The stamp-collector's review and monthly advertiser . rarest specimensyet catalogued. New Caledonia, anisland situated in the South PacificOcean, is sixty-six leagues in length,(a Erench league is equal to 2|English miles,) and ten in width; was discovered by Captain Cook in1774, and occupied by the Erenchin 1853; its capital being Port-de-Eranee. The stamp emanating fromthis island was issued in 1860, and,as will be seen from the accompany-ing engraving, was evidently copied NV?CALEDON!E I b» q6b 0 0 bb P3hI bqcq 0 bp H| from the Erench Empire stamp bear-ing the same value, but i
The stamp-collector's review and monthly advertiser . rarest specimensyet catalogued. New Caledonia, anisland situated in the South PacificOcean, is sixty-six leagues in length,(a Erench league is equal to 2|English miles,) and ten in width; was discovered by Captain Cook in1774, and occupied by the Erenchin 1853; its capital being Port-de-Eranee. The stamp emanating fromthis island was issued in 1860, and,as will be seen from the accompany-ing engraving, was evidently copied NV?CALEDON!E I b» q6b 0 0 bb P3hI bqcq 0 bp H| from the Erench Empire stamp bear-ing the same value, but in a mannerwhich sadly betokens the want of agood draughtsman in the JSew Cale-donian capital. It is very roughlyexecuted, and is printed in grey onwhite paper. Eor two other interest-ing specimens of Erench Colonialstamps, we may turn to those ofReunion, a small island situatedwithin a few miles of the well-known British colony of the Mauri-tius. The design of these stamps ismost singular for, as is shown by theannexed engraving, that of the 15 is formed by a peculiarly shaped star,surrounded by what are not unlikefetters, and in the 30 c. by very in-tricately curved lines. These stampswere issued in 1862 (three of themare described in a catalogue published THE STAMP-COLLECTOES EEVIEW. 81 some few months since, but doubtlesserroneously,) and are printed in blackon blue paper. Some very rare specimens of obso-lete stamps have been furnished bythe British possessions of the Mauri-tius and Van Diemens Land, theold bhie Id. of which latter island
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