I am commencing a collection of stamps, and I will exchange a large piece of lead ore for forty stamps. I am eleven years old.

Newton Compton,
Care of Rev. J. M. Compton,
Rural Grove, Montgomery County, N. Y.


The following exchanges are also desired by correspondents:

A Lester saw in running order, for a self-inking press.

Edgar Garnan,
10 Highland Street, Roxbury, Mass.


Postmarks, sea-shells, marble from Vermont and Nova Scotia, flint from France, and other minerals, for postmarks, stamps, Indian relics, Lake Superior agates, shells, or other curiosities.

Raymond C. Morey,
Swanton, Franklin County, Vt.