. Stamp-collector's magazine. rays of the rising sun. The wordcentecimos, again, on the curve of the figure5, commences from above instead of values as yet have been issued, viz.,—5 and 10 centecimos, the former blue, thelatter green. The colours are bright, andthe design is in excellent relief, the smallfigures in the compartments of the armorialshield showing out very clearly. The tongueof the envelope is embellished with a circularstamp representing the sun rising over thesea. Considerable care appears to have beentaken in the preparation of this little orna-ment, which is printed
. Stamp-collector's magazine. rays of the rising sun. The wordcentecimos, again, on the curve of the figure5, commences from above instead of values as yet have been issued, viz.,—5 and 10 centecimos, the former blue, thelatter green. The colours are bright, andthe design is in excellent relief, the smallfigures in the compartments of the armorialshield showing out very clearly. The tongueof the envelope is embellished with a circularstamp representing the sun rising over thesea. Considerable care appears to have beentaken in the preparation of this little orna-ment, which is printed in relief, and of thesame colour as the stamp. The design on thisflap-stamp appears to be partly armorial andpartly fanciful, reminding us of the roughly-impressed elephant and palm tree on thereverse of the Indian envelopes. We mayremark, further, that the 10 centecimosadhesive, which seems the most generallyused of the quartette, has received the per-foratory improvement. Oct. 1, 1866.] THE STAMP-COLLECTORS MAGAZINE. 153. We also give our subscribers a represen-tation of this apparently-distinct variety of the rare60 ceutavos blue emissionof Monte Video. Thosewho are fortunate enoughto possess a specimen ofthat long-doubted, but de-cidedly-genuine production,can compare them, and themselveswhether the distinctive characteristics donot warrant its adoption as a variety. Theword diligencia occupies a larger space, andthe upper and lower marginal borders arewider, the side pattern is different, and thesuns rays are fewer in number. St. Vincent.—Within the last month orsix weeks the number of St. Vincent stampshas been doubled, by the emission of a four-penny blue, and shilling purple-black. Thedevice of both is identical with that of theearlier pair, and both are printed on un-watermarked, perforated, white paper. East India.—We now present our readerswith an engraving of the transmogrified billstamp, which does duty,provisionally, as a six-annas postage
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