The stock of sixpenny Bahamas, mauve, is entirely exhausted. Probably a new stamp in another color will be issued. This stamp is much scarcer than the catalogue price would indicate (25c., either used or unused).
Collectors of revenue stamps will be interested to know that Western Australia has issued one stamp of value £2625 (about $13,000). The Black Flag Mining Company purchased forty leases of mining lands for £525,000. The stamp duty was £2625. The government took a one-penny stamp and surcharged it with the amount, and the lessees affixed it to the lease. When that lease expires the collectors of Australia will bid against each other for the unique stamp.
J. V. Cooper.—Stamps bearing "Ultramar" with date are Cuban stamps issued between 1868 and 1876. The Congo 50c. green can be bought, used or unused, for 20c.
P. B. Shee.—The 2-1/2d. English surcharged 40 paras is used, for prepaying letters sent through the British Post-office at Constantinople. Germany, France, and Russia also have post-offices in Constantinople, as the Turkish P. O. is very inefficient.
J. N. Frazier.—No premium on your coins.
A. O. Hall.—"Speculative" stamps are those issued by governments primarily for the revenue to be raised by the purchase of the unused stamps by stamp-dealers and stamp-collectors. The stamps themselves are good for postage. Instances: the various "Seebeck" issues, the St. Anthony stamps of Portugal, etc. "Fraudulent" stamps are those not issued by a government for postal or revenue purposes, but are issued by unauthorized parties. Instances: the Principality of Trinidad, Clipperton Island, Nyassaland, etc.
Jacques Combes, Lycée, 106 Rue de la Pompe, Paris, wishes to exchange European stamps for United States stamps.
W. K. Dart.—There is no 2c. green Straits Settlement 1892. The 12-1/2c. Canada is worth 30c.; the 10c. pink, 4c.; the 5c. beaver, 5c. U. S. revenues are very well worth keeping, with the exception of the 2c. Bank Check, etc.
A. Cuenod.—The 5r. Switzerland unperforated is worth 15c., the 15r. unperforated 6c., the perforated 5r. and 10r., 2c. each.
G. H. Clark.—The surcharge "O.S." on New South Wales stamps and others means "Official Service." Your Canadian piece is a token, not a coin. Stamp-dealers, as a rule, are not collectors.
Harold C. Day, 420 Madison Avenue, New York city, wishes to exchange stamps.
Philatus.
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