. Stamp-collector's magazine. magenta, in lieu of mauve, which ocularinspection proves it to be. British Honduras.—We have just receiveda consignment of stamps from this country,and find the shilling to be light, not dark-green. The sheets of paper on which theyare printed are not only unwatermarked butdestitute of any inscription denoting valueor country, which is sometimes printed,sometimes watermarked, round the mar-gin ; these simply bear the coloured crossso frequently seen. The penny stamps arein two blocks of sixty each, making onehundred and twenty in all; but the sixpennyand shilling
. Stamp-collector's magazine. magenta, in lieu of mauve, which ocularinspection proves it to be. British Honduras.—We have just receiveda consignment of stamps from this country,and find the shilling to be light, not dark-green. The sheets of paper on which theyare printed are not only unwatermarked butdestitute of any inscription denoting valueor country, which is sometimes printed,sometimes watermarked, round the mar-gin ; these simply bear the coloured crossso frequently seen. The penny stamps arein two blocks of sixty each, making onehundred and twenty in all; but the sixpennyand shilling occupy the same sheet, one halfof which is assigned to each colour. Prussia.—-The second fac-simile is that ofone of the elaborately-designed pair ofstamps chronicled at page 57 of the presentvolume. It will be seenthat the bordering is filledin with shields bearingthe Prussian eagle, andthe central groundworkwith no fewer than forty-two minute repetitions ofthe value in words. This stamp and itsfellow are said to be purp
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