A large wholesale stock for sale by 10, 100 or 1000 at lowest prices. Mexican, South and Central American stamps is a specialty in wholesale trade. Hundreds of thousands of these stamps imported yearly.

Cash paid for U. S. Department stamps, Newspaper and Periodical stamps, Old U. S. Envelopes, Confederate and U. S. Locals.

Large or old collections wanted for cash. Send for U. S. Exchange list.

Inquiries should contain stamp for reply.

C. H. MEKEEL,
Room 71, Turner Building, — ST. LOUIS, MO.

Transcriber's Notes:

3. Obvious punctuation errors have been corrected without comment.

4. Inconsistent quote marks in cited materials have been retained. Mismatched quotes have been repaired.

5. Inconsistent abbreviations, punctuation, character spacing, etc., have been made uniform, as have all Post Office Department dispatch headers.

6. Inconsistent variations of millimeter fractions, i. e. 1/2 (with forward slash) and 1-2 (stacked 1 over 2), etc. have been made consistent.