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A ' A j # 7^ tv. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

COMPARE OUR PRICES WITH OTHER DEALERS’1 M IDLAND 5TAM P CO., 11, Norttiam pton St*, B IR M IN G H A M ,

UNUSED STAMPS. CHEAP SETS. 1 1 2 i set. Doz. sets. 8. d. 3. d . s . d . a. d . British Beohuanaland, surcharged on Bavaria, 17 variouB . . 0 5 4 0 English, |d., Id., 2d., 4d., 6d. and Borneo, 1897, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 .. 0 10 9 6 1/-, set of 6 3 6 Brazil, 22 various.. .. 0 10 7 0 Dominica, Id. .; 1 4 Belgium, 40 various . . 0 6 5 6 „ *d. on half of Id. violet _ 1 0 Cuba, old issues, bead of King, 18 var. 0 8 7 0 Grenada, id. violet and black , 0 10 9 6 Ecuador, 18 various .. 0 9 7 0 „ 6d. mauve 1 6 Germany, with Thorn & Taxis, 33 var. 0 8 5 6 ,, 8d. brown 4 10 Honduras, 20 various . . 0 9 7 0 New Brunswick, lc. mauve .. 0 4 3 0 Holland, 23 varieties ... 0 6 4 0 ,, 2c. orange 0 2 1 6 Italy, 43 various . .' . . 0 8 6 6 ,, 5c. green .. 0 1 1 0 Labuan, 1897,1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 .. 0 10 9 6 ., lOo. red 0 9 8 0 Mexico, 21 various ... 0 9 7 0 ,, 12ic. blue 1 9 Nicaragua, 32 various . . 1 0 10 6 Newfoundland, imperf., Id brown and ‘ Portugal, 24 various ... 0 6 5 6 oiaret.. 5 0 Porto Rico, 19 various . .0 6 6 0 Newfoundland, imperf., 3d. green „ 4 6 Salvador, 20 various . . 0 10 7 6 „ „ id. lake . 2 0 Sweden, 28 various ..0 6 5 0 „ ,, fid. red & brown 3 6 Swiss, 18 various .. .. 0 5 4 0 „ ,, 6d, lake . 1 10 United States, 35 various .. .. 0 10 7 6 „ peri., 13c., orange 8 9 100 varieties of Foreign and 13 ping ,, „ 2o. green ,, 0 5 3 6 per 100 „ „ lc. brown * * 0 4 S 0 Colonial ...... 2 0 12 6 Niger Coast, prov. id. to 1 /-, cat. 15/9, 200 varieties of Foreign and our price ,. 9 6 C o lo n ia l...... 4 6 0 St.|Vinoent, Id. on 24d. on Id. rose . 33 1 9 18 0 250 varieties, each xod. ... 8 6 70 0 St. Lucia, Id. rose, cheap .. 5 0 Tobago, id. on 2Jd. blue 1 3 12 6 500 » .. 4/2 ... 41 0 „ 2jd. on id., elate -.. __ 2 9 1000 „ „ 16/6 — Turk’s Isles, id. on Id., vermilion 4 9 1500 »» » £"2/2/0 ... — „ Jd. on 2id, „ # 1 0 50 varieties of South America, each 1 /- Trinidad, imperf., purple 7 0 pi yi blue • * 5 0 per dozen 10/- „ brown and red 7 0 100 varieties of South America, each 2/- Virgin Isles, 4d on 1/- •• 30 0 per dozen, 1 F 8/ ALL ORDBK8 POBTAOB BXTRA. WANTED TO PURCHASE—5,000 Barbados (Ad. and Id.); 20,000 Common India 6,000 id. Trinidad. Main Offers. VO-patfe Price Liet—Free. Largest W holesale Lie* In tbe Trade. Wanted offers of large lots of Common Stamps from all parts of the World. Address:—U, Northampton Street, Birmingham.

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Philatelic Chronicle..

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VOLUME VIII.

( 1 8 9 8 — 1 8 9 9 '.

PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETORS

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I^DEX TO VOLUME VIII.,

. . A N D . . . IReference H ist of IRew Jssucs, 1898=1899.

\ PAGE. PAGE. About Stamp People, A. Smith & Son (No s-Lex) 8 Hungary 10, 33 Andorra, Postal Service of . , ., ,. 83 India .. 2, 42, 82 Japan .. 33, 74 Malta Birmingham Philatelic Exhibition 17, 33, 50, 90 18 Mauritius Brazil Surcharges 82, 90 54 Mexico .. British Stamp Directory 54 26, 82 Morocco .. 50 British Stamps used in West Indies 68 Negri Sembilan .. . . 6 6 Newfoundland .. 2,26, 74 Canada's Rarest Stamp (W. D R e e d ) .. 93 New South Wales ..2 ,2 6 ,4 2 , 74 Confederate States Stamps 91 New Zealand . . 50, 74, 90 Cuba, Emergency Issues ( a d d b e i x i ) . . 10 Norway ., 82 Cuba 27 Orange Free Mate 3, 10, 58 Pahang . . 66 Paraguay 3, 50 CHRONICLE OP NEW ISSUES Persia Argentine .. 58 26, 82 Peru Bahamas .. 10, 26, 27 17 Porto Rico Barbados 10, 26 17, 65 Portugal ..26 Belgium 10 Portuguese India .. 10 Brazil .. 3, 26, 50. 81 Queensland •• 3, 26, 33, 42. 82. 90 British Guiana .. .. 50, 65, 73 Roumania .. 2 British Central Africa 2 Russia .. . . 17 British Honduras 90 Saint Vincent 18, 33 Canada .. .. 10, 17, 26, 33, 42, 58, 82, 90 Samoa 18, 58 Ceylon .. 26. 33 San Marino Cook Islands . . 82 90 Sarawak .. 90 China .. 2 Servia Chili .. .. 18 58 Siam .. 82 Colombia 26 Sierra Leone 50, 66 Corea .. 90 Straits Settlements .. 26, 33, 66 Cuba 11, 42, 65, 74 Suriname Cur&coa.. 2 2 Switzerland . . 42 Ecuador .. 26, 50, 74 Tasmania 56, 66 Egypt .. 50 Tonga .. . . 90 Fernando Po , . , , 2 Trinidad . . 3 Prance .. 33, 42 Tunis .. 3, 58 Gambia 2 U ganda. . . . 1 0 Germany 58 United States 18, 33 Gibraltar ” 2, 10 Venezuela ..74 Greece .. 66 Great Britain 26 Virgin Isles 42, 50 Grenada 2 Western Australia ..33 Guam 06 Zanzibar .. 90 Guatemala 2 Hayti .. 26 H olland.. .. 2, 82, 90 Denmark, The Two Skilling Stamp (R. Ehben- Honduras 2, 26 b a c h ) 3 IN D E X —Continued.

PAGE. PAGE. Editorial 1, 9,17, 25, 33, 41, 49, 57. 65,73,81, 89 Philatelic Frauds (Non-L e x ). Educational Value of Philately .. , . 68 Argentina ...... 14 Emergency Issues of Cuba and Porto Rico (J. Bavaria...... 14 M. Andbeini) 11 Bolivia ...... ,. (j Eminent Men who have Never Met Us 85 Brazil ...... 6 British Guiana .. ,. ,. .. 94 Ceylon ...... 22 Fiscal Stamp Collecting 29 •• •• Finland .. .. ,. .. 6 France ...... 22, 78 Gambia (R. H ollick) .. .. 7 French Colonies ...... 78 German Colonial Stamps, The • ■ • • So Ionian Islands ...... 39, 60 Group Collecting (R. H ollick) Japan .. .. ,. ,. ..78 Gambia . . .. 7 New Brunswick .. ,. .. ..60 Sierra Leone •• •• 23 New Caledonia ...... 22 Nova Scotia ...... 69 Prince Edward Island ...... 16 Hilokes and Co. •• •• 93 Sardinia ...... 22 Saxony ...... 78 Spain ...... 16 Imperial Penny Postage •• 21 Switzerland .. 14. 15 Turkey ...... 60 Manchester Philatelic Exhibition •• 21, 75 Tuscany .. .. 63 Monographs and Catalogues. United States ...... 47, 84 Brazil (1899 surcharges) .. . . .» 54 U ruguay ...... 47 Canada ,. .. . . 75, 93 Wurtemburg ...... 47 Confederate States , , 91 Plymouth Philatelic Exhibition .. ..29 Cuba ., , , 10, 27 Porto Rico Emergency Issues (A n d r e i n i ) . . 11 Denmark (the 2 skilling) .. , , 3 Porto Rico ...... 27 Gam bia.. 7 Postman’s Knook 4, 13, 28, 37, 44, 51, 69, 66, 74, Great Britain (used in West Indies) . . 68 82, 93 Nova Scotia . , . , 68 Postal Service of Andorra ...... 83 Peru (early issues) , . • 4 34 Porto Rico , , 1 1 , 27 Revenue Album, W. Morley's ...... 22 Sierra Leone # , 23 Tonga 50, 69 Society Reports 6, 15, 24, 31, 40, 46, 55, 62, 71, United States (periodicals) , 4 • . 68 79, 86, 95 Uruguay (official) .. 42 Some Rare Canadians (F. B est) .. . . 76 Venezuela *• * * 61 Stolen Stamp Books, Two ...... 84 Swiss Postal System, The ...... 60 New World Budget ., .. .. 38, 45, 53 Notes on English (W. S. W ebb) 5, 13, 20, 37, 45, Tonga, The Stamps of .. .. 50, 69 51, 67, 91 Notices ...... 15, 22, 32,89,47, 54 United States Periodical Stamps .. .. 38 Nova Scotia.. , , • , 58 Uruguay, Official Stamps of ...... 42

.. 34 Peru. Early issues of (Jos. B, L e a v y ) . . Venezuela, Stamps of .. 61 Philatelic Exhibitions—Birmingham .. . . 18 Manchester 21, 75 Plymouth .. 29 Williams and Co., Lima 8, 38 THE ADVERTISER BIG ISSUE OH DECEMBER 3rd.

FREE TILL NEXT H. H. ASHWORTH & CO, DECEMBER: Special Bargain. S 3 , BR O W STRBBT, Established 1886. 8,000 Superior Continent LARGEST & BEST. als, B. Colonials and To Buy, Soil, or Ex MANCHESTER. U.&A., mixed, poet change, ioin the free, 3 ! 3 . Midland Counties Stamp Ixth u fA COLLECTORS who Btudy their own interests write Rules 60m ns for aeleations. Speciality: Medium and rare Stamps. B. 8. GRAY, W. G. Walton, Fentham Road, WHOLESALE PRICE LIST,/ret to Dealers. 3 1 8 , W. Campbell SL, Hands worth, Large Collections. and Parcels of Stamp* wanted for cash. GLASGOW, s Visitors to ■ anebeater are requested to call and Inspect our large stock. n

T THE >8 s u 1 •s « g . nrhfis, £ « 3 51 OO s S a n d Sasgls-i- . & o s U a> m * a 2.0 § h f i • X f f b s £ ? ° 03 pa £ «• S 9 a * a a B * cr 2 sg8g.f-.gl i 2 •«dc ADVERTISER s a. •O- I* 9 8 8 .18 -8 s s 0) a n d p h i l a t e l i c t u b e s . SSA 3 » l -+-> h 2 5-2.5-® g * J FENTHAM NDADT AMDSWORTH. f i" g s 31|:w : BIRMINGHAM. , 8.3.3 ~ 5 1 Agents or P. c. and A. JC Bath. FISHER TITLEY * CO., Sydney Buildings. CO Belgium. A. de MEESTER, Oudenbourg, Ostend. 1 s * 0 o 2 "I. I Canada. A & MASON, Hamilton. lo»SSffo§2.~ t Denmark. MISS E. BARCLAY. Roskllde. ® o-cr;S.!re c.5, l Egypt. MBLEKA A Co., *1, Abdeen, Cairo. Glasgow. R. S. GRAY, *13, West Campbell Street. u Holland. H. BAG ART Capersteeg 4. Rotterdam London. STANLEY JOHNSON,i&LGroveLane, Bow, E. QQ Liverpool. J. G. PRICE, 6, Butler Terrace, Liverpool, B. Malta. A. MUSCAT. *70, Strada Reale, Valetta. Manchester F. TOULMIN, 9, Bickley Street. Preston. H. B. BAILEY, 8, Beech Grove, Ashton. 8 a°|s,| l i » Switzerland. A. PECONA, Geneva, Malombcd 14. | g r | fii» S - X! U.S.A. L. T. BRODSTONE, Box 116, Superior, Neb. „ J. F. DODGE, Lock Box 14, New Oxford, Penn, H „ JOEL H. dn BOSE, Hagne, Huguenot, Wigan. W. DITCHFIELO, 194, Owning Street. CNVCaCO AT STATtOttXlte- MALL.

THE BRITISH EMPIRE PACKET Contains yj different Stamps tram all parts of the Btttfeh Empire, In ENGLISH. THIS BPACB eluding Greet Britain, s/6; I.R. Official; Govt. Parcels; Army Official; Cyprus; British Honduras: Gold Coast; New Brunswick. Pottage, Fiscal, TO Leeward Islands; St. Looia; Van Dleman's Land -Canada ‘Beaver1 AID and “ Registered;“ Falkland Inlands; Malta; St. Helena; Fiji; Telegraph Stamps Trinidad; Straits; Newfoundland; Cape; Gibraltar; Ceylon; India; LET. Australasian Colonies; British Guiana; St. Vincent; Barbados; Ac. ■ nvalcpee, Cards, Aa. All clean and good specimens; Guaranteed Genuine; Price only 3/6 Pott Free in Gnat Britain and Ireland; 2/9 to other countries. RARITIES ATrLY to t h e And all minor varieties

PUBLISHERS, WALTER MORLKV, The Northern Stamp Co., Great Horton, Bradford. 186,West Green Rd., Large Prospectus free. Agdtus wanted. TOTTCMHAM, It. IN DE X—Continued ■

PAGE. PAGE. Editorial 1, 9, 17. 25, 33 ,11, 19, 57, 65, 7 3. SI, 89 Phiiatolic Frauds (No s -L ex). 11 Educational Value of Philately .. 68 Argentina .. Emergency Issues of Cuba and Porto Rico (J. B avaria.. .. 11 VI. An d r e im ) 11 Bolivia .. 6 Eminent Men who have Never Mot Us .. 85 Brazil . . • • C British Guiana .. 04 Ceylon .. . . 22 Fiscal Stamp Collecting . . 29 Finland (i France .. 22 78 .. 78 Gambia (R. R ollick) .. 7 French Colonics German Colonial Stamps, The 85 Ionian Islands 39, 60 Group Collecting (R. R ollick) Japan .. .. 76 Gambia New Brunswick .. GO Sierra Leone !. 23 Now Caledonia . . 22 Nova Scotia .. 69 Prince Edward Island .. 15 Hilckes and Co, . . 93 Sardinia . . 22 Saxony .. .. 78 Imperial Penny Postage 21 Spain 15 Switzerland 1 1 . 15 Turkey .. 60 Manchester Philatelic Exhibition 21, 75 Tuscany 53 Monographs and Catalogues. United States 17, SI Brazil (1899 surcharges) .. .. 54 U ruguay , , 47 Canada 75, 93 Wurtemburg 47 Confederate States ...... 91 Plymouth Philatelic Exhibition , , 29 Cuba 10, 27 Porto Rico Emergency Issues (ANDREim) 11 •> Denmark (the 2 skilling) .. • • 'J Porto Rico .. . . 27 Gam bia.. . . 7 71, Groat Britain (used in West Indies) ..

Peru. Eariy issuer of (Jos. B. L eavy) .. .. 34 Venezuela, Stamps of 01 Philatelic Exhibitions — Birmingham .. .. 18 Manchester 2!, 75 Plymouth .. 29 Williams and Co., Lima 8, 38 THE ADVERTISER BIG ISSUE ON DECEMBER 3rd.

FREE TILL NEXT H. H. ASHWORTH & CO, DECEMBER. Special Bargain. 63, BROWH STREET, 5,000 Established ,886. Snporlor Continent LARGEST & BEST. MANCHESTER. als, B. Colonials and To Buy, Sell, or Ex O.M ., mixed, post change, join the free, 3 /3 . Midland Counties Stamp ■xnhange. COLLECTORS who study their own interests write Rules from us for selections. Speciality: Medium and rare Stamps. R. S. GRAY, W. G. Walton, 213, W. Campbell BL, Femham Road, W H O L E S A L E P R IC E L IS T , free to Dealers. Handswortb, Large Collections and Parcels of Stamps wanted for cash. GLASGOW. s Birmingham, Visitor, to ■anebe.ter are requested to call and inspect our large stock. a THE > 3 u >“l l p l o « s S f - s ^ H g - © GHQ q n ss 4 -» • S s. S ' g 3 » g " o m “ enS 8 — sa © ■ **ld o « S ,a §s»" GO AND !t» £ jro 3 2 * u -SIA-I5 2 cwom T'g'o 3 *-i I I g: =•0 C «* 3 2 .? „ " 8 « 5 2SSgi-g-fVgS a E.,„ O.C S ADVERTISER 1j oSS’3 o3.E-5TO n S a <»a „3 Q, ANP PHILATELIC TIMES. StS-SS g-rs-g 1 O- 3 Yol. 8. OCT. 27, IBM. Bo. 1. , 3 g § 8 s . g £ S E 1/6 p er A n n u m , p o st fre e . d n g 8 : ? g § : + * , § 2 <■» — g FENTHAM ROAD^ HANDSWORTH. I P"2®3?S:W BIRMINGHAM- Accents of I». C. and A* JC Bath. FISHER TITLEY & CO., Sydney Buildings. o g H a a s a s Belgium. A. de MEESTER, Oudenbourg, Ostend. g - ^ g S i - S . . Canada. R. S. MASON, Hamilton. c/>£ S 3 o 3 2 . 2 Denmark. MISS E. BARCLAY, Roskilde. Egypt. MELEKA & Co„ 31, Abdecn, Cairo. 2S a i S ’ en 2o~ a o*?y, Glasgow. R, S. G R A Y, 213, W est Campbell Street. 2 "u reso f*KB e *.. b Holland. H. BASART Capersteeg4, Rotterdam CO London. STANLEY JOHNSON,164,GroveLane, Bow, E. gos » *c o CO Liverpool. J. G. PRICE, 6, Butler Terrace, Liverpool, E -"•S'3 S'- ® C3 Malta. A. MUSCAT, 270, Strada Reale, Vaietta. 3S S» Manchester F. TOULMIN, 9, Bickley Street. B crc o 1 1 i Preston. H. B. BAILEY, 8, Beech Grove, Ashton. 0*0.3 ju 5 <* 0# Switzerland. A. PECONA, Geneva, Malombre 14. - -E U.S.A. L. T. BRODSTONE, Box 116, Snperior, Neb. " I S' 38 ♦, J. F. DO DG E. Lock Box 14, N ew Oxford, Penn. a H3 Z o H ,, JOEL H. du BOSE, Hague, Huguenot, Georgia. P o P o <3 n Wigan. W. D 1T C H F IE L D , 194. D om ing Street. CNURib AT STATIONER** HALL. J THE BRITISH EMPIRE PACKET ENGLISH. Contains 75 different Straps from all parts of the British Empire, in THIS SPACE cluding Great Britain, 2/6; I.R. Official; Govt. Parcels; Army Official; Cyprus; British Honduras j Gold Coast; New Brunswick; Postage, Fiscal, AMD TO Leeward Islands; St. Luota; Van Dteman’s Land: Canada ‘Beaver’ and 14 Registered;" Falkland Islands; Malta* St. Helena; Fiji; Telegraph Stamps Trinidad; Straits ; Newfoundland; Cape; Gibraltar; Ceylon ; India; LET. Australasian Colonies; British Guiana, St. Vincent; Barbados; &c, Ennlopaa, Garda, do. All clean and good specimens; Guaranteed Genuine ; Price only 2/6 Post Free in Great Britain and Ireland; 2/9 to other countries. RARITIES APPLY TO THE And all minor varieties address— PUBLISHERS. The Northern Stamp Go., Great Jiorton, Bradford. WALTER MORLEV, i86,West Green Rd. Large Prospectus free. Ageats wanted. TOTTCHHAH, N. ii. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. HENRY RUFFELL, NEW ISSUES AND BARGAINS. 53, TERIOT STREET, POPLAR, LONDON. ESTABLISHED, 1882. OFFERS THE FOLLOWING BARGAINS:— ‘ denotrs unused. s. d. 3. d. B. d- Morocco Agencies on Gibraltar, complete set of 8, 12 P e r s ia ...... 1 0 2 Natal Prov. }d., jc. to e ps. 9 Haiti ...... 1 0 6d., £d., Id. ... 1 0 G ib ra lta r (obsolete) ;c. to i ps. 10 Newfoundland... 1 0 8 H awaii...... 0 10 C ululan d, obsolete & scarce, id.,id., cjd., Sd. and i/- 8* 10 W. Australian... 1 0 7 British Guiana ., 2/0... 0* 2 ,, Provl. 1 0 Prov...... 1 6 G am bia, 1898, id. to 1/ (8 values) 5* 6 Siam 0 9 Canada 2d , 1864 2 0 Newfound!and, }c. (Prince Edward) i* 6 ,, Provl. ... 1 0 Trinidad Is. mauve „ ic. carmine, ic. green (the Queen) si* 7 St. Helena obs. 2 3 1864-76 2 0 „ 2c. orange, 2c. carmine (Princeof Wales) 5* S ,, current 1 0 „ jc. orange (Princess of Wales).,. 3* A u Warranted u&ed Postal*.v. Ur Canada, 1897, Jubilee, ic. orange and jc. carmine 4 * Selections sent on approval. Cuba, 1898, obsolete, im., 2m., 3m., and 5m ... fi* Sondan, 1898, 1, 2, 3 and 5 mil. 8* British South Africa, 1891,2/. vermilion o SUPKEB APPROVAL SENDING OF 2/6 violet ...... 0 31- brown and green FISCAL STAMPS 4/-grey and red Of HOLLAND, 1842,1862,1870, 1878. 1886, 160 varieties 5/. orange yellow 6 up to 20 GULDEN. to/-green ... 6 I purchase good Fiscal Stamps. o £1 deep blue 0 LESCHEYIN, Boite 65, BRUSSELS. Sierra Leone, id. brown, CA, block of 4 o* B Bechuanaland on Gt. Britain, id. to 5/- complete 6* B. Central A fric a , Negro, no wmk. 0 Cape Of Good Hope, 34 varieties, cat. 19/-... 9 CHEAP SETS OF Gold Coast, id. olive, yellow, C.C., cat. 4/' ... 6 Grenada, 1883, fid, mauve, C.A., cat. 5/- 3 ' British Plate Num bers. Mauritius, 1865, 3^- C. & C.C., vermilion ... 3* Complete My Catalogue ,, fid. ., lilac 6* Set of. price, price, ,, !/■ blue 6* s. d. s. d. „ 5/- red purple 6- id.red ... 151 12 6 67 0 lid. red 2 0 3 O 8 N evis, 1867, 4d. orange engraved 2d. blue 7 1 O 2 9 Hong Kong, 1898,1 dollar on 2 dollars green... i h d . rose ... 18 7 0 *5 3 „ „ ., „ sage green 6* s{d. blue 7 0 9 3 0 P h illip in e s , 1898, complete set of ig, mi. to 2 pesos, 3d. rose 20 7 6 21 1 4d.orange ... IO 2 6 6 9 exceedingly scarce 36 o* 6d. violet 8 3 0 6 7 ALL ABOVE UNUSED COPIES ARE MINT, 6d. grey 8 5 6 9 8 i/~ green ...... 13 9 0 18 7 The 10 sets for 45J. nett. Approval Books for General Collectors at Low Prices; New Price-Catalogue of British Stam ps, a/6, Grand Variety. post free. Albums for British Stamps, 5/. an d ’l l 6 . Weekly Circular for British Specialists. The APPLY— gjo, Stc. only Stamp Weekly published in Great Britain. Specimens free. Approval Books—send for list. W. B. KIRKPATRICK, Speciality : Railway Letter Post Stamps. CLOSEBURN, H. L’ESTRANGE EWEN, BOURNEMOUTH. 32c, PALACE SQUARE, NORWOOD, S.E.

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AN ENTIRELY NEW SERIES 1 'CHE STOCK OF THE OLD SET AT 1 GUINEA IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT

SUMMARY Part 1. Abyssinia, 181)3-, to Austrian Levant, 1867 96 Vir etics £ 40-page BOOKLET, FREE | ,, 2. Austrian Levant, 1883, to Bosnia, 1870 .. 93 ,, 3. Bosnia, 1870-04, to Canada, 1807-23 70 t SAMPLE / Post } „ 4. Canada (Registered), to Drdeagh, 1808 .. 82 i PART "4 */“ Free- .f 110 „ 5, Denmark, isjl, to Franco, 1877-01 -L Abroad 4 2 ~1, or 5fr. 25c. <: , (i. France, 1800, to I laidarnbad, 1871-91 105 ,, 7- Hamburg, 1808, to Italy (State), 1875 95 „ 8. Ivory Coast, 1892, to Malta, 1SS5 81 ,, 10. New Caledonia, 1802, to Orange Free Slate, .1808 .. 70 ,, Jl. Orange Free State, 18GS, to Portugal, 1S02 87 „ 12. Portugal, 1802, to St. Thomas and Prince. 1875 102 7 COMPLETE PACKET. i- ,, 13. St.Thomas and Prince, 1887,to Spain, 1850 00 ,, 14. Spain, 1851, to Switzerl nid, 1S51 102 ; p o s t ,, 15. Switzerland, 18G7 82, to United States | FREE, £3 1800-03 S4 \ AT HOME OR ABROAD, t „ 10. United States, 1890-93, to /.ululand, 1S94 85 'r 76 francs or '14 60. ^ 1,400 varieties. + • -Hr-:-

42" Everything guaranteed as advertised. I - - No forgeries, no reprints, no bogus stamps, no damaged rubbish, no cut entires, no bill, fiscal, or receipt stamps, no Chinos-.- locals, no utilise! Sccbecks, no telegraph stamps. Ii2“ .Made from specially selected stocks only. Uvf Cost averages under wholesale rates.

37 & 39, ESSEX ST., Alfred Smith & Son s MONTHLY GIRCUL R (Illustrated).

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HENRY RUFFELL, NEW ISSUES AND BARGAINS. 53, TERIOT STREET, POPLAR, LONDON. ESTABLISHED, 1883. OFFERS THE FOLLOWING BARGAINS:— •denote unused. s. d. b. d. s. d- IIo m o m A gen cies on Gibraltar, complete set of 8, 12 P e r s ia ...... 2 Natal Prov. Jd., 6 jc. to a ps. — — ...... — 3 8 9 Haiti ... d., 4d., Id. ... 1 0 G ib raltar (obsolete) 5c. to i ps...... ~ ait* 10 Newfoundland... 8 H a w a ii...... 0 10 E ululand, obsolete & scarce, Id., id., i|d., fid. and i/- 3 8* 10 W . Australian... 7 British Guiana a/fi- ... - ...... 5 o* 2 ,, Provl. Prov...... 1 6 G am bia, 1898, Jd. to 1 /- (8 values) ...... 3 3* 6 Siam ...... Canada 2d, 1864 2 0 N ew foundland, Jc. (Prince Edward) ...... o 1' 6 „ Provl. ... Trinidad Is. mauve „ ic. carmine, tc. green (the Queen) ... o a}* 7 St. Helena obs. 2 3 1864-76 2 0 „ ac. orange, 2c. carmine (Prinoe of Wales) o 5* 6 „ current I 0 „ 3c. orange (Princess of Wales)...... o 3* An. Warranted used Postally. Ua Canada, 1897, Jubilee, re. orange and 3c. carmine ... 0 4* Selections sent on approval. Cuba, 1898, obsolete, im, am., 3m., and 5m...... 0 6* Soudan, 1898,1, a, 3 end 5 mil...... o 8* B ritish S o o th A frica , 1891,2/. vermilion ... 4 0 SOPEBB APFBOVAL SENDING OT „ „ 2/6 violet ... _. ... 5 o „ „ 31- brown and green ... 6 o FISCAL STAMPS „ ,. 4/-grey and red ...... 8 0 Of HOLLAND. 184a, i8fia, 1870,1878, <886, ifio varieties „ „ 5/- orange yellow ...... 9 fi up to ao gulden. ,, „ 10/- green ...... 18 6 1 purcbase good Fiscal Stamps. ’ o „ „ £1 deep blue — ...... 35 o LESOHBTIN, Boite 66, BRUSSELS. B lerra Leone, Jd. brown. CA, block of 4 ... ._ 30 o* B. B eohuanaland on Gt. Britain, Jd. to 5/- complete 3 fi* B , C entral A frica , Negro, no wmk...... 3 o C ape o f Good Hope, 34 varieties, cat. 19/...... $ 9 CHEAP SETS OF Gold Coast, Jd. olive, yellow, C.C., cat. 4/- ... 1 fi G renada, 1883,6d. mauve, C.A., cat. 5/...... a 3' British Plate Num bers. M auritius, 1865, 3d., C. & C.C., vermilion ...... 2 3* Complete My Catalogue „ 6d. „ lilac ...... 7 6* Set of. price, price, ,, 1/- blue ...... 10 6* s. d. s. d, „ 5/. red purple ...... 17 6* id. red ... 151 12 6 67 0 ltd . red ...... 2 0 3 0 8 N evis, .1867,4d. orange engraved ...... 33 o' ao. blue 7 t 0 a g H ong Kong, 1898,1 dollar on a dollars green...... 6 o* 2M. rose ...... 18 7 0 13 3 ...... ,. sage green ... 10 6* 2jd: bine 7 0 3 0 3 d .rose 20 1 P h il 1 1 pin ns, 1898, complete set of 19, im. to a pesos, ... 7 21 I o* 4d. orange ... 10 3 6 fi 9 exceedingly scarce ...... 36 6d. violet 8 3 0 6 7 ALL ABOVE UNUSED COPIES ARE MINT. 6d. grey ... 8 3 6 1/- green ...... 13 9 0 tl 5 The 10 sets for 45/- nett. Approval Books for General Collectors at L01 Prices; New Price-Catalogue of British Stamps, 9 /1 , Grand Variety- post free. Albums for British Btampa, SI- and 7 /8 . Weekly Circular for British Specialists, The APPLY- 9jo, &o. only Stamp Weekly published in Great Britain. Specimens free. Approval Books—send for list. W. B. KIRKPATRICK, Speciality : Railway Letter Post Stamps. CLOBBBOBH, H. L’ESTRANGE EWEN, BOURNEMOUTH, 32c, PALACE SQUARE, NORWOOD, S.E.

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SUPPLEMENT TO WHOLESALE LIST, No, 155. UNUSED STAMPS. Doz. 100. s d. s. d. Beohuanaland, 1804, Id. on Cape, surcharge reading down 2 6 — „ 1892, 2d. on Cape, surcharge reading up 4 0 — Canada, 1898, numerals in lower corner, jc., black 0 5 2 6 „ ,, 1c., green 0 8 5 0 „ „ 2c„ violet 1 4 10 0 „ ,, 3c,, carmine 2 0 15 0 „ „ Cc., brown ■3 9 22 0 Cook Islands, 1898, 2d., brown .. 2 9 22 0 „ 0d., violet .. .. 8 0 — „ 1/-, red 15 0 — Deooan, 1866, J anna, skeleton design 1 0 7 C Grenada, 1898, 2jd,, blue, J u b ile e .. 3 9 28 0 M ontenegro, 1808, 2 nkr., blue-green 0 8 4 6 N ew foundland, 1898, |c., Prince Edward of York 0 5 2 9 N ew Zealand, 1898, 2)d., blue, error wakitipu 4 0 30 0 P araguay, 1898, 10c. on 40c., blue 2 0 16 0 St. Luoia, 1898, 2d., blue and orange, obsolete 4 C — Surinam , 1898, lOo. on 20c, 25c. or 30c. (King’s head) 6 0 50 0 Togoland, 5pf. green .. 1 0 7 0 U nited States, 1898, War Tax, l/8e., green, Ironclad 0 3 0 2 USED STAMPS. H olland, 1891, 1 gulden, lilac .. ,. 4 6 _ ,, 1896,1 gulden, brown and olive 6 0 — H ong K ong, 2c. and 5c„ assorted.. 0 3 1 4 „ 10c., green.. 0 6 3 6 ,, 10c., brown on red 0 4 2 0 P aragu ay, 1898, 10c. on 40c., blue 2 0 16 0 Surinam , 1892, 2}c. on 50c. 12 0 — NEW SETS OF STAMPS 1. 3. 12. s, d. s. d. s. d. M ontenegro, 1898, new colours, 2, 3, 5, 7 , 10,15, 25nkr. .. 1 9 1 7 1 6 P aragu ay, 1893, u sed , 1, 2, 4, 5, 10,14, 20, and 30c., head,. 1 6 1 4 1 3 Soudan, unpaid, surcharged on Egypt, 2 and 4m., 1 and 2 pias. 1 3 1 2 1 1 Surinam , unpaid, new ty p e, 2J, 5, 10, 20, 25, and 40c. 2 9 2 6 2 5 N O W R E A D Y . NEW PRICE EIST foi 1 8 0 9 • Enlarged to 52 pages, entirely re-written and prices revised throughout. Sent free on receipt of penny stamp for postage. The list of sets has been brought up to date and the prices will be found to compare favourably with those of any other firm. The “ W H IT F IE L D ” IN TER CH AN G EABLE ALBU M S for advanced collectors (new edition for 1899) can now be had in a great variety of styles, and is without doubt the best for advanced collectors. Write for full particulars and unsolicited testimonials from leading philatelists. n

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The Philatelic Chronicle Is sent to all the members of the PRilatelie Cfjponiele & A3.\?epti?ep Birmingham Philatelic Society and Midland Counties AND PHILATELIC TIfoE Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journa' of these P ublished Monthly. Societies, Combined membership over 400. S ubscription, 1/6 pek A nnum. Subscriptions commence with current number. Back numbers of Vols. I, II, III, IV, V, VI & VII, Gd. T H E philatelic season, 1898-1899 may Specimon, Id. Odd numbers of Vo). VIII, 3d. each. now be considered as started, and Back Nos. of the A d v e r tise r 2/6, for 1.2, 3, 4, 5, and 11, and 3d. each all others. with this issue the I hilatelic Chronicle, too, starts its eighth season. Those collectors ADVERTISEMENTS. and dealers who have supported us through 2 6 per Inch. Limit, 8 Lines to the inch. Liberal discount for a scries. the last twelve months are entitled to our Unused English Stamps accepted in payment to warmest thanks and we beg to tender them any amount. the same— sincerely trusting they will con Short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 21 words for Sixpence, three insertions at the price of two. tinue to remain our friends as heretofore. The Advertiser is the best medium for short Advertise A large number of subscriptions expired ments of wants and offers, published Semi-Monthly. Subscriptions and advertisements must be p r e p a id . with the last issue and we hope that all who Halfpenny Stamps should always be sent in prefer have not yet renewed will do so at once. ence to those of any other value. Money from abroad must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts The present is a suitable time for becoming under 2 • may be sent by unused stamps, higher a subscriber, and we shall be grateful to any values, at current rate of exchange. Unused U.S. and Canadian high values accepted at face of our friends who can add a new name to value. Postal and Money Orders payable at cur subscription list. There are plentiful Wilton Road, Aston. signs that the coming will be a busy and Liberal discount for a series of Advertisements. Vol. I, II, III, IV,V,(;r VI, bnd. cloth gilt, Post-free 6/- successful season— far in advance of the last Vol. I,II, HI, IV, V, VI,may be obtained Unbound 5/- two from a commercial point of view— while Vol. VII , Bound, 3 -: Unbound, .. 2/- Communications must be addressed to the brisk manner in which the Societies are The Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser,” starting the season shows that they are very Fentham Hoad, Handsworth, Birmingham. All Articles are Copyright. much alive. Altogether we may anticipate Agents wanted in every Town. Terms on application. the coming season with far more satisfactory New S ubscriptions to the “ vtlvertiser” are feelings than either of the two last. entitled to one short Advertisement. Sub scription 6d. for 12 issues, post-free. In response to a general wish we purpose All communications for the next issue should reach issuing a new edition of the British Stamp us by the Tenth of the Month at latest. We cannot guarantee insertion if received after that date. Directory in December. M r . F r e d k . A. W i c k h a r t , the well known and popular October 27th, 1898. secretary of the S t a m p E x c h a n g e P r o t e c

CONTENTS. t i o n S o c i e t y and the N o r t h e r n S t a m p Page. E d ito rial ...... 1 E x c h a n g e , is kindly superintending the Chronicle ...... 2 The Two Skilling Stamp of Denmark ...... 5 collation of names and addresses so t hat the The Postman's Knock ...... 4 Notes on English stamps ...... 3 book, besides being considerably larger than Phi.a te llc F ra u d s ...... 6 Society Reports ...... 6 the edition of last year will be more complete Qroup Collecting ...... Messrs. Williams A 0s.t Lima About Stamp People and accurate. Names will be placed in a THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. alphabetical order and are even now being GUATEMALA. The following surcharges have been issued on the 1886 issue. checked by post to assure correctness of lc. in black on 25c. orange, address. An advertisement of the new lc. in red on 50c. sage-green, lc. in black on 75c. carmine. edition will be found in the present issue and 6c. „ 10c. red. we request that application for advertising 6c. ,, 20c. green. 6c. ,, 100c. brown. space be sent in at once. 6c. „ 200c. orange. 6c. in red on 150 dark blue. 10c. ,, 20c. green. HOLLAND,— A very handsome stamp (the first of CHRONICLE, a new set) was on sale at Amsterdam during the Coro nation of the young Queen. The head of the Queen is in a central oval with crown above and inscribed RITISH CENTRAL AFRICA.—A contempor- in a curve at top ‘KONINKRUK DER NEDER- ary notes a copy of the latest provisional LANDKN.’ The Dutch Lion is in each top corner (cheque stamp) perforated 12, all unofficially. and the figure of value in each bottom corner, with CHINA. - Wo have received the 19 , London Print. the word ‘ GULDEN ' between. Only a small supply 18. red and pale pink. was ready and this was quickly sold out. and 5g. stamps of the same design will soon be ready, CURACAO.—The following values of the current lg. bronze-green, perf. 11. type of the Postage Due Stamps have been issued :— 30c. green and black. HONDURAS.— Tho 10c has a locomotive as central 40c, „ „ design and the figure of value in a large rectangle In 50c. ,, ,, left lower corner ; the following are also chronicled: lc brown 6c violet brown FERNANDO PO —The following stamps have 2c dark pink 5c light blue been surcharged. All the 2c. in stock except 500 were surcharged 50c. by the hand stamp used in 1885. INDIA.— A new value has been required owing to The 500 2c. and the other stamps have the surcharges the postage on Registered Newspapers sent to sub the same as lately used. scribers having to be paid for by stamps instead of in 50c. in blue on 2c. rose cash. The rate is ja. for each newspaper under 4 5c. ,, 2c. ,, tolas (almost 2oz.). A supply of stamps has been 5c. ,, 2c. „ (double surch) ordered from England of the 9p. type but until they 5c. ill black on 12$c. bistre. arrive the )a has been surcharged in large figures ‘ GAMBIA.—The colours of the 3d. and 4d. values 4 in black on £a green. should be as follows,: NEWFOUNDLAND.— The ^c. with portrait of 3d. reddish-lilac and blue. Prince Edward of York has appeared. It is the 4d. brown and blue. same size as tho other values. GIBRALTAR.— The new stamps with value in $c. olive-green. pence and shillings are out. Miss Hart has sent us NEW SOUTH WALES.— The appearance of the specimens. The ), 1, 2Jd. arc either remainders or current 21d. stamp is announced, in blue, the Postal a re-tssue of the 1887 set. The other values are the Union Colour. same design but in two colours, the value being in the 2.)d, deep blue. second mentioned, d. green. 4d. orange-brown and green, ROUMANIA.— A new value of the current type, d. rose Gd. lilac and red, etc., has been issued here. 2d. brown-violet and 2)d. blue. 40 bani deep green carmine. 1/- bistre and carmine, SURINAME.— In order to use up the remainders GRENADA.— We have seen the Jubilee Stamp of the stamps with Head of King they have been sur that has been issued here. It is of the large 5/- size charged ‘ 10 ’— ‘ CENT 1 in two lines ; the quantities with a sailing ship in centre. ‘ GRENADA '— ‘ LA issued are in brackets. CONCEPCION ’ at top, ‘ 1498, 15th AUGUST, 1898 ’ 10c in 7 on 30c brown on (69,000) at bottom, ‘ POSTAGE ’ at sides and value in bottom 10c in ? on 12.}c blue (10,000) corners. The watermark is Crown and C.C. and per 10c in ? on 15c grey (6,300) foration 14. 10c in black on 20c green (54,000) 2Ad. blue. 10c in ? on 26c blue (45,000) THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 3

TRINIDAD.— Wo have received the Jubilee Stamp It was only about two years later, viz., on March issued here with a picture showing ‘ THE LAND 11th, 1851, that the Department issued definite ING OF COLUMBUS.’ It is inscribed at top : Postal Regulations for the whole country. Tho local ■ TRINIDAD'— ‘ COMMEMORATION ’ and *1498’ rate remained at 2 sk., and the 4 sk. rate was ex * 1898’ in top corners. The value‘ 2d.’ is on white tended to the whole country, charging 6 sk. for un octogon at the lower part of each side The size is | franked letters. On June 17th, 1853, they further the 5/- size, and tho stamp has the watermark Crown extended these facilities to tho Duchies of Schloswig CC and perforated 14. and Holstein. 2d. lilac, centre pale brown. Tho above-mentioned law had hardly been made TUNIS.— A 20c. both ordinary and Postage Due I public when the first stamps put in an appearance on has been issued and a 35c. will also probably be issued April 1st, 1851. They were two values, one of 4sk. in 20c. vermilion on green. brown for the Country rate, and a 2 sk. stamp in 20c. „ „ with ‘ T ’ (postage due). blue for the local rate ; this latter stamp is tho one which forms the subject of these few notes, and al though the stamp is familiar to everyone, I will try to P ostcards, &c. give a short description of it for reference purposes. The stamp is type-printed, coloured impression on medium to stout rough paper, covered with a bure.le BRAZIL.—There is a companion Letter Card to pattern in yellowish, more or less distinct but never the one for use within Brazil. It is similar to the absent. Wmk. small crown, gum yellow to brown, 330r., but the first line commences with ' Brazil ’ in shape 17iJ mm. square, imperforato. Each stamp black. The card is lilac with the Arms in rose as a bears denomination of value, “ 2 Rigsbank Skilling,” groundwork and on tho back is a view of the Mint. in three lines, colour on white in a double circle of 200r. red, yellow, and black on lilac. thin lines (diameter mm.). This double circle is ORANGE FREE STATE.— We have received a surrounded by a larger circle (14 mm. diameter), thus new Card as Type 1 in Gibbons’ catalogue, but in a forming together a circular band of solid colour, fresh colour. bearing the inscriptions “ KGL. POST ” on the right, £d rose on white. and “ FRIMARKE ” on the left, in white capita PARAGUAY.—The 40c has boon surcharged ‘ PRO letters. Between these inscri ptions is the royal crowu at VISORY 10 ' CENTAVOS ’ in three lines. the top, and a posthorn at the bottom. A small •' f ” 10c in black on 40c slate blue is visible in the middle of the posthorn, being probably tho engraver’s mark or a plate number. The outer QUEENSLAND-— A Id Post Card has been issued space is filled up with horizontal line of colour, covered with a series of views (of which there arc 18 varieties) with ilorcate ornaments of a deeper hue. on the front; the Card is inscribed ‘ POST CARD,’ There are 100 stamps on the sheet, in ten rows of ■ QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA ’ ton. It has been known now for some lime that Id. chocolato on buff. there were three types of the figure “ 2 ” on the sheet. They are as follow sType I., the “ 2 ” is regular: Type II., the foot of the “ 2 ” is not joined to the base; Type 111., the “ 2 ” is similar to Type I., but THE TWO-SKILLING STAMP the left part of the base seems to be joined together OF DENMARK. at an angle. Besides these types in the figure of value, I had already, on comparing my stamps, found minor differences of all kinds, to which, however, 1 By It. E hhenbach. attached very little importance, believing them to be NTIL 1819 the Postal Services of Denmark mere vagaries of the printing-press. were in the hands of private individuals, who Lately, however, 1 have been fortunate enough to U charged the public according to agreements, lay my bands on an entire sheet of Government re etc., when in May, 1349, the State decided toprints of this stamp, and on closer inspection, together take it over from the parties who had hitherto with our mutual friend, Mr. Gordon Smith, h vve been doing this probably lucrative business. found that every stamp on the sheet varies to a Anyhow it appears so, for they had to pay in certain extent. demnities to them, and in the case of the widow In fact wo have been able to spot every single copy who ran tho Copenhagen Post, this indemnity seems of mine on the sheet, which means this stamp can be* to have rather a stiff amount. plated. One stamp even, which shows a big break in According to Mr. Ruse of the Copenhagen Club, the right upper corner, a break which is not on the who has written a little book on Danish stamps, the sheet referred to, and which is due probably to an rates were fixed for Copenhagen at 2 sk. and at 4 sk. accident to the plate, can be easily assigued to its for the suburbs of the capital. correct position. 4 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

There can be no doubt that certain scratches, dots, There arc two reprints, oi c on white paper and one and marks, etc., are to be found on stamps of the on paper covered with yellow lines, imitating the identical position on the sheets, whether they are of b u rrlr pattern. early printing or not, and that these differences are I quite see that tho p'ating of these stamps can, as by no means accidental or casual. far as interest goes, by no means be compared to the It can serve no good purpose to give a tedious de type of hand-engraved stamps like the Sydney Vicns, scription of every minute variety on the sheet, and I Mauritius.and the Philippines, but they are quite on will try to enumerate the more ralient varieties. a par with the third issue of Oldenburg, whi h like One can divide at once the 100 stamps into three wise show such a lot of transfer varieties, or other larger groups according to the types of the figure “ 2 ” stamps of the same calibre; but anyhow, thov are, and find that of Type II. there are nine on the sheet, in my humble opinion, well worth a thorough in viz., Nos. 2, 4, 6, 10, 52, 54, 56, 59, 60, whilst of Type spection and study.— The London Philatehst. III. there are eight or nine, viz., Nos. 20,24,30,36, 40, 86, 88, 90, No. 84 being rather indistinct on my sheet. No. 48 has a big flaw on the foot of the “ 2 ” so as to make it impossible to say to which lot it belongs THE POSTMAN’S KNOCK. All the rest are of Type I. A number of stamps then show breaks of more or less importance in the outer frame— e.g ., on the right side in Nos. 10, 32, 60, HE first big issue was successfully got off and 100 ; on the left side, 73, 79 ; and on the top they are the next one, that of December 3rd, looms big visible in 70 and 91. on the horizon. A friend who lives at Romford A prominent variety is 96, In this stamp the waxed very enthusiastic over it Savg he in a letter second “ L ” in “ Skilling” is quite distorted, hav dated October 13th : “ A d v e r tise r just to hand ; it is ing the appearance of a book, while in No, 100 the a magnificent production.” This is a bit overdrawn " R ” in “ Rigsbank ” is more like a “ K ” than any —there wa9 not a lot of magnificence about it, but thing else. “ G’s ” formed as they appear in Nos. 3, still it was a worthy season opener. But ho for the 5, 53, 55 are quite characteristic of these stamps. scissors and paste ! let us to business! First of all; however, your very own Postman wishes you a These scratches, caused probably by the engraver’s Happy New Philatelic Year and many of them I tools, as they appear in Nos. 1, 26, 42, 43, 49, 73, 74, * * * 93, 99, and others in a smaller degree, are different in every case, and can be found on every copy of the 1 very much regret to hear of the serious illness of respective numbers, But even these soratenes are by Mr. G. H, Howe, the well-known dealer, who is no means the only detail by which these stamps can entirely incapacitated for business. * * be distinguished from oue another. * I will not go too closely into the matter of minute Mr. R. S. Mason, of Hamilton, Canada, wishes me dots, etc., in the coloured parts of the stamps, but to state that lie will duly send Canadian stamps to will only further point out how much the lettering, all his correspondents. The reason for delay was the as also the spacing between the letters, in the words immense demand brought about by his advertisement “ Rigsbank Skilling ” varies, variations which in in tho A d v ertiser and the sudden change in the themselves prove the differences among tho stamps. stamps, which prevented him getting sufficient for On glancing over the numbers as found belonging his needs. * * to the various types of “ 2 ” and those which show • similiarity of some of the letters—e.g ., the ■ ' G ” re A valuable collection of pistage stamps has been ferred to above - it would at first sight appear that the stolen from the Central Post Office, Paris, and con plates were constructed of two halves, 1 to 50 and 51 sternation prevails at its disappearance. Its exact to 100, which may be to a certain dxtent the correct value is unknown, but many single stamps contained view ; but then it is difficult to take this for grafted j in it are worth large sums, one alone, a stamp of the seeing that the corresponding numbers are by no Island of Reunion, being estimated at £400. means identical. In fact, in order to ascertain all • • these points, it would require a much larger quantity 0 of these interesting stamps in pairs and blocks than are I Mr. A. E. Griffiths, managing partner of Griffiths *known or available. Stirups of the earliest period & Co., entered the holy bonds of matrimony on especially would be desirable—so-called p rem ieres I August 3rd. We trust he and his wife will long re g ra vu res—because it is quite possible that the plate main an “ undivided pair.” The address of the firm from which the reprints were taken in 1886, was worn i is now 2. Essex Villas, Bedford Road, East Finchley, to a certain extent. I London. 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A remarkable collection of unused postage stamps Mr. Cooper, of Buxton Hoad, Luton, died recently. the property of Mr. P. D'A. Vincent, was disposed of Wilt thoso who were in correspondence with him in Put-tick’s auction rooms, London, on Ttmrsday, please note. * 9 October 20th. Keen bidding resulted. Among the 9 important lots were: Spain —Madrid, 1851, two real.:?, We are informed that an International Philatelic red, .£20 10s; 1852, two realcs, pale red, £10 15s: Exhibition will bo held in Manchester next July, 1853, two reales, scnrlo*. £9; Lag: s, 10s, purple under the auspices of the Manchester Philatelic brown, in mint state, £10 15s; Newfoundland, Old Society. The prospectus will bo ready early in carmine, no gum, £L1 10s; Nevis, Gd greeo, £5; November. Tobago, Gd bistre, £5 10s.: and a 2d brown on red of * * a the first issue of Western Australia, £5 10s. Nearly £1000 was realised. The Scott Stamp fc Coin Co., will not issue their * « usual priced catalogue this year, but anticipate * publishing one iu the spring or summer of 1899. Mr. William Brown, of Salisbury, will soon pay * * his annual business visit to Birmingham. tic • arrives on November 3rd, and stays at the Grand An Australian correspondent to a French journal Hotel. is dissatisfied with the term “ Philatelist.” Accord * * ing to his ideas the word is meaningless and he proposes to use the following as containing all that is The London Stamp Auctioneers disapprove of the nceessavy: 1 Pliiiosemetotisiscmiistofirajihist." We prices realized at auction being published, In fiiet, quite agree with him, it docs contain all that is tiny have stopped the philatelic papors from so necessary ! announcing them, * 9 « * « * It is said that Turk’s Island will not be likely to Mr. Harold Frederic will be a liguce sadly missed. outer the penny postage movement. At the same Few men got through more work and few men had time the colony is credited with an intention to the knack of appearing less busy. The position of reduce its sea-going rate to 2d. London correspondent of the New York Times fur nished plenty of occupation, but in the N a tio n a l O bserver and other papers he also did considerable work for the English Press. He is the author of half a dozen novels -all well known in America ; NOTES ON ENGLISH STAMPS. and the manuscript of yet another has been handed to the publishers. A stcry of Mr. Frederic’s was the first serial published in Scribner's. Mr. Frederic By W. S. Webb. was also an expert philatelist, and his reproduction of an English stamp once gave the British Post Office a fright and Sir George Ncwncs one of the best OVERPRINTED OFFICIALS. advertisements he ever had. HAVE to record a further variety this month, 41 « « viz., One shilling salmon, “ Govt. Parcels.” plate Messrs. Ostara & Darlow will hold their first I 13, with a period after “ parcels ” of precisely Birmingham sale at the Grand Hotel, on November the same kind as I recently described as having 3rd, when a good attendance can be assured. Mem found on the 9d. green. The lettering of the 1/- bers of the local societies arc requested to take note stamp is A— D in the lower corners. Now that the of the date. slop is known to exist on both upright and oblong * * * stamps, it becomes reasonable to surmise that it may yet be found upon the lid. and Gd. values of the Messrs. Monteith & Co. have hit upon a novel way same issue. Another 1/- salmon, lettered D —B, has of advertising their “ Eclipse ’ packet. The first no dot under the T. five orders opened and every tenth opened afterwards will have the money returned in full with packet. LETTEn FEE STAMPS. This is enterprising and deserves success. By the I have received from Mr. W. Morloy a copy of the way, there is a new and improved edition of the first catalogue that the ‘‘ Bail fee " stamps have had " Monteith ” Approval Sheets and Books. alt to themselves. It is a well-arranged booklet of * * * eight pages, and as nearly every stamp described has The Philatelic Exhibition of Paris in the year price attached, it should be a welcome guide to the 1200 will be opened in August. many now starting a collection of these most inter- 6 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

eating stamps. A l&Tgo number of them Mr. Motley not, but are so well mado that they seem to have it if quotes at what certainly look like fancy figures ; but you do not oxamine them in the proper light. Those it must be admitted on the other hand that very I counterfeits are to be found unused or used with pen many of the obsolete varieties must become extremely j cancellations and different postmarks, the commonest scarce—in fact, there are not nearly enough to “ go . being an oblong red one. round" even now. As regards quite half of the rail- | ways mentioned, the stamps have undergone changes BRAZIL,— JO rees, blue (figure of value), has ap peared with forged perforation. The perforation is of colour, perforation, and in a few cases of design also, since their introduction in 1891. The Great hard ly likely to deceive the wary, being rather clumsily executed. Eastern and North Eastern seem to have produced six varieties each, and many others four and five : so FINLAND,— Although all tho stamps of Finland this branch of collecting is not likely to prove 1866-75 issue with one exception are plentiful and monotonous. cheap, forgeries come from time to time under our “ ARMY OFFICIAL” ERROR. notice. The serpentine perforation has been well imitated and can easily deceive a buyer, but on Messrs. Stanley Gibbons quote in the addenda to examining the stamp, one will be struck by the bad their current catalogue, the “ offtciai " error of tho execution of tho letters, the coat of anus and the *a. and Id., at 12/6 each, unused; but no mention is crown. The pearls are very uneven and there are too yet made of the other misprint, known as the “ short many vertical lines in the back-ground. L,” which occurred to exactly the same extont, I believe, as did the more prominent error, and was presumably corrected at the same time. Now, as many more of the “ OFFICIAI’S ” would naturally be noticed and preserved during the poriod of their SOCIETY REPORTS. currency, than would be tho case with the less important variety,—it seems to me quite likely that in future years fewer “ short L’s ” will be available than at present anticipated : so it behoves English BIRMINGHAM PHILATELIC SOCIETY specialists to complete their sets of “ Army Official ” as soon as may be. Honorary President:— W. B. Avery, E sq.

P r e s i d e n t W. T. Wilson, E sq.

Vice-Presidents R. Hollick, E sq.; W. Pimm, E sq. PHILATELIC FRAUDS. C o m m itte e Mr. H. R. B ewlay ; Mr. P. T. Deakin ; Mr. W. F. Wadams ; Mr. T. W. Peck ; Mr. C. A. Stephenson ; Mr. W. S. Vaughton. B y Non-Lex. Hon. Secretary and Treasurer: —Mr. G. Johnson, [All information ana supposed forgeries may be sent B.A., 208, Birchfield Road, Birmingham. to Non-Lex. Doubtful stamps examined free. Return postage must be sen£.] October 6th, Annual General Business Meeting. OLIVIA.- Collectors are warned against counter The Officors for the ensuing year were elected as feits of the Eagle 1867 issue stamps of Bolivia, above. which, having been obtained by the photo The accounts showing a nett cash balance in hand graphic process, are very dangerous imitations, being of £62 19s. 4Jd. were audited, found oorrect, and exact reproduction of the genuine. They can be approved. detected by the paper: which is much too white and The election of Mr. W. Schwarte was approved. looks too new for such old stamps. The co'.ofirs: The following were unanimously elected members '. which are different and generally too light, the Sc. is Madame C. C&pt, Mrs. H. G. Campbell. Rev. W. D. lum instead of violet; 10c. is light brown instead of B. Curry, Rev. J. H Astley, Messrs. Coombs, V. rown; 50c, is lemon instead of yellow; 50c. is light Essayan, R. C. B&ch, E. D. Hissard, A. Manoli. blue instead of blue or dark blue ; 10 0 c, is light green The Annual Report showed that during the past instead of green ; 100c. is greenish blue instead of session 35 members died, resigned, or were dropped, blue. The engraving; which is also much different; and 49 new members were elected, being a nett in the genuine were deeply engraved on copper plates crease of 14 over the previous session, and making a and show a heavy set-off. This the counterfeits have total of 241 members on October 1st, 1898. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 7

The total amount circulated In the exchange Present Actual Market Value. packets during the year ending June, 1898 was £38,625 Face Unused. Used. Wmk. Value. His. 2d. of which £5,437 6a. 7d. was sold. s. d. S. d. 4,000 copies of the Report were ordered to be print 4d. brown, imperf. .. 20 0 18 0 ed and distributed as in previous years 6d. blue „ .. 40 0 18 0 At the suggestion of several members it was re solved to devote alternate meetings to exchange, 1874 issue, same paper, but watermarked Crown discussion, and short papers in order to make the and C.C. meetings even more interesting than formerly. 4d. brown , imperf. .. 25 0 18 0 6d, blue ,, [The list of last year's members will be published .. 21 0 18 0 in our next issue, being omitted for want of Bpace.] 1880 issue, same paper and wmk., but perforated 14. Jd. yellow .. . . 0 9 1 C Id. marone . . 1 6 1 3 MIDLAND COUNTIES STAMP EXCHANGE 2d rose . . 5 0 1 6 3d. palo blue . . 2 0 2 0 (Established 1886). 4d. brown .. .. 35 0 8 6 Hon. Secretary :— W. G. Walton, Fentham Road 6d. blue . . 2 1 0 10 0 I f - green Birmingham. . . 5 0 0 50 0 1887 issue, watermark, Crown C.A., perforated 14. id. pea green The October packets were promising but not so .. 0 6 0 6 |d. olive green good as they might be. They totalled to some £500. .. 0 9 0 9 |d. deep green The November ones will be far more valuable and 1 0 1 0 Id. carmine successful. The M.C.S.E. is divided into workable 0 2 0 3 2d. orange.. sections, so that no member sees the packet after 40 .. 0 3 0 4 2ld. blue 4 or 50 others, and the packets can be sent round in a .. 0 0 6 3a. grey reasonable time. The following new members are .. 0 5 0 8 4d. brown .. .. 0 G 0 6 proposed this month :— M. M. Ferguson (Persia), Gd. very pale green Mrs. Temple (Hampstead), J. E, Robson (Hartlepool), .. 5 0 5 0 6d. sage green H, B. Backhouse (Oldham), H. E. Haworth (Brack .. 0 10 1 0 Gd. sap green .. 2 6 3 0 nell), R. G. Rolfe (Chiswick), Miss Locke (Miuehead), 1/- violet 1 Col. Hadaway (Godalming), Miss F. E. Smith 6 1 9 (Bedford), R. Culling (Glasgow). Rules, &c., post NOTH.— Many shades of all above stamps are met free from W. G. Walton, Fentham Road, HandBworth, with no two consignments of stamps were received Birmingham. The M.C.S.E. will be affiliated to the exactly alike, and the climate soon affected the colour; new Central Philatelic Club, London, so that only the most pronounced rarities are mentioned. The members will be able to join the latter on reduced earlier copies of these stamps had a tot of colour in terms. the embossed hair of the Queen's head; this lot gradually became less distinct, and in the latest issues vanished entirely. The 1887 issue may be found on paper, perfectly white, and on toned paper, the latter are worth rather more than above prices. Entire sheets and blocks command better prices than a GROUP COLLECTING. proportionate number of divided stamps. 1898 issue, design similar to the Seychelles stamps, AFRICAN COLONIES. watermark, Crown, C.A., perforated 14. £d. green .. 0 1 0 1 Id. carmine .. 0 2 .— By R. Hollick, Vice-President of the Birmingham 2d, orange brown and lilac .. 0 3 — Philatelic Society. 2Jd. ultramarine .. 0 4 — 3d. red-lilao and blue .. .. 0 5 — 4d. bistre and blue .. 0 6 — GAMBIA. 6d. green and carmine .. 0 9 — 1/- mauve and green .. 1 4 — 1806 issue, embossed on white wove paper, no watermark. These present market values are not fictitious, but 8 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER, have been arrived at, by comparing Auction Reports augmented and further sub-divided into sections that and dealers’ stocks, and also taking into consideration purchasers of the whole series now gc an actual the numbers issued. A full stock of nearly every collection of 1400 different stamps. rarity is held, and will be supplied by the compiler on Sixteen separate and distinct parts are comprised in receipt of amount Letters to b6 addressed to the new scries and thoy arc in an arranged alphabetical Richard Ilollick, Fillongley House, Uoldmere Road. order, of which the following will give an idea. Part Erdington, near Birmingham. I contains 96 stamps beginning at Abyssinia and ending at Austrian Levant. This includes used and unused, Colonial and European, current and obsolete. Messrs. W IL L IA M S & CO., LIMA. Thus Argentine is represented by stamps of the 18G7, i 1873, 1878 &c„ issues, Austria by stamps of 1800, 1858, 1861, &c., Austrian Italy 1850, t858, &c. The new Price List of Messrs. Williams & Co., Lima, is instructive and useful readiug. It is en Austrian Levant, 1807, and so on. Part II goes from titled “ An Open Letter,” and a useful letter it is. Austrian Levant, 1*8-3, to Bosnia, 1879, and contains We need not enter into any of its details as it lias 93 varieties, including the obsolete stamps of Bar been sent to practically all our readers, but if this bados, Bavaria, Bermuda, Bolivia, &c. So the scries nct-ice should meet the eye of anyone who lias not goes on t i Part XVI, wherein stamps from United States to Zululand are represented to the number of seen it, we shall be pleased to forwaia a copy upon the receipt of address. 85. The whole sot forms a collection of 1400 different stamps whoso catalogue value amounts to eleven pounds. This figure proves tnat the Rowland Hiil Packet ABOUT STAMP PEOPLE Collection is not the ordinary variety packet whicli is offered by many dealers, in fact the whole series By Non-Lex. doe9 not contain a single reprint, facsimile, fiscal, or telegraph stamp—neither cut envelope, band or .Vo. 1 ' l l . - Messrs Alfred Smith ■ (' Son and the postcard. The stamps have evidently been selected Howland lfill Packets. with such care that stamps damaged by any means are entirely omitted. The nxteen parts come to LTIIOUGH stamp dealers may come and go, three pounds—but if purchased separately each part the famous philatelic firm of Alfred Smith & is four shillings. At the same time anyone buying, Son goes on, apparently, for ever. Time was say port 1 and II could have the rest for fifty-two when it was kuown as Alfred Smith & Co., but of shillings, and so on. If one had bought fifteen parts late years it has borne the designation above. he would get the sixteenth free. There can be no Wherever the name is known—and it is familiar in doubt that the “ Rowland Hill" packet collection every portion of the world where philatelists arc— is far away above all competitors—in fact, it h a s no there a> e known also the “ Rowland Hill” packets. competition, for no other dealer runs packets on a The fame of this series extends backward into the similar line. Messrs. A. Smith & Son have issued a mist of philatelic antiquity I When they were first 41 page hook descriptive of the packet, which they made and offered or sale I cannot say. but I have will be pleased to send to intending purchasers, and before me a copy of The Stamp Collector's Magazine, the book itself is not uninteresting reading. December 1st, 18G7, and they are there referred to as In 1896 Messrs. Alfred Smith & Son issued an oven a • new series of packets,” so presumably tlieii origin more interesting book, entitled, “ Notes on the con could not have been much more remote. tents of (lie new Rowland Hill paoket.” This book At the beginning the “ Rowland Hill ” packets were was compiled at very great pains, and contained of the ordinary character, being divided into six information of tlv utmost interest and value. Every penny, shilling, two shilling &c„ packets according country represented in the packet was touched upon to size and quality. Later they developed and Aook ill the “ Notes, - and descriptions of the stamps, of shape as something more like constituent parts of a the people or scenes represented on them, together collection for, where individual stamps had figured with the cause of issue and other historical inform without particular arrangement, sets began to appear, ation, made this a valuable book which I always keep so that purchasers of more than one packet would not handy for reference. Since the form of the packets find the stamps duplicated. Then the packets were have been altered this book is naturally out-of-date, re-arranged and issued in parts, the constituent hut yet for purposes of reference it is well worth the countries of each being in alphabetical order, so that sixpence charged for it originally. I do not know purchasers of either packet necessarily had a com whether it is yet in print, and should imagine it is pletely different selection from those who purchased not, as the new descriptive book mentioned above has the other parts, and lastly, the series was so been issued, THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. vil. RICHARD HOLLICK, BOLDMERE ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, HAS ON SALE A VALUABLE COLONIAL COLLECTION, Containing all the better class Stamps in used arid unused state.

EVERYTHING in BRILLIANT CONDITION = SINGLES, PAIRS & BLOCKS. PRICES 30% TO 60% LESS THAN CATALOGUE. Selections sent to Responsible Collectors on receipt of Satisfactory References.

BARGAINS IN SETS, I n MINT CONDITION, except otherwise stated, s. d. M orocco on G ib r a lta r, 5o., 10c., 20c., 25c,, 40c., 50e., 1 and 2 pesetas .. 3 9 G ib r a lta r (obsolete), 5, 10, 20, 25, 40, 50 centimos, and 1 peseta 2 6 Gold C o a st (obsolete), £d., Id., 2d., 3d., 4d,, 6d., and 1 /- 3 3 G am bia (obsoleto), embossed head, jd., Id., 2d., 3d., 4d., 6d., and 1/- 3 6 ,, in entire sheets of fifteen 55 O B ritis h C e n tr a l A fr ic a , obsolete Negro type, watermarked, Id., 2d., 4d., 6d., l r 16 O B.C.A, on British South A frica, Id., 2d., 4d., 6d., 8d., and 1 /- 3 6 „ „ 2/-, 2/6, 3/-, 4 -, 5/-, and 10/- 33 O B ritia h B e c h u a n a la n d on E n g lis h , }d., Id., 2d., 4d., Od , and 1 /- 3 6 B r itis h S o u th A fr ic a , first type, jd., Id., 2d., 3d., 4d., 6d., 8d., 1 /- 7 O „ „ 2/-, 2/6, 3/-, 4/-, 5/-, 10/- and £1 80 O ,, „ 1806, now obsolct -, Jd., Id., 2d , 3d., 4d., 6d., 8d., and I/- 4 O „ „ 2/-, 2/6, 3/-, 4/-, 5/-and 10/-.. 35 O „ ,, 1896 Provisional on Cape of Good Hope, $d,, Id., 2d., 3d., 4c 6d. 12 O „ ,, similar set, used .. 12 6 Z u lu la n d on E n g lis h , £d.t Id 2d., 2$d., 3d„ 4d., and 6d. 6 6 ,, last issue, jd., Id., 21d., 3d., 6d., 1/-, 2/6, and 4/- 12 6

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GEO. PHILIPPE, RECENT ARRIVALS AT 34, RUE DES VIVIERS, HAVRE, SUM MER PRICES. FRANCE. All unused, in Mint Condition. Membre de la Societe Philatelique, Havraise. ». U. H e w Zealan d , 1898. 2jd. blue, error Wakitipu ... 0 6 Per 1. 100. Mauritius, 1898,36 cents ...... 010 HAITI. s. d. s. d. British Central Africa, id. on 3/- ...... 1 $ B ritish H onduras, 189S, 25 cents ...... 2 0 1881, 1 cent, vermillion 0 0 Hong Kong, $1 on 96 cems, black ...... 3 (, • > 7 blue .. 0 9 — B r i t i s h M orocco, 1S98, 3, 10, 20, 23, 40, and 30 cents, 1 ,, — and 2 pestas...... 8 for 4 6 „ 20 red-brown .. 6 0 Gambia, 1898, id. to 1/- ...... E for 4 0 1882, 1 vermillion .. 0 3 Duttia, i , 1, 2, and 4 annas ...... 4 for 1 3 .. 2 11 purple • 0 4 — Thessaly (Turkish occupation), new obsolete, complete green (♦ 3 — set of 3, very few on hand, only ...... 2 6 11 5 II 0 Postage extra. blue.. * 0 6 — „ 7 CUBAN REPUBLIC, „ 20 red-brown .. , t 0 5 — 1887, 1 II lake 0 2 — 1896 issue, 2, 5,10 and 25 cents ...... set o f 4 for 3 0 .. 2 violet 0 2 — These are offered without guarantee as the so-called ,, 3 >1 blue 0 3 — Republic is not yet recognised. .. 5 *1 green 0 2 — 1890, 2 on 3c. blue.. . - 0 3 — 1891, I »» purple 0 2 — CHAS. J. SMITH, 2 blue 0 2 — — „ 3 lilac * 0 3 Upper Park Road, Kingston Hill, Surrey. 3 If slate 0 3 — „ 5 11 or&ngc ♦ 0 2 — 7 scarlet 0 9 — Messrs. OSTARA & DARLOW *1892, 2 cent, on 3c. slate 0 2 — * Beg to announce that they will hold a Philatelic 1893, 1 violet 0 1 — Auction in „ 2 If indigo , * 0 2 — 3 slate ,, 0 6 — Birmingham, at the GRAND HOTEL, on „ 5 II orange .. . • 0 1 — ,, 7 vermillion ,. 0 2 — THURSDAY, 3rd November next, red-brown ,, 0 10 — * „ 20 at 6 o'clock in the evening. The sale will include: 0 1 4 0 *1896, 1 blue Collection of U.S Departmentals and others all carmine *. ,, 0 1 — * 2 unused in blocks, Portuguese India, first and second lilac ,, 0 2 12 0 * 3 issues, Trinidad, 5/- surcharged O.S., rare Spain, olive ,, 0 1 — 5 Oldenburg, &c. * .. 7 slate ,, 0 4 35 0 orange ., 1 6 — We expect that this sale will be a greater success even than * ,, 20 •1 our first in Manchester. *1898, 2 on 20c., orange .. a, 0 3 — PROMPT SETTLEMENTS GUARANTEED. * „ 2 ,, red-brown 0 7 — red.. 0 1 8 0 In proof of this, all the accounts for the first sale were paid * „ 2 within eight days of the sale in spite of the fact that we ourselves * 5 If green .. 0 3 — have not been paid for several lots. Best references given, P a ragu ay, *1879,10 centavos, green 1 2 — memb r of Birmingham and Manchester Philatelic Societies, on Bazaar reference list, &c., &e. France, 1849,10 centimoe, cinnamon 2 6 — Futuresales, November i7thand December 15th in Manchester, II 11 15 i> green .« 5 6 — and 1st December in Liverpool. All enquiries to be vermillion 2 6 — addressed 11 ,, 1 franc, carmine .. 4 0 — OSTARA & DARLOW, • Denotes unused. Terms— Cash with order. 3§u tl* onccr^, Postage and registration extra on amount under .£1, free otherwise. Je 18, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER

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B3- R E A D Y IN D E C E M B E R , 1898. ^ 1 British |>tamp ©ireetarg.i^

Revised and brought up to date by F b e d k . A . W i c k h a r t , Hon. Sec of the Stamp Exchange Protection Society, assisted by the Editor of the “ Philatelic Chronicle <6 Advertiser. ”

HE PHILATELIC PUBLISHING CO. arc publishing, in December, an entirely New Edition of this Directory, being the third. As publishers of The Philatelic Chronicle and The Advertiser, they have en T joyed for years exceptional opportunities for procuring the names and addresses of British Collectors, - and these are now collated and published in book form. Every address will be verified through the Post Office within a few weeks of publication. Names will be in strictly alphabetical order to simplify reference. The book w ill be w e l l a d v e r t is e d , and a rapid and extensive sale is anticipated. The quantity of the edition will depend upon the amount of preliminary support received, but will possibly be Three Thousand or upwards. The large issue of the second edition is now sold out. The book will be the popular Pocket Size (about 8x5 inches), and advertisements will be received at a very cheap rate for this edition. As the book will be kept for continual reference by collectors and dealers it forms the most excellent advertising medium possible.

2/6 Per Inch, across page, 6 inches to Page. 1/6 „ „ Single Column, 12 inches to the Page. B u s in e s s C a r d (4 or 5 lines) in Medallion, 1/-. These rates are altogether hrexpective of the amount of space taken, and include cost of a voucher copy.

In order to get the book published to date, Advertisements should be sent by December 1st to ENSURE insertion, and MUST be sent by December 5th. A D V E R T I S E M E N T Pages will face D IR E C T O R Y Pages. The publishers anticipate a demand of 1,000 in the first month. Advertisers as above w ill receive a voucher copy of the directory. Undisplayed Advertisements as Wants, Offers, Exchange, Correspondence, &e., & c ., with first word in larger type, will he accepted at the rate of FOUR WORDS for ONE PENNY, minimum charge 6d. IS* GET ONE EARLY. *£* Prepaid Orders for Copies of the Directory can be booked, and will be executed in rotation.

Price— ONE SHILLING (25 cents), Post Free. Wholesale Terms on Application.

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U S. OMAHA EXPOSITION STAMPS. JF YOU WANT TO BUY STAMPS and save money, SMALL quantity of above for sale, unused, in perfect con JF YOU WANT TO SELL STAMPS and make money, A dition at very low rates. Send postcard for prices. A grand chance for small dealers. o JF YOU WANT TO EXCHANGE STAMPS and do both, BERNARD RYOE, Snelnton Dale, Nottingham. JF YOU WANT TO BE THOROUGHLY UP TO DATE EXCHANGE ! EXCHANGE ! EXCHANCE! SUBSCRIBE TO— — ADVERTISE IN THE PHILATELIC WHOEVER sends 100—200 or 500 postage stamps MONTHLY ADVERTISER. (not fiscals) of British and French Colonies, Malta, SIX PENCE PER ANNUM, POST FREE. Gibraltar, North and - outh America, Surinam, Circulates In over One Hundred Countries and Colonies Curacao, Hawaiian Islands, and Asiatic Stamps in amongst Fourteen to Sixteen Thousand Stamp good condition, will receive per return of mail, under Collectors and Dealers. register cover through any Levant foreign office SPECIMEN COPY GRATIS & POST FREE stamped with different values, same number, value and quantity of Oriental Stamps (old Turkish, PUBLISHED BY m 7 Persian, Montenegrian, Bulgarian, Roumanian, THE CO-OPERATIVE STAMP CO. Egyptian, Bosnian, Greek, and foreign Levant Offices SYDENHAM. LONDON, ENGLAND. (English, German, French, Austrian, and Russian), N B.—Evtry Stamp Journal reproducing this announcement Rare against rare. Senders are requested to register regularly, will be given advertising space of equal cash value their letters as I am not responsible for letters lost in in the “P h i l a t e l ic M o n t h l y A d v e r t i s e r .*’ Foreign journals must, however, translate before reproducing, and transit. the favour will be reciprocated. Address :— A. G. S3RGHIADES, No moredirty ortorn APPROVAL SHEETS by using the new No. 31, Rue Yuksek Kaldirim, No. 31. CONSTANTINOPLE. APPROVAL BOOKS. Member of the Birmingham Philate'ic Society, They are neat, artistic and inexpensive, and are put In an attractive cover, tastefully printed in colours and neatly ruled for International Society of Philately of Dresde, Phila 168 stamps, on thin Bank Paper, with printed instructions on telic Club of Metz, &c. m first page. These Books will fit in an ordinary business size envelope witbout folding, and are not an imitation of other Books on the = - 10,000 = market but is an entirely and original idea. Sample Book and prices FRbE on receipt of postcard. STAMPS for Sale, from £d. each. . . Mention paper. &END FOR ONE AT ONCE 1 SEE OUR APPROVAL SHEETS. BERNARD RYDE, THE NORTHERN STAMP CO-, PRINTER, Croat Horton, Bradford. S103 SNEINTON DALE, NOTTINGHAM.

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T R A N S V A A L , i/-, green shafts, unused, JUST RIGHT FOR CHRISTMAS. price 12/6. ANTIGUA Revenues, set of 8, unused, price i f - . SPAIN, Revenue Stamps, set of 25, many The BIG ISSUE unused, price i f - . Morley’s Catalogue of English Postage, OF Railway’s Entires and all varieties of v Fiscals, price 2/6. THE ADVERTISER Morley’s Catalogue of Colonial Revenue Stamps, 2/6. APPEARS ON DECEMBER 3rd. L undy’s Catalogue of Swiss and German Send your Advertisements by N O V E M B E R 28th. States, Fiscals, 1/6. WALTER MORLEY, We guarantee a MINIMUM of 15, BROWHHUA g a r d en s , , THREE THOUSAND COPIES. Hither Green, Gatford, London, S.E.

If we get adequate support we shall increase in DO YOU KNOW THAT proportion. Our “Montelth ” ruled sheets have caught on to such an extent that some poor imitations an now being offered to Dealers. Do not be deceived. I T rs NO USE PROMISING Our Sheets have been on the Harket for years, and are the beat and oheapest sold. So our what we oannot perform, but we hope to distribute numerous clients tell us. Our. Ninth Edition Sheet from £ to 1 0 thousand, if you will aid us with your is now ready (and whloh, by the way, is fifteen timea advertisement. Every little helps. We have also got larger than our first edition). IJaeh Sheet is ruled tv hold 60 stamps. Full conditions and space for your to distribute many circulars. We can distribute name and address on front page. 26 for 6d.; 60 for 80,000 if required at 1 0 /. per 1 ,0 0 0 , and save you lid.; 100, 1/6 ; 260, 3/6; 600, 6/-; sample sheet free. £1 11s. 8d. per 1,000 in postage. Our Latest Novelty 1b an Approval Book, ruled to hold 120 stamps. Bound in stiff cover, with full conditions,. &c. They are selling by thousands. Fourth Edition now ready. 12 fer 8d., 26 for 1/2, 50, 2/-, 100, N B .— Please send remittances, if possible, 3/9, post free. Sample books Id. each. Note our new by postal order or in halfpenny stamps. a d d ress. Any values unused English stamps are ARTHtJR MONTE 1TH 4 Co„ 14, Chester Green Road, Derby. Established 1886. » accepted, however. Address by November 28th, to JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING Is the aecret of success. Desultory advertising pays hut Uttle pot your ad. in “ TH E ADVERTISER,” OUati Philatelic Magazine n th e S ta te . F entham Road, Subscription ajc. ■ year. Free Exchange Column. Handsworth, L. T. BROD4TONB, Business Manager. BIRMINGHAM. SUPERIOR, NEBRASKA, U.S.A.

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ALL DEALERS tii -iml pro our 12pp. Wholesale List ■ ( used and unused Sluing!:. Cix \p Sots. \ aricty !*:»• kcis. M.nsnD. CVntinenlalK. and Stamp Albmuj. I’osi frep m receipt of business card r memorandum. EVERY COLLECTOR idi.mld ;s .-nr 6Spp Retail List- ( ‘ The neatest and ]•>. interesting wo Imve seen lids v« ar. lur nine." i : U n t < l . < - 7, .i 1-nil M bargains in sets, Vache: Albums, and single Stamps Gratis and [>«.•>! free on sj>piieaii"H. WB ARE BUYERS, as all Muses, of ianr* Who!.- :•!■-■ tt ,s.wi:.dors, & c., Ac., to a. v amount, nr ct:s. FO R P R O M P;’ CASH ONLY. ,, KRKINGTON cSf. MAKTIN. SOUTH HACKNEY, LONDON, N .E .

U S. OMAHA EXPOSITION STAMPS. £!•' M/L" WANT TO lil'Y STAMl’S ami save money.

JL SMALL ijiiamiiy of above for file, unused, in perfree con- J . ’ ' i: \Y.\NT TO 7 J. 1.i■ STAMPS .aid make money. rtiti.in At very low rates. Send P"MCaui for A grand chance for small deal. rs. Jl-' V:>» WANT TO KNt'ilANGE STAMPS ami do lion B E R N A R D R Y 0 E, Sncituon Dr Nottingham. ji- v n p w a n t t o l it TfioKorom .v i t * t o p a t e fcXCHAKCE ! EXCHANGE ! EXCHAUE ! S t i.St.IMBE TO \DVKRTISK IN THE PHILATELIC WHOEVER scuds li'O—•ji>i . r ;V.O postage m nips MONTHLY ADVERTISER, (not fiseais) of Briti-.li and French Colonies. Malta. Gibraltar, North and r-outli America, Surinam, S I X P E N C E 1’EE ANNUM, P 0 5 T F it E E . Curacao, Hawaiian Islands, and Asiatic Stumps in C ircu la te s in o v er One H undred C o un tries a n d <'olfln<*s amongst Foi:rte< n to Sixteen Thousand Stamp good condition, will receive per re turn of mail, un-i.-r Collectors end be le;s. register cover through any Levant foreign cilice SPECIMEN COPY GRATIS & POST FREE stamped with different values, same number, value and quantity of Oriental Stamps (old Turkish, rrhi.isnr.n py Persian, Montenegrin!]. Bulgarian, Roumanian, TKH CO-OPERATIVE STAMP CO. Egyptian, Bosnian, Greek, and foreign Levant Offices SYDENHAM. LONDON, ENGLAND (English, German, French, Austriun, and Russian!. N B ,— Kwry Stamp Journal reproducing iliU annoenccnvii Rare against rare. Senders aro requested to register regulariy. will be given adwriisinx space of ec)ual cash v.i tv their letters as I am not responsible for letters lost in in llio “ Pim.ATi.uc Monthly A hvertjsku.'* lo'iitm transit. |ourna!s must, however, translate before reproducing, and the favour will be reciprocated. A d d u e ! » : — A. G. Sr RGHIADES, No more dirty or torn APPROVAL SHEETS by using the new No. 31, Rue Yuksek Kaldirim, No. 31. CONSTANTINOPLE. APPROVAL HOOKS. '1 hey arc -at, .miotic .mkI uv-sp. ."-iv-.. and are put in i: Member of tile Birmingham Phihitc ic Society, aiti'iicdvt: covi r, Uis!i fi;l!y prined in colours and neatly ml- <1 i jr International Society of Philately of l>resde, Phila if.a sunups, on thin Lank hirer. will] printed ir.-nrucuons ■>*' telic Club of Metz, Ac. m v I will lit in mi ■ vdinary but'am-s t i/e divvli- will Jilt iLiidiGL’. iniul aru imt an imitation of cniics backs on a l = = 10 ,000 a uur.Kvt l,.;u h u: entirely nvi original idea Sample lhok and pricer- hkwli on receipt oi pcbtcanl. STAMPS for Sale, from lei. each. . . \Uniio.t f'df i, . &V.ND TOR ONF, AT ONCE ! SEE OCR APPROVAL SHEETS. BERNARD HYDE, THE NORTHERN STAMP CO., PRINTER, Creat Horton. Bradford. Sio;, SNEINTON DALE, NOTTINGHAM.

In answering Advertisements please mention “ Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser.’1 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. xi. TRANSYAAL, i/-, green shafts, unused, JUST RIGHT FOR CHRISTMAS. price 1 2 /6. ANTIGUA Revenues, set of 8, unused, price 4/-. SPAIN, Revenue Stamps, set of 25, many The BIG ISSUE unused, price 4/-. Morley’s Catalogue of English Postage, OP Railway’s Entires and all varieties of Fiscals, price 2/6. THE ADVERTISER Morley’s Catalogue of Colonial Revenue Stamps, 2/6. APPEARS ON DECEMBER 3 r d . L undy’s Catalogue of Swiss and German Send your Advertisements by N O VE M B E R 28th. States, Fiscais, 1 6 , | WALTER MOBLEY, We guarantee a minimum of , 15, BROWNWLL GARDENS, THREE THOUSAND COPIES. Hither Green, Catford, London, S.E.

]f we get adequate support we shall increase in DO YOU KNOW THAT proportion. | Our “Monteith ” ruled sheets have caught 1 on to such an extent that some poor im itations are I now being offered to Dealers. Do not be deceived. IT IS NO USE PROMISING I Our Sheets have been on the Market for years, and are the best and ch eapest sold. So our what we cannot perform, but we hope to distribute | numerous clients tell us. Our Ninth Edition Sheet fiom 5 to 10 thousand, if you will aid us with your ' is now ready (and which, by the way, is fifteen times advertisement. Every little helps. We have also got larger than our first edition). Each Sheet is ruled ta hold GO stamps. Full conditions and space for your to distribute many circulars. We can distribute . name and address on front page. 25 for Gd.; 50 for 30.000 if required at 10/- per 1,000, and save you 1 lid .; 100, 1/6 ; 250, 3/G ; 500, 6/-; sample sheet free. JC1 11s. 8d. per 1,000 in postage. Our L a te s t N o v elty is an Approval Book, ruled to hold 120 stamps. Bound in stiff cover, with full ■ conditions, etc. They are selling by thousands. Fourth Edition now ready, 12 for 8d., 25 for 1/2, 50, 2/-, 100, N Li.— Please send remittances, if possible, 3/9, post free. Sample books Id. each. Note our new by postal order or in halfpenny stamps. | ad dress. Any values unused English stamps are ARTHUR MONTEITH & Co., 1-1, Chester accepted, however. Address by November Green Road, Derby. Established 1885. n «8th, to JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING Is ibe secret of success. Desultory advertising pays but litiie put your ad. in “ THE ADVERTISER,”

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In answering Advertisements please mention “ Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser.” xfi. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. =MR. DEALER,^ AVE you awakened to the possibility of an agency with W illiams & Co., the Lima Philatelists ? You spend considerable money in hunting for a market for your stasmps M and yet you have overlooked us though we’ve been advertising for offers, &c., for the last 18 months. We are worth a sco re of ordinary agents.

E X A C T L Y £ 3 8 0 1 9 s . 8 d . or over 80% of total value, is the amount we sold on commission in the six weeks ending July 19th from 22 packets. A collection and several books were completely stripped, as price tor all was satisfactory. Rare South American, U.S., and British Colonial Postage Stamps are especially in demand with our clients on this coast, and all such in fine condition, reason* ably priced, are almost sure to be sold if sent us on approval. Our charges (see terms in list) are extremely moderate. SEVERAL IOO DOLLARS annually can be added to the profits of any enterprising dealer who will enter into serious business relations with us, as our 12-page booklet will show. We are buying more good stamps and collections, and at a higher scale of prices, than any other person or firm in South America. W e offer you a larger profit in buying, selling or exchanging than any other house in the world.

W e recently sold a collection for £250, which was but £50 under catalogue price. This shows you what kind of a market we control. There is no necessity for you to sacrifice your collection or good duplicates if you send them to us with a reasonable reserve price. Exchange : We allow double value in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Panama, and Chile in exchange for approved rare and scarce stamps. (See our list for particulars). W I L L I A M S & C O . , Philatelists, CASILLA No. 989, LIMA, PERU. Advanced Collectors (4). Wholesale and Retail Dealers in South American Stamps (clearing a £1,200 stock at ^ to ^ 0t catalogue, cash or exchange). Splendid assortment from Falkland Islands. Philatelic Publishers. Sole Agents and Correspondents in Peru foe 80 Philatelic Magazines. Philatelic Commission Agents (unequalled record tor sales, i.e ., £1,500 worth in 12 months—90 por cent o( the good.stamps handled). On London “ Bazaar ” Reference Register, and Members of International Stamp Dealers Association, Berlin (No. 1S6), American Philatelic Association, International Philatelic Union, and 18 others in Dresden, Munich, Argentina, Copenhagen, Vienna, Gossuitz, Rome, Ac., Ac. tjsf Our 12-paged Booklet, containing price list and all particulars neoessary for a prosperous business will serve to introduce ub, and will interest you. It is free, and can be obtained from:— J. P. DODGE, New Oxford, Pa., U-S.A- M ATTH EW R. KNIGHT, Oak Hill, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada. S M Y T H St CO., 1, Campbell Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, England. PHILATELIC PUBLISHING CO., Fentham Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, England. tfn

Printed for the Publishers by Randall Brothers, Aston Cross, Birmingham, Oct. 27th, IMS. THE ADVERTISER BIO ISSUE ON DECEMBER 3rd,

free till next * H. H. ASHWORTH & CO, > DECEMBER. Special Bargain 63, BROWN STREET, 5,000 Established t386. Superior Continent LARGEST vS: BEST. MANCHESTER. als, B, Colonials and To Buy. Sell, or Ex U.8.A., mixed, post change. join the free, 3/3 . Midland Counties COLLECTORS who study their own interests write stamp Exchange. Rules lrorii us for selections. Speciality: Medium and rare Stamps. R. S. GRAY, W. G. Walton. W H OLESALE PRICE LIST, free to Dealers. 213, W. Campbell St., Fentham Road. Handsworth, Large Collections and Parcels of Stamps wanted for cash. OLASOOW. s Birmingham. Visitors to Manchester are requested to call and inspect our large stock. m THE H e — <> PJ-= ■9 r. a 3 2/2 2.^ ir 2 > u ^2 =•« sft aO a u < - SL WS« O X 5 = | - : £ 2. 3 n cr -* a *r ?*“ © « s s .5 = s » g o t > TTZ o ■- u Yol. 8. BO Y. 23, I8G8. 3 No. 2. L i : * > E J5 S K -a so •* > r Sg^E-S"R 71 *0 3 r - 3£e w 05 3 1/6 p er A n n u m , p o st free. 2 1 * CTD $ w s. m 04 ■ § 'o 8 FENTHAM ROAD^ HANDSWORTH. fS “ O s - w j; x i • 2 s m 2 voo«-o'<’>< <3C X 33 •g K __ BIRMINGHAM. 3 X * fC ► 2 •= n - ^ C 3 « 1 Agents of P. c* and A. » M 2 3 "3 3 —1 3 X Bath. FISHER TITLEY & CO., Sydney Buildings. 3 99 Qg H aase's I?s- m o . f i Belgium. A. de MEHSTER, Oudenbourg, Osteoii. o ■< -c CD a £ _ P ° q s s - I . o Canada. R. S. MASON, Hamilton. ;H .S2 ■ « S S lo0 2„ 2a. ii rnffi. -4—i 73 « a Denmark. MISS E. BARCLAY, Roskildc. CD m 5 Egypt. MELEKA ft Co., 21, Abdeen, Cairo. fts s3 -^rJ^ft 3 ertr Glasgow. R. S. GRAY, *13, West Campbell Street. 2 E ~ u & * Holland. H BASART Capersteeg 4, Rotterdam 3 < c * li” a) GO TS London. STANLEY JOHNSON,164, Grove Lane, Bow, E 3 crS-S-8 If I o « I CD g Liverpool. LG. PRICE, 6, Butler Terrace, Liverpool,E = 0 = CD CO © O g " K 05 « Malta. A. MUSCAT, 270. Strada Rcale. Vaietta. > :c o o 2 3 Manchester F. TOULMIN, 9, Bickley Street. .= X * 4> F res ton. H. B. BAILEY, 8. Beech Grove, Ashton. H Switzerland. A. PECONA, Geneva, Malonibrc 14. * fe35 i : s - ^ -C X •n» *tiJt» 'w U.S.A. L. T BRODSTONE, Box 116. Superior, Neb. * • e W *• I. F. DODGE, Lock Box 14, New Oxford, Penn. _ S' =3 V 2 « ns -)2 e: ° 2 H „ JOEL H. du BOSE, Hague, Huguenot, Georgia. ” c "l o 3 n -x r Wigan. W. D 1TCHFIELD, 194, Doming Street. ENTERED AT STATION CAS' HALL. -*1 ------STAMP COLLECTORS’ ALMANAC, 1899. | ENGLISH. THIS SPACE D E C . 1 5 t h . 2 d . (P ost F r e e , 2^d.) Postage, Fiscal, AND TO BRIGHT, CHATTY a n d USEFUL. Can be ordered at JOHN MENZ1ES ft CO., Edinburgh, or at Telegraph Stamps LET. railway bookstalls. The Almanack maybe obtained from the P h ila te lic P u b lish in g E b y «1o p«s , Cards, Sc C o,. Fentliam Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. RARITIES Sheets on approval, 50% discounts. Packets and sets cheap. APPLY TO THE And all minor varieties PUBLISHERS. CAMPBELL, INGLES & CO., WALTER MORLEY, t86,West Green Rd., . . . CARLISLE. . . . TOTTCNHAM. ». . li. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

NEW ISSUES AND BARGAINS, t A SPANISH COLLECTOR at = | JEREZ-DE-LA-FRGNTERA denotes nmaed. s. d. T . . 'f M orocco A gencies on Gibraltar, complete set cf S, £C. 10 3 pS. 8 Says, “ I have received harts 8 and -1 oi G i b r a l t a r (obsolete) ;c. to i ps. 11 the kowi.asD H 11.1. 1‘ackkt Collec Z u lu ian d , obsolete & scarce, id., id., eld., 6d. and 11- s> tion, and am highly satisfied with them ,, 2/6... o’ because they are all perfect specimens G a m b i a , 1S98, Id. to i f - (8 values) 5' and completely different according to N ew foundland, *e. (Prince Edward) I your advertisement.” „ ic. carmine, ic. green (the fjueen) *1' ,, 2c. orange, ac, carmine (Prince of Wales) 5 fcs-’ 16 Parts, 1,400 varieties (cat. /’ll), ,. 3c. orange (Princess of Wales)... 3" £$■ C a n ad a, ISO”, Jubilee, ic orange and 3c. carmine 4 Sample Part, 4 -. C u b a, 1S98, obsolete, un,, m i, 3m., and 5m 6’ S o u d a n , 1S98, t, 2. 3 and 5 mil. S' The descriptive Booklet, FR EE. British South Africa, iSgt, 2/. vermilion 0 2/6 violet „ 3/- brown and green „ a/- grey and red $ ALFRED SMITH & SON, LONDON : „ 3/- orange yellow ,, 10 .green ... T 37 & 39, Essex St., Strand, W.C. f £1 deep blue S ierra Leone, id. brown. CA, block of 4 t , .... i B. B ech uan alan d on Gt. Britain, /d. to 3/- complete B . C e n t r a l A f r i c a , Negro, no u-mk. Cape o f Good H ope, 34 varieties, cat. 1 gf- ... CHEAP SETS OF Gold Coast, id. olive, yellow, C.C., cat. .|/- ... G r e n a d a , 1883, 6d. inauve.C.A, cat. 5/- .British Plate Num bers. M auritius, 1865, 3d., C, & C.C , vermilion Complete M y Catalogut „ fid. „ lilac Set of. price, price. „ ij-blue s. d. S. (1. „ 5/-red purple r

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Enlarged to 5 2 pages, entirely rewritten and prices revised throughout.

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Advice to those likely to forget the BIG issue. DON'T. IV. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. THE 1899 CATALOGUES. NOW IN PRESS, Prepaid Orders Booked, & Orders executed in rotation as received THE EDITION will be in FOUR PARTS, each forming a separate Volume. These Volumes will be arranged and published in the same order as the corresponding volumes of the IMPERIAL ALBUM, although it must be understood that the numbers in the Catalogue do not, in most cases, correspond with those in the Album. P A R T I. A prominent improvement throughout this Ready about DECEMBER 15th, 1898. , Edition of the Catalogue is the insertion of Stamps of the British Empire. ! copious notes on “Reprints” by Mr. E. D. Bacon. Price 2/-> or post-free 2/3. A special feature in PART I. is the full and P A R T II. In pteparatton. W ill be rerdr about F E I 1R U A R \ \ 1899* complete Illustration of the Stamps of Great Stamps of Foreign Countries. Britain, which, under the new regulations, we are now able to use for the first time for many Price 2/-, or post-free 2 3. years. Will consist of tho Adhesive Stamps of all countries other than the British Empire, but without any Local Stamps. The important feature of the PRICES P A R T III. has received our most careful attention, This Tart will be ready about MA R C U , IH99. and we fully believe that the present The Local Postage Stamps Catalogue reflects the current Market ------of the World. Values as we go to press. Price 1/., or post-free 1/3. This Part is a distinctly “ new departure," but we We have an enormous Stock, from the rarest to flic venture to think that, owing to the great demand we I commonest varieties, and we have been enabled to have for Local stamps of all kinds, and to the publication of special albums for their collection, tho make a vast number of reductions in prices, more issue of this Catalogue will be fully justified. I especially in the used stamps. I he current and more Further, tbc Collector of Government Postage recent issues have also been priced, in this New Stamps will no longer find P a r t s 1 and II of the Catalogue burdened with o\er 100 pages of Stamps in Catalogue, on a lower basis throughout than ha- which he takes no interest. formerly been the case. P A R T IV- Part will be ready about A P R IL , 1899. PREPAID ORDERS can now he received Envelopes and Post Cards. for any or all of the four volumes. It will Price 1 or post-free 1/3. only he necessary to state which parts are This Part will be similar to Part 111 of last Edition, required when ordering, and to remit for and will, as far as possible, show correct pri es for these. Only Prepaid Orders will be booked. Envelopes and Wrappers, used and unused, both The Terms to the Trade w ill be the same as entire and cut square, and for Post Cards, both used and unused, for our other Publications. STAN LEY GIBBONS, LTD., 3 9 1 , Strand, London, W.C. AB answering Advertisements please mention “ The “ Advertiser.” THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 9

The Philatelic Chronicle is sent to all the members of the PBilatelie (sBponiele & T^cLi/Epti.sep Birmingham Philatelic Society and Midland Counties r n i L • m . i r m i l - : Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journal of these I,rnusin:i) Wontiit.y . Societies. Combined membership over 400. StM i-TRivnoN. 1/C I'F.u A n :."!.:. Suhsoriptions commence with current nutnbo . iiack number*o f V..P, I. If. rn, IV. V. VI * VTT.Gtl. (J1~*III£ report of the Birmingham Philatelic Specimen, Id. Odd numbers of Vnl. VIII, Sd. each. Society shows another year of Hack N« . nf the Advertiser 2/fS. for 1 •>. 3, t. and !. end ‘jd I'acli ;il! others. prosperity The membership was and in this number are included ftnVEttTISEMENTS. N all the best nam es in philately— not 2 6 p ev Iiir-li. Limit, g T,ine» to the ineli. Liberal discount for a series. only Lnglish but foreign also, The exchange I nused I-' ■nUStmitjis accepted in payment to packets have maintained their premier y amount. position for quality, and the financial aspect Short. Adv.-i tiscinent:- in The Advertiser, 24 words (nr Sixj'euec, three in-.alion* at the price of two. of the Society is most satisfactory, indeed 'Cue Advertiser i--. t>te in ,t mediant for shun Advertise- the only difficulty is what to do with the of «;\ni . an-.l " I-. pabli.-died fiemi-Monthlv. Si iwcrijilioii' and adverti-umonl. mart he t'rejtaid. balance in hand. A first-class library is now iluiii-enntt M u m p s should always be scut, in prefer- at the disposal of the members and a useful in i to •iio.-e of any other vsiinc. Money from abroad Mtu-'t he r-'iiiitti d by l*o>tal Order or Note .. Amounts programme of meetings has been formulated infer 2 - mu', he "nt by uitii-cd stamp-, higher for the season. The Lxecutive are highly to f'ic-s. nt current rate of exchange. Unused i end Canadian hi,:h value-, neeeptod at disc be commended upon these results, but most ..die. IV-l.tl riel Motiev Order- |‘T.;,'iile :it especially is congratulation and thanks due I : I ;■ >,!,!. . 1 Vo', i. 10 the indefatigable honorary secretary, M r . s .d.o'.al d ' ■ i - -: 1111 for a sevie-. of Adveri.i.-ement*:. , i . 1 , LI. Til. IV,Y. i'VI. bud.doihgiit, p0„t ircoG;- ( i . J o h n s o n . 1 S .A . \ <;i . 1.11. lll.l V. ' . I je.ay lie obtained l;NUOfxn s/- ■ i i,. Vll , Ikicsu. » - : UnROCXO. .. :'!■ Another attempi is being made to form a i.oiO ul nMiealuui - i.n.- .‘i:ldn.'S:,cd to i‘tt!■; I'mt.vri- i.u: CirnuMci.K ani.i Anvi-.iensiu:," Philatelic Club in London. There should Pent ii;>>11 lir'ad. 11:t nil-w,o i ii. l’irmiinjhain. lie, and apparently is, a demand for such a A il A r/icf-’s are C<>y:,r:ght. meeting place, and those who are exploiting «<•'! y-.mi-it Vrcl < jT T evus ail ait;.'icai ietl. the new concern have acted wisely in merely New - ubscriptions to the “ \tiverliser" are r.\ «t: oil t o one * '.-.ort V

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The next issue of The Aikritiacr will be a e d ito r ia l ...... 9 big issue." We believe that the October Nii'Onicie ...... 10 . intrgcncy Issues of Cut-a s d Torto Rico to big issue gave more satisfaction to our Ciiii^ cite Exhibition is Birmingham 1. The Postman's Knock ...... 13 friends than any previous one, and we Notes on English Stamps ...... 13 P h iia to tic F ra u d s ... 14 believe that of December 3rd will be even R ow land H ill P a c k e ts : N otices ... 15 Society Reports ...... IS belter. We hope to receive a greatly iv. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND' ADVERTISER. THE 1899 CATALOGUES. MOV IN PRESS. Prepaid Orders Booked, & Orders executed in rotation as received THE EDITION will be ia FOUR PARTS, each forming a separate Volume. These Volumes will be arranged and published in the same order as the corresponding volumes of- the IMPERIAL ALBUM, although it must be understood that the numbers in the Catalogue do not, in most cases, correspond with those in the Album. PA R T I. A prominent improvement throughout this Ready about DECEMBER 15th, 1898. Edition of the Catalogue is the insertion of Stamps of the British Empire. copious notes on "Reprints” by Mr. E. D. Bacon. Price Sht or post-free 2/3. PA R T II. A special feature in PART I. is the full aud In preparation. W ill be rerdy about F E B R U A R Y , 189$. complete Illustration of the Stamps of Great Stamps of Foreign Countries. Britain, which, under the new regulations, we are now able to use for the first time for many Price 2/-, or post-free 2/3. years. Will consist of tbe Adhesive Stamps of all countries other than the British Empire, but without any Local Stamps. The important feature of the PRICES PAR T III. has received our most careful attention, This Part will be ready about MA RCH , 1899. and we fully believe that the present The Local Postage Stamps Catalogue reflects the current Market — ----- of the World. Values as we go to press. Price 1/., or post-free 1/3. This Part is a distinctly “ new departure," but we We have an enormous Stock, from the rarest to the venture to think that, owing to the great demand we have for Local stampB of all kinds, and to the commonest varieties, and we have been enabled to publication of special albums for their collection, the make a vast number of reductions in prices, more issue of this Catalogue will be fully justified. especially in the used stamps. The ourrent and more Further, tbe Collector of Government Postage recent issues have also been priced, in this New Stamps will no longer find P arts I and II of the Catalogue burdened with 0 \er 100 pages of Stamps in Catalogue, on a lower basis throughout than has whieh he takes no interest. formerly been the case.' PAR T IV- This Part v ill be ready about A P R IL , 1999. P R E P A ID ORDERS can now be received Envelopes and Post Cards. for any or all of the four volumes. It will Price I/-, or post-free 1/3. only be necessary to state which parts are This Part will be similar to P art III of last Edition, required when ordering, and to remit for and will, as far as possible, show correct pri es for these. Only Prepaid Orders will be booked. Envelopes and Wrappers, used and unused, both The Terms to the Trade yvill be the same as entire and cut square, and for Post Cards, both used and unused. for our other Publications. STAN LEY GIBBONS, LTD., 3 9 1, Strand, London, W .C.

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The Philatelic Chronicle Is sent to all the members Of the Pj?ilate1ie (£f?poniele: & ftcttfeiptigep Birmingham Philatelic Society and Midland Counties AND PHILATELIC TIME Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journal of these Published Monthly. Societies. Combined membership over 400. Subscription, 1/6 per A hNOm , Subscriptions commence with current number. Back numbersof Vols. I,II,III, IV, V,VI & VII,6d. H E report of the Birmingham Philatelic Specimen, Id. Odd numbers of Voi. VIII, 3d. each. Society shows another year of Back Nos. of the A d v e r tise r 2/6, for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 11, and 3d. each all others. prosperity. The membership was 241, and in this number are included ADVERTISEMENTS. all the best names in philately— not 2 .6 per Inch. Limit, 8 Lines to the inch. Liberal discount for a series. only English but foreign also. The exchange Unused English Stamps accepted in payment to packets have maintained their premier any amount. position for quality, and the financial aspect Short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 24 words for Sixpence, throe insertions at the price of two. of the Society is most satisfactory, indeed The Advertiser is the best medium for short Advertise the only difficulty is what to do with the ments of wants and offers, published Serai-Monthly. Subscriptions and advertisements must be p r e p a id . balance in hand. A first-class library is now Halfpenny Stamps should always be sent in prefer at the disposal of the members and a useful ence to those of any other value. Money from abroad must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts programme of meetings has been formulated under 2;- may be sent by unused stamps, higher for the season. The Executive are highly to values, at current rate of exchange. Unused U.S. and Canadian high values accepted at face be commended upon these results, but most value. Postal and Money Orders payable at especially is. congratulation and thanks due Hitton Road, Aston. Liberal discount for a series of Advertisements. to the indefatigable honorary secretary, M r , Vor.. 1 ,11,111, IV,V,or VI, bnd. cloth gilt, Post-free 6/- G. Jo h n so n , B.A. Vol. I, II, III, IV, V, VI,may be obtained Unbound 5/- * * V/ v Vol. VII., Bound, 3/-: Unbound, .. 2/- Another attempt is being made to form a Communications must be addressed to The Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser,’’ Philatelic Club in London. There should Fentham Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. be, and apparently is, a demand for such a ' A ll Articles are Copyright. Agents wanted in every Town. Terms on application. meeting place, and those who are exploiting the new concern have acted wisely in merely New Subscriptions to the “ Advertiser” are entitled to one short Advertisement. Sub grafting the new institution upon one already scription 6d. for 12 issues, post-free. established, and which has convenient All communications for the next issue should reach premises and all requisites for a successful us by the Tenth of the Month at latest. We c&nnot club. There seems every chance that the guarantee insertion if received after that date. new venture will have a different fate to the November 23rd, 1898. unlucky Jermyn Street affair. * * * * CONTESTS. * * P a g e . The next issue of The Advertiser will be a Editorial ...... 9 Chronicle ...... 10 “ big issue.” We believe that the October Emergency Issues of Cuba and Porto Rico . ... 10 big issue gave more satisfaction to our Phlla eltc Exhibition In Birmingham ... U The Postman’s Knock ...... IS friends than any previous one, and we Notes on English Stamps ...... IS Philatelic Frauds ...... u believe that of December 3rd will be even Rowland Hill Packets: Notices ... IS Society Reports ...... is better. We hope to receive a greatly 10 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. increased support for this number. Directory Postcards, &c. advertisements must reach us within the next GIBRALTAR.—The postal stationery has under week or ten days. W e already have a num gone the same change of currency as the adhesives. ber in, but we hope our friends will not leave Envelopes, 2d. red. Wrappers, |d., bright green. it to the last minute, as this may cause delay Id., carmine. n issuing the book. Postcards, ,{-d., green on buff, ^d.+|d. „ „ Id., carmine on huff, ia.+ld., „ CHRONICLE. ELGIUM.—Mr. G. Johnson informs us that tho EMERGENCY ISSUES OF CUBA 50c. is now issued in grey. AND PUERTO RICO. CANADA.—The £, 1, 2, 3, 6 and Sc. stamps have been received by Mr. Johnson with numerals in By J. M. Andreini, lower corners. HUNGARY.— The watermark is now the Hun NON-PHILATELIC friend in San Juan, garian crown within an oval. Every oval interlaces Puerto Rico, has sent me & lot of provisional with four others, and each oval and crown is on part H stamps which serve as a souvenir of the out of six stamps. going reg im e. ORANGE FREE STATE.— We have received I have not been able to find all these stamps duly from Bloemfontein the 2.1 on 3d. with apparently a chronicled in the philatelic journals, nor am I new type of surcharge, The largo 2 is very thick top assured as to their comprising the full list of stamps and bottom. surcharged in San Juan during the recent unpleasantness. PERU.— Messrs, Williams and Co., the well- There are two kinds of surcharges. The H a b ilita - known Peruvian dealers, inform us that orders were d o s are regular postage stamps of obsolete issues sent to New York on September 19th for 5 and 10 made good for the years 1898 and ’99, and consist of soles stamps (50,000) of each. They also send us a the following varieties :— new 1c. stamp in a vivid green colour. Habilitado 1 centavo, green, PARA PORTUGUESE INDIES.— Mr. Roger Wilson 1898 y 99. imforms us of a curious error he has discovered in Jmil., violet of 1896. this country. The stamp in question is the 4J reis, 1 V lilac-brown If crown type, olive. The /2 of the £ value is entirely 2 „ yellow-green »» missing, and the 1/is putin its place. It is an unused 4 ,, blue-green ft original. Mr, Wilson would be glad to know if the 1 c. de p., claret, n variety has been previously noted. 2 „ red-brown 11 3 „ ultramarine PORTO RICO.—A number of issues have been ft 3 ,, claret-brown 1897. surcharged “ 1898—provisional — 1899,’'and yet more 4 „ brown, 1890. “ Habilitado— p a r a — 1898 y 1899,” while the current 5 mil is surcharged “ Habilitado—4 ctvs.” 5 „ light blue, 11 5 „ green, 1891. UGANDA,—There is now a permanent type for 6 ,, lilac, 1896. this Protectorate. The stamps are of similar type to 8 „ rose, 11 Zanzibar and British East Africa and represent the 20 „ olive-gray, 11 Empress-Queen, crowned, in her widow’s weeds. The 40 „ salmon, 11 higher values are of larger size. Lettering coanda 80 ,, black, 1897. protectorate— postaoe and revenue. Water The firBt line of the surcharge measures 15 by marked Crown and C.A. for the anna values, and 24mm.; the second, which is in small capitals, 5) by Crown C.C. for the rupee values. Perforated 14. l { ; the third line measures 16§ by 2J. The over 1 anna, carmine. 8 annas, pale olive. printings are all in aniline ink; purple on the 8c., 2 ,, lilac brown. 1 rupee, ultramarine. rose, and red on all other values. 3 „ grey. 5 ,, brown. The second surcharge is diagonal from left lower to 4 ,, bright green. right upper corner, in three linos, black ink. THfc PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 1 1

1898 “ Having been authorised by the Secretary for the PROVISIONAL Colonies to use in this island postage stamps of 2£ 1899. and 5 centavos of previous issues until the stamps 2 mils, rose, of 1890. ordered for the current year are received from the 8 e, de p., brown, of 1891. National Factory, the following stamps are delivered 10 „ rose, of 1890. to the Spanish Bank for distribution :— 10 ,, rose-violet of 1891. “ 2Jc., rose, with bust of K in g Alfonso X I I I . 20 ,, orange, of 1890. “ 5c., light blue, of previous years. Besides these tho 5 mils of the current type was “ His Excellency the Treasurer-General.in virtue of also surcharged in two lines, with violet ink. the foregoing authority hereby directs that said H abilitado Stamps remain in circulation until the new requisi 4 ctvs tion of stamps is received and that the fact be 5 mils, red-brown, of 1898. published by this means so that it may be generally Tho source of supply having been cut off by the known. blockade and the current series beiDg partly or wholly “ Habana, May 22nd, 1894, exhausted, it was necessary to use the stock of old “ The Sub-Treasurer, postage stamps on hand. I therefore see no reason Vicente Torres.” why these provisional stamps should not be classed These stamps form a series of provisionals which as an emergency issue and duly catalogued as such. are the more interesting because, being unsurcharged, The other surcharged Puerto Rico stamps are of a they cannot possibly be catalogued in the present more complex nature and we must classify them style of catalogues, under two heads :— I have only seen the following varieties : — (a) Postage stamps surcharged “ War Tax 2J c. do p., brown, of 1882. Stamps," without change of value. 21 ,, emerald-green, of 1890. (b) Postage stamps surcharged “ War Tax 2J „ salmon, of 1891. Stamps,” with a change in value. 25 „ blue, of 1880. 5 ,, blue, of 1881. (a ) . IM P U E S T O 5 „ blue, o f 1882. D E G U E R R A . They can only be distinguished by their postmarks First line measures 12£ by 3mm. and it is to be observed that the 2£c., rose, m entioned Second line moasures 16J by 3mm, in the law, must allude to the 2£c., salmon, so-called, 2 o. de p., dark violet, of 1890. in our catalogues, and issued in 1891, because there 2 ,, red-brown, o f 1896. had never existed a 2Jc., rose, previous to 1894. 6 „ yellow-green, o f 1891. Another noticeable feature of these provisionals is (b) . IM P U E S T O that they are found used on letters as early as March D E G U E R R A . 14th, thus antedating the decree authorising their 2 ctvs. use. Third line, 10mm., the figure 2 is 2|mm. high and Unused war tax stamps in a philatelic collection ctvs. measures 6mm. are but interesting curiosities. 2mil., flesh, of 1894. I am unable to say just at present for what purpose IMPUESTO the reported 3c. and 4c. values were surcharged, if it D E G U E R R A . is true that they exist, but those surcharged with a 5 ctvs. change in value to 2c. and 5c., as w ell as those which lm il., dark violet, of 1891. retained their original values of 2c. and 5c., were „ blue, of 1894, mainly used on letters and mail matter of all kinds, Surcharged in aniline purple except the two values the tax boing, as I am informed, two cents on foreign changed to 5ctvs,, which are in aniline red. parcels and five cents on island parcels, it being Of course the only war tax stamps that can be necessary to mention in connection with these rates considered at this juncture are those that have been that the current provincial money is worth about 50% used as an additional postage rate on letters and of our money. other mail matter. It is my humble opiniou that stamps surcharged Unlike the Puerto Rico stamps, which are all “ War Tax” placed on letters that cannot be surcharged, there are a few unsurcharged pro forwarded without them, after they are cancelled on visionals of Cuba used in 1894. The use of these such postal service, do become worthy of being stamps, which wero then obsolete, was authorised by collected as postage stamps. I base that opinion a local law dated Habana, M ay 22nd, 1894, which principally on the law of 1874, of which I have appeared in the Qaceta de la Habana of the 23rd, a translated the following salient paragraphs :— copy of which you now have before you. The enact “ All letters and parcels are subject to this extra ment can be translated thus and temporary charge. . . . The stamp of 5e # is THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. must be placed on the address side of such letter The Gallery is extremely suitable for the perfect or parcel by the sender, besides the postage to be and safe exhibition of fine stamps, being on the placed on same according to weight. . , , This ground floor and lighted from the roof only, so that new but temporary additional charge on mail matter no direct sunlight can affect the stamps. Electric will be imposed on and after January 1st, 1874, and light and efficient reflectors are available for evening all postmasters must therefore detain each and every use. It has been specially built for the purpose of parcel or letter on which no special war tax stamp exhibiting valuable pictures, therefore exhibitors can appears, notifying the addressee of such detention in have perfect confidence that their stamps will not the manner in which the detention of unstamped suffer in any way. letters is at present notified. Notice from intending exhibitors of their intention “ Madrid, December 15th, 1878. to exhibit and the approximate number of sheets they “ Aktokio del Y al, will send, must reach the hon. secretary before “ Postmaster-General N ovem ber 19th, and exhibits must be in his hands on I desire to call attention to these facts because, if December 5th. No charge will be made for space, it is true, as I have seen it somewhere formally but exhibits must bo delivered to the hon. secretary stated, that our cataloguers are ready to follow the at 208, Birchfiold Road, Birmingham, carriage paid, wishes of collectors about the insertion or rejection and they will be returned in the same way at the of special items in the catalogue, we may perhaps cost of the Society. Local collectors must deliver obtain a favourable hearing if we formulate our their exhibits at 44, Cherry Street, Birmingham, on wishes respectfully and reasonably. Of course no Decem ber 6tli, between the hours of 4 and 8 p.m. law is violated by collecting the stamps, whether they The committee will take every possible precaution are catalogued or not. It is well to state in this for the safety of exhibits while under their charge, connection, so as to avoid possible misunderstanding, but cannot hold themselves responsible for theft or that I have no stamps for sale, nor do I know anyone loss in any way. A watchman will be specially having them for sale. My sole interest in them is engaged to remain in charge of the premises at night, the interest of an earnest philatelic enquirer. and a member of the committee will always be in The cataloguers, I think, very plainly say that attendance during the time the exhibition is open. these war tax stamps are simply revenue stamps and Should any exhibitor desire to insure, particulars of cannot become postage stamps or be incorporated in terms can be obtained from the hon, secretary. a postage stamp catalogue, though they generously The exhibits will be shown in the same frames as concede that such stamps are required in order to were used in the last London Exhibition, aud each have a letter forwarded to its destination. I believe, case will be sealed after arrangement by the com if I am not much mistaken, that there are in the mittee. The inside measurement of the frames is present postage stamp catalogues a few stamps cata 30 x 47 inches. logued as revenue stamps used for postage. Are not The committee will he glad to receive particulars these Puerto Rico stamps legally and legitimately from members or friends who are willing to exhibit, used in the same way ? The extra 2c. or 5c. stamp and as the time for preparation is short they request is required as an additional postage charge to be paid that information may be at once sent to the hon. by a specific stamp, and as evidence to this effect I secretary to enable the necessary arrangements to be quote the last issue of Spain which is labelled no made. Stamps may be mounted on leaves of inter longer “ War Tax” but “ Recargo,” meaning changeable albums or on special cards to be procured additional charge. at cost price ( 1/- per dozen post free) from the hon. secretary. Tickets of admission will be supplied to members PHILATELIC EXHIBITION IN anc exhibitors for distribution among their friends on application to the hon. secretary, or admission is free BIRMINGHAM. on presentation of address card. \Ve understand that Mr. Plumridgc will hold a sale H E Birmingham Philatelic Society arc holding during the exhibition. an exhibition of stamps from 1 p.m. December 7th to 9 p.m. December 9th, at Graves’ Picture Gallery, 44, Cherry Street, Birmingham, The exhibition is open to all collectors and dealers, 'Twixt tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum whether members of the Society or not. Adhesive stamps only (including stamps on originals) will be “ THE ADVERTISER" makes things hum ; admitted. Envelopes and postcards, and collections People who have tried it say of stamps in bound books cannot be accepted for want of space. “ THE ADVERTISER " makes things pay. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 13

THE POSTMAN’S KNOCK. Omahas in a used condition are rather scarce. But few copies of the higher values can be picked up and even the 8 and 10 cent arc not as plentiful as they m ight be H E P ostm an is very much obliged to Mr. H. A. • * * McMillan for an invitation to the smoking Two entire sheets of the 10 and 20 centimes of the concert of the Central Philatelic Club last first issue of Belgium with framed watermark have Monday. Unfortunately ho was unable to attend, lately been found in Antwerp. but he hopes all enjoyed themselves. * * * * * * The last remaining local post of the Chinese There was only a moderate attendance at Messrs. Em pire, that of Shanghai has, it is stated, been Ostara and Darlow’s sale in Birmingham on Novem discontinued. The permanent stamps of China are ber 3rd, and I was very sorry to see it so. The the only ones now in use. President and Vice-Presidents of the Birmingham • * * Society attended, but the rank and file were con Charkhari is a state in Bundelkhund, and oonsists spicuous by their absence They missed a number of of two main portions at some distance from one bargain lots, for the stamps went very cheaply, another, together with numerous scattered fragments Among those who were present at some time in the of territory. The capital is between Jhansi and evening were Messrs. It. Hollick, \V. Pimm, S. J. Bunda. The area of the State is 703 square miles, Hopkins, W. E. Powkes, T. Birch, D. Davis, W. T. and its population 143,ICS. It is, therefore, rather Wilson, W. G. Walton, J. A. Margoschis, and Dr. smaller than Duttia. The btate Post Office has Peck. r. G, Johnson, lion, secretary of the existed since 1S93. It was at first intended to Birmingham Society was out of town. The top price convey official correspondence only, and it was not obtained was £25, which sum was given by Mr. till 1894 that private postal articles and postage It. Hollick for a fine unused Nova Scotia 1/-, stamps were introduced. The State has one head * * * office at Charkhari, and a branch office at each of London auction prices cannot now be chronicled in the sub-divisional capitals, viz. Chaudla, lsanagar, the journals which erstwhile delighted so to do. The and Ranipur. Charkhari has two postmen, Chandla leading London auctioneers have forbidden it, and three, and lsanagar and Ranipur one each. The will withdraw their advertisements from papers postmaster of Charkhari manages the postal depart which continue the publication of these prices. The ment and visits the offices occasionally, leaving his London auctioneers arc wise in their generation. own office in charge of his head c erk. The prices stamps fetch at London auctions are not * * a great encouragement to would-be vendors. The The new Governor of New Zealand, Lord R&nfurly, London Philatelist has (so says the Stamp Collectors’ is an ardent philatelist. Fortnightly) “ wisely decided to onut from future issues even the sparse and scrappy auction chronicles hitherto provided.” The L.P. is also wise in its NOTES ON ENGLISH STAMPS. generation, aud its example has been followed by- other English philatelic journals. « * * By W, S. Webb. The death of the S.S.S.S. is a true sign of tho times, for nothing in the philatelic line is now in RAILWAY LETTER-FEE STAMPS! greater demand than new issues, including those of recognised speculative nature. Collectors of the HESE aro decidedly the stamps of tho season, advanced type arc more eager than others, almost, to seeing they are receiving as much attention as got these, and high-class dealers, who would not all other sections of English postals combined ; touch this class of stamps—publicly—a bit ago, are and though I, for one, deprecate tho slavish bowing- now advertising them for sale. down to more fashion in collecting,—(West Indians * * * are every whit as good as Africans to m e)—yet this Through a wholesale dealer, my attention was case is clearly one in which the favourites deserve drawn to the commonly called “ Seebccks” such as the vogue they aro having if only to atone for the Nicaragua, Honduras, and Salvador. While very rather late admittance of their claim to be ranked as near all dealers run them down, yet how many will postage stamps. So now, having recognised them as sell you a complete set at 50% off catalogue ? The such, it is only “ very meet, right, and our bounden price most dealers ask for them is about 20% under duty" to acquire and study them as illustrating a catalogue value. If these stamps are trash (as some branch of our modern postal system; and apart call them) why not sell them as such, or else cease from other claims upon and charms for the collector, condemning them. there is now a real difficulty in obtaining unused 14 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

specimens, even of most kinds now current; as the catalogue, and current prices are accurately reflected. companies, with but few exceptions, have strictly Tho price of the book is 1/., it has 32 pages, of a enjoined their servants that none arc to be supplied handy pocket size, and may be had of the Publisher to the public direct, but the stamps are in all cases to (32, Palaco Square, Norwood), or of the Philatelic be affixed to letters by the officials themselves— Publishing Company, Fentham Road, Handsworth, exactly the reverse of the rule governing the supply Birmingham. and use of post office stamps. The following experience of mine will show how literally these instructions are adhered to :—A few days ago, I had occasion to send a letter a few miles by means of the PHILATELIC FRAUDS. railway-post, and to save my correspondent trouble I wished to prepay a reply by enclosing an envelope Collated by N on-Lex. ready stamped, for return by the same means ; but the careful official to whom I applied said ho could [All information and supposed forgeries may be sent only supply the one stamp actually required for to Non-Lex. Doubtful stamps examined free. Return forwarding, and that tho addres-ee could obtain a postage must be sent.] stamp for reply at the other end 1 Now I would have had a dozen of that company’s stamps for RGENTINA : 20 pesos green.—The principal philatelic use, but finding how the land lay, of course difference between the forged and the genuine 1 spared them the trouble of a refusal. I may add stamp consists in the printing, which is from that the gigantic track owned and worked by this a lithograph in the former and from a steel engraving particular company measures just nine miles long by in the latter. As a consequence of this difference the three feet wide, and that the dividends on its shares ornaments, letters, and lines arc finer and neater in have in recent years fluctuated between nothing and tho originals. 2 per cent, so no wonder they are so independent! The row of seven pearls below the bust is irregular But, how shortsighted is such a policy, for, to say in the forgery, but quite regular and well-formed in nothing of the extra twopences they might pocket in the original. clear profits, the circulation of a small railways The measurement of the forgery is 18$ x 31mm., stamps amongst collectors all over the United while that of the original is 18$ x30. Kingdom would prove no mean advertisement of their This difference in size can be observed in all th6 line and district, bringing it to the notice of many details; for instance, the rectangles enclosing the who might otherwise never hear of its existence. It words R epublica and Argentina are 16Jmm. long is to be hoped that these anomalous restrictions may instead of 16mm. as in the originals. very soon be rescinded; nobody but the managing All the letters forming the words Republica and geniuses knows of a good reason for them : and those Argentina touch each other, except the “ I ” and the good reasons they have are not as yet divulged. “ C,” while in the forged stamp ovary letter stands by itself owing to the fact that the horizontal end lines, m r . ew e n 's latest. both at the top and bottom are shorter than in the Now from railway fee stamps in general to Mr. H. originals. L'Estrange Ewen’s catalogue of them in particular, In the latter the “ u ” of Republica is accented is but a natural and easy transition. This most while it is unaccented in the forgery. enterprising gentleman has compiled and published a Tho paper is thin and unglazed in the originals reference list which is in every respect worthy of his while thick and glazed in the forgery. undisputed position as the pioneer of this latest The colour is bluish green in the former and dark phase of home philately. Besides being a concise, yellow green in the latter. clear, and, as far as at present known—complete The perforation is 11$ in both. catalogue, it has two especially good features: the BAVARIA : 2 kreuzer pale lilac.—This rare stamp first of which is—a series of 24 full-size illustrations, has been found lately on an exchange sheet, and reproduced from photographs, which show most seems to have been manufactured out of the 12 clearly all the various types, as well as tho differehces between the work of the various firms who have con krouzer money order. The paper was quite thin, no doubt done by rubbing, a watermark, which was, tracted for the supply, past and present, of the however, indistinct, was impressed with oily stamps. The other good idea is, that instead of each Borne variety being priced in the catalogue, it has a substance, gum and perforation completed the work. The principal point is that the colour is too bluish reference number prefixed, so that prices can be and not reddish like tho original, furthermore the quoted month by month in Mr. Ewen’s “ Weekly Circular ” (which can be had of the publishers gratis perforation is too rough, the letters, &c., too brood. on receipt of postage). This is a capital arrangement, GENEVA ENVELOPE.—It is possible that this as the circular forms a running supplement to the may be one of the new Swiss forgeries. It is of the THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. IS smallest (” ladies’ ” ) size, but hand-made,(postmarked with all the newest issues listed. The wholesale list with the Geneva (town) cancellation of “ 5 Juni, 48,” has been completely revised for this issue and further and the stamp had the red obliteration, type I., of the reductions in price made all round. Geneva cantonal postmarks, i.e., a cross surrounded Messrs. Edward Cooper & Co., 14, Archway Road, by ornaments. The stamp is engraved in bright Highgate, London, have produced their usual whole yellow-green. sale price list of twelve pages which should he in the PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS,— Forged cancella hands of every dealer, for Messrs. Cooper are tions : We learn that about four months ago a large unapproachable in some lines. number of these stamps turned up, on soi-disant Messrs. Plumridge & Co., have circulated a cata original oovers, but with forged postmarks. They logue of British Colonial and Foreign Stamps, which consisted of the whole of tho 1872 issue (with the are offered for sale by private treaty. The book exception of the 3c. rose) and the 3d. blue, of the discloses many tempting bargains. 1865 issue. The usual cancellation of the genuine iB a circular or an oval figure, formed by parallel straight lines of graduated lengths. S P A I N : 2c. orange on greenish paper, I860 issue. —As m any as 1,200 having been offered at a tim e ; SOCIETY REPORTS. also a forgery of the 4c., blue, of 1867. These forgeries are unused, and very well imitated. BIRMINGHAM PHILATELIC SOCIETY. SWISS CANTONAL FORGERIES.—La P h ila - tf'lie Helvetique warns us concerning a number of new forgeries, recently issued, am ounting to 5,000 Honorary President:— W . B. A v e r y , E sq . sets of 60 varieties. We have not seen any of them P resident:— W . T. W il s o n , E s q . yet, though doubtless we (and others) shall, ere long, have an opportunity of beholding some of them! Vice-Presidents R . H o l l ic k , E sq .; W . P im m ,E sq. They are said to be well imitated and properly post Committee :—Mr. H. R. B e w l a y ; M r. P. T . D eakin' marked. M r. W . F . W ad am s ; Mr. T. W. P eck ; Mr. C. A. St e p h e n s o n ; Mr. W. S. V a u g h t o n .

Hon. Secretary and Treasurer:—M b . G* J o h n so n , THE ROWLAND HILL B .A., 208, B irchfield Road, B irm ingham .

PACKETS. LiBt of members for past session, October 1st, 1897, to October 1st, 1898. The numbers correspond with those on their membership cards. W e will send the book descriptive of the Rowland Hill packet to any of our readers who want it. The 1 C. A. Smith-Ryland, 2 G. Johnson, 3 C. A. book will give a better idea of this splendid series Stephenson, 4 G. Bridgman, 5 T. D. Dutton, 6 F. than is possible otherwise, but those who have made F. Empson, 7 D. Ostara, 8 W. J. Colley, 9 H. Le up their minds not to purchase' the packets, or any Cronier, 10 R. T. Stevens, 11 S. Lindh&, 12 C. J. of them, had better not thrust themselves in the way Phillips (Hon.) 13 J. Campbell, 14 R. Peake, *15 Dr. of temptation by getting it, as they arc most likely to R. Lyon, 16 W. T. Wilson, 17 W. Pimm, 18 E, C. buy the lot if they do. A friend of ours lies all the Cooke, 19 F. J. Buckler, 20 D. Davis, 21 H. R. series and seems very well satisfied. Bewlay, 22 C. F. Tanner, 23 J. E. Sparrow, 24 W. M. Thompson, 25 Miss J. Weston, 26 W. F. Wadams, 27 R. Hollick, 28 H. L. Ewcn, 29 H. Clark, 30 V. Lundeblad, 31 T. ltidpath, *32 A. W . H all, 33 J. NOTICES. W inch, 34 A. Allen, 35 H. E , Greatorex, 36 W . S. King, 37 W. S, Vaughton, 38 W. G. Walton, 39 H, Loveridge, 40 G. F , Jackson, 41 Miss A. Benson, 42 W . Always up to date, Messrs. Whitfield King & Co. Brown, 43 W . A. S. Westoby, 44 H . Weston, 45 W . are a bit before Fath er T im e for once, for they |have C. Tyrrell, 46 J. H. Cooke, *47 F. C. Fisher, 48 J. already got out the 1899 Price List of Albums, Pub Tcliakidji, 49 W. Salisbury, 50 F. J. Cade, 51 R. H. lications and requisites for collectors, being the Hunter, 52 P. Robertson, 53 Dr. G. H. Hart, 54 C. thirtieth edition. All readers are recommended to Manby, 55 Mr3. Eaden, 56 W . G. Hawkins, 57, F . A. send for this booklet, which cannot fail but be useful. W ickhart, 58 W . A. W ooley, 59 P. T. D eakin, 60 F . The wholesale list fer November and December of the Seyde, 61 C. Whitfield King, 62 T. W. Goonewardene, same firm contains the usual cheap lines for dealers 63 P, de la Toumifire, *64 A. H ill, 65 T, H. R. Crowle, 16 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

66 W . M orley, 67 M. Giwelb, 6S F . J. Crick, 69 G, 224 W. T. Willett, 225 H, Hawkins, 226 H. Fiacre, Hutson, *70 C. L. Ewen, 71 W. Vibort, 72 W. G. 227 A. Buxton, *229 E. S. Auscher, *229 F. Margot, Ward. 73 G. Rourke, 74 Samuel Epstein, 75 H E. S, *230 S. M . Castle, *231 Lad y Glyu, *232 A Passer, de Wilde, 70 W. J. Martin, 77 J. It. Smeaton, 78 T. *233 Miss A,. Lange, *234 Dr, G. M . P . Braine D. Hume, 79 W. R. Joynt, 80 F. 9. Belper, 81 P. Hartnell, *235 Dr. E. F. Marx, *236 H, Ferrier Kerr, Fabri, 82 A. Levy, 83 F. Hagen, 84 P. Kiderlen, 85 *237 G. B . Seignoret, *23S B. V . Jenkins, *239 R, H. E. M. Rolstcd, '80 H. C. Slade, *87 Rev. W. N. Dworssak, *240 P. J. Painter, *241 M ajor C. H. Usher, *88 Miss E. M. Smallwood, 89 M. do Troost- Johnson. emburgh, 90 T. P . Dorman, *91 3. B. Ncyroud, 92 R. I * Members elected during the past session. Sneath, 93 J. A. Galbraith, 94 W. E . Jeff, 95 J. I By special resolution at the annual meeting the Bram ah, 96 E. Sigerist-Moscr, 97 R. S. Bhatavadeker, following members’ names were struck from the list: 98 J. G. W ilson, 99 A. Tsimis, 100 E. F. Wurtnle, 101 147 J. Ferroni, Hague, Columbia, South America. R. Reid, *102 R. Kost, 103 W. Hadlow, 104 H. W. 150 J, N, Coumenos, Athens, Greece. Pluraridge, *105 Rev. W. Boll, 100 H. L Hayman, , 213 A. I. Tscherniadieff, Barcelona, Spain. *107 W ilcox Sm ith, 108 R. F . Albrecht, 109 C. E. 1 The Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser are sent Osborn, *110 Dr. Hill Norris, 111 C. Dascalakis, 112 monthly to every member. J. A. Margoschis, *113 E. Legendre, 114 C. H. Grell, 115 A, K. Aftandiloff, 116 Lieut. T. E. Madden, *117 MIDLAND COUNTIES STAMP EXCHANGE L . C. Raphael, 118 J. H . Parry, 119 J. M. Moses, *120 E. Stock, 121 A. Hogan, 122 Mrs. Simpson, 123 Major (Established JSS8). G. S. Strode., 124 Captain C. L. Norris Newman, Hon. Secretary :— W . G. Walton, Fentham Road, 125 H. Edelmuller, 126 F. E. Wilson, 127 A. F,. j Birmingham. Griffiths, 128 Sir E. Sullivan, Bart., 129 A. Sclieindling, *130 W. Schwarte, 131 Major W, F. The November packets were very good, containing Anstey, 132 W . Leigh, *133 F . S. Carter, *134 A. Sugg, a large and valuable assortment of old Colonial and 135 L . S. Charlick, 136 J do L c Rotord, 137 W . A. other stamps. The following new members are Walker, 138 J. P. Way, *139 Crawford Capen, 140 W. proposed this month :—A. H. Dingwall (Bath); N. B. Avery, 141 E. Shorthouso, 142 R. Ridout, *143 I!. H. Uiccard (Westgate); II. J. Chapman (London); R. Bogert, 144 G. Samarakoon, 145 H. N. FJcwker, Mrs. Cookson (Stafford); T. Boyd (Glasgow); G. R. 146 M. P, Castle, 147 J. Ferroni, 148 R. Osborne, Willan (Worcester); Edwd. Hawkes (London) ; Mrs. 149 D. Benjamin, 150 E. G. Cullin, 151 H. Cunning Deakin (Alvechurch); A. Vansittart (London); Mrs. ham, 152 J. S, Higgins, 153 C. McNaughtan, 154 P, Boucher (St. Germans); C. S. S. Johnston (Edin Kohl, 155 Dr. jn r. C. S. Socoli, 156 J. N . Coumenos burgh) ; W. Sprange (London); J. F. Terry (London); *157 E. H. Eglington, 158 J. If. Lewes, 1591. Knaster, Miss Tnllis (Lanark). Rules, etc., from the lion. 160 G. H. Calif, 161 H. Lindberg, 162 W . F. Harvie, Sec., W. G. Walton. 163 T. W. Peck, 164 R. Kronmann, 165 C. F. Larmour, 156 H. F, Lowe, 167 G. Gclli, 1C8 H. Buckley, *169 T h e N o r t h e r n St a m p E x c h a n g e So c ie t y .— A G. M ackey, 170 T . d. Parkinson, 171 P . C. Bishop, Fiscal section is just being formed and the first pac 172 H. Tebbitt, *173 N. J. Vidovicb. *174 H. ket started on its rounds on October 20th. Collectors Beramendi, 175 J. S. Noakes, 176 W . W . interested in Fiscals will do well to apply for a copy Blest, 177 L. S. Wells, 178 C. M. Forster, of rules. 3'he three postal sections will still be 179 G. H, Howe, *180 E. Staehte, 181 R. Palmieri, circulated—Section I for British Empire stamps 182 L a d y B. Collen, 183 N . H . W it’nee, only; Section II a general packet (advanced); *184 A. G. Serghiades, *185 Rev. P. E. Raynor, *186 Section III a medium general packet. The first two A. C. Pinto-Bastos, 187 J. Graham-Taylor, *188 W. sections contain no stamps priced at less thau a Brettschneider, *189 M. W. K. Connolly, 199 R. shilling gross. Ladies especially invited. Secretary Dalton, 191 E. H. Atchley, 192 W. A. Abraham, 193 F. A. Wickhart, 70, Sotheby Road, Highbury, P. de Smeth, *194 L, A. Sanderson, 195 T. H. London, N . Nicholle, 196 J. H. Smyth, *197 J. N. Marsden. 198 F. C. Krichaufi, *199 W. Marchbank, 200 E, Lintelo, We PR IN T and CIRCULATE Price-Lists, 201 A. Mattana, *202 E. Christiansen, 203 Lieut-Col. etc,, for Dealers, and Save 75% of Postage. A. Ely, 204 Major G, H. W. Stoekdale, 205 P. M. Tho Publishers of the P.C. c£ A. and Advertiser will Bright, 206 J. R . D am m am , 207 J. J. Carroll, 208 A. send out 1,000 circulars to Philatelists with The F. Cooke, 209 A. W. Batchelder, 210 W. W. West- Advertiser for 10/- T o post 1,000 circulars costs wood, 211 W. H. Hodgson, 212 Mrs. Mayers, 213 A. £2 Is. 8d. W e s a v e you I. TBcherniadieff, 214 H. A. Pocklington, 215 O. T. Hodges, 216 G, B, Bainbridge, 217 H. Anderson, 218 £1 11s. 8d. W . R , Palm er, 219 J. Westhorp, 220 F. Neck, 221 G. a l l KINDS O f PRINTING e x e c u t e d . E . D. M orey, 222 J, E . y Carbonell, 223 J, Siewart, ESTIMATES FREE. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. Y* Two hundred thousand is a big figure, but < it represents the ‘number of circulars, price GEO. PHILIPPE, lists, club rules, and handbills circulated by 34, RUE DES VIVIERS, HAVRE, means of The Advertiser during the last twelve months at loj- per thousand. The postage FRANCE. on 1,000 circulars at $d. each is £ 2 is. 8d. Membre de la Societe Philatelique, Havraise. If they are sent, out with The Advertiser £ 1 ns. 8d. is saved, or 75% of the postage. • P e rl, 100. s. d It may be argued that circulars distributed in HAITI. a. d. * 0 6 — this way are not so efficacious as those .sent 1881,1 cent, vermillion „ 7 „ blue * 0 9 — separately,but thisis open to question— at any 20 „ red-brown .. .. ■ , 6 0 — rate the difference is not represented by 75%. 1882, 1 „ vermillion .. . 0 3 To print circulars about note-paper size ,1 2 „ purple - 0 4 .— 0 3 runs from 7/- to 12/- per page for a thousand, s > 5 ,, green . >1 7 ,, blue.. . 0 6 — according to the work on a page— at these 20 ,, red-brown .. 0 5 ■— prices they are done well, and the P h i l a t e l i c 1887, 1 „ lake 0 2 — — P u b l i s h i n g C o m p a n y are prepared to print violet 0 2 0 3 — and advantageously circulate to any extent. It 3 „ blue »* 5 si green 0 2 — That’, the system pays is proved by the fact 1890, 2 „ on 3c. blue.. *. 0 3 —‘ th&t the same people send circulars for 1891,1 „ purple 0 2 distribution again and again. blue 0 2 lilac , , 0 3 — BEND OUT YOUR CIRCULARS WITH "T H E ADVERTISER.’’ slate ,. 0 3 — B I G I S S U E -December 3rd. >1 5 »t orange 0 2 — scarlet 0 9 —* Messrs. OSTARA & DARLOW *1892, 2 cent, on So. slate , , 0 2 — 1893, 1 „ violet ,, 0 1 — Beg to announce that 2 „ indigo .. 0 2 — Their Third Manchester Auction „ 3 „ elate 0 6 — „ orange 0 1 — WILL BE HELD AT THE .. 5 ,, 7 „ vermillion « 0 2 — „ red-brown , 0 10 — G rand H otely^^^ » 20 ♦ 1896, 1 „ blue ... 0 1 4 0 ON * „ 2 „ carmine .. .. 0 1 — WEDNESDAY, November 30th, • „ 3 „ lilac 0 2 12 0 — at 6 o’clock in the evening. And will include the 5 „ olive 0 1 „ elate .. .. 0 4 35 0 finest aeries of Danish Btamps ever offered, over 60 * „ 7 — lots unused and others, very fine U.S.A., and a fine * „ 20 orange .. X .. 1 6 • • Private Collection. *1898, 2 „ on 20o., orange .. 0 3 — * 9 „ „ red-brown ,, 0 7 *— If you want to dispose of your Stamps, send them to us, we i * „ 2 red...... 0 1 8 0 send you cash within eight days. * ... s „ green - 0 3 — In consequence of circumstances, over which we have no . P a r a g u a y , *1879,10 centavos, green 1 2 — control, all our hitherto advertised sale dates are cancelled, t s * Future sales will be held in Manchester on January 4th, 1 F r a n c e , 184.9,10 centimos, cinnamon 2 6 — February 8th, and March 15th. „ 15 „ green 4 * 5 6 — „ 40 ,, vermillion 2 6 — A ll enquiries to be addressed ■ 11 ,, 1 frano, carmine ** 4 0 — OSTARA & DARLOW, * Denotes unused. Term s— Cash with order. gguetteneerg, Postage and registration extra on amount under £1, free otherwise. « 18, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER.

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6G W. Morley. 07 M. Giwelb, 68 P. J. Crick, (-9 0, 221 \Y. T. Willett, 225 II. Hawkins, 22(3 H. Fiacre. Hutson, *70 C. L. Kwen, 71 W. Yibert, 79 \V. 227 A. Buxton, *228 K. S. Ati-chcr, *229 F. Margot, Will’ll. 73 G. Hourke, 71 Samuel Euslcin, 7,7 11. E. 8. 2 l() S. M. c.tsil. , *231 LaOi Gl.yu, '232 A Passer, do Wilde, 76 W. J. Mariin. 77 J. II. Smcaton, 73 T. *23”, Mis A. Laugo, 2 11 Dr. G. M. P, ilraiiii I). Hume, 79 W. K. Jnvnt, SO E. t. Belpe*. SI P. i isrincll. *235 Dr. E. F. Marx. •239 Ii, Furrier Kerr, Kiinri. $2 A. Levy, 83 F. Hagen, SI P. Ksderlen, 85 '237 G, I..1. Si-iiiiioift, *233 B. V. Jenkins, *239 1!, H. E. M. Hoisted', *SC H. C.'~Slade, *S7 Kev. W. X. I.) .vorzak, *210 I*. 3. Painter, *211 Major C. D. I’sber, *88 Miss E. M. Smallwood. 89 M. d.‘ Trnost- Johnson. emburgh, 90 T. P. Dorman. ”91 J. B. Xcyrond, 92 K. * Members elected during the past session. Sne&tli, 93 J. A. Galbraith. 91 \Y. 17 JefT. 95 .1. Bv special resolution at the annual meeting the Bramah, 96 E. Sigcrist-Moscr, 97 11.8. Bhatavadeksr, following members’ names were struck from the list 93 J. G. Wilson, 99 A. Tsiuiis, 100 E. F. Wurtclc, 101 147 -1. Ferroni, Iiague, Columbia, South America. 11. Held, *102 K. Kost, 103 W. Hadlow, 101 H. W. 156 J, X. Cou menus, Athens, Greece. I’iumridgc. *10.3 Hev. W. Poll, 10G 11. I, Hnyman, 2)3 A. 1. r.-i.iu-vniadielT, Barcelona, Spain. *107 Wilcox Sn.itli, 10s K. F. Albrecht, 109 C. K. The I'hifriirlic Cliroi'ii !<' and Advertiser are sen! Osborn. *110 Dr. Hill X-rrU 111 C. Haseal.ikis. 112 monthly to every member. J. A. Margosehis. *113 K. Legendre, 111 C. II. Greil, 113 A. K. Atuvncnloli, 136 Lieut. T. Madden, ‘ 117 MIDLA.NDC0UN TIES ST AM P E XCH AN GE I. . C. Raphael, 118 J. H Parry. 119 3, M. Moso-5 ' ■SO E. Stock, 121 A. Hogan, 122 Mrs. Simpson, 123 Major G. S. Strode., 12-t C»“’tain C. I,. Norris Xewiimn, Jffin. Sscntari' : W. < ’>. W a i.t o s , Fcntham Road, 125 II. Edclintiller, 120 F. E. Wilson, 127 A. K. Birmingham. Gririith*. 128 Sir F. Sullivan, Ban., 129 A. Scheindling, *130 W. Scbvvartc, 131 Major W. F. The November packet-- were very good, containing Anutcy. 332 W. Leigh, *183F. S.Carter, *131 A. Sugg, i a large and vaiuanle assortment of old Colonial and 135 L. S Ciiarliek, 106 -J do Le lletord, 1S7 W. A. other -tamps. The billowin'; new members are Walker, 138 J. P. Way, *139 Ctawford Capen, 110 W. prmrised lbi> inoiub: \. 11. Dingwall (Bath): N_ B. Avery, 111 E. Siiorihouse, 112 R Itidout, *113 H. 11 Kincaid (We-igai-l : II. -1. Chapman (London): R, liogert, 141 G. Samarakoon, 145 II. N. Flcwkcr, M rs. Coukson -rU>: T. liivd l(Hasgow): (>. I. 146 31. p. Castle, 117 J. Fcrroni, 1 IS 13. Osborne, Wilisii (Woieest- iy ; :,d\vd. Hawke-(London) ; M1-. 119 D. Benjamin, 150 E. O. Culiin, 131 II. Cunning Deakm (Alvi fimrcli! ; A. Van-Man 11 .->nd->ni; Mr-. ham, 152 J. S. Higgins, 153 C. McXaugluati. 151 P, Boucher (6(.. Gi-rinaii- : C. .-v S. Johnston (Eiiu. Ivolr. 155 Dr, jnr. C. S. Socoli, 15G J. X. Conmeiio.- burgh); W. Sp.-ange i!., ndon>; ,!. F .cnv (Londonl; *157 E. H. Egiington, 15SJ. 11. Lewes, 159 1. Kmi-ter, Miss Tulip (Lanark). Rubs, etc., from the IP-:. 100 G. II. Call!, 1G1 U. Lindbere, 1G2 W. F. Ilarvk., Sec., W. (3. \\ alton. 103 T. W. Peek, Hi I 11. Kronmann, 105C. F. T.annour, Tnr. Xoimtr.RN St a m i* Exat ast.k Sociktv. a 150 II. E. I.owe, 107 l:. Gelli, 108 II. Buckley, *169 G, Maekuv, 170 T. S. Parkinson, 171 P. C. Bishop. Fi-eal -eeiir-n is just bci g formed and (lie fir. t p .- 172 H. Tebbilt, *173 X. J. Vidovich. *171 If. i;d started on its i-.mod- mi October 20th. Collector-: Berainendi, 175 J. S. Xoakes, 170 \\. W. ilitvicsta.i in Fucnls will do well to Apply ! ir a e ; v Blest, 177 L. >. Wells. 178 C. M, l ’orster, nt rules. The three postal sections will stilt i-c 179 G, H. Howe, *180 E. Slaehle, 161 H. I'ultjiicri, circulated- - Section 1 fur British Empire stamps 182 Lady B, Collen, 383 X. 11. With, e, only: .Section II a genera! packet (advanced i : *184 A. G.‘ Serghiades, *185 Rev. 1'. E. Raynor. M.'-M .Srctim III a h:«-Cmv;i general piii-ket. ’I he firs*. A. C. Pinto-Bast os, 3 87 J. Graham-Tali, r. *188 W. : ert ion- i on tain no stamp- priced at less tlnn; Brcttsehneider, '189 M. \V. K. Connolly, 19) It. shilling gross. Ladies ..specially invited. >c,,|v:,’v;- Dalton, 391 E. H, Atchley, 192 W. A, Abrahann 393 J-7 A. Wirkl.arl. 70, Smhebv Road. Highburv, P. tic Stnelh, *194 L. A. Sandcr-on, 19,5 T H. i, ,nd..ut, N. Xieholle. 190 J. H. Smyth, *197 .1. N, Marsd'n. 198 F. C. Kricluuili, *199 W. Marchbauk, 2u0 E. i.intei % '•Ve i5:i1 T a n tl C 1 -t (' (J L A P • ' P rice-L ists, 201 A. Manana, *202 E. Christiansen, 203 Lient-CU. I (Sc., 'or Dealers, and Save 75 ii o f Postage, A. Elv, 204 Major G. H. W. Stockdaio, 205 P. The Pubti: hors of the tC .1. and Ailvfrliset will Bright, 200 J. II. Dammar.n, 207 J. •>. Carroll, 208 A. send out 1,000 cinub.'s l.o Plnlatciists with The F. Cooke, 2C9 A. W. Batcheider. 210 W. W. West- Advertiser for IO/- IM post 1 ,0 0 0 circulars cr-ts wood, 211 \Y. H. Hodgson, 212 Mrs. Mayes, 213 A. 112 Is. 8d. We save you 1. TseherniadielT, 214 H. A. l’ocklingtcn, 215 O. T. Hodges, 210 G, li. Bainbridgo, 217 11. Anderson, 218 £ \ 5 3 s . 8 and advantageously circulate to any extent. if 3 ,, blue ,, ,, 0 3 — *1 5 green * . 0 2 — That the system pays is proved by the fact 1890, 2 „ on 3c. blue.. * - . 0 3 — that the same people send circulars for 1891, 1 „ purple • . « 0 2 — distribution again and again. „ 2 „ blue 0 2 — » 3 „ lilac • « . 0 3 — SEND OUT YOUR CIRCULARS WITH “ THE ADVERTISER.” »i 3 „ slate , , 0 3 — B I G I S S U E December 3rd. II 0K »l orange • • 0 2 — it 7 l» scarlet ,, 0 0 Messrs. OSTARA & DARLOW *1892, 2 cent, on 3c. slate • • * 0 2 — 1893, 1 „ violet . . . 0 1 — Beg to announce that „ 2 „ indigo . . . 0 2 — Their Third Manchester Auction ,. 3 „ slate . . . 0 6 — „ orange .. 0 1 — WILL BE HELD AT THE „ 5 „ 7 ,, verm illion , , , 0 2 —* — G r a n d * 20 ,, red-brown » » , 0 10 *1896, 1 „ blue 0 1 4 0 ON * „ 2 ,, carmine .. • * • • 0 1 — WEDNESDAY, November 30th, * >. 3 „ lilac • • • 0 2 12 0 — at 6 o’clock in the evening. And will include the „ 5 ,, olive • • ♦ 0 1 * „ 7 ,, slate . . , 0 4 35 0 finest series of Danish stamps ever offered, over 60 — lots unused and others, very fine U.S.A., and a fine * „ 20 ., orange .. 1 6 Private Collection. *1898, 2 ,, on 20c., orange 0 3 — * „ 2 „ „ red-brown 0 7 — II you want to dispose of your Stamps, send them to us, we * II 0— „ red .. . . . , 0 1 8 0 send you cash within eight days. * 11 Vr» ,, green 0 3 — In consequence of circumstances, over which we have no P a ra gu a y, *1879, 10 centavos, green 1 2 control, all our hitherto advertised sale dates are cancelled. — as* Future sales will be held in Manchester on January 4th, F r a n c e , 1849, 10 centimos cinnamon 2 6 — February 8th, and March 15th. ♦ 1 „ 15 green 5 6 — „ 40 verm illion 2 6 — AII enquiries to be addressed :— II II ,, 1 franc, carmine 4 0 — OSTARA & DARLOW, * Denotes unused. 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ADVERTISEMENTS. A MERRY CHISTMAS, 2 6 P-t Inch. Limit, 8 Lines to the inch. anti sincerely hope that we shall have the Liberal discount for a series. Unused English Stamps accepted in payment to pleasure of doing so on many more occasions. any amount. Short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 24 words for Sixpence, three insertions at the price of two. The Philatelic Exhibition of the Birming The Advertiser istho best medium for short Advertise ham Society was successful from every point ments of wants and offers, published Semi-Monthly, Subscriptions arid advertisements must be prepaid, ol view. Considering the limited extent to halfpenny Stamps should always he sent in prefer which it was known to the outside public, the ence to those of any other value. Money from abroad attendance was extraordinary. Comparing must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts under 2 - may be sent by unused stamps, higher the size of the one room with that of the values, at current rate of exchange. Unused three rooms used in the London Exhibition U.S. and Canadian high values accepted at face value. Postal and Money Orders payable at and the relative value of the exhibits, the II itlon Bond, Aston. Birmingham show was equally successful. Liberal discount for a series of Advertisements. Vol. 1 ,11,111,1 V,V, or VI. bud. cloth gilt. Post-free G/- V o l . 1,11, III, IV, V, VI,may be obtained U n b o u n d 5/- V o l . V I I , B o u n d , 8 - : U n h o u n d , .. 2/- CHRONICLE. Communications must be addressed to The P hilatelic Chronicle an d Advertiser,” ARBAD05. —Mr. Ostara lias shown us the Id. Fentham Road, Ilandsworth, Birmingham. carmine, 1832-4 issue perforated diagonally, and All Articles arc Copyright. each half surcharged vertically in black HALF- Agents wanted in every Town. Terms on application. PENN V. The slump was used on a piece of envelope, New Subscriptions to the “ Advertiser” are BAHAMAS.—There is anew priming of the shilling entitled to one short Advertisement. Sub stamp of this Colony, in a Ohtc-gricn shade, very distinct from that of the previous supply. The gum scription 6d. for 12 issues, post-free. is also 'juite colourless, but time may aiter that. The All communications for the next issue should reach type, etc., remain unchanged. Crowu CA ; perf. 14. Is. blue-green. us by the T enth of the Month at latest. We cannot guarantee insertion if received after that dace. CANADA. A four cent stamp is shortly to le issued in Canada. This value will be used principally D ei e m b e r 22nd, 1893. for otic ounce letters, when the Imperial I'eimy Kate comes in force. We have received the now 2c. stamp, postmarked “ Toronto, Dec. Gth.” It shows a map of the world Editorial; Chronicle 17 oil Mercator's projection with the British possessions Birmingham Philatelic Exhibition ... 18 The Postman's Knock 19 marked iu red. Notes on English Stam ps...... 20 MALTA.—It is understood that a new issue is in Imperial Penny Postage ... 21 Manonester Philatelic Exhibition ... 21 course of preparation. Phi atede Frauds; Mr. Morley’ s Revoaue Album...... 22 RUSSIA. —A new series of stamps is contemplated, Group Collecting ...... 23 Society Reports ...... 24 in which will be included a new value, 6 kopecs. iv. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. W~THE 1899 CATALOGUES. MOV IN PRESS. Prepaid Orders Booked, & Orders executed in rotation as received. THE EDITION will be in FOUR PARTS, each forming a separate Volume. These Volumes will he arranged and published in the same order as the corresponding volumes of the IMPERIAL ALBUM, although it must be understood that the numbers in the Catalogue do not, in most cases, correspond with those in the Album. P A R T I . A prominent improvement throughout this Ready about DECEMBER 15th, 1898. Edition of the Catalogue is the insertion of Stamps of the British Empire. copious notes on “Reprints” by Mr. E. D. Bacon. Price 2/-. or post-free 2/3. A special feature in PART I. is the foil and P A R T I I .

In preparation. W rit be rerdy about F E B R U A R Y , 1899. complete Illustration of the Stamps of Great Stamps of Foreign Countries. Britain, which, under the new regulations, we are now able to use for the first time for many Price 2/-, or post-free 2/3. years- W ill consist of the Adhesive Stamps of all countries other than the British Empire, but without any Local Stamps. The important feature of the PRICES P A R T I I I . has received our most careful attention, This Part w ill be ready ibout \IA S C H , 1899, and we fully believe that the present The Local Postage Stamps Catalogue reflects the current Market — of the World. Values as we go to press. Price I/., or post-free 1/3. This Part is a distinctly “ new departure,” but we We have an enormous Stock, from tho rarest to the venture to think that, owiDg to the groat demand we commonest varieties, and we have been enabled to have for Local stamps of all kinds, and to the publication of special albums for their collection, the make a vast number of reductions in prices, more issue of this Catalogue ^>>H be fully justified. especially in the used stamps. . The current and more Further, the Collector of Government Postage recent issues have also been priced, in this New Stamps will no longer find P arts I and II of the Catalogue burdened with over 100 pages of Stamps in Catalogue, on a lower basis throughout than has which he takes no interest. formerly been the case. P A R T I V - This Part w ill be ready about A P R IL , 1899. PREPAID ORDERS can now be received Envelopes and Post Cards. for any or all of the four volumes. It will Price 1/-, or post-free 1/3. only be necessary to state which parts are This Part will be similar to Part III of last Edition, required when ordering, and to reixiit,1for and will, as far as possible, show correct prices for these. Only Prepaid Orders w ill be booked. Envelopes and Wrappers, used and unused, both The Terms to the Trade w ill be the same as entire and cut square, and for Post Cards, both used and unused. for our other Publications. STANLEY GIBBONS, LTD., 3 9 1 , Strand, London, W.C.

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The philatelic Chronicle Is sent to all the members of the Philatelic C hronicle 4 7\ck>eptigep Birmingham Philatelic Society and Midland Counties AND PHILATELIC TIME Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journal of these P u b l is h e d M o n t h l y , Societies. Combined membership over 400. S ubscription, 1/6 per a n Iv'U.ii. Subscriptions commence with current numbo Back numbers of Vols. 1,11,111, IV , V, V I & V II, 66. OR the eight time in the existence of the Specimon, Id. Odd numbers of Vol. V III, 3d. each. Philatelic Chronicle we have the plea Back Nos. of the Advertiser 2/6, for 1,2 , 3 ,4, 5, and F sure of wishing all our readers— 11, and 3d. each all others. A MERRY C HIST MAS, ADVERTISEMENTS. 2/6 Per Inch. Limit, 8 Lines to the inch. and sincerely hope that we shall have the Liberal discount for a series. Unused English Stamps accepted in payment to pleasure of doing so on many more occasions. any amount. Short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 24 words for Sixpence, three insertions at the price of two. The Philatelic Exhibition of the Birming* The Advertiser is the best medium for short Advertise ham Society was successful from every point ments of wants and offers, published Semi-Monthly. Subscriptions and advertisements must be prepaid. of view. Considering the limited extent to Halfpenny Stamps should always be sent in prefer which it was known to the outside public, the ence to those of any other value. Money from abroad attendance was extraordinary. Comparing must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts under 2/- may be sent by unused stamps, higher the size of the one room with that of the values, at current rate of exchange. Unused three rooms used in the London Exhibition U.S. and Canadian high values accepted at face value. Postal and Money Orders payable at and the relative value of the exhibits, the lliffo n Road, Aston. Birmingham show was equally successful. Liberal discount for a series of Advertisements. Vol. I, II, III, IV, V, or VI, bnd. cloth gilt, Post-free 6/- Vol, I, II, III, IV, V, VI,may be obtained Unbound 5/- Vol. V I I . , B ound, 3 '- ; U nbound, .. 2/- CHRONICLE. Communications must be addressed to The P hilatelic Chronicle and Advertiser,” ARBADOS.—Mr. Ostara has shown us the Id. Fentham Road, Handswortk, Birmingham. carmine, 1882-4 issue perforated diagonally, and All Articles are Copyright. B each half surcharged vertically in black H A LF Agents wanted in every Town. Terms on application. P E N N Y , The stamp was usod on a piece of envelope. BAHAM AS.— There is a new printing of the shilling New Subscriptions to the “Advertiser” are stamp of this Colony, in a bine-green shade, very entitled to one short Advertisem ent. Sub distinct from that of the previous supply. The gum scription 6d. for it issues, post-free. is also quite colourless, but time may aitor that. The type, etc., remain unchanged. Crown CA ; perf. 14. All communications for the next issue should reach Is. blue-green. us by the Tenth of the Month at latest. We cannot guarantee insertion if received after that date. CANADA.—A four cent stamp is shortly to be issued in Canada. This value will be used principally for one ounce letters, when the Imperial Penny Kate December 22nd, 1898. comes in force. CONTENTS. We have received the new 2c. stamp, postmarked P a g e . “ Toronto, Dec. 6th.” It shows a map of the world E ditorial; Chronicle ...... 17 on Mercator’s projection with the British possessions Birmingham Philatelic Exhibition ...... 18 marked in red. The Peatman’ s Knock ...... 19 Notes on English Stam ps...... 20 MALTA.—It is understood that a new issue is in Imperial Penny Postage ...... 21 Manchester Philatelic Exhibition ...... 21 course of preparation. Phliatedc Frauds; Mr. Mortey’s Revenue Album. .. 22 RUSSIA.—A new series of stamps is contemplated, Group Collecting .. 23 Soolety Reports ...... 24 in whioh will be included a new value, 6 kopecs. 18 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

ST. VINCENT.—It is stated that a new issue for J. Bernichon (Paris). Id. and 2d. “P ost Of f ic e ” this island is in course of preparation and will be Mauritius. issued in January T. Buhl (London), Proofs and trial impressions of English stamps. SAMOA.—After the death of King Malietoa it was M. P. Castle (Brighton). The unique collection of deemed advisable to withdraw the old 2^d, stamps Saxony, which includes the block 4 £ng. in the colour with his picture, and the postmaster had a lot of the of the 2g. with a grand lot of the 3pf. of 1850, used 1/- provisionally surcharged 2.)d. From Entire and unused, and the whole 1851 issue by pages in sheets we find that the surcharging has been done by mint condition. hand, every stamp being surcharged singly. The 1 /- E . A. Clark (Aberdeen). B ritish Guiana, 1851-6 in stamp is surcharged in two lines * Surcharged ’— singles, pairs and strips. Newfoundland, orange ‘ 2*d.’ vermilions. Labuan, 6 in red on 16 blue. Barbados 2Jd. in black on 1/- rose. Id. on 5/-. B. E. Africa, J on 2 signed A.D. Dum- SERVIA.—The following values of current types Dum (Calcutta) post oflice book showing early post have appeared on plain white paper instead of granite. marks. 5 p., green, G, A. Combs (Bath), A fine collection of triangular 10 p., carmine. Capes. UNITED STATES.—Still more changes in the E. Heginbottom (Rochdale). Barbabos, Virgin Is., current regular issue are to come. The 15c. will take used, complete, St. Vincent 5/- star (used). Jd. on its turn this time and be changed to olive green. h a lf6d., Id, on 6d., Lagos 1885, 2/6,5/-, 10/-, all used, This colour has been approved but no printing has collections of Gibraltar, Malta, Cvprus, Gambia. been made as yet It was announced that the color R. Hoi lick (Birmingham). African Colonies, in of the 5c. blue had been changed to light blue, but cluding a nice lot of “ PostPaid" Mauritius in all since seeing the new ones it can scarcely be called a stages of the plate, Cape wood blocks and many other change of color but merely a new shade which is rare stamps; sheets of Indian native states. somewhat lighter. It is doubtful whether it will be a G. F. Jackson (Birmingham). The complete aud distinct variety any more than the shade varieties in rare collection of Spanish stamps which was awarded the old 5c. The same 8 plates were used in both the silver medal of the L. P. Exhibition. shades of blue, No more changes are expected in the G. Johnson (Birmingham). Hawaiian Islands, current issue hereafter. 1862-’'J4, including errors of surcharge; reconstructed sheets of English. C. F. Larmour (Calcutta), Complete sheets of Iudian with margins uncut, including ^d., Id. and 2d, BIRMINGHAM PHILATELIC of first issue. EXHIBITION. H, Loveridge (Wolverhampton). Complete collec tion of Tasmania, including reconstructed sheets of plates 1 and 2 of the first issue 4d, By Non-Lex. H. F. Lowe (London). A fine collection of Ceylon, H E Birmingham Philatelic Society has cause to including 4d. and 8d. im perf, on originals ; 2d. deep be very proud of its first exhibition, and this, I green C.C.; 25c. on 32c.,perf. 14 x 12) ; also a grand think, will be the general verdict of critics in collection of St, Helena, including the error of 1863, the various philatelic journals. Hardly advertised at 6d. without surcharge. all, held in one room, comparatively small though G. Mackey (Birmingham). Block of 12 Id. black admirable suited for the purpose, it yet attracted Royal Reprint; block of 11 L. C. imperf. ; block of philatelists from all over the kingdom and displayed 84 P rin ce Consort e ssa y ; block o f 84 2d. blue, no exhibits which it would be impossible to displace for lines. extreme interest and high value. The committee J. A, Margoschis (Birmingham). An artistically- who managed it deserve every credit. Mr. Johnson, arranged frame of Colonials, mostly unused, but the hon. secretary, was indefatigable in his efforts, including 4d. and 8d, imperf. Ceylon, used. while the president, Mr. W. T, Wilson, explained the W. Pimm (Birmingham). Fine collections of peculiarities and beauties of the exhibits with his Canada, St Lucia, St. Christopher and Tobago, used usual unfailing good humour and courtesy. Close and unused. upon eight hundred people visited the exhibition J. E. Sparrow (Aberystwyth). A fine display of altogether. triangular Capes of all values, in mint condition, in Below is the list of exhibitors and the chief large blocks as well as in singles, pairs, &c. ex h ib its :— Major Stockdaie (Plymouth). A very good collec W. Doming Bcckton (Manchester). The collection tion of French and French colonies. o f Greek 6tamps which was awarded the silver medal Miss J. Weston (Bournemouth). St. Vincent of the L. P, Exhibition. nearly complete, making up a very nice collection. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 19

C, F. Tanner (Birmingham). A good lot of unused Grenada, 2$d., claret and black, wmk. broad Colonials and U.S.A. ; the Ceylons. Victoria, St. pointed star ...... 65 0 Lucia, St. Vincent were especially good. Newfoundland. 2d. or. vermilion, fine, no gum 17 0 Mr. Tebay (London). A good collection of Uganda. ., 1/- or. vermilion, fine in every F. E, Wilson (Birmingham). Good collections of respect .. ., .. 220 0 New South Wales, Sydney view, Si., very fine 28 0 Austria and Belgium. W. T. Wilson (Birmingham). One case of stamps Queensland, Gd. imperf., on piece of original 32 0 on original covers and two cases of rare stamps, includ St. Lucia, 1/-, CA., perf. 14, very fine .. 42 0 ing fine copies, used and unused, of the following:— A fine collection of 1,402 Colonial stamps brought N.S.W. “ Sydneys ” all values; British Guiana, early £45, and another collection of United States, embody issues; British Honduras, ditto ; Buenos Ayres ; in g 663, was sold for £20. India, provisionals ; British Columbia and Vancouver Mr. Plumridge has not expressed his intentions Island ; Canada, pence issues; Nova Scotia, 4 1/- and with regard to another sale in Birmingham, but when a good number of other values; New Brunswick, 3 he does come all Birmingham philatelists will unite 1 /-; N e v is ; W est Australia, &c. to welcome him, foremost among whom in spirit— On the Thursday and Friday during the exhibition though humbly occupying the background in person .Mr. H. W. Plumridgc held a very successful auction —will be found Non-Lex. sale at the Grand Hotel. Many of the prices obtained were very satisfactory and < nly some half dozen out of the 500 lots were unsold, Philatelists from far THE POSTMAN’S KNOCK. and wide were present at one time or another includ ing such well-known personalities as Messrs. W. Brown (Salisbury), Robt. Reid, jun., Theodore Buhl H, that exhibition ! I went—yes, I went severial (London), J. R. F. Turner (Oxford), J. Cansino times but alas, to no purpose—it was off I (Manchester), W. T. Wilson, G. Johnson, R. Hollick, O decidedly and distinctly o f f 1! They would not W. Pimm (Birmingham), el hoc genus omne, including leave me alone in tho place for one single minute. Non-Lex who kept as much out of sight as possible Once I did think it might occur. I was ready for the among these great ones. deed, when the massive form of Mr. G. J. loomed at Mr. Plumridge is the prince of auctioneers—genial, my side. “ Oh, yes, admiring the Post Office generous and gentlemanly and, although prices might ■Mauritius, are you ? N ice things to have in the have ruled a bit better, the results were fairly satis- house, eh ? There are only &c., &c.," and so lie went factory on the whole, and he seemed perfectly on. Tho best opportunity I found, was simply frittered away-and my collection of Mauritius yet satisfied with the people he met, who, so N on-L f.x think, reciprocate the feeliDg. Space forbids the lacks the keystone of its completeness. * • reproduction of the prices obtained, but the following * are a few of the more interesting I wouldn't have the things as a gift, now. I believe s. d. Post Office Mauritius will soon become a drug in the Barbados, 5;-, unused, no gum .. . . CO 0 market. Messrs. Plumridge and Co., offer a pair for Dominica, 1/-, CA. perf. 14, unused, lilao rose 52 6 sale and so does Mr. F. R. Ginn, and others have Great Britain, V.R., Id. black .. .. 162 6 them on offer, I believe. The price is a mere bagatelle Mauritius, CC. perf. 14, 5/-, block of 4 .. 56 0 — a couple of thousands or thereabouts—perhaps it’s Tobago, C A . perf. 14, 4d. green, unused .. 18 o more than some of us would care to give—I, for St. Vincent, 6d. green, no wink., block of 4, instance, should not like to squander a month’s unused ...... 720 salary on a pair of stamps, more especially as I have U.S.A., 9c, Periodicals .. .. 20 0 firmly made up my mind not even to accept them as Virgin Isles, 1/-, perf. 15, single lined border, a gift, now. unused ...... ,.460 * * Barbados, 5/. rose, wink, small star, used .. 35 0 • Canada, 6d., imperf., on thick paper .. 137 6 There was a merry little gathering after proceedings Cape of Good Hope, Id., dark red, wood block 44 0 closed on Friday. Lemonade and other thiDgs drink Ceylon, 8d. brown, star, imp., slightly torn .. 160 0 able, cigars and other things smokeable (I don’t know „ 8d. yellow brown, rough perf., fine whether the spelling’s correct—alter for yourselves if copy ...... 72 0 it isn’t), and billiard tables and other things playable , 1/-perf. pair, mint unused, violet .. 42 0 were the order of the day. I don't know a lot about „ 16c., C A., perf. 14, pale lilac, unused 160 0 sheli-out, but the game played that night was a Gold Coast, CA., perf. 14, 20/- green & carm ine 205 0 peculiar variety for there were at least 87 balls on the Great Britain, 6d. l lao, imp., rosette wmk. table at the start—I want an explanation of that trial oblit. , , . . . . 67 6 gams when I see any of the players. How ehell-out 20 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. can be played with 87 balls I don’t know. There term “ Ordinary receipt stamps,” which was evidently were about sixteen players, who struck three or four only ment to refer to the small lilac 11 Inland at a time—altogether it was a most mysterious game Revenue " then in use. Thus the wording of this and requires a lot of explanation. notice admitted of considerable latitudo in its in * * terpretation by the officers of the post office: hence * the reason why the greater number of the 1853.5 Well, it was a jolly party all the same, and I hope penny fiscals, which have been used for postage, were to meet all the members of it again—either collectively allowed to pass unchallenged. But the acts them or individually. In the meantime let one and all selves have never been altered or rescinded since, so accept a Postman’s blessing, go on and prosper. it still depends upon the view taken by individual * * 9 officials whether any given variety inscribed otherwise than “ Inland Revenue ” shall be taxed or not. The T h e S.C.F. inform us that Sir. F. C. Fisher, of rather scarce stamp of 1860, overprinted vertically Bristol, has inaugurated a Strip and Block Society. with “ Inland Revenue ” in red, is, of course, a This is a novel departure which cannot but be most legally constituted postage stamp. interesting to those taking part in its proceedings and it will doubtless lead to a considerable increase of scott's catalogue, philatelists eventually. * * If the foregoing remarks should give occasion to * transatlantic readers to look up the stamps I have Mr. W. G. Bowden is the latest to be and go and mentioned in their “ Scott’s ” it will do them a do it. Yes, Cardiff has lost an item of population, service if I here point out that, on page 242 of the inasmuch as Mr. W. G. Bowden and a fair native of 58th edition, the first four varieties are not listed in that city have become one. May they be an undivided right order, and that they refer wrongly to the illus pair is the P o stm a n ’ s wish—likewise he sends them trations, numbered R .l and R.2 respectively. The his blessing. Id, brown “ Draft ” (No, 204) is of the first type, * * ♦ which is also “ typei. ” of the blue “ Receipt ” : these N.B., P.S., and likewise Take Notice all you, whom two should therefore be placed first. The block it may concern. The Northern Stamp Company, late “ R.2 ” correctly illustrates “ type ii.” of the blue of Great Horton, are now to be addressed at 6, Park- stamp, which exists on both white and blue papers— side Road, West Bowling, Bradford. Also, The thus there is no “ variety” besides those of the 2 Co-operative Stamp Co., late of Sydenham, are now illustrations. Should the catalogue bo corrected, the to be found at Forest Gate, London, whither all letters list would stand thus—the illustrations rem aining as must be addressed. This is final. The Postman’s they a r e :— stock of blessings is running a bit short or he would 201 R 1 1 penny brqwn, “ Draft." send one to each of the above firms. Never mind, 202 „ 1 ,, blue, “ Receipt.’’ don’t c r y ! 203 R .2 1 ...... 204 „ 1 „ „ „ (bluish). EABLY USE OF Jo., PLATE 9. In a recent number of his “ Weekly Circular ” Mr. NOTES ON ENGLISH STAMPS. H. Ewen records a dated specimen of this stamp, post-marked Gateshead, Dec. 5th, ’71,—thus spoiling B y W. S. Webb. my previous best of Jan. 16th, ’72. This plate, as Mr. Ewen points out, having been registered Dec. FISCAL-POSTALS. 23rd, 1870, some still earlier instances of use may yet ANY collectors may still be unaware of the be found, though possibly the plate might not have precise terms of the “ Customs and Island been used until some months after registration. M Revenue Acts ” of 1881-2, which conferred franking power on certain stamps not previously a very early date. available for postage. By the letter of the law only But here’s another record, which I expect to hold such stamps—of tho values of one penny to two considerably longer than that above referred to. I shillings and sixpence—as were inscribed merely have a Id. Mulready cover, used— according to post “ Inland Revenue ” were admitted to postal privileges: mark— at Stowmarket on May 14th, 1 1 8 1 11 Someone thus virtually excluding the blue “ Receipt ” and the will say that the two middle figures transposed would brown “ Draft ” stamps of 1853, as also the lilac give a much more probable date of use, and I stamp iBBued in 1885, combining both thoso uses. suppose I must accept that explanation, at the But the notice issued by the postmaster-general, in expense of making my venerable Mulready some 360 pursuance of these acts, happened to make use of the j years younger. A much less startling case of this THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 2 1 kind occurred at Malta during 1859, when for several Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gambia, Gibraltar, weeks the final figure of the date was inverted; so Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Lagos. Leeward Islands, that 2d. blue English stamps, with letters in all Natal, Newfoundland, Niger Coast Protectorate, St. corners (not issued until 1858) may be found post Helena, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Straits Settlements, marked Malta, apparently in 1856. Trinidad, and Tobago, Turks Islands, Uganda, Wind ward Islands. the 3d. and 6d. op 1883. Australia declines to join. Let us, however, The overprint on this unique little issue continues charitably attribute her decision to the fact that she to furnish fresh points to the observant variety-finder. is still sufiering from the financial crisis through So long back as January 1897,1 recorded the two which she not long since passed. Mr. Henniker regular varieties in the distances of the pair of dote Heaton’s-appeal to Australia to join in the penny from bottom of the d. in both values: this 1 have postage within the Empire is a natural expression of confirmed by subsequent observation; a good specimen i disappointment that the Colonies with which his being invariably assignable to either the “ higher early manhood was peculiarly associated should alone dots” or tho ‘‘ lower dots” division. I have lately refuse to grace his triumph. It is common knowledge noticed some very distinct shades: I saw a 3d. in that Mr. Henniker Heaton has had a remarkable particular with the overprint very pale, but not faded, career. Ho emigrated to Australia at 16, owned as it was on a mint copy, and tho background design about three million acres there, helped to found a was of normal colour. Another variety was a 6d. still powerful journal, and did a good deal of journal with very faint dots, one being barely visible ; and ism himself. He had a large hand later in shaping the lateBt is a 3d. with both dots at least double the the construction of the Mauritius, and, returning to usual size : they are not blurred, but very clear and England, has devoted thirteen years to the Imperial perfectly formed ; this stamp is of the “ higher dots ” penny postage question. It is also rcgrotablo that the type, and is lettered KA in lower corners. Can any United States hesitate, but with them tho “ penny ” body match it, or show a 6d. with similar peculiarity ? problem is only a question of time. l^d. GOVT. PABCELS. The new Imperial penny postage stamp issued in Canade gives a diminutive map of the world, upon A variety of the purple and green stamp—no longer which the British possessions are indicated by deep in use with this overprint— m iy be found, on which red colouring. Over this map is a Royal crown, and the leg of the P has a decided curve under its body, beneath it a bunch of oak and maple leaves. Along apparently endeavouring to kick the left foot of its the upper edge of the stamp are the words, “ Canada neighbour, A. Postage,” and on the lower edge “ Xmas, 1898,” being the date of the inauguration of the penny postage. gibbons’ new catalogue. On each of the lower corners is the figure” 2c.” indi The publishers announce that they will now be able cating the value in cents, and running from one side to fully illustrate English Stamps : so we may expect to tho other, is the quotation, “ Wc hold a vaster to see this worthily carried out in Vol. I, which is to Empire than has been.” be ready during this month. Vol. I ll (the “ Locals ” of the World), will include British Railway Letter- post Stamps ; whilst Vol. IV will bo tho part devoted to “ entires.” Thus all parts, except Vol. II, will MANCHESTER PHILATELIC treat of our home stamps. EXHIBITION.

E have received a copy of the Prospectus of the IMPERIAL PENNY POSTAGE. International Pbilatelic Exhibition, to be W held at Manchester next year, and have great pleasure in drawing the special attention of our N and after Christmas Day, our colonial cousins readers to some of the details of the scheme. The and ourselves will be able to exchange greetings Exhibition, to which H.R.H. the Duke of York has O for the humble bus useful penny— at anyrato as graciously given his patronage, will be opened on June far as all the important colonies are concerned— 29th. 1899, and will remain open for a week. Tho Australia alone excepted. These concessions will, let arrangements are in the hands of & committee of us hope, pave the way for international penny postage. members of the Manchester Philatelic Society, to The penny rate will henceforth apply to the following: whose care no collector need hesitate to entrust his Aden, Bahamas, British Central Africa, British East treasures, and a most suitable locale has been secured Africa, British India, Canada, Cape Colony, Ceylon, in the shape of the Manchester City Art Gallery. 22 THE PHILATLIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

Ia the scheme of the Exhibition, the Committee the paper is slightly thicker. The chief points of draw attention to the fact that the interests of general distinction a r e .— collectors have been carefully protected. It is with Genuine Forgery. the first object in view th-tt more divisions have been | 1. The shading under 1. The shading under made in the Prospectus than was the case in London, j the eye and on the neck the eye cannot be resolved and for the latter purpose that certain favourite and i consists of well-defined into parallel lines, that most difficult countries have been introduced twice; parallel lines and dots on the neck consists of in the first instance as a country complete, which the parallel lines, but is advanced specialists can exhibi t, and secondly, after much less pronounced. omitting the earlier and usually rarer issues, for the benefit of those who specialise in these countries but 2 The Greek border 2. T h e Greek border are not strong enough in such issues to compete wilh at the sides of the frame on the left side consists collectors of the first rank. consists of a bent ribbon, of a single bent line with both edges of which are traces only of a second The number of prizes offered is very large, and very clearly shown in per line. On the right side should be sufficient to induce collectors of all countries spective. the second line is slightly and conditions to compete; the Committee has more noticeable, but it is allotted twelve Gold (including one Special), thirty- far from being as clear as eight Silver, and forty-four Bronze Medals to the in the originals. various classes and divisions, and, in addition, eight Gold, twenty-eight Silver, and five Bronze Medals 3. There is an indent 3. T he indent is en have already been promised by various societies and of colour in the middle of tirely absorbed into the individuals, the list of which will no doubt be con the line of the upper lip curved line of colour of siderably increased before it is finally closed. which almost amounts to the upper lip. a defect in the drawing. Further information can be obtained from th® Secretary, and we recommend all our readers to write 4. There are three 4. These are absent. for a copy of the Prospectus and to study it carefully, lines of shading above the There are few collectors who will not find an oppor eyelid and beneath the tunity of exhibiting, and we hope that all will combine eyebrow. to make the Exhibition of 1899 as great a success as NAPLES AND SICILY.—The forgeries of these that of 1897. stamps arc rather well made, the embossing of the head is, however, not as sharp as in the genuine. In the frame of the genuine, at top and bottom, there arc twelve pairs of white dots or dashes, at the right PHILATELIC FRAUDS. side there arc fourteen pairs and on the left side fifteen pairs ; the “ B ” of “ bollo ” is opposite the 11 c " of “ Fbanco ” in the genuine. Collated by Non-Lex. NEW CALEDONIA.—The Courier des Timbres [All information and supposed forgeries mag be sent Poste learns from good authority that an engraver of to Non-Lex. Doubtful stamps examined fret, lieturn Marseilles, France, recently cut a copper die repre postage must be sent.] senting the surcharge *■ Nile. Caledonie ” as imprinted upon the provisional issue of 1892 of New Caledonia. EYLON.— A new counterfeit is announced. It is This die was ordered by an unscrupulous dealer of the Ceylon provisional stamp of 5 cents on the Marseilles and any stamps of that character should be C 8 cents, yellow, with " inverted ” surcharge. looked upon with suspicion unless received from a It is easily detected for the word “ Five ” is in larger reputable dealer. type than in the originals. The “ Five Cents ”, on 4 cents, lilac-rose, with inverted surcharge has also been counterfeited, probably by the same party. Tnis is more dangerous for here the type is so nearly like the originals that it can hardly be told. Ah these MR. MORLEY’S REVENUE ALBUM. stamps are cancelled with bluish ink, quite different from that ordinarily used by the Ceylon postoffices. Beware of blue cancellations on Ceylon surcharges (Vol. I,, Antigda to India). described above. C U H E first volume of the revenue album has come FRANCE.—Mr. Chas. J. Phillips calls attention to J. to hand and a grand book it is at the price, 12/G. a new and dangerous forgery of the 1 fr. orange, 2nd It is a neat and handsome volume, well-bound Republic. The forgery is an excellent imitation, but in dark cloth with gold lettering and contains some THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 28

180 pages of heavy, good quality paper, thus making 1876 issue, wmk. Crown C.C., perf. 14. it a thick book. The pages are 11 inches by 9 and }d . bistre 1 C 2 0 every single item of printing and arrangement is Id. rose .. .. ., 2 6 2 0 carried out with the utmost neatness. The pages are lid. violet .. 1 0 0 9 printed on one side and descriptions of the stamp are 2d. m agen ta.. 2 6 0 9 so placed that there is no necessity to move a stamp 3d. yellow 2 0 1 0 at all after once placing it in the album. There is 4d. blue 35 0 1 0 ample room for all the revenue stamps of the countries Gd. mauve .. 3 0 2 0 included, for instance, Canada takes no less than 35 Gd. brown lake 2 O 2 0 pages, whereon arc spaces for every known variety up 6d. violet br’n 1 0 1 9 to date. As the collection of these beautiful revenues 1/- green 4 0 2 0 is growing more popular every day upon the othej: side of the Atlantic, this item should be very inter 1883 issue, wmk. Crown C. A., perf. 14. esting to collectors there. }d . bistre 4 6 4 0 In England the collection of revenues has been 2d. m agen ta.. 4 6 1 G neglected but there are those who have been quietly 4d. blue £25 7 6 “ amalgamating” aud 11 bloating” with a view to the inevitable future, and the issue of this magnificent 1884 same type, watermark and perf. album is a big stride on the way. We must confess that when wo saw the price at which Sir. Morley £d. green ...... 0 1 0 1 proposed to issue his book, we did not picture any Id rose 0 3 0 2 thing half so good as the reality and we do not see ljd . lilac 0 3 0 3 how Mr, Morley could possibly make the venture pay, 2d. grey 3 0 0 4 unless it be by the increased business that will fall to 2Jd. blue 1 0 0 2 his share as the revenue stamps get more in demand. 3d. yellow .. 0 10 0 7 We propose to refer to the album again later on and 4d. brown .. 0 7 0 4 discuss, also, some other features connected with the 1/-salmon .. 3 0 2 0 collection of fiscals and, in the meantime, wo can dec:dcdly recommend the album under notice. [ 1’ost 1894 provisional, wmk. Cr.C.C. free, from Philatelic Publishing Co., Fentham Road, H a l f -P k n n y on lid . .. 30 0 30 0 Handsworth, for 12/6.] Wmk. Cr. C.A. H a l f -P e n n y on l}d . .. 1 0 3 0 N OTE.— This overprint may be found inverted and ivitli V instead of E, the latter due to defective printing. GROUP COLLECTING. 1S9C new design, wmk Cr. C.A., perf. 14. AFRICAN COLONIES. Id. lilac and green . . 0 1 0 1 B y R . H o l l ic k , Vice-President of the Birmingham Id. ,, carmine . . . 0 2 0 1 lid. ,, ■ black . . 0 2 0 2 Philatelic Society. 2d. ,, orange . . 0 3 0 2 2Jd. ,, blue . . 0 4 0 1 3d. ,, slate . . 0 5 0 3 SIERRA LEONE. 4d, carmine .. . . 0 6 0 2 Present Actual Market Value. 5d. black . . 0 7 0 2 Face Unused. Used. Cd. lilac .. . . 0 9 0 6 Wmk. Value. s. d. s. If- green and black 1861 issue, no watermark. . . 1 3 0 7 2/- ., blue . . 2 6 2 0 6d. violet, im perf. 200 0 5/- „ carmine . . . 6 0 3 0 6d. deep violet, perf. 14, on b lu ish .. 10 0 3 20/- brown on red .. 23 0 10 0 6d. pale violet, ,, on white . . 17 6 4 6d. m auve, ., „ 12 0 3 These present market values are not fictitious, but Gd. „ perf. 12) 25 0 7 have been arrived at by comparing Auction Reports 1872 issue, wmk. Crown CC., perf. 12}. and dealer's stocks, and also taking into consideration Id. rose ...... 5 0 5 the numbers issued. A full stock of nearly every 2d. m agen ta.. 12 6 12 rarity is held, and will be supplied by the compiler on 3d. yellow .. 5 6 4 receipt of amount. Letters to be addressed to 4d. blue 10 0 5 Richard Hollick, Fillongley House, Boldmere Road, !/• green 20 0 12 Erdington, near Birmingham. u THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER,

SOCIETY REPORTS. On Dec. 1st, Mr. Lloyd, the President, being in the chair, there was a full attendance. The stamps of India were exhibited, amongst which were some fine BIRMINGHAM PHILATELIC SOCIETY. specimens. Hon. Sec.: T. G, Cartwright, 17, York Crescent Road, Clifton, Bristol.

H e r t s P h il a t e l ic So c ie t y .—At a special meeting Honorary President: — W . B. A v e r y , E sq. held on Tuesday, Dec. 6th, the proposed alterations, P r e s i d e n t W. T . W il s o n , E s q . etc., to the rules were carried unanimously, The expense for reprinting new rules was sanctioned. The Vice-Presidents: — R . H o l l ic k , E sq .; W . P im m ,E sq . following gentlemen were elected members of the Committee Mr. H. R. B k w l a y ; Mr. P. T. D e a k in ; Society ; W. Brown as life member, C. D. Lord, W. M r. W . F . W adam s ; Mr. T. W. P e c k ; Mr. C. A. H. Peckitt, J. C. Sidebotham as ordinary members, St e p h e n s o n ; M r. W , S. V a u g h t o n . E, D. Bacon, Cbas. J. Phillips, and W . A. S, Westoby as honorary members, W. G. Cook and W. Simpson Hon. Secretary and Treasurer:—M b . G . J o h n s o n , were voted to the two vacant seats on the Committee. B.A., 208, Birchfiold Road, Birmingham. Hon Sec.: H. A. Slade.

Oct. 20.— The Meeting was devoted to a discussion re B r it is h A f r ic a n St a m p E x c h a n g e .—The Decem Exhibition to be held in December. ber packet contained a smaller selection than usual owing to the approaching holiday season. The Nov.10.—The following were unanimously elected November packet returned Dec. 1st, and all home members: Messrs. W. Scott, H. F. W. Deane, J. H. accounts were settled within two days. Secretary. Telfer, R. Lajos, O. Gilstad, S. Frascati. Charles J. Endle. “ Kingsburgh Cottage,” Boscombe,” The programme for the remainder of the season is : Hants. Jan. 19.—Exchange Discussion, short papers. Sg b u r b a n E x c h a n g e C l u b .— July packets have Feb. 2 — Display. N . S. W . come back from circulation, and accounts will be ,, 16.—Exchange, etc. made up and submitted as speedily as possible. Mar. 2.—Paper. New Zealand. Mr. W. I’ im m . Three members (two resignations and one death) ,, 16.—Exchange, etc. dropped out during the past month. New members Apr. 20.— Display. Paper. Mr. R . H o l l ic k . number thirteen. Secretary, H. A. Slade, Ingleside, Slay 18.— Exchange, etc. St. Albans. MIDLANDCOUNTIES STAMP EXCHANGE (Established 1S8S). APPROVAL BOOKS Hon. Secretary W . G. W a l t o n , Fentham Road, O F F I N E Birmingham.

Members are requested to make a special effort BRITISH COLONIALS, UNITED STATES towards getting a good packet for January. Please send good sheets early as possible. New members proposed this month are . E. Parry (Pontypridd), R. EUROPEANS, &c., A. Blakeborough (Brighouse), E. G. Serghiades (Con MEDIUM AND RARE AT stantinople), G. L, Edwards (Falmouth), W. F, Dicks (London), E. I. Ireland (Manchester), W. Hine(Leeds), 25 Per Cent to 75 Per cent discount off B. Bryson (Glasgow), A. J. Sharpe (Coolgardie), P. N. Catalogue Prices. Escarpidis (Constantinople), A. Baldock (Loughboro’), F. Maloney (Edinburgh), T. S. Simpson (Caterllam), Our Books are arranged in catalogue order, each F. K. Terrey (Bracknell). Rules, etc., from the stamp is a perfect copy, and guaranteed genuine. Secretary. All philatelists are invited to join. Good GIVE OUR BOOKS A TRIAL. references are always required. References required from collectors unknown to us. T h e C l if t o n a n d B r is t o l P h il a t e l ic So c ie t y . —Meetings of this Society were held on Nov. 3rd and 17th, when the stamps of Queensland and France were shown by several members. Mr. Cartright C. FORBES & Co., showed a very distint specimen of the 25 centime on 56, Antill Road, Bow, LONDON, E. an entire o f M arch 31st, 1898, of C ote d ' iv o ir e in which there was no foot to the final E, making it an F. Note Our New Address. dtfn THK PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

Two hundred thousand is a big figure, but it represents the number of circulars, price GEO. PHILIPPE, lists, club rules, and handbills circulated by 34, RUE OES VIVIERSr HAVRE, means of The Advertiser during the last twelve months at io/- per thousand. The postage FRANCE. on 1,000 circulars at Jd. each is £ 2 is. 8d. Membre de la Societe Philatglique, Havralse. If they are sent out with The Advertiser £ 1 ns. 8d. is saved, or 75% of the postage. Per 1. 100. It may be argued that circulars distributed in HAITI. b. d. a. cL this way are not so efficacious as those sent 1881,1 cent, Vermillion 0 6 »*. 7 bine .. . . 0 9 _ separately, but this is open, to question— at any .. 20 red-brown .. . 6 0 _ rate the difference is not represented by 75%. 1882, 1 Vermillion .. 0 3 To print circulars about note-paper size .. 2 II purple , . 0 4 — runs from 7/- to 12/- per page for a thousand, 11 5 II green , , 0 3 —* „ 7 blue.. , , 0 6 according to the work on a page— at these „ 20 red-brown .. , , 0 5 — prices they are done well, and the P h il a t e l ic 1887,1 lake . ^ 0 2 P u b l is h in g C om pan y are prepared to print 2 violet 0 2 and advantageously circulate to any extent. „ 3 >1 blue . . 0 3 -w- „ 5 II green , , 0 2 — That the system pays is proved by the fact 1890, 2 on 3o. bine.. _ m 0 3 that the same people send circulars for 1891,1 II purple m ^ 0 2 —. distribution again and again. .i 2 blue . ^ 0 2 _ lilao _ „ — BEHD OUT YOUB CIRCULARS WITH “ THE ADVERTISER.” „ 3 0 3 8 slate 0 3 — . N E X T I S S U E January l«th. II „ 5 II orange * * 0 2 — „ 7 II scarlet fr . 0 9 — Messrs. OSTARA & DARLOW *1892, 2 cent, on 3e. slate 0 2 1893, 1 violet fr fr 0 1 — Beg to announce that 2 >1 indigo . , 0 2 — Their Fourth Manchester Auction „ 3 >1 alate - .. • , 0 6 — „ 5 >1 orange • > 0 1 — WILL BE) HELD AT THE ,, 7 Vermillion « . 0 2 — * 20 red-brown , fr 0 10 — G r a n d *1896, 1 II blue 0 1 4 0 ON * „ 2 carmine .• , fr 0 1 — WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4th, * .. 3 lilac . , 0 2 12 0 „ 5 olive 0 1 — At 6.30 o’clock in the evening, and will include an * . extremely fine lot of Ceylon in mint condition ; Natal, * „ 7 91 slate .. 0 4 35 0 * , — 3d. blue, star, m int; France, 1 fr. vermilion, and * 20 •1 orange 1 6 * , — others. *1898, 2 on 20c., orange .. 0 3 * 2 „ red-brown * , 0 7 — II you want to dispose of your Stamps, send them to us, we 1 * „ 2 II red .. 0 1 8 0 send you cash within eight days. * 5 • 1 green .. 0 3 — In consequence of circumstances, over which we have no , *1879,10 centavos, green 1 2 — control, all our hitherto advertised sale dates are cancelled. P a r a g u a y — 13* Future sales will be held in Manchester on January 4th, , F r a n c e , 1849,10 centimes cinnamon 2 6 February 8th, and March 1 jth. It II 15 ,t green v a 5 6 — „ 40 „ vennillion 2 6 — A It enquiries to be addressed >» ,, 1 franc, carmine •. 4 0 — OSTARA & DARLOW, * Denotes unnsed. Terms—Cash with order. <§*■»»# gneKonct^, Postage and registration extra on amount under £1, free otherwise. « 18, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER. In answering Advertisements please mention “ Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser. 24 THK PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER

SOCIETY REPORTS. On Dec. 1st, Mr. Lloyd, the President, being in the chair, there was it hill attendance. The stamps oi India were exhibited, amongst widen were some fin. BIRMINGHAM PHILATELIC SOCIETY. specimens. Hon. Sec.: T. O. Cartwright, 17, York Crescent Road, Clifton, Bristol. H unts Philatelic Society.— At a special meeting Jlonorarji President : -IV. 13. A\ i:i;v, Ks«}. held on Tuesday. Dec. Cth, the proposed alterations, P resid en t:— IV. T. W i i .s o n . lis y . etc., to the rules were carried unanimously. Tin \ ice-Presidents:— 1!. Hoi.l ic k , E s y .: \Y. P im m , K sq. expense for reprinting new rules was sanctioned. The following gentlemen were elected members of the Committee Mr. H. R. Blwlay : Mr. P. T. Dk.'.kin : Society: IV. Brown as life member, C. I). Lord, IV Mr. IV. F. W aijams ; Mr. T. IV. Puck : Mr, C. A. H. Peckitt, I. C. Sidebotham as ordinary members, St e p h e n s o n ; Ml'. IV. S. Y a c g h t o n . 32. D. Bacon, Chas. J. Phillips, and IV. A. S. IVestoby as honorary members, IV. G. Cook and IV. Simpson lio n . Secretary and T r e a s u r e r M il C . Jo h n s o n , were voted to the two vacant scats on the Committee. B.A., 20$. Birchfield Hoad. Birmingham. Hon S e c ,: 11. A. Slade.

On. 20. The Meeting was devoted to tt discussion re liniTTSit A fric an St a m p K x c iia n i.k..— T he Decern Exhibition to lie held in December. | her packet contained a smaller selection than usual I owing to the approaching holiday season. The Nov. 10 The following were unanimously elected | November packet returned Dec 1st, and all horn. members : Messrs. IV. Scott, H. F. IV. Deane, J. H. I accounts were settled within two days. Secretary. Teller, R, Lai os, O. Gilstad, S. Frascati. Charles J. Endlc “ K'ingsburgli Cottage," Boseombc, The programme for the remainder of the season is: | Hants. Jan. 10.—Exchange Discussion, short papers. I Scut itu.AN E x c h a n i.k C i.l r . July packets have Feb. 2 —Display. N. S. IV. come back from circulation, and accounts will be ,, l(j. Exchange, etc. made up and submitted as speedily as possible Mar. 2.— Paper. New Zealand. Mr. IV. I * i >t m . Three members (two resignations and one death; ,, 16. —Exchange, etc. dropped out during the past month. New member- Apr. 20. Display. Paper. Mr. It. Molli. k. number thirteen. Secretary, H. A. Slade, luglcside May IS,- Exchange, etc. St. Albans MIDLANDCOUNTIES STAMP EXCHANGE (KstJbhsIn.t JSS/il APPROVAL BOOKS Jloit. Secretary IV. W a l t o n , Fen tliam R«>ad, O F F IN E Birmingham.

Members are requested to make a special effort BRITISH COLONIALS, UNITED STATES towards getting a good packet for January. Please send good sheets early as possible. New members proposed this month are . E. Parry (Pontypridd), R. EUROPEANS, 4c., A. Blakeborough (Brighouso), K, Serghindes (Con MEDIUM AND PAPE AT stantinople), G. L. Edwards (Falmouth), IV. F, Dicks (London), E. I. Ireland (Manchester), IV. Hiuc(Leeds), 25 Per Cent to 75 Per cent discount oft’ B. Bryson (Glasgow), A. J. Sharpe (Coolgardic), P. N. Catalogue Prices. Escarpidis (Constantinople). A, Baldock (Loughboro1), F, Maloney (Edinburgh). T, 8. Simpson (Caterliam), Our Books are arranged in catalogue order, eiu F. K. Tcrrey (Bracknell). Rules, etc., from the stamp is a perfect copy, and guaranteed genuine. Secretary. All philatelists are invited to join Food GIVE GUI! BOOKS A TRIAL. references are always required. References reuuircd from collectors unknown to u-. T u n C lifton " and B iu s t o l P i iil a t e l u ^ o u r t v . Meetings of this Society were held on Nov 3rd and j 17th, when the stamps of Queensland and France were shown by several members. Mr. Cartright C. FORBES & Co., showed a very distint specimen of the 25 centime on 56, Antill Road, Bow, LONDON, E. an entire of March 31st, lSOo, of C o t e h' iv o ir i: in which there was no foot to the final E, making it uu F. Note Cur New Address. dtfu THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. v.

Two hundred thousand is a big figure, but it represents the number of circulars, price GEO. PHILIPPE, lists, club rules, and handbills circulated by 3 4 , R U E DE8 VIVIERS, HAVRE, means of The Advertiser during the last twelve months at io/- per thousand. The postage FRANCE. on 1,000 circulars at id. each is £ 2 is. 8d. Membre de la Societe Philatelique, Havraise. If they are sent out with The Advertiser j£i iis. 8d. is saved, or 75% of the postage. P er 1. 100. d. s. d. It may be argued that circulars distributed in HAITI. 8. 1881,1 cent, Vermillion • • • • 0 6 — this way are not so efficacious as those sent ,, 7 ,, blue * » . , 0 9 — separately, but this is open to question— at any „ 20 ,, red-brown .. 6 0 — rate the difference is not represented by 75%. 1882, 1 „ vermillion .. , , 4 , 0 3 -- To print circulars about note-paper size „ 2 „ purple . . 0 4 — „ 5 „ green ♦ * 0 3 — runs from 7/- to 12/- per page for a thousand, „ 7 „ blue.. • • • 1 0 6 .— according to the work on a page— at these „ 20 ,, red-brown . . * * 0 5 ■— prices they are done well, and the Philatelic 1887, 1 „ lake 0 2 — Publishing Company are prepared to print „ 2 „ violet 0 2 — to „ 3 „ blue • . * • 0 8 — and advantageously circulate any extent. ,, 5 „ green * * 0 2 — That the system pays is proved by the fact 1890, 2 ,, on 3c. blue.. , . , , 0 3 — that the same people send circulars for 1891,1 „ purple • * • 4 0 2 — distribution again and again. ,, 2 , , blue » • • * 0 2 — , , 3 „ lilac 4 . 0 3 — SEND OUT YOUR CIRCULARS WITH “ THE ADVERTISER.” „ 3 ,, slate • • « 0 3 — N E X T I S S U E January 14th. „ 5 , , orange • • . 0 2 — „ 7 „ scarlet ♦ . . 0 9 — Messrs. OSTARA & DARLOW *1892, 2 cent, on 3c. slate • 4 4 4 0 2 — 1893, 1 „ violet • * 4 • 0 1 Beg to announce that „ 2 „ indigo 4 4 * , 0 2 — Their Fourth Manchester Auction , , 3 „ slate 4 4 . 0 6 — 5 „ orange 4 4 0 1 — WILL BE HELD AT THE „ 7 , , verm illion • 4 4 4 0 2 — * „ 20 „ red-brown 4 4 4 4 0 10 — G r a n d *1896, 1 „ blue 0 1 4 0 OH * „ 2 „ carm ine .. • 4 4 4 0 1 — WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4th, * „ 3 „ lilac 4 4 0 2 12 0 , , 6 „ olive 4 4 4 • 0 1 — A: G.30 o’clock in the evening, and will include an * , , 7 „ slate • * 0 1 35 0 eitremely fine lot of Ceylon in mint condition ; Natal, 44 * „ 20 . , orange • 1 G — id. blue, star, mint; France, 1 fr. vermilion, and 4 4 others. *1898,2 „ on 20c., orange .. 0 •J — * „ 2 „ „ red-brown 0 7 — „ „ 8 0 (I you want to dispose of your Stamps, send them to us, we * 2 red .. 0 1 nd you cash within eight days. * „ 5 „ green . 4 0 3 — In consequence of circumstances, over which we have no P a ra gu a y, *1879, 10 centavos, green 1 2 — control, all our hitherto advertised sale dates are cancelled. 2 — Ids* Future sales will be held in Manchester on January 4th, F ran ce, 1849, lOcentimos cinnamon 6 L hruary 8th, and March 15th. tl IS (t green 5 0 — verm illion 2 6 — . 1 it enquiries to be addressed „ ,, 1 franc, carmine 4 0 — OSTARA & DARLOW, * Denotes unused. Term s— Cash with order. ^ittiionccfg, Postage and registration extra on amount under £1, free otherwise. je 13, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER.

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U S. OMAHA EXPOSITION STAMPS. JF YOU WANT TO BUY STAMPS and save xnney, A SMALL quantity of above for sale, unused, in perfect con J F YOU W ANT TO SE L L STAMPS and make money, dition at very low rates. Send postcard for prices. A grand chance for small dealers. o J F YOU W ANT TO FIXCHANGE STAMPS and do boil'. BERNARD RYDE, Snelnton Dale, Nottingham, JF YOU WANT TO BE THOROUGHLY UP TO DATF

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F eb ru ary (5th. 6 GOOD POINTS. f\ U R LATEST NOVELTY for philatelists, is a ruled Approval v Book, which is absolutely the finest in the T r a d e . First, each book is ruled on the imesi bank paper, to hold 120 s t a m p s (on one side of the paper only). Second, DO NOT M ISS THIS. each book is hound in a strong, artistic cover, primed in colour. Third, each book will go, without folding, in an ordinary envelope. Fourth, each book contains the usual rules printed In the English, French and German la n g u a g e s . Fifth. O u r ruled books are the o r ig in a ls , n o t IT IS NO USE PROMISING p o o r im it a t io n s , and, like our Ruled Sheets, have the largest sale on earth. Sixth, our prices are 12 for 8d , 25 1/2, what we cannot perform, but we intend to BEAT 50 2S., too 5$. yd., carriage paid; postage abroad extra. RECORD. Aid us with your advertisement. Every The tcoth edition of our Celebrated Ruled Sheets is now ready. little helps. We can distribute circulars with this Each Sheet is ruled (on finest bank paper) to hold 60 stamps, usual rules and space for your name and address. 25, Gd.; 50, huge issue at 1 0 /- p e r 1 ,0 0 0 , and save you ud.; ioo.is.6d.; 250.3s.6d.; 500,6s.; 1,000, 11s. Carriage paid U 1 1 s. 8d. per 1,000 in postage. A specimen book and sheet post free for id. stamp. tfn ARTHUR MONTEITH & CO., M B.— Please send remittances, if possible, PHILATELIC DEALERS & PUBLISHERS, by postal order or in English stamps. 14, CHESTER GREEN ROAD, DERBY. Any values unused stamps are accepted, Established 1885. however. Address by December i 2th, to JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING Is the secret of success. Desultory advertising pays but little, “ THE ADVERTISER,” put your ad. in

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In answering Advertisements please mention “ Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser.” V1U. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. — MR. DEALERS AVE you awakened to the possibiity of an agency with W illiams & Co., the Lima Phiateists ? You spend considerabe money in hunting for a market for your stamps W and yet you have overooked us though we’ve been advertising for offers, &c., for the last 18 months. We are worth a score of ordinary agents. '

E X A C T L Y £ 3 8 0 1 9 s. 8 d . or over 80% of tota vaue, is the amount we sold on commission in the six weeks ending July 19th from 22 packets. A collection and several books were completely stripped, as price for all was satisfactory. Rare South American, U.S., and British Colonial Postage Stamps are especially in demand with our clients on this coast, and all such in fine condition, reason ably priced, are almost sure to be sold if sent us on approval. Our charges (see terms in list) are extremely moderate. SEVERAL tOO DOLLARS annually can be added to the profits of any enterprising dealer who will enter into serious business relations with us, as our 12-page booklet will show. We are buying more good stamps and collections, and at a higher scale of prices, than any other person or firm in South America, We offer you a larg er profit in buying, selling or exchanging than any other house in the world. — Tvrre. CO LLBCTO R ,^^

We recently sold a collection for £ 2 5 0 , which was but £ 5 0 under catalogue price. This shows you what kind of a market ice control. There is no necessity for you to sacrifice your collection or good duplicates if you send them to us with a reasonable reserve price. Exchange : We allow double value in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Panama, and Chile in xcha nge for approved rare and scarce stamps. (See our list for particulars). WILLIAMS & C O ., Philatelists, GASILLA No. 989, LIMA, PERU. Advanced Collectors (4). Wholesale and Retail Dealers in South American Stamps (clearing a £1,200 stock at J to ot catalogue, cash or exchange). Splendid assortment from Falkland Islands. Philatelic Publishers. Sole Agents and Correspondents in Peru for 80 Philatelic Magazines. Ph i ateic Commission Agents (unequalled record for sales, i . e . , £1,500 worth in 12 months—00 per cent of the good stamps handled). On London “ Bazaar ” Reference Register, and Members of International Stamp Dealers Association, Berlin (No. 186), American Philatelic Association, International Philatelic Union, and 18 others in Dresden, Munich, Argentina, Copenhagen, Vienna^ Gossnitz, Rome, &c., &c. tar’ Our 1 2 -paged Booklet, containing price list and all particulars necessary for a prosperous business will serve to introduce us, and w i interest you- It is free, and can be obtained from :— J. P. DODGE, New Oxford, Pa., U-S.A. M ATTH EW R. KNIGHT, Oak Hill, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada. SM YTH & CO., 1, Campbell Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, England. PHILATELIC PUBLISHING CO., Fentham Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, England. tfn

Printed for the Publishers by Randall Brothers, Aston Cross, Birmingham, N ov. H3rd, 3998. THE STAMP EXCHANGE PROTECTION SOCIETY. P r e s i d e n t : Kev. G ilrkkt H. Raynor, M.A.; l'ice President : H ubkrt F. Lowb, K s y .M A ., C o m m i t t e e : W. G. Hawkins, K s q ., Gi y Skmple, E s q ., H. A. Sladk, E s q . ; Solicitor : Mk. T ii s . H u g i l l , 118, Cannon Street, London, E,C. O B JE C TS : To warn Secretaries of Exchange Clubs against undesirable collectors, and members generally against badly managed clubs. To promote a more speedy circulation of club packets, and more prompt settlement of club accounts. To bring well-managed and desirable clubs before the notice of collectors. To arrange, through the Society's solicitor, for the collection of overdue club accounts. To undertake the prosecution of dishonest collectors To arbitrate in club disputes. To obtain expert evidence on the genuineness of stamps submitted by members. Annual Subscription : Ordinary Members, 2/6; Club Secretaries, 5 Mr. F A. W ICKH ART, Hon. Sec. & Treasurer. 70, Sotheby Road, Highbury Park, London, England. • W v - ar—* O c ^ c O v cl g 1;

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~^04—404--404-0-04— ;04r| No. m set. Price. C a n a d a , 1897, maple leaves, Ac. to ioc., obsolete 3 A u s t r ia , 1850-64 12 4d Provisional Issue by T ,, 186; (head) including 25k. ... 7 4d 1881-91 12 3d the British Authorities, i B a v a ria , 1S49-68 7 1876-81, including imk. 7 4d as described and illustra „ 1883-91 „ 25 and 50 pf. 8 4d . 1370 „ i 8kr. G unused 5 5 H 37 & s3,?andE w x . streel' LONDON. H u n g a ry , 1581.91 11 4(1 Ita ly , 186291 IJ 5d R o u m a n ia , various issue* i r 4d R u s s ia • 2 3d Portugal, 1880-92, all obsolete 9 3d Saxony, 1863 5 unused 3d WANTED Servia, various... 6 4<1 S w it z e r la n d , 1862-82 16 4d S w e d e n . Ollicial, 1874 ; 4d T urkey. 1892 4 2d , |Kusiend}ie) 5 3d RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS Wurtemburg, 1875-93 12 3d In d i a , various ... to 3d J a p a n , !876-92. 110 hscals 12 4d L a b u a n , 1895. ic., 2c. a r j 3c. 3unused 3d USED OK UNUSED. . . . ,, IC. to 14c. ... 9 iimisedd) Cape 2884-90, Anchor, all obsolete Mauritius, 2879-94, all obsolete g . . . COMMON OK RAKE. Transva 1, 18^5-90, all obsolete Singly or in large quantities. Approval Books for General Collectors at Low Prices; Grand Variety, High Prices paid (many stamps are now worth £"5 to £ 10 each). Prompt replies. APPLY— 910, v\c.

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WILL BE READY ABOUT FEBRUARY 20th. THE UNIVERSAL STANDARD CATALOGUE OF THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE WORLD, WITH OVER 2,000 MINIATURE ILLUSTRATIONS, (I n c ix ’ m n g t h o s k o f B r it is h S t a m p s ) By Special Permission of Lite Board of Inland llevcmte. Price 1./3 Post Free everywhere.

PREPAID ORDERS CAN NOW BE BOOKED. HIS New Catalogue, cf handy pocket size, is compiled on a different system to any other, being in the simplified form so much needed, not only by beginners, but also by T general collectors who use printed albums, such as SenPs, &c. Every known Government postage stamp issued to the end of 1898 is included, but ninor varieties of type, surcharge, perforation, paper, &c., are rigidly excluded. The only .ariations of perforation recognised are simply imperforate, perforated and rouleited : the perforation gauge is entirely discarded. Such important varieties of watermark as “ Star,” “ C.C.” and “ C.A.” are admitted, because they mark important epochs in the history of British Colonial stamps, but no notice I- taken of other watermarks, except in a few cases where they denote a separate and distinct issue of stamps. Postcards, stamped envelopes and wrappers have no place in this catalogue. T he arrangement of the countries is in strictly alphabetical order, but the most mportant feature is that the correct value of every stamp is given. The new catalogue is intended as a Collector’s Guide to the value of stamps, and ant as a mere dealer’s price list. Nothing is more disappointing to a collector than to refer to a catalogue for the value of a particular stamp, only to be confronted by a blank space. There arc no htan-ks in our catalogue ; where no price can be given for unused, the price used is

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A d v i c e to those likely to forpet the BIG is s u e . J .O IV. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. THE 1899 CATALOGUES. “W THE EDITION will be in FOUR PARTS, each forming a separate* Volume. These Volumes will be arranged and published in the same order as the corresponding volumes of the IM P E R IA L A L B U M , although it must be understood that the numbers in the Catalogue do not, in most cases, correspond with those in the Album.

P A R T I. A prominent improvement throughout this JVOW READY. Edition of the Catalogue is the insertion of Stam ps of the British Em pire. copious notes on “Reprints” by Mr. E. D. Bacon. Price 2/-, or post-free 2/3. P A R T II. A special feature in PA R T I. is the full and In preparation. W ill he rcrcly about I'EH R i-A R ), 1890. complete Illustration of the Stamps of Great Britain, which, under the new regulations, we Stam ps of Foreign Countries. are now able to use for the first time for many Price 2/-, or post-free 2 3. years. W ill consist of the Adhesive Stamps of all countries other than the British Empire, but without any Local Stamps. The important feature of the PRICES P A R T III. has received our most careful attention, J'his Eart wiU he ready about M ARCH , 1S 99 . and we fully believe that the present The Local Postage Stam ps Catalogue reflects the current Market ^ ------of the W orld. Values as we go to press. Price 1/., or post-free 13. This Part is a distinctly “ new departure,” but we Bright's A.B.C. Catalogue. venture to think that, owing to the great demand we have for Local stamps of all kinds, and to the H U R D e d i t i o s publication of special albums for their collection, the Fully illustrated, in O s e V o n m e , now ready. Post issue of this Catalogue will be fully justified. free, 2/6. Further, the Collector of (Government Postage Stamps will no longer find P arts I and II of ihe Catalogue burdened with oicr 100 pages of Stamps in The UNIVERSAL STANDARD CATALOGUE. which he takes no interest. 2,000 Illustrations. Every important variety is P A R T IV. listed such as watermarks, but unimportant errors^ This Part will be ready aboiil A P R IL , 189U. non-government issues and minute difference:, are Envelopes and Post Cards. entirely eliminated, thus providing a simple and yet Price 1/-, or post-free 1/3. comprehensive general catalogue. Every stamp is This Part will be similar to P art III of last Edition, priced. Ready in February. Orders now and will, as far as possible, show correct prices for Envelopes and Wrappers, used and unused, both booked. entire and cut square, and for Post Cards, both used Post free, price 1/3. and unused.

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/ 'I'liln.c C h r o m e :, is sent to all the members or the Philatelic 0f>t-'oniek & Kctaeptigep Birmingham Fliiiatelic Society and Mlfitand Counties AND Vmi.ATKI.TC TJmK Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journa' of these Societies. Combined memhership ever 400. PUBIASII! T) MO'-'I'HI.V. SUBSCRWTICN . T/6 l‘K»; A n L'-Jv - Subscriiif inn= /'mnitii'm''- will'. 0^irri ii! nutnbc Rack >mml>c»sr>fV..!<.r.ll M l.lV.V.VIX Vir Oil. ,di YcL VIII, 3

ADVERTISEMENTS. state. Speculators of every br:m 1 had nr.-yus1 2 ; 6 per hull. I.imit, S lanes to the men. Liberal Pise:.net f"f a series. upon it like vultures upon the yet living Unused K n g U s ’ -. S fo n t n s accepted in pnymoiit to body of the exhawt-d camel lying in the any amount. desei t— the .x M/iid.. ‘ amateur leading the Short Advertisements in The A d i’crtiser. 2 1 word? for Sixpence, tlivco insertion- at the price of two. way. Some dealers strove to choke it hy The Advertiser is tb hod medium fur short Adv-rti.-:- forcing price: to abominably fictitious heights meats of wants ami o'for-. published Scitii-Moi'thlv. SuhseriptiniiK and advertisements must be r - r t p n < d — sonic auctioneers did their little be t by S .v>«/..< slioital alwavs he HMit in prof play ii.g into the hands of unscrupulous rings of cnee to those of any other vnh'.o Money from abr must be remitted by L’’ ’ Orth■■■ or Note c AiiK-tmt- bidders— while even governments con-gm ti under 2 - limy lie sent bv limited slang ■ , hiohei with thi horde and aided in the spoMation of values;, at c u it c m jvte of cxchang' . L nused U.S. and Canadian high vah:c- accept d ai face the philatelist W ell nigh exhausted a. ! value. hosts1 und Money Order- payable ■" apparently moribund, philately looked almost UjfftUi Hoad. Ash:.. Liberal discouMi for a series of Advertisement .. past redemption— but thi- very exhaust! m Voi.. 1,11. Ill, IV.V. rVI. bud. ■■-hith qiit. ho-t-fre- 0/ I •• \t d its salvation. Seeing there was so Voi.. 1.1 i. 111.1V. . Vl,m ay be obtained Usnoi m > 5/- little blood rem aining the bloodsucia r- stay d Voi.. VI 1 , lloi'Nir -t - : U nbound. *• Conniumieaf.ioti- mu-1 be add re.—' <1 to their efforts to some extent. Su-calied Tm: P hii atki.ic C iikoxici.k and \i>vkiiti6i:i’..“ amateurs ceased to boom a countiy or a Fcnthain Road, Haiid-wurth, Rimiinghum. All Article* o-iv {'uj'iiright. cot111nettt to their own great ulterior bene!n Agents wanted in ererij T o n . u. Yrrms on application. and. instead, invested their money in houses

N ew l'u bseriptionstothi-"1 c it vcrtisei ' are or brewery shares. Auctioneers ceased to entitled to one ’short. Advertisement. Sub publish reports of their sales, and dealers, scription 6d for it issues, post-free. taught wisdom by experience, reduced their All coi ni mini cut ions for the next i-stie sliou Id reach prices. Philately breathed again, and if only ii- by the T enth on Tin-: Month m latest. We cummi the speculator can beheld at arm ’s length a1' guarantee insertion if received after that date. the common sense of the collector !■■ January J tii, lMO'.t. exercised when he is purchasing, so that he will prefer to go without a stamp rather tit; a CONTENTS. /Tiff. lie robbed in the purchase, then the improve Editorial ...... 25 Chronicle ...... 26 ment will go on and the hobby— or science Cuba ...... 27 The Postman's Knock: Not.s on English Stamps 28 if you will— be established on so strong and exhibition a- Plymouth: Fiscal Stamp C olliding ... 29 Fni ate ic Frau a. 3C permanent a basts that it can laugh at all Society Kepo ts ...... 31 Notices ...... 32 a s s a ila n ts — i c o r e a t tun l a t h i i \. iv. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISE R. IW THE 1899 CATALOGUES. -*» THE EDITION will be in FOUR PARTS, each forming a separates Volume, These Volumes will be arranged and published in the same order as the corresponding volumes of the IMPERIAL ALBUM, although it must be understood that the numbers in the Catalogue do not, in moBt cases, correspond with those in the Album. P A R T I. A prominent improvement throughout this WOTP BEADY. Edition of the Catalogue is the insertion of Stam ps of the British Empire. copious notes on “Reprints” by Mr. E. D. Bacon. Price 2/-, or post-free 2/3. A special feature in PART I. is the full and P A R T II. in preparation. W ill be rerdy about FE B R U A R Y, 1899. complete Illustration of the Stamps of Great Britain, which, under the new regulations, we Stam ps of Foreign Countries. are now able to use for the first time for many Price 2/-, or post-free 2/3. years. W ill consist of the Adhesive Stamps of all countries other than the British Empire, but without any Local Stamps. The important feature of the PRICES P A R T III. has received our most careful attention, This Part will be ready about H A R C H , 1839. and we fully believe that the present The Local Postage Stam ps Catalogue reflects the current Market a ------of the W orld. Values as we go to press. Price 1/-. or post-free 1/3. This Part is a distinctly “ new departure,” but we Bright’s A.B.C. Catalogue. venture to think that, owing to the great demand we have for Local stamps of all kinds, and to the THIRD EDITION. publication of special albums for their collection, the Fully illustrated, in O n e Volume, now ready. Post issue of this Catalogue will be fully justified. free, 2/6. Further, the Collector of Government Postage Stamps will no longer find Parts I and II of the Catalogue burdened with over 100 pages of Stamps in The OHIVEHSAL STAHDARD CATALOGUE. which he takes no interest. | 2,000 Illustrations. Every important variety is P A R T IV . listed such as watermarks, but unimportant errors^ This Part will be ready about A P R IL , 18 9 9 . | non-government issues and minute difference!, are Envelopes and Post Cards. I entirely eliminated, thus providing a simple and yet Price 1/-, or poBt-free 1/3. comprehensive general catalogue. Every stamp is This Part will be similar to P art III of last Edition. priced. Ready in February. Orders now and will, as far as possible, show correct prices for Envelopes and Wrappers, used and unused, both booked. entire and cut square, and for Post Cards, both used Poet free, price 1/3. and unused. PH ILA TELIC PU BLISH IN G CO., Fentham «d., Handsworth, Birmingham.

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The Philatelic Chronicle is sent to all the members of the Philatelic Chronicle & KcLtfeptigep Birmingham Philatelic Boclety and Midland Counties AND PHILATELIC TIME Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journal of these P u b l is h e d M o n t h l y . Societies. Combined membership over 4 0 0 . S ubscription , 1 / 6 per A n k u .v.. Subscriptions commence with current numbe Hack numborsof Vols. I, II, III, IV,V. VI &VII,6d. Specimen, Id. Odd numbers of Vol. V III, 3d. each. HEN things are at their worst they Back Nos. of the Advertiser 2/6, fo r l , 2, 3 ,4 , 5, a n d II, and 3d. each all others. must mend— or end. The beginning W of 1898 found philately in a parlous ADVERTISEMENTS. 2/6 per Inch. Limit, 8 Lines to the inch. state. Speculators of every brand had preyed Liberal discount for a series. upon it like vultures upon the yet living U n u s e d English Stamps accepted in payment to body of the exhausted camel lying in the a n y a m o u n t. Short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 24 w o rd s desert— the soi-disant amateur leading the for Sixpence, three insertions at the price of two. way. Some dealers strove to choke it by The Advertiser is the best medium for short Advertise ments of wants and offers, published Semi-Monthly. forcing prices to abominably fictitious heights Subscriptions and advertisements must be prepaid. — some auctioneers did their little best by Halfpenny Stamps should always be sent in prefer, ence to those of any other value. Money from abroad playing into the hands of unscrupulous rings of must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts bidders— while even governments conspired under 2 - may be sent by unused stamps, higher with this horde and aided in the spoliation of values, at current rate of exchange. Unused U.S. and Canadian high values accepted at face the philatelist. Well nigh exhausted and value. Postal and Money Orders payable at apparently moribund, philately looked almost Witton Road, Aston. Liberal discount for a sories of Advertisements. past redemption— but this very exhaustion V o l . I, II, III, IV,V, or VI, bnd. cloth gilt, Post-free 6/- proved its salvation. Seeing there was so V o l . 1 , 1 1 , 1 1 1 , 1 V, V, V I,m a y be obtained U n b o u n d 5 /- V o l . V I I . , B o u n d , 3 - : U n b o u n d , .. 2 /- little blood remaining the bloodsuckers stayed Communications must be addressed to their efforts to some extent. So-called T h e P h il a t e l ic Ch r o n ic l e an d A d v e r t is e r ,’’ amateurs ceased to boom a country or a Fontham Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. All Articles are Copyright. continent to their own great ulterior benefit Agents wanted in every Town. Terms on application. and, instead, invested their money in houses New Subscriptions to the “ V dvertiser” are or brewery shares. Auctioneers ceased to entitled to one short Advertisement. Sub publish reports of their sales, and dealers, scription 6d. for 12 issues, post-free. taught wisdom by experience, reduced their All communications for the next issue should reach prices. Philately breathed again, and if only us by the T e n t h o f t h e M o nth at latest. We cannot guarantee insertion if received after that date. the speculator can be held at arm’s length and the common sense of the collector be January 26t h , 1899. exercised when he is purchasing, so that he will prefer to go without a stamp rather than CONTENTS. P a g e . be robbed in the purchase, then the improve Editorial...... as Chronicle .. 2 6 ment will go on and the hobby— or science Cuba ...... 27 The Postman’s Knock: Notes on English Stamps .. 2 8 if you will— be established on so strong and Exhibition at Plymouth; Fiscal Stamp Collecting .. 29 Phfateilo Frauds ...... SO permanent a basis that it can laugh at all Society Reports .. 31 Notices ...... 32 assailants— fl o r e a t p h il a t e l ia . 2G THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

CHRONICLE. H O ND UR AS—Of the locomotive type there are. two more values to mention. 50c. orange red. Ip. blue-green. R AZIL.— A number of surcharges will be issued by Brazil in order to replace certain values that NEWFOUNDLAND.—The 2c. orange has been are exhausted. T h e series of 1890, showing the used up and the 2c. in carmine will be issued at once. Southern Cross, is to be surcharged as follows NEW SOUTH WALES.—The M.J. has met with 50 reis on 20 r. 100 r. on 50 r. a copy of the following:— 500 r. on 200 r. 700 r. on 300 r. Off. 3d. green, perf. 121, wmk. double lined 6, O.S. in 1000 r. on 500 r. 1000 r. on 700 r. black. 2000 r. on 1000 r. The stamp of 100 reis of the current issue is ’ M EXICO .— The complete set oi current issue on the entirely exhausted and the other surcharges are | no watermark paper is:— intended to more evenly distribute the values in I 4c. orange. 20c, rose-red. proportion to the quantities actually required. A | 10c. pink. 50c. mauve. similar shifting of values is also intended for the 12c. olive-brown. Ip . brown, newspaper stamps, the large stock of which the | lOp. blue. government hopes to reduce much more rapidly by l permitting the use of them for letter postage, which 1 PER U.— Messrs. Williams and Co. inform us of the was formerly forbidden. The first of the latter series ! following new issues is the surcharge of the newspaper stam p of 100 r. ' 5 soles, light groen. purp'e, transformed into the value of 200 r. by a 10 ,, lilac. black surcharge of the new value and the year 1898. P O R T U G A L .— The 15r. and the 25r. both of The postal cards of 40 and 80 r. are withdra wn from Portugal and of Angra, Funchal, Horta, and P. circulation as well as the old letter-cards of 100 and Delgada are to be changed in colour to 200 r. 16r. black and green, CANADA.— The 8c. and 10c. with figures of values 25r. ,, red. have been issued. PORTO RICO.— The following are chronicled with The first of the new imperial stamps, issued on surcharge “ H ab ilitad o — P a ra — 1898 y 99.” December 7th, had a light lavender colour to represent 5c. light-green, 1S91, carm ine surcli. the sea. About December 20th this was changed to a 6c orange, „ light blue and now the sea has assumed an even 3c. brow n, 18'JS ,, deeper tint. The first printing threatens to become QUEENSLAND .— Wc have received a copy of the uncommon. On January 1st tiie rate to any part of new Id. The head is in a circle, value in all four Canada or the United States was also reduced to two corners, and inscriptions at sides,' ■ Q U E E N S L A N D ” cents. This means the dropping of the three cent at left, “ H A LF PE N N Y ” at right. stamp end further supplies of the two cent will Jd. green. probably be printed in red according to the Postal Union recommendation. We arc indebted to Mr. G. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.— Perak. T he 50c. H. Grundy for the above interesting information. instead of being lilac and black is now :— 50c. green and black. CEY'LON.— A new value 6o. will be required here for the Imperial Penny Postage rate and will shortly POSTCARDS, &C. be issued, in the meanwhile no surcharges will he made the rate being made up with two 3c. stamps. A R G E N T I N E .— The reply cards of 1892, 2e. and COLOMBIA .— Die Post notes a new issue here of 3c. have been surenarged “ HABILITADO—4- the lc. stamp with arms in a circle, “ COKREOS ” on i CENTAVOS. a scroll above and “ REPUBL1CA DK COLOMBIA'” | GREAT BRITAIN.—The id. wrapper is in use in a curve below the circle. At bottom centre is the without the instructions. figure of value in a circle with value in words on id. brown on buff, no instructions. either side, HAITI.—There are the following cards with the lc. red on yellow, perf, 13. portrait of the President at right and arms at the left ECUADOR.—The 50c. fiscal having been sur upper corner. charged •• CORREOS— 5 CENTS-OFICIAL ” in P.C. lc. blue on white. green and alto in black has now been surchaiged in 1 + lc. „ on grey. red. 2c. orange on rose. Off. 5c. in red on 50c. violet. 2+2c, „ on pale lilac. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 27

3c. green on cream . In addition to the above the department has now 3 + 3c, „ on mauve. given a second order for the Bureau to prepare another shipment to consist of the following denomi PERU.— Messrs. Williams and Co., Lima, send us nations and quantities: specimens of four new postcards. They all bear views 1.000. 000 lc. de peso on lo., green. and the stamp is an embossed head in an oval. There 1.000. 000 2c. de peso on 2c., rose. ■ are forty varieties of views altogether but only four 2.000. 000 2 \c. de peso on 2c., rose. values, viz.: 4.000. 000 5c. de peso on 5c , blue. lc. black and violet on white. 400,000 10c. de peso on 10o„ light brown. 2c. „ carm ine on eyish. It was found necessary to add a 2c. de peso as 3c. ,, lavender on white. 4c. ,, brow n on greyish. there was a demand for this value. The rate of postage to any country or from one province to another in Cuba is 5c. do peso for an ordinary letter and the local rate is 2|c. de peso. CUBA. The new plates for the regular set have been ordered, but as yet no work haB been done on them.

P u erto R ic o . OSTAGE stamps for temporary use in Luba are on Through the kindness of my old friend, Mr. N* sale. The new stamps are United States stamps Morera, of San Juan, P .R , 1 ca n n o w give the officia* P with the addition of distinguishing imprinting quantities and denominations of stamps of thi8 upon the face. island surcharged “ Habilitado para 1898 y 99," also The denominations are one, two, five and ten the words of the decree authorising the surcharge. cents. Across these is printed the word * Cuba * in The text of the decree may be translated sub black ink, with the amount in pesos near the lower stantially as follows : edge. The letters are small, but sufficiently distinct “ Central Tax a n d Hbvenue Office, to prevent mistakes. The green one-cent stamps pose ** I s l a n d o f P u erto R ic o . as the ‘ 1-cent do peso,” the red 2 as • 2} centde peso,’ the blue five as ' 5-cent de peso,' and the brown ten CIRCULAR. as 10-cent de peso.’ “ The Honourable the Secretary of the Treasury, The Post Office department had under consideration as suggested by this office, has ordered that such several designs for permanent use, and only after quantities of postage, bill of exchange, insurance c insiderable deliberation was a selection made. One policy, bank share and custom fee stamps of the years dosign submitted contained a bust of Gen. Calixto 1895-1897 as may be necessary for the biennial Garcia, but this was rejected, because the intention consumption, be made good for the years 1898-1899 is in every way to avoid giving offence to any class in by means of a rubber stamp with 1898 and 1899. Cuba. It was finally decided to substitute for the “ This order must be published in the Official Garcia bust either the profile portrait of Columbus or QazetU, Sic., &c. oue of the well-known statues of the discoverer. “ S ign e d , Another denomination will bear the typical Cuban N ic o l a s D a u b o n .” scene and other will typify “ Industry.” One stamp will contain a representation of a cane The following is an official list^of postage a tamps* mill with a canc field in the rear. For another surcharged June 8, 1898. denomination the subject will be “ Commerce." The “ Habilitado design will show a full-rigged clipper ship on the p a ra water, and in appearance the stamo will be similar to 1898 y 1899.” the 12 cents issue of I860, one of the most attractive 200.000 of 1 milesima, stamps ever issued by the U.S. Government. The 500.000 of 2 mil&imas. rate of letter postage in Cuba, 5 cents for half an 100.000 of 4 „ ounce, will not be changed for the present. 300.000 of 1 centavo. The new provisional stamps were shipped from 300.000 of 2 centavos. Washington city post office on December 27th. The 2,000,000 of 3 , first order w as given on Decem ber 12th, but on the 100.000 of 4 14th ult, this order was modified and the following 300.000 of 5 •juantities were sent to the Island : 300.000 of G 1,000,000 lc . de peso on lc ., green. 70.000 of 8 1,000,000 2Jc. de peso on 2c., rose. 80.000 of 20 4,000,000 5c. de peso on 5c., blue. 25.000 of 40 . 400,000 10c. de peso on 10c., light brown. 6,500 of 80 28 THE PHILATLIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

My friend has been authorised to say that officially Y ea rs. Id . 2d. no other stamps have been surcharged in San Juan, 1840 74,856,960 7,587,960 Puorta Rico, since 1873; that the so-called 1841 110,878 344 3,391,800 “ Provisionals ” are fraudulent; that the changes in 1842 121,648,080 2,866,080 value other than the changes to 2 and 5 centavos on These figures represent the numbers as issued from the W ar Tax stamps are likewise fraudulent, and that the Stamp Office in London, but it is probable that the surcharged i m ilfeim as on the 5 milesiinas, 1898- m any of the 7,000,000 2d. stam ps given out in 1840 99 type, is the greatest fraud of all. did not find their way into the hands of the public J. M . Asdreini. till 1841, 1842, 1843 or 1844. I t is evident the expectation of a large demand for the twopanny stamp was not realised. T he earliest date o f use of the Gd. buff of 1872 is NOTES ON ENGLISH STAMPS. given as August 9th, but I have recently met with specimens postm arked Ju ly 16th an d 18th, 1892, evidently originally used ou telegram forms. The B v W . S. W e b b . shade is a particularly pale one. THE RAREST ENGLISH WRAPPER. The Letter Fee Stamp3 of the Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway may shortly become obsolete. ’77' S but very few readers can have seen a specimen The Kanturk and Newm u-ket is the rarest of those of the rare type of Jd. green wrapper— issued issued by Irish railways. in October, 1875 —with three lines of instruc tion, a copy of the text of that inscription will be interesting information. It runs thus : — This Wrapper must be used only for Newspapers, or || for printed papers which may be sent under THE POSTMAN’S KNOCK. Book || Post ; otherwise the packet will bo charged with postage. II indicates the divisious of the lines. The type used OUR humble has to thank Messrs. G. Hamilton is slightly larger than that of the well-known five-lino Sm ith & Co. for the present of a really grand inscription which superseded it in November, 1875. Y perforation guage of excellent quality aud This was in its turn replaced by four lines in block absolute accuracy. They don’t say the market price capitals in 1888 (not 1878 as given by Gibbonsi ; and or I’d tell you. Messrs. Erring ton & Martin also now during the past year instructions have altogether cheered a lone Postman’s heart by means of a Christ ceased to appear on wrappers. mas card —or rather a set of three—of a decidedly g i b b o n s ’ n e w p r i c e s . uove! character, being the £ tanga Portuguese Indian post cards, 1893, with views. Messrs. H am ilton The prices of used English adhesives in the 12th Sm ith & Errington now figure 19th and 20th in the edition (Part 1.), are on a plane averaging quite one- Postman’s list of thoso to whom he will send po st rim d lower than that of the t.vo preceding editions. o f f ic e Ma u r it iu s stamps next Christmas— if he gets This was fully to be expected, judging from the any iu the meantime, that is to say. constant supplies of good medium and scarce stamps * * — the property of both collectors and dealers—circu There seems to be doubt in every mind a3 to what lating in the exchange clubs for some time past, tho colonies have adopted the penuy rate. The postman, valuations of their owners showing mat Messrs himself, paid 2jd, for postage to India aud thou, after Gibbons had in most cases over-valued their wares, j the letter had gone, found out he had wasted three- But as their quotations now stand the basis is a fair | halfpence. For the guidance of otbors he now gives one for perfect aud lightly-cancelled stamps: very I a list of the colonies who have not yet joined the few could be called dear, aud perhaps least so tlvose j penny cirole : British Bechuanaland, British Borneo, which have been advanced in price, whilo several British New Guinea, Cape of Good Hope, Jamaica, which had already found their proper level roraain Labuan, Malta, Mauritius, New South Wales, New unaltered. In unusod there are many slight Zealand, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, reductions, relieved by a sprinkling of advances. On Victoria, Western Australia, Zanzibar. the whole the pricing of English displays careful and * • discriminating revision. • I n the year 1840, w hen tho penny post com m onced, GENERAL. the inhabitants of Kingham and several adjacent In an interesting article on “ Early English villages chose a boy of ten years old, named Thomas Adhesives ” Mr. G. A. Foster gives the numbers of Id. Phipps, son of a retired miller, to carry their letters an d 2d. stamps issued du riug 1840-42 as fo llo w s:— to aud from the post town of Chippiag Norton, THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 29

Sundays and week days, a distance of four miles. equally full assortment of European issues in fine Phipps has continued to do this from 1810 to nearly used condition had been sent by the Rev. E. A. the close of 18'j3, a period of fifty-eight years, and it Donaldson. His Germany was practically complete, is computed that ho has walked during that period a and in addition Mr. Donaldson showed very full distance of 110,000 milos. collections of Bremen, the two Sicilies, Wurtemberg, Parma, Romagna, and Holstein—breaking ground also into Italy. Among the plums of this continental dish the collector picked out the J Tornese of the two EXHIBITION AT PLYMOUTH. Sicilies, the two shades of the 70 kr. Wurtemberg, the 50 and 100 lira unused 1884 of Italy, and several fine Oldenburg. The New World found its best exponent By W . A. W a lk e r , I I o n . Sec. P ly m o u t h P.S. in the Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfound land issues exhibited by the Rev. E. K. Hudson. ^TH IE annual philatelic display of this Society was These comprised a superb copy of the 6Id. orange- held on Saturday afternoon and evening, Jan. vermilion, used, of Newfoundland, the 1/- of the same 11th, in 9a, Princess Square, Plymouth, and issue but with poor margins, and the 1/- values of proved a most gratifying success— the exhibits being Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, the latter also unquestionably in advance of all that had preceded. lacking environment. Great Britain was also shown A large number of philatelists and philatelic friends by the same collector, the Id. values in mint and friends inspected the stamps, and among those present often in pairs. Nor were West Indians forgotten. wore the Hon. Lady Fremantle, Lieu -Coi. Crookouder, Mr. 11. T. Stevens, the Society’s vice-president, con Major G. Stockdale, lt.E., and several members tributed a fascinating little group of Antigua, representative of the trade. In themselves the Dominica, St. Vincent and Tobago—but a tithe of exhibits were very varied and weil-niouoted. though what he could have shown had more been called for; the room unfortunately did not lend itself to setting and in Dr. Houghton’s collection of Turk’s Islaud a ■if the stamps at their best. To Baron A. do Worms very complete and choice lot of stamps had been got certainly fell the honour of the finest display. His together, including, as these did several rarities, such mint collection of St. Helena and British Honduras as a pair of the }d. surcharge ou the 4d. groy. were deservedly the attraction of the room, and com Africans were looked after by Messrs. H. W. Mayna prised in the St. Helena blocks of the Gd. port, and and W . A. Walker. The former besides sending in import., the Id , both sized bars, a pair of the 1 /- some very nice St. Helena displayed Britisb East green, short bar (difficult enough to procure unused in Africa, inclusive of a pair of the 2 anna imped, used the single copy), and four varieties of the palo blue — with Uganda, used and unused. Mr. M&ync had Gil, shown also in pairs; while in the Honduras also on view an effective mounting of Gibraltar, with one noted a pair of the Gd, orange and 1/- some of its later issues in pairs and strips. grey, two mint specimens of the 50 cents on It would be impossible to enumerate everything on )/- arid the 3 cent on 3d., 12 j perf. C .C .— this the walls, but special mention must be made of one iast stamp perhaps the piece de resistance of the m any of the most interesting features of the display: this gjod things shown by Baron de Worms, The Rev. H. was the exhibit in a couple of glassed frames of T. Fyffe, R.H. contributed several striking copies of forgeries of rare stamps, both modern and old [e.q. the first issue of India, with interesting specimens of Swiss Cantonals, &o ). These had beeu most kindly proofs, but reached high watermark in the very liand- sent by Messrs. Alfred Smith and Co., of Essi x -oine display of Sydney views that lie aiso sent in. Street, Strand, London, and distinctly formed one of i'ncse included a very fine plate of the Id. die ii , with the attractions of the day. clouds, of July 1850—the stamps being all in fine Lastly to the Executive Committee, which carried colour—along with several impressions of varying out the display, and in particular to Dr. Russel plates of the 2d. value ; all in fair condition. From Rendlc and Mr. H. W. Mayne, the thanks and con Major Stockdale, R E. came an exhibit of both quality gratulations of all prescut must bo heartily accorded and quantity, embracing Ceylon, Egypt, Persia, on the complete success of the Society’s gathering. Spain, France, Luxemborg (unused and complete), .Malta (unused), Gibraltar (unused) with copies in mint of the two early 1/-. Among some of his most coveted treasures were to be seen unused copies of the FISCAL STAMP COLLECTING. lOd, import. Geylon, and of the 9d., -3d., 5d. and 1/9 ■•tar issue of the same country. Indeed his Ceylous were very complete and fine, and included a number H E advance in this brauch of Philately during of the rare 2 cent surcharges on red lilac. Major the year 1898 was . hciioiueual. The study of Stockd&le’s French, which were also much admired, Revenue Stamps abroad has long been recog were those recently exhibited at Birmingham. An nised as a proinine t and can slit a. ;it part of Philately 30 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

but hitherto the British collector has looked upon the of shading in the neck are of about the same length ; humble but necessary Revenue Stamp with a feeling the eye-brow is rather fiat at the top. akin to contempt. Yet there is no valid reason for Forgery.— The colour is bright orange ; the o o f dos this. Fiscal Stamps are every bit as interesting as is round, there are five diagonal lines of shading at Postage Stamps, They offer a rich variety of design and the bottom of the bust; the lowest two lines of shape, are of earlier origin, have a more lengthy and shading, on the neck, are shorter than those above varied history and offer a far larger field for study. them ; the eye-brow is quite curved They certainly fail to provide the minute and in 6 Reales 1851. G enuine.— The colour is bright blue tricate variations of Postage Stamps, but this is or pale blue; the vertical lines of shading in tno band probably au advantageous failing, for it acts as a of hair are quite heavy and distinct; there are six check upon both the faker and the speculator. diagonal lines of shading at the bottom of the bust, Fiscal collecting is not the expensive pursuit that these lines are quite clear and easily counted; in the its twin hobby has become. Fiscal and Telegraph central pearl of the 2nd, 3rd, and 1th cluster of the stamps are now very cheap but the signs of the times jewels from the left there is a crescent shaped dash ; point to a decided increase in their popularity and a between the 2nd and 3rd cluster of jewels there is a natural advance in their value— ergo, now is the time pearl which is perfectly round. to collect if at all. Forgery.— The colour is dull blue ; the vertical lines It is abundantly clear, also, that a boom in the of shading in the band of hair are very light and telegraph stamps of Great Britain and other countries indistinct; the line3 of shading at the bottom of the is now commencing, and it will be such a boom as bust are so blurred and indistinct that they cannot be postage stamps have never experienced. Of course, oounted ; the crescent shaped dash in the central the telegraph stamps of our own couutry have always pearl in the 3rd and 4th cluster of jewels is so closo to been more or less earnestly collected and studied by the border as to form almost part of it; the pearl British Philatelists. The same thing is observable to between the 2nd and 3rd cluster of jewels is oval and a greater or less extent in most other countries em very flat at the top. ploying these stamps, but so far it has always been a 2 Cuartos 1854. Genuine—The vertical inner case of a man going in for the fiscals and telegraphs frame line on the right does not touch the horizontal of his own country only, but now this state of things line below CORREOS ; the vertical line dividing the is threatened with complete revolution, for fiscal upper half of the shield does not touch the horizontal collections are getting more far reaching every day. frame line at the top of the shield ; none of the The production of Mr. Morley’s album to which we vertical lines of shading in the upper left quarter of the alluded last month, is not a high-water mark by any shield touch the horizontal frame line above; the c of means, although it is the finest adjuoct to this branch cs in the lower label is perfectly straight; the c and o of philately yet attempted. When this album is of correos are close together. filled (aud, by the way, I am informed that the book Forgery —The vertical lower frame lino on the right will not bulge in that contingency, although one press touches the horizontal line below correos ; the vertical notice suggested the possibility) the fiscal collector line dividing the upper half of the shield almost will be asking for something further, and this some touches the horizontal line above it ; two or three of thing will no doubt come in good season. Anyhow, the vertical lines of shading in the upper left quarter for the present, we can only advise would-be collectors of the shield touch the horizontal frame line of the to get (ho album and try to fill it-an d for this there shield; the c of c* leans a trifle towards the right; is no time like the present. the c an d o of correos are not close together, 1 R eal 1854. Genuine.— The first jew el from the left in the band of the crown is the right half of a diamond the lower stroke of which is sometimes PHILATELIC FRAUDS. invisible, and the second is an open pearl; the vertical line dividing the upper half of the shield does not touch the horizontal frame line of the shield; the Co l l a t e d b y N o n -L e x . horizontal lino dividing the shield does not touch the frame on its right, and forms an angle with the first {All information and supposed forgeries may be sent vertical line of fa d in g in the lower right quarter of to Non-Lex. Doubtful stamps examined free. Return the shield; none of the vertical lines of shading in the upper left quarter of shield touch the horizontal postage must be sent.] line above; the end of the tail of the lion in the lower PAIN .—2 lteales 1851. Genuine.— The colour is left quarter of the shield is forked. red orange or pale orange; the o of dos is o v a l; Forgery.— The two jewels from the left in the band there are six diagonal lines of shading at the of the crown are merely dots; the vertioal line divid bottom of the bust, the twelve lower horizontal lines ing the upper half of the shield almost touches tha THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 31 horizontal line above it ; the horizontal tine dividing MIDLAND COUNTIESSTAMP EXCHANGE the shield touches the right frame of the shield ; some (Established 1SS 6). of the vertical lines of shading in the upper left quarter of the shield touch the horizontal frame line Hon. Secretary :— W . G . W a l t o n , Fentham Road, of the 6hic)d ; the end of the tail of the lion in the Birmingham. lower left quarter of the shield is not forked, The January packets were of excellent quality and the February should be even better. W ill all members please send a sheet upon seeing thie, providing they have not already done so. New memberj proposed this month are : A. E. Hudd (Bristol), G. Avyerinos SOCIETY REPORTS. (Constantinople), J. Carr (Newcastle), H V. Collins (Leicester), N. J. Heller (Penzance). New members BIRMINGHAM PHILATELIC SOCIETY. joining have the advantages of the Exchange free until July 1st. Good references are indispensable. Rules, &c., from the secretary. Honorary President:— W . B. A v e r y , E sq , Su b u rb an E x c h a n g e C l u b .— O w ing to the holidays President[:— W . T . W il s o n , E sq . | fewer sheets were received lor the December packets Vice-Presidents It. H o l i.ic k , E s q .; W . P im m , E sq. which contained 189 sheets and wore put into circula Committee Mr. H. It. B f.w l a y ; M r. P . T. D e a k in ; 1 tion on December 28th, All July accounts have been duly balanced. The members enrolled during the past M r. W . F. W adams ; Mr. T. W. P ec k ; M r. C. A. month include : Miss D'Albiac (Brighton), I. Cohen St e p h e n s o n ; M r, W . S. V a u g h t o n . (Tangier), F. Phillips (Westgate), W . Crothers (Guild Hon. Secretary and T reasurer M r . G. J o h n so n , ford); Miss Poynter (London) and F. Boone (New B.A., 208, Birchfield Hoad, Birmingham. m arket). Non-contributors wishing to see packets are requested to notify the Secretary as no supplementary rounds will be sent out in future. Secretary, H. A. December 1st, 1S'J8, The following were unani Slade, Inglcsidc, St. Albans. mously elected members: Messrs, J. J. Smith, A. H. T h e B r is t o l a n i> C l if t o n Ph il a t e l ic So c ie t y . Stamford, W. K. Lake and J. N. Keynes ; on Dec. — The third general meeting of this Society was held 15th the following: Messrs. R. Plant, Vittorio Durani, on Jai uuiy 5th when the following office-bearers and A. W. Chnytor, J. B. Brcvcort, G D. Welding, E, committeemen were duly elected for the present year : Heginbottom, H. de Lacey Ahearne. Monsieur Jules President, Mr. J. P. Lloyd ; vice-president, Mr. F. F; Bernichon was unanimously elected a honorary Ellison ; hon. sec. and treasurer, Mr. R. Daltou; hoti. member of the society. librarian, Mr. T. C. Cartwright; hon. exchange packet A report of the exhibition was presented showing secretary, Mr. J. P. W ay: committee: Messrs. A. that tbc total cost to the society was about £24. This < Bird, N. G. Heaven, D. H. McPherson and J. II. would be borne entirely by the funds and nothing { Reynolds The programme for the season was would be accepted from private members. It was felt arranged commencing with the “ Mauritius ” on that as dealers and collectors in all parts of the world | January 19th, when a general wish was expressed that were most enthusiastically supporting the society it the society had a townsman like Mr. W . B. Avery to in turn should do something for philately. The show us an oid “ Post Office." Air. Cartwright then exhibition had been most successful, over 700 seeing alluded to his connection nearly fifty years ago with a it during the two days and a half it was open, and we movement for the promotion of ocean penny postage ; feel sure that it will have a marked and permanent and a congratulatory resolution to Mr. Henniker effect. It w as decided to send artistically arranged Heaton was adopted at the meeting. votes of thanks to all exhibitors as a memento of a H e rts P h il a t e l ic So c ie t y .— At a general meeting very pleasant and successful exhibition. held at Anderton’s Hotel, Fleet Street, E.C., eti January 19th, 1899. The following were unani January 3rd it was resolved that a room for meeting mously elected members: Mrs. Tillotson, Messrs. A. be reserved at Anderton’s for the remainder of the G Farrar, A. D. Arter and H. H. Buijs. season. The following were proposed and elected as members : Rev. Dr. Chetwynd-Atkinson ilife-member), Votes of thanks were given to Messrs. H. Fcrrier F. R. Ginn, G. C. Ginn and J. \V. Jones. At tl e Kerr,Bright and Sons, Gclli and Tani for plantations termination of business, Mr. C. Forbes gave a reading to the library. on Persian stamps and a display of his practically It was also decided to purchase Pliilbricks and complete collection of the stamps of that neglected Westoby's Stamps of Great Britain (new edition); country. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Postage Stamps of India: and the Indian Philatelist. Mr. Forbes for bis entertainment. Si THK PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVKRilSER,

NOTICES. A . M o n t e it h & C o.’s L a t e s t N o v e l t y ,— This firm were the pioneers of the ruled approval sheets and books and they have lately re-edited both. There is B r it is h St a m p D ir e c t o r y .— The first sheets are not much difference in the approval sheet which I rinted < ff, but the work has to be done carefully and preserves its pristine excellence, but the book, made of systematically in order to prevent error, and we do a convenient size for the ordinary envelope, is now not anticipate publishing until the beginning of printed on bank paper and has the usual instructions February. We can accept advertisements for the as to time allowed, marking book, mode of remittance, later pages of the book for another week. The names &c., in English, French and Gorman. This innovation in the new edition, carefully selected and checked by should be most welcome to dealers who have a foreign Mr. Fredk. Wickhart and re-checkcd l>y our own staff, connection, and we have no hesitation tn recommend will probably be 50 per cent more numerous than in ing the books, while the sheets are of equal excellence. our last edition. The principal improvements in this edition are:— (1) Names of dealers ere eliminated from among the collectors. (2) Names of collectors CANADA WHOLESALE. are vastly increased. (3) Names arc in strictly The following prices are for stamps in good condition and lightly alphabetical order so that reference is made quite cancelled. per iz ioo simple. Advertisements can be sent in until February per per 100 per tooo s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 5th, and copies ordered will be supplied in rotation. 3d. beaver ... 12 ic...... 1 o 50. 8 o 2G. t 6 T h e Ju n io r St a m p Co lle c to r — With tho Dec. 3c. large red ... 2 o 3C...... o g 7 0 issue, this magazine completed its second volume. Jubilee Issue ICumrral Issue. 1898: Time was when the J.S.C. came in about 8-page lots 4c. n e w ...... to o $c., 6c,, 8c., ic...... — times change, and the December number possesses equally mixed... 4 6 2C...... | ic. some 56 pages of which a third contain advertise 3C...... I *c...... ments. As the pioneer of junior philately the 6c. new ...... 24 o 3«...... magazine has done and is doing a wonderful amount 8c. 10 o Imperial Penny Sets Jc to 30c. Post Stamp, an. 9 o of geed to the hobby and we wish it every success. new...... 84 o 1st, 2nd. & 3rd We have seen in previous numbers the really M aple I.eaj Issue. 189$: issue of Canada humourous lucubrations of the “ Office Boy ” and wo Jc., 6c , 8c. Post Cards, cut equally mixed to square, or whole 6 o 40 0 Tegret greatly to learn that the author, Mr. Frank C. EXCHANGE.— For every 5 and me. Canada of any issue (except Harris, has been obliged to see another climate in the jubilee) sent me, 1 will send in exchange six Jc- and three tc. effort to re-establish his health. sc. and 3c. G001I foreign exchange wanted: do not send less than 500 Orders under 4/- are respectively declined. T he Philatelic Album___W c have seen a copy of R. S. MASON, HAMILTON. CANADA. tfn this album, published by Mr. E. D. Johnson, Gough Rond. Lirniingh&in, and have no hesitation in recom mending it to collectors who require a cheap, and yet APPROVAL BOOKS handsome book for tbeir stamps. The loaves are O F F I N E ruled to take five lines of stamps and have au ornamental tablet for name at the top- otherwise the album is perfectly blank. It is very well and neatly BRITISH COLONIALS, UNITED STATES bound in imitation leather with go’d lettering and lining and costs 2/6 post free. [The album may be EUROPEANS, to., ordered through the Philatelic Publishing Co., 2/6 post fret.] MEDIUM AND HABE AT T h e Sta nd ar d Ca t a l o o u e .— The idea of a fully- 25 Per Cent to 75 Per cent discount off iilnstratrd standard catalogue has long been popular Catalogue Prices. with philatelists and now looks like being un fait accompli. Messrs. Whitfield King & Co. annouficc a Our Books are arranged in catalogue order, each catalogue which will be minus all troublesome minor stamp is a perfect copy, and guaranteed genuine. varieties and yet list every Government :ssue. They GIVE OUR BOOKS A TRIAL. promise to give the correct value of every stamp listed, without pretending to have them for sale— thus References required from collectors unknown to us. securing an independent and competent valuation. Oniy adhesive stamps will be included. The book will' he ready about February 20th, and may be G. FO R B E S & Co., ordered from the Philatelic Publishing Co., Fentham 56, Antill Road, Bow, LONDON, E. Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, or Messrs. Whitfield K in g & Co., price 1/3 post free. Note Our New Address. dtfn THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

Two hundred thousand is a big figure, but - POSTAGE - it represents the number of circulars, price lists, club rules, and handbills circulated by means of The Advertiser during the last twelve STAMP ALBUMS months at io/- per thousand. The postage ALL BNGlal&H MAKE. on 1,000 circulars at |d. each is £2 is. 8d. If 'they are sent out with The Advertiser These Albums have been carefully compiled, and have j£ i n s . 8d.^is saved, or 75% of the postage. met with great success. They are revised at frequent It may be argued that circulars distributed in intervals, thus keeping them up to date. They are of E nglish Manufacture, being well-printed on good this way are not so efficacious as those sent paper, thoroughly well guarded, illustrated and strongly separately, but this is open to question— at any Hound, and all editions will be found to be useful, rate the difference is not represented by 75%. practical books. To print circulars about note-paper size The Victorian Stamp Album, price 6d— Strongly bound in fancy boards. 80 pages, iuoluding runs from 7/- to 12/- per page for a thousand, illustrations, with space for about 1,500 varieties. Sent according to the work on a page— at these by_ post to anv address, securely packed, 2d. extra. prices they are done well, and the P h il a t e l ic The Rowland Hill Stamp Album, price Is.— 120 pages illustrated, bound in cloth, coloured ink P u b l is h in g C om pan y are prepared to print ornaments, with space for about 3,000 varieties. By and advantageously circulate to any extent. post, securely packed, to any address, 3d. extra. That the system pays is proved by the fact The World Postage Stamp Album, crown 4 to, that the same people send circulars for 128 jtages, with illustrations of rare and obsolete stamps. distribution again and again. No. 1— Cloth boards, ink lettering and ornaments, 1/6. No. 2— Extra cloth, half-bound style, gilt lettering back 8EHD OUT TOUR CIRCULARS WITH “ THE ADVERTISER.” and sides, 2/6. Space is provided in these albums for N E X T I S S U E J an u a ry 14th. over 3,000 varieties. B y post, securely packed, to any address, 4d. extra. Messrs. OSTARA & DARLOW The Queen Postage Stamp Album, contains 256 pages, well guarded, and is handsomely bound in cloth, Beg to announce that with coloured ornaments and gilt lettering. Useful hints on collecting are included, and a valuable map of Their Fifth Manchester Auction the British Empire inserted as a frontispiece. Sjiace is WILL BE HELD AT THE provided for upwards of 7,000 varieties. Price 3/6., or post free to any address, 5d. extra. Grand Hotel, The Empire Postage Stamp Album, contains os 272 pages, printed on extra thick paper, and six valuable WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, maps. Space is provided for upwards of 8,000 varieties. Sent to any address, securely packed, 5d. extra. No. I F ebruary 8th and 9th, At 6.30 o'clock in the eveuing. The stamps will boon view and — In neat extra cloth binding, sprinkled edges, with catalogues may be obtained on the ist and and February, at 3, gilt letterings and ornaments back and rides, price 5/— Livery Street, Birmingham ; on 3rd and 4th February at 49, No. 2— Strongly half-bound, leather backs ana corners, Rensbaw Street, Liverpool; on oth and 7th February, at 18. cloth sides, gilt edges and gold letterings, packed in a Piccadilly, Manchester. neat box, price 7/6- No. 3— Handsomely bound in II you want to dispose of your Stamps, send them to os, we 4 send you cash within eight days. I French Morocco, gilt edges, gold letterings, with strong In consequence of circumstances, over which we have no expanding clasp, packed in neat box, price 10/6- control, all Our hitherto advertised sale dates are cancelled. The Blank Album or Collecting Book.—70 0 ' Future sales will be held in Manchester on January 4th, pages, best heavy paper, guards throaghont, faintly February 8th, and March 151b. ruled on one side. This useful book saves expensive albums, and allows collectors to arrange their stamps at A li enquiries to be addressed discretion. Price 3/-, post free. OSTARA & DARLOW, A d d r b s :— gncftonesrj, THE PHILATELIC PUBLISHING CO, 18, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER. Feathsm Road. Handnwortb, Blrntnfbam. In answering Advertisements please mention “ Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser. u TH FMI 1 f.ATELIC r,t\ K AND AH'' f*‘» JSr: H

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1 -..nssn St a > r finiKtrorv. The fl-i ale. books and tlirv he\•; iaidy rcchiird ii.-vli. Tlieii. j: [ >• ii-math-rilly in ouin to pew m error. anil we do i n. servos its piihiii.e excellent .. l.ni t.iio In .ok. made r. I i f.I i tic I[ nLo publishing tim il flip i r«inninit i-f r. convenient size f. r »h» ordinary cnvoic-e. now Fee c an We pan accept advertisement* Jhe printed on hank paj re and has the usual instMicticn? lute" rages •. t the book for Knottier w. ok. H ie new- - as to t-hneallowed, marking I wok, nioiif of ren:iuait denier-; w ho have a forrie,. w ill probably be f>0 per cent itu rt- m mcroe: tlini’.in connect ion. and iu: l-.vu- nohc’iiiatioi' ;n recommend our ls«t edition. The principal iinprovomcius in this i’..p the hr i.ks, while tin sheet ■ are of eoitft! e-vceiler-ea. er.i:' a u -: (1 N am e* of denier- r>.- •.•iiiiiinalMl (ion. unions; the collectors;. (21 Xiums •••*' ■ iieclnrs CANADA WJTOr.E5ALEl. art ' :-t:v increased. (3> Nome.. 11-.• in strictly The lollcm li-1 is iiipd-. rjuiie C4I1C!-!I..!. i until Fvhniiiry |s * in |" r ioi> i'fi ico pi-r iof 5. ll. 5. tf S. (1. s. i in ioM.ti..'ii. )tl U-iiPi J 2 ft TC. 5C. To •ll'MOr 'tamu CciM.t'rren With me tier. ',c. bry ri-'l this magazine completed its s mud 111 mn . />:« . a.k fssi-v. i igS Tin . n a> w hen the J.S.C. ranu Ii d < . -■■■ i» ■- Ac now *c.. — t ; ■> r-hiinpe. and the Pemnhev 1C. •I G UP'her lips -e-M s O <5 k >V- • rr, prgpJ ol wliieli a third . nPiii- n.. .-i-i fi.-f - r ■ A- the pioneer of iuni ' lz lit V ’ ■ j;.iiKf.:' F- mat.- h. - chit e and is doif; a v n,-Ji-r*« . Hi*': ;uu r>' 1- *r- toe. !’•••: StitJ'.’-. *‘t of g. ' : ;! e hobby and we wish l Hvcr\ -lav-tM-. v\- : w- ;f.;n mi previous tillin' * i 1 ; •i: (‘pit < 1 rt. ■ - A ■ 'net ’ rations >f the ••(‘tin- I i,\ ic.. C.:. sc. F-'-i CitvU. .* teg- i io learn that the am In Mr t .|i. ii.;s. r •..-r v.in •1“ A V. llAXCK.- Itr.'-n i r ( arm i * * f t'» Is*:;- vrc] lh : i’te- obliged to >ce an. ;! . p'b Ii,.. v : s | 1 V j a'lij i: ft?, i i •e-t'stablislt h.is health. 2C. atilt ar 4i Icicijin . _ .... j-Ncbai. o*. not‘•'•ini !•• llunr Ordtf utuirt ; •ife IT '*i\*-! .• r('|U!r.- . oil. A P P R O 'v i s R Ills v A v. - !'•». S I u ... : ■■ book f r thill- slain jo. Th, 1 I U: t:: lake li\.' '.i.ie- of sturm ■ i in:: ■ ml tables lor i.iime at the l «• aib: ■. : | ertc.■ t'y blank It is very v. I1 !1»• ft 0'At. - BSPIi-H CfcLOHPLSj UKfTEB STATES i.oi . in imiiaion leather wiih ™ ii hi •I UR .»l:ll iit.l., .ii 0 ctsis 'J.C pistfie*.. '’! 1 ■ - -'ii : 1"::'. Ii: m m i m i , h . , < 111 : .:i tlir 1 s.h tile Philatelic l*>:h.- h i 1' 's: ir. . 'i .i.vi > !■ I r: r a t Tu sT\' l'AI:!) CATALCOt K.. Tile ide: i ;t t\i\ 25 *'ef Cent to V5 Pm1 cost iSisoount off i .* siiai- d standard eataioguc iuis lon« .. r Cj-.talc-t'h'i Prices. 'sill i.i.ilatcli'ts and now looks Jibt- i e n tt i t • i f f . - , - ... Messrs. Whiific'i! King .t f . . iunou?:ec .« (.'in Look- aiv arra)itr*-d in i*ata:ogne order, caul *'atu , gnr whieh will bo minus aii tr-.i id. -..m. inii r -lamp is a perf-.ci oopv, and rt-a-. ■ ,/ .j. ir.ti'.u, 'a r iit n • .it.ti yet list m i ; , (foiwinw, t m ., u . iln y g i v k o u t: p.ooKs-: > ritl.M.. t;r< i- ..._ i;, give the correct \ali.c ol overv stamp list- . without pretending to have then for >? rs Whir tit Id K i r i i i i pri'-o 1/j post free. Aofr Ow AYi- difii,• dtf- THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 7.

Two hundred thousand is a big figure, but - POSTAGE - -t represents the number of circulars, price lists, club rules, and handbills circulated by means of The Advertiser during the last twelve STAMP ALBUMS nonths at 10 - per thousand. The postage ALL ENGLISH MAKE. on 1,000 circulars at Id. each is £z is. 8d. If they are sent out with The Advertiser These Alliums have been carefully compiled, and have 1 is. Sd.^is saved, or 75% of the postage. mcr with great success. They are revised at lVe.|Uent intervals, rims keeping them up to date. They an- o f It may be argued that circulars distributed in E vc-i.i- h M ASXKAi.TCItK, being nvl]-print‘.d "ll good this way are not so efficacious as those sent paper. thoroughly well guarded, illustrated and strongly separately, but this is open to question— at any j round, and all editions will lie found t>> hr useful, rale the difference is not represented by 75%. ( practical hunks. The Victorian Stamp Album, price 6d — I'o print circulars about note-paper size ■Suouglv bound in fancy boards, so pages, including runs from 7, - to 12 - per page for a thousand, illustrations. " ill, spare fur about l.oOO vm-ieries. Sent tccording to the work on a page— at these l>\ pnsl m any address, securely parked, 2 d. -Mia. orices they are done well, and the I’hii.atki.ic T h e Rowland H ill Stamp Album, price Is.— 120 pages illustrated, bniind in cloth, coloured ink ompany T fBLisiiiNG C are prepared to print | ornament', with space lor ahonf H.PDU varieties. Hy and advantageously circulate to any extent. pnst. securely parked, to any address, -‘Id. extra. That the system pays is proved by the fact The W orld Postage Stamp Album ■Town itn, ;hat the same people send circulars for 12S pages, with illiistraT.ioiis.il rare and obsolete stamps. ii-uribution again and again. No. 1— ( loth hoards, ink lettering and ornament*. 1/6. No. 2 — Km in cloth, half-hound style, gilt lettering hack SEND OUT YOUR CIRCULARS WITH “ THE ADVERTISER." ami sides. 2 6. Space is provided in the., alliums lor ,\f:\T ISSUE January 14th. over 3 ,» 0 U varieties. By post, securely pa. kt-d, tr any address, id. extra. The Queen Postage Stamp Albion, e,.mains g;>6 Messrs. OSTARA & DARLOW pages, well guanled, ami is handsomely bound iu cloth, Beg to announce that with coloured ornaments ami gilt lettering. I’seful hints on eulhrting arc included, and a valuable map of Their Fifth Manchester Auction tlic British Kin pi re inserted as a frontispiece. Sjsiou is WILL BK HELD AT THE provided for upwards o f 7.000 varieties. P r ic e 3 .6 ., or post free to any address, f>d. extra. O r a n d The Empire Postage Stamp Album, cmiraius ON 2 7 2 purges, printed on extra thick paper, and six valuable maps. Spore is provided for upwards- o f s.i.'OO varieties. WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, Sent in any address, securely parked, ."id. • xtra. No. I F e u k l a k y 8th and !)th. — In Ileal i-xlrn ,-loth himlitig, sprinkled edges, with \t 6.30 o’clock in the eveuing. The stamps wilt be on view and | catalogues may be obtained oil the island 2nd February, at 5, gilt letterings and ornaments hark ami -Id,-, p ric e 5 -- '..very Street, Birmingham ; on 3rd ami 4th February at 49. No. 2 -Strongly half-bound, leather backs and corners, ketishaw Street, Liverpool ; on 6th and 71b February, at 18, • loth sides, gilt edges ami gold letterings, parked in a Piccadilly, Manchester. neat Ihi.x. p ric e 7 6- No. It Handsomely hound In ,\ you want to dispose of your Stamps, send them to us, we Kreiu li Morocco, g ilt edges, gold letterings, with strong .•ml you cash within eight days. expanding .-lisp, packed in neat box, p ric e 10/6. In consequence of circumstances, over which we have no : anrol. all our hitherto advertised sale dates are cancelled. The Blank Album or Collecting Book.—<0 Future sales will be held in Manchester on January 41I1. pages, best, heavy |>ajier, guards throughout, faintly vbruary 8th, and March 15th. ruled on one side. ’Ibis useful hook saves e.vjiriisivc; albums, and allows collectors to arrange their stamps at i U enquiries to be ailtlrcssed :— discretion. Price 3 /-, post free. OSTARA & DARLOW, A d d k Kss :— ^ tu tu p A it c I icm ccfsc, THE PHILATELIC PUBLISHING CO, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER. Fentham Road, Hand9worth, Birmingham In answering Advertisements please mention “ Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser. vi. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

a l l D E A L E R S should see our 12pp. Wholesale List of used and unused Stamps, Cheap Sets, Variety Packets, Mounts, Continentals, and Stamp Albums. Post free on receipt of business card or memorandum. EVERY COLLECTOR should possess our 68 pp Retail List. (“ The neatest and most interesting we have seen this year, bar none.”—Philatelic Chronicle.) Full of bargains in Sets, Packets, Albums, and single Stamps. Gratis and post free on application. WE ARE BUYERS. at all times, of large Wholesale Stocks, Remainders, itc., &c., to any am ount, at low prices, FOR PROMPT CASH ONLY. in ERRI^TON^M A RTIN. SOUTH HACKNEY, LONDON, N.E.

U S. OMAHA EXPOSITION STAMPS. JF* YOU W ANT TO lit Y- STAMPS and save money, Jf SMALL quantity of above for sale, unused, in perfect con- JF YOU WANT TO SKI.l. STAMPS and make money, “ • dition at very low rates. Send postcard for prices. A Stand chance for small dealers. o JF' YOU WANT TO EXCHANGE STAMPS and do both, BERNARD RYDE, Sneinton Dale. Nottingham. JF' YOU WANT TO BE THOROUGHLY UP TO DATE

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No. in set. Price. C anada. 1897, maple leaves. Jc. 10 ioc., obsolete 8 '/4 A u s tr ia , 185064 2 4(1 Provisional Issue by | ,, 1867 (head) including 25k. ... -id ,. 1881-91 2 3d the British Authorities, ^ B a v a ria . 184968 7 5d „ 1876-81, including imk. 7 4d as described and illustra- T „ 1S88-91 .. 25 and 50 pf 8 ul l .. 1S70 ., iSkr. 6 unused 3d ted in the January B elg iu m , 1S51-65 ioc and ioc. wink 6 6d „ 1869-04 19 5d MONTHLY CIRCULAR. | ., 1879-80. Parcel Stamps 6 id B u lg a ria , 1882-86, including 30 and josi. >1 I. 1889-93 9 D en m a rk . 1833-85 » 3d T F ra n ce, 1853-67 (Emperor)... 12 4(1 „ 1870 (Liberty) 10 ,. 1876-92 (Commerce) *7 id 10 paras, blue > Price 7d. post free. North German Conf., 1868. including 75c. A 20 paras, green > ifc., ft, 1. 2, 5 ruu., 4, *, i, 2. J perf. and ofheial 11 3d German Empire, 1872. large and small eagle 7 Id ,, *875, complete ... 1 j 4d „ 2889, including 25pp. 6 ■ d G reece, various issues 12 4d F in la n d , 1875, perl. 11 and tzl. 3d ALFRED SMITH & SON, ,. 1883-91, including 2 links. ... 6d H olland, 1869,75. Arms and King's bead Sd „ 1877. rigs, and Queen's bead 5(1 H u n ga ry , 1881-91 11 id 37 4 s S „ d Es^ c . slr“ *' LO NDO N. Ita ly , 1862 91 5d ftoum&nia, various issue. 4d R u ssia 12 3d P o r tu g a l, 1880-92. all obsolete 9 id S a x o n y, 1863 5 unused 3d WANTED S e r v ia , various 6 id Switzerland, 1862-82 16 4d S w ed en . Obicial. 1874 4d T u rk e y . 1S92 ... 1 2d „ (Kustendjie) 5 *j RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS W u r t e m bu rg , 1875-93 12 3d In d ia , various ... to 3d Japan. 1876-92, no lisr^is ... 12 4d L a b u a n . 1895. ic.. -c. and 3c. 3 unused .,d USED OK UNUSED. . . . ,. ., IS. CO 24c. ... •j unuscdi/ii C ape 1884-9C, Anchor, all obsolete 6c! . . . COMMON OK RAKE. Mauritius. 1879-94. all obsolete II 8d Transvaal, 1885m, all obsolete 8 6d Singly or in large quantities. Approval Books for General Collectors at Low Prices; Grand Variety. High Prices paid (many stamps are 11cm worth £5 to /to each). Prompt replie- APPLY— 0*o, &c. W. B. KIRKPATRICK, CLOSEBURN, H. L’ESTRANGE EWEN, BOURNEMOUTH, , 32c, PALACE SQUARE, NORWOOD, S.E

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The countries are arranged in strictly alphabetical order, and everv known Government postage stamp issued to [anuary, 1S99, is included.

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P A R T I. A prominent improvement throughout this A O U READY. Edition of the Catalogue is the insertion of Stamps of the British Empire. copious notes on “Reprints" by Mr. E. D. Bacon Price 2-, or post-free 2 3. A special feature in PART I. is the full ami P A R T II. hi population. IVill be rerdy about I F.PRI A fiV. complete Illustration of the Stamps of Great Stamps of Foreign Countries. Britain, which, under the new regulations, we are now able to use for the first time for many Price 2 or post-free 2 3. years. W ill consist of the Adhesive Stamps of all countries other than the British Umpire, hut irilhout any Local Stain/* The important feature of the PRICES P A R T III. has received our most careful attention, Plus Part w ill be reath about M A R C H , isWf. and we fully believe that the present The Local Postage Stamps Catalogue reflects the current Market —----- of the World. Values as we go to press. Price 1/.. or post-free 1 3. This Part is a distinctly “ new departure,'' but wc venture to think that, owing to the great demand we Bright’s A.B.C. Catalogue. have for Local stamps of all kinds, and to the iiiikd publication of special albums for their collection, the Fully illustrated, in O.nk Vor.cMi;, now rcadv. ft • issue of this Catalogue will !>c fully justified. free, 2/6. further, the Collector of Government Postage Stamps will no longer tind P arts 1 and I I of the Catalogue burdened with over 100 pages of Stamps in The UNIVERSAL STANDARD CATALOGUE. which he takes no interest. 2,000 Illustrations. Every important variety P A R T IV listed such as watermarks, hut unimportant err..t Tins Part will be ready about A PR IL. IkW*. non-government issues and minute difference:. a> Envelopes and Post Cards. entirely eliminated, thus providing a simple and Price 1/-, or post-free 1/3. comprehensive general catalogue. Rveiy slavtr This Part will be similar to P a r t III of last Edition, }»tced. R e a d y in F e b r u a r y Orders and will, as far as possible, show correct prices for Envelopes and Wrappers, used and unused, both booked. entire and cut square, and for Post Cards, both used Post free, price 1/3. and unused. PHILATELIC PUBLISHING CO., Fentham Rd., Wandsworth, Birmingham

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l ■ ■■■ : ' .latent Chrome!,- is sent to all the members of the Philatelic Chronicle <§f Kclveptigep 1 Birmingham Philatelic Society and Midland Counties ,1 V/> PHILATELIC Tint Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journal of these P l' hlishi n Mox'nii.v. Societies. Combined membership over 400. S ubscription . 1/G per A n k 'Jv.. Subscriptions commence with current numbc -'Ill; Fiench l-m-i. ty uf Timhroio"y has Lack numbers of Vols. 1,11,111, 1V, V. V I & V II, Gd. [ Specimen, Id. Odd numbers of Yol. VTIT, :id. each, petitioned ihe I ’nder Secretary ol I!«ck Nns. of the Advertiser 2/G, for 1.2. 3. •}. 5. and Mails and Telegraphs of the Uipuhlic II. and 3d. eaeli all others. tit Fi.ince to re-prim upon the occasion of ADVERTISEMENTS. the v>th annivev-arv of ihe introduction ol 2 6 per inch. Limit., Q Lines to the inch. Liberal discount for a series. piwiat'i- r-uunp-. in France the set of i-S.pi. Lmisod l-'.nfjii Slanips accepted in payment to with the lie.nl ot LiLortv and lo pm these .liiy amount. siamps inio iircuimion lor a period of ihre< Short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 21 words tor Sixpence, three insertions at the price of two. or six months. 1 h, Se stamps are very Tht Aiivemuer is t he hest medium for short Advertise hand.-Hine, anil it is thought that n would not ments of wants and offers, published Semi-Monthly. Subscriptions mid advertisements must he prepaid. harm philatelii interest- in the lea-t to havt- Halfpenny Stamps should always be sent in prefer tlic early set reprinted nowadays. In the ■ nee to those of any other value. Money from abroad must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts lirsi place ihe new set would, ol course, he under 2 ■ may bo sent by unused stamps, higher pn formed, while the old stamps were cm values, nl current rate of exchange. Unused 1.3. and Canadian high values accepted at face from the sheet, and for further protection value. Postal and Money Orders payable at against frauds, it i- -ted that water b it ton Road, .Lsfiut. 'narked paper he employed, showing, foi Liberal discount for a series of Advertisements, You 1, 11, III, IV,V, or VI, bnd. doth gilt, Post-free G/- instance, the entwined dates iSjo-1 * ik, upon Vol. L IT , 111,1V, \ , VI,nmy be obtained U nbound 5j- ■ ■.a h stam p. YuU V II , Uot'NI), 3 • : UNBOUND, .. 2/- Communicatious must be addressed to T he Ph ii.atk i.ic Chronicle and Ad ver tise r." Fontlnun Hoad, Handswortb, Dirminghitm. A ll Articles are Copyright. CHRONICLE, A gents leant,'d in every Town. 'Terms oil application. /p'ANAUA. The 2 out stamp will haw io bo New Subscriptions to the “ Advertiser" are changed iii coiour from purple to ted. ami the '! entitled to one short Advertisem ent. Sub cent -tamp wiil become obsolete. The Post- scription 6d. for ir issues, post-free. um-itor h-ncri-.l unnomuv, that a I is nt stamp, t i prepay d -wide cue letters. is being prepared. All communications for the nc-xt issue should reach CKVi.O N. Messrs. Turnei4 ami Co., Haddington, us by the T enth o r th e M onth at latest. We cannot send ns im'.-nnatii-n about tho now Jmpoiial penny guarantee insertion if received after that date. stamp, wliieli is made by imprinting six cents on the IGc. in one line. Mr. \V. F. J'»ick also informed us nf 1'khucaky 2bTH, 1399. this provisional. tic. mi 15 i'i’ ihs, olive. FR A X C F. It i- stated timt the French postage editorial 33 slumps Ole t<> ho modi tied so as in be issued in three Chronicle ...... 33 types. The first wiil he for new-papers only, the Revised List ot the Early Issue of Peru .34 The Postman's Knoclr, Motes on English Stamps . . 37 second for ordinary use on inland and foreign letters, The U. . Periodica Siamps; Messes. Williams & Co., and the third type lor heavy loiters, regi-tered letters, l..m a; New W orld B u d g e t...... 38 money letters, Ac. The throe types have not yet i>ceu Pin atedc Frauds ...... 39 Notices ...... 39 chosen. What is mainly desired by getting three Becitty Reports ...... 40 didcrcnt designs fei the one series of postage stamps THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISE**. I W~THE 1899 CATALOGUES. GIBBONS’ will be in FOUR PARTS, each forming a separate Volume. These Volumes will be arranged and published in the same order as the corresponding volumes of the IM P E R IA L ALB U M , although it must be understood that the numbers in the Catalogue do not, in most cases, correspond with those in the Album.

P A R T I. A prominent improvement throughout this NOW READY. Edition of the Catalogue is the insertion of Stamps of the British Empire. copious notes on “Reprints" by Mr. E. D. Bacon. Price 2/-, or post-free 2/3. A special feature in PART I. is the full and P A R T II. In pttparation. W ill be rerdy about F E B R U A R Y , 1899. complete Illustration of the Stamps of Great Stamps of Foreign Countries. Britain, which, under the new regulations, we are now able to use for the first time for many Price 2/-, or post-free 2/3. years- W ill consist of the Adhesive Stamps of all countries other than the British Empire, but without any Local Stamps. The important feature of the PRICES P A R T I I I has received our most careful attention, This Fart teill be ready about M ARCH , 1899. and we fully believe that the present The Local Postage Stamps Catalogue reflects the current Market ------of the WoMd. Values as we go to press. Price 1/., or post-free 1/3. This Part is a distinctly “ new departure,” but we venture to think that, owing to the great demand we Bright’s A.B.C. Catalogue. have for Local stampB of all kinds, and to the THIRD EDITION. publication of special albums for their collection, the Fully illustrated, in On e V o l u m e , now ready. Post issue of this Catalogue will be fully justified. free, 2/6. Further, the Collector of Government Postage Stamps will no longer find P abts I and I I of the Catalogue burdened with over 100 pages of Stamps in The UNIVERSAL STANDARD CATALOGUE. whioh he takes no interest. 2,000 Illustrations. Every important variety is P A R T IV . listed such as watermarks, but unimportant errors> This Part ip ill be ready about A P R IL , 1899, non-government issues and minute differences are Envelopes and Post Cards. entirely eliminated, thus providing a simple and yet Price or post-free 1/3. II; comprehensive general catalogue. Every stamp is This Fart w ill be similar to P a s t III of laBt Edition, priced. Ready in February. Orders now and will, as far ae possible, show correct prices for Envelopes and Wrappers, used and unused,- both booked. entire and cut square, and for Post Cards, both used and unused. Post free, price 1/3. PHILATELIC PUBLISHING CO., Fentham Rd., Handsworth, Birmingham.

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The Philatelic Chronicle is sent to all the members o f ths Philatelic Chronicle & Kclvepti^ep Birmingham Philatelic Society and Midland Counties AND PHILATELIC TIME Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journal o f theso P u b l is h e d M o n t h l y . Societies, Combined membership over 100. Subscription, 1/6 per A n K'Jm. Subscriptions commence with current numbe H E French Society of Timbrology has Back numbers of Vols, I, II,III, IV ,V ,V I &VII,6d. Specimen, Id. Odd numbers of Vol. V III, 3d. each. petitioned the Under-Secretary of Back Nos. of the Advertiser 2/6, for 1,2, 8,4, 5, and Mails and Telegraphs of the Republic 11, and 3d. each all others. of France to reprint upon the occasion of ADVERTISEMENTS. . , the 50th anniversary of the introduction of 2/6 per Inch. Limit, 8 Lines to the inch. Liberal discount for a series. postage stamps in France the set of 1849, Unused English Stamps accepted in payment to with the head of Liberty and to put these any amount. stamps into circulation for a period of three Short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 24 words for Sixpence, three insertions at the price of two. or six months. These stamps are very The Advertiser is the best medium for short Advertise handsome, and it is thought that it would not ments of wants and offers, published Semi-Monthly. Subscriptions and advertisements must be prepaid. harm philatelic interests in the least to have Halfpenny Stamps should always be sent in prefer the early set reprinted nowadays. In the ence to those of any other value. Money from abroad must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts first place the new set would, of course, be under 2 - may be sent by unused stamps, higher perforated, while the old stamps were cut values, at ourrent rate of exchange. Unused from the sheet, and for further protection U.S. and Canadian high values accepted at face value. Postal and Money Orders payable at against frauds, it is suggested that water Witton Road, Aston. marked paper be employed, showing, for Liberal discount for a series of Advertisements. V o l . I, II, I I I , IV ,V , or V I, bnd. cloth gilt, Post-free 6/- instance, the entwined dates 1849-1899 upon V o l . I, II, III, IV, V, VI,may be obtained U n b o u n d 5/- each stamp. Vo l. V II., B o u n d , 3/-: U n b o u n d , .. 2/- Communications must be addressed to T h e P h il a t e l ic C h r o n ic l e a n d A d v e r t is e r , ” Fontham Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. CHRONICLE, All Articles are Copyright. Agents wanted in every Town. Terms on application. AN ADA.—The 2 cent stamp will have to be New Subscriptions to the “ Advertiser” are changed in colour from purple to red, and the 3 entitled to one short Advertisem ent. Sub cent stamp will become obsolete. The Post scription 6d. for is issues, post-free. master General announces that a 4 cent stamp, to prepay double rate letters, is being prepared. All communications for the next issue should reach C E Y L O N ,— Messrs. Turner and Co., Haddington, us by the T e n t h o p t h e M o n t h at latest. We cannot send us information about the new Impecial penny guarantee insertion if received after that date. stamp, which is made by imprinting six CENTS on the 15c. in one line. Mr. \V. F. Dick also informed us of F e b r u a r y 28t h , 1899. | this provisional. 6c. on 15 cents, olive. FRANCE.—It is stated that the French postage editorial...... S3 stamps arc to be modified so as to be issued in three Chronicle ...... 33 types. The first will be for newspapers only, the Revised List o f the Early Issue of Peru ...... 34 The Postman's Knock; Notes on English Stamps ... 37 second for ordinary use on inland and foreign letters, Ths U. . Periodica Stamps; Messss. W illiam s A Co., and the third type for heavy letters, registered letters, Lim a; New W orld B u d get...... 38 money letters, &c. The three types have not yet been Phl'ateilc Frauds ...... 39 N o tlo e s ...... 39 chosen. W hat is mainly desired by getting three Ssolety Reports ...... *0 different designs for the one series of postage stamps 34 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER,

is the tendency to simplify the series of colours U N IT E D STATES.— Our old riend and corres employed in the printing of the set; it is thought that pondent, Mr. Roger Wilson, sends us the 2c. adhesive five principal colours will be altogether sufficient in its new colour. according to the following schedule : — 2c. vermilion. Red. Violet. Brown. Blue. Green. W E S T E R N A U S T R A LIA .—Mr. A. J. Sharpe, I Type, lc. 2c. 3c. 4c. 5c. Coolgardie, informs us that the 2d. slate has been I I Type, 10c. 15c. 20c. 25c. — changed to ■* light orange-yellow. Both the Id. car I I I Type, 30c. 40c 50c. 1 franc — mine and the 2d. have a new watermark consisting of H U N G A R Y .— Reliable advices from Hungary state a crown between the letters VV. A. thus: W. crown A. that the new watermarked paper has not bcon used The changes were effected on January 9th, 1899. for all the values of the current set as yet. Not a 2d, orange-yellow. sheet of the 8 kreuzer has been printed on the new paper so far. The value of 1 florin although tho po stcard s, Ac. supply has been exhausted for a year will not be reprinted on the new watermarked paper, and of the CANADA.—The 3 cent envelope stamp will be 3 florins a sufficient stock remains to last some time, replaced by a 2 cent envelope, the die for which has JAPAN .— New 2, 4 and 10 sen adhesives were been cut in England; consequently we w ill have announced for January 1st, but they have not yet three different types of envelope stamps for the values come to hand. of 1, 2, and 3 cents. M A LT A .—The promised new issue seems to have JAPAN.— Messrs, Turner and Co. inform us of a made its appearance. We have seen the 4id. and new 1 cent postcard which has been issued. 5d. value. The 4£d. is black-brown and shows a UNITED STATES.—Mr. Roger Wilson sends us felucca in full sail within a circular medallion. The the 2c. envelope in vermilion. He informs us that &d. is red and represents a galley under sail and oars. the lo. has been changed to green, as also tho wrappers The Maltese Cross is prominently displayed in each to match. stamp. E. 1 cent, green. QUEENSLAND.—Mr. Albert H. Ha'l says that E. 2 ,, vermilion. Queensland has abandoned perforations. Some weeks ago he received word that a change was in progress, and this week he received the Id. stamp perce en scie A REVISED LIST OF THE EARLY or with “ saw tooth ” roulette. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.—Mr. W. N, Cullin ISSUES OF PERU. sends us a new 4 cent on 8 cent blue which has beon specially issued for the Imperial penny postage rate. B y J os. B. L e a v y . The Malay States, however aro allowed to use the N the January (1898) number of the Lmidon tiger head stamps for ovcr-sca postage since January Philatelist there appeared an article by T. W. 1st, 1899. I llall, entitled “ A Few Notes on the Early Issues 4 cent on 8 cent blue, black surch. of Peru.” This article 60 fired my ambition that I Messrs. Turner and Co., Haddington, inform ub of immediately commenced collecting these stamps, and a 4 cent on 5c. brown. There may be two provisionals as the writer states, " the stamps of Peru are but we have only seen the 4c. on 8 cent. certainly not fashionable at the present time,” so that ST. V IN C E N T .— The new set of the British I found no difficulty in farming a very fair collection Colonial type went into use January 1st. The new at a merely nominal outlay, and at the same time set is of the bi-coloured series, of the following gleaning a budget of information which I believe wiil denominations:— be of interest to all true philatelists. I agree perfectly jd . lilac and green. 5d.lilac and black. with Mr. Hall in his statement “ there are few more Id. „ and carmine. 6d. „ and brown. interesting studies in Philately than the stamps of 2id. „ and blue. 1/- „ and carmine. Peru,” and only deplore that the speculative curse 3d. „ and olive. 5/- „ and blue. which has blighted so many of the South and Central 4d. ,. and orange. American countries, should have fallen so heavily All are the small sized stamps. This does away with upon a field where the harvest was so rich. one of the best engraved sets of stamps, and the large I believe that I can best and most clearly set forth 5/- St. Vincent stamp of 1883-88 will always be a my little discoveries by mixing them up with informa favourite among collectors. It may be a good time tion already published, and attempting to write “ A now to secure this stamp if one does not have it in Revised List of the Early Issues of Peru,” ignoring his collection, the stamps of the Pacifio Steam Navigation Company, THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISE!*. 35 and comraoneing with the first official issue by the given the letters a blurred appearance in most cases. Government. The lines back of the cornuoopia have all been care March 1st, 1858—Lithographed on White Wove fully removed, except in the infinitesimal space Paper. between the base of the tree and tail of the cornu copia. This cornucopia on whito ground must not be Un dinero, pate blue, light blue, bright blue, blue, confounded with the one mentioned above, for that is deep blue, light ultramarine, and ultramarine. from a badly worn plate with many partly obliterated TJna peseta, red. lines, while this stamp haB all its lines clearly Medio peso, red. impressed. Medio peso, orange yellow, aud yellow bud. In tho second re-touch the lines are re-drawn the It is generally believed that the Medio peso red is same as in the first re-touch, but the letters have also an error, although an unsevered pair is known to been re-touched, relieving the blurred appearance and exist; it is usually found in an uusevered condition makiog the O of PORTE, the CO of FRANCO, and the se tenant with the Una peseta. There are numerous. O’s of CORREOS, a trifle larger than the other letters, little varieties in the Un dinero, but only one which I and extending them a bit above the lino of the others consider worthy of note: this shows a white leaf- in height; the letters are all somewhat thicker and shaped mark in the solid background to the left of more rounded than in the original. The background the shield. of vertical lines has been restored to the cornucopia, Variety. Un dinero, palo blue, blue, deep blue. only there are but 33 linos as against 36 in the original. Tho breaking at the angles of the zigzag January, 1859—Lithographed on White Wove Paper. lines of background, I think has been caused by wear. Un dinero, light blue, greenish blue, slate blue, I bolieve that tho entire plate, or a large portion of it, dark slate blue. | existed for a time in the condition described as the Una peseta, vermilion, red, brick red, deep rose, ' first re-touoh. I havo in my collection a horizontal pale rose, old roBe. strip of four, aud a vortical pair, which proves that April 1860—Lithographed on White Wove Paper. the stamps are more than errors occurring at odd places in the plate. I have also two distinct shades, Un dinero, dark blue, blue, bright blue, ultramarine. showing that there was more than one printing. Una peseta, red, brick red. Unfortunately all the copios of the first re-touch Lithographed on Bluish White Paper, 1861 [?] which I have seen, with but one exception, have Un dinero, dark blue. (Worn plate). design cancellations, the one exception bears a date Una peseta, vermilion, carmine, rose red. (Worn cancellation of 10th of April, 1S62. The earliest date plate). cancellation which I have been able to find upon the second re-touch is 12bh of April, 1862. Although I havo listed the bluish white paper, I am undecided whether it is really a difference of tint in In the original plate of the Una peseta, the lines of the paper, or merely the worn condition of the plate, the outer framework are all clearly drawn, and the which gives the paper a bluish tinge. letters arc of uniform height; there are .15 vertical lines in tho background of the cornucopia. This In the original plate of the Un dinero, the lines in plate after about a year's time showed even more the outer framework are continuous and unbroken, traces of wear than the plate of the Un dinero, the and the letters are all of equal height; the ground lined background of the lottera and cornucopia work back of the cornucopia in the shield is composed disappearing entirely, as well as the shading of the of 36 vertical lines. In about a year’s time the plate flags. The plate was then re-touclied to correspond became badly worn, which is most noticeable in the with the second re-touch of the Un dinero, tho lines impressions of the lines back of the lettering and of the frame were re-drawn, and at the left an extra back of the cornucopia ; in some cases the letters and line added, making ten fine lines between the thick cornucopia appear to be on a white ground, the lines inner and outer lines of frame, as against nine in tho being just barely visible with a strong glass; this original; the letters were re drawn exactly the same wearing led to the re-touching of the plate. as in the Un dinero, and the lined .background There are two stages of the re-touched plate, which restored to the cornucopia, the Hues being 33 in for the 6ake of convenience I am going to call firstand number, as against 35 in the original; the flags were second re-touch. In the first re-touch, the lines back not re-touched, and as the rest of the design was mado of the letters have all been re-drawn for their entire stronger, in comparison they appear much whiter length, with the exception of the fifth line from the than in the worn state of the plates. T h i earliest outside on the right, which has not been re-drawn date cancellation I have been able to find in this re beyond the second R of CORREOS (although traces of touch, is the 19th of May, 1862. This stamp also the original line may be found in the lower corner of comes on a | olurc paper ; the eai licst date upon which all the ro-touches) this re-drawing of the lines has I find it is 11th of September, 1862. 36 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

Lithographed on White Wove Paper, April, 18G3. following dates. 9th May, 1870, 4th August, 1670, Un dinero, 1st retouch. Bright blue, light blue, and 29th September, 1870. These stamps are all printed on the machiue made French paper. The 2d. retouch. Pate blue, ultramarine. May, 1862. earliest cancellation I can find upon the native paper, Una peseta retouched. Bright vermilion, red, palo is Oet. 26, 1871. I stated above that is was my belief red. a quantity of stamps were printed in Paris and sent on with each machine; this discrepancy in dates Lithographed on Bluish White Perlttre Paper, Sept.< would seem to corroborate my assertion, especially as 1862. the earliest date on which I find the Un dinero upon Una peseta. Vermilion, pale red. native paper, is April 27,1871. I believe tho catalogue The plates for all the foregoing issues were made date to have been taken from some Government in Lima. record which took cognizance only of the first Lima printing. W e now come to the embossed issues ; those stamps | wore made by the Lecocq machine, a French inven Typographed on thin white wove paper, Paris print. tion, which printed the stamps one by one on a strip July, 1868. of paper just wide enough to rceoive the impression Un dinero, light green, pale yellow green. and leave a decent margin: where one strip ended, May, 1870, 5 centavos, dull vermilion. another was pasted to it, and it very often happened that a stamp was impressed upon this joint. 1 find Typographed on thick yellowish wove paper, native most of these stamps on two papers, one a fine white print, April, 1871. machine wove paper, such as was in use in Franco at Un dinero, yellow greon, pale green, green, apple the time, the other a coarse yellowish hand made groan, olive green, native paper. I believe that a number of finished stamps, together with largo quantities of the paper 5 centavos, dull Vermillion, bright carmino. strips accompanied each machine from Paris, but am February, 1872, unable to distinguish between the Paris print and the Una pcsota, orange. native print on French paper, so for the sake of con venience shall call all stamps Paris prints that are Maroh, 1873. not on native paper. The earliest date I have yet 2 centavos, bright ultramarine, pale slate blue. found upon the native paper is 9th of March, 1864, June, 1873. Typographed on thin white wove paper, Paris print, Un dinero, pale blue groen, dark blue green. Nov., 1862. In 1874, tho engraved issue of 1866-7 was re-issued Un dinero. Red, pale red, rose red, vermilion, together with three new values in different designs. pink. At this timo, the American Bank Note Company was Variety. Framework half inverted, bringing the using an entirely different paper from that in use in words Un dinero at right instead of bottom. 1866, somewhat thinner, vory coarsely woven and of a Un dinero. Pah red, slightly yellowish tinge. January, 1863. Una peseta. Brown, bistre brown. 1871. 2 centavos, violet, 2'ypograplicd oh thick yellowish wove paver. Native 5 greon, print, March, 1864. 10 dull vermilion, Un dinero. Pink. 20 „ brown, In 1866 the American Bank Note Company of New SO „ green, York engraved a series of three stamps for the 1 sol. old rose, Peruvian Government. At this time the Bank Note j 1876. 10 centavos, green, (new design) Company was using a hard finely woven pure white 1877. 5 blue, „ „ paper. The stamps appeared on the foliowing'dates. June, 1866. 5 centavos. Green, yellow green. , 1878. 20 „ dull carmine ,, July, 1867. 10 centavos. Vermilion, dull scarlet. : 1879. 1 centavo, orange „ „ July, 1867. 20 centavos. Brown. 2 centavos., mauve, ultramarine. In 1868 the Government returned to the embossed 5 stamps, adding a third ‘stamp to the series of the And here my labor ends ; perhaps at some future value of 5 centavos, commonly known as the loco date I may hare something to say about the sur motive stamp. All the catalogues agree upon the I charges, but at present I could not attempt to separate date of issue of this stamp being April, 1871, yet I ' tlio uecessary and authentic from the unnecessary have in my collection, three stamps bearing the and spoculativo issues.— The Post Office. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 37

NOTES ON ENGLISH STAMPS. under which they are now employed may be read in the “ Post Office Guide” under the heading “ Pre By W. S. NVebb. payment of letters, &c., in Money ” on page 29 of tho current edition. A recent development which compels philatelic attention is the insertion of the SIZE “ C” PENNY ENVELOPES. , word ‘ ’ postage ” ; this I have seen on an official cover CCORDING to GibboD3, the earliest issue of posted in London, the name “ London ” being in an this size (5J x 3in.) is given as July, 1866, and arched label outside the circle, while immediately with stamp of type ii. But I have recently i beneath it, but inside, is tho word postage in a curve been shown three specimens on white paper, dated and “ paid ” in its usual position across the centre. respectively in 1864-0-6, and which necessarily bear The amount paid is not indicated in this mark J stamps of type i. This size therefore should certainly think that the claim of these paid-marks to be have been accorded a place among those of the first- regarded and collected as stamps can bo no longer dated issue, although very probably it was not in use ignored by the all-round collector of English. so early as were the A l, A2, and B sizes. It seems strange that Messrs. Gibbons should not have known I d EMBOSSED ON GOVT. FORMS. of it, as though evidently rare, it is not more so than A two-page form, which I may term for want of several other varieties in their carefully-tabulated knowing its official title a “ Clergy Returns’’ form, list. Size C, Type i. is given in Morley’s 1897 cata was issued on January 1st, 1867, bearing a penny logue, but is not priced. Mr. B. W. Warhurst tplls Btamp embossed on each half. The first bears the me he has the same size on blue laid, dated 1—2—60. words “ To the Minister of --- ” printed in the This must be a great rarity, being hitherto, I believe, proper relative position to the stamp ; and on the quite unknown. Of course all the envelopes here other side appears “ To the Lord Bishop o f ----- referred to are those issued by the Post Office, with The inside of tho form consists of 29 questions with the pink seal device on a tongue-shaped flap, blanks for the answers . and st&tts that it is “ trans mitted pursuant to the provisions of Act 1 and 2 Viet, SHADES OF THE CURRENT SET. cap. 106, sec. 52,” &c., &c. The imprint at foot is— During the 12 years that the “ Jubilee issue” has 12,600. 10/06. H.

Two hundred thousand is a big figure, but W. C. PROUDFOOT, (Member I.P.U.) it represents the number of circulars, price . . . P.O. Box 11, BT.YIHCENT, W.I. lists, club rules, and handbills circulated by s. d. means of TKe Advertiser during the last twelve Bahamas, i, 2), 4, 6, i/- ...... per set 3 7 months at /- per thousand. The postage Barbados,}, 1, i. i L 4, 6. S. 10 3 2 10 Bermuda, *, i, 1 , 2+, 3, 4, 6 ,1 /- ...... 3 1 on 1,000 circulars at £d. each is £ 1 is. 8d. Grenada, |, 1, 2*, 3. *, 8, 1/- 3 2 Gambls,), 1, 2, 2), 3, 4, 6 ,1 /- 3 « If they are sent out with The Advertiser. At. Lucia, J, i, 2$, 3, 4, 6. xj- 2 It £ i n s. 8d. is saved, or 75% of the postage. Trinidad, ), 1, 24, 4, 5, 6. 1/- 3 1 Turks Island, 4, 1. 24, 4, 5, 6, 1/- ...... 3 0 It may be argued that circulars distributed in Leeward Islands, ), 1 , s), 4, 6, 7, ‘ I- ... 3 2 this way are not so efficacious as those sent Jamaica. ), 1 , 2,2), 3, 4, 6, if- ...... 3 1 British Guiana, tc, 2c. 4c, 30.62, Be, 120,240 „ 3 1 separately, but this is open to question— at any „ „ Picture Series, ic, 2c, 3c, toe 13c „ I a British Honduras, ic, zc, 3c, 6c, ioc, i2c, 24c „ 3 0 rate the difference is not represented by 75%. Barbados, 2/6 ...... each 2 * To print circulars about note-paper size Jamaica, 2/-; British Guiana, 48c ... „ 2 3 Bahamas, Jamaica. Bt. Lucia, Trinidad, runs from 7/-to 12/- per page for a thousand, Leward Islands SI- ...... S 6 81. Lucia, Trinidad, 101- ...... , It 9 according to the work on a page— at these Bahamas, Trinidad £1 ...... 21 0 prices they are done well, and the P h i l a t e l i c Any of the above stamps may be purchased at slight advance over face value. P u b l i s h i n g C o m p a n y are prepared to print FOLLOWING BT. YIRCRHT AT FACE VALUE: and advantageously circulate to any extent. Id green, id carmine, lid blue, 3d brown, 4d yellow, 6d lilac, 1 /- That the system pays is proved by the fact vermilion, 3/- lake. , that" the same people send circulars for 1889 issue type of Leeward Islands, ), 1, 2), 3. 4, 5, 6, t /-, si-. All above stamps l’nussd in mint condition. distribution again and again. Post Office Orders payable “ Kingstown, St. Vincent.’’ Cash BBHD OCT TOOK CIRCULARS W ITH “ THE ADVERTISER.’’ with order. Postage and Registration extra. N E X T IS S U E January ldth. Re netloe whatever taken of exchange tendings. Jy Messrs. OSTARA & DARLOW BRITISH COLONIAL8. Beg to announce that 4 A A varieties, all clean and perfect, including Canadian maple A W and numeral, Straits, unused British Guiana, British South Africa, unused Newfoundland, Barbadoes Jubilee, Malta, Their Sixth Manchester Auction and many good obsolete stamps as well as tbe newer issues. WILL BE HELD AT THE Price 3/-; postage abroad extra. The Loiidon Philatelic Exchange Circular Grand H o t e l , is a paper that will interest you, and a copy will be sent post ON free, one penny, including a gift of unused stamps to every ap plicant. WEDNESDAY MARCH 15th, 1899, ' My APPROVAL BOOKS are the CHEAPEST and BEST. | To hold TOO stamps, 12 samples free, (d . e At 6-30 o'clock in the evening. Tbe stamps wiir be on view and catalogues may be obtained at 18, Piccadilly, Manchester. II yon want to dispose of your Stamps, send them to us, we send you cash within eight days. E. ALEXANDER, In consequence of circumstances, over which we have no control, all our hitherto advertised sale dates are cancelled. 110, LONDON WALL, LONDON. (ST Future sales will be held In Manchester on dates an nounced later. 1 - - 10,000 - - A It enquiries to be addressed STAMPS for Sale, from |d. each. . OSTARA & DARLOW, SEE OUR APPROVAL SHEETS. 3^r*lion*cfg, THE NORTHKRftP'sTAMP CO., 18, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER. A Parks!dg Rend, West Bowling, BRADFORD. S103 (p answering Advertisements please mention “ Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser. ! 40 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

surprised ttifit it- 1ms never come under our notice. stamps offered, and good specimens of rare Colonials living in tlie town. We notin ', also, that n party of and Americans were quoted very reasonably, in vrrv doubtful metliods, residing in tiio eastern addition to low prices members have the advantage of ('..unities. lias his name included. The h jcI: limy be j examining the condition of stamps at their leisure ordered frOiii the l’hilatelie Publishing Co., l'eiitlinm before making a selection. Five new members haw lieud. Birmingham, or ibe jdibibher C. if. Nunn. joined during the past month. Secretary, H. A. Greaves \ Co., price od. j'ost free. We would point Slade Inglcside, St. Albans, -nit iliat Nunn's Directory and tlie British Stamp T h k B r is t o l a m > G i .if t o .v P h i l a t e l i c S o u e - v. Directory cover entirely different ground. The ialter A meeting was held on the 1 Gth inst. The President embodies the names of collectors only, while Nunn's in the chair, who, after the usual business of the Directory lists none but dealers. evening, exhibited 27 sheets of New Zealand (type i.i. On these wore many rare specimens, and a lnr,y proportion of tlie whole were in splendid mint SOCIETY REPORTS. condition. Some smaller collection': of this Coioiv. were also shown bv other members. MIDLANDCOUNTIESSTAMP EXCHANGE HSR). CANADA WHOLESALE. Ttie tallowing prices are for stamps in good condition and iiglnL lion. Secretary :—W. G. \Y a l t o s . Fcntham Ifoad, cancelled. Birmingham. p e r 12 |H*r io o per ioo neri«*.-' c d . s . d . s . «tl. *. -i Tlie February packets arc of excellent quality, and v l b e a v e r .. 13 o s c ...... 1 O 5c , 8 0 2 C. 1 c members arc requested to still further improve with ;,C- targe red , 2 o 3C...... 0 0 fv their March sheets. The following new members arc J t t i. ft / i S i t r : A ;i» h r*u h in t . :So-> proposed ibis month : A. Cocker (Oldham). G Broad- * c n e w ... I -' *c., 6 c . Sc., head (Pontefract), Thos. Thompson (Hull), Miss t c 4 o equally m ixed... 4 6 2C. b o TC. O 9 r =• Folhard (Kensington), Miss Child (Bicester), A. I>. \C. 2 0 2C. 1 n > ■. Wallace (Halifax), S, F. Bickers (Cork) Rules, Ac., 6 c n o w ... .. 24 1, ;',C...... 1 : • may be obtained from tlie secretary, post free. 3 c ...... 1 0 0 Im prii.il Penny S c -ss jc. to 5<'C. Post Stam p, un. 9 0 T in : St r i p a n d B l o c k K x c h a s c .i : S o c ik t y .— n e w ... .. 0 K l , 2 n d . Si 3 m Members are requested to send in their sheets by the /. l'(I ;i /;?!.-•,, l3 fjS : Usiu- ot Can» :»:ii \N uK. 1 ‘o r p v c r v 5 a n d loc. Canada of any issue (except R for single stamps only. Fitch member may contri Jubilee.-} *'•m m i*,, 1 w i’ l i «.H id in exchange six Ac and three ic bute a sheet of each in tlie monthly (jacket. Both AC. R lh i $C- Goo, 1 f o r e i g n e x c h a n g e v . a m e d : d o n o t s e n d It:--. sections will for ihe present travel under onceover. ils a n 5

Two hundred thousand is a big figure, but W. C. PROUDFOOT, (Member I.P.U.) it represents the number of circulars, price lists, club rules, and handbills circulated by . . . P.O. Box li, ST. VINCENT, W.I. s. d. means of The Advertiser during the last twelve B aham a*, i, 2J, 4. 6. 1/- ...... per set 2 7 Barbados, i, 4, 1.24, 4,6, 8, 10 ...... ,. 3 2 months at 10/- per thousand. The postage Berm uda, 4, t, 2, 24, 3, 4, 6, 1/- ...... ,. 3 1 on 1,000 circulars at id. each is £ 2 is. 8d. Grenada, 4, 1, 24, 3, 6, 8. 1/- ...... , 3 2 Gam bia, 4, 1, 2, 24, 3, 4, 6, 1 /• ...... ,, 3 0 If they are sent out with The Advertiser. Bt. Lucia, 4, r, 24, 3, 4, 6. 1/- ...... , 3 10 £ 1 u s. 8d. is saved, or 75% of the postage. Trinidad, 4. 1, 2j, 4,5,6, 1/- ...... 3 1 Turks island, 4, t, 24,4,5, 6,1/- ...... „ 3 0 It may be argued that circulars distributed in Leew ard Islan d s, 4. t. 24, 4, 6, 7,1... ,. 3 2 Ja m a ic a . 4. 1,2,24, 3.4.6 , 1/- ...... ,3 1 this way are not so efficacious as those sent British Guiana, ic, 2c, 4c, 50,60, 8c, 12c, 24c * , . 3 1 separately, but this is open to question— at any ,, ,, Picture Series, te, 2c, 5c, 10c 15c ., 1 0 British Honduras, ic. 2C, 5c, 6c, 10c, 12c, 34c ., 3 0 rate the difference is not represented by 75%. Barbados, 2/6 ...... eacli 2 9 To print circulars about note-paper size Jamaica, 2/.; Britisb Guiana, 48c ... „ 2 3 Bahama*, Jamaica St. Lucia, Trinidad. runs from 7/- to 12/- per page for a thousand, Leward Islands 5/- ,.5 6 8t. Lucia, Trinidad, 10, . ... 10 9 according to the work on a page— at these Bahamas, Trinidad £1 ...... , 21 0 prices they are done well, and the P h i l a t e l i c A ny 0/ the above stamps may be purchased at slight attvance over face value. P u b l i s h i n g C o m p a n y are prepared to print FOLLOWING ST. VINCENT AT FACE VALUE: and advantageously circulate to any extent. Id green, id carmine, 2jd blue, 3d brown, 3d yellow, 6d lilac, 1/- That the system pays is proved by the fact vermilion, 3/- lake. that the same people send circulars for 1889 issue type of Leeward islands, 1, 1, 24. 3, 4, 5, 6 ,1 /-, SL AB above stamps unused in mint condition. distribution again and again. Post Office Orders payable “ Kingstown, St. Vincent." Cash SEND OUT TOUR CIRCULARS WITH “ THE ADVERTISER.” with order. Postage and Registration extra. N E X T IS S U E January 14th. No notico whatever taken of exchange tendings. Jy Messrs. OSTARA & DARLOW BRITISH COLONIALS. Beg to announce that 4 ft A varieties, all clean and perfect, including Canadian maple and numeral, Straits, unused British Guiana, Brittsli Their Sixth Manchester Auction South Africa, unused Newfoundland, Barbadoes Jubilee, Malta, and many good obsolete stamps as well as the newer issues. WILL BE HELD AT THE Price 2 > ; postage abroad extra. The loqdon Philatelic Exchange Circular Grand Hotel, is a paper that will interest you, and a copy will be sem post ON free, one penny, including a gift of unused stamps to every ap plicant- WEDNESDAY MARCH 15th, 1899, My APPRO V AL BOOKS arc the CH EAPEST and BEST, T o hold 100 stamps, 12 samples free, 6d. a At 6-30 o'clock in the evening. The stamps will be on view and | catalogues may be obtained at 18, Piccadilly, Manchester. !! you want to dispose of your Stamps, send them to us, we 'end you caslt within eight days. E. ALEXANDER, In consequence of circumstances, over which we have no | control, all our hitherto advertised sate dates are cancelled. 110, LONDON WALL, LONDON. 14a* Future sales will be held in Manchester on dates an nounced later. - - 10,000 * * 8 It enquiries to be addressed STAMPS for Sale, from £d. each. . . OSTARA & DARLOW, SEE OUR APPROVAL SHEETS. ^$* atrip ^udioneerg, T H E N O R T H E R N S T A M P CO., 18, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER. 6, Parksidp Road. West Bowling, BRADFORD. S103 ip answering Advertisements please mention •• Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

ALL DBALRRS should see our 12pp. Wholesale List of used and unused Stamps, Cheap Sets, Variety Packets, Mounts, Continentals, and Stamp Albums. PoBt free on receipt of business card or memorandum. BYBRY COLLECTOR should possess our 68pp Retail List. ( “ The neatest and most interesting we have seen this year, bar none.”—Philatelic Chronicle.) Full of bargains in Sets, Packets, Albums, and single Stamps. Gratis and post free on application. WB ARB BUYERS, at all times, of large Wholesale Stocks, Remainders, Ac., Ac., to any amount, at Ion- prices, FOR PROMPT CASH ONLY. in

e r r i n g t o F&IJ a r t i n . SOUTH HACKNEY, LONDON, N.E. EXCHAliGE ! EXCHANGE ! EXCHANGE! JF YOU WANT TO BUY STAMPS and save money, JF YOU WANT TO SELL STAMPS and make money. W H O E V E R sends 100—200 or 500 postage stamps JF YOU WANT TO EXCHANGE STAMPS and do botU, (not fiscals) of British and French Colonies, Malta, Gibraltar, North and South America, Surinam, JF YOU WANT TO BE THOROUGHLY UP TO DATE Curacao, Hawaiian Islands, and Asiatic Stamps in SUBSCRIBE TO- —ADVERTISE IN good condition, will receive per return of mail, under register cover through any Levant foreign office THE PHILATELIC stamped with different values, same number, value MONTHLY ADVERTISER. atid quantity of Oriental Stamps (old Turkish, BIX PENCK PER ANNUM, POBT FEES. Persian, Montenegrian, Bulgarian, Roumanian, Circulates in over On* Hundred Countries and Colonies Egyptian, Bosnian, Greek, and foreign Levant Offices amongst Fourteen to Biztesn Thousand Btamp (English, German, French, Austrian, and Russian). Collectors and Desists. Rare against rare. Senders are requested to register SPECIMEN COPY ORATIB A POBT PEEK their letters as I am not responsible for letters lost in PUBLISHED BY m7 transit. THE CO-OPERATIVE STAMP CO. A ddress :— FOREST GATE. LONDON, ENG. A. G. SERGHIADES, N B,—Every Stomp Journal reproducing this announcement regularly, will be given advertising space of equal eash value No. 31, Rue Yuksek Kaldirim, No. 31. in the " Philatelic Monthly A d v ik t is i*.' Foreign (ournais must, however, translate before reproduoing, and CONSTANTINOPLE. the favour will be reciprocated. Member of the Birmingham Philatelic Society, International Society of Philately of Dreede, Phila HENRY RUFFELL, telic Club of Metz, Ac. u 53, TEVIOT STREET, POPLAR, LONDON. CHEAP NATIVE IHDIAH BTAMPB. ESTABLISHED, 1882. per 12. per too. WHOLESALE PRICES. s. d. s. d. OFFERS THE FOLLOWING BARGAINS Travancore, Jch ...... 0 4 3 0 d. „ i c h ...... 0 3 1 6 s. d. 8. „ 2ch ...... 0 8 4 0 12 P e r s ia ...... 1 0 2 Natal Prov. Jd., Alwar, I anna ...... 0 6 3 0 9 Haiti ...... 1 0 6d., £d., Id. ... 1 0 Cocbin, 1891. J puttan ...... 1 0 0 0 10 Newfoundland... I 0 8 H a w a ii...... 0 10 „ August, 1898, i » blue ...... 0 B 3 6 „ .. 4p green ...... O S 4 ■ 10 W. Australian... 1 0 7 British Guiana Deccan, 4 anna ...... 0 3 I t 2 „ Provl. 1 0 Prov...... 1 6 Owa.lon. Jhlnd, er Puttallia, fa service ... 0 4 3 3 6 Siam ...... 0 9 Canada 2d., 1864 2 0 ,, „ ia ...... 0 • 3 4 Holkar, 1 anna ...... 0 6 3 0 6 „ Provl. ... 1 0 Trinidad Is. mauve Blrmoor, 4 anna ...... 0 7 3 1 7 St. Helena obe. 2 3 1864-76 2 0 CHEAP PACKETS, 12 varieties for 8d., 25 for 3/-. 5 ,, current 1 0 WHOICSALC LIST F R ((. CASH W ITH ORDER. A l l W arranted used Postally. Me C. 8. IYKB A CO., Attnngal, Travancore, India. Jy Selections sent on approval. In pYjuwarlng Advertisements pledge meptlon “ Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser," THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. vii

TRAN8YAAL, 1 /-, green shafts, unused, gff" DOUBLE CIRCULATION ! ! price 12 /6. ANTIGUA Revenues, set of 8, unused, price 4/-. 8PA1N, Revenue Stamps, set of 25, many unused, price 4/-. SI 3&ig Sssue M o r l e y ’ s Catalogue of English Postage, Railway’s Entires and all varieties of . O F . Fiscals, price 2/6. M o r l e y ’ s Catalogue of Colonial Revenue Stamps, 2/6. . fTfie Advertiser L u n d y ’ s Catalogue .of Swiss and German States, Fiscals, 1/6. A P P E A R S ON WALTER NIORLEY, APRIL 1st. i IS, BKOWHHIIA GARDENS, SEND YOUR ADVERTISEMENTS BY Hither Green, Catford, London, S.E. MARCH 27th. 6 GOOD POINTS. f }U R LATB8T HOYELTV for philatelists, is a ruled Approval w Book, which is absolutely tha finest in the Trade. First, each book is ruled on the finest bank paper, to hold ISO stamps (on one side of tbe paper only). Second, DO NOT MISS THIS. each book is bound in a strong, artistic cover, printed in colocr. Third, each book will go, without folding, in an ordinary- envelope. Fourth, each book contains tbe usual rules printed In the English, French and (Jarman languages. Fifth, Our ruled books are the originals, not IT IS NO USE PROMISING poor imitations, and, like oar Ruled Sheets, have the largest sale on earth. Sixth, our prices a r e 12 for 8d , 25 1/2, what we cannot perform, but we intend to BEAT 50 as., too is. gd„ carriage paid; postage abroad extra. The tenth edition of our Celebrated Ruled Sheets Is now RECORD. Aid us with your advertisement. Every ready. little helps. We can distribute circulars with this Each Sheet is ruled (on finest hank paper) to hold 60 stamps, usual rules and space for your name and address, a;, 6d.; 50. huge issue at 10/- per 1,000, and save you lid .; 100, is. fid.; 250.3s. fid.; 300,6s.; 1,000, tis. Carriage paid. £1 lie, 8d, per 1,000 in postage. A specimen book and sheet post free for id. stamp tfn ARTHUR MONTEITH & CO., N .B .— Please send remittances, if possible, PHILATELIC DEALERS * PUBLISHERS, by postal order or in English stamps. 14, CHESTER GREEN ROAD, DERBY. Any values unused stamps are accepted, Established 1885. however. Address by March th, to JUDICIOUS ADYSRTISIHQ 27 Is the secret of success. Desultory advertising pays but little, put your ad. in “ THE ADVERTISER,” Oldest Philatelic Magazine in the State, F b n t h a m R o a d , Subscription 25c. a year. Free Exchange Column.

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STAMP COLLECTORS’ ALMANAC, 1899. ENGLISH. 50 STAMPS in printed packet, 9d. per dozen packets( DEC. 15th. 2d. (Post Free, 2Ld.) Postage, Fiscal, AND post free. BRIGHT, CHATTY and USEFUL. Sample packet, post Telegraph Stamps free, 2d, Marvellous Can be ordered at JOHN MENZ1ES & C0M Edinburgh, or at packets, post free 3d. railway bookstalls. and 6d., containing 25 The Alm anack may be obtained from tbe Philatelic P ublishing Bnvalopei.CardB.ftc and 50 stamps respee* Co., Fentham Road, Handswortb, irniingham. RARITIES lively. ----- my Sheets on approval, 50% discounts. Packets ana sets cheap. And all minor varieties A. CAMPBELL. 7, Clifton Terrace, CAMPBELL, INGLES & CO., WALTER MORLEY, Torquay} DEVON. t86,West Green Rd., . . . CARLISLE. . . . TOTTENHAM, N. li. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

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Advice to those likely to forget the BIG issue. DON’T. V* THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. THE 1899 CATALOGUES. 'Vi GIBBONS' will be in FOUR PARTS, each forming a separate Volume. These Volumes will be arranged and published in the same order as the corresponding volumes of the IM PE R IA L ALB U M , although it must be understood that the numbers in the Catalogue do not, in most cases, correspond with those in the Album.

P A R T I. A prominent improvement throughout this iVOTP READY. Edition of the Catalogue is the insertion of Stamps of the British Empire. copious notes on "Reprints” by Mr. E. D, Bacon. Price 2/-, or post-free 2/3. A special feature in PART I. is the full and P A R T II. In preparation. Will be rcnty about F E I 3RU A R Y , 1899. 1 complete Illustration of the Stamps of Great Stamps of Foreign Countries. i Britain, which, under the new regulations, we are now able to use for the first time for many Price 2/-, or post-free 2/3. years. Will consist of the Adhesive Stamps of all countries other than the British Empire, but without any Local Stamps. The important feature of the PRICES P A R T III. has received our most careful attention, This Pari will he ready about MARCH, 1699. and we fully believe that the present The Local Postage Stamps Catalogue reflects the current Market —- ___ of the World. Values as we go to press. Price 1/., or post-free 1/3. This Part is a distinctly “ new departure,” but we venture to think that, owing to the great demand we Bright’s A.B.C. Catalogue. have for Local stamps of all kinds, and to the THIRD EDITION. publication of special albums for their collection, the Fully illustrated, in On e V o l u m e , now ready. Post issuo of this Catalogue will be fully justified. free, 2/6. Further, the Collector of Government Postage Stamps will no longer find P arts I and I I of the Catalogue burdened with over 100 pages of Stamps in The UNIVERSAL STANDARD CATALOGUE. which he takes no interest. | 2,000 Illustrations. Every important variety is P A R T IV. . listed such as watermarks, but unimportant errors, This Part will be ready about A PR 1L , 1699. | non-government issues and minute differences are Envelopes and Post Cards. entirely eliminated, thus providing a simple and yet Price 1/-, or post-free 1/3. I comprehensive general catalogue. Every stamp is This Part will be similar to P a r t III of last Edition, and will, as far as possible, show correct prices for \ priced. Ready in February. Ordera now Envelopes and Wrappers, used and unused, both booked. entire and cut square, and for Post Cards, both used and unused. Post free, price 1/3. PHILATELIC PUBLISHING CO., Fentham Rd., Handsworth, Birmingham.

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Tht I’kilttldic Chronicle Is sent to all the members of the PRilatclie Cfyronielc: & Rcli/gptigep ' Birmingham Philatelic Society anil Midland Counties AND Dll I LA TNIilC 'l'lM hi i Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journal of these Societies. Combined membership over 400. Mo n th r.Y. SuiiscKti'tioN, 1/G ruit A sft‘J.,1, Subscriptions commence with current numbe (JT-'IIF, Manchester Exhibition of next June Hack numbers of Vols. 1,11,111, IV , V, V I & V II, Gd. | I promises to be International in more Specimen, Id. Odd numbers of Vol. V III, 3d. each. I.aek Nos. of the Advertiser 2/G, for 1,2, 3, 4, 5, and | than name. The promoters have made II, and 3d. each all others. a bold bid to secure the support of the body

ADVERTISEMENTS. catholic of Philately, and they seem destined 2.6 Per Inch. Limit, 8 Lines to the inch. to reap the due reward of their efforts. The Liberal discount for a series. prospectus shows a fine array of societies and Unused English Stamps accepted in payment to any amount. individuals who will lend their support— Short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 24 words either substantively or morally—to the for Sixpence, three insertions at the price of two. The Advertiser is the best medium for short Advertise scheme, and the list shows practically all the ments of wants and offers, published Semi-Monthly. best societies and best names in the stamp Subscriptions and advertisements must be prepaid. Halfpenny Stamps should always be sent in prefer world. The executive committee is well ence to those of any other value. Money from abroad chosen and representative and the officials must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts under 2 - may be sent by unused stamps, higher could hardly be improved upon. A wonder values, at current rate of exchange. Unused ful array of names appertaining to prominent U.S. and Canadian high values accepted at face philatelists who have promised their support value. Postal and Money Orders payable at 11’itton Road, Aston. appears on the prospectus—everyone of light Liberal discount for a series of Advertisements. and leading at home and abroad being repre Vor,. 1,11, If I, IV, V, or V I, bud, cloth gilt, Post-free G/- Vo l. 1,11, I I I , IV , V, V I, may be obtained U nbound 5,'- sented Lhere. E n passant one might enquire Vol. V II., Bound, 3 -: U nbound, 2/- whether too much detail of the name has not Communications must be addressed to been given in some cases. There seems The Philatelic Chronicle and id v k u t is f f , ’ rather a plethora of description about Mr. Fentham Hoad, Hands worth, Birmlnghar*. A ll Articles are Copyright. ' So and So, E.K .A .S., F .K . Met. Soc., and Agents wanted in every Town. Terms on apiplication. Mr. Someonelse, M .I.C.E., M .I.M .E., M .I.N.A., while the Italian gentleman de- New Subscriptions to the “ Advertiser” are j scribed as Cav. uff. Vittorio E. Capanna entitled to one short Advertisem ent. Sub scription 6d. for i t issues, post-free. I must feel very unhappy. Vet all are good I philatelists and banded together in a righteous All communications for the next issue should reach cause, and what’s in a name after all ? us by the T e n t h ok the Month at latest. We cannot Nothing—unless it be a lot of graphic effort guarantee insertion if received after that date. when it takes the form of Jonkheer C. Ph. I L. van Kinschot! M arch 18th, 1899.

CONTENTS. I A CHRONICLE. E ditorial...... 41 Chronicle ...... 41 UBA.— The Department has decided upon four The Official Btampa o f Uruguay 4! designs, and is now having them prepared. The Postm an ’ s Knock ...... 44 C Notes on English Stamps ...... 45 The lc. de peso stamp wil! be a representation New W orld B u d g e t...... 45 of the beautiful statue of Columbus, now located in 46 Society Reports ...... the court yard of the Captain General's palace in Philatelic Frauds ...... 47 Notices...... - 47 Havana. V. THK PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. THE 1899 CATALOGUES. GIBBONS’ will be in FOUR PARTS, each forming a separate Volume. These Volumes will be arranged and published in the same order as the corresponding volumes of the IM PERIAL ALBUM , although it must be understood that the numbers in the Catalogue , do not, in most cases, correspond with those in the Album.

■ P A R T I. A prominent, improvement throughout this NOW READY. Edition of the Catalogue is the insertion of Stamps of the British Empire. copious notes on "Reprints” by Mr. E. D. Bacon. Price 2/•. or post-free 2/3. A special feature in PART I. is the full and P A R T n . In preparation. W ill be rerdy about F E B R U A R Y , 1899. complete Illustration of the Stamps of Great Stamps of Foreign Countries. Britain, which, under the new regulations, we are now able to use for the first time for many Price 2/-, or post-free 2/3. years. Will consist of the Adhesive Stamps of all oountries other than the British Empire, but without any Local Stamps. The important feature of the PRICES P A R T III. has received our most careful attention, This Pari wilt be ready about MARCH,, 1899. and we fully believe that the present The Local Postage Stamps Catalogue reflects the current Market -----of the World. Values as we go to press. Price I/-, or post-free 1/3. This Part is a distinctly "new departure,” but we venture to think that, owing to the great demand we Bright’s A.B.C. Catalogue. have for Local stamps of all kinds, and to the THIRD EDITION. publication of special albums for their collection, the Fully illustrated,', in One Volume, now ready. Post - issue of this Catalogue will be fully justified. free, 2/6. Further, the C6Uector of Government Postage Stamps will no longer find P abtb I and II of the Catalogue burdened with over 100 pages of Stamps in The UHIVERSAL STAHDAflD CATALOGUE. whioh he takes no interest. 3,000 Illustrations. Every important variety is P A R T IV . listed such as watermarks, but unimportant errors, This Part unit be ready about A P R IL , 1899. non-government issues and minute difference:, are Envelopes and Post Cards. entirely eliminated, thus providing a simple and yet Price 1/-, or post-free 1/3. comprehensive general catalogue. Every stamp is This Part will be similar to P abt III of last Edition. pneed. Orders now &if(l will, as far as possible, show correct prioes for Ready In February. Envelopes and Wrappers, used and unused, both booked. entire and out square, and for Post Cards, both used Post free, price 1/3. and unused. PHILATELIC PUBLISHING CO., Fenfham Rd., Handswofth, Birmingham.

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The Philatelic Chronicle Is Sent to all the members of the Philatelic (£F)i?oniele & Kclveptigep Birmingham Philatelic Society and Midland Counties AND PHILATELIC TIME Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journal of these Societies. Combined membership over 400. P ublished Monthly. S ubscription , 1/6 p e r A n NU m , Subscriptions commence with current numbe H E Manchester Exhibition of next June Back numbers of Vols. I, II, III, IV, V, V I &VII,6d. promises to be International in more Specimen, Id. Odd numbers of Vol. V III, 3d. each. Back Nos. of the Advertiser 2/6, for 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and than name. The promoters have made 11, and 3d. each all others. a bold bid to secure the support of the body

ADVERTISEMENTS. catholic of Philately, and they seem destined 2/6 per Inch. Limit, 8 Lines to the inch. to reap the due reward of their efforts. The Liberal discount for a series. Unused English Stamps accepted in payment to prospectus shows a fine array of societies and any amount. individuals who will lend their support— Short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 24 words either substantively or morally—to the for Sixpence, three insertions at the price of two. The Advertiser is the best medium for short Advertise scheme, and the list shows practically all the ments of wants and odors, published Semi-Monthly. best societies and best names in the stamp Subscriptions and advertisements must be prepaid. Halfpenny Stamps should always be sent in prefer world. The executive committee is well ence to thoso of any other value. Money from abroad chosen and representative and the officials must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts under 2/- may be sent by unused stamps, higher could hardly be improved upon. A wonder values, at current rate of exchange. Unused ful array of names appertaining to prominent U.S. and Canadian high values accepted at face philatelists who have promised their support value. Postal and Money Orders payable at Witton Road, Aston. appears on the prospectus—everyone of light Liberal discount for a series of Advertisements. and leading at home and abroad being repre Vol. I, II, I I I , IV , V, or V I, bnd. cloth gilt, Post-free 6/- V o l . I, II, III, IV, V, VI,m ay be obtained U n b o u n d 5/- sented there. E n passant one might enquire V o l. V II., B o u n d , 3/-: U n b o u n d , .. 2/- whether too much detail of the name has not Communications must be addressed to been given in some cases. There seems T he P h il a t e l ic Ch r o n ic l e and A d v e r t is e r ," Fentham Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. rather a plethora of description about Mr. All Articles are Copyright. So and So, F .R .A .S ., F .R . Met. Soc., and Agents wanted in every Town, Terms on application. Mr. Someonelse, M .I.C .E ., M .I.M .E., M.I.N.A., while the Italian gentleman de New Subscriptions to the “ Advertiser" are scribed as Cav. uff. Vittorio E. Capanna entitled to one short Advertisem ent. Sub scription 6d. for is issues, post-free. must feel very unhappy. Yet all are good philatelists and banded together in a righteous A ll communications for the next issue should reach cause, and what’s in a name after all ? us by the T enth of the Month at latest. We cannot Nothing— unless it be a lot of graphic effort guarantee insertion if received after that date. when it takes the form of Jonkheer C. Ph. L. van Kinschot! March 18th , 1899. CHRONICLE. Rdltorlal...... 41 Chronicle ...... (1 UBA.—The Department has decided upon four The Official Stamps of Uruguay ...... M The Postman’s Knock ...... M designs, and is now having them prepared. Rotes on English Stam ps...... 43 CTho lc. de peso stamp will be a representation Hew World Budget...... 43 of the beautiful statue of Columbus, now located in Society Reports ...... 48 Philatelic Fraud* ...... IT the court-yard of the Captain General’s palace in Roticcc «»• «e« *»• e»» ••• « Havana. i 42 THK PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

The 2c, do peso stamp will show tho allegorical postcards, Ac. figure of Cuba, known to alt Cubans as * L a Cubania,’ now situated on the plaza at Havana. CANADA.—The now 2 cent envelope was first Tho 3c. do poso will represent commerce and ocean printed oil in purple, but these were of a limited postage and will boar a representation of a merchant number and difficult to obtain. The envelopes were ship on the sea. afterwards struck off in the permanent colour— red- vermilion. Wording Can ad a— po s ta g e — tw o c e nts. The 5c. de peso stamp will depict an agricultural W e are indebted to Mr. Ch&s. E. Stewart for early scene, with tobacco plants, towering palm, and a information of this issue. 6,000 of the purple were sugar mill. struok off. We are also informed that all the 3 cent Ho conclusion has been reached by the Department envelopes have been surcharged two cents. relative to tho design for the 10c. de peso. Sugges CUBA,—According to the Metropolitan Pkilaielist tions are being received from all over the country, 1,000,000 lc. postal cards, and 583,000 2c. cards, have but no selections have been made up to this time. been surcharged 1 and 2c, de peso respectively. FRANCE.—Mr. A. Grase, Lille, informs us that the 5 centime stamp was changed to pale green about February 20th. 5c. pale green. THE OFFICIAL STAMPS OF IN D IA .— A permanent stamp to replace the | anna URUGUAY. provisional has been issued. The design shows tho Empress-Queen in her widow's weeds. The value is expressed in pies —3 pies = J anna. H E following is a list of all the service stamps 3 pios, carmine* that have been issued officially. Numerous for T geries of these stamps exist, and we trust this N E W SOUTH W A L E S ,—The following stamps list will bring some light into the darkness that has are issued in conformity with tho Postal Union hitherto enshrouded them. colours. Types are unchanged. The various surcharges may be divided as follow s: ^d. deep sea green. O FIC IAL from left top corner to right bottom corner A 2.4d. indigo blue. ,, from right bottom corner to left top „ B 6a. orange. „ Double surcharge either crossing or > « QUEENSLAND.— The perece en sci* stamps re in same direction cornerwise J ferred to last month were an experiment of the Post „ from left bottom corner to right top corner D Office to secure a cheaper method of perforation than „ from top right oorner to bottom left corner E that of the “ comb ” machine. The operation 20t h A u g u st, 1880. demonstrated the economy of the fresh method, but On the issues of January, 1872, 1st January, 1877, it failed to do its work to satisfaction and was dropped and 1st May, 1879 after 5,000 sheets of one penny stamps had been 1. 1 ccntesimo, brown, surch. black A perforated. 2. 6 centesimos, green, A QUEENSLAND.—The 2Jd. in Postal Union colour 3. 10 red, blue A is out. 4. 25 yellow, „ „ A 2)d. voilet on blue paper. 5. 20 yell.-br., black A SWITZERLAND. -Mr. A. Grase, Lille, France, 6. 50 black, surch. red A received the 5c. stamp on March 7th in green, to con 7. 1 peso blue, ,, ,, A form with the Postal Union colour. Mr. A. Peeond N O T E .— The black surcharge on the 10 cent red and sends us a copy of the stamp. the 15 cent yellow was never used post ally, the blue 5c. green. surcharge on the 15 cent is sometimes so dark as to appear black. VIRGIN ISLANDS.—These islands have'aban- dotied tho Leeward Island confederation and again 18t h F e b r u a r y , 1881. issued stamps of their own. The design represents a On the lithographed stamp of 23rd Oct., 1880. female dressed in a halo {inter alia) and apparently 8. 1 Oentesimo brown, suroh. black A B “ playing on de old banjo.” Inscription: v ir o in N O T E .— The sheets contain 104 stamps and the last is l a n d s - po s ta g e — r e v e n u e . W aterm ark: C.A, four are great rarities, as the surcharge is horizontal. and crown, perl. 14 24t h Se p t e m b e r , 1881. jd. greon 6d. dark voilet On the issue of 25th August, 1881 (Suarez). Id. red 7d. deep green 9. 7 centesimos, blue, surch. red A 21d. ultramarine 1/- yellow brown N O TE.— The same stamp with black surcharge is a 4a. brown-violet 5/- dark blue rgery. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 43

11th May, 1882. 33. 10 >> violet A B On the issue of 1st May, 1879. 34. 20 >9 brown A B 10. 1 peso, blue, surcharge black A 35. 25 >> red A B 1st Ja n u a r y , 1883. !t h A u g u st, 1890. On the issue of 15th May and 1st July, 1882. On the issue of 1st Becembcr, 1889-1, May, If 11. 1 centesimo, green, surch. black A B C 36. 1 centesimo, green A B 12. 2 centeaimos, rose „ ,, A B D E 37. 2 centesimos, rose A B 38. 5 blue A B 3rd August, 1883. 39. 7 brown B On the issue let April, 1883. >> 40. 10 green 13. 10 centesimos, dark brown, surch. blue A B E M A B 41. 20 orange A NOTE.— This value was afterwards surcharged in >1 42. 25 rod brown A B ultramarine (not deep blue), to comply with the rules of n 43. 50 blue B U .P. U. 44. 1 peso, violet B 1st F ebruary, 1884. N O T E .— The ink of this surcharge was too oily, the On the issue of 16th March, 1883, with surcharge letters are grey on the face and deep black on the back "Franco,” instead of "O ficia l.” o f the stamps, on the dark colours they are hardly 14. 1 centesimo, green, surch. black A B visible. Consequently a new ink in deep black was 12th April, 1894. ordered to be used in addition, as follows :— On the issue of 1st March, 1883. 45. 1 centesimo, green, surch. grey, A surch. black A 15. 5 centesimos, blue, surch. red A B 46. 2 centesimos, rose ,, M B 99 99 A N O T E ,— A ll later surcharges are in black. 47. 5 „ blue „ > ) A 99 A 48. 7 „ brown „ i 9 B 99 99 B 15th April, 1894. 49. 10 „ green „ 99 A 9% 99 A On the issues of 1st April, 1883,13th to 25th Jan., 50. 20 „ orange „ B A and 10th April, 1884. 99 99 99 51. 25 „ red brown 99 B 99 )) A 16. 2 centesimos, red A B 52. 50 „ blue „ B A 17. 1 centesimo, proy. on 10 cent., red A B B 99 99 99 53. 1 peso violet ,, »» B >1 99 A 17a Exists also with small figure 1 N O T E ,— I t is possible further combinations of this 18. 2 centesimos, rose, surch. prov. 1884 A B D double surcharge exist, though writer never succeeded 19. 5 „ blue, Type i. A B to obtain specimens which were undoubtedly genuine. 20. 5 „ ,, ii. A B After the foregoing set was used up, only tits stamps NOTE.—A very small quantity of No. 19 seems to surcharged in black were issued. exist. No. 20 exists horizontally imperforate, 54. 1 centesimo, green ABBE 30th July, 1884. 55. 2 centesimos, rose A B On the issue of 1st May, 1884. 56. 5 „ blue A 21. 1 centesimo, green ABC 57. 7 ,, brown ABE 21a. 1 .. grey A 58. 10 „ green ABE 22. 2 centesimos, bright red A B C B 59. 20 ,, orango A B 23. 5 „ Prussian blue A B 60. 25 „ red brown A B 24. 7 „ bistre A 61. 50 „ blue A B 25. 10 „ brown A B 62. 1 peso violet A B 26. 20 ,, violet A B N O T E . —In this issue the error U P IC IA L appears 27. 25 „ grey violet A B fo r the first time, but is only caused by the bad state of 29th Oc t o b e r , 1887. the die or a broken O. The die with which the stamps On the issue of 1st January, 1877. were surcharged contained the word oficial fifteen 28. 50 centesimos, black A times in three rows, the broken letter is to be found in the last stamp o f the first row, and occurs quite 10th F e b r u a r y , 1888. regularly. On the issue of 1st January, 1888. 29. 1 centesimo, bright green A B 7th Se p t e m b e r , 1891. On the issue of 19th August, 1891. Provisional. 20t h M a r c h , 1888. 63. 5 centesimos, red on lilac A On the issue of 1st January, 1888. 5 „ „ „ Error 1391 A 30. 2 centesimos, carmine A B C *> ,, „ ,, B 5t h J u n e , 1889. 5 „ „ „ Error 1391 B On the issue of 1st January, 1888. N O T E .— Officially only five sheets were surcharged 31. 5 centesimos, light blue A with the word “ Oficial,” and can be recognised by the 32 7 „ orange A thick letters, afterwards some more sheets were sur- 44 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. charged to oblige sotne collectors, but the letters are paper of the most pronounced brand. All sorts of thinner and regular. rumours are afloat, but the Revue Philatelique 10th October, 1895. Francaise, which was the first to publish doubts con On the issues of 15th May, 1894, 2nd Juno, 1894, cerning the firm, states in its issue oi February 28th and 5th October, 1895. that Williams, alias Casnough, was staying in Paris 64. 1 centesimo, blue A until the first denouncement appeared. He has since 65. 2 centesimos, red brown A gone to parts unknown. Description : English, big, 66. 5 „ red A blonde, no beard, front teeth gold filled in the upper jaw. His possible destination is London. 1st N ovember, 1895, * * • On the issue of 2nd June, 1894. Don't forget the Bio I ssue of The Advertiser on 67. 50 centesimos, violet A April 1st. The date suggests a possibility if you do N O T E .— A ll the other values of the issue o f May miss sending an advertisement. m * and June, 1894, were not surcharged officially, and a ll * surcharges are forged. Mr. M. Giweib has seoured fine shop premises, 15th D ecember, 1895. situated at 4, Northumberland Avenue, Charing On the issue of 1895. Cross, London, W.C., where he is carrying on his 68. 2 centesimos, greyish blue A business in British and foreign stamps. The position of the above premises for a stamp business is unique, 18th December, 1895. as besides being easily accessible from every part of On the same issue. the Metropolis, Northumberland Avenue is one of the 69. 7 centesimos, green A finest and quietest thoroughfares of London, and free 70. 10 „ brown A from that congestion of traffic which makes some of 71. 20 ,, green and black A the other thoroughfares so troublesome to traverse. 72. 25 „ brown and blue A *** 31bt March, 1896. An old friend has rc-appcared under a new name. On the same issue. Mr. Walter M. Dawson, who was for a long time the 73. 1 centesimo, yellow brown A Grimsby agent for the Philatelic Chrohicle, has 74. 50 centesimos, blue and black A resumed stamp business under the title of “ The Su- 75. 1 peso, blue and brown A Chu Stamp Co." Sounds like Chinese locals, but it N O T E . —th e higher values (!) and 3 pesos) were only means “ suit you,” and he will—if my past never surcharged. experience is of any value. * * 2nd September, 1897. On the 1896 (Saurez) issue. There were two Richmonds in the field. Several 76. 1 centesimo, lilao and black with papers advertised a Midland Counties Stamp Exchange under the guidance of Mr. Barker, of prov. rod surcharge A Sheffield. Needless to say Mr. Barker and his friends 7th September, 1597. had overlooked the existence of the old-established 77. 5 centesimos, blue and black with exchange at Birmingham, which is now in its four prov. red surcharge A teenth year. Upon having lifts attention called to the 78. 10 centesimos, red and black with matter Mr. Barker expressed his sorrow most prov. red surcharge A handsomely and his exchange is now termed the Yorkshire Stamp Exchange Club. 19th October, 1897. * # On the 1897 issue. * 79. 2 centesimos, lilac A Mr. I. Causino has removed from Market Street to No. 7, Blackfriars Street, Manchester. 15th N ovember, 1897. 80. 5 centesimos, green A ' According to a contemporary, on Monday, December 22nd January, 1898. 19th last, a man walked into the offico of Mr. R. C. 81. 1 centesimo, greyish blue A Bach, of Montreal, and sold him a British Guiana, 2c., of the first issue. On December 21st, ho brought him four of the 8c, green, same issue. This is THE POSTMAN’S KNOCK. heralded as ANOTHER GREAT FIND, with a sub head in capitals just as big. The old hair trunk story is clearly obsolete. The fish and snake story H E W illiam s and Co, mat ter is a blow to philately merchant is also out of date. Had David lived until but we shall probably got over it. Many are this century-end he would surely have felt entitled to T hard hit. Your own P ostman writes with a repeat calmly and deliberately the words he formerly sobbing pen and tear-diluted Ink, upon mourning spoke in haste. tHE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 45

A d explanation of the great rarity of the 1847 House of Lords, Id. red, on yellowish wove, postage stamps of Mauritius may interest my readers. ,, ,, „ bluish laid. In that year the heads of departments, Civil Servants Houso of Commons, Id. black, on blue wove. and members of the Governor’s staff agreed to give a Houses of Parliament, Id. black, on blue wove. ball, in return for a like entertainment given by the ,, 2d. ,, ,, laid. officers of H.M, 12th Regiment. A consignment of N ot for several years had 1 seen a specimen of any stamps for the postal servico in the island had been of them, and had almost forgotten they existed, when received some days previous to the issue of the I recently came across the 6pocimen now before me, invitations. This was the first time postage stamps and which is the only variety I can at present were used thore, and the Postmaster-General, who minutely describe. The following inscription appears was on the ball committee, thought it right to have in three lines (printed in red) on front of the envelope, the envelopes containing the invitation-cards stamped, near the top:— by way of introducing the system to the inhabitants. “ (Temporary.) But the Radical element was then strong in the legis “ To be posted at the H ouse of L ords only. lative council, and the chance of having a slap at “ Post Paid.—ONE P E N N Y .—Weight not to exceed Government House was too tempting to let slip. So i oz.” at the next meeting of Council a resolution was passed The size of the envelope is 5& x 3| inches, papor declaring that postage stamps for a small island were very pale blue, diagonally laid, a watermark consist quite unnecessary, and an order was given that they ing of a seated figure of Britannia, in double-lined should be destroyed. The only stamps used were oval surmounted by crown, appears in the front those on the invitation cards, between 200 and 300 in portion of the paper; but this may be the paper- number. This statement I give on its merits. It maker’s mark, and may or may not show in all certainly contains the elements of self-contradiction. specimens. This envolope was used on March 30th, 1840, and it is cancelled by a mark similar in type to tho M.P.'s “ free ” franks—single-lined circle with NOTES ON ENGLISH STAMPS. crown above—except that it has the word Paid instead of “ free.” There is also “ more to pay ’’ in By W. S. W ebb, a double-lined circle; both marks are in red, and “ more to pay, Id. ” also pen-marked, the letter being 2d. b l u e , 1840. evidently above the prescribed woight. I think I am H E British Specialist Stamp Exchange has the right in stating that the franking system (by M .P.’s), honour of including in its February packet two was abolished with the advent of the penny rate, and unused copies of tho 1840 2d. blue (no white if so, those envelopes would have to be paid for at the lines); they are only priced 40/- apiece nett, so it is value expressed upon the face of them. As to the very unlikely that they will be in their placos on Mulready envelopes, and the adhesive Id. and 2d. return of the packet. labels were not issued until May 6th, 1840, it follows that the Parliamentary envelopes were really the first 2Jd , a r m y o f f i c i a l , e r r o r . postal issue, though a restricted one. Mr. Upton, of Pembroke Dock, has 3hown me a Any readers having specimens of these envelopes copy of the 2.$d. with tho foot of tho L broken so would greatty oblige me if they would send same for that tho word reads like o f f i c i a i , followed by a period. inspection, or describe them, with date of use, Ac., The specimen is unused, and has margin attached and I hope thus to bo enabled to refer again to the showing it to belong to the right-hand edge of the subject, and to describe some of the other varieties of Bheet. The sam o gentleman tells me he has also seen this very interesting series. a used specimen of the same variety. Mr. Morley also catalogues a wrapper, undor date HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT ENVELOPES. of 1850, inscribed “ Post Paid (to be posted at House I f asked to describe the first postage envelopes of Commons only) ” but does not say whether it issued in this country after the inauguration of the expresses any value. penny rate, I expect 99i por cent of collectors would produce their treasured Mulreadys, or trot out their ideas of that justly famous issue, if not actual THE NEW WORLD BUDGET. possessors. But not more than tho remaining half per cent may be aware that special envelopes were H E present issue of United States is undergoing provided for the use of Members of Parliament during a change of oolour. Tho 10 cent is now brown, the earlier months of 1840. In Morley’s catalogue is T the 15 olive-green, tho five blue, &c., Ac. given a list of eight varieties under that date, some of Various opinions are expressed regarding the which, however, are only minor diSerences of type Canadian Imperial stamp (also known as the and paper. The principal varieties are five in number, “ Mulock stamp ” ). Poems and articles innumerable v iz .:— have appeared in many of the daily and weekly 46 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. papers. Some praise it, others ridicule it. but nearly Pimm showed his collection of N. S. W . which is everyone objects to Christmas being contracted to strong in the early issues, and includes some 'Xmas. exceptionally fine re-constructed sheets, every stamp The present issue of 3 cent numeral is found in being in fine condition, lilac as well as purple. The colour has been changed February 16th. Messrs. T. E. Laurenson and L, to red, but none will be put on sale until the supply of purple ones are exhausted. Konig were unanimously elected members. Mr. T. W. Peck gave a short paper on U. S. A. watermarks, The printing of the Omaha stamps has been dis continued. It is said that nearly 143 plates have been illustrated by a large number of strips and plate numbers. used. The supply that remained at Washington has been sent to Omaha, the quantity being as follows:— 1 cent .. t , .. 500,000 MIDLAND COUNTIES STAMP EXCHANGE 2 „ (Established 1886). 4 „ .. 100,000 Hon. Secretary alton Fentham Road, 8 „ .. W. G. W , Birmingham. 10 „ .. • • .. 100,000 50 „ .. 1 dollar .. 500 The March sheets are of excellent quality, Mem 2 „ .. • • 2,000 bers are requested to do their best for April. W ill all This supply should last about three months. members put the section plainly on each sheet to save New Issues :—Envelopes, 1 cent green, 2 cent red; trouble. The following new members are proposed : wrapper, 1 cent, black. The design of the envelope L. S. Holmes [Liverpool), W. C. Bell (Helensburgh), stamps consists of her Majesty’s head (early type) H, C, Webb (London), L. Riley (Edinburgh), H. J. embossed, with a coloured background, surrounded by Guest (Birmingham), and there are vacancies for one an oval in which is the word “ Postage ’’ above, ana or two others Good references indispensable. Rules, the value below, and outside the oval at the top Ac., from the secretary. “ Canada.” T he Bbistol and Clifton Philatelic Society. The latest news from Newfoundland is that all the — The 36th meeting of this society was held on the plates, dies, &o., of Newfoundland stamps, of the 2nd inst. One of the members showed an album con issues of 1866 to 1896, in possession of the American taining part of his general colleotion, and Mr. T. C. Bank Note Co. of New York, were destroyed a few Cartwright passed round five Bheets of the “ U. S. A. days ago. Among the plates were the 6c. pink, 12c. Carrier and Local Stamps ” which in their variety brown, 13c. orange, 21c. blue. As the plates in and simplicity of design are interesting records of possession of the British American Bank Note Co. of what private enterprise attempted before the State Montreal were destroyed several months ago, and also took the entire control of postal matters. the plates of the Cabots, there will be no more reprints of Newfoundland, for which wo ought to be H ebts P hilatelic Society.—A general meeting truly thankful. It may be of interest to some of the was held at Anderton’s Hotel on March 7th at 7 p.m. wiseacres to say that the first shipment of Newfound Mr. Hatold J. White (hon, president) in the chair. land Cabots also conveyed a reprint of the 6c. pink. After business concluded, the hon. president gave a display of his famous collection of English stamps of Gold Medal fame. A special vote of thanks to Mr. Harold White for his interesting and instructive SOCIETY REPORTS. entertainment was carried with acclamation and brought the proceedings to a termination at 9 30 p.m. BIRMINGHAM PHILATELIC SOCIETY. H. A. Slade, hon. eeo. and treasurer. Sububban Exchange Club.—September packets Honorary President.—W. B. Aveby, E sq. have come back and accounts duly rendered for that President^— W. T. W ilson, E sq. month. October packets are expected back very Vice-Presidents R. H ollick, E sq.; W. P ih h ,E sq. shortly. 187 sheets, valued in the aggregate at Committee Mr. H, B. Bew lay ; Mr. P. T. Deakin ; £1,914 15s. 2d., were made up into four packets and Mr. W. F. W adams ; Mr. T. W. P eck ; M r. C. A. despatched on the February circuit in good time. Stephenson ; Mr, W. S. V aughton. Stamps were priced so reasonably that good sales Hon. Secretary and Treasurer:—M b . O. Johnson, should be the result. During the past month two B.A., 208, Birchfield Road, Birmingham. resignations were accepted and ten members duly elected. Applications for membership should be February 2nd. Miss S. M. D’Albiac and Mr. A, accompanied by references. Secretary, H. A. Slade, Still were unanimously elected members. Mr. W. Ingleside, St. Albans. THE PHILATLIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 47

PHILATELIC FRAUDS. WURTEMBERG. — 70 Kreuzer issue. — Lately forgeries of this rare stamp have appeared and to put collectors on their guard we give the following points Collated by N on-Lex. of difference. 1. The stars in the comers are loss clear and are [A ll information and supposed forgeries may be sent larger than those in the originals. to Non-Lex. Doubtful stamps examined free. Return postage must be sen!.] 2. There is no inscription in the scroll under the coat of arms. The words “ Furchtlos” and “ treuw” NITED STATES.—I.R. Surcharge.—We regret can be easily read in the originals. to announce that some one has been trying his U hand in counterfeiting the I.R. on some of the 3. The mouth of the stag is open in the originals, rare I.R . plate numbers. Thoy are not difficult to whereas it is dosed in the forgeries. detect as the colours are off, but are apt to deceive the unwary. Those submitted to the writer came from Chicago and were a bottom strip of 526 lc. and a top strip 525 2o. The blue of the 2o. was too light and the letters were a little broader than the originals in both cases and slightly rounded instead of angular NOTICES. in the comers. The periods on each position of plate numbers and in fact on each stamp on the sheet vary, but are uniform and a very good safeguard. The exact number of all scaroe lc. large I. R. as well as A.B.C. Catalogue.—For the third time the A.B.C. the rare 2c. 525 I.R . and their whereabouts are pretty Catalogue of Messrs. Bright & Son has appeared accurately known to the writer as a record of all finds before the philatelic world. As a price list we have has been kept. nothing to do with it. The prices are lower than heretofore, as a rule, and that is all we notice. Con It is also reported, that seven or eight sheets of sidered as a catalogue it is even an improvement on counterfeit inverts and a few plate numbers were the second edition which was an excellent volume. sold in Nebraska to dealers. The party who made We get everything—British, Colonial and Foreign, them is said to have repented later and destroyed all adhesives, cards and wrappers—in one compact ho had left. It is not stated whether they were lc. or volume and yet nothing is omitted and nothing 2c. stamps. cramped in the 800, or thereabouts, pages that com prise the book. The illustrations are, in many cases, U R U G U A Y .— 120c., blue ; 240c., red.— Firstly, the extremely good, in others only moderate, but the blue colour is too much of an ultramarine, and the letterpress is distinct everywhere. The price is 2/3, red colour too orange, in these forgeries. The post free, and it may be ordered from the Philatelic distance between the first ' c ' of ‘ cobbeo * on the Publishing Co., or Messrs. Bright & Son, direct. left, and the outer border above ' Montevideo,' is 15 mm. on the forgeries, and 14J-14J on the originals. T he Stamp Collector’s Almanac.—This useful There is also a slight difference in this measurement annual has been published for the third time. It is on the right side, but not so pronounced. In the issued by Messrs. Campbell Ingles & Co., the well- forgeries of these two values the ‘a ’ in ‘corrbo’ on known Carlisle dealers, forms an excellent twopeny- the right has curved lines on the top and bottom ('a'), worth. Calendar, List of 1898 new issues, List of which is not the case with the originals. The left Philatelic Magazines, Clubs, &c., &o., make it a really eyebrow is straight in the forgeries, and curved in the usoful book to have on the office table or in the house originals. These are the chief differences. for reference. Post free, 2£d., from Philatelic “ The 100.—The dash after ‘ correo* on the right Publishing Co., or Campbell Ingles & Co., as above. is scarcely visible, and the word ‘correo’ slightly larger than in the originals, The colour of this I nternational P hilatelic D irectory.—This Ger stamp is too much of a brownish hue, and there are man publication is compiled by W. Giessmann, discrepancies in the position of the rays. This is the Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany, and it is a really most dangerous of the three. excellent work, especially as regards the information concerning German collectors, societies, publications, But even with these detailed warnings before him Ac. When other countries are approached, the the young collector is in danger of being defrauded, excellence and completeness are absent, but still good for the forgeries have a very guileless and respectable lists are given of the philatelists and philatelic look. Early Uruguays, in faot, should only be pur adjuncts all the world over. The price is 3/- only, chased on tne guarantee of some responsible person. from the address given above. 48 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

T h e A d v e r t i s e s .— The Advertiser of Wants and During twelve months over 5,000 advertisements Offers (Philatelic Publishing Co., Fentham Road, appear in “ The Advertiser,” divided among 20 issues, Birmingham), is the very best advertising medium for or about 250 soparate advertisements per issue, rang philatelists in the world. With the largest paid sub ing from a whole page to an adlet of a few words, and scription list of any philatelic paper iu the English the most gratifying feature is the noticeablo fact that language, to say nothing of the largo number of the majority of advertisements come from the same necessary specimen copies periodically sent out, parties time after time, while almost evory day new it would be suprising if it failed to give satis supporters appear by the recommendation of one or faction to its supporters. For foreign business another old supporter. Our friends do their best for it has no rival. In America it has more subscribers us, we reciprocate acoording to the best of our ability than three-fourths of the American papers and —and the result is mutual advantage. These lines in the English colonies no other paper even are not penned without an object. Wo wish to get pretends a rivalry. Since its inception many every philatelic advertiser with us and the facts we papers on both sides of the Atlantic have imitated its have set out in the foregoing arc a bait to draw them chief features, but The Advertiser had got too big a into the net from which they will never have the start to fear any opposition. Imitation is the desire to escape. sincerest form of flattery, and the little paper has been flattered in this vein by practically every one of CANADA WHOLESALE. the British philatelic journals, who—wise in their The following prices are for stamps In good condition and lightly generation—have carefully copied its name or its cancelled. methods, the only thing they have so for failed to per ie per 100 per 100 per 1000 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d imitate being its success and its large circulation. 3d. beaver ic...... 1 o To show that results are still satisfactory to adver sc. 8 o 2C. 1 6 tisers, a few out of the many congratulatory remarks 3c. large red ... 3C...... o 9 7 0 that have reached us during the last few weeks are Jubilee Issue: Numeral Issue, 1898 ic. n e w ...... ic., 6c., 8c., appended. Considering the undoubted success of the ic. equally mixed... 4 6 paper, comparatively few of the more important 2C. ic...... o g dealers have ever tried it—yet those who have done 2C. I 0 6c.I f - new 3C...... so have remained steadfast ever since. “ Once an 8c. ,, Imperial Penny advertiser—always an advertiser ” is the principle, Sets Jc. to 50c Post Stamp, un. g o but we would naturally be glad to find many more new... 84 o 1st, 2nd. & 3rd Maple Leaf Issue, 1898: issue of Canada working with us to mutual advantage. The rates are ic., 6c., 8c. Post Cards, cut very cheap, but we are always willing to make them equally mixed 10 square, or whole 40 0 even cheaper to secure good advertisers for longer EXCH ANGE.—For every 5 and 10c. Canada of any issue (except periods. Read a few of this year's (1899) congratu Jubilee) sent me, I will send iD exchange six ic. and three ic. 20. and 3c. Good foreign exchange wanted: do not send less lations :— than 500. Orders under 4/- are respectively declined. Mr. H. B. Backhouse : “ I hope to run a larger R. S. MASON, HAMILTON, CANADA. tfn advertisement in your paper for some time. I have had very good results.” Mr. A, G. Padg&m : “ I hope the advertisement APPROVAL BOOKS OP F IN E will bring as many replies as the last.” Mr. Ralph R. Scudamore : “ Very much pleased with last advertisement.” BRITISH COLONIALS, UNITED STATES Mr. H Bristow: “ Kindly stop our advertisement, we have had so many replies.” EUROPEANS, 4c, Mr. Elie N oyer: “ I have great satisfaction in my MEDIUM AND RARE AT announcement in your esteemed paper.” Mr. Ernest A. E. Slinger: “ I cannot complain of 25 Per Gent to 75 Per cent discount off results from giving you ads.” Catalogue Prices. Mr, W. T. Brass: “ I am very pleased with the Our Books are arranged in catalogue order, each success of'my former ad.” stamp is a perfect copy, and guaranteed genuine. Mr. J. Carr: “ The advertisement you put in for GIVE OUR BOOKS A TRIAL. me was very satisfactory." References required from collectors unknown to us. Mr. Robert Kirby : “ As a compliment to your paper, I have been deluged with replies from all parts." C. FORBES~& Co., Mr. H. H. Hipwoll: “ Your paper is wonderful, how it iB I have not come across it before I don’t 56, Antili Road, Bow, LONDON, E. know." Note Our New Address. dtfn V THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. v.

Tw o hundred thousand is a big figure, but W. C, PROUDFOOT, (Member I.P.U.) it represents the number of circulars, price P.O. Box 11, BT. VINCENT, W.I. lists, club rules, and handbills circulated by d. means of The Advertiser during the last twelve Bahamas, t, 24, 4,6, t/- per set 2 7 Barbados, 1, 4,1. si, 4, 0, 8,10 * 2 months at io/- per thousand. The postage Bermuda, f, 1, a, af, 3,4,6, if- 1 on 1,000 circulars at £d. each is £ 2 is. 8d. Grenada, 4, 1, 24, 3,6,8, 1/- 2 Oambla, 4,1. 1i,. »,2, 2,4.24, 3, 4,6.4,6, I/-li 0 If they are sent out' with The Advertiser st. Lucia,<4,1.24. * 3, 4, '6.1/- -' 10 Trinidad,. 4, 1I,, 24,*4.4. 4,5, 5, 6,e, 1 ./- 1 j £ i i i s . 8d- is saved, or 75% of the postage. Turks Island, 4, 1, 24, 4, j, 6,1 /- It may be argued that circulars distributed in Leevard Islands, 4. «. 24, 4, 6, 7, 1 / Jamaica. 4.t,2, >4. 3,4 ,6,1 /- this way are not so efficacious as those sent B rltlib Bui ana, re, 2c, 4c, sc. 62, 8c, 12c, 24c „ separately, but this is open to question— at any - „ Picture Series, ic, 2c, 3c, 10c 13c „ British Honduras, ic, 2c, 5c, 6c, 10c, 12c, 24c „ rate the difference is not represented by 75%, Barbadoi, 2/6 ...... each Jamaica, 2/-1 British Bulana, 48c ... ’ „ To print circulars about note-paper size Bahamae, Jamaica, Bt. Lucia, Trinidad, runs from 7/-to 12/- per .page for a thousand, Laniard Island* 8/- ...... „ B O Bt. Lucia, Trinidad, 101- ...... „ 10 I according to the work on a page— at these Bahama*, Trinidad £1 ...... „ 21 0 prices they are done well, and the P h i l a t e l i c Any oj the above stamps may be purchased at slight advance over face value. P u b l i s h i n g C o m p a n y are prepared to print FOLLOWING BT. VQICBRT AT FAOB VALUB: and'advantageously circulate to any extent. Jd green, id carmine, 24d blue, 3d browu, 4d yellow, 6d Ulac, tf- That the system pays is proved by the fact vermlllon, 3/- lake. 1889 issue type of Leeward Islands, 4, 1, 24, 3,4, 5, 6, >/-, 3/-. that the same people send circulars for All above stamps uhusxd In mint condition. distribution again and again. 1 Post Office Orders payable " Kingstown, St. Vincent." Cash SEND OUT YOUR CIRCULARS WITH “ THE ADVERTISER.” with order. Postage and Registration extra. NEXT iSSUS APRIL 1st. ■o notice whatever taken of exchange aendleg*. jy

Messrs. OS TAR, A & DARLOW BRITISH COLONIALS. A A A varieties, all dean and perfect, Including Canadian maple Beg to announce that A V V and numeral, Straits, unused British Guiana, British South Africa, unused Newfoundland, Barbadoes Jubilee. Malta, Their Sixth Manchester Auction and many good obsolete stamps as well as the newer issues. Price 9 /-; postage abroad extra. WILL BE HELD AT THE The Loqdon Philatelic Exchange Circular is a paper that will interest yon, and a copy will be sent post Grand liotel,^^ free, one penny. Including a gift of unused stamps to every ap plicant. ON My APPROVAL BOOKS are the CHEAPEST and BEST. WEDNESDAY MARCH 22nd, 1899, T o hold too stamps, 12 samples free, fid. a At 6-30 o'olock in the evening. The stamp* will be on view and catalogues may be obtained at 18, Piccadilly, Manobester. II you want to dispose of your Stamps, send them to us, we E. ALEX AND ER , send you cash within eight days. I ? Future sales will be held in Manchester on dates an 110, LONDON WALL, LONDON. nounced later. - - 10,000 - - A It enquiries to be addressed:— STAMPS for Sale, from id. each. . . OSTARA & DARLOW, SEE OUR APPROVAL SHEETS. Jtaraff ^ucltostecFg, THE NORTHBBHMBTAMP CO., 18, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER. 8, Parkiida Ruud, West Bowling, BRADFORD. S103 In answering Advertisements please mention 11 Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser. If- 1 4S THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

Tnr. Anvr.nTisr.n. The Advertiser of i'.'ants and During twelve months over 0,000 advertisement Offers (Philatelic Publishing C*>., Fen! ham iI-■:>;i. nr.near in “ ’>'hc Adt\rliS’ >\" divided among ”0 issue : '.iriningham), is Iho very lie. t ii-Uci tLing nn dmm fm 11‘ aboil1 .!00 - I'jia '.ill! advertisement-, pur i-:ai.:, i-.Uii' philatelists in I lie world. Wilh tin: l,ne l paid suli- ing from a v . i page !•> an .idlul. of a lew words, and eii|'li"U list, :,i any pliilal-i'lii- paper in tin: Ihiyli h tie inn .1 :; iV,lily hi:- leal lire is the iiotieeahlc fa< i, fh;:‘. language, !■> sav noiliiug " f the largo number of (in: majority of advertisement* mine Irmn the same necessary specimen copies pt riudicallv sent out, pai tic.- time after time, while almost every day new it would he suprising if il failed to give satis supporters appear by the recommendation of one or faction to its supporters. E’or foreign business another old supporter. Our friends do their ln-st for il has no rival. In America it has more subscribers us, we reciprocate according to the best of rmr ability than three-fourths of the American papers and and the result is mutual advantage. These line*: in the English colonics no other paper even arc not penned without an object. We wish to gel pretends a rivalry. Since its inception many overv philatelic advertiser with us and the tacts y.t papers on both sides of the Atlantic have imitated its have set out in the foregoing arc a bait to draw them chief features, but The Advertiser had got too big a into the net from which they will never have thr start to fear any opposition. Imitation is the dosi re t j escape. •inccrcst form of flattery, and the little paper has been flattered in this vein by practically every one of CANADA WHOLESALE. the British philatelic journals, who— ..so iti their Till-: I lilnwina prices arc for stamps ill coed condition am! lightly ''iteration— have carefully copied its name or its cancelled. 3 o methods, the only thing they have so far failed to I>cr i? pi r ioo per ioo per O s. (1. s. d. S. (1. S. ■! imitate beiug its success and its large circulation. 311. braver . 2 0 ic ...... r 0 To show that results are still satisfactory to adver 5C- H - 8 o 2C...... T e tisers. a few out of the many congratulatory remarks 3C. hrfcp red .. 2 0 dC...... 0 9 7 '■ Ju b ile e /ssiii .\ ithizynl Issue. i8q8 that have reached us during the last, few weeks are Ac. new ... 0 £C., 0C-, he., appended. Considering the undoubted success of the 1C...... 4 0 t have remained steadfast ever since. “ Once an he...... 10 0 Imperial Penny advertiser— always an adveitiaer” is the principle, S’-«d Ac. to snc. Post Sump, un. 9 0 hut we would naturally be glad to find many more ...... Si o TSl, 2nd. & 3rd •Vil/’V Lent Issue. iHnR: Usue of Canada ■vurking with us to mutual advantage. The rates are '.C; OC., GC. Post Cards, cm verv cheap, but we are always willing to make them t-fpially rni>:e<1 10 o square,or whole 6 0 40 * even cheaper to secure good advertisers for longer 1. \Uii \\ C,K - I-'or every 5 and 10c. Canada o( any issue (exct-pi Jubilee) sent me. I will send in exchange si\ *c. and three ic period*. Head a few of :his year's (1S00) cm uiatu- ::c. and ~,r Gcc.! foreinn exchange wanted do not send h lations : than 500. Orders under :' are respectively declined. Mr. H. n. Backhouse : “ I hope to run a larger F. S. MASON. HAMILTON, CANADA. tfn advertisement in your paper for some time. 1 have had very good results.” APPROVAL BOOKS Mr. A. G. I ’adgam : “ I hope the adveti' .merit OF FINE w ill bring as many replies as the last.” Mr. Ralph 11. Scudamore : “ Very much pleased with last advertisement.” BRITISH COLONIALS, UNITED STATES Mr. H Bristow: “ Kindly stop our advertisement, we have had so many replies.” EUROPEANS, Sc., Mr. E licN n yer: " T have great satisfaction itt my MF.DILM AND RUIN AT announcement in your esteemed paper.” 25 Per Cent to 75 Per cent discount oft Mr. Ernest A. E. Slinger: “ l cannot complain of results from giving you ads.” Catalogue Prices. Vlr. \V. T. Brass: ‘‘ 1 am very pleased with the Our Books are arranged in catalogue order, each success of my former ad.” .-tamp is a perfect copy, and guaranteed gamine. Mr. J. Carr: "The advertisement you put iit for GIVE OUR BOOKS A TRIAL. me was very sati-factory,” References required from collectors unknown to i: Mr. Robert Kirby ; ’ ■ As a compliment to your paper. I have been deluged with replies from all parts.” C. FORBES & Co., Mr. H. H. Hipwell : "Y o u r paper is wonderful, 56, Antill Road, Bow, LONDON, E. how it is 1 have not come across it before 1 don’t know.” Note Our New Address. dtfn THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. v.

Two hundred thousand is a big figure, but W. C. PROUDFOOT, (Member I.P.U.) it represents the number of circulars, price . . . P.O. Box 11, BT. YINCENT, Vf.I. lists, club rules, and handbills circulated by s. d. means of The Advertiser during the last twelve Baham a), i. 4. C, 1/. per set 2 7 Barbados, J, 4, 1, 2!, 4, G. 8, 10 3 2 months at 10/- per thousand. The postage Bermuda,*,i,2,2i,3.4,G,i/- 3 I on 1,000 circulars at Ad. each is £ 2 is. 8d. Grenada, 4, 1, 24. 3,6,8, 1/- 3 2 Gambla, 4.1.2, 2}, 3, 4. 6, 1/- 3 0 If they are sent out' with The Advertiser St. Lucia, 4, 1, 24, 3, 4.6-

ALL DEALERS should see our 12pp. W holesale List of used and unused Stamps, Cheap Sots, Variety Packets, Mounts, Continentals, and Stamp Albums. Post free on receipt of business card or memorandum. EVERY COLLECTOR should possess our 68pp Retail List. ( “ The noatest and most interesting we have seen this year, bar none.”—Philatelic Chronicle.) Pull of bargains in Sets, Packets, Albums, and single Stamps. Gratis and post free on application. WE ARE BUYERS, at all times, of large Wholesale Stocks, Remainders, &c., &c., to any amount, at low prices, FOR PROMPT CASH ONLY. jn ERRING-TON & M A R T I N , SOUTH HACKNEY, LONDON, N.E. EXCHANGE! EXCHANGE! EXCHANGE I J F YOU W A N T TO BUY STAM PS and save money, J F YO U W A N T TO S E L L S TA M PS end make money,

W H O E V E R sends 100— 200 or 500 postage stamps J F YOU W A N T TO EXCH ANG E S TA M PS and do both, (not fiscals) of British and French Colonies, Malta, Gibraltar, North and South America, Surinam, JF YOU WANT TO BE THOROUGHLY UP TO DATE Curacao, Hawaiian Islands, and Asiatic Stamps in SUBSCRIBE TO— —ADVERTISE IN good condition, will receive per return of mail, under register cover through any Levant foreign office THE PHILATELIC stamped with different values, same number, value MONTHLY ADVERTISER. and quantity of Oriental Stamps (old Turkish, BIX PENCE PER ANNUM, POST FREE. Persian, Montenegrian, Bulgarian, Roumanian, Ctrculatea In over One Hundred Countries and Colonies, Egyptian, Bosnian, Greek, and foreign Levant Offices amongst Fourteen to Blxteen Thousand Stomp (English, German, French, Austrian, and Russian). Collectors and Dealers. Rare against rare. Senders are requested to register SPECIMEN COPY GRATIS A POST PREB their letters as I am not responsible for letters lost in PUBLISHED BY m7 transit. THE CO-OPERATIYE STAMP CO. A ddress ;— FOREST GATE, LONDON, ENG. A. G. SERGHIADES, N B.—Every Stamp Journal reproducing this announcement regularly, will be giveo advertising space o f equal cash value No. 31, Rue Yuksek Kaldirim, No- 31. | in the “Philatelic Monthly A dvertise* ’ Foreign Journals mutt, however, translate before reproducing, and CONSTANTINOPLE. the favour wit) be reciprocated. Member of the Birmingham Philatelic Society, International Society of Philately of Dresde, Phila HENRY RUFFELL, telic Club of Metz, &c, m 53, TEVIOT STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, CHEAP NATIVE INDIAN STAMPS, ESTABLISHED, 1882. per 12. per 100. WHOLESALE PRICES. s. d. s. d. OFFERS THE FOLLOWING BARGAINS;— Travancore, Jch 0 4 3 0 d. „ ICll ... 0 3 1 6 s. s. d. „ job 0 8 1 0 12 P e r s ia ...... 1 0 2 Natal Prov. }d., AlW&r, i anna 0 6 3 0 9 Haiti ...... 1 0 0d„ Ad., Id. ... 1 0 Cochin, 1891,1 piutan 1 0 8 0 10 Newfoundland... 1 0 8 H a w a ii...... 0 10 ,, August, 1898, la blue 0 6 3 8 „ „ „ 4p green 0 8 4 A 10 W. Australian... 1 0 7 British Guiana Deccan, 1 anna 0 3 1 1 2 „ Provl. 1 0 Prov, ...... 1 6 Gwailon. Jhlnd, or Puttallla, Ja service 0 4 2 3 6 Siam 0 9 Canada 2d,, 1864 2 0 ,, ,1 ia ,, 0 8 3 4 Holkar, } anna 0 6 3 0 6 „ Provl. ... 1 0 Trinidad Is. mauve Sirmoor, J anna 0 7 3 A 7 St, Helena obs. 2 3 1864-76 2 0 CHEAP PACKETS, is varieties for 8d., 25 for 2/-. 5 ,, current 1 0 w h o l e s a l e LIST r « t i . CASH WITH ORDER. ) A ll W arranted used Postali.v. Mr C. 8. IYER 5 CO., Attungal, Travencore, India. Jy Selections sent on approval. In answering Advertisements please mention “ Philatelic Chronicle and. Advertiser," THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. vii

TRANSVAAL, 1 /-, green shafts, unused, W DOUBLE CIRCULATION ! ! price 12/6. ANTIGUA Revenues, set of 8, unused, price 4/-. SPAIN, Revenue StampB, set of 25, many unused, price 4/-. S I fftig 3ssue M orley’s Catalogue of English Postage, Railway’s Entires and all varieties of . OF . Fiscals, price 2/6. M o r l e y ’ s Catalogue of Colonial Revenue Stamps, 2/6. . S'fie Advertiser L u n d y ’s Catalogue .of Swiss and German States, Fiscals, 1/6. APPEARS ON WALTER MORLEY, APKIIv 1st. 15, BR0WHH1LL GARDENS, SEND YOUR ADVERTISEMENTS BY Hither Green, Catford, London, S.E. MARCH 27th. 6 GOOD POINTS. f\ U R LATEST NOVELTY for philatelists, is a ruled Approval Book, which is absolutely the finest in the Trade. First, each book is ruled on the finest bank paper, to hold 190 stamps (on one side of the paper only). Second, DO NOT MISS THIS. each book is bound in a strong, artistic cover, primed in colour. Third, each book will go, without folding, in an ordinary envelope. Fourth, each book contains the usual rules printed In the English, French and German languages. Fifth, Our ruled books are the originals, not IT IS NO USE PROMISING poor imitations, and. like our Ruled Sheets, have the largest sale on earth. Sixth, our prices a r c 12 for 8d , 25 1/2, what we cannot perform, but we intend to BEAT 502^., too is. gel., carriage paid; postage abroad extra. The tenth edition of our Celebrated Ruled Sheets is now RECORD. Aid ua with your advertisement. Every ready. little helps. W e can distribute circulars with this Each Sheet is ruled (on finest bank paper) to hold 60 stamps, usual rules and space for your name and address. 25, Gd.; 50. huge issue at 10/' per 1,000, and save you lid .; 100, IS 6d.; 250, 3s. 6d.; 300, 6s.; i,ooo, us. Carriage paid £L 11s. 8d. per 1,000 in postage. A specimen book and sheet post free for id. stamp. tin ARTHUR MONTEITH & CO., N B .— Please send remittances, if possible, PHILATELIC DEALERS A PUBLISHERS, by postal order or in English stamps. 14, CHESTER GREEN ROAD, DERBY. Established 1885. Any values unused stamps are accepted, JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING however. Address by March 27th, to Is the secret of success. Desultory advertising pays but little, put your ad. in “ THE ADVERTISER,” 2§ k iln tclic Oldest Philatelic Magazine in the State. F e n t h a m R o a d , Subscription 25c. a year. Free Exchange Column.

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No. in set. Price. containing an entirely C a n a d a , 1897, maple leaves, $c. to 10c., obsolete 8 A u s t r ia , 1850 6-1 12 4

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PART I. A prominent improvement throughout this NO W B E A D Y . Edition of the Catalogue is the insertion of Stamps of the British Empire copious notes on “Reprints” by Mr. E. D. Bacon. Price 2/-, or post-free 2/3. A special feature in PA R T I. is the full and PART II. In prtfemtioK. Will be ready about API''L 1899- complete Illustration of the Stamps of Great Stamps of Foreign Countries. Britain, which, under the new regulations, we are now able to use for the first time for many Price 2/-, or post-free 2/3. years. W ill consist of tho Adhesive Stamps of s'! countries other than the British Empire, but without any Local Stamps. i The important feature of the PRICES PART III. has received our most careful attention, T^iis Part will be ready about MA Y, 1899. The Local Postage Stamps and we fully believe that the present ---- of the World. Catalogue reflects the current Market Price 1/., or post-free 1/3. Values as we go to press. This Part is a distinctly “ new departure,” but we venture to think that, owing to the great demand we Bright’s A.B.C. Catalogue. have for Local stamps of all kinds, and to the I THIRD EDITION publication of special albums for their collection, the issue of this Catalogue will be fully justified. I Fully illustrated, in Oh e V o l u m e , now ready. Post free, 2/6. Further, the Collector of Government Postage Stamps will no longer find P arts I and I I -of the Catalogue burdened with over 100 pages of Stamps in which he takes no interest. I The UNIVERSAL STANDARD CATALOGUE. PART IV. 2,000 Illustrations. Every important variety is 1899 This Part wilt be ready about MA Yt . | listed such as watermarks, but unimportant errors, Envelopes and Post Cards. I non-government issues and minute difference:, arc Price 1/-, or post-free 1/3. entirely eliminated, thus providing a simple and yet This Part will be similar to P a r t III of last Edition, comprehensive general catalogue. Every stamp is and will, as far as possible, show correct prices for Envelopes and Wrappers, used and unused, both ' priced. Now Ready. entire and cut square, and for Post Cards, both used Post free, price 1/3. and uuused.

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An answering Advertisements please mention “ The “ Advertiser.” THE PHTLATLIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 49 i^Bilatelie Cf^oniele 4 KcLvgptiger The Philatelic Chmnich Is sent to all the members of the Birmingham Philatelic Society and Midland Countica AND PHILATELIC TILE Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journal of these PUBLISHED MONTHLY. Societies. Combined membership ICO. SUBSCRII’TION. 1/C BEK ANK'J.V, Subscriptions commence with current numbe i Pack numbers of VoU. 1,11,111, IV ,V , V I & V II,6 d . Specimen, Id. Odd numbers of Vol, V III, 3d. each. Back Nos. of the Advertiser 2/G, lor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and | (TpH ERK is a growing impression among ! I, and 3d. eacli all others. Stamp Collectors that the specialist will

ADVERTISEMENTS* shortly be, if he is not ti!iva<]y, deonsed 2 6 per Inch. Limit, g Lines to the inch. I from his high place in philately, although, of Liberal discount for a series. Unused English Stamps accepted in payment to course he will always hav • Lis value ncknow- any amount. I leclged in the impurtani though lapLUv short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 24 words I for Sixpence, three insertions at the price of two. narrowing circle of the cognos t u ;;. Tin to was The Advertiser is the best medium for short Advertise a time when the philatelic world hung on t!i • ments of wants and offers, published Semi-Monthly. I pronouncements of the leading s; '-naums. 1 |... Subscriptions and advertisements must be prepaid. Halfpenny Stamps should always be sent in prefer- I knowledge that they were oecupi'd in pilia-, enec to those of any other value. Money from abroad | the catalogue of a new country or invi-stey uimr must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts | under 2 - may bo sent by unused stamps, higher | 1 lie varieties of a certain issue, was u-;, {l, values, at current rate of exchange. Unused send the value of 1110 slumps un-leic.-nsj, r;,; ;0|| U.S. and Canadian high values accepted at face ,aluc. Postal and Money Orders payable at to u sky-high price, with the rapid! v :t!,d li itto7i Road, Aston. hrilliarice of a rocket—often, alas, only to de Liberal discount for ft series of Advertisements. scend like the stick. The specia'is;-- van - and Vol. I, II, III, IV,V,or VI, bnd, clotligilt, Post-freeGJ- ; Vol. I. IT, II I , IV , V, VI,m ay bo obtained Unbound 5/- are the brain of philately bill they iv; 1 . "• ] p_ Vol. V II., Bound, 3 -: Unbound, .. 2/- or, rat her, they made the pace too in,? for tie Communications must be addressed to T he P hilatelic Chkonicle and Advertiser,” rank and file to keep up. When lb . ue.-t:<.;i Fcntham Hoad, Ilandsworth, Birmingham. of a dot raised the price of a stamp by !( A ll Articles are Copyright. A gents wanted in every Town. Terms on application. ■ sovereign, people wei\ heligi.L d :h. . y ______i had the more valuable variety or w• k - t :.g, t- Ml New Subscriptions to the “ .Vtlvertiser” are entitled to one short Ail vertisem ent. Sub* I get it if they were without— hut v L n u :-umo scription 6d. for 12 issues, post-free. i iu a thousand dots and a thousand djii, roue,-. ,.f a pound, and when, above all, it was found i l -o All communications for the next issue should reach us by the Tenth of the Month at latest. We cannot the doL variety, sliould it be necessary to ivalizi-. guarantee insertion if received after that date. would bring less than atjuarterof itsoriginal price, Atril 22nd, 1899, ordinary collectors drew back with a “ Thanks

c o n t e n t s . we have had some! ” and the specialist husim.vs P a g e was at an end. There is light ahead for Editorial...... *9 Clironlclo ...... 50 philately, it will long flourish — but ihe general The Stamps o f Tonga ...... SO Notes on English S ta m p s ...... 51 collector will be the stamp man of the fuiuiv The Postman's Knock ...... 51 New W o rld Budget ... 63 and the specialist, as far as t he bu k of si amp Philatelic Frauds ...... S3 Universal Standard Ca.alogue; The British Stamp fanciers is concerned, will liud his occupation Directory ; New Braz: I Surcharges ...... 54 Soolsty Reports ...... 55 goue. IV. THIS PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. THE 1899 CATALOGUES. GIBBONS' will be la FOUR PARTS, each forming a separate Volume. These Volumes will be arranged and published in the same order as the corresponding volumes - of the IM PERIAL ALBUM , although it most be understood that the numbers in the Catalogue do not, in most cases, correspond with those in the Album .

PART.I. A prominent. improvement throughout Ibis NOW BEADY. Edition of the Catalogue is the insertion of Stamps of the British Empire. copious notes on "Reprints” by hrfr. E . D. Bacon. Price 2/-, or post-free 2/3. A special feature in PART I. is the full and P A R T II. complete Illustration of the Stamps of Croat In perforation. W ilt be ready about A PH IL 1899. Stamps of Foreign Countries. Britain, which, under the new regulations, we are now able to ubo for the first, time for many Price 2/-, or post-free 2/3. years. Will consist of the Adhesive Stamps of ell countries"' other than the British Empire, but without any Local Stamps. The important feature of the PRICES P A R T III. has received onr most careful attention, This P a rtw iil be ready about HA Y, 1899. The Local Postage Stamps and we folly believe that the present i— —of the World. Catalogue reflects the current Market Values as we go to press. Price 1/-. or post-free 1/3. This Part is a distinctly “ new departure,” but we venture to think that, owing to the great demand we Bright’s A.B.C. Catalogue. have for Local stamps of all kinds, and to the THIRD EDITION. publication of special albums for their collection, the issue of this Catalogue wiJLbe fully justified. Fully illustrated, in On» Vonpira, now ready. Post free, 2/6. Further, the Collector .of Government Postage Stamps will no longer find P asts I and I I *ef the Catalogue burdened with over 100 pages of Stamps in whioh he takes no interest. The UNIVERSAL STANDARD CATALOGUE. P A R T IV - 2,000 Illustrations. Every important variety is This Part wiil be ready about MA Y, 1899. listed such as watermarks, bat unimportant errors, Envelopes and Post Cards. non-government issues and minute differences are Price. 1/-, or post-free 1/3. entirely eliminated, thus providing a.simple and yet This Part will be similar to P art IH of last Edition: comprehensive general catalogno, Every stamp is and will, as far as possible, Bhow correct prices for priced. Envelopes and Wrappers, used' and unused, both Now B eady entire and ant square, and for Post Cards, both used Poat free, price 1/3. and unused.

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PBilatelie Clpponiele: & Hcltfeptigep ! The Philatelic Chronicle U sent to all the members of the Birmingham Philatelic Society and Midland Counties A N D PHILATELIC TIME Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journal of these ublished onthly P M . Soeletlae. Combined membership over too. S ubscription , 1/6 p e r A n n u m . Subscriptions commeneo with current numbo Back numbers of Vols. I, II, III, IV, V, V I

ADVERTISEMENTS. shortly be, if he is not already, deposed 2/6 per Inch. Limit, 8 Lines to the inoh. from his high place in philately, although, of Liberal discount for a series. course he will always have his value acknow Unused English Stamps accepted in payment to any amount. ledged in the important though rapidly Short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 24 words narrowing circle of the cognoscenti. There was for Sixpence, three insertions at the price of two. The Advertiser is the best medium for short Advertise a time when the philatelic world huug on the ments of wants and offers, published Semi-Monthly. pronouncements of the leading specialists. The Subscriptions and advertisements must be prepaid. Halfpenny Stamps should always be sent in prefer knowledge that they were occupied in compiling ence to those of any other value. Money from abroad the catalogue of a new country or investigating must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts under 2/- may be sent by unused stamps, higher the varieties of a certain issue, was enough to values, at current rate of exchange. Unused send the value of the stamps under consideration LJ.S. and Canadian high values accepted at faoe to a sky-high price, with the rapidity and value. Postal and Money Orders payable at Witton Road, Aston. brilliance of a rocket— often, alas, only to de Liberal discount for a series of Advertisements. scend like the stick. The specialists were and Vol. I, I I , I I I , IV ,V ,o r V I, bnd, clothgilt, Post-free6/- V o l . 1 , 1 1 , I I I , IV , V, VI,m ay be obtained U nbound 5/- are the brain of philately but they over-did it— Vol. V II., Bound, 3/-; U nbound, .. 2/- or, rather, they made the pace too hot for the Communications must be addressed to T he P hilatelic Chronicle and Advertiser,” rank and file to keep up. When the question Fontham Hoad, Bandsworth, Birmingham. of a dot raised the price of a stamp by a All Articles are Copyright. sovereign, people were delighted to find they Agents wanted in every Town. Terms on application. had the more valuable variety or were eager to New Subscriptions to the “ Advertiser” are entitled to one short Advertisement. Sub get it if they were without— but when it came scription 6d. for is issues, post-free. to a thousand dots and a thousand differences of a pound, and when, above all, it was found that All communications for the next issue should reach us by the Tenth op the Month at latest. We cannot the dot variety, should it be necessary to realize, gnarantee insertion if received after that date.______would bring less than a quarter of its original price, Ap r il 22nd, 1899. ordinary collectors drew back with a “ Thanks, we have had some ” and the specialist business CONTENTS. 1 P a g e. was at an end. There is light ahead for Editorial...... 19 Chronicle ...... BO philately, it will long flourish— but the general The Stamps or Tonga ...... 60 Notes on English Stam ps...... SI collector will be the stamp man of the future The Postman's Knoak ...... SI New W orld B u d get...... S3 and the specialist, as far as the bulk of stamp Philatelic Frauds ...... 63 Universal Standard Catalogue; The British Stamp fanciers is concerned, will And his occupation Dlreotor;; Hew Brazil Surcharges ...... 6* Seelety Beporta ...... 66 gone. so THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

CHRONICLE. and printed from eleotrotypes at the Government Printing Office, Wellington, N.Z., on white wovo paper, watermarked N .Z . and star. R A Z IL ,— As fully described on another page, the Ac) 100 reis, 1898, 'provisional has been re-issued, the A., perf. 12}. surcharge is printed apparently by means of a Id. rose. rubber hand stamp. The full inscription, in three 2d. mauve lines, diagonally, is 6d. blue, 100—1899—100 Is. green. 100 r. on 50 r. yellow, journal stamp. £., perf., 11 £ Id. rose. EC U AD O R.— The 50c., violet, fiscal has been sur 2d. mauve. charged 20c. for official use 6d. blue. Coreos oficial 2 0 c. in red, Is. green. 2 0 c. on 5 0 o. violet N O TE .— The books of the Chief Post-master, Tonga, MOROCCO AGENCIES.—There are two varieties show the first dates of receipt as follows : Id . and 2d., of surcharge in these stamps, formed by the difference 27th August, 1886; fid., 9th October, 1886; and Is. of type used. 15th April, 1887, MALTA.—The island has agreed to the Imperial 1 0 t h N ovember, 1 8 9 1 . The Id. and 2 d. of the Id. rate from April 1st. previous issue surcharged with new values in black. “ Fourponce.” on Id rose and black. NEW ZEALAND.—The new issue contains dis “ Eightpenoe." on 2d. mauve and blaok. tinct shades in the }d., 5d, and 6d., at least. Variety, without period after “ pence." PARAGUAY.—The 15o. of 1877 has been sur “ Fourpence." on Id. rose and black. charged 10 centavos. 23bd N ovembeb, 1891. The Id. and 2d. of 1886, 10 on 15 e. orange, black surcharge. suroharged with a small black star in the upper right SIERRA LEONE.—A correspondent has sent us a and lower left corners. registered envelope, part of the prepayment of whioh Id . rose. consisted of the sixpence long fiscal stamp surcharged 2d. m auve. one-penny only, and with the original value barred Varieties, with 3, 4 or 5 stars. out. Id. rose. one-penny on 6d. lilac and green. 1 5 t h A u g u s t , 1892. Same type, paper, etc., as 1886 issue, Perf. 11}. VIRGIN ISLANDS.—Some varieties are made, 6d. yellow. owing to defective type, in the } of the new issue. 1 0 t h N o v e m b e b , 1892. Arm s of Tonga (for the The words half in one oase, and penny in the other Id. and 4d.) Portrait of King George I. (for the other contains a defective e and f respectively. values.) Engraved by A. E. CousinB, Wellington, and printed from eleotrotypes, at the Government Print POBTCABDS, &C. ing Office, Wellington, N.Z., on white wove paper, watermarked N ,Z ., and star. Perf, 11}. BRITISH GUIANA.—The 5 o envelope of 1894 Id. rose. has been surcharged two cents in small black 2d. olive-brown capitals. 4d. lake. 2 on 5 o. white paper, black surcharge. 8d, mauve. 2 on 5 o. blue paper, black surcharge. Is. sepia. E G Y P T .—From March 1st the rate for post cards NOTE. —In 1893 the Postal Union Rates of postage has been reduced to 4 m ill, for the single card, and were adopted lor international correspondence, and 8 m ill, for the reply. In oonsequence, the 5 m ill and pending the preparation o f \d. and 2%d. stamps, the Id. 10 m ill postcards have been surcharged: stamp was allowed to be cut in halves, and each half 4 m. on 5 m., carmine, black surcharge used as a }

“ Five Pence ” on 4d. orange, Bur. in red. latter days it has imitated most of the golden and 7$d on 8d. rose, surcharged in red. paler tints worn by certain juicy fruits not altogether 1894. Previous types overprinted vertically unknown in Spain and Italy respectively. Then in black SURCHARGE-HALFPENNY and apart from colour, its dies and types nave been SURCHARGE.—2 i, Wmk. N .Z. and Btar. Perf. diversified in ways not always shared by the higher U J, 12$ x 11$. values, so that altogether it holds undisputed place id. on 4d, (1892) lake, as the most interesting member of the embossed id on Is. (1892) sepia. serieB. The three-halfpenny, however (like the 4d. in 2$d. on 8d. (1892) mauve. this respect) has never had the 5-dot variety of 2$d. on 1b. (1887) green. florets, which appeared (in what had until then been Variety, Without period after 11 Surcharge.” the date-holes) on the 2d., 2$d., 3d., 6d., and 1 /- id . on 4d. lake stamps during 1894-5. A ll values having florets have 2d, on Is. sepia since then had the 9-dot variety only. 2$d. on 8d. mauve THE RAREST TELEGRAPH FORM. 2$d. on Is. green N O T E .— Pairs o f the 4d. may be found se tenant I have recently had an opportunity of inspecting a with and without overprint. Some of the sheets have few— a very few— copies of that most desirable but also been stuck together, and in the process o f separa very seldom attainable item— the lOd. blue embossed tion some o f the stamps have been “ skinned,” The stamp. Telegraph forms bearing this stamp were surcharge having been subsequently applied, fragments issued to a small extent early in 1892, this value being of a 4d. or a Is. design may be found with a fu ll introduced for that purpose not long before the ten- overprint, part on colour and part on the skinned pence took again its original hue of brown. The portion of the stamp. specimens I have seen are on white wove paper. (The blue stamp, like the brown, exists on both white and yellow). There are two distinct shades—a full mid-blue and pale clear sky blue; the die is numbered “ 5 w.w.” and the impressions are probably early ones NOTES ON ENGLISH STAMPS. as they show none of the spots or flaws attributed to that die by Ewen’s catalogue. B v W, S. W e b b . HOUSES 09 PARLIAMENT ENVELOPES. OFFICIAL OVERPRINTS: KOBE VARIETIES. I am making investigations about these in likely HE halfpenny “ Army Official ’’ exists with only quarters, and one reader has, since last month’s notes a faint trace of the stem of the Y, making the appeared, sent me for inspection a variety which will T upper word read very like A R M Y ; and the be an addition to the list. The loan of any of these twopenny 11 Govt. Parcels ’’ may be found with the early envelopes dedicated to the exclusive use of the top of the T in “ Govt.” below the line of the tops of Temple of Talk, which may be in the possession of GOV. readers, will assist me in more fully describing the The extra heavy type " I.R. Official ’’ on the one series in a future note. penny of a year or more ago seems to have been only a temporary phenomenon, as copies now current certainly have the thin letters of 1885 again. T H E P O S T M A N ’S K N O C K . THE 1$D. EMBOSSED ENVELOPE. This value presents a far more varied succession of colours than any other denomination of the stamped- N March 17th a correspondent received a letter to-order series. To begin with, it iB the only value from Mr. Reginald 0. Farrant, of the WilliamB whose colour was altered during the earlier years of O and Co. firm, stating that Mr. Casnough had the Bystem ; its change from pink in 1874 being due absconded on January 1st. The Perforator of March to the too close resemblance it had hitherto borne to states that it received a letter from Reg. C. Farrant the colour of the one penny envelope. Then it took dated February 11th, 1899, giving the same informa unto itself “ a suit of russet brown,” and between tion, but with more detail, and Baying that there were 1875 and 1892 it wore almost every imaginable tone hundreds of letters, registered and ordinary, which which the term brown could include. At the re had arrived since January 2nd. Mr. Reg. C. Farrant arrangement of colours in 1892, the three-halfpenny considers it his duty to return them and will do so on envelope found a yellow uniform assigned to i t ; receipt of return postage as he is not in a position to uniformity, however, never had been its forte, so it is do it at his own expense. Mr. Farrant may be not surprising to note that its chameleon-like instincts anxious to assist the firm’s viotims—or he may not. continued to assert themselves, and down to these The thing savours to us like a scheme to get a bit 52 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. more from philatelists, but those who have sent The quotation on the Imperial postage stamp is valuable consignments or mouey which would reach from Mr. Lewis Morris’ “ Song of Britain,” and may Lim a subsequent to the time mentioned will probably be found in the volume entitled ” Song of Empire ” : exercise their own judgment as to whether they risk W e love not war, but only peace, a bit more or not. Quien sabe t Yet never shall our England’s power decrease 1 Whoever guides the helm of state. I may say that Mr. Farrant's address is the same Let all men know it, England shall be great I as that of the firm, and that he was the manager and W e hold a vaster Empire than has been I correspondent with European newspapers. • * • • • In 1840-41 the consumption of adhesive postage Mr. Mulock’s vaster stamp than haB been still con stampB of Id. and 2d. was about ten millions per tinues to be issued by the department. As the stamp month. Now the consumption of stamps of Id. is is dated “ Xmas, 1898,” it appears to us that its life more than 140 millions per month. has been elongated beyond all reason. People are Says Mr. H. Heaton referring to telegraph rates:— tired salivating such a big area of mountains, lakes, “ The Post Office can make no mistake. That is why rivers and oceans, and Canadians are beginning to Saint Peter (telegraphically) is one word and saltpetre learn that after all this holding of vaster empires than is two. Edge Hill (Liverpool) counts as two words, has been has its drawbaoks when it comes to the Edge H ill (Warwick) counts as one. West Derby is sticking point. If it were only Great Britain and not two words, West Kirby is one. Fish market iB one Canada, that held both these vastnesses, everybody in word but cattle market is two. Mme. d’Orsay is one, this parish, at least, would be overjoyed. W e would be Mme. d’ Albany is two Ironworks is one word, better pleased to simply own a vaster P. M. G. than steelworks two. Cofiee-mill, broadcloth, figure-head has been and leave these Japanese handkerchiefs with aro each one word, but auger-head, paper-mill, tea- vast quotations to England, where they properly cloth are considered two. Upstairs is one word. belong. — The Flesherton Advance (Ontario). Downstairs is two words.” * * * The following are, individually and collectively, an The project of a grand Philatelio Exposition in advertisement. Please pass on to the next caravan. Paris in August, 1900, is taking shape and will “ I have always had more answers from short advertis- probably be realised, as the suggestion met with ments in your paper than from any other. W . T. excellent success on all sides. A number of philatelic Brass.” “ I received about fifty answers to m y last societies have stepped forward to contribute funds and advertisement, W. V. Hammond.” “ I would say thus have "assured ts solid foundation. Among the my last advertisement was quite satisfactory. C. A. supporters of the movement are*in first place: M.M. Crane.” These, of course, refer to The Advertiser, Arthur Maury of Paris; J. B. Moens, Brussels; All reoeived since last issue was published. Hugo Kroetzch, Leipsic ; Stanley Gibbons, London; *** Dr. Diena, Rome ; and George Kirchner, St. Mr. John Venn has removed to 81, Morland Road, Petersburg. * * East Croydon, formerly Wimbledon. The Western • Stamp and Publishing Co., of 59, Amhurst Park, N., Though he is only a four-year-old, Prince Edward are issuing a paper railed The Western Philatelist. of York has been enthroned already, for the New • « • foundlanders have put him on their new half-cent Mr. C. P. Roberts, one of our numerous Antipodean stamp, the value having been apparently selected subscribers, wishes us to publish a few poems about with due regard to the Prince’s size. The name of stamps and stamp collecting. W ill my readers tell the future Edward V III.—for the Prince of Wales their own Postman what they think about it. We will possibly be called King Edward, and not King used to do bo, once, but we trod on so many corns Albert—is a conglomerate of all the countries that he that we gave it up from motives of charity and represents—Edward, for his grandfather and the line handed the poot over to the County Asylum people. of English kings of that name ; Albert, for his great Still wo can get him back. The cellar is yet in grandfather ; Christian, for Denmark and his grand existence and his chains are in fairly good repair. father ; George, for Merrie England ; Andrew, for * * Scotland ; Patrick, for Ireland ; and David, for Wales. But why not have added an Oriental name The Virginia Philatelist is the smartest philatelic for the Indian Empire ? Two of our King Edwards paper that comeB across the pond. (the second and fifth) were murdered ; the sixth died • * « aB a lad of 18; but the rest had fairly long reigns, The new issue of Cuba is not going to encourage Edward III. holding the throne for 50 years. the schoolboy trade. “ A oane m ill, with a cane field * • in the rear ” needs no demonstration as Euolid so The United States postal authorities have pertinently remarks I apparently determined that there shall be no THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 63

Hawaiian remainders, for an order has been issued is stated that no stamps were so surcharged officially, from Washington to the various postmasters in and any postmaster so doing would be liable to Bevere terested to the effect that hereafter Hawaiian postage censure; and that any letters mailed with suoh stamps shall be received at their face value for the stamps would be sent to the dead letter office, unless payment of postage on all articles mailed in Hawaii, there were other stamps on the cover to pay the whether for delivery in the United States or else postage. where. The Imperial stamp has appeared with the seas in • * various colors and shadss, as follows:— lavender, The resolation adopted by the Postal Union light blue, gray, light green, medium green, and dark Congress concerning the colours of the JJ., Id., and green. 2{d. stamps, to take effect next January, was not com •______pulsory, but more or less permissive, and that though many countries, especially our colonies, are already falling into line, yet our own home authorities have PHILATELIC FRAUDS. no intention of making any alteration in the colours of British Stamps. Collated bt N on-Lex. The Italian Government has resolved to levy a duty on imported used stamps. They come under the [All information and supposed forgeries may be sent heading of “ coloured illustrations." The Italian to Non-Lex. Doubtful stamps examined free. Return postal authorities have started what Beems to us a postage must be sent.] very good sdca— that is to say, in transmitting small amounts of money, postage stamps to the required USCANY,—There are numerous dangerous for amount may be attaohed to a special form of postcard. geries of the stamps of Tuscany, some of them These stamps are thon obliterated, and their value being printed on old paper with the genuine handed to the receiver of the card. watermark, others with a forged watermark. The following descripton of some of the peculiarities of the genuine will assist in distinguishing these from the forgeries. 1851-53 issue. THE NEW WORLD BUDGET. With the exception of the inscriptions in the lower label, all the values are exaotly alike. The words “ franco bolli ” measure 16J nun., and “ toscano ” Plate number three of the Imperial stamp has ap measures 12mm. peared. There are thirty-two lines of shading on the back of The two cent, purple (error) envelope is bringing the lion of whioh the 2nd, 5th, 8th, 10th and 12th from one dollar and fifty cents, as a starter. the top are not complete. The fourth annual Convention of the Dominion The outer frame line at the bottom is always Philatelic Association will be held in Toronto, taking broken at the left hand of the denomination of value; I plaoo on June 80th and July first. have never seen a genuine stamp whioh had this There is a movement on foot to have a Philatelic frame line unbroken. Exhibition at the time of the Convention. In the watermark of the 1851-62 issues, the lines Since the reduction of the rate on letters from three forming the crowns are about Jmm. thick and the to two cents, a few thousands of remainders of the vertical and horizontal lines surrounding the orowns three cent envelopes have been surcharged “ 2 c.” are about Jmm. thick. The minimum width of the This is Canada’s first surcharge, as the number is space between the two horizontal lines, is 6Jmm. and small they are in demand. the maximum width 8|mm. The minmnm width of A quantity of the threo cent letter cards have also three horizontal lines is 13Jmm, and the maximum been surcharged two cents. I said it was remainders width 15Jmm. On all the forgeries seen by us, that wore surcharged, but there were very few of the horizontal lines are Jmm thick, the m inimum these, it being principally quantities purchased by width of the space between two horziontal lines is certain wholesale houses, for their correspondence, 8Jmm. and of three lines is 16Jmm. In the water and to prevent them losing the difference, the postal mark of the 1853 issne (interlaced loops) the lines are authorities had them snreharged, and made good about Jmm. thick and the width of any loop ranges the loss. from 6J to 6Jmm. The forged watermarks which The stamp papers a few weeks ago chronicled some we have seen had the linos Jmm. thick and the Canada adhesive postage stamps as having been sur m inim um width of any loop was 7mm. charged. A communication received from the officials In the 1860 issue the measurements of the inscrip at Ottawa states that such stamps are “ fakes." It tions are the same as in the earlier issues and the 54 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

frame line at the bottom is always broken. In the names and addresses of “ new ” collectors are in 3 lire the “ it ” in the lower label is punctuated. cluded in this edition. To Mr. Wickhart, alone, is W e also wish to call attention to some clever due the ro-arrangement in absolutely alphabetical forgeries of the 60 crazie made by changing the color order and this change makes the present edition twice of a genuine 9 craizie and replacing " 9 ” by "6 0 ” as valuable as its predecessor. The addresses were ail this fraud however is easily detected by measuring verified up to Christmas. Some have probably the word *■ cbazie” which is 9mm. long in the 60 changed since then, but that even the most energetic crazie and lOjmm. in the 9 crazie. of compilers could not avoid. The present edition re Another forgery of the 60 crazie has been made by quires twenty more pages to aocomodate the new replacing the inscription in the lower label of a information and these add 50% to the cost of postage, genuine 1 crazie by a forged inscription “ 60 c b a z i b .11 but the price remains the same, viz: 1/- post free, from The Philatelic Publishing Go., Fentham Road, Handsworth, Birmingham,

THE UNIVERSAL STANDARD

CATALOGUE. NEW BRAZIL SURCHARGES.

H IT F IE L D K IN G ’S new Catalogue supplies a Reprint ob Official F alsification ? distinct want in this country. The usual W catalogue has become so complicated by reason of the vexatious minor varieties so persistently listed The following report is sent to us by a Rio de that Bradshaw’s Railway Guide would now make a Janeiro correspondent:— very poor second in the raoe for incomprehensiveness ITTLE more than three months have elapsed to the mind of tho uninitiated. The “ Universal ” is since the General Administration of the compiled on a different , system to any other existing Brazilian Post announced the issue of the sur catalogue. Every known government issue is in charged stamps of 100 reis and 300 reis, for which cluded, but little varieties of type, perforation, &c., purpose the obsolete journal stamps of 50 reis and have been rigidly excluded. W e say " little ” 200 reis, respectively, were used, and the Post advisedly, as every important variety, and, we venture Administration have already conceived the idea of a to say, every necessary variety to the general collector, new emission. is included. The compiler is Mr. H. M, Gooch, and It may, therefore, interest collectors to be informed an excellent job he has made of it, To him the of the projected issue, and I herewith submit you the thanks of all general collectors should be accorded. translation of the advice of the 15th February last [The price is 1/3 poBt free, and it can be supplied bv and the result of my investigations. The following The Philatelic Publishing Co., Fentham Road, is the text of the advice :— Handsworthj. " General Administration o f the Post. “ Obsolete Newspaper Stamps to be put into Circu lation Again. THE BRITISH STAMP DIRECTORY. 11 By order of the General Administrator, and in conformity of Article 23 of the law as instituted by Decree 2,230 of 10th February, 1896, the public is THIRD EDITION. informed that, in accordance with the notice of the Minister, dated 17th May, under No. 164, the news paper stamps of 50 reis, declared to be obsolete, will H IS book, after a delay of nearly three months, be again sold surcharged. was published on March 30th. Mach as it is “ This Btamp, which was used for franking news T to be regretted, the delay was unavoidable. papers and issued in 1890 is of a bistre colour, it Several reasons contribute to it, but one w ill be suffi bears the words : Co bb eio at the top, B r a z il at the cient to mention— and sufficient, almost, to excuse— bottom, Jo rnarb in the centre, and also the words] 50 that is, the determination of Mr. Fred. A. Wickhart to and Reis. have the book as near perfection as possible. This '* The surcharge of 100 reis will be in light violet necessitated the sending of evory proof sheet to London ink, the original value will be effaced, and the word for correction and addition, and the remit justifies the Jornaes will also be replaced by the figure of the year trouble. The delay in publication had one oertain 1898, also in light violet ink; this surcharge being advantage, inasmuch as a very large number of made with hand-stamp. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 66

“ This stamp can be used for any kind of corres MIDLANDCOUNTIES STAMP EXCHANGE pondence. ( Established 1886). *' Given in the Capital, 16th February, 1899. “ Manoel de Jesus Yaldetaro.” Hon. Secretary W. G. W alton, Fentham Road, Birmingham, On making a comparison between this advice and that of 12th November last, and taking into con The following names are proposed for membership sideration that nearly the whole stock of the bistre this month: C. H. White (Dublin), W. Reed (Fres- 100 reis stamp, issued last year, has been purchased singfiold), 5 . G. Bolton (Lancashire), R. W. Adam, by a stamp merchant of this city, it is evident that (Spain). The present is a good opportunity for joining the new stamp will merely be a reprint. This appears as no subscription is due until July and thus would-be to be, in fact, the intention of the Post Administra members have a good ohance of seeing the value of tion, otherwise the surcharged 1893 on a stamp issued the Exohange before permanently joining, Good in 1899 would have no sense. references are necessary. Rules, &c., from the I may add that the original surcharge is executed Secretary, post free upon application. in lithography, whilst the new one will be made by hand-stamp, according to the declaration of the Post H ebts Philatelic Society.—A general meeting Administrator. was held at Anderton’e Hotel, on Tuesday, April 11th, In conclusion, I would further oall your attention at 7 p.m. Present: Messrs. H . R. Oldfield, W . A, Bois, E. Airlie Dry, S. E. Bradbury, G. Gaffe, E. to the difference in the colours. As the advice says, the surcharge on the reprint will be of a light violet Bounds, 0. Forbes, J. W . Jones, M. Z, Kuttner, W. Simpson, G. R. Sutherland, F . A. Wiokhart, E. J, colour, whilst the original was of a dark violet colour. Nankivell (visitor), and H. A. Slade. The minutes It has been suggested that the only purpose of this of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, subsequent seoond edition was to help some collectors who were not able at the first issue to get this ra rity ; the following were proposed and duly elected members of the Society: Mrs. Edgar Watkin, S. J. Anderson, but the suggestion seems very improbable. Hubert Warren. It was determined that the close of In m y opinion the oase is absolutely identical with a successful season be oelebrated by a dinner at head the Luxemburg S.P. surcharged stamps of 1882, whioh quarters on May 2nd. A t the conclusion of business are nothing but reprints—what may be termed Mr. Herbert R. Oldfield gave a display of his “ official falsifications.” Thus all philatelio friends magnificent collection of Swiss stamps accompanied who esteem their collections may be warned against by lucid and interesting explanations of the various this kind of stamp. issues. A cordial vote of thanks to Mr, Oldfield for Alph a. his entertainment brought an enjoyable evening to a Our correspondent has since sent us the reprint in dose at 9-30 p.m. H . A. Slade, Hon. Sea. and question. It is poorly executed with a rubber stamp, Treasurer, Ingleside, St. Albans. apparently. Only 5,400 wore issued. Suburban E xchange Club.— October packets have come back from |oirculation, and accounts have been promptly rendered and settled. November packets are expected baok within the next fortnight. Six applications for membership were received during SOCIETY REPORTS. the past month, four of whioh were accepted. Mem bers of the principal foreign dubs are invited to send selections, while British buyers, sending good references, w ill always be welcomed. For copy of BIRMINGHAM PHILATELIC SOCIETY. rules and full information apply to the Secretary, H. A. Slade, Ingleside, St. Albans. Honorary President:—W . B. A v e b y , E bq. Thb B ristol and Clifton P hilatelio Society.— President:— W . T. W il s o n , Esq. A meeting of this society was held on the 6th insi, when Mr. Perrett read a paper on “ Early Reminis- Vice-Presidents:— R. H o l l ic k , E sq.; W . P im m ,E sq. oenoes of Stamp Collecting,” in which he gave his Committee :—Mr. H . R. B e w l a y ; Mr. P. T. D e a KIN ; experience of 40 years ago—when stamps now valued Mr. W. F. W ao am s ; Mr. T. W. P e c k ; Mr. C. A. at £20 to £30 apiece oould be bad for a few pence and St e p h e n s o n ; Mr. W . S. V a u g h t o n . even bartered for apples or marbles, Some of the earliest catalogues, consisting of a few pages in paper Hon. Secretary and Treasurer:— Mb. G. Johnson, B.A., 208, Birchfield Road, Birmingham. oover were passed round. A vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Perrott for his both interesting and amusing paper. The next meeting will be on April N o report yet to hand, 20th, subjeot •1 British Guiana and British Honduras.” 48 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

Thu Advertiser.— The Advertiser of Wants and During twelve months over 5,000 advertisements Offers (Philatelic) Publishing Co., Fentham Road, appear in “ The Advertiser,” divided among 20 issues, Birmingham), is the vary best advertising medium for or about 250 separate advertisements per issuo, rang philatelists in the world. W ith the largest paid sub ing from a whole page to an adlet of a few words, and scription list of any philatelic paper in the English the most gratifying feature is the noticeable fact that language, to say nothing of the large number of the majority of advertisements come from the same necessary specimen copies periodically sent out, parties time after time, while almost every day new it would be suprising if it failed to give satis supporters appear by the recommendation of one or faction to its supporters. F or foreign business another old supporter. Our friends do their best for it has no rival. In America it has more subscribers us, we reciprocate according to the best of our ability than three-fourths of the American papers and —and the result is mutual advantage. These lines in the English colonies no other paper even are not penned without an object. We wish to get pretends a rivalry. Since its inception many every philatelic advertiser with us and the facts we papers on both sides of the Atlantic have imitated its have set out in the foregoing are a bait to draw them chief features, but The Advertiser had got too big a into the net from which they will never have the start to fear any opposition. Imitation is the desire to escape. sincerest form of flattery, and the little paper has been flattered in this vein by practioally every one of CANADA WHOLE SALE. the British phi.atelic journals, who—wise in their The following prices are for stamps in good condition and lightly generation—have carefully copied its name or its cancelled. methods, the only thing they nave so far failed to per 12 per ioo per 100 per 1000 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. imitate being its success and its large circulation. 3d. beaver 2 o 10...... 1 o To show that results are still satisfactory to adver 50, „ ... 8 o 20...... 1 6 tisers, a few out of the many congratulatory remarks 3C. large red ... 2 o 30. 09 70 Jubilee Issue: Numeral Issue, 1898 that have reached us during the last few weeks are *c. n ew ...... ro o 4c., 60., 8c., appended. Considering the undoubted success of the *o...... 4 equally mixed... 4 6 paper, comparatively few of the more important 2C. 8 ic...... 0 9 7 0 £ ...... * 2C...... 1 0 8 0 dealers have ever tried it— yet those who have done 6c. new...... 24 o 30...... 2 0 so have remained steadfast ever since. “ Once an 8c. „ ...... 10 o Imperial Penny advertiser—always an advertiser” is the principle, Sets jc. to 300. Post Stamp, un. 9 o but we would naturally be glad to find many more new...... 84 o 1st, and. & 3rd Maple Leaf Issue, 1898: issue of Canada working with us to mutual advantage. The rates are 4c., 6c„ 8c. Post Cards, cut very cheap, but we are always willing to make them equally mixed 10 square, or whole 6 0 40 o even cheaper to secure good advertisers for longer E XCH ANG E . —For every 3 and toe. Canada o f any Issne (except jubilee) sent me, I will send in exchange six 4c. and three tc. periods. Read a few of this year's (1899) congratu 2c. and 3c. Good foreign exchange wanted: do not send less lations :— than 300. Orders under 4/- are respectively declined. Mr. H. B. Backhouse : “ I hope to run a larger R. S. MASON, HAMILTON, CANADA. tfn advertisement in your paper for some time. I have had very good results.” APPROVAL BOOKS Mr. A. G. Padgaro : 111 hope the advertisement OF F IN E w ill bring aB many replies as the last.” Mr. Ralph R. Scudamore : “ Very much pleased with last advertisement.” BRITISH COLONIALS, UNITED STATES Mr. H. Bristow : “ Kindly stop our advertisement, we have had so many replies.” EUROPEANS, &c., Mr. Elie Noyer: “ I have great satisfaction in my MEDIUM. AND RARE AT announcement in your esteemed paper.” 25 Per Cent to 75 Per oent discount off Mr, Ernest A. E, Slinger : “ I cannot complain of results from giving you adB.” Catalogue Prices. Mr. W. T. Brass: “ I am very pleased with the Our Books are arranged in catalogue order, each success of m y former ad.” stamp is a perfect oopy, and guaranteed genuine. Mr. J. Carr: “ The advertisement you put in for GIVE OUR BOOKS A TRIAL. me was very satisfactory." References required from collectors unknown to U9. Mr. Robert Kirby : ‘ As a compliment to your paper, I have been deluged with replies from all parts.” C. FO R B E jT & C o., Mr. H. H. Hlpwell: “ Your paper is wonderful, 56, Antill Road, Bos, LONDON, E. how it is I have not come across it before I don’t know.” Note Our Neto Address. dtln THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. v.

Two hundred thousand is a big figure, but W. 0. PROUDFOOT, (Member I.P.U.) it represents the number of circulars, price P.O. B o x 1 1 , ST. VINCBHT, W .I. lists, d u b rules, and handbills circulated by s. d. means of The Advertiser during the last twelve Bahamas, i, a}, 4,6,1/- ...... per set 3 7 Barbados, i, 4, 1. ab, 4, 6,8,10 8 3 months at io/- per thousand. The postage Bermuda, f , 1 , a, a f, 3 , 4,6. 1/- 3 1 on i,ooo circulars at £d. each is £ 1 is. 8d. Oreaada, 4, t, a*. 3,6,8, 1 /- S 3 Qarabla,}, 1, a, a}, 3,4,6, »/" s 0 If they are sent out with The Advertiser St. Luola, i , at, 3, 4,6.1/- 3 10 Trlnidad, f t, at, 4, 5,6 ,1/- ... 8 1 j£ i n s . 8d. is saved, or 75% of the postage. la rk s Island, 4,1, a}, 4,5,6,1/- ... 3 It may be argued that circulars distributed in Leeward Island*. 4, 1, at, 4,6, 7,1/- 8 Jamaloa. 4,1, a, at, 3. 4< 0, 1/- ...... „ 8 this way are not so efficacious as those sent British Rolans, ic, ao, 4c, jc, 60, 8c, iso, 240 „ 8 separately, but this is open tD question— at any „ ,, Picture Series, 10, so, sc, 10c 15c „ 1 British Honduras, ic, ac, 30,6c, 10c, lac, 34c ,, * rate the difference is not represented by 75%. Barbttdos, a/6 ...» ...... each 3 Jamaica, 2/-; British Oalana, 48c „ 2 To print circulars about note-paper size Bahamas, Jamaica. St, Luola, Trinidad, runs from 7/- to 12/- per page for a thousand, Leward Islands if- ...... 8 St. Luola, Trinidad. 10/- 10 according to the wqrk on a page— at these Bahamas, “Trial ’oldadSl ...... 31 prices they are done well,.and the P hilatelic' Any of the above stamps may be purchased at slight advance Over face value P ublishing Company ajre prepared to print FOLLOWIHO ST. YIHCEHT AT FACE Y 1 LUK: and advantageously circulate to any-extent. Jd green, id carmine, z4d blue sd brown, 4d yellow, 6d lilac, 1/- That the system pays is. proved by the fact vermilion, 5/- lake. 1889 issue type of Leeward Islands, 4> >, *4> 3, 4.1, 6,1/-, 3/-, that the same people send circulars for All above stamps u n u s e d in mint condition. distribution again and again. Post Office Orders payable " Kingstown, St. Vincent,” Cash BRRD OUT YOUR CIRCULARS WITH «T H R ADVERTISER.” with order. Postage and Registration extra N E X T I S S U E APR IL iat. ■o notice whatever taken of exchange tendings. Jy ■ Messrs. OSTARA & DARLOW BRITISH COLONIALS. a a a varieties, all olean and perfect, Including Canadian maple Beg to announce that A V V and numeral, Straits, unused British Guiana, British South Africa, unused Newfoundland, Barbadoes Jubilee, Malta, Their Seventh Manchester Auction and many good obsolete stamps as well as the newer issues. Price 3 /-; postage abroad extra. WILL BE HELD AT THE The London Philatelic Exchange Circular is a paper that will Interest yon, and a oopy will be sent post Grand H otel,^^^ free, one penny, including a gift of unused stamps to every ap ON plicant. My APPROVAL BOOKS are the CHEAPEST and BEST * WEDNESDAY APRIL 26th, 1809, T o hold 100 stamps, 1a samples free, 6d. a At 6-30 o'clock In theevenlng. The stamps will be an view and catalogue* may be obtained at 18, Piccadilly, Manchester. II yon want to dispose of your Stamps, aend them to us, we E. ALEXANDER, send you cash within eight days 110, LONDON WALL, LONDON. I3 F Future sales will be held In Manchester on data an nounced later - - 10,000 - - A ll enquiries to be addressed :— STAMPS for Sale, from ^d. each. . . OSTARA & DARLOW, SEE OUR APPROVAL SHEETS. &****»# g^astionw**>§, THH NORTHERN STAMP -CO., 18, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER. 6, Parkslds Rond, W ait Bowling, BRADFORD. S103 In answering jidvertisements please mention “ Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser. 48 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

T h e A d v e r t i s e r .— The Advertiser of H a u ls find During twelve months over 5,000 advertisements Offers (Philatelic Publishing Co., Fentiumi Hoad, appear in “ The Advertiser," divided among 20 issues, Birmingham), is the very best advertising medium for or about 250 separate advertisements per issue, rang philatelists in the world. With the largest paid sub ing from a who'c page to an adlot of a few words, and scription list of any philatelic paper in the English the most gratifying feature is tho noticeable fact that language, to say nothing of the large number of the majority of advertisement# come from the same necessary specimen copies periodically sent out. parties time after time, while almost every day new it would be suprising if it failed to give satis supporters appear by the recommendation of one or faction to its supporters. For foreign business another old supporter. Our friends do their best for it has no rival. In America it has more subscriber? us, we reciprocato according to tho best of our ability than three-fourths of the American papers and — and tho result is mutual advantage. These lines in the English colonies no other paper even arc not penned without an object. W e wish to get pretends a rivalry. Since its inception many every philatelic advertiser with us and the facts we papers on both sides of the Atlantic have imitated its have set out in tho foregoing are a bait to draw them chief features, but The Advertiser had got too big a into the net from which they will never have the i-iart to fear any opposition. Imitation is the dcsi re to escape. sincerest form of flattery, and the little paper has lieen flattered in this vein by practically every one of CANADA WHOLESALE. the British phi.atehc journals, who—'..ise in their ;Ttc I dlo'.ving prices are for stamps in good condition and ligh:l> generation—have carefully copied its name or its cancelled. methods, the only thing they have so far failed to per 12 per ioo per ioo pet form d. s. d. S. d. s. imitate being its success and its large circulation. 3d. beaver 2 0 IC...... I O To show that results are still satisfactory to adver jc, 8 0 2C. I 6 tisers, a few out of the many congratulatory remarks jC. large red ... 2 0 3C...... o 9 Jubiiee Issue: N u m e ra l Issttt, iSgB that have reached us during Lhe last few weeks are «C. new ...... 10 o Jc., 6c., 8c.t appended. Considering the undoubted success of the i C...... equally mixed... 4 6 paper, compnratively few of the more important ...... 3C...... 2C, ...... dealers have ever tried it— yet those who hive done uc. n e w ...... 24 0 3C. so have remained steadfast ev< r tince. “ Once an be. ,, ...... 10 0 Imperial Penny advertiser—always an advertiser ” is the principle, Sets £c. to 50c. Post Stamp, un. 9 o but we would naturally be glad to find many more new.,. ... 84 o 1st, 2nd. & 3rd Mapic Leaf Issut, 1898: issue of Canada working witli us to mutual advantage. The rates are Jc., 6c,, 8c. Post Cards, cut very cheap, but we arc always willing to make them equally mixed square, or whole 6 o even cheaper to secure good advertisers fur longer EXCH ANG E.—For every 5 and 10c. Canada of any issue (except Jubilee) sent me, I will send in exchange six Jc. and thrt. ic. periods. Head a f.w of this if.ir's (1899) congratu •C and 3c. Good foreign exchange wanted: do not send I:--ss lations :— than 500. Orders under 4!- are respectively declined. Mr. H. B. Backhouse : “ I b >pe to run a larger R. S, MASON, HAMILTON, CANADA* ifn advertisement in your paper for some time. I have had very good results." APPROVAL BOOKS Mr. A. G. Badgem : '• I hope the advertisement OF F IN E will bring as many replies as the last.” Mr. Ralph II. .Scudamore : “ Very much pleased with last advertisement.’’ Mr. H Bristow: 'Kindly stop our advertisement, we have had so many replies.” EUROPEANS, 4c.f Mr. ElieNoyer: ,-I have great satisfaction in my MEDIUM AND RARE AT announcement in your esteemed paper.” 25 ?er Cent to 75 Per cent discount off Mr. Ernest A. E. Sliuger: “ I cannot complain of results from giving you ads.’’ Catalogue Prices. Mr. \V. T. Brass: “ I am very pleased with the Our Books arc arranged in catalogue order, each success of my former ad. ” stamp is a perfect copy, and guaranteed genuine. Mr. J. Carr: “ The advertisement you put in for GIVE OUR BOOKS A TRIAL. me was very satisfactory.” References required from collectors unknown to ns. Mr. Robert Kirby : ‘ As a compliment to your paper, I have Lceu deluged with replies from all parts.” C. FORBES^T Co., Mr. H. H. Hipwell: “ Your paper is wonderful, 56, Antill Road, Bow, LONDON, E. how it is I have not come across it before I don’t know.” Note Our New Address. dtfn THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. v.

Two hundred thousand is a big figure, but W. C. PROUDFOOT, (Member I.P.U.) it represents the number of circulars, price P.O. B ox 1 1 , ST. V IN C E N T , W .I. lists, club rules, and handbills circulated by s. d. means of The Advertiser during the last twelve Bahamas, i, 24, 4,6, 1 /- per set 2 7 Barbados, J, 4,1. zi. 4, 6,8. 10 3 2 months at io/- per thousand. The postage Bermuda, 4,1,3, 24, 3, 4,6.1 /- 3 1 on 1,000 circulars at |d. each is £ 1 is. 8d. Grenada, 4, 1,24, 3,6,8, if- .. 3 2 Gambia, 4,1, 2, 24. 3. 4. 6, 1/- .. 3 0 If they are sent out with The Advertiser Bt. Lucia, 4 , 1, 24. 3. 4. 6-11 - .. 2 10 jQi n s . 8d. is saved, or 75% of the postage. Trlnidad, 4, t, a f , 4, 5.6. • 24. 3.4, 5, 6, i f - , 5/-. that the same people send circulars for All above stamps unused in mint condition. distribution again and again. Post Office Orders payable “ Kingstown, St. Vincent." Cash SEND OUT YOUR CIRCULARS WITH “ THE ADVERTISER.” with order. Postage and Registration extra NEXT IS S U E A P R I L 1 st. Ho notice whatever taken of exchange rend lags. Jy

Messrs. OSTARA & DARLOW BRITISH COLONIALS. A A A varieties, all clean and perfect, including Canadian maple Beg to announce that A W and numeral. Straits, unused British Guiana, British South Africa, unused Newfoundland, Barbadoes Jubilee, Malta, Their Seventh Manchester Auction and many good obsolete stamps as well as the newer issues. Price 2 /-; postage abroad extra. WILL BE HELD AT THE The London Philatelic Exchange Circular is a paper that will interest you, and a copy will be sent post Grand Hotel,,^^^ free, one penny, Including a gift of unused stamps to every ap ON plicant. My APPROVAL BOOKS are the CHEAPEST and BEST * W E D N E S D A Y A P R IL 26th, 1899, T o hold too stamps, 12 samples free, fid. a

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T R A N S V A A L , i/-, green shafts, unused, LAST OF THE SEASON. price 12/6. AN TIG U A Revenues, set of 8, unused, price 4/-. SP A IN , Revenue Stamps, set of 25, many unused, price 4/-. S L f f i i g 3 s s u e Morley’s Catalogue of English Postage, Railway’s Entires and all varieties of . OF . Fiscals, price 2/6. Morley’s Catalogue of Colonial Revenue . 3"fie Advertiser Stamps, 2/6. L u n d y ’s Catalogue of Swiss and German States, I^iscais, 1/6. A PPE A R S ON WALTER MORLEY, JUNE 15, brownhill GARDENS, SEND YOUR ADVERTISEMENTS EY Hither Green, Catford, London, S.E. J U N E 1 3 2 t h . 6 GOOD POINTS. UR LATEST NOVELTY for philatelists, is a ruled Approval O Book, which is absolutely the finest in the Trade. First, each book is ruled on the finest bank paper, to DO NOT MISS THIS. hold 120 stamps (on one side of the paper only). Second, ______J______each book is bound in a strong, artistic cover, printed in coloar. Third, each book will go. without folding, in an ordinary envelope. Fourth, each book contains tbe usual rules printed in the English, French and German IT IS NO USE PROMISING languages. Fifth. Our ruled books are the originals, not poor imitations, and, like our Ruled Sheets, have the what we cannot perform, but we intend to BEAT largest sale on earth. Sixth, our prices are:—12 for 8d , 25 1/2, 502-., 100 ^s. gd., carriage paid; postage abroad extra. RECORD. Aid us with your advertisement. Every The te-ith edition of our Celebrated Ruled Sheets is now ready. little helps. W e can distribute circulars with this Each Sheet is ruled (on finest bank paper) to hold 60 stamps, buge issue at 10/- per 1,000, and save you usual rules and space for your name and address. 25, fid.; 50, ltd.; ioo,is.6d.; 250,3s. 6d.; 500,6s.; 1,000, its. Carriage £1 lls . 8d. per 1,000 in postage. paid A sp .citncn book and sheet post free lor id. stamp. tfn AR1HUR MONTEITH & CO., N B.—Please send remittances, if possible, PHILATELIC DEALERS & PUBLISHERS, by postal order or in English stamps, 14, CHESTER GREEN ROAD, DERBY. U.S. Express Order or Bank Notes. Any Established 1885. values unused stamps are accepted, however. JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING Address by June 12th, to Is the secret of success. Desultory advertising pays but little, pm your ad. in “ THE ADVERTISER,” Oldest IJhilate!ic Magazine in the State, F e n t h a m R o a d , Subscription 35c. a year. Free Excbaoge Column.

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THE MS > ? a u < S . ^ v !i ■ o — 2.5'j" 5.2.3 n v. . ^ “ » « S — •“ a ' ’ o . ft : > • m Z 5 C.2 ^ i =.3 «* — % rn o 5 ga-BI ■ ’ ■got ;•= .. c o 0> 0 8 AND s - •s 6 S n 3 E.5 i s , 5 I o —I . £ ? 5 - £ 3 sto H o 3 = « s 2 .4 B (M 0 s 3 3 g ?•=-” S : s “ o 5 ♦*» £ ADVERTISER 0 * rS* X £ 3 ”0 S° o 3=:“ 2 .w» -W ”3 = f t 8 .<= 1 11 ^ cC* B A Pin PHILATELIC TIMES. •5 !* 3 .2 .0.® 3 5r 2 ^ “ i- • X a O — • £ 2 In—n = CT 05 b ” y. v; «• X Vol- 8. MAY 13. 1899. No. 8. K ' > m 1 1 1 ? | | | E _ cj fc. rO e 9 = re 5 3 3 x/6 per Annum, posit free. 2re 5* - »~ : v. r —■o d o> g is 3 » o " p- s v» £ r -* CD % % O <0 * IS -M 00 « FENTHAM ROAD, HANDSWORTH. § 0 3 3 * =3\2 » 'S'S u a •„S - ~ o •2 K z BIRMINGHAM. ceV*' 30 Agents of P, a n d A * 5 X «! c . * > o ? - 2 Bail) FIS H E R T IT L E Y & CO Sydney Buildings w Z, i d - —I x i § "m j ; * t Belgium. A. de M RESTER, Oudenbourg, Ostend. 3 38 G= n 2 . 2 j| f a c ^ m i: © Canada. R. S. MASON. Hamilton. O O ** o -< 3: CD •“£ 1 Q o tS “ Denmark. M ISS E. BARCLAY. Roskilde. e ® re ,J 2 'O Egypt. M ELEKA A Co., 21, Abdeen., Cairo. re • 05 2.^ = ! ’S a o I ' M W Glasgow. R. S. GRAY, 213, West Campbell Street. Grimsby. W. M. DAW SON, 12, Princes Avenue 1 2 ~ * =to • Holland. H BASART Capersteeg 4, Rotterdam 5.5 5 0.8^ i ^ -C < ‘2 re r w - £2 u London. J. W. FU LLW O O D , 42, jasmine Grove, Penge y f__ a £ r cz> co Liverpool. I. G. PRICE, 6, Butler Terrace, Liverpool, E a/? 3 CD Malta. A. M USCAT, 270, Strada Reale. Valetta. o ? — Manchester H. G. BOLTON. Moses Gate * re — S -j o r - ? : s m Freston. I!. B. B A ILE Y S, Beech Grove, Ashton. g - ° 0-o o = ! « P 's - t = « “ Switzerland. A. PECONA, Geneva, Malombru 14. w 2 7 ^ iA h• tr-i‘ ^ ■" < X U S.A. L. T BRODSTONE, Box it6, Superior. Neb. W. S. W E A TIIF R S T O N , 25, Whitehall St , N-Y. ^5 S * 3 3' H „ ZENITH C IT Y STAM P CO.. Duluth, Minn. Wigan. W. DITCHFIEI.D. 194, Doming Street. CNTCRED AT STATIONERS' HAUL. STAMP COLLECTORS’ ALMANAC. 1899. 50 STAMPS ENGLISH. in primed packet, 9 cL per dozen packets, DEC. 15th. 2d. (Post Free, 2!d.) Postage, Fiscal, past free. AN P BRIGHT, CHATTY and U SE FU L. Sample packet, post Telegraph Stamps free, 2 d, Marvellous Can be ordered at JOHN MENZIES A CO., Edinburgh, or at packets, post free 3 d. railway bookstalls. and 6d., containing 25 The Almanack may be obtained from the Philatelic PuitMSHtNC Envelopes, Carda, Ac and 50 stamps respec Co.. Fentham Road. Handsworth Birmingham, RARITIES tively. ---- my Sheets on approval, 50% discounts. Packets and sets cheap And all minor varieties A. CAMPBELL. 7. Clifton Terrace, Ca m p b e l l , I n g l e s & co., WALTER MORLEY, Torquay, DEVON. l86,West Green Rd., . . . CARLISLE. . . . TOTTENHAM. N. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. NEW YEAR BARGAINS. THE 1899

No. in set. Price. C a n a d a , 1897, maple leaves, %c. to ioc., obsolete 8 1/4 SUPPLEMENT A u s t r ia , 1850-64 [2 „ 1867 (head) including 25k. ... 7 1881-91 12 3d B a v a r ia , >849-68 7 5d „ 1876-81, including link. 7 4d „ 1888-91 ,, 25 and 50 pf. 8 4d To the "ROWLAND HILL” PACKET „ 1870 ,, i8kr. 6 unused 5d B e lg iu m , 1851-65 ,, ioc. and 20c- wink... 6 6d COLLECTION is now ready. Pros ,, 1869-94 zg* 5<1 „ 1879-80, Parcel Stamps 6 4d B u lg a r ia , 1882-86, including 30 and 5021. 9 4d pectus sent on application. „ 188993 9 D e n m a r k , 1853-85 8 F ra n c e , 1853-69 (Hmperor)... 12 „ 1870 (Liberty) to „ 1876 92 (Commerce) 17 Id N o r t h C a r m a n C o n f., 1868, including 75c. & ifc.. J, 1. 2, 5 rou., *, 1, 2, 5 perf. and official 11 Sd G e r m a n E m p ir e , 1872, large and small eagle 7 Ad ,, 1875, complete ... 13 4d „ '-889, including 25pp. 6 id ALFRED SMITH & SON, G r e e c e , various issues 12 4d F in la n d , 1875, perf. n and 12$ 7 8d ,, 1883-91, including 2 imks. - 13 fid 37 & 39, ESSEX STREET, H o lla n d , 1869-?jj. Arms and King's head 8 8d ., 1877, rigs, and Queen's head 9 ------STRAND, LONDON, H u n g a r y , 1881-91 4d5a I t a l y , 1862 91 15 5* R ou m an ia, various issues 12 4<1 R u s s ia 12 3<1 P o r t u g a l, 1880-92, all obsolete 9 3<| S a x o n y , 1S63 5 unused 3d W A N T E D ^ ^ S e r v i a , various ... 6 4d S w it z e r la n d , 1862.82 I Ci 4d S w e d e n , Official, 1874 7 4d T u r k e y , 1892 ... 4 2d *, (Rustendjie) 5 3^ RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS W u r t e m b u r g , 1875-93 3d In d ia , various ... 10 3d J a p a n , 1876 92, no liscals ... 12 4<1 USED OK UNUSED. . . k a b u a n , 1895. ic . .c. and 3c. 3 unused 3d ,, ,, 'c to 24c. ... 9 unused2«9 C ape. 1884-90, Anchor, all obsole.e 7 6d . . . COMMON OIC RAKE. M a u r itiu s , 1879-94, all obsolete 11 8d T r a n s v a a l, 1885-90, all obsolete 8 6d . ■■_ ^ - _■ Singly or in large quantities. Approval Books for General Collectors at Low Prices; Grand Variety. High Prices paid (many stamps are no worth £ 5 to ^ 1 0 each). Prompt replies. A P P L Y — pio, flee. W. B. KIRKPATRICK, CLOSJ5BURN, H. L’ESTRANGE EWEN, BOURNEMOUTH. 32c, PALACE SQUARE, NORWOOD, S.E

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T',it t'lntdtrtic Ciironict. Is sent to all the members of the Philatelic Cjjponiele & Birmingham Philatelic Society and Midland Counties AND PHILATELIC TIHE Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journal of these P u b l is h e d M o n t h l y . Societies. Combined membership over 400. SctKCKM'TICN . 1/G I'K.I; ANJiU..:, Subscriptions commence with current rrnmbe Hack numbers of Vnls. 1,11.1 IT, IV , V, V I & V II, fxl. O VEKN M EN T stamp dealing is getting; Specimen, Irl. Odd numbers of Vol. V III, 3d. each. Hack Nos. of the Adrertiscr 2/6, for 1, 2, 3, 1, 5, and \ C J more poptdar every day—in fact 11, and 3d. eacii all others, the competition to secure philatelic

ADVERTISEMENTS, custom between Governments has become so 2 6 per Inch. Limit, 8 Lines to rho inch. keen ;>s to lie demoralising. L'ncle Sam, Liberal discount for a series. Unused English Stamps accepted in payment to finding that the new-issue-every-other-week any amount. system was falling off. went in for a clearance Short Advertisement'' in The Advertiser, 21 words for Sixpence, three insertions at the price of two. sale of old stock ami offered the I ’enodical The Atlrertiser is the best medium for short Advertise stamps in sets at bargain prices, Even as ments of wants nnd offers, published Semi-Monthly. Subscriptions and advertisements must he prepaid. the cheap drapers and hosiers do in tlieii Halfpenny Stain; -hnuld always be sent in prefer annual clearance ‘-ale.' he provided a lot ol ence tn tliosc of any other value. Money from abroad cheap-and-r.asty stuIt for the occasion io sell must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts under 2 ■ may he sent by unused stamps, higher side by side with his real genuine old stock values, at current rate of exchange. Unused and so ihe reprinted—or. to all intents and U.S. and Canadian high values accepted at face value. Postal and Money Orders payable at purposes, foiged -stamps were sold with the II it ton Load, Aston. genuine ariicle The sum garnered in was Liberal discount for a scries of Advertisements. V o l . I. II, III, IV,V,or VI, bad. ciotligilt, Post-free 0/- surely too small lot a great Government to Voi.. I . I I , I I I . I V , V, VI,may lie obtained U n b o u n d 5/- discredit itself about and doubtless excuses V o l . V II , H o u n d , 3 • : U n b o u n d , .. 2j- Comimmications must be addressed to will scon i*e found for making and selling a T h e P h i l a t e l i c C h r o n ic l e a n d A d v e r t i s e r ,’' further supply of Periodical stamps. Feiitham Hoad, H&ndsworlh, Birmingham. The Jbitish Guiana philatelic venture in All Articles are Copyright. Agents wanted in every Town. Terms on application. pictorial stamp.' did not meet with the expected success and so the goods have been New Subscriptions to the '‘Advertiser” are entitled to one short Advertisement. Sub carefully “ marked down " Just as the scription 6d. for it issues, post-free. selling-oil- draper displays his goods under a

All communications for the next issue should reach ticket veil!) the original value erased '.> th<- us b y the T e n t h o r t i . i ; M o n t h ai latest. We cannot Ihitish Guiana panoramic stamps, iy-. and guarantee insertion if received after that date. toe , have been re priced by surcharge “ t w o cents" the legend •• Siit.i tv. O ff May 13ih, 1899. ami " A larmist, S acrifice should appeal

c o n t e n t :.. tespet lively above and below the sutcharge /\| jfe. ami the parallel would be complete. Editorial . ST Chronicle d8 Tasmania is tile latest firm—tut, tut, it Nova Scstta ...... 58 The Postman'e Knock 09 'hould be Government, of course—to enter the Swiss Postal System 60 Philatelic Fraud* .. 60 into the business, and we are informed that The Stamp* o f Venezuela . 61 •ocUty Report* 61 63 >ir E dward JJradpon, the Premier, has sent THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER, 1 ------■ ------— r- - ■ — ------*------rf—~— i f . i- NEW YEAR BARGAINS. THE 1899

No. in set. Price. C a n a d a , 1807, maple leaves, ie. to 10b, obsolete 8 1/4 SUPPLEMENT A u s tr ia , 1850-64 12 4d „ 1867 (head) Including s$k. ... 7 4d „ 1881-91 ... ' r2 3d B a v a r ia , 1849-68 7 id „ 1876-81,'including imk. 7 4d „ 1888-91 „ 75 and 50 pf. 8 4d To the “ ROWLAND HILL” PACKET 1870 „ iBkr. 6 unused 5d B e lg iu m , 1851-65 „ io c . and 20c. wok... 6 6d COLLECTION is i\ow ready. Pros „ 1869-94 19* !■? « 1879-80, Parcel Stamps 6 4d B u lg a ria , 1882-86, including 30 and jost. 9 4d pectus sent on application. „ 188993 9 D e n m a rk , 1833-85 8 F ra n c e , 1833-69 (Emperor)... 12 4d / ■ ______„ 1870 (Liberty) IO 3d „ 1876-92 (Commerce) I? Sd N o r th G e rm a n G onf., 1868, including 75c. & ifc.. J. J. *. 7. 5 «» }., 4'. 4. *. *. 5 perf. and official 22 Sd G e rm a n B m p lre , 1872, large and small eagle 7 4<1 „ 1875, compteie ... 13 4d ,, '.889, including 23pp. 6 id ALFRED SMITH & SON, G reece, various issues 12 4d F in la n d , 1875, perf. n and 124 ' 7 8d „ 1883-91, including 2 imks. ... *3 6d 37 & 39, ESSEX STREET, H o lla n d , 1869-75, Arms and King's bead 8 8d .. 1877, Figs, and Queen’s head 9 5d ------— STBAND, LONDON. H a n g a r y . 1881-91 tt 4d I t a ly , 1862 91 15 Sd R o u m a n ia , various Issues 12 4d R u s s ia 12 ' 3d P o r tu g a l, 1880-92, all obsolete 9 3d W A S I T C r t — S a x o n y , 1863 ... S unused 3d S e r v la , various... 6 4d S w itz e r la n d , 1862-82 16 4<* S w ed e n , Official, 1874 7 4d T u r k e y , 1892 ... . 4 2d (Kustendjie) .. ... 5 3d RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS W u rte m b u rg , 187593 12 3d In d ia , various ... 10 3d J a p a n , 187692, no fiscals' ... 12 4d USED OR UNUSED. . . . L a b u a n , 1893. ic.. 2c. and 3a 3 unused 3d „ ic.to 24c. ... 9 unused2/Q Cape, 1884-90, Anchor, all obsolete 7 6d . . . COMMON OR RARE. M a u ritiu s , 1879-94, all obsolete 11 8d T ra n s v a a l, 188590, all obsolete 8 fid Singly or in large quantities. Approval Boohs for General Collectors at Low Prices; Grand Variety. High Prices paid (many stamps are now worth £ 5 to £ 10 each). Prompt replies. A P P L Y — 910,’ &C. W. B. KIRKPATRICK, CLOSE BURN, H. L’ESTM NGE EVEN, BOURNEMOUTH. 32c, PALACE SQUARE, NORWOOD, S.E-

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The Philatelic Chronicle Is sent to all the members Of the Philatelic Cfjponiele & Hcl\?e:pti?e:p Birmingham Philatelic Society and Midland Countlei AND PHILATELIC TIME Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journal of these P ublished Monthly. Societies. Combined membership over 400, Subscription, 1/6 per A n KUm . Subscriptions commence with current numbe Back numbers of Vols. I, II, III, IV, V, VI & V II, Gd. O V ER N M EN T stamp dealing is getting Specimen, Id. Odd numbers of Vol. V III, 3d. each. Back N ob. of the Advertiser 2/6, for 1,2, 3, 4, 5, and more popular every day—in fact 11, and 3d. each all others. the competition to secure philatelic

ADVERTISEMENTS. custom between Governments has become so 2/6 per Inch. Limit, 8 Lines to the inch. keen as to be demoralising. Uncle Sam, Liberal discount for a series. Unused English Stamps accepted in payment to finding that the new-issue-every-other-week any amount. system was falling off, went in for a clearance Short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 24 words for Sixpence, three insertions at the price of two. sale of old stock and offered the Periodical The Advertiser is the best medium for short Advertise stamps in sets at bargain prices. Even as ments of wants and offers, published Semi-Monthly. the cheap drapers and hosiers do in their Subscriptions and advertisements must bo prepaid, Halfpenny Stamps should always be sent in prefer annual clearance sales he provided a lot of ence to those of any other value. Money from abroad cheap-and-nasty stuff for the occasion to sell must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts under 2/- may be sent by unused stamps, higher side by side with his real genuine old stock values, at current rate of exchange. Unused and so the reprinted—or, to all intents and U.S. and Canadian high values accepted at face value. Postal and Money Orders payable at purposes, foiged—stamps were sold with the Witton Road, Aston. genuine article. The sum garnered in was Liberal discount for a series of Advertisements. Vol. I, II, I I I , IV ,V , or V I, bnd. cloth gilt, Post-free 6/- surely too small for a great Government to V ol, I, II, III, IV, V, VI,may be obtained U nbound 5/- discredit itself about and doubtless excuses Vol. V II., Bound, 3/-: U nbound, .. 2/- will soon be found for making and selling a Communications must be addressed to T he P hilatelic Chronicle and Advertiser,'’ further supply of Periodical stamps. . . . Fentham Road, Hands worth, Birmingham, The British Guiana philatelic venture in All Articles are Copyright. Agents wanted in every Town. Terms on application. pictorial stamps did not meet with the expected success and so the goods have been New Subscriptions to the “ Advertiser" are entitled to one short Advertisement. Sub carefully “ marked down ” Just as the scription 6d. for 12 issues, post-free. selling-off draper displays his goods under a ticket with the original value erased so the A ll communications for the next issue should reach ub by the Tenth of the M onth at latest. We cannot British Guiana panoramic stamps, 15c. and guarantee insertion if received after that date. ioc,, have been re-priced by surcharge “ t w o c e n t s ” — the legend “S e l l in g O f f ” May 13i h, 1899. and “ A l a r m in g S a c r if ic e ” should appear respectively above and below the surcharge P a g e . and the parallel would be complete. Editorial...... ST Chronicle ...... ss Tasmania is the latest firm—tut, tut, it Rova Beotia ...... 88 Tho Poitman’ i Knock ...... 19 should be Government, of course—to enter The Bvlii Poital System...... SO Philatelic Fraud! ...... 60 into the business, and we are informed that Tho 8 tarn pi of Venezuela...... 81 BocUty Report* 62 63 Sir E d w a r d B r a d d o n , the Premier, has sent 68 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

the Secretary of the Post Office to England G E R M A N Y .—Five new stamps are said to be in course of preparation, 30 and 80pf. and 1, 2, 5 marks. for a new set of stamps similar to those of ORANGE F R E E STATE,— A 1/- brown is reported. New Zealand, with designs representing Possibly au error of colour. various local scenes. W ell, we can’t help P E R S IA .— We have received from Teheran the 1 i t ! W e must endeavour to cultivate the and 2ch. apparently surcharged in violet, with a design or lettering difficult to define. philosophical attitude of those in Spain upon SAMOA.— The Id. has been surcharged 2^d. rainy days, when— we have proverbial TASM ANIA. —A lOd. stamp has just boon, or is authority for believing— they let it rain ! about to be, issued wmk. TAS, pert. 14. lOd. purple-brown and green. TUNIS.—The 5c. has been changed to the Bame CHRONICLE. colour as that of France. 5o. yellow green. ANAD A.— Of the 1897 jubilee issue the following quantities were issued :— C l-2t. black, 150,000. lc. orange, 8,000,000. NOVA SCOTIA. 2c. green, 2,500,000. 8c. bright rose, 20,000,000. 5c. deep blue, 750,000, 0 much has been written about the stamps of 6c. rich brown, 75,000, Nova Scotia that one may reasonably ask; 8c. violet, 200,000. what further may be said of interest to the 10c. brown violet, 150,000. collector of this beautiful series? Very little 15c, steel blue, 100,000. indr ed; but I may be pardoned if I offer a little 20c. vermilion, 100,000. criticism on the catalogue. 50c ultramarine, 100,000. The first stamps issued were the 3d., 6d. and 1/-, $1 wine red, 25,000. and as the 3d. dark blue (or more properly epe&king 82 25,000. tho 3d. blue on dark blue paper) was in use for a much $3 25,000. longer period than the light blue (or blue on white 84 25,000. paper), the former stamp in a used condition is very 85 25,000. much more common than the latter. Of the 1898 maple leaf issue the following According to the catalogue the reverse would be the quantities wore issued :— case. I have handled large quantitiee of three-pennies l-2c. black, 2,000,000. and the dark blues have outnumbered tho light ones lc. green, 84,000,000. almost ten to one. Being the provincial rate they 2c. pmple, 12,000,000. would be more common at home than abroad, and 3c. bright rose, 44,000,000. my opinion is shared by every collector who has 5c. dark blue, 3,500,000. handled any quantity of them. 6c. brown, 500,000. The relative pricing of the sixpence is more 8c. orange, 1,400,000. accurate and tends to confirm what I have said in 10c. plum, 500,000. regard to the threepence, as the dark green sixpence CHILI.—Mr. Weller, of Valdivia, Chili, informs was used during the same period as the threepence on the Philatelist that the General Director of Mails and white paper. Telegraphs of that country announces a new issue of There are two distinct varieties of the dark green postage 6tamps, consisting of the values of 1, 2, and sixpence, one on white paper exactly like that on 5 centavos only. This set will appear very shortly which the light blue threepence is printed, and the and the design will be radically different from that of other on a paper densely blue and similar to that on the present series. The reason of the new issue is which the one penny is printed. This latter is a very commonly understood to be the discovery of very rare stamp and is so different from the other that it clever counterfeits of these denominations of the should be catalogued. present set, which have been spread wholesale at The shilling is also printed on tho dark blue paper great damage to the postal service of Chili. New and is very rare thus. telegraph stamps are also to appear of the values of It may not seem the thing to say so but I cannot 1 and 6 oentavos as the new tariff for dispatches help thinking that the shilling is an overrated stamp. necessitates such stamps. Fashion ha9 Bet it on a lofty pedestal. I remember THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 59 when a boy at school with what leeliDgs of admira higher values we give a table of the number of tion, tinged perhaps with envy, we viewed the originals on hand and the number reprinted to make fortunate mate who possessed a shilling. The boy up the 50,000 sets. who unearthed a shilling Newfoundland, then as at Originals. Reprints. present a much more valuable stamp, did not cut any $5 00 ...... 155 49,845 figure to speak of. 10 00 ...... 11,640 38,360 The five cent unused with original gum is not an 20 00 ...... 8.780 41,320 easy stamp to pick up. At the time of confederation 50 00 ...... 16,245 33,755 with Canada the stock on hand was almost exhausted. 100 00 ...... 7,685 42,315 None were found among the remainders sold by the What will those poor dealers do whose conscience Government two years ago. will not allow them to sell reprints ? The discovery of the remainders has had, no doubt, a bad effect on the sale of pence issues, as many T he P ostman has received a very useful price list collectors not unnaturally imagine that shillings and from Mr. Wm. Bradbury—simply full of bargains. sixpennics may turn up in quantities at any time. I Ho prepared a goodly order therefrom and gleefully can assure such people that their fears are groundless. sealed the cnvelopo and then—alas, the following When the currency changed in 1860 the pence unpleasant legend met his eye “ Strictly net cash remainder, together with the stamps called in from with order.” Mr. Wm. Bradbury will not figure country offices in exchange for Cents issue, were among his list of creditors at present. burned in the square adjoining the Provincial Build ing in which the local Government offices are The two cent Columbian unused bids fair to become situated. a very desirabte stamp. The common two was never thought of while the Columbians were on sale, every one at that time was buying the high valuoa; now when they want them collectors are surprised to find that they oannot get- them everywhere. THE POSTMAN’S KNOCK. • The new watermark of the Hungarian 6tamp is practically the result of an aecident. The explosion A V E you seen the new British Stamp Directory 1 of a boiler in the paper factory, which formerly N o l W ell you must get one at once. It is supplied the papor to the government having destroyed W double as good as the last— and that was worth that plant, a supply was ordered elsewhere and the treble the amount charged for it. I have been making manufacturer furnished at short notice, paper with a calculation and I find that the actual cost for the new watermark. The design pleased the postal material, labour and postage of each copy is 1/10. authorities and has since been permanently adopted. Where the profit comes in is the mystery to me. It The new watermark represents the Hungarian crown must be like the old woman’s eggs— the quantity that in a circle covering about six stamps. pays. • * • * The story of the discovery in the Post Office of a Mr. Herbert J, Guest has sent me an envelope upon few old envelopes was so magnfied in the course of which the postage stamp is obliterated with a design its transit from one relatoi to another, that at last it of straight lines on the American plan. It is to be attained such proportions as to make it likely to swell hoped our Government are about to adopt this vastly- the Post Office revenue. A somewhat similar dis superior system of postmarking. covery was made in the Geneva Post Office in 1368, * when, on the occasion of an alteration in the office, a ♦ * press was removed, behind which 800 envelopes were Please don’t—don't— don’t forget the Manchester found. A curious discovery was made a very few Exhibition. I t opens June 29th, and your very own years since in one of the Government Offices in P o stm an wants you all to be there between that date London. A large sheet of pasteboard had been knock and July 5th. Undeterred by his narrow escapes at ing about for years, when, in the course of wear, it the London ditto the P o stm an w ill again venture showed some printiog like that on the Muiready among a righteously indignant philatelic public and envelopes. It was put into a bath, when; lo I it was give the world his opinion on the matter—that is if found to have been made of some six or oight sheets the pecuniary aspect of things is favourable and if the of Muiready envelopes pasted together. They came committee 6end him a ticket. • off as fresh and clean as when first printed, the paper • * beiDg only a little stiff from the paste not having been Of the newspaper (.tamps put on sale by the U.S. entirely soaked out. We write from a specimen before Government, all below $5.00 were originals. Of the us. 60 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

THE SWISS POSTAL SYSTEM. centre, and tapering to nothing at the points. This oval encloses FRANCO. There are three other forgeries described in “ Album Weeds,” two of them very old, and all three lithographed, and not likely to N Switzerland besides undertaking to forward deceive; but the newest counterfeit is something far persons and luggage by diligence, the post office better. I may say here that, if any of our readers I undertakes the collection of monoy against the possess new and dangerous forgeries of any kind, and delivery of letters or parcols ; the collection of drafts, will send them to me, I shall be pleased to see them. the office accepting instructions as to protest or other N E W B R U N S W IC K .—The ordinary New Bruns- wise in the event of dishonour ; payment of subscrip wick counterfeits are very poor, but I have lately come tions to newspapers; the delivery of books or music across a much better forgery, which is, of courso, not on approval with free return within four days if not described in “ Album Weeds,” My specimen is approved ; the delivery into the hands of the surcharged fac-s im il e , in small capitals; but no addressee of a letter or parcel spe.ially marked for doubt the stamp exists without the surcharge, and in such delivery. With regard to charges, for 5 centimes that stato might be dangerous to the unwary, although a letter up to half a pound in weight can be sent to the size condemns it. I have only the 3d., and do any distance within 10 kilometers, and 'or 10 centimes not know whether tho other values have been imitated to any part of Switzerland. There are also no in this style. limitations on the weight or size of parcels. G e n u in e .—Engraved in tailh-douee, on stout, In addition to this the Swiss post office accepts full blued wove paper. The Btamp is 22£mm. square. responsibility for loss or damage where the value is The orb on the top of the crown bears an inverted X declared, the extra charge for declaration being merely on its face. The cross pattee below the centre arch of nominal. It also accepts liability within certain the crown shows three wedge-shaped white arms, limits, even without declaration of value, where a there being no bottom arm. The eight-pointed star registered letter or package has been lost, damaged or to the left of the crown bears a spray of three even delayed in transit. Another point worth notice shamrock leaves, which can hardly be said to overlap is that the system of fining the addressee where a one another at all. tetter is unstamped or insufficiently stamped -a system against which I have repeatedly protested—is F orged.—Engraved in taille-douce, in pale, not in force in Switzerland, where all that is charged brownish-red, very different from the rather bright to the addressee is the deficiency in the postage. red of the genuine. The stamp is not square, ani is decidedly larger than the genuine, measuring 23;] by 23£mm. The orb on the top of the crown has a four armed white cross on its face. The cross at the baso of the crown, below the centre arch, has four PHILATELIC FRAUDS. rectangular white arms. The shamrock-leaf at the end of the spray overlaps tho leaf to to the loft of it very distinctly. The engine-turning is unlike that of Co l l a t e d b y N on-L e x . the genuine in several places, but a verbal description is difficult. I hope the illustrations will be clear enough to show the differences. P ostmarks.— The genuiue stamps have usually a small outlined oval, [A ll information and supposed forgeries may be sent with thin bars running the short way of the oval; to N on-Lex. Doubtful stamps examined free. Return and I have also seen bars forming an oval, but without postage must be sent.] outline. This counterfeit is uncancelled, but my specimen as I have said, bears the surcharge fac ONIAN ISLES.—The genuine Ionian stamps are I rarely found postmarked, and a genuinol. post sim ile. marked apooimen ia worth as many pounds as the T U R K E Y .—Messrs. Hissard & Co , call attention unused ones are worth shillings. The only two to an imitation of the 25 piastres 1865, now being postmarks with which I am acquainted aro Nos. 96 circulated in Constantinople. The stamp is to be seen and 97, in “ Album Weeds,” second edition. No. 96 both used and unused. The points of difference are consists of two concentric circles, with blank centre, as iollow s:— Corfu between the circles, with a small ring or circle before and after the name, and a similar ring or circle Genuine.—Orange or Vermilion colour, paper at the bottom, with a very small ring each side of, and moderately thiok, very regular perforations. touching it. This is in blue and also in black. No. F obbed.—Colour dull red, paper thin, the perfora 97 in tne said book is a transverse oval, sharply tion is very ooarse, but the rest makes a very success pointed at the ends, the lines being very thick in the ful imitation. T5He p h i l a t e l i c c h r o n i c l e a n d a d v e r t i s e r . 61

THE STAMPS OF VENEZUELA. 4 real, pale brown violet. I real, dark brown violet. | real, bright brown violet. No t6te-bc5che pairs exist in this transfer. The IN C E 1859 the stamps of this country have had Btamps were made at Caracas by M, Felix Rasco. the different values in each issue conform to the adopted design, but differing in detail, each I ssue Ju l y 18y0 , £ R e a l . 2 nd T r a n s f e r . value being separately engraved. This is the case The necessity for a second printing arose in 1870, with the stamps of the 1866 issue, and the stamps were first issued about July of this W e do not know whether there had been imitations year. of the 1859 and 1861, but all we can state is that all The sheets contain 135 stamps in 15 rows of 9. the stamps of 1863 and 1866 have secret marks, more The third, sixth and ninth stamp of the fourth, or less discernible, as follows eighth, twelfth and fifteenth horizontal row are The J real, 1st type, 1863, has a coloured dot in one reversed, this shows that the lithographer must have of the pearls at the top, and a vertical line in another made transfers of 12 stamps (1 rows of 3) leaving the pearl on the left hand side of the circle. The 1 real, first row out in order to get his last throe rows to 2 reales £ and one centavo have only the vertical tine complete the sheet. on the left-hand side. They were printed on dull white paper, at first In the real, 2nd type, 1865, we can only find the thick, but later on thiuner and less white. coloured dot in one of the pearls at the top. 4 real, lilac rose. In the 1866 issue we find in the knot of the scroll J „ ,, bright and dark, bearing the inscription, Dioa y federation (if woll l „ brown rose. printed). $ ,, red brown, pale and dark, In the £ real; a vertical line in the centre. $ ,, carmine, In the 1 real; on the left two horizontal lines, in j „ pale brown. the centre one small and one thick vertical line, on All these shades exist t£to beche. the right one horizontal line, and in the cornucopia a 1870 4 R e a l . F o rg er y (?) o towards the left. I f we remember rightly the shades of the stamps, In the 2 reales ; three large dots. the colour &Dd thickness of the paper, the stamps of In the 4 centavo ; the letter N in the middle, and a this issue must have appeared about tho same time as dot on the left-hand side. the last issue. They can he recognised by the follow In the 1 centavo ; a large dot in the middle. ing points In the 2 centavos ; a dot in the centre and an The cornuoopia on the left-hand side is heavily oblique line on the right-hand side. shaded by nearly vertical lines. I ssu e 1866, J a n u a r y , J r e a l . 1st T r a n s f e r . The horse is thicker and shorter, the tail is formed We do not know how many stamps a sheet con by a small coloured dash and ends )m m . from the tained. We suppose there are 135 stamps similar to shield on the left-hand side. the 1870 issue in 15 rows of 9, The laurel loaves are more bent and do not touch The cornucopia on the left-hand side has four long the flowers of the cornucopia. lines. The palm leaves on the right are Stifier, and not The horses tail is formed by a thick coloured dash, bent like those of the 1866 issue, and there is a space which nearly touches the shield on the left. between the fifth leaf and the scroll. The laurel branches partly cover the flowers falling The inscription on the scroll: Dios y federation from the cornucopia. forms only ono word. There is a white spot over the The palm loaves on the right-hand side are bent, letter y, which letters seems to have been added especially the fourth (the fifth is very close to the afterwards seeing that it is different in every one of scroll). the 12 stamps of the transfer; the letters cion are The inscription on the scroll: Dios y federation is larger than the others, especially the final letters on, composed of three distinct words, the letters are of a the ends of the scroll are not evenly split, they are uniform size, and the ends of the scroll aro split into open on the left and closed on the right-hand side. two even parts. The s of los is large and thick-set. The $ of los is straight. The stars before and after the value are badly The stars before and after the value are evenly formed. The gum is yellowish-white and shows formed. clearly bruBhmarks. This gum often is hardly per The gum is white and smooth. ceptible. The plate has been formed exactly the same The paper was at firet more or less thin, slightly way as the one for the July, 1870, issue. There exist, bluish, and the colou r generally lig h t; in later print therefore, 12 tete beche pairs on each sheet, ings the paper was white and the colour a little real, lilao rose. deeper. It • • bright. 62 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

£ ,, brown rose. excellent part it is. All merely local issues have been A „ red-brown, pale and dark. eliminated and only governmental issues listed. The £ „ carmine. book is on improved paper and is better printed than £ ,, pale brown. the last edition, and the illustrations are far in All these shades exist t£te bAche. advance of that book both in number and usefulness. We have only found these stamps obliterated As a catalogue Part II. is vastly superior to Part I., Caracas and /.a Gttaira, W e suppose they were only for the information upon and illustration of minute put fraudulently into circulation in these two towns and intricate varieties is simply excellent. The old for the following reasons: — system of grouping countries is persisted in, but It seems impossible to us that the lithographer searchers after Norway will now have to look among employed at the same time for each printing since the S’s - rather an absurd arrangement considering 1870 (the different shades prove this) plates of different that Norway and Sweden are absolutely iudopendont types. If more £ real stamps than any of the other of one another, even to the flag they display. The values were required, it was much easier to make one details of reprinting are very complete and most plate of 300 stamps than of 135, as was done in the useful—reflecting the utmost credit upon Mr. E. D, case of the stamps of the 1874 issue. Common sense Bacon who is responsible. Altogether Part II. is a would have counselled to make 2 plates of one type valuable book—equally useful to the general collector instead of two types, of which one was an imitation and the specialist and is remarkably cheap at 2/3, the of the other, if it was absolutely necessary to print price at which it can be procured from Messrs. Stanley with two plates. Gibbons or The Philatelic Publishing Co., Fentham When the surcharged stamps appeared in January, Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. 3874, which type was employed ? That of 1866. If the 1870 type had been genuine, is it not more j reasonable to suppose that by preference the last late had been taken, which being more recent had SOCIETY REPORTS. een less used ? This surcharge (an inscription in two lines) which has never been properly explained, was assuredly only BIRMINGHAM PHILATELIC SOCIETY. a precaution taken by the postal authorities to guard against imitations, such as we have described. And who knows whether it was not tbe absence of the Honorary President:—W. B. Aveby, E sq. secret marks that first drewattention to this fraudulent President:— W. T. W ilson, E sq. issue. W e will now describe the means the postal authori Vice-Presidents:— R. R ollick, E sq. ; W. P imm, Esq. ties took in 1874 to guard against such imitations. Committee Mr. H. R. Bew lay ; Mr. P. T. Dbakin ; (1) The sheets contain 800 stamps (in 20 rows of Mr. W. F. W adams ; Mr. T. W. P eck ; Mr. C. A. 15) instead of 135. Stephenson ; Mr. W . S. Vauchton. (2) By the elimination of tete beches. Hon. Secretary and Treasurer:—Mb . G. Johnson, (3) The paper commences to be very bluish. B.A., 208, Birchfield Road, Birmingham. (4) By a surcharge consisting of an inscription in two lines. March 2nd. Tho following were unanimously This surcharge appears in different characters, the elected members :— Messrs. S G. Vlastos, 0. H. W, words are spelt various ways, there are aleo letters Audrene and G. Avyerinos. that are sometimes large, sometimes small, we have Mr. Pimm gave a very interesting paper on tho even found a stamp without this surcharge. Under stamps of New Zealand, illustrated by his own fine these conditions, what guarantee did this famous collection of that country and also by those of Messrs. surcharge offer ? W. T. Wilson and T. W. Peck; the former showing W e have carefully gone through our stock without all varieties in ranges of shades, used and unused, and however finding a single imitation. We do not know the latter fine blocks of iroperfs in mint condition and why the forgers did not pursue their work, whether other raritieB in exceptionally fine condition. they were caught or whether they had made enough The paper was interspersed and followed by remarks money. The fact remains, that the government found and discussion as to the various shades in use at in their possession forged stampR, and as proof we certain dates, and a good number of copies with may add that we got them from that source in whole dated postmarks and stamps on original including sheets.— The Timbre Post. some of the rare watermarks, roulettes,

Mr. R. Hollick then showed his collections of New Fyfie, R.N., on “ Auction Prices and Catalogne South Wales and Tasmania, carefully explaining to Values ” ; and Mr. W. A. Walker on “ Breakers any who required it the numerous varieties and Ahead ” On the 14th of January, 1899, an exhibition retouches of the plates in the early issues of the of stamps was held which proved a most gratifying former colony. Many very fine copies and shades of success, and the exchange branch of the society shows these early issues were shewn, and this was the cause a very marked development— its monthly packets of a subsequent discussion on catalogue values and averaging over £109 in value. A silver medal has also discounts from which it appeared that most of the been contributed to the forthcoming Manchester members would only be glad to get satisfactory copies Philatelic Exhibition. The present session will end at full catalogue rates or even more, but such copies are shortly with a lecture on “ Philately,” to be contri a steadily decreasing quantity, and for them there is buted by the Rev. E. Bell, of Saltash. Hon. secretary always a good demand which is gauged to a very and treasurer, W. A, Walker, E sq .; hon. secretary, small extent by quotations of auctions or catalogues. exchange branch, Dr. 0. E. Russel Rendle.

Su b u r b a n E x c h a n g e Cl u b . — The November MIDLAND COUNTIES STAMP EXCHANGE packets have come back from circulation, and accounts were duly submitted and settled within four {Established 1886). days. December packets have nearly finished their Hon. Secretary W. G. W a l t o n , Fentham Road, rounds, and sheets will be returned as soon as possible. Birmingham. The following have lately been elected as members : — Dr. Atkinson (Ashton), Capt. Stokes Roberts and Major Nathan (Waltham Abbey), E. W. Shackell The May packets are scarcely up to the usual (Cardiff), Pryce Curson (London), Wilcox (Dunedin), excellence, and members are requested not to let their and F C. Pigott (London). Three applications were contributions fall off during the summer. There are held over. Collectors living abroad are invited to vacancies for two or three members. Subscriptions send selections regularly, and non-contributors con will not be charged until July, so that ladies or gentle see as many packets as they like, though their names men joining now have an excellent opportunity of are placed last on the list. Applications for member judging the merits of the Exchange before becoming ship should be accompanied by references to prevent members. Good references are requisite. Rules and delay. Rules, &o., from the hon. see. If. A. Blade, all information may be obtained from the Secretary. Ingleside, St. Albans.

C e n t r a l P h il a t e l ic C l u b . — At a committee H f.bts P h il a t e l ic So c ie t y .— The close of the meeting held on Monday, April 6th, a discussion of season for 1898-99 was celebrated by a dinner at the rules of the exchango packet with reference to Anderton’s Hotel on Tuesday, May 2nd, 1899. the pricing of stamps took place, when the following Present: Messrs. F. A. Wickhart, W. C>. Cool, M. Z. proposition was carried : “ That the words ‘ by Kuttner, C. R. Sutherland, C Forbes, E. Bounds, J. Stanley Gibbons’ catalogue ’ be erased and the words C. Sidebotham, L. E. Bradbury, G. Haynes, H. ‘ at member's discretion’ be inserted. Rule 1. will Warren, E. F. Lawrence, E. P. Airlie Dry, F. now read " Stamps to be priced at member’s discretion Henderson, G. Gaffe, H. Hayn6s, P. L. Pemberton, subject to a discount of 50 per cent. As I am anxious M. P. Castle and H . A. Slade. Mr. Castle then to make the packets a great success I trust all offered the members an opportunity of inspecting his members w ill help me by sending sheets regularly. famous collection of unused Spanish stamps, The packet was sent out on the 11th ult., but future practically complete, and abounding in varietios ackets w ill be issued promptly on the 5th, sheets to seldom heard of by the ordinary collector. In e sent in by the 1st of the month. C. Forbes, response to a hearty and unanimous vote of thanks Secretary. for his courtesy Mr. Castle thanked the members for his reception and expressed his readiness at all times P ly m o u t h P h il a t e l ic So c ie t y . — The eighth to further the cult of philately. He congratulated session of the Plymouth Philatelic Society, which the Society on its management and future prospects, will shortly close so far as active winter work is con and intimated his willingness to attend again next cerned, has been a most successful one. Nineteen season. A pleasant evening terminated at 10 p.m. new members have joined since October, 1898, and The annual report will be published and forwarded to fourteen ordinary meetings have been held at which membere in September, and the first meeting of the papers have been read in conjunction with alternate 1899-1900 season will be held on the first Tuesday iu evenings for disoussion and exchange. The following October next. Exchange packets will be circulated have contributed to the readings ;—Major G. W. throughout the summer if sufficient sheets be Stockdaie (president), twice on the “ Issues of received. Applications for membership should be France ” ; Rev. £. A. Donaldson and Mr. H. W. accompanied by two references. H. A. Slade, hon, Mayneonthe “ Collecting of Entires” ; Rev. E. T. sec. and treasurer, Ingleside, St. Albans, 64 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

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The Advertiser.— The Advertise)- of Wants and | During twelve months over 5,000 advertisements Offers (Philatelic Publishing Co., Fentliam Road, appear in ” The Advertiser," divided among 20 issues, Birmingham), is the very best advertising medium for or about 250 separate advertisements per issue, rang philatelists in the world. With the largest paid sub ing from a whole page to an adlet of a few words, and scription list of any philatelic paper in the English the most gratifying feature is tho noticeable fact that language, to say nothing of the large number of the majority of advertisement# come from the same necessary specimen copies periodically sent out, parties time after time, while almost every day new it would be suprising if it failed to give satis supporters appear by the recommendation of one or faction to its supporters. For foreign business another old supporter. Our friends do their bost for it has no rival. In America it has more subscribers us, we reciprocate according to the best of our ability than three-fourths of the American papers and —and the result is mutual advantage. These lines in the English colonies no other paper even are not penned without an object. We wish to get pretends a rivalry. Since its inception many every philatelic advertiser with us and the facts we papers on both sides of the Atlantic have imitated its have set out in the foregoing are a bait to draw them chief features, but The Advertiser had got too big a into the net from which they will never have the start to fear any opposition. Imitation is the desire to escape. sincerest form of flattery, and the little paper has been flattered in this vein by practically every one of Everyone who sends a Subscription of SIXPENCE the British philatelic journais, who—wise in their For tho next 6 Issu es of The Advertiser w ill bo generation— have carefully copied its name or its allowed ono advertisement under W ants and Offers methods, the only thing they have so far failed to not exceeding 24 words. Extra words at tho usual imitate being its success and its large circulation. rate of 4 a penny. If the advertisement is required To show that results are still satisfactory to adver for three times, an extra amount equivalent to the tisers, a few out of the many congratulatory remarks charge for one insertion must also be sent. that have reached us during the last few weeks are appended. Considering the undoubted success of the Fentham Road, Handswarth, Birmingham. paper, comparatively few of the more important dealers have ever tried it—yet those who h ive done so have remained steadfast ever since. “ Once an ul?e Uiroinia philatelist advertiser—always an advertiser " is the principle, Is thr most instruct ire Philatelic ilagaziiu in but we would naturally be glad to find many more the United Sta>es of America. Specimen working with us to mutual advantage. The rates are . ( opy free. Subscription : Singly, Is. s,;. ; very cheap, but we are always willing to make them | with “ Stamps,'' Iiushdcn, England, 3s. !■!. even cheaper to secure good advertisers for longer , Remittance in Hritish or U.S. unused stamps, periods. Bead a few of this pear's (1S99) congratu- I lations:— FRANKLIN STEARNS, Manager, Jv Mr. H. B. Backhouse : " 1 hope to run a larger Box 6. RICHMOND, YA., U.S.A. advertisement in your paper for some time. I have had very good results," Mr. A. G. Padgam : “ I hope the advertisement APPROVAL BOOKS will bring as many replies as the last.” OF FINE Mr Ralph It. Scudamore : “ Very much pleased with last advertisement.” BRITISH COLONIALS, UNITED STATES Mr. H Bristow: “ Kindly stop our advertisement, we have had so many replies." EUROPEANS, &c, Mr. Elie Mover: “ 1 have great satisfaction in im MEDIUM AND RARE AT announcement in your esteemed paper." Mr. Ernest A. E. Slinger: “ I cannot complain ut 25 Per Cent to 75 Per cent discount ofl results from giving you ads.” Catalogue Prices. Mr. W. T. Brass: “ I ain very pleased with the Our Books are arranged in catalogue order, each success of my former ad.” stamp is a perfect copy, and guaranteed genuine. Mr. J. Carr: “ The advertisement you put in foi GIVE OUR BOOKS A TRIAL. me was very satisfactory.” References required from collectors unknown to us Mr. Robert Kirby : “ As a compliment to your paper, I have been deluged with replies from all parts.” C. FORBES & Co., Mr. H. H. Hlpwell: “ Your paper is w-nderful, 56, Antill Road, Bow, LONDON. E. how it is I have not corns across it beforo I don’ t know," Note Our New Address. dtfu THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. iii,

TRANSYAAL, i/-, green shafts, unused, W. C. PROUDFOOT, (Member I.P.U.) price 12 /6. . . . P.O. Box 11, ST. VINCENT. W.I. ANTIGUA Revenues, set of 8, unused, s. d. Bahamas, i. 2j, 4,6, i/- ...... per set 2 7 price 4/-. Barbados, I, 4, i. 24. 4. 6, 8, >° — ■■■ 3 2 SPAIN, Revenue Stamps, set of 25, many Bermuda, i, 1.1), 3,4, 6, ■/- ...... 3 1 Grenada, 4, i, 24, 3,6,8,1/- ...... 3 2 unused, price 4/-. Gambia, 4. 1,2,2}, 3,4,6, 1/• ...... „ 3 0 M o r l e y ' s Catalogue of English Postage, St. Lucia, 4, 1,2}, 3,4. 6. 1/- ...... 2 10 Trinidad, 4, 1, 24, 4,3,6,1/- ...... „ 3 1 Railway’s Entires and all varieties of Turks Island, 4, 1, 24,4, 5, 6,11- ...... „ 3 0 Leeward Islands, 4, 1, 24, 4, 6, 7, 1/ ... ,, 3 2 Fiscals, price 2/6. Jamaica. 4. 1,2.24,3, 4.6. >/- ... — ., 3 1 M o r l e y ’ s Catalogue of Colonial Revenue British Guiana, ic. 2C, 4c, 3c, 6s, 8c, 12c, 24c „ 3 1 „ „ Picture Series, tc, 2C, 3c, 10c 13c „ 1 8 Stamps, 2/6. British Honduras, ic, 2C, 3c, 6c, 10c, 12c, 24c „ 3 0 L u n d y ’ s Catalogue of Swiss and German Barbados, 2/6 ...... each 2 9 Jamaica, 21-; British Guiana, 48c ... 2 3 States, Fiscais, 1/6. Bahamas, Jamaica. St. Lucia, Trinidad, Leward Islands S /- ...... „ SO St. Lucia, Trinidad, 10/- ...... „ 10 9 Bahamas, Trinidad £1 ...... „ 21 0 WALTER MOBLEY, Any of the above stamps may be purchased at slight advance over face value 15, BROWNHILt CARDENS, FOLLOWING ST. VINCENT AT FACE VALUE: id green, id carmine, 2id blue 3d brown, 4d yellow, 6d lilac, 1/- Hither Green, Gatford, London, S.E. vermilion, 3/- lake. i 88p issue type of Leeward Islands, 4, 1, 24, 3, 4, 3, 6, 1/-, 3/-. All above stamps UNUsen in mint condition. 6 GOOD POINTS. Post Office Orders payable " Kingstown, St. Vincent." Cash Q U R LATEST NO VELTY for philatelists, is a ruled Approval with order. Postage and Registration extra v Book, which is absolutely the finest in the Trade. First, each book is ruled on the finest bank paper, to No notice whatever taken of exchange sendings. Jy hold 120 stamps (on one side of the paper only). Second, each book is bound in a strong, artistic cover, printed in colour. Third, each book will go, without folding, in an ordinary envelope. Fourth, each book contains the usual Messrs. OSTARA & DARLOW rules printed In the English, French and German languages. Fifth, O u r ruled books are the originals* not Beg to announce that poor imitations, and, like our Ruled Sheets, have the largest sale on earth. Sixth, our prices a re :—12 for 8d , 25 1/2, $02 too }S. 9<1, carriage paid; postage abroad extra. Their Eighth Manchester Auction The tenth edition of our Celebrated Ruled Sheets is now ready. WILL BE HELD AT THE | Each Sheet is ruled (on finest bank paper) to hold 60 stamps, I usual rules and space for your name ana address. 25,6d.; $0, ltd .; too, is. 6d.; 250, 3s. 6d.; 500.6s ; 1,000. 1 is. Carriage G r a n d M o t e l , I paid. A specimen book and sheet post free ior td. stamp. tfn ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF HAY, ARTHUR MONTEITH & CO., At 6*30 o'clock in the evening. The stamps will be on view and PHILATELIC DEALERS * PUBLISHERS, catalogues may be obtained at 18, Piccadilly, Manchester. 14, CHESTER GREEN ROAD, DERBY. It you want to dispose of your Stamps, send them to us, we send you cash within eight days Established 1888.

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IRew issues THE 1899 . AND . SUPPLEMENT C h e a p % i n e g * unuitd. j. d. To the “ ROWLAND HILL" PACKET British Guiana, 1898, 1 to 15c., 5 .. .. 2 9* lt „ 1899, two centB on 10c, ., 0 4* COLLECTION is now ready. Pros ,, „ 1899, two cents on 16o. .. 0 4* pectus sent on application. Porto Rioo, 1898-99, provt, set of 9 .. .. 2 0* Straits Settlements, 1899, 4o. on 8c. blue 0 3* ., „ 1899, 4c. on 5c. oar. 3* „ „ 1899, 4c. on 5c. bra. 0 4* Ceylon, 1898, 6c. on 15c...... 0 2* Canada, 1898, 6c. brown (figs.) .. .. 0 3 ALFRED SMITH & SON, Brasil, 1898, 50r. on 20r., green .. . . 0 3* 37 & 89, ESSEX STREET, Canada, 1897, Jubilee 8 cents .. .. 0 9* -STRAND, 1897, Jubilee $o. black .. .. 1 9 LONDON, „ 1898, 2c. Hap, Lavender Sea .. 0 3* ,, 1898, 2a Map, blue...... 0 2* Porto Rioo, 1899. onU.S., lo., 2c., 5c. & 10c. 1 4* w t w r c n — Cuba, 1899, on U.S., lo., 2c., 2]o., 3c., 5c. and 10c...... 1 10* Samoa, 1899, 2Jd. on 1/-, red surch. error .. 0 6* RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS Newfoundland, 1898, 2c. vermilion (Prince) 0 2* USED OR UNUSED. . . .

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The Philatelic Chronicle is sent to all the members of the Philatelic C h Poriiele & KcLtfepti^ep Birmingham Philatelic Society and Midland Counties AND PHILATELIC TIME Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journal of these P u b l is h e d M o n t h l y . Societies. Combined membership over 400. S ubscription , 1/6 p e r A n n u m . Subscriptions commence with current number. ( J T H E magnificent weather of the last few Back numbers of Vols.1,11,111, IV, V, V I & V II, 6d. Specimen, Id. Odd numbers of Vol. V III, 2d. each. | weeks has not been exactly conducive Back Nos. of the Advertiser 2/6, for 1,2, 3,4, 5, and to philatelic yearnings, and probably 11, and 3d. each all others. few of us have indulged in anything more ADVERTISEMENTS. than the merest shadow of a yearn. Still the 2/6 Per Inch. Limit, Q Lines to the inch. Liberal discount for a series. earnest collector never altogether forgets his Unused English Stamps accepted in payment to hobby and can always be depended upon any amount. Short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 24 words to revive enthusiasm enough, even in the for Sixponce, three insertions at the price of two. middle of summer, should occasion demand The Advertiser is the best medium for short Advertise it. W e venture to think that occasion does ments of wants and offers, published Semi-Monthly. Subscriptions and advertisements must be prepaid. demand it at this moment— the special Halfpenny Stamps should always be sent in prefer occasion being the Manchester Exhibition ence to those of any other value. Money from abroad must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts which opens on the 29th inst. W e trust that under 2/- may be sent by unused stamps, higher it will be well patronised, and we wish it values, at ourrent rate of exchange. Unused U.S. and Canadian high values accepted at face every success. value. Postal and Money Orders payable at Witton Road, Aston. Liberal discount for a series of Advertisements. CHRONICLE. V o l. I, I I , I I I , IV ,V , or VI, bnd. cloth gilt, Post-free 6/- V o l. I, II, II I , IV , V, VI,m ay be obtained U n b o u n d 5/- V ol. V II., B o u n d , 3 /-: U n b o u n d , , . 2 /- n A R B A D 03.— Under date May 13th Mr. A. D. Communications must be addressed to JQ Knight, of Bridgetown, Barbados, informs us T h e P h i l a t e l i c C h r o n ic l e a n d A d v e r t i s e r ,’’ that tho postal authorities of the island have Fentham Boad, Handsworth, Birmingham. issued a new 2d. stamp. No description is given. A ll Articles are Copyright. B R IT IS H G U IA N A . — The following are the Agents wanted in every Town. Terms on application. varieties of the recent surcharges—2c, on 10c. and 2c. New Subscriptions to the “ Advertiser" are on 15c., indicating the quantities issued of each entitled to one short Advertisement. Sub kind. scription 6d. for 6 issues, post-free. Issued, 2c. on 10c., inverted s u rch a rg e...... CO Small “ e ” in “ c e n t s ” ...... 500 All communications for the next issue should reach No period and narrower 11 C ” in " cents ” 1,600 ub by the T enth of the Month at latest. Wo cannot “ o e n t s " instead of “ cents," no period guarantee insertion if received after that date. after " cents” ...... 500 2c. on 15c,, comma between “ t " and “ s " in J u n k 23r d , 1899. “ cents" ...... 2,000 Dash between “ 2 ” and “ cents ” ...... 2,000 CONTENTS. Comma between " n ” and “ t ” of “ cents ” 1,800 Page. Double surcharge ...... 50 E d it o r ia l...... 65 C h ronicle...... 65 No period after “ cents " 2,100 Postman's Knock ...... 66 Notes on English Stamps ...... 67 CUBA,—Mr. J. M. Bartels furnishes to the British Stamps used in the Spanish West Indies ... 68 Metropolitan Philatelist information in regard to the The Educational Value of Philately ... 6S now Btamps to bo issued for Cuba. He describes the The Stamps of T on ga ...... 69 designs which have been approved for the stamps of Philatelic Frauds ...... 69 Society R e p o r t s ...... 71 the values of 1, 3, 5 and 10c , and states that the 66 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

designs for the 2c. stamp and 10c. special delivery THE POSTMAN’S KNOCK. stamp are in hand and will be submitted for approval as soon as finished. T goes against the grain, but it has to be done. “ lc. green. Statue of Columbus with one hand Fancy stamps in the middle of June, and such a resting on a globe. At top cuba in curve; centavo I June—the loveliest since 1893. But it has to be at bottom with figure ‘ 1 ’ at each side.” done though it goes against the grain—with that “ 3c. Colour undecided. Allegorical statue of sapient remark 1 started and, with it again as a final Cuba, La Cubans. Cuba at top; centavos at bottom protest, here goes : with figure ‘ 3 ’ at either side as well aB in upper * * corners.” First of all a little announcement on our own. The 5c. dark blue. Merchant vessel in full steam British Stamp Directory is still on sale. Notwith flying two flags, probably an American and a Cuban. standing the leviathan daily demand the big edition Cuba at top in curve. L eft side beautiful border with yet holds out, and the price is still 1/- sterling— for tall palms, at base of which is undergrowth with five pounds worth of information. cordate shaped leaves ; 5 centavos at bottom in straight line.” *** The Midland Stamp Co., so long located in North “ 10c. Colour undecided. Man ploughing field ampton Street. Birmingham, has migrated to Castle with yoke of oxen. In background some tall Bromwich, vide advertisement in Advertiser. Mr. straggling palms and farm houses, " uba at top; 10 Birch, the manager of the company, considers the centavos 10 at bottom in straight line." Advertiser the best advertising medium he knows. GREECE.—The Northern Stamp Co., Bradford, For foreign business he considers it has no remote send us a curious strip of five 1 lepton stamps competitor even, much less a rival. This is a big perforated top and bottom and at both ends, but recommendation coming from a firm which is the imperforate. Apparently the sheets are perforated most important in England in its own line. this way to suit the convenience of the postal clerks • * in serving out “ ha’porths ” of stamps. Our old friend Mr, L, T. Brodstone, Superior, Neb., U.3.A.—“ Smiling Broddy ” of American philatelic G U AM .— United States stamps of lc., 2c. and 5c. and cycling circles - writes me with a suggestion for a have been surcharged for this island. From the N, general universal meeting of philatelists at Paris in Y. Times wo learn that they were shipped on the August next year. Perhaps some of my readers will “ Yosemite.” give their poor old P ostman an idea or two on the N E G R I SEM BILAN.— The 8c. stamp has been subject before next issue. surcharged foub cents in black. 4c. on 8c. lilac and blue. Messrs. Monteith and Co. have sent me a specimen of the new edition of their ruled sheets. They are PAHANG.—The 8c. has been surcharged four very neat and artistic, and are useful for domestic or cents in black. foreign trade. * 4c. on 8c. lilac and blue. * * Mr. Charles Purdom, of Lambeth, issues a monthly S IE R R A LF.ONE.—W e have seen the Revenue circular of quite a novel character. It is produced stamps. Id., 3d., fid. and 1/-, surcharged r e v e n u e on from writing by means of one of those thingumbobs parts of envelopes and postmarked May 4th, 1899, at —I don’t know what they are called—in tin trays— Freetown. As these stamps were sold cheaply as Bticky things that you press the paper on and get a remainders years ago it is rather peculiar that they reproduction in a sort of violet—you know I Well, he should have been used to prepay postage this year. gives a list of new issues, various interesting items Id. mauve and red, black surcharge. and price lists—all, I believe, free, gratis and for 3d. „ brown „ „ nothing. • * H ii ii * II- „ and blue, „ „ Marseilles, France, is a hotbed of philatelic counter feiters and this accounts, perhaps, for a joke in a S TR A ITS S E TTLE M E N TS .— There is a new 3c. adhesive in use here, perforated 14, watermark Cr. French comic paper, which is here translated : “ First and C.A. Marseilles collector. * I bought a Gibraltar stamp 3 cents, brown. yesterday, but while the stamp is genuine, I find that the surcharge is counterfeit I ' Second Marseilles TASMANIA.—The lOd. of current type is ready, collector. ‘ Oh, that is nothing I have been served but it is not yet certain that it has been issued to the even worse, I bought a surcharged Ceylon stamp the public. Perf. 14, wmk. TAS. other day, of which the surcharge is genuine, but the lOd. purple-brown and green. stamp itself is a counterfeit I ’ ” t t t E P h i l a t e l i c c h r o n i c l e a n d a d v e r t i s e r . 67

At the penultimate meeting of the Bristol and dash under the “ d ” instead of a dot. So evidently Clifton Philatelic Society Mr. Cartwright read a letter this detail was part of the original design, but altered he had received from J. Henniker Heaton, Esq., before the issue became general—probably only exist M.P., acknowledging tho receipt of the congratulatory ing on a few trial sheets, some of which perhaps went resolution sent him by the Society for the success of into circulation with others. On the card above- his labours on behalf of Ocean id. Postage and in mentioned the lilac lid. stamp—being precisely of which he said, “ I beg to tender you my most grateful the same design as the "5d.—shows the same kind of thanks for your congratulations on the termination of dash, but this value does not appear to have been the struggle which has ended in victory for cheap issued so os a stamp. Imperial communication. W hile the world lasts never again shall wo be troubled by that awkward, HOUSES or PARLIAMENT ENVELOPES. incomprehensible, and irritating • twopence half Since referring to these in March, 1 have penny for postage.’ ” endeavoured to obtain some further particulars of the other varieties known to have been in use, besides the "H ou se of Lords ” envelope then described: but the exceeding rarity of the whole series makes it a very difficult task. I have, however, found out that other NOTES ON ENGLISH STAMPS. varieties may be found (if distinction between 11 laid ” and “ wove " papers is made), than those enumerated B y W. S. W e b b , in Morley’s catalogue: for instance, there is one inscribed for use “ at tho Houses of Parliament on ly" value one penny, inscriptions in black, on f ir m s ’ n a m e s o n I d . r e d bluish laid paper— the specimen I saw being used as H E system of theft-prevention by printing early as January 22nd, 1840. Another was a “ House supplies of stamps for firms,— with their name of Commons ” ld, black—on thin tvhile wove, used T on back before the gum was applied— would March 18tb, 1840. I have also seen a specimen of seom to be a little older than may hitherto have been the “ House of Commons" ld. on the bluish wove supposed. In Morley's catalogue the earliest known paper, as catalogued ; this being used April 29th, plate number of Id. red is given as 74, the namo 1840, Neither of these three have the word being that of Messrs. Copestake I have, however, I “ Temporary" at the top, as had the " House of found a Ld. stamp with stars in upper corners, on tho Lords ” ld. red envelope. • back of which is—“ J. and C. Boyd and Co.,—7, Friday Street in red ; the earliest number haviug With regard to the wrapper for the House of this firm’s name is given by Mr. Morlcy as 119. Commons described by Mr. Morloy under date 1850,1 have seen a specimen which is probably one of the I d . e n v e l o p e ; a c u r io u s e r r o r . same, though the date of use is much earlier. It is Mr. M. Perkins, of Dudley, has shown me a inscribed in 3 lines in black :— P a r. Pro. curiosity in the shape of a ld. embossed envelope of the To be posted at the House of Commons only. thin or *• commercial" quality which appears to have P O S T P A ID . had contact with the stamping die after most of the colour had been absorbed by a previous impression. This was used March 23rd, 1842, penmarked ld. in red, and also bearing the usual red paid-mark of the The oval and head are only faintly outlined in colour, period, used for letters which bore no adhesive and only part of the lettering is visible. This differs from the few albino errors known, which are caused stamp : thus it appears that postage had to be paid on the package in cash, or possibly the "post-p aid " by two sheets being placed under the die at once, thus may be taken to mean that the “ Parliamentary both getting embossed, but only the upper one the Proceedings ” documents were exempt from postage. colour. In either case, the wrapper bearing no expression of FIVEPENCE OF 1884. value upon it, cannot be regarded as having the same Mr. Ewen’s catalogue informs us that “ a variety of philatelic interest that the envelopes have. I intend the 5d. green is known with a line instead of a dot pursuing the study of these issues, and hope in a under the d of value, but is of extreme rarity." I future note to give a synopsis of all the varieties have never been fortunate enough to find a specimen known to exist. with this peculiarity, and do not know to what extent it may have been issued. Shortly before April 1st, For much of the foregoing information, and for 1884, a card bearing illustrations in colour of the new loans of envelopes, &c,, I have to acknowledge the issue of that date was sent to all post offices; and courtesy of the following gentlemen, viz. : —Major E. recently I was examining one of these cards, and B. Evans, Messrs. Walter Morley, Wm. Allder Ridley, noticed that the 5c. is represented thereon with a and M, Heslop, 69 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

BRITISH STAMPS USED IN THE As to stamped envelopes of Great Britian, there is no record of any ever being sold at these ports, but it SPANISH WEST INDIES. is possible that some were used. The above seven branches were the only ones known to have been established by the post office department "JDREVIOUS to 1877 the native post offices of the of the United Kingdom. Hence letters from the J/ Spanish West Indies carried only internal interior, or other outside places, which went through correspondence ; foreign mail matter was for the British officos were franked with a native stamp, warded either by the steamship companies, or else as well a3 with the postage for foreign correspondence. through the consulates. Branches of the British post offices were established in 1865. The same conditions and regulations applied to the conveyance of letters from these branches as to those posted THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF from home offices. As ordinary British stamps were used, the postmarks are tho only means of determin PHILATELY. ing where they were used At Havana stamps were first put on sale. The letter rate was 1/- per Joz., and the stamps used was N Wednesday, May 10th, under the auspices of the 1/- green, vmk. heraldic emblems, which only the Plymouth Society a most enjoyable lecture catalogues 8d. (when posted in Great Britain). For O was delivered at the Athenaeum by the Rev. E. book post postage was Id. per oz., but the only known Bell, M.A. (of St. Stephen’s, Saltash), on the educa stamp of smaller denomination than the shilling is tional value of philately. Premising that the hobby the Id. of 1862. This stamp in its ordinary use is was a scientific pursuit the lecturer dwelt on the another common value, but in 1867 three other threefold division of philatelic humanity into the denominations, and another shilling issue, which ignoramus, the timbromaniac, and tho philatelist catalogues somewhat higher are known to have been proper or collector who found in stamps an intelligent put on sale. They were the lOd. red-brown, the 1 /- interest and a valuable training. With this intro green, and the 2/- blue, wmk. spray of rose, and the duction the political histories of France and Spain 5/- wmk. Maltese cross. The best of these, singly, is aDd the unification of Italy were ably traced through only worth 2/6, but an entire envelope with this the postal issues of these countries, lantern and screen stamp and the Havana postmark, though many combining most effectively to illustrate the points of doubtless were used during the next ten years, would the lecture. From Southern Europe Mr. Bell passed be prized at many times this price. to South Africa, and reviewed the vicissitudes of our Simultaneously with the opening of the British politics in the Transvaal, showing how marked an post office branch in Havana stamps were put on sale object lesson was to be found in the issues of that at the consulate in the capital of Porto Rico. Lower Republic. Equally impressive, but more pleasing, denominations than the above-mentioned, it is known, was the lesson to be loarned from the stamps of Fiji, were sold at this and other places, though the rates where British rule had kept and not relinquished its were the same as those in Havana. At that time the hold. The diagrams that followed on the screen were place was not commonly called San Juan, and Porto now of the more varied type and illustrative of Rico is the name found on the postmarks. different phases of philatelic interest, (esthetic bear Santiago was thirty years ago another important ing, or educational value. Thus on one striking group harbour for British sailors. It is therefore probable the heads of five sovereign monarchs were depicted, that many letters bearing British stamps left what four of whom had met with the bitterest reverses of was then the post office of St. Jago de Cuba. The fortune; the effigies of our own Queen in varying stamps discovered to have been used at this port are stages of her rule were also presented and colonial of a common variety ; but there arc others than enterprise and sentiment fitly illustrated in the philatelists who would be glad to possess a set with symbolisms of New South Wales, Capo Colony, and the mark of the Santiago post office. Canada. Finally after a series of plates that typified E ight years after this system had been established the debt of philately to the natural world in its in these Spanish colonies, at four other places in designs of bird, animal, reptile and fish, tho lecturer Porto Rioo were branches opened. These were the made an eloquent appeal on behalf of the hofcby of ports of Ponce, Aguadillo, Arroyo and Mayaguez. stamp-collecting with its (esthetic and educational The stamps used were of the variety sold at the home training in contrast to the destructive and wanton offices from 1873 to 1877. enthusiasms of the ornithologist and entomologist. In the latter year the Spanish West Indies joined A hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Bell for his lucid, the Postal Union, the same year that Porto Rico, interesting and most suggestive address was then which had hitherto used surcharged Cuban stamps, proposed by Mr. R . T. Stevens, seconded by Mr. H. issued adhesives of her own. W. Mayne, and unanimously accorded by all present. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

THE STAMPS OF TONGA. 3d, emerald and black—Prehistoric Monument. 4d. lilac and green—Breadfruit. 5d. orange and black—Portrait of King George F bom 1894 TO DATE. 6d. vermilion—Coral. May, 1895. The 2d. stamp of 1892, printed in pale 7id. green and black—Portrait of King George II. blue on unwatermarked paper. “ Surcharge One lOd. carmine and black— Portrait of KiDg George Penny, ljd., 2d. or 7$d.” in carmine. Perf. 12, 11 X II. 12. Is. brown and black—Portrait of King George I I. Id. on 2d. blue, 28. blue and black— View of Haabai and yacht. lid . on 2d. blue. 2/6 purple—Parrot and foliage. 2|d. on 2d. blue. 5/- orange red and black— View of Vavau. 7$d. on 2d. blue. Variety, with error “ Surcharce.” O f f ic ia l Sta m p s . 2id. and 2d. blue. 13th February, 1893. Types of Nov., 1892, printed June, 1895. Full-face portrait of King George II. in bright blue, and overprinted “ G.F.B.” {Gave faka in circle. Lithographed at the St a b office, Auckland, bulcaga) in carmine. Watermark N .Z . and star, N .Z., on white wove unw&termarked paper. Perf. 12, Perf. lli, 12 x 11$. 12 x 11. Id. ultramarine. Id. grey-green. 2d. »» 2$d. pale rose. 4d. »» 5a. pale blue. 8d. H 7$d. yellow. Is. ♦ ♦ N O T E , —The Id . stamp may be found cut in halves Same types with additional overprint of new value diagonally and used as %d. value, in conjunction with in black. a 6a, yellow, or a 5d. and Id ., to make tip the ordinary id on Id. ultramarine. 2$d. rate and registration fee of 4d.—6]d. 5d. on 4d. „ 7id. on 8d. „ August, 1895. The 2$d. stamp of the previous 2$d. on 2d. ,, issue redrawn, printed in vermilion and overprinted lOd. on Is. „ in black. “ Surcharge Halfpenny, one Peuny, or 7£d.” N o wmk. Perf. 12. Jd. on 2jd. vermilion. Id. on 2$d. vermilion, 7$d. on 2$d, vermilion. PHILATELIC FRAUDS. Variety, with error “ Surcharce *': id. on 2$d. vermilion. C o lla t e d b y N on-L e x . July, 1896. The 2d. stamp of 1892 with overprint of May, 1895, bearing the additional vertical overprint in black, “ V a l d a oe b e n i,” and with further {All information and supposed forgeries may be sent horizontal typewritten inscription “ Half-penny” in to Non-Lex. Doubtful stamps examined free. Return two lines in purple. No, wmk. Perf. 12. postage must be sent.] id , on lid . on 2d. blue, jd. on 7$d. on 2d. blue. \CT OVA SCOTIA.—Among beautifully executed Varieties : (a) With " V a l d a oe b e n i ” reading \ stamps none hold higher rank than the two downwards; (5) with periods instead of hyphen ” Nova Scotia sets. They are engraved in taille after “ Half," and “ Penny” ; (c) with surcharge douce and in every way are fine examples of the good “ Halfpenny ” inverted, work possible under that method. Compare the id , on 7id. on 2d. blue (a), workmanship there found with a modern Nicaragua id. on 7$d. on 2d. blue (6). emission and how cheap and tawdry appears the latter. id, on 7$d. on 2d, blue (c). The Nova Scotia Stamps furnished the sensation of 1st Juno, 1897. Engraved on Bteel and printed by the year 1896, The large remainders then discovered De la Rue and Co., London, on white wove paper, formed a topic of conversation for every philatelist. watermarked with a pattern of turtles swimming in The publisher who failed to write an editorial on the different directions. Perf. 13i, large discovery, drawing a wise conclusion from the id. blue - Arms of Tonga. facts, missed the opportunity of a lifetime. Whether Id. red and black—Tree. the remainders did harm or good for philately is ere 2d. biBtre and black— Portrait of King George I I . this settled to the satisfaction of all. But one result 2id, blue and black—Portrait of King George II. produced by the great unearthing of the obsolete 70 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. stamps is particularly noticeable. Nova Scotia emis | In the counterfeit it turns to the left. Through tho sions are now among the most popular of stamps. main part of the design of this stamp runs a white They arc d o w as low in price as ever they can be, and curved line, forming a four-pointed ornament, one as soon as the remainders are disposed of are certain, point in each corner. On each side of this line in tho to rise In view of this fact, collectors everywhere arc genuine stamp is a fine coloured line connecting the filling up the album blanks under Nova Scotia, ends of the shading lines crossed by the white line, the inner one being the heavier. In tho counterfeit Their popularity has caused a careful study of them no line is found on the outside and the inner one is to be made Interesting facts are encountered in very dim. great profusion in studying the Nova Scotia Stamps, Almost every stamp was bisected and issued thus as Another imitation is known which is even finer a provisional. than the one just described. In paper, colour and printing, this stamp is almost a perfect duplicate, Despite the fine engraving, the Nova Scotia labels being engraved like the genuine issues. But in the have been largely counterfeited. Quite a number of left-hand star is found a distinguishable difference. these are very crude and would not deceive any but One of the points of the eight-pointed star is directly the least informed beginners. But of those likely to above the | of “SIX ’’ in the counterfeit, while to lead a well-informed collector amiss there are also a be exact, it should bo above a point between “ | ” and a goodly number. Of those, the following have come “X.” to my notice: One Cent.—In purchasing old collections all copies One Penny, 1653.—A fine counterfoil of this stamp of this stamp sbonld be carefully examined, as about appeared several years ago, and although I have heard twenty years ago counterfeits were rather common. nothing of it lately, it had better be watched for in They were not good imitations, but because of their buying stamps from any but the best known dealers age have deceived many people— one of those old In the original the apex of the square central frame time frauds. I f sund one a few months ago in the around the portrait is nearer the “ 0 ” than the “ N ” album of a friend who has been collecting since 18G5. of “ Nova.” The eyebrows are very faint. In the When I punted it out to him as a bogus stamp he counterfeit the apex is nearest the “ V,” while the said it was impossible and told mo he had removed it eyebrows are heavy. from the original cover before placing it in the album. Even after 1 had. with the Aid of a glass, explained to Sixpence.— A fine counterfeit of this stamp is mcn- him the ways in which it differed from the genuine tiened by the catalogue for advanced collectors. Even specimen in my album, and read to him a description though the fake is lithographed, to make the of the fraud in a paper issued several years ago, ho distinction between it and the original is by no means hardly believed me, so strongly had its age convinced easy. In each corner of the stamp is a small square, him of its genuineness. The counterfeit is litho- containing the figure of value. In the originals these ! graphed, and not very well done at that. In the rectangles are squares, the sides being equal in length. | original the bust of the queen appears to stand out In the counterfeit, the lozenge between *• N O V A ” I from the background, the eye has the lid very clearly and “ SIXPENCE" is not square, the side next to drawn, but without a pupil, the nose is considerably " NOVA ” being about .Jmm. longer than the side | curved or aquiline and a large part of the ear shows next to “SIX,” and the opposite side is the same below the hair. In the counterfeit the head is fiat proportion. 1 recently found a specimen of this fraud against the background, the eye has a pupil, the nose in the album of a friend who is accounted well is absolutely straight and only a very small part of advanced in philatelic learning. the ear can be seen. The originals aro perforated 12, Only three or four years ago one of the most while the imitations have 12$ perforations within the dangerous of Nova Scotia counterfeits appeared on space of two centimeters. the market. This imitation I have never seen, but Two Cents.—A splendid engraved counterfeit of it has been accurately described several times. The this stamp is known, but its maker was not acquainted fake is a lithograph, while the original is eteel en with perforation varieties, as ho made 13} holes to graved. The imitation paper iB rougher and coarser every 20mm. of its edge, instead of the correct 12. than the genuine. To plainly see the difference The nose is straight, instead of curved, as in the between the two stamps a microscope is required. genuine issue. Another forgery of this stamp exists, Under the glass many fin all variations are noticeable which was evidently made by the same person as the if the two stamps be placed side by side, but seen one cent I have described. The distinguishing apart the distinction is hard to make. The colour is differences are the same and it was probably printed a very dark yeliow-grecn, somewhat different from from the same stone, with the value altered. This cither of the genuine shades, but this distinction is may also be said of a counterfeit of the five cent valueless unless you are thoroughly familiar with tho stamp, undoubtedly emanating from the same source. Nova Scotia Issues. In the upper star is a rose. In The genuine can be told by the eye, ear, etc., as the original the stem of this rose turns to the right. already mentioned. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. .71

3 } cent.—Counterfeit perforated 13$, genuine per or gentlemen desirous of joining would havo a good forated 12. The entire genuine stamp measures 20$ opportunity of gauging the advantages of the X 26 mm. and the printed partis 16x20 mm., while Exchange before permanently deciding. Good refer the counterfeit is somewhat smaller. The difference ences indispensable. Monthly settlements. Rales, is less than a millimeter in the specimen I own, but <£c., from secretary, as above. a careful use of the guage w ill plainly show the T h e P h i l a t e l i c E x c h a n g e S o c i e t y — The revised difference. The oval containing the portrait is in the rules have been distributed and members seem very original composed of an inner broad white line, pleased with them. The provision of an insurance shaded at the top ; outside of this is a heavy coloured fund to protect members against loss caused by line, which in turn is enclosed in a more narrow defaulters is evidently likeiy to be an attracticn to the white line which is within still another coloured line, Society. The March sheets have all be returned and both considerably finer than the two inner ones. by the time this is published all April and part of Outside of this is a very minute white line hidden by Slay sheets will probably have returned to members. the frame and ornaments at the top and bottom, Settlements are monthly. For rules and particulars absent on the right side and thus show ing but a short apply to H. Clark, Winona, Angmering, Worthing distance in the left portion of the stamp. In the counterfeit thi6 outer line is not found at all. T h e B r is t o l a n d C l i f t o s P h i l a t e l i c S o c ie t y . — A meeting of this society was held on April 20th, Two Cents.— Two very plain facts are noticeable and another on May 4th, the vice-president in the about this fraud. It is lithographed and perforated chair. It was determined that no exchange packet 12}. Genuine stamp shows Queen Victoria as pos should be sent out after the one for this month until sessing very light eyebrows, quite a distance apart, the end of September. “ Italv and its States ” was but the counterfeiter evidently believed this untrue to the subject (or the evening, but Mr. Cartwright’s was 11 Eo and made these hirsute ornaments heavy and the only collection displayed. The last meeting of extended them so that they meet at a point above the the present season was held on the 18th inst., the nose. The bogus issue haB no pupil in the one eye to president occupying the chair. The programme for be seen, although a genuine stamp plainly shows this next season, commencing on October 5th. was then necessary part of the sight organ. An imitation of arranged, and the annual general meeting was fixed the 12.t cents stamp exists which differs from the for January 4th, 1000. Messrs. Lloyd, Gallon, and original in the same parts as the ten cents just Reynolds then exhib ted their stamps of the Leeward described. Islands, those of Nevis and St. Vincent and tVie cents.— Original perforated 12. counterfeit per Virgin Isles being very much admired, containing as forated 13$. The broad white line forming the inner they did many exceptionally fine specimens. part of the central oval in the genuine stamp is T h e S u b u r b a n E x c h a n g e C l u b — December shaded with two very fine parallel coloured lines. In packets have come back from their rounds, and sheets the counterfeit we have only one line at the top of the have been returned and accounts settled. Three good oval, in which part they converge. packets have been made up and despatched on the Great care should be used in purchasing the May circuits. Many good stamps were priced at less bisected stamps, as not only have they been bisected than 50% oft cataloguo quotations. New members and a spurious cancellation applied, but much of that have joined during the past month includo A. this fraudulent work has been done on the original Barker (Cambridge), J. J. Bingham (Deal). T. C. cover. Better havo a favourable expert opinion given Chaloner (London), and J. K. Morrison (London). beforo you invest in any of these interesting issues. II. A. Slade, secretary. H e r t s P h i l a t e l i c S o c ie t y , E x c h a n g e S e c t io n . — The February and March packets have been returned and accounts duly settled. May packet was SOCIETY REPORTS. despatched on the 26th ult. H . A. Slade, lion. sec. and treasurer, lugleside, St. Albans.

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ALL DEALERS should see our 12pp. W holesale List of used and unused Stamps, Cheap Sets, Variety Packets, Mounts, Continentals, ana Stamp Albums. Post free on receipt of business card or memorandum. EVERY COLLECTOR should possess our 68pp Retail List. { “ The neatest and most interesting we have seen this year, bar none."—Philatelic Chronicle.) Full of bargains in Sets, Packets, Albums, and single Stamps. Gratis and post free on application. WE ARE BUYERS, at all times, of large Wholesale Stocks, Remainders, &c., &c., to any amount, at low prices, FOR PROMPT CASH ONLY. jn ERRINGTON & MARTIN, SOUTH HACKNET, LONDON, N.E. EXCHANGE I EXCHANGE! EXCHANGE! => F. Q. ROWE, * W H O E V E R sends 100— 200 or 500 postage stampB (FORMERLY OF BATH), (not fiscals) of British and French Colonies, Malta, Gibraltar, North and bouth America, Surinam, 22, Desborough Road, PLYMOUTH. Curacao, Hawaiian Islands, and Asiatic Stamps in good condition, will receive per return of mail, under Please note alteration of Address. register cover through any Levant foreign office stamped with different values, same number, value W IL Ii E X C H A N G E . . . and quantity of Oriental Stamps (old Turkish, All issues and values of British Colonials in Persian, Montenegrian, Bulgarian, Roumanian, any quantity. Exchange given in scarce Egyptian, Bosnian, Greek, and foreign Levant Offices stamps, wholesale lots or cheap packets and (English, German, French, Austrian, and Russian). sets, as desired. Rare against rare. Senders are requested to register WILL PURCHASE . . . their letters as I am not responsible for letters lost in transit. For cash, collections or good loose stamps, in small or large lots. Highest prices for un A ddress :— used British and British Colonials. Books, A. G. SERGHIADES, Sheets and Sets for Agents or Collectors. Regular correspondents required in all No. 31, Rue Yuk;ek Kaldirim, No. 31. countries. CONSTANTINOPLE. Bankers: CHEQUE BANK, LIM ITED. Jy Member of the Birmingham Philatelic Society, International Society of Philately of Dresde, Phila HENRY RUFFELL, ' telic Club of Metz, &c. m 53, TEVIOT STREET, POPLAR, LONDON. CHEAP NATIVE INDIAN STAMPS. ESTABLISHED, 1682. per 12. per 100. WHOLESALE PRICES. 3. d. s. d. OFFERS THE FOLLOWING BARGAINS:— Travancore, Jch ... 0 * 2 0 „ icb ... 0 3 1 B B. d. 8. d. .. * c h ...... 0 s < 0 12 P e r s ia ...... 1 0 2 Natal Prov. }d., A lvar, 1 anna 0 6 3 0 9 Haiti ...... 1 0 6d., £d., Id. ... 1 0 Cochin, 1891,} puttan 1 0 6 0 10 Newfoundland... 1 0 8 H a w a ii...... 0 1 0 „ August. 1898, ia blue 0 s 3 6 .. iP green ...... 0 8 * 8 10 W. Australian... 1 0 7 Biitish Guiana Decsan,4 anna 0 3 1 * 2 ,, Provl. 1 0 P r o v , ...... 1 6 C vailon. Jhlnd, or Puttallta, la service ... 0 * 2 3 6 Siam ...... 0 9 Canada 2d., 1864 2 0 ., .. .. ia 0 • 3 < Holkar, i anna 0 6 3 0 6 „ Provl. ... 1 0 Trinidad Is. mauve BIrmoor, J anna 0 7 3 s 7 St. Helena obs. 2 3 1864-76 2 0 CHEAP PACKETS, it varieties for 8d„ a; for 2/-. 5 „ current 1 0 WNOLtStlt LIST FSEt. CASH WITH ORDER. All W arranted used Postally. Mr C- B. IYER A COn Attungal, Travencore, India. Jy Beteetlona sent on approval.

In answering Advertisements please mention " Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser,” THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. iii. W. C. PROUDFOOT, TRANSVAAL, 1 /-, green shafts, unused, (Member I.P.U.) price 12 /6. P.O. Box 11, BT. V IN C E N T , W .I. ANTIGUA Revenues, set of 8, unused, 8. d. Bahamas, i, aj, 4, 6, i/...... per set 2 7 price 4/-. Barbados, i, 4, i. 24, 4. 6, 8,10 S 2 SPAIN, Revenue Stamps, set of 25, many Bermuda, 4,1,1, 24, 3, 4,6,1/- 2 1 Grenada, 4, i. 24, 3.6, 8,1/- 3 2 unused, price 4/-. flarabla, 4,1, 2, 24, 3, 4,6,1/- 3 0 M o r l e y ' s Catalogue of English Postage, 8t. Lucia, 4,1. 24, 3, 4, G. 1/- 2 10 Trinidad, 4, i, u , 4. s, 6,1/- 3 Railway’s Entires and all. varieties of Turks Island, 4, 1, z4, 4, 5, 6,1 /- .... 3 Leeward Islands, 4,1 , aj, 4,6, 7, 1 /- 3 Fiscals, price 2/6. Jamaloa. 4, t, a, 24. 3, 4, 6 , 1 /- 3 M o r l e y ’ s Catalogue of Colonial Revenue British Guiana, ic, 2c, 4c, 30,63, 8c, 12c, 24c „ 3 „ „ Picture Series, ic, ac, ;o, 10c 130 „ 1 Stamps, 2/6. 3 British Hondnras, to, 20,3a, 6c, 10c, 12c, 240 L u n d y ’ s Catalogue of Swiss and German Barbados, a/6 ...... each 2 Jamaica, 2/-; British Guiana, 480 ... „ 2 States, Fiscals, 1/6. Bahamas, Jamaica. St. Luoia, Trinidad, Leward Islands 3/- ... 1 ... „ 3 St, Luoia, Trinidad, 10/- ... „ 10 Bahamas, Trinidad £1 ...... „ 21 WALTER MORLEY, Any o f the above stamps may be purchased at slight advance over face value 15, BROWNHIIX GARDENS, FOLLOWING ST. VINCENT * T FACE YALUE: 4d green, id carmine, a4d blue sd brown, 4d yellow, 6d lilac, 1 /- H ither Green, Catford, London, S.E. vermilion, 5/- lake. 1^9 issue type of Leeward Islands, 4,1, 24, 3, 4, 3, 6 ,1/-, 3/-. All above stamps u n u s e d In mint condition, 6 GOOD POINTS. Post Office Orders payable “ Kingstown, St. Vincent." Cash A U R LATEST HOYBLTY for philatelists, is a ruled Approval with order. Postage and Registration eatra w Book, whioh is absolutely the finest in the Trade. First, each book is ruled on the finest bank paper, to Bo notion whatever taken o f exchange send Inge. Jy hold 120 Stamps (on one side of the paper only). Second, each book is bound in a strong, artistic cover, printed in colour. Third, each book will go, without folding, in an ordinary envelope. Fourth, each book contains the usual Messrs. O STARA & DARLOW rulea printed In tbe English, Frenoh add Carman languages. Fifth, Our ruled books are the originals, not Beg to announce that poor Imitations, and, like our Ruled Sheets, have the largest sale on earth. Sixth, our prices are:—12 for 3d , 25 1/2, Their Ninth & Last Manchester Anetion 30 2t„ 100 3a. gd., carriage paid; postage abroad extra. Tbe tenth edition of our Celebrated Ruled Sheets is new ready. WILL BE HELD AT THE Each Sheet is ruled (on finest bank paper) to hold 60 stamps, usual rules and apace for your name and address. 23,6d.; 30, Lid.; too, IS. 6d.; 230, 3s. 6d.; 300, 6s.; r,ooo, us. Carnage G rand H otel9/^ ^ ^ paid. ON JULY 3rd, 1899. A specimen book and sheet post free for id. stamp. tfn FINEST SXLI en r bald InHAHCHHSTBR. a r t h u F m o n t e i t h a CO ., At 6-30 o'clock in the evening. The stamps will be on view and PHILATBLIO DEALERS ft PUBLISHERS, catalogues may be obtained at i8, Piccadilly, Manchester. 14, C H E S T E R G R E E N R O A D , D E R B Y . It yon want to dispose of your Stamps, send them to us, we send you cash within eight days Established 1888. 1 3 * Future tales wilt be held in Manchester on dates an JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING nounced later Is the secret of success. Desultory advertising pays but little put your sd. in A ll enquiries to be addressed Oldest Philatelic Magazine n tike State. OSTARA & DARLOW, Subscription 23c. a year. Free Exchange Column. I ggardioMeei-g, la. T. BRODSTONH, Business Manager, 18, PICCADILLY3 MANCHESTER. BUPNKIOB, NNBHABKA, O .M . In answering Advertisements please mention “ Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser. 72 THK PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

ALL DEALERS should see our 12pp. W holesale List of used and unused Stamps, Cheap Sets, Variety Packets, Mounts, Continentals, and Stamp Albums. Post free on receipt of business card or memorandum. EVERY COLLECTOR should possess our 68pp Retail List. (“ The neatest and most interesting we have seen this year, bar none."—Philatelic Chronicle.) Pull of bargains iu Sets, Packets, Albums, and single Stamps. Gratis and post free on application, WE ARE BUYERS, at all times, of large Wholesale Stocks, Remainders, &c., &c., to any amount, at low prices, FOR PROMPT CASH ONLY. jn ERRINGTON <&; MARTIN. SOUTH HACKNEY, LONDON, N.E. EXCHANGE ! EXCHANGE ! EXCHANGE! * F. G. ROWE, = W H O E V E R sends 100—200 or 500 postage stamps (FORMERLY OF BATH), (not fiscals) of British and French Colonies, Malta, Gibraltar, North and ^outh America, Surinam, 22, Desborough Road, PLYMOUTH. Curacao, Hawaiian Islands, and Asiatic Stamps in good condition, will receive per return of mail, under Please note alteration of Address. register cover through any Levant foreign office stamped with different values, same number, value WILL EXCHANGE . . , and quantity of Oriental Stamps (old Turkish, All issues and values of British Colonials in Persian, Montenegrian, Bulgarian, Roumanian, any quantity. Exchange given in scarce Egyptian, Bosnian, Greek, and foreign Levant Offices stamps, wholesale lots or cheap packets and (English, German, French, Austrian, and Russian). sets, as desired. Rare against rare, Senders are requested to register W I L L P U R C H A S E . . . their letters as I am not responsible for letters lost in | transit. For cash, collections or good loose stamps, in smalt or large lots. Highest prices for un- A ddress :— used British and British Colonials. Books, A. G. SERGHIADES, Sheets and Sets for Agents or Collectors. Regular correspondents required in all No. 31, Rue Yuksek Kaldirim, No. 31. I countries. CONSTANTINOPLE. 1Bankers: CHEQUE BANK, LIM ITED. Jy Member of the Bi-mingham Philate ic Society, International Society of Philately of Drerde, Phila HENRY RUFFELL, telic Club of Metz, &c. m 53, TEVIOT STREET, POPLAR, LONDON. CHEAP NATIVE INDIAN STAMPS. ESTABLISHED, 1682. per 12. per 100. WHOLESALE PRICES. s. d. s. <1. OFFERS THE FOLLOWING BARGAINS Travancore, jeh ...... 0 4 2 0 s. d. „ ich ...... 0 3 1 6 s. d. „ 2ch ...... 0 8 4 0 12 P e r s ia ...... 1 0 2 Natal Prov. Jd., Alw ar. i anna ...... 0 6 3 0 9 Haiti ...... 1 0 Gd., id., Id. ... 1 0 Cochin, 1891. i puitan ...... t 0 6 0 10 Newfoundland... 1 0 8 H a w a fi...... 0 10 „ Auguit, 1898, Ja blue ...... 0 6 3 8 .. .. jp green ...... 0 8 4 6 10 W. Australian... 1 0 7 Biitish Guiana Dacoan,} anna ...... 0 3 1 4 ■2 „ Provl. 1 0 Prov...... 1 C Owa Ion. Jhlnd, or Putiatlla, )a service ... 0 4 2 3 6 Siam ...... 0 9 Canada 2d.,18G4 2 0 .. ia ... 0 8 3 4 Holkar, i anna ...... 0 6 3 0 6 „ Provl. ... 1 0 Trinidad Is. mauvo Slrrooor, J anna ...... 0 T 3 6 7 St. Helena obs. 2 3 1864-76 ... 2 0 CHEAP PACKETS, 12 varieties for 8d., 2} for 2; 5 „ current 1 0 WHOLCSALt L IS T rscr. CASH WITH ORDER. A ll W arranted USED POSTALLY. Mr C. 8 . IYER t CO., Attungal, Travencore, India. Jy Selections sent on approval.

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TRANSVAAL, 1 /-, green shafts, unused, W. C, PROUDFOOT, (Member I.P.U.) price 12/6. . . . P.O. Box 11, ST. YINCENT, W.I. ANTIGUA Revenues, set of 8, unused, s. d. Bahamas, i, 24, 4, 6, 1/- per set a t price i/-. Barbados, i, J, 1. 24, 4, 6, 8, to n s a SPAIN, Revenue Stamps, set of 25, many Bermuda, i, 1. 2, 24, 3,4, 6, :/■ 3 1 Grenada, 4, 1, 24,3,6,8, 1/- „ 3 a unused, price 4/-. flam bla, 4,1, 2, 24, 3, 4, 6, l i 11 3 0 Morley’s Catalogue of English Postage, s t. Lucia, 4, 1, 24, 3i 4> 6- 11 a 10 Trinidad, 4, 1, 24,4, 3, 6,1/- 3 1 Railway’s Entires and all varieties of Turks Island, 4,1, 24,4, 3,6, U- ... tl 3 0 Leeward Islands, 4, 1 , *1,4, 6, f, 1 1- 11 3 a Fiscals, price 2/6. Jam alca. 4, i, 2,24, 3, 4, 6, 11- s 1 Morley’s Catalogue of Colonial Revenue British Guiana, ic, 2c, 4c, je , 6s, 8c, 12c, 240 3 1 „ „ Picture Series, ic, 2c, sc, 10c isc 1 8 Stamps, 2/6. British Honduras, ic, 2c, sc, 6c, 10c, 12c, 24c 3 0 L undy’s Barbados, s/6 ...... each 2 9 Catalogue of Swiss and German Jamaica, 2/.; British Guiana, 48c it a 3 States, Fiscals, 1/6. Bahamas, Jamaica. 3t. Lucia, Trinidad, Leward Islands By- 3 s St. Lucia, Trinidad, 10/- n 10 » Bahamas, T rin idad fit ... 11 2 1 0 WALTER MORLEY, Any of the above stamps may be purchased at ilight advance over face value 15, BROWNHILL gardens, FOLLOWING BT. VINCENT IT FACE VALUE: 4d green, id Carmine, 2id blue sd brown, 4d yellow, 6d lilac, 1/- Hither Green, Catford, London, S.E. vermilion, 5/- lake. 1889 issue type of Leeward Islands, 4, 1, 2i, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1 /-, 5/-. All above stamps unused in mint condition. 6 GOOD POINTS. Post Office Orders payable “ Kingstown, St. Vincent.'' Cash /\ U S LATEST NOVELTY for philatelists, is a ruled Approval with order. Postage and Registration extra w Book, which is absolutely the finest in the Trade. First, each book is ruled on the finest bank paper, to No notice whatever taken of exchange sendings. Jy hold 1 BO stam ps (on one side of the paper only). Second, eacb book is bound in a strong, artistic cover, primed in colour. Third, eacb book will go, without folding, in an ordinary envelope. Fourth, each book contains the usual Messrs. OSTARA & DARLOW rules printed In the English, French and German languages. Fifth, O u r ruled books are the originals, not Beg to announce that poor imitations, and, like our Ruled Sheets, have the largest sale on earth. Sixth, our prices a r e 12 for 8d , 23 1/2, Their Ninth & Last Manchester Auction 30 2:„ too 35. gd., carriage paid, postage abroad extra. The tenth edition of our Celebrated Ruled Sheets is now ready. WILL BE HELD AT THE Each Sheet is ruled (on finest bank paper) to hold 60 stamps, usual rules and space for your name and address. 23,6d.; 30, ltd .; 100, is. fid.; 250,3s. 6d.; 300,6s.; 1,000, IIS. Carriage G r a n d paid. A specimen book and sheet post free lor id. stamp. tin ON J U L Y 3rd, 1899. FINEST BALE ever held In MANCHESTER. ARTHUR^MOHTEITH & CO., At 6-30 o'clock in the evening. The stamps will be on view and PHILATELIC DEALERS & PUBLISHERS, catalogues may be obtained at 18, Piccadilly, Manchester. 14, CHESTER GREEN ROAD, DERBY. II you want to dispose of your Stamps, send them to us, we send you cash within eight days Established 1888. j j y Future sales will be held in Manchester on dates an JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING nounced later Is the secret of success. Desultory advertising pays but little put your ad. in A ll enquiries to be addressed ;— gfcilw telie Oldest Philatelic Magazine in the State. OSTARA & DARLOW, Subscription 25c. a year. Free Exchange Column. 31 •« " > * L. T. BRODSTONH, Business Manager, 18, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER. SUPERIOR, NEBRASKA, U.S.A. In answering Advertisements please mention *« Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser. 1 iv. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. Whitfield King & Co.'s Special Offers. ALL UNUSED UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. S. d. UNITED STATES. Periodical Stamps, 1895 issue, 1, 2, 6,10, 25, 50c., 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dollars. Set of 12 ...... 30 0 In the above set the 5, 20, SO, and 100 dollars are reprints. We have a few sett containing alt originals except the $5, price 60/- per set o f 12. These are likely to become scarce. The reprints have white gum, the originals yellowish. C E Y L O N . 1899. 6c., 75c., rs. 1.50 and rs. 2.25. Set of 4 9 6 HAWAII. Official, 2, 5, 6, 10, 12, and 25c. Set of 6 ...... ,. 10 0 PORTO SICO. 1899. Surcharged on U.S., 1, 2, 5 and 10c. Set of 4 1 6 CUBA. Special Delivery (on U.S,) 10c. red on blue ...... 0 10 UGANDA. 1898. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8 annas. Set of 5 3 0 ____ ,, „ 1 and 5 rupees. Set of 2 ...... 15 0 VIRGIN ISLANDS. 1899. |d. preen, block of six, containing the two errors “ h a l f p e n n y ” and “ HALFPENNY ” .. 4 0 FINLAND, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7,10,14, 20, 35, 50 kopecs, 1, 34, and 7 roubles. Set of 13 38 0 These stamps are about to be withdrawn and w ill advance in price. GWALIOR. 2,3, and 5 rupees. Set of 3 .. 40 0 ,, Errors, “ Sersiv ” instead of “ Servis,” in blocks of four. PRICES ON APPLICATION. 0 H A M B A . 2,3, and 5 rupees. Set of 3 ...... ,. 50 0 M O R O C C O A G E N C IE S . Local overprint, now obsolete, 5, 10, 20, 25, 40, 50c., 1 and 2 pesetas. Set of 8 ...... *. 6 0 ,, „ London Overprint, 5, 10, 20, 25, 40, 50o., and 1 peseta. Set of 7 2 10 GREAT BARRIER ISLAND. Pigeon Post, first issue, 1/- blue, only 1800 printed .. 3 0 ,, ,, 2nd issue, 1/-, blue-green .. 1 6 GUATEMALA. 1898 provisionals. Complete set of 22 16 0 CEYLON. 8d., imperf., fine used specimen .. £17

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Printed for the Publishers by Randall Brothers, Aston Cross, Birmingham, Ju n e 33rd, 1899. F“REE TILL NEXT H. H ASHWORTH & CO, JANUARY. TH IS SPACE 63, B R O W N ST R E E T , Established 1886. TO LAR G E ST & BEST T o Buy, Sell, or Ex MANCHESTER. LET. change. join the Midland Counties Stamp Exchange. COLLECTORS who study their own interests write Rules Irom us for selections. Specia'ity: Medium and rare Stamps. • • W. G Walton, FOR Fentham Road, W H O L E S A L E P R IC E L IS T , free to Dealers. Handswottb, Large Collections and Parcels of Stamps wanted for cash SIX m o n t h s . ______Birmingham, V isitors to Manchester are requested to call and Inspect our large stock m

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e. *—. * sm s^ : rp, s 8 n m s » ° 5,3 g re = 0 to £ u «< 3 g .» 2.S s ® m 3 ? a ^ * =-|g © as5 8 . Q j i R n 0 C o ^ wsl* 0 S £ <2 z 5 7> © Co 09 50 v * t«S O N 2*3a °-m CO © O ; fi AND 0 2 ” 2 O'ro 2 I ** u o V ■* » O jr-» 3 2 s : | o —I «H • SI) 8 3 ?■ ? 2 0.53 H •U £ # d 512 S to 5 H “ S K ~ o o G o > c . -O ADVERTISER ?. 8 § ! .5 « Si s -2 a jj c 3 Os o 2.e.S => 3 5 a CU co 8 5 AND PHILATELIC TIMES. ■3 ? 3 .-£ s 3 g-2 £ -i- X a rn Ss- — S-® e.8 C 5 H • jP1* sow 2.*» SR -P» V ol. 8. JULY 24, 1899. No. 10 “ » =•-.»-*'< 3 =1= : * 8 | SS-s® g B 0 o —T Of «) 3 r - as.s5.g-o-S.g- z : 0 ) « 3 1/6 per Annum, post free. 2jn* "32” i s - " CD w. a a.M§ 8 +■> * o « g.Ss.ng’SS.O - * s 1 ws « ■u-B FENTHAM ROAD, HAND8W0RTH. §0 « . “O ^ 2 •3 § BIRMINGHAM. » » 2 » 5^ 2:m H P).. cd «oo2***-•»•* ’ o'o o i CD (A 3 0 • JS Assents of P. C« and A. ;5 * (O CD C | ■s, « *< 5 o5» ?* S 3 =r O- Bath. FISH E R T IT L E Y & CO Sydney Buildings ® 3 f* a a J 2 0 i 55 Belgium A. de M EESTER, Oudenbourg, Ostei>H, 15 p-n 03 i-)2,a s ass tO Canada. R. S. MASON. Hamilton. p ^ i i r i f ! CD Denmark. M ISS E. BARCLAY. Roskilde 3 4 .2 *0 Glasgow. R. S. GRAY, 213, West Campbell Street. tfle S 8 2,1 2.2 tes S. S * & O H i s Grimsby. W. M. DAW SON, 12, Princes Avenue Ss 5 l?S& §• ■8 M0 Holland. H BASART Capersteeg 4, Rotterdam sigSa.-?" ” " ■> *8 London. J. W. FU LLW O O D , 42, Jasmine Grove, Penge. CO § . l S ||n H S o * 1 fa «Sb E 1 Liverpool. 1. G. PRICE, 6, Butler Terrace, Liverpool, E, CD CQ co Malta. A. MUSCAT, 270, Strada Reale, Valetta. ! 5 ^ 2 | ? S CD < ' Manchester. H. G. BOLTON, Moses Gate. sja 2.8 ' b 8 New Zealand. Zealandia Foreign Stamp Depot, Fielding. .3 Z » a> Preston. H. B. B A IL E Y 8, Beech Grove, Ashton. 'i-is'lli H O* CL 3 m g ft fi« Switzerland. A. PECONA, Geneva, Malombre 14. x: 2 U.S.A, L. T hRODSTONE. Box 116, Superior, Neb. 8 5 * S K “ 1 S' BS > o „ W. S. W EA TH E R STO N , 25, Whitehall St., N.Y. 9 < H ik „ Z E N IT H C IT Y STAM P CO., Duluth, Minn. PS® S 3 ? m d Wigan. W, D1T C H F IE L D , 194, Doming Street. CNTCRCO AT STATIONERS' HALL. STAMP COLLECTORS’ ALMANAC, 1899. 50 STAMPS ENGLISH. in primed packet, Bd. per dozen packets, DEC. 15th. 2d. (Post Free, 2£d.) Postage, Fiscal, post free. AND BRIGHT, CHATTY and USEFUL. Sample packet, post Telegraph Stamps free, 2d, Marvellous Can be ordered at JOHN MEHZIE8 ft CO., Edinburgh, or at packets, post free 3 d. railway bookstalls. and 6 d „ containing 25 The Alm anack may be obtained from the Philatelic P ublishing Bn velopei, Cards, 8c and 50 stamps respec Co., Fentham Road, Handsworth Birmingham. RARITIES tively. ----- my Sheets on approval, 50% discounts. Packets and sets cheap And all minor varieties A. CAMPBELL, 7, Clifton Terrace. Ca m p b e l l , I n g l e s & co ., WALTER MORLEY, Torquay, DEVON. i8fi,West Green R d„ . . . CARLISLE. . . . To t t e n h a m , n . ii. THK PHILATELIC CHRONltiLE AND ADVERTISER.

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. AND . Cheap Xmes. SUPPLEMENT * unused. s. d. To the “.ROWLAND HILL" PACKET 'British Guiana, 1808, 1 to 15c., 5 .. 2 3* „ . ,, 1899, two cents on 10c. .. 0 4* -COLLECTION is now ready. Pros ,, „ 1899, two cents on 15o. .. 0 4* pectus sent on application, Porto Rico, 1898-99, ptovl. set of 9 .. 2 0* Straits Settlements, 1899, 4c. on 6c. blue 0 3* ., ,, 1899, 4c. on ^c. car. 3* ,, ,, 1899, 4c. on 5c. brn. 0 4* - Geylon, 1898, 6c. on 15c. 0 2* Canada, 1898, 6c. brown (figs ) 0 3 ALFRED SMITH & SON, B razil, 1898, 50r. on 20r., green 0 3* 37 & 39, ESSEX STREET, Canada, 1897, Jubilee 8 cents 0 9* ---- — STRAND, LONDON. „ 1897, Jubilee jc. black 1 9 ,, 1898, 2c. Map, Lavender Sea 0 3* I

,, 1898, 2c. Map, blue ., 0 2* W A M T e n ^ Porto Rico, 1899. on U.S., lc., 2c., 5c. & 10c. 1 4* Cuba, 1899. on U.S., lo., 2c., 2{c , 3c , 5c.

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“ The 1899 Popular" Price List of . . COMMON OR RARE.

BRITISH COLONIALS. Singly or in large quantities. The Cheapest & Best List in the Trade, High Prices paid (many stamps are now POST FREE ON APPLICATION. woith £ $ to ^ io each). Prompt replies. It will pay you to see this List before buying1 elsewhere. W. B. KIRKPATRICK, H. L ’ESTRANGE EWEN, CLOSEBURN, BOURNEMOUTH. 32c, PALACE SQUARE, NORWOOD, S.E.

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The Philatelic Chronicle is sent to all the members Of the Philatelic C^poniele & Kck-gptteep Birmingham Philatelic Sectety and Midland Counties AND PHILATELIC TIME Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journal of these P ublished Monthly. Societies. Combined membership over 400. S ubscription , 1/6 p e r A h n u m . Subscriptions commence with current number. Back numbers of Vols. I, II, III, IV,V, V I &VII,6d. H E great Philatelic Exhibition at Man Specimen, Id. Odd numbers of Vol. V III, 2d. each. Back Nos. of the Advertiser 2/6, for 1,2, 3, 4, 5, and chester has come and gone. Favoured 11, and 3d. each all others. with good weather everything was

ADVERTISEMENTS. successful, and there can be no doubt that a 2/6 per Inch. Limit, 8 Lines to the inch. big fillip has been given to philately by its Liberal discount for a series. exniker eaton Unused English Stamps accepted in payment to success. Mr. H H made a most any amount. interesting speech at the opening ceremony, Short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 24 words alluding to philately in its scientific and for Sixpence, three insertions at the price of two. The Advertiser is the best medium for short Advertise business aspects in a manner which showed ments of wants and oilers, published Semi-Monthly. that if he be not a philatelist himself at any Subscriptions and advertisements must be prepaid. Halfpenny Stamps should always bo sent in prefer rate he takes a lively and intelligent interest ence to those of any other value. Money from abroad in the pursuit. Mr. H. J. W hite carried off must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts under 2/- may be sent by unused stamps, higher the blue ribbon of the Exhibition with his values, at current rate of exchange. Unused matchless British collection, while Baron A. U.S. and Canadian high values accepted at face de orms value. Postal and Money Orders payable at W captured several well-deserved Witton Road, Aston. medals, as also did Messrs. V ernon Roberts, Liberal discount for a series of Advertisements. S. M. Castle, H. J. Duveen, H. R. G. V o l . I, I I , I I I , IV , V, or VI, bnd. cloth gilt, Post-free 6/- V o l . I . I I , 111,1V, V , VI,may be obtained U n b o u n d 5/- Clarke, and H. R. Oldfield, while Mr. J. V o l . V II., B o u n d , 3/-: U n b o u n d , .. 2/- S Higgins, jun., seems to have made a clean Communications must be addressed to T h e P h i l a t e l i c C h r o n ic l e a n d A d v e r t i s e r ,” sweep of the prizes awarded for junior Fontham Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. collectors. The Birmingham P hilatelic All Articles are Copyright. Agents wanted in every Town. Terms on application. Society, in the person of its President and Vice-President, was represented in the prize New Subscriptions to the "Advertiser” are entitled to one short Advertisement. Sub* list, for Mr. W . P imm gained a silver medal scription 6d. for 6 issues, post-free. for his St Lucia, and Mr. W . T. W ilson one

All com m unications for the next issue should reach for his Mexico. Among the lady medalists u s b y th e T e n t h o f t h e M o n t h at latest. W e c a n n o t were Mrs. H enry H etley and Mrs. guarantee insertion if received after that date. Harrison.

J u l y 21 t h , 1899.

CONTENTB. CHRONICLE, Page. E d it o r ia l...... 73 R IT IS H G U IA N A .— A correspondent states that C h ro n ic le...... 73 Postman's Knock ...... 7 t the 5c. of the jubilee issue is to be surcharged Some Eure C a n a d ia n s ...... t s “ Two Cents ” in order to use up the surplus on The M anchester Philatelic Exhibition ...... 75 hand. Philatelic Frauds ...... 78 Provisional stamp. Society Reports ...... 79 2 cents on So., brown and green. 74 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

CUBA.— Tho new set has just been shipped to the the front and back appear figures of value, and island. They have been fully described in, these between 11 Cuba ” are two dots and two leaves. columns heretofore, so extended comment is unneces 1 centavo, green. sary We have received copies of the 2c. on 2c. 2 centavos, red. United States surcharged with name only, the figures 5 centavos, blue. of value being omitted. JA PA N .—The new 1£ sen postal card, which is to 1 centavo, green. be issued and put for sale on and after the 25th inst., 2 centavos, rod. is heavier and thicker in paper than the old kind. 3 centavos purple. Owing to its hasty execution, however, the new card 5 centavos dark bluo, lacks somewhat in its design as well as in engraving. 10 centavos slate. It is said that the improvement in the quality of the Special Delivery Stamp. paper will cost the government an extra 20,000 yen. 10 centavos, orange. The inscriptions remain the same, except the one at Provisional stamp. the right, which reads “ ThiB side for address only.” 2c. de peso on 2c., carmine, black surcharge, variety. 1J sen, pale blue. ECUADOR.— W e have seen the 10c. of the new set, several values of which we have listed recently. It bears the portrait of Mejia, and is printed in lilac and black. THE POSTMAN’S KNOCK. 10 centavos, iilac and black. NEWFOUNDLAND.—We have receivod the 5c. ’ChHILATELY is in a languishing condition just with portrait of the Duke of York. It is a very now—thanks to the general desire of the great handsome stamp, both in design and workmanship. British Public to make holiday while the sun 5 cents, blue. shines. The office-boy has givon us notice that he N E W SOUTH W A LE S .—It is stated that three intends to take a trip to the “ briny oshing ” in a new values are in preparation, lip . and 2s. for parcel week or two, so goodness knows when the August post use and 2s, 6p. for general use. number will see the light— anyhow, you o&u take your N E W Z E A L A N D .—The postal department notify very own Postman’s word for it that, as far as he is that in order to meet the requirements of the Postal concerned, it can wait for publication until the Greek Union as agreed upon at the Washington Convention, Kalends—always supposing this weather holds out. * * it has been decided to alter the colours of the £d. id. * and 2jd. stamps in use in New Zealand. From an I have to acknowledge the receipt of Messrs. early date the £d. stamps w ill be printed in green, the Whitfield King and Co.’s wholesale price list for July Id. in red, and the 2^d. in a darker blue. This and August— oxcollent os usual. I believe Stanley change is also to be adopted by the Australian post Gibbons, Part III., Catalogue is out but I have not offices. The colours of the 4d. and Gd. stamps will, yet scon it. owing to this change, require to be altered, but the * * new colours have not yet been decided on, POSTE There is an interesting local reported from Jacmel, a small town on the island V E N E Z U E L A .— The new set, several values of of Hayti. Mons. Maury having beeD which we have chronicled includes 50c. and lb. asked as to his opinion about a small stamps. Mekeel's Weekly says the 50c. is printed in PAYE rectangular stamp, evidently a hand- black, but the lb. has not been seen as yet. stamp, showing the words “ Posts Pay6 ” 50 centavos, black. in an upright rectangular frame and dating from 1891, replied that he had seen several envelopes sent POSTCABD3, &C. from Jacmel in May and June of 1891 bearing the mark described. It seems, he says, that stamps must CUBA.—We Hat the new envelopes for this colony, have run out in that city aDd for a fow weeks postage which have just been shipped to the island. The was collected in this form, the stamp being imprinted design of all is the sam e; vignette of Columbus in upon the onvelope and the amount written across. centre, Burrounded by five embossed circles, the outer These imprints took the place of adhesive stamps, or first circle being dotted; the space between the therefore Mons. Maury thinks thoy should be classed second and third circles is larger than the space be and catalogued as local provisionals. * tween the other circles, so as to include the lettering, • • which is also embossed. In this space the word The union of the Transvaal Republic and the “ Cuba ’ is directly above the head of Columbus, and Orange Free State is likely to be realised and one of the words of value juBt beneath the bust' Directly in its consequences w ill be the withdrawal of the current THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. IS postago stamps of these two countries and the creation SOME RARE CANADIANS. of a new series for the new federation which will F, BEST, probably adopt the name of “ United Republic of South Africa.” * TAM PS having fallen into disuse are always con * * sidered a coming scarcity, and apropos of the A Zurich paper has a description of a newly found resent change in the stamps of Canada a short variety of the Swiss Rayon III., 15 rp., with the article on the above subject might be of interest to larger figures and of which several copies have since collectors and other of your readers. When in 1869 been recognised in the stock of local dealers. The the Canadian post office brought out tho series— 1, 2, new variety has the figure one (1) incomplete and this and 3o—of stamps, they certainly did not intend to type can easily bo troced on the reconstructed plate as keep up the design and colours for nearly thirty years. number 3. * They did continue the design but made some valuable ♦ * changes iD the tints. A promising postage stamp as concerns rarity is the The one cent denomination first appeared in a dull 8 mils de peso, bistro, of Porto Rico of 1890, This straw colour on thick porous paper and was perforated stamp which is quoted 50 cents in the last edition of same Length as the larger stamps which preceded it, Scott’s Catalogue and only about half that amount in but was never known to show the perforation in the European price lists has become quite scarce within width. These are very raro. As far back as 1872 the last few months. It is reported that only a short Young, Stockall and Co., Liverpool, priced them at tima ago a Porto Rican collector offered a stamp 2s. 6d., and according to the advance of prices since dealer in Porto Rico 400 pesetas (£16), for a block of that date, 80/- should be a low figure at present. four of these stamps, but the merchant considering Tire 3c first appeared in a bright maroon colour, the offer insufficient kept his block. but was soon followed by a dull lake or carmine. * * * Young, Stockall and Co. in 1872-3 catalogued the Sir Rowland Hill in his ‘ ‘ History of Penny maroon tint at Is. 6d., and they must he very scarco Postage,” states that it was impossible to burn the now as the writer has not for over fifteen years seen a vast quantity of Mulready covers and envelopes, and a specimen outside an old collection. Tho second machine had to be made for their destruction. The colour, dull rose, was iu 1876 priced by Ridpath and accounts, which arc not given by Sir R. Hill, show Co., Liverpool, at lOd. This stamp is not counted by that in the first year 5,600 reams of the paper with the 10,000 to-day as arc the latter tints. silk threads were delivered. Each ream weighed There is one or maybe two more of tho old tiuts about 391b., and cost 10£d. per lb. Upwards of thirty which are scarce—the browu of 1885 aud the blood millions of envelopes and covers were printed, as red of 1888-90, but they are not near as rare as the there were 5,760 produced from each ream of 480 two first named. Of the five cent denomination there sheets. is nothing of noto as regards the colour. * * * One of the rarest if not the rarest of the whole Roumania will issue a commemorative stamp upon series is the six cont 1872, which was issued at first the occasion of the dedication of its new Postal in a dull Vaudyko brown. This variety was priced Building in Bucharest. This stamp will be three in 1871 at 5s. Very few have been seen for many times the ordinary size ; its design will be of the years. There are, as you know, a vast number of Byzantine style, the center representing the facade of shades iu the three cent stamp, and you may some the new building, flanked by Byzantine columns. times think that you have a maroon, but look at the Above will be a medallion portrait of King Karol at paper on which it is printed,—they are on porous either sido of it the emblems of the Postal and paper of a rather thick nature. There are many very Telegraph services. The die was cut by the Rouman scarce stamps in colour or tint which are found on ian engravor Popesou at Paris. differeut papers. * * 9 The Timbrophile Beige announces that the hexa gonal telegraph stamps of Belgium (also used as THE MANCHESTER PHILATELIC special delivery stamps) are being changed. Tho type EXHIBITION. of head was large and will be smaller now. Tho 60 centimes has appeared in the new design and the H e l d at t h e Cit y A k t G a l l e r y , M o s l e y St r e e t , values of 10 and 25 centimes and of 5 francs are to be M a n c h e s t e r , J u n e 2 9 ru to J u l y 5t h , 1899, issued soon, these three values having been printed and being ready for distribution. A larger postal HERE was a large attendance at the opening of card is to be issued and a competition for a new the exhibition. The chief part of tho ceremony design is being arranged for. was taken by Mr. Henniker Heaton, M.P. Mr. 76 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISE!*.

W. D. Beckton, the president of the Manchester Baltimore, namely: the 10 cents, of which only one Society, occupied the chair, and there were also on specimen was known. This was sold two years ago in the platform the Lord Mayor (Mr. W. H. Vaudrey), New York for a sum equal to £910. Three Post Office the Lady Mayoress, Mr. H. 0. Harley (the postmaster Alauritius were sold in this country last year (two of at Manchester), Mr. C. F. H. Gibson, Mr. Ernest which, he understood, were shown in thiB exhibition) Petri, and Mr, G. B. Duorst. for a sum which was Btated to average between £800 The Chairman, in introducing Mr. Henniker and £900 per stamp, but the exact figures had not Heaton, said the exhibition was held to commcmorato been given. The first issue Hawaiian Islands 2c. had the inauguration of an Imperial system of penny been sold for a sum of £740. The highest price ever postage, paid for a single collection would be as follows : Air. Mr. Henniker Heaton, M.P., in declaring the M. P. Castle, one of the judges of this exhibition, exhibition open, expressed first of all his acknowledg some years ago sold his collection of Australian ments for the help he had received from Manchester stamps to Stanley Gibbons, Limited, for the net sum in carrying out the reform to which ho had devoted of £10,000, being the highest price ever paid for one so much of his life. It had been wittily said that the collection. task of his life had been that of sticking the British In modern times one of the most remarkable Empire together with a postage stamp. (Laughter). discoveries bad been that of about 100 very rare For that reason probably he had been honoured by stamps of St. Louis, which were found in a court the invitation to open this important exhibition. They house in Missouri, U.S.A. The discovery arose were well aware that the invention of the postage through the porter, who was burning up the old stamp made penny postage successful in England. documents in the boilers. A friend standing by Without this simple invention he trembled to think of noticed many of the letters had old stamps on them, the enormous difficulties there would now be in the and offered the porter a drink and 25 cents for tho way of the Postmaster General and of the people in bundles. This was accepted, and the stamps passed dealing with penny letters. In the course of his through two or three hands, and eventually roalised Bpeech Mr. Heaton referred to the best known between £6,000 and £7,000. Air. Heaton enlivened collectors and collections. He said : The most valu his address with a number of anecdotes. One of theso able collection in the world was undoubtedly the had reference to the United States issue of 1869, celebrated collection of Herr von Ferrary, of Paris. which was printed in two colours, the stamps boing Mr. Ferrary had been collecting about twenty-four very valuable when the centre portion of the design years, and during that time had purchased many very was inverted. A boy went to a well-known dealer in old English collections. Amongst others that he bad New York and bought a 15c. stamp of this issue for absorbed was the Pbilbrick collection, for which lie about a dollar. Next day he went back to the dealer paid £8,000, the collection of Sir Daniel Cooper, for and said ; 111 say, mister, you sold me a bad stamp which he paid £3,000, and which had now increased yesterday. Look here, this thing has got the centre in value to at least £15,000, and the specialised collec printed upside down.” The dealer was certainly sur tion of Mr. E. D. Bacon, of Japan, and of Mr. W. B. prised at having sold a stamp worth £30 for the sum Thornhill, of Australian stamps At the present time of 4s., and was only too glad of the chance to get it it was estimated that Air. Ferrary’s collection was back again. Just as the boy was going out of the worth from £250,060 to £300,000. The next best shop he put his head back and shouted out, “ Ho, collection was the national one in our British Museum, there, mister, done yer again. 1 didn’t got that most generously left to the nation by hie friend the damaged specimen from you, but from someone else.” late Mr. Thomas K. Tapling, M.P. for Loughborough (Laughter). division of Leicestershire. This collection was now Among the most noteworthy exhibits of British estimated to be worth about £100,000. The honour stamps w ere:— of having the third best collection probably belonged Harold J. W hite.—A marvellously fine collection to Herr Breitfuss, of St. Petersburg, and one of the of the stamps of this country, practically complete in international judges of this exhibition. Two other all values and plates, imperforate varieties, colour very valuable collections, which must certainly be trials, &e. The collection includes entire panes of the placed in the first six of the world were those 2/- brown, 3d., plates 4, 5, 6,11,18,19 & 20; 4d., plate possessed by the leading English collectors, Mr. H. J. 15; 6d., plates 5 and 12 ; 1/-, plates 4, both Emblems Duveen, of London, and Air. W. B. Avery, of and Spray, 7, 11, 12,13, 14 ; block of 12 of the ljd. Birmingham. Both these gentlemen possessed red. plate 1, showing the variety with error o p — p c ; collections worth approximately £40,000. As to the strip of 8 ljd. lilac, showing the error; block of 12 highest prices obtained for single stamps, the two 2d., no lines; block of 10 2d. blue, Small Crown, perf. Post Office Alauritius, Id. and 2d. of 1817, were 14; two pairs, Id., “ Archer” roulette; 2d. L.C., bought two years ago by a Parisian dealer for the sum perf. 16, three pairs and two single; 80 octagonals, of £960 each. The next highest price on record was including mint blocks of 6, 6d., 4, 10d., and 8, 1/-; for the United States Postmaster stamp, issued in strip of 3, 4d., Aledium Garter, on bluish, and two THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE a HO ADVERTISER. 77 strips on whits paper; 8d. brown, block of 9 ; block oopiea, including a pair, of the 1/9, &c. of 4, 5/-, wink. Anchor, on bluish, and magnificent H. J. Duvern.—British Guiana, “ Circular” 2c. shades of the commoner varieties. The 10d., plate 1, rose, pair on original, 4c., 8c., together on original, wmk. Emblems, and plate 3 (bair lines) are represented &c. by used copies, but the 10d., plate 2, wmk. Spray, is Vernon Roberts.— Cape of Good Hope, including unused. 180 woodblock and 600 engraved triangular Btamps. E dgar H. Selby.—An exceptionally fine collection, Two specimens of the Id. blue error, and a pair with including Id. black V.R. block of fou r; 2d. no lines, the 4d. se tenant, and one of the 4d. red. block of six ; lOd. octagonal, block of eigh t; and 4d. H. J. Duveen.— New Brunswick, 1/-, four used and rose, Medium Garter, on white, block of four. four unused ; Nova Scotia, five used and five unused; W . T. W illett.—Very fine collection, including Canada, 12d used and unused. strips of three, Id. with “ Archer” roulette; 2d.no W, B. Avery.—Double Geneva, block of six, lines, strip of three, pairs and singles ; 2d. blue, L.C. unused, and nine used and six halves. 16, plate 6, strip of three ; octagonals, blocks of 4 and Vernon Roberts.—Post Office Mauritius, two 6 1/- green; 3 and 8 lOd. brown ; and 8 of the 6d. 4d. copios of the Id. value on entire envelope; Capo Medium Garter on bluett, strip of three ; superb deep error, Id. blue. shade of 2/- blue ; and many other fine things. J. E. H eginbottom.—The feature of this exhibit is the arrangement of the stamps according to the post LIST OF PRINCIPAL AWARDS. marks they bear, the various varieties being shown F ob British Stamps. with English, Scotch, Irish and other obliterations. S. C. Skiftoh. —A fine collection of 2,000 early Id. H. J. White, Special Gold Medal, the Grand Prize and 2d. stamps including minor varities of die, hair of the Exhibition ; Gold Medal, Class I., Division I . ; line and perforation. Gold Medal given by W . H. Peckitt. C. F. Dendy Marshall,—A fine collection of W. T. Willett, Silver Medal, Class I., Division I . ; railway letter stamps containing most varieties in Silver Medal given by W. H. Peckitt. pairs, and showing the various printings. Amongst J. E. Heginbottom, Silver Medal, Class I., Division the best things may be mentioned Furness Railways III. three printings ; London and Northern Western, 2nd J. S. Higgins, jun., Silver Medal given by Mr. J E. issue, unused (scarce thus) ; London and South Heginbottom for the best exhibit in Class IV. Western, perf. 14), fine pair, very rare, unused; C. F. Dendy Marshall, Bronze Medal for the best Manchester South Junction and Altrincham first Collection of Railway Letter Stamps. numbered issue (one other known) ; Metropolitan, 1st O. Frith, Silver Medal, Class V., Division I . ; Silver issue, unused ; North Eastern, 2d. green, with vertical Medal presented by the Bradford Philatelic Society. control number, unused ; N . London, set of the two issues, unused (only two other sets in the hands of Colonial Stamps. collectors) ; Somerset and Dorset, with fractional Baron A, de Worms.—Ceylon, Gold Medal, Class control number only 10 known; Portpatrick and II. Division I. Gold Medal for the finest Special Girvan Joint, used (only two others known); Castle- Collection of any one Country having regard to the derg, perf. 10; Cork, Bandon and South Coast, 1st difficulty in forming it, apart from the monetary value, issue, unused ; Finn Valley used, Kanturk, unused. given by the London Philatelic Society. Bronze J. S. H iggins, Jr. —A very fine collection of Great Medal for Lagos and Sierra Leone. Britain, in three volumes, used and unnsed. Amongst Vernon Hoberts —Cape of Good Hope, Gold Medal. others may be mentioned a mint block of six Id. Gambia Gold Coast, Bronze Medal. Rare Stamps, black; 2d. blue, no lines, strip of fiv e ; 2)d. rose, Gold Medal. Collection in finest condition, Gold plate 3, orb; fine shades of 2/- blue; 2/- brown ; two Medal, given by Mr. Peckitt. copies of the l)d . red, error, op— pc ; 10/- and £1, H. J. Duveen. — Newfoundland, Silver Medal. Cross and Anchor, &c,, &c. British Guiana, Silver Medal. British Guiana, Gold Oliver F irth. — Registration Envelopes, a Medal, given by W. D. Beckton. practically complete collection in all varieties and W. B, Avery.—Confederate States, Silver Medal. minor varieties. Switzerland, Silver Medal. Major E. B. Evans, r.a.—A unique collection of S. M. Castlo.—United States, Gold Medal. Silver curiosities connected with the Mulready Envelope, Medal, given by W. T. Wilson. Bronze Medal, given caricatures of the design, and envelopes advocating by G, F. H. Gibson. “ Ocean Penny Postage." W. D. Beckton.—West Indies, Silver Medal. Gold The following are some of the finest things in the Medal, givon by J. E. Heginbottom. Foreign and Colonial section ;— J. S. Higgins, jun.—Collection over 2,000, Bronze Baron A. de W orms.—Ceylon, 1st issue, Id, blue, Medal, given by Butler Bros. General Collection block of 12, 2d., block of 6, 4d., two oopies, four (shown by youth under 21), Silver Medal, given by 78 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

Stanley Gibbons, Ltd. Best exhibit in Class IV . general collections, &c. :— (shown by an exhibitor under 21), Silver Medal, given Lachlan Gibb (two silver); Prince Doria Pamphili by J. E. Heginbottom. (silver); P. Kosack (silver); A. S. lomson (silver); H. R. G. Clarke.—New South Wales, Silver Medal. F. W. Lake; A. H. Jefferies (gold and silver); D. S. Sydney Views, Silver Medal, given by G. H. Calif. Garson (silver); F. Reichentboim (silver); L. M. Australian Stamps, Gold Medal, given by Stanley Harris; C. H. Coote; C. S. Milner (silver and bronze); Gibbons, Ltd. T. Lemaire (silver); T. Ridpath (silver); W. Brown F o r e ig n S t a m p s . and S. C. Sxipton ; J. L . van Dietcn ; Euguene E g ly ; H. R. Oldfield.—Columbian Republic, Gold Medal. R. Frentzel; H. M. do Heer, R. S. Richardson (silver Silver Medal, given by Herts, Philatelic Society. medal for the best exhibit from Scotlaud); H. Higgin- Servia, Bulgaria and Montenegro, Silver Medal. son (silver medal for the best exhibit from Irela n d ); Bolivia, Silver Medal. J. Cooper; A. R. Stalling (2 bronze); M. Z, Kuttner C. Stewart Wilson.—India, Silver. (silver); Mrs. Harrison (silver); Mrs. Vaudrey; J. F. Ransom, Trinidad. R. Jones (silver medal for the best exhibit from W ales); W. T. Willett, Nevis, Silver. B. W. Warhuret. E. H Selby, Barbados, Silver. Altogether the exhibition must be considered a H. M Hepworth, Barbados, Silver and Bronze. great success. The weather, however. waB against the L. L. R. Hausbcrg, Grenada, Silver, Jamaica anddealers who did very poor business on the whole. Hong Kong, Silver. J. W. Mercer, Grenada. J. C. North, Cyprus. PHILATELIC FRAUDS. G. F. H. Gibson, Gibraltar and Malta. W. Grunewald, France and Monaco, 2 Gold and 1 Collated by N on-Lex. Silver. L. Einstein, Switzerland. [A ll information and supposed forgeries may be sent G. Dumont, France and Spain. to Non-Lex. Doubtful stamps examined free, Return E. Petri, Modena and Tuscany, Gold and Silver. postage must be sent.] O. Gillett, Modena and Tuscany, Silver. RENCH COLONIES.—Head of Liberty, the 2 J. H. Abbott, Servia and Bulgaria, Silver, Egypt and 4 centimes come with counterfeit margins, and Suez Canal. Rare Stamps, Silver. F which are Tory well attached to the stamp. G. B. Duerst, Roumania, Silver and Bronze. Upon the examination of the stamps the cancellations W . Pimm, St. Lucia, Silver. are generally found to be some indistinct provincial H. Buckley, Norway, Silver. postmarks. J. N . Marsden, Portugal, Silver. Azores and FR AN C E .— Stamps of tho 1849 series cancelled Madeira, Silver, with the obliquo grill in black, blue and red. These A. H. Harrison, Norway. are reprints with very well imitated cancellations. T. Wickham Jones, Japan, Gold. FR A N C E A N D CO LO NIES.— Postage due stamps Major Hancock, Afghanistan, Silver. of 2 Francs, red-brown. Very dangerous counterfeit, C. F. Larmour, Portuguese Indies, Silver. exceedingly well designed and can be recognised only Baron A, de Reuterekiold, Philippine Islands, Two through tint, which is Blightly darker than in the Silver. originals. Hyman Marks, Transvaal. FRANCE.—The 80 centimes, 1854, carmino, tete- R. Frentzel, Mexico, Silver. bSche. Both stamps are counterfeits, but they are W. T. Wilson, Mexico, Silver. splendid imitations. But tho paper is too thick and E. T. Roberts, Brazil. fibrous and much more yellow than the originals ; T. W. Hall, Argentine Republic, Silver. Corrientesfurthermore the figure 8 in these stamps is defective. and Cordova. JAPAN.—1893 issue. The 4 son envelope stamp E, S. Davidson, Cuba and Porto Rico, has been fraudulently perforated aud sold for the rare F. A. Von Sobbo, Greece, Germany, and Italy, two adhesive stamp of this value and colour. The fraud Silver and one Bronze. can easily be detected by comparing the Byllabio W. Hadlow, Queensland. character. In the adhesive it is enclosed in a F. J. Beazley, West Africa. rectangle, and in tho envelope in a hexagon. D. M. de Heer, Peru and Curacao. SAXONY.—5 Neugroschen brown, 1856. This Mrs Hetley, Australia, Silver, counterfeit can be deteoted by the design of the band W. B. Thornhill, Shanghai. in which the word "S a c h s e n " appears, and in the D, P. Mason, Cashmere, Gold. letter “ N " of that word. The cancellation of this Mrs. Baynes, Gcoece, Silver. stamp is not to be distinguished from the original T. K, Skipwith, Seychelles and Uganda, Silver. except by the inky black ; it seems the counterfeiters Medals have also been awarded to the following for have obtained one of the old original cogwheel dies. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 79

SOCIETY REPORTS. STAMP COLLECTORS !— Please Note !! W e have received, for sale, from a Correspondent, a MIDLAND COUNTIES STAMP EXCHANGE small consignment of W est Indian used Stamps, as follows :— (Established IShB). 25 Barbados Jubilee . . fd. Hon. Secretary:—W . G. Walton, Fontham Road, 25 ,, ») e * . . 4d. Birmingham. 25 ,, ,1 • * 12 u t» •* . . 2jd. 6 British Guiana Jubilee . . Sc. The July packets are of excetlant quality consider* 12 ft »t »! . . 2c. ing the time of year. Thero are vacancies for one or . . 7o. two new members. Subscriptions do not commence ^ It I* » until January, 1900, so ladies or gentlemen desirous Highest Offer received by August 20th accepted. of joining would have a good opportunity of gauging the advantages of the Exchange before permanently deciding. Good references indispensable. Monthly P h i l a t e l i c P u b l i s h i n g C o ., settlements. Rules, Sec., from secretary, as above. The Suburban Exchange Club — Sufficient Fentham Road, H ands worth, Birmingham, sheets were received to make up three June packets. January sheets have been returned and accounts duly settled. I t should he borne in mind that medium stamps in really good condition ; find a ready sale at reasonable prices, and rare : Swedish Stamps ! varieties in mint condition are snapped up often at j IN catalogue rates. Rules and full information to be I obtained on application to the Secretary. References indispensible. H. A. Slade, Secretary, Inglosido, SETS, MIXTURES & PACKETS, St. Albans. Offered very cheap. Price list free.

UNUSED FOREIGN & COLONIAL. SETS. Service, 15 different, 10 seta 5/- Unpaid, 10 ,, 10 „ 6/- T H E Philatelic Publishing Co. have a large quantity of current ' and obsolete unused stamps paid to them by foreign corres pondents. which they wish to dispose o f a t face value. They will send io/-, £ i, £2, or larger lots for cast). Colonials only 5% premium. Non-Colonials only 5% discount. Try a Every kind and quantity of Swedish small lot and say whether assorted or low values are wanted. Philatelic Publishing Co., Fenthatn Road, Birmingham. Stamps supplied at once. These stamps are a useful means of sending small remittances abroad.

ij francs in Belgian for 11/3 ; 185 one kopec, Russian, for 3/6 ; 8 roubles, various, at face value, less 3%; 340 rets, Portugal and HERMAN LINDBERG, Louren^o Marquez, for 14/-; New Zealand, jd. new issue, 4/4 per 100, &c. MALMO, SWEDEN

We PRINT nd CIRCULATE Price-Lists, etc., for Dealers, and Save 75% of Postage ** ^ n § f f t a The Publishers of the P.C . <& A. and Advertiser will send out 1,000 circulars to Philatelists with The The only Philatelic Journal of the Austrian Empire. 4a. per Advertiser for 10/- To post 1,000 circulars costs year, peat free. Specimen copy, post free. £2 Is. 8d. We save you £1 11s. 8d. Editor, T. DUSGHEK, Weinberge 822, Prague, ALL KINDS OF PPINTING EXECUTED. Desires exchange of stamps, basis of Stanley Gibbons, ESTIMATES FREE. Scott, &c. Aug 80 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISES.

ALL DEALERS should see our 12pp. Wholesale List of used and unused Stamps, Cho&p Sets, Variety Packets, Mounts, Continentals, and Stamp Albums. Post freo on receipt of business card or memorandum. EVERT COLLECTOR should possess our 68pp Retail List. ('* The neatest and most interesting we have seen this year, bar none.”—Philateltc Chronicle.) Full of bargains in Sets, Packets, Albums, and single Stamps. Gratis and post froe on application. WE ARE BUYERS. at all times, of large Wholesale Stocks, Remainders, Ac., Ac., to any amount, at low prices, FOR PROMPT CASH ONLY. Jn E R R IN G T O N & M AR TIN. SOUTH HACKNEY, LONDON, N.E. EXCHANGE! EXCHANGE! EXCHANGE! | * F. G. ROWE, * WHOEVER sends 100—200 or 500 postage stamps (FORMERLY OF BATH), (not fiscals) of British and French Colonies, Malta, Gibraltar, North and :-outh America, Surinam, 22, Desborough Road, PLYMOUTH. Curacao, Hawaiian Islands, and Asiatic Stamps in good condition, will receive per return of mail, under Please note alteration of Address. register cover through any Levant foreign office | stamped with different values, same number, value WILL EXCHANGE . . . and quantity of Oriental Stamps (old Turkish, All issues and values of British Colonials in Persian, Montenegrian, Bulgarian, Roumanian, any quantity. Exchange given in scarce Egyptian, Bosnian, Greek, and foreign Levant Offices stamps, wholesale lots or cheap packets and (English, German, French, Austrian, and Russian). Bets, as desired. Rare against rare. Senders are requested to register WILL PURCHASE . . . their letters as I am not responsible for letters lost in j transit. j For cash, collections or good loose stamps, in A d d r e s s :— small or large lots. Highest prices for un used British and British Colonials. Books, A. G. SERGHIADES, Sheets and Sets for Agents or Collectors. Regular correspondents required in all Ho. 31, Rue Yuksek Kaldirim, No. 31. countries. CONSTANTINOPLE. Bankers: CHEQUE BANK, LIM ITED. Jy Member of the Birmingham Philatelic Society, International Society of Philately of Dresde, Phila- HENRY RUFFELL, telio Club of Metz, &c. u 53, TEVIOT STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, CHEAP NATIVE INDIAN STAMPS. ESTABLISHED, 1882. per >2. per too. WHOLESALE PRICES. s. d. s. d. OFFERS THE FOLLOWING BARGAINS:— Travancore, ...... 0 4 2 0 „ leb ...... 0 3 I S s. d. s. d. ,, ach ...... 0 3 12 P e r s ia ...... 1 0 2 Natal Prov. id., A lvar, i anna ...... 0 6 9 Haiti ...... 1 0 6d., Ad., Id. ... 1 0 Cochin, i8gi, | puttan ...... 1 0 s 0 1 10 Newfoundland... 1 0 ,, August, 1898, la blue ...... 0 6 3 a 8 H a w a ii...... 0 10 „ ,. „ ip green ...... 0 8 4 « 10 W. Australian... 1 0 7 British Guiana Daccan, 4 anna ...... 0 3 1 4 2 ,, Provl. 1 0 Prov...... l 6 dwallon. Jblnd, or Puttallla, 4> service ... 0 4 2 3 6 Siam ...... 0 9 Canada 2d., 1864 2 0 .. „ ,, ta ...... 0 6 3 4 Holbar, i anna ...... 0 6 3 0 6 „ Provl. ... 1 0 Trinidad Is. mauve Blrraoor, J anna ...... 0 1 3 a 7 St, Helena obs. 2 3 1864-76 ... 2 0 CH EAP PACKETS, 12 varieties for 8d., 2; for 2/-. 5 „ current 1 0 wholesale LIST fhee. CASH WITH ORDER. A l l W a r r a n t e d USED POSTALLY. M r C. 8. IYER & CO,, Attunfal, Travencore, India. Jy Selections sent on approval.

In answering; Advertisements please mention “ Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser," THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE- AND ADVERTISER. iii. TRANSVAAL, i /v green shafts, unused,. W. C. PROUDFOOT, (Member I-P.U.) price 12/6. P-O. Box 11, ST. VINCENT, V.I. ANTIGUA Revenues,; set of 8, unused, s. d. Bahamas, t, ai, 4,6, 1/- ...... ' ...... persetper set 2 T price 4/-. ' ; t Barbados,}, 1, 6. 8, 10 ...... _ ., -3 2 SPAIN, Revenue Stamps, set of 25, ma^y Bermuda, j, 1,2,24,3. 4, 6. ip ...... ,. 3 1 Grenada, 4, 1. 24,3,6,8. it- "...... 3 2 unused, price 4/'- * .Gambia, 4, 1, a. ii. 3, 4, 6.1/- ...... „ 3 0 Morlsy’s Catalogue of English Postage, Bt.Lucla, A, t,,a4, 3,4,6.1/- .;. e 10 .Trinidad, J, t. a}, 4, 5.6,1/-- , ...... , 8 1 Railway’s Entires and all varieties of Turks Island, 4, 1. 24,4, 5,6, 1/- ... „ 8 0 Leeward Islands,!, i.ej, 4, 6, 7,1/-" „ 3 2 Fiscals, price 2/6. Jamaica: 4. 1, 2,24,3,4, 6, t/- ... • ... ., 3 ” 1 Mqrley’s Catalogue of Colonial Revenue British Qalanayic. 20,4 c, 5.0,60, 80,12c, 240 „ 3 1 „ „ Picture Series,- tc, to, 50,10c 15c „ 1 8 Stanaps, 2/6. . ' . British Honduras, re, ac, jc; 6C, ibc, tie, 34c „ 3 0 L undy’s Catalogue of Swiss and German Barbados, 2/6 V.. ... - ...... each 2 9 Jamaica, 2/ ; British Guiana, 4&0 ..: ■„ 2 3 ^ States, Fiseals; 1/6. :.j Bahamas, Jamaica Bt, Lucia,-Trinidad, _ . Laward Islands 5/- ...... „ 5 6 Bt. Lad a, Trinidad, 1 0 /- „ TO -9 Bahamas, Trinidad £1 „ 21 0 WALTER MORLEY* Any,of the abbve stamps may be purchased at slight advance over face value 15, BR0WHH1LL GARDEHS, FOLLOWING 8T. V 1HCBHT I t FACE VALUE: Jd green, id carmine, a4d blue Jd brown, 4d yellow, 5d lilac, 1/- Hither Green, Catford, London, S.E. vermilioD, 5/- lake. 1889 issue type of Leeward. Islands, 4, 1, 24, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1/-, si-. All above stamps unused in mint conditions OUR LATEST NOVELTY For philatelists, is a ruled'approval book, which is absolutely Post Office Orders payable " Kingstown, St. Vincent.'! Cash " the finest In the trade. with order. Postage and Registration extra rst.—Each book is ruled to hold mo-stamps Ion one side, of the Ho notice whatever taken of exchange sendings. Jy paper only), and is printed on bank paper. '. . 2nd.—Each, book is bohna in a strong artistic cover, printed in colour. • 3rd.—Bach book w ill fit an ordinary envelope without folding.- Messrs. OSTARA & DARLOW 4th.—Each book contains' tbe usual Interactions printed 111 the English. French, end Carman Languages, a Beg to announce that - feature only to be found In oar books. FOUBTfl EDITION NOW HEADY, Their POPULAR & SUCCESSFUL SALES 12 fd r8 d .; 29 far 1/8 ; 30 far 2* ; lOOforSs. 9d. Carriage paid, 1 he nth edition o f bar celebrated ruled sheetsTs now ready.' ■ W ILL BE HELD AT THE Bach sheet is ruled (on finest bank paper) to hold Go stamps, usual rules and space, for your name and address.' ay, 6d. ; 50, l i d . ; ioo, is.6d., 250, 3s. Gd.v500, 6s - 1,000,.n s 1 Carnage paid. Grand Hotel, A specimen book and sheet post free for id, stamp Only. Foreign orders most be accompanied by id. in the is. extra, to A; usual, throughout next Season, defray coal of increased postage. ARTHUR MONTBITH & GO., At 6-30 o'clock to the evening: The stamps will be on view and - Philatelic Dealers &■ Publishers, catalogues may be obtained at T8, Piccadilly, Manchester. 14, Chester Green Road* DERBY. 11 you want to dispose of your Stamps, send them to ds, we send yon cash within eight-days Established 1885^- tin

( S ' Future, sales will be held in Manchester on dates an- JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING pounced later Is the-secret of success. Desultory advertising pays but little put your ad. fn A ll enquiries to be addressed:— gljilatclie Oldest Philatelic Uagatine in the state. OSTARA & DARLOW, Subscription 23c. a year. Free Exchange Column, L. T. BRODSTONH, Business Manager,’ 18, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER* SUPERIOR, NEBRASKA, 0.8»A. in answering Advertisements please mention “ Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser. 80 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

ALL DEALERS should see our 12pp. Wholesale List of used and unused Stamps, Cheap Sets, Variety Packets, Mounts, Continentals, and Stamp Albums. Post free ou receipt of business card or memorandum. EVERY COLLECTOR should possess our 68pp Retail List. (“ The neatest and most interesting we have seen tins year, bar none.’’—Philatelic Chronicle.) Full of bargaius in Sets, Packets, Albums, and single Stamps. Gratis and post free on application. WE ARE BUYERS, at all times, of large Wholesale Stocks, Remainders, &c., &c., to any amount, at low prices, FOR PROMPT CASH ONLY. jn E R R IN G T O N & M AIO TN. SOUTH HACKNEY, LONDON, N.E. EXCHANGE! EXCHANGE! EXCHANGE! = F. Q. ROWE, = W H O E V E R sends 100— 200 or 000 postage stamps f FORMF.XLY OF HATH), (not fiscals) of British and French Colonies, Malta, Gibraltar, North and -outh America, Surinam, 22, Desborough Road, PLYMOUTH. Curacao, Hawaiian Islands, and Asiatic Stamps in good condition, will receive per return of mail, under I ’lcnse note alhralion of Address. register cover through any Levant foreign office stamped with different valueB, same number, value WILL EXCHANGE . . . and quantity of Oriental Stamps (old Turkish, All issues and values of British Colonials in Persian, Montenegrian, Bulgariun, Roumanian, any quantity. Exchange given in scarce Egyptian, Bosnian, Greek, and foreign Levant Offices stnmps, wholesale lots or cheap packets and (English, German, French, Austrian, and Russian). sets, as desired. Rare against rare. Senders are requested to register WILL PURCHASE . . . their letters as I am not responsible for letters lost in transit. For cash, collections or good loose stamps, in A ddress small or large lots. Highest prices for un used British and British Colonials. Books, A. G. SHRGHIADES, Sheets and Sets for Agents or Collectors. Regular correspondents required in all No. 31, Rue Yuksek Kaldirim , No. 31. countries. CONSTANTINOPLE. Bankers: CHEQUE DANK, LIMITED. Jy Member of the Birmingham Philatelic Society, International Society of Philately of Drcsde, Phila ~ HENRY RUFFELL, telic Club of Metz. &c. u 53, TEVIOT STREET, POPLAR, LONDON. CHEAP NATIVE INDIAN STAMPS. ESTABLISHED, 1882. per 1 2 . per ico. WHOLESALE PRICES. S. fl s. d. O FFE R S T H E FOLLOWING BARGAINS Travancore, Act* ... 0 4 2 0 s. d. d. ,, icli ... 0 3 1 6 s. „ ich ... 0 8 4 0 12 Persia ... 1 0 2 Natal Prov. Jd., Alwar. 1 anna 0 6 3 0 9 Haiti ...... 1 0 Gd., Id., Id. ... 1 0 Cochin, 18 9 1 . ) putian 1 0 6 0 10 Newfoundland... I 0 3 H a w a fi...... 0 10 „ August. 1898, la blue 0 6 3 6 „ {p green 0 £ 4 6 10 W. Australian... 1 0 7 British Guiana Deccan, $ anna 0 3 1 4 2 „ Frovl. 1 0 Prov...... 1 6 Owallon. Jhind, or PuUaitia, Ja service ... 0 4 2 3 G Siam ...... 0 9 Canada 2d., 1864 2 0 .. 1, .. ia 0 6 3 4 Holk&r, J anna 0 6 3 0 G „ Provl, ... 1 0 Trinidad ls.mauvo Sirmoor, } anna 0 7 3 s 7 St. Helena obs. 2 3 1864-76 o 0 CHEAP PACKETB, iz varieties for 8d., 25 for 2 ,'-, 5 ,, current 1 0 w H o rtsiu list met. cash w it h o rd er All Warranted USED Postallv. Mr C. S. IYER & CO., AttUDgal, Travencore, India, Jy , Selections sent on approval.

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TRANSVAAL, i /-, green shafts, unused, W. C. PROUDFOOT, (Member IP U ) price 12/6. . . . P.O. Box 11, ST. YINCEHT, W.I. ANTIGUA Revenues, set of 8, unused, s. d. Bahama*, i, 24. 4, 6. 1 /- ;c set 2 7 price 4/-. Barbados, 4,4,1. 24, 4l 6.8.10 ,, 3 2 SPAIN, Revenue Stamps, set of 25, many Bermuda, 4, 1, 2, 24, 3.4.6,1/- ,, 3 1 Grenada, 4. 1. 24, 3,6.8, 1/- 3 2 unused, price 4/-. Oambla, 4,1, 2, 24. 3, 4, 6. 3 2 Fiscals, price 2/6. Jam atai. 4. t, 2,24, 3, 4, ft, 1/- 3 1 M o r l e y ’ s Catalogue of Colonial Revenue British Gulina, ic. 20,42, 50,62. 8c. 12c. 24c 3 1 „ „ Picture Series, ic, 20. 5c, toe 15c 1 8 Stamps, 2/6. British Honduras, ic, 2c, 50, 6c, 10c, 12c. 24c 3 0 Barbados, 2/6 each 2 9 L u n d y ’ s Catalogue of Swiss and German Jamaica, 2/-; British Guiana, 48c 2 3 States, Fiscais, 1 /6 . Bahamas, Jamaica St. Lucia, Trinidad, Levaurd Island* S/• S 6 St. Lucia, Trinidad, 10/ „ 10 9 Bahamas, Trinidad £1 21 0 WALTER MORLEY, A n y o f the a b o v e stamps may be purchased at slight advance O ver face v a lu e 15, BROWNHILL GARDENS, FOLLOWING ST. VINCENT AT FACE VALUE: 4d green, id carmine, 24d blue 3d brown, 4d yellow, 6d lilac, 1 /- Hither Green, Gatford, London, S.E. vermilion, 5/. lake, 1889 issue type of Leeward Islands, 4. 1. 24. 3. 4. 5. 6, 1 /-, j/-. All above stamps u n u se d in mint condition. OUR LATEST NOVELTY For philatelists, is a ruled approval book, which is absolutely Post Office Orders payable “ Kingstown, St Vincent.” Cash the finest in the trade. with order. Postage and Registration extra 1st.—Each book is ruled to hold 120 stamps (on one side of the No notice whatever taken of exchange sendings. Jy paper only), and is primed on bank paper. 2nd —Each book is bonnd in a strong artistic cover, printed in colour. 3rd.—Each book will fit ao ordinary envelope without folding. Messrs. OSTARA & DARLOW 4th.—Each book contains the usual Instructions printed |fl the English French, and Gorman Languages, a Beg to announce that feature only to be found In our hooka. FOURTH EDITION NOW READY. Their POPULAR & SUCCESSFUL SALES 12 for 8d.; 25 for 1/2 ; 50 for 2s ; 100 for 3s. 9d. Carnage paid. t be 11th edition of our celebrated ruled sheets is now ready. WILL BE HELD AT THE Each sheet is ruled (on finest bank paper) to hold 60 stamps, usual rules and space for your name and address. 25, 6d.; 50, n d ., 100, is. 6d.; 250, 3s. 6a.; 500, 6s ; 1,000, us. Carriage patd, Grand H otel,^.^^ A specimen book and sheet post free for id. stamp only. Foreign orders must be accompanied by id. m the is. extra, to defray cost of increased postage. A5 usual, throughout next Season, ARTHUR MONTEITH & CO., At 6*30 o'clock in the evening. The tumps will be on t iew and catalogues may be obtained at 18, Piccadilly, Manchester. Philatelic Dealers & Publishers,

l i you want to dispose of your Stamps, send them to us, wc 14, Chester Green Road, DERBY. seed you cash within eight days Established 1S85— tfa Ms* Future sales will be held in Manchester on dates an JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING nounced later Is the secret of success. Desultory advertising pays but little put your ad. in AII enquiries to be addressed Oldest Philatelic Magazine in the Slate. OSTARA & DARLOW, Subscription 23c. a year. Free Exchange Column. L. T. BRODSTONB, Business Manager, 18, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER SUPERIOR, NEBRASKA, U.S.A. in answering Advertisements please mention “ Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser. iv. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. Whitfield King & Co.’s Special Offers. . ALL UNUSED UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED . s. d. UNITED STATES* Periodica) Stamps, 1895 issue, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50c., 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 ' dollars. Set of 12 ...... 30 0 In the above set the 6, 20, 50, and 100 dollars are reprints. We haw. a few sets containing all originals except the $5. price 60/- per set of 12. Thess are likely to become scarce. The reprints have white gum, the originals yellotoish. CEYLON. 1899. 6c., 75c., rs. 1 50 and rs. 2.25. Set of 4 ...... 9 6 H AW A II- Official. 2, 5, 6, 10, 12, and 25c. Set of 6 ...... 10 0 POETO RICO. 1899. Surcharged on U.S , 1, 2, 5 and 10c. Set of 4 ...... 1 6 CUBA. Special Delivery (on U S,) 10c. red on blue ...... 0 10 UGANDA. 1898. 1. 2 .3, 4, and 8 annas. Set of 5 ...... 3 0 „ „ 1 and 5 rupees. Set of 2 ...... 15 0 VIRGIN ISLANDS 1899. £d, green, block of six, containing the two errors “ h a l f p e n n y ” and “ h a l f p e n n y ” ...... 4 0 FINLAND. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 20, 35, 50 kopecs, 1, 34, and 7 roubles. Set of 13 .. .. 38 0 These stamps are about to be withdrawn and w ill advance in price. GWALIOR. 2,3, and 5 rupees. Set of 3 ...... 4 0 0 ,, Errors. “ Sersiv ” instead of “ Servis,” in blocks of four. PRICES ON APPLICATION. CHAMBA- 2, 3, and 5 rupees. Set of 3 ...... 5 0 0 MOROCCO AGENCIES. Local overprint, now obsolete, 5, 10, 20, 25, 40, 50c , 1 and 2 pesetas. Set of 8 ...... 6 0 ,, „ London Overprint. 5. 10, 20, 25, 40, 50c., and 1 peseta. Set of 7 .. 2 10 GREAT BARRIER ISLAND. Pigeon Post, first issue, 1/- blue, only 1800 printed .. .. 3 0 ,, „ 2nd issue, 1/-, blue-green ...... 1 6 GUATEMALA* 1898 provisionals. Complete set of 22 ...... 16 0 CEYLON- 8d., imperf., fine used specimen ...... £17

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O P T H E POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE WORLD. A superior Edition can now be supplied, bound in cloth, gilt lettered on side and back, and interleaved throughout with plain white paper of good quality for the reception of MS: notes. It also contains a supplementary list of new issues up to April. 9V Price 3/- Post Free. “W The ordinary Edition of the Catalogue is still on sale, price 1/ 3 post free. WHITFIELD KINO & CO., IPSWICH.

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S U 4 •3 © 3 5 0 O IS '4 S | s-» b | .§ S : « M 4> £ AND 6 w •i a gn O B •• « •3 o I 9 O ;■(» 3 2 , J 2 t6 1 &CUO 3 H «H • si) ■ o i“ 5 0-2,3 H ; C » 3 2,2 « • 2 5 ^IA °*C 3 5 " S S t o e ^ R S Q os « > ADVERTISER " S S Sa1® s Oa»osrn^2s o 2 * A M * S'IT —2e.S “* B*. S'— « Vol. 8. AUGUST 31, 1889. No. 11 w^*9 » go S2*«1 2. W £ | ft eft ^ 3 g H 5*3 * J E 1 & r 1 a c S r cs 1/6 per Annum, post free. » « •* * ■ p. 3 S g f ; i ' -c O ' IS a g o !! 9 © .0 r*: + * V FENTHAM ROAD, HANDSWORTH. 1®re*** rn re ~3 Q*® 2 W* - —• - .2 S v- 3 » 2 » 3 ^ z BIRMINGHAM. npi2 H2,22-Sv'g a * * ’ 3 0 . 23 Agents of P. C. and A. Bath. FIS H E R T IT L E Y & CO Sydney Buildings v £ g 1? 8 Belgium. A. de M EESTER, Oudenbourg, Ostend. O 99 g | hs. | » I I 3 = ^ g 2 (Q Canada. R. S. MASON, Hamilton. = » 0 0 n S® <5 < 5 CO 11 Denmark. M ISS E. BARCLAY, Roskilde hi V “ ® “-o 0 m? —I ^ 0 Glasgow, R. S. GRAY, .13, West Campbell Street. wS * 2 o b s .y ?i> s. Grimsby. W. M. DAWSON, 12, Princes Avenue is'gg-gB& f § 5 1 O H I o Holland. H BASART Capersteeg 4, Rotterdam C London. J. W. FU LLW O O D , 42, Jasmine Grove, Penge. * 8 * Liverpool. J. G. PRICE, 6, Butler Terrace, Liverpool, E |£?irf °ri| & * x CO CO CO Malta. A. M USCAT, 370, Strada Rcale, Valetta. Manchester. H. G. BOLTON, Moses Gate. tfa S - g - » 3 - New Zealand. Zealandia Foreign Stamp Depot. Fielding. •'1 g-8 MS ! = ? I ® v Preston. H. B. B A IL E Y 8, Beech Grove, Ashton. B S ? | 8 j Switzerland. A, PECONA, Geneva. Malombrd 14. o-o.= » S » » - X U.S.A. L. T BRODSTONE. Box 116, Superior, Neb. 3 « ? 3 S n |. ■ g g ' SB „ W. S. W EA TH E R STO N , 25, Whitehall St., N-Y. n .45 Hg 0; H „ Z E N IT H C IT Y STAM P CO., Duluth, Minn. P o ? 0 a a Wigan. W. D IT C H F IE L D , 194, Doming Street. CNTCRtD XT STATIONERS- HALL. 1®- STAMP COLLECTORS’ ALMANAC, 1899. 50 STAMPS ENGLISH. in printed packet, 9 d. per dozen packets, DEC. 15th. 2d. (Post Free, 2Ad.) Postage, Fiscal, pjst free. ’and BltlGHT, CHATTY ano USEFUL. Sample packet, post Telegraph Stamps free. 2 d. Marvellous Can be ordered at JOHN MENZIES ft CO., Edinburgh, or at packets, post free 3 d. railway bookstalls. and 6 d „ containing 23 The Almanack may be obtained from the Philatelic P ublishing Bn velopea, Cards, ftc and 30 stamps respec Co., Fentham Road, Handsworih Birmingham. RARITIES tively. ----- my Sheets on approval, 50% discounts. Packets and sets cheap And all minor varieties A. CAMPBELL. 7, Clifton TerraCe. CAMPBELL, INGLES & CO., WALTER MOSLEY, Torquay, DEVON. 156,West Green Rd., . . . CARLISLE. . . . TOTTENHAM, N. n. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

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’ unused. 5. d. To the ‘‘ROWLAND HILL" PACKET British Guiana, 1608, 1 to 15c., 5 .. .. 2 3* „ ,, 1899, two cents on 10c. .. 0 4* COLLECTION is now ready. Pros ,, „ 1899, two cents on 15c. .. 0 4* pectus sent on application. Porto Rico, 1898-99, provl, set of 9 .. ,. 2 0* Straits Settlements, 1899, 4c. or 8c. blue 0 3" ,, 1899, 4c, on 5c. car. 3* „ ,, 1899, 4c. on 5c. brn. 0 4* Ceylon, 1898, 6c. on 15c. .. ..02* Canada, 1898, 6c. brown (figs ) .. ..03 ALFRED SMITH & SON, Brazil, 1898, 50r. on 20r., green .. ..03* a , L O N D O N Canada, 1897, Jubilee 8 cents ..0 9* „ 1897, Jubilee £c. black .. .. 1 9 ,, 1898, 2c. Map, Lavender Sea .. 0 3* ,, 1898, 2c. Map, b lu e...... 0 2* W A M T e n ~ Porto Rioo, 1899. on R S ., le., 2c., 5e. & 10c. 1 4* Cuba, 1899. on U.S., lc., 2c., 2]c , 3c., 5c. ■ and 10c...... 1 10* • Samoa, 1699, 2$d. on 1/-, red surch. error .. 0 0* RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS Newfoundland, 1898, 2e. vermilion (Prince) 0 2* 1 USED OR UNUSED. . . . “ The 1899 Popular ” Price List of \ . . . COMMON OR RARE.

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The Philatelic Chronicle Is sent to all the members of the Philatelic Chponiele & H3.cepti$ep Birmingham Philatelic Society and Midland Countloe AND PHILATELIC TIME Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journa1 of these P ublished Monthly. Societies. Combined membership over 400. Subscription. 1/6 per annum . Subscriptions commence with current number. Back numbers of Vois, I, II, III, IV, V, V I & V II, 6d, O T much is being done in stamps just Specimen, Id. Odd numbers of Vol. V III, 2d. each. Back Nos. of the Advertiser 2/6, for 1,2, 3, 4, 5, and at present. The beautiful summer 11, and 3d. each all others. has proved too much for any save the extreme devotees of the hobby, and even ADVERTISEMENTS. 2/6 per Inch. Limit, 8 Lines to the inch, they have experienced a severe shaking to Liberal discount for a series. their loyalty, while some have succumbed to Unused English Stamps accepted in payment to any amount. the attractions of country, sea and river the Short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 24 words fir t time for years. Next season, however, for Sixpence, three insertions at the price of two. The Advertiser is the best medium for short Advertise promises to be a great time for philately, if ments of wants and offers, published Semi-Monthly. the signs of the times he any augury. For Subscriptions and advertisements must he prepaid. ourselves we are trying an innovation by Halfpenny Stamps should always be sent in prefer ence to those of any other value. Money from abroad publishing the B i g I s s u e of The Advertiser must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts later in October than heretofore for, although under 2/- may be sent by unused stamps, higher values, at current rate of exchange. Unused that of last year was far and away a record U.S. and Canadian high values accepted at face in every particular, we felt that it was pub value. Postal and Money Ordors payable at \Htton Road, Aston. lished a hit too soon for our advertisers to Liberal discount for a series of Advertisements. reap the greatest benefit possible. Published, V o l . I, II, III, IV,V,or VI, bad. cloth gilt, Post-free 6/- as it will be, late in October, collectors will V o l . I, I I , I I I , I V , V, V l.m ay he obtained U n b o u n d 5/- V o l. V II., Bound, 3 - : U n b o u n d , 2/- have got over Summer and Autumn and be Communications must be addressed to well set in pursuit of their W inter hobby. The P hilatelic Chronicle and Advertises,” Fentham Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. We anticipate an even greater success for All Articles are Copyright, the B i g I s s u e this year and we venture to Agents wanted in every 'Town. Terms on application. ask for every possible support in order to New Subscriptions to the “ A dvertiser” are meet the big outlay we are prepared to entitled to one short Advertisem ent. Sub scription 6d. for 6 issues, post-free. entertain

All communications for the next issue should reach us by the T enth of the Month at latest. We cannot CHRONICLE, guarantee insertion if received after that date. H A Z IL .— The postal authorities arc using up tba A u g u s t 31s t, 1899. old 6tock by means of a purplish surcharge. The following are noted : — 50r. on 20r, green. CONTENTB. Page. lOOr. on 50r, green, Editorial; Chronicle ...... 81 300r. on 200r, violet. Postman’s Knock ...... 8t 500r. on 300r. purple blue, The Postal Service in the Mountain Valleys of Andorra ... 83 5C0r. on 300r, grey, Philatelic Frauds ; Ttoc Stolen Stamp Books ...... 84 700r. on 500r, grey. The German Colonial Stamps...... 8i lOOOr. on 700r, brown, Eminent Men who Have Never Met Us ...... as lOOOr on 700r. pale brown. Society Reports ...... M 2000r. on lOOOr. yellow. *' ' ufitised. s. d. To the ‘'ROWLAND HILL" PACKET B r it is h G u ia n a , 1898, 1 to 16c., 5 ,. ' ... 2 3* ,, i899i'.two cents on. 10c, .. 0 4* COLLECTION Is now ready. . Pros- ,, ’ „ 189(1, two cents on 15c. 0 4* pectus sent on application. P o r t o R ic o , 1898-99, pro'vl, sat of 9 .. .. 2 0* S t r a i t s S e t t le m e n t s , 1899, 4c, op 8c. blue" 0 3* ' „ 1899,4c. on fic. car. 3 '; ■„ ,, 1899, 4c. on 5o. brn. 0 '4* C e y lo n , 1698, 6c, on 15c...... 0 2* Canada, 1898, 6o. brown (figs ) .. ..03 ALFRED SMITH & SON, lBrst®il,1898, 50r. Qii20r.,grt>cn . . . . 0 3* 37 & 39, ESSEX STREET, Canada, 1897, Jubilee 8 cents ,. ' 0 9* —-— -STRAND, „ . 1897, Jubilee $c. blsok 1 9 ’ 1898, So. Map, Lavender Sea ... .0 3 V „ 1898;, 2c. M ap, blue .. ,. 0; 2* P o r t o R ic o , 1899, on TI.S., lo., 2c., 5c. & 10c. 1 .4* WANTED C u b a , 1899. on U.-8., lc., 2e,, 21e ,'3c., 5o, and 10a...... ’ ., .: 110* S a m o a , 1699, 2£d. on 1 /-, red aurch. error .. 0 6* RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS N ew fou n dlan d, 1898, 2c. vermilion (Prince) 0 2* r * ■ ■ USED OR UNUSED. . ^. .

“ The 1899 PopularPrice L is t of _ . ,. . COMMON QR-RARE.

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The Cheapest & Best L is t in the Trade , High Prices paid (many stamps are now POST FREE ON APPLICATION. worth £5 fo £ 1.0 each). Prompt replies. It will pay you to see this I/ist bsfore P buying elsewhere. W. B. KIRKPATRICK, H. L ’ESTRANGE RISEN, CLOSEBURN, BOURNEMOUTH. 32c, PALACE SQUARE, NORWOOD, S.E.

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The Philatelic Chronicle la sect to all tha members o f the PF/llatelie C ljpon ick 4 Kclv'eptijsep Birmingham Philatelic Society and Midland Counttei AND PHILATELIC TIME : Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journa1 of these P ublished Monthly. Societies. Combined membership over 140. S ubscription, 1/6 per A nnum. Subscriptions commence with current number. Back numbers of Vois. I, II, III, IV, V, V I &VII,6d. \CT O T much is being done in stamps just Specimen, Id. Odd numbers of Vol. V III, 2d. each. Back Nos. of the Advertiser 2/6, for 1,2, 3,4, 5, and at present. The beautiful summer 11, and 3d. each all others. has proved too much for any save the extreme devotees of the hobby, and even ADVERTISEMENTS. 2/6 Par Inch. Limit, 8 Lines to the inch. they have experienced a severe shaking to Liberal discount for a series. their loyalty, while some have succumbed to Unused English Stamps accepted in payment to any amount. the attractions of country, tea and river the Short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 2i words fir t time for years. Next season, however, for Sixpence, three insertions at the price of two. The Advertiser is the best medium for short Advertise promises to be a great time for philately, if ments of wants and offers, published Semi-Monthly. the signs of the times be any augury. For Subscriptions and advertisements must be prepaid. ourselves we are trying aD innovation by Halfpenny Stamps should always be sent in prefer ence to those of any other value. Money from abroad publishing the B ig I s s u e of The Advertiser must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts later in October than heretofore for, although under 2/- may be sent by unused stamps, higher values, at current rate of exchange. Unused that of last year was far and away a record U.S. and Canadian high values accepted at faco in every particular, we felt that it was pub value. Postal and Money Orders payable at Wilton Road, Aston. lished a bit too soon for our advertisers to Liberal discount for a series of Advertisements. reap the greatest benefit possible. Published, Vol. I, I I , I I I , IV ,V , or V I, bnd. cloth gilt, Post-free 6/- Vol. I,II, III,IV , V, VI,may be obtained U nbound 5/- as it will be, late in October, collectors will Vol. V II., B ound, 3/-: U nbound, .. 2/- have got over Summer and Autumn and be Communications must be addressed to well set in pursuit of their W inter bobby. T hb P h i l a t e l i c C h r o n ic l e a n d A d v e r t i s e r ,” Fentham Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. W e anticipate an even greater success for All Articles are Copyright. the B ig I s s u e this year and we venture to Agents wanted in every Town. Terms on application. ask for every possible support in order to New Subscriptions to the “ Advertiser” are meet the big outlay we are prepared to entitled to one short Advertisement. Sub scription 6d. for 6 issues, post-free. entertain

A ll communications for the next issue should reach us by the Tenth of the Month at latest. We oannot CHRONICLE. guarantee insertion if received after that date. HAZIL.— The postal authorities are using up the August 31st, 1899. old stock by means of a purplish surcharge. The following are noted:— 50r, on 20r, green. OOHTBHT8. Page. lOOr. on SOr. green. 300r. on 200r. violet, Editorial; Chronicle...... S I Postman's Knock ...... 81 5D0r. on 300r. purple blue. The Postal Service in the Mountain Valleys of Andorra ... SS 600r, on 300r. grey. Philatelic Frauds; Two Stolen Stamp Baths ...... S t 700r, on 500r. grey. The German Colonial Stamps...... SS lOOOr. on 700r. brown. Eminent Men who Have Never Met Us ...... St lOOOr. on 700r. pale brown. Soeiety R e p o rts ...... 8« 2000r, on lOOOr. yellow. 83 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

C A N A D A — W e have received the three cents, rose, Well, having returned from the lovely valley of surcharged 2 CENTS In graduated type. Sabrina and left boating, swimming and forest 2 C EN TS on 3 cents, black surcharge. rambles behind, 1 suppose I must do something for HOLLAND.—Mr, R C. F. Schomberg has sent us the miserable pittance that rewards me for prostituting specimens of the now issue. The loner values are my mighty intellect to the purposes of philately, so oblong with the value in an oval, while the higher here goes for a few snippings to start with—I hope values are of the ordinary shape with a crowned bust to goodness the Boss will not expect anything original this month. of Queen Wilbelmina. • « • M AURITIUS — Mr. W. F. Dick has received a new The machines used by the American Government surcharge in red on the current 18c., 6— c e n t s . 6c. on 18o. for counting and tying postal cards in small bundles were made in Connecticut, and the two are capable of N O R W A Y .— The 2 ore has been issued in the counting 600,000 in ten hours, and wrapping and current type. tying the same in packages of 25 each. In thiB 2 ore buff-brown, operation the paper is pulled off a drum by two long SAN MARINO.—This little Repubtio is altering “ fingers” which come up from below, and another the colour of its Btamps in conformity with the Postal finger dips into a vat of mucilage and applies itself to Union regulations. the wrapping paper in exactly the right spot. Other parts of the machine twine the paper around the pack S IA M .—The undermentioned suroharge6 have been of cards, and then a thumb presses over the spot Issued. where the mucilage is, and the package is thrown up 1 att on 12 atts. on a belt ready for delivery. 2 atts on 61 atts, • 8 atts on 12 atts. • * Says Mr. Dolph Ostara, the well-known Manchester POBTOARD3, & 0. dealer and Auctioneer, in his terse and business-like manner :— The Manchester Exhibition was a huge ARGENTINA.—Wrappers with the new stamp success, n o e q u a l . Exhibits and entrance big, though have been issued. financially a loss owing of having no dealers’ stalls as jc . carmine on buff, in London. I bad my bands full, have been on four lo. blue „ committees, especially the banging was very trying to 2c. grey-blue „ us. I am glad it is over and all responsibility off our lo. green „ shoulders.” * IN D IA .— A new £ anna poBtoard is reported. Royal • » arms at left. Here is some pretty poetry lor you my childron I Q U E E N S L A N D .— A wrapper has been Issued with O. merchant, in thine hour of e e e, figures in all four corners. I f ou this paper you should o c c, Id. red on yellowish. And look for something to ap p p p M EXIC O .— Two new reply postcards have appearod. Your yearning for £ s. and d d d, lo. ■+■ lo. green, inscription in ultramarine. Take our advice and now be y y y, 2o. 4- So- rod, inscription in deep red. Go straight ahead and advert i i i, You’ll find the project of some u u u, Neglect can offer no ex q q q ; Be wise at once, prolong your d a a a, THE POSTMAN’S KNOCK. A silent business soon d k k k ; ” or th e question may be put more terseley in thiB H E office boy having returned from his holiday form s:— very brown and cheekier (if possible) than ever, I f you are wise and wise to rise, the Boss decided to publish this issue after all. Then pitch right in and advertise; Your very own P o s t m a n was quietly rusticating If you are not, then sit down sot, among the beauties of Worcestershire when he re And let your business go to pot. ceived a peremptory telegram commanding his presence—and he came though reluctant. [N.B.—To I thought these couplets were very applicable to the avoid misunderstanding please note that the beauties present time and I recommend them to those above referred to are the natural beauties of that most collectors and dealers who have not yet decided to lovely ebire in England—notwithstanding libellous advertise in the Big Issue of The Advertiser on •tories to the contrary.] Ootober 28th. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 83

Several changes are contemplated in the French the Treasury and deposited there. It is now thought Colonial postage stamps according to the CoKtrier des that the large commemorative 36 cents stamp of the Timbres Poste. Guadeloupe is to have a set of its Queen’s Jubilee will be re-perforated so as to make own, entirely different from the type common to all two stamps of each, worth 18 cents apiece; at the the French colonies. Indo-Cbina will also receive same time the large stamp will be retired from postage stamps of new designs, the territory now circulation. • covered by the name being divided into four distinct * * sections each of which will have a type of its own. Tho division made will embrace Indo-China proper, During the past few months the postal authorities Cochin-China, Cambodia, and Annam and Tonkin. of the Argentine Republic have been employing a » * method similar to that of the Tunisian officials for * replacing postage due stamps which do not exist in The average collector appears to entirely overlook either country. The amount to be collected on letters, the faot that a priced catalogue, published by a firm postage on which was insufficient or not paid at all, of stamp dealers, is issued m ainly with the object of has been attached in ordinary postage stamps per. informing their customers what goods they have in forated with the letters " C Y T ” which stands for stock, and what prices they want for those particular Correos y Telegrafos. These stamps are being used goods. And instead of realising this he is evidently in a number of post offices and are said to be under the impression that the publisher is a philatelic authorised by the government although no announce philanthropist. ment has been made officially, according to the * • * Revista Postal. W ith these few remarks we win now pass on to the next caravan. “ This is the ape. the Barbary ape, w h o "— Tut, tu t—I wander t I should say there are many countries in Europe of which used stamps are THE POSTAL SERVICE IN THE by no means difficult to obtain, in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, German Confederation and Empire, MOUNTAIN VALLEYS OF Belgium and Holland, there are hardly any expensive stamps, in France, Italy (not Italian States), Russia, ANDORRA. Turkey, Greece, aud Great Britain, the varieties used are by no means eipensive, and in Switzerland, in which all things considered there are perhaps a LL the world knows of the little Republic of greater number of expensive stamps than in any other Andorra situated in the midst of the mountain country, these rarities are principally confined to the fastnesses of the Pyrenees, wedged between Cantonal Btamps and in the Federal issues much the French Republio and the Kingdom of Spain. It amusement, pleasure and profit may still be derived, is nevertheless one of the oldest commonwealths of and powers < f observation receive an excellent train Europe, which has preserved its absolute indepen dence for more than eleven centuries, although ing and reward. * nominally it is to-day under the double suzerainty of * * the Spanish bishop of Urgel and of the French M. Marcel Pouget discovered a philatelic curiosity Government. Practically the 6,OOt inhabitants of of Sierra-Leone by accident the other day. When the little realm know no rulers except those chosen the change in the postal rates necessitated the creation by themselves as elders. of a 2jd postage stamp the postal authorities first It will perhaps surprise our philatelistic friends to used the stock of id. and 2d. Btamps, and when these learn that Andorra, the only country of Europe that had been used up they began to employ one half of that has no postage stamps, has a well organised the Id and one half of the 4d. stamps cut diagonally postal and telegraphic service, although there is not and pasted together so that it appeared like a stamp even a wagon road in the entire little land, the only of two colours. The cancellation B 31 must cover the means of communication being hardy mountain two halves without break in order to show its ponies and mules. genuineness. Letters from Andorra to points in France are • • • centralized in the city of Andorra, the capital, until M. Maury’s correspondent at Mauritius writes that 10 o'clock of the evening ; next morning at five a the Bale of surcharged stamps at the post office was messenger takes the package and carries it across the the cause of riots and that the police had to quell the mountains to So deu, the last Andorran settlement, disturbance raiBed by stamp collectors who fought for where he meets toward eleven o'clock in the morning a place near the stamp window. As a consequence the French mail-carrier coming alternately from the Governor ordered the surcharged stamps taken to 1’Hospitalet or PortA the nearest French poBt offices, 84 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

At Soldeu they exchange their mail saoks and each < Collectionneur do Timbres• Posit.’’ The complainant was Mr. H. Riberio, who stated that in April and May, two of his postage stamp- books— one of Colonial stamps, valued at £85, and another of Native States stamp, valued at Rs. 150— were Btolen by his poen, Bala Luximou, since con PHILATELIC FRAUDS. victed, from whom the aocused subsequently pur chased the property. The defence was that the charge was trumped-up Collated by N on-Lex. against the accused by All Mahomed, whom the accused had removed from partnership in his business [AM information and supposed forgeries may be sent of selling stamps. At the request of accused’s counsel, to Non-Lex. Doubtful stamps examined free. Return M r. Vakharia, a witness summons was issued on Mr. postage must be sent.] J. M. Moses, who was reported to have sold used NITED STATES.—A new forged or reprinted stamps to the accused. Mr. Vakharia addressed the issue of the pony express stamps has recently Court, but he did not call any evidence for the U come to light. It is reported the plates were defence. Accused was convicted and sentenced to found in the old established printing-house of Britton six months’ rigorous imprisonment, THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 86

THE GERMAN COLONIAL were surcharged with the names of the five colonies alongside of e&oh other, all on the same sheet, so that STAMPS. there were twenty stamps of each colony on each sheet, arranged in two vertical rows. As values in tended to be used only in one or two colonies were surcharged like all the others, proofs are in existence ERMAN East Africa was the first German of values never issued. These proofs having been colony to receive postage stamps of its own, sent out to the bureau of the International Postal mainly because of the different currency used Union at Berne, soon found their way into hands of in that country. The fiist issue— 1893—without the i some dealers and, quite naturally, were duly recorded name of the colony consisted of the following values : and catalogued as authentic, long before they were 2 pesa on 3 pf. brown ; 2 p. on 5 pf. green ; 5 p. on 10 issued by the German government, which entirely ignored whatever was written or said about the pf. red ; 10 p. on 20 pf. blue ; and 25 p. on 50 pf. red- philatelic aspect of these stamps. brown. The second issue— 1896— consist of the same The five colonies thus printed together on a sheet values surcharged “ Dcutsch Ostafrika,” and a new were : German South-west Africa, Cameroon, Togo. value diagonally across the stamp. German New Guinea and Marshall Islands in order Of German Southwest Africa there are two distinct given. This arrangement appears twice on each issues. The name of the colony in the first reads sheet of one hundred stamps. It also accounts for “ Deutsch Sudwegt-Afrika,” in the second “ Deutsch the existence of German colonial stamps of different Sudweetafrika.” O f the former— 1897— only the 3, 6, colonies in blocks. The writer has seen a block of 10 and 20 pf. were ever issued in that colony. There six stampB showing horizontally the three Africa was no use for a stamp of 25 pf. and 50 pf.t postage colonies. Not one of the proof sets has ever been stamp was only ordered after the second issue was intended to be sent to the colonies for actual use. circulated. The second issue was prepared in the fall These sets were exclusively printed for “ internal of 1898. The first values to appear with the second use as the respective decree plainly indicates. Yet a line of the inscription in one word were the 10 and 50 few sets were sent to their respective colonies, particu p f., in October 1898 and the 20 pf. on December 7th. larly by employees of the colonial office, with the No. 25 pf. postage stamp has ever been introduced instruction to paste the entire set upon one envelope, into the colony and the 8 and 6 pf. postage stamps cancel it and return it “ within another envelope” have not as yet been issued to the colonies for there (for protection from soiling as well as from scandal I) is a sufficient stock of the first issue on hand. Full to the sender. Several such envelopes, obtained by sets of the seoond issue were obtained from the Berlin the connivance of postal officials, bave reaohed the Colonial office and cannot come from the oolony; yet philatelies market and, of course, command very good some German catalogues quote this set new or used. prices I have seen a full set of the stamps of South There seems to be but very little information west Africa (1st issue) including the 25 and 50 pf. abroad about the actual issues of the German colonial (never issued) used postally on an envelope that had postage stamps. The catalogues are all more or less never been sealed and cancelled “ Windhoek ” in incorrect, the dealers cannot obtain some stamps and June 1897, before the stamps had actually reached have never seen some others, yet all of these stamps that colony. are quoted with prices for both used and unused specimen in some European catalogues. Thus a dealer of Aix-la-Chapelle quotes 3 pf. of the Marshall Islands used (I), although this value has never been printed. This state of things has caused much trouble in Germany among philatelists in general and EMINENT MEN WHO HAVE the Germania-ring, a union of philatelic societies, has taken the. initiative in clearing up the mystery They NEVER MET US. have published a complete list of the German colonial postage stamps actually issued and many mistakes in albums and catalogues can now be correoted according HE object of f bis panegyric is Major Henry to this list. Apples Chapman, of Rocky-town-on-the-trolley, Con. Tne major is only so by brevet, his It is an easy matter to explain how the values ostensible occupations being farming in the summer never officially issued were catalogued by ordinarily and catching trolley cars in winter. This last sport well informed stamp papers. When in the experi is quite a u fa it in the east and in the west we have a mental at&ge, from January to March, 1897, about modified form called “ jumping electrics.” Though ' 1,000 sets were primed as proofs, or essays, in the somewhat past twenty our friend is a young man in following manner. German current sheets of stamps philately, his advent dating back only a few years, 86 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

H e 1b tall, standing several feet besides the two in bis ing the hot weather, those for June amounting to stockiDgs. He weighs twenty stone stripped of seal | £2157 11s. 10jd., those for July to £1632 Is. 3)d,, and skin overcoat and gum boots. He is dark, but fair in I owing to the reduced prices, the percentage of sales his dealings and sports a wavy moustache that is the I is very good, many of the better class sheets being despair of every passing breeze. He has a Roman well cleared, and anything in the shape of really fine nose which he carries with him constantly and which old stamps at fair prices is quickly snapped up, for gives an air of determination and force to otherwise instance, the first 12 have bought £160 Is. 10d. off benevolent features. July Balance. Major Chapman first riveted the attention of the Seventeen mombers of our Society won 30 medals, Btampio world by commencing the publication of the besides diplomas, at the recent Manchester Exhibition. Perforator, which achieved much fame and a certain W, B. Avery, silver medal, Switzerland ; silver medal, position in the journalistic world. He disposed of Confederate States. P. M. Bright, (Bright and Son), this to Mr. J. W. S to well, of Federxlsburg, Md , and bronze medal, Philatelic Literature. W. Brown, the Pennsylvania Philatelist was afterwards married , bronze medal Great Britain (used); bronze medal, to it. After being relieved of publishing cares, Major ' post cards. H Buckley, silver medal, Norway ; silver C. became at once in demand as a contributor to the medal, Scandinavia. S M. Castle, gold medal, U.S. A.; press generally and as a review editor. In the latter bronze medal, Best exhibit shewn by a member of a capacity it may be remarked that he is rj-.iew editor Provincial Society ; silver medal, Best exhibit shewn for nearly all the monthly publications, except those by a member of the Birmingham Philatelic Society. which employ Miss Swift for that office. The Major R. Dalton, bronze medal and diploma. Albums. W. was born a printer, had Linotype operating thrust Hadlow, bronze medal, for best exhibit shewn by a upon him, and achieved farming. It is in the latter member of the Birmingham Philatelic Sooiety. J E. role that he most delights his friends and neighbours. Heginbottom, silver medal, Great Britain (used); Hia comprehensive ignorance of all things bucolic is bronze medal, Ceylon, Queensland, Victoria; bronze really delightful to contemplate. Horny handed sons medal, Barbados, St. Vincent, St. Lucia. P. Kohl, of toil on farms come for miles to see the Major in his bronzo medal and diploma. Albums. F. W. Lake, great farming feats, such as feeding the pig with one bronze medal, rare stamps. C. F Larmour, hand tied behind him, and shoeing a husky calf with silver medal, Portuguese Indies. J. N. Marsden, dignity and a fence rail. As indicated by our title, silver medal, Portugal; silver medal, Azores, Madeira: Major Chapmen has not yet achieved his pet dream, silver medal, given bv I.P.S. W. Pimm, silver medal. but we have agreed to meet him half way if he will St. Lucia. C. J. Phillips (Stanley Gibbons, Ltd.,) come to Colorado. Our friend has a wife aud ore son, bronze medal and diploma, Philatelic Literature; both of whom are interested in stamps, but in different bronze medal and diploma, Albums ; diploma. Phila ways and from different points of view. telic Accessories. T. Ridpatb, silver medal. Post Cards. W . T. W illett, silver medal. Great Britain Long may the Chapman family wave I— The (unused) ; silver medal, Nevis ; silver medal, most Stampman. meritorious exhibit in Clsss 1. W. T. Wilson, silver medal, Mexico ; bronze medal aDd diploma, Albums. The Annual Meeting w ill be held at 8 p m., Oct. 5th, when the Annual Report will be presented show ing considerably increased membership, and a very SOCIETY REPORTS. satisfactory percentage of sales in the exchange packets. The total value of the packets is somewhat less as in all exchanges, some of the members having BIRMINGHAM PHILATELIC SOCIETY. locked up iheir duplicates until another catalogue appears, end others are sending less, as in numerous cases the cutting down process has been far too drastic. Honorary President:— W . B. A v e b y , E sq. The prospects of the coming session are very bright, President:— W . T. W il s o n , E sq . frr we have more members and more applications Vice-Presidents:— R . H o l l ic k , E sq.; W . P im m ,E sq. than we have ever had, and the Btatus of the applicants is as high as ever. Committee Mr. H. R. B e w l a y ; Mr. P. T. D e a k in Our next session commences on Oct, 1st (when all Mr. W . P. W adam s ; Mr. T. W, P ec k ; Mr. C. A. subscriptions are due), and we welcome English, St e p h e n s o n ; Mr. W. S. V a d g h t o n . Foreign, and Colonial collectors, and dealers of good Hon. Secretary and Treasurer:— M r . G, J o h n s o n , standing, feeling confident that we can offer ex B.A., 208, Birchfield Road, Birmingham. ceptional benefits to all. For years past we have cir culated more valuable rackets than any other Society The summer packets have been very fair, consider In the world, and pur list of members, including the THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 87 foremost philatelists of the world, gives a good indica tion of buying powers if suitable stuff is sent to us at STAMP COLLECTORS !— Please Note !! reasonable prices, and this is only one of the many We have reoeived, for sale, from a Correspondent, a advantages we offer. small consignment of W est Indian used The Annual Report with Rules, etc., will be sent i Stam ps, as follows :— on application to anyone who has not already received | 25 Barbados Jubilee .. 4d. one. 25 „ ,, .. Jd. Advertisements for the next issue published on 25 Oct. 5th. must reach the Hon. Sec. by Sept. 20th. .. Id. .. 2jd. The Society guarantees 4,000 copies to start with. 12 M j| ♦ • 6 British Guiana Jubilee • • e 60s 1^ It »* . .. 2c. 9 II 1| 11 . .. To. MIDLAND COUNTIES STAMP EXCHANGE Highest Offer received by August 20th accepted. (Established 1886).

Hon. Secretary :— W . G. W a l t o n , Fentham Road, P h i l a t e l i c P u b l i s h i n g C o ., Birmingham. F e n t h a m R o a d , H a n d s w o r t h , B ir m in g h a m ,

The August packets are of excellent quality con sidering the time of year. There are vacancies for one or two new members. Subscriptions do not com mence until January, 1900, so ladies or gentlemen Swedish Stamps t desirous of joining would have a good opportunity of gauging the advantages of the Exchange before per IN manently deciding. Good references indispensable. Monthly settlements. Rules, &c., from secretary, as SETS, MIXTURES & PACKETS, above. Offered very cheap. Price list free.

We PRINT nd CIRCULATE Price-Lists, SETS. etc., for Dealers, and Save 75% of Postage Service, 15 different, 10 sets .. 6 /« The Publishers of the P.C . A A. and Advertiser will send out 1,000 circulars to Philatelists with The Unpaid, 10 „ 10 „ .. 6/- Advertiser for 10/- To post 1,000 circulars costs £2 Is. 8d. We save you Every kind and quantity of Swedish £1 11a. 8d. ALL. KINDS OP PRINTING EXECUTED. Stamps supplied at once. ESTIMATES FREE.

HERMAN LINDBERG, UNUSED FOREIGN & COLONIAL. MALMO, SWEDEN. THE Philatelic Publishing Co. have a large quantity of current and obsolete unused stamps paid to them by foreign corres pondents. which they wish to dispose of a t fa o s v a lu e . They will send jo/-. Si, £ 7 , or larger lots for cash. Colonials 11 only 5% premium. Non-Colonials only j% discount. Try a small lot and say whether assorted or low values are wauled. Philatelic Publishing Co., Fantham Road, Birmingham. The only Philatelic Journal of the Austrian Empire. 46. per These stamps are s useful means of sending small remittances year, post free. Specimen copy, post free. abroad. i j franos In Belgian for 1/3 ; 185 one kopec, Russian, for 3/*; Editor, T. DUSCHEK, Weinberge 822, Prague, t roubles, various, at face value, less 3%; 340 rels, Portugal and Loureof0 Marquez, for 14,-1 New Zealand, jd. new issue, 4/4 per Desires txehanfi o f stamps, basis of Stanley Gibbons, 100, 4m. Scott, Ac. Aug 88 THK PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

ALL DRALERS should see our 12pp. Wholesale List of used and unused Stamps, Cheap Sets, Variety Packets, Mounts, Continentals, and Stamp Albums. Post free on receipt of business card or memorandum. EVERY COLLECTOR should possess our 68pp Retail List. (“ The neatest and most interesting we have seen this year, bar none.”—Philatelic Chronicle.) Full of bargains in Sets, Packets, Albums, and single Stamps. Gratis and post free on application. WE ARE BUYERS. at all times, of large Wholesale Stocks, Remainders, &o., &o., to any amount, at low prices, FOR PROMPT CASH ONLY. Jn E R R IN G T O N <$c M AR TIN , SOUTH HACKNEY, LONDON, N.E. EX,HAt>GE! EXCHANGE! IXCHAhGEl 1 * F. G. ROWE, - WHOEVER sends 100—200 or 500 postage stamps ! (FORMERLY OF BATH), (not fiscals) of British and French Colonies, Malta, Gibraltar, North and south America, Surinam, • 22, Desborough Road, PLYMOUTH. Curacao, Hawaiian Islands, and Asiatic Stamps in good condition, will receive per return of mail, under 1 Please note alteration o f Address. register cover through any Levant foreign office stamped with different values, same number, value I WILL EXCHANGE . . . and quantity of Oriental Stamps (old Turkish, I All issues and values of British Colonials in Persian, Montenegrian, Bulgarian, Roumanian, any quantity. Exchange given in scarce Egyptian, Bosnian, Greek, and foreign Levant Offices stamps, wholesale lots or cheap packets and iglish, German, French, Austrian, and Russian). sets, as desired. re against rare. Senders are requested to register WILL PURCHASE . , . Stheir letters as I am not responsible for letters lost in transit. For cash, collections or good loose stamps, in small or large lots. Highest prices for un A ddress :— used British and British Colonials. Books, A. G. SERGHIADES, Sheets and Sets for Agents or Collectors. Regular correspondents required in all No. 31, Rue Yukspk Kaldirim, No. 31. countries. CONSTANTINOPLE. Bankers : CHEQUE BANE, LIM ITED. Jy Member of the Birmingham Philatelic Society, International Society of Philately of Dresde, Phila T. e n r y ^ r u f f e l l , telic Club of Metz, &c. u 53, TEVIOT STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, CHEAP DATIVE INDIAN STAMPS. ESTABLISHED, 1882. per is. per 100. WHOLESALE PRICES, s. d. s, d, OFFERS THE FOLLOWING BARGAINS:— Travaneore, Jch ...... 0 i 8 „ ich ...... 0 8 1 s. d. s. d. „ 2ch ...... 0 8 ( 12 P e r s ia ...... 1 0 2 Natal Prov. Jd., A lvar, iarnii ...... 0 8 8 9 Haiti ...... 1 0 6d., Jd., Id. ... 1 0 Cochin, 1891, i puttac ...... 1 0 6 1 0 8 Hawaii ...... „ August, 1898, i t blue ...... 0 6 8 10 Newfoundland... 0 10 .. . .. Jp green ...... 0 8 ( 10 W. Australian... 1 0 7 British Guiana Deccan,} anna ...... 0 8 1 2 ,, Provl, 1 0 Prov...... 1 6 Gwa.lon, Jhlnd, or Pottailla, service ... 0 * S 3 6 Siam ...... 0 9 Canada 2d., 1864 2 0 •, 1, la ,,...0 8 8 1 Holkar. ianna ...... 0 8 8 0 6 „ Provl. ... 1 0 Trinidad Is.mauve Slrmeor, i anna ...... 0 7 8 8 7 St. Helena ohs. 2 8 1864-76 2 0 CHEAP PACKETS, is varieties for Sd., 2; for 2 6 „ current 1 0 WHOLCSALC LIST FRCI. CASH WITH ORDER, All Warrahtrd uisd Post all y, Mr 0 . S, IYER A CO., Attnngal, Travencore, India. ]y Selections sent on approval.

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W. C. PROUDFOOT, T R A N S V A A L , 1/-, green shafts,, •u n u sefe^ j (Member! jitJ.) I - price 12y6. P O. Box 11, 8T. VINCENT, W.I. A N T IG U A Revenues, set of 8, unused-, I s . dL Bahamas, r, 24, 4,6, i(- per set 2 7 price Barbados, J, 4, t, ii. 4, 6, 8,10 • 3 2 SPA IN , Revenue Stamps, set of 25, m a n y v ^ I Bermuda, 4, 1, 3. 4, 6,1/- v ■ '3 1 O re a a d a .f i,2|, 3.a, 8, r/- „ 3 2 unused, price 4/‘,•' 3 0 . G am bia,), i> a, 2I.3, 4.6,1/- M«rl e v ’ s Catalogue of . English y Postage, 8t. L n cla ,i, i,y j, 3, 4.6.1/- ,, 2 10 Trlnfdad, i, 1, a], 4, 5, 6, 1/- , ... 3 1. Railway’s Entires and all varieties 'of Turk* Island, 4,1, si, 4, 5, 6,.i/- ...... „ 3 0 Leeward Islands, 4, i. ij, 4. 6, 7, 1/- „ 3 2 Fiscals," price 2/6. . .[-J Jamatca. 4.1. 2,2%, 3, 4. 0. >/• .. 3 1 Morlby’s 'Catalogue of Colonial Revenue :-\'- . British Guiana, to, 20,4c, ; c,6j,8 c, mc, 14c 3 1 ,, . ' Picture Series, rt, 20, jc, io« 15c „ 1 » Stamps, 2/6. ^ British Honduras, ic, 20^50, 6c,:-roc, uc, 246 3 0 iL u n d y ’ s .Catalogue-of Swiss and’ German/ Barbados, 2/ff . ... — - each 2 0 Jamaica, 2/-; British Oulana, 48c , ' „ 2 3 Stales, Fiscals, 1/6. Bahamas, JamaicaBt. Lucia, Trinidad, - Lsaiard Island* Sf- ' S 8 Bt. Lucia, TTlniaad, 10/- 10 9 . Bahamas, Trinidad £1 «.. ' 21 0 WALTER MORLEYi ^ Any 0/ thi above, stamps may bepurchased at flight advance .over fact value . 15, BR0WHH1U CARDERS, ... jg POLLOWIBO ST.'YIH'CENT AT FACE VALUE: . 13 green, :ci carmine, 2td b!ue sd- brawn, ad yellow, 6d lilac, I/- Hither' Green, Catford, London, S.E. - f. ' ‘ vermilion, 5/- Jake. i 88p issue type of Leeward islands, 4, r, 24, 3.4. 5. 6.«/-. i f ; ~ All above stamps. uNusleo in mint condition. OUR LATEST NOVELTY Fo r philatelists,-is a. ruled approval book, which is absolutely': Post Office Orders payable “ Kingstown,'SI. Vincent." Cash ; ' the finest In the trade- •with order. Postage'and Registration estra 1st—Each book if ruled to hold 120 stamps (on one side o f the ■ ‘-t No notion whatever taken of exchange sendings. )y caper only), and is printed on IbanlTp; [-paper: . . . ■ i ‘ 2nd.—Each bookaok is bonnd in a strongstro artistic cover, printed in colour. 3rd.—Each book will fit an ordinary envelope without folding, MR. D. OSTARAj 4th.—Each book contains the usual Instructions printed Ifl tbe Etupieh French, end Berman Languages, a Bogs to. announce that feature only to be found la our boohs. ■FOURTH EDITION NOW READY. Their POPULAR & SUCCESSFUL SALES ISforSd.; 28 for 1/2 *, 50 for 2s ; 180 for 3s. M. Carnage paid. \ ■ The nth edition of our celebrated ruled sheet's io now ready.' - WILL BE HELD’ A* THE Eacb catalogues may be obtained at :8, Piccadilly, Manchester, " I f you wan bio dispose of your Stamps, send them to us, wo 14, Chester Careen Road, DERBY. send you cash within eight days Esubiisbed 1885. tfn Future sales frill be held In Manchester on dates an* JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING iioanced.later I b tbe secret of success. Desultory advertising pays but little put your ad. in A ll enquiries to be addressed - m i l * * * l i * Oldest Philatelic Uagatine in the State. MR. D. OSTAR A, Subscription aye. a year. Free Exchange Column. gtnntg. gguetioMcar, - ' L. T. BRODSTONB, -:lfr Business Manager, .MANCHESTER* SUPBBIOR, NEBRASKA, 0 . 8 . 1 . In answering Advertisements please mention •* Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser. \ ' J - . . ''

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ALL DEALERS should see our 12pp. Wholesale List of used and unused Stamps, Cheap Sets, Variety Packets, Mounts, Continentals, and Stamp Albums. Post free on receipt of business card or memorandum. EVERY COLLECTOR should possess our 6 8 pp Retail List. (“ The neatest and most interesting we have seen this year, bar none”—Philatilic Chronicle.) Full of bargains in Sets, Packets, Albums, and single Stamps. Gratis and post free on application. WE ARE BUYERS at all times, of large Wholesale Stocks, Remainders, &c , &c., to any amount, at low prices, FOR PROMPT CASH ONLY. jn ERRINGTON <& MARTIN. SOUTH HACKNEY, LONDON, N.E. EX.HAi'GE! EXCHANGE! EXCHANGE! = F. G. ROWE, = WHOEVER sends 100— 200 or 500 postage stamps (FORMERLY OF BATHA (not fiscals) of British and French Colonies, Malta. Gibraltar, North and t outh America, Surinam, 22, Desborough Road, PLYMOUTH, Curacao, Hawaiian Islands, and Asiatic Stamps in good condition, will receive per return of mail, under Please- note alteration of Address. register cover through any 1 evant foreign cilice stamped with different values, same number, value WILL EXCHANGE . . . and quantity of Oriental Stamps (old Turkish, All issues and values of British Colonials in Persian, Montenegrian, Bulgarian, Roumanian, any quantity. Exchange given in scarce Egyptian, Bosnian, Greek, and foreign Levant Offices stamps, wholesale lots or cheap packets and (English, German, French, Austrian, and Russian). sets, as desired Rare against rare. Senders are requested to register i WILL PURCHASE , . . their letters as I am not responsible for lotters lost in , transit. For cash, collections or good loose stamps, in small or large lots. Highest prices for un A d d r e s s used British and British Colouials. Books, A. G. SERGHIADES, Sheets and Sets for Agents or Collectors. Regular correspondents required in ail No. 31, Rue Yuk5Pk Kaldirim, No. 31 countries. CONSTANTINOPLE. Bankers: CHEQUE BANK, LIM ITED. Jy Member of the Birmingham Philatelic Society, International Society of Philately of Dresde, Phila LENRY RUFFELL, telic Ciub of Metz, &c. m 53, TEVIOT STREET, PCPLAR, LONDON. CHEAP HATIYE INDIAN STAMPS. ESTABLISHED, 1862. per 12. per 100- WHOLESALE PRICES. s. d. s. d. OFFERS THE FOLLOWING BARGAINS Iravancore, }ch 0 4 2 0 8. d. 8. d. .. i c h ...... 0 3 1 6 „ 2ch ... 0 8 4 0 12 P e r s ia ...... 1 0 2 Natal Prov. }d., Alw&r. 1 anna 0 8 3 0 9 Haiti ...... 1 0 6d., id ., Id. ... 1 0 Cochin, 1891, $ pm tan 1 0 0 0 10 Newfoundland... 1 0 8 H a w a ii...... 0 10 „ Augu.t, iSyS, la blue 0 e 3 8 „ „ jp green 0 8 4 6 10 W. Australian... 1 0 7 Biitish Guiana D eccan, 1 anna 0 3 1 4 2 ,, Provl. 1 0 Prov...... 1 6 Owa ion. Jnlnd, or Putta.lla, la service 0 4 2 3 6 Siam ...... 0 9 Canada 2d., 1861 2 0 .. >• la „ 0 6 S 4 Hoikar. i anna 0 6 s 0 6 „ Provl. 1 0 Trinidad Is.mauve Slrin o o r, J anna 0 7 3 8 7 St. Helena obs. 2 3 1864-76 2 0 CH EAP P A C K E T 8 ,12 rarieiies for 8d„ 25 for 2/-. 5 „ current 1 0 W h o l e s a l e l i s t rate. CASH WITH ORDER. All Warranted u s e d P o s t a l v . Mr C, S. IYER 8r CO., Atcungal, Traveneor*. India. I t Selections sent on approval.

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TRANSVAAL, i /-, green shafts, unused, W. C. PROUDFOOT, (Member I-P.U.) price 1276. P.O. Box 11, ST. VINCENT, W.I. ANTIGUA Revenues, set of 8, unused, d. Bahamas, i. zj, 4, 6, 1 /- per set 7 price 4 /-. Barbados, J, j, 1 si. 4. 6. 8, 10 2 SPAIN, Revenue Stamps, set of 25, many Lierrauda, 4, t, 5, sj, 3.4,6, ■/- 1 Grenada, 4. 1.2). 3.6.8,1/- 2 unused, price 4 /-. 6 Gambla, 4, 1, 2, 2), 3, 4. ,1/- M o k l e y ’ s 8t. Lucia, 1, 1, 2j, 3, 4, 6. i/- Catalogue of English Postage, Trinidad, 4.1. sj. 4.5.6.1/- Railway's Entires and all varieties of Turks Island, 4, 1. 24,4, 5, 6, ■/- Leeward Islands, 4.1.24,4, 6, 7, 3 0 ,, 1 and 5 rupees. P ■ t of 2 15 0 VIRGIN ISLANDS. 1899. Jd, green, block of six, containing the two errors “ h a l v p p n n y ” and “ h a l p f e h n y " .. 4 0 FINLAND. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 20, 35, 50 kopecs, 1, 31, and 7 roubles. Set of 13 38 0 These stamps are about to be withdrawn and will advance in price. GWALIOR 2,3, and 5 rupees. Set of 3 ...... 40 0 ,, Errors, “ Sersiv ” instead of “ Servis," in blocks of four. PRICES ON APPLICATION, CHAMBA- 2,3, and5rup

THE & R iuerg«r ^t«Relapel © otafegae O P T H E POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE WORLD. A superior Edition can now be supplied, bound in cloth, gilt lettered on side and back, and interleaved throughout with plain white paper of good quality for the reception of MS: notes. It also contains a supplementary list of new issues up to April. 9C Price 3/« Post Free. The ordinary Edition of the Catalogue is still on sale, price 1/3 Post free. WHITFIELD KING & CO., IPSWICH.

Printed for the Publishers by Randall Brothers, Aston Cross; Birmingham, August 31st, 1899. FREE TILL NEXT H. H. ASHWORTH & CO, JANUARY. J.H.Lacy&Co. 8 3 , BROWN STREET, , Established 1886. FOREIGN STAMP LAR G E ST & BEST MERCHANTS, To Buy. Sell, or Ex MANCHESTER. change, join the 77, Lower Road, Midland Counties COLLECTORS who study their own interests write Stamp Exchange. Rotherhithe.S.E. Rales from us for selections. Speciality: Medium and rare Stamps. W. G. Walton, ENGLAND. Fentham Road, W H O L E S A L E P R IC E L IS T , free to Dealers. —o— Hands worth, Large Collections and Parcels of Stamps wanted for cash ESTABLISHED 1871. ______Birmingham. V isitors to Manchester are requested to call and inspect our large stock v THE H = 2. erw o PI": r. » 2 < r»!ltis8 • j 2 c S.P B-S'i o © •9 (S - = ® 3 --I 3 S 2 S = - » 3 | § h ’ ••• 50 o t, « # n v O 6! 5'D 2.0 CO © O A N D \ V > a o 2. ft 2 S' n 3 5 a S 3 o —I u A 3 > 3 D Sao^.B r'o-o — 2 a a = 2.0 -*» — 05 s2 rt = □ s t „ . a a* c » t x‘ a -g 3* a 2. h 2 - 3 5 •e* c <9 o > ADVERTISER s '* o S a i g - g g ^ a s a. H«*! a «* cE- AND PHILATELIC TIMES. •3 ? • S iff “ p » CTJ •2 ir Y o l. 8. SEPT. 30, 1899. No. 12- » 70 5 .3 3 = v ^ 2 2 G,* * S» SC? z S» E —T tan r*' ~ —S ?!T S-» c | o £ i/6 per Annum, post free. o * * CT5 C0 S a §* 3 ® S cfS £ « 2 -o ■&8 r ® 2-3 » 8 3.0 'H 00 di FENTHAM ROAD, HANDSWORTH. Is F|? V) M ^ 3 « -PJ K “O w c BIRMINGHAM. m * OC tA 3 0 ^ X Agrents of P. C. aud A* ;?£ " 3S ^*95.2 to3 p~ n ? x Bath. FISH E R T IT L E Y & CO Sydney Buildings 09 Li s i s S) £} 3 2 3 3 XI Belgium A. de M EESTER, Oudenoourg, Ostenri, o—2 j f ^2,2 2. iiS TO“ «Sft I?*' c «: 5 Canada. R. S. MASON. Hamilton. 5 t/j O 3’i »o r a CO Denmark. MISS E. BARCLAY, Roskilde (6 8» -< ® O »t«S W - •. 5 o 3 n — W « 3 Ito Grimsby. W. M. DAW SON, is, Princes Avenue 2,“>S 3 g. O Holland. H BASART Capersteeg 4. Rotterdam o §"3:2-0a 2 a3 s-b- D5 . 3 w I Hungary. SZEK BELA. 55, Vaczi-Koriu, Buda Pest. 3 Is 5 2 .;«“ a s.? >8 < London. }. W. FU LLW O O D , 42, Jasmine Grove, Penge. £5 .1s 5 - h a a S- n i GO t. Liverpool. 1. G. PRICE, 6, Butler Terrace, Liverpool, E, 8o-3^8g.2 3- f f s e a CQ eo Malta. A. MUSCAT, 270, Strada Reale, Valetta. S ,» « c o Manchester. H. G. B o L T O N , Moses Gate. = - " ft3 - New Zealand. Zealandia Foreign Stamp Depot, Fielding, g 3-8 ng 3 a ? s S ? 5 £? * S ^ te r X U.S.A. L. T BRODSTONE. Box 116, Superior, Neb. 5”! S ' S3 „ W. S. WEATHERSTON, 25. Whitehall St., N.Y. n i-ifS ^)2 o| o « H „ Z E N IT H C IT Y S TA M P CO., Duluth, Minn. *» ? » o 3 T s n Wigan. W. D1T C H F IE L D , 194, Doming Street. CMTCRCD' AT STATIONERS* HALL. STAMP COLLECTORS’ ALMANAC, 1899. T H IS SPACE Walter Morley, TO DEC. 15th. 2d. (Post Free, 2£d.) 15. BROWNHILL BRIGHT, CHATTY a n d USEFUL. . .-GARDENS, LET. Can be ordered at JOHN MENZIES 8 CO., Edinburgh, or at CATFORD, H.E. railway bookstalls. The Almanack mar be obtained from the P h il a t e l ic Publishing Co., Fentham Road, Handsworth Birmingham. POSTAGE, . 9 / - . Sheets on approval, 30% discounts. Packets and sets cheap ' FISCAL FOR AND Campbell, I ngles & co., TELEGRAPH SIX MONTHS. . . . CARLISLE. . . . STAMPS. 11. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

IM ew issues THE 1899 AND SUPPLEMENT Cheap Xines. * unused. s. d, To the “ ROWLAND HILL" PACKET British Guiana, 1898, 1 to 16c., 5 .. .. 2 3* „ „ 1899, two cents on 10c. .. 0 4* C0LLECTI6N is now ready. Pros ,, „ 1899, two cents on 15c. .. 0 4* pectus sent on application. Porto Rico, 1898-99, provl. set of 9 .. .. 2 0* Straits Settlements, 1899, 4c. on 8c. blue 0 3* ,, 1899, 4c. on 5c. car. 0 3* „ „ 1899, 4c. on 5c. brn. 0 4* Ceylon, 1898,6c. on 15c, ...... 02* Canada, 1898, 6c. brown (figs.) .. ..0 3 ALFRED SMITH & SON, Brazil, 1898, 50r, on 20r., green .'. .. 0 3* 37 & 39, ESSEX STREET, Canada, 1897, Jubilee 8 cents .. .. 0 9* STRAND, ,, 1897, Jubilee ^c. black .. .. 1 9 LONDON. „ 1898. 2c. Map, Lavender Sea .. 0 3* ,, 1898, 2c. Map, blue ...... 02* Porto Rico, 1899; on U.R., lc., 2c., 5c. & 10c. 1 4* is- A FEW OFFERS. Cuba, 1899. on U.S., lc., 2c., 2}c , 3c , 5c. ALL UNUSED & MINT. and 10c...... 1 10* si- British Bechuana, set Id,, 4d., 6d., & l/- .. 3 6 Samoa, 1899, 2£d. on ]/-, red surch. error .. 0 6* Chili, 1 peso .. .. ., ..16 Newfoundland, 1898,2c. vermilion (Prince) 0 2* Luxemburg, 1891, Official (S.P.), 10, 12$, 20, 25, 30, 3vic...... 3 0 Newfoundland, 18o. orange ,. ..29 “ The 1859 Popular" Price List of „ 24c. blue ...... 1 6 New Zealand, Od. brown, 1882 .. .. 0 7 BRITISH COLONIALS. „ 1/-brown-red, 1882 .. 1 3 ,, 4d. rose, 1898 .. . . 0 5 The Cheapest & Best List in the Trade, ,, 1/- orange-red 1898 .. .. 1 2 POST FREE ON APPLICATION. Queensland, 1/* mauve, 1882 ... .. 1 3 Russia, 1 rouble ...... 20 It will pay you to see this List before West Australia, 3d,, CC and Crown, brown 1 0 buying elsewhere. ,, 6d, violet, 1885 .. .. 0 7 W. B. KIRKPATRICK, W. GEORGK, OLOSEBURN, BOURNEMOUTH. Roland Road, Handsworth, Birmingham.

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The Philatelic Chronicle is addition to its vary large circle Pj^ilatelie CBfoniele: 4 KcU-eptiggp of Subscribers, is sent to all tlio members of tiie A N D PHILATELIC TIME Birmingham Philatelic Society end Midland Counties Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journal of these PUBLISHED MONTHLY. Societies. Combined membership over 400. S ubscription , 1/6 per A nn cm. Subscriptions commence with current number. Back numbersoi Vois. I, I f , III, IV, V, VI & V II, 6d. T or about this time last year we Specimen, Id. Odd numbers of Vol. V III, 2d. each. Back Nos. of tho Advertiser 2/G, for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and ventured to predict a good season for 11, and 3d. each all others. stamps. W e were presumptuous. ADVERTISEMENTS. W e forgot the advice of that sagacious 2/6 Per Inch. Limit, O Lines to the inch. journalist across the big pond “ Never Liberal discount for a series. Unused English Stamps accepted in payment to prophesy unless you know " and, in racing any amount. parlance, we came unstuck, for it was not a Short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 21 words for Sixpence, three insertions at tho price of two. good season. Since then many things have The Advertiser is the best medium for short Advertise happened, ptincipal among which is the fall ments of wants and oilers, published Semi-Monthly. Subscriptions and advertisements must be prepaid. in prices, and the coming season bids fair to Halfpenny Stamps should always be sent- in prefer- be a great improvement upon the last. cnce to those of any other value. Money from abroad must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts under 2 - may be sent by unused stamps, higher With this issue the great majority of sub values, at current rate of exchange. Unused scriptions to the Philatelic Chronicle end— this U.S. and Canadian high values accepted at face value, Postal and Money Orders payable at being the last number of volume eight. With It itton Road, Aston. our next month’s publication we commence Liberal discount for a series of Advertisements. V o l . I , I I, I I I , IV ,V ,or VI, bnd. cloth gilt, Post-free 6/- volume nine, and our friends would confer a Vol. I , I I , I I I , I V , V, VI,m ay lie obtained U n b o u n d 5/- very great favour by renewing their subscrip Von. V II., B o u n d , 3 - : U n b o u n d , . . 2/- Conimunications must be addressed to tions at once. For would-be subscribers the T h e P h i l a t e l i c C h r o n i c l e a n d A d v e r t i s e r ,” next issue offers an excellent opportunity for Fcntham Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. All Articles are Copyright. starting as the season 1899-1900 and the Agents wanted in every Town. Terms on application. volume nine commence together. New f'libscripttons to the “ Advertiser” are entitled to one short Advertisement, sub During the past twelve months not a single scription 6d. for 6 issues, post-free. issue of tire Philatelic Ckivnicle appeared All communications tor the next issue should reach without stamp articles of the utmost value to us by the T enth of the M onth at latest. W e cannot collectors. The more advanced were suited guarantee insertion if received after that date. by monographs upon the intricacies of some

Sfpv. 3 3 t h , 18 9 9 . particular scries or tiie varieties of some special stamp, the medium collector and the CONTENTS. Page. beginner were well catered for in the same ...... h» manner and both were guided by such articles C h ro n ic le...... 'JO Notes on English ... til as M r. W e b b ’s Notes on English and warned Confederate Slates Stamps ... HI Can*d,i'> Rarest Stamp ... 9J by the Philatelic Frauds collated and exposed Hitches ...... 93 Postman's Knock ... 93 by N on-L ex . W e honestly think that every Philatelic Frauds Society Reports ...... number was well worth the penny charged THE PHILATELY CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

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. ■' * unused. " ' . s. .4. To the "ROWLAND HILL" PACKET R r it is h G u ia n a , 1898, 1 to 15o., 5 «, t j . 2 3* „ 1899, two cents op -10c. .. 0 4*' COLLECTION is now read/. Prdsr ,, - „ 1809, two cents on 15c. ..; 0 ->*, PCOtus sent on application. .-Porto RIcoV 1898-99, provl.eet of 9 ... .. 2 0V ■ Straits 'Settlements, 1899, 4o. on 8o. blue 0 3* ■ ' - ,, . ,, 1899,-4c. on 5o. car. 0 8* 1899, 4o. on 6c.bm. 0. 4* - Ceylon, 1898, 6c. on 15c...... 0 2* Canada, 1898, f>c. brown (figs.) ... 0 3 ALFRED SMITH lit SON, D s a z il, 1898, 50r. on 20r., green .V . . 0 3* 37 & 39, ESSEX STREET, -Canada, 1897,- Jubilee 8 cents 0 "9* -STRAND; ,, 1897, Jubilee (c. black r. i .9 „ 1898. 2c. Map, Lavender 8ea .. 0 3* ,, 1898, 2c. Map, blue .. , 0 3* Porto R ic o , 1899; on T\S., 1 e., 2c., be. & 10c. 1 4* IS* A FEW OFFERS. C u b a , 1899. on 1X8., lc., 2c., 2Jo, 8c., 5o. ALL UNUSED * MINT. - and 10c...... 1 10»" British Bechuana. set Id., 4d,i 6d., & l /- Samoa, 1899, 2^d. on !/-, red Burch, error .. 0. 6* Chili. 1 peso ...... , Newfoundland, 1898,2c. vetmilion (Prince) 0 2* Luxemburg. 1891, Official (S. P.), 10; 12£, 20, i 25, 30, Si^o... .. ' . 3 Newfoundland. i3o. orange ; / .. .. 2 “ The 1899 Papular ” Price List of „ 24c. bine .. • ,. 1 New Zealand, 6d. brown, 1882 .. . y .. 0 BRITISH COLONIALS. „ 1/- brown-red, 1882 .. 1 3 ■ 4d. rqse, 1898 0 5 The Cheapest & Best List.in the Trade , 1/-orange-red 1898 .. .. -I 2 PO ST FREE ON APPLICATION. Queensland. 1/- mauve, 1882 . 1 3 Russia, 1 rouble .. ,. .. - =* ,, '2 O It will pay you to see :thie List before West Australia, 3d;, 0 0 and Crown, ‘brown 1 0 buying elsewhere,. ., - „ . 6d. violet,’ 1885 .. . .. 0 *1

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CLOSEBURN, BOURNEMOUTH. Roland Read, Handsworth, Birpimjham.

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The Philatelic Chronicle in addition to its very large circle Philatelic Chronicle <§t Kcb/ertigei? of Subscribers, la sent to all the members of the A N D PHILATELIC TIME Birmingham Philatelic Society and Midland Countloe Stamp Exchange, being the Official Journal of there P u b l is h e d M o n t h l y . Societies, combined membership over 400. S ubscription , 1/6 p e r A n n u m . Subscriptions commence with current number. Back numbers of Vola.I, II, III, IV, V, VI & V II, 6d. T or about this time last year we Specimen, Id. Odd numbers of Vol. V III, 2d. each. Back Nos. of the Advertiser 2/6, for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and ventured to predict a good season for 11, and 3d. each all others. stamps. We were presumptuous.

ADVERTISEMENTS. W e forgot the advice of that sagacious 2/6 per Inch. Limit, 8 Lines to the inch. journalist across the big pond “ Never Liberal discount for a series. Unused English Stamps accepted in payment to prophesy unless you know ” and, in racing any amount. parlance, we came unstuck, for it was not a Short Advertisements in The Advertiser, 24 words for Sixpence, three insertions at the price of two. good season. Since then many things have The Advertiser is the best medium for short Advertise happened, principal among which is the fall ments of wants and offers, published Semi-Monthly. Subscriptions and advertisements must be prepaid. in prices, and the coming season bids fair to Halfpenny Stamps should always be sent in prefer be a great improvement upon the last. ence to those of any other value. Money from abroad * * must be remitted by Postal Order or Notes. Amounts * under 2/• may be sent by unused stamps, higher With this issue the great majority of sub values, at current rate of exchange. Unused scriptions to the Philatelic Chronicle end— this U.S. and Canadian high values accepted at face value. Postal and Money Orders payable at being the last number of volume eight. W ith Wilton Road, Aston. our next month’s publication we commence Liberal discount for a series of Advertisements. V o l . I, II, I I I, IV ,V , or VI, bnd. cloth gilt. Post-free 6/- volume nine, and our friends would confer a V o l . I, II, III, IV, V, VI,may be obtained U n b o u n d 5/- very great favour by renewing their subscrip V o l . V II., B o u n d , 3/-: U n b o u n d , .. 2/- Communications must bo addressed to tions at once. For would-be subscribers the T h e P h i l a t e l i c C h r o n ic l e a n d A d v e r t is e r ,” next issue offers an excellent opportunity for Fentham Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. starting as the season 1899-1900 and the A ll Articles are Copyright. Agents wanted in every Town. Terms on application. volume nine commence together. * * New Subscriptions to the “ Advertiser” are * entitled to one short Advertisement. Sub During the past twelve months not a single scription 6d. for 6 issues, post-free. issue of the Philatelic Chronicle appeared All communications for the next issue should reach without stamp articles of the utmost value to us by the T e n t h o p t h e M o n t h at latest. We cannot collectors. The more advanced were suited guarantee insertion if received after that date. by monographs upon the intricacies of some

Se p t . 30 t h , 1899. particular series or the varieties of some special stamp, the medium collector and the CONTENTS. Page. beginner were well catered for in the same E d it o r ia l...... 89 manner and both were guided by such articles C h ro n ic le...... 90 Motet on En glish ... 91 as M r . W e b b ’ s Notes on English and warned Confederate States Stamps ... 91 Canada's Rarest Stamp ... 93 by the Philatelic Frauds collated and exposed H ikhes ...... 93 Postman's Enoch ... 93 by N o n -L e x . W e honestly think that every Philatelic Frauds ... 9 i Society Reports ...... 95 number was well worth the penny charged 90 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. for it and, by maintaining the quality of the and 50c. are in two colours, the centre in the first odour given in the list. The 2$ and 5 gulden are last twelve months, we hope and anticipate identical in design with the 1 gulden of last year. an even greater share of patronage from the The values up to 50o. are perf. 12jr, and the two higher are perf, 11. philatelic public. The efforts of N o n -L e x Type I. jo., mauve, will still be directed in the direction of Phila 10., red. 20., pale brown. telic Frauds, M r. W e b b will concentrate his 2jc., deep green. attention upon English Stamps, T h e P o s t Type IL 3e., orange. m a n will regularly talk upon things in general. 50., rose. 7jo., deep brown. Our more occasional contributors will help 10c., grey-lilac. fill our pages as heretofore and we hope to 12 Jc., blue. 15o., light brown. get a very valuable series of articles upon 20c., yellow-green. French stamps from a well-known pen. In 22 jc ., olive-green and brown. 25e., ultramarine and rose. conclusion we beg to thank all our friends for 50c., brown-red and silver. the support of the past year and venture to Type III. 1 gl., Slate-green. hope that we have deserved a continuance of 2j gl., dull lilac. 5 gl., olaret. their favour. M A L T A .— The Jd., Id., 4d., and 1/- have been sur charged with the word “ REVENUE,” but have not yet been seen postally used. NEW ZEALAND.—The 2jd. has been locally CHRONICLE. printed, and we are informed that local impressions of the 5d., 6d., 8d., 2/-, and 5/- have also been made, RITISH HONDURAS.—The current 5c., 25c., and may be expected to appear shortly. The 2jd. is and 50c. stamps have been surcharged with the in a distinctly different shade of blue. I t is on an word “ b e v e n u e , ” in small capitals, in black. inferior paper, resembling that with the N Z and Star, These stamps pass, or can be passed, for postage. but we car. not find any watermark in it, and the CANADA,—We have received the 3c. maple leaves, perforation is 1L The impression, as might be surcharged 2 CENTS, and also the 5c,, blue, with expected, is not quite so good as that done in London. letters in lower corners. Adhesive. 2]d., dull blue; perf. 11. 2c, on 3c. red, black surcharge. Q U E E N S L A N D .— A new 1/- stamp has been 5c. blue, figures in lower comers. issued of similar design to that of the 5d., but with COOK ISLANDS __ Tbo Id. of 1894 has been sur- numerals in the four corners. charged ONE HALF-FENNY in three lines, Adhesive. I f -mauve ; wma. Crown and Q ; perf. 13. id. in black on Id. blue. S A R A W A K .—Two surcharges have been' issued COREA.—A set of stamps of the design of 1895 here consisting of a numeral and “ CENTS ” on the has been issued, but much better printed, and with a stamps of 1871. different perforation. 2o. in black on 12c. red on lilac-rose. Adhesives. 5 poon, green, perf. 13. 4o. in red on 8o. blue on blue. 10 „ indigo „ 12. Z A N Z IB A R .— A fresh issue has appeared with 25 „ lake „ 12. portrait of the new Sultan. The values and colours, 50 „ mauve „ 13. &o., are the same as the old issue, HOLLAND.—The full set of the new adhesives was issued on the 1st of August The values up to 2jc. POSTCARDS, &C. inclusive arc of oblong shape, with numerals in a transverse oval in the centre, “ n ed e rland ” above, HOLLAND.—The new postcards bear stamps of and value, “ j c e n t ,” & o ., below. The higher values the designs of the corresponding adhesives at the have a portrait of the Queen in an oval, as upon the right, arms at the left, and the ordinary inscriptions. 1 gulden stamp, but up to 50c. inclusive are of 21c., deep green, on pale green. ordinary size, and have the arms of Holland in the 9j+2jc. „ „ upper spandrels, “ nedebland ” at foot, and value, 5c., rose on pale rote. "3C t.,” Ac. in the lower corners. The 22jc., 25o, 5+5c. ,, M THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 91

MAURITIUS.—According to the C. de T, P , the stamps. Of these a list of 140 varieties is given, of 8c. card has been surcharged “ 6 centB.” which 88 belong to England and Wales, 11 to Scot P.C. 6c. in black on 8c. rose on buff, land, and 41 to Ireland. The chief merit of this TONGA.— The 4d. registered envelope has been list i3 its conciseness, but this is attained at the issued in a new type similar to the second issue 6d. expense of ignoring all shades of colour,—a rather It now has the value at sides in figures and is without important feature of these stamps, and one that goes the value in words at bottom far to relieve the monotony of their general sameness of design. DateB of issue and perforations are duly noted, but though the terms ‘‘ Type I ” and "Type I I ” occur several times, no attempt is made to NOTES ON ENGLISH STAMPS. provide means of identifying them, or of distinguish By W . S. W e b b . ing from each other. The majority of the stamps are riced, none being nominally worth less than 6d., and ut few high prices appear ; several, however, of the OUB POSTCARDS, obsolete varieties are unpriced. FTE R several years of “ Do-very-well-as-we-are” The only other English stamps of a local character policy, the post office is about to provide us mentioned in this part, are those of the " Circular with up-to-date $d. postcards. The new issue Delivery Companies ” 1866-7) and the " College is to be of the same size as the current Id. card— Stamps,” of neither of which, however, a list is given, x3$ in.— which gives slightly more floor space than but only a brief statement of their origin and nature. the square or " court ” card, and is decidedly a more In both cases the stamps were suppressed, as the businesslike shape. Whether or not a new stamp and systoms under which they were used were considered inscription, or a change of colour, is to accompany to oe infringements of the exclusive privilege of the the new size, we must wait till 1st November to see. Postmaster General. This fact gives Borne colour to Private unstamped cards bearing the royal arms their claim to be considered as bona-fide postage are now on sale by stationers,— a thing which was stamps, and therefore I hardly see why the cataloguers contrary to regulations a few years ago, and which should dismiss them so shortly. At the same time, I may be so still, but the letter of the law is no longer am of opinion that the collector of average leisure and enforced. Some of these cards have the line of in means has quite enough to do to get together his struction, identical with the official wording, except representative series of the regular issues of Great that " only ” is very properly omitted. Britain, and that the " locals ” can be left for those I have discovered a certain means of distinguishing fortunate and Batiaied individuals who sigh for other between the post office Jd. white card with arms of worlds to conquer. type I I, and those of the same type which somewhat later were stamped to order on private material, much of which so closely resembled the texture of the official card that there has often arisen a difficulty POSTAL ISSUES OF THE CONFED when a collector has had to decide whether a given ERATE STATES OF AMERICA. card of thiB type should be classed in the official or private section of his collection. The simple test is By W m. D. R eed. this, and I don’t think it has ever been noted before: all cards sold by the post office had a period after the The L ithographed Stamps. line of instruction ; whereas none of thoso of private issue ever had both the arms and the stop after HE story of the great struggle of the Southern “ aide,” though, strange to say, those cards without Confederacy has now passed into history. As the arms (1884-8) alt show the stop. 1 have already T Freemans ays : “ History is past politics and propounded the theory, that the plates employed politics are present history.” To the philatelist, how for the production of “ official ” and “ private ’’ cards ever, history is told by past postal issues, and stamps are respsctively wer9 at no one time identical, but the present history. In common with many American above discovery leads a step further, and it may now philatelists, I first studied the history of the Confed be assumed that no single variety of post office cards eracy in the Civil War by becoming acquainted with corresponds with any of private issue of whatever its postal issues. This study and my subsequent date. This fact clears up an old difficulty, and yet research as an enthusiastic collector of the Confederate adds to the interest of collecting English post cardB. stamps is my only excuse for this article. The first Coniederate Congress, assembled at ENGLISH ''LOCALS" (AS PEB GIBBONS). Montgomery, Alabama, February, 1861, at once Fart I I I of Messrs Stanley Gibbons’ catalague entered into negotiations with a New York Bank Note (12th edition) has little for collectors of English, Company for the supply of all stamps, bonds, and except those who go in for the Railway Letter-fee bank notes for the new government, but the first 93 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. bombarding gun directed on Fort Sumter precipitatoly as the red ink was very expensive. Typographed 5c. shattered the commercial transactions of the New stamps were now being supplied by Thomas De L a York company with the Confederacy, and the Rue and Co., from England. Tho issue of March 1, company’s representative hurried back to the North 1862, was supplanted by the new stamps from ern metropolis. Ultimately, the Confederate Govern England, and the blue ink remaining on hand was ment, by a contract with Mr. Joel White, of New sufficient for a re-issue of the 10c. denomination. York, received a large supply of paper and envelopes Many collectors divide these two issues into two across the Confederate lines in Kentucky. This dies, A and B ; die B stowing an attempt to oorrect supply of paper was taken to Richmond when the the typographical error in the first issue. The first seat of government was taken thither, upon May 20, issue is printed in an entirely different blue from the 1861, and was used in the manufacture of all the second issue. The impressions of the latter are lithographed stamps and some of the engraved stamps. bleared, and show very poor workmanship. The ink was secured in the North, and was smuggled These first lithographed issues of the Confederacy over the lines at Baltimore. Later on. blockade were used throughout tho war in ail the Southern runners skirted the coast until a chance opening per States. Although the London firm and later Messrs. mitted an unobserved landing in a Southern port. Archer and Daly Boon succeeded Hoyer'and Ludwig One of the blockade runners waB captured by a in the manufacture of the Confederate stamps, they Northern captain and the materials for the Southern often passed through the Southern post offices side by presses were confiscated. The supplies were therefore side with the better-executed products of the later received at very irregular intervals. years. The first instalment of material having been re This period in the postal history of the Confederacy ceived at the seat of the new government in Richmond, is of the greatest historic and romantic interest, the lithographing of the first issue of postage stamps because of the intrigues, the engagements, the began. The work was executed by Hoyer and Lud captures, and escapes that the custodians of the wig, of Richmond, Va. Southern Post Office Department supplies underwent The issues were as follows: 5c., green, October 18, in transporting them within the Confederate lines— 1861; 10o., dark blue, December 1, 1861 ; 2c., green, first in Kentuoky, later in Maryland and Virginia, or January 1, 1862 ; 5c., blue, March 1, 1862; 10c., rose, through the Southern blockade. April 1,1862; 10c., blue (re-issue), August 1,1862, and Benjamin Ficklin stands foremost in the annals of these, the first postage stamps of the Confederate the Confederate Post Office as a blockade-runner. The States of America were eagerly bought up. adventures of this daring government agent would fill It has always been the policy of the United States a volume upon the story of the Confederacy. It was to place upon its stamps, coins, and bills, the effigies Ficklin who sent the first typographed stamps to the of her past great men. But the new Confederacy Confederate government through the blockade. Ho rejected this policy and fittingly represented upon its arranged the contract for these stamps with Messrs. first stamp its first statesman and President. Thomas de la Rue and Co., of London. This contract The 5c. green, therefore, bears the portrait of called for stamps of the one and five cent denomina Jefferson Davis. There are a vast number of shades tions, but about thie time tho Confederate of this stamp. The execution is poor. For example, government changed its postal rates. As a result the notice the irregularity of “ cn,” and the in tho ono cent orange stamp was never used. word “ confederate.” The portrait on the 10c. blue The five cent, printed in blue, wae used as early as is an absurd representation of James Madison, of May, 1862. I am unable to state definitely at what Virginia, President of the United States from 1809 to date these stamps ran the bloikade. Some authorities 1817. A typographical error appears in the inversion place it as early aB 1861. I do not think they could of a v to form the a in “ states.” have reached Richmond before March 1st, 1862. The There are a few varieties or shades of the 2c. London printed five cents blue possess a wide range green. Not so, however, of the 5c. blue. A t the time of shades. The paper is fine, thin, and highly glazed. of the issue of this stamp the demand for stamps for N ot so the local impressions, which are printed on a poBt&ge had become very great. The supply of green ink thick paper with a rough surface. Their impressions had become exhausted but no cessation of issues could are not so fine as those from England. be permitted. A large supply of blue and red ink bad One process of determining whether your five cent just safely crossed the line, and was immediately used blue typographed stamps are of the London or local in the issue of the two new Btamps, the 5c. blue and print, is to immerse the stamp in warm water, and the 10c. rose- Like the 5c. blue, tho 10c. rose also then dry in the sun. If the gum remains on the back furnishes many shades. These stamps were not and if the Btamp, after drying, presents a wrinkled issued longer than six months, and are accordingly appearance, you have a London typographed stamp. rare and very seldom found in good condition. The The same process leaves no residue of gum on the 10c. stamp was re-issued in blue on August 1, 1862, backs of the looally printed stamps. THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 93

Towards the middle of 1862, the risk and often the pay postage to the United States and on heavy loss of stamp consignments from Messrs. Do la Rue provincial letters. To support this latter statement and Co., through the blockade, became so great that comes the fact that if the intention had been for the the Confederate Post Office Dep irtment bought stamps to prepay postage to the United Kingdom the outright the plates of the stamps and successfully value would have been the exact amount required, as transported them to their seat of government, This was the case later on when the lOd. aud 7£d. were change of the base dates the difference between the issued. Also that 12 pence was just double the London and the local prints, and from this time no amount (6 pence) which was the postage at that time. interruption took place in the issue of the stamps Some writers havo stated that although the stamps from the General Post Office, were prepared in 1851 they were not placed on sale The new emission appeared about October 26th, till 1854. This, however, is untenable as we find in 1862, and late in the next year the rate of postage was the Postmaster-General’s report for year ending raised and therefore many of the locally printed five March 31st, 1853, that 100 were issued during that cent blue will be found in pairs on the original year. The number, as stated above, that were issued envelopes. for sale is small when compared with the number of This rise in postage was, in part, the occasion of collectors who desire them. the "surcharged" stamps. A lithographic transfer They made their last appearance in 1856; but what from the design of the five cent was made ; the word became of the balance of 49,490 stamps is unknown; f i v e was erased and “ t e n ” substituted. Each t e n they were no doubt burned. in the different stamps of the plate is not strictly The following figures may be of interest to our uniform with every other. readers: Another adaption was the ten cent carmine. The No, placid on Sale. letters of the word t e n here differ with the letters of Year ending April 5th, 1852 .. 820 the word c e n t s . They aro shorter, more irregular, „ „ March 31st, 1853 .. 100 and heavier. The genuineness of this latter stamp is II !> 1854 .. 325 doubtful. Other “ surcharges ” of this kind have J» *• 1855 .. 265 appeared that are undoubtedly of fraudulent origin. Tlia financial status of the Confederacy was at a very T o ta l...... 1,510 low ebb at this time, and the backs of these stamps Total prepared ...... 51,000 were often used for advertising purposes. Some of „ sold ...... 1,510 these little advertising mediums are of great interest, rarity and value. Balance] 49,490

MESSRS. HILCKES & CO., CANADA’S RAREST STAMP. On July 19th at the Royal Courts of Justice, before IT H O U T question, Canada’s rarest stamp is Mr. Justice Wright, the petition of Messrs. J. J. W the 12 penoe black, issued in 1851. Now, Lane and W. B. Kirkpatrick for winding-up the com when great finds are being made and more pany was heard. After a long hearing his Lordship copies of this desirable stamp are being brought to made the usual order. The publication of The Stamp light, probably a few remarks on that stamp may not Collectors' Fortnightly has boon suspended for the go amiss. past two or three months. This stamp is a peculiar one, among other things is that the value is expressed as 12 pence instead of one shilling. It is rare, without doubt, for although 51,400 of them were prepared, only 1,510 were dis THE POSTMAN’S KNOCK. tributed to postmasters while of this last amount very few were disposed of to the general public, or were E X T month comes out T H E B IG ISSU E of used to prepay postage on letters. The Advertiser. There is nothing like getting The exact use for which this stamp was intended is off with a swing, so all ye advertisers—whether not very clear, Several have advanced the theory to buy, sell or exchange, mind ye take advantage of that they were used to prepay letters going to the the leviathan issue so that your announcements may United Kingdom, others stated for letters going to penetrate to the uttermost corners of the earth I India. That the 12 pence was especially intended for Your Postman has spoken I L et it be so I postage to the United Kingdom is not possible, as the rate at that time to that place was Is. 2d. sterling, 11 Among the old letters in the British post-office equal to Is. 4d Canadian Currency. The more museum ’ is one from Benjamin Franklin, addressed, probable theory however, is that it was used to pre- to the postmaster general of London, on Maroh 24th, di THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.

1776. This letter was replied to in 1783, the writer original envelopes. They consisted of the 4c., blue, apologizing for the delay on the ground that he * had 1860 type, perf. 10, out diagonally, each half being been out of town for a few days’ " used for the local rate of 2 oente. One of the * * * envelopes was dated in 1879.” I t has been suggested several times that we publish Messrs. Stanley Gibbons say : W e have never a Directory of Colonial Collectors uniform with our looked upon bisected stamps as of ariy very great “ British Stamp Directory.” That such a directory interest, but we have since received a letter from Mr. would be valuable goes without saying. W e could F. Gregory, a prominent member of the Philatelic have all the necessary material in hand in a couple of Society of Barbados, from which it appears that some months or so providing we could get the support fifty or sixty copies at least of these curiosities have requisite to make the production profitable. T ee turned up, all, as far as he could ascertain, in one P ostman w ill be very pleased to hear opinions on the office, and that he regards the few ooples that he has matter. seen with very great suspicion. There is an ‘ ' embarrassment of riehes ” in the way of varieties, The postman begs to acknowledge the receipt of for in addition to the halves of 4c. there are halves of Messrs. W hitfield K ing’s wholesale price list for 2c. and 8c., and thirds of 12c. 1 September and Ootober, as usual full of excellent and Mr. Gregory is of opinion that a few genuine cheap lines for dealers. Mr. S. Stewart also advises fragments have been discovered, and that this has led him that the Stamp Collector’s Almanac for 1900 will to the manufacture of others. He has been able to be published in December, examine Bix copies in a ll; not one of these was on an entire envelope, and in every case the portion of the Will our Canadian friends pleaBe remit in Bur- envelope where a stamp ib more ordinarily placed was charged Btamps for small amounts ? missing. The dated postmarks ranged from 1868 to 1872, and one of those mentioned above was used in Are any of our readers’ acquainted with ■’ Monsieur 1879, indicating that these provisionals were used The President, Club Philatelique, Catania? ” Mr,H. from time to time during eleven years, and yet they Hunt, of Pittsburg, U.S.A., writes that this party are only heard of twenty to thirty years later I Four sent him rank counterfeits priced at £2/13/0, English of the copies he examined appeared from the date currency, and asked for exchange. I understand stamps to have been used in New Amsterdam, but the these were sent without request and Mr. Hunt wrote obliteration was “ AOS,” the mark of Georgetown; on “ Monsieur" to the effect that he could have his the other hand, a fifth copy whioh, according to the BtampB back upon sending postage. The same party date marks, only passed from one distriot to another sent us a similar lot as payment for an advertisement in Georgetown, had the stamp obliterated with the and we returned at our own cost. Later on, to our *' A04 ” mark of N ew Amsterdam I Again, a biseoted surprise, another consignment came to the nominal 4o., doing duty presumably in the absence of 2o. value of 80 francs 35 centimes and we wrote Monsieur stamps, appears on a letter posted in New Amsterdam in*similar terms to Mr. Hunt. Our estimate of value is on August 28th, 1868; only five days latar a biseoted about a couple of shillings and the stamps are still 2c. appears to have franked a letter from the same here, awaiting a reply. T he P ostman has noticed place to Georgetown I " M. The President’s ” advertisement in other journals We hear that prices which we should consider and would advise his readers to be careful. extravagant even if the things are genuine have been given for some of these curiosities by Collectors in British Guiana itself; we can only suggest to our readers that they would do well to receive anything of PHILATELIC FRAUDS. this kind with extreme caution.

Collated bt N on-Lex. SOCIETY REPORTS. [A.U information and supposed forgeries may be sent to tfon-Lex. Doubtful stamps examined free, Return postage must be sent.] MIDLAND COUNTIES STAMP EXCHANGE (Established 1886). RITISH GUIANA.—In the report of one of the meetings of the London Philatelio Society, Hon. Secretary ;— W . G. W alton, Fentham Road, earlier in the year, the following paragraph Birmingham. appeared:— “ Mr. A. W, Chambers showed two speoimens of an The September packets are of excellent quality con onohronioled provisional of British Guiana on their sidering the time of year. There are vacancies for one THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. 96 or two new members. Subscriptions do not com mence until January. 1900, so ladies or gentlemen STAMP COLLECTORS !— Please Rote !! desirous of joining would bare a good opportunity of We have received, from a West Indian correspondent gauging the advantages of the Exchange before per 10 Packets of used Jubilee Stamps. Eaoh manently deciding. Good references indispensable. packet contains;— Monthly settlements. Rules, Montserrat 4d. brown; * Barbados Id. green (Brittania),a ditto id. blue, i ditto 4d. red , a Trinidad, carmine, Brittania, all save the Birmingham— we feel great pleasure in good specimens except St. Kitts 4d. grey. Best offer by October printing this little acknowledgment of the receipt of 20th, will be accepted. its interesting annual. We notice one paragraph in the secretary’s report which reads : “ The committee P h il a t e l ic P u b l is h in g C o ., record their cordial thankB to The London Philatelist, F entham R oad, H andbwobth, Bibminoham, The Monthly Journal, The Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, The Philatelic Record, and Stamps for their courtesy in inserting noticos of our proceedings.” We gather, by inference, that our own action in OUR LATEST NOVELTY publishing the notices sent to us by the honorary For philatelists, Is a ruled approval book, which Is absolutely secretary is not looked upon as a courtesy, and there the finest in the trade. fore we offer to the society our most profound ist.—Each book is ruled to hold 120 stamps (on one side o f the apologies for presuming to print the seven reports we paper only), and is printed on bank paper, have inserted during the past year— promising that and.—Each book is boima in a strong artistic cover, printed in colour. we will not so offend in future. 3rd.—Each book will fit an ordinary envelope without folding. 4th.—Each book contains the usual instructions printed lfl the English, French, and German Languages, a Cibculo F ilatelico Matbiteosb (T he Madrid feature only to be found In oar hooka. P hilatelic Society), 10, Victoria Street, Madrid, FOURTH EDITION NOW BEADY. Spain.—Every member of this club oan exchange 12 for 8d.; 29 fo r 1/2 ; 90 for 2a .; 100 for 3s. Od. Carriage paid. their stamps through the oxchangs committee under The nth edition of our celebrated ruled sheets is now ready. the following terms : First.—Each member have to Bach sheet is ruled (on finest bank paper) to hold 60 stamps, Bend to the committee their sheets or books priced by usual rules and space for your name and address, ay, Od.; 30, Belin catalogue, 1898-99, with a discount of 50%. n d . ; 100, is. 6d-; 350, 3$. 6d.; 500, 6s ; 1,000,11$. Carriage paid. Second: The committee will take care to distribute A specimen book and sheet post free for id. sump only. Foreign orders must be accompanied by id. in the is. extra, to those sheets or books between the members of the club, defray cost of increased postage. who will reoeive the stamps with 40% discount. Third : The remaining 10% is kept by the oommittee ARTHUR MONTBITH & GO., to cover their expenses. Fourth : On the months of Philateiie Dealers Sr Publishers, January and July the committee will settle these accounts with the members, receiving or paying the 14, Cheater Green Road, DERBY. difference in their favour, according to the said terms. Fifth : Prices are understood in pesetas. Correspon Established 1885. t£n dent members have no entrance fee to pay, but only an annual subscription of 6 francs. Any review or W e PR INT nd CIRCULATE Price-Lints, philatelic paper who will publish this advertisement in etc., for Dealers, and Save 75% of Postage their own language will have the right of an equal The Publishers of the P.C. eft A, and Advertiser w ill advertisement in our paper, d v t [A . send out 1,000 circulars to Philatelists with The Advertiser for 10/- To post 1,000 circulars oosts B U Y THE £2 Is. 8d. W e save you THE BRITISH STAMP DIRECTORY £1 1 1 a. 8d. ALL KINDS OF FRINTINQ EXECUTED. Over 3,000 NAMES and ADDRESSES. ESTIMATES FREE. 96 THE PHILATELIC CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER,

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THE STAMPS OF SWEDEN, by Svkn L indh b l/. Ii. T. BRODSTONH, An exhaustive account ot the Swedish stamps by an acknow Business Manager, edged authority (published at 1/6) STAMP COLLECTOR’S ALMANAC for 1899 (for 1897 SDPBRIOR, HIBRASKA, U.S.A. or 1808, id.) ..... 2Jd; CATALOGUE & PRICE LIST OF GREAT BRITAIN By Walter Morley.(1897 issue) - 2/8 STAMPS OH APPROVAL ! Envelopes, newsbands postcards, Src. - 3d. for collectors or agents. Perfect specimens, low prices. STAMPS OF THE U.S. OF AM E R IC A (pub. at t/■) - 3d. References with order will oblige. By P, H.L ee and S. A. W ood A complete descriptive list. THE POCKET-BOOK PERFORATION GAUGE - Id. Exchange desired with collectors in all British Colonies. s ix a in , measures all perfs, from 7 to 17. Along one side is a Collections or large parcels purchased for prompt cash. scale of inches and fractions, and along the other a m illi metre scale, giving from }mm. to 1 decimetre. F?~gT~RX>WK, BLANK ALBUM OR COLLECTING BOOK - - 3/- 22, DaoborooRh Road, Plymouth, n 70 leaves, guards, heavy paper, faintly rnied one side,—saves expensive albums. EWEN'S PRICED CATALOGUE OF GREAT BRITAIN 3d. SPECIAL CLEARANCE PARCEL Concise List with every minor variety. EWEN’S CATALOGUE OF GREAT BRITAIN, 1898 8/3. For Dealers. Latest prices, profusely illustrated. 210 pages. jo approval sheets to hold 60 stamps, printed with instructions. STAM P EXCHANGE SHEETS, 25 for Bd,; 50for I0d.; 100for 1/6 12 approval books to hold 120 stamps Neatly ruled with all requisite spaces on best paper. The 100 printed envelopes (assorted) (or id., 2d., and 3d. packets. best ever ofiered (samples id. stamp). The Lot post flea for 2/6. S TA M P M O U NTS, best quality made • - 1,000 lor 6d. Supply limited. Send at once. On tough, extremely thin paper, gummed with pure gum THE NORTHERN STAMP CO., medium size THE STAMPS OF EGYPT, by W. S. Warburg . 4d. 0, Park side Road, Woas Bowling. Bradford. n THE STAMPS OF AUSTRIA, by R. Croome - 4d. STAM PS OF H E LIG O LA N D , by Dr. G, I. Bryant - 7d. Two hundred thousand is a big figure, but REVENUE STAMPS OF THE BRITISH COLONIES 2/6 By Walter Morley, A complete and valuable book of refer it represents the number of circulars, price ence, with current market value. N U N N 'S D IR EC TO R Y (Stamps) 3d. lists, club rules, and handbills circulated by Revised and corrected to October, 1805. means of The Advertiser during the last twelve BRIGHT'S "A.B.C." CATALOGUE (latest prices) 1899 2/3 GIBBONS 1899 CATALOGUE, Part I. or II. - - 2/3 months at 10/- per thousand. The postage do. do. Part III or IV . - 1/8 on 1,000 circulars at £d. each is £2 is. 8d. U N IV E R S A L STAND ARD C A TA L O G U E ,2000Illustrations I/S STAM P T O N G S (nickel-plated) - . 2d, If they are sent out with The Advertiser Firm grip, can be put in water, cheapest in the market. MAGNIFYING C LA S S ...... Sd. j£ 1 us. 8d. is saved, or 75% of the postage. tjin. lens, folds Into handle, cheap and goad It may be argued that circulars distributed in THE BRITISH STAMP DIRECTORY 1897 - - 3d, A comet cbensive list of B r it is h Co l l e c t o r s (only), 86 pages, this way are not so efficacious as those sent well pound in thick flexible covers. AUCTION SUMMARY FOR 1895-96 .... 1/. separately, but this is open to question—at any This valuable book gives the actual up-to-date values of rate the difference is not represented by 75%. stamps by the prices brought at Auction and shows also the condition of the specimens sold To print circulars about note-paper size THE " MONTEITH “ RULED APPROVAL SHEETS. runs from 7/-to 12/- per page for a thousand, 25for#d.; 50for lid .; too for 1/6; 250 for 3/6; 500 for 6/- Ruled to hold 60 stamps. Full conditions, with space for according to the work on a page—at these name and address on front page. hilatelic THE " MONTEITH " RULED APPROVAL BOOK. prices they are done well, and the P 12 for 8d.; 25 for 1/2; 50 for 2/-; 100 for 3/9. Ruled to hold P ublishing Company are prepared to print 120 stamps. Bound in stiff covers. Envelope size. Full conditions on front cover. Sample Id. and advantageously circulate to any extent. BRITISH STAMP DIRECTORY, 1899 .... I/- That the system pays is proved by the fact In the press. Orders booked. THE "W HITFIELD” INTERCHANGEABLE ALBUM 80/- that the same people send circulars for distribution again and again, FENTHAM RD„ HAND3W0RTH BIRMINGHAM. SEND OUT TOUR CIRCULAR!) WITH “ THE ADVERTISER.’’

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TH E STAMPS OF SW EDEN, by S vsn I.indiie 1/. L. T. BEODSTONB, An exhaustive account of ihe Swedish stamps by an acknow Business Manager, edged authority (published al i.'C). STAMP COLLECTOR'S ALMANAC for iSgg (for 1S97 SUPERIOR, NEBRASKA, U.3.A. or tSoS, id.) ..... 2id, CATALOGUE Sc PRICE LIST OF GREAT BRITAIN By Walter Mori-ev (1857 issue) . 2 6 STAMPS ON APPROVAL ! Envelopes, newsbands postcards, &c. - 3d. . for collectors or agents. Perfect specimens, low prices. STAMPS OF THE U S. OF AMERICA (pub. at 1/-) - 3 d I Reference* with order will oblige. By P. H. L ff. and S. A Wood A complete descriptive list, TH E POCKET BOOK PERFORATION GAUGE - Id. Exchange desired with collectors in all British Colonies. 2i*4 iin . measures all perfs. front 7 to 17. Along one side is a Collections or large parcels purchased for prompt cash. scale of incites and fractions, and along the other a milli metre scale, giving front Jinm. to 1 decimetre. f ?T" r o w e , BLANK ALBUM OR COLLECTING BOOK - - 3/- 22, Dasborough Hoad, Plymouth. n 70 leaves, guards, heavy paper, fair-tv ruled one side,—saves expensive albums. EWEN’S PRICED CATALOGUE OF GREAT BRITAIN 3d. SPECIAL CLEARANCE PARCEL Concise List with every minor variety. For Dealers. e w e S 'S c a t a l o g u e o f g r e a t B r i t a i n , 189s 2 0. Latest prices, profusely illustrated, 210 pages. 50 approval sheets to hold 60 stamps, printed with instructions. STAMP EXCHANGE SHEETS, *5 for 6d.; 50for lOd.; iooforl;6 12 approval books to hold 120 stamps Neatly ruled with all requisite spaces on best paper. The 100 primed envelopes (assorted) for id., 2d., and 3d. packets. best ever oflered (samples id. stamp). The Lot post free for 2.6. STAMP MOUNTS, best quality ma le - - 1,000 tor 6d. Supply limited. Send at once. Oti tough, extremely thin paper, gummed with pure gum medium size I THE NORTHERN STAMP CO., TH E STAMPS OF EGYPT, by W. S. Warburg 4d. 6, Parkslde Road, Woss Dowling. Bradford. n TH E STAMPS OF AUSTRIA, by R. Croome ■ 4d. STAMPS OP HELIGOLAND, by Dr. G. I, Bryant • 7d. Two hundred thousand is a big figure, but REVENUE STAMPS OF THE BRITISH COLONIES 2,6 By Walter Morley, A complete and valuable book of refer it represents the number of circulars, price ence, with current market value. NUNN S DIRECTORY (Stamps) 3d. lists, club rules, and handbills circulated by Revised and corrected to October, 1805. means of The A dvertiser during the last twelve BRIGH T'S "A.B.C." CATALOGUE (latest prices) 1855 2,6 GIBBONS 1899 CATALOGUE. Part I. or IT. . . 2/3 months at 10/- per thousand. The postage do, do. Part III or IV - - 1 3 on 1,000 circulars at id. each is £ 2 is. 8d, UNIVERSAL STANDARD CATALOGUE, 2000illustrations 1 3 STAMP TONGS (nickel-plated) • - 9d. If they are sent out with The Advertiser Firm grip, can be put in water, cheapest in the market. MAGNIFYING C L A S S ...... 9d. £ 1 n s. 8d. is saved, or 75% of the postage. ijin. lens, told., into handle, cheap and good It may be argued that circulars distributed in THE BRITISH STAMP DIRECTORY 1S97 - - 3d. A cempt c hensive list of B ritish C ollf.ctors (only), 86 pages, this way are not so efficacious as those sent well bound in thick flexible covers. AUCTION SUMMARY FOR 1S95-96 .... 1/. separately, but thisis open to question—at any This valuable book gives the actual up-to-date values of rate the difference is not represented by 75%. stamps by the prices brought at Auction and shows also the condition of the specimens sold To print circulars about note-paper size TH E "M O N TE1TH" RULED APPROVAL SHEETS. runs from 7/-to 12/- per page for a thousand, 25 for 6d ; 50 for ltd.; 100 for 1.6; 250 for 3/G ; 500 for 6’- Ruled to hold Co stamps. Full conditions, with space for according to the work on a page—at these name and address 011 front page. TH E " M ONTEITH" RULED APPROVAL BOOK prices they are done well, and the P h i l a t e l i c 12 for 8d. ; 25 for 1/2 ; 50 for 2 -; too for 3 9. Ruled to hold P u b l i s h i n g C o m p a n y are prepared to print 120 stamps. Bound in stiff covers. Envelope size. Full conditions on front cover. Sample Id. and advantageously circulate to any extent. BRITISH STAMP DIRECTORY, 1899 .... I/. That the system pays is proved by the fact In the press. Orders hooked. THE •• WHITFIELD " INTERCHANGEABLE ALBUM 30;- that the same people send circulars for distribution again and again, FENTHAM RD., HAND3WORTH BIRMINGHAM. SEND OUT YOUR CIRCULARS WITH “ THE ADVERTISER,"

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W. C. PROUDFOOT, (Member I.P.U.) WANTED t . . . P .O . B o x 1 1 , S T . V I N C E N T , W .I . s. d. B a rb a d o s, £, | , i. 2 j. 4 . 6, 8, 1 0 per set 3 2 TELEGRAPH & REVENUE STAMPS Grenada,}, 1 , 2 }, 3 , 6, 8 , 1 /- 3 2 Of Guatemala, Salvador, Dominican Republic, Gambla, {, 1, 2 , 2 }, 3 , 4 , 6 , 1 /- 3 0 Colombian States, &c. Also fine used copies Id. tl 3 10 Bt. L a d a , J, 1, 2 ^, 3 , 4 ,6 . 1 /- black English Postage. Approval selections with Trinidad, J, 1 , 2 $, 4 , 3 , 6, ij- 3 1 Tnrhs Island, J, 1 , 2 J, 4 , 5 , 6 , 1 /- ... 9% 3 0 prices only. Leeward Islands, 4 , 1,24, 4, 6, 7 ,1 /- 3 2 Jam aica. 1, 1 . 2,24. 3,4 ,6 , :/- 3 1 Morley’s Catalogue of Colonial Revenue Stamps, 2/6. Virdin Islands, 1, 1, 2 4 , 4 . 6 . 7 . 1 /- ... 3 1 Irttlsh Guiana, ic, 2c, 4c, sc , 6 2 , 8c, 1 2 c, 24c t* 3 1 Morley's Catalogue of Great Britain Postage and „ ,, Picture Series, ic, 2C, 5 c, 10 c 1 5 c 1 8 Fiscals, 2/6. Morley's Album for Colonial Revenues, rltlsh Honduras, ic, 2 c, 5 c, dc, 10c, 1 2 c, 2 4 c n 3 0 Vol. I., 12/6. Lundy’s Catalogue of Swiss and- each 2 9 a rb a d o s, 2/6 German States fiscals, Ja m a ic a , 2/-, British Guiana, 48c V. 2 3 1/6. Bahamas, Jamaica St. Lucia, Trinidad, Leward Islands, Virgin islands, S/- 8 6 United States War Tax, set of 10, used, 1/-. Ditto, St. Lucia, Trinidad, 10/- n 10 9 .1, 3, and 5 dollars, set of 3, 2/6. Japan Express B ah am as, T rin id ad £1 ... M 21 0 Company, set of 0 {10 sen to 1000 sen), used, 1 Any of the above stamps may be purchased at slight advance over face value Nicaragua Telegraphs, 1892, set of 10 unused (1 CUBBENT ISSUE ST. YINCEKT AT FACE VALUE: centavo to 10 pesos), 2/6. St. Vincent 1 /- vermilion, each 1/4. St. Vincent 5d. on 4d. mai, and brown, each 6/6; 4 for 20/-. St. Vincent 2jrd. on jd. black Circulars of other Publications, Packets, Sets, dtc , and brown, each 16/8; 4 for 60/-. sent post free. All above stamps u n u s e d in mint condition. I Post Office Orders payable “ Kingstown, St. Vincent." Cash with order. Postage and Registration free to British Colonies with id. rate for Orders over £3, all other places extra. WALTER MORLEY, No notice whatever taken of exchange sendings. 15, BROWNHILL GARDENS, CATFORD. S.E . 1 gent for Philatelic Journal of Great Britain^ 2f6 per annum. Jan MANCHESTER Swedish Stamps !

PHILATELIC AUCTIONS IN THE TWELFTH SALE SETS, MIXTURES & PACKETS, Will taka place early in November at the Offered very cheap. Price list free. I GRAND HOTEL, MANCHESTER Lots intended for tbis sale must reach me by SETS. return. Manchester is the best market for the reali Service, 15 different, 10 sets .. 5/- sation and disposal of stamps, record prices frequently I obtained, prompt settlement a special feature, and fair Unpaid, 10 „ 10 „ .. 6/- I treatment all round guaranteed For particulars apply to the Auctioneer, Every kind and quantity of Swedish I>. OSTARA. Stamps supplied at once. P l e a s e N o t e K a w A d d r e s s :— Corporation St., Manchester. The PRETTIEST STAMP SHOP in GREAT BRITAIN. HERMAN LINDBERG, Lots on View in Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, and MALMO, SWEDEN. | Manchester,

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UNITED STATES* Periodical Stamps, 1895 issue, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50c., 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dollars. Set of 12 ...... , 30 r In the above set the 5, 20, 50, and 100 dollars are reprints. We have a few sets ; '» containing all originals except the SO, price 60/- per set of 12. Thcss are likely to become scarce. The reprints have white gum, the originals yellowish. p CEYLON. 1899. 6c., 75c., rs. 1 50 and rs, 2.25. Sat of 4 9 je, H A W A II Official, 2, 5, 6, 10, 12, and 25c. Sot of 6 10 Bfa POETO RICO. 1899. Surcharged on U.S , 1; 2, 5 and 10c. Set of 4 1 CUBA. Special Delivery (on U.S.) 10c. red on blue .. 0 St U G A N D A . 1898. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8 annas. Set of 5 3 Ba ,, 1 and 5 rupees. Set of 2 15 Ol-’i V I R G I N I S L A N D S 1.99. jd. green, block of six, containing the two errors “ h a l f p f x n ? " and “ h a l f p e n n y ” ,. 4 St F IN LA N D . 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 20, 35, 50 kopecs, 1, 31, and 7 roubles. Set of 13 38 ar These stamps are about to be witharaivn and w ill advance in price. G W A LIO R 2,3, and 5 rupees. Set of 3 .. 40 ,, Errors, “ Sersiv ” instead of “ Servis,” in blocks of four. w. PRICES ON APPLICATION . w CHAMBA. 2,3, and 5 rupees. Sot of 3 .. 50 MOROCCO AGENCIES Local overprint, now obsolete, 5, 10, 20, 25, 40, 50c , 1 and 2 pesetas. Set of 8 i « .. «* .. i ■ .. * 6 f ,, „ London Overprint, 5, 10, 20, 25, 40, 50c., and 1 peseta. Set of 7 2 1' GREAT BARRIER ISLAND. Pigeon P 06t, first issue, 1/- blue, only 1800 printed 3 „ „ 2nd issue, 1/-, blue-green 1 j GUATEMALA. 1898 provisionals. Complete set of 22 16 1 CEYLON. 8d., imperf., fine used specimen £11

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