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COLLECTED B Y ivonaiviiH d li. 1 i^TH^Cc^ z.a *J Z ¿ - //O ¿87 '3 3 O ô é ‘3 0 Û 8 7 'S o <? 6 9 / Ô ¿L &S~ S T ^ H > j XTTlïr * JANUARY HOOSIER MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO PHILATELY HANOVER CENTRE, INDIANA The Hoosier Philatelist. -^PUBLISHED MONTHLY^ b \ IST. M A S S O T H , JR., Publisher, HANOVER CENTRE. INDIANA. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE; 35c. per year. The above includes postage in U. S., Canada and Mexico. To Foreign Countries, all those belong to Postal Union, 50 cents per year. ADVERTISEMENTS; 75 cents per inch. TERMS; Cash in advance. ¿ l i s t * ~ --- Is a 16 page and cover Magazine, devoted exclu sively to Philately. It appears regularly at the first of each month and 12 numbers are guaranteed to the year. It is the only Stamp Magazine ever published in the ” HOOSIER STATE.” It contains matter of interest to Philatelists, «>1 cl or voting. The prominent philatelic writers of the da\ will contribute to its columns. 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ADVERTISEMENTS: 7o cents per inch TERMS: Cash in advance. *phe pfcosier philatelist 0 U ;i 16 pa<4»_* ;md cover Magazine, devoted exclu sively to Philately. it appears regularly at the first of each month and 11 numbers are guaranteed to the \ ear. It is the only Stamp Magazine ever published in the “ HOOSIER STATE.” It contains matter of interest to PhilatelisLs, old or \ oung. I he prominent philatelic writers of the dav will contribute to its columns. ' Subscription price, only 35 cents per year, or 50 cents to Foreign Countries. -»SEND FOR A SAMPLE COPY FREE.+- SEND IN YOUR SUBSCRIPTION AT ONCE. Address, F. N. M ASSO TH , JR., -PUBLISHER.** HANOVER CENTRE, INDIANA, U. S. A. I fjir oft aiul rvtiiru. Supscription Price. 35 cents per year. F . N. MASSOTH, JR., Publisher, HOOSIER PHILATELIST. Iv „ HANOVER CENTRE. INDIANA. I)|.AR Sir:- Ivnelosed please hud lor which please send me the 2 \zzz\<zv TbilcLtelic; ,or commencing with the current number. Yours truly, , ' . * * h f tt V V -W T he Hoosier Philatelist. Vol. I. JANUARY, 1889. No. r. REVENUES. Notwithstanding all that has been said against Revenues by a certain few, the number of collectors is steadily increasing, and while the great obstacle in the way of collecting Foreign Revenues (no cat alogue) does much to prevent these stamps from being collected gen erally. Yet in U. S. Revenues the demand is great and will increase the prices very much; even now the large dealers are raising prices of many of the comparatively cheap varieties. I would recommend the collection of Revenues for several reasons, among which are: The Revenue issues are really dying out, but the consolidation of the postal and fiscal stamps are increasing, and I will venture the asser tion that in five years time the Countries having a distinct Revenue issue will number less than a score, as things are shaping themselves towards the consolidation of the two branches of stamps. Probably few of us, unless Revenue collectors, have any idea of the magnitude of the monied transactions it has required to use the stamps in an or dinary Revenue collection. Take the U. 8. for instance. The 810.00 stamp means a transaction of business ennobling 850,000.00; the common 82.50 Inland Exchange represents 812,500.00. Just imagine boys, if you had the one tenth of the money the stamps denote, what a collection you would have ! The town would not be big enough to hold you. Well content yourself with the thought that if you have not got the substance, you have the shadow. A collector, clerk in one of our large business houses, had his collection at the office one noon and was busily engaged in showing it to some friends. One of the firm came in and stood at the back of the little group, un observed, when the collection had been admired and closed. The gentleman said to the collector: ‘‘ Louis, what does all that time fool ing represent?’, “ Why,” answered Louis, “ Mr. Blank, that collec tion represents monied transactions amounting in all to over a million of dollars!” The business man was astonished that anything of a child pursuit could have any booming upon financial transactions of a business life, and the collection soon gone over with astonishment and care. The merchant has started his two sons into collecting, and 2 THE IlOOSIER PHILATELIST. says: “ There is more in this stamp collecting than appears on the surface.” Some say the head of Washington on the stamps is monot onous, but take a collection of Revenue stamps with its many shades of color and paper, as well as shapes, and you have one of the most striking, as well as pleasing collections of stamps possible to get together. A collector can get a fairly complete collection of docu ment stamps together, which is almost impossible of the U. S. Postage, unless money is no object. We notice that a collector with a good collection of Revenues is eager to show it and eager to explain, his Revenues are always the last things to show. There are many collectors who can show fine Post age collections, but few have the same in Revenues. It is amusing to one to hear some would-be authority declare: “ Revenue stamps are not stamps,” and urge that the only stamps there are, consist of Postage and entire envelopes. Of course we poor Revenue chaps do not know what a stamp is, but we would like to have it explained to us how an entire envelope can be claimed a stamp. Especially as some well-known collectors when asked why they do not collect en tire envelopes, reply: “ That they are not in the junk business,” and notwithstanding all that has been written and said in favor of postal cards and entire envelopes, there is nothing that is striking in a col lection arranged on sheets of bristol paper, especially is this true of entire envelopes. A collection of that nature becomes very tiresome, and one is heartily glad when the end is reached. Now, I do not mean to run down entire envelopes, because there are many useful things to be learned from them, but nearly all the attacks Revenues have had made upon them, have come from entire envelope collec tions, and there are far more to be said against them than against Revenues. Another objection put forth is: “ There are too many stamps now!” This objector, I consider a mere dabbler in Philately. He is generally the one who makes a collection of stamps and then sells them and proceeds to make another collection for the same pur pose, collecting stamps merely for the money he gets out of them. Of course, the fewer stamps collectable, the easier to make the collection, but to the one who goes into it with the expectation of making a life-time study of stamps, there will always be pleasure in ■collecting not one branch, but all branchos. Very few of the collect ors of fifteen or twenty years experience, but who not only tolerate by taking pleasure in adding to their Revenue collections, and but few collectors of U. S. Stamps of any prominence, but who can show not only Document Stamps, but Match, Medicine, Tobacco, Beer, License, etc., and stamps of all descriptions. Revenue collectors, keep right along with your Revenues; they are always salable, and are not near th e h o o sier philatelist . 3 as plentiful as they have been. Revenues have come to stay, and this is a recognized fact which all true Philatelists will acknowledge. Wanderer. CHRONICLE. Afghanistan—There is a new type of the 1 abasy, measuring 28 mm. in diameter, instead of 26 mm. Argentine Republic—The new lc. stamp will bear the effigy of Dr. Velez Sarsfield, and the 20c., Gen. Julio A. Roca. The govern ment not being satisfied with the lithographed stamps, has contracted with the South American Bank Note Co. for a new series, and Le T. P. illustrates the 3c., which it says is very well engraved. It has the head of President Celman, above which, in a curve is “ República Ar gentina.” Below is “ Tres Centavos,” and in upper corners figures of value. British Bechuanaland—The 5sh. Cape has been surcharged, and the Id. and 2d. lilac are now surcharged on her majesty’s head with “ Id.” in black, and “ 2d.” in red. Mr. Campbell has kindly sent us a circular showing that the stamps surcharged “ Protectorate” are not for use in Br. Buchuanaland, but for letters posted in the Protec torate and Trans-Protectorate. Belgium—The 5x5c. card is now of same design as the current 5. with the necessary additions. Ceylon—The 4c. envelope is now surcharged “ Five Cents” in black in two lines above the stamp.