. Stamp-collector's magazine. fewyears ago, can wonder at a man feeling-proud of being the purveyor of such splendidthings as now charm the eyes of misses,—names, borders, wafers, and true loversknots, all in a blaze of enamel and silver! NEWLY-ISSUED OR INEDITEDSTAMPS. The middle of next week is a point infuturity at which we sometimes wish ouracquaintances when circumstances rendertheir presence unwelcome; but for the sakeof our monthly chronicle, we could almostwish we were there : for the middle of nextweek signifies to us a period when some-thing positive will be known as to the newseries
. Stamp-collector's magazine. fewyears ago, can wonder at a man feeling-proud of being the purveyor of such splendidthings as now charm the eyes of misses,—names, borders, wafers, and true loversknots, all in a blaze of enamel and silver! NEWLY-ISSUED OR INEDITEDSTAMPS. The middle of next week is a point infuturity at which we sometimes wish ouracquaintances when circumstances rendertheir presence unwelcome; but for the sakeof our monthly chronicle, we could almostwish we were there : for the middle of nextweek signifies to us a period when some-thing positive will be known as to the newseries of stamps to be emitted on Xew-Yearsday; and for want of that knowledge now,we fear our list for the present month willbe rather a meagre one. However, such as itis, we offer it to our readers, and must praythem to be content, as the fault is not —Our old friend, Le ,to which we are not unfrequently indebtedfor early intelligence of si amps, notices thearrival of unpaid letter stamps, printed in. pale yellowish bistre, with red-brown in-scriptions in lieu of black, and border (?) ofthe same shade ; like the 1 sh. Virgin cause of this change, about which have more to say when Ave see thestamps themselves, is said to have been thetheft of a considerable quantity of stampsfrom the post-office. The values alreadyknown are 1 and 2 piastres, but probablythe others will also appear. Ckylox.—The new tenpenny envelopeforms the handsomest addition to our albumswhich has been receivedduring the past cut will o-ive a goodidea of the design, whichis worthy to be placed bythe side of the pre-issuedvalues. The impressionis in pale vermilion, onthin paper with a slightblue tint. On the samekind of paper the sixpence has also beenissued. The envelopes are, we should ob-serve, of a much larger size—about 6 in. byB| in. A correspondent sends us a rather hand-some penny adhesive stamp, but whetherpostal or not we cannot be certain. It
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