. Stamp-collector's magazine. to that effect in a letter, datedApril, 1863, which was published in the firstvolume of Le Timbre-Puste, but the deed haslagged far behind the intention. The two new values are 10 and 25 central design is exactly the same asthat of the original pair, the frameworkalone differs. Our readers will see from ourengraving what are the variations in the10 c.; its companion has the corner numeralswithin a kind of lozenge, and the inscriptionsare not on labels. The colour of the 10 c. is a rather lightvermilion, differing considerably in shadefrom, the Salvado
. Stamp-collector's magazine. to that effect in a letter, datedApril, 1863, which was published in the firstvolume of Le Timbre-Puste, but the deed haslagged far behind the intention. The two new values are 10 and 25 central design is exactly the same asthat of the original pair, the frameworkalone differs. Our readers will see from ourengraving what are the variations in the10 c.; its companion has the corner numeralswithin a kind of lozenge, and the inscriptionsare not on labels. The colour of the 10 c. is a rather lightvermilion, differing considerably in shadefrom, the Salvador 1 rl. and the Costa Rica2 rls. The 25 c. is printed greenish blue, amost ineffective colour, approaching verynearly to that dull, faded hue which a stamporiginally mauve or lilac acquires after longexposure to the sun. With the choice of somany other tints, it is to be regretted thatthis of all others should have been adopted,and we trust it may soon be changed for abetter. Oct. 1, 1869.] THE STAMP-COLLECTORS MAGAZINE. 153. Altogether the new values hardly come upto their predecessors in appearance, and wethink the deficiency is in a great measureto be ascribed to the kind of paper on whichthey are printed. Instead of employing astout toned paper, such as that used for thefirst stamps, and also for the Nova Scotia,Salvador, and other stamps prepared by thesame company, a thin pure white has beenchosen, which is by no means well suited toshow up the design. Bergedorf.—The annexed design is thatof a type which the Bergedorf postal authori-ties had lithographed withintention therewith tosupersede the stamps incirculation, but the warprevented the dangerous prevalenceof forgeries, was, accord-ing to M. Moens, thereason for the change. Our Belgian authority mentions havingseen a set of proofs of the Bergedorf stampsstruck in black ink from the original stoneitself on which they were drawn. They areall printed on one sheet, whence may belearnt the order in which the
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