THE

LondonPhilatelist:
THE MONTHLY JOURNAL OF

THE PHILATELIC SOCIETY, LONDON.

VOL. III. DECEMBER, 1894. No. 36.

SignsoftheTimes.

VERY numerous have been the transactions of magnitude in

the Philatelic world during the year now closing, and it may
therefore not be deemed an inopportune time to briefly glance
thereat.
A prominent feature has been the disposal of large
collections. In this country the sale of the writer's Australian
collection for ^"10,000, as recently recorded, is a significant
event, the Winzer collection was also purchased for .£3000,
and now we hear of the sale of Mr. F. A. Philbrick's splendid
collection of Great Britain, all these having been acquired by
the enterprising firm of Stanley Gibbons, Limited. The
lamented death of Mr. Gilbert Harrison has also placed in
the hands of the same firm stamps amounting to many thousands of pounds.
In the spring a large and valuable general collection from the Continent
was disposed of at auction by Messrs. Ventom, Bull, & Cooper, for a sum
amounting to about £2500, and there are already announced by the same
firm two other "important assemblages, being the property" of well-known
Philatelists in this country. The auction sales have moreover been literally
incessant, during a whole week at a time, and the marvel is that such vast
quantities can find purchasers without unduly depreciating the market.
The marvel, however, does not cease here, as the effect of these
transactions has apparently been to stimulate purchasers, while the fact of
the enormous demand and enhanced prices must be patent to every reader of
Philatelic journals. If, however, any absolutely convincing proof of this
were needed, we have but to call attention to the fact that one of the largest
firms on the Continent—Messrs. Senf Brothers, of Leipsic—have recently
 290 THE NESBITT ENVELOPES OF THE UNITED STATES.

advertised in the most prominent manner, in a Continental contemporary,

their willingness to buy a large number of quoted stamps at prices far in
excess of those noted in their own catalogue for this year. Accompany-
ing this offer is the astounding statement, that acting on these lines the firm
in question has purchased during the current year no les than ;£i 5,000 worth
of rare and good stamps. In reviewing the otherwise excellent catalogue of
this firm a few months since, we took occasion to allude to the obviously
incorrect valuation placed by them upon very many of the stamps, and the
advertisement now quoted is a palpable endorsement as to the correctness of
our criticism.
One of the most frequent remarks made to Philatelists by the general
public is " Will these prices keep up ?" The question is a difficult one to
answer. It is clearly impossible that stamps can always rise at such
prodigious leaps and bounds as the year 1894 has seen, but we fancy it will
be long before they exhibit any decadence. The pursuit is so universal, and
its adherents, both Philatelic and financial, have so enormously increased, that
there is literally safety in numbers, and for this reason alone, short of national
calamities, we can see no reason for any falling off, either in the interest in or
value of postage stamps. It may perhaps be urged that the tenour of these
remarks is not strictly Philatelic, but it is clearly in the interest of all
collectors that they should duly scan and consider the Philatelic horizon,
when such heavy calls are made upon their purses in their efforts to form
really fine collections. For the present they have nothing to fear.

The Nesbitt Envelopes of the United States.

BY THE LATE MR. GILBERT HARRISON AND MR. E. D. BACON.

ANNOUNCEMENTS have been made in this journal as to

the appearance of a series of articles on the above, by
the late Mr. Gilbert Harrison.
The publication of this work has been delayed, mainly
owing to the difficulty in procuring adequate illustrations.
Shortly before Mr. Harrison's death these plates were
all satisfactorily finished. They include twelve large plates shewing the
varieties of the dies used for the stamps of the Nesbitt issues, a separate
plate of the heads found on the 1853 set, and two plates of the
different watermarks employed down to the end of the Nesbitt contract,
and, as will be seen, are indeed specimens of magnificent reproductive
art. The expenses incurred in the preparation and reproduction of the
plates, and in other matters connected with this series of articles, will exceed
one hundred pounds, and to meet this outlay in some measure it is proposed
(as will be seen elsewhere) to make a supplemental charge of 2s. 6d. to the
subscription of the journal for the year 1895 only. The payment of this sum
will be optional, as the United States articles will be published quarterly in
 IMPRESSIONS FROM AN UNREGISTERED PLATE. 291

the form of a separately paged supplement, which can then be bound up

together at the close of the year. Those subscribers who wish to have the
London Philatelist as heretofore need only pay the usual price. The expense
of producing the plates will be so great that of necessity only a limited
number of copies will be printed, and the few remaining on hand at the close
of the year will be disposed of (bound only) at a price considerably above that
named to regular subscribers to our journal.
We may add that we are again indebted to that indefatigable and
accurate writer, Mr. E. D. Bacon, for undertaking to complete a work of
extreme difficulty, that was unfortunately but partly done, although well
begun. We are confident that under his able direction the series of articles
will be both loyally and scientifically completed, in accordance with the
known wishes of our much regretted confrere.
The first quarterly instalment of the work will be published with the
number for March next.

Impressions from an Unregistered Plate Of the

One Penny Great Britain, 1840.
A PAPER READ BEFORE THE PHILATELIC SOCIETY, LONDON, ON NOVEMBER SOTH, 1894.

BY THE EARL OF KINGSTON, PRESIDENT.

AN inspection of the official collection of English adhesives at the

British Museum, belonging to the late Mr. Tapling, reveals
the fact that impressions from several plates used during the
life of the one penny, black, are missing. Copies from plates
i, 2, 3, 5, and 8 are found, but plates 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, n are
conspicuous by their absence. According to our authorities
these were never registered.
From the official collection belonging to the Duke of York, and forwarded
by H.R.H. for the inspection of members of the Philatelic Society at one of
the meetings during the last session, it would appear that the following are
the dates of registration of the several plates :
Plate i, two sheets, registered 27 April, 1840
„ 2, two sheets „ „
„ 3, one sheet „ 9 May, 1840.
,, 5, two sheets „ i June, n June.
„ 8, one sheet „ 13 July, 1840.

When the stamps were changed from black to red, plate 12 was the first
used, the date of registration being 25 February, 1841.
It will seem from the above that plates i, 2, and 5 were registered twice
over. This is also the case respecting the V.R., the dates of registration
being respectively the 27 April, and 9th of May, 1840.
292 IMPRESSIONS FROM AN UNREGISTERED PLATE.

It is somewhat puzzling to understand why this should have been done ;

we may exercise our ingenuity in trying to divine the cause. It has been
suggested that perhaps the first sheet in each case might have been an
impression taken while the plate was in a soft state, and the second an
impression from the plate after it had been hardened. This matter we must,
however, leave for future investigation.
It is, I believe, an open secret that the book of registration sheets shows
traces in some cases of missing numbers having been at some time or other
in their relative places, and this being so, it is more than probable that all
the missing plates were registered ; this is an important element in consider-
ing the discovery I am about to describe.
Four years ago I purchased a block of black pennies. It once formed
the top of the sheet, and consists of five entire rows of twelve stamps each.
The margins are intact and perfect; the right and left top corners of the
margin contain the plate number n. Although somewhat thin in substance
and placed rather far apart, by reason of there being no registration sheet of
plate II, I took these figures to represent No. 2 in Roman numerals ; but from
enquiries made this summer I ascertained beyond doubt that the practice has
always been to number the sheets in Arabic numerals. It proves, therefore,
that the block above described is not an impression from plate 2, but from
plate ii—one of our missing (black) lambs!
The block is from an early stage of the plate, and, as far as I can at
present see, does not differ from impressions of the same series, either as
regards printing, substance of paper, watermark, or gum.
I believe another missing plate, No. 6, has been found, and now having
turned up plate n, we need not utterly despair of retrieving the others.
It is evident from the numerous discoveries made lately of plate numbers
supposed never to have been printed from, and in some cases of plates not
known to exist even, that our knowledge of the stamps of this, our mother
country, is still very deficient, and that our histories and catalogues are not,
owing to very great difficulties in making research in official quarters, as
accurate and reliable as we should desire.
On one point specially we are still lamentably ignorant; viz. as to the
actual date of issue of many of our stamps. In most cases we have only
the dates of registration, and of these sometimes only the year is roughly
given. This is not as it should be, and it behoves us to make fresh efforts to
obtain more concise data.
I would venture to suggest to the gentlemen who I understand purpose
bringing out a new and exhaustive work on English stamps, that valuable
and important information might be afforded by an inspection of the Stock
Receipt and Stock Delivery books kept by the authorities of the Inland
Revenue and the General Post-office, if such records still exist and are
available for examination. Some of these books would at all events show
the dates on which supplies of stamps were received from the manufacturers,
and we might naturally assume that an early distribution to the public
followed. I am confident that a patient search in these quarters would yield
an ample reward.
 Oxidized Stamps.
H. RIDOUT.

THE contributions of the Earl of Kingston and Mr. Willett

have raised a matter of interest to Philatelists generally, and
of real importance to those who have oxidized specimens in
their collections. The authors treat the matter from entirely
different standpoints, and each no doubt will achieve the best
results with the method of his choice; but for persons not
possessed of chemical knowledge, the peroxide method will, I think, be found
the more generally available. My acquaintance with this process goes back
to 1871, and though peroxide of hydrogen was then not so readily obtainable
as now, yet it was well known in technical chemistry for precisely the same
purpose as it is now being used by many Philatelists.
The term " Oxidized " as applied to stamps is a misnomer of the first
water, but having been everywhere adopted, must, I suppose, be accepted as
current coin.
The offending substance, however, is not oxygen (this is the restoring
substance), but sulphur. The blackening or tarnishing of our stamps is due
to the formation of sulphides, with one or other of the metallic bases of
which pigments are composed. Now the metallic bases Philatelists are
interested in, are those which are capable of forming black sulphides, and
are Iron and Lead; also Nickel and Cobalt, which latter however are but
seldom met with.
The sulphur usually comes from decaying vegetable and animal matter,
is always present in our gas, and may result from the decay of varnish or
size, and even gum; and generally the conditions which are injurious to our
silver plate and " Old Masters" are equally noxious to such of our stamps
as " oxidize." In some cases the sulphur directly combines with a free base
in the pigment, but more frequently reduces a compound such as red-lead*
to black sulphide of lead. I have taken this as a type, as the lead compounds
occur more frequently than the others in " oxidizable " stamps. Neither
process is capable of restoring the lead to its original state, because the
compound resulting from the action of the restoring agent is sulphate of
lead.t which is white as already mentioned, while the original compound was
red, and it will be found in stamps which were very badly " oxidized," that
the fine lines will appear weak, or in very extreme cases disappear altogether.
In cases of average severity, however, the experimenter will be simply
delighted with the result, but he must operate on his own stamps, or his
friends may find it difficult to believe that he is not repeating the trick of
* RED BLACK
2 Pb3 O4 + 8 SH3=6 Pb S + Sa + 8 OH.
t BLACK WHITE
Pb S + 4 O3 H2 = Pb SO+ + 4 OHa
294 PHILATELIC NOTES.

the " Heathen Chinee " with the trump card. This was my experience some
two and half years ago, and since then I have contented myself with regretting
that oxidation was incurable!
The following application has been found the most successful:
(a) Slight cases. Apply the 10 volume solution with a soft flat brush,
and dry between folds of blotting paper.
(b) Severe cases. Soak the stamp face downwards for 12 hours or more
in clean cold water, and then immerse in—10 volume solution
i part, water 20 parts. Leave till clean and dry as before. As
none of the "oxidizable" pigments are affected by prolonged
immersion, there is no danger of overdoing it.
It may be well to add a word of caution upon two points. First, com-
mercial peroxide often contains traces of Barium salts, which are highly
poisonous, and it is not safe to regard this reagent as wholly innocuous.
Second, prolonged application results in the destruction of the size in the
paper. Now it is just this size which imparts the grey or yellowish shade
characteristic of some of the old papers, and after its destruction the paper
becomes not only more porous from the loss of the size, but what is worse—
chalky white. A specimen, once badly oxidized, will therefore always tell its
own tale, and can only be regarded as a patient relieved—but not cured.

PhilatelicNotes.
NOTE.—Under this title will be found all notes relating to postal issues other than those that are
chronicled as current novelties, or which form the subject of special articles. The co-operation of
Philatelists is invited in order to make this column of a varied and interesting nature.

DISCOVERIES.
GREAT BRITAIN.—Mr. A. de Worms has shewn some specimens of Plate
II. of the 2^d., in which the lettering is "L H " in the upper, and
'' F L" in the lower corners. We had previously heard of this variety—
error, shall we call it ?—but in view of the fact of this stamp having been
in existence twenty years, its existence seemed so unlikely that we hesitated
to accept it finally. The registered sheet at Somerset House has been
referred to and corroborates the variety.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—We have from Mr. W. T. Wilson a fresh variety in
that perennial source of discoveries—the lettered official stamps of this
Colony. The novelty consists in the discovery of blue letters on a not
hitherto recorded variety—the 6d. to wit. This should be a scarce variety,
and its authenticity is unmistakeable—6d., rouletted, in grey-blue, sur-
charged " S M " in blue letters.
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OccasionalNotes.
DEATH OF MR. E. H. WATTS, J.P., F.R.G.S.
IT is with much regret that we have to announce the death of this
gentleman, from an attack of typhoid fever, at the early age of forty.
Mr. Watts, although not a frequent attendant at the meetings of the
London Society, was a most earnest and enthusiastic collector, who bid fair
to ripen into a first-class Philatelist. The sympathy of all members of the
London Philatelic Society will be tendered to Mr. Watts' relations on their
sad loss. Mr. Watts, who has travelled much, was a leading member of one
of the largest firms in Newport, and had occupied many public offices in the
town, where his death will be widely mourned.

THE STAMPS OF AFGHANISTAN.

WEare officially informed that the work on these stamps that was to
have been written by the late Mr. Gilbert Harrison, for the Philatelic
Society, London, will be produced by that body within a few months.
Although Mr. Harrison's labours were far from complete, a considerable
portion of the work had been compiled, and the whole of the plates have
been reproduced in a magnificent manner. The work will be, in fact, in
every way worthy of the gentleman whose collection formed its basis; and
when we state that Major E. B. Evans and Mr. E. D. Bacon have most
kindly consented to finish this laborious undertaking, it will be apparent
that every step has been taken to minimise tine great and altnosl urepaxible
loss that Philately has incurred through the early death of Mr. Gilbert
Harrison.
«-
"OLD CONSULAR OFFICIAL STAMPS."
WEare indebted to Messrs. Whitfield King and Co. for a copy of the
following letter received by them. It hardly needs any comment at
our hands, but we can only trust that, as there is some reason to hope, the
matter may not be allowed to rest here. The uses of " Her Britannic
Majesty's Consulate" are of a very varied nature, but we doubt if those
indicated in the letter would meet with the approval of the Foreign Office.
HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S CONSULATE,
ICHANG, CHINA, 2otA September, 1894.
SIR,—Being aware that you are dealing in Postage Stamps, may I ask if you
would be willing to purchase a quantity of the very first issue of " Chungking Postage
Stamps," all 2 candarins each, like the one I enclose herewith, which I sale at the
rate 20 stamps per Mexican dollar, about 28. ad. These can be sent you in large or
small consignments.
I might mention that the Authorities at this port have decided on establishing a
Post-office, which will probably be in working order early November.
296 OCCASIONAL NOTES.

Her Britannic Majesty's Consul has been good enough to allow me to accept the
position of Postmaster.
I should be happy to act as your Agent, and forward you a consignment of these
stamps on the usual term paid by you as commission. Should you require any old
" Consular Official Stamps " I shall be pleased to send you a quantity of many kinds
very cheap. Begging the favour of a reply, I am, etc.,
(Signed) JOSEPH OLSEN, Constable.

THE TAPLING COLLECTION.

WEare informed by Mr. E. D. Bacon that the stamps of the National
Collection now being exhibited are changed. The countries now
on view are Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Guiana (part).
These West Indians include some of the choicest and rarest stamps of the
collection, and will well repay pilgrims who travel to the shrine.

THE CAPE COLONY AND THE POSTAL UNION.

THEarrangement by which the Cape Colony will enter the Postal Union
on January i, 1895—the result of negotiations between the Cape
Postmaster-General and the authorities at St. Martin's-le-Grand—has been re-
cently concluded. As soon as the Cape Colony formally applies for admission)
the matter will be finally settled. The new arrangement will cause no alteration
in the Cape Colony so far as letters are concerned, but reductions will be
made in the charge for printed matter. The entry of the Cape Colony into
the Postal Union will, however, bring about reductions of tariff from many
of the more important countries of the Union. In France, for example,
where the postal rate to the Cape has been 5d., the tariff will be exactly half
that amount. Similar reductions will follow wherever a higher rate than the
uniform Union tariff is at present in force. The postal letter rate from
Madeira, which is now 7|d., will probably be brought down to 2jd.
Renter's Agency is informed that, in consequence of the entry of Cape
Colony into the Postal Union from the beginning of next year, arrangements
have been made for also admitting, at a later date, the territories of the
British South Africa Company, which are already included in the South
African Postal Union.

A POST-OFFICE SCANDAL AT TONGA.

IN the article upon this subject, which appeared in our last issue, the
printers are responsible for a mistake in the amounts of stamps
mentioned in Mr. Campbell's transactions. These should read "$26,775.3.4"
instead of " £26,77$ $s. 4^.," and "$55,517.1.6" instead of ".£55,517 is. 6d."
The sum of ".£200" paid by the German dealer is correct. No doubt the
receipts of the Tonga Post-office, owing to the patronage of Philatelists, are
large, but the sums mentioned in the article must have surprised many of our
readers, so we think it right to make this correction.
 OCCASIONAL NOTES. 297

REPRINTS.
ANannouncement has been recently made by Messrs. Senf Brothers, of
Leipsic, that from the first of January next their firm will neither keep
in stock nor sell any Reprints. This determination is in line with the policy
of other firms in this country, and having regard to the marvellous repro-
ductive facilities of Leipsic printing will perhaps cause a feeling of relief to
the more uninitiated collectors. In our opinion there is, however, not much
to fear from Reprints in the hands of any firm of standing such as those
referred to above; the danger is constituted when they change ownership.

ROBBERY OF VALUABLE STAMPS.

WEhave to record a severe loss sustained by a well-known member of the
London Philatelic Society. Mr. Robert Ehrenbach, who has been
making a somewhat extended journey in the South of Europe, has been the
unfortunate victim of a robbery that represents a loss of nearly £1000 worth
of stamps. We are confident that the sympathy of all his brother members
will be given to Mr. Ehrenbach, coupled with the hope that he may yet
recover his lost treasure. If, as it seems, it was a highway robbery, the
Moorish Government should at least be "persuaded" to give compensation.
We quote as follows from the interesting letter sent to us :
Although I as a rule don't like giving accounts of what happened for
publication, I must make an exception in the case of the London Philatelist, for
which I am only too pleased to do anything I can, and I send you therefore a few details.
We arrived from Cadiz at Tangier on the lyth of November, and having despatched
our large portmanteau direct to Granada—only having several handbags, rugs, etc.
with us, one of which contained a quantity of stamps, duplicates of my own and a
quantity of good stamps I had been buying in the towns I had already visited on my
tour—we had no idea of going on an inland ride through country, but everyone in
Tangiers told us that was the thing to do; and so, after having procured from the
Governor of the town a soldier as guard, and a very good guide, who did all the rest
in the way of the hiring of ponies, mules, and the coolies (2), we started at five a.m.
on the Thursday morning (15th). After a lovely ride of six hours we arrived at the
fondak, -where we took a hearty lunch, and had a little rest of an hour, and restarted
at about one o'clock on the second part of the journey; just after reaching a bridge
about four to five miles from Tetuan a heavy tropical rain overtook us, which became
so heavy just one mile off our destination that we pushed on our horses and left the
mule with the luggage and the attending Moor about a quarter of an hour behind.
We arrived at Tetuan about five o'clock, and at once proceeded to the house of
Mr. Isaac Nahom, H.B.M. Vice-Consul, who is in the habit of accommodating
travellers at his house. Our guide had at once sent the soldier back to meet the
luggage mule, and as it had become a little dark he himself proceeded to the Governor
of Tetuan to get the permit to unlock the gates of the town, which are closed the
moment dark sets in.
When he arrived at the gates he was at once told that our Moor had arrived at
the gates some time ago, waiting for them to be opened, in a bad state, having been
stabbed and knocked down by highway robbers, and the mule and everything
on it, together with the property of the Moor, was carried off by the thieves. Our
29& REVIEWS.

guide and the Consul at once went to the Governor and lodged a complaint;
the latter soon afterwards sent about 80 to 100 soldiers out in all directions, but
nothing was to be found of the robbers. In the meanwhile we could do nothing than
look happy and smile, which was easier said than done, considering that we were
forced to remain in our wet things. Change we had none, and the only thing we
could get in Tangier was a piece of soap; tooth brushes, hair brushes, etc., are
unknown quantities in that part of the world.
On the advice of Mr. Nahom we at once decided not to continue our tour to
Ceuta but to return to Tangier, in order to give personally details of what had
happened to H.B.M. Consul—in the absence of the Minister, Sir Satow, who was at
Fez. Mr. Nahom also drew up an account of the occurrence, which he sent to his
superior in Tangier, and was also kind enough to lend me some cash against a bill
on my London firm—in fact, he was quite a godsend to me. So on the Saturday
morning we left Tetuan again on the road to Tangier, which we reached at about six
p.m., and at once proceeded to Mr. Hubert C. White, the British Consul, to whom I
gave details in full, and also, as far as I could remember, a list of the better stamps
I had with me, and the value I attach to them. The value of the personal wearing
apparel, etc., reached an approximate sum of about £200, made up from the value
of the bags, rugs, dresses, etc., cash, jewels, etc., while the stamps I had would readily
fetch over ^800 at any London auction, containing some of the greatest rarieties of
German States, British Colonials, U.S. of A., and last, not least, the finest lots of old
unused Portugals and used Spain imaginable.
Acting on the advice of Mr. White I have offered a reward for the recovery of the
stamps, which have no value whatever for a Moor. He has further promised to do
all in his power to get the things back, and will put the matter into the hands of the
British Minister in Morocco, but up to date I have heard nothing further.

Reviews.

THE PHILATELIC DIARY.*

A SINGULARLY handy little vade mecum in the shape of a
diary for collectors has been issued by Messrs. Stanley
Gibbons, Ltd., under the above title. A small red morocco
cover containing pockets on the inside for the secretion of
stamps, a really serviceable pencil, and a detachable
perforation gauge, constitute the outer features of the Diary.
The interior consists of the usual diary, three days being assigned to a page,
on which are also noted, where known, the exact days on which stamps of
the several countries were issued. Beyond this is a quantity of useful
information; e.g. lists of the Philatelic Societies of the British Empire, of
obsolete currencies with English equivalents for these and present currencies,
of technical terms and colours in English, French, and German, and a series
of statistics of the chief stamp-issuing States of the world. Most neat and
* The Philatelic Diary for Stamp Collectors for 1895. STANLEY GIBBONS, LTD., 391, Strand,
London, W.C.
 NEW ISSUES. 299

serviceable in appearance, it can be slipped into the smallest pocket, and

should be as indispensable to the average Philatelist as is a Whitaker to
the "ordinary British public."

A CHRONOLOGY OF GERMAN PHILATELIC NEWSPAPERS.*

The author of this " Directory of Journals" is well known in Philatelic
circles on the Continent as a most zealous collector, and as the librarian of
the Berlin Philatelic Club. Aided doubtless by his official position, Mr.
Fraenkel has succeeded in producing a chronicle of no less than 146
Philatelic journals, which have made either an ephemeral or permanent
appearance in the German language. The title of each journal is given first,
and following this the name and address of the publisher, the date of the
appearance of its first and (in many cases) its last number, the number of
times it appeared, with other information and remarks. Most valuable and
interesting is such a lexicon of the Fatherland's Philatelic productions, and
we would that the example could be followed in this country. In the preface
to the work, Mr. Fraenkel states that at the end of 1893 no less than thirty-
eight journals were still in issue, a fact significant of the wide interest taken
in Philately by the German nation ; and he acknowledges his indebtedness to
the Bibliograph of Herr Suppantschitsch, which, however, would not detract
from the excellent result of the author's labours, on which he is to be heartily
congratulated.
* Chronological Table of the German Philatelic Newspapers. By H. FRAENKEL, 52, Kurfursten
Strasse, Berlin, W.

New Issues.
Under this head -will be found notes of the new, and variations of the ciirrent issues. We do not
profess to chronicle everything, but with the kind help of correspondents, are desirous that all
the important novelties may be included. Speculative stamps—i.e. those not really required for
postal purposes—will be considered on their merits, attd Jubilee issues will not be chronicled.

GREAT BRITAIN AND COLONIES. ANNAS," in block capitals, and the I rupee
BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. — Two reply " l\ ANNAS." Specimens received from
cards of I +1 cent and 3 + 3 cents have been Messrs. Whitfield King & Co.
issued. Both have stamp of the old type, Since writing the above we have received
and bear the inscription " UNION POSTALE the permanent 5 and 7^ annas from Messrs.
UNIVERSELLE—STATE OF NORTH BORNEO Whitfield King & Co.
—POST CARD—THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE Adhesives. 5 annas, surch. in black on blue.
?J >» >t M rose,
WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE," the last half bears Permanent ty£e.
the word " REPLY." 5 annas, black on bluish.
Postcards, i+i cent, red on buff; reply. 7i „ black.
3+3 cents, blue on buff „
CANADA.-—The i c. reply card now has
BRITISH EAST AFRICA. — Pending the the stamp of the current single cards on both
preparation of permanent stamps of 5 and halves, in place of the double type which has
7^ annas, two provisional were made by been in use for some time.
surcharging the current 8 annas stamp " 5 Post Card* i + i c., grey-black on buff; reply.
3oo NEW ISSUES.

GREAT BRITAIN.—We are enabled to best that correct information should be obtainable
state that early next year the Post-office at the headquarters of Philately.
will issue a new stout post card of the We are, dear Sir,
Your obedient Servants,
"court" or "correspondence" size. The
PERKINS, BACON, & Co., Ltd.
new card will be issued in addition to the JAMES D. HEATH, Managing Director.
present cards, and will be sold ax the same,
price as that charged for the stout inland All values contain a portrait of Rajah
cards already in use. Brooke, in an oval in centre, but the sur-
We recently purchased two copies of the rounding design is different for each value ;
current idd. stamps from the Post-office in the inscriptions are, however, the same on
an exceedingly deep shade of carmine, so all, "SARAWAK" "POSTAGE & REVENUE"
deep that the colour has penetrated to the with value in numerals and words printed
back of the stamp. in colour on white, perf. 12.
Adhesive!. 2 c., brown.
Mr. H. L. Ewen has sent us a specimen of 4 c., black.
the current 2jd. clearly printed on the wrong 6 c., violet.
side, the impression being over the gum, and 8 c., deep green.
the reverse side entirely innocent of adhesive STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, Sungei Ujong.—
matter. The imprint, being made on a We thought the " tiger was on its last legs."
streaky surface, has a blotchy appearance, This can, however, hardly be so, far we have
and knowing how careful Messrs. De la Rue received 2 values from Messrs. Whitfield
are now-a-days it comes somewhat as a King & Co., not only surcharged, but printed
surprise. in different colours from the 5 c. plate; the
aid., current series; printed on the reverse side. 2 c. has also reappeared in orange in place
HONGKONG. —From L'Ecko de la Tim- of rose.
Adhesives. 2 c., orange.
brologie we learn that the $10 fiscal stamp i c., in black, on 5 c , green.
has been surcharged "5-DOLLARS," in two 3 c., in black, on 5 c., rose.
lines of Gothic type, for postal uses. VICTORIA.—The Monthly Journal has
Adhesive. 5 dollars, black on rose.
received a £d. wrapper, with stamp of the
NEWFOUNDLAND. — The \ c. stamp re- current oblong type, but printed in orange
ferred to last month is now in issue. on plain white wove paper, with marginal
Adhesive, i c., black. lines, and rouletted at sides; this was issued
ST. HELENA.—There appear to be two on September 24tVi.
varieties of the current half-penny value, Wrapper. $d., orange on white, 112X278 mm.
one has the surcharge measuring 15 mm.,
EUROPE.
the other i;£ mm.
AUSTRIA.—The ///. Brief. Zeitung states
ST. LUCIA.—The American Journal of that on the gth October last a card bearing
Philately vouches for the provisional one a 5 kreuzer stamp instead of a 2 kreuzer
half penny on three pence with a double was found in one of the Austrian offices.
surcharge on the face, and a single surcharge Post Card. 5 kr., brown on buff; error.
on the back of stamp.
Adhesive. BAVARIA. —The same journal gives us
One half penny on three pence, black on lilac, variety. information as to the issue of a new wrapper
SARAWAK.—The following letter has been of 3 pf.,on whitish-brown paper, watermarked
received by Mr. Tilleard. with wavy horizontal lines.
Wrapper. 3 pfennig, brown on whitish-brown.
z'&th November, 1894
DEAR SIR,—As we believe there are some HOLLAND. — We have from Messrs.
rumours about on the subject, we think it well to Ridpath & Co. the current I cent stamp in
state at once, for the information of the Philatelic a much deeper shade of green, approaching
world, that we have recently shipped to His
Highness the Rajah of Sarawak a new set of
to blue-green ; also a new Letter Card of
Postage and Revenue stamps, comprising the 5 cent value, bearing a portrait of the Queen
values of 2, 4, 6, and 8 cents, as per specimens in centre, "NEDERLAND" above, "S CENT"
herewith. below, " POST " " BLAD " in a scroll on either
We may mention that we are writing this side, two dotted lines for address, commencing
entirely on our own responsibility, and without " AAN."
the authority of His Highness the Rajah; but we Adhesive, i cent, blue-green.
have no doubt that, under the circumstances, it is Letter Card. 5 cent, blue on white.
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ITALY.—Dr. Emilio Diena has kindly sent General of Customs, Statistical Department
us a specimen of a new value of 20 c. which at Shanghai.
has been added to the current unpaid
CHINESE TREATY PORTS, HANKOW.—
stamps
Adhesive. 20 c., orange and carmine ; unpaid. With reference to our remarks in the
November number, Messrs. Waterlow and
AMERICA. Sons, Ltd., have written explaining that it
CHILI.—The A.J. of Ph. chronicles a new was not any inferiority in their work
variety of official post card. The card is the which was the cause of the disappointment
same as that issued at the end of 1892, but referred to. They were asked for an esti-
with the addition of an oval frame in the left mate for the stamps in Photo-lithography,
upper corner, enclosing a steamship, and which estimate was accepted, but on photo-
bearing the inscription " ADMINISTRACION graphing the designs they found the result
PRINCIPAL DE CORREOS " " VALPARAISO." so poor that they declined the order. At
Official Post Card. the special request of the Postmaster, how-
No value, black-green on pale blue-green. ever, they printed off 5000 of each value,
COLOMBIA (REPUBLIC).—Le Timbre-Paste to enable him to show the local authorities
chronicles a copy of the 5 c. stamp, imperf. the best results to be obtained from their
Adhesive. 5 centavos, black on yellow ; imperf. sketches by this process ! We only publish
PANAMA.—The current 50 c. adhesive has the above to justify any remarks which may
received the overprint of " HABILITADO—• have seemed to point to any misunderstand-
1894—10 — CENTAVOS," in four lines of ing to Messrs. Waterlow.
capitals and figures. Specimen received CONGO.—Messrs. Whitfield King & Co.
from Messrs. Whitfield King & Co. have sent us six values of a new type which
Adhesive. 10 c., in red, on 50 c., brown.
were issued for use on the 27th November
UNITED STATES.—We have received a last. Fine as the engraving of the late issue
letter franked with the new type 5 cents, of Niger Coast and the designs of North
adhesive. We are also further indebted to Borneo are, these stamps are, we think, the
Mr. J. N. T. Levick, of New York, for the finest specimens of engraving and printing
15 c. The colour is an intense blue, almost we have yet seen in the shape of stamps.
approaching black. Needless to say, they are the work of Messrs.
Mr. H. M. Gooch also has shewn us the Waterlow & Sons. The values are : 5, 10,
new 50 c., in the type of the late 30 c., with 25, and 50 centimes, and i and 5 francs.
triangle additions. All bear the words "Etat Independant Du
Comment is being made freely upon the Congo," and the value in numerals and
inferior quality of the stamps now being words. The centre of each is in black.
turned out under the new contract, by the The 5 centimes has a view of the port of
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the Mtadi; the 10 c., the Falls of the Inkissi (?);
general opinion seems to be that better work the 25 c., the Stanley Falls (?); the 50 c.,
will be forthcoming when once the new con- railway bridge in construction on the M'pozo;
tractors get on their stamp legs. We hope it the i franc, elephant hunting ; the 5 francs,
may be so, for the present supplies shew a native chief, portrait of Morangi, one of the
great falling off from the fine engraving and Bangalas, with his wife seated at his feet,
clean printing which have characterised both in native costume. Printed in colour
former issues of this country. on white wove paper. The first five values
Adkesives. 5 c., brown ; new type. of the set before us gauge 15, but the 5
15 c., Prussian-blue ,,
50 c., orange ,, francs gauges 15 x 14^.
Adhesives. 5 centimes, black and pale blue.
OTHER COUNTRIES. 10 ,, black and carmine.
=5 black and orange,
CHINA.—We received from Messrs. Whit- 5° .. black and green,
field King & Co. a printed list of the values i franc black and lilac,
black and deep carmine.
and designs of the new stamps spoken of in
our November number. The list is interest- HAWAII (REPUBLIC).—Through the kind-
ing, but too long to be included here; suffice ness of Mr. A. R. Raby we are able to give
it to say that each design has a special news of a new value which has been added
Chinese significance. The designs were to the current set; the value is twelve cents,
drawn by Mr. R, A. de Villard, Inspectorate- which has been found necessary for postage
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on parcels. The design consists of what is the words "BRIEF KAART," which now
supposed to represent the S.S. "Arawa" of measures 94 mm. in place of 92, " ORANGE"
the Canadian -Australian line, bringing the 16 mm. in place of 15, and "VRIJSTAAT"
recognition of the Republic by Great 23 mm. in place of 17. The ^d. card has
Britain, enclosed in an oval band bearing the Arms on a plain shield without the sur-
the words, "REPUBLIC OF HAWAII," "12" rounding flags.
on a shield, and " CENTS " on either side of Post Cards. Jd., red-brown, surch. black, on white,
id. „ ,, ,, reply,
it at base, white wove paper ; perf. 12. i J pence, on 2 pence, violet, black on white.
Adhesive. 12 cents, blue.
LIBERIA.—The official set for the future is PERSIA.—We have from Messrs. Whitfield
to bear the letters "o.S." in place of the word King & Co. a new set of adhesives and post
"OFFICIAL"— the following have already cards. The issue is made up of two types,
been adorned : the first contains the arms of the country in a
Official Stamps. i c., red, black surcharge. circle with a crown above, and a curved band
2C., blue, red ,, containing Persian inscription above this ;
4 c., black and green, red surcharge.
8 c., black and brown, red a similar band, with "POSTES PERSANES,"
12 c., carmine, black at base ; values in Persian characters and
16 c., lilac, blue numerals in circles at each corner. The
24 c., bronze on straw, red
32 c., grey-blue, red second type is larger, and contains a portrait
MACAO. —The Monthly Journal has of the Shah in an oval, with Persian inscrip-
received a full set of stamps in the now tions above, with the value in numerals and
general Portuguese colonial type. words, and " POSTES PERSANES " below.
Adhesives. 5 reis, yellow. Printed in colour on white paper, perforated.
10 „ lilac. There are two values of post cards, both
15 „ brown.
20 ,, mauve.
single and reply. The higher value contains
25 green. the extra inscription of "UNION POSTALE
50 blue. UNIVERSELLE." The reply cards are printed
75 „ rose.
80 „ pale green. on duplex tinted card.
100 „ brown on buff. Adhesives. ist type, i shahi, violet; perf. I2JJ.
150 „ carmine on rose. 2 „ green ,,
200 ,, blue on blue. 5 „ blue „
300 ,, blue on salmon. 8 ,, brown ,,
2nd type. 10 „ orange ; perf. 11^X11.
Since writing the above we have received 1 kran, red and yellow ,,
an extraordinary set of provisionals from 2 „ brown and blue „
5 ,, blue and silver ,,
Messrs. Whitfield King & Co., which consists Post Cards. 2 shahi, green on buff.
of the head type of Macao, surcharged 2+2 ,, green on green and buff.
4 „ carmine on buff.
" PROVISORIO," with the value in figures and 4+4 ,, ,i pink and buff.
words, and Chinese characters. The values PHILIPPINES.—Two new values of the
are now in avos. Our correspondents inform Baby type.
us that i avo is equivalent to I c. of a Adhesives. i c. de peso, carmine.
Mexican dollar. None of the specimens 25 c. de peso, deep blue.
sent have any gum ! TIMOR.—A full set of adhesives has been
Adhesives. i avo, brown ; black surcharge, issued of same type and same values, etc., as
i ,, black ; red ,,
3 avos, carmine ; green ,, Macao.
4 „ violet : black „ TONGA.—After the disclosures in our last
6 ,, brown ; black ,,
8 ,, blue ; red ,, number we have hope of better things from
13 ii grey; black „ Tonga, in the meantime we have yet two
16 ,, brown ; black ,,
31 ,, mauve ; black „ other Campbell Surcharges from Messrs.
47 •> yellow ; green „ Whitfield King & Co.
Post Cards. 2 avos, blue on buff ; red surcharge.
3 ,, pink ,, green „ Adhesives. Halfpenny in blue on 4d., brown.
5 ,, green ,, red „ 2j pence in black on is., green.
5+5 ii red „ black „ TRANSVAAL.—We have received from
ORANGE FREE STATE.—Le Timbre-Poste Messrs. Whitfield King & Co. the 2d. in the
illustrates two new varieties of the post cards new type, lately described.
with adhesive stamps, surcharged with Arms Adhesive. 2 pence, bistre ; perf. 12^.
of the State. The i^ pence card has the ZAMBESIA.—A new Portuguese colony
value surcharged on the 2d. stamp in smaller is announced, provided with a full set of
figures, with a difference in the spacing of stamps of same type and values as Macao.
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PhilatelicSocieties'Meetings.
THE PHILATELIC SOCIETY, LONDON.
Honorary President—H.R.H. DUKE ALFRED OF SAXE-COBURG GOTHA.
Hon. Vice-President—H.R.H. THE DUKE OF YORK, K.G,
Council for the Year 1894-95:
President—THE EARL OF KINGSTON.
Vice-President—M. P. CASTLE.
Hon. Secretary—J. A. TILLEARD. | Hon. Assistant Secretary—R. PEARCE.
Hon. Treasurer—-C. N. BIGGS. | Librarian—T. MAYCOCK.
E. D. BACON. I R. EHRENBACH. I D. GARTH.
A. W. CHAMBERS. I E. B. EVANS. | T. WICKHAM JONES.
THE fourth meeting of the season 1894-95 Stamps of Afghanistan and Cashmere,
was held at Effingham House on Friday, referring especially, in illustration of the
the i6th November, 1894, at 7.30 p m. The perseverance of Mr. Harrison in unravelling
members present were the Vice-President, intricate questions, to the fact that he had
and Messrs. E. D. Bacon, D. Garth, R. been able to elucidate the subject of the
Meyer, H. R. Oldfield, W. Silk, E. Stanley number of dies used for striking the early
Gibbons, E. Lumley-Cator, G. J. Hynes, T. United States Envelopes, a problem which
Maycock, Gordon - Smith, R. Pearce, E. J. the greatest authorities in the States had
Nankivell, C. N. Biggs, and J. A. Tilleard. been unable to clear up. At the time of his
The chair was taken by the Vice-President death Mr. Harrison had been occupied in
and the minutes of the last meeting were the preparation of a paper embodying his
read and confirmed. further researches in this direction, which it
The Secretary reported the receipt of a is hoped may appear later on in the London
letter from Mr. G. T. Napier, tendering his Philatelist. Mr. Bacon explained that the
resignation of membership of the Society, loss would be specially felt in regard to the
which was directed to be accepted with regret. works on the Stamps of Afghanistan and
Mr. Bacon showed 2 copies of the rd. Cashmere, which Mr. Harrison had offered
(brown) New Zealand stamp with the water- to write for the Society. The plates of
mark N. Z., sent for inspection by Mr. L. illustrations for the former work have been
Gibb, and also a very dangerous new prepared, but it is not yet known what is the
forgery of the J tornese Naples Arms stamp, condition of the text part of the work. Mr.
forwarded by Mr. Graham Taylor, of Bacon concluded by moving the following
Trinidad. resolutions:
Mr. G. J. Hynes presented to the Society "That the members of the Philatelic
facsimile copies of two settings of the 4 Society, London, have heard with very
anna stamp of the ist issue of India deep regret of the death of Mr. Gilbert
Harrison, and they desire to place on
printed from the dies upon the original record their appreciation of the eminent
watermarked paper; and on the motion of services he has rendered to Philately, more
the Secretary, seconded by the Vice- particularly with reference to the issues
President, a vote of thanks was accorded of Afghanistan and Portuguese India, and
to Mr. Hynes for his interesting gift. the United States envelopes.
Before proceeding to the business of the "That they also sincerely sympathise
with the family of Mr. Harrison in their
evening, Mr. Bacon asked leave to call bereavement."
attention to the death of Mr. Gilbert These resolutions having been seconded
Harrison, an esteemed member of the by the Vice-President, who also referred
Society, and gave a short account of Mr. to the great loss sustained by Philatelists
Harrison's connection with Philately. In generally through the death of Mr. Harrison,
the course of his remarks Mr. Bacon were carried unanimously, and the Secretary
mentioned the work done by Mr. Harrison was directed to communicate them to Mr.
in connection with the Stamps of Portuguese Harrison's family.
India, the United States Envelopes, and the On the proposal of Mr. Geldard, seconded
3°4 PHILATELIC SOCIETIES' MEETINGS.

by the Secretary, Captain G. Chichester was received from Mr. E. W. Reeves, and Mr.
duly elected a member of the Society. McHenry England, were directed to be
Mr. Nankivell called attention to certain accepted with regret.
dangerous forgeries of the 6d. (blue on color) The receipt of a sheet of the recent
surcharged stamps of the Transvaal which forgeries of Japanese stamps, forwarded by
were being offered for sale, and produced Messrs. Whitfield, King & Co., was directed
copies showing a tete biche specimen, for to be acknowledged with the thanks of the
inspection by the members present. Society.
Mr. Oldfield enquired what arrangements Mr. W. T. Wilson called attention to the
were proposed to be made in reference to fact that a large stock of stamps, which are
the annual dinner of the Society, and gave believed to be forgeries, was being offered
notice that he would move a resolution on from Morocco, and stated that the matter
the subject at a subsequent meeting. would be laid before the Philatelic Protection
The Vice-President then read a paper Association. He also stated that he had
entitled "Short Notes on Western Australian recently received from America a .£5 stamp
Stamps," in which he called attention to a of Great Britain, which had evidently been
number of varieties in the 4d. stamps of the used for telegraphic purposes, but on which
1854 issue, and to the varieties of perforations there was adedd an imitation of a postmark,
in the 1861 issue. Specimens of the stamps with the obvious intention of deceiving
referred to in the paper were produced, and collectors.
handed round for inspection by the members A letter from Messrs. Perkins, Bacon &
present. On the motion of Mr. Nankivell, Co., Ltd., announcing a new issue prepared
seconded by Mr. Bacon, a hearty vote of by the Company for the Rajah of Sarawak,
thanks was accorded to Mr. Castle for his and enclosing specimens of the stamps,
very interesting paper, which it is proposed which reflect great credit on the manu-
to publish in the London Philatelist. facturers, was directed to be acknowledged,
with the thanks of the members for the
THE fifth meeting of the season was held courtesy of the Company in giving the
at Effingham House on Friday, the 3Oth official information to the Society.
November, 1894, at 7.30 p.m. In the absence The meeting then proceeded to the con-
of the President and Vice-President, Mr. sideration of the motion of the Secretary,
E. D. Bacon occupied the chair, and the seconded by Mr. Bacon, that the following
following members were also present ; viz., article should be added to the Society's
Messrs. W. T. Wilson, R. Meyer, W. Silk, Statutes, viz., "35A. Every paper read at a
F. Ransom, T. Wickham-Jones, T. Maycock, meeting of the Society shall be considered
C. J. Daun, E. Lumley-Cator, G. J. Hynes, the property of the Society, unless there
A. B. Creeke, E. J. Nankivell, R. Pearce, shall have been any previous engagement
and J. A. Tilleard. with the Author to the contrary; and the
The minutes of the last meeting were read Council may publish the same in any way,
and confirmed. and at any time that they may think proper.
Amongst the correspondence read was a But should the Council refuse or neglect
letter from Miss Harrison in reply to the within six calendar months to publish any
vote of condolence with the family of the such paper, the Author shall have a right to
late Mr. Gilbert Harrison, and a letter from copy the same, and publish it under his own
Mr. G. B. T. Nicholls, informing the meeting directions."
of the death of Mr. E. H. Watts, junr. After some discussion Mr. Nankivell
Upon the motion of the Secretary, seconded moved as an amendment the addition to
by Mr. Bacon, it was resolved : " That the the proposed article of the following words :
members of the Society have heard with " In either case the Council and the Author
great regret of the death of Mr. E. H. shall have equal rights of future publication
Watts, junr., and sincerely sympathise with of any such paper." The proposer and
Mrs. Watts, and the family of their fellow- seconder of the resolution having signified
member, in their bereavement," and the their willingness to accept the amendment,
Secretary was directed to communicate the the addition was, with the consent of the
resolution to Mrs. Watts, and to Mr. E. H. meeting, directed to stand as part of the
Watts. original motion, which was then put to the
Letters of resignation of membership meeting and carried.
 PHILATELIC SOCIETIES' MEETINGS. 3°5

On the motion of the Secretary, seconded Lord Kingston for his interesting contribu-
by Mr, Bacon, it was further resolved that tion, which will be published in the London
the following article should also be added to Philatelist.
the statutes ; viz. Mr. Nankivell called attention to the
"258. No member shall publish or question of the measurement of perforations,
communicate to any person for publication and gave notice that, at a subsequent meeting,
any notice of any paper read before a meeting
of the Society, or any report of any meeting, he would move a resolution on the subject.
or any matter connected with the proceedings Mr. Hynes produced for inspection a
of the Society in general meeting. Any portion of his collection of Indian stamps.
breach of the provisions of this Article by a Amongst the most prominent stamps were
member shall be deemed to be a matter
affecting his conduct within the meaning of sheets of the \ anna (red) of 1854, with a
Article 9." proof sheet in black; sheets of the \ anna
Mr. Bacon then read a paper by the Pre- (blue) of the printings of May, July, and
sident, entitled, " Impressions from an Un- August, 1854; fac-simile sheets on original
registered Plate of the One Penny, Great watermarked paper of the 4 annas stamp of
Britain, 1840." the first issue; and panes or sheets of the 8
The paper had reference to a portion of a pies (no watermark), the \ anna, of 1855,
sheet of Plate 11 of the black id. English imperforate, the 8 pies and 4 annas and 8
Stamp in the President's collection. On the annas (rose), with service in small type, and
motion of Mr. Bacon, seconded by Mr. of all the issues of 1865, including the service
Creeke, a vote of thanks was accorded to stamps.

BRADFORD PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

President—OLIVER FIRTH. | Vice-President—W. M. GRAY.
H. W. ATKINSON. ( A. DOMRY. | R. A. EBSTEIN. | R. M. MCMASTER. | GEO. PARK. [ W. E. WHITE.
Hon. Librarian—H. W. ATKINSON. | Hon. Treasurer—W. M. GRAY.
Hon. Secretary—-W'. H. SCOTT, I, Piccadilly, Bradford.
THE monthly meeting of'this Society was accorded to him. It was also resolved to
held on Tuesday evening, the 4th December, form an exchange club, and Mr. Atkinson
Mr. W. M. Gray, the Vice-President, being was appointed to act as Hon. Sec. of the
in the chair. There was a large muster of same, rules to be drawn up by the Committee
members and one visitor present. at their next meeting.
The Hon. Secretary announced that the After some further business was transacted
President, Mr. Oliver Firth, had presented a an informal discussion took place on the
copy of The Postage Stamps of Australia "Stamps of Germany," which was both
and the British Colonies of Oceania, published instructive and interesting, several members
by the Philatelic Society of London, and having very good collections of this country.
also a Mulready cover, to the Society, for W. H. SCOTT, Hon. Sec.
which the best thanks of the Society were i, PICCADILLY.

BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

Honorary President—BARON DE WORMS.
Committee for the Year 1894:
President—-M. P. CASTLE. | Vice-President—}. H. REDMAN.
Hon. Sec. and Treasurer—A. DE WORMS. | Hon. Librarian—-O. PFENNINGER.
W. T. WlLLETT. | J. W. GlLLESPIE. I H. STAFFORD SMITH. | R. J. WOODMAN.
H.

THE second meeting of the season was held Manwaring, H. Stafford Smith, and one
at Markwell's Hotel, Brighton, on Monday, visitor, Mr. C. R. Morse. The President in
November sth, at 7.45 p.m. Present- the chair. After the minutes of the previous
Messrs. M. P. Castle, A. de Worms, R. J. meeting had been read and confirmed, Mr.
Woodman, O. Pfenninger, J. W. Gillespie, B. C. Murray, proposed by Mr. J. W.
W. T. Willett, G. G. Hodgson, E. E. Gillespie, and seconded by Mr. A. H.
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 PHILATELIC SOCIETIES' MEETINGS.

Thomas, was elected a member of the THE third meeting of the season was held
Society. The President then gave a very at Markwell's Hotel, Brighton, on Monday,
interesting account of the Stamps of Geneva, November igth, at 7.45 p.m. Present—
and exhibited a magnificent series of the Messrs. W. T. Willett, J. W. Gillespie, E. E.
same, both used and unused. Among his Manwaring, O. Pfenninger, A. de Worms,
remarks he stated the "double stamp" was H. Stafford Smith, A. H. Thomas, C. R.
the first to be issued, in October, 1843, and Morse. In the absence of the President
was followed by the 5 c., with small eagle in and Vice-President, Mr. Willett took the
shield, in January, 1846, and with the large chair. The minutes of the previous meeting
eagle a year later. He said that these having been read and confirmed, Mr. C. R.
stamps were used only in the Canton of Morse, proposed by Mr. W. T. Willett, and
Geneva; but that in October, 1849, the seconded by the Hon. Sec., was elected a
stamps of the envelopes issued in 1846 were member of the Society. The Secretary then
cut off and put into circulation as adhesives gave a short account of the Stamps of
for the "First district of the Federal Ad- Labuan, and showed his collection of that
ministration." Mr. Gillespie proposed a vote country, in which all the principal varieties
of thanks to the President, which was seconded were well represented in fine condition, for
by the Hon. Sec., and carried. which a vote of thanks was passed.

THE LEEDS PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

Officers for 1894-95.

President—'?. KERSHAW SKIPWITH.
Senior Vice-President—JOHN H. THACKRAH. | Junior Vice-President—W. B. SIMPSON.
Hon. Treasurer—EUGENE EGLY, 88, Caledonian Road, Leeds.
Hon. Secretaries—
W. DENISON ROEBUCK, F.L.S., Sunny Bank, Leeds.
JOHN F. C. SIEBER, Guiseley, near Leeds.
Hon. Librarian—F. J. KlDSON.
Ex-Presidents—
WILLIAM BECKWITH. I OLIVER FIRTH.

THE sixty-fifth meeting was held on Satur- then gave a most interesting account of
day, the 17th November, 1894, at the Muni- " Postal Administration in India during the
cipal Buildings, Leeds. There were twelve years 1856 to 1868," while he was resident
members and a visitor present, with Mr. T. there, illustrating his remarks by a large
K. Skipwith, President, in the chair. number of stamps on original envelopes,
The donations included a set of the drawings, seals, and other objects.
Stamp Collector? Fortnightly to date, from The President and Messrs. Fleming, W.
the publishers, and other magazines. A. Jefferson, and J. H. Thackrah also showed
Messrs. Wilfrid J. P. Orton and W. K. their collections of Indian stamps, and at
Skipwith were balloted for and unanimously the close a most hearty vote of thanks was
elected members; and another candidate was accorded to Mr. Teasdale.
proposed.
The Rev. T. S. Fleming showed an entire THE sixty-sixth meeting was held at the
sheet 40 reis Cabo Verde, imperforate, show- Municipal Buildings, Leeds, on Saturday,
ing the " Mozambique" error, three values ist December, 1894. Eleven members were
new issue Colombian Registration stamps, present, and the chair was occupied by the
new issue Ceylon 5 cent letter-card, black President, Mr. T. K. Skipwith.
on blue, and Labuan TWO CENTS surcharged The donations included the current num-
on 40 cents brown. Mr. W. Beckwith bers of the Philatelic Chronicle and Adver-
showed several values Oil Rivers on original tiser, and Stamp Collector? Fortnightly.
envelopes, and Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, Mr. Fred A. Padgett was balloted for,
F.L.S., showed three values of Cape stamped and unanimously elected a member.
envelopes. The Rev. T. S. Fleming exhibited some
Mr. Washington Teasdale,F.R.A.s.,F.R.M.s., good copies of very early stamps of Hawaii;
 PHILATELIC SOCIETIES' MEETINGS. 307

and Mr. John H. Thackrah a copy of the 6d. graphic stones, etc., he gave a clear and
blue New Zealand, star wmk., perf. 10 x I2|. useful account of the taille-douce, epargne,
A proposal from the Manchester Philatelic and lithographic methods of manufacturing
Society for the establishment of a federated stamps, with the view of enabling inexperi-
system of exchanges was laid before the enced members to understand how the
meeting. It was decided that the Com- various styles may be distinguished from
mittee consider it, and report to the next each other. At the close Mr. Sieber
meeting. received a vote of thanks, proposed by
Mr. John F. C. Sieber then read a most Mr. W. Beckwith, seconded by Rev. T. S.
interesting paper on "Methods of Produc- Fleming.
tion of Stamps," in which, by the aid of W. DENISON ROEBUCK, )„
actual examples of copper and steel-plates, Sunny Bank, Leeds, \ HOn.
JOHN F. C. SIEBER, I Sees.
matrices, stereotype and wood blocks, litho- Guiseley, Leeds, )

THE NEW YORK PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

ROOM—i, EVERETT BUILDING, 25, ANN STREET.
*
Governing Committee for 1894.
President—FREDERICK DE COPPETT. Secretary—FREDERICK AUGUSTUS NAST.
Vice-President—WILLIAM THORNE. Treasurer—HENRY CLOTZ.
CHARLES GREGORY. FREDERICK WILLIAM HUNTER. HORATIO NELSON TERRETT.
JOHN WALTER SCOTT. WILLIAM HERRICK.
THE regular monthly meeting of the Society must have existed in the mother die. Quite
was held Monday evening, November igth. a large number of used copies are known.
Mr. William Thorne, who had just returned Also a number of Sumter, S. C., Provisional
from Europe, entertained the members with envelopes used before the regular Confed-
an account of all matters relating to Phil- erate stamps were issued.
ately which had come to his attention during The regular subject of the meeting, the
his trip. stamps of Macao, was then taken up under
The Secretary submitted for examination the leadership of Mr. William Herrick, who
a beautiful copy of the Macon stamp, with illustrated his remarks by his own collection
plain frame on the original letter (which was of the stamps of this country. At the con-
a report to the Governor of the State upon clusion of Mr. Herrick's address, he was
the result of a local election). Also the new invited to prepare an article for publication
stamped envelope of Lynchburg, discovered in the Metropolitan Philatelist, on the
some months ago, the general appearance stamps of this country, to which he kindly
of which is somewhat like the Memphis consented.
stamped envelope. Also a block of four (4) Several new members were proposed, and,
unused 5 c., 1890 issue, from the imperfect after passing the Governing Committee,
plate, showing the defect in the printing of ordered to be posted on the board.
each stamp somewhat resembling a star on Adjourned at 10.20.
the left side of the coat collar. This defect F. A. NAST, Secretary.

PLYMOUTH PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

Session 1894-95.
President—A. R. BARRETT. Vice-President—R. TYETH STEVENS.
Exchange Secretary—H. TUCKER, JUN. Treasurer and Hon. Sec.—A. LEVY.
H. W. MAYNE. | J. MILTON. I E. MILLMAN. I W. E. HARVEY.
A DISPLAY of the Stamps of South Australia containing 2,000 stamps were suspended
was held at gA, Princess Square,on November from double lines of wires, stretched around
8th, 1894, which was largely attended by the room, the lower wire some inches from
members and visitors. Sixty-nine sheets the wall. This has been found a simple and
3°8 CORRESPONDENCE.

inexpensive plan for these displays, and if the which he, as a member of the Navy, had
room is sufficiently large, the whole of the been fortunate in obtaining when on the
stamps can be shown effectively on a level Australian Station. Among the stamps
which admits of their close examination. exhibited by the Hon. Sec. was a sheet of
Regret was expressed that owing to the unused varieties, and several scarce perfora-
absence of the President from Plymouth, his tions, more particularly those of the 2d. of
collection was not available for the occasion. the second type. With the exception of the
The Vice-President, who had mounted his Departmentals there are few South Australian
collection in the order of Messrs. Napier and Adhesives which were not well represented
Gordon Smith's work on the subject, showed in the display, the stamps most conspicuous
several unchronicled varieties of perforation, by their absence being the zd. of the first
and a copy of the 6d. dark blue London print type perforated, and second type close S.A.
rouletted. Mr. E. Coppin's exhibit included with compound perforations.
a fine copy of the 4d. V and Crown, and was
very complete in all values, with a large THE fourth ordinary meeting of the Society
was held on November 22nd, when, in the
variety of shades. Mr. Harvey's exhibit was
a smaller one, but contained what is probably absence of the President and Vice-President,
one of the scarcest stamps on view, viz., a Dr. Buchan was in the chair.
brilliant specimen of the 4d. dull lilac, first Dr. E. C. Cooke and the Very Rev.
star, with clean-cut perforation, gauging 12^ Monsignor B. Drew were elected members.
all round. Both Messrs. Milton and Kuttner The Chairman read a short biographical
had specimens of the 8d. and gd. O.S. This sketch of the late T. K. Tapling.
latter gentleman sent a large variety of At a meeting of the Committee it was
Departmental Surcharges, and two specimens decided that, for the correct interpretation of
of the 4d. rouletted by perforation of a rule No. 5 of the exchange branch, the
peculiar shade. The Vice-President shewed wording of line No. 4 shall be, " (2) Ordinary
a specimen of the same stamp, with almost members, not contributing sheets for two
similar dated post-mark. Mr. Westaway had consecutive months" the words in italics
retained on the official sheets the complete having been added. ASHER LEVY,
Hon. Sec.
set of Government Reprints and Specimens, 109, UNION STREET, PLYMOUTH.

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THE HERTFORD COLLEGE The first paragraph is as follows :

STAMPS. "Various statements have been made
To the Editor of the "London Philatelist." implying that the Hertford mauve, perf. 12^
DEAR SIR,—My attention has only just and imperf., are reprints; but, so far as I can
been drawn to a letter from Mr. W. T. judge, they are simply opinions given by
Wilson with reference to the Hertford various writers who have looked into the
College stamps, which appeared in the July College stamps within the last year or two."
number of this journal, and, as I think two It is obviously a mistake for Mr. Wilson
of its paragraphs are apt to convey a to say that the statements put forward are
misleading impression, I should be glad if mere expressions of opinion, for they are
you would kindly allow me the opportunity statements of facts, which surely can leave
of making a few observations on the subject. no loophole for doubt that the stamps
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alluded to are reprints. If Mr. Wilson had much so indeed that a leading collector
carefully studied these statements, I hardly writing to me of an acquisition of a pair
think he would have termed them "simply of the imperforated variety, stated that it
opinions." was ungummed. I will, however, admit that
The other paragraph runs : there is a faint trace of gum on the copies I
have seen, but it would be absurd to suppose
" With reference to the six sheets of each, that a first-class firm like that of Messrs.
imperf. and perf., stated by Mr. Turner to Spiers & Son would have sent out for use a
have been acquired from Messrs. Spiers stamp which could have but the barest
& Son, 'prior to 1890,' I think it quite pretensions to the name of adhesive. As to
probable that these were a part of the same the explanation of their existence, I think it
lot from which those I received came, and highly probable that this firm, which took
as they correspond in every particular I care to print its name and address at the
must certainly consider them to be re- foot of each copy, may have been asked by
mainders of a second printing, whether some of the other colleges for patterns of
supplied or not to the College remains to be the stamp supplied to the Hertford, and as
proved." the one order of 15,000 was supplied intact
It is the latter part of this sentence that I to the College, and the firm found itself
take a very strong exception to. It has been without any specimens, it would naturally
clearly proved that only one printing of have written for a sheet or two to the London
15,000 was ever supplied to the College, but House which produced them. And, as I
in case Mr. Wilson is really sceptical on this stated in a previous article, it is quite certain
point, I will gladly furnish a few facts that that six sheets of each of the reprinted
should once for all settle the question. varieties were supplied to a gentleman who
It is well known that Messrs. Spiers & Son wrote for "some of the Hertford stamps"
supplied the stamps, and on reference to the prior to 1890, and from whom I understand
books of this firm Professor Napier ascer- Mr. Wilson's stock emanated. It is impossible
tained that only one lot of 15,000 appeared to find out the exact date of the reprinting,
therein as having been bought and paid for because Messrs. Spiers & Son's Trade
by the College. Had there been a second Ledger was not among the books which
printing, it is certain that it would also have came into the possession of their successors,
been recorded. To make doubly sure, Messrs. Vincent & Sons ; but it naturally
however, I thought it as well to search the follows that as these stamps were not an
College books, which the College authorities emission of the College, a knowledge of the
very kindly placed at my disposal, and I date of their appearance would be quite
accordingly went through them in the immaterial to the point at issue.
presence of the College butler, one of whose The reprints are an entirely different
special duties it had always been to have the article from the originals, which, fortunately
stamps under his care. Only the one entry for collectors, gauge \\\ in perforation, are
of 15,000, ordered in 1875 an<^ Pa'd f°r in on a yellowish paper possessing a decidedly
1876, could be found, and the butler positively thick layer of yellowish gum, and, moreover,
assured me that no other purchase of stamps are frequently to be met with imperforated
had since been made. Could anything be on one or two sides, a peculiarity that is not
more conclusive than this ? attached to the reprint, which is always
Moreover, I would point out that this found either perforated or imperforated all
supply of 15,000 was never used up. In fact round. The colour too and general appear-
we know by the entries in the College books ance are readily distinguishable.
relating to the sale of stamps, &c, a record Thus the fact that only one printing was
of which will be found in Professor Napier's ever supplied to the College is alone sufficient
paper, published in last December's Monthly to condemn the alien article as a reprint
Journal, that there must have been a big pure and simple, and it is surely inconceiv-
remainder, I was informed, however, that able that any dealer after having perused
practically all of it was destroyed when the my remarks will continue to sell them as
Bursorial offices were rebuilt some years originals. Yours truly,
ago. It would therefore be interesting to J. R. F. TURNER.
OXFORD, •jth Dec., 1894.
know why there should have been a second
printing, when the first one was only partly
used up. Besides, if the reprints had been OXIDATION.
supplied to the College it would hardly have DEAR SIR,—I should like to correct a
been possible for none of them to have been small error in Mr. W. T. Willett's article in
circulated about Oxford, and unearthed as the November number of the London
the originals have been; for all copies of Philatelist on the removal of oxidation from
the reprints that I know of can be traced to postage stamps. The symbol for ozone is
the person or persons who procured them O3 and not O3, the latter being the symbol
direct from Messrs. Spiers & Son. for free oxygen. Yours truly,
It is also a notorious circumstance that L. L. R. HAUSBURG.
the reprints are sadly deficient in gum, so December jtA.
 TheMarket..
MR. W. HADLOW. £ *. d.
Nevis, 4d., rose on grey; unused . 3 3 0
The following were interesting lots at the Ditto, i/-.green; unused . . 2 12 6
sale of November 22nd and 23rd. Ditto, 6d., litho ; unused, a record 7 0 0
Mecklenberg-Schwerin,£,rouletted, £ s. d. Ditto, 6d., green, CA; unused, do. 7 o o
dotted background . . 4 10 o South Australia, Qd., grey, perf. and
Tuscany, 60 crazie . . . 6 0 0 roulette; unused . . u o o
Saxony, first issue, 3 pf. . . 3 10 o MESSRS. VENTOM, BULL, & COOPER.
Mauritius, 2d., Greek border, strip
of 4 on original . . . 5 0 0 This firm, acting under Messrs. R. F.
Ditto, id., post paid, early, plate . 4 6 0 Albrecht's instructions, sold the collection of
Ceylon, is., imperf., strip of 5, used, a New York collector on November 26th to
with 6d., perf., on original • 5 5 o 29th ult.; good prices generally were realised,
Ditto, is. gd., imperf., unused . 2 1 2 6 the sale occupying four consecutive days.
South Australia, 2^d. on 4d., green, The following are some of the more interest-
perf. 10, complete sheet of 120 3 3 0 ing lots:
THE LONDON PHILATELIC Co. Great Britain, 2s., red-brown, used 2 0 0
Brunswick, 1864, roul., i s. gr.,
This Company held their first sale at the black o n yellow . . - 3 7 6
Cafe" Monico on November 28th. The sale Luxemburg, 1863, 4 c., black. . 4 4 0
included some very nice stamps, and prices Mecklenburg Strelitz, i sch., violet 2 1 7 6
were in most cases well up to the average. Oldenburg, 1858, \ gros., green,
The following are a few of the most interest- unused . . - 5 5 °
ing : Oldenburg, 1860, J gros., orange,
Great Britain, 6d., lilac, on safety £ s. d. used . . . - 3 3 0
paper, used, o n original. . 4 0 0 Saxony, 1850, 3 pf., red . . 4 10 o
Ditto, id., carmine, die II., white Schleswig - Holstein, 1850, sch.,
paper, wmk. large crown, perf. rose, used . . . 4 0 0
2O
16, pair with original gum . 9 15 o France, 1849, c., blue (error) . 7 0 0
Ditto, 2d., blue, die I., wmk. large Ditto, i franc., vermilion . . 5 15 o
crown, perf. 16, unused . . 1 8 0 0 Austria, 3 kr., red, rouletted . 5 0 0
Ditto, £ 1 , "orbs," o n bleutf . . 3 5 0 Zurich, 4 rappen, type 4 . .16150
Ditto, 6d., oct, unused block of 6. 25 o o Bahamas, 4d., rose, no wmk.; perf.
Oldenburg, 3 gros., variety broken 15, unused . . . 2 12 6
3 , unused . . . 2 2 0 Br. Guiana, 1851, i c., black on
Saxony, 3 pf., red . . . 5 10 o magenta . . . 4 0 0
Switzerland, Poste Locale, 2^ rap, Br. Guiana, 1862,4 c., black on blue 9 0 0
cross without frame, unused . 8 0 0 Nevis, 6d., grey, grey paper . . 2 10 o
Ceylon, gd., imperf . . . 3 5 o Ditto, 1886,6d., green, C A, unused 3 3 0
Ditto, 4d., rose, imperf . . 6 10 o St. Vincent, i d. in red, on 6d., green 5 1 5 o
Ditto, 8d., yellow-brown, imperf . 22 o o Turk's Islands, 2^d. on i d.,vermilion
Mauritius, 2d., blue ; f i r s t plate . 5 0 0 (short 2, with straight tail, 1/2,
thin numerals), unused . . 5 0 0
Newfoundland, 6d., carmine-ver-
milion . . . . 4 0 0 Turk's Islands, 4d. on is., prune,
(short thick 4 ) . . . 2 6 0
Canada, 7^d., green . . . 3 3 o
Turk's Islands, 4d. on 6d., black
British Columbia, 10 c., perf 12^, (large thin 4), inverted surch. 6 10 o
unused . . . . 3 10 o
Virgin Islands, is., blank borders,
New Brunswick, half of a 6d., unused . . . 2 10 o
surcharged 3d. in circle; used 3 8 0 British Columbia and Vancouver's
Ditto, 6d., unused . . . 3 0 0 Island, $ i, green ; perf. 12^ . 2 10 o
British Guiana, 1862, provisional British Colombia and Vancouver's
i c., crossed ovals . . 4 0 0 Island, $i, green j perf. 14,
Barbados, 5/-, rose ; pair unused . 5 0 0 unused . . . 5 7 0
 THE MARKET. 3"

Canada, 6d., dark violet on wove £ s- d- Sydneys, 3d., green on bluish, pair, £ *• d-
paper, imperf . . . 2 4 0 Nos. 2 4 a n d 2 5 . . - 3 7 6
Ditto, yjd., green . . . 2 4 0 Ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, laid
Ditto, 6d., dark grey, perf 12 . 7 0 0 paper, N o . I I . . . 3 0 0
New Brunswick, two and a half of Ditto, ditto, ditto, N o . 7 . - 3 3 °
3d., red, used on original as Laureated, 8d., orange . . 4 4 0
7jd. . . . . 5 10 o Ditto, ditto, ditto, vertical ribbed
Ditto,half of 6d.,yellow,used as 3d. 4 4 0 paper . . . . 4 15 o
Ditto, " Connell," unused . . 20 o o 1856, 5d., green, imperf. . . 3 0 0
Newfoundland, half of 8d., red, Ditto, 8d., orange . . . 4 0 0
used as 4d. . . . 3 15 o "Registered" perf. 12^, double
Nova Scotia, 1851, id., red-brown, impression . , • 3 3 o
unsevered pair . . . 2 4 0 Transvaal, 1871, 6d., blue, variety 4 0 0
Ditto, 3d., light blue, unsevered, Ditto, 1878, surcharged V.R. Trans-
unused pair . . . 2 6 0 vaal, 3d., lilac on green, wide
Ditto, i/-, violet . . . n o o roulette . . . 3 3 o
Confederate States, Grove Hill, New Zealand, is., green, blue paper 2 2 0
Ala., 5 c., black on white, Ditto, 1872, 2d., vermilion ; wmk.
unchronicled . . . 50 o o lozenges 3 6 0
Ditto, Nashville, Tenn., 5 c., car- Queensland, 1861, id., carmine,
mine o n bluish . . . 4 4 0 imperf. . . . 2 12 o
Ceylon, 4d., rose, imperf. . . 6 15 o Ditto, 1866, id., orange, script
Ditto, gd., lilac-brown . . 3 3 o wmk., s q . perf. . . . 2 5 0
Ditto, i/9d., green . . . 2 10 o S. Australia, 2d., orange, star wmk.
Ditto, i/gd., green, unused . . 3 0 0 i i^x roulette . . . 3 3 0
Ditto, 1867, 2 r,, 50 c., CC 12^x14 2 12 o Ditto, iod., yellow and blue (!) . 1 6 1 6 o
Ditto, 1872,24c.,br'n., "Specimen" 2 15 o Tasmania, 1853, id., blue . . 2 1 5 0
India, 2 as., long rect, lilac and Ditto, 1870, 4d., blue, unused . 3 0 0
green . . . . 3 8 0 Victoria, 1861-66, 3d., brown-lake,
Cape, 4d., blue, vmsevered rouletted imperf. . . . 2 10 o
pair . . . . 7 0 0 Ditto, 4d., brown-lake, error . . 2 0 0
Lagos, io/-, brown-violet, C A . 4 0 0 Ditto, 6d., orange . . . 6 0 0
Mauritius, " Fourpence," curved Ditto, 55., blue o n yellow . . 5 2 6
surcharge, on dark grn. stamp Western Australia, 1854,2d., brown
of 1858 . . . . 2 18 o on red . . . . 7 10 o
Mexico, Cuernavaca, 2 reales, blk. 6 0 0 Ditto, 4d., blue, rouletted . - 3 3 °
Peru, P.S.N.CO., I real, blue, and Ditto, 1860, 2d., vermilion, pin
2 reals, carmine ; blocks of 4, perf. 1 8 . . . 2 8 0
unused . . . . n o o
At the sale of December I2th and I3th.
New South Wales, Sydneys, Plate
I., id., red on yellowish, pair, Great Britain, 2s., red-brown, un-
Nos. 13 and 14 . . . 3 0 0 used . . . . 5 0 0
Ditto, id., red on bluish, pair, Nos. Ditto, 53., plate IV., unused . . 5 0 0
8 and 9 . . . . 3 3 ° Ditto, £1, marone, wmk. 3 crowns,
Ditto, id., red on ribbed bluish, unused . . . . 3 5 0
No. 16 . . . . 3 3 o Ditto, Mulready, ad., envelope . 2 4 0
Ditto, id., red on ribbed yellowish, Ditto, College Stamps, envelope,
No. 19 . . . . 3 3 ° embossed in blue . . 12 o o
Sydneys, Plate I., retouched, id., Ditto, ditto, Hertford, envelope in
red on bluish, No. 4 . . 2 12 6 blue, large oblong size . . 3 0 0
Ditto, ditto, pair, Nos. 6 and 7 . 3 12 o Hanover, 10 gros., green, unused . 2 8 0
Ditto, ditto, pair, Nos. 24 and 25 . 4 4 o Oldenburg, 2nd issue, \ gros., black
Ditto, id., red, on laid yellowish, on green . . . 3 1 5 0
No. 20 . . . 3 0 0 Spain, 1851, 2 reales, red (fair) . n n o
Ditto, ditto, pair, Nos. 13 and 14 . 4 8 o Switzerland, " Basle," 2% rappen . 4 8 0
Ditto, Two Pence, Plate I., No. 6 4 10 o Ceylon, gd., violet-brown, imperf.. 3 1 2 6
Ditto, Plate II., 2d., blue, yellowish Ditto, is. gd., green, unused. . 2 4 0
paper . . . . 3 0 0 Ditto, 2s., blue, imperf. . . 4 5 0
Ditto, No. 13 (crevit omitted) . 7 15 o Ceylon, 8d., brown, perf., unused . 4 1 5 o
Ditto, 2d., on bluish, ribbed paper, India, 6 as. 8 pies, sur. SERVICE,
No. 13 (crevit omitted) . . 8 10 o unused . . . . 3 5 0
312 THE MARKET.

£ s. d. £ *. d.
Cape, Woodblock, 4d., dark blue . T. IO O Fiji, 1874, 2d., in black, on 12 c.,
Mauritius, post paid, early state of carmine, unused. . . 4 7 0
plate, id., vermilion, and 2d., Ditto, ditto, variety, round stops
blue on bluish, used on entire after V a n d R , unused . . 5 0 0
letter sheet . . .17100 N. S. W., id., Sydney, Plate II.,
New Brunswick, i/-, violet . . 9 9 0 No. 10, unused . . . 7 0 0
Newfoundland, 6£d., carmine, un- Ditto, 3d., Sydney, pair, Nos. 16,17 3 5 0
unused (!) . . . 15 o o Ditto, Laureated, 8d., orange . 2 2 0
Ditto, 4d., orange, unused . . 6 10 o Ditto, Sydney, 2d., Plate I. . . 2 14 o
N ova Scotia, i/-, violet, penstroked 10 10 o Ditto, Sydney, 2d., Plate I I . . 2 2 0
United States, 1869, 90 c. . . 2 0 0 Ditto, 5d., green, imperf., unused . 2 4 0
Ditto, City Despatch Post, 3 cents, Ditto, Sydney, id., Plate II., Nos.
black on bluish, block of 6, ii and 12 . . . 4 10 o
unused . . . . 1 0 0 0 Ditto, Sydney, id., Plate II., Nos.
British Guiana, 1853,1 c., vermilion, 7 and 8 . . . . 4 10 o
horizontal strip of 4 on orignl. 8 5 0 Victoria, 5/-, blue on yellow . . 2 4 0
Ditto, ditto, vertical strip of 3 and Ditto, 6d., orange, on original . 6 0 0
i single o n original . . 6 6 0
Ditto, 1862, i c., black on rose, New Zealand, pelure, I/-, dark
green, perf. . . . 2 4 0
border of grapes . . 10 10 o
Western Australia, first issue, 2d.,
Nevis, is., green, unused . . 3 3 o red-brown . . . 3 8 0
Trinidad, \, black and mauve, C A, Ditto, 4d., blue, rouletted, unused 4 0 0
unused . . . 3 10 o
Brazil, 1850,600 reis, perf. block of Ditto, 2d., lilac, error, unused . 10 10 o
8 on original . . . 5 1 7 6 Queensland, id., imperf., pair . 4 0 0
Peru, medio peso, yellow . . 2 10 o Ditto, 2d., imperf., pair . . 24 5 o
N.S.W. laureated, 3d., green, wmk. Ditto, first issue, 2d., imperf. . 2 14 o
2, error . . . . 7 10 o Victoria, first issue, 2d., fine back-
New Zealand, is., blue-green, on ground . . - 3 5 °
thick paper, rouletted . , 5 0 0 New Zealand, 6d., on. thick paper,
Ditto, pelure, is., green, unused . 3 15 o n o wmk., perf. . . . 2 2 0
Tasmania, id.,blue,horizontal strip N.S.W. 8d., orange, imperf. . 5 0 0
of 4, pen stroked . . 9 0 0 S. Australia, is., orange, imperf.,
Ditto, ditto, vertical strip of 3, used pair . . . . 3 10 o
o n original . . . 5 7 6 British Colombia, 10 c., pink and
Western Australia, 6 d . bronze . 6 0 0 blue, perf. 12^, unused . 3 0 0
Ditto, ditto, $i, green and blue,
MESSRS. CHEVELEY & Co. unused . . . 2 16 o
The 62nd sale was held at the Cafe Nevis, first issue, 4d., rose, unused 2 6 0
Monico on December loth and nth. The Trinidad, 6d., green, imperf. . 2 6 0
following are some of the more interesting Peru, medio peso, yellow . . 3 0 0
realisations. Bolivia eagle, 50 c., blue . . 3 1 2 6
Ditto,ii stars,500c.,black,unused 2 8 0
Switzerland, " Basle," 2^ rappen . 3 15 o
France, 1849, i franc, orange, un- Mr. W. RlDOUT.
used pair . . . 15 10 o The sale on December I4th included :
Ceylon, 4d., imperf., unused . .18100 Great Britain, ijd., rose, imperf. . 4 5 0
Ditto, is. gd., green, imperf., un- Ditto, i^d., mauve, without plate
used number, pair on chemical
Ditto, jd., brown, imperf., unused 2 2 0 paper, unused . . - 3 5 °
Portuguese Indies, 4j reis on 40 r., Ditto, 4d., rose on white, medium,
blue, 1873 issue . . . 2 10 o garter, block of four, unused . 50 2 6
Ceylon, gd., brown-violet, imperf. . 2 6 0 Ditto, 6d., embossed, die I., pair,
Tasmania, 1st issue, id., blue, strip unused . . . 12 12 o
of3,Nos. I5,i6,and I7onplate 5 10 o Ditto, tod., embossed, die III.,
block of 9, unused . . 30 to o
Ditto, id., blue . . . 2 8 0
Ditto, ditto, unused pair . . 11 o o Mauritius, Post Paid, 2d., early state 2 12 o
Ditto, Post Paid, 2d., early state . 2 16 o
Ditto, ditto, single copy, unused . 5 1 5 0 Canada, I2d., on ribbed paper,
Fiji, "Times Express," unsevered unused . . . 23 o o
pair, i/-and id., on quadrille", Vancouver, 2^d., imperf., unused . 13 o o
unused . . . . 4 4 0 Western Australia,2d.,brownonred 3 0 0