The stamp-collector's review and monthly advertiser . white paper, it has been known tocollectors for several months past as arare stamp; we are enabled to givean engraving, which will render awritten description unnecessary. Cape of Good Hope—We hopeto fully describe the new issuein our next, though it is said they 24 THE STAMP COLLECTORS REYIEW. [Felj, 15, IS64 are square, with the figure of Hopereclining, as on the triangular —We engrave the three-penny stamp for this Island, which ! UK IHsbs ^ M appeared on Sept. 1st, of last have an article in print, whichshall be


The stamp-collector's review and monthly advertiser . white paper, it has been known tocollectors for several months past as arare stamp; we are enabled to givean engraving, which will render awritten description unnecessary. Cape of Good Hope—We hopeto fully describe the new issuein our next, though it is said they 24 THE STAMP COLLECTORS REYIEW. [Felj, 15, IS64 are square, with the figure of Hopereclining, as on the triangular —We engrave the three-penny stamp for this Island, which ! UK IHsbs ^ M appeared on Sept. 1st, of last have an article in print, whichshall be given in our next number,containing a full list of all theMauritius stamps, to which we referthe reader. Cuba.—The 2 real stamp is nowmore vermilion than formerly. Venezuela.—We also engrave the2 reales of the recent issue of thisRepublic; the original stamp is not. nearly so clear as our engraving, forthe colours are so poor they scarcelyshow. The 2 r is green on white. Hanover.—Issue of 1858, 3 pfen-nige. We have seen another varietyof this stamp, in which the coloreddiaper pattern is more intricate andmuch smaller than on the usualstamp; the color is crimson-redinstead of rose. Wurtemburg.—1 krz. is now olivegreen, and the 9 krz., golden-brown,though they may be found in manyshades between their original colours of green, and stone. These stampshave a thread running through thepaper on which they are printed. We shall in our next notice a rareand undescribed essay stamp of ISewSouth Wales. EXPLOSION OP A SYSTEM-ATIC FRAUD. A fraud of a singularly novel andsystematic character has just beenexploded here, the facts connectedwith which are as follows:—Sometime in September last, a slim, gen-teel young man, evidently a strangerin town, called at the shop of MArthur, stationer, 16, Cath-cart-street, and asked the woman inattendance,


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