The Philatelist: An Illustrated Magazine for Stamp Collectors, Volume 11874 - Stamp collecting |
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Page 132 - Lighth did to get rid of them. Colonel Sibthorpe, whose matchless genius we have so often admired, sends us the following poem upon the prevailing epidemic :— When was a folly so pestilent hit upon As folks running mad to collect every spit-upon Post-office stamp, that's been soiled and been writ upon?
Page x - These albums arc invaluable to collectors of postage stamps, und from their very reasonable price are within the reach of any of our boys whose inclinations lean in that direction They are got up in a neat and elegant style, and unlike too many articles of the same sort, do not fall to pieces after they have b^cn opened half-a-dozen times. In fact, without occupying space unnecessarily to indulge in ecstacies, we can heartily say that they are everything that can be desired."— Kuutkit'jt's Magazine...
Page 132 - Now ain't I the unfortunate woman ? Och, what will I do at all at all?' 'What's the matter, Ann?' said her mistress. 'Och ma'am,' replied Ann, ' the postman's outside, and he's got a letter for me from purgatory, and I know it's from my ould mother, who's been there this tin years, and it's all about me not paying for the masses I said I would. Ochone ! but I am the miserable woman.
Page 132 - A new mania has bitten the industriously idle ladies of England. To enable a large wager to be gained, they have been indefatigable in their endeavours to collect old penny stamps ; in fact, they betray more anxiety to treasure up Queen's heads than Harry the Eighth did to get rid of them.
Page 132 - ... scheme of co-operation for advancing among the landed interest of the county the progress of agricultural science. After stating that the mere suggestion of such a thing had involved him in a correspondence which he could not have sustained if it had not been for the penny postage, he goes on to say : " To the importance of the penny postage to those who cultivate science, I can bear most unequivocal testimony, as I am continually receiving and transmitting a variety of specimens by post. Among...
Page 56 - The cheapest series of Stamp Albums ever issued. The Juvenile Stamp Albums. No. 1. — Small oblong, limp cloth, with compartments for several hundred stamps, 6d. ; post free, 7d. (Abroad, post free lOd.) No. 2. — Small oblong, gilt cloth, sprinkled edges, with frontispiece of rare postage stamps printed in colours, and compartments for nearly 1,000 stamps, I/-; post free, 1/2.
Page xiii - ... 6d. The Armorial Album. Large 4to., cloth, gold and blind tooled, ornamental lettering, price 10s. 6d. Large 4to., French Morocco, gold and blind tooled, ornamental lettering, price 14s, 6d. The Juvenile Crest Albums. No. 1. Small oblong, limp cloth, with compartments for several hundred crests, 6d. No. 2. Small oblong, gilt cloth, sprinkled edges, with frontispiece of the Arms of Peers beautifully stamped in coloured relief. Will contain nearly 1,000 crests, Is. Christmas Card Albums. L 1. 11...
Page 132 - I am continually receiving and transmitting a variety of specimens, living and dead, by post. Among them you will laugh to hear that I have received three living carnivorous slugs, which arrived safe in a pill-box. This very day I have received from a stranger (by post) a parcel of young wheat-plants attacked by the...
Page 148 - Ito, cloth, sprinkled edges, post free, •2s. 6d. No. 3. Fcap. 4to, cloth, bevelled boards, gilt edges, with illustrated guide to the collection of upwards of 2000 varieties, post free, 3s. 6d. " They combine excellence with extreme cheapness ; the binding of all is neat and unpretending, and the printing is remarkably well done.
Page 164 - No. 3. Oblong 8vo, cloth, bevelled boards, with illustrated guide to the collection of upwards of 2,000 varieties, price, 4s. No. 4. Oblong 8vo, printed on extra thick paper. Cloth, with clasps. Descriptive catalogue...