. St. Nicholas [serial] . d. The beautiful early Gambia stamps have fewrivals among later issues. The expense of getting suchdesigns prepared and printed is the principal reason fordiscontinuing them. The whole effort now is to securethe best-looking stamps for the least money, and if thecost exceeds a certain amount per thousand it prohibitsthe manufacture, according to the schedule of priceswhich all stamp-issuing countries are now willing to commercial view of the matter has a tendency toproduce a greater similarity between the stamps ofdifferent countries than was found in the ear
. St. Nicholas [serial] . d. The beautiful early Gambia stamps have fewrivals among later issues. The expense of getting suchdesigns prepared and printed is the principal reason fordiscontinuing them. The whole effort now is to securethe best-looking stamps for the least money, and if thecost exceeds a certain amount per thousand it prohibitsthe manufacture, according to the schedule of priceswhich all stamp-issuing countries are now willing to commercial view of the matter has a tendency toproduce a greater similarity between the stamps ofdifferent countries than was found in the early years ofcollecting. Progress and variation in the engravers artis now much the same in all principal countries and it isin these that nearly all the worlds best stamp issues arenow prepared. REVENUE STAMPS. THE issue of revenue stamps by the State of New Yorkfor the purpose of paying a tax on transfers of stockhas a natural tendency to arouse interest in the olderStates issues. Oregon, Nevada, California, and Louisiana. in these. The regular issues for Frenchcolonies, for example, are much alike,but there is no such rule followed inprinting their postage-due stamps. Arecently issued stamp of this kind forFrench Guinea shows a native womanin the peculiar garb of the country. COUNTERFEIT STAMPS. COUNTERFEIT stamps are to be avoided and col-lectors should take all pains possible to prevent thesefrom getting into their albums. Young collectors, how-ever, sometimes confuse reprints of early issues with coun-terfeits. There are some reprints made which are notmuch better than counterfeits. Such are Hamburgh andSamoan reprints of early issues, which were not only madeby private individuals but were also from altered reprints are different, and when one cannotsecure original stamps for the album, the spaces are wellfilled with such reprints. It frequently happens that someof the government reprints become, in the course oftime, more valuable than original stamps. I
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