| Unused. | Used. | |
| 3d. red | $3 | $0.25 |
| 6d. purple | 20 | 5.00 |
| 1/2d. pink | 6 | 3.00 |
| 7½d. green | 12 | 15.00 |
| 10d. blue | 25 | 8.00 |
| 12d. black | 400 | 300.00 |
Varieties on laid paper, and perforated copies are worth still more.
Quite a number of correspondents have called my attention to a difference in the color of the paper used in printing the current issue of U.S. stamps. An examination shows the paper to be the same. The seeming difference arises from the careless wiping of the steel plates during printing.
C. E. M.—No. It is worth bullion only, probably 50c.
A. Subscriber.—1813 cent is worth 35c., 1616 worth 10c.
E. B. Council.—No premium if you wish to sell. You can buy of dealers at about double face value.
G. F. Cohoon.—Canada coins are not collected in the U.S. The other things mentioned are tokens, not coins.
D. L. Delamarter.—I do not know the Weissinger & Bate stamp. The 18 kr. Wurtemburg unperforated is worth about $7.50.
L. K.—The newspaper stamps of 1865 are worth $2 for the blue 5c. with white border, $15 blue border, $6 each for the 10c. and 25c. Reprints are common.
H. Frost.—The coin is a Spanish dollar, worth 50c. Philately is growing stronger every day. The 24c. Treasury is priced $4 used, the 7c. $1.25 used. War Department set about $5 either used or unused.
P. L. Parsons.—The Missouri Defence Bond has no market value.
C. Bethune.—Some of the English colleges at one time issued stamps for postal purposes, but they are not collected in America.
J. D. Corbie.—The coin is Spanish and has no value. Many millions of these old Spanish coins are still in existence.
Alins.—No addresses of dealers are given in this column.
A. A. Krieger, 1531 New Broadway, Louisville, Ky., wants to exchange stamps.
W. K. Dart.—Foreign revenues are worth nothing in this country. The coin has no premium.
L. P.—Your stamp is from the centre row of the sheet, hence has no perforation on one side. No special value. The Philadelphia die has a double line; the Hartford a single line under the word "Postage."
W. F. Meeks.—The 1803 cent can be bought for 15c.
G. H. C.—No premium on the coins.
Sara L. Young.—The New York 5c. black of 1845 is worth $7.50 if in good condition.
D. W. W.—Old albums or catalogues have no value. The 10c. green on buff U.S. envelope, 1853, wide ends, can be bought for $5. Names of dealers, etc., not given in this column.
Philatus.