. Stamp-collector's magazine. April 1, 1866.] THE STAMP-COLLECTORS MAGAZINE. 57. C/-wyj~» r\_r» talized at hearing of a threepenny issue byMessrs. Smith & Elder, but that firm hasruthlessly, but peremptorily, forbidden theirimpressions to be sold under any circum-stances. The envelopes alluded to by our-selves, in May last, have emerged from theirlong repose; as we see them advertised forsale in a Parisian magazine. A correspondent informs us that thepapers for the cattle census, now beingtaken, have two penny stamps impressedupon them—one near the address of theparty to whom they are sent, th
. Stamp-collector's magazine. April 1, 1866.] THE STAMP-COLLECTORS MAGAZINE. 57. C/-wyj~» r\_r» talized at hearing of a threepenny issue byMessrs. Smith & Elder, but that firm hasruthlessly, but peremptorily, forbidden theirimpressions to be sold under any circum-stances. The envelopes alluded to by our-selves, in May last, have emerged from theirlong repose; as we see them advertised forsale in a Parisian magazine. A correspondent informs us that thepapers for the cattle census, now beingtaken, have two penny stamps impressedupon them—one near the address of theparty to whom they are sent, the other near,the printed address to which the paper,which is blue tinted, is to be returned. Shanghai.—The stamps of this localitywere distinctly enumer-ated in our Februarynumber. One of them,the 16 (misprinted 6)cents green, is here re-presented, but a simplecut such as this, canscarcely be expected toassimilate to the chasteelegance of the original type. We presume,however, it has not yet come into circulation,the last mail from Shanghai having broughta one canda
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