. Stamp-collector's magazine. ion isquite a novelty ofthe country repre-sented, in four re-spects — the shape,colour, and value,have been hithertounemployed there,and the perforatoryimprovement is a-dopted. The stamp is oblong; sailing- vesselin centre; Newfoundland in arched bendabove; thirteen cents below; and thevalue in figures on each side, in a , orange. It presents the appearanceof being from the atelier of the AmericanBank Note Company. A second representa-tive of the same country is described by as brown, oblong ; ST. Johnsin a straight, and Newfoundland i
. Stamp-collector's magazine. ion isquite a novelty ofthe country repre-sented, in four re-spects — the shape,colour, and value,have been hithertounemployed there,and the perforatoryimprovement is a-dopted. The stamp is oblong; sailing- vesselin centre; Newfoundland in arched bendabove; thirteen cents below; and thevalue in figures on each side, in a , orange. It presents the appearanceof being from the atelier of the AmericanBank Note Company. A second representa-tive of the same country is described by as brown, oblong ; ST. Johnsin a straight, and Newfoundland in a curvedline, above; five cents below; a beaver tothe right, standing on a slip of ground bythe water-side in the middle. A two cents also supersedes the well-knownsquare penny. It is oblong, printed green onwhite, has, we are informed, a codfish in thecentre : name above ; value beneath. Thedecimal circulation being now introduced intothe island, it follows that all the popular andlong-admired series of this country will.
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