i t * 2 & L i 1+ EWEN'S ' WEEKLY STAMP • * S NEWS. A JOURNAL LOR STAMP COLLECTORS. EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY H. L'ESTRAN GE EW EN, 32, Palace Square, Norwood, S.E. LONDON WHOLESALE AGENTS: W . R . R u s s e l l & C o . , L i m i t e d , P a t e r n o s t e r R o w . Volumes I. and II. (Nos. i to 27.) Septem ber, 1 8 9 9 to M arch, 1 9 0 0 . 3 s . 3 d. post-free (unbound.) ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL. IUu^frjafed bip permission o f fi]e I3oai“d of I n l a n d I^e(venue. P r in t e d b y P a k i>v & S o n , Philatelic Printers, 8, The Triangle, Bournemouth. Index to Volum es I. and II. (N o t e .— The pages of each of the first nine numbers Correspondence— L etter C ard V arieties, 5 7 of Volume I. were numbered alike, i, 2 , 3 , 4 , b u t c o m ­ A rrangem ent of a Collection, 9 Little W illies, G 2 mencing with number 10 , the numbering was consecu­ Board of T rade Officials, 3 3 , 4 1 M alta, Revenues, A i, 1 1 6 ; Profit on New Issues, tiv e , 1 t o 14 4 . W i t h n u m b e r s 8 a n d 9 a Supplement Canada M aps, 6 2 6 6 ; U ncatalogued Varieties, 84 was given, numbered i, ii, iii, iv. In order to avoid Colour Nam es of Stam ps, H i M arginal Plate Num bers, 13 5 confusion, references to pages in the first nine num bers Early D ate Records, 2 4 M auritius, Postm ark Num bers, 1 3 2 , 14 0 and supplements have been augmented by a letter (A Entire or Cut Square, 2 4 M inor V arieties— to J). For instance A 3 relers to 3 rd page of No. 1 ; M ounting Stam ps, C i A rm y Officials, 1 3 2 F 4 , t o 4 th page of No. 6 ; H i, to rst page of No. 8 ; Official Envelopes, J 1 C a n a d a , 2 c . o n 3 c ., 1 0 8 , 1 1 6 J iii., to 3 rd page of Supplement to No. 10 , and so on. Philatelic Future of S. Africa, 1 C e y l o n , 5 c . o n 8 c . , 10 0 Future Volumes will be numbered consecutively right J a m a i c a , d . o n q d . , , , through, so that these difficulties will not arise.) Postm ark Num bers, Ci 2 9 2 10 8 1 1 6 Royal Niger Co.’s Stam ps, 54 Seychelles, 18 o n 4 5 c . , 9 2 , 1 2 4 , 14 0 Specialists’ A lbum , 8 3 South A ustralia, id. green, 1 0 0 , 10 8 Album , A Specialist’s, 83 “ V.R.” Postm ark, D i, E i, G i Straits, qc. on 8 c., double surcharge, 4 2 Argentine, Engraved or Lithographed, 10 9 Cost of Postage Stam ps, 10 7 Transvaal, 1 0 0 , 1 1 6 „ 3 c . 18 9 6 , r o u l e t t e d , 1 3 1 Crete, New Issue, 5 0 M oens, Retirem ent of M r. J. B., 2 Army in South Africa— Cuba, Q uantities Issued, 85 “M orning Post,” The W ar and Stam p Collectors, Army Postm arks, 6 5 , 7 6 , 13 9 ,, Special Delivery, 1 0 c . , J 2 1 2 5 Army “ AOI ” Postm ark, 9 2 , 1 0 6 , 1 2 4 Curious M ethods of Handling M ails in Spain, 7 M ounting Stam ps, C i, Arm y Post-Offices in South Africa, 68 D anish W est Indies, Suggested Sale to U.S.A., 78 M orocco Agencies, London and Local O verprints, Bloem fontein, B ritish Post-Office at, 1 3 1 Deadly Postage Stam p, 10 6 74 Cape Stam ps Overprinted “ Z.A.R.,” 4 2 , 6 5 , D eaths— Douglas G arth, 7 4 ; C . P . K r a u t h , 7 4 ; N ational Collection, 1 0 , 2 1 9 8 , 10 6 E. Petri. F 2 ; N. F. Seebeck, A 3 ; Natal Stam ps, surcharged by Boers, 65 Field P.O. M arks, 4 9 , 9 2 W . A. S. W estoby, F 2 ; L . Z e c h m e y e r , ,, new G.P.O. Postmark, 76 „ „ Stamps with, 7 6 , 8 4 , 1 1 6 , 1 3 2 , A 3 New South W ales, Dies Destroyed, G 3 14 0 Early Date Records, 2 4 , 3 4 ,, ,, Inverted Watermarks, 76 Khaki Stam ps, 1 4 1 Shades of id., L.C., 1 4 , F 3 , G 2 , H 2 ,, ,. Proposed New Values, 2 Ladysm ith Pigeon Post, 50 Penny Plate Num bers, 1 0 , 6 6 , 8 4 , 9 9 , 1 1 5 , 1 3 0 New Zealand— M orning Post, Stam p Collectors and the W ar O ther Plate Num bers, J 2 , 8 4 , 9 0 , 9 9 , 1 1 5 London print sold out, 4 1 1 2 5 Egypt Governm ent Sale, A 3 New Type of Postm arks, 4 2 N atal Stam ps Surcharged by Boers, 6 5 E n t i r e s , F 3 Postage Dues, 4 2 Opened under M artial Law, 9 1 Entire v. Cut Square, 1 1 , 2 4 O l d 2 .1 d. re-issued, 7 6 ; 3 d. re-issued, 2 Philatelic Future of South Africa, 1 Envelope Stam ps, Die Num bers of, 9 2 Perforations, 8 9 , 10 8 , 1 1 6 Philatelists’ W ar Fund, 2 8 , 3 3 , 1 3 7 Errors of Lettering, H 2 Picture G allery, J 2 Philately at the Front, 8 1 , 98 Essay Com petition, go, 1 1 5 , 1 2 2 New Issues (see also under special heading) Q ueen’s Chocolate Boxes, 98 Exhibitions, Proposed; Frankfurt, A 2 ; P a r i s , New British Stam ps, 5 0 , 5 7 , 9 0 , 1 3 9 Stam ps at Pretoria, 4 1 , 5 0 , 1 4 1 D 3 ; G l a s g o w , 1 8 ; S t . P e t e r s b u r g , ] 2 New Cape id., 5 8 , 6 5 , 90 Soldiers' L etters, 6 8 , 1 1 6 Field Post Offices, see under Army New Crete Issue, 50 Soldiers, Postal Privileges for, 1 1 5 Fakes, etc.; id. S.C. die I, perf. 1 4 , 7 0 ; E n g l i s h New French Stam ps, 3 3 , 50 Stam p Collectors and the W ar, 6 8 , 125 forged perforations, A 2 ; A r g e n t i n e R e ­ New G uinea, British, 3 1 Tommy Atkins, stam ps used by, 5 6 , 7 6 , 8 4 , p u b l i c , 5 c. Rouletted, 1 3 1 ; T r a n s v a a l , J i New South W ales, iid., 2 / - , 2 / 6 , 2 1 1 6 , 1 3 2 , 1 4 0 Fiji Perforations, 1 4 3 Tasm anian Pictorial, 13 9 W ar Stamps, 1 2 5 , 1 3 3 Finland, rare perforations, 74 ; Shades, 1 1 5 New Philatelic Journals, 18 Arm y Official V arieties, 1 3 2 F r a n c e , 2 types of current issue, 5 7 Newfoundland, Destruction of Rem ainders, 4 6 , A ustria, New Currency, 4 2 ,, New Issues to come, 3 3 , 50 9 9 , 1 2 0 A ustrian Postm arks, 1 3 French Soudan, 50 Niger Coast perforations, 95 A ntioquia, Status of, H 2 G erm any, Abolition of Private Posts, 13 9 N i g e r i a , 1 8 , 1 0 3 , Royal Niger Co., 4 1 Auction Reports, A i, C 2 , D 2 , F 2 , 99 „ New Postcard, 4 1 , 4 9 N otthafft C ollection, Sale of, A 3 Belgium, G overnm ent Sale of 1 a n d 2 f r ., A 3 G erm an M orocco, 4 1 Orange Free State postm arks, 1 2 4 ; s t a m p s , 1 8 , B irthdays of well-known Stam ps, 2 5 , 38 G reat Barrier Island, F 2 , 66 1 15 Bloem fontein, B ritish Post Office at, 1 3 1 G reat Britain Oxidised Stam ps, How to clean, 6 2 Borneo Labels, 10 Arm y Official V arieties, 1 3 2 Perforations, Com pound. How to describe, 3 1 British Bechuanaland, Stam ps Used in, 50 Early Dates, see under “ Early D ates” Philatelic A m enities, by J. G odinho, ig, 3 5 , 8 5 , 9 3 B ritish G uiana, V alue of first 2 c . , 1 1 4 Errors of Lettering, H 2 Philatelic Record and Stam p News, Ltd., Di British G uiana, Jubilee V arieties, B 2 Early id. reds, C orner letters of, H 3 Philatelic Sketches, D 2 , H 2 , J q British New G uinea, 3 1 Letter Sheet, blue paper, 3 1 Philippine Islands, Sale of Rem ainders, 4 6 , 1 1 4 , B . S . A . 8 d. first issue, H 2 Levant, stam ps used in, 76 1 3 1 Board of T rade Official Stam ps, 3 3 , 4 1 New id.