Autograph collecting: a practical manual for amateurs and historical students Containing ample information on the selection and arrangement of autographs, the detection of forged specimens, &c., &c To which are added numerous facsimiles for study and reference, and an extensive valuation table of autographs worth collecting. . e Mr. EdwardSkegg, of the Adelphi; the Duchess of Wellington; and MrBlott, formerly inspector of franks at the General Post Office;the late Rev. Morley Punshon, the celebrated WesleyanMinister, and several others. There are still, at the presenttime, many persons who pos
Autograph collecting: a practical manual for amateurs and historical students Containing ample information on the selection and arrangement of autographs, the detection of forged specimens, &c., &c To which are added numerous facsimiles for study and reference, and an extensive valuation table of autographs worth collecting. . e Mr. EdwardSkegg, of the Adelphi; the Duchess of Wellington; and MrBlott, formerly inspector of franks at the General Post Office;the late Rev. Morley Punshon, the celebrated WesleyanMinister, and several others. There are still, at the presenttime, many persons who possess large and well-known collec- CONCERNING FRANKS. 83 tions. Among these are Major J. Bailie, of Bingdufferin,Killyleagh, co. Down, whose various series, the gleaningsof fifty years, are large and complete, since he has added tohis own gatherings the fine collections of Lord W. Fitzroy,Lady Chatham, and others; also Mr. Frank Hales, of 96,Palmerston-street, Alexandra Park, Manchester, an extensivecollector, who would kindly, at any time, value franks for ourreaders, or purchase rarities; and Mr. James J. Barrett, ofUpper Holloway, London. There are besides these manyamateurs in Ireland, Hull, Manchester, Exeter, Bristol, etc.,who are instanced to show that the appreciation of franks isnot likely soon to cease. *? 2. CHAPTER XVI. Forgery—Paper, Ink, Water Marks, of Sheets of Paper. ~E now purpose to consider the important subjectof forged writings; but although the generalpublic regard the forgers power as subtle andfar-reaching—so extensive, indeed, that great wantof faith is shown in the genuineness of autographletters generally, for how often do we not hear the remark,when fine old specimens are exhibited: I wonder if they aregenuine!—yet no fear of any such imitative ability everdisturbs the equanimity of the experienced amateur. If by anychance such an one is ever deceived into purchasing a spuriousspecimen, it must certainly be in a very unguarded
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