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(N o t e .— The pages of each of the first nine numbers Correspondence— L etter C ard V arieties, 5 7 of Volume I. were numbered alike, i, 2 , 3 , 4 , b u t c o m A rrangem ent of a Collection, 9 Little W illies, G 2 mencing with number 10 , the numbering was consecu Board of T rade Officials, 3 3 , 4 1 M alta, Revenues, A i, 1 1 6 ; Profit on New Issues, tiv e , 1 t o 14 4 . W i t h n u m b e r s 8 a n d 9 a Supplement Canada M aps, 6 2 6 6 ; U ncatalogued Varieties, 84 was given, numbered i, ii, iii, iv. In order to avoid Colour Nam es of Stam ps, H i M arginal Plate Num bers, 13 5 confusion, references to pages in the first nine num bers Early D ate Records, 2 4 M auritius, Postm ark Num bers, 1 3 2 , 14 0 and supplements have been augmented by a letter (A Entire or Cut Square, 2 4 M inor V arieties— to J). For instance A 3 relers to 3 rd page of No. 1 ; M ounting Stam ps, C i A rm y Officials, 1 3 2 F 4 , t o 4 th page of No. 6 ; H i, to rst page of No. 8 ; Official Envelopes, J 1 C a n a d a , 2 c . o n 3 c ., 1 0 8 , 1 1 6 J iii., to 3 rd page of Supplement to No. 10 , and so on. Philatelic Future of S. Africa, 1 C e y l o n , 5 c . o n 8 c . , 10 0 Future Volumes will be numbered consecutively right J a m a i c a , d . o n q d . , , , through, so that these difficulties will not arise.) Postm ark Num bers, Ci 2 9 2 10 8 1 1 6 Royal Niger Co.’s Stam ps, 54 Seychelles, 18 o n 4 5 c . , 9 2 , 1 2 4 , 14 0 Specialists’ A lbum , 8 3 South A ustralia, id. green, 1 0 0 , 10 8 Album , A Specialist’s, 83 “ V.R.” Postm ark, D i, E i, G i Straits, qc. on 8 c., double surcharge, 4 2 Argentine, Engraved or Lithographed, 10 9 Cost of Postage Stam ps, 10 7 Transvaal, 1 0 0 , 1 1 6 „ 3 c . 18 9 6 , r o u l e t t e d , 1 3 1 Crete, New Issue, 5 0 M oens, Retirem ent of M r. J. B., 2 Army in South Africa— Cuba, Q uantities Issued, 85 “M orning Post,” The W ar and Stam p Collectors, Army Postm arks, 6 5 , 7 6 , 13 9 ,, Special Delivery, 1 0 c . , J 2 1 2 5 Army “ AOI ” Postm ark, 9 2 , 1 0 6 , 1 2 4 Curious M ethods of Handling M ails in Spain, 7 M ounting Stam ps, C i, Arm y Post-Offices in South Africa, 68 D anish W est Indies, Suggested Sale to U.S.A., 78 M orocco Agencies, London and Local O verprints, Bloem fontein, B ritish Post-Office at, 1 3 1 Deadly Postage Stam p, 10 6 74 Cape Stam ps Overprinted “ Z.A.R.,” 4 2 , 6 5 , D eaths— Douglas G arth, 7 4 ; C . P . K r a u t h , 7 4 ; N ational Collection, 1 0 , 2 1 9 8 , 10 6 E. Petri. F 2 ; N. F. Seebeck, A 3 ; Natal Stam ps, surcharged by Boers, 65 Field P.O. M arks, 4 9 , 9 2 W . A. S. W estoby, F 2 ; L . Z e c h m e y e r , ,, new G.P.O. Postmark, 76 „ „ Stamps with, 7 6 , 8 4 , 1 1 6 , 1 3 2 , A 3 New South W ales, Dies Destroyed, G 3 14 0 Early Date Records, 2 4 , 3 4 ,, ,, Inverted Watermarks, 76 Khaki Stam ps, 1 4 1 Shades of id., L.C., 1 4 , F 3 , G 2 , H 2 ,, ,. Proposed New Values, 2 Ladysm ith Pigeon Post, 50 Penny Plate Num bers, 1 0 , 6 6 , 8 4 , 9 9 , 1 1 5 , 1 3 0 New Zealand— M orning Post, Stam p Collectors and the W ar O ther Plate Num bers, J 2 , 8 4 , 9 0 , 9 9 , 1 1 5 London print sold out, 4 1 1 2 5 Egypt Governm ent Sale, A 3 New Type of Postm arks, 4 2 N atal Stam ps Surcharged by Boers, 6 5 E n t i r e s , F 3 Postage Dues, 4 2 Opened under M artial Law, 9 1 Entire v. Cut Square, 1 1 , 2 4 O l d 2 .1 d. re-issued, 7 6 ; 3 d. re-issued, 2 Philatelic Future of South Africa, 1 Envelope Stam ps, Die Num bers of, 9 2 Perforations, 8 9 , 10 8 , 1 1 6 Philatelists’ W ar Fund, 2 8 , 3 3 , 1 3 7 Errors of Lettering, H 2 Picture G allery, J 2 Philately at the Front, 8 1 , 98 Essay Com petition, go, 1 1 5 , 1 2 2 New Issues (see also under special heading) Q ueen’s Chocolate Boxes, 98 Exhibitions, Proposed; Frankfurt, A 2 ; P a r i s , New British Stam ps, 5 0 , 5 7 , 9 0 , 1 3 9 Stam ps at Pretoria, 4 1 , 5 0 , 1 4 1 D 3 ; G l a s g o w , 1 8 ; S t . P e t e r s b u r g , ] 2 New Cape id., 5 8 , 6 5 , 90 Soldiers' L etters, 6 8 , 1 1 6 Field Post Offices, see under Army New Crete Issue, 50 Soldiers, Postal Privileges for, 1 1 5 Fakes, etc.; id. S.C. die I, perf. 1 4 , 7 0 ; E n g l i s h New French Stam ps, 3 3 , 50 Stam p Collectors and the W ar, 6 8 , 125 forged perforations, A 2 ; A r g e n t i n e R e New G uinea, British, 3 1 Tommy Atkins, stam ps used by, 5 6 , 7 6 , 8 4 , p u b l i c , 5 c. Rouletted, 1 3 1 ; T r a n s v a a l , J i New South W ales, iid., 2 / - , 2 / 6 , 2 1 1 6 , 1 3 2 , 1 4 0 Fiji Perforations, 1 4 3 Tasm anian Pictorial, 13 9 W ar Stamps, 1 2 5 , 1 3 3 Finland, rare perforations, 74 ; Shades, 1 1 5 New Philatelic Journals, 18 Arm y Official V arieties, 1 3 2 F r a n c e , 2 types of current issue, 5 7 Newfoundland, Destruction of Rem ainders, 4 6 , A ustria, New Currency, 4 2 ,, New Issues to come, 3 3 , 50 9 9 , 1 2 0 A ustrian Postm arks, 1 3 French Soudan, 50 Niger Coast perforations, 95 A ntioquia, Status of, H 2 G erm any, Abolition of Private Posts, 13 9 N i g e r i a , 1 8 , 1 0 3 , Royal Niger Co., 4 1 Auction Reports, A i, C 2 , D 2 , F 2 , 99 „ New Postcard, 4 1 , 4 9 N otthafft C ollection, Sale of, A 3 Belgium, G overnm ent Sale of 1 a n d 2 f r ., A 3 G erm an M orocco, 4 1 Orange Free State postm arks, 1 2 4 ; s t a m p s , 1 8 , B irthdays of well-known Stam ps, 2 5 , 38 G reat Barrier Island, F 2 , 66 1 15 Bloem fontein, B ritish Post Office at, 1 3 1 G reat Britain Oxidised Stam ps, How to clean, 6 2 Borneo Labels, 10 Arm y Official V arieties, 1 3 2 Perforations, Com pound. How to describe, 3 1 British Bechuanaland, Stam ps Used in, 50 Early Dates, see under “ Early D ates” Philatelic A m enities, by J. G odinho, ig, 3 5 , 8 5 , 9 3 B ritish G uiana, V alue of first 2 c . , 1 1 4 Errors of Lettering, H 2 Philatelic Record and Stam p News, Ltd., Di British G uiana, Jubilee V arieties, B 2 Early id. reds, C orner letters of, H 3 Philatelic Sketches, D 2 , H 2 , J q British New G uinea, 3 1 Letter Sheet, blue paper, 3 1 Philippine Islands, Sale of Rem ainders, 4 6 , 1 1 4 , B . S . A . 8 d. first issue, H 2 Levant, stam ps used in, 76 1 3 1 Board of T rade Official Stam ps, 3 3 , 4 1 New id. and is. stam ps, 5 0 , 5 7 , 9 0 , 13 9 Porto Rico, as a U.S. Colony, 4 2 C a n a d a , T2 d. black, C 2 Relative rarity of id. Plate num bers, 6 2 , 13 9 ,, ,, Errors in Surcharging, 6 2 „ 2C. o n 3 c. varieties, 1 0 8 , 1 1 6 Black id. Philatelic Sketch N o.i, D 2 , £ 2 Postage Stam ps, Cost of, 1 0 7 ; H o w m a d e , 13 9 ,, Stamps Current, 1 1 4 Black id., m auve M altese Cross, 3 1 Postal Privileges for Soldiers, 1 1 5 „ Map Stamps, 4 1 , 5 4 , 6 2 , 8 3 , 8 4 , 9 2 , 1 2 3 , Red id., green M altese Cross, A 2 , 78 P o s t c a r d s Types of Arms. 84 ; Stam ps, 58 M i Postcards aiul Lettercards, see under “ Post ,, Illustration of Stam ps Forbidden, 98 c a r d s ” British id. reply cards, 50 Cape Stam ps, overprinted “ Z.A.R.," 4 2 , 6 5 , 9 8 , Postm arks, see under “ Postm arks ” Illustrated Postcards, 10 1 10 6 V alue qjd. to be discontinued, 4 1 I t a l y , 5 c. postcards, 57 ,, Triangulars at Auction, F 2 Envelope, Die 3 . q d . , 54 L etter C ard Varieties. 57 ,, New id. stam p, 5 8 , 6 5 , 9 0 F i n d o f 8 5 /- p l a t e 4 , u n u s e d , 18 New Germ an Postcard, 4 1 , 49 Cape Town to Cairo, J 4 P l a t e s o f 3 d . r o s e , G 2 Round the W orld, 7 6 , 8 4 , 1 3 2 , 14 0 Catalogue Prices and Discounts, 10 Large Crown W aterm arks, E 3 S. African Commemorative Cards, 78 Census, Stam p Collectors’, 7 4 , 8 2 , g o , 9 8 , 10 6 P l a t e s 4 a n d 5 o f t h e 2 d . , E 3 Postm ark Notes, by Duplex, 9 2 , 1 0 0 , 1 0 8 , 1 1 6 C e y l o n , “ O 11 Service,” 3 1 G reat Unused Question, C 2 . G 3 , 2 1 Postm arks, Foreign and Colonial— ,, 5 c . a n 8 c . , 10 0 „ ,, ' „ Mr. Phillips on, 1 0 7 , 1 1 5 , Austrian Postm arks, J 2 China, No Stam ps in blue, 58 1 2 4 O range Free State Postm arks, 1 2 4 , 1 3 2 . 14 1 Chili, G overnm ent Sale of U npaid Letter Stam ps, G renada Jubilee Stam p, 28 Transvaal Postm arks, 13 1 7 0 G u a m , E 3 , H 3 , ] 2 New G .P.O . Natal Postm ark, 76 Coins of the Postm asters, 3 3 G uatem ala, Reason for Surcharges, G 2 New Zealand, new type, 42 Collect, W hat to, E 2 Gum, W ith or W ithout ? 5 8 , b r o w n , 49 M auritius Postm ark Numbers, 1 3 2 , 14 0 Collection, A rrangem ent of a, 9 H arry Hilckes and Co., Ltd., 58 Postm arks, B ritish— Collections, Sales of big, (H unter) 1 1 4 ; ( N o t t - ,, „ Sale of Stock, 66 Army (See under Army) h a f f t ) , A 3 ; (Thorne) 18 ; ( T h r u m ’s Hong Kong Stam ps, surcharged DP, 58 H eavy O bliterations. 74 H a w a i i ) , A 2 H unter Collection, Sale of, 1 1 4 London M arks, 10 8 Colonial M arket, Nos. 8 t o 2 7 Illustrations, in C olour, 1 1 4 London D istrict Initials, H 2 , 5 8 , 65 Colour Names of Stam ps, H i „ Forbidden in Canada, 98 M achine Cancellations, 84 Colours from Coal Tar, 84 Im perial Penny Postage Stam p, 70 M altese Cross, in Green, .4 2 , 7 8 ; in M auve, Commemorative Stam ps, 4 2 India “ Postal Service,” 3 t 3 2 ; on id. Plates, etc., 76 * Com pound Perforations, How to describe, 3 1 ,, | anna, blue, 1 0 8 , 12 4 Office N um bers in D ate M arks, 8 4 , 92 Companies, New, Di „ | a. Envelope, Error of Colour, 90 Postm ark Num bers. Ci Condition of Stam ns and V alue (M. P. Castle), 78 I t a l y , 5 c. Post C ards. 5 7 “ Paid ” H andstam p, Surcharged, 10 0 Congo, large stock of 50 c . g r e y , 4 2 J a m a i c a , 2 ?,d. on qd. varieties, 9 2 , 10 8 , 1 1 6 Stam pers’ Num bers, kxi, 10 8 , 1 1 6 Constance, Postal Service on Lake of, 46 Khaki Stam p, 14 1 G .P.O . and Railway Sorting Carriage M arks. Cook Islands, G 2 , 2 Labuan Labels, H 2 8 2 , 9 2 , 10 8 Corner Letters, which to go by, 3 1 Ladysm ith’s Pigeon Post, 50 “ V.R.” Postm arks, D i, E i, G i, 5 7 , 10 0 IV. INDEX.
*• V.R.’’ Liverpool, 4(1. 92 ' Relative Cost of Newspapers in U.S.A. and Mauritius (surcharge), J 1 Printers, Characteristics of Different, 90 England. 31 Mexico, 1 „ (Official), 81, 137 Queen's Cliocolate Boxes, 98 U.S.A. Rubbish. 66 Queensland id. yellow, 124, 141 Stamp Collecting Encouraged, 62 „ (variety), 129 Morocco (French), 105 Railway Stamps, War and Stamp Collectors, see under “ Army ” Railway Letter Fee Stamps, E4 War Stamps. 133 New Guinea (German), 121 North Staffordshire Railway Co., 42 Philatelic War Rebel Fund, 28, 33, 137 New South Wales (high values), 2 New Zealand (Pictorial issue), Fi, Hi, 1, 2, 130 L. and N.W. Parcel Stamps, 57 Victorian War Stamps, 98 Irish Railway Stamps, 75 Morning Post. War N Stamp Collectors, 125 „ „ (Postage due), 65 Victorian Railways Parcels Stamps, 84 Waterlow Perforations. 90 ,, ,, (change of colour). 30 Relative Cost of Newspapeis in L’.S.A, anil Wei-hai-Woi—Cbifn Courrier Post, 21 Nicaragua (Asenjos), 105, 137 England, 31 Ztilnland Statistics, 131 North Borneo (surcharged) Fi, 17 Remainders and Government Stocks, „ ,, (new design), 121 „ „ (change of colour), 121 Belgium. 1 and 2 fr„ A3 Chili. Cnpaid Letter Stamps, 70 Rcu) Issues. Norway (new type), Ai Congo, 50c. grey, 42 Orange Free State (Official). 113 Egypt, Various, Used, A3 Argentine Republic. Ji Pahang (surcharge), 121 Newfoundland, 46, 99, 120 Austria (heller currency), 49. 65, 113 Panama (provisional) 129 Philippine Islands, 46, 114, 131 ,, (unpaid letter stamps), 97 Persia (new design). G i, Hi Tobago, yy Bavaria (new values), 73 Philippine Islands (surcharged C.S.A.) 113, 129 Reprints, European, E3 Belgium (change of colour), Ei, 33, 73 Porto Rico (U.S.A. issue), Ci, 121 Reprints and Forgeries of Transvaal Stamps, J 1 Bosnia (heller currency), 105 Port Said (French), 49 Reviews— Brazil (colours changed), 129 Queensland (new 1 /-), Gi Mekeel’s Weekly, London Edition, 58, 70 British Central Africa (new value), 137 Roumania (new colours) Ai Motley’s Philatelic Journal, 54 British Guiana (change of colour), 121 Salvador (surcharged), 129 Philatelic Almanack (Smyth & Co.) C2 British Honduras (surcharge), Gi Samoa (new colours), Bi Scott’s 1900 Catalogue, G3 ,, „ (new values), 17,49 ,, (provisional), H 1, 30 •‘ Stamp King" (Novel), B3, C2, E3 British New Guinea, 31 Sarawak (surcharged), Ei, Ji Stanley Gibbons’ iyoo Catalogue, part I, 107 British South Africa (colour changed), Di ,, (new colours), 49, 97 „ „ „ part IV., 54 „ „ „ (new value), J 1 Seychelles (new colour), 113 Transvaal, Postage Stamps (Nissen & Co.), 54 Bulgaria (varieties), 105 „ (new values), 137 “ Round the World ” Postcards, 76, 84, 132, 140 Canada (surcharge), Ai Soudan (new watermark). 106 Royal Niger Company’s Stamps, see Nigeria ,, (new colour), Di South Australia (colour changed), Di, 33 Seychelles, Minor Varieties, 92, 124, 140 Cape of Good Hope (new id.), 58, 65, 73, 90 ,, ,, ’(Pictorial), 97 Shilling Stamps, 138 Caroline Islands, Hi, 113, 129 Spain (new colours), Fi, Hi Societies— Cartagena (provisionals), 121 ,, ’(new design), 129 British Specialists’ Stamp Exchange, 42 Ceylon (colour changes), Ji, 17 Straits Settlements (new values), Fi, Hi Cape Town Philatelic Society, 93 „ (new values) 9, 73 „ „ (Federated States,) 113 German Philatelic Congress, 12th, 82 „ (letter cards. &c.), 29 Sweden (new value), 113 Junior London Philatelic Society, 18, 42,68,93 Chili (new value). Ft Switzerland (new colour), Fi, Hi Leeds Philatelic Society, 62, 93 China (colour change), 121 Tasmania (new value), Bi Otterdale Stamp Exchange Club, 42 Colombia (celebration issue), Hi, 9 ,, (pictorial issue). Fi, 73, 97 Palace Philatelic Exchange Society, 114 „ (provisionals), 29, 73 Tonga (surcharge), 49 Railway Stamp Exchange, 82 ,, (new colour), 129 Trinidad (surcharge), 65, 129 Society for Prevention of Stamp Swindling, D2 ,, (too late stamp), 137 ,, (colour change), 137 Wanganui, New Zealand, 7 Costa Rica (official), 8 Turks Island (new valuesi, 137 Soldiers Letters, 68, 116. See Army Crete, 50 Uruguay (Official), 113, 121 Soudan Successes, Prophesying, 91 Cuba, A 1, Ci, Gi, 129 Venezuela (surcharge), 113 South African Commemorative Cards, 78 Dahomey, 49 Victoria (new colours), B 1 South and Central American Stamps, G2 Dominican Republic (colour change), 129 ,, (postcard), 63 South Australia, Minor Varieties, too, 108 Falkland Islands (envelope), Ei ,, (Special issue). 137 „ „ Date of use of “ V and Crown ” France (new 5c,), J 1, 50 Zanzibar (new design), Bi, Ui paper, too, 106, 108, 116 ., (Exhibition Stamps), 17 „ (French), Bi Speculators in Stamps, 66, 74 „ (surcharged), 33 Stamp Collecting in U. S. A. 62 ,, (two types of “ inv”) 57 Stamps, The Most Handsome, H2 ,, (reply letter card), 121 Cost of, 107 ; How Made, 139 Germany (new type) Gi, 57, 65 Contributors to Postcard Column. At Grand Theatre, Islington, 85 ,, (centenary cards), 17 P. B. Akroyd, 49. R. B. Harrison, 141. At Pretoria, 41. 50, 141 „ (surcharged), 122 A, C. Beasley, 41, Rev. W. Jenks, 57, 92. Strange uses of, 68 Gold Coast (re-issue), 33 W. Barrett. 92. J. Johnstone, 76, 100, 116. Of “ Great Eace Value,’’ 91 ,, (new value), 1.3 A. Bottoms, 57. W. Kermeen, Jr., 76. Statistics, Zululand, 131 ,, (colours changed), 137 R. Bleasdale, 76. M. Z. Kuttner, 108. Story of a Stamp, 22 Great Britain (varieties), Ai, Di, 9, 33 E. Booth, 65. W. Kuhn, 92, Straits, 4c. on 8c., double surcharge, 42 ,, (new Id. and ij- stamps), Bi, Ci, A. Burton, 65. Major General Lambton, Hi, E i , 41, 50, 57, 90. 139 S. D. Bird, 92. 92. Strange uses of Stamps, 68. G. Brumell, Jr., to8. E. D. Meyers & Co., Swiss Stamps. Silk Threads of, 33 ,, (Railway Letter Fee), Ci, Fi, I, 9, W. A. Bois, 108. 41. 141- Tapling Collection, 10. 21 57- f)5- -Hi W. H. Budd, 141. C.F. D. Marshall, Tasmania, New Pictorial Issue, 139 ,, (official envelope), H 1 R. B. Brown, 141. 57, 84, 124. Thorne Collection, 18 „ (postcards), 17 W. Bradbury, 140. W. H. Maunder, 76. Thrum Collection of Hawaii, A2 ,, (railwav parcels), 49 J. T. Crowther, 132. |. Me. Ewen, 116, 141. Tobago, Speculation in 1/- Error, 74 Great Barrier Island (pigeon post), 121 Capt. Connolly, 116. C. Me. Naughtan, 116. „ Remainders, 99 Grenada (new halfpenny), Ai, 91 E. G. Collins, 76, 84, 124 New Zealand Stp. Co., 41. Transvaal, Reprints and Forgeries of, Ji Guam (second supply), 1 A, G. Carden, 108. E. W. Newton, 140, 132. Stamps Cancelled to Order, 114 Guatemala (overprinted), 129 F. Chauntler, 108. Rev. J. A. Pearson, 84. Suggested New Issue, 82 Hawaii (new colours), At A. F. Clarke, 84, 92. G. W. |. Potter, 84. Stamps at Pretoria, 41, 50. 141 „ (variety), J 1 J. Coltman, 49, 76. B W. H. Poole, 65, 84. Holland (new design), Ai, Ci J. G. Cairns, 65. T. Proud, 76. Minor Varieties, 100, 116 P. R. Devis, 41, 49. J S. Roe, 41. Postmarks (See under Postmarks) „ (surcharged), 17 Hungary (filler currency), 49, 65 J. H. Daniels, 76, 92, io< ). Rev. G H. Raynor, 100. “ Z.A.R." Surcharged on Cape and Natal Miss S. M. D’Albiac, 141 Iceland (new value), 97 W. D. Roebuck, 84, 132. Stamps, 42, 65, 98, 106 S. G Dudley, 132. J. E. Rowe, 84. Trinidad, " O.H.M.S.’’, 24 India (surcharged), Ai F. Elliott, 84. A. E. Rutter, 116. Tnrks Island, 90 „ (envelope), H 1 W. T. Elliott, 116, 140. A. C. Roussel, 84. Tuscany, wove paper, A3 Japan (surcharged China), 105 Major Evans, 140. J. F, C. Sieber, United States— „ (Commemoration), 129, 137 E. D. Frank, 41, 65. 84, too, 132. Buffalo Exhibition Stamps, 54 Lalnian (surcharged), Fi, Hi, 17 0 . Firth, 100, 124. Hon. M. W. Sugden, 92. Colonials, J2 (see also under Cuba, Porto ,, (change of colours), 121 J. Freestone, 116. C. de G. Sells, 57. Rico, Guam and Philippines). Liberia (colours changed), 129 W. R. Gatt, 84, 116. F. E. Scarr, 140. Overprinted with Names of Towns, 131 Luxemburg (Official), Ai H. W. Harrison, 92. j. F. W. Tratman, 41. Madagascar (high values), 49 Miss Hoblyn, 100 T. Vear, 116. Parcel Post, B2, 91 H. J. More, 100. P. P. Wood, 49. Periodicals, 42 Malta (Revenue), At, Bi, 116 ,, (new value), 113 C. G, S Harvey, 116. W. S. Webb, 100. Printed in small books, 106 E. Hardy, 124. W. J. Wurtele, 116. Proprietary Labels, F2 Marshall Islands, 121 H, Harrop, 124, 140. N. Webb, 132. EWEN'S WEEKLY STAMP NEWS.
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Admiralty Pensioners’ Life Certificates, 15 Jottings, 46, 55, 71, 79, 89, 95, 110 , 146, 178, Registration Envelope Stamps (Colonial), 96, 118 Army Telegraph Postmarks 161 (see also under 182 Railway Letter Stamps (Illustrated Articles)— Philately at the Front) Junior London Philatelic Society, 118 Barry Dock and Railways, 30 Australian Commonwealth, 95, 174 Khaki Colour, 130, 141 City of Glasgow- Union, 55 Australian Federation, 10, 174 Mafeking, Ladysmith Siege postcards, 71 Finn Valley, 81 Aguinaldo Stamps, 170 Malta, Revenue stamps, 3 Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham, 89 Appreciation of Stamp Collecting (An), 190 Mauritius, high prices for, 193 Kanturk ami Newmarket, 62, 71 Army Post Office Corps (With the), 23 Milreis of Brazil, 137 North Eastern, Early Issues, 72, 73, 89 Belgian Stamps with “ R,” 24 ’ Moens, J. B„ retirement of, 40 Portpatrick and Girvan Joint, 38 Boer Letters, 125 Natal, 1895 Provisionals, 118 South Eastern, 97 Brazilian Commemorative Remainders, 31 ,, Post Office, work of, 138 Railway Letter Stamps— British Bechuanaland, Minor Varieties, 56 New Zealand, Post Office Statistics, 195 Notes on, 70, 78, 89, 94, 102 British Central Africa, £10 and £2j Values, 3 Nevis, fake, 31 New Issues, 93, 101 British Levant, New Post Office, 39 New Issues of various Countries numerically New Illustrated History of, 158 British Stamp Exchange i8g (and later) compared, 3 (See also under Special Penny in Slot Machines for Stamps, 31, 149 Canada Maps, 4, 16 Heading) Persia, 1894 issue, Quantities of, 10 Cape Triangulars, Demonetized, 157 Mafeking— . ,, Remainders, a W arning, 22 ,, „ Description of, 3 Earliest Notice of, 23 Philately at the Front— Cape Stamps Surcharged Z.A.R., 47, 55, 114 First Issue on Cape Chronicled, 23, 47, 33 General Notes, 14, 30, 39, 47, 48, 53, 63, 79, 87, Catalogue of British Colonial Stamps— Second Issue Chronicled, 61 9 5 ' 137. ' 4 5 - 1 4 9 - >5 3 - i 5 7 < ^ 5 Adhesives, Tobago, Trinidid, 4 Other Varieties Chronicled, 63 Cape Surcharged, “ Z.A.R.,” 47, 55, 114 ,, Uganda, n Illustrations of, 54, 107 Commando Brief, 47. (Also 22) „ Victoria, 11, 16 Complete List of, 106, 133 Philippine Remainders, 5 ,, Virgin Islands, 16, 24 Description of, 114 „ Aguinaldo Stamps, 170 „ W. Australia, 24 Complete List with Comparative Prices, 125 Plate- Numbers of Current Colonial Stamps, 64, 72 „ Zanzibar, Zululand, 24 Quantities Printed, 169 Porto Rico Remainders. 178 Appendix Commemorative Stamps, 54, 8 l Various Types of, 141 Postal Card, Origin and Introduction of, 175 E nvelope Stamps, 88 The Six Types Described, 194 Postcards, Round the World, 32 Wrapper Stamps, 96 Earliest Dates of, 194 „ Ladysmith, Siege, 71 Registration Envelope Stamps, 96, 118 Forgeries of, 125, 130 Postmarks, Field, 23 (See Philately at the Front) Ceylon, commission on sale of, abolished, 15 Correspondence (J. R. F. Turner), 106, no, 114 Postmarks Notes (!>}• Duplex), 25, 33, 41, 49, 57, „ Notes on, by Baron de Worms, 142 Full Sets Sold for £55, 121 65, 73, 81, 87, 97, 101 Chili, forgeries, 109 Mafekings at Auction, 142 Postmarks of South African Republic, 5, 17 ,, Multado Issue, 15 „ and Cape Police, 145 „ of Orange Free State, see Volume ii. China, War Provisionals, 126 Mr. Turner's Collection of, 1S2 Reviews— Club Packet Missing, 109 Fall in Price of Mafekings, 95 Whitfield King's Catalogue, 2nd Edition, 5 Collection, Sale of M. P. Castle’s, 63 Opinions of Prominent Philatelists, 177 Morley’s '‘ Telegraph Stamps,” 17 Collection of High Values, 170, 183, 187 Demonetized by Cape Government, 194 Africa, Part II. (Philatelic Society, London), Colour Names of Postage Stamps, 48 Extracts from Mafeking Mail Siege Slip, 169 3 9 ' 56 . . Commando Brief Stamps, 22, 47 Siege Notes, 118 Jainmu and Kashmir, 109 Commemorative Stamps, 25, 54, 81 New South Wales, Sydney Views, 177 Stanley Gibbons* Catalogue, Part II., 126 Cook Islands, Notes on, 105 New Zealand “ Loose Letter ” postmark, 15 „ „ Addenda to Part I., 126 ,, ,, id. blue and brown, 121 Niger Coast Stamps, 65 Orange Free State (P. H. Lee), 129 Correspondence— Orange Free State, annexed, 63— Hinton’s Hints on Stamp Collecting, 2nd Mafekings (J. R. F. Turner), 106, no, 114 ,, „ id . on 3d., arrangement of Edition, 129 Cuba (S. Chapman), 173 types, 145, 173 Samoa, 1/- stamps bisected, 4 V.R.I. Varieties (Earl of Crawford), 138 ,, ,. Minor Varieties, 56 Salonica, New British Post Office, 39 Cuba YJ, 142, 171, 173 „ ,. Telegraph Stamps, 56 Sedang, History of, 134 Current Colonials, Importation of, 169 Orange River Colony, V.R.I. Issues— Seebeck’s Private Collection sold, 109 De La Rue Contracts for Printing Colonial General Notes on, 22, 31 Servia, Remainders of 1900 Issue, 3 Stam ps, 14 Complete set illustrated, 38 Seychelles, Two Types of, 185 Denmark, 20 ore Varieties, 24 Earliest dates of, 39 Snakes of Stamps, 141 Diamond Jubilee of the Postage Stamps, 39, 46 Errors, dotless, etc., 39 South African Army Post Office Work, 130 Embossed Envelope Stamps, Reference List of, 6d. rose becomes Obsolete, 47 South African Republic, see under Transvaal by Oswald Marsh, 198 Postcards, id ., 47 Stamp Automatic, 149 Entires, thrown over by Stanley Gibbons, Ltd., ,, id., id. and iid. described, 53, 71, Stamps versus Picture Cards, 95 174 Stamp Trade Protection Association, Ld., 40 Envelope Stamps, Catalogue of British and Reply Cards, Id. and id. described, 61, 113 Stamp Exchange Protection Society, 57 Colonial, 88 Adhesives, id and id. with raised stops, 63, 71 Swedish 20 ore. Error. 31 Extracts from Foreign Press, 182, 185, 190, 194, id. brown and 1 /- orange, 71 Transvaal— 197 First Quotations for, 103 First issue of. 32 Field Post Office Marks, 117. (See also Philately Sending Money to Bloemfontein, 103 Revenues of Post Offices in 1867-74 at the Front) Issue of fid. with raised stops, 103 Stamps of the. 49 Finland, 95 ; Funeral Stamps, 191 Issue of all Values with raised stops, 105 Reference List of the, 162, 166 Forged Revenue Stamps, 48 Quantities Printed, fid. carmine, 103 Rare Varieties of, 71 Forgeries of Mafekings, 125, 130 3d. Said to be Obsolete, 103 Types of the id. on 2.{d., 161 French Stamps, Bordeaux print, Quantities, 181 First Mention of Stop Varieties, 113 Surcharged “ Besieged," 197 ,, ., Manufacture of, 161 Bloemfontein Letters, First Offer of, 103 Christiana Postmark, 181 Gambia, Postal Revenue of, r8i „ „ Illustrated, 150 Transvaal V.K.I. issues— German Colonial Stamps, 80 (See also under Complete List of V.R.I. Settings, 122, 133 Lord Roberts at Pretoria, 71 New Issues) Table of V.R.I. Varieties (Earl of Crawford), First description of V.R.I. stamps, 103 Great Britain— 138 First copies received, 110 id . black. 95 V.R.I.—T.F. Stamps, 143, 165, 178 First illustration, 113 id. red, early dates of, 2, 3, 32, 79 Revised List of Settings, with prices, 154 Description of full set, 113 Octagonals, Quantity printed of, 71 New Settings Described, 165. 178 Rustenburg provisionals, 129, 135 New id. green, 3 ; Record Date, 48 (see also „ ,, with seven thick V’s, 181 „ „ never authorized, 185 under New Issues) 3/- value with broken "5 ,” 191. Lichtenburg, “ V .R .", 149 Obsolete, 4id., 31 Surcharged on Cape, 2id., 137, 138 (Illustrated, Krugersdrop “ V.R.", 153 Telegraph Stamp, The First Adhesive, 17 137) Wolmaransstad “ cancelled V R.,” 166 Board of Agriculture Envelopes, 87 „ id., 173 (Illustrated, 175) Dates of issue of Transvaal V.R.I’s, 134 Envelope Stamps, Reference List of, 198 Commando Brief Stam ps, 22, 47 Quantities printed, 173 Envelope Die 17, id. vermilion, discovered, ibi “ In Dienst R.D.M.," 47 Provisional 3d. on id., 191 Board of Trade Officials, 32 Ladysmith Siege Postcards, 71 Errors on panes, 197 “ Paid ” Marks in red, 3, 15 Transvaal Surcharged “ VR—Special Post,” Trinidad surcharged gd., sale of set, 3 Levant, New Post Office, 39 i o 5 Uganda, Early Stamps of, 5 Gray, R. S., 105 ,, used at Dundee, 134 Universal Penny Postage, 178 Guam, T he Island of, 8i ,, formally Annexed, 137 United States— Gwalior Errors, 146 Portrait of our Special Correspondent, 175 Buffalo Issue, 170 Hawaii, Corner in 12c. value, 108 Queensland, id., perf. 12X3, 3 2 Stamp Statistics, 186 India, surcharged I.M.R., 24 Rhodesian Stamp Coins, 123 Town Surcharges, 39 Johore, Kemahkotaan Error, 4 Reference List of Transvaal Stamps, 162, 166 Used versus Unused, 48 Jamaica, new id. stamp, 65 Round the World Letters, 4, 32 Victoria, Penny Postage with, 185 IV. INDEX.
“ V.R.l. Varieties" (Earl of Crawford), 138 New Zealand, 21, 37, 87 Guatemala, 45, 69, 142, 146 V.R.l. Issues (see under Transvaal and Orange New 2d. Local Print, 45 Hawaii, 77 River Colony) Local Prints, 40, 45, 105, 129 Hungary, 53 Virgin Islands, I'sed, 109 „ ,, 2d. and 6d„ 40 Italy, 61, 146 V .R .l's 14000 Miles in Quest of, 199 Envelopes, 61, 158 Japan , 77 War, Philatelists’ Fund*, 3, 32, 63 New 1 Id. Adhesive, 195 Japanese, Corea, 1 „ (See under Philately at the Front) Officiai Envelopes, 13 Levant (Russian), 121 “ War, Opened under Martial," Postmarks, 4 Postage Due, 69 Liberia, 146 Watermarks, How to Detect, 193 „ ,, different types, 166, 193 Mexico, new types, 69 Wrapper Stamps. Catalogue of Colonial, 96 Universal Penny Postage, 174 Marshall Islands, 45 Zululand. on Natal Fiscals, 10 Niger Coast, 1/- black, CA., 13 Monaco, new colours, 1 Northern Nigeria, 39, 45, 103, no, 117, 121 Nicaragua. 13, 45 Orange Free State, V.R.L, 15, 45, 53. (See also Panam a, 29 above) Paraguay, Postal Telegraphs, 161 Perak, 21, 69 Peru, 45, 53, 61, new 22c. value, 146 Par issues. Queensland, new, £d„ 1 Ponta Delgada, 93 1. —Great Britain and Colonies. ,, new, 2S., 158 Porto Rico, 29, 61 Sarawak, 117 Portuguese Indies, 142 Great Britain— Seychelles, 29 Roumania, 29 New id. green, 13, 13, 22, 24. 31, 32, 39 Sou d an ,21, 93 Russian Levant, 121 „ „ Record Earliest Date, 48 South Australia, 37, 103 Salvador, 15, 37, 45 New 1 /- green and carmine, 63, 109, 117 Straits Settlements, 69 Samoa, 93, 95 „ ,, with Inverted Water „ „ 5c. blue, 1 ,, 2id. on 2/6 Provisional, 1 mark. 130 Tasmania, 21 Samos, 1 - Control Letter “ WW,” id. lilac, 24 ,, Pictorial Issue, 37 Siam , 9 „ .. X, id. lilac, 177 Tonga, error, q Spain. 45 ; New Type, 1 Obsolete 4jd. stamps, 15 Trinidad, 3d. on sd., 9 Surinam, 21, 53 Marginal Ornamentation, fid. stamps. 129 Turks and Caicos Islands, 171, 185 Switzerland, 61, 69, 79, 101, 197 Army Official, id. green, 61 Victorian W ar Fund Issues, 29, 71, 129 Turkey, 29 ,, ,’ id. Control Letter X, 193 „ new colour for 4d. value, 1 United States, Buffalo Stamps, 39, 69 Envelope New *d. dies, 113 Western Australia, 69, 93 „ ,, Plate Numbers, 197 „ New fid. dies, 10 Uruguay, 61 Army Telegraphs, 1 /- on 5/-, 36. 47 II.— Foreign Countries. Venezuela, 21, 146, 170 ,. .. fid. on 1 /- on 3/-, 191 Argentine Republic, new colours, 1 Wurtemburg, New Values, 1 Railway Letter Fees, 93, tot Austria, " heller ” issue, 53, 69 „ L. N: N.W. Ry.parcels, 31 ,, Unpaid Letter Stamps, i, 15 New Issues to come, no Bavaria, New Values, 29 British Levant (Salonica), 47 Belgium, 45, 61 British Beclmaualand (misplaced surcharge), 13 Bosnia, New “ H eller” Issue, 1, 9, 29, 53, 61 British Central Africa, £10 and £25, wink, CC,6i Bra2il, g4 Contributors to Postcard Column. „ .. ., new 10/-, 53 Postage Due, 20 reis, 1 British Honduras, 93, 170 Wrapper, 20 reis, 13 Miss C. Austin, 32 A. R. Craft, 191 „ „ 10c. “ Revenue,’’ 121 Provisional Adhesive, 21 A. Baldock, 56 J. T. Cricks, 16, 40, 181, 186, British South Africa, new 4d., 117 Bulgaria, 93 ; New Colours, 9 A. C. Beasley, 56 W. Cross, 186, 191 [igi „ ,, „ overprinted, " British H. Beetling, 32 Rev. H. Cummings, 24 Chili, 21, 22, 29, 45, 87 K. E. M. Bleasdale, 16, 32 G. H. Dannatt, 191 Bechuanaland,’’ 22 China, ic., Surcharge Inverted, 13 W. Bradbury, 56 W. H. Earl, 195 Canada, 1, 9, 79, 142 China, French, 21 Miss C. Bridges, 24 G. Fox. 24 Cape. 13, 153 Colombian Republic, 13, 45 C. Cervigon, 197 H. S. Freestone, 24, 195 Cayman Islands, 170 Corea, 1,13 ; Empire of, 9 A. W. Chambers, 32 G. Gaffe, 24, 186 Ceylon. 29, ('9, 87, 117 Crete, 9, 10, 48 S. Chapman, 24 W. R. Gatt, 40 Federated Malay States, 37 Curasao, 21 W H. Clark, 48 A. W. Goose, 186 Fiji, 21, 29 Danish West Indies, 9, 77, 87, 146 A. F. Clarke, 195 R. Gunson, 32 Hong Kong, 53, 142, 146 Dominican Republic, 13, 101 Miss N. Cleaver, 4 E. H„ 16 India, New fi annas, 37— Dutch Indies, 21 F. J. Cochran, 24 J. H. Hall, 195 New Colours, 87, 146 Ecuador, 1 E. G. Collins, 32 E. Hardy, 195 Surcharged "C .E.F.” (China Expeditionary J. Coltman, 24, 191 H. H. Harland, 195 Finnish Funeral Stamp, 141 H W. Cooper, 195 Force), 127 W. B. Harrison, 32 France, 10, 61, 69, 77 H. Harrop, 16 J. A. Payn, 4 Bussahir, 9, 17 ,, new 2 francs, 21 A. K. Hayward, 191 A P. Pearce, 119 Dhar, j anna, 9 ., new designs, 195 W. J. Heller, 56, 191 T. F. Phillpot, 16 Duttia, 9 French Congo, 21, 53, 87 Miss Hoblyn, 40 B. W. H. Poole, 16 Jhind, new value, 9 ,, China, 21 J. Johnstone, 16, 40, 186 Miss Ready, 56 Kishengarh, 1, 53, 77 ,, Oceania, 45 W. A. Jones, 197 R. W. Richardson, 16 Nabha, 29 ,. Dahomey, 69 VV. L. Joynt, 11 W. J. Ricks, 4 Orcha, 77 ,, Djibouti 40c., 9 N. V Kharloff, 186 N. M. Roesler, 11 Jamaica, New id. Llandovery Falls, 61, 71 „ Guiana, 29 Miss C. M. Kinch, 197 W. T. Roycroft, 40 Labnan, Misplaced Surcharge, 1 „ Morocco, 61 H. A. King, 197 E. H. Southwood, 24 Malta, Id.. 47. 170 „ New Caledonia 5c., 13 A. D. Marshall, 48 VV. J. Stooke, 11 VV. H. Maunder, 24 Envelopes, 37, 45 ,, ., new surcharge, 9 J. H. Thackrah, 56 ,, Surcharged “ Revenue,’’ 47 Wm, Morley, 4, 40 C. VV. Thompson, 24 ,, Martinique, 37 J. N. Mostyn, 181 J. Thomson, jun., 40 Mauritius, 77, 93, 10 1, 105 ,, Vathy, 9 W. Nathan. 191 VV. Ward, 40, 195 Negri Sembilan, 77 Goa, new provisional, 195 E. VV. Newton, 32 R. VVhillis, 191 New South Wales, 77 Germany, new types, 29, 53, 93, 142 L. Normington, 24 C. A. Wilson, 186 New Printing on Chalky Paper, 47 ,, new 2 pfennig, 1 E. H. T. Nowers, 32 W. Wurtele, 197 New 1 id., 2/-, 2/6 proposed, 10 German Colonies. New types, 9, 189 W. Oliver, 4, 24 P. H, Young, 24 id.+ id. Envelopes, 13 „ Marshall Islands, 45 J. H. Parry, 181, igi New perf. of 5/• and 20/-, 60 Greece, 53, 117 , 189 - r - J L i m k
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Abyssinia, 73 Germany, A Variety from, 85 Perforations, Varieties of N.S.W., 30 America, Notes from, 31, 43, 51, 54, 66, 70, 74, German China, 77 Philatelic Stationery, 18 jyfi2 82, 90, 94 Gold Coast, Split Stamps used in, 41 „ Club for Ireland, 25, 29 Argentine Republic, Stamps withdrawn from G.O.S. of Philately, 7, 22, 94 Philippines, 97 use, 5, 9 Great Britain, New id. Stamps printed in red, 9 Photography, Advantages of, to Philatelists, 86 Auction, Prices Realized at, 9, 15, 27, 33, 37, 38, „ New Stamps for, 25, 25, 85, 97 Pigeon Post Stamps, 90 • 46, 51, 54, 62, 67, 85, 97, 101 „ Army Officials used Abroad, n Plate Numbers of De La Rue Stamps, 17 Australia, Notes from, 47 „ Stamps used Abroad, 13 „ of U.S.A. Stamps, 31, 45, 51 Australian Commonwealth Surcharges, Possi „ Variation in Colour of Current Poole, B.W .H ., Lecture by, 29 bility of, 1 4 ^., 15 Porto Rico, 9 Australian Commonwealth Surcharges, Im „ E arly Dated Copies, 17, 49, 55, 81 „ with Forged Surcharges, 30 probability of, 5 ,, Postcard sent from Cape Colony,25 Portuguese India, 13 Australian Federation, 35, 63 „ ^d. green, Stationery of, 31, 33, Post Offices of Indian Native States, 49 Austria, Probability of new 35b. and 45I1. 57, 61, 65, 69 Postmark Notes, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 26, 30, 34, 39, Stamps, 15, „ id. Control Letter X, 31 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 70, 78, 82, 86, Austria Perforations, 37 „ 4$d. Stamps, now obsolete, 61 90, 94, 98, 101 Austrian Italy Stamps, Places of Issue, 13 „ Stamps to be sold at Indian P.O.’s, Postmarks, New, for Orange River Colony, 1 Baden Powell, Head of Gen., on Stamps, 89 4 9 „ Progressive Date in, 11, 25 Barbados, 69 „ Questions in Parliament, 49 ,, Varieties of, 27 „ Jubilee Stamps on bleut£, 5 „ Demonetization of Obsolete „ Used by China Expeditionary Force, 39 Bargains at Small Post Offices, 61 Stamps of 70 „ Used in F.P.O.’s in South Africa, 4b Bergedof, 65, 69 „ Stamp used in Constantinople, 81 Prussia, 53 Bermuda, id. Provisional, 31, 37, 49, 73 „ Variety of id. Envelope, 89 Puttialla, 37 Boers, Last Stamps Issued by the, 93 „ Forgery of 2*d., pi. 17, 93 Queen Victoria’s Empire, 14, 17 Bolivia, Quantities Issued of the E.F. 1899 Greece, 37, 49, 59 Queensland, 27, 61, 65, 65, 65, 89, 93 Surcharges, 13 Guatemala, Variety of Surch. on ic. of 1881, 25 Questions, 94, 102 „ Forgeries of 2 bol. (1897 issue) „ tfcte beche, 2 reales of 1877, 53 Registration Stamps, Status of, 19 Bosnia, perforation varieties, 37 Guam, with inverted surcharge, 25 Reviews, 14 Brazil, varieties of 200 reis stamps, 9 „ No further Special Issues for, 65 Reunion, 9 British Bechuanaland, 9 Hawaii, Stamps Likely to Rise in Price, 29 Roumania, 41 British Central Africa, Internal Postage Stamp, 11 „ Reprints and Facsimilies, 31 ,, Error of 25b. in blue, 17 British Stamp Exchange, i, 8, 19, 35, 54, 70, 101 „ Remainders of, 38, 45 Rowland Hill's Bits of Paper, 86 Bulmer, The Case of James, 43 ,, 2C«, printed both sides, 41 Russia, Prospective New Issue for, 13 Buried Stam ps, 59 Hayti, Notes on the Stamps of, 50 Russian Levant, 4 paras error, 9 Bussahir, 37 Hinges, their Use and Abuse, 31 Rustenburg Provisionals, issued by authority of Canada, 13, 22, 33, 45, 63 Hong Kong, 2c., perf. 12, 37 General Baden Powell, 1 Ceylon, R 1.12c. and 8c. stamps withdrawn, 23 Hungary, 57, 87 Salvador, 9, 9, 37, 49, 77, 81 ,, Post Card, 8c. on 2c., 73 ,, Probability of New 33b. and 45I1. Samoa, 23, 71, 86 Chili, Provisional, 2c., 33 Stamps for, 15 Schweizer Reneke Besieged, 71, 73 „ 5c. doubly printed, 37 India, Service Stamps, 15, 49 Selangor, 11, 23 „ Portrait on Stam ps of, 53 ,, Quantity of Postal Stationery Sold, 49 Servia, 71 China, Foreign Stamps Used in, 1, 18 ,, New Issue for, 93 Seychelles, 19 Columbian Republic, 9 International Philatelic Union Exhibition, 13, 34 Sheets of Stamps, Stray Notes on, 47, 62 Congo, Stamps of, Demonetized, 53 Irish Philatelic Club, 25, 29 Siam, 37, 41 Corrienties, The Postage Stamps of, 43 Italy, New Design Chosen, 21 South Australia, Marginal Varieties, 17 Costa Rica, 9, 33, 101 Japan. 23, 28, 41 Spain, Change of Currency, 39 Crete, 21, 41 Labuan, Value of Stamps Sold in 1900, 25 Stamp Collecting, 65, 98 Cuba. 93 Lagos, Current 5/-, Shades of, 5 Stamps Without Name of Country, 25 Danish West Indies, Future Administration of. Letters posted in German Colonies, No. of, 25 Stationery, Philatelic, 18 Surcharged Spanish Stamps, 59 3 7 . 5 3 - 6 5 Liberia, 9 Dealers, Parisian, Raided by P.O. Detectives, 23 Lost Opportunities, 55 Switzerland, Jubilee Stamps, 11, 15, 49 Dhar State Post Office Closed, 15 Luxemburg, 9 „ New Designs, 13, 17 Dominican Republic, 5c. with Inscriptions re Macao, 41 Tasmania Postage Stamps become Fiscals, 5, 11 versed, 5 Madrid, Arms of, 58 ,, Variety of Half-penny Surcharged „ „ Jubilee Sets, imperf., 9 Mafeking Siege Stamps, Official History of, 10 Stamps, 15 „ „ with Map wrongly drawn, 25 „ „ „ Prices at Auction, 33 „ Initials on Early Issues, 53, 57 ,, ,. Stamps to be obtained from Malta, J Stamps with Watermark Cr. AO., 6 „ Variety of 3d. red, 89 the Printers, 33 Mexico, 9, 53, 69 „ Halfpenny Pictorial withdrawn, 93 „ „ Errors in Stam ps of, 45 Military Stamps, French, 17 _ Tonga, 7jd. with head inverted, 9 ,, „ New Issue for, 67 Monaco, Forgeries of sf., 97 * Tooiate Stamps, Status of, 19 Edward VII., New Stamps and Coins with Head Montenegro, Change of Currency, 73 Transvaal V.R.I. with Inverted Surcharges, 1, 3 of King, 22, 82 Morocco Agencies, 89 ,, V .R .I. with dropped I in Surch., 5 Egyptian Stamps, Sale of Used, by Govt. Officials Naples, 49, 53, 53, 57 ,, V.R.I. with comma after R, 17 Entires, Collection of, 30 Natal, 49 „ V.R.I. without stop after I, 22 Envelope Stamps, Reference List of, 2, 6, 15, 26, Neapolitan Provinces Issue, Errors of, 78 ,, V.R.I, with variety of type, 25, 49, 73 „ V.R.I. on Fiscal Stamps, 30 3 4 - 4 2 . 5 0 New Brunswick, 9 Eritrea, Possibility of New Issue for, 17 New Caledonia, 41, 72 „ New Issue with King’s head, 85 Exhibition by the I.P.U., 34 New South Wales, 15, 30, 30. 61 Turkey, New Commemorative, 13 Extracts from the Foreign Press, 7, 10, 14, 18,22, New Zealand, 39, 51, 61, 61, 82, 85, 89 „ New Surcharge, 41 26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, Nicaragua, 9, 13 Tutuila, Possibility of An Isssue for, 15 70, 7 4 . 7 8 North Borneo, Value of Stamps sold in, during United States of America, Availability of, for use Faridkot, Closing of Native Post Office, 69 1900, 25 in Colonial Possessions, 5, 6 Federal Prospects, 13 Northern Nigeria, 65, 73 „ Pan Americans to be withdrawn, 57 Finland's Mourning Stamp, 61 Number of Letters Posted in German Colonies, 23 ,, Pan Americans to be used in Forgeries of French Colonials, 21 Nyassa, sor. with Inverted Surcharged, 9 Colonial Possessions, 81 Frauds, Alleged, on Stamp Dealers, 35 Official Stamps, Status of, 19 ,, Progress of Work on Pan French Colonies, New Stamps for, 17 Orange Free State, Peculiarities of Stamps of, 25 American Series, 37, 49, 51 „ Forgeries of Postage Due „ „ Surcharged B.W., 22,25 „ Proposed New Issue, 37, 61, 65 Stam ps, 2 1 Orange River Colony, V.R.I, Surcharges, 59 „ Plate Numbers, 31, 45, 51 „ Supply of Stamps sent to, in „ „ 6d. carmine with thick V, 59 „ 30c. of 1868, Sold for £30, 53 18 51, 21 „ ,, New Settings, 1 „ Pan Americans with Inverted France, Stamps in Chamber of Deputies, 5 „ „ Variety of Fiscals, 19 Centres, 89 „ Origin of Design of 1871 Issue. 9 „ ,, New Postmarks, 1 Unpaid Letter Stamps, The Status of, 19 „ Special Stamps for Soldiers, 17, 25 „ „ 3d., V.R.I. on thicker paper, Uruguay, 11, 13, 39, 53, 81 „ Stamps made in two Printings, 17, 57, 74 17 Venezuela, 50c., FRM with inverted surcharge, 9 ,, Stam ps Engraved on Wood, 45 „ „ Quantities of Fiscals, surch. „ Varieties of, 35 „ Stamps to be Retouched, 57 V .R .I., 30 Victoria, Penny Postage in, 1, 22 „ Variety of 50c., 73 Overturn, An, 67 „ Availability of Duty Stamps for ,, Parcel Stamps, 81 Parcel Post Labels, 31, 35, 39 Postage, 73 French Congo, 9, zi Panama, 41 „ Letters on id. Current, 73 ,, Sudan, 21 Penny Postage in Victoria, 1, 22 Virgin Isles Cancelled to Order, 25 Gambia, to be ceded to France, 11 Perak, 11 Who do you Collect for ?, 51 Germany, Perforation of Stamps, 13 Peru, Variety of 5c. (1805) blue, 23 Wnrtetnburg, 65 ,, Designs redrawn, 13 Perforation, Varieties of, 29 IV. INDEX.
Grenada, 53 Contributors to Postcard Column. Reu? Issues. Griqualand, 73 Guam, 93 Guatemala, 21, 101 Afghanistan, 41, 89 Angus, R. M., 53 Horwood, N. C., 25, 89 Gwalior, 73, 81 Hudson, Ed., 31 Alwar, 41, 77 Anstey, C. R., 73 Hayti, 21 Aronson, H. 77 Joynt, W, L., 8g Argentine, 17, 21, 29, 33, 37, 81, 85 Arkwright, R. R., 97 '• K ” 22, 49 Austria, 73 Holland, 21 Hong Kong, 3, 13, 21, 77, 93 Astley, Rev. J, H., 11 King, H. A.. 73 Bavaria, 73 Aylward, C. B., 65, 67 Laird, W., 97 Belgium, 53, 77 Honduras, 73 Hungary, 5, 77 Baker, F. C., 31 Maling, W. H., 31 Bermuda, 21 Bottoms, A., 61 Marsh, O., 35, 61, 81, 8g Bolivia, 57, 69, 93 Hyderabad, 5. 89 Byran, C., 1, 73 Marsden, j. N., Bosnia, 3, 21, 89 Iceland, 33 Bryant, Dr. G. J., 6 Martin, C. A., 53 Brazil, 17, 57 India, 1, 17, 21, 41, 69, 73 Budd, W. H.,39, 43, 65, 73 Maunder, W. H., 49 British Central Africa, 21, 69 Italy, 25 Cairns, J. G., 45 Mitchley, J., 11 British Guiana. 3 Japan, 3 Calmont, A., 77 Monroe, J. E., 53 British Honduras, 3 Kishengarh, 57, 81 Camroux, G. F. M., 73 Moore, R., 25 Leeward Isles, 37 Church, A. B., 11 Moorehouse, A., 45 Bulgaria, 21, 57, 85, 89, 93, 97 Clarke, A. K., 25, 81, 85 Moss, J. E., 53 Canada, 17, 21 Liberia, 73 Lorenzo Marques, 33 Clarke, H., 84 Most) n, |., 11, 11, 15, 45 Cayman Isles, 17 Clarke, W. H„ 39 Murray, L, A., 61 Ceylon, 3, 21, 45, 49> 101 Macao, 5, 13 Malta, 5, 17, 33 Clough, A„ 53 Napier, H. C., 39 Charnba, 33 Cohen, J., 49 Napier, L., 39 Chili, 3, 21, 37, 57 Mauritius, 3, 21 Cole, C. A., 1, 11 Napier, N., 11 China, 21, 53, 73, 89 Mexico, 57, 67, 69, 97 Collins, E. G., 6, 22 Normington, L., 45 Columbian Repiil)., 17, 41, 53, 57 Monaco, 49, 85, 89, 93 Cooper, H. W., 49 Nowers. E. H. T., 65,6g, 77 Cook Isles, 21 Montenegro, 73 Cratt, P. R., 1 O’Shaughnessy, R., 6 Corea, 3, 45 Morocco, 33 Crane, J. E., 61 Parish, Mrs., n Costa Rica, 29, 33, 37. 97 Mozambique, 41 Cricks, |. T., 77, 85 Parish, R., 97 Crete, 3, 37, 55 Natal, 37, 45. 57 Cross, W., it, 37, 53 Parry, j. H., 11, 22, 65, 81 Curacao, 21, 33, 93 New Zealand, 33, 41 Daniels, J. H„ 35 Pearce, A. P., ti, 25, 49 Nicaragua, 45, 65, 93, 101 Darling, W., 4g Pearce, S. G., 15 Decan, 5 Da mi, C. j., 51 Potter, G. W. J„ 45 Denmark, 13, 61, 65 Niger Coast, 3 New Zealand, 13, 17, 45, 77 Duff, D., 89 Powell, F. G., 35, 6g Dhar, 17 Earl, W. H., 35 Raye, J. L., 65 Dominican Republic, 3, 33, 37 North Borneo, 33, 81 Norway 37 Eavis, Miss A., 77 Raymore, C. N., 61 Dutch Indies, 97 Ellis, D., 77 Reuterskiold, Baron de, 73 Ecuador, 17, 29, 45, 77, 81, 93 Orange River Colony, 17, 33, 45, 49, 69 Elliott, W. J., 84 Richardson, E. W., 57 Faridkot, 21 Paraguay, 3, 13, 29. 37, 61, 89 Elliott, W. T., 81, 93 Roberts, C. C., 6 Federated Malay States, 21, 45, 61 Perak, 3, 33, 41, 101 Evans, E,, 15 Rosten, L. M., 45 Fernando Poo, 17, 25, 45 Persia, 3, 25, 77 Firth, O., 81 Ryt, T. Le, 65 Finland, 13 Peru, 3, 37, 49 Fish, C. Me. D., 43, 77 Scarr, F. C., 31, 81 France, 3, 69, 97, 101 Portugal, 33, 53, 77 Frazer, J., 25 Sieber, F. C., 31 French Anjouan, 5 Portuguese India, 13 Freestone, H. S., 65 Southwood, G. H., 45 „ China, 3, 53 Puttialla, 81 Fyshe, N., 81 Spain, H. C., 61 Queensland, 3, 37, 57, 89 Gardner, G. C,, 45 Smith, R. L., 49 ., Congo, 5, 53 Gatt, W. R., 6 Stanley, Rev. C., 31 ., Dahomey, 5 Roumania, 5, 21, 65 Russia, 33, 41 Gunner, W. A. 15 Taylor, F., 85, 93 ., Djibouti, 33 Hanson, C. R., 57 Taylor, J., 53 ,, Great Comoro, 5 Salvador, 65, 77 Harrison, R. B., 73 Thompson, A. H., 61 ,, Guadeloupe, 17 Samoa, 33 Hart, W., 6 Tray, Miss, 11, 25 ,, Guinea, 21 Sarawak, 17, 29 Harvey, T. S., 11 Tyrell, T. S., 43 ., India, 17 Selangor, 21. Hayes, John, 73 Vermeeren, G., 22, 53, „ Indo China, 21 Servia. 21, 23, 25, 41 Heath, W., 57 Wade, C., 65 „ Madagascar, 21 Shanghai, 93 Heginbottom, E., 69, 81 Walter. R. A., 1, 73 „ Martinique, 21 Siam, 5, 81, 85 Hine, Mrs. A. C.,25, 65, 73 , Ward, C. W „ 61 ,, New Caledonia, 5, 8g Sirmoor, 41 77. 85 Ward, W., it, 61 „ Senegal, 3 South Australia, 3, 49 Hoblyn, Miss C.,35, 53, 57 , Warhurst, B. W., 97 Wilson. W . T., 69 „ Tunis, 37, 77 Soutnern Nigeria, 21 77. 97 „ Vathy, 3 Spain, 3, 5, 29, 53 Germany, 3, 17, 69 Sudan,5 German Cameroons, 3 Sweden, 81, ,, Caroline Isles, 3 Timor, 5, 13 ,, New Guinea, 3 Tohma, 41 „ S.W. Africa, 3 Transvaal, 21, 29, 33, 45, 61, 73, 97 ,, Marianne Isles, 3 Travancore. 73 ,, Marshall Isles, 3 Turkey, 37 _ ,. Samoa, 3 Turks Isles, 13 " ., Togo, 3 United States of America, 41, 81, 101 ,, East Atrica, 3 Uruguay, 29, 33, 45, 53, 101 „ China, 57 Venezuela, 33, 65 Gibraltar, 73 Victoria, 17, 21, 29, 41, 61, 69, 73, 81, 89, 97 Great Britain, 37, 41, 45, 53, 61, 65, 81, 101 Western Australia, 33 Greece, 29, 77 Wurtemburg, 3, 77 EWEN’S WEEKLY STAMP NEWS.
A JOURNAL FOR STAMP COLLECTORS.
EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
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Volume VII. Nos. (93 to 118.)
Julg to December, 1901.
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Illuminated by Peijmif^ion of ffje Boated of Inland L^evenue. Index to Volume VII. * » l?eu>$ Items. Austria. British South Africa. A 97. New letter card, 6 heller. A 93. New 5/-, £ 1 , £ 5 and £10 adhesives —-* ------B107. Current set with lined varnish. issued. C116. Unpaid letter stamps, pin-perf. B 95. Colours of £5 and £10 adhesives. GREAT BRITAIN. Austrian Levant. C101. Size of sheets (Stray Notes). King Edward's stamps. A116. Current i piastre, “ varnished.” D113. New value— 7/6—issued. Aiot. In preparation. Bahamas. E114. Size of sheets of 7/6; new 10/- A105. Discovery of 1 /- green, CC. 124 X 14. expected. B106. First id. plate registered. B106. Pictorial id. adhesive expected. C109. First id. plate registered. Bulgaria. C107, D109, E112. Description of id. A107. New issue expected, Portrait of Duo. Description of designs. pictorial adhesive. Eri3. Further details. Prince Ferdinand. E112. Pictorial id. envelope. F114. Circular letter published by the B in. Prince Ferdinand Series described F113. Size of sheets of pictorial id. G.F.O.; Press opinions (page C113. Correct date of issue; size of G114. Discovery of id. vermilion, CC. sheets; watermark of unpaid 190). G115. Date of issue, January 1st ? 14 X 124. letter stamps. Barbados. Hi 18. Date of issue, id., id., 2^d., 6d. D115. The 2 leva value not obtainable; Official Stamps. A101. Post Office Notice re Jubilee statistics of Prince Ferdinand Stamps. A 92. Issue of 1/* green and carmine Set ; new unpaid stamps “ Govt. Parcels.” B115. Sixpenny value obsolete. expected. B 95. Issue of 6d. Army Official. Bavaria. British Somaliland. C 99. Issue of new 6d. I.R. Official. A 94. Current Adhesives re-engraved. A106. Description of Somaliland. Issue Bechuanaland. D 99. Thick and thin I.R. Official sur of a set of fiscal stamps. # A 97. Surcharged id. green British charges (Postcard Column). Canada. Stamp expected. Eioo. Earliest date of new 6d. I.R. A108. Dark shade of 5c.; several values Official. B105. Postmaster states 4d. green not reported obsolete. F113. Variety of £1 green I.R. Official. yet issued. Canton. Varieties of the 4jd. adhesive— A113, B114, C105, 106. ‘ Dechuanaland ” Error, 2d. A107. Stamps of Indo-China (ic. to 2fr.) (Postcard Column). Ci 15. surcharged “ Canton.” D112. Two New Postcards— id. green, Discovery of id, black, 1855—A112, B116. B in. Issue of 5fr. value. id. carmine. Dot varieties of 3d. and 6d., 1883—A100, Cape of Good Hope. E117. New Jd. green envelope. B101, C102, D103, E104, F109. A109. Reason for demonetization of Belgium. New Registration Envelopes. triangular stamps. A100. Sizes G and H issued. A 94. Issue of 10c. Postage Due in Cape Verd. B116. Size H 2 issued carmine. > A n 7. See Angola. Archer perforation—A115, B116. B 94. Rumour of New Issue. (Week’s B118. Statistics of Remainders. News). Illustrated London News dies, early dates— Cartagena. C m . New Colours of Telegraph and A107. Telephone Stamps. A112. New ic. and 2c. adhesives issued Envelope dies. B115, Description of sheets of new ic. A109. New dies, 6d. 47 and id. green 54, D118. New parcel post stamps. Bengasi. and 2c. recorded. C118. New colours of ic. and 2c. Newspaper Tax Stamp—A110. A 97, B99. Italian 25c. surcharged “ Bengasi.” Cayman Islands. Electric Telegraph Co., new variety— A m . Bolivar. A 98. New values expected. Statistics of 2£d., 1875-83— A m , B112 (Postcard Column). A114. Fall in Market Values of 1879 Ceylon. 82 Issues. Copestake Varieties, etc.— A m . A 94. Discovery of 2c. on 4c. with Bolivia. Postmark Notes— A93, B94, C95, Dg6, Eioo, double surcharge. A 90. Five new adhesives expected. Fi 15. B 95. “ On Service,” 4c. and 12c. un Railway Letter Stamps. New Issues. B115. Four new postage adhesives issued. known. A108. New Issue, L.B. & S.C., 19th. C118. New envelopes and wrappers. Charkhari. Bosnia. B109. ,, Caledonian, 9th ; L. A107. Minor variety of 4 anna. A 93. New value issued— 5 kronen. & S.W., 32nd. Chile. B113. New value issued — 35 heller. Cuo. „ L.T. & S., 5th ; Neath A 93. New 1, 2 and 5c. retouched. (Sc Brecon. 6th. Change in 20 and 50 heller B 95. New ioc. yellow unknown. D m . ,, Somerset & Dorset, expected. C 98. Statistics of 30c, rose (Week’s C114 6th ; East and West Colour of new 35 heller. News). Brazil. Junction, 3rd. D100. New values, 30c. and 50c. issued. A112. Statisticsof surcharged “Jornaes” Ei 12. Official Statistics of Sligo, Leitrim E102. Statistics of a new issue in stamps. & Northern Counties Railway; preparation. B114. New shade of current 10c. Interesting Discovery on West F106. Correction of figures given in Lancashire Railway. adhesive. E . W . S . N . , No. 102. British Central Africa. F114. Earliest Date of use; Statistics G m . Detailed statistics of the expected of Neath & Brecon, 10th issue ; A m . Provisional id. with inverted new issue. L. & N.VV. Parcel Stamp used centre. Hi 12. Current ioc, retouched. postally. Bi 12, Statistics of current 4/- and £ 1 . I 116. New telegraph stamps. British East Africa. G116. New issue, North-Eastern. J 118. New 5c. issued. A101. Size of sheets (Stray Notes). Railway Postmarks, A112. China. British Guiana. Cheque Stamp Dies. A114, B115. C116. A 94. New 48c. not yet issued. A 95. Warning against Chinese Railway letter stamps. B 95. Provisional issue of 1888-89 with BRITISH COLONIES AND FOREIGN drawn. B 96. Article on local issues (page 118). COUNTRIES. C 99. Second copy of ic., 1856, believed Cochin. Abyssinia. to exist (Postcard Column). A116. Explanation of design of first A115. New issue surchai ged “ Ethiopie ” D102. New 2c. issued; 48c. and 96c. issue. Amazonia. expected. Colombia. A108. Stamps issued by Carseveire E104. Colour changeling, 1890, 2c. lilac A m . New 50c. adhesive issued. Railway Company. and green (Postcard Column). Cook Islands. Alwur. F105. New ic. and 2c. now arriving. A101. Statistics of 2nd issue to May, A113. New printing of current janna. G107. Unchronicled varieties, 2c. pic 1900. Angola. torial. B102. Statistics of Torea type stamps. A117. Remainders. H107. Issue of 48c.; post office notice. C108. Conviction of postmaster. B118. Statistics of remainders. I h i . Date of issue of 48c. D115. Current id. brown, surcharged, a Antioquia. J 116. Date of issue of new 2C. crown. A113. New ic. carmine postage and British Honduras. Corea (see also Japanese Corea). z£c., Too Late adhesives. A 94. Discovery of id. blue CC, imper A108. New values, 50 cheun, 1 and 2 Bi 15. Further particulars of same ; dates forate (?) wen. of issue. B105. Minor varieties of 10c.; “ Bev- Costa Rica. C117. New ic. blue provisional postage enue ” error corrected. A113. Current i, 2, 5, 10, 20c. surch. adhesive. C m . New 10c. lilac and green expected. “ O ficia l." Argentine. British New Guinea. Crete. A 99. Provisional 5 on 12c. envelopes. A100. Description of new stamps. A 95. Surcharged 1 drachma unpaid ex B104. Postal card commemorating Gen. B102. New stamps arrived. pected. Mitre's birthday. C113. Rumour states id.and id. running B114. Unpaid 1 dr. issued ; statistics of C109, Statistics of 1867 issue. short. postage adhesives with red Duo. Descriptive article, 1867 Issue. D116. Set likely to be obsolete shortly. ‘ ProsorinonS INDEX. in .
Crete— c o n tin u e d . Guam. New Zealand. Ci 15. Issue of new 1 and 2 dr. unpaid A112. Statistics of surcharged U.S.A. A 95. Perforation varieties. letter stamps ; varieties of the stamps. B 99. Discovery of id. Universal Postage ‘ Prosorinon ’ overprint. Guatemala. imperf. vertically. List of Cuba. A 95. New pictorial set to be heralded advertisements on N.Z. stamps. A 112. Statistics of U.S. stamps over by surcharging. C102. Discovery of 3d. local print, printed. B113. Four surcharged provisionals (on imperf. vertically. Curasao. fiscals). D102. Revised list of advertisements on A 97. New 1.50 on 2.50c. only just C114. Surcharged 1 and 2c. on 20c. N.Z. stamps. issued. postage. E104. Additions to list of advertisements. B115. New 20c. unpaid issued; 30, 40, Holland. F105. Shades of id. Universal Postage 50c. expected. A106. New colour, 3c. green. (see also Postcard Column of Cyprus. Hongkong. No. 99). A m . Current 6 and 12 pias. with pi. A 97, B101. New colour, 5c. yellow, G 109. New official wrapper with E.R. No. 4. issued. monogram. B118. Surcharged £ piastre. C116. New colour, 30c. brown. H109. Control numbers. Dahomey. Hungary. I 117. Advertisements. A m . New value issued, ic. A109. New colour, 6 filler, bistre. Nicaragua. Danish West Indies. Iceland. A 94. Four new postage provisionals; A 93. The ioc. value issued, perf. 12^. A103. Statistics of postage adhesives. postage due set surcharged. B103, Statistics of all issues. India. B u i. Contract with Sr. Asenjo can C104, D105. Negotiations for sale. A116. Shades of 2 rupee. celled. India, “ C.E.F.” Ci 14. Statistics of provisionals chroni Deccan (Hyderabad). cled A94. A 95. Imperf. horizontally, 4 annas. A 100. Statistics. Italy. D115. The 2c. on ic. stated to be an Djibouti. A 94. New issue, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25c. error. A112. Split provisionals. B,C 95. „ „ 20c. E118. Postal fiscals ; 2c. on ic. “ Error.” Dominica. D 97. Italian Post Office in Crete. North Borneo. A 94. Description of counterfeits. E109. New issue, 40, 45, 60c., 1, 5 lire; A 95. Discovery of 2c. brown 1886 Dominican Republic. old stamps re-issued at Flor imperf. vertically. B108. Current set ic. to 24c. surch. A 95 Errors in current 2c. and 5c. ence ; town of Aversa without B109 New postage issue ; Arms in centre stamps, “ British Protectorate.” C109. Values 5c. 25c. and 50c. added to in lilac. F112. Unstamped letter from Genoa. series in No. 108. C m . New unpaid letter stamps. Italian Post Office in Crete (La Canea). D115. Discovery of ic. peri. 18J. Statistics of B and C. A 97. Issue of 1 piastra. E116. New “ Postage Due ” set. D114. Commemorative issue expected in Jamaica. Fi 17. Date of issue, etc. 1902. A100. Llandovery Falls, id. red and G118. New values, 10c. aud 16c. E115. Descriptive article of * D ’ (page black issued. B117. Plate-number of same. Northern Nigeria. 1941- A 99. Postmarks (Postcard Column). Dutch Indies. Japan. Norway. A118. New low values and postcards. A 95. New i sen stamp expected. B114. New ^ sen reported to have been A 94. Shade of 10 ore postage due Ecuador. issued in 1899 for a few days. changed. A112. Current set surcharged “ Oficial." C115. New 3 sen commemorative Nyassa. Bi 13. Further particulars of ‘ A ’ expected. A 97. New pictorial issue, 2$ to 300 reis. C114. New 5 sucres black; remainders Japanese Corea. Orange River Colony. to be sold. A 95. Japanese 1$ sen, overprinted. A 93. The id. t f — v r i known used D116. New telegraph stamps. Jhind. postally. E117. Two new surcharged post cards. Ai 16. Statistics of new supply. B105. Minor variety “ Oolony ” (see Falkland Islands. Kishengarh. E.W.S.N. No. in , Postcard A116. The 2id. value obsolete. A100. New values, 2 and 5 rupees. Column). Federated Malay States. Kuruman Besieged. Ci 14. New reply postcard, on id. Cape. D116. A 97. Issue of 5c. Registration envelope. AI07. Set of eight varieties described. Post Office Report. Labuan. Panama. Fernando Poo. A ioi, Current set surcharged “ Postage A113. New colour, of 10c. Registration A m . Statistics of 1899 issue. Due.” label. France. B105. Further particulars of ’A.’ Paraguay. A100. Current 25c. with date figure 1; C118. New ioc. and 16c. A 93. New colour, 2c. red. 15c. orange, “ F.M.” Lagos. B 94. New value, 40c. blue. B105. Descriptive article of millesimes A114. Discovery of 4d. CC14 with wink. C 97. Printers of 2c. grey and 2c. red. or date figures. Sideways. D113. E114. Issue of new 1 peso, slate. C109. New ic. wrapper and 15c. letter- Las Bela. Patiala. card. A113. New value issued, 1 anna. A116. Statistics of new supplies, D109. New millSsinie varieties. Lydenburg. Perak. E m . Discovery of 15c. 1876 with net A m . Uncatalogued varieties, £d., 2jd., Anb Postal Fiscal, #2. work at foot. 4d., 6d., 1 /-. Peru. F112. Hours 1 to 24 on postmarks; Madagascar. A 94. Current ioc. overprinted current miil6simes. A 93- Discovery of variety of 25c. “ Gobierno.” G114. Value of French Army stamps B 95- Issue of 5c. yellow-green. B112. New ioc. and 22c. expected; error, French China. Mafeking. “ 1 peseto,” 1858. A110. Surcharged 2, 4, 6 and 16 cents. A 93- List of inverted and double C115. New 5c. and 22c. expected. B112. New unpaid letter stamps, 5, 10, surcharges. Philippine Islands. 15, 3o> 50c.; new 25c. letter* — 112. Charge against Mr. G. A. Ettling. A103. New values, $1, 2, 5. _ card B115. List A brought up-to-date. B114. Change of name to McKinley French Levant. Mauritius. Islands suggested. A m . Mill6sime varieties. A 99- Description of sheets of new 2c. C115 Statistics of new $1, 2, 5. and 15c. Pietersburg, Transvaal. Germany. B105. Issue of ic. grey, chronicled. A 90. Description of the last Boer A107. Darker shade of current 3pf. C112. Shades of ic. grey. stamps. B112. New compound post-card, 2pf. + D115. New reply-card, 2 on 8c. B 93. Additional information. 3Pf- Mexico. Porto Rico. C113. Shades of current iopf. A 93- Articles on portraits on Mexican A 112. Statistics of surcharged U.S.A. D114. New set with “•Deutschesreich’’ Stamps. stamps. expected. B 94. Current 5 pesos, surcharged Portugal. Gibraltar. “ Official." A il7 New1 issue expected. A115 Shades of 20c. green. Monaco. Portuguese Colonies. Gold Coast. A 93- Fiscal stamps not available : new A 95. New 1000 reis expected. A112. Provisional id. on fid. issued. postcard, ioc. red. B106. Remainders to be sold. B113. Provisional id. on 2$d. issued; B 97. New postcard, ioc. red. C117. New issue expected. id. on 6d. obsolete. C105. Millesimes or date-figures (p. 154). Portuguese India. C114. Dates of issue of provisionals. Di 12. New adhesive, 15c. red-brown, A 93. Two unchroiiicled varieties, Rumoured id. on 3d. issued. yueensland. D115. Rumour *C* unconfirmed. Old E116. New adhesive, 25c. blue, issued. A 93. Discovery of id. red with perf. 13 id. re-issued. Negri Sembilan. and roul. in black. Greece. Ai 16. Discovery of provisional ic.on 15c. B108. Discoveryol id. red, pert. 12X9J. A 93. New set in preparation. Newfoundland. C113. Fiscal stamps with Portrait of B 98. New set issued. A108. New 4c. stamp expected. King Edward. C 98. Description of designs of new B ui. New 4c. Princess of Wales issued. Reunion. stamps. New South Wales. A m . Issue of four provisionals. D112. New 1 and 2 lepta now unwater A 96. Minor varieties of perforation in B112. Correction (?) of date of issue. marked. current issue. C117. Two new envelopes. E115. New 5 tepta obsolete ; new designs B105. Distinct shades of current 4d. Rio Hacha, Colombia. may be modified. C108. Statistics for 1899 and 1900. A102. Set of 5 new provisionals. Guadeloupe. D114. Discovery of 3d. with wink, Koumania. Ati3. Shade of 5c. changed. sideways. A m . New colour, 15 bani, issued. IV. INDEX.
Russia. . Transvaal.— c o n tin u e d . A 109. Forgery of the current 7 kopec. Hi 13, 114. Additional dot varieties. Cist of Contributors to Postcard St. Christopher. 1114. Variety in id. on 2d. Column. A117. New Issue expected. J115. Minor varieties in |d. on 2d. St. Lucia. Travancore. A105. Issue of id. green, with PI. No. 4. A 95. New shades of 1 and 4 chuckrams. Aldridge, F. A., 118 B105. S. G. No. 56, 2$d. lilac and green, Angus, R. M., 157 Trinidad. surch. twice. Appleton, R. N., 122 A102. Reissue of 5/- green and orange. St. Pierre et Miquelon. Aronson, H., ti8 B106. Shades of current 1 /-, new id., id. A m . New 10c. parcel post stamp. Baldock, A., 195 and 1/- expected. B m . Variety of 10c. parcel post stamp. Beckwith, W., 105 C107. Shades of 10/- green and blue. St. Thomas and Prince Islands. Bois, W. A., 195 D107. Colours of new id., id. and i/-. A 95. Discovery of 5 on 20c., surcharge Bryan, Miss, 157 inverted. Tumaco. Cairns, J. G., 105 Salvador. A100. Dismissal of postmaster on account Campbell, J., 145 A86. Third type of “ Sunburst’’ over of speculation in stamps; Camroux, G. F. M., 161, 165 print. letters now sent unpaid. Chapman, S., 118, 195 B115. Two new ic. (“ Primary Instruc Tunis. Collins, E. G., 191 tion." A105. Millesime or date-figure varieties. Cooper, B. F. J., 105 Ci 16. Three new ic. provisionals. Uganda. Connolly, Capt., 113 Sarawak. A105. Article on 3rd issue. Crawford, Mrs., 153 A 95, B99. Shades of current ic. B n 8. New provisionals. Cricks, J. T., 118, 137, 170 C105. Shades of current 4c. United States. Cummings, C. W., 178 D m . Discovery of ic. on 3c. 1892, A 97. Rumour of 5c. inverted centre. Dannatt, G. H., 113 without stop after " Cents.” B 99. Rumour of ic., 2c. and 4c. in Dinsdale, J., 191 Selangor. verted centres, in quantity. Earl, W. H., 109 A 98. Provisional ic, on 5c. issued. C 100. Cost of printing U.S.A. stamps: Evans, E., 153 Servia. variety of 5c., 1894. Fish, C. H., McD., 109, 182 A 93. The 1 dinar demonetized. D102. Plate-numbers of Pan-Americans. Gadsby, P. J., 118 B113. New 15 para on 1 dinar. E105. Remainders of Pan-Americans to Gatt, W. R., 157 C118. New ioon 20 para. be burnt. Gwynn, C. F., 178 Seychelles. Fioy. McKinley mourning stamp. Harland, H. H., 191 A100. Issue of 3c. on 36c. G114. New plate-numbers. Harrison, R. B., 165 B102. Issue of 3c. on 16c. and 6c. on 8c. Hi 15. McKinley post card. Harrop, H.., 157 C108. Issue of 3c. on 10c. 1 117. Pan-American remainders. Inver Hawkins, C. J., 105, 161 Dti5- Reissue of 3c. value. ted centres. Hine, Mrs., 191 Siam. Uruguay. Hoblyn, C., 113 Ax 15. Four new letter-cards. A114. New 20c. postage adhesive and Hudson, A. J., 122, 157 Sirmoor. 50c. Official. Irving, W. E., 118 A 98. Local post to be amalgamated. B115. Official stamps have sur. “ H.R.” Johnson, J. G., 122, 153, 161 South Australia. Venezuela. Lamond, R., 178 A105. New shade of 2s. star. A 94. Discovery of 10c. with “ Resellada Leonard, J., 105 B106. Discovery of pair of 4d. blue. RFM ” inverted. Louson, J. W., 129 C108. Values 1 /- and 2/- with Crown S.A. Bin. Discovery of 5c. with “ Resellada” Monk, W. J., 118 D112. Control Numbers. inverted, split provisionals. Mostyn, J. N., 109, 170 E116. O.S. inverted, id. red. C 115. Discovery of 25c. with “ Resellada Newstead, T., 105 Southern Nigeria. — Castro ” inverted; further Normington, L., 118 A 96. Issue of id. envelope and 2d. particulars of 5c. Ogle, Rev. A., 149 Registration envelope. Victoria. P., 129 B m . Stamps reported obsolete. A 96. Issue of id. olive-green Stamp Parry, J. H., 129, 149, 178 Spain. Duty. Pearce, S. C., 153 A112. Issue of four new postcards. B 98. Issue of id. green inscribed Pilgrim, G., 122 Sudan. “ Postage." Potter, G. W. J., 182 A109. Issue of 25 piastres telegraph C 99. Issue of “ Postage " iid., 3d., 4d., Powell, F. G., 118, 129, 178, 182, 191 stamp. 6d.t 1/- and 2/- reported, 2d. Raynor, Rev. G. H., 161 B112. Issue of 1 mill., perforated “ S.G." and 5/- expected. Ready, Miss M. A., 122, 137, 153 C113. Signification of “ S.G.” D100. Arrival of varieties ‘ C ’ recorded. Rendle, C. E. R., 198 Surinam. E102. Arrival of lid., gd. and 5/- values Sandeford, G., 198 A118. New 4c. value. recorded Scarr, F. C., 122 Switzerland. Fioj. Correction of note E ; should Seed, E., 191 A112. New competition for designs for read 2d., yd. and 5/-. Sidey, C. J., 195 stamps. G108. Shades of the id. olive-green. Sieber, J, F. C., 129, 142 Tasmania. Hi 12. New {1 and £ 2 stamps not yet Simpson, R., 105 A106. Statistics of “ Postage & Revenue’’ issued. Smith, C. R., 113 series. 1113. Error Victoria ” in id. green. Sohn, Ad., ig8 Bi 13. Pictorial id. reported out of stock. J114. Minor variety in id. green. Sugden, Hon. W., 129 Tobago. K115. Shades of “ postage series; £ 1 Swatridge, F. R., 191 A101. Enquiry re 3d. CA. postally used and £ 2 not yet issued. Taylor, F„ 105, 113 (Postcard Column). Vryburg. Tracy, Miss, 161 Transvaal. A 98. Discovery of id. value ; statistics. Vear, T., 137 A 90, 93. Pietersburg provisionals, B115. Description of types. Wallinger, R. N. A., 153, 161, 165 B 97. Issue of id. green, E.R.l. C116. See Postcard Column. Ward, W., 122 C103. Issue on id. on 2d., “ E.R.I." Wolmaranstadt. Warwick, 113, 165, 191 D104. V.R.I, issues surcharged in manu A m . Uncatalogued varieties. Weihen, K., 122, 142 script Z.A.R. Wurtemburg. West, F., 137 E106. Statistics of id. green, E.R.I. A112. Issue of distinctive stamps to Yaar & Co., N., 178 F110. King’s Head issue despatched to cease. colony. Zanzibar. G in. Dot varieties of V.R.I. issue. A102. New colours of the 1 and 44 annas. Lydenburg and Wolmaranstadt B116. Cession of Zanzibar ; errors; provisionals. shades of 3 rupees. r T 'r L '2 . 3 L + L f EWEN’S WEEKLY STAMP
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Cameroons. GREAT BRITAIN. Bahamas— c o n tin u ed . K121. King Edward issue of stamps expected. A139. Current 3opf. in wrong colours. King Edward Stamps. L132. King Edward stationery expected. B141. The 30pf. in colour of 4opf. stated to be an I119, Jt2o, K121, E122. M123, Nt24, 0x25. P126, M134. Queen's Staircase id. Envelope Issue. Essay. Q 127, R129, S131. T132, U133. V i 3 4 . N137. Issue of King Edward Stamps delayed. Canada. VV135, X136, Y138, 2139, A140, B141. C131. Values 3, 6, 8c. obsolete. T132. Description of sheets of iAd., 3d., 1 /-. Barbados. D142. Dates of issue and withdrawal from use. U133. Description of sheet of 4d Earliest dates. C122. Re-issue of Cd. expected. E x43. Newspaper postage no longer paid in stamps V134. Issue of gd., 2/6. to/-. D128. Blued Paper Varieties. Canton. W135. Issue of 5/-. E134. Current 5d., 8d. and xod. likely to be C118. Overprinted 15c. found in both colours. Z138. Issue of 3d. obsolete. D124. Value 20c. sold out. Papermaker’s Watermark Letters, At2i, B125, C i 3 5 t F136. Re-issue of 6d. value. E138. Envelopes, 5, 15, 25c. issued. D138, E145. G140. New jd. Wrapper and 2d. Reg. Envelope. Cape of Good Hope. Adhesive 4Ad., Dx20, li 145■ Bavaria. B122. King Edward issue expected. Archer Perforation, C121. B129, C130, D137. Marginal Numbers. C130, D131. The 4d. on 6d. 1868. ' Foreign Postmarks on British Stamps, A125, B126. E139. New Official Post Cards, 2 and 3pf. E135, F141. New 3d. issued. Early Date Records. A121, B122, C126. G143. All values in type of new 3d. expected. Early Dates of id. red. B120, C121, D122, E123, F125, Bechuanaland. Cape Verde. F 132. “ Protectorate," 4d. and 6d. obsolete. G 126. H129, 1 130, J 132, K138. 1)143. New provisionals expected. G134. New Jd. green issued. Mystery of 2d. black. C121. Cartagena. H141. Particulars of new Ad. green. The xod. plate 2 of 1867, A120 D124. Issue of ic. blue. 2c. purple provisionals; Jubilee Lines, A122, B133. Belgium. ic. black known imperforate. Old issues still available, At 17, B124. E130. New Parcel Post Stamps, 30, 40, 70, goc. £132, F136, G137. Issue of 5c. violet, xoc. red Official Stamps. B121. C125, D126, E127, Ft2g, G130. issued. provisionals. 11x32, I135, J136, K137, L138, M139, N140, F131. Sale of entire sheet of 40c. red, 1850. Tele H138. Registration stamp, 10c. brown on rose. O142, PX43. graphs, 25c. modified type. Cayman Islands. Army Telegraphs, A143, B144. Gt35- Telegraph Stamps, Description of. B126. New 2^d., 6d., and 1 /- expected. King’s Frank Stamps. A139. Bengasi. C128. King Edward 2$d., 6d. and 1 /- issued. Postal Orders, King Edward Poundage Stamps, At33, Cx 19. Official Decree. D129. Statistics of Queen Victoria issue. B136, C140, D142, E143, E144. Benadir. E131. Incorrect rumour of King Edward, id. Cheque Stamps, D130, E140. A133, B136. Issue of Stamps. F142. King Edward, 6d. and 1 /- out of stock. Railway Letter Stamps. C137. Post Offices in Benadir. Ceylon. H120. N. Staffs. 4th issue, sheets of 20. D138. Plate-numbers of the new stamps Ciig. Variety of 5c. on 15c. 1888. I121. Highland, re-issue of old stock. Bermuda. D125. King Edward stamps not expected till 1903. I127. ,, re-issue of 7th printing. A128 King Edward Jd. Stamps ordered. E128. “ On Service" 4 and 12c. never issued. K128. Metropolitan, 13th issue ; Somerset & Dorset, Bhopal. F136 Two Dies of the current, 5c. 6th issue. A137. New Printing of Ja. black of 1896. G>3 7 - Postal Commission, 3c. L135. I - & S.W., 33rd issue ; M.S.J.& A., 7th issue. Bhor. Chamba. M138. .. 34th issue; East Lond., 7th issue. A119, B142. No State Post Offices in Bhor. A i 3 5 - New colours, £, 1 anna. N140. Proof sheet of S.E.R. 2nd issue discovered. Bolivia. B141. ,, 1 anna, official. 0142. I..& S.W., perf. 10 x11. Date unknown. I)i2g. New 10 and 20c. issued. Portraits of all Chile, Pi 44. Recent printings for the L. & S.W.R values identified. Ki 19. Issue of new 5c. Railway Parcel Stamps, A 130. Bosnia. L i 20. Decree relating to new issue. Fiscal Stamps. D121. New 20, 30, 40 heller expected. M125. New 2c. blue post card. At29. Contract Note 1 /- unsurcharged (Postcard E141. New 20 heller issued. N128. Double surcharge on 5c. on 30c., igoo. column). Boyaca O141. Adhesive, 2c. issue ; new ic. green and 2c. R132. New values in unappropriated set rumoured. A133. Blue paper, 5c. issued. carmine post cards. C i3 4. Contract Note 4/- unsurcharged. Brazil F i 4 3 - Statistics of O141. D x35- Letter from Somerset House re Contract C119. Unpaid Letter Stamp, tor. blue, p. t ij. China. Note errors. D120. Perforation Varieties. Newspaper 200 on Ct32. Chinese Stamps now available for Ocean E143. King Edward £1 Judicature issued. loor. provisional. Postage. F144. King Edward 6d. Foreign Bill issued. E132. New Set of Stamps ordered from London. Colombia. Envelope Dies. C122. Pt23. E124, F126, Gt27, H129, F 133- Values and designs of the new set. . B137, C138. Remainders of old issues to be sur I130, J131, K132, L133, M134, N135, 0136, G137. 1894, 5or. blue, p -9. charged and issued. P137, Q138. R140, S141, T143, U144. H138. New set expected. Cost of surcharging Congo Free State. News Wrapper Dies, A135, B137. stamps. A u g . New colour, tfr. black and carmine. Registration Envelope Dies, A123, B124. Cl26, D127, British East Africa. Cook Islands. Ei3X, Ft43, 0144. B122. Particulars of Stamps Current. E124. Crown surcharge. Entire Stationery, A122, B123, C124, D125, E126. British Guiana. F132. New Jd. green, id. rose issued. F127. G128. H132, 1 131, J134. K135. K119. Remainders of 1888-89 Issue and Envelopes G133. Description of Cook Islands. Envelope tod. Dies, B123, Cl26, D126, Et30. destroyed; Article on $1 green of 1889. H137. Crown surcharge abandoned. OTHER COUNTRIES. L i22. Registration Envelope Stamp to be altered 1 141. Cream paper, fid. and 1/-; sheet numbers Abyssinia. M123. New 6c. expected. and statistics of printings. Bi38. C141. New overprint “ Posta.” N132. Jubilee ic. retouched. J142. Date of cream coloured paper, 1900. K143. Cream paper, id., 2d., 2£d. Algeria. O136. Article on Si green of 1889. Corea. A 124. Parcel Post Stamps. Pt38. New 6c. grey and blue issued. B126. New issue of stamps and post cards expected. Angola. Q140. Registration Envelopes, New 4c ‘ Sh ip’ C131. Auction of Remainders. Stamp. Costa Rica. D142, E143. Surcharging of Remainders. British Honduras. B122. Issue of 1892 demonetized. C123. Fall in price of i8g2 set. Amoy. D123. Varieties of toe “ Revenue.” D131. Tenders invited for supply of new stamps. A t33- Special issue of stamps likely. Ei 26. Only known unused copy of 6 on toe. on Anjouan. 4d. sold. Crete. A 125. Millesimes. British New Guinea. Dug. Unpaid Letter Stamps, colours not changed. Australian Commonwealth E121. Explanation of design on stamps. E124. Large surcharge on 25I. blue. A128. B130, Ci34, D139. Philatelic and Coinage F126. Values $d. and id. out of stock. F137. Error in 25I. blue, large surcharge. Prospects. G130. All Values again in stock. Cuban Republic. B140. Article from the Times. Antioquia. H134. Plate-numbers, Financial 1)119. New ic. carmine, tc. blue. tc. brown, 2$c. 1 139. New Guinea to be taken over by Federal C143. Prospects of a New Issue. “ Too late." Government. D144. Proposed Designs of New Stamps. E120. Varieties of ic. blue. ic. brown. British Post Offices in the Levant. Curasao. K128. New ic. pale red provisional. A 128. King Edward, 40 paras expected. C127. Surcharged 25c. on Holland issued. G136, Permanent new 1. 2$. 4c. B134. „ „ issued. D131. „ izjc. on Holland issued. H143. New ic. blue provisional. C135. Description of new 40 paras. E136. Discovery of 2$ on 10c., inverted surcharge. Cyprus. Argentine Republic. British South Africa. Ex 19, F120. Issue of Official Stamps expected. F122. Re-issue of £2 rose ; New £2 expected. C120. King Edward Issue expected. G122. New Letter Card, 15c. dark blue. Bulgaria. D125. Plate No. 4, j piastre added to list. H i27. Official Stamps issued. E123. Provisional Issue of Unpaid Letter Stamps; Et37- ,, 1, 2 and 4 piastres added to list. It40. Plate-numbers, etc., of Official Stamps. Permanent 5 st. ; and New Post Cards, 5, Dahomey. Austria. 10 st. B125. Mill^Bimes. D120. Issue of 60 heller, varnished. F t24. Unpaid Letter Stamps, new 30 st. Danish West Indies. Ex26. Newspaper 2 heller, perf. 11 to n i . G126. ., „ „ new tost. £123. Provisional Stamps and Post Cards issued. E l28, G132. New 35 heller. H127. „ „ new 50 st.; Pro F t 25. Surcharge of 2C. on 3c. described. G132. H 1 36. Perforation Varieties. visional “ T '* 15 st. G127. Current 4c. now perf. 12J ; Minor Varieties Austrian Levant. I128. Official repudiation of provisional “ T ” of 2c. on 3c.; remainders of l 4c. destroyed ; B122. Issue of Unpaid Letter Stamps. issue. new Unpaid Letter Stamps. C127, E133. Issue of 2 piastres, varnished. J131, K132, Warning, re forged T Overprints. H131, I132. Provisional Stamps obsolete. D132. Perforation Varieties. L144. Current 2 leva changed to black and 1 132. Post Cards obsolete. New ic. post card Bahamas. carmine. issued. Hi 15. Stamps of 58., 2/- and 3/-, in preparation. Bussahir. J140. Second setting of 2c. on 3c. described Iitg. King Edward id., 2jd., 4d.. 6d., 1 /-, 5/- and A 130. List of New Varieties. K141. Two settings of :c. on 3c. discovered. £1 stamps expected. B137. Signification of “ PS ” Overprint. L142. First setting of 2c. on 3c. and 8c. on 10c. J120. CC. 12$ x 14 t/- green, not genuine. C139. Additional List of New Varieties. described. INDEX. ni.
Denmark. Gold Coast—continued. Mauritius. A136. Competition in designs for new stamps. L139. Query as regards colour of 6d. El22. Stamps to be surcharged “ Postage and B143 Official 3 ore, now perf. i2j. M142. King Edward id. and 2d. issued. Revenue.” Greece. FI28. Provisional 12 on 18c. Djibouti. G13O. Varieties of 6 on 18c. B123. Remainders shipped to Djibouti. F120. Special " A.M." set expected. Halves of 20c. and 25c. used as 10c. and $c. G123. Thinner paper. 1, 5, 10, 20I. H i 3I. Inaccurate rumour of 12 Niue. Roumania—continued. Switzerland—continued. A129, Issue of stamps expected. D129. Perforation of 15b. grey; Newsband. 1 ban. C136. Issue of 25c. blue, perf. 114x12. New B133. “ Universal" id stamps rubber-stamped E139, Uncatalogued paper and perforation varieties. - printings. “ Niue." F142. Letter Card, 15b. grey; Roman and Script Tasmania. C134. List of stamps issued. “ D " on stationery ; manufactures of pink- C119. Note on £1 green and yellow. 1)141. Detailed description of id. value. backed paper. D125. King Edward Stamps not yet in preparation. E143. Detailed description ol three values (revised Russia. E127. V. and Crown paper, 2d. issued. list in No. 146). B123. New Local Issues. F128. „ ,, id. issued. Nyassa. C128. Commemorative Stamps expected. G130. Reason for printing on V. and Crown paper. B135. Mozambique to and 2or. cards surcharged D135. Changes of shade of 7 kopeks. H133. Pictorial 4d- not yet reprinted ; Queen’s “ Nyassa.” E139. Centre Inverted, 10 kop., 1865. Head iod., obsolete. Obock. Russian Levant. I135. The new TAS paper is different to the old. A123. Remainders shipped to Djibouti. A139, Expected, 8 para on 2 kop. green. J137. V. and Crown paper, 4d., 24d. and 3d. Oil Rivers Protectorate. St. Christopher. rumoured. A135. Great Britain id. overprinted “ Oil Rivers’’ B128. Only one set of stamps expected for St. K139. ‘ Revenue ’ Stamps not genuinely used. at top Kitts—Nevis. L141. Rumour J137 incorrect. Plate-numbers of Orange River Colony. St. Helena. Pictorial Stamps. Ei 20. Variety, id. V.R.I., no stops after R or I. A118. Old type id., obsolete. Timor. F123. No decision yet re-King Edward Stamps. B125. King Edward Stamps ordered. A142, B144. New issues and provisionals expected. G124. Proof of new 2£d. described ; dates of post C130. King Edward Jd. and id. stamps issued. Transvaal. card issues. D135. Description of sheets of new stamps; old K123. King Edward Stamps expected shortly. H i26. Correction of G124. issue, perf. 12. Li24. Values of King Edward Series. I129. Issue of 4d. on 6d. V.R.I. E141. Old type, 2d., obsolete. M130. Description of King Edward Series. J130 Corrected description of 4d. on 6d. V.R.I. St. Lucia. N133. Minor varieties of V.R.I. and E.R.I. issues; K131. Description of varieties on sheet of 4d. on 6d. C124. Pictorial set expected. 4d., 1885, perf, n 4 x 12. L134. Post Office besieged for 4d. on 6d.; statistics. St. Pierre and Miquelon. O135. No stop after R, 3d. V.R.I. M136. Complete set of new stamps ordered ; 4d. on C125. Millesimes. P136. Issue of King Edward Stamps. 6d., dotless R. St. Thomas and Prince Islands. Q137. Value 4d. expected to be added to set. N143. Inverted figure “ 1 ” for “ I," id., 3d., 4d. B142, C144. New issues and provisionals expected. R138. Earliest date of use. on 6d. St. Vincent. S144. E.R.I., 3d. and 4d. ; Postal-fiscals, V.R.I. Panama. A121. Discovery of 1 /- violet-rose, p. 14 to 15 all B134. A.R. in carmine on 5c. blue. round. Trinidad. Ci4l. Registration, 20 on toe. ; A.R. in red on 10c. B124. Pictorial set expected. E118. New colours expected. orange. 0:36. Old type 4d., now obsolete. Fug. New 4d.. id. and 1 /- not expected for some Paraguay. - Salvador. time. Fug. Fiscal Postal, 5c. Dug. Primary Instruction, ic. G122. New id. issued. G120. New set expected. E131. New set expected. H124. Earliest date of use of new id. Hizi. Date of issue of new 1 peso; issue of new F135. Discovery of 5c., 1900, with 15mm. shield I125, J135. Discovery of two types of “ o n e 2, 4. 5C- inverted. p e n n y .” I134. New ioc. issued. Sarawak. K136. Issue of 5/- purple. J137. New ic. issued. Statistics and dates of issue. E130. Wmk. Quatrefoil, 2c. Tumaco. K140. Description of sheets of 1 and 10c. . F142. Sheet partly watermarked only. Bug. New Values, $5 and $10. Patiala State. Selangor. Tunis. Bn8. Service. 6as., reported obsolete. B135. Stamps overprinted “ J " or “ Judicial.” B122. New Values, 35c. and 2 fr.; Postage Due, C130. New colour, 4^ pea green. Senegal. 1 franc. Penrhyn Island. A145. Millesimes. Turkey. A129. Issue of stamps expected. Servia. A122. Description of New Issue for 1903. B133. Annexation of Penrhyn Island, see under D133. Ordinary paper, 5op. perf. 11J, issued. Niue. E141. Perf. 13x134x114, 15 para, violet. Uganda. C134. List of values. F144. „ ,, 10 para, rose. C133. Provisionals issued, Adhesives and D141. Description of id. value. Seychelles. Stationery, E143. Description of three values (revised list in E119. Fiscal-postal, 4 on 10c. ; ordinary 6c. re D137. Provisional 4^., inverted surcharge. No. 146). printed ; 8c. and 36c., obsolete. United States. Persia. F128. Statistics of four recent provisionals. J119. Statistics of Pan-American Issue. A128. Provisional 5 on 50 krans. G133. Particulars of stamps still current. K120. Pan-American Inverted Centres. B131, C133, D135, £136. Provisional issue, sur Sierra Leone. L123. Pre-cancelled Stamps. charged “ Provisoire, 1319." A123. King Edward issue not expected yet. Mi26. McKinley Post Card expected. C133. More 5 on 50 kran provisionals. B139. King Edward id. envelope expected. N127. Pan-American Remainders ; Plate Numbers. D135, F137, Gi3g, H141. Type set provisionals. C144. Plate-number 3, 3d. O128. Additional Plate Numbers. G139. Envelopes overprinted “ Provisioire 1319.” Sirmoor. P131, Description of proposed 13c. adhesive. H141. Postcards and type-set issue surcharged, Bug. Bogus varieties, on S.S.S. Q136. Discovery of sheet of 4c. inverted centre. Provisoire, 1319," C123. Stamps demonetized. R138. Forged Post Cards. I142. Description of plate for provisional issue. South Australia. Hi39. Reported Hale of a 4c. inverted centre; Issue J144. Resume of provisional issues and statistics. F122, G123. Stamps printed on wrong paper. of McKinley Post Cards Delayed. Peru. H125. No present intention of altering stamps. T141. Description of new 13c. stamp; McKinley D125. New 22c. issued. 1 131. Crown and S.A., gd. magenta issued. Post Cards; Inverted Centre 4c, E128. Variety of 4c. postcard of 1889. J 138. Discovery of O.S. 2d. wide S.A., p.124 x 11J. U142. Proposed new 8c. with portrait of Martha F129. Postcards, 1 on 3c. and 2 on 4c. K141. Crown and S.A., gd.; description of sheet. Washington. G135. Statistics of 5c. on 10 soles. Southern Nigeria. Uruguay. H141. Provisional 5c. on 10 soles, description. C129. Envelope, id. issued in two sizes. C120. Statistics of New Official Issue. J142. Telegraph stamps. D133. Stock of stamps almost exhausted. Dizi, Date of issue of 50c.; 20c. not yet seen. Philippines. E135. All stamps again in stock. E125. New Postcards, 2 and 3c. Dl 19. Sale of remainders for £8,000. Spain. F136. New Postcard for local use, 2c. E133. Postage Due 30c., Sp. Deliv., ioc. and B120. New issue in preparation. Victoria. Envelopes issued. Ct33. Colour of 15c. changed to lilac. Lug. New £ i Stamp expected. Portugal. D135. Number of 15c. stamps. M120. Rumoured re-engraving of current id.; 6d. D142. New Issue expected. E139. Agitation for Sunday label stamps. 1865, wmk, single-lined figure 2. Portuguese Congo and Guinea. F144, G145. Plate numbers. N124. Issue of Jd. newsband with “ postage,” Ai42, New Issue and Provisionals expected. Spanish Guinea. O126. King Edward Stamps not expected for the B144. List of Provisionals expected. At35. New issue expected. Statistics. present. Portuguese India. B138. Doubt as to where district situated. P127. New Fiscal id. bistre. B142. New Issues and Provisionals expected. Straits Settlements. Q136. Postage due id. in new shade; i.Jd. variety ; C144. List of Provisionals expected. Ai3g. King Edward, 3c. and fc'c. stamps issued. V. and Crown sideways, gd. Queensland. B140. Date of issue of new 3c. and 8c. R141- V. and Crown upright, gd.; proof of £2 D127. King Edward Issue not yet in preparation. C142. Size of sheets of 3c. and 8c. stamp. Ei33- Old shade of 6d. re issued. Sudan. S144. Issue of £2 stamp expected. F142. Statistics of 1894-96 issues. D124. Military Telegraphs, 2spi., issued. Descrip Virgin Islands. G144. Perforating Machines, id., perf. 12 x 94. tion of watermarks. Perforated official A118. New 4d. post card. Reunion. stamps. Bug. Stamps current. C124. Decree relating to 1901 provisionals. E144. Value 2 millieme, out of stock. Vryburg. D125. Millesimes. Surinam. D140. Statistical note. E135. Inverted Surcharges of Four Provisionals. B136. Provisional 25 on 50c. of 1900, perf. 14. Wurtemburg. F137 Four Provisionals winh inverted stop after C. Sweden. B136, Fall in value of 2 mark stamp. G139. Minor Varieties of Provisionals. A122. Envelope, 2 ore, modified. Zambesia. Roumania. Switzerland. A142, B144. New issues and provisionals expected. B120. Two new values expected ; 1 ban. modified. B135. Stamps of io c. apparently re-engraved. Zanzibar. C123. Two values, 30 and 75b., not yet issued. Unpaid ic. to be withdrawn. C123. No new issue yet. J EWEN'S WEEKLY STAMP NEWS. A JOURNAL "L I ' , ( 1 COLLLO'ORS Editor : H. L’ESTRANGE EWEN. PUBLISHED BY : Ewen’s Colonial Stamp Market, Limited, 32, Palace Square, Norwood, S.E* LONDON WHOLESALE AGENTS: W . R . R u s s e l l & C o . , L i m i t e d , P a t e r n o s t e r R o w . Volume IX. (Nos. 145 to 1 7 0 ). J u lg to December, 1 9 0 2 . ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL. Illustrated bip Permission of tfje Board of Inland Revenue. Index to Volume IX. AT OR HAT BRITAIN. Bolivar, Colombia— eon tin net/. (1 5 5 ). Pictorial Issue expected, see under K 1 5 6 . Late Fee and Unpaid Letter Adhesives King Hdward Stamps. Cartagena. issued. 0 1 4 5 . 0 1 4 0 . I-' 1 4 7 . FI4 8 , 0 1 5 0 , HI8 0 . 1 1 8 8 . H1 5 8 . Issue of 2 0 c., violet, Pie tie la Pupa. LI.5 8 . Illustrations of rest of issue. Papermakcr’s Watermark Letters. 0 (40. Illustration of same. LI 5 8 , 1 8 1 . New surcharged post card. HI4 5 , FI4 8 , 0 . 1 5 (4, HI5 8 , 1 1 (4(4. 0 1 (4 1 . Issue of 10c. Savanilla Pier. M l5 2 . Partly unperforated varieties. Harly Oates of Plate Numbers. 1: 1 8 9 . illustration of same. Issue of 2 c. green N 1 8 5 . Additions to list of recent new issues. 1 .1 4 5 . Ml4 8 . X 1 5 0 , 0 1 5 1 . P 1 5 5 , 0 1 5 7 . RI6 4 . SK45 . and 20c. blue. 0 1 (48 . Variety of new 10 c. T 1(4(4. ~ Bosnia. PI8 9 . Date of issue of new 2 , 5 , 1 0 c. Official Stamps. FI4 5 . Perforation of new 2 0 heller. Congo Free State. 0 1 4 5 . 14 14 (4. SI5 2 . T 1 5 3 . 0 1 5 5 . VI5 7 . WI5 9 . XI(44, Hrazil. B 1 5 7 . New 5c. stamp issued (?). 1 7 5 6 7 49 ~ \ , ZI , AK . 1 1 4 8 . Wrapper 2 0 r. green, 1 8 9 8 , Head inverted, Cook Islands. l-'iscat Stamps. liritish Central Africa. 1 . 1 4 9 . No wmk., 2 ^d. issue. 0 1 4 (4. HI4 0 . 1 1 5 2 , .1 1 5 4 . 0 (44. Issue of Id. in new shade. Consignment Ml5 3 . \o wmk., id. Id., new printings. Knvclope Oies. letters. NI8 0 , Statistics of stamps on hand. W 1 4 7 . X 1 5 1 . VI5 2 . 7. 1 5 8 . AI5 4 , LI5 5 . 0 1 5 7 . 0 1 5 7 . liritish Hast Africa. 0 1 8 2 . Revised list to date of 4 d., Id. and 2 4 d. HISS. F 16 1 . 0 1 8 2 . H 1 8 3 , 1 1 (44 . ,1 1 8 5 . 0 5 4 , 1: 1 8 7 . King Hdward issue expected. stamps ; consecutive numbers, etc. Newspaper Tax Stamps. 0 1 8 2 . Surcharge “ 4," Query ? PI5 9 . Issue of 1 4 d., 2 d., 5 d., 6d., l()d., 1 /- on A 1 4 9 . liritish Guiana. " Cowan wmk. paper ; description of sheets; Almanack Duty Stamps. A 1 4 9 . RI4 8 . $| green and black, 1 8 8 9 . list of sheet-numbers. Hnvclopc Stamps witli Circular Hantl. A I 4 9 . British Honduras. Corea. I'nvelope Oies. Harly Oates. VI4 9 . F 1 8 0 . King lid ward 5 c. expected. CI 4 9 , 0 1 5 2 . New 4 c. + 4 e. card. Unappropriated Plates. A 1 5 2 , 1 4 1 5 8 . GI8 2 . King lidward 5 c. issued, 2 c. expected. 1: 1 5 7 . New issue expected. Stationery. 1 .1 5 2 , M 1 5 5 . N1 5 8 . H 1 (49. Particulars of expected new 2c. F 1 6 2 . Partly perforated variety of Current 2 ch. News-wrapper Stamps, AI5 4 . 1 1 1 8 9 . British New Guinea, Costa Rica. Army Telegraphs. AI5 5 . KI4 4 .LK 40. Amalgamation with Commonwealth. 1: 1 4 7 . First telegraph stamp issued, 2 0 c. Perforated Officials. A 1 8 0 . 14 1(42 . CIKK. British South Africa. F 1 <45. 1 8 8 8 , 2 0 c. yellow-green, imperf. vertically. Postal Orders (F1 4 4 ). 0 1 8 2 . GI2 8 . Rumour concerning Chartered Company. Crete. Railway Parcel Stamps (ALIO). 1 4 1 8 2 . H 1 6 5 . Issue of 1 8 9 1 ,.€ 1 to .-CIO still current. G 1 4 5 . Inverted overprint, 5 ()|. lilac. Railway Letter Stamps. 0 1 8 4 . R1 8 5 . 1 1 (49. Issue of 2 .4 d. adhesive. Minor varieties. HI4 8 , See under French Crete. The Id. black. A 1 8 5 . British Somaliland. 1 1 4 9 . Variety of 1 8 9 8 , 2 0 p. mauve. Double letters in Id. 1 8 8 4 . A I(45. 1 4 1 4 5 . List of stamps expected. JI5 5 . Joins Postal Union. Double perforations. A 1 8 5 . 0 5 2 . Date of issue of new stamps unknown. K 1 6 2 . I mperforate Varieties. British Levant. UI68. Fiscal-postal 1 1 . OTHHR CO l’NTRIHS. 0 1 5 4 . Registration envelope, 4 ()p. on 9 d. expected. Cuban Republic. Abyssinia. 1: 1 5 7 . Issue ol 8 0 pa. on 5 d. King lidward. 1: 1 4 8 , FI4 9 . "Immediate” 1 0 c. expected. 0 1 5 1 . •• Posta " surcharge illustrated. KI8 0 . Illustration of new registration envelope. G 1 5 1 . Variety of lOe.on U'.S.A. Special Delivery. Afghanistan. GI8I. Issue of 4 pi. on lOd. King lidward. II 1 5 5 . New shade of current 2 c. \I4 9 . Registration (?) stamp. Hl(42. 1 1 8 8 . Sizes and die Nos. of Registration 1 1 5 8 . Prospects of a Republican Issue. Albania. envelopes ; Date of issue of 4 piastres. ,1 1 6 2 . Provisional 1 6 c. Habilitado. \ 1 5 4 . Issue of 1 0 . 8 5 , 4 0 para. Bulgaria. K 1 6 5 . Fui-thcr particulars of provisional le. 1 4 1 5 7 . Further particulars of A. M 1 5 3 . Inland post card, 5 stot.. variety on y ellow. 1 . 1 6 7 . Provisional le., inverted surcharge; cur 0 8 0 . Plate numbers of A, XI5 7 . Shipka Pass Anniversary Issue. rent 2c. in new shade. Alexandria. 0 1 5 8 . Inland post card, variety on grey. Cyprus. \t.49 •• Alexandria " inverted. 2 5 c. PI(40. Illustration of Shipka Pass Issue. FI3 7 . 12 piastre again obsolete. 14 1(44. New issue ( 1 0 values). 0 1 (45. Statistics of new inland post cards. GI8 2 . King Hdward postcards and wrappers CK48. Illustrations of new issues. Bundi, expected. 1 )1 8 7 . Millesimcs. A 1 8 3 . State Post Offices Closed, Danish West Indies, Alsace and Loraine. Bussahir. 1 . 1 4 7 Variety, 2 c. on 3 c. perf. 14 X 1 3 £. Philatelic \I4 9 . Variety of 2 0 c. double network. 1 )1 4 8 . Lxplanation of " PS ” Monogram, situation at St. Thomas ; visit of Mr. F. P. Alwur. 1: 1(40, F 1 8 3 , More posthumous varieties. Brown. 14 1(43. State Post Office closed. Canada. MI4 8 . Statistics of provisional issues. Variety of Angola. C 1 5 4 . King Kdward Issue not expected yet. 2 c. on 3 c. dated 1 9 0 1 . FI8 2 . New provisionals issued. Canton. N 1 4 9 . New printings of 2 c. on 3 c. and 8c. on Idc. Autioi|ui;i. HI5 2 . New post cards and letter cards. Variety of old 2 c. on 3 c. green surcharge. 1 1 4 8 . Complete new set issued. GI5 5 . Ditto, in new or old colours? 0 1 5 5 . Varieties of Unpaid Letter Stamps. .1 1 5 0 . Size of sheets of new issue. 1 1 1 7 8 . Statistics of Canton on Indo-Chiiia. Dedcagh. .1 1 5 0 . K1 5 8 . Illustrations of new set. Cape Verde. 1 4 1 6 4 , C 1 6 6 . Set of 4 new stamps. L 15 5 . Laivl and wnu1 papers in new' issue. liI(44. Provisional issue, 2 3 varieties. 0 1 6 7 . Millesimc. Antigua. Cape of Good Hope. Ocnma rk. \I8 2 . New issue expected. 1 1 1 (44. Shades of current 8d. C l 5 6 . New le. and 1 5 5 . issued, Argentine Republic. 1 1(49. Half 8d. triangular used as 3 d. 0 1 5 8 . New officials, I, 5 , 1 0 5 . ; new envelopes, .1 1 5 (4. Inverted centre. I and 2 0 peso. Cartagena. 5 , 1 0 5 . KK45. New stationer} expected ; 5 c. envelope 1 1 3 8 . Minor varieties of new 5 and 10c. Djibouti. (See also under " Somali Coast.” ) issued. ,1 1 5 4 . New l()c. and 2 0 c. wrongly chronicled K1 4 7 . Issue of 1 0 c, on 2 fr. K1 0 5 . 1 . 1 (48. M 1(4 7 . N1 8 9 . Issue of 5 c. Port of under Colombia. LI5 0 . Issue of 1 0 c. on 2 5 c. Obock. Rosario. K1 5 5 . Revised list to date ol 1 9 0 2 Cartagena \1 1 5 2 , Official decree, correction re 10 c. on 2 fr. Austria. provisionals ; geographical description of NI5 4 . New design I, 2 . 5 c. issued. 1 1 4 9 . Perforations of current issue. Colombia and seaport towns. Ilarran- Dominican Republic. .1 1 5 0 . Discovery. 8 0 kr. 1 8 9 1 . pci f. 1 1 > x 1 0 .4. quilla " No hay cstampillas" provisionals. ,1 1 4 9 . Inverted centre, lc. * I\I5 2 . Current 111. unvarnished, perf. 1 1 1 . Pictorial issue expected. KI5 6 . Remainders of Map stamps destroyed. Austrian Levant. " 1-15 (4, Illustration of new 10c. 1 -1 8 2 . Inverted centres, 2 c., 5 c. Ft4 9 . Perforations of current issue. Cayman Islands. MI6 5 . Inverted centres, 1 2 c., 2 0 c., 2 5 c. Australian Commonwealth. G 1 4 2 . Statistics of 2 ^d., 8d., 1 /-. Dutch Indies. l'.15 S. |*’ 1 5 9 . Postage due stamps issued. HI8 0 . King Hdward ^d. issue. 1: 1 4 6 . Provisionals. £ on 2 c., 2 .J on 3 c. Ci llio. Franking privileges withdrawn. 1 1 8 8 . Very few 4 d. Queen’s Head left. FI4 8 . Whole new issue expected. 1 1 1 (4 4 . Revised list of Postage Dues. Ceylon. GI5 I. Statistics of 4 on 2 c., 2.J on 3 c. 1 1 (4 7 . Newspaper Id. stamps expected. H 1 3 7 . \ aricty of 4 c. doubly surcharged 2 c. 0 1 5 1 , HI5 3 . Illustrations of provisionals. 8 1 8 8 . I V rforat ions of Postage Dues. 1 1 8 9 . Dark shade, 7 5 c, 1 1 5 5 . J 1 5 8 . Surcharged postcard and correction. 14a hailias. Cavallc. KI6 7 . New issue expected. 10 to 5 0 c. 0 1 (40. PI88. New Hnvclopcs. etc., expected. AI8 4 , 1 4 1 (48. Set of four new stamps. I )uttia, 0 1 (49. New posteards expected. Cl 8 7 . Millcsime. AI88. f anna in carmine. Ilamra. Chile. Kcundor. A 18 .9 . 14 1(48 . Minor varieties. QI5 0 . New lc. issued. ,1 1 5 9 , K1 6 1 , LI6 5 . Current issues surcharged. Itarbados. RI5 5 . New 2 0 , 3 0 , 5 0 c. issued. M 1 6 7 . Postal Fiscal. 1 1 1 4 5 . Harhadus stamps used in Kngland. SI5 8 . Statistics and dates of recent issues ; NI6 9 . Current issues no longer surcharged. 1 1 8 9 . Current 2/8 to be discontinued: new L correction re 20c. grey. Kgypt. expected. SI5 8 , TI5 9 . Proposed new issue. A 1 5 0 . Chalky paper, 2 m., Ip., 2p. Havana. . U 1 8 1 . Hicoloured series, 10c. issued. Fernando Poo, FI5 7 , 0 1 (45. Consignment numbers. VI8 5 . Date of issue of 2 0 c. grew 0 1 6 7 . Issue of 1 9 0 0 , imperforated. Hecliuanuhind. China. * Fiji Islands. 1 1 4 9 . 2 d. with •• r ” of •• Hritisli ” Missing. 0 1 8 8 . History of B.R.A. Stamps. 0 1 4 6 . Papers of current issue. •H8 2 . Watermark letters. "Protectorate'' Id. China Kxpcditionary Force. 1: 1 5 0 . 2 d. and I/- perf. 11 x 1 l.j issued (?). and 8d. again in use. 14 1 5 9 . Varieties in the “ C.K.K.” Stamps. FI5 5 . King’s Head issue expected. KK49. Shades of current 3 d. Chark hari. (4 1 6 1 . Perforation and paper varieties; Issue of Belgium, BH48. Karly postmarked stamps. 4d. perf. 11 J x 11 and Id. perf. 114x114. 12. HI5 I, 1 1 5 2 . Railway Parcel Stamps, new set. Colombia. Finland. ” “ He rniiida. D 1 3 8 . Stamp matters at Bogotd. 1 4 1 6 3 . Remainders of 1 8 8 3 sold. 1 4 1 5 2 0 5 9 0 1 40 . . ( . New Id. Dockyard expected. 1: 1 4 8 . Variety of 5 c. 18 9 5 , perf. 1 3 x 12. Issue of Cl(40. Certain catalogued varieties do not exist. h.l(48. h 1 149. New Id. Dockyard issued. new 2c. France. Hhopal. FI 5 0 . Perforated (?) envelope stamps. TI4 6 . U 1 4 7 . New type, 1 0 c. issued. Hj.5 7 . New issue of six values. G 1 5 2 . New l()c. and 2 0 c. for Cartagena. New U 1 4 7 . Mill^sime 2 , 5 c. 0 5 8 . Additional value. I rupee, issued. 5 c.. ditto. VI5 0 . New type, 2 5 c. issued. 0 1 (48. Size of shcats in issue. H1 5 3 . Illustrations (incorrect). 'VI5 2 . Reply post card, new type, 104 10 c. Hnlivia. I'•54. Corrected particulars of G. and H. X 1 6 4 . New Series, 'La Scmcnsc,’ expected. HI8 3 . Tete bcehe surcharge on 10 c. 189 4 ; New J 1 5 5 . Old issues expected to be surcharged 1 9 0 2 . Y 1 6 5 , Current 5 0 c., no back ground. value, 2bol., brown. Revised list of G.H.I. Discovery of 20c., Z 1 6 7 . Current 4 0 c., no back ground. New type. 1 8 9 2 , imperf. between. 1 5 c. expected. A 1 6 8 . Letter card, new type, 1 0 c. issued. INDEX. in. Monaco. French Colonies. India—continued, FI 1 6 . Letter-card, new colour. 15 c. redbmwn. B 1 5 2 . New post cards and letter cards. N 1 6 2 . New shade of 2 a. Queen’s Head stamp. French P. O. <- hina. . . , . . 0 1 6 5 . New shade of Aa. Queen’s Head stamp. Montenegro. D 1 6 4 . Set of 6 new stamps ; provisional issue ot P1 6 7 . Illustration of 2 a. Registration Envelope, BI4 8 . Heller currency, new set of stamps. 1 4 , “ Chine” on Indo-China. King’s Head. “ I.P.N.” fiscals. C 1 5 0 . Illustrations of new stamps. K 1 6 6 . Illustrations of new stamps. Q 1 6 8 . King’s Head, “ On H.M.S.” la. 1) 1 5 1 . Illustrations of new stationery. F 1 6 7 . Milltlsimes; Statistics. RI6 9 . King’s Head “ On H.M.S.” ja. expected ; E 1 5 4 . Heller currency, list of new stationery. French F.O., Crete. ,, ,, New registration envelope expected. Morocco Agencies. (1 4 8 ). Bonus surcharge (?). See under Crete. Indo-China. B 1 6 1 , C 1 6 5 . List of values, variety “ Agcn-cies,” 6 9 1 0 10 A 1 6 4 . Issue of 10 stamps. AI . Postcard + c. non-existent. 1 ) 1 6 9 . Certain postcards non-existent. 1 6 6 Italy. B , Illustrations of same. Mozambique Company. 6 7 GI66. Error of colour of 5 c. C l . Milic'simc of new stamps. BI6 5 . 5 0 reis, perf. 11.4 or IIA x t2 discovered. French Foreign Post Offices. HI68. Errors of colour in various values only essays. Nabha. A 1 6 7 . Milldsimes. 1 4 8 1 1 6 9 . Marginal plate-numbers. A . List of minor varieties. French Guiana. BI6 2 . 2 rupees, overprint 10mm. instead of I0 J B 1 6 5 , 16 6 . C 1 6 7 . I ssue of 2 fr. Japanese China. A 1 5 2 . Issue of J sen, grey. mm. French P.O., Levant. Natal. C 1 6 4 . Issue of 1 0 new stamps. Jamaica. EI3 4 . Issue of lid. in pale olive-green ; Id. lilac QUO. Revised list of the King Edward stamps 1) 1 6 6 . Illustrations of same. expected. Post cards Ad. and Id. and E 1 6 7 . Millesimes of same. and mauve obsolete. F 1 5 4 . Suggestion lor a pictorial issue. wrappers Ad. and Id., expected. French P.O., Morocco. 1 5 2 3 1 G 1 5 5 . New issue expected, with Arms. H . Issue of King Edward. d., 6d., /-. Issue B 1 6 4 . Issue of 4 new stamps. of provisional Telegraphs. C l66. Illustrations of same. J a p a n . 1 1 5 3 . Expected postal changes. 1 )1 6 7 . New stamps not yet on sale at Tangiers. K 1 5 2 . Commemorative Postmark. Jummoo-Cashmir. J 1 5 9 . Issue of King Kdward. Ad.. Id., l.Ad.. 5 d., French P.O., Zanzibar. 2 2 6 5 1 0 A 1 4 7 . Telegraph stamp, 8a. in new colours. /-, / , /-, /-, Plate-numbers and size B 1 6 4 . Issue of six new stamps. of sheets. C l 6 5 . Variety of 2 0 as., Zanzibas. B 1 6 2 , Simon’s Cashmir stamps. K1 6 7 . King’s Head, 2 d. expected. 1)1 6 6 . Information from Zanzibar r< new issue, Kishengarh. KI6 7 , Millesimes. E 1 5 5 . Minor varieties, Newfoundland. Gambia. Lalnian Colony. E 1 5 8 . Imperforate 2 c. and 3 c. FI4 5 . ‘ King Kdward ’ post cards, Id. and Id. + Id. E 1 6 I. New “ Crown ” set. 10 values. FI5 9 . History of imperforate 2 c. 0 1 4 6 ., Kurliest date of new adhesives. Size of 1-1 6 7 . 1 8 9 7 , 6c., imperforate horizontally. New Hebrides. sheets. Lagos. C 1 4 6 . Description of sheets of Id. and 2 d. Germany. . B 1 6 6 . Postcards, Id., Id. fid.. King’s Head. 1) 1 6 5 . Ad.. IAd. and 2 Ad. expected. Q]4 8 . Altered inscriptions, post cards 2 + 2 pl. and CI6 9 . New shade of 6d. New Caledonia. letter card lOpf. Leeward Islands. DI4 8 . New issue for inland use expected, 1 4 1 6 5 . •• Number” stamps to bo issued ; Counter Hi5 4 , C 1 5 5 , 1) 1 5 2 , E 1 5 8 , G 1 6 1 , H1 6 2 . Issue of E l5 0 . Provisional unpaid letter stamps, feits of current lOpf. provisionals, Id. on 4 d., Id. on 6d.. Id. FI6 5 , 1 9 0 1 , 5 c. on 2 c., surcharge inverted. Gold Coast. on 7 d. Negri Scmbilan. X 1 5 5 . King Kdward Ad. and Id. stamps issued; E 1 5 8 . List of minor varieties in provisional B 1 6 3 . Variety of Ic. on 1 5 c. provisional. Registration envelope, a variety. stamps. New South Wales. 0 1 6 8 . Variety (?) of Id. on 2 Ad. 1- 1 6 0 . Issue of King Edward Ad., Id., 2 Ad., 6d., 0 1 4 7 . Paper obtained from England gummed : Greece. _ 11- * Id. postcard on white paper. X 1 6 2 . New printings of 5 . 2 0 and 2 5 1 . G 1 6 1 . Illustrations of surcharges. RI5 7 . New values expected. 0 1 6 7 . Thin paper, 2 , 2 5 , 5 0 1 . H1 6 2 . Size of sheet and plate numbers of King’s S 1 5 8 . New I Ad. postcards. Grenada. Head issue ; official statistics of pro S 1 6 1 . New perforation. 1 2 x 1 1 .4 . identified with 1) 1 4 2 . King Fdward newsbands, jd. and Id. ex visional issue. Gibbons. 1 2 x 1 2 . ' pected. 1 1 6 4 . Issue of King Kdward, 2 d., 3 d.. 2 /y. T 1 6 2 . New shade, fid. deep orange. 1-1 1 4 6 . Size of sheets of King Kdward stamps. Revised list of plate numbers. Size of L'1 6 3 . Unpaid letter stamps. 2 d. and 4 d. on chalkv FI5 0 . Illustrations of King's Head post cards. sheet. paper. _ G 1 5 2 . Illustration of King's Head registration JI6 5 . Sexagenary, 2 .Jd. double surcharge. VI6 4 . New shade, 5 d. deep green ; 7 Ad. and 1 2 Ad. envelope. K 1 6 8 . Issue of King Kdward wrapper, Ad. to he w ithdraw n ; Id. postcard again on H 1 5 8 . Queen's Head issue withdrawn. 1 . 1 6 9 . New postcards expected. buff. 1 1 6 0 . Remainders of Queen’s Head issue burnt. I.ourenzo Marques. W 1 6 7 . Discovery of O S. 4 d„ 1 8 7 1 , perf. 1 0 x 11 : J 1 6 2 . 10/- value sold out, but expected again. C 1 6 4 . I(M) reis, perf. I3 .J. new railway stamps issued. Guatemala. Macao. X1 6 9 . Discovery of 2 d., wmk. “ I ” ; list of sheet F 1 4 9 . Fiscal-postal, 2 c. on Ic. C 1 6 9 . Provisionals issued. and machine numbers. G 1 5 0 . Fiscal-postal, Ic. on lc. Madagascar. New Zealand. HI5 3 . Fiscal-postal. 6c. on 2 5 c. E 1 4 9 . Issue of provisionals. 0 5 , 1 0 , 1 5 . XI4 5 , Y 1 4 8 , Z 1 4 7 , A 1 4 9 . HI5 0 . C 1 5 1 . J 1 6 4 . Ad 1 1 5 4 . Fiscal-postals. 5 . 1 0 , 2 5 c. ; Pictorial issue F 1 5 0 , Statistics of provisionals. Inverted over vertisements. expected. print, 0 5 , 1 0 , 1 5 . Y 1 4 6 . Issue of Id. vr (chronicled as v/>). ,1 1 5 5 . Fiscal-postal, 2 c, on Ic., double surcharge. GI5 4 . Decrees relating to provisionals. ZI4 7 . Note re Booklets ; Sheet-numbers of Cowan KI5 7 . New colours, 2 0 c. and 2 5 c. H1 6 0 . New provisional. 0 ,0 5 . watermarked paper; Description of differ 1 . 1 6 1 . Illustrations of pictorial set. 1 1 6 1 . Revised list of six new nrovisionals, 0 ,0 1 , ent papers. MI6 2 . Revised list of pictorial set. 0 .0 5 , 0 .1 0 and 0 ,1 5 . A1 4 9 . Cause of existence of Id. re ; Issue of new N1 6 3 . Illustration of surcharge on 6c. on 2 5 c. ,1 1 6 2 . Statistics of new provisionals. Ad. Unpaid Letter Stamp; discovery of 0 1 6 5 . Fiscal-postals, 5 , 2 5 c. Same as I (?) KI6 5 . Statistics of inverted overprints. 1 8 8 2 5 d., perf. 1 0 x 1 2 4 ; Issue of Id. i d PI66, QI6 7 . Issue and illustration of pictorial 7 5 c. Malay Federated States. (Cowan watermarked paper): Revised Gwalior. E 1 6 9 . Shades of current Ic. and 10 c. list of papers : Revised list of sheet- CI6 5 . Minor varieties. Malta. numbers ; Issue of 3 d.. 4 d., 6d., 8d.. 9 d., Hnyti. H1 5 6 . Provisional Id. on 2 Ad. issued; error I -, 2 /- and 5 /- with dull gum ; Stamp AI5 0 . Provisional Issue, Govt. Provist'irc. “ Pnnvy ” discovered. Booklet received. BI5 1 . New values of provisional issue. 1 1 4 8 . Description of Id. on 2 Ad. BI5 0 . Correction of printer’s errors in No. 14 9 ; CI5 4 . Rumour as to “ Join ” surcharge. JI4 8 . Shades of Id. on 2 4 d. Issue of King Revised list of different papers and known 1) 1 5 5 . Postage Due adhesives surcharged. Edward Ad. wrapper. varieties; Varieties of 3 d. registration K 1 5 8 . Provisional surcharge inverted, I and .'Ic. KI4 9 . Revised list, three shades of Id. on 2 Ad. ; envelopes. F 1 6 2 . List of inverted and double surcharges. King Edward Id. post card expected. 1) 1 5 3 . Early dates of Ad. and Id. varieties. Provisional Hscal, 2 c. on 2 0 c. olive. 1 .1 5 0 . Provisional Id. on 2 Ad., now obsolete. El5 5 . Id. tv and ze seen; Imperforate varieties GI6 3 , 1 6 5 , " Juin’’ surcharge bogus. MI5 2 . Statistics of Id. on 2 Ad. 2d.' 1 8 7 1 , perf. 10 x 1 2 4 . H1 6 7 . Remainders of old issue surcharged; 2 c. N 15 3 Revised list of shades and minor shades of FI5 8 . New Booklets issued : 3 d. watermarked Postage Due surcharged in carmine. of Id. on 2 Ad. paper expected ; Values of Ad. and Id. Hong Kong. 0 1 5 4 . 2 Ad. marked with a tick in red. varieties. 1 1 5 6 . 1 2 c.blue CAand stamp duty9 2 both obsolete. PI6 4 . Official letter re quantity of Id. on 2 Ad, GI5 9 . New shades of 3d.. Sd. and 1 /-; Sheet- JI5 9 . Chinese surcharge varieties in 2 0 c.,5 0 c.,SI. issued. numbers of Ad. and Id. ; Description of K 1 6 0 . Krrnr of 2 0 c. surcharged 5 0 c. : revised list Q 1 6 5 . Issue of King Edward registration envelope. Booklets; Stamp Duty stamps and sheet- consignment letters ; 9 1 on 86c. with two RI66. 2 .4 d, stamps no longer ticked. numbers ; Postage Due stamps and sheet- types of figure I. SI68. l-orgery of " Pnney ” error. numbers. LI6 4 . More varieties of 5 0 c. and 9 1 TI6 9 , UI7 0 . Contradictory reports of ticked 2 Ad. H1 6 0 . Issue of 3 d. on watermarked paper and M 1 6 8 . Variety of 2 0 c. ; revised list of consignment Martinique. description of sheet : description of New letters; King Kdward issue not expected 0 1 5 4 ). Postal marks on returned letters. Zealand gums. yet. Mauritius. 1 1 6 2 . New shade of 5 /-, no watermark; New Hoi-hao. _ LI4 9 . Contradictory reports of new issue. printing of fid. on Lisbon Superfine paper ; B 1 6 2 . t5 e. blue surcharged. Ml5 0 . List of stamps current. Varieties of gum in new Postage Duv C 1 6 7 . Statistics of surcharged issue. XI5 2 . Issue of 4 . 6, 2 5 , 5 0 c., 2 r. 5 0 c. “ Postage stamp; Revised list of vaaicties of Ad. Honduras. and Revenue ” ; List of minor varieties ; and Id.; Varieties of Id, surcharged letter AI6 2 . New issue expected in September. Issue of unsurcharged 8 and 1 2 c. cards. BI66. Further particulars of same. 0 1 5 3 , Issue of 15 c. “ Postage and Revenue.-’ ,1 1 6 4 . Note re I Ad. stamps : imperforate varieties. Hyderabad. PI5 4 . Statistics of “ Postage and Revenue ” K1 6 8 . Issue of fid. wmk. XZ and Star. AI6 3 . New value, fa. ; new colours. 4 . 1 2 ns issue ; Correction rc 8c. and 1 2 c. L 1 6 9 . Minor varieties. Iceland. Q 1 5 5 . Post Office Notice. M1 7 0 . Queen’s Head 1 /-. perf. 1 2 4 x 1 0 . DI6 2 . King Christian IX issue expected. QI5 6 . Illustration of surcharge “ Postage and New Zealand Advertisements. K 1 6 3 . Post Office notice re *‘l Gll.m” surcharge ; Revenue.” (1 1 4 3 , J 1 4 4 ), K 1 4 5 . L 1 4 6 . MI4 7 . X 1 4 9 . 0 1 5 0 . PI5 I, 8 aur buff, large figures of value issued.RI 5 7 . List of broken type varieties in “ Postage QI6 4 . F 1 6 4 . Illustrations of “ I G ildi ” surcharge. and Revenue” overprint. Nicaragua. G 1 6 6 . Illustration of King Christian Issue. S 1 HI. Further supply of 4 c. surcharged ; Prospect KI4 9 . Size of sheets of 18 9 9 issue Unpaid Letter H1 6 7 . Rev'sed list of King's Head Stamps. of further new issues. stamps. H!6 7 , 1 1 7 0 . Dates of issue. TI6 2 . Issue of 1 2 c. on 3 6 c. L 1 5 5 . Postaily used 2 0 c. Telegraph stamp ; four India. L’ 1 6 5 . Issue of new values in Arms type, 5 , 8, 1 2 , new (?) post cards. 1 1 4 9 . King Kdward issue expected dan. 1 st. 2 5 , 5<)e., lr., 2 ir., 5 r. M1 6 4 . Issue of provisionals. 15 c. on 2 c., 3 0 c. on J 1 5 0 . 1 8 5 6 . Ja. •• Service ” inverted. V 1 6 8 , Arms type, new colours, 3 c. and 6c. Ic. K1 5 3 . Issue of King’s Head J, la. Post-office expected. N1 6 7 . Envelope stamps used as adhesives; minor circular. Me-ico. varieties. 1 8 9 3 -9 5 issues. LI5 4 . King Edward postcard, Ja., | + £a., Enve HI4 8 . Post card, 4 c. on 3 c. 0 1 6 9 , Four Postcards (see l.l do not exist. lop!., Ja. Date of Issue of adhesives. FI 5 1 . 1 8 9 5 . 2 c. no wmk, error. Niue. M1 5 5 . la. plum, “ On H..V1 .S.” inverted. G 1 5 3 . Reply postcard, 4 x 4 c. on 3 x 3 c. FI4 6 . Detailed list of varieties in 2 nd issue ; size MI5 6 , Illustrations of King Edward stamps. HI5 5 . Official, 2 0 c. 5 p. inverted overprint. of sheets and position of varieties. 1 1 6 9 . New reprints of 1 8 6 8 issue. IV. INDKX. N me—continual. Russia. Tasmania. (1147. Incorrect rumour. FI 48. Local Issues (B 148). MI48. Kxpectcd new issues. HI 48. Ail. value without fraclinn bar. G 154. Vertically laid paper, lOkop. issued. NI50. Varieties of 2/8 St. George and Dragon, 114il. Id, i(/ issued. list of varieties. 11159. ,, ,. ,, 7kop. ,, 0187. Issue of Id. brick-red, retouched die. J 158. Thinl printing with single line watermark 11 HO. ,, .. ,, 2k. iY Ir. issued. PI89. I.ist of varieties to date of pictorial Id. received: list ot varieties; size of sheets; .1184. ,. ,, ., 20kop. issued. Q 170. Government Railways newspaper stamps. method of overprintni}> : position of K 188...... l4kop. ,, Tolima. t anetics. LI67...... 1, 5k. A 150. Variety of 1887 5 pesos ; current 10c. perf. KI57. Illustrations of surcharges. M 16S. Statement regarding 1 rouble incorrect 12. KI5S. Description of 1st issue ; description of N 189. Varietv of 10k. 1875-79. Tonga. postmarl.. Russian l.cvnnt. A 147. Minor variety of 7^d. on 2d. G.F. B. 1. 15ft. Supple of \ iue stamps at Auckland reported HI(49. History of 40 pa. on I Imp. ; size of sheets HI84. New paper used for low values. eNhaustcil. Hulk of first issue damaged. of 1885 stamps. Transvaal. Mint). Letter from Niue correspondent. Values Salvador. T 145. King Kdward postcards Ad. and Id. and up to 5/- expected. G 15(1. Minor v arieties of official stamps. lettercard Id. expected ; date of issue of North Hornco. Saraw a k. Hd. and 4d. K.R.l. ; colour of plate- NI54. Issue of the 10c. anil I He. surcharged GI5I1. Post card, (e. issued. numbers. British Protectorate.” II189. Minor varieties. UI47. Surcharge K.R.l. 11mm. on Registration OI5H. Illustration of surcharge. Seychelles. Envelope instead of l2Amm. New‘‘ Trans 1MHS. Minor varieties in Postage Due stamps. H I 48. Provisionals issued, 2c. on 4c.. 80c. on 75e., vaal Telegraphs.” Norway. H()c. on Ir.. 45c. on lr.. 45c. on 2r. 25c. VI50. Sheets of Hd. and 4tl. K.R.l. ; £5 V.R.I. Ill 48. 1 ascriptions on K) lire post curd modified. 1147, Varieties in the provisional issue. double surcharge. Northern Nigeria. JI49. Statistics of prov isional issue. WI51. Further printings of Hd. and 4d. K.R.l. CI45. Issue ol King Eduard stamps expected. KI5H. Revised list of varieties; Size of sheets made. DI47. Queen's Head stamps destroyed. and positions of varieties. XI54. Surcharge K.R.l. IHAmm. on Registration K150. Date of issue of King Edward stamps. KI54. Varieties of 1901 provisionals, Envelope ; Illustration of Ad. King's Head Nyassa. 1.157. Illustrations of new surcharges. Envelope. CI87. Minor variety of I50r. 1901. M l59. New post cards. He. on 4c. and 8c. on 8c. Y 155. Issue of Id. postcards and lettcrcards. Orange River Colony. N1H7. King Eduard 2c. expected ; Provisional ZI59. Illustration of new Id. envelope. 0145. Issue ol “ O. R.C.'‘ on til. Cape. 2c. on 4c. anil 45c. on 2r. 25c., obsolete. A 185. Issue of 2/8 K.R.l. : Fiscal “ K.R.l. Pass PI46. Printers ol surcharge on new provisional. Scrvia. 2/-." 0147. Dotless varietv in new Id. stamp. Inverted G 151. New 5 para post card, illustrated. B 187. King's Head 2/8 and ID/- obsolete • new Hd. “ I " on (id. V. R. I. H 154. New 5. 10 para; reply post card. 10+10 4d., I/-, 2 - King's Head expected. KI52. Provisional T.F.— V.R.I. I cl. ; illustration paras, type of 1894 ; new- type (Hist cards 088. King's Head 5/- obsolete. of King Edward registration stamp. and letter cards expected. Trinidad. RI54. Issue nl (id. E.R.I. I 157. New 25 anil 50p. issued. 1.149. Current Id. without value. S 155. Varietv of (id. H.R.I. Issue of 4d. in JI59. Two ty pes of 10 on 2(>p. exist ; variety of M154, NI57. Type II. of Id. lilac and carmine. vermilion on (id. V.R.I. post card, 5p., 1901. 0180. Illustration of 2d. King's Head registration T 157. Date ot new 4d. on (id. d 159. KI8H. New perforation of 5p. postage due. envelope. SI55. TI57. Sheet of Id. reported without dotless Siam, PIHI. Early date of Id., ty pe II. v ariety . BI87. Proposed currency changes. QIHH. King's Head stationery expected, U159. Issue of I/- in red on 5 ■ V.R.I. Discovery Sierra I .cone. R188. Issue of King's Head Ad. wrapper. o f2.4d. V.R.I. thick V with antique 2. 1)148. King Kdward registration envelope ex Tunis. VI62. Inverted •• I, lid. V.R.I. seen ; list of King pected. 05(1. Issue of 25c. on 15c. Kdwurd stationery expected. Iv 150. Illustration of same. D154. Millcsime, 2 on Ic. \\ Kilt. Varieties of 1 - in yellow on 5 - V.R.I. 1-154, New registration envelope now issued. Turkey. NIH4. Shades ot I/- on 5 . (1158. King Kdwurd adhesives expected in 19()H. BI22. Perforation varietv of 1888 Unpaid Letter Y 189. King I-Id ward stamps issued : copperplates III5H. Official Notice rr destruction of dies of 20p. ' sent to British Museum. Victoria Postage Stamps, etc. CI54. 1)187. Envelope, 20 para on I pias. Z170. King Kdwurd Id. Knvclnpc illustrated. 1189. King I id ward Knvclnpc issued. United States. Panama Canal. Sirmonr. VI47. New 4e. wrapper expected ; new plate- AI47. Issue of stamps suggested. I >15(1. Service la. w ith inverted surcharge. numbers. Paraguay . Somali Coast. (See Djibouti.) \\ 148. issue of Ic. McKinley post card. KI4H. New colour, 5c. violet. 0184. Illustration of new ty pe. YI50. Discovery of 8c. on Revenue paper ; .MI4S. New values. 28c.. 4(tc. PI85. New type, life., issued ; Certain rumoured plate-numbers ; new local stamp, Burv's NISH. 2c. grey cut in half lor lc. provisionals not issued : Krrnr of Xlc. on City Post, Ic. 0158. 2(>c. oil 24c. prov isional issued. 2fr. Oliock. ZI5I, Illustration of Ic. McKinley post card. PI.59, New set expected. 0188. New type 15c. issued. Z15I. A 154. Stamp Printing Contracts. QI82 Hahlitado " Error. South Australia. BI57. New special delivery stamp expected. RIH8. 5c. on Sc. provisional issued. 1,154. Australian Commonwealth postage due set. 0 59. Documentary stamps destroyed ; new Sllifl. Statistic's of 2(lc. on 24c. M 158. Date of issue of same at Adelaide. stamps expected. Pcnrhyn Island. N159. Old 9d. S.A. now obsolete; new colour of 1)188, KI88, Colour of new 18c. I-'14(i. Variety in 2.UI. stamps. Size of sheets. Id. reply card. E l88. Colour of new 10c. Special Delivery , Ci 148. 2Ad. without fraction-liar. 0181. New shade of S'-; Siz.e of shectsof current FI87. Issue of 18c. (series of 1902). Accidental H I5(». Discovery of Id. pert. II (.in). issue ; List of shect-nnmhcrs. issue of rejected design lc. McKinley II5;{. New Ad.. Id., on single-line wink, paper; PI8H, Issue of new 9d. •• Postage.” Cards. minor varieties and positions on sheets ; QIH4. Illustration of new Oil. ; Sheet-numbers; GI89. Illustration of 18c. stamp; description ol freaks. Hd.. 4d. and lid. running short. new Ic. expected. JI57. Illustrations ol surcharges ; discovery of Id. RI87. Issue of 2/8 “ Postage.” Uganda. perf. 11x 14 (\h|. RI87. SI88. Issue of Sd. and 5 •■ Postage” ; I-'150. Type set stamps surcharged “ Consular.” Kl 58. Pcnrhyn postmark. values Hd, and 2/- obsolete ; New shades FI54. Issue of la. aniline pink; Re-issue of Aa. 1.17(1. All values up to 5/- rumoured. of I/- and 5-'- old issue; Further list of and 2Aa. I ’em, sheet-numbers; Postage due sets sold GIH7. No new issue expected. kih:». Two unpaid letter stamps. cancelled to order, HI89. Re-issue of A and 2Aa., new setting; No Perak. SI89. Description of part sheet of old (id. blue; watermark errors, A. L 8, 8as. ; paler BIH2. CI68. Minor varieties of surcharges. date of withdrawal of Hd. : new value, I Ail., shades of I and 5rs. Persia. expected. Uganda Railway. K I5U. •‘ V C " provisionals three new • Service Southern Nigeria. AI89. Issue of type set Telegraph stamps. stamps. l-'llil. Illustrations of King Kdwurd issue. Uruguay. 1.158. Illustration of •• Service " stamps. GIHH. Values of King Kdwurd issue expected. GI5I, Shades of current 2c. M 157. Minor varieties of surcharge. H 184. Queen s Head Id. in deeper shade. HI54. New set of Unpaid letter stamps. N I(iI. Illustration of new issue expected. I 188. Queen's I lead Ad. in deeper shade : Sheet- I 158. Date of issue of same ; Official 1 peso with OIHH. PI. Teheran ” 2c. issued. numbers of Ad. and Id. inverted surcharge. PI 87, Plating the ty pe-set stamps. Spain. .1181. Illustration of Unpaid letter stamps. PIK7. Q 168. Consecutive sheet-numbers of ty pe 11145. 1148. KI5I, 1,181. Marginal plate-numbers. K188, New paper for low values of current set. set stamps. Spanish Guinea. 1.187. 5c. blue. 1991, imperforate horizontally. Philippine Islands. C 158. Illustration of new issue. Venezuela, I-IH7. Postage due Ic. stamp used as a postage Spanish Morocco. 1)184. Typeset provisionals issued. stamp. A159. Special issue of stamps expected. Victoria. I ’ortugal. St. Lucia. TI44. Discovery of 1 - and 5/-, no “ Postage'' 054, DIH9. Reduction of letter |iostage to 1)154. Issue of Ail. and lit. King Kdwurd stamps. without watermark ; Issue of £2. Colonies. KI8I. Illustration of same : size of sheets. UI47. Ad. partly imperforate. Port Said. St. Thomas and Prince Islands. VI50. New colour of Hd. postage stamp tor fiscal HI (if. Issue of Id new stamps. 1)189. Provisionals issued. use. CIKti. Illustrations of same. St. Vincent. W 152. Illustration of £2 stamp. D1H7. Millesimes. 1)148, Issue of King Edward Ad., Id.. 2Ail., Hd., XI58. 2 8 value expected. Portugal. 8d.. 1/- ; siz.e of sheets. VI88. Id. die retouched. 0 ,54. Colonial Penny Postage. K 154. Issue of King Kdwaru 2d. and 2 -, XI70. Some minor varieties. DIH9. Issue of reply letter-card. FI80. Issue of King Kdward 5/- ; illustration of Wadhwan. Portuguese Colonies. design ; size of sheets. 15(1. Minor variety of A pice. 1)158. Illustrations of surcharges. GI88. King Kdward registration envelope expected Western Australia. Portuguese Guinea. Straits Settlements. A 154. Forthcoming new issue. Cl 44. Sheets of 4 EWEN'S WEEKLY STAMP NEWS. A IUURNAL l-UK STAMP COLLECTORS Editor : H. L’ESTRANGE EWEN. PUBLISHED BY : Ewen's Colonial Stamp Market, Limited, 32t Palace Square, Norwood, S.E* LONDON WHOLESALE AGENTS : W . R . R u s s e l l & C o . . L i m i t e d . P a t e r n o s t e r R o w , Volume X. (Nos. 171 to 197). l a m u i r p to J u n e , Iv10<3. ENTERED AT STATIONERS' //ALL. Illustrated bv> Perm ission of tf)e Hoard of Inland I^evenue. Index lo Volume X. Henadir. Chili. GREAT BRITAIN’ . El 7 5 . Letter from Whitfield Ring & Co. WLSI. Two new official (?) stamps issued. Rumour of \ l-w Issue, 1 74, 1- 177. Ditto XI88. New 5 c. envelope issued. Papcrniakcr’s Watermark Letters. (7 1 7 9 . Ditto China Expeditionary Force, JISO. HI SO. Stamps illustrated. CI7 4 . 2 as. and 8as. with O.E.F. surcharge. Karlv Dates. Bermuda. Colombia. TI7 7 . 180. I8 2 .XI8 5 . Y 190, ZI9 L \I9 H. (1188. Stationery in Dockyard type issued. 0 1 7 4 . Revised fist of recent issues. Official Stamps. HI8 7 . Registration Envelope stamp in Dockyard R 175. Xew 2 0 c. issued. I? 171. Cl 7 2 , D 174. El 75, F 178. GI7 9 . lllKfl. 1184. type illustrated. SI7fi. Ten new- stamps issued. Description of J 1 SO. K 187. 1. 188. MI9 3 . NI9 5 . 1198. Ditto ditto issued, sheets. Envelope l>ies. J 198. fid. wmk. Crown ami CC.. perf. 14 x 12}. TISO. List of 1902 provisionals. El72. 1.174. \I 178. 0179. II ISO. 1181. ,1182. K194. Hliopal. CIS8. New Ip., 5 p. and l()p. issued; statistics 1.198. El 8 0 . 4 as. with new embossing : 4 values with of Medellin issue. Stationerv■. inv. embossing. VI8 5 . Illustrations of new peso values; I peso 0 1 7 5 . PI7 7 . 1- 189. 8us. with surcharge *• S " in red. m blue issued ; new 5 c. issued ; new 5 0 c. Registration Envelope Dies. (1190. Explanation of “ S " surcharge. in three colours issued. G 198. H 198. List of new varieties. WlSfi. Illustration of new 5 0 c.; 1 peso in pink Perforated Officials, Bolivia. issued. Cl 8 0 . F 177. New 20c. envelope issued. XIS8. Stamps used in lieu of money. Control Letters. Bolivar. XI8 9 . Revised list of recent issue; illustrations. A 171. BI7 2 . C 19 1. HI 9 6 . New Ip., 5 p, and lOp. adhesives issued. > 190. Revised list of 1902 and 1903 issues; 4 c., Cheque Stamps. Cl 9 7 . Xevv 50e.. Registration. Too Late and 5 c. anil 2 0 c. issued in new colours. FI7 8 . G I7 5 . H 17 7 . I ISO. ,1181. K 1S2 . IvlSfi, 1. 195, •• A.R.’’ stamps illustrated. ZI9 L Ip., 5 p. and lOp. adhesives and 2 0 c. Reg. M 198. British Central Africa. stump of 1902 issue issued in new colours; Variety of hf. red with outline. OKSfi. Current 1/- surcharged -‘ Consular.” 10c. “ Xo H ay” provisional issued. A LSI). 0 1 8 1 . C 182. 1)190, DI9 4 . E l9 8 . If I9 fi. Specimen copies of Ring's Heads seen. A 192. .New 50p. and loop, contemplated. Rail wav Parcel Stamps. British least Africa. Cook Islands. C 174T 1 >175. KIS4 . KI88. 0 1 9 8 , 0 1 9 4 . E 191. New shade of current I rupee. 0 1 7 3 . Revised list of cream paper issue and of Railway Letter Stamps. British Honduras. marginal numbers; errors of -‘ Crown'* S 174. T 175, L'184. VI8 5 , W 188. X1S7 . VI88. MI9 0 , 1178. Xcvv Ring's Head postcards issued. surcharge. X 192. 0 1 9 8 . P 194 , 0 1 9 5 . ,1179. King’s Head 2 c. issued. HI7 5 . Rev ised list of marginal numbers; statistics Official Notice re £ 5 Stamp. K 188. Minor varieties of ‘‘ Revenue” surcharge of new paper issue. 181. on 25c. corrected ; 5 c. King's Head issued. SI7 7 . Date of issue of “ Crown" surcharge. Stamps with Firms' Names. 1. 190. Dates ol issue of King’s Heads. TI9 L Id. brow n w ith Crown surcharge tetc-beche A191. 198. 15194. British P.O., Levant. seen. Varieties of 111. red. ,1180. Variety in Queen’s Head 8 0 p, Corea. 192. British Somaliland. G 173. Commemorative 3 clieun issued. Foreign Postmarks. 1) 187, Stamps on a par with those of Henadir. H 182. Three new provisionals issued. \ 194. E l9 0 . Cuttings from Press. 1190. Illustration of surcharge on I clicun. 1- 195. Issue of stamps (}a. to 5 r.) : description Costn Uic;i. OTHER COUNTRIES. of sheets ; minor varieties. G 172. Specimen copies of provisional 2 c. official. Abv ssima. GI9 7 . Letter from correspondent. HI SO. 50c., I col., and 2 col., surcharged-oficial'; DISH, Type 1. 4 . 8 and 18 guerclie without Post British South Africa. .. ,~t’- peovisional official stamp issued. age Due surcharge, .117fi. New £20 anil £100 issued : list of high 1 183. Three new stamps to be issued. I-.I9 7 . Set overprinted Ethiopie in Amharic values. ‘1190. Errors in 2 c. provisional official stamp. characters. Bundi. K 19fi. Two provisional postcards issued; mis A fgh.iiiistan. HI 9 2 . Xevv la. issued. spelt name on 10c. adhesive ; quantity of BI7 2 . List of Uncatalogucd Varieties, Camilla. 2e. provisional official stamps; new 4c. (.'188. Proposed new issue ; seal to lie used in 1)1 72. Queen s Head 7 c. issued ; semi-with and fic. adhesives, 2 5 c. Registration En lieu of stamps. drawal of Ac. velopes, and 4 c. postcard expected. DI9 7 . Reappearance of old stamps. El 7 4 . King's Heads imminent. Cuba. Aitutaki. FI 7 5 . Ring's Heads to be issued in July ; Mlfifi. Xevv issue contemplated. A 18 8 . Rumour ol Id. X. Z. being overprinted. rumour of withdrawal of 7c. Curacao. HISS. Set to he same as those of Niue and ( 17fi. Description nf sheet of 7c. : 4c. not vet I-M9 2 . Xevv issue in type of Dutch East Indies I ’cnrliyn. ready. expected. (. 191. Stamps not yet received. 11178. Cutting from Montreal lleniht re new Cyprus. Alexandria. issue. HI7.-V King’s Head A piastre issued ; illustration E l7 5 . French llle. surclt. Alexandra:." 1187. Cutting from S t i i i n l u n t re Cheap News of King's Head 2 piastres registration I-I7S. life, added to new set. paper Postage. envelope. OISI. F’our new stamps issued. d 18 8 . Description of design of new King's Head Angola. II7H. Description of new Registration envelope. issue. >1179. Specimen copies of King’s Head 3 0 paras, 0 1 7 2 . Two new provisionals issued. R 196. Xew stamps to he issued on dune 1st. I. 4 . fi. and 12 piastres circulated. HI7 9 . Eight new adhesives and two postcards Cape of Good Hope. KI8 1 . Illustration of King’s Head tv ne. issued. J 172. LI, and I/- King’s Heads issued. Danish West Indies. I 191). Two new provisionals issued. K 174. Ad. King s Head issued. P 177. Statisticsof recent provisionals. Antinquia. 1. 175, }d. King’s Head, dated 8 1 . 12.0 2 . 0 1 8 0 . 4 e. adhesive cut diagonally for use as 2 c. ' 1177. Statistics of new issue. . L 17fi. Ail., Id. and I'■ King's Heads, illustrated. Ant igiia. B 197 . Official notice re 4 c. cut diagonally. MI80 Description of sheets of Ad., Id. and |L. SI9 5 . New 2 c. issued ; new 8c. received. HI SO. Xew issue to have local views. M l8 2 . 4 tl. King's Head issued. I )i'ileagh. Argentine Republic. XI88. 5' King's Head issued. DI 8 2 . I ■ 'our new stamps issued. 0 1 7 5 . Provisional envelope issued. 0 1 8 *5. 4 d., fill, and 5 / King’s Heads seen. I-.I9 7 , 20 piastres on 5 fr. issued. PI 7 7 . Xew 4c. postcard issued, PI8 9 . Description of sheets of 4d. and 5 /-. I himinican Republic-. 0 1 7 9 . List France. Iceland— c o n t i t . . Mozambique, H171. Inc. in modified type issued. MI9 0 . 50 ;iur„ old design, perf. 124 ; 8 aur. “ I 1) 172. Two new provisionals issued. C 185. Inc. in “ I.a Setneuse ” type issued. Gikli” exists in both types: revised list of 1) 190. Fight new stamps issued. DISK. Illustration of new Inc. ordinary and official stamps with “ 1 Mozambique Co. K 1K7 . Newspaper cuttings on the subject of new Gildi ” surcharge. C 175. 85 reis issued. Inc. ; Inc. modified surcharged “ I'.M." ; N 191. Krrors of “ I Gildi " surcharge. Nablia. new millesimcs ; 10c. and 2 5 c. in " I.a India. CI8 0 . Minor varieties of surcharge on 8 pies. Scmcuse ” type expected. SI 7 2 . Specimen copies of King's Head 2 as. and 1)198. King’s Head Ja.. 4a.. la.. 2 as. and 8as. F 1 90. 10c. and line, in “ I.a Senieuse " type issued. 8as. circulated. issued. 0 1 9 7 . New millcsimes. TI 7 5 . I Must rat ions ol King's Head 2 a s. and 8as. Natal. French I’.O. China. UI7 7 . Special Durbar postmarks. 1.172. Specimen copies ot King x I lead. Cl. £1 ‘ 10. 0 1 7 1 . Four Indo-China stamps surcharged in \'1 79. King's Heads with early dates. 415, 4110 and £ 2 0 seen. dimes and dollars. WI8 5 . King's Head 2 as. Reg. Fnvclnpc issued. MI7 5 . Illustration of King's Head 4 d, Reg. enve HIS1. Five new stamps issued. XI8 7 . Specimen copies of King’s Head 2 Jas., lope. French Colonies. 4 as. and Sas. circulated. King's Head N 17 9 . Description of Ivina's Head 4d. Reg. enve 197. Remainders to he burnt. 2 as.. 4as. and 8as. Official stamps issued. lope. French Congo. YI88. Illustrations of King's Head 4 as. and 8as. 0 1 8 1 . King's Head 2 d. and 41! issued. CI7 8 . 10c. on Ifr. Taxe stamp with horizontal ZI9 4 . King’s Head 4 as. issued. Shades of P 182. Description of sheets of King s Head 2 d. surcharge. Queen s Head I4as. and £1. French P.O., Crete. A 197. King s Head 2 as. and Sas. issued. 0 1 8 5 . Specimen copies of King's Head 2 4 d., 4 d. 1) 178. New 10c. and Inc. issued. Inluimbu ne. and 4 /- seen. KI7 9 . Four high values surcharged in piastres. AI8 0 . Niue new stamps issued. QI8 7 . Ditto. F 181. New 2 0 c., 2 5 c. and 8(tc. issued. H182. New stationery issued. R 197. King's Head 4 ■. 8 0 ,- ami £5 issued. 0 1 8 2 . line, surcharged “ I piastre I.-’ . . ' Newfoundland. HI9 2 . Prices of unsurchnrgcd issue. ■11/5 , New issue of Inland money-orders. GI7 7 . Current lc. seen imperf. vertically . MI9 7 . Quantities of unsurcharged issue. K 1 79. New 10c. postcards issued. French Indo-China. LI8 9 . New 5 c. letter-cards issued. New South Wales. FI7 8 . 10c. surcharged for use as Parcel Post M194. Revised list of platc-numhers. 2 5 c. Fx- Y 1 7 I. Current Id. perf. O.S. ami O.S. — N'.S.M . stamps. press Delivery stamp issued. for official use. French P.O., Levant. NI9 5 , Current 5c. seen imperforate. YI7 2 . Current 5d. on the new paper: 2 d. and Ini. F'178. New 10c. and Ip. on 2 5 c. issued. 0 1 9 7 . Iniperf. 5 c., a proof. New 7 4 c. reply card perf. for official use. 0 1 8 2 . New 20c. issued. issued. ZI7 8 . Revised description of official stamps : 1st French P.O., Morocco. Italian I’.O. China. printing of 2 4 d. purple in fugitive ink. FI7 5 . New 10c. on 10c. issued. A 1 97. Military Post Office at Tientsin, AI7 4 . Information about perforated officials : new F 182. Three new stamps issued. Ivory Coast. 9 d. to he in tvpc of ]2 4 cl. French Soudan. H178. Prov isional Parcel Post stamps. A 177. Id. Unpaid Letter stamp, perf. 114. chalk C l 8 1 . Title to he changed. C 1 82. Provisional Parcel Post stamps; error, surfaced paper ; new machine-numbers : French West Africa. DI9 I. Different type of surcharge. two types of N.S.W. watermark. AI9 I, Series of stamps contemplated. Jamaica. HI7 9 . Two shades of current 9 d. French I’.O.. Zanzibar. HI7 2 . Specimen copies of King’s Head 4d. reply C 181. 2 £d.. 8d.. 4 d. ami 5 ,1. perforated for official 1- 185. Four new stamps issued. card seen. use ; current 2d. import'. 1178. King's Head }d. postcard and reply card DI8 2 . New Hd. and 2 8 expected; design for 9 d. Oermatiy. not approved. S 17H. Official " Control " stamps issued. issued. da pa n. FI88. New 2/8 stamp to he in same design .is Sd. TI9 I. Railway Parcel Stamps. Ly re Bird: information about papers and Oerman P.O.. Levant. FI8 7 . Registration stamp issued. perforating machines. AI7 7 . Two types of 1 piastre surcharge. Jhind, 1- 187. 7 4 d. and I2 .4d. stamps withdrawn. BI9 0 . I nik. and .sinks, surcharged. HI8 9 . New Queen's Head 4a. Official stamp issued. GI9 0 . New 2/8 stamp issued : revised list of sheet Oibralta r. Jnlinre. and machine numbers. Bt7 5 . Illustration of Ring's Head 2 d. Reg. AWL Two new provisionals issued. HI9 2 . Dateof issue of 2 8: new sheet and niachinc envelope. Luhuan. numbors : three more official stamps. C l 7 8 . Description of same. GI9 7 . 2 c. Unpaid Letter stamp exhausted; lc. I 198. Illustration of new 2/8 stamp : current 5d. 1)1 89. Queens Head Id. nearly exhausted ; shades Pictorial also exhausted : le. stamp of without wa te rmark. of Queen’s Head Ad. Crown type expected. New Zealand. F 1 9 0 . King's Heads issued. I .agos. NI7 2 . Description of current set ; List of print 1 9 1 F . Illustration of King’s Heads. DI7 5 . Illustration of King’s Head. 2 d. Reg. ings of 8d. : New control numbers. GI9 8 . Description of sheets of King's Heads : envelope. 0 1 7 8 . 4d. and I/- on new paper; List of printings supposed error in value of 2Ad. FI88. New shade of Queen’s Head 8d. of I no wnik. UUMIIIl' Establishments Russian Levant L O iitil. Tasmania- -contil. 1) 197. [listin') i>l two recent provisionals. CI9 I. 10 kop.. surcli. " 1 piastre " in red. RI7 8 . Official letter ;v Postal Fiscals of 1900. Orange River Colony. St. Christopher. SI8 0 . List of pei*forated officials ; new local print AI7 3 . Variety ol surcharge on I on 5 / . CI8 1 . Description of new issue. Id. ; list of printings of pictorial 2d. HITS. Specimen copies ol Kind's Head Id. cir St. Helena. TI8 2 . Queen's Head Ad. perforated official. culated : K.K.l.tid. out ol' stock; Kind's 1- 190. Specimen set of new issue |jd. to 2 -| seen. UI88. New local print Id. Provisional Fiscal. Head 4 d. Keg. envelope issued. St. Kitts-Nevis. YIHO. Pictorial Id. and 2 d. with compound per- CITS. Kings Head ^cl. wrapper issued; list nt 1) 196. New sc*t |Ad. to .5/-) issued. ■ foration ; new shade of 2 d. Reg. envelope; Ivina's Head stationery. St. Lucia. new 9 d. issued. Cl 80. King's Head Id. issucif. 1-178. New Pictorial 2 d. issued. WIMI. New stationery. L 1S3 . I,- on a V.R.I. obsolete; lid. L.R.I. 0 1 7 7 . Illustration of new 2 d. Timor. reissued. HIS0 . Description of sheet of new 2 d. ; Queen's C 190. Twelve new stamps issued. FI 85. Spceimen copies of Kina's Head 4d. Head 8d. obsolete ; King's Head 2 Jd. and T r.msvaal. circulated. 8tl. expectevl. 1) 182. New 3 d., 4d., 1/-and 2 ;- issued ; specimen (1187. Spceimen sets ol King's Heads id. to !/■ 1191. King's Head 2 £d. and 2 d. issued; Queen's copies of King's Head £! and £ 5 circu circulated. Head 10/- obsolete. lated ; Ad. on 2d. L.R.I. with no stop H IHO. 4d. oil lid. \ . R. I. . ltd. L. R. I. ; I/- V.R. I. ; St. Thomas and Prince Islands. after R. and I ■ on a/- V.R.I. obsolete. L 172. Four new provisionals issued. 15184. 2 /6 , 5 /-and I0 (- to appear in new colours; H 191. Specimen copies ol Kina's Head 5/ F IS4 . Light new stamps anti two new postcards millin' varieties of L.R.I. 2 /6 . circulated. issued. F'186. L.R.I. 2/6 obsolete; King’s Head £1 and L 19a. 1 • mi 3 d. Telegraph stamp issued. St. Vincent. £ 5 issued ; description of sheets. 1197. Variety ot surcharge on I, Y.R.I. I I17(4. Destruction ot Queen's Head remainders. (1192. King's Head 4d. Reg. envelope issued. I 'ahang. Salvador. HI9 5 . Varieties of jd. anil l/- V.R.I.; no stop A182. Sal) on ;S Perak prov isional issued. H 178. New set of II stamps issued. after R variety of li.R.I, Ad. on 2 d. Paraguay 1181. Illustration of type of new set. Trinidad. TI75. ac. on 28e. prov isional issued. JI88. New stationery issued. SI7 2 . Quantities of Id. type 11. r 177. L>u; I l I 1 ities ot provisionals; Ic. on I4 e. KIH0 . Three new provisionals issued. TI7 8 . Karly date of Id. type II. provisional issued. I.I9 IS. lilcvcn new Official stamps issued; illus U 179. Issue of I/- in new colour. L 178. Larly date of Ic. on 14c. provisional, tration of type of new set. \ 182. Description of sheets of new I/- varieties I 179. ac. on 8 0 e. provisional issued. Sail Marino. of Id. black on red. VI82. Ic. tin Ip. provisional issued. A 191. New set of 12 adhesives anti one lixpress WI9 2 . Ail. in re-engraved type. w ltd. Quantities ot recent provisionals. Letter stamp issued. XI9 5 . fd.. 4it. and 6d. with clearly defined shield. X I Sit. Seven new stamps issued ; 5 c. on tide. HI9 8 . Wntk. Crown oil Republican stamps. Turks and Caicos Islands. issued ; revised list of provisionals. Senegal. A 189. Shades of current Jd. visa. Two new provisionals issued ; official H190. Pictorial set in preparation. Uganda. notiee tor tenders tor new stamps. Serein. 1171. Current Ir. and 5 r. surcharged ‘'Inland I ’atiala. LI7 5 , New issue ordered. Revenue.” Ditto. New Queen's Head la. and Ja.. and la. M 18I. 1 dinar in new type issued. <1173. Position in sheet of An. provisional with Official : varieties of Aa. and I2 as. N 186 . 15p. and 2 0 p. in new ty pe issued. no wmk. hi 190. Kivc Kind's Heads issued. 0 1 9 7 . New issue to he surcharged with Arms of KI7 4 . L 1- and 2 i£as. provisionals withdrawn. 1- 196. Quantities of Kind's Heads; varieties of Serein. 1. 175. Uganda and B.L.A. stamps used indis Queen's Head Aa. and la. Seychelles. criminately. I’cnrlnn Island. PI7 7 . he. tin 8e. with inverted surcharge. Uganda Railway. M 1N5 . del., ttd. and 1/- stamps issued. QlSI. Queens Head 4e. obsolete; Provisional BI9 4 . Information »v type-set Telegraph stamps. XIS6. Description of new stamps. Fiscals issued ; King s Heads ordered. United States. 0 1 8 9 . id, and Id. of second printing; seen used. RIS4 . 4 5 e. on Ir. 5 0 c. anti 7 5 c. obsolete; descrip HI7 I. New 8c. issued ; Ic. expected ; Description I ‘ersia. tion of King s Heads. of 3 c. and 10c.. 2 c.. 5c. and 6c. in RI7 2 . Illustration o f" IM.. Teheran'' provisional ; SI9 8 . 4 0 ,0 0 0 rupees worth of Queen's Heads preparation, three new provisionals issued ; illustra remaining. 1173. Dates of issue of new 8c. and 13c. tions of new deli, and 5 0 Uran. TI9 5 . Date of probable issue of King’s Heads. JI7 4 . New lUc. Special Delivery stamp issued; S 173. Seven new stamps issued (leli. to Ikr.J 1 1 9 7 . King's Heads issued. Illustration of new 8c. TI7S. Two new provisionals issued; six new Sierra Leone. KI7 6 . Illustration anil description of sheets of official stamps issued. <1171. Lnrly date of King s Head Id. envelope. new special delivery stamp ; date of issue L 179. New 2 kr., 5 l»r., lOkr. and 5 0 l«r. issued. K 178. Specimen sets (£d. to £ p of King's fiends of new 2c. VI8 0 . I-Vauds of recent prov isionals. circulated ; numbers of Queen's tleads 1, 177. New lc.,3 c. and 15c. expected ; description M 184. Two new provisionals issued. remaining. of new $1 and $5 . NISH. Revised list of type set provisionals; five 1. 176. List of King's Head Stationery. MI7 8 . New 2 c. and 5 c. issued ; Statistics. new official stamps issued; 2c. IM.. MI8I. King’s Head $d. wrapper issued. NI7 9 . New le. issued ; Illustrations of 2c., 5c. Teheran ; Chains in two ty pes; six new N 184. Illustration of King's Head £d. wrapper. and 10c. expected. type-set provisionals issued ; two new 0 1 9 4 . King s Head Id. issued. 0181. New 3 c., 4c. anil 10c. issued; Plate-num provisionals issued. Sirmoor. bers: Rumour of withdrawal of 2 e. YI9 0 . Two new provisionals issued. 1) 189. Plates to Ik- defaced. 0 1 8 2 . Date of issue of 2 c. ; Rumour of new 2 c. Z 192. Letter re recent ty pe-set provisionals. Somali Coast. P 188. Illustrations of Ic., 3 c., 4 c. and 10c. ; New AI9 4 . Illustration of 1903 surcharge. RI8 2 . Revised list of new issue. 8c. issued ; New Telephone stamp pro I ‘cru. SI88. Illustrations of high values. posed. 1.184. Provisional L npuiil Letter stamp issued. TI9 I. Krrors of new issue. QIS4 . Illustration of 6c. I.I9 L Remainders ol provisional Unpaid Letter I 1 VMS. More errors of new issue. R 185. Date of issue of 6c.; New envelopes issued ; stamps. South Australia. Official schedule of stationery. Philippine Islands. TI7 I. New Id. and I/- fiscals. SI8 7 . Illustration of 2 c. envelope stamp ; Speci F 17d. C u rio u s block of 5 c. sunups ot 18 6 2. TI7 2 . Kivc stamps in large type issued ; notes oil men copies of new 15c.. 5 0 c.. $1. $2 and (7 1 8 9 . ••Series 1 9 0 2 '" L’.S.A. stamps to he sur old type 9 d. and 1 /-. $5 seen. charged. U 178. Description of sheets of new stamps. TI8 9 . Illustration of le. envelope stamp. HI9 7 . Philippine stamps not allowed to he used VI7 8 . liarly ilate of new Hd. ; sheet numbers; UI9 I. Description of high values; New 50c. in L'.S.A.and unsurcharged U.S.A. stamps errors of official stamps. issued. not allowed to he used in Philippine Y 179. New shade of 2 /8 . VI9 4 . New 5c. envelope issued. Islands. WI8 0 . 15/- “ Postage and Revenue." perf. IIJ. WI9 6 . Illustrations of high values and of 4c. and Port Said. NI8I. 9 vl. printed on 2 d. paper. 5c. envelopes ; Date of issue of 2 c. LI 7 8 . New 10c. issued. VI8 2 . Letter re 15/-, perf. ILL Uruguay. LI8I. Illustration of new lUc, \\T8 5 . Cl “ Postage" issued; I/-, wmk. Crown Ml7 7 . New 2 0 c. Reg. envelope and 5 m. wrapper F 191. New 1.5c., 20c., 25c. and HOc. issued. SA., perf. 11L surcharged O.S. issued. Portuguese Colonies. XI88. Sheet-numbers. Venezuela. 181. Unpaid letter stamps to he issued in all YI8 9 . New printing of 10' "Postage and F1I8 7 . 5 0 c. of 1899 type without “ 1 9 0 0 " sur Colonies. Revenue." charge. Portuguese Congo. Z 194. 10/- “ Postage" issued. • 1- 196. New revolutionary issue. CI7 2 . Two new provisionals issued. Southern Nigeria. Victoria. D 179. Light new stamps issued. ,1175. Q ueens Head 2 d. and I/- obsolete; new A 17 1. New shade of 2 /-. Portuguese (imiieu. shade of lil. ZI7 3 . New shade of 9 d. 1*172. Two new provisionals issued. KI88. King's Head set issued. AI7 9 . Perforated official Id. issued. 0 1 9 0 . Light new stamps issued. 1, 188. King's Head 2 d. Reg. envelope issued. 1)184. Ad., perf. II and perf. 1 2 x 1 1 ; Id. to be Portuguese India. LI9 0 . Description of sheet of King's Head £ 1. perforated I I. ("il7.i. Three new stamps issued. Spain. LI88. liarly date of ^d., perf. 11 ; rumour of Id. 11179. Twelve new stamps and four new post Ml7 3 . Revised list of marginal numbers. oil 2d. cards issued, Spanish Morocco. 1*194. Re-engraved I/- issued. Queensland. HI7 3 . Three stamps to be issued. (1197. Electrotypes oT I/-retouched. 1. 178. New 9 d. issued for telegrams; fid. with 0 7 8 . Description of new issue. W estern Australia. figures in lower corners. Straits Settlements. 1174. 2d. on V . and Crown paper; new 8d. and MI8I. Official letter rr (id. with lower figures <1184. King's He*td 5 c. Reg. envelope and le. reply 9 d. expected. only ; No 2/8 to he issued ; Design for card issued. .1175, Description of new 2 d.; description of new 9 d. submitted. KI9 2 . Specimen copy of King's Head $ 10 0 seen. sheets. Roumnnia. 1.198. Queen's Head 2 c. used provisionally for KI7 7 . Illustrations of Melbourne printed stamps. 1188. New issue expected. Malay States 4c. 1, 185. 2 d. with watermark upright. J 191. New I Oh. postcard and 15b. letter-card Suda n. MI88. New 8d., 9 d. and 1 Od. issued ; 2 d., perf. II. issued 1185. Issue of surcharged official stamps. XI8 9 . New 4d. issued. KI9 4 . New set issued. JI88. Telegraph stamps withdrawn. 0 1 9 0 . Illustrations of new 8d.. Hd. and lOil. Russia. KI8 9 . I piastre surcharged for official use. PI9 2 . .Jd. postcards withdrawn. 0 1 7 8 . Quantities of stamps printed for 1908 ; Surinam. QI9 6 . Revised list of Melbourne printed issue. New locals. 0 9 2 . New issue expected ; 5 c. obsolete. W'urtem Inirg. PI7ti, 85 kop. on vertically laid paper. Sweden. CI7 5 . New 3 0 pf. and 4 0 pf. officials issued. QI9 6 . 8 kop. on vertically laid paper ; Com 0 8 8 . New 5 krona and 50 ore expected. Zambesiu. memorative 5 kop. and 7 kop. expected. Tahiti. C l 7 2 . Two provisionals issued. Russian P.O., China. A 191. Two provisionals issued. CI9 0 . Flight new stamps issued. AI9 4 . Lxtcnded use of " Kctac” issue. Tasmania. Zanzibar. Russian Levant. QI7 4 . Perforated Official 2 d. issued; new 9 p. 1-193. 4 Jas. nearly exhausted ; new issue ordered. CI9 0 . New issue imminent. expected. (1194. Purchase of 1896 remainders. J E W E N ’S WEEKLY STAMP NEWS. A JOURNAL FOR STAMP COLLECTORS. Editor : H. L’ESTRANGE EW EN. PUBLISHED BY : Ewen's Colonial Stamp Market, Limited, 32, Palace Square, Norwood, S.E. LONDON WHOLESALE AGENTS: W . R . R u s s e l l & C o ., L i m i t e d , P a t e r n o s t e r R o w ■ ------■¥------ Volume XI. (Nos. 198 to 223.) Julj) to December, 190 3. ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL. Illusfijafed by Permission of ff)e Board of Inland Ltevenue. J E W E N ’S WEEKLY STAMP NEWS. A JOURNAL FOR STAMP COLLECTORS. Editor : H. L’ESTRANGE EW EN. PUBLISHED BY : Ewen's Colonial Stamp Market, Limited, 32, Palace Square, Norwood, S.E. LONDON WHOLESALE AGENTS: W . R . R u s s e l l & C o . , L i m i t e d , P a t e r n o s t e r R o w • ------♦ ------ Volume XI. (Nos. 198 to 2,23.) J u l g to December, 190 3. ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL . Illustrated b^p Permission of tf?e Board of Inland L^evenue. Index lo Volume XI. Belgium. Ceylon— cojit inued. GREAT BRITAIN. K215. Error of 70c. parcel post. New issue con U2 1 L King’s Head 5c. wrapper issued. Envelope Dies. sidered. Y 2 I3 . King’s Head 2c. postcard issued. 200, N2 0 I. 0 2 0 4 , P206. Q207, R20S, S 2 I0 , T 211, Benadir. YY214. New printing of King’s Head 4c. L'212, V2i:i, W214, X2 I5 . Y 21 6. Z217, J 207. Four stamps used on entire. X218 . Shades of 5c. envelope. A2 I9 , B 220, B 2 2 I, C2 2 2 . Bermuda. Y 220. King's Head 6c. issued. Railwav Letter Stamps. K 199. 3d. Ouecn running short. $d. in Arms type Z222. King’s Head Official stamps issued. to he issued. RI9S' S200, T 201. L20H, V208. W 2 IU, X2 I 1, Y 2 I3 , Cliamba. 1.204. Remainders of (jueen’s Head Id. burnt. Z214, A2 I8 , B 2 I9 . 198 History of 6d. perf. 14 x I2J. G . Statistics and varieties. Railway Parcel Stamps. M2 I0 . 3d. in Dockyard type issued. Chili. H214 , 1216. J 2 I9 . Bolivar. Y 220. 30c. of I960 surcharged Die/. Centavos. Id. red with outline. 1) 198. Description ol new Ip., 5p., and lOp. Z 2 2 I. Description of 10c. on 30c. Provisional. 1- 198. E 20 5. Revised list of recent issues. China. Official Stamps. 1-210. New adhesives, A.R., and Too Late issued. K 219. Error of current 5e. N2 1 3 . 0 2 2 2 . G217. New 50c. and 20c. Reg. stamp issued. F 220. Ic. on Ic. with inverted surcharge. Bolivia. W rappers. G 207. New 10c. issued. Cochin. C 2 I3 . 0 2 1 4 . B 2 1 L New paper. Stationery. Bosnia. t>220. G 20 3. New 40h. issued. Colombia. H2 I9 . New 3 0h. issued. C2 I0 . 50c. in new colours issued. Army Telegraphs. Boyaca. 0 2 0 9 . 0 2 1 7 . Stamps in new colours issued. B 200. New 10c., 20c., 50c. and Ip. issued. Inverted Watermarks. E 222. 5c. and lOp. Barrnnquilla in new colours. C 203. A20 5, B 207, Illustrations of new adhesives. Old colours, perf. 12. 1) 2 11. New 5 p. and l()p. issued. Large Crown Watermark, Corea. E 2 I8 . Description of new 5 p. and lOp. A20 7, B 2 I4, C218, 0 2 1 9 . K220, 2 F 2 2. J 207. Varieties of recent surcharges. Fiscals. Brazil. K2 1 1. Perforation varieties of current issue. J 198. Description of forgeries. A2 I2 . B 2 I6 . L 218. Illustration of new type. K207. Official notices. Watermark Letters. M2 I9 . Description of new issue. K219. L 2 I0 . ‘ Forgeries’ of No. 198 are really from re N222. Post Office Notice. Early Oates. touched dies. Costa Rica. British Central Africa. B 20 0, C201, 0 2 0 3 . E 2o4. 1-203. F 206, F 207, H208, K2 I 1. Two provisional post cards issued. F 209. Illustration of new types. Marginal Nos. 0 2 0 9 , H2 I0 , B i l l . 1212. J 2 I3 , K214, L 218, M212. New stamps issued. G 220. King's Head set issued. M2 I9 , N2 2 L N213. Illustrations of new stamps. Three new British E ast Africa. Postmarks. 214. Officials. Description of new Unpaid F 2 0 2 . Provisional expected. Maltese Cross Postmark, A2 1 9 , B 220, C221. Letter stamps. G 203. New shade of la. Cheque Oies. N 198. 0200, P 203, 0 2 1 3 , R2 I8 , British Guiana. 0 2 1 5 . Illustration of new 5c. envelope. S 220. P 2 I6 . Error in new 16c. S 2 I0 . New 60c. to be issued. Postal Orders. H 198, 1200. 0 2 2 2 . New 2c. post card issued. T 2 I4 . New 60c. issued. Firm’s Names. 203. Crete. Abyssinia. T 2 I5 . Letter re new issue. British P .(). Levant. M2 I2 . High values surch. “ prosohinom ” with F 2 1 0 . New set with Amharic Surcharge. Colours K21 5. King's Head 12 piastres issued. Variety drawn. of Posta and Ethiopie surch. Cuba. Aitutaki. of 40p. L 2 I7 . Description of sheet of 12 piastres. M2 I8 . Numbers of new issue to be printed. 0 2 0 0 . New set issued. Description of sheets. British South Africa. Curasao, E 20 1. Marginal-No. of 6d. K207. Ail. postcard issued. G 2 I2 . New I2 ^c. issued. F 204. Correspondence and New scuttings. L 20 9. 2(d. envelope issued. H2 I6 . Statistics. 2 0 9 (■ . Letter :ibout the Island and its inhabitants M214. Id. letter-card issued. Cyprus. Albania. Bulgaria. M220. King’s Head 45p. issued. 0 2 0 6 . New set without '• Albanic.” R2 I0 . Error of current 1st. N’ 221. Description of King's Head, 2 , 9 . and 18p. Anjouan. S 215 . List of recent postcard varieties. Danish West Indies. 20 7 3 50 1 50 B . c. and St. Pierre and Miquelon c. 2 6 10 TI9 8. Provisional 10c. of 1895 on le. instead of in strip. T I . Provisional on last, issued. Bundi. 50c. Antigua, C 198. Sacred Bulls la. is receipt stamp. U208. Statistics of new issue. C 20 3. New set issued. Bussahir. Denmark. 1 20 9 5 ) . Illustrations of new Jd. and /- G 20 4. Reprints from stone of Ja. type II. E 2 I3 . Commemorative issue of Unpaid Letter Antioquia. Canada. Stamps expected. 21 0 N . A.W. stamp in new colour. LI 9 9 . King's Heads issued. F 2 ! 7. Current 8, 12, and 166rc withdrawn. 0 2 1 9 50 . New c. and Ip. issued. M2 0 I. Description of King's Heads. Dcdcagh. Argentine Republic. N203. Illustration of King's Head type. F 2 I9 . 30c. issued. TI 9 8 . 5e. Port Rosario not surcharged. 0 2 0 8 . King's Head le. postcard issued. Dominica. 2 1 2 15 L' . New c. cnv. and 6c. postcard issued. P 2 I2 . Frank stamps. B 208. New set issued. Australian Commonwealth. Q217. King's Head Plate Nos, C2 I0 . Description of new issue. P 198. Unpaid Letter Stamps 4d. and 5/- type II. 1*222. King's Head le. wrapper issued. 1)212. Illustrations of new issue. issued. Canton. Dominican Republic. y i 9 9 . News Cuttings re Federal issue. 1210. Indo China set surcharged in black. 0 2 2 2 . Current 20c. official imperf. R201. Description of new 9 d. stamp. Cape Colony. Dutch Indies. S 20 2. New 9d. to be issued in Ju ly. T 20 0. New fiscals anil stationery. L 210. Illustration of new issue. 2 2 T I . Design for new Unpaid Letter Stamps to U202. Statistics of fiscals. Ncv scuttings. M212. New 10c. and 30c. issued. be submitted. V216. King's Head 3d. not yet issued. N2 I4. Specimen copies of new postcards. L2I6. Stamps to be printed at Adelaide. W 2 I8 . King's Head 3d. and Id. post card issued. 0 2 1 5 . Shade of 21 on 3c. V2 I7 . Postmaster-General's Visit to Adelaide. Cauca. East Africa and Uganda Protectorates. Austria. B 203. New 10c. and 20c. provisionals issued. H205. King's Head 2as. issued. 0 2 1 0 . New 12h. (6h. + 6h.) linv. issued. B 218. 20c. imperf. or pin perf. 7 . 1206. Shades of Queen’s Head 1 anna. Austrian P.O, Crete. C222. 10c. imperf. or porf. 12. J 207. Illustration of King's Head 2 annas. B 198. Stamps surch. in centimes used in all Cavallc. K208. Specimen copies of King’s Head ja., Ir., Levant P.O .’ s. E 203. 5c. deep green with vermilion overprint. 2r. seen. Austrian P.O. Levant. E 219. 30c. issued. L 214. Specimen copies of entire King’s Head set 0201. 20p. with overprint twice. Ceylon. seen. F 20H. Set with overprint twice issued. P 199. King's Head 3c. issued. M2 I6 . 5r. surcli. Judicial Fee. G 21 7. 25c., 50t. and Ifr. issued with overprint 0 2 0 4 . King's Head 2c. wrapper issued. N2 2 I. Illustrations of new stamps. twice. R207. King’s Head 2c. and 15c. and 5c. envelope Ecuador. 14223. Illustration of new 25c., 50c., Ifr. issued. T210. 5c. on 10c. and 10c. on 4c. (1896-9 7 ) with Bavaria. S 209. Illustration of King's Head 2c. inverted surcharge. K21 3. Consignment numbers. T 2 I0 . King's Head 12c. and 25c. issued. U214. List of 1902 Provisionals. INDEX. 111. Elobey, Annobon, y Corisco. India—continued. New Zealand—c o n t i n u e d . B 200. 1903 set issued. B 200. 5/- issued on new paper. Description of 214 12 2 C203. Illustration of 1903 issue. E , King’s Head as., lr. and r., and lr. On H.M.S. ready. • sheets. Provisional Id. on 2d. envelope issued. Eritrea. F 2 I7. Illustration of King’s Head 6as. C203. New design wanted for Govt. Insurance E 203. Italian (74 + 7J)c. postcard surcharged. F 220. Explanation of non-appearance of King’s F 2 I9 . Plate-numbers. Head 2 ^as. Dep. King s Head Ad. and Id. env. issued. D205. Illustration of King’s Head $d. wrapper. G 2 2I. King’s Head 3as. issued ; Illustration of Fernando Poo. 1-209. New printing of 1/- List of printings of F 200. 1903 set issued. 12as. and 2rs. On H.M.S. 4a. ready. Indo China. 1/- Plate-numbers. Id. Gov. Insurance, G 203. Illustration of 1903 issue. perf. 1 4 x 11. H214. Germany wishes to buy the Island. B 211. 15 on 25c. provisional issued. C215. Facts about new provisional. M2I0. Illustrations of King’s Head, Ad. and Id. Fiji Islands. env. List of current “ Postage and M205. Queen’s Head ^d. obsolete. Ivory Coast. Revenue.” E 203. Provisional Parcel Post stamps issued. Finland. N2 I4 . Rumour of the projection of a King's F 211. 4fr. on 60c. provisional Parcel Post stamp Head issue. D200. Varieties of current issue. issued. 0 2 1 6 . List of O.P.S.O. stamps. Advertisement France. G223. Illustrations of surcharges. for design lor Gov. Insurance stamps. H2U0 . Mouchon retouched replacing La Semeuse. Italy. P 21 7. Errors of O.P.S.O. surcharge. 25c. with millcsime 3 .j P 206. Express adhesive issued. Q220. More O .P.S.O . stamps. 1201. Design for new issue; Milldsimes; La Q209. Illustration of Express adhesive. 12221. New shade of 2 -, Advertisements. 2 Jd. Semeuse 20c. and 30c. issued. R 215. Number of 15c. adhesives ordered. no wink, surch. O .P.S.O . J 203. La Semeuse not to be superseded; S 2 I8 . 15c. to be issued in April, 1904 ; 21. blue S222. Varieties of Insurance Dept., Id. Statistics. and magenta Unpaid issued. Nicaragua. K214. 15c. La Semeuse imperf., Milldsimes; T 219. Plate-number. T 20 7. 5 p. on 10c. provisional issued. La Semeuse 15c. surch. F.M .; 15c. envel. 501 1001 U220. . and . Unpaid Letter stamps issued. U210. Colour ol surcharge of 5p.on 10c. in La Sc me use type issued. Italian P.O., Crete. K219. Dates of issue of recent stamps. V2 2 0 . E rro ro f 50c. Unpaid Letter stampsof 1900. B 220. Current lp. withdrawn. V\ 222. Minor varieties. French Colonies. Niue. 205, Special stamps for each Colony. Jam aica. UI9 8 . New printing of I/-. 212. Date of destruction of remainders. J 214. King’s Head Ad. wrapper ready. V205. Mutilated sheets. E 220. Explanation of issues for each treaty port K2I6. Current set surcharged Judicial. in China. 1-221. New jd. issued and specimen copy of 2Jd. W21 0. The language of Niue. History of “ Thief’’ French Congo. M223. Date of issue of new jd. and 2£d. error. 216 D207. Two provisionals issued. X . New postmark. Japan. Nyassa. E 213. Statistics of recent provisionals. 2 0 2 G I . Js., Is. and s. saving bank cards issued. h.220. Five new provisionals issued. French New Hebrides. Jhind. H216. Four stamps issued. C205. King’s Head £a. and la. Officials issued. Oceanic Establishments. French P.O., China. D206. Quantities of King's Heads. 1-207. New 10c. on 15c. provisional issued. 1213 5c. on 15c. Provisional issued. Johorc. Orange River Colony. J 2 I7. Provisional Unpaid Letter stamp issued. BI 9 8 . Variety of 10c. on 4c. provisional. J 199. King s Head 4d .,6d. and I /- to be issued on K220. Four Provisional Unpaid Letter stamps. C205, Varieties of 3c. on 4c. and 3c. on c. Ju ly 16th. L222. List of Provisional Unpaid Letter stamps. provisionals. K2 0 I. lung s Head set issued (Ad. to I/-). French P.O., Crete. D220. 50c. on 83 Provisional issued. L 204. \ nineties ol I,-on 5/-; Shades of Ad. post N2 I2 . Unsurcharged high values re-issue Labuan. cards. 0 2 1 3 . 25c. issued unsurcharged. H208. New Ic. and 3c. Crown type ready. M20 7. King’s Head 5/- issued. N218. Explanation of omission of surcharge. La os. N209. King's Head 5,- not yet issued. French P.O., Morocco. G 2 0 I. ]/- Queen’s Head, pi. 2 issued. 0 2 1 4 . Variety of Ad. V.R.I. H207. 5p. on 5fr. issued. H206. King's Heads to be issued on 22nd Ja n u a ry , P2 I9 . Position in sheet of the above variety. 1215. Provisional 5c. and 10c. issued. 1904. Packhoi. Germany. Leeward Islands. AI9 8 . Indo China set surcharged in black. U2l)7 . Spec'aI philatelic postmark. N202. Official Notices re separate issue for each B 2 0 5 . Indo China 5fr. surcharged. U2 I4 . Numbers on Official stamps. island. Panama. V216. Prussia only has issued Official stamps. N'205. Rumour that stamps are obs 1 E2I6. Panama secedes from Colombia. VV220. Description of Railway stamps. 0 2 1 0 . Stam ps will not be discontinu F 219 . Old issue surcharged. Gibraltar. P 218. Queen’s Head remainders for sale. G22J. List of varieties of new issue. H2 I0 . King's Head stationery issued. Liberia. Paraguay. Gold C oast. 1218. Official stamps surcharged ordinary. Z 2 I8 . New le. issued. T 198. I/-, 2/-, 2 0 and 5/- Judicial stamps seen. Long-Tcheou. " Patiala. U210. King s Head Ad. and Id. Postcards issued. A212. Indo-China stamps surcharged. 0 2 0 1 . Varieties of King’s Head Aa. G uaI j loupe. M223. Statistics. H207. Statistics of King’s Heads. C207. Five new provisionals issued. Madagascar, British Inland Mail. Pcnrhyn Island. D2I0. Two Provisional Unpaid Letter Stamps. E 21 9. Official letter. 1*201. New shade of 1/-. E21 4. New printing of 4()c. on lfr. Macao. Q203. New Printing of 6d. Guatemala. F 220. Variety of 24 avos Centenary issue. Persia, V'198. Statistics of 25c. Provisionals. New 25c. Malay States. IH9 8. Six new provisionals issued. official issued. G2 0 I. 82 exhausted. C 2 I7 . Two new provisionals issued. W204. Description of 25c. Official. 11216. 4c. re-issued. 82 and 825 out of issue. D2 I9 . Illustrations of surcharge. X20 8. Varieties of 25c. provisionals. 10c. and 50c. Judicial stamps issued. D220. List and description of recent provisionals. Gwalior. Malta. Philippine Islands. 1205. Queen’s Head Aa. issued. A2 0 I. King’s Head 2d. out of stock. 1210. Stamp bonks used for coinage. J 208. Queen’s Head la. adhesive and (i + i)a. B 208. List of stamps current. •1216. Ic., 2c, and 50c. series 1902 surcharged. King s Head Postcard issued. C2 I0 . King’s Head 2 .jd. issued. K2 2 I. 5c.. 13c., 15c. and 81 surcharged. K214 . -|a. carmine with surch. inverted. 1)214. Specimen King's Head 4d. seen. Port Said. 1-215. Minor varieties of Queen’s Head, £a. & la. Mangaia. Q2 I5 . New 10c. postcard issued. M2 18 . No ^a. postcard issued. A2 2 I. Special surcharged issue to be made. Portugal. N220. ,$a. carmine with surch. inverted, Martinique. E2I0. Frank stamp issued by Geographical Hayti. D220. Provisional Parcel Post Stamp issued. Society, Lisbon. 1-212. Commemorative issue expected. Mauritius. Portuguese India. L222. Minor variety of Prov. Govt. Ic. A20 9. Express Delivery stamp issued. 1214. Inverted surcharge variety. Hoi-Hao. B 2 I3 . 4c. in new colours issued, Queensland. " D210. Indo-China set surcharged in black. G 221. 3c. and 15c. in new colours expected. N 198. Cutting re 6d. with figures in lowcrcorncrs. E 214 . Error of 5c. Medellin. 0 2 0 4 . Commonwealth 9d. issued. Holland. A2 I9 . 20c. and 40c. adhesives issued. IV2 I8 . \ arictics of new 9d. Marginal num bers; G212. New 25c. Telegraph stamp issued. B 223. Further details. New £1 to be issued. Honduras. Mong-tze. Roumania. F 220. 2c. of 1898 on vert, laid paper. B 20 5. Indo China set surcharged in Hack. 1.203. Another printing of King's Heads to be made G 222. 5c. and 10c. surcharged Pcrmitase ; minor Montserrat. M207, Error of 15b. varieties. A204. Special set issued. Russia. Hong Kong, B 206. Description of new stamps. R 2 I5. Set with Czar's Head to he issued. VI9 9 . King's Head 20c., 50c., 8 1, 85 and 810 Morocco Agencies. R2 I6 . 4k, on vert, laid paper. issued. 1205. New stationery issued. Russian P.O. Levant. VV2 0 I. King’s Head 82 and 83 adhesives and 1c. 1212. King's Head 10c. issued. D'214 . Four new values issued. postcard issued. Maltha. E 2 I5. 20p. on 4k. to be issued. X202. King’s Head 8 1$, 8 2, 8 3 , 8 4, 85 Stamp 1-205. King s Head An., la. and 2as. officials F2!8. Description of new stamps. Duty issued ; List of King’s Head issued. ' Sahara. Revenues. F 2 I2 . King’s Head 4as., 6as., 8ns., 12as. and Ir. B2IK. Description of design of stamps. Y 203. All King's Head adhesives issued. issued. St. Helena. Z208. Revised List of King's Head Stationery. G 215. Varieties of surcharge. G 205, Description of sheets of new issue ; 3d. of Hungary. H220. King’s Head Officials issued. 1884 re issued. D207. Date of issue of Unpaid Letter Stamps. Natal. H207. Illustrations of King's Heads. E 2 I6 . Description of new Unpaid Letter Stamps. S201. Description of King’s Head 2 ^0 .. 4d. and 4/-. 0 2 1 7 . Remainders of Queen's Heads. F 217. Illustration ot new Unpaid Letter Stamps. T 204. Description of Ad. on 6d. provisional of St. Kitts-Xcvis. F 2 I8 . 6f. Unpaid Letter Stamp issued. 1895, " EI 9 8. Illustration of new Ad. H2 I9 . Description of 6f. Unpaid Letter Stamp. Nepal. F 2 0 I. Illustration of new Id. Iceland. A2 1 1, Varieties of current la. and 2as. ( 1208. New stationery issued. 0 1 9 8 . Varieties of 1 Gildi surcharge Official 3 and New Caledonia. St. Lucia. 5 aur. perf. 14 x 13J. H215. Provisional set issued. J 208. King's Head I/- issued. P2 0 2 . Varieties of 1 Gildi surcharge. 1217, Illustration of Surcharge. K2 2 I. Queen’s I lead 10/-. Q204. Varieties of 1 Gildi surcharge. New South Wales. St. Vincent. Q207. Revised list of varieties of I Gildi surch. J 2(H). Sheet of 5d. with vvmk. sideways seen. 1.220. Illustration of King's Head Reg. Envelope. R211. Varieties of 1 Gildi surcharge. J 20 4. Error of O.S. surcharge. Salvador. S 218. „ „ „ K206. New Commonwealth 9d. issued. M204. Illustration of new Unpaid l.etter Stamp. T 221. Revised list of varieties of 1 Gildi surch. 1-207. Illustration of new 9d. N207. Remainders of last issue. India. M 209. M a c h i ne - n 11 m be rs. 0210. Description of new Unpaid Letter Stamp. B 200. King's Head 2$as. issued. Rumour of lOas. N’215. List of printings of 5d. 15c. Official stamp issued. 14 a id 2Ar. „ 0 2 1 9 . Perforation varieties. 1*211. New set of Unpaid Letter Stamps issued. B 201. Dates of issue of King's Heads. P 223. Sydney Views, tetc-bOche. Q222. Minor variety. C20 6. King’s Head la. Fiscal issued. New Zealand. San Marino. C20 9. King's Head 6as. issued ; King's Head Aa. Z 198. Description of 2/- on laid paper C2I6, Plate-numbers. fin H.M.S. issued. King's Head £d. wrapper issued. Santander. D2 I 1. King’s Head 2 ,Jas. not available. A 199. 2 jd „ 5d., 9d. and 2 - on new paper issued. A2 I0. \ c\v provision;!I issued. M2 lfv Description of new provisional. IV. INDEX. Sarawak. Somaliland—continued. Transvaal. 1221. New 82, $5, 810 surcharged for Revenue M215. Description of new postmark. 1208. Varieties of old Transvaal stamps. purposes. N217. King’s Head 2as., 3as., 4as. and 8as. J 221. Illustration of King’s Head Reg. Env. Senegal. issued ; Varieties. Trinidad. C217. Four new provisionals issued. 0218. 2nd printing of Queen's Heads (2£as. to Y201. Early date of Id. Type II. D223, Surcharge illustrated. 5rs.) Z2I2. Rumours about King's Head issue. Scnegambia and N iger. P219. Both postmarks used. A 214. Specimen copy of new 4d. seen. A203. Set of 12 values (lc. to lfr.) issued. Q221. Specimen King’s Head set seen. B217. Early dates. B2II9. Illustration of new type. R223. King's Head design illustrated. C220. Quantities of old 4d. Commemorative set Seychelles. South Australia. expected. V199. Illustration of King's Head type. A198. Date of issue of new 10/-. Tunis. T201. King’s Head 3c. on 15c. provisional issued. B203. Perforation varieties. E213. New 2fr. and 5fr. Unpaid Letter stamps L’204, Letter re King’s Head provisional, C207. Sheet-numbers. issued. V205. King’s Head 3c. on 45c. provisional issued. D216. Current Id. perf. S.A. ; Destruction of Turks and Caicos Islands. Rumour of 2c. on 15c. provisional. remainders ; New perforating machine ; B208. Philatelists as Revenue Producers. W206. Quantity of 3c. on 45c. No 2c. on 15c. New Id. postcard expected. Uganda. issued. E217. More Officials issued ; Error of vvmk. of M207. la. and 2as. surcharged Inland Revenue. W ill. King's Head 3c. on 18c. provisional issued. 6d. O.S. X213. Specimen 12c. Registration Envelope F223. New perforation introduced. Uganda Railway. King’s Head seen. Spain. C203. Telegraph stamps discontinued. Y217. Appointment of the Governor. N218. Plate-numbers. United States. Z219. No varieties in King’s Head provisionals. Spanish Guinea. XI98. New 15c. and 50c. issued. Scrvia. D200. 1903 set issued. Y203. New 81, 82, 85 issued. PI98. New provisional issue expected. E204. Illustration of 1903 type. Z213. New 2c. described. Q201. Provisional set issued. Straits Settlements. Z217. Shades of current 2c. R203. Two sizes of surcharge. M221. Specimen copies of new lc. and 3c. seen. A221. New 2c. issued. V205. 1 p. on 5d. provisional issued. Error of 25p. Sudan. Venezuela. W210. Provisional stationery issued. 1.211. New 3m. issued. G201. Illustrations of revolutionary issue. X216. Quantities of provisional issue. M214. Provisional 5m. on 5p. issued. H204. Error of 25c. revolutionary. Y2I8. Date of issue of provisionals. New stationery. 1205. List of revolutionary issue; Stamps ol Siam. N220. New 5m., Ip. and 20p. issued. Zulia. Cl99. New set expected. Surinam. J 210. New provisionals issued. Sierra Leone. D207. New 5c. issued. Victoria. P213. King’s Head set issued. E218. Statistics. H204. New perforation varieties. Q216. Early date of King’s Head Id. Sweden. 1211. 9d. perforated O.S. Sirmoor, D208. New 5kr. issued. J 2I4. Early date. E201. Error of On S.S.S. surcharge. E209. New 5kr. not yet issued. K217. 5d. perforated 0 ,S. Somali Coast. F2I3. 8 ore stamp expected. L218. Shade of re-engraved 1/-. VI03. Set in new colours expected. G217. 8 ore and 5kr. issued. Illustration of 5kr. Western Australia. W207. Errors of 1c. and 20c. H220. Date of issue of 8 ore and 5kr. R198. Changes of colour expected. X213. Set in new colours issued. Switzerland. R21L Illustration of new 2d. envelope. Y223. Minor variety of 2fr. F217. New design in preparation. S212. Id. postcard issued on cream paper. Somaliland Protectorate. Tasmania. M223. New variety of perf. £d. H200. Quantities of Provisionals. X203. Shades of current 9d. Wurtemburg. 1206. Description of sheets of rupee values. Y212. Pictorial $d. wmk. V & Crown issued. D213. 3pf. and 25pf. Official Envelopes issued. J 208. King’s Head Indian stamps surcharged. Z221. New 1/- to be issued. Queen’s Head $d. Yunnan-Sen. K209. Description of forthcoming King’s Head obsolete. A205. Indo-China set surcharged. issue. Tchong-king. Zanzibar. L210. King’s Head Ja. issued. A208. Indo-China set surcharged. H221. Ja. of 1898 re-issued. M214. King's Head la. issued ; Varieties of Tonga. Zululand. surcharge; Statistics; New postmark. C203. Possibility of new issue. A204. Inverted surcharge.