The stamp-collector's review and monthly advertiser . 1351, though possessing no particularmerit as a work of art, is prizedby the collector on account of itsrarity. Eor truly pretty stamps,regardless of their merit with respectto. execution, we may turn to Russiaand Poland, some of the obsoleteSwiss, and the registered stamps ofNew South Wales and Victoria, allof which show two colours on whitepaper, and form one of the principal 56 THE STAMP-CQLLECTOKS EEYIEW. features in the curiosities of stampcollecting. The postage stamps ofthe United (?) States of Americaexhibit some excellent specimens
The stamp-collector's review and monthly advertiser . 1351, though possessing no particularmerit as a work of art, is prizedby the collector on account of itsrarity. Eor truly pretty stamps,regardless of their merit with respectto. execution, we may turn to Russiaand Poland, some of the obsoleteSwiss, and the registered stamps ofNew South Wales and Victoria, allof which show two colours on whitepaper, and form one of the principal 56 THE STAMP-CQLLECTOKS EEYIEW. features in the curiosities of stampcollecting. The postage stamps ofthe United (?) States of Americaexhibit some excellent specimens ofdesign and engraving, particularlythe 3 cents essay, of which wegive an illustration, indeed in this. respect our transatlantic friends al-most equal ourselves, for several ofthe stamps issued by the BritishColonies of the northern continentof the New World are the work ofthe Yankee, among which may bementioned the acknowledged queenof postage stamps, viz. :—the black12J cents, of Nova Scotia. Thelocal or private postage labels of theUnited States present a great di-versity of design, and are, for themost part, well executed; amongthe most curious of their devicesmay be observed beehives, doves,eagles, monuments, scattered letters,ships, steam engines, &c, &c. It isasserted that these stamps are nowobsolete, the government having dis-allowed the practice of issuing stamps used by the differentcountries of South America, are,generally speaking, deficient both indesign and execution: as examples,those of Buenos Ayres, Mexico, Monte
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