. Stamp-collector's magazine. part ofthe present year. The aspiringrepublicans have adopted therespectable motto digs, patria,libertad, and have used it tofill the upper scroll in the de-vice of their new emission, leaving the lowerblank; perhaps because the engraver didnot think it worth while to add the name ofsuch a well-known country as Haiti. Ecuador.—From this republic, a shademore important than that of Haiti, comesa novelty, in the shape of a 4 reales stamp,of which we give an illustra-tion. On comparing it withthe engraving of the Mexi-can essay in the Stairip-Col-lectors Magazine for
. Stamp-collector's magazine. part ofthe present year. The aspiringrepublicans have adopted therespectable motto digs, patria,libertad, and have used it tofill the upper scroll in the de-vice of their new emission, leaving the lowerblank; perhaps because the engraver didnot think it worth while to add the name ofsuch a well-known country as Haiti. Ecuador.—From this republic, a shademore important than that of Haiti, comesa novelty, in the shape of a 4 reales stamp,of which we give an illustra-tion. On comparing it withthe engraving of the Mexi-can essay in the Stairip-Col-lectors Magazine for July,1865, the reader will ob-serve that the borderpatternof the Ecuador is almostidentical with that of theMexican, though the execution of the formerforbids the supposition that it emanatedfrom the same engravers. It is, in fact, acoarse imitation ; the colour is pale-red, thepaper white and iindentilated. That it isgenuine there is no reason to doubt, speci-mens properly postmarked having beenreceived from the 138 THE STAMP-COLLECTORS MAGAZINE. [Sept. 1, 1866. Spain.—The emission of a new Spanish,stamp in the middle of a year is a rareoccurrence. We have now, however, tochronicle, the apj^earance of a 20 centesimoslilac, printed on white paper and denticu-lated. The device is identical with thatnow cnrrent in the colonies, which again isa reproduction of the 1864 type, with theaddition of the date of the current year, andthe alteration of the value from cuartos toceiitivws or centesimos. It is stated thatthe new stamp will take the place of thelilac 20 c. iVesciulo emitted in January last,the government having discovered that thelatter is being counterfeited. A DISH OF TRAVEL SEASONEDWITH POSTAGE STAMPS. BY THE EDITOR. Commencing a tour through North andSouth Germany last summer, by way ofHolland, our readers may take it for grantedwe made every possible quest in thatcountry, in hopes either of meeting withused or unused specimens of the quasi-Dutch Guiana sta
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