of the people of the Balkans, which, in view of the present crisis should be of great worth and value. _____PITMAN’S ILLUSTRATED AUTUMN LIST will be sent

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Raadar* .will graatly kalp by waaflaalif “ Tha Paatagi Stawp" wkaa raplylag ta aay a< ikaat Advartlaamaatt.

THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENT!-.

t f 5 Dreadnoughts (United States Stamps) to all applicants for free illustrated Price List.

CHRISTMAS BARGAINS in sets, etc., 15 Austrian Jubilee lb . to 2kr., price 9d . ; 3 Chinese (Temple of Heaven) Price 5d . ; 112 Mynssa, 2 'r. to 800 rets, price 1/6 ; 3 Indian, 2, 3 and 5 rupees. Queen, price 4/-; 6 Newfoundland, (Royal Family) price 9d . ; |7 Dominican Republic, 1002 pictorial issue, price 1/-; a Salvador, 1907 issue, 1 to 10c „ price 8 d .; 5 Salvador, 1906 Issue, 1 to 6c., price 6 d .: 9 Slam 1 a tt to 1 tical, price 1/fl; 7 Hayti, 1904, 1 to 50c., price 1/-; 5 Sudan, (Army Service) price 1/8. 10 Mozambique, 2) rels to 300 rets, prioe 1/6 ; 14 Russian, price 6 d .; 2 Uruguay, 1909 issue (View Port of Montevideo) price 9d. PACKETS— 100 different 6d„ 200 different 1/-, 300 different 2/-, 500 different 5/-. 1,000 different 15/-, 100 differentColontols2/-. 150differentColonals)3/-, 250 different Colonials 6/6. All of special value. Thebest Nickel Plated Twee7.ersincludingcasel/3. Watermark Detector 7d. Theloop Magnifying Olass in box, price 4/6. Special Line in Mafeklng Stamps, nil used and guaranteed genuine, Gibbons No 1, 8/-; No. 2, 8/-; No. 3, 5/-; No. 7, 6/-; No. 8, 51- ; No. 11, 8/-; No. 12, 4/6 ; No. 13, 6/-; No. 14, 16/-; No. 17, 5/-: No. 18, 6/6 ; No. 19, 12/6. We have for sale a very fine reconstructed sheet of 6d. chestnut, Plate 2., mostly in pair* and all splendid copies, price £15. Specialists in Great Britain requiring stamps for plating we can supply the following :— 1/- green, 1872 issue, plates 5 and 6, at £10 per LOOO ; 3d. rose, plates 7 and 8, at £8 per 1,000 ; and 8d chestnut, plate 11, at £50 per 1,000. List of Wants receive prompt attention. We are Agents for " Acme ” and “ Paragon ” Albums, and have a very fine selection on hand.

L E W IS M A Y & CO., 15, K IN G W IL L IA M S T R E E T , C H A R IN G CRO SS.Telephone 6083 G errard. 3 D oors from G atti’i Restaurant).

Revised Scale for Advertisements in The Postage Stamp.

PagesHalf Pages Quarter Pages .. Eighth Pages

Column*Half Columns Quarter Columns

Inches__ ..___

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£ S. d. £ S. d . £ fc. d. £ s. d.4 10 0 4 0 0 i IS 0 3 10 02 5 0 2 0 0 I 17 6 1 15 0I 2 6 I 0 0 18 9 17 6

12 6 I I 0 10 0 9 0

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Sm all Prepaid A d vertisem en ts. Twelve words for one shilling, and one penny for every additional word; four insertions at the price of three.

L O O K H E R E !You do not have the chance of securingthesr

WEST INDIAN every day.All tin* and postaUy m*d copies at excep

tionally low prioei. <Barbados, 1892, 2/6 black and or. 4/8 each Leeward Is,.1890, 1/- green A red 21- ,.Jamaica, 1897 5/- violet ............ 6/- „Trinadad, 1869, 5/- rose lake, perf.

!2| ..................................... « / - ..Ditto, 1894, 5; marone, perf. W 719 „ Ditto, 1896, ty- green ana brown 8/6 „ Order at once— We expect a rush for those

as they are high-class stock

The Queen's and High Cliffe Hotel, Cliftonville, Margate.P H IL A T E L IS T S will find this an ideal Hotel for a holiday and often meet many other 1 Collectors. Grsnd situation in own private grounds. Over too sunny Bedrooms looking over the sea. Lecture and Recreation Room. Private Orchestra. Complete installation of Electric Baths, etc. Renowned Cuisine snd Choice Wines. Electric Light and Lift. Hnir* droning Saloon. Dark Room. Library and Reading Room, principal Philatelic Papers taken. Tennis and Croquet Lawns Billiards. Adjoining sands and sen bathing. Near three Golf Links. Inclusive terms from IO/6 per day.

Tariff from tb « Managing Director, A . LEON ADUTT, F .R .P .S .L .

F i e l d ’ s

S i m p l i f i e d C a t a l o g u e

or TMC STAMPS or THE BRITISH fMPisr.P r i c e 1 • P o s t F r e e 1 3 .

New turnon. S uperbly Iluisthstfii

C VC3 the HEAL. vtiUE otvour i

D. F I E L D , 4 &. 5 , T h e R o y a l A r c a d e

O l d B o n d B t r n e t . L O N D O N , W

S O M E T H I N G B E T T E R .JAM AICA.

Q ueen ’s H ead with M ultiple watermark, all fine, pontally used and scarce.

Jd. green, price 2d. gd. brown, price 3d.6d. yellow, price Jd. Postage Id. extra.

These Stamps are likely to be superseded by the new colours at any moment

W . H. REGAN, 124. Qatea’s Road. Bays water, Lendea, W. (apposite W. Wblteley’si.

Office hours—9 a.m, 7 /.*»., Sals. ga,m. ip.m

TP DIFFERENT BRITISH COLONIALS ONLY 6 0 .P acket -No. A 22 contain* 70 different British Colonials, Including Malta, View and K in g 's Head ; O.R. Colony, K in g: obsolete Leeward Islands. 2)3 . Queen; rare 1/- B rituh South Africa C o .; New Zealand, scarce id . purple (Mountain): Hong Kong, obsolete K in g 's H ead; Ceylon, K in g: Cyprus, including new 6 paras King’s Heal, unused ; Tasmania, two handsome pictorial stamps, view of Mount Wellington ana H obart; pet o! S Newfoundland Royal Fam ily; Patiala, King, Service; Transvaal, E .R .I . ; Travancore; Barbados; Trinidad; Jamaica (Falls); South Australia, O .S .; and a set of 12 different Indian. This lot is nasally sold at 8 but we offer It a tth e ■ pedal low price of 8d. poet free. Only 1 packet to each applicant

BRIOH T tt SON, 164. S T R A N D , LONDON, W .C .


B Y SE N D I N G FOR P A R T I C U L A R S OF

W. H. P E C K I T T ’ S N E W I S S U E S E R V I C E ,


GKO. C. GINN S t Co.Tbc “ City “ S n ap Dealers A Experts,

5*, Btsbepsgele Street Wltkln, U n its , K.C.

And Bead this. It win Bspay yon. Rhodesia on B.B.A., 2'd ., fine ............ 2d.

” ” if-' ” JdBritish South Adrien, ISDN, It- 8/8Hawaii. 187L 18c. rose. m lnt’Icat. 5/-) V - Cypnu, King, 5, 10, 30pa and ip i.... Id. Hong Kong, 1 to 10c. King, set of 6 ... 84. Sudan, 2, 5 and 10 piastres (cat. 8/6) 1/8 Canada, Quebec Commem., set of 3 ... 2d. Nyasea (Giraffes A Camels), complete

set of 13 (cat. 5/10) .................... 1/8(POSTAGE BXTSS.)

COLLECTORS should write for my APPROVAL 8ELECTIONS. _

BAROAIN PRICE L IST FREE.

W RPDDV II. Ryecrett Street, Paraeas . P K r t m i y Preen, Uedea. S.W.

CO LLECTO RSO f Curios, Antiques, Books. Coins or anything else whatever, will find a first rate market for specimens they do not want in The Bata or. Exchange and Mart newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply & conveniently

I t In th w O r e s t P a p e r f o r In fo r m a t io n ,

P r iv a t e Satan dk B a rg a in * .Advertisements of Private Collectors (i.e. those who do not make a business of purchase and sale) inserted at the rate o f J words for

Id., minimum id.TRY IT—QET A OOPY.

Price 2d. everywhere, or by post for ]d. in stamps from the

Offices : Ba z a a r BUILDINGS. DRURY LANE LONDON. W.C.

Seeder* *01 (ready kelp by oeailantas - fbejfacMyt f u n r ' s t n nplviat gev ai •best Adventaeairais.

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IV, T H E t t M ’i 'A U K H T A M f— A D V E K T U S E M E M b i

The Purpose of thisIs to sell you a “ L o n gsh o rt” S ty lo ; you w ill find it convenient, reliable and lastin g. It has m any features w hich w ill appeal to you, th e chief of w hich is, th at it is

L O N G F O R T H E H A N D y e t

S H O R T F O R T H E P O C K E T ,

P U R S E , o r H A N D B A G .hence the name

“ LONGSHORT”lON G| S m QR T STYlO*’_ _r MABIE T0d6*C°

NEW YORK 1, LONDON ____

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iPOSTAGE5TAMPj\dn Illustrated Weekly Journal for

all Classes o f Stamp Collec tors A


No. 13. Vol 5. 25 DECEMBER 1909. Price Id.fWboie Number 1 17» __ __

GREAT BRITAIN.I w a n t to buy for

prompt cash:Superb Used Copies. Rarities.Varieties.High Values.Mint Early Issues. Blocks.Proofs.Essays.

And anything out of the usual tun.

Cash per return' sent for all suitable lots.

I O F F E R1884. 5s. rose on bleute, mint £ 5 1841, id. red brown, mint,

block of 12 , top row slightlycreased ........................ £ 2

1902, 2}d. King, I.R. official,used, superb..................... 10/-

1882. £ 1 anchor on blue, usedv e ry fin e .................................57/6

1877, 4d. sage, plate 16, mint 5/J 1870, lid. O.P.P.C., error in

pair with DP?D ............. 40/-1880, 2s, brown, used, fine ... 37/6 1854. Id. S.C., 16 , die 1, the

variety perf. 5 at left ... 20/- 1848, tod. oct.,die I, unused,

very fine, but no gum ... £20

Selections sent on Approval to any part of the globe.Specimen cepy t f my Weekly Circular past fre t an application.


We have the Stockand it will pay you to send ns a list of your requirements. All countries made up in stock books, which are now too well known to require description, and are sent to responsible clients in all parts of the world. For description of latest purchases amounting to nearly £9,000 cash last month, see

“ BA K n Items—Free on Application.

In Single CA.'s—all unused in mint state.CEYLON, Single CA., 2c. to 75c., set of 10

ir.joc. and 2r.2sc., pairLAGOS id. to I/-, set of 7

2/6 green and red SI- green and blue

to/- green and brown

&■■:: 34.Mi7%

BR1DGER & KAY, 71. Fleet St., London, E.C.

New Issues at Face Value!N e w I s s u e s a n d p r a c t i c a l l y a l l c u r r e n t

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F A C E V A L U E O N L Y , t o b o n a - f i d e c o l

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N e w I s s u e S e r v i c e

T h e fo llo w in g e x tra c ts are fr o n t a f e w le tte rs recen tly rece ived :—“ I th o rou gh ly endorse a ll you c la im re g a rd in g y o u r N e w Is su e Serv ice , a lth ou gh I regret

to say o n ly a sm a ll custom er, yet I h ave derived great satisfaction b y the w ay I h ave been served by you, an d am v e ry sorry that I d id not m ake an ea rlier s ta rt .”

111 take the oppo rtu n ity to say that y o u r N e w Is su e S erv ice is the greatest bo on poss ib le to co llectors , a n d the S erv ice as adm in istered b y y ou leaves no th ing to be desired , e ither as to the cost, o r the stam ps in c lu d ed .”

" I w rite to say that I am entire ly satisfied w ith the w o rk ing o f y ou r N e w Is su e S erv ice ,”

” I sha ll o f course continue to take in the N e w Is su es next y e a r , a s I h ave a lw a y s found them m ost satis facto ry .”

“ I do not p ropose m ak in g an y chan ge re N e w Issues, I am perfectly satisfied w ith y o u r te rm s ."

Particulars of the above Service promptly supplied upon application.

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P ITM A N ’S

BUSINESS MAN'S GUIDE6th Edition Revised.


v fiic h E v e i^^^ tn e ss^M ^O u g k t^J tn o ^

Edited by J. A. SLATER, B.A., LL.B. (Lond )

Crown 8y o , 800 pages, cloth, Ss. 6d. Net.

“ An admirable specimen of the new type of business instruction book. In 500 closely printed pages, with subjects arranged alphabetically, it packs awsy a great amount of information of the kind frequently required and not easily obtained by business men of many kinds. The fulness of the technical phraseology, with foreign equivalents, is one of the best features of the book. Altogether it is a book that can be heartily recommended. ” — Daily M ail.

8ee the B.M.Q.” for the new Companies Aet.

LONDON: SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS. LTD.


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INCOME TAXACCOUNTS.

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AND HOW TO PREPARE THEN.In c ro w n 8vo, cloth g ilt , 80 pp .

*1 -“ T h e P itm an firm has m ad e a specia l feature o f

business books, till now it issues an a lm ost com p lete bu sin ess lib ra ry . It pu b lica tion s genera lly are to the po in t, p ractica l, and sound , and the latest addition has these ch aracteristics in a fu ll degree .. . . T h e book is en tire ly p rac tica l, and covers the gro u n d w e ll. W e can recom m end it w ith con fid e n c e ."— Sheffield Independent,

" M a n y com m erc ia l peop le w ill save them selves a vast dea l o f trou b le if they spend an h o u r over these e luc idatin g p a g e s .” — T .P .'s Weekly.

“ D e a ls w ith a ll the ch ie f po in ts that need to be b o rn e in m in d in en d eavou rin g to ascerta in the am ount o f incom e on w h ic h tax is p a y a b le by business firm s .” — Modern Business.SIR ISAAC PITMAN ft SONS. Ltd., L u f u . Bath ft New Yerk.

Readers wHI greedy kelp by aaaMsalat “ The Peetsi* Stsap" wbes raplylag la aay sf tbaaa Advartlaaaasts.


PREDK. R. GINNM3 , STRAND, LONDON, Borland.

T ilt phone No. 993 Gerrard. Established iSSo. Silver Medal, London Exhibition, iScfj.

The Hesse fer Oceelit BsrpUss. Con pare m j prices before parchsslai elsewhere. Btrulu lor every p ile ol Celleder. SPECIALITY—Filling Wait Lilts at specially rtasoaahlt prices. Sapcrh specimen oily seal. Ceirespaadeace

Iran reliable Celledon solicited.


to invest



SYDNEY VIEWS, Lasreatea luets ol New oath Wales, Early Mauritius, Ceyloa, New Zealand,

Tasaanla, Cape el Deed Dept, etc. etc.Fine Copies only, in Singles, Pairs & Blochs.

Revised Scale for Advertisements in The Postage Stamp./ Insertion.

6 insertion s. 13 Insertions. 40 Insertions.per insertion. p er insert ten. per insertion.

£ %. d. £ s. d. £ u d. £ s, d.Pagee ............. 4 10 0 4 0 0 3 15 0 3 10 0Half Pages ... 2 s 0 2 0 0 1 17 6 l is 0Quarter Pages ... Eighth Pages ...

... 1 2 6 I 0 0 18 9 17 6

... 12 6 II 0 to 0 9 0Columns............ I 12 6 t 10 0 I 7 6 I 3 0Half Columns ... . . . 17 0 16 & 14 0 12 6Quarter Columns ... 9 0 8 6 7 6 6 6Inches ............ ... 4 6 4 _ J ___ 4 0 3 6Small Prepaid Advertisements. Twelve words for one shillinr, and one penny for


The Queen’s and High Cliffe Hotel, Cliftonville, Margate.PHILATELISTS will find this an ideal Hotel for a holiday and often meet many other 1 Collectors. Grand situation in own private grounds. Over loo sunny Bedrooms looking over the sea. Lecture and Recreation Room. Private Orchestra. Complete installation of Electric Baths, etc. Renowned Cuisine and Choice Wines. Electric Light and Lift. Hairdressing Saloon. Dark Room. Library and Reading Room, principal Philatelic Papers taken. Tennis and Croquet Lawns. Billiards. Adjoining sands and sea bathing. Near three Golf Links. Inclusive terms from 10/6 per day.

Tariff from the Managing Director, 'A. LEON ADUTT, F .R .P .S .L.All the Greatest Rarities Wanted.

Cash same day as received. S E LE C T IO N S on APPROVAL

All Dealers and Collectors sre invited to submit on approval really line pieces of Rarities.

Unique opportunity to realise for cash down. No waiting and no commission to pay. _________________ _


FREDK. R. GINNStamp Expert, Valuer and Publisher,

148, STR AN D , LONDON, W .C .

S E A S O N A B L E G IF T S .100 different British Colonials..........BOO ,, „ „ ... ...800 „ „ ,, ... ...600 ,, ,, *, ... “ Universal ” Stamp Cabinet, with 12

drawers, l'S, post free .................Cloth Bound Interchangeable Album,

(In dark green nr royal red)

1/-8/87/6

82/6

1/10

2/0CLlFFOKD MOSS, 31, Woodboase Use. Leeds.

Have you

I have a fine series of Approval Books arranged in Countries, and will send any Country on approval. Prices: Quarter to Half Catalogue. References required.

The following books are now ready.Br. New Guinea 81 Brunei ArgentineLeeward Islands BelgiumIndia FranceNew Zealand GermanyNorth Borneo German StatesS. Australia HollandQueensland NorwaySeychelles RussiaSierra Leone UruguayHong Kong BulgariaCanada ChiliNew South Wales ChinaOthers in preparation Greece

JOHN JAMES C OATES,If. BOROUGH HIGH ST., LONDON, S.E.


H A L T ! !INDIA, 15 rupees, King’s,A very fine and scarce stamp, we can supply specially picked copies used at 12/6 each.

Also 2, i and 5 rupees, King's (picked specimens), at fi/6 per set of 3.

Canada, jubilee, 1897. lc., 2c., 2c. (map), and 3 c., in minbcondition, set of 4 , 8d. post free.

Superb copies. Satisfaction guaranteed. Cash with order. Best class selections on approval

i f desired.

GEO. C.GINN & OO.,The “ City " Stamp Dealers h Esperis,

SO,Blshopsgate St.Within, London, E.C.

here and write at once for these Bargains. Victoria, 190 1, 2/- on rose, fine used,

(cat. 1/3) 5d- 1905-8, 2), 3, 4 or 6d„ each ... id.

„ „ 9d., (cat. 6d.)............ 3d.„ ,, I/-, (cat. 6d .) ............ 2d.„ „ 5/-, scarce ............ 1/6

Brit. Guiana, 1889, 72c. (cat 5/') ... 1/6Uganda, Queen, t rupee, fine (cat 5/-) 1/9 Papua on New Guinea, id. and 2d. mint 6d. Somali (camels), 25c., error, centre in

verted, mint ............................. 1 /-Germany, I, 2 and 3 marks, the set ... 3d. Hayti, '04,1~50c.t complete set (cat. 2/l) 4d. Brit. S. Africa, ), 1 , 2, 2i, 4, 6d., 1 /-, set 9d.

Postage extra.Collectors should write for my Approval Selections. Bargain List gratis 81 post free.

W R C D D V 21. Ryecrsft Street. Parpens • D E rK K 1 ) — Greet. Lsafan, S.W. —

S i x D i f f e r e n t

Including 2c. green, 5c. violet, 10c. green, and 10c. blue. Send Id. postage. Mention Gift A23.

BRIGHT & SON,164.Strand, W.C.

B A R G A I N S .Bermuda, 4d., Queen, C-A., mint, now

obsolete ... 5d- „ 6d., Queen, C.C., perf. 14 x

12), mint ... 8d.Malta, error ONB PNNBY.on 2)d. blue,

used or mint .............................. 5/-Chili. 1892-1900, 30c. red. the rare value,

used................................................... fid.Canada, 1897, Jubilee. )c. black, unused 1 /-

„ ,. 6c. brown. „ 2i-.. 8c. violet. „ 1/-

Cape. Triangular, 4d. on blue ........... 3/3,. „ 4d. on white... ... 1/9

India, 1866-6 7 , 6 a. 8p., grey (cat. 5/-) ... 1/6

Postage extra on orders under 5/-.P. L. PEMBERTON & OO.,

88, HIV h Holborn, ________________Lowdon, W.C.

H. E. HAWORTH l C°:87/9 , ALDGATE HIGH STREET,

LONDON, E.____ •


Speciality.We do not ofTer Bargains but sell a t a




SO M E T H IN G B E T T E R . JAMAICA.


]d. green, price 2d. 4d. brown, price 3d.6d. yellow, price 3d. Pottage id. extra.


W. H. REGAN, 124, Quetn'l Retd, Saltwater, Louden, W. (apposite W. Whlltley's).

Office hours—9 a m, 7 p.m„ Sals. 9tf.ni. ip .m

- 0 0 COLONIALS (Vandiemens, Mont- serrat, Tonga, Caicos), Is.—141

Second. Manorpark.

l u / m will greatly help by mpattealag " Tbe.Peeuit Stamp* wbea rsplylai te say nt lb pee APnrdsemeeis.

IT. THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS.!

The Purpose of this ‘Ad.’Is to se ll you a “ L on jjshort” S t y lo ; you w ill find it convenient, reliable and lastin g . It has m any features w hich w ill appeal to you, the ch ief of w h ich is, th a t it is




“ LONGSHORT”Made in Black, Tar ot Mottled Vulcanite. Open.lot Uae. Length dim.

Size A. 3/6» Cloeed forjpocket. Length dins.

Size B. 5/=(S)in (open, din. closed.)

T H E L O N G S H O R T S T Y L O S m a s i E. T O D D 4. : ° i 6

p.V£\T 1*397^/07 a t ' . ' biOOS! E


Fitted with smooth point and spring needle. May be carried In any position without fear of leakage.

G E T O N E S T O - D A Y !

Sold by all Stationers, M A B I E , T O D D & C o .,or peat Manufacturer., " S w a * » Fouotpeo Maker.,

W rite lor Free Catalogue. 79 & 80, HIGH HOLBORN, London, W+C.

93, Oheapside, E.C.95a, Regent 8 t„ W.3. Exchange St.. Manchester, to. Rue Neuve, Brussels. Brentano's, 37, Aveni e do

I'Opera, Paris.And at Bale, New York

Chicago and 8ydney.

Printed b* Baldwin.. Philatelic Printers. Tunbridge Wells, and Published for theiProprietois'hr Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons. Ltd..st t Amen Corner, London, B.C.

A Happy New Year.t T b e

iPOSTAGESTAMPyf i n Illu stra ted Weekly Journal /or V f t all Classes o f Stam p Collec tors ^


No. 14. Vol. 5. 1 JANUARY, 1910. Price Id.(Whole Number 1 IB' ____ ___

PITMAN’SWhere to Look

An easy Guide to Books of Reference.

“ This handy little Book will tell you at a glance which are the beat books of reference dealing with almost any subject under the sun . . . . In no way supersedes any existing reference book, but is an invaluable addition to one’s library, as it intimates at once the best source of information not only on general subjects to be found in the familiar 1 Whitaker" or 1 Hazell.- but also on little-known matters as to which the plain man is often at a loss where to turn for reference." —HystauJrr,


SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS. Lt p ., I AMEN CORNER. E.C.

Messrs.

HARMER, ROOKE & Oo.PHILATELIC AUCTIONEERS.

Are instructed to offer for unreserved Sale, a

SUPERB SPECIALIZED LOT OF RASEG R E A T BRITAINStamps. Sales will be held in their own Auction Rooms, on Friday, Dec. 31st, and Monday, Jan. 8rd, at 4.15 p.m.

Catalogues Free.The January Sales w ill Include a magnificent lot of British Colonials, also Private Collection of a well-

known Australian Collector.Country buyers unable to attend Sales, can have lots sent for their inspection prior to Sale and purchased free of charge. Collectors paving rare Duplicates or Collections, etc., for disposal, can have same offered within SEVEN DAYS of receipt—no waiting -satisfaction guaranteed. Auction Sales

held twice weekly. For further particulars, address:

HARM ER, ROOKE & Co.Offices t Audios Rooms. »♦. FLEET STREET. I 0ND0N. E.C. Telephoat U2M Central. Telegrams - " Philaters, Lesles."

New Issues at Pace Value!N e w I s s u e s a n d p r a c t i c a l l y a l l c u r r e n t




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11 THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS.

P ITM A N ’S

BUSINESS MAN’S GUIDEBth Edition Revised.

Contains Matters 9/ Every-day Importance

which Every Business Man Ought to know

Edited by J• A. SLATER, B.A., LL.B. (Lond)

Crown 8yo , 500 pages, oloth, 3s. 6d. Net.

"An admirable ipecimen of the new type of business instruction book. In 500 closely primed pages, with subjects arranged alphabetically. it packs away a great amount of information of the kind frequently required and not easily obtained by business men of many kinds. The fulness of the technical phraseology, with foreign equivalents, is one of the best featurei of the book. Altogether it is a book that can be heartily recommended. ” — Daily Mail.

8ee the “ B.M.Q.” for the new Oompanles Act.

LONDON: SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LTD.

New Hebrides Condominium !

id . green., W m k., Single CA.

ONLY 1 0 / - EACH.

Lowest price this stamp has ever been sold at. CURRENT ISSUE, id. to 1 /-, set of seven for 7/6

A ll the above are in mini condition.

Our1910 Catalogue

Now contains a Supplement comprising theNew Issues to end of December, also a long list of alterations in prices. The price of Catalogue and Supplement bound together in cloth is 21- post free. The Supplement will be supplied gratis on application to those who have already bought a catalogue, if a stamp is sent for postage.

^HITFIBLD KING & Co.,IPSWICH

N EW BOOKS.RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN ENGLAND.

By J. FOVARGUE BRADLEY.A Scheme for providing and Securing Religious Liberty in

England and Wales. One Shilling net.

MAKERS OF NATIONAL HISTORY. A New Series of Historical Biographies, edited by W. H. HUTTON. B.D.

The First Volume in the Series:OARDINAL BEAUFORT.

By the REV. L. B. RADFORD, B.D.In crown 8 vo., cloth gilt, with Frontispiece, 3s. 6d. net.

THE PRAOTIOAL WISDOM OF THE BIBLE.

Edited, with an Introduction, by J. S. LOE STRACHEY. In demy l6mo., cloth gilt, gilt top, 2s. 6d. net; leather 3s. 6d.

net.

THE FIRST QEORQEIn Hanover and England. By LEWIS MELVILLE.

THE CRISIS IN THE BALKANS.8ERVIA AND THE 8ERVIANS.

By M. CHEVO MIJALOVICH.In demy 8vo., cloth gilt, gilt top with 16 Illustrations, ids. net.

A fascinating history o f a very interesting section of the people o f the Balkans, which, in view of the present crisis should be of great worth and value. _____PITMAN’S ILLUSTRATED AUTUMN LIST will be sent

post free on application.Ptease also ask for THE BOOKSHELF, a Periodical

current Literature.

Leedee : SIR ISAAC PITMAN k SONS, Ltd., I, A u a Coraer.EX.


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AND HOW TO PREPARE THEM.In crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 80 pp.

2 1 -“ The Pitman firm has made a special feature of

business book;, till now it issues an almost complete business library. It publications generally are to the point, practical, and sound, and the latest addition has these characteristics in a full degree.. . . The book is entirely practical, and covers the ground well. We can recommend it with confidence.” — Sheffield Independent.

“ Many commercial people will save themselves a vast deal of trouble if they spend an hour over these elucidating pages.” — T.P.’t Weekly.

“ Deals with all the chief points that need to be borne in mind in endeavouring to ascertain the amount of income on which tax is payable by business firms.”—Modem Business.SIR ISAAC PITMAN k SONS, Ltd., Leedee, Bulk k New Yerk.

Readers will greatly half by aitatlaalai “ Tbe Pestagt Staaty" wkea reylylai te aay ef these Adrertlseweats.

THE POSTAGE. STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS in

Revised Scale for Advertisements in The Postage Stamp.6 Insertion. 13 Insertions. 26 Insertions.per insertion. fe r uuenwM, Per insertion.

£ *v d. £ ft. d. £ ft. d. £ ft. d.Pages ..................... - 4 10 0 4 0 0 3 IS 0 3 10 0Half Pages 2 5 0 2 0 0 I 17 6 1 is 0Quarter Pages ... ... I 2 6 1 0 0 18 9 17 6Eighth Pages ........... 12 6 11 0 10 0 9 0Columns..................... I 12 6 1 10 0 I 7 6 I 5 0Half Columns ............ 17 0 16 0 * 14 0 12 6Quarter Columns 9 0 8 6 7 6 6 6

Inches ..................... 4 6 4 3 4 0 3 6Small Prepaid Advertisements. Twelve words for one shilling, and one penny for ^^^vet^^dditiona^ortL>fourjnsertionsat>thej>nce_ofriiree;̂ ^^^^_^_^__^^_^_

Tbe Queen’s and High Cliffe Hotel, Cllftonvllle, Margate."PHILATELISTS will find this an ideal Hotel for a holiday and often meet many otherA rAllMVAtt ( I r a ■ ■■ ■ ■ .............. ' A “ ‘Collectors. Grand situation in own private grounds. Over too sunny Bedrooms looking over the sea. Lecture and Recreation Room. Private Orchestra. Complete installation of Electric Baths, etc. Renowned Cuisine and Choice Wines. Electric Light and Lift Hairdressing Saloon. Dark Room. Library and Reading Room, principal Philatelic Papers taken. Tennis and Croquet Lawns. Billiards. Adjoining sands and sea bathing. Near three Golf Links. Inclusive terms from 10/6 per day.

Tariff from the Managing Director, A. LEON ADUTT, F.R.P.S.L.

D A D r A m e a l l f in e IS A K llA lr l iJ e COPIES . C O L L E C T O R SBermuda, 4d., Queen, C-A.,mint. now

obsolete ... 5d.6d., Queen, C.C., perf. 14 x

12J. mint ... 8d.Malta, error ONE PNNEY, on l)d. blue,

used or mint ... ...................... 5/-Chili, 1892-1900, 30c. red. the rare value.

used.................................................... 6d.Canada, 18 9 7, Jubilee, jc. black, unused 1/-

„ „ ,6c. brown, „ 2/-„ „ 8c. violet. „ tf-

Cape, Triangular, 4d. on blue ............ 3/3,, „ 4d- on white............ 1/9

India, 1866-67, 6a- 8p., grey (cat. 5/-) ... 1/6

Postage extra on orders under $/-.P. L. PEMBERTON & OO,

88, Higgle Holborn,L o n d o n , W .G -

Of Curios. Antiques. Books. Coins or anything else whatever, will find a first rate market for specimens they do not want in The Bazaar. Exchange and Mart newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply & conveniently

I t Is t h s Q r e a t P a p e r f o r In fo r m a t io n ,

P r i v a t e S a la s A B a rg a in s .Advertisements of Private Collectors (id . those who do not make a business of purchase and sale) inserted at tbe rate of J words for

Id., minimum 4d.TRY IT—QET A OOPY.

Price Id. everywhere, or by post for 3d. in stamps from the

Offices : BAZAAR BUILDINGS. DRURV LANE LONDON, W.C.

F i e l d ’ s

S i m p l i f i e d C a t a l o g u eOF TMC LTAU OF THE BRITISH FMRlM

P r ic e 1 - P o st F r e e 1 3.New Edition. SupehblY IllustratkiiCpVCS THE REAL VALUE OF YOUR STAMFi.

D. FIELD, 4 & 5, T h e R o ya l A r c a d e Old B on d 8 t r e e t , LON DON, W



3d. green, price 2d. 4d. brown, price 3d.6d. yellow, price 5d. Postage Id. extra.


W. H. REGAN, 124. Qoesa’e Rood, Beytwster.Leedoo, W. (opposite W. Wklteley's).

Office hours—9 a.m, 7 p.m., Sals. pa.nt. 2 p.m

| FIVE UNUSED ZANZIBAR FREE I8

Packet NoA24 contains ISO

different stamps. Price

1/-, Postage Id. extra. (Abroad 1/4 poet free.)

The above beautiful set Is sent bss to all purchas- 1ere of Packet No. 1021, containing ISO differentForeign and Colonial Stamps, Including source Pantsurcharged (oat. 1 /-), 8 wise, Roumania, Austria, Porto The CatalogueRico Provisional, Italy, victoria, Greece 1st type, 1 value of thislap. grey-brown, unused (worth Sd.) Austria, Sweden, packet isaboutMauri tins 4c. graon and violet, nnnied single C.A., 1 8 * .Portugal. Belgium, rare Venssnela 1 bolivar black i(cat. 1/6), and many othere. Only one of thesepackets sent to each applicant. 1

1 B R I G H T A S O N , 1 6 4 , S t r a n d , L o n d o n , W .C - |



W. H. P E C K I T T ’S N E W I S S U E S E R V I C E ,

4 7 S T R A N D , LONDON, W .C.

SOME OF THE BARGAINSBechuanaland Protectorate, id- red, s. d.

id., Id., 3d. Queen, set of 4 . . . 0 8Austria Jubilee, ih. to 2kr., set of i s ... 1 3Russian China, set of 7 .....................0 >6Danish Newspaper Stamps, set of 6 ... O 4 Iceland, Double Heads, set of 7 ... 0 9Cyprus, King’s Head, s par. to 2 pias.,

set of 6 ....................................... 0 6Uruguay, set of 8, including lithos ... 0 9 Persia, 1907, ich. to 20ch„ set of 8 ... 0 7


OFFERED BY US.Over ISO Cheap sets of all countries. Call and see or write for splendid selection. State requirements. Best prices paid for


CRAWFORDS,15.CROOKED LANE, CANNON ST. LONDON, E.C.

Have yon

INDIA, 15 rupees, King's,A very fine and scarce stamp, we can supply specially picked copies used at 12/8 each.

Also i, 3 and 5 rupees, King’s (picked specimens), at 5/6 per set of 3-

Canada. Jubilee, 1897. lc.,2c.,2c. (map), and 3 c., in mint condition, set of 4, 8d. post free.

Superb copies. Satisfaction guaranteed. Ca:\ with order. Best class selections on approv it

i f desired.

G E O . O .G IN N & C O ., Tha “ CHy" Stamp Dealers A Experts,

M.BIahopsgate St. Within, London, E.C.

H. E. HAWORTH &87 /9 , ALDGATE HIGH STREET,

LOHDOH, E.


Speciality.We do not ofTer Bargains but sell a t a




H A L T ! !here and write at once for these Bargains.

Victoria. 1901, 1 1- on rote, fine used.(cat. 1/3 ) sd.

•• 1905-*, It, 3 , 4 or 6d., each ... id.„ ,. 9d., (cat. 6d.).................. 3 d.„ ., I/-. (cat. 6d .)............ id.,. ., „ 5/-. scarce ............ 1/6

Brit. Guiana, 1889, 7 1 c. (cat 5/-) ... 1/6Uganda, Queen, 1 rupee, fine (cat si-) 1/9 Papua on New Guinea, id. and Id. mint 6 d. Somali (camels), !5c„ error, centre in

verted, mint ............ ............Germany, t, 2 and 3 marks, the set Hayti, ’04. l-soc., complete set (cat 2/1)

I /- 3d.Ad-9 d.

ostage extra.Collectors should write for my Approval Selections. Bargain List gratis & post free.W RPDDY Sheet, Piraeus

• D EtlU K I , _ orae«, Lea4ee, 5.W. —

Brit. & Africa, t, I, I, 2|, 4, 6d., 1/-, set Pin

Res is t! will trasttr kelp by mtertealeg “ The Peeute.Stamp" whe, raplyleg te

I


The Purpose ofIs to sell you a “ L o n gsh o rt” S ty lo ;

_ you w ill find it convenient, reliable and lastin g. It has m any features w hich w ill appeal to you, the chief of w hich is, th a t it is

L O N G F O B T H E H A N D y e t

S H O B T F O B T H E P O C K E T ,

P U B S E , o r H A N D B A G .hence the name

“ LONGSHORT”Ma.de. in' Black.'Tan. or Mottled Vulcanite. Open^btkUae. •„ Lengthgdins.

Size A. 3/6 LONG&'lOrn j! Tufr ' ^i MA0|P TODDSĈL Ntw vORî JlONOON

JClosed for packet. L toltll'llisi.

Size B. 5/=(Sjln open, 3lin. dosed.)

ai t LONns^oar stvlO i

MaOiE TnDr' t, /. t>pa- e\t 199’ r ';r 5i099i E.


Fitted with"smooth point and spring needle. May be carried In any position without fear of j leakage.


Sold by all Stationers,or poat free from Manufacturers,

3/7 and B/1.-W rite lor Free Catalogue.

M A B 1 E , T O D D & C o .,“ S w a n " Fountpen Makers,


98, OHeapside, E.C.95a. Regent St.. W.3. Exchange 8t., Manchester. 10, Rue Neuve, Brussels. Brentano's, 37, Aveni e de

I'Oprra, Paris And at Bale, New York

Chicago and 8ydnev

Printed bv Raiflwih., Philatelic Printers,iTunbnfl,i V , Ms. rrt* PuhH'bcrt {nr the'Pmprietora'byiSlr Isaac Pitman A Pons. 1 til..at t Amen Corner, iLondon. K.C.

I £ P o s t a g e S t a m p il T vf

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^/Jn Illu stra ted Weekly Journal/or ?/ ̂oil Classes o f Stam p Collec tors


No. 15. Vol 5.(Whole Number 119

8 JANUARY. 1910. Price Id.

GREAT BRITAIN.I w a n t to buy for

prom pt ca sh :Superb Used Copies.RaritiesVarieties.High Values.Mint Early Issues. Blocks.Proofs.Essays.


I O F F E R1884, 5s- rose on bleute, mint £5 1841, id. red brown, mint,

block of 12. top row slightlycreased ........................ £2

1902, 2 id. King, I.R. official,used, superb...................... 10/-

1882. £l anchor on blue, usedvery fine ....................... 57/6

18 77, 4d. sage, plate 16 , mint 5/3 1870, lid. O.P.P.C., error in

pair with dppd ............40/-1880, 2s. brown, used, fine ... 37/6 1854. id. S.C.. 16, die 1. the

variety perf. 5 at left ... 20;'- 1848, JOd. oct., die I, unused,

very fine, but no gum ... £20Cash tter return sent for

all suitable lots. <Selections sent on Approval to any (tart of the globe.

Specimen ropy o f my Weekly Circular post free on application.


Are you on our Free Mailing List ?

I f not you are m issing opportunities that, m ay never occu r again . D ro p u s a line

and w e w ill inc lude you r nam e

“ B & K ” ITEMS. No. 6 .Now Ready. Particulars of recent Purchases, etc.,

etc. Free on application.

THIS WEEK’S OFFERS.A F A H A N The large black, stamp. Gibbons'No.n r t i n n l l . II, unused and fine, for ........... 1/9

f This is the only one of the early stamps that is low in the catalogue).

M A D A A A S A A l l March, 1895, the set. 2d. to m H U A U H O V A H . 4/-. face value 8/-, for ... 3/8

BRIDGER & KAY, 71, Fleet St„ London, E.C.

A M E R I C A N P H I L A T E L I S T S ^W i l l f in d t h a t t h e b r i g h t e s t a n d m o s t u p - t o - d a t e S t a m p W e e k l y p u b l i s h e d

in E u r o p e i s . . .


The earliest publication of all Stamp N ew s; the best New Issue Service; the most popular Illustrated Special Articles ; full attention to American Philatelic matters ; the finest illustrations.

NO ACTIVE PH ILA TELIST SH O ULD BE W ITHOUT IT.

A N N U A L S U B S C R IP TIO N (post free to America) S i.66.Subscriptions and Advertisements should be sent to

T H E MANAGER, T H E POSTAGE STAMP, i, AMEN CORNER, LONDON, E.C.

i

THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS.

(T

W . H. P E C K I T TTelephone:

3 2 0 4 GERRARD.4 7 v S T R A N D .. L O N D O N , W .C .

Telegrams 3 Cables: “ PECKITT, LONDON."

K IN G 'S H E A D ,

M O R O C C O A G E N C IE S , 50c., Single -------------- W aterm ark, M int --------- ——

I S " 6 / 6 n e t t .

A m o n g S t a m p s r e c e n t l y d i s t r i b u t e d a r e t h e f o l l o w i n g :—Trinidad, Jd., rd., 2 jd ,, new types. St. Vincent, 3d., new colour. St. Vincent, id ., 6 d , new dies.

New South W ales, 6d., new shade. Jamaica, 6d. Queen, M .C .A ., E tc., etc.

PARTICULARS OF THIS MOST ECONOMICAL METHOD OF COLLECTING UPON APPLICATION.

o

S U D A NDo you specialize in Sudan stamps?

if so, please apply to me as I have everything you may want at moderate prices.

Sudan Btamps are my speciality since many years, and I always keep in stock all the good errors and varieties of this country,

Hy Wholesale Price List of all the Sudan Stamps will be sent to any Dealer free on application.

B * L . A N G E L O G L O U S ,P.O. BOX 873, CAIBO (EGYPT).

? r Member Amerlces Phllsteltc SMiety Member tit. Philatelic Society, Drtadea.

A U S T R A L I A , P o sta g e Due.

First Issue, with blank space at foot. id., Id., ad., 3d., 4d.. 6d„ 8d.. si-, all unused

The complete set is catalogued at a61- Our priceis <4/- :: :: :: :: :: :: ::

We also have the New Issue in red and green, Id., Id., ad., 3d., 4d., 6d., I/-, a/-, si- Set of 9 unused, 1 2 /» :: :: - ::

B R I T I S H L E V A N T , 1 909.

New values surcharged on lid.. 3d., 4d., 6d„ and i/- Set of 5 unused, 2/8 ::

N E W Z E A L A N D , K in g's Head

(except the Id.) id., id., ad., Id., 4d., 5d., 6d„ 8d.,1 1- Set of 9 unused for 4/8

O U R 1 9 1 0 C A T A L O G U E .

Including Supplement complete to end of December, cloth bound, 2/• post free :: ::


■ sedan will greatly b s Ip V « .s r i.s ls | “ Tbs Peetags Stamp'' wb*e replyleg la aay at these Advertlaemsats.

THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS. iii

FREDK. R. GINN■43, STRAND, LONDON, England.

Telephone No. 9 n Garrard. Established l8So.Sliver Medal, London Exhibition, l&yj.

The Hm k tor Ocanlae Barialis. t o a f t n a y prlcei hetorc porchuia[ elsewhere. I n p lM lor every p ato al Collector. SPECIALITY— FHItat Waal Uete al specially rcaeaaahk prices. SapcrD ip tc la u i only ecai. Correspondence

Iron reliable Collector* (elicited.

THREE IMPORTANT PURCHASES.

Icflied Scale for AdvcrUgementu in The Postage Sump.6 Insertions. 13 Insertions. Jt> Insertions.per insertion. per insertion. per insertion.

£ a. d. £ u d. £ t. d. £ 4. d.Pages ■ u* 4 10 0 4 0 0 3 13 0 3 to 0Half Pago ••• 2 5 0 2 0 0 t 17 6 I IS 0Quarter Pages ... ..1 I 2 6 I 0 0 18 9 If 6Eighth Paget ... ... 12 6 It 0 10 0 9 0

Columns .- I 12 6 I 10 0 1 7 6 I 3 0Half Columns ... -1- 17 0 16 0 14 0 12 6Quarter Columns ... 9 0 8 6 7 6 6 6

Inches ............ 4 6 4 3 4 0 J 6

I.—EGYPT. A superb Specialised Collection in singles, pairs and blocks. Strongest in the first three issues. Large blocks showing border design in many shades. Tete bee he pairs and blocks in many different shades. Proofs, essays,8tc- in great variety. All unused

1 -CHINA. A Very fine collection of the Imperial Issues from the first to the latest, also many provisional varieties of great rarity. This collection was made by a Missionary on the spot.

3 .—BRITISH GUIANA. A very fineSpecialised Collection, containing a large number of the older issues.

5 mail Prepaid Advertisements. Twelve words for one shilling, aod one penny for __everyadditional word; four insertions at the price of three.

E V E R Y B O D Y R E A D S T H E M jA stamp dealer has lately estimated that out of 500.000 stamp collectors 10,000 are l active enthusiastic philatelists. If that estimate be correct practically every keen I collector reads the Small Want Advts. in The Postaxe Stamp. Are you on the look out 1 for some variety f ft only costs you id. a word to advertise for it in The Postage Stamp.

YOU WRITE TH E A D .-W E DO TH E RES f.

A U are in perfect condition. Want Lists filled. On approval with pleasure.

Special Bargains

British South Africa.18 9 1, £10 brown..................... 3/- each.1896, 5/- chestnut and green ... 3 d . „190 1. £5 blue ...................... * /-

All fiscally cancelled but bright, clean specimens. Worth double,.

Post Free. Cash with Order.

F R E E .The SCARCE BRITISH Jubilee Envelope and Card, to each applicant

M. for approval books (50% discount).—t h e Lo n d o n p h i l a t e l i c co.,


SELECTIONS on APPROVALI have a fine series of Approval Books arranged in Countries, and will send any Country on approval. Prices: Quarter to Half Catalogue. References required.

The following books are now ready.Br. New Guinea & Brunei ArgentineLeeward Islands BelgiumIndia FranceNew Zealand GermanyNorth Borneo German StatesS. Australia HollandQueensland NorwaySeychelles RussiaSierra Leone UruguayHong Kong Canada

BulgariaChili

New South Wales ChinaOthers in preparation GreeceJOHN JAME8 00ATE8,

H, BOROUGH HIGH ST.. LONDON, S.B. Telephone 13882 Central. Established 1879-

A ll Previous Offers Can celled .

NOW T H E N -Thii week we offer Superb Picked used

Specimens ofIN D IA 3 rupees, •‘ Queen,’* 1 /- each. H ID IA . J rupees. ' ’ Ring,” -i/6 each.

5 rupees, “ King." 3/9 each.

LEEWARDS. \« n p r o v is io n a l s ." One Penny M on 6d............. 9d» each.Ditto* on 7d.......................... 9d. each.

Don't forget the above are specimens in beautiful condition and not the black and

unsightly copies usually sold. Satisfaction guaranteed. Cash with order.

Best c/ass selections on approval i f desired.

GEO. C.GINN & CO.,The “ City ” Slam* Dealers t Experts.

50,Blshopsgate St. Within, London, E.C.

H A L T ! !here and write at once for there Bargains.

Victoria. 1901. 21- on rose, fine used.(cat. 1/3) 5d.

1905-8. 2i, 3, 4 or 6d., each ... Id.„ „ 9d., (cat. 6d.)........... 3d-., .. 1/-. (cat. fid.)............ 2d-„ „ 5/-. scarce ............ Ij6

Brit. Guiana, 1889, 72c. (cat. $/-) ... 1/6Uganda, Queen, 1 rupee, fine (cat 5/-) 1/9 Papua on New Guinea, id. and 2d. mint fid. Somali (camels), 25c., error, centre in

verted, mint .............................. I/-Germany. I, 2 and 3 marks, the set ... 3d. Hayti, '04, 1-50C., complete set (cat 2/1) 4d- Brit. S. Africa, i, I, 2, 2|, 4, 6d., 1/-, set 9d.

Postage extra.Collectors should write for my Approval Selections. Bargain List gratia & post free.

W R P D D V 21. Ryecraft Street. Pacmas . D C r K K I , _ Qm,. Laafaa. S.W. -

5s. Packet of Stamps FREE.

Packet No. A25 contains 66

different stamps. Send Id. Postage

(Abroad 4d.)

Packet No. AES containing W •’different Foreign and Colonial Stamps, Including Two Tasmania Pictorial Irena (Views of Mount Wellington and Hobart), Jamaica (new Arms type), Philippinee rare unused Provisional 8 4/m . on 60 mils, (worth 6d-), Oermany 8 inks, oblong stamp, Swiss, Austria, Italy, Victoria, 8weden, Portugal, Belgium, and many others. Only one of three packets rent to each applicant.

The Catalogue value of this

packet Is about Sre.

BRIGHT A SON. 164. STRAND. LONDON, W.G.

NewfoundlandBargains.ALL SUPERB COPIES.

1866. I3<£ oraoge yellow, mint............ 3/61866. 12c. red brown, used ........... 2/61870. 6c. dull rose, used.................... . 0/61880. 1 , 1 . 3 and 5c., used ........... 1/6I887. b. I, 2, 3 . toe., used ........... 1/81894- 6c. crimson lake, mint ............ 0/81897. Cabot. 1, 2, 3, 4 .5 and 6c.,ret used 1/3

Approval Selections o f any Country.

P. L. PBMBEBT0N ft Co.,68, High Holborn, London, W.G.

H. E. HAWORTH & CP:87/9 , ALDCATE HIGH STREET,

LOHDOH, E.






Butler’s BargainsSend a id. for postage, and We will rend Packet No. 55 (well worth fid.) and our large guide to stamp collecting, post free. Packet No. SS contains 75 uifferent stamps, including Pictorial Congo, Bosnia, Jamaica.Guatemala, Paraguay, ret of India. Portugal, New Zealand, Mexico, Japan, Cape Colony, set of Canada, Natal, etc., etc. This Is a wonderful offer made solely for the purpose of gelling our list into the hands of all collecton. We can and do tell cheaper than any other firm. We have been established since I8U.

BUTLER BRO S., CLEVEDON.

•ensure will (ready kelp by remdeaief - The to r e s Sump" wtaa replying i* aar •> *h m A4v<

iv. THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS. \

The Purpose ofIs to sell you a “ Longshort ” StyloJ; you w ill find it convenient, reliable and lastin g . It has m any features w hich w ill appeal to you, th e chief of w h ich is, th a t it is

L O N G - F O R T H E H A N D y e t



“ LONGSHORT”Made, in Black. Tap, or Mottled Vulcanite. Open (ot U»e. Length trim.

Size A. 3/6Cloeed for pocket. Length 2}ias.

Size B. 5/=(5)in -open, 3 jin. cloeed.)

1THt ■ LO.JCShOaT" STYLO 5 '

maB'E TCD0 4. :0 z Bpate.%t i99?r/07 Si099< £ J

A




Sold by all Stationers,orpoit free from Manufacturers,

3/T and 8 /1 .|W rite for Pree Catalogue.

M A B I E , T O D D & C o .,“ Sw an" Fountpen Maker*,


93, Uheapude, E.C.95a, Regent 8 t., W.3. Exchange 8 t.. Manchester. 10. Rue Neuve, Brunei*. Brentano's, 37, Aveni e de

I’Opera, Pari*And at Bale, New York

Chicago and 8 ydney.

Printed b» Baldwin*. Philatelic Printers. Tonbridge Well*, and Publiihed for the Proprietor* by Sir Uaac Pitman 4 Sow. Ltd.,at l Amen Comer. London, K.C.

Berne International Exhibition (FULL PROSPECTUS)

r fiT h e

iPOSTAGESTAMPfel/In Illustrated WeeA/y Journal/or r/ ) l all Classes o f Stamp Collec tors


No. 16. Vol. 5. 15 JANUARY. 1910. Price Id.(Whole Humber 120___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

SubscribeTO THE

Postage Stamp ?If not send it. 8d. as a trial for

three months, post free, to

SIR ISAAC PITMAN ft SON8. Amen Corner, London.

Stam p Auctions.MESSRS. HARMER, ROOKE & Co. are instructed to offer

for unreserved Sale, onMonday & Tuesday, 17 & 18 Jan.,A Fine Private Collection containing a superb lot of Colonials.On Wednesday, 28th, the Fine Private Col

lection formed by E. NUTHALL, Esq., and onMonday, 31s*, a Magnificent Lot of

AUSTRALIANS,all in superb condition, the property of a well known

Australian Collector.Catalogues of all these Sales are now ready and are supplied

post free. Country bidders unable to be present can nave Lott sent for their inspection. Vendors having duplicates or collections for sale can have same offered within SEVEN DAYS of receipt—prompt settlements.

HARMER, ROOKE & Co.Philatallo Auotloneera,

Offlcs k Audios Rooms, *», FLEET STREET, LONDON, E C. Tdcykoic 122* Central. Telegrams-** Pkllstors, Leaden.**

New Issues at Face Value!N e w I s s u e s a n d p r a c t i c a l l y a l l c u r r e n t




PARTICULARS FROM

Ewen’s Subscription Stamp Collecting,30 P 32, PALACE SQUARE, NORWOOD, LONDON, S E.

II - THE I'UfcSTAUE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS.

P ITM A N ’S

BUSINESS MAN’S 6UIDE--------------------------------vj?"----------------------------

Bth Edition Revised. -Contains Matters of Every-day Importance which Every Business Man Ought to know.

Edited by J. A SLATER, B.A., LL.B. (Loud)

Grown 8to , 500 p ages, d o th , 8s. 6d. N et.

“ An admirable specimen of the new -type of business instruction book. In $oo closely printed pages, with subjects arranged alphabetically. it packs away a great amount of information of the kind frequently required and not easily obtained by business men of many kinds. The fulness of the technical phraseology, with foreign equivalents, is one of the best features of the book. Altogether it is a book that can be heartily recommended. ** — Daily Mail.

See the '■ B.M.Q.” for the new Companies Act.


British Levant1909. 30 paras on lid., I pi. lopa. on 3d., I pi. 30 pa. on 4d., 2 pi. 2opa. on 6d., and 5 P*. on 1/- Set »f five, unused, for 2 / 0 -

New Hebrides Condominium

id., id., 2d., 2 \d.. $d.. fid. and I/-, set of seven unused, for 7 / 0 . The values in this set can. not be supplied separately, but we have a few of the rare id. with single watermark, price l O - each.

Our * * *

i q i o CatalogueIncluding SUPPLEMENT to end of December, bound in full cloth, with white lettering, 2 /- post free.

WHITFIELD KING & Co.,IPSWICH

“ THE POSTAGE STAMP”


By Edward J. Nankivell.Price 4d. Post Free 4 jd.

II. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.By Edward J. Nankivell.Price 6d. Post Free 6Jd.

III. NIGE& COAST PBOTECTOBATE.By Eld ward J. Nankivell.Price 6d. Post Free 6jd .



Price 6d. Post Free 6Jd.

Or the 5 Books sent Post Free (or 2/6 .

ADDRESS:D A I HU/ I N C O R O 8 V E R O R W O R K * , D H L U f f 1 1 1 O ) T U N R R ID Q S W I L L * .

Income-Tax, Law A Practice

__________PITMAN '8_________


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AND HOW TO PREPARE THEM.In crown 8vo, cloth gilt. 80 pp.

" The Pitman firm has made a special feature of business books, till now it issues an almost complete business library. It publications generally are to the point, practical, and sound, and the latest addition has these characteristics in a full degree. . . . The book is entirely practical, and covers the ground well. We can recommend it with confidence.” — Sheffield Independent.

" Many commercial people will save themselves a vast deal of trouble if they spend an hour over these elucidating pages.” — T.P.’s Weekly.

'• Deals with gll the chief points that need to be borne in mind in endeavouring to ascertain the amount of income on which tax is payable by business firms.”— Modem Business.SIB ISAAC PITMAN A SONS. Ltd.. Usd**. Bstfe A New y«rfc.

than Agr wil n u tt.t « 4 m will grMftr bslg hr MsiUsiat - Th i Pm «S|* Stamp '* Th is rsflrlsf t* aa j at

THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS in.

Revised Scale for Advertisements In The Postage Stamp.0 Insert! ms. 13 Insertions Jo insertions.per insertie*. per inserts*. Hr insertion.

£ tv d. £ *. d. £ t. d. £ s. d.Page* ... ............ 4 10 0 4 0 0 3 15 0 3 10 0Half Pages ........... 2 s 0 2 * 0 0 1 17 6 1 IS 0Quarter P age*............ I 2 6 1 0 0 18 9 17 6eighth Pages ........... 12 6 11 0 10 0 9 0

Columns..................... 1 12 6 ~ T 10 0 1 7 6 1 5 0Half Columns ... 17 0 16 0 14 0 U 6Quarter Columns 9 0 8 6 7 6 6 6

laches ..................... 4 6 4 3 4 0 3 6Small Prepaid Advertlaements. Twelve words for one shilling, and one penny for


IFE V E R Y B O D Y R E A D S T H E M(j A stamp dealer has lately estimated that out of 500,000 stamp collectors 10,000 are •I active enthusiastic philatelists. If that estimate be correct practically every keen

collector reads the Small Want Advts. in The Postage Stamp. Are you on the look out for some variety ? It only costs you id. a word to advertise for it in The Postage Stamp.

Y O U W R IT E T H E A D -W E DO T H E REST

NewfoundlandBargains.ALL SUPERB COPIES.

1866. 13c, orange yellow, mint........... 3/61866. 12c. red brown, used ............ 2/61870. 6c. dull rose, used............ ... 0/61880. 1 , 2, 3 and sc., used ........... 1/61887. L I. 2 . 3. ioc.. used ............ 1/81894. 6c. crimson lake, mint ........... 0/81897. Cabot, 1,2,3, 4 . S and 6c., set used 1 3

Approval Selections of any Coutlry.

F. L. PEMBERTON ft Co ,6S, High Holborn, London, W.C.

F i e l d ’ s

S i m p l i f i e d C a t a l o g u eOF TmC (TiUP̂ OF THE. BRITISH IMPIhl.

P r ic e 1 - P o st F re e 1 3.Nfw Edition Sjpehbly Ilussthat n̂C‘VC3 THE HEAL VUUf. OFVOUR STAMPS.

D. FIELD, 4- & 5 , T h e R o ya l A r c a d e Old B on d S t r e e t , LONDON, W

COLLECTORSOf Curios, Antiques, Books. Coins or anything else whatever, will find a first rate market for specimens they do not want in The Bataar. Exchange and Mart newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply & conveniently

I t In t h e Q ra a t P a p e r fo p In fo r m a t io n ,

P r iv a t e S a le s A B a rg a in s .Advertisements of Private Collectors (>.*. those who do not make a business of purchase and sale) inserted at the rate of 3 words for

Id., minimum <d.TRY IT—QET A OOPY.


Offices : BAZAAR BUILDINGS. DRURY LANS. LONDON. W.C.

Halfpenny Each.Let me send you a selection of Stamps at

the above price. All clean, perfect specimens. satisfaction guaranteed. I have 1.000 different.

A delighted customer writes: “ I am very pleased with your stamps, all my friends ask me to get some more down.”

I CLIFFORD MOSS, 81, Woegfeoase Last. Leeds.

2 0 U n u s e d F o r e ig n S t a m p s f o r(Faoe Value 30/-).

Packet No. ABI contains 20 different unused Stamp! (face value 30/-). including rare old Cuba, Philippines, Persia 2 kr.. Ecuador 1 and S sucre. Venezuela. Porto Rica. Prussia,

40 and 50 pf. and many others. Price 1/-; postage extra. Only I to each applicant.

BRIGHT ft SON. 1M, STRAND. LONDON, W.C.

K E E P Y O U R C O L L E C T I ON U P - T O - D A T E


W. H. P E C K I T T ’ S NEW I S S U E S E R V I C E ,


SOME OF THE BARGAINSBechuanalaod Protectorate, id. red, s.d.

Id., 2d., 3d. Queen, set of 4 ... o 8Austria Jubilee, Ih. to 2kr., set of 1 5 ... 1 3Russian China, set of 7 ............ ... 0 10Danish Newspaper Stamps, set of 6 ... n 4 Iceland, Double Heads, set of 7 ... 0 9Cyprus, King's Head, 5 par. to 2 pias.,

set of 6 ....................................... 0 6Uruguay, set of 8 , including lithos ... o 9 Perns, 1907, Ich. to 20ch., set of 8 ... 0 J

Postage extra on orders under 2/6.

OFFERED BY US.Over ISO Cheap sets of all countries. Call and see or write for splendid selection. State requirements. Best prices paid for


CRAWFORDS,IS, CROOKED LANE,CANNON ST.LOVDOI. E.C.

G E O . C. GI NN & CO.The “ City ” Stamp Dealers * Experts.

GO,Blshopsgate St.Within, London, E.C. Can offer from Special Purchase

N E W F O U N D L A N D1866. 12c. orange-brown... ... 1/10 each1870. 6c. dull rose.....................5d. „1894. 12c. brown-lake ... ... 1/2 „1897. Provisional.

ic. on 3c., Type I. ... 1/3 ,.Ic. on 3c.. Type II. ... 3/0 „

All very fine used specimens. Satisfaction guaranteed. Cash with order.

Best Class selections on approval i f desired.

NOTB NAMR AND ONLY ADDRESS.G. C. Ginn ft Co. are the keenest cash buyers for collections & good loose lots in London.

H. E. HAWORTH & C °:87/9 , ALDCATE HIGH STREET,

LOHDOH, E.

Selections o f Stamps sent on approval. Condition and Cheapness our

Speciality.We do not offer Bargains but sell a t a


References ream red.


THE WILUAM STAMP COMPANY, 12*. Lesdeeball Street, Leads*. E.C.

Great Britain, 1902, 10/- (each)........... 2/6„ „ £1, cheap (each)... $/6

Natal, 1902, ;/- and 10/- (per pair) ... 5/0 „ ,, 4d. C.A., unused (each) ... I/O

It Austria Jubilee, 1908, 1-35h., 1/6 per I2 sets 10)0 too

4 Austria Jubilee, 1906, so. 60, ilcr., 2kr., 31} per 12 sets, 25/0 ioo.

7 Bolivar, 1894, ic.-tooc., 3/6 per 12 sets, 25/- 100

A fine selection sets, single stamps, always on view. Wholesale price list post free.

w<e f S T J U The SCARCE BRITISH M* I f IV P,. Jubilee Envelope and ■ w “ »*w aw e Card, to each applicant f t for approval book* (50% discount).—

THE LONDON PHILATELIC Ce.,Aptley, Heme!-Hempstead.

list “ The h t u i i Stamp" wbea rsptylsg to say at these Advi

IV. THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENT**.\

;, f."s ■

The Purpose ofIs to sell you a “ L o n gsh o rt” S ty lo ; you w ill find . It ̂ -.convenient, reliable and lastin g. It has m any features w hich w ill appeal to you, the chief of w hich is, th a t it is




“ LONGSHORT”Made.in Black. Tan, or Monied Vulcanite. Open for Use. Length aline.

Size A. 3/6 . ~ S- ̂ THE. LON(, St-lOltl 'ST’fl.fK =■ 1 "̂--= MABIE TOOOAĈ

» . . ™ . - A

Size B. 5/=(Slin -open, jjin. closed.) j

Closed for pocket Length a|in».

■ tiE ' LONGSHORT STYLO $ ^v'AQ.E T-. . ft,




Sold by all Stationers,or poet free from Manufacturers,

H IT and B/1.JW rite for Free Catalogue.

M A B I E , T O D D & C o .,** Swan” Fonotpen Makers,

19 ft 80. HIGH HOLBORN, London, W-C.

93, Uhaapaide, E.C.95a, Regent 8 t, W.3. Exchange 8t., Mancheeter. 10, Rua Neuve, Brussels, Brentano’e, 37, Aveni a de ,

l Opera, Paris. ^And at Bala, New York

Chicago and Sydney.

Printed b» Sakheine. Philatelic Prinfeim,1 Tonbridge Welle, and Pnbliebed ter the PropiiettHi by SB tone Pitman 3 Sons, Ltd.,at l Amen Corner, London. B.C.

T h e S t o r y o f t h e U .S . S t a m p V e n d i n g M a c h i n e s (see page m

r j _ h e _

IPOSTAGE5TAM \ k

X/In Illustrated Weekly Journalfor^ all Classes o f Stamp Collectors


No. 17. Vol. 5. 22 JA N U A R Y , 1910. Price Id.• Whole Number 121» ________________________________________________________


prompt c a sh :Superb Uaed Copies. Rarities.Varieties.High Values.Mint Early Issues. Blocks.Proofs.Essays.



I O F F E Rip. JOp. orange Levant mini sd. 2d. chalky Levant mini or

used.............................. 3d.1884. £ 1 crowns, used, superb 25/- 1862, 3d. bright rose, mint 15/- 1883. 3d. lilac and red, mint 216 1883, 6d. lilac and red, mint 4/- 1881, 2ld. blue, plate 22, mint 2/8 1881, 4d., plate 17, unused... 2/61865. 4d., plate 13, unused... 4/6 1868, 6d. plate 9 , unused ... 3/618726d. chestnut, plate 11 mintioi- 1881, 2 id. blue, plate 20, unused 2tt 1881, lid. Venetian red, mint 1/8 1887-00, ld.-l/-, 14 varieties,

all mint ..................... 716Selections sent on Approval to any part of the globe.

Specimen topi of my Weekly Circular post free on application.


S P E C I A L O F F E RW e have Just secured direct from ZANZIBAR a further small supply si the RARE 1004 PRO VISIO NALS: -

1 on 4ia. orange.1 on 4 /a. blue black.2 on 4a. myrtle green.

2 i on 7 ia. mauve.21 on 8a. grey olive.

These have always been scarce, unused, and are catalogued in Gibbons' at 57/6 . As we purchased at a moderate figure we will supply a few lets at 17/6

per let.

ZANZIBAR, 1904 Provisional*, Complete Set of 5, as above • 1 7 /6

“ B ft K ITEMS " —Free on application—lilts many bargains.

BRIDGER & KAY, 71. Fleet St., London, E.C.

i l

Telephone 43.

BALDWINS’Philatelic Printers, Grosvenor Works, Tunbridge Wells.

CATALOGUES PRINTED Telegrams:AT SHORTEST NOTICE. Baldwins, Printer, Tun-Well*.

SubscribeTO THE

- Postage Stamp ?If not send It* 8d. as a trial for


SIR ISAAC PITMAN A SONSAmen Corner, LondoOe


T H E . .

A v e ry C o lle c t io nRecently purchased by W. H. .PECKITT i ---------------------------------------------------- f o r ----------------------------------------------1----- r

£ 2 4 ,5 0 0 n e t t c a s h .The numerous rarities in this unique Collection cannot be enumerated within the space of an ordinary

advertisement; particulars of many of these will, however, be found in a small souvenir which I have recently published. This book, containing many illustrations, and interesting reading matter, will be sent with pleasure to those of my customers who have not already received it.

I shall be glad to receive enquiries and lists of wants, for any countries, or separate stamps, as collectors should take the opportunity of an exceptional occasion like this, for filling their wants in well- known rarities, and rare varieties. __________________

W. H. PECKITT would remind Collectors, that beyond his well-known business in rare stamps, reinforced as it is by such a purchase as the above, he has devoted considerable attention to the supply of New Issues, at a uniform rate of 10% over face value.

Particulars o f this most economical method o f collecting will he forwarded upon application.

W . H. P E O K I T TTelephone: 47, S T R A N D ■ ■ Telegrams ft Cables:

3204 GERHARD. L O N D O N ) WeC- "P EC K ITT, LONDON.’*



By Edward ] . Nankivell.Price 4d. Post Free 4 jd.

II. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.By Edward J. Nankivell.Price 6d. Post Free 6^d.

III. NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE.By Edward J. Nankivell.Price 6d. Post Free 6$d.



Price 6d. Post Free 6Jd.

Or the 5 Books sent Post Free for a/6 .

ADDRESS:D A I n W I N Q OROaVEMOR WORKS, D A b llf f in O , TU M SRID Q E W ILLS ,

Income-Tax, Law dfc Practice

__________PITMAN *8_________

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AND HOW TO PREPARE THEM.In crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 8o pp.

*1 -" The Pitman firm has made a special feature of

business books, till now it issues an almost complete business, library. It publications generally are to the point, practical, and sound, and the latest addition has these characteristics in a full degree.. . . T'he book is entirely practical, and covers the ground well. We can recommend it with confidence."— Sheffield Independent.

" Many commercial people will save themselves a vast deal of trouble if they spend an hour over these elucidating pages."— T.P .’s Weekly.

" Deals with all the chief points that need to be borne in mind in endeavouring to ascertain the amount of income on which tax is payable by business firms."—Modern Business.SIR ISAAC PITMAN A SONS, Ltt., L n O t , Rath A Naw Vwfc.

■M ian will (natty half ly aaadwtef * TAa Paatayt Staay • wfeaa nyiytaf M aay at tbaae AAvarOaaaaan.

THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS. hi

FREDK. R. GINN1 4 3 , STRAND, LONDON, England.

Telephone No. 993 Gerrard. Established 1SS0 .Silver Medal, Leaden Exhibition, 1997.

The Home lor Gcenlae Bargains. Co hi pa re ay prices before parchaslat elsewhere. Barfilns for every trade ot Collector, SPECIALITY—Billet Waal Liati at specially reasonable prices. Sapcrb specimens oaly seal. Carrespaadeace

front reliable Collectors solicited.

THREE IMPORTANT PURCHASES.1. —EGYPT. A superb Specialised Collec

tion in singles, pairs and blocks. Strongest in the first three issues. Large blocks showing border design in many shades. Tete bee he pain and blocks in many different shades. Proofs, essays,&c. in great variety. All unused

2. —CHINA. A very fine collection of the Imperial Issues from the first tothe latest, also many provisional varieties of great rarity. This collection was made by a Missionary on the spot.

3 . —BRITISH GUIANA. A very fine Specialised Collection, containing a large, number of the older issues.

Revised Scale for Advertisements Ib rbe Postage Stamp.6 Insertions. 13 Insertions Jo insertions.per insertion. p tr instrtte*. P*r inurtio*.

£ a. d. £ s. d. £ t. d. £ a. d.Pages ..................... 4 10 0 4 0 0 3 15 0 3 10 0Half Paget ........... 2 $ 0 2 0 0 1 17 6 1 IS 0Quarter P ages........... I 2 6 I 0 0 18 9 17 6Eighth Pages ... 12 6 II 0 10 0 9 0

Columns..................... 1 12 6 1 10 0 I ; 6 1 5 0Half Columns ............ D 0 16 0 14 0 12 6Quarter Columns 9 0 S 6 7 6 6 6

Inches ............ 4 6 4 3 4 0 3 6

Small Prepaid Advertisements. Twelve words for one shilling, and one penny for every additional word; four insertions at the price of three.

tf( E V E R Y B O D Y R E A D S T H E MJA stamp dealer has lately estimated that out of $00,000 stamp collectors to.coo are

active enthusiastic philatelists. If that estimate be correct practically every keen collector reads the Small Want Advts. in The Postage Stamp. Are you on the look out for some variety l It only casts you Id. a word to advertise for it in The Postage Stamp.

YO U W R IT E T H E A O -W E DO T H S R i l T

A ll are in perfect condition. Want Lists filled. On approval with pleasure. SELEOTlON8 on APPROVAL

Special Bargains

British South Africa.18 91, £10 brown..................... 3 - each.1896, SI- chestnut and green . . . A d . „1901, £5 blue ......................*/• „

All fiscally cancelled but bright, clean specimens. Worth double.

Post Free. Cash with Order.

THE WILLIAM STAMP COMPANY, IR, Ltadcahall Stmt, Lesdsa, E.C.

I have a fine series of Approval Books arranged in Countries, and will send any Country on approval. Prices: Quartet1 to Half Catalogue. References required.

The following books are now ready.Br. New Guinea & Brunei Leeward Islands IndiaNew Zealand North Borneo S. Australia Queensland Seychelles Sierra Leone Hong Kong CanadaNew South Wales Others in preparation

ArgentineBelgiumFranceGermanyGerman StatesHollandNorwayRussiaUruguayBulgariaChiliChinaGreece

Great Britain, 1902, 10/- (each)............216„ „ £t, cheap (each)... 5/6

Natal, 1902, s i- and IQ/- (per pair) ... S/O „ ., ed. C.A., unused (each) ... I/O

II Austria Jubilee, 1906, i-3 5h., t/6 per I2seta 10/0 too

4 Austria Jubilee, 1908, SO, 60, lkr., 2kr., H i per 12 sets, 25/0 100.

7 Bolivar. 1894. ic.-iooc., 316 per 12 sets. 2$/- too

A fine selection seta, single stamps, always on view. Wholesale price list post free.

'v flfl COLONIALS (Vandiemens, Moot- o\J\’ serrat, Tonga, Caicos), Is.—14! Second. Manorpark.

JOHN JAMES COATES,If, BOROUGH HIGH ST.. LONDON. S.E.

Telephone 13882 Central. Established l87Y

ALL DIFFERENT.Argentina, 12 3d .; Austria. 30 6d .; Bavaria, 12 3d.; Belgium, 2S 4d. ; Greece, 13 )d.; Hayti, 20/-; Japan, 40 8d .; Mexico, 12 6d .; New South Wales, 12 ed.; New Zealand, 12 4d . ; Queensland, 10 3d.; Russia. 20 6d .; Spam, 2$ fid.; Transvaal, 12 6d .; Victoria, an I/-; and hundreds of other cheap sets from ad. per set. Price list post free. H. CHILD, 393, South Boulevard. Hull.__________

G E T T H IS P A C K E T T O -D A Y .Merely send mpcstcard and I will send on approval for 3 days, 800 d i f f e r e n t p o s t a g e s t a m p s f o r 3/3, from which any ten may be selected lor 1/0, or ISO for 2/-. If you buy the complete packet 2,000 stamp hinges will be presented free. Read what customers say concerning this packet: Mr. Norman Drake, lot. Willow Mount, Sheffield, writes, Dec. 10th.— " I am highly satisfied with Ibe packet, and although I have traded with some of the largest dealers in England, I have never had such good value.” Mr. M. E. Turner, " Purbeck," Blandford, writes, Dec. 10th.—“ I am very pleased with the selection and can thoroughly recommend your packets. I have a collection of over 5,000 varieties, but found 63 varieties I did not have, which I think is a very valuable addition.” / bur and exchange ponr duplicates. H. MoCRAIQHT, 2, NoHand Rood, Nottlng Hill, W.

X O U N U S E D Z A N Z I B A R F R E E .(Sultan's Hrad Issue i i . to 8 annas).

PacketNo. A63

of

Stampsprice

«/-post free

The above grand set (usually told at 1 lf-1 is given free to all purchasers of packet No. A62, which contains 320 different stamps including Persia. 12c. on 1 kr. (cat. 2/6 ); Philippines, 1908, 2 , 1 , 16 and Me.; rare North German Confederation 18kr. (worth 4, -); Porto Rico, Dutch, 20c. green; Swiss, 40c. grey, Ifr. red; Venezuela, 1 bolivar black (2 kinds); set of 89 Austria (including 7 unnaids) Mozambique Co. 1st lsauo 200 reis (cat. 2/6); 7 Dutch

Indies, and many others. Only one packet to each applicant.

BRIGHT k. SON. 164. STRAND. LONDON. W.C.

This Packet

is catalogued

Gibbonsat

6 8 / -

“ History ot the Postags Stampa ot tha United States ol America ’ ’ by John|K. Tiffany, la a classic in stamp literature. Bound in full doth, 320 pages. This work b out of print and quite scarce, we have a few copies (quite new) that can bo bad st the publication price 3s. post bee.

“ History ot the St. Louli Postmaster's Stamps 1835-47 ” by C. H. Mekeel. Most elaborately Illustrated with half-tones ou plate paper. Stamps valued at over £20,000 are reproduced on original coven. This work Is a classic in stamp literature, deals with the Historical, Philatelloal, Technical and Commercial features ot the subject, with all references on St. Louis stamps from the Philatelic Library ol the Earl of Crawford. (Formerly Tiffany's). A de Luxe edition of the finest work ever produced on stamps In America, 3s. poet

“ Philatelic Journal ot Amerioa ”(Yol. 20), between 300 and 400 pages, published semi-monthly, 4e poet bee. This Is the leading stamp journal in the United States ana had an advance subscription of 6,000 volumes (2 0 0 of which wen reserved for Great Britain) no sample copies.

We buy U.S. StampsFine used copies of old U.8 . stamps bought for cash, singles, dozens, or larger lota, the prevailing London price paid for good copies. What have yon got T we have to acknowledge numerous satisfactory consignments, sent directly from the first Insertion of this announcement. The prices were In all cases acceptable and we remitted by return mail.

We also buy the U.S. cut square envelopes, revenues, locals and other U.S. odds and ends that London dealersXatejglsd to,be rid of.

ExchangeWe have mint blocks ot Imperforate

U.8 ., also pain of machine peris, to exchange for British Colonials. Our exchange system for dealersjnod collectors Is worthy of examination.

STAMP SECURITY 00., Welliton Station, Si. Loots, Ho.,

U.S. A.

R R E E .The SCARCE'BRITISH Jubilee Envelope and Card, to each applicant

E for approval books ($o£ discount).— THE LONDON PHILATELIC Co.,

Apsley, Hemei-Hempstead.

la s t m wM gnNIt M s ky ■ saHsalat * The FsMge S h o t," when rsptyisf M any *1 i t * Afrsrtteemeasa,

IT. THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVEBTK »U.TM STS. \\

The Purpose of thisIf to 5ell you a “ L o n g sh o rt” S ty lo ; you 'w ill find it convenient, reliable and lastin g. It has m any features w hich w ill appeal to you, the chief

_ of w h ich is, th a t it is




“ LONGSHORT”Made, in Black. Tar. or Mottled Vulcanite. Open fot Uie. Length tlina.

Size ACloted for pocket. Length alin*.

Size B. 5/-(Sfin open, 3lin. closed.); I

TH> • LONGSHORT' $TVlO S MAOlE. TODD ; r z B

Qf)7 > 'O ' E.Pat£\t

1

A


Fitted with smooth point and spring needle. May be carried In any position without tear of leakage.

G E T O N E T O - D A Y I

Sold by all Stationers, M A B I E , T O D D & C o .,or poat free from Manufacturer*,

»/T and B/1 .|W rite far Free Catalogue.

‘ Swan” Fountpen Maker*.

19 & 80, HIQH HOLBORN, London, W-C.

03, Oheapaide, E.C.85a, Regent St., W,3. Exchange St.. Mancheeter. tO. Rue Nauva. Brusaels. Brentano’e, 37, Aram a de

I’Opera, Pari*.And at Bala, New York

Chicago and Sydney.

^rioted be Baldwin*. Philatelic Printer*. Tonbridge Wells, and Published for the Proprietor* by Sir Isaac Pitman 3 Son*. Ltd.,at i Amen Corner. London, E.C, .

>Tb&' r̂ r m m

im s P0STAGE5TAM\/ln Illustrated Weekly Journal/or y

all Classes o/'Stamp Collectors j\


No. 18. Vol 5. 29 JANUARY. 1910. Price Id .(W"bole Sumter 122

you

SubscribeTO THE

Postage Stamp ?send It. 8d. as a trial for


IBJLftC PITMAN ft SONS

Amen Corner, London.

Important NoticeMessrs. H A R M ER , RO0KE & Co. are instructed to offer

onWadnendny, Jan. 26th, the Valuable Private Collection of Colonials formed by E . N U T H A L L , Esq.,

onMon cissy! Slots a Magnificent Collection of

A U S T R A L I A N S .all in superb condition,

Tuesday, lot. Special Unreserved Sale ofWHOLESALE LOTS,

received chiefly from abroad, and on Saturday, Fob, Bth, Valuable Lots of British

Colonials, etc.Catalogues gratis. Country buyers unable to attend, can have lots sent for their personal inspection pr.or to talc, and would find these Sales a most advantageous way of adding to their

Collection.Vendors h. sim g Collections fo r disposal should w rite to

HARMER, R O O KE & Co.F>Hi Isstolio Auotloneorw,

Offices k Aacliss Knows, *♦. FLEET STREET, , ON DON. EC. Teleyhese I22H Central Tclegriws “ Phtlstors. Leelee.”

THE GREAT QUESTION.

TARIFF REFORM or FREE TR A D E?x y . BY L. M. S. AMERY and J. M. ROBERTSON, M.P. 1 / _

n e t t . E V E R Y E L E C T O R S H O U L D P O S S E S S A C O P Y . n e t t .“ Each exponent sets forth his case ably and lucidly. ” — Glasgow H erald.“ Persons interested in the fiscal question, but as yet uncertain on which side to cast their votes, will find the book helpful

in their perplerity. " — M anchester C ity N ew s.__________________

PITMAN’SPUBLIC MAN’S GUIDE

A Handbook for all who take an interest In Questions of the Day.

Crown 8vo. cloth, 443 pp., 3s. 6d. nett “ The publication has compressed, with proportionate

nicety, the relative value of the subjects dealt with, and, therefore, caters admirably for a continually increasing number of people who take an interest in the political, imperial, diplomatic, and municipal events of the dsy."— O bserver.

WHERE TO LOOKAn Easy Guide to the Contents of certain specified

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Revised and Augmented by a Public Librarian and the Foreign Librarian at Mudie’s, and including a List of the principal Continental and American Books of Reference,

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WRITE FOR PROSPECTUSES OF THESE BOOKS.L on d on 1—SIR ISAAC PITM AN & S O N S. L td ., 1, A m en C o m e r , E.C.

I

ii THU POSTAGE 8TAM1 —ADVERTISEMENTS.

P ITM A N ’S

BUSINESS MAN’S GUIDE5th Edition Revised.

Contains MatUrs a) Every-day Importance

which Every Business Man Ought to know.

Edited by J. A. SLATER, B.A., LL.B. (Lond )

Crown 8yo , 900 pages, doth, 3s. 6d. Net.

"A n admirable specimen of the new type of business instruction book. In $oo closely printed pages, with subjects arranged alphabetically. it packs away a great amount of information of the kind frequently required and not easily obtained by business men of many kinds. The fulness of the technical phraseology, with foreign equivalents, is one of the best features of the book. Altogether it is a book that can be heartily recommended. ’’ — Daily Mail.

8ea the “ B.M.Q.” for the newCom pan lee Act,


Natal, King’s headInscribed "Postage and Revenue** and now obsolete. $/-, HV-, £ i and £$. pen-marked, but in fine condition, &et of tour fog* 1 0 /» Also a-few of the 3o/*» violet and green at T / 6 each.

British LevantI piastre 30 paras on ad. brown and green, a

. few mint copies at T /o each.

Our New 1910 Price List

Of nearly 2.000 different Packet* and Sett of Stamps is now ready, and is sent gratis and post free on request.

Is your Album a “ PARAGON,” or only an IMITATION ?

WHITFIELD KING & Co., IPSWICH1



By Edward J. Nankivell.Price ad. Post Free a|d.

II. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.By Edward j , Nankivell.Price 6d. Post Free 6jd .

HI. NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE.By Edward J. Nankivell.Price fid. Post Free 6jd.

IV. DOMINICA.By Bertram W . H. Poole.Price 6d. Post Free 6$d.


Price 6 d. Post Free 6 d̂.

Or the 5 Books sent Post-Free for 2/6 .

A d d x e s s :D A I n u i I M Q OROaVKMOR WORK*, D A L U W i n O , TU NBRIDG E VVBLLa.

Income-Tax, Law A Practice

__________PITMAN'S

INCOME TAX ACCOUNTS.

----------- <s» -----------AND HOW TO PREPARE THEM.

In crown 8vo, cloth gilt. 80 pp.

2 , -" The Pitman firm has made a special feature of

business books, till now it issues an almost complete business library. It publications generally are to the point, practical, and sound, and the latest addition has these characteristics in a full degree.. . . The book is entirely practical, and covers the ground well. We can recommend it with confidence.”—Sheffield Independent.

*■ Many commercial people will save themselves a vast deal of trouble if they spend an hour over these elucidating pages."— T.P.'s Weekly.

" Deals with all the chief points that need to be borne in mind in endeavouring to .ascertain the amount of income on which tax is payable by business firms.”—Modem Business.SIB ISAAC PITMAN « SONS, US., L n t . i , Bath * New Vaifc.

Bugera will fru ity beta by auttealag “ Tbe Paatare ft taw , * wbea ra,lyla( n aar af fbaac A<t ertlaaaraan

litTHE I'OSTAliE STAM.P—ADVERTISEMENTS.

Revised Scale lor Advertisements in 'he Poataie Stamp.

Pages ................... .Half Pagea ............Quarter P ages............Eighth Paget ............

Column*................... .Half Columns ............Quarter Columns

inches .....................

I Insertion.£ a. d. 4 10 0 2 5 0 1 2 6

12 6

I 12 6 17 0 9 0

4 6

0 imsrrtwu* f i r i*u rtic*. £ s. d. 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0

II 0

I 10 0 16 0

8 6

4 3

13 Insertions, per insertion. £ a. d.3 15 0 1 t7 6

18 9 to 0

1 7 6 14 0 7 6

4 0

Jb Insertions, per insertion.

£ v d.3 to 0 I 1 5 0

17 6 9 0

I 5 0 12 6

6 6

3 6

Small Prepaid Advertisement*. Twelve words (or one shilling, and one penny for every additional word; four insertions at the price of three.

E V E R Y B O D Y R E A D S T H E NA stamp dealer has lately estimated that out of 500.000 stamp collectors 10,000 are active enthusiastic philatelists. If that estimate be correct practically every keen collector reads the Small Want Advts, in The Postage Stamp. Are you on the look out for some variety f It only costs you id. a word to advertise for it in The Postage Stamp.

YO U W R IT S T H E AD —W E OO T H E R E S T

H. E. HAWORTH & C °:87 /9 , ALOGATE HIGH STREET,

LOHOOK, E.

Selections of Stamps sent on approval. Condition and Cheapness our *




Telephone to36l Central.

F i e l d ’ s

S i m p l i f i e d C a t a l o g u eor THt tT IWP ̂or THE BR'TISH I “ "IM

P r ic e 1 - P o st F rerj 1 3.New tDitioN Supekhlv Ii ' iistkatfii.CiVCi THE HEAL VALUE Of YOUH 1~***PU

D. FIELD. 4 & 5, T h e R o yal A r c a d e Old B on d S t r e e t . LONOON.W

COLLECTORSOf Curios, Antiques, Books, Coins or anything else whatever, will find a first rate market for specimens they do not want in The Basaar. Exchange and Hart newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply & conveniently

I t la t h e Q r e a t P a p e r T o r In fo r m a t io n ,

P r lv a t o t a l a s A B a rg a in s .Advertisements of Private Collector* (Le. those who do not make a business of purchase and tale) inserted at the rate of 3 words for

Id.,minimum 4d.

TRY IT—QET A OOPY.Price ad. everywhere, or by post for Jd. in

stamp* from theOffices : BAZAAR DUILDINOS. DRURY LANE.

LONDON. WX.

JUST O U tl NEW PRICE LIST OF SETS, Ac. FOR 1910. Full of Bargains. Post free on application.

Selections tent oa approval to reliable collectors, on receipt of references or deposit.

Wholesale List (22 page*) post free to Dealers.

Large and small collections and mixed lota wanted. High prices paid. Write or call. Mention paper.The Universal stamp Co., 48, Mincing Lane (Fenchureh St. end), London, E.C.

H6 P H I L I P P I N E I S . G906) F B E EIncluding portraits'od Presidents McKinley, Rizal. Magellan and 'Lawttsi, to Collectors sending id. postage. Mention Gift No. A96. Only I to each applicant.

, NOW READY ! 8th edition " A.B.C.” Catalogue, 8 12 pagea, 5,000 illcrtrationtr 2/10 poet free.

B right & Sort, 164, Strand, London, W.C-


B Y S EN D I N G FOR P A R T I C U L A R S OF

W. H. P E C K I T T ’ S N E W I S S U E S E R V I C E ,

4 7 S T R A N D , LONDON, W .C .

G E O . C . G I N N & Co.The "City " Staap Dealers ft Experts,

SO,Blshopsgate St. Within, London, E.C.

HAVE you

IN DIA, 1 5 r u p e e s , K i n g V ?A very fine and scarce stamp, we can supply

specially picked copies used at 12/6 each.H U IM A March. 1904. Postage Due, the w i ■ 1 isrs , complete set of six values,!, 1,2, 4, 5 and 10 cents, in mint condition. Price 3/8 the set. This is a genuine bargain.(Gibbons’ or Scott's price is over 30! - a set).

SUPERB COPIES.Satisfaction guaranteed. Cash with order.


Carefally sate Naae ft Address. Etrek. 1862.

JUSTPERUSE THIS LIST OF OFFERS.

Cape, King, 5/-, fine used ........... 0 9Orange River Colony, King, 5/-,

fine used .............................. 3 0Hong Kong, King, mult., 20c..fine used 0 2

.. ., 50c . „ 0 4, „ ., „ 1 dollar „ 0 9Queensland, 1897-1907, 1 /- bright

mauve (cat. U -) ... ... ... o 3Straits Sts. King, 25 or 30c.. mult.,

each ....................................... o 2Brazil, 1906, 2,030 reii (cat 2l- i ... 0 6

.. 5.000 reis (cat 4/-> ... I oGreece, 1906, Olympic, 1 dracma (c.i/-) o 4 Persia. 1908 (Sbaht, I3ch. or 1 kran,

each ....................................... o 2Persia, 1906 (Shah) 5 kran, each ... o 4

POSTAGE EXTRA.My Approval Selections art splendid.

Cheap Prices and Fine Specimens.Bargain List gratis and post free.

W R F D D V 21. Ryecreft Street Pare*** • h h C tM M I , Qm i , Leadea, S. W.

____SPECIAL OFFERS IRWFOUMD- No. 33,12c. red-bin.,LAID cat. 4a. ... ... 1 J 2©

No 37, 8c. blue, cat. 8/6 l ; i 6 No. 89, 6c. dull rose, cat. 1/- 0 a| 6 No. 40, lc. purple, cat. 10/- 4lI0Ditto, pair........................ BfilftNo. 41, 2c. green, cat.4/-... 1 * 9 No. 42, 80. blue, cat. 1/6... 0 1 6 No. 49, 4e. mee-red, cat. 4d. 0 .12 No. 6 6 , lc green, cat. 4d. 0 |2No. 80, lc. on 8c. grey pur

ple, oat. 3/6 ............. 1 6No. 89, 4c. violet............. 0 3

TRUIDAD, No. 72, 6d. deep green,cat.fi/-............. 2 0

No. 78, 1/- bright purple, eat. 7/6 ... ... S 8

ML OEM. AFRICA. 1898, No fifi, Id. red and bine, large atamp,cat. 3/- ........................ I t

PERSIA, (Pro- 1902, No. 803, fi kran*vtrtonab >, cat. 2 / - ............. 0 9

1905, No 406,1 ch. on lk , catOd...........................0 4

No. 407, lcb. on lk., eat. 2/- 0 No. 408,2ch. on fik, cat 1 /- 0 No. 409,2ch. on 6 k , cat. 8/- 19cb. 00 lk. ............. 012ch on 10k..................... 0

AH above are superb used copies. Portage n tn am otdtfi nnflar E/A.

Approval selections of good stamps at moderate prices to responsible persona.

Supply References.DAVID E. ELLIS, & £ £ » ? *

828, Euston Road, London, N.W.

A PPROVAL SHEETS, Foreign and Col- ' * onlal, References required.—K. Foster,

25, Grenville Place, Brighton.

feeders will pertly kelp by meerteelef “ Tfir PeeiafsSrtap* wbe* nplyM i re eey ef Bee* Advertleeaieate.

IV. THE POSTAGE STAMP-ADVERTISEMENTS.

The Purpose ofIs to sell you a “ Longshort ” S ty lo ; you w ill find it convenient, reliable and lastin g . It has m any features w hich w ill appeal to you, the chief of which is, that it is




this ‘Ad.’

“ LONGSHORT”ijK f LONC,Sh0 RT STVLOf_

MABIE TODDJC* 8 MCw YOR* 8. LONDON

Made in Black, Tara . Mottled Vulcanite. Open foi Use. Length dins-

Size A. 3/6 e. l o n g S h o r t &ty.lO£MABIE TOOO*C°

N£w VO LONDON

Cloted for pocket. Length Jjins.

Size B. 5/-(5 lin open, jjin. closed.)

Th£ LCNG5H0RT' STYLO S TODD ia : ? Z B

i£"3?T/0* P?s° £

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A

W R IT E S P E R F E C T L Y - A L W A Y S &; IN S T A N T L Y


g e t o n e T O - D A Y !

Sold by all Stationers, M A B I E , T O D D & C o .,ftP ftfttl ft»mm f ham ftl • biiIbaI .••aba ' -or post free from Manufacturers,

»/ T and 5/1.|W rite for Pree Catalogue.

1 Sw an" Ponntpen Makers,


83, Uheapside, E.C.95a. Regent 8t., W.3, Exchange 8t.. Manchester. 10, Rue Neuve, Brussels. Brentano's, 37, Aveni e de

I’Opere, Paris And at Bale, New York

Chicago and 8ydney.

Printed b» DtlHeim. phll«telic Printers. Tunbridge Wells, and Published for tbe Proprietors by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.,st t Amen Corner, London. E.C.

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BILLIONS OF POSTAGE STAMPS (SEE MOE 223).

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P o s t a g e s t a m

\An Illustrated Weekjy Journal fo r y all Classes o f Stamp Collec tors


No. 19. Vol. 6.< Whole Number 1231

6 FEBRUARY, 1910. Price Id.


prompt c a s h :Superb Used Copies. Rarities.Varieties.High Values.Mint Early Issues.Blocks.Proofs.Essays.



Selections sent on Appro'

• I O F F E R£l orbs used postally v.f. 32/- id. red plate 22$ mini superb 30/- 2d. blue, L.C. 16 , plate $,

used v.f.. Cat. 17/6 ... 4/62d. blue, L.C. 16, plate 6 ,

used v.f.. Cat. I2'6 ... 4/6Id. rose, L.C. 16. Cat. I/- $d.id. red, s.C. 14. die 1, Cat.

5/-.used ........... P... 1/3los. grey wink, cross used v.f. 22/6 2d. blue, plate I$. mfat ... . t/6 Id. 1880 green mint block of 4 2 '- )d. 1884 slate mint block of 4 9d. £ 1 cross superb used block of 6 £ 18 aid. green and red mint ... 6d.Id. I.R. official, 5 varieties' iod.

I to any part of the globe.Specimen copr 0/ my Weekly Circular post free on application.


A t F a c e V a lu e .T o - c lear a few surp lus tines, w e offer the fo llow ing at lace v a lu e on ly .

Every stamp in mint state aa issued.

B A H A M A S , £1 Q u ee n ’s H ead ................ 20/-£ t K in g 's H ead ................ 20/-

B r . S O M A L IL A N D , K in g ’s H ead . 1, 2 . 3and 5 R ., s e t .......................................... 14/8

’ P A T I A L A , K in g 's H e a d Serv ice , 1, 2,4 ,8 arid 1R ., set o f 6 ............... . 2/7

N A T A L , Q u een 's H e a d . $, 1. 2, 3 .4 , 6d ., is .and 59., set o f 8 ............................. 7/4

St. H E L E N A , 1864, C C , is . green ... 1/-

BRIDQER & KAY, 71. Fleet St., Londoo, E.C.

THE ORE AT QUESTION.

TAR IFF REFORM or FREE TR A D E ?1 / . BY L « . S. AVERT and J . N. ROBERTSON, IT.P. l / _

n e t t . E V E R Y E L E C T O R S H O U L D P O S S E S S A C O P Y . n e t t .“ Each exponent seta forth hbcase ably and lucidly. " —Glasgow Herald.“ Person* interested in the fiscal question, but as yet uncertain on which side to cast their votes, will find the book helpful

in their perplerity. " —Manchester City News._______________________________________________________

PITMAN’SPUBLIC MAN’S GUIDE

A Handbook for all who take an interest In Questions of the Day.

Crown 8vo, cloth, 442 pp., 3s. 6d. nett "The" publication has compressed, with proport ionite

nicety; the relative value of the subjects dealt with, and. therefore, caters admirably for a continually increasing number of people who take an interest in the political, imperial, diplomatic, and municipal events of the d ry ."—Observer,

PITMAN’S WHERE TO LOOK

An Easy Guide to the Contents of certain specified Books of Reference.

Indispensable to all Librarians. fltlHO ANNUAL EDITION.Revised and Augmented by a Public Librarian and the

Foreign Librarian at Mudic’s, and including a List of the principal Continental and American Bools of Reference,

with a note of their contents.In crown 8vo, cloth, I40pp., 21. net.

'* WRITE POR PROSPECTUSES OF THESE BOOKS.L o n d o n ■—SIR ISAAC PITM AN A SO N S, L td ., 1, A m en C o m e r , C.C.

ii. THE PU8TAOE 8TAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS.

(j O iTHE

N E W I S S U E S= O F 1 9 0 9

W. H. PECKITT’S New Issue Service supplied at a uniform rale of 10% over face value (with a few trifling exceptions), the following stamps to all its New Issue subscribers:—

SIERRA LEONE, New Colours; DOMINICA, New Colours; 8T. LUCIA, New Colours; GOLD COAST, 2d., 8d., 1/-S 80L0H0N ISLANDS SET; NEW HEBRIDES SET; INDIA, High Values; ST. YINCENT, fid.; TRANSVAAL, 8/- M.G.A.; NATAL, High Values; RHODESIA SURCHARGES; FIJI, 1/- M.O.A.; QUEENSLAND, 2d., New Type; CAYMAN, 1/- M C.A.; BORNEO SET; JHIND, 2} annas; MALDIVES 8ET; TURKSIS., 3d.; JAMAICA, fid. Yellow M.C.A.; 8. NIGERIA, New Colours; NEW SOUTH WALES, 2d., perf. 11; NEW HEBRIDES, 1/- M.C.A.; 8. AUSTRALIA, 2 8 ,Cr. ft A .; PATIALA, 8p.; TURKS ISLANDS, New Set; ZANZIBAR, lc., 10c., 78c.$ GAMBIA, New Set; MONTSERRAT, New Set; 8T. VINCENT, Id., fid., New Die, Sd. New Colour; Various perforation and shade varieties; etc., etc.

To substantiate my claim that this is the most economical method of collecting New Issues, it is necessary to consider the premium already commanded by many of the above, all of which were sent out at io% over actual face value, the result being that the collector taking stamps up to an average limit has reduced his expenditure to a minimum.

All Particulars Gives upon Application.

A m o n g re c e n t S ta m p s d is t r ib u te d a t io % o v e r f a c e a r e :—

2/8 NEW SOUTH WALES, Perf. 11 x 11*.New TRINIDAD. New ST. YINCENT. Ip. 30p. LEVANT brown and green.

W . H. P E C K I T TTelephone: ® ^ R A N D ■■ Telegrams ft Cables:

3 2 0 4 GERRARD. L O N D O N ™WeG- “ PECKITT, LONDON.”

BstSsrs Will fra ttj M s Sr m W m Iu 'T M fM Ut* Suer ' w m i n p j ln ra U r W Ifew*

THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS. iii

FREDK. R. GINN143, STRAND, LONDON. Borland.

Trlrphone No. 893 Gerrard. Established 1880.Silver Medal, Louden Exhibition, 1897.

the tleuteforGeaalse Bergalss. Uempartwy •rices hdarc pirchulit elsewkcrc. Barillas for ncry grade at Celtoctsr. SPtCIALI TV—Fillla| Waal Uata at specially reasonable price*. >apcrfc tyeclsiens only aaat. Cerrcapeadeace

Iran reliable Collectors s-IIJted.

TWO IMPORTANT PURCHASES.1. —EGYPT. A superb Specialised Collec-

. lion in singles, pain and blocks, Strongeat inthe first three issues. Large blocks showing border design in many shade*. Tete beche pairs and blocks in many different shades. Proofs, essays,&c. in great variety. All unused

2 . -BRITISH GUIANA. A very fine Specialised Collection, containing a large number of the older issues.AU are in perjeci condition. Want Lisle filled.

On approval with pleasure.

Special Bargains

Revised Scale ter Advertisements in The Postage Stasip.6 Insertions. 13 Issserttens. Jts Insertions.Per imsertiem. per inseriten. per insertion.

£ s. d. £ a. d. £ 8. d. £ a. d.Pages ..................... 4 10 0 4 0 0 3 IS 0 3 10 0Half Page* ............ 2 5 0 3 0 0 t 17 6 IS 0Quarter P ages........... 1 2 6 1 0 0 18 9 17 6Eighth Paget ........... 12 6 11 0 to 0 9 0

Columns..................... I 12 6 I 10 0 I 7 6 1 5 0Half Columns ............ IT 0 16 0 ■ 4 0 12 6Quarter Columns 9 0 8 6 7 6 6 6

Inches 4 6 4 3 4 0 3 6Snail Prepaid Advertisements. Twelve words for one shilling, and one penny for


I E V E R Y B O D Y R E A D S T H E MIt A stamp dealer has lately estimated that out of 500,000 stamp collectors 10,000 are ' 1 active enthusiastic philatelists. If that estimate be correct practically every keen

collector reads the Small Want Advts. in The Postage Stamp. Are you on the look out for some variety I It only costa you Id. a word to advertise for it in The Postage Stamp.

Y O U W R ITE T H E AD—W E DO T H E R E I T

MAURITIUS.Scarce Provisional, 1900, 4c. on 16c, chestnut.

Gibbons' No. 137, mint, 8 d . each-

British South Africa.18 91, <10 brown.....................3/» each.1896, Si- chestnut and green ... A d - ., 190 1, SB blue ........... . ... * 1 - „

All fiscally cancelled but bright, clean specimens. Worth doable.

Post Free- Cash with Order.

F R E E .The SCARCE BRITISH Jubilee Envelope and Card, to each applicant

M for approval book* (50% discount).- THE LONDON PHILA----------

Apaley, Hemet-Hempstead..ATE LIC Co.,

8 ELEOTlON8on APPROVALI have a fine aeries of Approval Books arranged in Countries, and will send any Country on approval. Prices: Quarter to Half Catalogue. References required.

The following books are now ready.Br. New Guinea k Brunei ArgentineLeeward Islands BelgiumIndia FranceNew Zealand GermanyNorth Borneo German StatesS. Australia HollandQueensland NorwaySeychelles RussiaSierra Leone UruguayHong Kong BulgariaCanada ChiliNew South Wale* ChinaOthers in preparation GreeceJOHN JAMES OOATE8,

19. BOROUGH HI 1H ST.. LONDON, S.E,Telephone 13882 Central. Established 1879.

G E T T H IS P A C K E T T O -D A Y .Merely send a posJcard and 1 will tend on approval for 3 days, BOO d lf fs rw n t p o s t a g e I t a m p t f o r S/3, from which any too may be selected for 1/6, or ISO for 2/*. Ifyoubuy the complete packet 2,000 stamp hinges will be presented free. Read what customers say concerning this packet: Mr. Noimao Drake, 103, Willow Mount, Sheffield, writes, Dec. loth.— “ I am highly satisfied with the packet, and although I have traded with some of the largest dealers in England, 1 have never had such good value." Mr. M. E. Turner, “ Purbeck," Blatidfoitf, writes, Dec. loth'.—" I am very pleased with the selection and can thoroughly recommend your packets. I have a collection of over 5,000 varieties, but found 63 varieties I did not have, which 1 think is a very valuable addition." I tnn and exchange pour duplicates. H . M o C R A I O H T , 3 , N o r l a n d R o a d , N o t t i n g H i l l , W .

1 0 P I C K E D S T A M P S F R E EIncluding 8 Newfoundland (Royal Portraits), FIJI Ring, China toe. blue, Philippines 1906, Hong Kong, Jamaica, etc. Send Id. pottage. Gift No. A9 7.

NOW READY! 18th edition ‘‘ A. B.C." Catalogue of all stamps, 812 pages, 5,000 illustrations. 2/10 post free.

Bright It Son, 164) 8trand( London, W.C.

Ip. 30p. on 4d. brow n and green,Mint T/®

W. H. PECKITT, 47, Strand, W.C.

« • - O L DA U S T R A L I A N S .

Krom a fine G enera l Co llection we

can m ake sp lend id selections o f Old Australians, New South Wales, New Zeialand, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia,

etc.Containing a splendid variety of fine copies,

all at Moderate Prices.RARE S TA M PS 8 VA LUA BLE COL-

LE C TIO N S BOUG H T FOR CASH. W r it e f o r “ Qptwbwrt’ e P h lla ta l lo N o t e * a n d O f fs r s . " S e n t G ra tis .

P o s t F ra * .

HUGO GBIEBERT & CO.,170, STRAND, LONDON, W.C.

Telephone4435 Gerrard.Telegrams, Cables: Griebert, London.

COLLECTORSOf Curiae, Antiques, Books, Coins or anything else whatever, w.ll find a first rate market for specimens they do not want in The Basaar. Exchange and Mart newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply A conveniently

it la thw Q rea t P a p e r f o r In fo rm a t io n ,

P r iv a t e Sa las A B a rg a in s .Advertisements of Private Collectors (he. those who do not make a business of purchase and sale) inserted at the rate of 3 words for

Id., minimum gd.TRY IT—GET A COPY.

Price 2d. everywhere, or by post for Jd. in stamps from toe

ullices: BAZAAR BUILDIN0S. DRURV UNE. LONDON, W.C.

v PPROVAL SHEETS. Foreign and Col- • * onial. References required.—K. Foster,

25, Grenville Place, Brighton.

■< In "The say ri these A<

IT, THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS.

The Purpose of thisIs to sell you a “ L o n g sh o rt” Stylo*; you w ill find it convenient, reliable and la stin g . It h as m any features w hich w ill appeal to you, the chief of w hich is, that it is




“ LONGSHORT”MABIETOODACO

sew YO*K t-lONCON1

Mid*, in'Black,'Tar or Mottled Vulcanite.

Size A. 3/6

Size B. 5/=

Open for Uae. Length dins.

4̂* !I1L l_OhJC, Snum S'YLO’ MABI E T0OD5CU

NEW YO^KUO^DON

Cloeed for pocket. Length Hint.

rut IONGSH03T 5TVLG MABiE. T' ■ I.

(5lin ■ oben, 3iin. cloied.)


Fitted with^smooth point and spring needle. May be carried • in any position without tear ofj leakage.


Sold by all Stationers,or poat free from Manufacturer«,

»/T and S/t.tW rite for Pree Catalogue.

M A B I E , T O D D & C o .,“ Swan” Pountpen Makers,


83, Uheapaide, E.C.95a. Regent 8 t,, W.3, Exchange St„ Manchester. 10, Rue Neuve, Brussel* 8rentano's, 37, Aveni e de

I'Opera, Paris And at Bale,. New York

Chicago and 8ydney.

Printed br Baldwin*. Philatelic Printer*. Tunbridge Well*, and Published for the Proprietor* by Sir Isaac Pitman A Seas, Ltd.,at I Amen Corner, Lem don. E.C. i

NOTES ON SARAWAK (BY THE EDITOR).

IPOSTAGESTAMY/ln Illustrated Weekly Journal for y Ball Classes o f Stamp Collectors i\


No. 20. Vol. 5 12 FEBRUARY, 1910. Price Id.(Whole Humber IMt_________________________________________________________________________

Do you

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Postage Stam p ?If not send It. &L a* a trial for


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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14th,At 4.18 p.m. (tb is w ill inc lude a m ag . niScent lot o f King's Head Colonials,

also very rare Great Britain),Tuesday, Feb. 18th, and Thursday, Feb. 17th.

Catalogues & Particulars free from the Auctioned*,

HARM ER, ROOKE & Co.Phllatello Auotloneere,

0111 cct t Aactlea Haems. *9. FLEET STtEET, LONDON. E.C. Tclcphaac IU H Central. Teltframt - " Pbllaters, LeaSaa.”N.B.—Collectors having duplicates or collections for disposal

can have tame offered within seven days.

THE GREAT QUESTION.T A R I F F R E F O R M o r F R E E T R A D E ?

i f - b y L. M. S. AMERY and J . Iff. ROBERTSON, M.P. \ / m

n e t t . E V E R Y E L E C T O R S H O U L D P O S S E S S A C O P Y . n e t t ." Each exponent sets forth his case ably and lucidly.” —Glasgow Herald.“ Persons interested in the fiscal question, but as yet uncertain on which side to cast their votes, will find the book helpful

in their perplexity.” —Manchester City News.___________________________________________ __________

PITMAN'SPUBLIC MAN'S GUIDE

A Handbook for all who take an into pest In Questions of the Day.

Crown 8vo, cloth, 442 pp., * . fid. nett."The publication has compressed, with proportionate

nicety, the relative value of the subjects dealt with, and, therefore, caters admirably for a continually increasing number of people who take an interest in the political, imperial, diplomatic, and municipal events of the day.” —Observer.

PITMAN'S WHERE TO LOOK

An Easy Guide to the Contents o f certain specified Rooks of Reference.

Indispensable to all Librarians. fHIND ANNUAL EDITION.Revised and Augmented by a Public Librarian and the

Foreign Librarian at Mudie's, and including a List of the principal Continental and American Books of Reference,

with a note of their contents.In crown Svo. doth. I40pp„ 2s. net

WRITE FOR PROSPECTUSES OF THBSE BOOKS.L on d on ■—SIR I8AAC PITM AN A S O N S , Ltcl.| 1, Anson •, I . C

I

ii. - - THE POSTAGE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS.

COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF 8TAMPB.Just Published. New Edition. Includes 1010.

15th EDITION, 1910,OF THE

Lincoln Stamp Catalogue

G iv in g a l l the stam ps fro m the earliest tim e th ro ugh o u t the w o r ld in one v o lu m e ::

4,8*5 ILLUSTRATIONS.T h e correct p rice s an d values o f the stam ps, co lo u rs o f the stam ps, g e o g ra p h ic a l an d h istorica l notes that interest s tam p co llecto rs ::

SPECIALLY ENORAVED ATLAS OF It COLOURED MAPS.

T h is C a ta lo gu e h a s ju s t received a Silver Medal at the V a le n c ia E x h ib it io n , S p a in

Price, handsomely bound in cloth, 3/-, sent post free to any part of the world, 3/4.

P le a se send fo r illu strated list o f sets, packets, a lb u m s and b a rg a in s , post free 2d. :: :: ::

When ordering please mention this journal.

W. S. L I N C O L N ,Tbe Oldest Established Stamp Dealer la the World,

2, HOLLES 8T., OXFORD 8T., LONDON, W. E N G L A N D .

Natal, King’s HeadInscribed “ Postage and Revenue "and now obsolete. 5/-, io/-, £i and £5. pen-marked, but in fine condition, set of four for 10/« Also a few of the . 30/- violet and green at 7 ;8 each.

British Levantt piastre 30 paras on ad. brown and green, a few mint copies at 7/8 each.

Our New 1910 Price List

Of nearly 2,000 different Packets and Sets of Stamps is now ready, and is sent gratis and post free on request.

Is your Album a “ PARAGON,” or only an IMITATION?




B y E d w a rd J. N a n k iv e ll.P r ic e 4d . Post F re e 4 jd .

II. CAPE OP GOOD HOPE.B y E d w a r d J. N an k iv e ll.P rice 6 d . Post F re e 6$d.

III. NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE.B y E d w a rd J. N a n k iv e ll.P r ic e 6d . Post F re e 6 jd .

IV. DOMINICA.B y B e rtram W . H . P oo le .P r ic e 6d Post F re e 6$d.

V. ABYSSINIA.B y F re d . J. M e lv ille .

P r ic e 6d . Post F re e 6 jd .

O r the 5 B oo k s sent P o s t -F r e e fo r 2/6.

A ddress :D A I H W I M C OROSVENOR WORKS, D A L U n i n o , t u n b r i d q r w i l l s


PITMAN’S

T n c c m e t a xA C C O U N T S .

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AND HOW TO PREPARE THEM.In cro w n 8vo, cloth g ilt, 80 p p .

* / '" T h e P itm an firm h as m ade a spec ia l feature o f

business book s , till now it issues an a lm ost com p lete busin ess lib ra ry . It pu b lica tion s genera lly a re to the po in t, p rac t ic a l, and sound , an d the latest add ition has these characteristics in a fu ll degree .. . . T he book is en tire ly p ractica l, an d covers the gro u n d w e ll. W e can recom m end it w ith confid ence .” - Sheffield Independent.

*• M a n y com m erc ia l peop le w ill save them selves a vast d ea l o f tro u b le if they spend an hou r o ver these e luc idating p a g e s ."— T .P .’s Weekly.

" D e a ls w ith a ll the ch ie f po in ts that need to be bo rn e in m ind in en deavou rin g to ascerta in the am ount o f incom e on w h ich tax is p ay ab le by business firm s ."— Modern Business.SIR ISAAC PITMAN k SONS, LM.. LaaAaa. bath k New Yark.

RtaAan will fraatly balp by maattaalbt “ Tbt Paatbf* Stamp" wbti rapiyiaf ta aay af tkaa* AAvaftteamaat*.


r

Revised Scale lor Advertisements in The Postage Stamp.6 lns-rtions. 13 Insertions JO insertions.Per tMAtrito*. Per t*<ertian. Per imsertiPm,

£ s. d. £ U d. £ 4. d. £ t. d.Pages ........ 4 to 0 4 0 0 3 13 0 3 10 0Half Pages ....... 2 5 0 2 0 0 t 17 6 t 15 0Quarter Pages....... l 2 o I 0 0 <8 9 17 6Eighth Pages ... 12 0 0 to 0 9 0Columns....... I 12 0 I to 0 7 6 l 5 0Half Columns........ 17 0 16 0 U 0 12 6Quarter Columns M u 8 6 7 6 6 6Inches ............. 4 6 4 3 4 0 3 6Small Prepaid Advertisements. Twelve words for one shilling, and one penny for


||( E V E R Y B O D Y B E A D S T H E M jIt' A stamp dealer has lately estimated that out of 500,000 stamp collectors 10,000 are . lit active enthusiastic philatelists. If that estimate be correct practically every keen

I collector reads the Small Want Advts. in Tht Postage Stamp. Are you on the look out ' for some variety 1 it only costs you Id. a word to advertise for it in The Postage Stamp.

YO U W R ITE T H E A D -W C DO T H E REST

H. E. HAWORTH & 0°-87/9 , ALDGATE HIGH STREET,

LONDON, E.


Speciality.We do not ofTer Bargains but sell at a




F i e l d ’ s

S i m p l i f i e d C a t a l o g u eOF THt STAMPS OF THE BRITISH EMRiHE.

P ric e 1 - P o st F re e 1 3.New Edition Supekrly IllustrateC'VCSTHE HEAL VtLUf OF YOUR STAMPS.

D. FIELD, 4. &. 5, The R o yal A rc a d e O ld B o n d B tre e it, LONDON, W

COLLECTORSOf Curioa, Antiques, Books. Coins or anything else whatever, wilt find a first rate market for specimens they do not want in The Bazaar. Exchange amt Mart newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply & conveniently

It. la t h e O eaa t P a p e r f o r In fo r m a t io n ,

P r iv a t e B a les dk B a rg a in * .Advertisements of Private Collectors [t.e. those who do not make a business of purchase and sale) inserted at the rale of 3 words for

Id., minimum gd.

TRY IT—QET A COPY.Price ad. everywhere, or by post for 3d. in

stamps from theOllices; BAZAAR BUILDINGS. ORIIRY LANE.

LONDON. W.C

JUST OUT! NEW PRICE LIST OF SETS. A c. FOR 1910. Full of Bargains. Poet free on application.

Selections sent oa approval to reliable collectors, on receipt of references or deposit.

Wholesale List (22 pages) post free to Large and small collectioni and mixed

lob wanted. High prices paid. Write or call. Mention paper.The Universal Stamp Co., 43, Mincing Lane (Fenchurch St. end), London, E.C.

10/= Packet of Stamps for 2d.Packet No. AI20 contains 108 different stamps (cat. 10/-), including the following: Unused Servla (old Issue, lmperf.), Philippines (old issue, worth 8d.), a fine set of 6 Chinese. Austria, scarce 2 Krona value, Austria, Japan, Hungary, Holland. Germany, high values, Italy, etc. Price 2d. pottage extra. Only 1 packet sent to each applicant. NOW READY, “ A.B.C." Priced Catalogue of the World’s Stamps for 1910. 812 pages, 6.000 Illustrations, post free, 2.10.

BRIGHT A SON, 104, STRAND, LONDON, W.C.

I p 30p. on 4d. brow n an d green,M int, T / 0

W. H. PECKITT, 4T, Strand, W.C.

G E O . C . G I N N & Co.The “ City ” Snap Dealers A Experts,

(O.BIshopsgateSt.Within, London, E.C.

HAVE YOU

IN DI A, 1 5 r u p e e s , K i n g ’ s PA vent fine and scarce stamp, we can supply

specially picked copies used at 12/6 each.A H I N A March, 1904, Postage Due, the

1 1 1 1 s rx, compjeie 0f values, i, I, 2. 4, 5 and 10 cents, in mint condition. Price 8 6 the set. This is a genuine bargain. (Gibbons’ or Scott's price is over 301- a set).

SUPERB COPIES.Satisfaction guaranteed. Cash with order.


Carelally nole Name & A (Ureas. Estab. IS3Z.

S P E C I A L JJARGAI NS.

■ 00 BRITISH COLONIALS.all different for 1/- post free, and your monev returned if unsatisfactory Cheip Sets from 2d set. Price List Free. H. CHILD, 3 9 3 , S ou th

Boulevard, Hull

n n e e The SCARCE'BRITISH l a H r .r . - Jubilee Envelope and ■ Card, to each applicantM for approval books

THE LOhApsley, Hemei-Hempstead.

for approval books (50 ̂ disco'untl.— ----- LONDON PHILATELIC Co.,

SUPERB P0STALLY USED COPIES.each

Austria. 1806. 2 gulden, green ... fid. Chili, 190s, 15. 30, or 50c. ... ... lid.Cayman, li-single on green paper ... 2/3Fr. Madagascar, 1895, 5 fr., scarce ... 2/6Guadaloupe, 1905, 20, 25, or 35c. each 2)d. Guatemala, 1886, 25, so, 75c., set ... 4d.Ital. Levant. 1908. 10, 20. or 40 para (ob.) 2d.

,, Constantinople 10 or 20 par. id. „ ., ■ itiaalre on 25c.

Janina. I piastra on 2$c.Liberia, 1897. 15c.or20c., tod.; uc.blue Mexico, 1899. I peso blue and black ... Nicaragua. 1907, Costa Atlantica B or

Cotta Atlantica C. complete tc. to

2d.2d.1/43d.

5 pesos, each set N. N i g ................

10/-5/-ligeria. King, single CA. 2/6

Suriname. 1893, 15c.. 2d.; 20c , $d.;2$c„ Id.; 30c.,

.. 1899 a gulden 50c. lilac, cat. 7/6Roumania, 1906, S.G.. type 26. 1 , 3. 5. 10b.

.................................,'S. S°b- 4<J.„ „ „ 1 leu, 8d.; 2 1 ..1/3

S.G. 27/36. t. 3 . S. 10b. id. .. .. .. IS or 2$b.„ 25b. green

and black, error.........................40 or 50b. ...

1 leu. 7d. ; 2 1.,

,6d.3/6Id.

2ld.

6d. 4d- 11-

,. Set of tl complete 2/9 Swiss. 1905, 20, 30, 40, 50c.. I or 3 fr.... id. Senegal. 1892, 1 franc, scarce, fine ... 9d.Seychelles. 2c. green & carmine.plate t 0d.

„ 1893. 3/4C. (block of 4. I/-) 3d-„ „ I2/I6c. or 1 6 1 5 c.,cat.3/- tod.„ „ 12c. sepia and green ... 8d.

Sudan, 4m. brown 8t blue (2 types), each 2|d. Quatrefoils. 2. 3m. or t pi. each 2d.

„ ,. 2 pi. 6d. : 5P 1/-: top. 1/4Uruguay, 1897, 2 or 3 pesos ... 1/9

blocks of 4, 6/6

SPECIAL BARGAINS IN UNUSED (MINT).

Papua, Type II., Id. to 2 i6 , rare set ... 12/6 2d., 4d.; 2*d„ Sd.; 2/6 , 2/9

Wanted, rare collections and rare stamps. Highest prices paid.

James R modes, 62. market st.,Manchestertenden will grand? Del? by Miileslnt “ Tbc Pmm« Si»w»* rr*i>>u, <- «n> • •»*-»

IV. • T H E P O S T A G E , S T A M P — A D V E R T IS E M E N T S .

The Purpose ofU to sell you a “ Longshort ” Stylo]; you will find It convenient, reliable and lasting. It has many features which will appeal to you, the chief of which is, that it is



P U R S E , o r H A N D B A G .

hence th e name

Y .\

“LONGSHORT”Made in Black, T ar or Mottled Vulcanite. Open for Uie. Length din*.

Size A. 3/6 l LON&snORi SrrLOj;MABIE T0OOSC'1 NEW YORK £lONOON

Cloted for pocket. Length din*.

Size B. 5/-(5lin open, Jiin.^cloted.)

THl LOitCSMOST STYLO SMA31E TODD i BPATES.T ;S77 "07 R“N? SI099I E

W R IT E S P E R F E C T L Y - A L W A Y S & IN S T A N T LY ,

Fitted w ith smooth point and spring needle. May be carried In any position w ithout tear of leakage.


Sold b y a l l S ta tio n e rs ,o rp o a tf re e from M anufacturera

3 / 7 a n d 5 /1 ..W r ite lo r P ree C ata logue,

M A B I E , T O D D & C o . ," S w a n " F o u n tp en M akers ,


93, U heepaida, E.C.95a, Regent 8 t„ W.3, E xchange 8 t„ Man cheater. 10, Rue Nauvo, B ru tte lt. B ren tano t , 37, Aveni • da

I'Opera, Part*And a t Bale, New York

C hicago en d 8ydney.

Vrinted br Baldwin*. Philatelic Printer*. Tonbridge W ill* and PnblMied for the Proprietor* by Sir I»aac Pitman & Son*. Ltd..at t Amen Corner. London. B.C.

S A R A W A K , 1 8 7 5 I S S U E (BY THE EDITOR),

F o s t a g e S t a m li

L/7n I llu s tr a te d Weekly Journal/or yI all Gasses o f Stamp Collectors J

"-------------------------- -------------------------------EDITED B Y FRED. /. M E L V ILL E .

No. 2 1 . Vol f> 19 FEBRUAIIY. l» 1 0 Price idiWholf Number 125*

GREAT BRITAIN.I want to buy for



C a s h p e r r e t u r n s e n t f o r a l l s u it a b le lo ts .

I O F F E R£l orbt u s e d postally v.f. 32- id. red plate 225 m in i superb 30 - ad. blue, L.C. 16, plate 5,

w e d v . f„ Cat. 17 6 ... 416ad. blue, L.C. 16, plate 6,

u s e d v.f., Cat. 12/6 ... 4.6id rose, L.c. 16, Cat. 1/- sd. id. red, s.C. 14. die t. Cat.

S i ; u s e d ....................... 1/3tos. grey wmk. cross u s e d v.f. 22 6 2d. blue, plate 1$. m in i ... 1/6

Jd. 1880 green m in t block of 4 2 - d. 1884 slate m in t block of 4 9d.

£1 cross superb u s e d block of 6 £t8 4>d. green and red m in t . . . 6d.)d. I.R. official, 5 varieties tod.

Selections sent on Approval to any part of the globe. S p e c im e n c a p s o f m y I V e e i ly C i r c u l a r p a st f r e e a n a p p lic a t io n .

OSW ALD MARSH,P, BELVEDERE KOAD, NORWOOD, LONDON, S.E.

TWO PURCHASES.We have recently purchased a very fine collection of

UGANDA & ZANZIBARIn UGANDA we have a fine lot of all the early typewritten issues, including strips, shewing types and tete-Mche pairs. Full particulars and prices on application. In ZANZIBAR we have blocks of most

issues showing minor varieties.

T H i s W e e k ' s S p e c i a l O f f e r r -

STRAITS ON LABUAN, u n u s e d , m i n t .1907. 3c. to St. set of 9 (cat. 23/10), for 9 -

The le. supplied for 2 6, and the 2C. for 9 6 . or complete set for 19/-

BRIDGER & KaY, 71. Fleet St., London, E.C.

r TH E GREAT QUESTION.

TARIFF REFORM or FREE TRADE?Z X / - B Y L. M. S . A M E R Y a n d J . M . R O B ER TSO N , M .P . \ / m

n e t t . E V E R Y E L E C T O R S H O U L D P O S S E S S A C O P Y . n e t t ."Each exponent sets forth his case ably and lucidly.” —C/argoto H e r a ld ." Persons interested in the fiscal question, but am yet uncertain on which side to cast their votes, will find the book helpful

in their perplexity.” —M a n c h e s te r C it y N e w s .__________________________________________________________

PITMAN’SPUBLIC MAN'S GUIDE

A H a n d b o o k fo p a l l w h o t a k e a n I n t e r e s t In Q u e s tio n s o f th e D a y .

Crown 8vo, cloth, 442 pp., 3s. 6ri nett.“ The publication has compressed, with proportionate

nicety, the relative value of the subjects dealt with, and. therefore, eaten admirably for a continually increasing number of people who take an interest in the political, imperial, diplomatic, and municipal events of the day.” —O b s e r v e r .


A n E a s y G u id e to th e C o n te n ts o f c e r t a in sp e c ifie d B o o k s o f R e fe r e n c e .

Indispensable to all Librarians. TltlKl) ANNUAL EDITION.Revised and Augmented by a Public Librarian and the

Foreign Librarian at Mudie's, and including a List of the principal Continental and American Books of Reference,

with a note of their contents.In crown 8vo, cloth, 140 pp., 2s. net.

WRITE FOR PROSPECTUSES OF THESE BOOKS.L o n d o n 1 —S I R I S A A C P I T M A N & S O N S , L t d . , 1, A m e n C o r n e r , E .C

THE PU8TAUE STAMP—ADVERTISEMENTS.

Recent. .

Purchases

A F i n e C o l le c t io n o f t h e S t a m p s o f New _ Z e a l a n d , e s p e c i a l ly s t r o n g in t h e P i c t o r i a l I s s u e s .

A s m a ll b u t h i g h l y S p e c ia l is e d C o l le c t i o n o f

t h e e a r l y im p e r f o r a t e s v e r y w e l l r e p r e s e n t e d , b o th b y u n u s e d a n d u s e d s p e c im e n s , in b lo c k s a n d p a ir s , e t c . , e t c . ,

E i t h e r o f th e a b o v e w i l l b e s e n t o n a p p r o v a l fo r in s p e c t io n

S P E C I A L O F F E R S .TRIANGULAR CAPE , 4 d . F i n e c o p ie s w i t h g o o d m a r g in s o n e n t ir e o r ig in a ls , 2/- e a c h .

LEVANT I. 30 p ., b r o w n a n d g r e e n . . . . . . . .. 7/6 , , m in t .

New Issue Service.• L e v a n t S e t s . P a p u a 2/6 p e r m a n e n t ty p e .

A l l p a r t ic u la r s o f t h is p o p u la r a n d e c o n o m ic a l m e th o d o f c o l l e c t i n g s e n t u p o n a p p l ic a t io n .

S t a m p s r e c e n t ly r e c e iv e d in c lu d e —N o r t h e r n N ig e r ia id . r e d . N e w S o u t h W a le s , 2/ft p e r f . 1 1 x 1 1 J ,

e t c . , e tc .

H .T e le p h o n e :

3 2 0 4 G E R R A R D .

^ ___________________

47, STRAND . LONDON, W.C

T e le g r a m s & C a b le s :

“ P E C K IT T , L O N D O N ."

Z )



B y E d w a r d J . N a n k iv e l l .P r i c e 4 d . P o s t F r e e 4 jd .

II. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.B y E d w a r d J . N a n k iv e ll .P r ic e 6 d . P o s t F r e e 6$d.

III. NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE.B y E d w a r d J . N a n k iv e l l .P r i c e 6 d , P o s t F r e e 6 J d .

IV. DOMINICA.B y B e r t r a m W . H , P o o le .P r i c e 6 d . P o s t F r e e 6 Jd .

V. ABYSSINIA.B y F r e d . J . M e lv i l le .

P r i c e 6 d , P o s t F r e e 6$d.

O r th e 5 B o o k s s e n t P o s t F r e e f o r 2/6.

A ddress :D A I n u / l 1U C GROSVENOR WORKS DALliVVIlSOi TUNBRIDGE WELLS.

Incom e-Tax, Law & P ractice

________PITMAN’S

INCOMETAXACCOUNTS.

------------------- u \ ------------------

AND HOW TO PREPARE THEM.In c r o w n 8 v o , c lo t h g i l t , b o p p .

" T h e P i t m a n f ir m h a s m a d e a s p e c ia l fe a tu r e o f b u s in e s s b o o k s , t i l l n o w it is s u e s a n a lm o s t c o m p le te b u s in e > s > lib r a r y . It p u b l ic a t io n s g e n e r a l ly a r e to th e p o in t , p r a c t ic a l , a n d s o u n d , a n d th e la te s t a d d it io n h a s th e s e c h a r a c t e r is t ic s in a fu ll d e g r e e .

. . T h e b o o k is e n t ir e ly p r a c t ic a l , a n d c o v e r s th e g r o u n d w e l l . W e c a n r e c o m m e n d i t w it h c o n f id e n c e .” S h e f f i e l d Independent.

*■ M a n y c o m m e r c ia l p e o p le w ill s a v e th e m s e lv e s a v a s t d e a l o f t r o u b le i f th e v s p e n d a n h o u r o v e r th e s e e lu c id a t in g p a g e s . " — T . P ’s W eekly.

" D e a ls w i t h a l l th e c h i e f p o in t s th a t n ee d to b e b o r n e in m in d in e n d e a v o u r in g to a s c e r ta in th e a m o u n t o f in c o m e o n w h ic h ta x i s p a y a b le b y b u s in e s s f i r m s . " — M odern B u sin ess.

SIB ISAAC PITMAN * SONS, L«„ Loidoe, Balk * New Vark.

Beaten will freed? help ky wenttoilBf ** Tkc Puiife Staap ‘ wkea replylat te aay at that* Atverttaaaaata.

T H E P O S T A G E S T A M P — A D V E R T IS E M E N T S . h i.

FREDK. R. GINN Revised Scale for Advertisements in The Postage Stamp.■ 43, STRAND, LONDON, England.

T e le p h o n e N o . 8 9 3 G e r r a r d . E s t a b l is h e d 1880.S i l v e r M e d a l , t e n d o n E x h ib i t io n , 18 9 7 .

Tb* Hour lar Geaulsc Baristas. Compare ay price* before pnrckasla| eiiewhere. Bargain for ever? trade of Collector. SPECIALITY—Filling Wilt Lltlt at specially reaeoaable prices. Sapcrb specimeas enly seat. Correspoadeace

from reliable Collector* solicited.

T W O IM PO R TA N T P U R C H A S E S .1. — E G Y P T . A superb Specialised Collec

tion in singles, pairs and blocks. Strongest in the first three issues. Large blocks showing border design in many shades. Tete beche pain and blocks in many different shades. Proofs, essays,&c. in great variety. All unused

2. T BRITISH GUIANA. A very fine Specialised Collection, containing a large number of the older issues.A l l a r e i n p e r j e c t c o n d itio n W a n t L i s t s f i l l e d .

O n a p p r o v a l w i t h p le a s u r e .

Special BargainsMauritius.

1 Insertion.£ s. d.

Page* ............ __ 4 10 0Half Pages ... 2 5 0Quarter Pages ... . . . l 2 6Eighth Pages ... ... 12 6

Columns ... , 12 6Half Columns ... 17 0Quarter Columns ... 9 0

Inches 4 6

6 Insertions. 13 Insertions. Jb insertions.per insertion. per insertion. per insertion.£ a. d. £ s. d. E s. d.4 0 0 3 ! S 0 3 10 02 0 0 1 1 7 6 I 1 5 0T O O 18 9 17 6

U 0 10 0 9 0

I 10 0 I 7 6 I 5 016 0 14 0 1 2 6

8 6 7 6 6 6

1 « 4 0 3 6Small Prepaid Adv rtisements. Twelve words for one shilling, and one penny for

every additional word: four insertions at the price of three.

i 7= = ^ -1 E V E R Y B O D Y R E A D S T H E M) I j A stamp dealer has lately estimated that out of 500,000 stamp collectors 10,000 are

It active enthusiastic philatelists. If that estimate be correct practically every keen ' collector reads the Small Want Advts. in T h e P o s ta g e S t a m p . Are you on the look out

for some variety ? It only costs you Id. a wont to advertise for it in T h e P o s ta g e S ta m p .

YO U WRITE T H E A D -W E DO T H E RESTScarce Provisional, 1900, 4c. on 16c. chestnut,

Gibbons’ No. 137, mint, 8 o l . each.

China.Postage Due. The rare Provisional Set of March, 1904. Insuperb mint condition. Full set of 6 values for dO/- only. Post free.

Catalogue value, 35/-

British South Africa.1891, £ 1 0 b ro w n .......................3 - each.1896, 51- chestnut and green ... 4d. „1901, £6 blue ....................... 4 / - ,,

All fiscally cancelled but bright, clean specimens. W o r t h d o u b le .

P o s t F r e e . C a s h w i t h O r d e r .Only Address: Frelk.R.Ginn 143, Strand,London

F R E E .JL for approval books

THE LONDON PH Apsley, Hemel-Hempstead

T h e S C A R C E 'B R IT ISH J u b ile e E n v e lo p e a n d C a r d , to each applicant

ISO’/, discount).— ILA TELICCo.,

8 ELECTION 8 o n APPROVAL jI have a fine series of Approval Books ar- 1 ranged in Countries, and will send any . Country on approval. Prices: Q uarter to I H alf Catalogue. References required.

The following books are Br. New Guinea & Brunei Leeward Islands IndiaNew Zealand North Borneo S. Australia Queensland Seychelles Sierra Leone Hong Kong CanadaNew South Wales Others in preparation

now ready.ArgentineBelgiumFranceGermanyGerman StatesHollandNorwayRussiaUruguayBulgariaChiliChinaGreece

JOHN JAM ES CO A TE 8 ,1*. BOROUGH HIGH ST.. LONDON, S.E.


SPECIAL BARGAINS.100 BRITISH COLONIALS,

a l l d if fe r e n t fo r 1 /- p o s t fr e e , a n d y o u r m o n e y r e t u r n e d i f u n s a t is f a c to r y C h e a p S e t s fro m 2d . se t. P r i c e L is t F r e e . H. CHILD, 393, South

Boulevard, Hull.

A c t V r s i i r c o l f Are yes willlagto missask i ourseu, |rut fr« otfer ?75 different stamps, including a splendid set of Tea Airless with new Pkisriil Madagascar and Congo, old Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Egypt, Pictorial United State,, Cuba, India, Sweden, sets of obsolete Europeans, etc. We have only space to mention a few here. It is FUEL if you send One Penoy to pay the postage. It is something Special to circulate our New Bargain Uif. Don’t Miss it and ask for packet 33 G i l b e r t & C o . , C l e w e d o n .

S . P A C K E T O F S T A M P S F R E E .Packet No. At22 contains 58 different stamps (cat. 5/-) including UNUSED

PHILIPPINES, 12 4-Bc. green, German 2 mks., Jamaica (Arms), Servia, old imperf., China, etc. Send id. postage.

N O W R E A D Y ! “ A B C " C a t a lo g u e f o r 1910. 8th E d itio n , 812 p a g e s , 5,000 I l lu s tr a t io n s , 210 p o s t f r e e .

B r i g h t & S o n , 1 6 4 , S t r a n d , L o n d o n , W . O .

— O L D —

A U S T R A L I A N S .F ro m a f in e G e n e r a l C o lle c t io n w e c a n m a k e s p le n d id s e le c t io n s o f Old Australians. New South W ales, New Zealand, South Australia, Victoria, W estern Australia,

etc.

Containing a splendid variety of fine copies, all at Moderate Prices.

R A R E S T A M P S & V A L U A B L E C O L

L E C T I O N S B O U G H T F O R C A S H .

Write for •* Qrlebert'n Prillatello Notes and Offers.*' Sent Gratia.

Post Free.

HUGO GBIEBERT & CO.,170, 8TRAND, LONDON, W.C.

T e le p h o n e : 4435 G e r r a r d .

T e le g r a m s , C a b le s ; G r ie b e r t . L o n d o n .

COLLECTORSOf Curios, Antiques, Books, Coins or anything else whatever, w.lt find a first rate market for specimens they do not want in T h e B a z a a r E x c h a n g e a n d M a r t newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply it conveniently

It la the Great Paper for Information,

P r iv a t e S a la s A B a r g a in s .Advertisements of Private Collectors (i.e. those who do not make a business of purchase and sale) inserted at the rate of 3 words for

Id., minimum qd.

Cape of Good Hope4 d . BLUE, TRIANQULAR, f in e c o p ie s

o n e n t ir e o r ig in a ls , 2 e a c h .

W. H. PE CK ITT, 4 7, Stpand, London, W.C.

T R Y I T — G E T A C O P Y .Price 2d. everywhere, or by post for 3d. in

stamps from theOllices : BAZAAR BUILDINGS. DRURY LANE

LONDON. W.C.

|() COLONIALS (Vandiemens, Mont- ’ ’ serrat. Tonga, Caicos), Is .—141Second. Manorpark.

bandars will (m il* td* by assttsalsf ** Tbs Pastas* Snap* wkss repiyiag Is as, si tbsas ASrtftlssasau.

IV. T H E P O S T A G E S T A M P — A I ) V E R T I8 E M E N T 8 .

\

The Purpose ofIs to sell you a “ Longshort” Stylo'; you will find it convenient, reliable and lasting. It has many features which will appeal to you, the chief of which is, that it is




hence th e name

“LONGSHORT”Made in Black, Tan or Mottled Vulcanite. Open fot Use. Length aims.

Size A$3/6Closed (or pocket. Length xiins

Size B. 5/=(S iin open, jiin.ScUwed.) i

the. ’ LONGSHORT' STVLO MAOiE TODO

patc-jt ;997r/G7 5I09G’

Mj


Fitted w ith smooth point and spring needle. May be carried In any position without fear of leakage.


Sold by a ll Stationers,o r p o st fre e fro m M anufac tu rers ,

» / T a n d 5 /1 .-W rite for F re e C ata logue.

M A B I E , T O D D & C o . ," S w a n " F o un tpen M akers,

79 & SO, HIGH HOLBORN, London, W C.

03 , U heapside, E.C.95a, R egent 8 t., W.3. Exchange 8 t„ M anchester. 10, Rue Neuve, B russels. B ren tano 's, 37, Aveni e de

I’Operm, Paris,And a t Bale, New York

Chicago and Sydney.

Printed br Baldwins. Philatelic Printers, Tunbridge Wells, and Published (or the Proprietors by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.,at i Amen Comer, London. E.C.

T H E P H I L A T E L I S T S ’ P O S T M A S T E R - G E N E R A L (SEE PACE 255).

y p b s T A G E S T A K ^

I llu s tra te d Weekly Journal fo r V all Classes o f S ta m p Collec tors 4I

ED ITED B Y FRED. J. M ELVILLE.

No. 2 2 . Vnl 5. Wriuir Number 126

26 FEBRUARY. 1910. Price Id.

S u b s c r i b e

TO THE

P o s t a g e S t a m p ?

If not send it. 8d. as a trial for three months, post free, to

SIR ISAAC PITMAN ft S0N8


Messrs. HARMER.R00KE& Co.P h i l a t e l i c A u c t i o n e e r s ,

Are instructed to offer on Fob. 28th and March 1st for unreserved Sale, a magnificent

Private Collection of Fine Europeans,

Including the eartor issues and Rare Colonials, including Nova Scotia, ■ /-; Ceylon imperf., 9d., 1/9, i t -; superb Sydney Views, and many other fine lot*. The loti are mostly broken

up into complete collections of countries.C a ta lo g u e s f r e e f r o m th e A u c t io n e e r s .

FOLLOWING SALE, THURSDAY, MARCH 3rd.Vendors having good collections or rare stamps can have

same offered within seven days. Prompt settlements.

HARMER, ROOKE & Co.Offices A Aacttoa Beams. M, FLEET STREET, LONDON, E C. Teleph«ae I11N Ceatral. Telegrams-**Phllatars. L.P4.S"

l H E GREAT QUESTION.

TARIFF REFORM o r FREE TRADE?BY L M. S. AMERY and J. M. ROBERTSON, M.P. l / _

n e t t . E V E R Y E L E C T O R S H O U L D P O S S E S S A C O P Y . n e t t .*' Each exponent sets forth his case ably and lucidly.* ’ — G la s g o w H e r a U ." Persons interested in the fiscal question, but as yet uncertain on which aide to cast their votes, will find the book helpful

in their perplexity.**— M a n c h e s te r C i t y N e w s .__________________________________________________________


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COOK ISLAND, Half-penny, on id..mint .......................................... 2 0

CAYMAN ISLAND, 4d. brown andblue, mint ............................... . 3 0

ALEXANDRIA, a$c. black on rose, Inverted. m in t ................................ 2 6

BARBADOS. Halfpenny on+d., block of 4 used ................................ 1 0

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1863. id. rose red ... 3 0

1869.6d. green ........... 9 01/- blue ........... . ... 12 6

„ t/- brown ... ... 161871. id. black ........... 2 O

1877.6d. green ........... s 01/- vermilion ........... 8

C A N A D A Jubilee. 1897. tc.. 2c.. 2c.U n i l A U n , (map), and 3c., in mint con

dition. set of 4, 8d. post free. S a t i s f a c t i o n g u a r a n te e d . C a s h w it h o r d e r .

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possible condition. eachBorneo. 1901,8c. postally u sed ............. 3d.Austria, 1906. 12h.. l i la c .......................... id.

1908. Jubilee, $ kronen............ 1/3........................ t o ..................... 5/6„ Levan;, 1908, $ piastres ... 6d. .. „ ., to ,. ... 1/0.. .. .. 20 .. ... 210

Japanese P.O. Corea, 1900, I$s. or 20sen 3d.„ 1900, 50 ten, undercat. 6d... .. 1 yen, ,. 1 /-

Japanese P.O. China. 10 sen ............ ltd.„ IS or 20 sen ... 3d... 2$, 50 sen or I yen 8d.

Nicaragua. 1896, I, 2 . 5. 10or 20c. ... Id.„ 1896. 50c. 4d.. I peso 4d., $ peso

8d., 2 peso ... ............ $d.„ 190a. 30c. on ic. claret, scarce... Sd. .. 1904. IS/IOC., 15c. with C invert

ed in pair with normal, scarce thus ... -... ... ... I /-

,. 1908, S.G. 371/4 and 378/382. setic.-2 pesos ........................ 5/6

.. 1904. B. Zelaya, S.G. 431. 435.436. 438. 441. *et ............ 3/6

„ 1907. Costa Atlantic* B., ic. to5 pesos, set .........................10/0

„ 1910. ditto, Ic. to 5 pesos, scarce ro/o „ 1907, Costa Atlantica C., ic. to

S pesos, set .........................10/0., 1910, ditto, ic. to 5 pesos, set ... 10/0

1896, Official, S.G. 887/890,1-20C.set............................................ 1/4

.. 1903. Official, 10/20C., 3020C..50/20C., each ..........................4d.

„ 1906, Official, Ic. to $ pesos, S.G.1002:1010................................ 2/6

., 1907. Official, S.G. 1064/73, IOC to 5 pesos, set of ten, fine set,special .................................. JIB

Spain, 1905. Don Quichote, Sc. id., 10c.art,, 15c. or 25c.............................. 3d.

,. Do., do., 3<>c. or 40c. 7d., 50c.9d.. I peseta ........................ 1/8

„ Do., do., $c. to 10 pesetas, complete set .................................. 22/6

Suriname, 1898. toe. on I2jc. blue ... 3d.., „ 10c, on 20c. green ... 3d.„ 1899, 2. So on 2) G., scarce ... 3/6

Seychelles. King, 3c. on 18c., scarce ... 1/3,. .. 3c. on 45c...................9d.

Transvaal, King. Multiple, 2, 3, 4. 6d.each ...................... ... Id.

„ do., do., 2)d. or 1/- .............. 2d.., do., do . 2, - tod , 2,6 ............. 1/6,, do., do.. 5/-. 3/-, 10/-. 5/-, £l... 12/6

Uganda, 1902, la. 2d., 2)d. (block offour 1/4) ... ...............................- 4d.

Zanzibar, 1896, 4d. 3d., 8as....................... 6d.A n y s t a m p s not a p p r o v e d o f w i l l h e e x c h a n g e d

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No. 23. Yol. 5.(Whole Number 1271

5 MARCH. 1910. Price Id.

British Solomon Islands 1st issue used complete.. .. 2nd issue fd.—is. used set of 7...

Bechuanaland Protectorate id. red 1st issue mint 2d. blocks B.C A. on B.S.A. ad. mint Br. Guiana Ic. 1889. set of colour trials imperf.Canada Jubilee 2c. mint block of 4New Brunswick Sc. greenCape Triangular* id.. 4d., 6d„ is., sel o f4 usedCayman Islands 4d.. 6d., 1/- bi-coloured mint ...

11 m Is. green multiple challcv usedCeylon 3c. on 28c, and 6c. on 15c. mint for

.. 75C. King single CA mint (Cat. 5s.)Cook Islands id. black mint ...Falkland Islands round and oblong paids, set of 2 Gold Coast, King single CA 2d., 3d., 6d. set of 3 used

(Cat. 25.)...Ionian Islands id., id., 2d., set of 3 (Cat. 19s)Maldives, 2c., 3c., 5c., 10c., set of 4 mint New Hebrides, is. multiple, chalky mint ... ...Niger Coast 1893. id. red, used superb, (block 3s.) Northern Nigeria, Queen id.—is., mint,^ .. „ King, I os., single CA, used ...Orange River Colony, jd. King C.S.A.R. used superb ... Uganda on B.E.A , fa. and 2)a. mint (Cat. is. 6d.l Victoria, 3d. grey, Gibbons’ No. 265a, mint. ...

7 o 3 6 0 7 o 3

50 0 0 6 0 2

IS O to 6 t 6 O 6 2 6

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21 6 10 6 7 60 91 0

Selections sent on approval.SPECIMEN COPY OF W E E K L Y C I R C U L A R POST FREE.

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Great Britaii>.Purchase of a series of reconstructed plates ail in very fine condition, mostly with light circular cancellation.

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We can supply different corner letters for reconstructing, all very fine copies with circular cancellations, at following prices:

3d. rose, ... ... ... ... 2/6 per dozen6d. brown, plate tl, all shades ... 10/- „is. green, plate 5, ... ... 3/- „is. green, plate 6, ... ... 3/- „

Also a fine selection of all other stamps of Great Britain, including blocks and high values in fine condition.

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rTHE GREAT QUESTION.

TARIFF REFORM or FREE TRADE?BY L. M. S. AMERY and J. M. ROBERTSON, M.P. J ./ .

n e t t . E V E R Y E L E C T O R S H O U L D P O S S E S S A C O P Y . n e t t ." Each exponent sets forth his case ably and lucidly. ” — G la s g o w H e r a h t .“ Persons interested in the fiscal question, but as yet uncertain 00 which side to cast their votes, will find the book helpful

in their perplexity . " — M a n c h e s te r C i t y N r u s ._____________ ____________________________________________


A Handbook fo r all who ta k e an Interest in Questions o f the Day.

Crown 8vo, cloth, 442 pp., 3s. 6d. nett."T h e publication has compressed, with proportionate

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An Easy Cuide to tho Contents o f certa in specified Books o f Reference.

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II. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.B y E d w a r d J. N a n k iv e ll .P r ic e 6 d . P o s t F r e e 6 J d .

III. NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE.B y E d w a r d J . N a n k iv e l l .P r i c e 6 d . P o s t F r e e 6 J d .

IV. DOMINICA.JBy B e r tr a m W . H . P o o le .P r ic e 6 d . P o s t F r e e 6 J d .


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Big Bargains, Novelties, etc.Br. L evan t. 1909-10. King. 3opa., il, 1] & 2| pi. ... 1 4 B u lgaria . 1906. the rare type B of bi-col., I leva, a very

uncommon stamp wanting in most collections (S.G.No. 94). (Senfs. cat. price 10/-) _................................. 2 6

Canada, t2d. black used, an exceptional bargain ... £50Dutch Indies, 1883-99, 2)c. yellow var., perf. n i x 12,

" s e t e n a n t " with p. 12I x 12 (cat. 10/9) .......................5 oF ran ce. 1907. sower, sc- green »ar., transparent print ... 0 6

1909, jjc. orange red. var. on semi-pelure bluish paper 0 3 Iceland, Official, I. Gildi, 16 aur., double surcharge, one

inverted (S.G. No. 244, cat. £6) .................................30 0Maldives, 1909. complete set of 4 used on original env. 1 o M exico, 1856, 2r. green, used on original cover, scarce

thus ..........................................................................0 9Monaco, unpaid. 1909, 10c. brown, new colour .. ... 0 1)New Hebrides Condominium, 6d. single CA and t/-

Mutt CA... ... • ... .............7 0Ditto id., id.. 2d., 2|d. & sd., used on original 6 ODitto 6d. & 1/- do., do., very rare thus ... 9 o

North Borneo, 1891-92, 6c. on 8c. (Postage & Revenue),in v e r t e d surcharge (cat. £10) ... .... ......................80 0

N orw ay, 1910, re-engraved, 1 kr. green ....................... 1 4Papua, the rare perf. I2i, 2d. l i la c ................................. 1 6

>, . I f - orange .......................7 6Persia, 1907-08, I cb.-iokran. picked used set of 14 ... 3 6

„ „ 20 and 30 kran, to complete set, used ... 4 o,, 1909, large and fine SO kran, red, black and gold,

used ..................................................................... 6

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“ WANT LISTS” promptly filled.Special Approval Selections of any Country or Issue

sent for selection. Price List Post Free on request.

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Readers will greatly kelp by aeeMeeler " Th< Pastiga Stray'’ when real; 1st te gay e( these Agrarhieaeau.

T H E P O S T A G E S T A M P — A D V E R T IS E M E N T S .

FREDK. R. GINN(43. STRAND, LONDON. England.

T e le p h o n e N o . 8 9 3 G e r r a r d . E s t a b l is h e d 1880.S i l v e r M e d a l , L o n d o n E x h ib i t io n , 1997.

The Mouse lor Genuine Btrgtlas. Compare my prices before purchasing elsewhere. Bargains lor every grade ol Collector, SPECIALIIV — Filling Want Lists at specially reasonable prices. Superb specimens only sent. Correspondence

Iron reliable Collectors solicited

TWO IMPORTANT PURCHASES.1. —EGYPT. A superb Specialised Collec


2. —BRITISH GUIANA. A very fine Specialised Collection, containing a large number of the older issues.A i l a r e i n p e r je c t c o n d it io n . W a n t L i s t s f i l l e d .

O n a p p r o v a l w it h p le a s u r e .

Special B argainsM a u r i t iu s .

Scarce Provisional, 1900,4c. on 16c. chestnut, Gibbons' No. 137. mint, 8 d . each.

C h in a .Postage Due. The rare Provisional Set of March, 1904. In'superb m in i condition. Full set of 6 values for 10/« only. Post free.

Catalogue value, 35/-

B r i t is h S o u th A fr ic a .1891. £ 1 0 brow n.......................3 - each.1896. 5/- chestnut and green ... 4 d . „[901, £ 6 blue ........................A ;-

All fiscally cancelled but bright, clean specimens. W o r th d o u b le .

P o s t F r e e . C a s h w it h O r d e r .Only address: Freslt.R.GIen 143, Strand,London

FREE. The SCARCE'BRITISH Jubilee Envelope and Card, to each applicant

M, for approval books (50% discount).— THE LONDON PHILATELIC Co.,

Apsley, Hemel-Hcmpstead.

SPECIAL BARGAINS.■ 00 BRITIsiTcOLONlALS,

all different for 1/- post free, and yo u r m oney returned tf unsatisfactory C h eap Sets from 2d. set. Price L ist F ree. H. CHILD, 393, South

Boulevard, Hull.

COLLECTORSOf Curios, Antiques, Books. Coins or anything else whatever, will find a first rate market for specimens they do not want in T h e B a t a a r . E x c h a n g e a n d M a r t newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply & conveniently

It la t h e G r e a t P a p e r fo r in fo r m a tio n .

P r i v a t e S a l m a A B a r g a i n s .

Advertisements of Private Collectors U .e . those who do not make a business of purchase and sale) inserted at the rate of 3 words for

id., minimum 4d.TRY IT—QET A COPY,


Offices: BAZAAR BUILDINGS. DRURY LANE LONDON, W.C.

It.

Revised Scale for Advertisements in The Postage Stamp.

PagesHalf Pages Quarter Pages ... Eighth Pages ...

Colum ns...........Half Columns ... Quarter Columns

Inches „._ ..

0 I n s e r tio n s . 1 3 I n s e r t io n s 40 I n s e r tio n s .p e r in se r tio n . p e r in s e r tio n . p e r in se r tio n .

£ v d. £ s- d. £ a. d. £ a. d.4 10 0 4 0 0 3 IS 0 3 to 02 5 0 2 0 0 1 17 6 I 15 0I 2 6 1 0 0 18 9 17 0

12 6 It 0 10 0 9 01 12 6 1 10 0 l 7 6 I 5 0

17 0 16 0 14 0 12 69 0 8 6 7 6 6 6

4 6 4 3 4 0 _____ i »Small Prepaid Advertisements* Twelve words for one shilling, and one penny for


i( EVERYBODY READS THEM/ A stamp dealer has lately estimated that out of 500,000 stamp collectors 10,000 are ) j active enthusiastic philatelists. If that estimate be correct practically every keen

t collector reads the Small Want Advts. in T h e P o s ta g e S t a m p . Are you on the look out for some variety ? It only costs you id, a word to advertise for it in T h e P o s t a g e S ta m p .

Y O U W R I T E T H E A D - W E D O T H E R E 3 f

SE LE C TIO N S on APPROVAL1 have a fine series of Approval Books arranged in Countries, and will send any Country on approval. Prices: Q uarter to H alf Catalogue. References required.

The following books are now ready.iir. New Guinea & Brunei ArgentineLeeward Islands BelgiumIndia FranceNew Zealand GermanyNorth Borneo German StatesS. Australia HollandQueensland NorwaySeychelles RussiaSierra Leone UruguayHong Kong BulgariaCanada ChiTiNew South Wales ChinaOthers in preparation Greece

JOHN JAM ES CO ATE S,I*. BOROUGH HIGH ST., LONDON, S.E.


GEO. C. GINN & Co.The “ City " Stamp Dealer* A fciperta.

SO,Blshopsgate St. Within, London, E.C.

These ought to interest you.Fine used

eachS T . V I N C E N T .1862. id. rose red ............. 2 o

.. fid. green ....................... 3 o1863. Id. rose red ............. 3 o

,, fid. green .................. 9 o1869. 11- blue ...................... 12 6

,. I/-brown ... ... ... 16 o1871. Id. black ...................... 2 O

,. 6d. green ........... ... 5 o1877. I/- vermilion ... ... 8

C A N A D A Jubilee, 1897. Ic.. 2c.. 2c.u n n n u n . (TOap).and 3c„ in mint con

dition. set of 4, 8d. post free.S a t i s f a c t i o n g u a r a n t e e d . C a s h w it h o r d e r .

B e s t c la s s s e le c t io n s o n a p p r o v a l i f d e s ir e d .

I Cartfelly note Name i A44rtit. Fateh ISA?.

— OLD — AUSTRALIANS.

From a fine G eneral Collection we can make splendid selections o f Old Australians, New South W ales, New Zealand, South Australia, Victoria, W estern Australia,

etc.Containing a splendid variety of fine copies,

all at Moderate Prices.aR A R E S T A M P S & V A L U A B L E C O L


W r i t e f o r “ G r l e f e e r t ' s P h i l a t e l i o N o t e a a n d O f f e r * . ' * S e n t G r a t i a .

P o a t F r e e .

THESE OFFERS CAREFULLY. G reat Britain, 1847, 1 /- octagonal s. d.

(not cut out) ................................I 9British Somaliland, set of 6 King’s

Head, complete, used ... ... 2 9British Somaliland, Queen, 2)a..

mint ..........................................o 3Turks Islands, 1882.4d. grey, mint

(cat 3» .......................................... I 3(Block or pair at same rate).

Austrian Levant, 1888, 2pi. on aokr.mint (rat. 1/6)...............................0 5

Haytl, 1898-1930.1 to toe., act of 8 used o 8 Persia (Shah’s Headl. 1903-4, I, 2, 5

and to kran (cat. 1/10) ............ 0 6Persia. 1903, surcharged “ Provl."

c o m p le te se t of t> (cat. 4/4)................ 1 0Persia, toofi, complete set of 6 (c. 2/9) 0 8 Roumanfa, 1906, commemorative, aet

of 5 (cat. 1/1)................................0 6POSTAGE EXTRA.

My Approval Selections a re Unrivalled Fine Specimens at low prices.

B a r g a in L i s t g r a t i s a n d p o st f r e t .

H U G O G R IE B E R T & CO ,1 7 0 , ST R A N D , LONDON, W .C.

T e le p h o n e : 4 4 3 5 G e r r a r d .

T e le g r a m s . C a b le s : G r ie b e r t , L o n d o n .

WR P D D V I*. Rvecrefl Street. Parseea • 8MVKM 1 1 Green. Lonfea, S.W

T'JEAL STAMP EXCHANGE.—Vacancy ^ for few good member*. Goad sales. Rules—Pain, Gables, Deal.

Sangers will meaty M y ky awaitaalat " The Peetate States ” wkes rtplylei it aey vf Ifcate ASverHtraeats.

I

T H E P O S T A G E S T A M P — A D V E R T IS E M E N T S .I

The Purpose ofIs to sell you a “ Longshort ” Stylo,; you will find it convenient, reliable and lasting. It has many features which will appeal to you, the chief of which is, that it is


S H O R T F O B T H E P O C K E T ,

P O B S E , o r H A N D B A G .

hence the name

“LONGSHORT”Made in Black. Tan or Mottled Vulcanite. Open fot Use. Length si ins.

Size A. 3/6Close J for pocket. Length 2}ins.

Size B. 5/(5lin open, j iin closed.)

Thu LO'JGSHOST ST.'LO 5 via31ti TODDi- M-enT i99v 0’ Sr S° ;>>C9S E.

U f p i T P Q D F P C F P T L Y __ Fitted with smooth point andW K I T t S I ' b K P b U T k T 5prfng needle £ tay be carried

A L W A Y S & IN S T A N T L Y . leakage.

G ET ONES TO -DAY !

S o ld b y a l l S ta t io n e r s , M A B I E , T O D D & C o . , â EacluMTge St..’ Manchester.or po»t free from Manufacturers •• p . . M . b , r a to. Rue Neuve. Brussels.»/T and Bfl.i Sw““ Fouotpen Makers. B^entanos. 37. Aven. e da

Write for Free CatalOB.e. & 80, HIQH HOLBORN, Loadon, W.C. And* at*Bale fNew*YorkC hicago a n d Sydney.

Printed bv Baldwin*. Philatelic Printer*. Tunbridge W ells, and Published for the Proprietor* by S ir Isaac Pitman & Son*. Ltd..a) t Amen Comer. London. E.C.

S i d e l i g h t s o n P o s t a g e S t a m p P r o f i t s < m p a c e m

,Sln Illu s tra te d Weekly Journal fo r ^ ^ all Classes o f S ta m p Collec tors 4

EDITED B Y FRED. J. M ELVILLE.

No. 24. Vol 5.(Whole Number 128'

1 2 MARCH, 1910. Price Id.

D o y o u

S u b s c r i b e

TO THE


If not send It. 8d. as a trial for three months, post free, to

SIR ISAAC PITMAN A 80N8

Am en C orner, London.

Telephone 43.

BALDWINS’Philatelic Printers, Grosvenor Works, Tunbridge Wells.

CATALOGUES PRINTED Telegrams:A T SHORTEST NOTICE. Baldwins. Printer. Tun-Wells.

(TTH E GREAT QUESTION.

TARIFF REFORM or FREE TRADE?* / -

n e t t .BY L. M. S. AHERY and J. M. ROBERTSON. M.P. X / -

E V E R Y E L E C T O R S H O U L D P O S S E S S A C O P Y . n e t t ." Each exponent sets forth his case ably and lucidly. " — G la s g o w H e r a ld .“ Persons interested in the fiscal question, but as yet uncertain on which side to cast their votes, will find the book helpful

in their perplexity/ ' — M a n c h is t t r C i t y N e w s .___________________ ______________________________________


A Handbook for all who take an Interest In Questions of the Day.

Crown 8vo, cloth, 44a pp., ts. 6d. nett." The publication has compressed, with proportionate

nicety, the relative value of tne subjects dealt with, and, therefore, caters admirably for a continually increasing number of people who take an interest in the political, imperial, diplomatic, and municipal events of the day.” —Oiierwr.



Indispensable to all Librarians. THIKU ANNUAL EDITION.Revised and Augmented by a Public Librarian and the

Foreign Librarian at Mudie's, and including a Lilt of the principal Continental and American Bools of Reference,

with a note of their contents.In crown 8vo, cloth, 140 pp., as. net.

WRITE FOR PROSPECTUSES OF THESE BOOKS.L o n d o n 1 —S I R I S A A C P I T M A N Al S O N S , L t d . , 1 , . A m e n C o r n e r , . E , C

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Contains Matters of Every-day Importance which Every Business Man Ought to know

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Crown 8y o , 800 pages, doth, 3b. 6d. Net.

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8 e e t h e B.M .Q.” f o r t h e n e w O o m p a n ie s Act.


Greece.We have just bought a fine lot of the early issues unused and used in a splendid range of shades, in singles, pairs and blocks, all of which have been scientifically arranged according to the various

Elistings, and priced very reasonably. W . shall e pleased to send this book on approval to any

collector wishing to see it.

China Postage Due.First issue surcharged, all in mint condition, j, I, 2, 4,5, 10c. (catalogued over JO/-), set of six for only 8 /6 . The |c. which is catalogued at 10/- can also be supplied separately at 1/- each.

Standard Catalogue i q i o Edition.

Complete to January. 1910, doth bound, 2 /. post free, interleaved 3/8

Is your Album a Paragon or only an Im itation? ::

WHITFIELD KING & Co.,IPSWICH



By Edward J. Nankivell Price 4d. Post Free 4 jd.

II. CAPE OP GOOD HOPE.By Edward J. Nankivell.Price fid. Post Free 6$d.

III. NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE.B y E d w a r d J . N a n k iv e l l ,Price 6H, Post Free 6Jd,

IV. DOMINICA.By Berlram W . H. Poole.Price 6d Post Free 6Jd.

V. ABYSSINIA.By Fred. J. Melville,

Price 6d. Post Free 6jd

Or the 5 Books sent Post Free'for 2/6 .

ADDRESS:

B A | n w i h i Q OROBVBNOR WORKS, D H k U n l l l O ) TUNBRIOOK WELLS

Incom e-Tax, L aw & P ractice

________PITMAN’S


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AND HOW TO PREPARE THEM.In crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 80 pp.*/-

“ The Pitman firm has made a special feature of business books, till now it issues an almost complete business library. It publications generally are to the point, practical, and sound, and the latest addition has these characteristics in a full degree.. . . T'he book is entirely practical, and covers'the ground well. We can recommend it with confidence.” — Sheffield Independent.

11 Many commercial people will save themselves a vast deal of trouble if they spend an hour over these elucidating pages."— T.P.'s Weekly.

“ Deals with all the chief points that need to be borne in mind in endeavouring to ascertain the amount of income on which tax is payable by business firms."— Modern Business.SIR ISAAC PITMAN R SONS, L14. Laadea, Bilk k New Y.rk.

I*a4*r* win frwtiy M g ky n a t l n l i i " Tkc Pm i m i Stamp ' wiaa raalyiar la aay af ikaaa AdvartlaeaMata.

T H E P O S T A G E S T A M P — A D V K K T I8 E M E S T S . i i i

Revised Scale for Advertisements in The Pottage Stamp.6 I n s e r t io n s . 1 3 I n s e r t io n s 40 I n s e r t io n s .

* p e r in s e r t io n . Mr iH sertw n - p e r in s e r t io n .£ ft. d. £ ft. d. £ s. d. £ to d.

Paget ...................... 4 10 0 4 0 0 3 IS 0 3 10 0Half Paget ............. 2 s 0 2 0 0 I 17 6 I 1$ 0Quarter Pages l 2 0 I 0 0 18 9 17 6Eighth Pages ............ 12 6 11 0 10 0 9 0

Columns ....................... I 12 6 1 10 0 I 7 6 I 5 0Half Column ............. IT 0 16 0 14 0 12 6Quarter Column 9 0 8 6 7 6 6 6

Inches 4 6 4 3 4 0 3 6S n a il Prepaid Advertisem ent*. Twelve word* for one shilling, and one penny for

every additional word; four insertion* at the price of three.

G E O . C . G I N N & Co.The “ City ” SUay Dealer* * experts.

GO,Blshopsg&te St. Within, London, E.C.A n o t h e r G o o d S t a m p g o in g c h e a p .

G A M B I A ,*0®. King, Single CA. u n m D i n , wmk _ 2/-7 Iate and orange (worth 5/-) 8/10 each.

And still a few sets at the old price ofP.HINA March. 1904, Postage Due. the u , n ' complete set of six values, 1 , 1, 2, 4, 5 and to cents, in mint condition. Price 3 8 the set. This is a genuine bargain. (Gibbons' or Scott's price is over 30/- a set).

| E V E R Y B O D Y R E A D S T H E M !U A stamp dealer has lately estimated that out of 500,000 stamp collector^ 10,000 are I

1 active enthusiastic philatelists. If that estimate be correct practically every keen | collector reads the Small Want Advts. in T h e P o s t a g e S t a m p . Are you on the look out for some variety ? It only costs *<«i Id. a word to advertise for it in T h e P o s t a g e S t a m p .

YO U W RITE T H E AD—W E DO T H E R EST

H. E. HAWORTH & C°8 7 /9 , ALDCATE HIGH STREET,

LONDON, E.






F i e l d ’ s

S i m p l i f i e d C a t a l o g u eq F THl t T iMf' or THE B R ' f I % H * M P 11, F .

Price 1 - P ost Free 1 3.Mew Edition. Supemrly IlujstritfiiCVCS THE HEAl. V A LU1 OF YOU* ST * P S -

O, FIELD, 4 & S , The Royal Arcade i Old Bond S tre e t, LONDON,**

RARE ERRORO P H O N D U R A S .

5c. of 1898, printed in purple instead of blue. (Gibbons’ 116, cat. 10,-1, mint.

P r i c e 1 6 .

ORANGE RIVER COLONY, 5/- King brown and blue, fine used copies, 2/- each.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, s i - King orange, fine used, 6d.

P. L. PEMBERTON A Co.,

68, High Holborn, London, W-C.

COLLECTORSOf Curios. Antiques. Books. Coin* or anything else whatever, will find a first rate market for specimens they do not want in T h e B t in a a r . E x c h a n g e a n d M a r t newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply & conveniently

tt la tH a Q r e a t P a p e r fo p In fo r m a tio n ,

P r iv a te S a la s A B a r g a in s .Advertisements of Private Collectors t i g . those who do not make a business of purchase and sale) inserted at the rate of 3 words for

id., minimum 4d.T R Y I T — G E T A O O P Y .

Price id. everywhere, or by post for 3d. in stamp* from the

Ulllccs : BAZAAR BUILDINGS. DBURV LANE LONDON, W.C.

JUST OUT! NEW PRICE LIST OF SETS, A c. FOR 1910. Full of Bargains. Post free on application.

Selections sent on approval to reliable collectors, on receipt of references or deposit.

Wholesale List (22 pages) post free to Dealers.


W . H A D L.O W ,IZ, ADAM STREET, STRAND. LONDON, W.C.

SPECIAL THIS WEEK.

G T. B R IT A IN . F" % cLr KS9d. small letters....................... ... 5 09<1. large letters....................... ... 10 09d. .. spray............ ... 3 0I/- orange, spray ............ ... 6 31 - „ crown ............. ... 1 04,1. vermilion, 1876 ............. ... 2 34d. green, piste 15 ............ ... I 34d. green, plate 16 ............. ... 1 34d. grey, wink, garter............. ... 5 0i d . grey, wmk. crown............ ... 0 68d. orange .......................

YOUR CHANCE-... 2 6

lid. O.P.P.C. error, very fine £2 15 0

S e n d i n y o u r w a n t l i s t s o f s t a m p s q f a n y co u n tr y . I Buv Stamps.

The "City” He se lor Birgalos in Old lusts. Carefally sole Nsae A Address. Estab. IUZ.

Cuh Buyers of Collections and Large Lots of all descriptions.

M i n * Q u e e n ' s C o l o n l s x l u .A l l a t h a l f G ib b o n s ' c a t . p r ic e s to r le s s ) ; they a r e n e t a n y c h e a p e r “ u s e d " — th e r e fo r e w e l l

w o r th b u y in g .G ib b o n s ' M y

C a t . p r ic e p r ic eBarbados, ’92, id. on 4d. brown ... *d. 2d. Gambia. '86, id. to I/- embossed

set of 8 ............................... IQI - 4/6Gibraltar, '89, 10 centimns on Id.

r o s e ........... . .......................9d. 4}d.Gold Coast. '01. id. on 2}d., o r Id.

on fid...............................................1/6 8d.Leeward It., '02. id. on 4d.; id. on

6d.; id. on 7d., set of 3 .............. 3/9 i/BMontserrat. ’84. aid. blue, 1/3; ad.

mauve ....................................2’- !/-New Brunswick, '60, iijc . indigo.

o r 17c. black....................................a/- 1 /-Newfoundland, '06, 24c. deep blue 4/fi 2/3

„ ’70,6c. rose o r 6c. crimson I/- 6d.,, ’80,2c. green. Codfish ... I/- 5d.

'94. ic. black, Dog ... 2d. id. Seychelles. '90. toe. blue, 9d.; 16c.

chestnut .................... . ... 3/- 1/4Seychelles, '93, 3c. on 4c., 3d.; 3c.

.on 36c .............................................9d. 4id.Sierra Leone, '96, bi-colour, Jd. to

5d.f set of 8................................ 5/4 2/6Transvaal, '78, td. brown, Queen's

Head.......................................... 4/6 2/3Virgin Is.. '83, id. green, Queen's

h e a d ..........................................6d. 3d.Virgin Is., ’83. 2id. blue, Queen’s

head ... ................................ 26 1/3Zululand, '88, id. vermilion on Gt.

Britain ....................................4d. 2d.Zululand, '88, 5d. purple and blue

on Gt. Britain .................... . 15/- 61-

B l o c i s a n d p a i r s a t s a m e r a le .

H I INH^FY w##"st c. L I I I D J L , I , S(i ANNES.0 N.THE.SEA

PREE.g . for approva

Aptley, Hemel-Hempstead.

The SCARCE'BRITISH Jubilee Envelope and Card, to each applicant

f o r approval books (S0% discount).—t h e Lo n d o n p h i l a ------------ATELIC Co.,

SPECIAL BARGAINS.100 BRITISH COLONIALS,

all different for i f - post free, and your m oney returned if unsatisfactory C h ea p Sets from 2d. set. P rice L ist Free. H. CHILD, 393, South

Boulevard, Hull.

I 1YIQVC UWUIIUUIIJ* ><v Africans, fine sets and scarce, guaran

teed, sd.—Wackford Davis, 6$, Montgomery Street, Birmingham.

Paauga Stamp* wfete rtstyltf tv any M that* Advsrtlsv mats“ TVs

IV. T H E P 0 8 T A G E S T A M P — A D V E R T IS E M E N T S .

The Purpose of thisIs to sell you a “ Longshort” Stylo*; you will find it convenient, reliable and lasting. It has many features which will appeal to you, the chief of which is, that it is


S H O B T F O R T H E P O C K E T ,


hence the name

“LONGSHORT”e. uonq spion t :* TOOD&CQN£sv YO RK & LONDON

T Y-uf)"

uMade in Black, Tar, or'Mottled Vulcanite. Open foi Use. Length dins.

Size A. 3/6Closed for packet. Length 2}ins.

Size B. 5/=(Slin open, siin closed.), 1

THl LO..GSHOPT' STYLO S MA3IE TODD J.CO z B

patem 19977/07 ft® n? 5>099> E

W R IT E S U P E R F E C T L Y - A L W A Y S & IN S T A N T L Y


G ET ONE TO-DAY X

S o ld b y a l l S ta tio n e rs ,o r p o st f re e fro m M anufacturer* .

3 / T an d B f1 .|W rite fo r F re e C ata logue.

M A B I E , T O D D & C o . ,11 S w an ” F o u n tp en M akers,

79 & 80. HIGH HOLBORN, London, W C.

93, liheapaide, E C.95a. R egent 8t., W.3. E xchange 8 t„ M anchester, to, Rue Neuve, Bruegels. B ren tano’s, 37, Avent e de

■'Opera, Parle.And a t Bale, New York

C hicago and Sydney-

Printed b* Baldwins. Philatelic Printers, Tonbridge W ells, and Published for the Proprietor* by Sir Isaac Pitman A Son*, Ltd.,at l Amen Comer, London. E.C.

S i d e l i g h t s o n P o s t a g e S t a m p P r o f i t s <see pace m .

I P O S T A G E S T A M

\/1n Illustrated Weekly Journal /or ) | all Classes o f Stamp Collectors

ED ITED B Y FRED. J. M ELVILLE.

No. 25. Vol. 6 .(W h o le IT u m b er 1291

19 MARCH, 1910. Price Id.

GREAT BRITAIN.I want to buy for



MCash p er return sent for a ll suitable lots.

I O F F E R1884, id. slate, m in i , corner

block of 60, with margins,cat. £1 6 *

1884, lid., 2d., 2)d., jd., 4d.5d., 6d., m in i set of 7,cat. 35/6 ....................... 15/6

1884. f t bm., wmk. crownsused superb ............ 21 /-

1881, Id. Venetian red (blocks p r » - r a l a ) m i n t . . . 2d.

1880, 2id„ 3d., 4d., 6d., I/-,m in t ....................... 14!6

1869, 4d. vermilion, plate10, m in t ..................... 15/-

1881, id. lilac, 14 dots, m in tblock of 4 ... ... 9/-

1870, 3d. rose, plate 6, m in tpair ... ............. tc/-

Selections sent on Approval to any part of the globe. S p e c im e n co p y o f m y W e e k ly C i r c u l a r p o st f r e t o n a p p lic a t io n .


N ew Colonial

Price L i s t ::NOW READY. 56 pages. Contains our prices for all

British and British Colonial stamps from id. to £60 each.P a s t F r e e a n A p p lic a t io n .

THIS WEEK'S OFFERSBr, Guiana, 1881, I on 96c., and 2 on 96c , unused,

mint, catalogued 7/6 .......................................... 9 / 6Mauritius. 1891, 2 on 38c. (No. 89) and 2 on 38c-

(No 98), mint, catalogued 5/6 ...................... 1 /1 0

BRIDGER & KAY, 71, Fleet St., London, E.C.

TH E GREAT QUESTION.

TARIFF REFORM o r FREE TRADE?1 j m BY L. M. S. AMERY and J. M. ROBERTSON, M.P. J . / .

n e t t . E V E R Y E L E C T O R S H O U L D P O S S E S S A C O P Y . n e t t .“ Each exponent sets forth his case ably and lucidly. " — G la s g o w H e r a ld ." Persons interested in the fiscal question, but as yet uncertain on which side to cast their votes, will find the book helpful

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A Handbook fo r a ll who tak e an Interest in Questions o f the D ay.

Crown 8vo, cloth, 442 pp., 3s. 6d. nett._ 'T h e publication has compressed, .with proportionate

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An Easy Guide to the Contents o f certain specified Books o f Reference.

Indispensable to all Librarian*. IIIIKII ANNUAL EDITION.Revised and Augmented by a Public Librarian and the

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Recent PurchasesA small but highly Specialised Collection of |NDIAa the early imper

forates very well represented, both by used and unused specimens, in blocks and pairs, etc., etc.

Either of the above will be sent on approval for inspection.A Fine Collection of the Stamps of

strong in the Pictorial Issues.NEW

A Specialised Collection of GHINAa

especially

* g \o / n r | C* * Ah particulars of this popular and economicalI I J ' 0 method of collecticg sent upon application.I V M V " * , v v ‘ Stamps recently received include—Levant, both Sets. Papua 2/6 permanent type. Northern Nigeria id . red. New South Wales, 2/6 perf. 11 x n j ,

Bermuda, 2 j d . blue, Straits Settlements 2$ , Australia Postage Dues, etc., etc.

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T H E P O S T A G E S T A M P — A D V E R T IS E M E N T S . lit

FREDK. R. GINN■ 43, STRAND, LONDON, E n r I and.

T e le p h o n e N o . 993 G e r r a r d . E s t a b l is h e d 1S S 0 .S i l v e r M e d a l , L o n d o n E x h i b i t i o n , lS g tf.

The lltasc he OcaalM Bargains. Caspers my prices before parckaslst elsewhere. Bargains lor every grade of Collector. SPEClALITY-FUIlai Waal Lists at specially rtatoaakle prices. Safnt specimens a il; acal. Correspeadiict

fraa reliable Cellector* (elicited.

TWO IMPORTANT PURCHASES.1. —EGYPT. A superb Specialised Collec


2. —BRITISH GUIANA. A very fine Specialised Collection, containing a large number of the older issues.A l l a r e in p e r f e c t co n d itio n - W a n t L i s t s f i l l e d .

O n a p p r o v a l w it h p le a s u r e .

Special BargainsM a u r it iu s .

Scarce Provisional, 1900,4c. on 16c. chestnut, Gibbons’ No. 137, mint, 8 d . each.

C h in a .Pontage Due. The rare Provisional Set of March, 1904. In'superb m in t condition. Full set of 6 values for 10/» only. Post free.

Catalogue value, 35/*

B r i t is h S o u th A fr ic a .1891, £1 0 brow n.......................3 - each.1896. cl- chestnut and green ... A d . ,,1901, £ 6 blue ....................... * / • „

All fiacally cancelled but bright, clean specimens. W o r th d o u b le .

P o s t F r e e . C a s h w i t h O r d e r .Osly Address: Frtdk.R.GIna Hi,Strand,Lendoe

M l b r n The SCARCE BRITISH I# 1*. p . Jubilee Envelope and

Card, to each applicant A for approval books (50% discount).—

THE LONDON PH ILATELIC Co., Apsley, Hemel-Hempstead.

SPECIAL BARG AIN S.100 BRITISH COLONIALS,

alt different for 1 /- post free, and your m oney returned if unsatisfactory C h eap S ets from 2d. set. P rice L ist Free. H. CHILD, 393, South

Boulevard, Hull-

COLLECTORSOf Curios, Antiques, Books, Coins or anything else whatever, will find a first rate market for specimens they do not want in T k e B o k o o r . E x c h a n g e a n d M a r t newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply & conveniently

I t la t h a Q r a a t P a p e r f o r I n f o r m a t io n ,

P r l v a t a S a la a & B a r g a in s .Advertisements of Private Collectors (i>. those who do not make a btaincst of purchase and sale) inserted at the rate of 3 words for

Id., minimum gd.T R Y I T — Q E T A CO PY.


Offices : BAZAAR BUILDINGS, DRURY LANE LONDON. W.C.

Revised Scale for AdvcrtlscmcRtg in The Postage Stamp.

rages Half Pages Quarter Pages ... Eighth Pages ...

Columns ... Half Column*Quarter Columns

Inches ............

7 In s e r t io n . 6 I n s e r t io n s , p e r in s e r t io n .

13 In se rtio n s. H r in s e r tio n .

£ a. <L £ t. d. £ *. d.we 4 10 0 4 0 0 3 15 0... * 5 0 3 0 0 I 17 6... I 2 6 1 0 0 18 9... 13 6 II 0 10 0

... I 12 6 1 10 0 I 7 6... 17 0 16 0 u 0

... 9 0 8 6 7 6

... 4 6 _____i — 2 __ t 0

26 Insertions. P e r in s e r t io n .

£ s. d.3 to 0I 15 0

17 69 o

I S 012 6 6 6

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Small Prepaid Advertisem ents. Twelve words for one shilling, and one penny for every additional word; four insertions at the price of three.

li E V E R Y B O D Y B E A D S T H E MA stamp dealer has lately estimated that out of 500,000 stamp collecton 10,000 are active enthusiastic philatelists. If that estimate be correct practically every keen collector reads the Small Want Advts. in T h e P o s ta g e S t a m p . Are you on the look out for some variety ? It only costs vnu Id. a word to advertise for it in T h e P o s ta g e S t a m p .

Y O U W R I T * T H E A D - W I D O T H E R E S T

Collections Wanted G E O . C . G I N N & Co.Ths " City ” Staap Dealsrs A Experts,

80,Blshopsgate St. Within, London, B.C.

I buy COLLECTIONS and loose stamps of ANY COUNTRY. Cash sent by return of post for suitable

parcels.

ESPECIALLY WANTED. Great Britain, id. black, and 2d. blue in

lots.

JOHN JAMES COATESit. b o r o u g h man s t ..L o n do n b r u m e ,

LONDON, S.E.


Can offer from Special Purchase

CAPE of GOOD HOPET R IA N G U L A R S .

ia. reu-- ... 4IUCBUU | Uf IQC Kl Ol 44d. blue ... 1/6 „ I i n i n good6d. lilac ... 6j6 „ f 1 / / n averagel l -green ... 9/0 J 11 ' u copies.


The “ City " Haste far Bargaiat la Old lataet. Carefally aate Naae * Address. Eslab. IM2.

Cash Buyers of Collections and Large Lots ______of all descriptions.

f

Are you Interested In the Stamps of

GREECE?We have one of the finest lots of early Greek stamps that has ever been

offered by any Dealer.For Full Description see

“ Griebert’ s Philatelic Rotes and

Offers." No. 6.J u s t P u b lis h e d . G r a t is . P o s t F r e e .

We especially wish to draw attention to our fine stock o f RARE STAMPS OF ANY COUNTRY. Selections gladly sent for inspection. Prices throughout very moderate. We only handle damps in first-cUsa condition

R A R E S T A M P S 6 r V A L U A B L E C O L


H U G O G R 1 E B E B T & C O .,170, 8TRAND, LONDON, W.C. {

T e le p h o n e : 4 4 3 5 G e r r a r d .

T e le g r a m s , C a b le s : G r ie b e r t , L o n d o n .

Are the Bargains of the Week.G reat Britain, 1880, id. lilac, “ I.R.”

mint (cat. pd.)................................ 0 3Ditto, t88y, id. vermilion, " I .R .”

mint (cat. t/6).................................o 6Ditto, 1902, King, Id. scarlet," I.R.”

mint (cat. 3/-).................................I 0Ditto, Army Official, Id. red. Id.

green. Queen, and Id. King, mint,(cat. 1,4) ................................ 0 5

Canada, King, JO cent, violet ... 0 6 Ceylon, 189s. "O n Service.” 3 terra

cotta and green (cat. 2/-I............ 0 8Ditto, 1903, “ On Service,” King,

Jo cent (cat 3 I -1 ...................... 1 3Ditto, King's Head, 12, is. 2S A 30c.,

the four.......................................... 0 5Ditto, King's Head, 75 cent............ 0 8

East A frica t Ugrana, 2 rupees ... 1 9Straits Settlem ents on Labuan, 4c.

on 18c. m in t ................................ 0 3Ditto. 8c. m in t.................................O 4

New South W ales, 1905, tod. violet(cat. i/-l ...................... — 0 5

Austrian Jubilee. 5 krona ............ 1 oNorth Borneo, 1888. 50 cent, unused t o12 North Borneo, "Britisb Protector

ate.” 1 to 24c., including rare 10and 16c. ................................ t 6

B Chill. 1905-7. to. 15. 20, 30 & 50c.(cat. 1(6) .................................0 6

8 Crete. 190$, “ Prince George."(cat. 7/-) .................................3 0

POSTAGE EXTRA.B a r g a in L i s t g r a t i s a n d p o s t f r e e .

W R P D D V H . RvtcreM Street, Pampas . D D K K I ) Qreca,London,S.W

“ The replying •• aay «l

iv . T H E P O S T A G E S T A M P — A D V E B T IS E M E N T 8 .

The Purpose ofIs to sell you a “ Longshort” Stylo ; you will find it convenient, reliable and lasting. It has many features which will appeal to you, the chief of which is, that it is




hence the namcC

“LONGSHORT”Made in'Black. Tap, or'Mottled Vulcanite. Open foi Uae. Length dint.

Size A. 3/6 THE. iONG5tiORT STf-H-; MABIE TODO*C->

NEW YORK A LONDON

7 £ Cloaed for pocket. Length dins.

fSize B. 5 1 -(Slin open, jiin, closed,)f '."FIl

1■ VE L0;-lGSH03T STYLO

TODt- Irp„-b -07 o:\= 51OCS1 EJ


Fitted with smooth point and spaing needle. May be carried in any position without fear of leakage.

G E T ONE TO -D AY !

S old b y a l l S ta t io n e rs ,o r po»t f re e fro m M anufacturer* ,

S /T and B /1 .|W rite fo r F re e C a ta lo g u e .

M A B I E , T O D D & C o . ,“ S w a n ” F o n n t p e n M a k e r s ,


93, Uheapaide, E .C.95a, Regent 8t., W.3. Exchange 8t., Manchester. 10, Rue Neuve, Bruaaela. Brentano’a, 37, Aveni e de

I'Opera, Paris And at Bale, New York

Chicago and 8ydney.

Printed be Baldwins. Philatelic Printers. Tonbridge W ells, and Published for the Proprietor* h r Sir Isaac Pitman A Sooa. Ltd..at t Amen Comer. London, K.C.

A N E W V O L U M E W I L L B E C O M M E N C E D N E X T W E E K .

ED ITE D B Y FRED. J. M ELVILLE.

No. 26. Vol. 6. 26 MARCH. 1910. Price Id.(Whole Humber 130'_____________________________ __

D o y o u

S u b s c r i b e

TO THE


It not send Is. 8d. as a trial for three months, post free, to

SIR ISAAC PITMAN ft BOMSAmen C orner, London.

HARM ER ROOKE & Co.S t a m p A u o t l o n e a r a ,

Special Auction Sales052nd) will be held

T h u r s d a y , M a r c h S in t , an d fo llo w in g d a y a t 4 .1 5 p.m

These contain fine Australians, valuable Europeans, alto quantity of Philatelic Literature in fine condition, together with Clearance of Dealer's Stock, offered for unreserved sale.

F o llo w in g d a ts o , A p ril 11 a n d 1 2 .Collectors can have duplicates offered in auction within

seven days. Good prices obtained. Prompt results.C a t a lo g u e s g r a t a .

For further particulars address—

HARM ER, ROOKE & Co.Offices k Alettes Reeas. *9. FLEET STREET. LONDON, E C. Teteykeit 1229* Central. Telcgraas — “ Pbllatsrs, Laadea."

IF *TH E GREAT QUESTION.

TARIFF REFORM or FREE TRADE?\ [ m BT L M. S. AMERY and J. ■. ROBERTSON, M.P.

n e t t . E V E R Y E L E C T O R S H O U L D P O S S E S S A C O P Y .1 / -

n e t t .“ Each exponent sets forth his cate ably and lucidly. " — G la s g o w H e r a t J ." Persons interested in the fiscal question, but as yet uncertain on which side to cast their votes, will find the book helpful

in their perplexity. ” — M a n c h e s te r C i l r H e w s .___________________________________________

PITMAN'SPUBLIC MAN’8 GUIDE

A Handbook for all who take an Interest In Questions of the Day.

Crown 8vo. cloth, 442 pp., 3s. 6d. nett "T h e publics tint has compressed, with proportionate

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PITMAN’S WHERE TO


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L o n d o n 1- S I RWRITE FOR PROSPBCTOSBS OP THESE BOOKS.

ISAAC PITM AN «t SONS, Ltd., 1, Amen C o r n e r 1, E . C

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S e e t h e “ B.M.G.” f o r t h e n e w C o m p a n ie s Act.


T h e “ A cm e " AlbumWith interchangeable leaves, lithographed with neat border and quad rilled lines in pale grey. Spring-back cloth binder of first class quality and full size. Not a mere collecting book but a substantial Album for permanent use. It is the cheapest of its kind on the market and is having a record sale. '

Prloe 0/8 Post Free,

T h e “ P a ra go n ” Album sAre the pioneers of the spring-back system applied to stamp albums and are still by far the best. The leaves are linen hinged and are the only kind that will lie absolutely flat when the book is open. Can be supplied either with paper or cardboard leaves and with or without transparent protecting sheets. The covers can also be had either in cloth, half bound or in full black Persian leather.

Prioes from 8/- to 23/8.

T h e “ S ta n d a rd ” Postage S ta m p Album s

With printed spaces numbered to correspond with catalogue and illustrated on a new system.

In m a n y d i f f e r e n t s t y l e s a n d p r le e e .

A N e w B o o k le t c o n t a in in g f u l l p a r t i c u l a r s o f a l l th e a b o v e w i l t b e s e n t g r a t i s on a p p lic a t io n .





II. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.By Edward j . Nankivell.Price 6d. Post Free 6Jd.

III. NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE.B y Edward ]. Nankivell.Price 6d. Post Free 6}d.


V. ABYSSINIA.By Fred. J. Melville.Price fid. Post Free 6Jd.

VI. NEW HEBRIDES.?y. Single CA.Price fid.. Post Free 6 jd.

Or the 6 Books sent Post Free for 3/-.

Address:B A 1 r s \ A / l a i c QR03VEM0R WORKS, D A k U W i n 9 | t u n b r i d r e w e l l s .

In com e-T ax, L a w Sc P ra ctice

PITMAN’S


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AND HOW TO PREPARE THEM.In crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 80 pp.

* ! -" The Pitman firm has made a special feature of

business books, till now it issues an almost complete business, library. It publications generally are to the point, practical, and sound, and the latest addition has these characteristics in a full degree. . . . The book is entirely practical, and covers the ground well. W e can recommend it with confidence.”—Sheffield Independent.

*• Many commercial people will save themselves a vast deal of trouble if they spend an hour over these elucidating pages."— T.P.’i Weekly.

•• Deals with all the chief points that need to be borne in mind in endeavouring to ascertain the amount of income on which tax is payable by business firms.”—Modern Business.S it ISAAC PITMAN a SONS, LU . Laataa, Bath * New Turk.

■•atari will graatly M| by ■aattaalai * The Paataga Saag * wfeaa ragljiif ta aay at A w AAvaniaaaaata.

T H E P O S T A G E S T A M P — A D V E R T IS E M E N T S .

R e v ise d S c a le lo r A d v e rtis e m e n ts in T h e P o sta g e S ta m p .0 J n & ertifH S . 1 3 in s e r t io n s . j o Insertions.

d.p e r in s e r t io n . p e r in s e r tio n . p er in s e r t io n .

Paget .......................£ ft. £ s. d. £ ft. d. £ ft. d.4 10 0 4 0 0 3 IS 0 J 10 0

Half Pages ............Quarter Pages ... Eighth Pages ............

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Inches ...................... 4 6 4 3 4 0 3 6Small Prepaid Advertisements* Twelve words for one shilling, and one penny for


{ E V E R Y B O D Y R E A D S T H E M' A stamp dealer has lately estimated that out of 500,000 stamp collectors 10.000 are I active enthusiastic philatelists. If that estimate be correct practically every keen ( collector reads the Small Want Advts. in T h e P o s t a g e S t a m p . Are you on the look out

for some variety? It only cost", vou td. a word to advertise for it in T h e P o s t a g e S t a m p .

YO U W RITE T H E A D -W E DO TH E R EST '

Hi. HAWORTH & C°:87 /9 , ALDGATE HIGH STREET,

LONDON, E.

Selections o f Stam ps sent on approval. Condition and Cheapness our

Speciality.We do not offer B argains but sell a t a

uniform ly low rate. Collections w anted for prompt cash



F i e l d ’ s

S i m p l i f i e d C a t a l o g u eor TMt stamp*! or thc I rtish .

Price 1 - Post Free 1 3.New tUITlON. SuPtHBlY IL'.USTHMFI)CIVC3 THE HEAL VALUE OF Y OU A *TA M N 3 .

D. FIELD, 4 4 5, The Royal Arcade Old Bond Street , LONDON, W

HOLLAND.*We have just made up our stock book of this country. It contains a very fine lot of the first issues, including many re-touches.

A superb lot of the stamp, of the first type of head, including many pairs and blocks.

Either of these, or books of any other country, can be tent on approval to collectors known

to us or furnishing references.

P. L. PEMBERTON ft Co.,68, High Holbora, London, V.C.

(Telephone <64? Central).

COLLECTORSOf Curios, Antiques. Books, Coins or anything else whatever, will find a first rate market for specimens they do not want in T h e B a t a a r . E x c h a n g e a n d S t a r t newspaper. In the same way they can purchase anything they require readily, cheaply & conveniently

I t la t h e G r e e t P a p e r f o r I n f o r m a t io n ,

P r i v a t e Belem At B as*£ aln s.Advertisements of Private Collectors ( i .e . t h o s e who do not make a business of purchase and sale) inserted at the rate of 3 words for

id., minimum *d.TRY IT—GMT A CO PY.

Price ad. everywhere, or by post for 3d. in stamps from the

OHIces : BAZAAR BUILDINGS. DRURY LANE LONOON. W.C.

JUST .OUT! NEW PRICE LIST OF SETS, b e . FOR 1910. Full of Bargains. Post free on application.

Selections sent on approval to reliable collectors, on receipt of references or deposit.

W holesale List (22 pages) post free to Dealers.


N o t i c e o f R e m o v a l .

U D W H A M G W wishestogiveIN K . I f . I l H U L U n notice that forthe present all letters and communications

should be addressed to him to

GROVE PARK, LEE, KENTBU SIN E SS A S U SU A L.

ALL AALIS ATTSNDSD.SPECIAL THIS MONTH.—Straits Settlements. All West Indies except Nevis (these

I want to buy).Wanted to Purchase for prompt cash

—a good General Collection and Rare Stamps.

G E O . C . G I N N & co.The "City ” Stamp Dealers A Experts.

00, Blshopsgate St. Within, London, E.C.

Can offer from Special Purchase

CAPE of GOOD HOPET R I A N G U L A R S .

4d. blue ... 116 .. ! 2 f t i n good6d. lilac ... 6/6 „ f 1 / / n averaget/-green ... 9/0 .. ) 11 ' w copies.


The " City ** House for Bargains In Old If sues. Carefully note Name A Address. Ettab. IU2.

Cash Buyers of Collections and Large Lots of all descriptions.

R E A L B A R G A I N SNorthern Nigeria, 1 /-, single (cat.

4/-). fine used................................ I 6Southern N igeria, 1909, 1/-. mult..

fine used ................................ 0 8Ditto. 6d„ mult., fine used ............ 0 4

Mauritius, 1902, 1 rupee, single, fineused ..........................................2 0

Ditto, 1904, 1 rupee, mult...................t oS ierra Leone. 1904. mult., ijd., obs.

fine used ................................0 2Ditto do. 2d. obs. fine used . . 0 3Ditto do. 3d............... ... o 5Ditto do. 6d. ,. „ ... o 5Ditto do. 2/- „ ., ... 2 6Ditto 1909, mult., 3d. purple on yell, o 3

Queensland, 1909. 4d. grey, fine used o 2 British S. Africa. 1890. fiscally used,

fine, £5 or £10......................each 2 3Ditto 1896, fiscally used, fine 5/- ... 0 3 Ditto 1896, 10/- slate and vermilion,

fiscally u s e d ................................ 0 6Ditto 1898, £5 blue, fiscally used, fine 2 6

J a v a on Dutch Indies. 10 cent, fine,used ..........................................o 1

Ditto 50 cent, fine, used (cat. 1/3)— 0 4 Surinam e, 1879-88. i2jc. (cat. 9d.) ... 0 4 H ungary, 1908. 2 krona, fine used ... 0 2

.. 5 ...........................0 4See my Approval Sheets, the best and

cheapest.B a r g a in L i s t g r a t i s a n d p o st f r e e .

W R.PDD V 21. Ryecrolt Street. Parsons • D E rK H I , Qreea, London. S.W

D e a l e r s w r it e a t o n c e f o r m y W h o le s a le C ir c u la r .

BARGAIN81 BARGAINS IIs. d.

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