. Stamp-collector's magazine. 10 THE STAMP-COLLECTORS MAGAZINE. [JaW. 1, 1869. elegantly-designed stamps we have ever hadthe pleasure of examining. Its value is onecent, and its colour a delicate mauve, some-what richer than that of the 2 c. NovaScotia. In the centre appears the portraitof the Prince of Wales which did duty onthe obsolete 17 c. of New Brunswick, butenclosed in a far more tasteful frame—alarge oval, occupying nearly the entire rect-angle, and bearing on its lower half thename, Newfoundland; whilst crossing andcovering its upper extremity is a neat scroll,inscribed with the valu
. Stamp-collector's magazine. 10 THE STAMP-COLLECTORS MAGAZINE. [JaW. 1, 1869. elegantly-designed stamps we have ever hadthe pleasure of examining. Its value is onecent, and its colour a delicate mauve, some-what richer than that of the 2 c. NovaScotia. In the centre appears the portraitof the Prince of Wales which did duty onthe obsolete 17 c. of New Brunswick, butenclosed in a far more tasteful frame—alarge oval, occupying nearly the entire rect-angle, and bearing on its lower half thename, Newfoundland; whilst crossing andcovering its upper extremity is a neat scroll,inscribed with the value, ONE cent, in words;and immediately below it, in the oval, theletters N. f., one on each side. The designis completed by numerals in the lower cor-ners, and leaf-work extending along thelower margin and up the sides. Thischarming acquisition is impressed on whitepaper, and perforated. Hamburg.—In another part of the numberwe have alluded to the probability of theseries for this city being shortly reprinted ;and already
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