The stamp-collector's review and monthly advertiser . of Essay stamps,so-called, I.—Those designed for use butnot actually issued. II.—Tbose merely printed indifferent colours to the ones atpresent employed, but from thesame die. The number of these Essays isabout seventy, viz., about twenty of Great Britain, eleven of France, eightof Paraguay, three each of BritishGuiana, Canada, Peru, and Denmark,(including Schleswig-Holstein,) twoeach of Belgium, Italy, South Aus-tralia, Western Australia, and Wur-temburg, and one each of Greece,Holland, Liberia, Lubeck, Luxem-burg, New Brunswick, Oldenburg
The stamp-collector's review and monthly advertiser . of Essay stamps,so-called, I.—Those designed for use butnot actually issued. II.—Tbose merely printed indifferent colours to the ones atpresent employed, but from thesame die. The number of these Essays isabout seventy, viz., about twenty of Great Britain, eleven of France, eightof Paraguay, three each of BritishGuiana, Canada, Peru, and Denmark,(including Schleswig-Holstein,) twoeach of Belgium, Italy, South Aus-tralia, Western Australia, and Wur-temburg, and one each of Greece,Holland, Liberia, Lubeck, Luxem-burg, New Brunswick, Oldenburg,Sicily, United States of America, Vic-toria, and Nicaragua. Above twentyof the foregoing are black impressions,the rest are principally brown. Mostof these trial stamps are so scarceand difficult to obtain, that collectorsand dealers ask very high pricesfor them, and indeed fac-similes ofsome have been extensively circulatedas genuine essays. The essays of Great Britain form avery interesting series. The Post-office Permit, reminds us forcibly. of the paper labels formerly used by the Customs and Excise offices. The two Danish essays, one head of the King, the other of Mercury,
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