[134] Monthly Journal, VIII: 177.

[135] Weekly Philatelic Era XII: 210.

[136] ibid., XII: 96.

[137] Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News, X: 28

[138] See [page 148].

[139] Monthly Journal, VIII: 230.

[140] The stamp accounts show that 223,600 8 cent stamps had been "issued to postmasters" previous to 30th June, 1897.

CHAPTER XII
THE "MAPLE LEAF" ISSUE OF 1897