u / P&ilatsfie ©llpomsfei and Oduepfigep. VOLUME I. (I8 9 I-I PRINTED IOR THE PROPRIETORS, K ichabd H ollick and' W illiam G eorge Walton, bt RANDALL BROTHERS, Victors P rinting W orks, Aston C ross, B irmingham, AND PUBLISHED AT 28, F rances R oad, H andsworth, B irmingham, \ ‘ > IAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA**^**^a * a * --- S - K i * 5 > r*tf^?i • % *■ u M M k M t k ^ " : - :tT"". '■*t '**■■ '--• ■*-«•. " £•:. OF NEW ISSUES, 1S91-1S92 »0«<1C30<><1C3»0«C3C 30 ---taaa<---set aoc—laao 0300C3C30<=33( PAGE. PAGE. ANTIGUA (Cata’ogue) .................. 8 French Colonies .. 41 „ Congo 142, 202 CHALMERS, Patrick.. ................. 8 „ Guiana . 185 Germany ... 82 D IR E C T O R Y (A to J) 25, 47, 86, 108,126,172, 205, 222 Gibraltar .................. 185 Dominca (Catalogue) ... ... 23 Gold Coast ... ... 62 Great Britain ” 41, 102, 122, 142, 166, 186, 218 E D IT O R IA L ... 4, 21, 41, 61, 81, 101, 121, 141, 165 Grenada 82, 186 185, 201’, 217 Holkar ...122 Errors and Defects (G. L o c k y e r ) .................. 23 Holland 21,42 India 42,82 FOREIGN Postage (Reduction) ... 7 Japan ..186 Johore ... 62 ^CHRONICLE.— Labi’ an 22,142, 186, 218 2^., Afghanistan 81, 165 Liberia 142, 166 Antioquia ... .. 165 Luxem burg ... ... ... 42 Austria ...186 M alta .................. 166 Austrian Levant 186, 201, 218 Mauritius .. 22, 42 Baham as 165, 218 M exico ... 62 p Barbados 141, 166, 201, 218 M ontenegro... ... .................. 62 -t Bavaria ... 61 Morocco 202,218 Belgium ...141 Mozambique .................. 62 Bermuda 41,61 Nabha .................. 166 B olivia ... 21, 201 Natal ... 22, 202 Borneo 21, 81, 141, 185 Negri Sembilan 5, 62 Brazil 21, 61, 185, 202 New Caledonia ................. 142 British Bechuanaland 61, 82, 166, 218 Newfoundland ... 5 ,, Central Africa 5, 218 New South Wales 142, 202 ,, E ast A frica ... 41 Nicaragua ... • • .................102 ,, Guiana ... 5 North Borneo ... ...122 ,, Honduras ... 5, 41, 61 Norway ... ...218 Bulgaria 102, 202 Obock ...122 Canada ... ... ................. 142 Oil Rivers Protectorate ...218 Cape of Good Hopo ... 142, 186, 218 Panama ... .................. 186 Cochin .................. 185 Paraguay 166, 218 Cook’s Islands Federation ...142 Persia .................. 62 Costa R ica ... ...121 Philippine Isles 122, 218 Cuba ...122 Porto R ico ... ... 22, 82, 122, 202 Curacao ... 21, 82, 102 Puttiala .. 218 Cyprus 62, 142 Queensland ... 166, 186, 202, 219 Dutch Indies ...102 Saint Helena .................. 22 ii Ecuador ...' . i... .. 102 Saint Lucia.... 62, 102, 122, 166 1 Falkland Isladds . i ... ... 5, 122, 166 Salvador ... .. 102 i F iji 5, 41,166, 202 Samoa ... ...142 F ian ce ... ...185 San Marino... ... ...202 IN D E X .—Continued. PAGE. ' £a g e . Sandwich Islands ... ... .. 62 Grenada ... ... ... ... ... 25 Sarawak 22, 185 In d ia ... ... ... ... .. 106 Senegal ...2 0 2 Japan ... ... ... ... ...105 Sierra Leone ...142 Labuan ... ... .. ....<> ... 25 Sokotra ...142 Mauritius ... ... ... ... 66, 106 South Australia M exico ... ... ... ... 25 Straits Settlements 42, 62, 82,142^166', 186 N atal ... ... ... ... ... 66 Sweden .. 219 N. South Wales ... .. ... ...106 Tasm ania ...22, 122,219 N ova Scotia... ... ... ... ...105 Tobago 42, 166 Scinde Dawk ... ... ... 25 Tonga 142, 219 United States of Colombia ... ... ... 66 Turkey ... 62, 82, 186 Philatelic Protection Association ... ...128 Turks Island . 219 Philatelic Exhibition at Ipswich ... ...167 United States 62, 219 „ „ Paris ... ... ...190 U ruguay .................................. 166 Police and Philatoly ... .. ... 43,63 V ictoria ..................................186 Post Office ... ... ... ... ... 88 Western Australia ...186 Price List of Unused English Plate Numbers 65, 84 W urtem burg ...................................219 104, 124, 146, 168, 188, 203, 220 Zululand 6, 186 R E V IE W S ... 27, 46, 68, 86, 107,126, 149, 170, 189 LANGUAGE of Postage Stamps ... ...128 , 1 ,, 204, 221 Lays of Philately 86, 105, 125, 147, 168, 188, 204, 222 Reprinted Stamps:— Leeward Islands (General Issue) ... ...124 Angola ... .................. , 150, 171, 190 Leeward Islands Catalogue:—- Argentine ... ... ... „.. ...150 A n tigu a ... .. ... ... 8 Austria ... ... ... ... 190, 205 D om inica ... ... ... ... ... 23 Azores ... ... ... ... .. 221 Montserratt.. ... 43 N evis ... 64 SIR JAMES FERGUSON ...................................... 6 St. Christopher ... 83 Stamp Bureau ... 9, 27, 45, 66, 85, 106, 125 V irgin Is le s ... ...103 147, 169, 189, 220 Leeward Islands ...124 Stamp Auctions 9, 25, 45, 67, 85, 106, 126, 148, 169, 189 Stamp Exchange Clubs of Great Britain :— MONTSERRATT ... 43 I.—The Stamp Society ... ... 6, 22 II.—Cardiff S.E.C. 42 NEVIS . 64 III. —Amateur S.C.C. ., ... ... 63 Notes ,207 IV. —British E.S.E. ... ... ... 83 V .— W est London S.E.C. ... ... ...103 PHILATELIC Frauds V I.— E ast Anglian S.E. ... ...123 Afghanistan ... ... ... ... 7 V I I. — Midland Counties ... ... ...143 Baden ... ... ... ... ... 7 V III.—North Staffs. S.E ........................................... 167 Bavaria ... ... ... ... ... 25 IX.-Philatelic E.S. 187 Bolivia ... ... ... ... ... 7 X .— Mutual S.E.S. ... ... 202 Borneo ... ... ... ... ...100 X I.— Devon and Cornwall S.E.C. ... .. 219 British Bechuanaland ... ... ... 25 Saint Christopher ... ... ... ... 83 „ E . A frica ... ... ... ... 25 Stamp Society New s ... 24, 44, 65, 82, 102, 108, 122 „ Guiana ... ... ... .. 106 143, 145, 146, 167, 186, 187, 206, 220 Cape o f Good H ope .. ... ... ... 25 Ceylon ... ... ... ... ... 7 TAPLING Stamp Collection 207 E gy p t .. ... ... ... ... 66 The Stamp Society 22 F iji ... .................. ................. 25 Telegraph Money Orders .128 French Congo ... ... ... ... 66 Great Britain ... ... ... ... 7 VICTORIAN Reprints 87 Greece ... ... ... ... ...105 Virgin Islands 103 BRANCH SHOP AT 4 3 5 , S T R A N D , W.C. (Nearly opposite Charing Cross Station, and Three Doors from the Lowther Arcade.) 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