The Stamp Collector's Handbook
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ALL RIGHTS -OF TRANSLAtiOM ~0R "RE9RGDUCIIDU RESEE VEQL Shanghai Local dulk&. „ Post Card. I riELIGOLAND fJ •0«T CA'KD H JO1J0; Cart«-forrespondancc. m%. / ~ 8 E.- L. PEMBE'RTO'N-.: " .oe : ,^"" ^*^c>*v „.-.•'»••*,,,•;; ^>l.\- f iitttC.'Uk ^ "A \/\ SH . ,].\M B, (ill ANT M Qo rMOUTH: STA Price 3^-; Post-free, 3/ft (Abroad, 4 .''-). IMPORTANT TO PHILATELISTS. BEING A COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF POSTAGE STAMPS AND POSTAL ENVELOPES AND CARDS, With voluminous Notes on Reprints, Forgeries, and every Subject of Interest. By EDWARD L. PEMBERTON. WITH FAC-SIMILE ILLUSTRATIONS OF MORE THAN 1000 TYPES. This important Work is now in the Press, and will be illustrated by thirty-one plates of Photographic facsimiles by the Heliotype process. The beauty of the process is such, that it has been adopted in preference to wood engraving. Although more costly, it will enable us to publish a far more valuable work than was at first deemed possible ; and we are convinced that the result will be the finest and most complete Standard Catalogue and Philatelical vade-mecum ever contemplated. The Contents will embrace everything issued to the end of 1S73 : Complete List of Adhesives. ,, ,, Entire Envelopes. ,, ,, Post Cards. Bands. ,, ,, Locals. An Illustration of every Type. It is proposed to issue, at the end of each succeeding year, a volume containing the novelties and discoveries of the twelve months, printed and illustrated to match the Catalogue. PUBLICATION. Part I. is now ready, containing 119 fac-simile Illustrations (the exact sizes of the stamps), and 52 pages of letterpress, large crown octavo. The remainder of the Work will be issued in Seven Parts, containing an average of 130 Illustrations in each Part. SUBSCRIPTION TO THE SERIES. No. 1, with Three Plates, containing 119 Illustrations. Single Copies, Is. 2d. Italy, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Wallachia, and Mauritius, 2s. All other Parts, Is. 9d. Nos. 2 to 8, each containing Four Plates, averaging 160 Illustrations. Single Copies, Is. lOd. Italy, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Wallachia, and Mauritius, 2s 10d. All other Parts, 2s. 6d. Subscription to the Eight Parts, 13s. Italy, etc., 21s. All other Parts, 18s. Payable by Post Office Order ; Franc Notes, at o^p. ; Thaler Notes, at 3/-; or United States currency, at 3/4 to the Dollar. EXTRA EDITION. A limited Edition will be struck on large paper, and in the finest style, at 21s., and Abroad, 25s. This Edition will be strictly limited to One Hundred Copies. F. TRIFET, Agent, 99, Court Street, Boston, Mass. : Gift of GEQRGF t iU^M atelical Catalogue. THE ILLUSTRATIONS. All Government Adhesives and Envelopes will be figured ; but no Post Cards, -6wing to their size ; and, except those for the Confederate States, no Locals, owing to their great numbers, which would retard the work greatly if we attempted to illustrate them. They will be duly described, however. In addition to the facsimiles, numerous Wood Engravings of curious Essays, Envelopes, and plain embossed Stamps will em- bellish the letterpress. The Illustrations being produced by Photography, and therefore dependent upon the weather, the Publishers are unable to guarantee the appearance of the Parts with regularity. They are sent out unfolded in specially strong wrappers. ADVANTAGES. In addition to thoroughly reliable letterpress, there will be the fac-siviile Engrav- ings. These will place in the hands of every one the means of detecting forgeries and identifying genuine by simple comparison with the illustrations, which will be tanta- mount to possessing the originals. The Specimen Page of Illustrations given with our Circular No. 9 has been made up to show the capabilities of the process, and contains samples of all kinds of stamps. The central facsimile of the new Spanish Card some- what lessens the appearance of the page, owing to the original being in so pale a shade of blue as to be almost too light to be photographed ; for it is to photography that we owe the representation ; but it was purposely chosen to show that even this difficulty could be overcome. Such a work will be invaluable to dealers as well as to amateurs, as it will bring them virtually face to face with the most unattainable stamps. CONTENTS of No. I. {NOW READY.) Illustrations from unused originals of Alsace ; Angola ; Antigua ; Antioquia, the four rare obsoletes, and the current set v. ith the new variety 5c. ; Argentine, large and small figures, the two types 1862, the full series of 1864, 1867, and 1873 ; Austria, 17 stamps ; Azores, 3 varieties ; Baden, 6 ; Bahamas, ip., 6p., ish. ; Barbadoes, ish., 5sh.; ; 1 Bavaria, 4 ; Belgium, 9 ; Bergedorf, 2 : Bermuda, ip., 3p., <5p. Bolivar, 10c. and peso, small, and the new 5, 10, 20, and 80c. ; Bolivia, 4 types of 5c. eagle, and 10, 50, and iooc. eagle, 500c. ; Brazil, 7 ; Bremen, 7. PROPOSED CONTENTS No. 11. Illustrations from used and unused originals of British Guiana, the rare circular, the rect. 1851, the priceless 1856 oblong stamp, the two types, i860, 1863, and the many rare varieties of the 1861 Provisionals ; B. Columbia, 3p. ; B. C. and Vancouver ; British ip. ; ; B. Ayres, 2; Canada, 11; Cabul, an unchronicled Honduras, , 3p. Brunswick, 5 ; of the scarce circular, 6 rectangular, and wood- series, 5 values ; Cape, 4 Cashmere, 4 cuts also of centres, &c. ; Ceylon, 18 ; Chili, 7 ; Confederate Government and Local, 33 varieties will be illustrated, forming a magnificent page. No. III. Illustrations from unused originals of Deccan, KoorshedfaJi, and 3 others ; Den- 4rs. the two dies, and new ; Egypt, 8 mark, 7 ; Dutch Indies, 2 ; Ecuador, £, and \ ; of rare Porto Stempels and oval also all dies Fernando Po ; Fiji, 3 ; Finland, types 1856, in all ; France, including types of 20c. of the i860 envelopes, —14 illustrations 12, 1870 ; Gambia ; Germany, including Tour and Taxis, North German Confederation, and (this has German Empire, —in all 15 varieties shown ; Granada country been the subject of especial care, and the illustrations will embrace 32 different types, forming a splendid fill page) ; Great Britain (the adhesives are given in extenso, and one page). No. IV. Illustrations from used and ztuused originals of Great Britain, 7 envelopes ; Guate- mala, 3; Hamburg, 6; Hanover, n; Heligoland, 3; Holland, 6; Hong Kong; Hungary, 2; Honduras; Iceland; India (1854), J, ia. (2 types), and 2a., the rare 4a. with the frame of wavy lines, and 7 other specimens ; Jamaica, 6 ; Japan, 5 ; La Guaira, Luxemburg, ; Madeira, 2 ; 4 ; Lubeck, the error, and 4 others ; Liberia, 3 ; 3 Mecklen- burg, 6; Mauritius, 10, specimens of the rare old native ip. and 2p., with 8 of the recent issues ; Mexico, 8, with 7 Guadalajara. F. TRIFET, Agent, 99, Court Street, Boston, Mass. WnJL V THE % \ STAMP COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK. EDWARD L. PEMBERTON, AUTHOR OF "THE PHILATELICAL CATALOGUE," ETC. EDITOR OF "THE PHILATELICAL JOURNAL." DAWLISH : JAMES R. GRANT & CO. PLYMOUTH: STANLEY, GIBBONS, & CO. 1874. IJ74 K)f>Htlg INTRODUCTION. The aims of the present work are not ambitious. A plain and strictly accurate list of postage stamps, brought down to the month of publication, copious notes relieving the monotony of the Catalogue, and clear, reliable lists of the Confederate and Eussian Locals, form the whole of my plan. Technicalities are carefully avoided, and, though collectors of varieties will find all needful information, the peculiarities of watermark and perforation are made subsidiary. The work is written as "A Stamp Collector's Handbook," to be an every-day guide and handy book, suitable and ready for reference on all ordinary points. The Catalogue has been con- densed as far as consistent with accuracy, and should be of great service, since no complete catalogue has been published in English since 1870. The Appendix A, on Eussian Locals, beginning at page 155, is the only complete list published ; and the Appendix B (page 192), on Confederate Locals, contains many now mentioned for the first time in a catalogue. I have tried to render this work as accurate as possible, and I sincerely trust that it may prove as useful as I have aimed to make it. EDWAED L. PEMBEETOK Datvlish, March, 1874- CONTENTS. Page General Catalogue . 1-154 Appendix A. Russian Locals . 155 „ B. CONFEDERATE LOCALS . 192 „ C. United States Locals . 198 „ D. Additions . 201 ABBREVIATIONS, ETC., USED. Col. imp. Coloured impression on white. Black imp. Black impression on colour. Red. Rectangular. Perf. Perforated by holes. Roulette. Perforated by cuts. Wmk. Watermark. Cc. and c. Watermark, CC. over Crown. ; // THE STAMP COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK. ALSACE AND LOKKAINE. August, 1870, and January, 1871 — Numeral on ground of net, as cut ; no name col. imp. rect. perf. 1 c. olive, 2 c. brown, -4_c. grey, 5 c. green, 10 c. bistre, 20 c. blue, 25 c. brown. Sep. 12, 1870. Post Card.—No stamp ; carte db corres- pondance, with three paragraphs of instructions; black on buff, in three sizes. Remarks.—These stamps are interesting mementos of the Prussian occupation of French territory. They were not confined to Alsace and Lorraine only, but were co-existent with the progress of the Prussian army, having been used as far north as Amiens and Abbeville, and west- ward to Le Mans. They differ much in colour, and the curious may find all values with the points of the net down instead of up. It is worthy of note that the inhabitants of the occupied provinces never had such cheap postage before. The stamps were superseded by those of the German Empire in January, 1872. ANGOLA. 1870. Crown, as cut. Col. imp. rect. perf. 5 r. black, 10 r. yellow, 20 r. bistre, 25 r. rose, 50 r. green, 100 r. lilac. ' THE STAMP COLLECTORS HANDBOOK. ANTIGUA. 1862.—Profile of Queen, as cut.